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SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 SHAABAN 27, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kurdish leader Bang and bling Armed standoff Nadal lines up praises Kuwaiti for pop diva’s after shots fired for history on NA’s vital2 role anti-IS 7anthem at13 Dallas police Stuttgart18 grass Security forces raid farm, Min 32º Max 46º capture former MP Barrak High Tide 09:35 & 22:50 Al-Barrak to serve a 2-year jail sentence for ‘insult’ Low Tide 02:50 & 16:40 40 PAGES NO: 16551 150 FILS

By Meshaal Al-Enezi

US transfers six KUWAIT: A state security task force arrested former MP Musallam Al-Barrak in a Kabd area farm during a dinner Guantanamo invitation, security sources said. Al-Barrak will serve a two- year jail sentence for a speech deemed insulting to HH the inmates to Oman Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Barrak’s defense lawyer said that the prison administration insisted on plac- WASHINGTON: Six Yemenis held for more than a ing Barrak in ward 2 (solitary confinement) - though he decade at the US military prison at Guantanamo asked to be placed in ward 1 as a state security prisoner. have been flown to Oman for resettlement, the Police also arrested ten people, including relatives of Pentagon said yesterday, the latest step in President Barrak, during the raid on charges of harboring a fugitive Barack Obama’s slow push to close the facility. The and insulting officers. The Interior Ministry had warned in a release came a week after Defense Secretary Ash statement Friday afternoon that harboring a fugitive is Carter said he was working with the White House punishable by a maximum of two years in jail and/or a fine on a proposal for Congress on shutting the interna- of KD2,000 according to Article 132 of Kuwait’s Penal Code. tionally condemned jail at the US naval base in A police team had raided an Abdali farm owned by Barrak’s Cuba, where most prisoners have been held with- brother earlier this month after receiving information that out charges or trial. the former lawmaker was there. Though Obama continues to face obstacles from Kuwait’s Cassation Court - the highest court in the coun- lawmakers to his long-time goal of emptying the try, upheld a two-year jail sentence against the former law- prison, the latest transfer, this year’s largest, whittles maker on May 18. The verdict is final and cannot be Guantanamo’s inmate population to 116, less than appealed. “This ruling is without the slightest doubt - very half the number when he took office in 2009. No political,” Barrak said following the verdict. “I thank God that further large transfers are imminent, said a senior I am not interested in wealth or power - I will always uphold US official, though efforts continue to repatriate my dignity both inside and outside the prison,” he added. prisoners or settle them elsewhere. The six men The sentencing is for a speech Barrak gave in October 2012 sent to Oman, a sultanate bordering Yemen at the which is deemed insulting to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- tip of the Arabian peninsula, were identified as low- Ahmad Al-Sabah. Heated opposition to the dissolution of the elected February 2012 parliament; a change in the elec- risk detainees cleared years ago for transfer. IRBIL: Kuwait media delegation including Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (right) Continued on Page 13 toral system and new elections that same year in pose for a group photo in Irbil, Iraq. — Photo by Hani Al-Shemmari ( See Page 2) December fueled the political opposition in Kuwait. LOCAL SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

IRBIL: The Kuwaiti media delegation meets Jaafar Eminki, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Iraq’s Kurdistan. Members of the Kuwaiti delegation are pictured with Minister of Municipalities and Tourism in Iraq’s Kurdistan — Photos by Hani Al-Shemmari and KUNA Nooruz Mawloud. Kurdish leader praises Kuwait NA’s vital role

IRBIL: Jaafar Eminki, the Deputy Speaker of of the defunct Iraqi Baath regime. Kurdish-administered northern Iraq. Parliament of Iraq’s Kurdistan, lauded the Turning to the local legislative body, Kurdistan of Iraq is generally distin- vital legislative role of the Kuwaiti Eminki revealed a plan to draft “a special guished with moderate weather, sceneries Parliament, noting its dynamic role in the constitution for the Kurdistan region, to be of lush plains, valleys and mountains. The Gulf state’s political life, as compared to sim- later subjected to public referendum.” The area has been largely secure, with many ilar assemblies in the Middle East. Kurdish parliament includes 111 members, safety seekers from other parts of Iraq and Kuwait National Assembly is distin- representing various political parties, com- Syria settling in it. guished with greater vital and active role, as munities and sects, namely the Turkmen, The journalists have also met with compared to other parliaments in the the Christians and the Armenians. Nawzad Hadi, Irbil’s Governor, who dis- region, said the senior Kurdish legislator, closed that overall investment enterprises in praising the Kuwaiti peers for playing a piv- Tourism the region are estimated at $24 billion. otal role in running state affairs at the leg- The Kuwaiti media personalities, who However, he affirmed its need for greater islative level. had been preoccupied with a series of business, particularly by Arabs and Gulf citi- The Kurdistan Parliament aspires to meetings with local officials and fact-find- zens. establish mutual cooperation with the ing activities since their arrival in the region The Kuwaiti team includes Kuwait Kuwaiti National Assembly, through expert- on Tuesday, met with Minister of Times’ Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al- ise exchange and cementing ties, he told a Municipalities and Tourism Nooruz Alyan, Kuwait News Agency’s Deputy Kuwaiti media delegation which concluded Mawloud, who reiterated the call upon Director General for Editorial Affairs Saad their visit to the region late on Friday. The Kuwait to invest in the region, particularly in Al-Ali, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa Kurds are proud of the good ties with tourism, and revealed planned opening of Newspaper Youssef Al-Marzouq, and Kuwaiti people, he said, noting that both tourism promotional offices in many coun- Manager of Kuwait Journalists’ Association share bitter experience of suffering at hands tries to lure recreation seekers to the Adnan Al-Rashed. —KUNA A picture taken from inside a mall in Irbil.

The Kuwaiti journalists in a group photo with Irbil’s Governor Nawzad Hadi. Members of the delegation are pictured during a trip at a local market. Surgeon uses new way of planting heart pacemakers

KUWAIT: A female Kuwaiti heart surgeon successfully completed three heart surgeries involving the place- ment of heart pacemakers without the use of pacing wire, which is considered the first time this type of method is used in Kuwait. In a statement yesterday, the operating surgeon, Dr Fawzia Al-Kanderi, said Kuwait has been selected as one of the first countries to be given the opportunity to use this pacing wire-free approach to planting pacemakers in heart patients. In the past, pacing wires could at times affect adversely heart patients receiving pace- makers either by the wires not functioning as expected or causing unwarranted infections in the patient, she said. She noted that the three operations were done last Thursday as part of a workshop headed by her with a team of medical staff from Salman Al-Dabboos Medical Center with technical support from the US company manufacturing the pacemaker without pacing wires. She said she had gone to the US last May to train on conducting operations on planting the wires-free pace- makers. — KUNA KUWAIT: Dr Fawzia Al-Kanderi (center). — KUNA Allawi acclaims Kuwait’s Kurdish president humanitarian aid to Iraq

arrives in Kuwait BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Vice President Ayad Allawi Allawi said in a press statement. He and Islamic depth in facing security chal- lauded yesterday Kuwait’s donation of $200 expressed gratitude for His Highness the lenges and maintaining stability. He also KUWAIT: President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- million in humanitarian aid to Iraq. The dona- Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- underlined the need for reconciliation and Region Masoud Barzani arrived in Kuwait Hamad Al-Sabah and chief of the accom- tion comes in harmony with Kuwait’s Sabah and Kuwaiti government and people opening up to the region. Kuwait yesterday on a three-day official visit. He panying mission of honor, Advisor at respectable humanitarian and Arab national for this move. Allawi, who was Iraq’s inter- announced Friday donation of $200 million was received at the airport by First Amiri Diwan Mohammad Abdullah stances as well as its understanding of the im prime minister from June 1, 2004 to May to the UN efforts to alleviate the suffering Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Abulhasan. —KUNA suffering and needs of displaced Iraqis, 3, 2005, stressed importance of Iraq’s Arab of Iraqi people. — KUNA SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 LOCAL

In Brief Shift hours E-crimes law Actress banned KUWAIT: MP Jamal Al-Omar rejected the e-crimes law KUWAIT: Kuwait TV will not broadcast any works, in its current form, adding that there are intentions to By A Saleh including TV programs, TV series, and films, of Syrian question its constitutionality. “If we actually want to actress Raghda, said Information Minister and State face drugs and terrorism, the law should be limited — KUWAIT: Ministry of Electricity and Water said that work- Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- in a way that agrees with the Budapest treaty,’ Omar ing hours will not change during the holy month of Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. The action came in added. The parliament passed the law in its first hearing Ramadan for those who work in shifts. The ministry said response to a proposal by Deputy Speaker MP earlier this month, but it needs to be passed in its sec- working hours in the ministry will be from 10:00 am to Mubarak Al-Khurainej, who requested boycotting ond hearing before it is adopted. 8:30 pm, adding that emergency teams will be ready to Raghda’s works after she insulted Kuwait’s independ- meet any electric crisis and to provide generators in case ence and sovereignty during a TV interview, where of power outages in any area. she claimed that Kuwait is a part of Iraq. Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Cars are seen driving on the shoulder of a road in Kuwait recently. Major roads in Kuwait have been affected by trafficms ja as people prepare for the beginning of Ramadan and the summer holiday season. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

(From left) Al-Houti, Al-Hajeri and Al-Hajjaj Ooredoo participates in discussion at Jahzeen

KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait participat- Jahzeen Training Program, in cooper- their final year, university graduates, ed in a panel discussion about the ation with the Ministry of Youth and newly recruited youth. The pro- challenges facing Kuwaiti workforce Affairs and the Manpower and gram is divided into four segments. last week at the auditorium of the Government Restructuring Program. The first segment consists of training Manpower Restructuring Program. The program, which features training courses and programs that cover Representing Ooredoo at the discus- career essentials, such as succeeding sion was Chief of Human Resources in job interviews, writing CVs, team and Admin Services Saleh Al-Houti. work, and workplace legal frame- Representing Gulf Bank at the panel work. was Salma Al-Hajjaj, Human The second segment consists of Resources Manager. success stories told through seminars Houti discussed in detail the dif- by exemplary Kuwaiti professionals, ferent challenges facing national while the third segment consists of workforce in the private sector, and an assessment test, which will be the measurements taken by Human conducted in cooperation with Resources divisions to further Profile International, followed by encourage graduates to join the pri- one-on-one sessions to assist appli- vate sector. He spoke about cants in choosing their career paths. Ooredoo’s policy towards supporting The fourth segment consists of job its national workforce, by helping fairs organized in association with a them reach their potential with train- Saleh Al-Houti number of private sector entities. ing courses and certification pro- The program, which started in grams offered as part of the compa- courses and seminars, targets fresh March, ends on June 16. Ooredoo’s ny’s Human Resources policy. graduates as well as newly recruited support to Jahzeen comes as part of Ooredoo announced in March youth. The program targets three its corporate social responsibility that it is a strategic partner in segments: University students in program.

Kuwait, Canada discuss academic cooperation

WASHINGTON: Kuwait’s Ambassador sent to KUNA in Washington DC. of the Institute of Islamic Studies at to Canada Ali Al-Sammak met with Abisaab expressed desire in McGill University. Professor Rula Abisaab, Director of the increasing the pace of scientific and Kuwait has provided a grant to the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill academic cooperation with the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University. The two sides discussed Kuwaiti embassy and Kuwait’s Cultural University to contribute to increasing ways to bolster academic and scientif- Office in Canada, the statement not- awareness and understanding of the ic cooperation, as well as possibilities ed. The meeting was attended by Islamic religion in the Canadian socie- of registering Kuwaiti students in Director of Kuwaiti Cultural Office in ty, which benefited several foreign McGill’s various colleges, the Kuwaiti Canada Dr Fahad Al-Nasser and students who wanted to learn Islamic embassy said in a press statement, Professor Jamil Ragep, former Director studies. —KUNA SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorateís headquarters building. — Photos by Joseph Shagra Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate: Model of ideal Kuwaiti community Youngest population with 25 - 29 average range

Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate’s location on Kuwait’s map.

By Nawara Fattahova

KUWAIT: The Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate is the sixth and the last governorate founded in Kuwait; and the smallest among the other governorates. It was founded in 1999 and was named after the former ruler, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, who was well known as Mubarak Al-Kabeer. The governorate lies on an area of about 104 square kilometers and encompasses Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Adan, Qurain, Qusoor, Sabah Al-Salem, Messilah, Abu Fatirah, Abu Al-Hassaniya, Subhan, Fintas and Funaitees. It has a population of around 233,000, the majority of which are Kuwaiti citizens. Moreover, the governorate has a young population: the majority of residents are aged between 25 and 29, of both genders.

Sameera Al-Qunaei, Director of Coordination and Follow-up at the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate speaks to Kuwait Times.

Model governorate materially. Besides the individuals, NGOs are also invited Mubarak Al-Kabeer is considered a model gover- to participate. We are also working to solve the prob- Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate norate and is mostly residential, apart from Subhan, lems of the unemployed in cooperation with the which is industrial. The population is expected to rise to Manpower and Government Restructuring Program.” 303,000 within the next five years after the housing Social • Founded: 27 November 1999. projects in Abu Fatirah, Funaitees, and Messilah are fin- Disabled and elderly ished. The projects have capacity for 70,000 people in participation is The governorate also cares for certain sectors of the • Area: 104 km2. total. community. “We held programs for the disabled and the • Population (total): 230,727 (as of June 2014). Kuwait Times interviewed Sameera Al-Qunaei, the main pillar for elderly. The governor also founded a diwaniya for the Director of Coordination and Follow-up at the Mubarak elderly in the traditional style. We also organize gradua- • Population (density): 2,300/km2 (as of June Al-Kabeer Governorate, to know more about the servic- tion parties for excellent students of the high schools in 2014). es the governorate provides to its residents, and to find improving the the different schools at the governorate. Then we also out what makes it a model governorate. worked on beautifying walk paths and different utilities. • Districts: Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Adan, Qurain, services at the We are also preparing some activities for the holy Qusoor, Sabah Al-Salem, Messilah, Abu Fatirah, Abu Social Institution month of Ramadan,” concluded Qunaei. Al-Hassaniya, Subhan, Fintas and Funaitees. “[Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate] is a social institu- tion and is part of the community that it serves, so the governorate Future projects • Governors social participation is the main pillar for improving the 1. The United Nations Human Settlements Program - - Sheikh Mubarak Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah (1999 - 2006). services at the governorate,” she said, adding that this is sustainable towns and cities set to the develop- - Sheikh Ali Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (2006 done “by connecting the residents to the development then send it to the institution in charge. One of the ment plan. greatest problems in the governorate is the landfill site, 2014) process to reach a sustainable development.” 2. Agriculture and environment offices at cooperative - Ahmad Abdullatif Al-Rujaib (2014 - present). which is a danger to people’s lives and the environment. societies. Programs for the youth Our negotiations with different institutions including 3. Mubarak Al-Kabeer Children’s Cultural Center. “The majority of the residents are young people. So the Environment Public Authority, United Nations, 4. Voluntary committee. we made a survey, and we found out that the youths Kuwait Municipality and the Municipal Council have 5. Support team that provides psychiatric and social been going on for about a year to solve this problem,” member in the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) need special programs that are related to the most services. through preparation of reports on children and participat- common problems, including drug addiction, accidents, she noted. 6. Studies and researches committee. The citizen service office can receive complaints ing member in the UN through the Women Empowerment and so we also deal with police stations to help them in 7. Risala Program, which teaches proper moral educa- Program. solving these problems and find plans to eliminate such three ways: by meeting the public and discussing the tion and spiritual lessons through lectures. phenomena,” said Qunaei. “Young people also need to issue with the governor, accepting letters submitted to 8. Evening clubs project. use their energy, so we are cooperating with the Public the complaints and suggestions committee, or sending 9. Health Cities Project (Mubarak Al-Kabeer and Sabah Authority for Youth and Sports in establishing parks and the complaint via email or Instagram. Al-Salem). youth centers in the area,” she noted. “The office registers each complaint with a serial 10. Renewable Energy Development Organization, number, and each department has a special record [for which includes rehabilitating the Qurain Park. One of the greatest Human development each complaint]. The employee-in-charge enters all 11. Solar energy for the governorate’s headquarters. Qunaei added that the governorate also takes care of information about the complaint. Sometimes, we invite 12. Human development project. the human development. “We present lectures in coop- the complainer to come to provide more information if 13. Employing young people and rehabilitating the problems in the eration with the ministry of education in executing vari- the complaint was not clear or if he demanded to meet graduates of the industrial institutions and estab- ous activities. The governorate also organizes several the governor. If the institution in charge to which the lishing a workshop for them. governorate is the social activities such as the National Day celebrations, complaint was addressed did not reply, the office will where we established a complete heritage village on urge a response. Finally, monthly and annual statistics Sameera Al-Qunaei holds a bachelors degree in Social the seaside near Messilah. The residents signed a peti- are prepared, and they contain the total number of Services and Psychology from Kuwait University. She is a landfill site, which is tion to make it a traditional cafÈ, so we referred that to complaints,” she added. former supervisor at the Ministry of Education, a member the Municipal Council and it is still under studying,” she of the board and the President of the Family Consultation a danger to people’s said. Prepare good citizens Center at the Socialists Union. She obtained various cours- “Our vision is preparing good citizens who actively es in human rights issues and is a consultant at the Kuwait Complaints participate in the community and build their country,” Society for Human Rights. She is a specialist in violence lives and the Furthermore, the governorate founded the Citizen Qunaei said. “The most important program is the initia- inside community and violence against women and chil- Service Office to receive complaints and suggestions. tive of social participation. Social participation includes dren, psychologist and specialist in dealing with children, environment “Whenever we receive any complaint, we study it and volunteering in development initiatives morally and certified trainer in human development, participating SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 LOCAL

Local spotlight Kuwait donates $120 million to UNHCR The ugly truth To help fund organization’s Syria operations

GENEVA/WASHINGTON: The UN High Commissioner for ference, thus taking the total pledges for the Syrian people Refugees Antanio Guterres yesterday warmly thanked and (from three donor conferences) to $7.3 billion,” Otaibi said, praised Kuwait’s ruler, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah noting that theses pledges are 90 percent fulfilled. Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti Government and Ambassador Otaibi regretted that the humanitarian dis- people for the extreme generosity to assist its efforts in aster in Syria, which entered its fifth year, is exacerbating dealing with the humanitarian situation resulting from the further due the failure of the warring parties, particularly By Muna Al-Fuzai crisis in Syria. the regime of Bashar Al-Assad, to implement the relevant The Kuwaiti donation of $120 million handed over from UN Security Council resolutions. Abdullah Al-Maatouq, adviser at the Amiri Diwan and the Kuwait is of the view that the only exit from the Syrian UN humanitarian envoy for Kuwait. “As we approach the crisis is through political means as envisaged in the Geneva beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan I think nothing declaration of June 30, 2012, he added. He concluded by could be better than this ceremony to celebrate the gen- thanking the UN aid agencies for their roles expressed GENEVA: Abdullah Al-Maatouq is seen with UN High erosity embedded in Islam. Shukran (thank you) to Kuwait [email protected] hope that the Kuwaiti contributions will help them allevi- Commissioner for Refugees Antanio Guterres after hand- and its people,” Guterres said in a press release from the ate the suffering of the Syrian people. —KUNA UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. ing over Kuwait’s donation of $120 million. —KUNA he op-ed of Jassim Al-Boodai last June 12 for Al-Rai The fund, part of $500 million pledged for the Syria newspaper was the most exciting topic in Kuwait on humanitarian crisis by Kuwait at a conference in Kuwait Tsocial media sites during the weekend. It had a bold City last March, will be used in neighboring host countries title, with an expressive opening, that came from the reali- to ease suffering of the 3.9 Syrian refugees. The money will ty of the youth who have been described as the hope of be used in many sectors. tomorrow and of the future. Maatouq told the ceremony the fund was aimed at The aim of this article is not to rewrite what has been “putting an end to the pains and tears shed thus far, giving said, rather, I will mention some of the controversial views hope to every child, drawing a smile on the face of every that were made by Boodai, which in turn raised many com- orphan and responding to the call for relief of the elderly, ments. I think he said the truth that few dare to say these widows and women who lost their children and loved days. ones.” Boodai gave an advice for young people either to look “The Syrian conflict entered its fifth year in March with for a job to secure continuous salary and be content with millions of refugees facing a bleak future. Most see little that or go to another country to invest in, in any sector. opportunity of returning home in the near future and have Now, I think jobs that meet the aspirations of young little opportunity to restart their lives in exile. Annual people or jobs for qualified and experienced Kuwaitis are UNHCR figures due to be released next week are likely to quite few nowadays. Therefore, going out of the country to show that the number of Syrian refugees and internally search for a better job is not defective, but a reality displaced continued to grow substantially in 2014,” said imposed by the circumstances - it is an opportunity for Guterres. self-discovery and independence, and is not a mistake. At the Geneva ceremony, AMaatouq also gave cheques Being silent and bowing down to get a job, just to secure a to several of UNHCR’s sister agencies, including the World salary, is a fast way to kill ambition and creativity. Food Programme, UNICEF, World Health Organization, the In Kuwait, we have thousands of expats of all nationali- International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN Relief ties, who came here in search for a better place to live and and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees and the work, and there is no shame in that. So the idea for International Organization for Migration. Kuwaitis to do the same should be encouraged and not undermined. Voluntary contributions Boodai also spoke about the development dream, won- In other news, Kuwait’s Permanent Delegate to the dering, where is the development and where are its mil- United Nations Mansour Al-Otaibi reaffirmed that his coun- lions? Good point. I know that we often hear about the try will continue offering voluntary payments to the UN aid financial center of Kuwait, but the fact that laws and legis- agencies, and specialized funds and programs. lation are rigid (or hurdles to investment) is a strong reason Ambassador Otaibi appreciated the efforts made by the why Kuwait can’t move rapidly in this regard. It’s a sad fact, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and so far, there are no attempts to change the reality. (OCHA) to arrange for the Third International Humanitarian A report on the obstacles of the development in Kuwait Pledging Conference for Syria, hosted by Kuwait in late issued by the General Secretariat for Planning clearly March. stressed that the lack of government efficiency affects the He was speaking at a ceremony at the UN headquarters performance of the private sector, as well as the regula- in New York Friday to mark the delivery of the last payment tions of Manpower and the difficulty of obtaining financ- of Kuwait donation at the humanitarian conference; the ing, reflecting a key constraint to a decline in indicators of ceremony was attended by Kyung-wha Kang - the UN labor market efficiency and the development of financial Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Emergency Relief markets, leading to poor investment environment and Coordinator for OCHA, and representatives of donor coun- thus to the lack of investors’ confidence in the start of new tries. projects. “Kuwait pledged a total of $3.6 billion at the third con- I think that the most important impediment to devel- opment in Kuwait is the length of the so-called documen- tary cycle, which is three years, sometimes up to ten years; and it certainly crashes interests and causes delays for companies and owners of private capital and this may not be of direct relevance to young people, but to investment projects as a whole. The op-ed concluded by saying that those who tolerate the “development of their present,” do not deserve the title of future leaders and the youth are the future leaders. I agree with that; because now, the majority of government employees are Kuwaitis, as it provides security. But it has a negative dimension to the future, since the public sector has become crowded with “disguised employment,” for not providing effective and useful experience for these young people even if they spent long years in service. Also, the private sector does not count the government sector experience. Two motorists The real investment lies in human investment (in edu- cation, first, and the development of curricula, second) and then in changing the broken laws. The truth is young peo- die in crash ple will run the country and so the truth must be said now even if it seem ugly; nonetheless, it sparked a debate and By Hanan Al-Saadoun discussion to become a mind and eye-opener. KUWAIT: Two persons burned to death following a colli- sion over the Um Al-Haiman Bridge southbound. A third Frozen chicken truck person was injured in the crash and was rushed to the nearest medical facility. The victims’ bodies were sent to involved in accident the coroner for an autopsy to identify them. Meanwhile, an investigation was opened to determine the circumstances By Meshaal Al-Enezi behind the accident

KUWAIT: A truckload of frozen chicken was scattered on the street, when the truck transporting the poultry turned over on Ghazali Street. The truck driver was injured and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Bomb scare at Jahra hotel Security authorities in Jahra rushed to Slayil Jahra hotel to search for a reported bomb. Hotel management later said that the report was fake and that no bomb was found.

Two popular restaurants closed The Ministry of Commerce and Industry decided to close two famous restaurants after a court ruling found the estab- lishments guilty of selling food unfit for human consumption.

KUWAIT: A Kuwait Municipality campaign in Mubarak Al- Kabeer governorate resulted in the destruction of 53 kilo- grams of expired meat, as well as the issuance of 12 cita- tions for using a storage without a license, selling food that is not fit for human consumption, operating prior to receiving a license and employing workers before they get health certificates. The campaign comes as Kuwait Municipality intensifies its activities ahead and during the holy month of Ramadan. — By Hanan Al-Saadoun SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 From the Arabic press

Al-Anbaa Al-Qabas Just block Education them all! Ministry Gestapo

By Reem Al-Waqian By Suad Almojel

still remember how our social life used to be e definitely support the state in its stronger and more beautiful in the past when efforts to go after violators of residen- Ifamily members of all ages used to gather and Wcy laws, including those who work in chat, share tales, laugh and hold conversations. jobs that are different from what is mentioned Everybody used to be extremely happy with in their visas. Implementing the law is nice, but such strong bonds. They used to socialize, this does mean to go overboard and use meth- exchange visits and offer face-to-face congratu- ods that are closer to military detentions in lations on various occasions. This was very scared chasing violators. for everyone and the least they would do was to Recently, a private school owner spoke to make a phone call to maintain such family bonds me about the behavior of the interior, social and help them grow stronger. affairs and education ministries in arresting I feel very sorry reminiscing about those days SYRIA violators in private schools. He described the with all the good and bad memories they might way of arresting violators and pushing them in bring back to me. I feel sorry for the social bonds buses in a humiliating way that does not befit we lost in this age of satellite TV channels. It was the ministries of a civilized state. such a beautiful time then and we will never Among the violations these ministries found make up for its loss. There are no more family vis- in that school were employees working as its and socializing. This all gave way to social assistant teachers, which is a tactful description media networks such as WhatsApp, Facebook, of the duties of the custodian who helps chil- dren as nature requires, and other similar Al-Jarida duties. The education ministry stipulates that These social networks the assistant teacher should be a holder of a made it easier to break university degree if not a Kuwaiti, but it only requires a Kuwaiti to have a general secondary up and cut loose with Al-Qabas certificate to become an “assistant teacher”! And the violation here is that some non- family, friends and Kuwaiti assistant teachers do not have universi- Mujahid or sick-minded? ty degrees. loved ones In Austria, where civilized practices are clear By Salah Al-Sayer even with criminals and violators, the police- Twitter and Instagram, that, from my point of man is required to start with a greeting first, view, are the base of social rifts as we now settle nlike those who consider Osama bin Laden as fee on campfires built with dry wood. This only then remove his hat before informing the viola- for sending congratulations, condolences and a terrorist, murderer and a slayer who killed proves that one man’s misery is another’s joy. tor about his violation. If the policeman vio- ‘get well soon’ messages using these networks Uinnocent people, some people believe he was In addition, a disturbed psychological state might lates any of these conditions, he will be held to without visiting or even making a phone call. a ‘mujahid’ and a freedom-fighter fighting the infidel be behind bin laden’s abandoning of wealth and lofty account and questioning! These social networks made it easier to break foreigners. The second group justifies this opinion by luxurious life to live in a remote, distant, uncomfort- Implement the law, as no one can object to up and cut loose with family, friends and loved many reasons such as referring able and filthy place. To such an act, but for the law to remain in the ones by simply clicking a ‘block’ button express- to the endless wealth the ‘mar- explain this, I would like to drawers for 50 years, and then the ministries ing a wish not to keep knowing somebody. Just tyr’ never enjoyed and aban- remind you of billionaire decide to launch hysteric campaigns during doned a wealthy luxurious life Howard Robard Hughes, Jr block that person in your accounts on all social A disturbed psychological which buses are used in this humiliating fash- to live in caves, which to them (Dec 24, 1905-April 5, 1976) ion and being accredited with being careful media networks and he/she would make an exit proves how strong his faith who was an American business out of your life regardless of how bad this may state might be behind bin about the law, then the issue needs a pause, was. tycoon, investor, aviator, aero- close look and patience. make him/her feel, of how long you have known I am not in the process of space engineer, inventor, film- laden’s abandoning of Private school owners asked for a meeting each other and of how strong your bond had judging bin Laden’s faith here, maker and philanthropist. He is been. of course, because that is up to wealth and lofty luxurious also remembered for his with the education minister many times to dis- I believe those hiding behind ‘blocks’ to break Almighty Allah, who knows eccentric behavior and reclu- cuss and understand this sudden mania to up are too weak to do this in person and that what lies deep within our life to live in a remote, sive lifestyle in later life, implement an old law, yet the response was they lack self-confidence and the courage need- souls. I only wish to note that caused in part by a worsening silence! They are not in opposition of the law, ed to face others, which is quite the opposite of living in mountains and distant, uncomfortable obsessive-compulsive disorder but they are not happy with the way it is being what used to happen in old socializing traditions remote places does not neces- (OCD) and chronic pain. He implemented, which lacks the least amount of when people used to break up or end relation- sarily pose hardships for all and filthy place spent the rest of his life isolat- tact. Their demands are summarized in that ships face to face, with mutual respect and with- human beings. On the con- ed in a dark hotel room where education places have sacredness that requires out holding any grudges for others. ‘Blocking’ trary, some people may find he rejected the idea of person- a minimum amount of respect by granting an people has enhanced alienation, hatred and much relief in quitting city life. al hygiene, cleanliness, wash- opportunity to adjust the violators’ status grudges amongst siblings, friends, family and This can be probably proved by those who love and ing up and getting haircuts, till he died lonely in the instead of throwing them in this humiliating loved ones. prefer desert camping where they live in the open, middle of a pile of garbage! fashion inside Gestapo buses. —Translated by Kuwait Times taking shelter in tents made of wool and making cof- —Translated by Kuwait Times —Translated by Kuwait Times

Crime Report Zain wins ‘Golden shield for Excellence Doctor alleges rape in Environmental Sustainability’ award

KUWAIT: A doctor working at the psychiatric hospital KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- business, which is the principle that guides claimed that she was raped by three masked men inside tions company in Kuwait, announced that it Zain’s corporate social responsibility strate- her car. The doctor told police that as she left her job at was awarded with the ‘Golden Shield for gy. 7:00 pm recently, she was surprised to see a big crack on Excellence in Environmental Sustainability’ Commenting on the award, Waleed Al- her windshield. While inspecting it, three masked men which was bestowed by the Arab Khashti, Zain’s Corporate Communications appeared, scaring her, so she fainted, and then they raped Organization for Social Responsibility. The and Relations Director said: “Being recog- her. Capital detectives are investigating the doctor’s claims. award, which attests Zain’s efforts in carry- nized by a well-reputed Arab entity certain- ing initiatives that improve sustainable ly encourages us to move forward in craft- environmental development, was ing more programs that aim at enriching Domestic abuse announced during a ceremony held in the environment we live in. At Zain, we A wife accused her Kuwaiti husband of beating her Dubai. have a firm belief that the success of any with his iqal (head gear), leaving bruises on her back The accolade recognizes Zain’s efforts in commercial company stems primarily from and other parts of her body. The man hit her as punish- launching a series of initiatives and pro- its social commitment to the communities ment for ‘touching his phone,’ according to her state- grams conducted throughout the year, they serve.” ments. A complaint was filed at Fintas police station which had a deep impact among the com- “Our commitment to positively influenc- and an arrest order was made for the husband. In munity it operates in, especially through ing society and the environment we live in another incident, a girl accused her stepfather of beat- the contributions made towards particular is what drives our corporate social respon- ing and insulting her, while her stepfather defended institutions and entities in the community. sibility activities. We believe that a sustain- himself by saying he was forced to beat her to disci- Zain further explained that the award was able future is a bright one, and in line with pline her. Both were referred for questioning at the granted to institutions that demonstrated a this objective, we look to remain focused Qairawan police station. strong commitment to corporate social on developments in these areas.” Added responsibility and sustainable develop- Khashti ment, co-existing with a set of principles Khashti further stated that the initiatives Girls’ fight and standards that companies abide by. and social projects executed by the compa- KUWAIT: Waleed Al-Khashti, Zain’s Corporate Communications and Relations Police broke up a heated fight between three girls, The company further indicated that the ny mirrors its commitment to achieving Director receives the award. where they exchanged indecent insults and threw shoes, award was also devoted to the role of the higher levels of transparency and account- coffee cups and pots at each other inside a Salmiya cafe. companies that seek to establish a commit- ability to the society as well as its partners, paign entitled ‘A Greener World is a nological aspect by reducing the use of The three were sent to the police station. ted entity of true partnership standards, adding that Zain will seize any opportunity Wonderful World’ and was set to see Zain’s unwanted printed paper and replacing it while providing an adequate level of to renew its commitment to the most effec- internal divisions practice green methods. by electronic usage. achieving social and environmental devel- tive social issues. Moreover, Zain has undertaken numer- It is worth mentioning that Zain’s social Gang of thieves arrested opment. During the last period, Zain launched ous modifications at its branches, including responsibility strategy focuses on conduct- Maidan Hawally detectives arrested a gang of four It is worth mentioning that Zain has and conducted a series of initiatives and the introduction of reusable, biodegrad- ing and supporting sound environmental Syrians and a Lebanese who attacked and robbed always adopted a transparent approach in programs ranging from the REUSE initiative able bags for customers to take home in practices as well as participating in envi- passers-by. Stolen mobile phones were found with achieving social commitments, an in partnership with en.v which benefited order to reduce reliance on plastic bags. ronmental activities and awareness cam- them, and they confessed to the charges. In another approach that underlines the importance more than 8000 individuals. The company The company also extended its utmost paigns that reinforce the company’s pio- case, Ahmadi detectives are looking for a thief who of the human spirit even while conducting also introduced an environmental cam- environmental concern towards the tech- neering position locally and regionally. broke into an Egyptian man’s apartment and stole KD 1,300 and his family’s passports. —Al-Rai Zain organizes ‘Ramadan Kuwait, UK mull Bazaar’ for employees

Judicial cooperation KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecom- resources. The event provided an munications company in Kuwait, excellent gathering point to give KUWAIT: Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and announced that it successfully employees a chance to purchase Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane said the Justice Ministry in organized the second ‘Ramadan Ramadan necessities. cooperation with the Public Prosecution has made good Bazaar’ internal exhibition dedicated The company stressed that the progress in preparing the technical aspects of the legal and to employees. The Bazaar provided internal exhibition played as an judicial cooperation between Kuwait and UK, in regards to Zain employees with an opportuni- excellent platform for entrepreneurs exchanging suspects. The report was sent to Foreign ty to complete their preparations for to showcase their products and Ministry for its opinion before sending it to British authori- the upcoming Holy Month of services to employees. The compa- ties, he added. The most recent visit by the British justice Ramadan through showcasing ny provided interested small-busi- minister resulted in the necessity to sign a special agree- Ramadan themed products. The ness owners with a free booth in the ment between the two countries “so that Britain does not exhibition was held at its main Bazaar to further affirm its commit- become a safe haven for (fugitives from Kuwait),” he said. headquarters in Shuwaikh. ment to support the development Kuwait demanded the cooperation of British judicial Zain explained that it organized of small businesses in Kuwait. Zain authorities in order to protect Kuwait’s public funds, he the ‘Zain Ramadan Bazaar’ for the mentioned that the Ramadan added. On that regard, Sane said Kuwait succeeded in second year running as part of the Bazaar received great feedback from receiving the first judicial order to freeze the accounts of company’s continuous efforts to fur- employees, who found the internal former director of Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social ther enhance its dedicated exhibition a valuable opportunity to Security Fahad Al-Rajaan in the UK, adding that Kuwait is Corporate Social Responsibility complete their Ramadan shopping working on arresting the former official. — Al-Jarida strategy towards its own human during office hours. SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 Counter-terror cop survives Talebanís Spying fears prompt smartphone ban for Iran officials attack in Pakistan Page 8 Page 11

ARBIL: Female peshmegra fighters take a selfie in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. — AFP Bang and bling for pop diva’s anti-IS anthem

ARBIL: High heels, fatigues and gold rifle-shaped rings- step and will result in the world knowing more about 1988 and her grandfather fought for the peshmerga. the past year. When the jihadist group took over singer Helly Luv’s blend of bang and bling has made her who the peshmerga are,” he said. Peshmerga fighter Her family had fled Saddam Hussein’s rule and she swathes of Iraq in June 2014 and subsequently the most popular cheerleader for the Iraqi Kurds’ war Abdulrahman Ahmed agreed, saying such songs will grew up mainly in Finland before flying to Los Angeles attacked the peshmerga, many in the West held up the against jihadists. She visits peshmerga forces fighting encourage “the international community to sympathise when she turned 18 to pursue a career in music. With Kurds as the moral and military flagship of the world’s the Islamic State group, which overran a third of Iraq and cooperate with us more, and support us with plenty of hip-swinging and hair-swishing, the rock- fightback against IS. Of filming in Al-Khazr, Helly Luv last year, and says she filmed her latest music video in weapons to continue fighting these terrorists and elimi- chick style of the “Kurdish Shakira” is in stark contrast said: “There were some who warned me against going Al-Khazr, not far from the jihadists’ lines. “I want to give nate them once and for all.” According to her online with the sombre and pious “nasheeds”-both for and there, but I insisted that filming be in real places affect- something to the peshmerga because I consider myself biography, Helly Luv was born Helan Abdulla in Iran in against IS-that have blossomed on social media over ed by Daesh terrorism.” — AFP one of them,” the 26-year-old singer told AFP in the Kurdish regional capital Arbil. “I wore peshmerga clothes in the song to support them.” Her latest music video, for a song titled “Revolution,” opens with a peshmerga fighter looking at a picture of himself with a young boy, presumably his son, as shelling and gunfire are heard in the background. He tucks the photo inside his helmet and goes to fight. The video then moves to a quiet village where children play and people sit drinking tea, but it soon comes under fire from black-clad militants driving armored vehicles like those captured from Iraqi security forces, including a tank. A child screams and residents flee, but Helly Luv- wearing golden high heels with a white and red scarf covering her face-strides the other way to dramatic music, unfurling a banner before the tank that reads “STOP THE VIOLENCE.” She sings and dances next to a car with “END WAR” spray painted on its side, but footage that includes peshmerga forces counterattacking and lyrics such as “We gon’ keep on fighting” make clear she means the violence will stop once IS is defeated. The music video hits on many themes that the peshmerga have sought to emphasize since the anti-IS conflict began last June, showing them as the brave, secular defenders of the innocent threatened by jihadist brutality. To hammer home the coexistence message, people march in the video carrying banners with peace messages in various languages and an array of religious symbols, including the Jewish star of David and the Buddhist wheel.

‘Kurdish Shakira’ The video and English lyrics are over the top and sometimes cringe-worthy, but also apparently popular, garnering 700,000 views on YouTube barely two weeks after its release. “The song is called ‘Revolution’ and I call in it for Kurdistan and the countries of the world to unite to fight terrorism and injustice,” Helly Luv said. “I want to show the world who the peshmerga forces are, and who Daesh is,” she said, using an Arabic acronym that the jihadist group deems derogatory. Peshmerga officer Nawzad Saleh, said that in the days when the peshmerga were mountain-based rebel fighters, singers sang songs encouraging them to fight. “Now the Kurdish singers have begun singing for the peshmerga in other languages, and this is a beautiful INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

Spying fears prompt smartphone ban for Iran officials

TEHRAN: Iranian officials with access to classified ‘State secrets’ information will be forbidden from using smart- Meanwhile, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said phones in connection with their work because of yesterday he would not put state secrets at risk in fears of espionage, a security official said yesterday. the country’s nuclear negotiations, becoming the Such phones are not secure as “data entered on to latest senior official to express reservations about them is backed up, cannot be removed and can be intrustive inspections sought by world powers. The accessed,” Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali told question of inspectors’ access to Iran’s nuclear sites ISNA news agency, alluding to smartphone applica- and military bases is a major sticking point in the tions and manufacturers. Jalali, head of Iran’s Civil nuclear negotiations between Iran and world pow- Defense Organization, said the new rule, which is ers, which are aiming to strike a deal by June 30. pending final approval, would mean officials “Iran will absolutely not allow its national secrets to “should use other phones for work that involves fall into the hands of foreigners through the sensitive information.” There is nothing to stop such Additional Protocol or any other means,” Rouhani workers using smartphones in their private lives, said in a televised news conference, referring to a based on what he said. mechanism that would allow for more intrusive The restrictions, however, come after reports inspections of Iranian sites. that nuclear talks between Iran and world powers Rouhani did not rule out implementing such an which face a June 30 deadline were compromised additional protocol, noting that other countries that by cyber hacking. Swiss and Austrian authorities are signatories to the nuclear non-proliferation said Thursday they had opened separate probes treaty have done so without any problem. But he into alleged spying in hotels where the nuclear insisted that Iran should not face especially intru- negotiations are taking place. IT experts pointed sive measures. US and French diplomats have called the finger at Israel, which is lobbying hard against for Iran to accept stringent measures, including the nuclear diplomacy, but deputy foreign minister access to its military sites and inspections on as lit- Tzipi Hotovely denied its secret services were tle as two hours notice. Supreme Leader Ayatollah involved. Iran is sensitive to cyber threats as its Ali Khamenei, who has the final word on Iran’s for- nuclear program was hit in 2010 by Stuxnet, a cyber eign and security policy, has ruled out several virus that ravaged its Natanz atomic facility, an requests by the West, including on interviewing its TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference in Tehran yesterday. attack Tehran blamed on Israel and the United nuclear scientists and “extraordinary supervision There are still “many differences over details” of a nuclear deal Iran and world powers are trying to States. measures”.— Agencies conclude by June 30, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said. — AFP

Saudi hits area inhabited by Yemen ex-leader’s relatives Nine dead; Conflict deepens SANAA: Nine people were killed when Saudi- common cause with the Houthis, members of led coalition warplanes bombed a district in the the Zaydi branch of Shiite Islam who seized con- Yemeni capital Sanaa inhabited by relatives of trol of Sanaa last September and forced ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, residents and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to flee the medics said. The air raid, which also wounded at Arabian Peninsula country. least 60 people, came ahead of planned UN- The Saudi-led coalition is trying to restore sponsored talks in Geneva aimed at ending Hadi to power. The Houthis, who have Yemen’s conflict that has drawn in regional pow- advanced across wide areas of Yemen, say they ers, including the world’s top oil exporter Saudi are pursuing a revolution against corruption and Arabia. Residents said the warplanes had target- Sunni Muslim militants, and deny any military or ed vacant houses in Bait Me’yad, a district near economic links with Iran, which also says it the heart of Sanaa that is home to a number of accords them only diplomatic support. Western relatives of Saleh, whose loyalists are allied with powers and the Arab alliance fear Iran, via the Houthi forces, the dominant armed faction in Houthis, is trying to extend its regional influence the conflict. into Yemen. The World Health Organization said Mohammed Yahya, an eyewitness, said two on Friday that 2,584 people had been killed and missiles struck two Saleh relatives’ houses while 11,065 injured in the conflict, which has the third crashed in the middle of the neighbor- wrought a worsening humanitarian crisis. hood, causing several casualties. Another wit- UNICEF said on Thursday that 80 percent of ness said three explosions shook the neighbor- Yemen’s population-over 20 million people-now hood. “We felt as if the house was going to col- needed humanitarian assistance after more than lapse over our heads,” said the man, identified as two months of air strikes and heavy factional Ali Ahmed. “We ran, with the children, and hid fighting. On Friday, six people were killed and a under the stairwell. It was terrifying.” Medical part of Sanaa’s historic Old City, a world heritage sources said nine people who had suffered site, was destroyed in an air raid. Saudi Arabia severe injuries died on arrival at hospital while denied targeting the Old City. UNESCO Director AKCAKALE: Syrian refugees walk near the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, at Akcakale in Sanliurfa province. Turkey said it was taking measures to 60 others were under care at three hospitals in General Irina Bokova has said she was distressed limit the flow of Syrian refugees onto its territory after an influx of thousands more over the last days due to fighting betweenKurds and the capital. by the loss of lives and “by the damage inflicted jihadists. Under an “open-door” policy, Turkey has taken in 1.8 million Syrian refugees since the conflict in Syria erupted in 011.2 — AFP Saleh remains influential in Yemen through on one of the world’s oldest jewels of Islamic his control of the former ruling party, the urban landscape”. The United Nations said on General People’s Congress, and the loyalty of Friday that talks between Yemen’s warring par- many in the military, despite having stepped ties scheduled for Sunday has been delayed by Syrian Kurds advance down after mass protests in 2011 against his one day to Monday as one delegation was arriv- long authoritarian rule. He subsequently made ing late in Geneva.— Reuters towards IS-held town Erdogan says ‘West’ helping Kurdish terrorists

BEIRUT: The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said it Islamic State from wide areas of territory since lost the city of Palmyra in central Syria to Islamic began an advance towards an Islamic State-held early May. “The move towards Tel Abyad from the State-the first time the jihadists seized a city town at the Turkish border yesterday, thrusting east began today after the completion of the directly from government control. For the YPG, deeper into the jihadists’ stronghold of Raqqa Suluk blockade,” Xelil said. “Many of the Daesh dislodging Islamic State from Tel Abyad would province with the backing of US-led air strikes. militants have fled (Suluk), apart from a group of help them to link up Kurdish-controlled areas of Redur Xelil, the YPG spokesman, told Reuters the suicide attackers inside the town and the booby Syria in Hasaka province and Kobani. YPG and smaller Syrian Arab rebel groups fight- traps, so we are very cautious about entering the The expansion of Kurdish influence in Syria ing alongside it had begun the move towards Tel town centre,” he added via Skype. Daesh is an near the border with Turkey is a concern for Abyad after encircling the Islamic State-held Arabic name for Islamic State. The Syrian Ankara, which has long been worried about sepa- town of Suluk 20 km to the southeast. The Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based ratism among its own Kurdish population. Turkish advance raises the prospect of a big battle at the organization that tracks the war, said the YPG President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Turkish border between the well-organized YPG fighters were now half-way between Suluk and the West of bombing Arabs and Turkmens in Syria militia and Islamic State. Tel Abyad is important to Tel Abyad. while supporting Kurdish “terrorist” groups he Islamic State as the nearest border town to its de With the help of US-led air strikes, the YPG said were filling the void left behind. Xelil said: facto capital of Raqqa city. Turkey says thousands fended off an Islamic State attack on the border “The help of the alliance forces has been very of people have already fled across its border to town of Kobani, or Ayn al-Arab, in January. Since effective and accurate in its target selection.” The escape fighting between the YPG and Islamic then, the YPG has emerged as the most signifi- YPG is affiliated to the outlawed Kurdistan State near Tel Abyad. cant partner on the ground in Syria for the US-led Workers Party (PKK) which has fought a decades- The YPG has made a determined push into alliance that is trying to roll back Islamic State. long insurgency against the Turkish state. The Raqqa province from neighboring Hasaka where, Washington has ruled out the idea of partnering PKK is considered a terrorist group by Ankara, the SANAA: Yemenis search for survivors under the rubble of houses in the UNESCO-listed heritage with the help of the US-led alliance, it has driven with President Bashar Al-Assad, who last month United States and European Union. — Reuters site in the old city of Yemeni capital Sanaa following an overnight Saudi-led air strike. — AFP Kagame eyes 3rd term; millions call for constitution change

KIGALI: The list of supporters is long: more than two-fifths of announced his bid to stand for a third term in polls next Rwandan media has reported that prisoners in one jail, have signed petitions under the instigation of the govern- Rwanda’s voters have signed a petition calling for constitu- month, a move branded by opponents as unconstitutional Rubavu in western Rwanda, where many are serving long ment”, adding that all door-to-door canvassing was banned tional reform to allow strongman Paul Kagame a third term in and a violation of a 2006 peace deal that ended 13 years of sentences for their role in the genocide, had also signed the so as not to “influence” the people. “The RPF never gave any power. The authorities speak of a popular mass movement, civil war. Since late April in Rwanda, crowds of Kagame fans petition. The government denies any pressure has been instructions to local officials” to collect signatures, he said, critics of a manipulation of power. As the second and final have signed the petition asking parliament to amend the applied. Ministry of Local Government spokesman Ladislas adding that all who signed “did so of their own will... we do seven-year mandate of Rwanda’s president draws to a close, constitution to “convince” their president to stand again. Ngendahimana said he “categorically denies that people not need to force them.”— AFP there are increasing indications he may join other African “Kagame is a special man,” Ngendahayo said. “This is not leaders in changing the rules to stay put in elections due in the time to let him go,” said the 35-year old businessman. 2017. “Kagame loves his people, so if we the people ask him, he will Kagame is a “gift from God,” said Aimable Ngendahayo, accept.” Kagame himself has said he is “open to going or not Iran brings home body of one of the 2.5 million people who have signed the petition going depending on the interest and future” of Rwanda. calling for a change of Article 101 of the constitution, which Rwanda watchers however question the spontaneity of the limits the president to two terms. The move comes amid a petition, in a country where the political debate is tightly top general killed in Syria wider controversy in Africa over efforts by leaders to change controlled. Unlike Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise constitutions in order to stay in office. Kagame, 57, has been Compaore, who was chased out last year after he tried to stay DUBAI: Iran is bringing home the body of a top-ranking military nificant setbacks since March. The insurgents fighting there at the top of Rwandan politics since 1994, when an offensive for a third term, Kagame can be confident of few headaches officer killed in April in southern Syria, Iranian news agencies include the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and groups that profess a by his ethnic Tutsi rebel force, the Rwandan Patriotic Front in a country with no real opposition. reported, at least the second senior Iranian to die there this year more secular outlook and are backed by Assad’s Arab foes. The late (RPF), put an end to a genocide by Hutu extremists that left while supporting Damascus in the war. Hadi Kajbaf, a major gener- commander’s son, Sajad Kajbaf, told Tasnim the body was due to an estimated 800,000 mostly Tutsis dead. As minister of ‘Strong institutions, not strong men’ al in the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), was killed be flown to Iran on Friday night after being delayed by a day. It defense and then vice president, Kagame was widely seen as Yet Washington, once among Kagame’s closest support- near the rebel-held town of Busr Al-Harir, about 100 km south of was not clear how Iran had obtained the body, which was taken by the power behind the throne even before he took the presi- ers, has spoken against the third term, saying it supports “a Damascus, the IRGC-linked Tasnim agency reported late on Friday. the rebels when he was killed. An unknown number of Iranian mil- dency in 2003, winning 95 percent of the vote. He was re- new leader” in 2017 and saying democracy requires “strong Three other Iranians were killed alongside Kajbaf including a mid- itary advisers have deployed in Syria in support of the Syrian army elected in 2010 with a similarly resounding mandate. institutions, not strong men”. Several people said they were ranking Shi’ite Muslim cleric, the semi-official Fars news agency and the militias fighting alongside it. The Iranian-backed Lebanese encouraged into signing the petition. One person, who reported. group Hezbollah is now deployed more widely than ever in Syria. Popular movement? declined to be named, said the local neighborhood security Iranian military and financial support have been crucial to help- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani recently vowed to back the From the trauma of genocide, he has been painted as a chief, “told me it was a paper to sign”. Without the door-to- ing President Bashar Al-Assad survive the war, now in its fifth year. Syrian government “until the end of the road” after the battlefield guarantor of stability and economic development, earning door campaign the person would not have signed. “Of The conflict is a focal point for Shiite Islamist Iran’s power struggle setbacks suffered by Assad. Iran, the world’s major Shiite power, praise from donors-and his supporters say many in Rwanda course I signed... I am known in the neighborhood... I do not with Sunni Saudi Arabia, which supports the insurgents battling to justifies its intervention in Syria by portraying the mostly Sunni view the prospect of his departure as a step into the know what might have happened (otherwise),” the person topple Assad. Kajbaf held the highest rank used in Iran’s armed rebels as hardline Sunni Islamist extremists. Islamic State and the unknown. Kagame says the decision is for the “Rwandan peo- added. One Rwandan journalist, who also requested forces, making him more senior than an IRGC brigadier general Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front are the two most powerful insurgent ple”. “I have not asked anyone to change the constitution and anonymity, said that “there are people who sign in good who was killed in January by an Israeli missile strike in Syrian terri- groups in Syria today. Iran projects power in the Middle East by I have not told anybody how or what to think about 2017,” faith, but many also who do so for fear of being labeled as tory near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, along with a number allying with regional proxies who follow Shiite Islam or its off- Kagame said in April. Weeks of political unrest in neighboring enemies of the state,” while others who are illiterate in rural of fighters from the Lebanese Shi’ite Hezbollah group. shoots. Assad belongs to the Alawite minority, an offshoot of Burundi began in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza areas sign without even knowing what it is. Southern Syria is one of the regions where Assad has faced sig- Shiism.‚—Reuters INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia Moscow accused of arming rebels; sending troops

ROSTOV-ON-DON: Former Ukrainian rebel fighter Let down by leadership? ones is uncertain. Ex-miner Vadim Lysovenko, 37, says Valery glances down at where his right leg should While none of the former fighters say they regret he accepts that given the rebel states are unrecog- be as he confronts life’s new reality across the bor- their choice to sign up with the rebels, many seem nized even by Russia, those injured in the fighting will der in Russia. “Hopefully I will get my prosthetic angry with how things have turned out in east Ukraine. struggle to get compensation or be accepted as war soon and in a month try to learn to walk again with They see the current rebel leadership-that the West veterans. But as he shifts the stump of his left leg he it,” the father-of-one, 40 said refusing to give his sur- says are Kremlin puppets-as corrupt and accuse them says that he hopes to get support from the rebel name as his son lives in government-held territory. of letting down those who fought for them. “The peo- authorities. “People who have fought to defend their A former railway worker, Valery took up arms to bat- ple in charge crawled out of cellars somewhere,” spits homes can’t believe that they did everything in vain,” tle Ukrainian troops he saw as threatening his home recovering rebel fighter Maxim angrily, giving only his he said. Meanwhile, others have already gone in a war that Kiev and the West accuse Russia of military call-sign “Buba”. “It is a betrayal of the people,” through the lengthy process of rehab and are ready to MADRID: Candidate for mayor of Partido Popular (PP) Esperanza Aguirre (right) casts instigating. He fought until a machine-gunner blew he said. “These guys, why did they go through all this? return to whatever life awaits them. Alexander, 32, her ballot under the interim presidency of Manuela Carmena (left) during the off his leg in February clashes near his hometown of How will they look after their families now?” nervously toys with his prosthetic right hand as a taxi investiture session at the Cibeles Palace, City-Hall of Madrid, where Carmena has Mariupol. “Whatever hand fate deals you, you can’t The future for the men here who took up arms carries him across town to catch a bus back to east been sworn in as new mayor of Madrid yesterday. —AFP change it,” he said, shifting around on his dormitory against an enemy they saw as threatening their loved Ukraine. — AFP bed. “People can get used to everything.” ‘Outraged’ Spanish mayors take Now he is recovering in a nondescript brick house in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on- power in Madrid and Barcelona Don, some 100 kilometers from the border with his Bush happy to echo dad’s homeland, that has become a makeshift rehabilita- MADRID: Activists from the Indignados develop public transport, increase subsidies tion centre for those injured on the rebel side of the legacy in eastern Europe (Outraged) protest movement that grew out for poor families and slash the mayor’s Ukraine conflict. By mid-morning, some half a of Spain’s economic crisis took power in the salary by more than half to 45,000 euros dozen men-some missing arms, others legs-sit country’s two biggest cities yesterday after ($51,000). smoking on a wooden bench in the small courtyard. TALLINN: Jeb Bush strolled the halls of the Polish par- time in a nation still governed by a communist gov- thrashing the ruling conservatives in local Many of the new mayor’s supporters come A bearded, haggard man emerges from the house liament, praised Germany’s economic boom since the ernment. elections. Former judge Manuela Carmena, a from the Indignados protest movement that leading his blind son-an ex-insurgent fighter aged fall of the Berlin Wall and visited Estonia, a once-bleak In a 1989 visit to Poland, the elder Bush said it was communist in her youth, was sworn in as occupied Spanish squares four years ago, 30 - into the sunshine he cannot see. Soviet state that now has a growing, free-market the West’s goal to “forge closer and enduring ties mayor of Madrid yesterday morning, while demanding an end to government spending high-tech economy. If he was trying to stoke memo- between Poland and the rest of Europe.” He returned 41-year-old activist Ada Colau was set to cuts to healthcare and education, and to cor- No light injuries ries of his father and his legacy as president, and in 1992, not long after the country’s first free presi- become Barcelona’s first female mayor later in ruption. Carmena’s platform includes neigh- “The number of guys here varies-sometimes avoid any reminders of his brother and his presiden- dential election in six decades, received a hero’s wel- the afternoon. Carmena ended 24 years of borhood associations, environmentalist there are 10, sometimes 40. Normally between 20 tial legacy, Bush appears to have largely succeeded. “If come and promised that the US would help the conservative Popular Party rule in the Spanish groups and Spain’s new anti-austerity party, and 30,” said Olga Vezovskaya, a former rebel you think about, in terms of history, my dad’s manag- young democracy “to succeed and to prosper.” When capital. “I promise to loyally respect the duties Podemos, whose strong gains could make medic, who runs the centre. “There aren’t any peo- ing - in cooperation with great leaders of his time - Jeb Bush participated in a private group discussion in involved in being mayor of Madrid,” Carmena them kingmakers in what analysts have ple with light injuries here-the patients need long- managing the fall of the Soviet Union, it’s been talked Warsaw, “he implied that what his dad did was impor- said as she was sworn in, minutes after the described as a historic general election in term and comprehensive rehabilitation,” she said, about at every stop we’ve made,” Bush said Friday. tant for him,” said Agnieszka Komorowska of the East city council officially voted her in as leader of December. Podemos’s pony-tailed leader adding that the centre is the only one around help- In a week of public events in three nations, the European Democratic Center. Throughout his visit, the city of three million. Pablo Iglesias was present at the city council ing rebels and civilians, and the waiting list is long. Republican candidate for president - he’ll formally Bush stressed that as president, he would renewed The council chamber broke into applause, meeting, clapping for his ally Carmena when Moscow is accused of arming the rebels and send- announce his intentions on Monday - never men- the American commitment to its allies in Europe, as supporters cried out the rallying call of the the result was read out. ing its troops into Ukraine but those running the tioned his brother. In the US, he routinely expresses most notably in their relationship with Russia and its Indignados movement: “Yes, it is possible!” rehabilitation centre insist it has no links to the his love and respect for George W. Bush, known in the president, Vladimir Putin, whom Bush called a “bully” Carmena became mayor after her leftist plat- Two women at the helm Russian state. family and among Republicans as “43” - as in, the 43rd who can only be contained by a show of robust force. form, Ahora Madrid, forged an alliance with Many see the change as a barometer of The wounded do not pay for their board or American president. But he left office largely unpopu- “This plays well,” said Michal Baranowski, head of the main opposition Socialists, some two the mood on the street ahead of December’s treatment and, up until recently, money came from lar with many Europeans, mostly due to his decision the Warsaw office of the German Marshal Foundation weeks after thrashing the ruling Popular Party election. “Our main objective is to win the a fund headed by shady former separatist com- in 2003 to invade Iraq. Instead, Jeb Bush walked a of the US. “This visit is seen as important and good, in local and regional elections in May. “We are general election,” Iglesias beamed as he left mander Igor Strelkov-an ex-Russian intelligence path that recalls his father, George HW Bush, aka “41,” good for Poland.” Bush said he spoke with officials in at the service of the citizens of Madrid. We the city hall after yesterday’s vote. People agent who commanded the rebels until last sum- who served as vice president under Ronald Reagan Estonia about strengthening bonds with former want to govern by listening. We want them to from diverse backgrounds joined the protest mer. Thanks to an unofficial agreement with a local and as president during the final days of communism Soviet republics, “so that countries that are totally call us by our first names,” Carmena said, just movement that brought Carmena to power, state-run factory, the injured received discounted in Europe. dependent on sources of energy from Russia have an after her victory was announced. united in their hunger for change in a country prosthetic limbs that can cost up to $1,600 dollars “Think about how much change has taken place in alternative source of supply to help them with their Highlighting her concern with poverty in ruled by the Popular Party since 2011. (1,400 euros) and the public have helped cover these years,” Jeb Bush said. “It’s a good reminder that security.” Bush’s message wasn’t simply about Eastern Spain, where many live precariously even Ideologically, Ahora Madrid has its roots in treatment at local clinics. we’re a lot freer than we were, and we need to protect Europe. He argued that the US needs to play a larger though the worst of the crisis is over, anarchist and libertarian movements and is But now ruptures among the various rebel fac- that freedom. And that’s why the United States needs role in leading coalitions around the world to con- Carmena told the story of a 63-year-old inspired by the Paris Commune, a left-wing tions-that some commentators see as a sign of to be engaged.” A statue of Reagan adorns the tree- front Russia and the rise of the Islamic State in Middle woman named Julia whom she met on the revolutionary government that briefly ruled Moscow’s shifting support-have seen funding cut lined grounds near the Polish parliament building, Eastern countries, including Iraq. capital’s main square, Puerta del Sol, who Paris in 1871. and the rehabilitation centre is struggling to raise which Bush visited on Thursday for meetings with the That was a nod to his father, who built a coalition lives on 300 euros ($340) a month. Madrid Ahora Madrid’s own literature also men- money to stay open. “We have a lot of problems nation’s incoming and outgoing presidents, the par- of nations before countering Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait suffers a 16 percent unemployment rate, tions Kabouters, a Dutch anarchist group of now covering our daily needs. We have lost our liament speaker and foreign minister. Bush said peo- in 1991. Bush’s brother had a smaller coalition when while many who have jobs do not earn the 1970s that occupied buildings, European financing and we don’t know how we will cope,” ple told him this week that in 1987, his father, then he invaded Iraq in 2003. President Barack Obama has enough to get through the month. Carmena “green” movements and various resistance said Vezovskaya. “I am trying to do all I can so that vice president, gave a nationwide speech in Poland formed a coalition of more than 40 countries to battle has promised to stamp out corruption, movements as influences. —AFP our guys don’t feel abandoned.” from Krakow that was uncensored, unheard of at the the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. — AP SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 INTERNATIONAL Inauspicious start to a challenging month for Obama

WASHINGTON: This was hardly the promising tions. Together they symbolize the totality of the had overcome similar moribund moments in the trade legislation, offered a blistering critique: through the federal site aren’t eligible for the start the White House wanted for one of the president’s achievements in domestic, economic Senate. “He’s ignored Congress and disrespected subsidies. most challenging months in President Barack and national security policies. “I’m tempted to walk out here and say that Congress for years and then he shows up at the Obama has taken an aggressive stance Obama’s second term. After two last-minute, Friday’s setback for Obama was the result of a it’s deja vu all over again,” White House baseball game with homemade beer, and then ahead of the court’s announcement, arguing high-profile appeals to rescue his global trade complicated legislative strategy that linked pas- spokesman Josh Earnest said. But Obama’s strug- comes to the caucus and lectures us for 40 min- that the 5-year-old law is well established and agenda, Obama was knocked off stride Friday, sage of trade negotiating powers for the presi- gles Friday raised fresh questions about his abili- utes about his values and whether or not we’re that the case against it is so flimsy that the court rebuffed by lawmakers from his own party. The dent with a measure that would provide training ty to hold sway over fellow Democrats. He made being honest by using legislative tactics to try should not even have considered it. “This is now defeat in the House seriously damaged his and assistance to American workers who lost a surprise entrance Thursday night at Nationals’ and stop something which we believe is a horri- part of the fabric of how we care for one anoth- chances of capping his presidency with a jobs because of trade. In the end, a narrow Park, the Major League Baseball stadium where ble mistake for the United States of America and er,” he said this week. groundbreaking economic pact with 11 Pacific majority passed the “fast-track” trade measure lawmakers were playing their annual charity questions our integrity.” As for Iran, negotiators from the United rim countries. that gives the president the right to negotiate game. Obama arrived with a case of his White DeFazio added, “It wasn’t the greatest strate- States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China For Obama, it was an ominous first in a June deals that Congress can only approve or reject House beer for the winners. gy.” At issue in the health care case before the and Iran face a June 30 deadline as they contin- full of trials that could determine his standing for but not change. Then a large majority of Obama then made a rare trip to the Capitol Supreme Court case is whether Congress author- ued talks in Vienna aimed at curbing Tehran’s the remaining year-and-a-half of his presidency. Democrats, eager to kill the fast-track powers, on Friday morning to meet with House ized federal subsidy payments for health care ability to build a nuclear bomb. Iran denies any Besides the prospects for an international trade joined a majority of Republicans to vote against Democrats. Asked as he emerged if he had coverage regardless of where people live, or only nuclear weapon ambitions and says its nuclear deal, Obama is also awaiting a decision by the the assistance package for workers. changed any minds, Obama replied, “It’s just a for residents of states that created their own program is meant for power and other peaceful Supreme Court that could upend his health care At the White House, officials drew attention question if I changed votes.” insurance marketplaces. Nearly 6.4 million low- purposes. The talks have been difficult, with law, and he faces a June 30 deadline to conclude to the narrow passage of the trade negotiation He hadn’t. and moderate-income Americans could lose Western and Iranian negotiators still disagreeing an accord that aims to curb Iran’s nuclear ambi- piece of the bill and noted that the legislation Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., a critic of the coverage if the court rules people enrolled on key points like inspections. —AP US woman pleads not guilty to helping killers escape Massive police manhunt continues on 8th day

NEW YORK: A female prison worker More than 800 state, local and federal probability that Matt, who was convicted ment in the prison break. Hacksaw blades, pleaded not guilty Friday to allegedly agents combed thick woods east of the of dismembering his 76-year-old former drill bits and two pairs of spectacles with helping two killers escape a maximum- maximum-security jail where Richard boss, and Sweat, who shot dead a sheriff’s attached lights were among the items security New York state jail, as a massive Matt, 49, and David Sweat, 35, used pow- deputy, had inside help in pulling off last that his wife allegedly gave the convicts, police manhunt slipped into an eighth er tools to cut their way to freedom. Saturday’s escape. Joyce Mitchell, 51, who CNN quoted two unnamed law enforce- day. Investigators have focused on the worked at a prison tailoring shop, was ment sources as saying. Officials suggest that Mitchell was charmed by Matt and Sweat, and agreed to pick them up by car from the manhole where they emerged. Instead, she Mourners follow the hearse carrying the coffin after the funeral of former changed her mind and checked into a Liberal Democrat leader, Charles Kennedy, outside St John the Evangelist hospital-reportedly suffering from a panic church near Fort William, Scotland, Friday. Kennedy died suddenly at his attack. The Wall Street Journal reported that Mitchell had also been under investi- home on June 1 at the age of 55. He had suffered a major hemorrhage as a gation in the last year for allegedly form- result of a long battle with alcoholism. —AP ing a relationship with Sweat while they worked together in the prison tailoring shop. VA moving to extend Police said wet weather and the rolling woodlands where the search is focused were complicating the effort-but also benefits to some worked against the pair. “If they have not escaped the area or they have not availed themselves of shelter, we’ve got to Air Force reservists assume they’re cold, wet, tired and hun- gry,” Guess told reporters. WASHINGTON: Reversing a long-held posi- orders when it came to working on C-123s, “I would advise and remind the com- tion, the Department of Veterans Affairs now according to the C-123 Veterans Association. It munity and the residents that that makes says Air Force reservists who became ill after was formed four years ago by retired Air Force these individuals even more dangerous being exposed to Agent Orange residue while Maj Wesley T Carter after he and other and desperate.” Authorities “do not have working on planes after the Vietnam War reservists noticed a pattern in the various ail- any conclusive evidence that either of the should be eligible for disability benefits. ments they suffered. inmates has left this area,” he added. The VA said it has been working to finalize a The reservists under the rule would be enti- rule that could cover more than 2,000 military tled to VA disability benefits if they developed Search intensifies personnel who flew or worked on Fairchild C- health problems such as prostate cancer, dia- Police said they were continuing the 123 aircraft in the US from 1972 to 1982. Many betes and leukemia that were determined by search along state highway 374, a portion of the Vietnam-era planes, used by the the VA to be connected to Agent Orange. of which has been closed, in addition to reservists for medical and cargo transport, had “There wasn’t that much talk of Agent PLATTSBURG: Joyce Mitchell is arraigned in City Court on Friday near Plattsburgh, NY. Mitchell the closure of local schools. They added sprayed millions of gallons of herbicide during Orange,” said retired Tech. Sgt. Ed Kienle, 73, of is accused of helping two convicted killers escape from Clinton Correctional Facility in that officers were chasing more than 700 the 1955-1975 military conflict in Southeast Wilmington, Ohio, who worked on C-123 air- Asia. craft as a pilot and mechanic from 1972 to Dannemora.—AP leads. One local newspaper, the Press- Republican, said dogs had picked up the If the White House Office of Management 1980. He said reservists generally knew the arrested and charged with “promoting convicts’ scent on Wednesday and traced and Budget approves the change, it would be planes had once sprayed Agent Orange, but prison contraband” and criminal facilita- it from outside a convenience store and the first time the VA had established a special he didn’t think twice about it when he was tion. gas station through the woods. category of Agent Orange exposure for mili- asked to clear away parts coated with residue. Handcuffed and visibly nervous, There is a $100,000 reward for infor- tary personnel without “boots on the ground” After retiring from the military in 1997, Mitchell appeared in court late Friday mation leading to the murderers’ arrest, or inland waterways service in Vietnam. That Kienle said he developed skin cancer and res- dressed in a lime-green T-shirt and wear- and the public has been warned to call could open the VA to renewed claims by thou- piratory problems and is being treated for indi- ing black-rimmed spectacles, standing 911 immediately if they spot anything sands of other veterans who say they were cations of prostate cancer. He has joined with next to her lawyer in a brief arraignment. suspicious and not to approach either exposed to Agent Orange in less direct circum- other reservists in the “Buckeye Wing” sta- Her lawyer entered a plea of not guilty man. Matt, six feet (1.83 meters) tall with stances, such as on the open sea. tioned at Rickenbacker in pushing for C-123 and she was remanded into custody until multiple tattoos, was serving a sentence The announcement is expected as early as benefits. Monday. Mitchell “provided some form of of 25 years to life for the 1997 kidnapping this coming week. An Institute of Medicine In April, VA Secretary Bob McDonald equipment or tools” that allowed the mur- and dismembering of his former boss in a report in January concluded that many C-123 expressed dismay in an email to department derers to escape, Clinton County district 27-hour ordeal. reservists had been exposed to chemical officials that multiple delays have “stretched attorney Andrew Wylie earlier told CNN. He fled to Mexico after the murder residues on the aircraft’s interior surfaces and our already thin credibility.” At the time, offi- Her arrest was “one large piece of the and killed an American, before being sen- suffered higher risks of health problems as a cials were looking to Congress for legislation to puzzle” in the hunt for the duo, Major tenced to 20 years and extradited back to result. The institute is part of the National provide benefits for the C-123 reservists. Charles Guess of New York State Police New York. Academy of Sciences, a private organization But veterans groups and lawmakers includ- told a press conference. Sweat was serving a life sentence chartered by Congress to advise the govern- ing Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said the VA “We have a message for David Sweat without parole for murdering a sheriff’s ment on scientific matters. had legal authority to bypass Congress and act and Richard Matt. We’re coming for you deputy in New York state in 2002 when he Using that report, the department “deter- on its own. Brown and two other senators said and we will not stop until you are caught,” was 22. The pair’s escape has been likened mined that potentially exposed veterans this past week they would block a Senate vote he added. to Hollywood movies such as “The would be eligible for Agent Orange-related on President Barack Obama’s nominee for VA’s Shawshank Redemption” or “Escape from benefits,” the VA said in a statement. It also is top health post until the department made BROOME COUNTY: Law enforcement officers escort David ‘Dangerous and desperate’ Alcatraz.” After cutting through walls and reviewing whether certain active-duty troops clear whether or when a new rule would take Sweat, 22, in handcuffs, in Broome County, NY, after his arrest Media reports have said Mitchell’s hus- crawling through an underground pipe may have been exposed. “Our goal is to ensure effect. The upcoming rule would not include in connection with the death of sheriff’s Deputy Kevin J band, another prison employee, is also system, the men left behind a note saying all affected C-123 crewmembers receive dis- roughly 200,000 “Blue Water” veterans who say Tarsia. —AP being investigated for possible involve- “Have a Nice Day.” —AFP ability benefits and medical care.” they were exposed to Agent Orange while Before requesting the report, the VA had serving aboard deep-water naval vessels off generally denied claims submitted since 2011 Vietnam’s coast, according to two VA officials by C 123 reservists, saying it was unlikely they who spoke on condition of anonymity could have been exposed to Agent Orange because they were not authorized to discuss Swarm of earthquakes from the residue. About 653,000 Vietnam-era the matter publicly. veterans have received Agent Orange-related “If they do cover the C-123 guys and not us, disability benefits since 2002, when the VA we would feel very slighted,” said John Paul officially began tracking the cases. Rossie, executive director of the Blue Water The proposed rule would expand coverage Navy Vietnam Veterans Association, pledging a rattles rural Alabama under the 1991 Agent Orange Act to reservists renewed push for benefits. Veterans’ organiza- who were stationed at Rickenbacker Air tions and several members of Congress have National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, been calling for expanded VA benefits in a EUTAW, Alabama: Jim Sterling didn’t know what occurring June 6, when a magnitude 3.0 quake elsewhere, including Oklahoma. Wastewater is Pittsburgh Air National Guard Base and broader range of environmental toxic expo- had hit his 156-year-old antebellum home when rattled the area. All the tremors have been weak- sometimes injected underground, a method the Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, sure cases, including those involving Gulf War an earthquake struck Alabama’s old plantation er than the initial jolt in November, and Ebersole government has blamed for quakes. Massachusetts. Many were pilots, mechanics neurotoxins and burn pits in Iraq and or medical personnel and simply followed Afghanistan. —AP region early one morning last November. said some have been too slight for residents to While Greene County is on the edge of Startled, he grabbed a gun and ran outdoors. In detect. Alabama’s primary region for oil and gas produc- the pre-dawn chill, Sterling said, he found an odd Located about 35 miles from Tuscaloosa, the tion, state geologist Nick Tew said no such pro- scene: horses were galloping, cows mooing and whole of Greene County has only about 8,700 duction or disposal work is going on in the area Kennedy Institute offers dogs barking. residents, and the area where the quakes are where the quakes are occurring. “I heard a boom and felt the shaking,” Sterling occurring is sparsely populated. Farmlands and The mysterious shaking has left residents like window on US Senate said. “It really upset me.” More than a dozen weak forests are dotted by hunting preserves and old Mark McClelland to protect themselves in the BOSTON: One young senator had to be prod- Senator: The University of Louisville in Kentucky earthquakes have followed in the seven months homes left over from Alabama’s past as a cotton- only way they can. “After the second or third one I ded out of a nap. A Republican congress- is home to the McConnell Center, affiliated with since in west Alabama’s rural Greene County, and producing, slave-holding state. Experts have went to get some earthquake insurance,” said woman alleged that Democrats must “enjoy US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell geologists are trying to figure out what is causing installed a seismic monitor in a field to enable McClelland. “It’s not bad, about $150 a year.” spending money.” There was talk of a filibuster. while the University of Connecticut hosts a the seismic swarm in an area of the South more them to get better information about the quakes, The hearty construction methods and thick This could have been the US Senate, were it not Thomas J Dodd Research Center, named for the prone to tornadoes than earthquakes. “It is inter- none of which has caused major damage. timbers used in his 163-old Greek Revival man- for one thing: it went on to pass a massive late Senator who also served as a prosecutor in esting that recently there has been more activity Ebersole said researchers are trying to rule out sion provide some comfort to Barden Smedberg, immigration-reform bill this week. the Nuremberg trials after World War II. there than in the last four decades,” said Sandy potential causes such as blasting for quarries and who operates the house as a wedding venue and “We compromised,” said Tacora Mcneil But unlike those highly academic institu- Ebersole, an earthquake expert with the sonic booms. They’ve even held meetings with a bed and breakfast. One of the earliest quakes Davis, a high school student playing a tions, the Kennedy Institute also hosts the only Geological Survey of Alabama. rattled area residents. shook loose curtain rods from window frames at Republican Senator in a mock legislative ses- full-scale replica of the US Senate chamber, Records from the US Geological Survey show The quakes could be linked to underground his Everhope Plantation, he said. But no other sion at Boston’s Edward M Kennedy Institute for where school groups might be awed not only the United States Senate. by the grandeur of the room, but by the poten- the first of 14 earthquakes occurred on Nov. 20, cracks, or faults, found in the area in recent years damage has occurred. “We got everything we want, and we have tial of the people inside it to chart the nation’s when a magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded at varying depths, Ebersole said. But just what “This house has been here since 1852. I don’t the Democrats’ support,” said the 17-year-old. “It future. about 10 miles northwest of the community of has been causing the ground to shake is unclear. think it’s going anywhere,” said Smedberg. Even should pass.” Opened in March, the institute Kennedy, part of one of the nation’s most Eutaw. The second occurred in mid-December, One potential source that regulators are dis- without much damage or a major shake to date, was imagined by the late Democrat, who died storied political dynasties, is widely remem- followed by another in January and three within counting is hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a Sterling said he would still like to know what is in 2009, as a place that could rekindle lost bered for approaching legislation with a will- a few hours of each other on Feb 19. The tremors process for extracting underground oil or natural causing the quakes. “A lot of people are wonder- respect for a stalled Senate. ingness to compromise despite his liberal have continued ever since, with the most recent gas that has been blamed for earthquake swarms ing what’s going on,” he said. —AP The institute is not the first named for a US passions. —Reuters INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 ‘Save the Children’ closes all its Pakistan offices

ISLAMABAD: The international aid group Save the currently it had 1,200 employees nationwide - none spokesman John Kirby. had permission only to work in Islamabad. In 2012, Children has shut down all its offices in Pakistan after of them a foreign national. The statement came hours after Chaudhry Nisar the government expelled the expat staff of Save the the government shuttered its main office in the capi- The United States on Friday warned Pakistan it Ali Khan, Pakistan’s interior minister, said parliament Children, which has worked in Pakistan for over 35 tal, a local worker said yesterday, amid fears among was only hurting itself after Save the Children was was debating whether to expose what he said were years and employs 1,200 Pakistanis. That move came other organizations whether the government could expelled for “working against the country,” with the “many” foreign NGOs bent on undermining after Pakistani intelligence services accused the char- target them next. Islamabad threatening to throw out more foreign aid Pakistan. “Many NGOs are working against Pakistan ity of links to doctor Shakeel Afridi, who the CIA The worker said that the group “voluntarily” groups. Pakistan has toughened its policies towards and we are deliberating on exposing them in the allegedly used to carry out a fake vaccination pro- closed its offices Friday in the northwestern city of international aid groups in recent years, accusing parliament,” Nisar told reporters. gram as they searched for Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Peshawar, the southern city of Karachi, the eastern them of being covers for spying operations, and has “Non-government organizations working against Laden. city of Lahore and the southwestern city of Quetta. repeatedly warned them to restrict their activities, the country’s national interest will not be allowed to Save the Children has always vehemently denied He spoke on condition of anonymity as the group vowing stern action for any “suspicious” activity. continue their work in Pakistan.” Aid groups have any link to either Afridi or the CIA. “Pakistan’s interna- hadn’t authorized him to speak publicly. The move Police and government officials sealed the complained in recent years that increasing govern- tional development partners respect the govern- came after Pakistan’s government on Thursday shut Islamabad offices of Save the Children on Thursday, ment restrictions on their activities has hampered ment of Pakistan’s need for full transparency from the group’s main office in Islamabad for allegedly but gave no specific details of what the group was their efforts to help vulnerable people in a country INGOs (international NGOs) involving their activities violating its charter. The decision drew international alleged to have done. which still has huge numbers who live in poverty. within the country,” Kirby said in a statement. “We criticism, but Pakistan says it will not allow any non- Washington expressed concern at the move and They say their work in so-called “sensitive” areas such also agree INGOs must operate within a relevant government organization to work against its inter- said several non-governmental organizations “have as southwestern Baluchistan-the country’s poorest, legal and regulatory framework. ests. reported increasing difficulty doing business in least developed province-have been particularly “For that reason, we urge the Government of The group said Friday it was not served any notice Pakistan.”“This has had a significant negative impact affected. Without naming any organizations, Khan Pakistan to standardize and streamline a transparent in advance about closing its Islamabad office, adding on international partner efforts to support govern- said some NGOs had been operating without proper process that will allow INGOs, including Save the it had worked in Pakistan for over 35 years and that ment of Pakistan priorities,” said State Department regulation and had worked in Baluchistan when they Children, to work legally in Pakistan.” —Agencies

Taleban kill 17 police in southern Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: At least 17 hope of ending the 13-year conflict, but the Afghan policemen were killed yesterday militants have set tough conditions, includ- when dozens of Taleban militants stormed ing the withdrawal of all foreign troops in their outpost in the country’s volatile south, Afghanistan. Afghan security forces, many the latest attack of an increasingly deadly of them poorly equipped, have increasingly summer fighting season. borne the brunt of the fighting around The pre-dawn raid occurred in Helmand Afghanistan. province as the Taliban intensify their coun- In early May Taleban militants killed at trywide summer offensive despite repeat- least 13 policemen after storming security ed government attempts to reopen peace outposts in the remote mountainous negotiations. “Dozens of armed Taliban province of Badakhshan. attacked a police checkpoint in Musa Qala The attack came just weeks after a simi- district of Helmand,” provincial police chief lar Taleban raid on army checkpoints in the Nabi Jan Mullahkhil told AFP. northeast province in which 18 soldiers “In the attack, 17 police forces were were killed-including some who were killed, and three others were wounded.” beheaded. Earlier this year a US watchdog Omar Zwak, the spokesman for the said in a report that Afghan security forces Helmand provincial governor, confirmed were suffering heavy casualties on the bat- the death toll from the raid that occurred tlefield and large numbers of troops were just after midnight and lasted several resigning or deserting their units. hours. The Taleban claimed responsibility Between October 2013 and September for the attack, saying they seized several 2014, more than 1,300 Afghan army sol- weapons, ammunition and other military diers were killed in action and 6,200 were hardware from the checkpost. wounded, the Special Inspector General for “Our mujahedeen, armed with heavy Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in and light weapons, attacked police check- its report. Between September 2013 and point in Musa Qala district,” Taliban September 2014, more than 40,000 person- spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi told AFP. nel were dropped from Afghan National “In the attack, 25 police forces were Army rolls, it added. ISLAMABAD: Pakistani workers construct a bridge as sun sets in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday. The working conditions of Pakistani laborers are killed and 13 others were wounded.” The The surge in attacks has also taken a poor, they are not getting health insurance and provision of similar benefits plus low wages. —AP Taleban, who were toppled from power in a heavy toll on civilians, according to the UN 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan, are mission in Afghanistan. known to make exaggerated battlefield Almost 1,000 civilians were killed in the claims. The insurgents launched a country- conflict during the first four months of this wide offensive in late April, stepping up year, a sharp jump from the same period 2,763 militants killed in one attacks on government and foreign targets last year, it said. President Ashraf Ghani’s in what is expected to be the bloodiest government has drawn criticism for failing fighting season in a decade. to end growing insurgent attacks, which Yesterday’s attack marks another grim critics partly blame on political infighting year offensive in Pakistan setback for Afghan forces, facing their first and a lengthy delay in appointing a candi- fighting season without full NATO support. date for the crucial post of defense minis- NATO’s combat mission formally ended in ter. Counter-terror cop survives Taleban attack December but a small follow-up foreign Ghani last month nominated ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military said yesterday it had homegrown Islamist insurgency for over a decade fol- has reduced the level of violent crime. Pakistan has force of about 12,500 mainly US troops has Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, a top offi- killed more than 2,700 militants since the launch of a lowing the late 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan. also been battling a homegrown Islamist insurgency stayed on to train and support local securi- cial in the government body overseeing major offensive near the Afghan border a year ago, The army began a major campaign against Taliban which flared following the US-led invasion of neigh- ty personnel. the country’s peace process, for the job. with the latest air strikes leaving 20 dead. and other militant strongholds in the North boring Afghanistan in 2001. The post had been left vacant for months The raid yesterday took place near the Datta Khel Waziristan tribal area in June last year. The military said Saturday “2,763 terrorists” had Growing casualties due to disagreements between Ghani and area in North Waziristan tribal region. “At least 20 ter- been killed since the launch of a major offensive Afghan authorities have repeatedly tried his chief executive and former presidential rorists were killed in aerial strikes,” the military said in a Attack foiled against militants in a northwest tribal border region a to jumpstart talks with the Taleban in the election rival, Abdullah Abdullah. — AFP statement, without giving the identity of those killed Pakistani police yesterday foiled an attack on a year ago. Initially confined to the western border or who they fought for. senior counter-terrorism official and killed four mili- areas, the insurgency later spread to major cities and No militant group said it had been hit, but the area tants in the southern port city of Karachi, police said. has claimed thousands of civilian lives since 2004. Two road accidents kill is a stronghold of both the Taliban and foreign mili- “Militants started chasing me in a vehicle and a Gunmen stormed a bus in Karachi carrying mem- tants linked to Al-Qaeda. The conflict zone is off-limits motorbike as I left home with a police escort,” Rao bers of the Shiite Ismaili minority community last to journalists, making it difficult to independently ver- Anwar, who has survived at least two other attempts month, killing 45 people in the first attack in the nearly 40 in India ify the number and identity of those killed. on his life, told AFP. He said militants opened fire as country officially claimed by the Islamic State group. The army began a major campaign against police intercepted the car and bike. The police also Karachi, Pakistan’s economic heart and home to some NEW DELHI: Two accidents killed nearly Prime Minister Narendra Modi fol- Taleban and other militant strongholds in North retaliated, killing one of the militants on the spot. 18 million people, is rife with criminal, ethnic, political 40 people in India yesterday, including lowed suit and conveyed his condo- Waziristan in June last year. In the year since the He added the three others ran away but police and sectarian killings which claim hundreds of lives one in which a van full of pilgrims lences on the micro-blogging site, calling launch of the operation, “so far, 2,763 terrorists killed, killed them later in an exchange of fire. Another sen- each year. plunged into a river, in the latest deadly the incident “saddening and unfortu- 837 hideouts destroyed,” military spokesman Major ior police official, Najeeb Khan, confirmed the inci- In other violence, gunmen shot dead four Punjabi crashes on some of the world’s most dan- nate”. A head-on collision between a General Asim Bajwa tweeted yesterday. dent and said the militants who belonged to Tehreek- speaking people in two incidents Saturday in Quetta, gerous roads. truck and two tractors carrying dozens He said at least “218 hardcore terrorists” were e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were wanted for several capital of oil and gas rich Baluchistan province, offi- Twenty-two people, including seven heading to a prayer ceremony killed killed and 347 officers and soldiers lost their lives. attacks on law enforcement agencies in Karachi. cials said. children, were killed when a van carrying another 17 people, including five chil- Bajwa added that the operation had now moved to It was second attempt on Anwar in little over a A gunman on a motorbike killed two men in a bar- Hindus returning from a pilgrimage to dren, in northern Uttar Pradesh state, PTI the last few pockets close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan month. He survived a gun and grenade attack in early ber shop, home minister Sarfaraz Bugti said. In the the famous Tirupati-Tirumala temple in cited senior state official Amit Gupta as border. Pakistan has been battling a homegrown May in which five of the attackers were killed. Anwar second incident, he said two gunmen riding a bike southeastern Andhra Pradesh state lost saying. Islamist insurgency for over a decade following the was also attacked by a suicide bomber in April 2012 entered a welding shop and shot dead two people, control on a bridge. “The vehicle hit a rail- The crash, which left 30 others late 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan. while travelling home from his office. Four of his secu- adding three others were wounded, including a ing, which broke under the impact of the injured, sparked anger among local res- Authorities have since vowed to intensify opera- rity personnel were killed in that incident. Baluchi. Punjabi is the main language spoken in collision, and fell off the bridge,” a senior idents who blocked roads and pelted tions, using air strikes, artillery and mortars to take As the top counter-terrorism police officer in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province. No group state administrator Arun Kumar told the stones at police near Harchandpur, back territory both in the border regions and other Karachi, dozens of TTP militants have been killed in immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but Press Trust of India (PTI). some 60 kilometres (40 miles) from parts of the country. operations under his command in the past few Baluch separatists demanding more autonomy and “It’s purely (a case of) negligent and state capital Lucknow. India has some The conflict zone is off-limits to journalists, making months, according to local officials. control over the province’s natural resources have fre- rash driving. It was not a vulnerable point of the world’s deadliest roads, with it difficult to independently verify the number and Police and paramilitary Rangers have been carry- quently targeted non-Baluch people and security of the road and neither was there any more than 200,000 fatalities annually, identity of those killed. Pakistan has been battling a ing out a major cleanup in the city since 2013 which forces. —AFP traffic,” the officer said. Andhra Pradesh according to the World Health Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Organization. Transport analysts attrib- expressed his grief on Twitter and prom- ute the huge number of accidents to Ban: Crackdowns on rights in C Asia breed extremism ised that authorities were “providing all poor roads, badly maintained vehicles help possible”. and reckless driving. — AFP ASHGABAT: Continued crackdowns on human security threats posed by the Taliban and Islamic rights in Central Asia could backfire by encour- State. “Curbing freedoms may create an illusion aging extremist ideologies, United Nations of stability in the short-run. Things may seem Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday, calm on the surface,” he told the audience in winding up a visit to the volatile former Soviet Ashgabat. region. “There may not be protests on the streets. Ban chose Turkmenistan, viewed by human But the denial of free expression leads to a rights groups as one of the world’s most brewing underneath and ultimately a breeding despotic and isolated regimes, to deliver a pas- ground for extremist ideologies.” Having earlier sionate message to the resource-rich, mainly met Turkmenistan’s autocratic President Muslim Central Asian region that borders Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Ban said in a Russia, China, Iran and Afghanistan. The vast statement that independent observers should area once ruled by Moscow and comprising be allowed access to places of detention. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, In Turkmenistan, where Berdymukhamedov Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, has long faced enjoys a flourishing personality cult, dozens of criticism from the West and rights groups over people, including former foreign minister Boris its record on basic freedoms, ethnic minorities, Shikhmuradov, have been forcibly disappeared judicial independence and its lack of account- after their arrest and in most cases closed trials, able institutions. according to New York-based Human Rights Speaking to students in the Turkmen capital Watch. ASHGABAT: United Nations Secretary-General Ashgabat, Ban said he was impressed by the In Uzbekistan, the region’s most populous Ban Ki-moon wearing a traditional Turkmen region’s economic growth since his last visit five nation with 30 million inhabitants, Ban urged dress delivers a speech at the University for years ago, but added: “I have also heard con- President Islam Karimov on Friday to stop using Humanities and Development in Ashgabat cerns about the deterioration of some aspects forced labour in cotton fields and improve the yesterday. — AFP of human rights - a shrinking of democratic treatment of prisoners. On Thursday, he urged space.” Kyrgyzstan to hold an impartial investigation ticipation, and ensure opportunity for all creates The region’s mainly authoritarian rulers, who into ethnic clashes that killed over 400 people gaps,” Ban said in Ashgabat. “The wider the gaps, LAHORE: Indian Sikh pilgrims enter Pakistan after crossing the Wagah border post cooperate militarily with Russia and the West, five years ago and still divide the nation. the greater the openings for violent extremists. I near Lahore yesterday. Hundreds of Sikh pilgrims arrived in Pakistan yesterday to justify their tough methods by a need to pre- “The failure to respect human rights, build see this phenomenon on the rise in the region attend the 408th anniversary of the death of the fifth Sikh Guru, Arjan Dev Ji, that is vent an advent of radical Islam and to parry accountable institutions, promote political par- and it troubles me greatly.” — Reuters celebrated in Derah Sahib, Pakistan. —AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

‘Naked’ tourists fly to KL for deportation from Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Four Western tourists flew to tor Noor Alam Khan Abdul Wahid Khan was Kuala Lumpur yesterday to await deportation quoted by the New Straits Times as saying the from Malaysia after pleading guilty to obsceni- four would be taking connecting flights to ty charges for taking nude photos on a popular their countries once they reached Kuala mountain on Borneo island, their lawyer said. Lumpur. The four-Eleanor Hawkins of Britain, 24, The 4,095-metre (13,435-foot) peak, a World Dutchman Dylan Snel, 23, and Canadian broth- Heritage Site and popular climbing destina- er and sister Lindsey, 23, and Danielle Petersen, tion, is considered sacred to tribal groups on 22 — were arrested earlier this week in the Borneo, and many Malaysians were incensed wake of a deadly June 5 quake which killed 18 after the photos taken May 30 circulated on people on Mount Kinabalu in Sabah state. the Internet. Some in Malaysia including officials had The four were among a larger group of blamed their actions for causing the deadly 6.0 tourists believed by authorities to have earthquake. They were fined 5,000 Malaysian stripped on the mountain, with police still ringgit ($1,330) by a local court on Friday and hunting for five others. The earthquake, rare sentenced to three days’ jail time starting from for Malaysia, sent landslides and boulders rain- when they were arrested on Tuesday, meaning ing down just as more than 150 hikers were their term had been served. near the summit enjoying its sunrise views. “They have left Sabah to Kuala Lumpur and The 18 dead included seven schoolchildren MALAYSIA: Head shaman from the Kadazan-Dusun tribe Singkaban Kowil, 75, holds a dagger called “hulu karis” and an amulet called “kamagi” at her residence in Damat, a village in the district of Tamparuli, in Malaysia’s Sabah usually immigration will ensure they are on the from Singapore, along with two of their teach- state on Borneo island yesterday ahead of special prayers to appease the spirits believed to reside on Mount next available flight out of Malaysia,” said their ers and another adult who were on a school Kinabalu. Many Malaysians were incensed after several Western tourists were photographed stripping naked on lawyer Ronny Cham. Sabah immigration direc- excursion to the mountain. —AFP the mountain - an act some in the country blamed for causing the June 5 earthquake that killed 18 people.—AFP Tearful mother returns to China ‘suicide children’

BEIJING: The mother of four children Ren said she had not returned to see who apparently committed suicide in the children as she feared beatings from China after they were left unattended by her husband. She also described her only their parents for months spoke of her son as “very lovable” and said he was dili- regret as she returned home, state media gent. “I am illiterate and cannot even reported yesterday. Ren Xifen had a write my own name. I wanted them to “grim, tear-filled reunion” with the sib- perform well in school, unlike me, living a lings-a 13-year-old boy and his younger hard life,” she said. sisters-who died after drinking pesticide, The incident sparked widespread pub- Xinhua news agency said. lic sympathy and prompted Chinese “I did not shoulder my responsibility for Premier Li Keqiang on Friday to call for them,” 32-year-old Ren said, as she “an end to such tragedies”, vowing to returned Friday to see their bodies at the punish officials who are lax in providing family home in Bijie, in the remote south- due assistance to families with similar western province of Guizhou. problems. “I had to come back for a final look at An investigation had been launched them,” she added. The children-the and several officials have been suspend- youngest aged five-were found by a vil- ed or removed from their positions. lager while struggling with convulsions Offspring of China’s vast army of migrant after taking the poison late Tuesday, earli- workers, referred to as “left behind chil- er reports said. They died soon after and dren”, often stay in their rural homes, usu- police believe it was suicide, in a case ally with their ageing grandparents, part- highlighting the plight of rural children ly because access to kindergartens and left behind by their parents who travel to schools in cities is either extremely hard the cities in search of work. to obtain or expensive. Ren told Xinhua she had not contacted The country has more than 60 million her children since leaving home in March “left behind children” and nearly 3.4 per- last year to work at a toy factory in the cent of them live by themselves, Xinhua southern province of Guangdong. She left said, quoting a 2013 report by the All- Rohingya migrants resting on a boat off the coast near Kuala Simpang Tiga in Indonesia’s East Aceh district of Aceh province before being rescued.—AFP after a “long and bitter dispute” with her China Women’s Federation. husband Zhang Fangqi, the report said, “In the case of Ren’s family, no grand- adding that the father left the village in parents were still alive to watch the chil- Indonesia wants answers from March, leaving his children behind. dren,” the news agency said. — AFP Australia on boat ‘payment’ Final curtain for last Canberra stoops to ‘new low’ if payment confirmed

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s foreign minister yesterday tigation into the alleged payments to the crew of the dreds of people drowning en route. outpost of Hong demanded answers from Canberra over claims boat carrying asylum-seekers from Bangladesh, Australia would have stooped to a “new low” if Australian officials paid thousands of dollars to turn a Myanmar and Sri Lanka, which was intercepted en reports that its navy paid people-smugglers bound Kong protests boat back to Indonesia after Prime Minister Tony route to New Zealand. for Australia thousands of dollars to turn back their Abbott refused to deny the allegations. Abbott on Friday said Australia would do “whatev- boat are true, an Indonesian government official said HONG KONG: With days to go before lawmak- ‘People have not forgotten’ Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said Indonesia er we need” to combat people-smuggling-but repeat- yesterday. ers vote on a controversial political reform pack- Anthony Kwok, 50, who has been at the would be “really concerned” if it was confirmed that edly refused to deny that a payment was made. “By Australia has vowed to stop asylum-seekers reach- age that has split Hong Kong, pro-democracy camp since September, also said he planned to the captain and five crew of a boat carrying asylum- hook or by crook, we are going to stop the trade,” he ing its shores, turning boats back to Indonesia when it protesters who have camped out at the legisla- go home after the reform package was voted seekers were each paid US$5,000 by an Australian said. “We have stopped the trade and we will do what can and sending asylum-seekers to camps in impov- ture for months are preparing to go home. out. immigration official to return to the Southeast Asian we have to do to ensure that it stays stopped.” erished Papua New Guinea and Nauru for long-term Around 150 tents, complete with flower pots “If it doesn’t go through, then everything will nation. Canberra has embarked on a tough immigration detention. and large colourful banners calling for democ- go back to normal, that’s better than the situa- The claims were made to local police on Rote policy since Abbott’s conservative coalition came into The passengers, including children and a preg- racy, form a final outpost of the sprawling tent tion right now,” Kwok said, adding that the island in eastern Indonesia, where the boat carrying power in September 2013 and refuses to accept asy- nant woman, were from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and city which blocked a highway through the cen- Chinese authorities had tried to force through 65 asylum-seekers came ashore late May after being lum-seekers arriving by boats. Myanmar. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop tral business district until it was cleared at the the reforms. intercepted by the Australian navy. The policy includes military-led efforts to turn and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton have both end of last year. “If you really want Hong Kong or the country Marsudi said that she had raised the issue on the back such boats, which mostly come from Indonesia, denied reports of payment to the smugglers but The huge camp was part of a mass protest to improve, there needs to be communication sidelines of a conference in Jakarta with Australia’s and sending asylum-seekers to camps on the Pacific Prime Minister Tony Abbott has declined to com- against the Hong Kong government’s election (between the authorities and the people),” Kwok ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson. “I just asked island outpost of Nauru and Papua New Guinea for ment, citing operational security. plan on how to choose the city’s next leader in said. Police have repeatedly warned that the him ‘What is it about, tell me, what is it?’,” she told resettlement despite strong criticism from human “Under Australian’s push-back policy we have 2017. The proposal sticks to a ruling by Beijing camp is illegal and that it would be removed “at reporters at the event. “He promised to take my ques- rights groups. been consistently saying they are on a slippery slope,” that candidates must be vetted by a loyalist an appropriate time” but are yet to take action. tion, my inquiry, to Canberra and he promised to get Australia has also signed a deal with impoverished Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman Armanatha committee, derided as “fake democracy” by To Tiffany Chan, a 25-year-old student uni- back to me again.” Cambodia to accept unwanted refugees in return for Nasir told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference. campaigners. versity student, the village serves as a reminder “We are really concerned if it is confirmed,” she millions of dollars in aid over the next four years. “Should this situation be confirmed and it turns The bill will go for debate at the legislature that the issue of universal suffrage will not go added. The escalating row risks further damaging Abbott and his ministers insist the hardline policy has out to be true, it would be a new low for the way the on Wednesday before a vote in which pro- away. “The meaning of this village is to remind relations between Australia and its northern neigh- saved the lives of asylum-seekers. Only one boat with government of Australia handles the situation on democracy lawmakers are expected to block everybody that this issue of universal suffrage is bor, which are already tense after Indonesia executed asylum-seekers has reached the Australian mainland irregular migration.” Nasir said it would be the first the plan. Seventy-year-old Uncle Wong, a fixture still here, people have not forgotten about it,” two Australian drug smugglers by firing squad in since December 2013. Before the policy was intro- time such an incident occurred involving Australian at the camp, dubbed the Tim Mei New Village, Chan told AFP after watching police search her April. Indonesian authorities have launched an inves- duced, boats were arriving almost daily with hun- authorities. — Agencies said he gave up a peaceful retirement to fight tent as they scoured the camp for “dangerous for true universal suffrage. objects” Saturday ahead of a series of rallies at “If you don’t give me freedom, if you don’t the legislature. give me a society where everybody has equal Chan said she decided to join the camp in What’s ahead for Japan’s rights, I’d rather die,” said Wong, who has stayed February as a sign of protest against property at the site for more than 200 days. tycoons-seen to be too cosy with the govern- Wong said he would stay until the political ment-as housing costs soar. reform package was voted out and was moved Chan added she felt true universal suffrage Fukushima nuclear plant by student protesters during the Occupy move- would solve the problem. Hong Kong is semi- ment. “Even when it was windy or rainy, the stu- autonomous after being handed back to China TOKYO: Four years after an earthquake and tsuna- dust from flying out. Each building is damaged dif- ples to help develop radiation-resistant robots and dents were still there singing songs. How could I by Britain in 1997 and has much greater free- mi destroyed Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power ferently and requires its own cover design and other equipment that can handle the molten fuel. leave? The future is theirs, we who have a con- doms than the mainland, but there are fears plant, the road ahead remains riddled with equipment. The government and plant operator science must come out.” that those are being eroded. — AFP unknowns. TEPCO hope to start the process in 2018, three CONTAMINATED WATER: The plant is still The government approved a revised 30-to-40- years later than planned. plagued with massive amounts of contaminated year roadmap Friday that delays by three years the water - cooling water that must be added regularly, start of a key initial step - the removal of still- THE MELTED FUEL: Once the spent fuel rods and subsequently leaks out of the reactors and radioactive fuel rods in the three reactors that had are out of the way, workers can turn their atten- mixes with groundwater that seeps into the reactor meltdowns following the March 2011 disaster in tion to what is expected to be the hardest part of basements. The volume of water grows by 300 tons northeast Japan. the decommissioning: Removing the melted fuel daily. TEPCO runs it through treatment machines to Experts have yet to pinpoint the exact location from the three wrecked reactors. The biggest remove most radioactive elements, and then stores of the melted fuel inside the three reactors and questions are where the melted fuel is and in it in thousands of tanks on the compound. Water study it, and still need to develop robots capable of what condition. Radiation levels are too high for leaks pose environmental concerns and health risks working safely in such highly radioactive condi- humans to approach. Based on computer simula- to workers. Nuclear experts say controlled release tions. And then there’s the question of what to do tions and a few remote-controlled probes, experts of the treated water into the ocean would be the with the waste. believe the melted fuel has breached the cores ultimate solution. and fallen to the bottom of the containment Some of the uncertainties and questions: chambers, some possibly seeping into the con- RADIOACTIVE WASTE: Japan currently has no THE FUEL RODS: Kept cool in storage pools on crete foundation. plan for the waste that comes out of the plant. the top floor of each of the three reactors, they A plan to repair the containment chambers and Under the roadmap, the government and TEPCO need to be removed to free up space for robots fill them with water so that the melted fuel can be are supposed to compile a basic plan by March and other equipment to go down to the contain- handled while being kept cool may be unworkable, 2018. Waste management is an extremely difficult ment chambers. The 1,573 bundles of fuel rods - and experts are studying alternatives. How to reach task that requires developing technology to com- mostly used but some new - are considered among the debris - from the top or from the side - is anoth- pact and reduce the toxicity of the waste, while the highest risks at the plant, because they are er question. A vertical approach would require finding a waste storage site is practically impossi- uncovered within the reactor building. To remove robots and equipment that can dangle as low as 30 ble considering public sentiment. This raises seri- them, the building roofs must be taken off and meters (90 feet) to reach the bottom. Experts are ous doubts about whether the cleanup can be HONG KONG: Police remove a brick while inspecting the tents of pro-democracy protesters replaced with a cover that prevents radioactive also trying to figure out how to obtain debris sam- completed within 40 years. —AP setup on a sidewalk outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong yesterday. — AFP NEWS SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

DALLAS: Dallas police officers walk down Belleview Street one block away from police headquarters searching the area yesterday in Dallas. Multiple gunmen toting automatic weapons opened fire on officers outside Dallas Police headquarters yesterday morning. — AP Air India red-faced over Armed standoff after shots lizard in in-flight meal fired at Dallas police HQ WASHINGTON: One or more gunmen shot at Dallas police exchanged. “Our SWAT team was called. It has since begun headquarters from inside an armored van yesterday and left negotiations” with one suspect who is communicating via cell NEW DELHI: Air India said yesterday it was investigat- the meal. We are enquiring the caterer and our in- pipe bombs at the building, triggering a standoff around a phone, Brown said. Witnesses at police headquarters said ing how a lizard ended up in one of its in-flight meals, house departments,” Praveen Bhatnagar, an Air India vehicle containing at least one suspect. Just after midnight, a there might be more than one suspect and perhaps up to in the latest embarrassment to hit the struggling air- spokesman said. The state-run carrier, which has not van, described by witnesses as an armored vehicle, rammed four-with shots possibly coming from different locations, line. A picture circulating on social media showed the reported an annual profit since 2007, has been hit by a into police squad cars at the headquarters then opened fire, Brown said. Police were evacuating the nearby area. reptile’s head poking out from underneath a bun on a string of technical glitches and other embarrassing Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters. A chase “This is an active investigation, meaning the police head- meal tray wrapped in cling film. The incident happened incidents, including staff turning up late for flights. In ensued to a nearby suburb south of the city where officers quarters scene is an active shooter scene until we confirm first on a flight from Delhi to London on Thursday, an airline April, the airline made headlines when it had to ground have surrounded the vehicle containing at least one suspect, that there are no other suspects at that scene waiting to official said. It was not immediately clear if the animal two of its pilots after a fight erupted between the pair Brown said, adding that up to four individuals may have been ambush officers and we have ongoing discussions with the was dead or alive. “We are investigating how it got in just before takeoff. — AFP involved in the attack. suspect in Hutchins,” Brown said. The suspect, who gave his He said pipe bombs had been found in one of four duffle name to police, is affiliated with three different family violence bags that were “dispersed throughout the front and side of cases if he is indeed who he claims to be. But “we have yet to US transfers six Guantanamo inmates... police headquarters.” confirm this is who we are actually negotiating with,” Brown Continued from Page 1 as Idris Ahmad Abd Al Qadir Idris, age 35 or 36, captured in On Twitter, the police department said that one of the cautioned. Pakistan; Sharaf Ahmad Muhammad Mas’ud, age 36 or 37, bags “exploded on its own” as a bomb disposal robot attempt- The suspect told negotiators that police had taken his The 69 Yemenis still held at Guantanamo make up more arrested in Pakistan in late 2001 after spending time in ed to move it, and that another device had been found under child, accused him of being a terrorist and that he intended to than half of the remaining detainees, but Washington has Afghanistan, Jalal Salam Awad Awad, age 41 or 42; Saa’d a police vehicle and detonated. No police personnel have blow up police. “We cannot confirm a motive at this time,” ruled out sending them home because of the chaotic secu- Nasser Moqbil Al Azani, age 35 or 36; Emad Abdallah been injured so far in the standoff, Brown added. Before the Brown added. The suspect also said that he had been shot, rity situation. Iran-backed Houthi rebels have seized large Hassan, 35, and Muhammad Ali Salem Al Zarnuki. All were shooting began, the suspects had been parked outside police though Brown said he could not confirm the claim. Several parts of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, and a Saudi- held at Guantanamo for about 13 years, a database of gov- headquarters, Brown said. witnesses used their cell phones to film the incident and post- led coalition is trying to restore Yemen’s exiled president to ernment documents compiled by the New York Times and When police approached the vehicle in their squad cars, it ed video on social media. There had been no specific threats power. The only other option has been to find third coun- National Public Radio shows. — Reuters struck the cars and at least one person within the vehicle to Dallas police leading up to the incident, Brown said. “We’re tries to accept the Yemenis. The last transfer was in January, began shooting at officers. The police returned fire in front of confident the area is secure and we’re able to confront any when the United States sent four Yemenis to Oman and the headquarters, at which point the vehicle tried to flee and and all suspects who might be lurking to ambush our officers,” one to Estonia. “We recognize the current security situation a chase ensued, which ended in a parking lot in Hutchins, Brown said. But, he emphasized, “we do need more informa- in Yemen presents serious challenges to our ability to repa- Texas, where the vehicle was cornered and more gunfire was tion from the public to continue our work.” — AFP triate Yemenis,” the senior US official said. The prison was opened by Obama’s predecessor, George W Bush, after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on the Glitch delays US passports, visas United States, to house terrorism suspects rounded up overseas, many of them accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday said it was Officials said the issue was not related to another or the Taliban. Obama has often renewed his pledge to experiencing difficulties issuing passports and visas problem that affected its passport systems last summer. shut the prison, but lawmakers have restricted his ability to from consular offices around the world because of tech- It did not say if the outage was related to a hack or mali- transfer prisoners and have barred him from moving them nical problems. The problem affects all passport appli- cious action. The State Department said domestic pass- to the US mainland. The administration remains intent on cations made overseas on or after May 26. Additionally, ports were not hit and that it could still issue emer- seeking to empty the Guantanamo jail by the 2017 end of people who submitted online applications or were gency passports to US citizens overseas for urgent trav- Obama’s presidency. “We are working feverishly to transfer interviewed for visas on or after June 9 were subject to el. The United States maintains the largest diplomatic each of the 51 detainees currently approved for transfer,” delays, the US State Department said. “This issue is not and consular network in the world, with some 70,000 said Ian Moss, a spokesman on Guantanamo issues at the specific to any particular country, citizenship document, people employed by the State Department and its vari- State Department. Photo shows the entrance to Camp Delta at The Pentagon identified the six Yemenis flown to Oman Guantanamo Bay. — AP or visa category,” a statement read. ous departments. — AFP SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 ANALYSIS

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Issues Tourist sites on red alert as militants go for Egypt’s lifeline

By Yara Bayoumy

fter a violent campaign directed at security forces, Egyptian militants appear to be zooming in on APresident Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s most vulnerable point: the economy. Attacks on two prime tourist sites in the space of eight days are deeply worrying for a govern- ment which has staked much of its credibility on reviving the economy after years of political turmoil. A suicide bomber blew himself up on Wednesday near the ancient Karnak temple in Luxor, wounding four Egyptians. A week earlier, two police officers were killed in an attack near the Giza Pyramids, hundreds of miles to the north. Security forces on Thursday dismantled a bomb found at the entrance of the supplies ministry in Cairo, Honduran gangs exact heavy ‘war tax’ from bus drivers state news agency MENA said. While the attacks did not kill or harm any tourists, they raise concerns that Islamist By Noe Leiva a cell phone. “We’ll call you,” they say. When the checks. But that system is impossible to imple- Human Rights, an advocacy group. insurgents have opened a new, economic front. phone rings, they tell him he must collect up to ment for city bus routes. “We ride in fear Too many people in Honduras “see crime as Egyptian officials from Sisi to the Luxor governor were ose’s scars are a constant reminder of the 600,000 lempiras ($30,000) from the compa- because we’ve all been through an attack,” said a lucrative activity that is becoming the new at pains to say that all was well, that this week’s foiled day gang members set him on fire for fail- ny’s buses by a certain deadline or they will a 47-year-old vegetable seller who identified norm,” he said. The police say they are investi- attack showed security forces were on alert and would Jing to pay their “war tax”-a daily nightmare start killing drivers. “They’ve asked me for up to herself as Juanita. “Once I pretended to be gating the extortion rackets, including cases of protect tourists. But providing reassurances that some of for bus drivers in Honduras. Jose says he was 200,000 lempiras, to be paid the next day. If you asleep when two of them got on the bus, but I bus and taxi drivers being forced to hand their the world’s most spectacular tourist attractions are safe never warned he had to pay the “tax,” imposed try to resist, they kill you,” a 44-year-old ticket didn’t manage to escape.... Everyone gave vehicles over to the gangs. But the country’s may prove difficult. “The perpetrators don’t have to attack on bus and taxi drivers, small-business owners inspector said. He said drivers typically have to them everything out of fear, because one of human rights commission has condemned the in a large way to spook people who are trying to visit the and ordinary residents by the gangs that have pay $25 to $30 a week in “war taxes,” in a coun- them had a pistol and the other had a knife.” widespread failure to bring perpetrators to jus- country. All they need to do is have a few incidents here carved up much of Central America and made it try where the average salary is around $350 a The gangs’ grip on Honduras has given the tice. A bill before Congress would outfit buses and there to shape perceptions,” said Kamran Bokhari, an one of the most violent regions in the world. He month. country the highest homicide rate in the world: with security cameras and panic buttons to call expert on the geopolitics of the Middle East and South was driving down Armed Forces Avenue on the 90 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012, according the police. The head of the national police Asia. west side of Tegucigalpa, the capital, when four Cameras and panic buttons to the United Nations. “There’s been a deterio- force, Colonel Gustavo Paz, said it is impossible young men hijacked his bus, unloaded the pas- To fight this extortion, inter-city bus compa- ration of the social fabric because of impunity to post soldiers or police on every bus, but that ‘One-off’ incident? sengers at gunpoint and doused it in gasoline. nies have begun running non-stop routes and and violence,” said Wilfredo Mendez, the head he hoped the bill would end the terror for pub- Egypt’s economy has been battered since 2011, when “Then they closed the door, busted the door putting passengers through tight security of the Center for Research and Promotion of lic transport passengers. —AFP a popular uprising forced autocrat Hosni Mubarak from lever to make sure I couldn’t get out, and threw power. Sisi has announced several mega-projects, gar- a lit match through the window,” said Jose, nered billions of dollars in aid from Gulf allies and whose name has been changed to protect him. enforced painful subsidy cuts to try to jumpstart the econ- The gang members then fled in a pickup truck. omy and boost foreign investment. But a direct attack on “They thought I had burnt to death, but I was tourism, a top foreign currency earner, would inflict major still alive. I managed to get out through a win- damage and could undermine any confidence in Egypt dow,” said the slight 46-year-old man. “I jumped that Sisi has generated. On Thursday, Interior Minister out like a torch and rolled on the ground to put Magdi Abdel Ghaffar visited the Karnak temple, praised out the flames,” he said. He was hospitalized for security forces and said the “malicious attempts won’t two months and is badly scarred on his jaw, undermine Egyptian security”. He was quick to mention neck and arms. Others have been less fortu- that tourists knew what happened was a “one-off inci- nate. Just last month, the charred body of 19- dent”. year-old taxi driver Noe Martinez was found A security source in the interior ministry told Reuters inside his vehicle. So far this year 50 people that Abdel Ghaffar had asked for a new plan to confront have been killed — 17 of them drivers-and 25 militants at ancient sites, where the level of readiness has wounded in attacks on public transport, been raised. “This is secretive and we cannot divulge according to the National Human Rights details,” the source said. “All I can say is that there are Commission. explosive-detecting machines that are being used... and an increase in the number of police... There are also new Grisly phone call cameras that have been set up.” A campaign by militants The violence is being fueled by a turf war against tourism in the 1990s under Mubarak dealt a major between the region’s two main gangs, Mara blow to tourism. Fifty-eight tourists and four Egyptians Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Mara 18, which have carved up the lucrative business of drug traf- were killed in an attack in Luxor in 1997. Security sources ficking, extortion and murder for hire in said this week’s attack was most likely carried out by three Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. The Egyptians, identified by identification cards left at the “maras,” or gangs, have no shortage of creative scene. One blew himself up, and two others fought a gun methods to maximize profits on their extortion battle with police. rackets. The latest, said Jose, is to approach a TEGUCIGALPA: A man observes a bus after it was set on fire by gang members for not paying a “war tax” in “(The) attack got intercepted while it was still in ticket inspector at a bus terminal and give him Tegucigalpa. —AFP motion and didn’t lead to any tourist deaths, but the question is: how many such attacks are in the pipeline and will the police be able to interdict?” Bokhari said. No one has claimed responsibility, but suspicions are likely to fall on groups like the Islamic State-affiliated Sinai BDS: A legitimate and moral response to Israeli policy Province, which wants to topple the Cairo government and has been bedeviling security forces in the Sinai Dr James J Zogby brutality and humiliation of captive chutzpah on display here. Israel acts with ated by the hysterical overreaction. Like Peninsula. Hundreds of soldiers and police have been Palestinians-the desire to disassociate impunity in seizing Palestinian land, the prophets of old, they are calling on killed there since Sisi, as army chief, overthrew Islamist he Israeli government response to from and refuse to support that behavior demolishing Palestinian homes, and the Israeli people to reject the dangerous President Mohamed Morsi after mass protests against his the “Boycott, Divestment, and is the right thing to do. And when con- denying basic freedoms to Palestinians. fallacy behind the Prime Minister’s argu- rule in 2013. But the insurgency remains stubborn despite TSanctions” (BDS) movement has fronted by an international system that Israel then acts to sanction the ment. They note that it is not the BDS Apache helicopter strikes and raids on militant hideouts in been predictable. Being incapable of has neutered itself, refusing to act deci- Palestinian Authority by refusing to movement that is blackening Israel’s the Sinai. engaging in any reasonable form of self- sively to put the brakes on Israeli con- transfer tax revenues that are legally name-it is the policies of their govern- The state has responded by enforcing an unprecedent- criticism or even self-reflection, Israeli duct in the occupied territories, then the Palestinian funds, and supports US legis- ment that are causing it to become ed crackdown on members and supporters of Morsi’s leaders have, instead, turned their wrath response of the BDS movement becomes lation that sanctions and divests from increasing isolated. If anything, they say, Muslim Brotherhood, which it now brands a terrorist on their accusers and their victims. In even more supportable. any United Nations entity that recog- the peaceful BDS movement is a group, and on liberal activists. After Wednesday’s attack, recent years, several entities have imple- In the face of this growing interna- nizes Palestinian national rights. But response to Palestinian despair and to that crackdown shows no sign of stopping. The risk is that mented boycotts or are in the process of tional pressure campaign, the Netanyahu when confronted with a dose of the the world’s frustration with the intransi- this further fuels the insurgency and creates a vicious cycle considering other punitive actions in an government has gone on the offensive. same medicine, Netanyahu not only gence and acquisitiveness of the that Egypt’s economy can ill afford. “We hope that the effort to force a change in Israeli behav- Speaking this week in Israel, the Prime screams “foul”, he denounces his adver- Netanyahu government. importance of changing the policy will be realized after ior in the occupied territories. Minister said, “We are in the midst of a saries as “anti-Semites” and threatens In recent weeks, Netanyahu’s efforts to two years of security confrontation that has produced only European governments are moving to great struggle being waged against the severe retaliation. demonize the BDS have been joined not partial and limited results,” Wahid Abdel Meguid, political require Israel to label products originat- state of Israel, an international campaign This is nothing more than the per- only by Congress, but by several state analyst at the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic ing in West Bank settlements so as to dis- to blacken its name... The last thing we verse reaction of a spoiled child who legislatures who are passing anti-BDS Studies, said after this week’s botched attack. “The issue is tinguish them from exports from Israel. should do is bow our heads and ask insists that he not only win every game, bills and now by a collection of pro-Israel bigger than this incident. This incident is one episode in a chain of terrorist attacks.”—Reuters Some US churches and pension funds where we erred, where we went wrong. but that he must be able to define the billionaires and ultra-right Islamophobic have decided to divest from businesses We did not err, we did not do wrong.” rules by which the game is played. And groups who have joined forces to silence that support the occupation and settle- Netanyahu went on to emphasize that when everybody doesn’t agree to his the BDS protest movement here in the ment enterprises. US and UK student what is behind this international cam- “rules”, a name-calling tantrum follows, US. One early tactic they have employed groups have been successful in winning paign is nothing more than anti- coupled with threats of retaliation. This is is the creation of an insidious website votes calling on their institutions to sup- Semitism in a new form. Others in his the spoiled child turned bully. that posts the bios and pictures of stu- All articles appearing on these port BDS. And some professional aca- government went further calling the BDS It’s an old story. When the United dent BDS leaders-the stated purpose pages are the personal opinion of demic groups and renowned scholars movement “terrorism” or equating it to Nations votes 143 to 3 in favor of a being a warning to prospective employ- the writers. Kuwait Times takes no and performers have indicated that they Nazi efforts to demonize and eliminate Palestinian position, Israel denounces ers that these young people are anti- responsibility for views expressed will not cooperate with events support- the Jewish people. the world body as a “collection of anti- Semites and enemies of Israel. therein. Kuwait Times invites read- ing or hosted by Israeli institutions in the As an initial response, Israel’s legal sys- Semites and third world dictators”. The As a tactic, the resort to BDS is a far occupied lands. tem has criminalized activities that sup- UN, Israel insists, is hopelessly biased and better and more productive form of ers to voice their opinions. Please These actions are not only legitimate port BDS. And Israel’s allies in Congress incapable of playing any fair role. Israel’s resistance than violence and may be the send submissions via email to: opin- expressions of political concern; they are have followed suit by introducing lan- supporters then turn to what is, in fact, last best hope of reining in Israel’s behav- [email protected] or via snail also a profoundly moral response to guage in both the pending trade and US the “hopelessly biased” US Congress ior and salvaging the possibility of creat- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Israel’s behavior. When confronted by: Customs authorization bills that would pressing it to pass one-sided anti- ing an independent Palestinian state. It Israel’s continued defiance of interna- target countries or businesses that in any Palestinian or anti-UN legislation. And would be a tragedy and a travesty if The editor reserves the right to edit tional law; its theft of Palestinian lands in way boycott, sanction, or divest funds they do so with no sense of irony. Israel’s bullying tactics were to succeed any submission as necessary. order to construct Jewish-only settle- from Israel. To be sure, there are some sane voices in silencing the legitimate and moral ments and roads; and its daily displays of There is, of course, more than a little being heard in Israel, above the din cre- voices of the BDS movement. SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 SPORTS

Adebayor to play for Togo Bad news for Anderson Koepka leads in Memphis LONDON: A thrilling victory over England in the second match of MEMPHIS: Brooks Koepka fired a three-under-par 67 for a one-shot lead LOME: Emmanuel Adebayor appeared set to play for Togo in today’s African their one-day series was tempered for New Zealand with the news after the second round of the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis on Friday. Nations Cup qualifier against Liberia despite turning up late for pre-match that all-rounder Corey Anderson would be sent home to investigate a Big-hitting Koepka made four birdies and a single bogey to move to preparations, officials said. stress fracture in his back. The 24-year-old Anderson has not played nine under for the tournament, with Austin Cook a shot behind after one The Tottenham Hotspur striker was accused of a lack of discipline by new for Mike Hesson’s team since the first test loss at Lord’s last month, of the day’s top rounds, a six-under 64. coach Tom Saintfiet when he failed to pitch at the start of pre-match prepara- with the hope the big-hitting left-hander would be able to recover to “I still feel like I could be five- or six-under-par more. I really haven’t tions almost a fortnight ago. play some part during the five-match one-day series. “Corey has been been firing on all cylinders but it’s good enough to be at the top,” Saintfiet said he would not tolerate players who did not adhere working hard to get back to full fitness for the one day series but he Koepka told reporters. to the rules but on Wednesday, some 10 days after the squad first hasn’t been able to overcome this injury,” Hesson said. “We felt the Cook is playing on a sponsor’s exemption but is trying to got together to begin preparations, Adebayor finally pitched for best course of action was to send him back to New Zealand for fur- prove that he belongs on Tour. “I feel like I should be out practice and was allowed to join up with the rest of the squad. ther assessment.” Anderson had a MRI scan which revealed a new here,” Cook said. My irons were on fire and I holed some Adebayor has been the subject of much off-field intrigue stress fracture in his back and would need further testing on the putts.” Australian Steven Alker is a shot further back, and a over the last months, twice being given compassionate leave injury. Anderson’s absence could cause some issues for New Zealand group of seven players are bunched at six under. by his London club to attend to a family feud, which he has in the future with fellow all-rounder Jimmy Neesham also unavailable Alker, who started on the 10th, had a hot due to a stress fracture in his back. All-rounders Neesham and played out publicly on social media. Adebayor claimed it stretch coming home on the front nine, reaching Anderson provide balance to Brendon McCullum’s team with their had left him suicidal. 10-under par before finishing bogey, double batting at number six and operating as a fourth seamer in either tests bogey to fall back. Five-times major winner Phil His role as Togo’s only major international star has or one-day internationals. Anderson has recently filled the role in the long given Adebayor license to set his own agenda Mickelson, who will head to Chambers Bay searching limited-overs format, with Neesham preferred in the longer form of for a first U.S. Open win after posting a record six runner- with the national team. He has often skipped prepa- the game. Grant Elliott and rookie left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner rations and matches but always been welcomed up spots, managed a one-under-par 69 that leaves him have filled the hole in the two games of the enthralling one-day at three under.—Reuters back. —Reuters series with England so far.—Reuters Blue Jays pound Red Sox

BOSTON: Russell Martin broke a tie with a Markakis to ground into a double play for his three-run triple in a nine-run seventh inning 18th save. as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Michael Cuddyer followed up his game- Sox 13-10 by overcoming an 8-1 deficit Friday winning hit Thursday against San Francisco night. with an RBI double in the seventh as New York The Blue Jays won their ninth straight beat Atlanta for a fifth straight time after los- game and scored at least six runs for the ing the first two games between the teams eighth time in that stretch. The Red Sox suf- this year. fered their fourth consecutive loss, one of the most disheartening in a season in which they ASTROS 10, MARINERS 0 are a season-worst eight games under .500 Luis Valbuena, Jason Castro, Carlos Correa (27-35) and in last place in the AL East. They and Chris Carter all homered as Houston had a chance to tie it in the ninth when they Astros chased Felix Hernandez in the first loaded the bases after Xander Bogaerts sin- inning to snap a season-high, seven-game gled in a run. But with two outs, Mike Napoli skid in grand fashion with a win over Seattle. took a called third strike. Hernandez (9-3), who had allowed just seven Brett Cecil gave up an RBI double in the runs on the road all season, was tagged for ninth to Rusney Castillo but got his third save. five hits and eight runs with two walks. He got Steve Delabar (2-0) pitched a perfect sixth. only one out, tying the shortest start of his Junichi Tazawa (0-2) took the loss. career. Brett Oberholtzer (1-1) allowed three hits in CARDINALS 4, ROYALS 0 eight sharp innings and Joe Thatcher complet- Jaime Garcia pitched eight innings of four- ed the four-hitter. It was Oberholtzer’s fourth hit ball and helped himself with an RBI single start of the season after missing much of the for St. Louis, which ended Kansas City’s four- year because of two stints on the disabled list. game winning streak with a victory in the opener of a high-profile weekend interleague ORIOLES 11, YANKEES 3 series. Chris Davis homered and drove in four Jon Jay snapped a 2-for-24 slump this runs, and Baltimore beat Michael Pineda and month with a two-out RBI triple in the second New York for its season-high fifth straight win. off Yordano Ventura (3-6), and Garcia followed Caleb Joseph hit a solo shot and Jimmy with his 12th career RBI on an opposite-field Paredes had three singles and two RBIs for the single to left. Orioles, who reached .500 (30-30) for the first The Cardinals are 40-21 overall and 23-7 at time since May 5. Baltimore has won seven of home, both major league bests. They got a eight following a five-game skid. Davis deliv- huge outing from Garcia (2-3), so far a success ered an RBI single in the first inning and a story off thoracic outlet surgery. three-run drive in the third, both against Ventura lasted just three innings for the Pineda (7-3). The slugger came into the game second straight start, removed as a precaution 1 for 11 with eight strikeouts in his career BOSTON: Red Sox’s Mookie Betts (left) catches the fly out by Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson beside teammate Rusney Castillo during due to weakness in his pitching hand. In those against the right-hander. the first inning of a baseball game.—AP two starts, he’s allowed six earned runs. Ubaldo Jimenez (4-3) gave up three runs in five innings to earn his first win since May 11. After the Twins went to their fourth pitcher six. He was replaced by CC Lee to begin and AJ Ellis each had an RBI single as the DIAMONDBACKS 1, GIANTS 0 Although the right-hander struggled from the of the inning, Andrus had a two-run hit to the eighth. Dodgers won their fourth straight. Chase Anderson lost his no-hit bid when he outset, he kept the damage to a minimum and make it 6-2 before he was out trying to make it got hit on the right calf by Buster Posey’s received plenty of offensive support. a double. Andrus’ two-run homer in the sev- MARLINS 5, ROCKIES 1 ANGELS 5, ATHLETICS 4 sharp comebacker with one out in the seventh enth ended a 20-inning scoreless streak for the Jose Urena pitched into the seventh inning Mike Trout and Kole Calhoun drove in the inning, and Arizona beat San Francisco to snap REDS 5, CUBS 4 Rangers and put them up 2-1. for his first major league victory, and Miami tying and go-ahead runs with eighth-inning a four-game skid. Anderson grimaced in pain Eugenio Suarez drove in Todd Frazier with supported him with some slugging to beat homers, leading Los Angeles to a seesaw vic- after the ball ricocheted off his leg and rolled an unearned tie-breaking run in the 10th RAYS 7, WHITE SOX 5 Colorado. tory over Oakland. toward the third-base line, leaving the inning, and banged-up Cincinnati rebounded Joey Butler had three of Tampa Bay’s 14 hits The Marlins hit two home runs, neither by Josh Reddick had given the A’s a 4-3 lead in Diamondbacks with no play on Posey’s infield for a victory over Chicago, its fifth win in six and Matt Andriese earned his first major major league leader Giancarlo Stanton, and the seventh with a two-run shot against single. But the right-hander finished the games. league win in the Rays’ victory over Chicago. nearly had a third. JT Realmuto hit a three-run Fernando Salas. That put starter Jesse Chavez inning and outpitched World Series MVP Suarez, playing in his second game after Andriese (1-1) gave up two runs - both homer, and Martin Prado had a solo shot. in line for a victory after Brett Lawrie and Josh Madison Bumgarner (7-3) as the Giants lost being called up for the injured shortstop Zack unearned - in a career-high 5 2-3 innings. He Marcell Ozuna’s two-run drive was wiped out Phegley supported him with back-to-back their sixth straight home game. Cozart, singled through a drawn-in infield off struck out five in the 26th game started by a by a replay review that determined the ball homers in the fourth against Hector Santiago. Backed by Ender Inciarte’s second-inning Hector Rondon (3-1) for his first RBI with the hooked foul, so he settled five pitches later for But Evan Scribner (1-1) served up Trout’s Rays rookie this season. Butler, another rookie RBI single, Anderson (2-1) snapped a three- Reds. a two-out RBI single. 18th of the season leading off the eighth, then who has hit safely in 12 of 13 games, drove in start winless stretch. He gave way to Daniel Cincinnati’s J.J. Hoover (5-0) pitched a Stanton had a single and a double and retired Albert Pujols on a towering fly to the Hudson in the eighth. scoreless eighth and ninth for the win. Aroldis two runs with singles. scored a run. The Rockies lost their third game warning track before Calhoun drove a 1-0 Brad Ziegler worked a perfect ninth for his Chapman struck out two in scoreless 10th for Hits by Mikie Mahtook, Brandon Guyer and in a row and have totaled one run in the first pitch deep into the seats in right for his sixth seventh save. Arizona didn’t allow a runner his 13th save in 14 chances Butler gave the Rays a 2-0 lead in the first two games of the series. Kyle Kendrick (2-8) of the season. It was the fourth lead change of past second and held on while outhitting San Frazier hit his team-leading 18th homer inning against starter John Danks and they led allowed two runs in 6 2-3 innings. He’s tied for the game. Jose Alvarez (1-1) pitched a perfect Francisco 11-2. and drove in a run with a double. Ivan Dejesus all the way, ending Chicago’s three-game win the major league lead in losses. eighth and Huston Street got three outs for his Jr. and Brayan Pena also had RBIs in streak. 18th save in 20 attempts, retiring Reddick with METS 5, BRAVES 3 Cincinnati’s three-run first inning. Jake McGee pitched the ninth for his sec- DODGERS 4, PADRES 3 two on to end it. Bartolo Colon moved into a tie for the ond save. Steven Souza Jr., Jake Elmore, Nick Alex Guerrero’s pinch-hit single drove in the major league lead with his ninth win, Wilmer RANGERS 6, TWINS 2 Franklin and Kevin Kiermaier had two hits tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, lifting Los PIRATES 1, PHILLIES 0 Flores and John Mayberry Jr. homered, and Elvis Andrus had a career-high four RBIs each for the Rays. Jose Abreu hit his 12th Angeles over San Diego. Derek Norris hit a Starling Marte’s single in the bottom of the New York held on to beat Atlanta. and Texas got the tiebreaking runs on a two- home run for the White Sox, connecting in a two-run homer in the seventh off winner Yimi 13th inning drove in Chris Stewart, and The 42-year-old Colon (9-4) gave up two out error by Minnesota center fielder Aaron third straight game for the first time in his Garcia (3-2) to give the Padres a 3-2 lead. But Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia to end a long runs and six hits in six effective innings as he Hicks as the Rangers beat the Twins. career. the Dodgers bounced right back with two night that began with an 86-minute rain delay. matched Seattle’s Felix Hernandez, who was The Rangers had the bases loaded in the runs off relievers Dale Thayer (2-1) and Shawn Six hours after the scheduled first pitch, roughed up at Houston, and Pittsburgh’s eighth with the game tied when Mitch BREWERS 8, NATIONALS 4 Kelley. Marte delivered a two-out chopper up the Gerrit Cole for most victories in baseball. Moreland hit a fly ball to straightaway center. Howie Kendrick, who led off with a double middle off Dustin McGowan (1-2). Stewart Aramis Ramirez hit three doubles and Jeurys Familia, whose availability for the Hicks was drifting back and reached up, but against Thayer and went to third on an error, came around from second, beating Ben game was uncertain because he was awaiting the ball ricocheted off his glove and allowed drove in five runs, Mike Fiers pitched seven scored on Justin Turner’s single to tie it 3-all. Revere’s throw from center to send the Phillies the birth of his child, loaded the bases with two runs to score in Minnesota’s fourth con- effective innings, and Milwaukee beat With two outs, Andre Ethier scored on to their fourth consecutive defeat and move one out in the ninth before getting Nick secutive loss. Washington. Guerrero’s single off Kelley. the Pirates into second place in the NL Central. Ramirez put Milwaukee ahead 2-0 in the Norris’ homer capped a three-run inning Jeff Locke, Arquimedes Caminero, Tony first with his ninth double of the season. His that ruined Clayton Kershaw’s bid to win his Watson, Mark Melancon, Jared Hughes, Rob 10th drove in a run in the third. Then he high- fourth straight start. Clint Barmes hit one-out Scahill and Antonio Bastardo (1-1) combined lighted the Brewers’ four-run fourth inning homer off Kershaw, who was pulled one out on Pittsburgh’s fifth shutout of the season. with his 11th, a two-run line drive off reliever later. Josh Harrison had four hits to match a Taylor Hill. Jonathan Lucroy knocked in the Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his career high, including Pittsburgh’s lone extra- other two runs that inning with a single. eighth save in nine chances. Adrian Gonzalez base hit - a two-out double in the fourth. —AP Fiers (3-6) allowed three runs and five hits. He struck out eight and walked three in his second career victory in two starts against the MLB results/standings Nationals. He pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings in a 6-0 win against Washington July 27, 2012. Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 4 (10 innings); Baltimore 11, NY Yankees 3; Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 0 (13 innings); Detroit 4, Cleveland 0; Toronto 13, Boston 10; NY Mets 5, Atlanta 3; Tampa Bay 7, Chicago White Sox 5; Miami 5, Jordan Zimmermann (5-4) allowed six runs Colorado 1; Texas 6, Minnesota 2; Houston 10, Seattle 0; Milwaukee 8, Washington 4; St. Louis 4, Kansas City 0; and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings, the shortest LA Angels 5, Oakland 4; LA Dodgers 4, San Diego 3; Arizona 1, San Francisco 0. start since going 2 1/3 on April 13. American League National League TIGERS 4, INDIANS 0 Eastern Division Eastern Division W L PCT GB NY Mets 33 29 .532 - David Price pitched a seven-hitter for his NY Yankees 33 27 .550 - Washington 31 30 .508 1.5 third career shutout, Miguel Cabrera hit a Tampa Bay 33 29 .532 1 Atlanta 29 32 .475 3.5 three-run homer and an RBI double in the Toronto 32 30 .516 2 Miami 26 36 .419 7 Detroit win over Cleveland. Baltimore 30 30 .500 3 Philadelphia 22 40 .355 11 Boston 27 35 .435 7 Central Division Price (6-2) didn’t walk a batter and Central Division struck out eight while throwing only 93 St. Louis 40 21 .656 - Kansas City 34 24 .586 - Pittsburgh 33 27 .550 6.5 pitches. Danny Salazar (6-2) matched Price Minnesota 33 27 .550 2 Chicago Cubs 32 27 .542 7 Detroit 32 29 .525 3.5 until the sixth when he gave up Cabrera’s Cincinnati 28 32 .467 11.5 Chicago White Sox 28 31 .475 6.5 homer, which went over the center-field Milwaukee 24 38 .38716.5 fence and traveled about 450 feet. It was Cleveland 28 32 .467 7 Western Division Western Division Cabrera’s 13th home run and also drove in Houston 35 27 .565 - LA Dodgers 36 25 .590 - Anthony Gose and Rajai Davis, who led off Texas 32 29 .525 2.5 San Francisco 34 28 .548 2.5 with singles. Cabrera homered one out lat- LA Angels 31 30 .508 3.5 San Diego 31 32 .492 6 SAN FRANCISCO: Arizona Diamondbacks’ Brad Ziegler works against the San Francisco er. Salazar allowed the three runs and sev- Seattle 27 34 .443 7.5 Arizona 28 32 .467 7.5 Giants during the ninth inning of a baseball game. —AP en hits while walking one and striking out Oakland 25 38 .397 10.5 Colorado 27 33 .450 8.5 SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 SPORTS

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KINGSTON: Scoreboard at stumps on the second day of the second and final Test between the West Indies and Australia at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Friday: Australia 1st Innings (overnight 258 for 4) Brathwaite 19-2-39-0, Blackwood 1-1-0-0. D. Warner c Hope b Taylor 0 S. Marsh lbw b Taylor 11 West Indies 1st Innings S. Smith lbw b Taylor 199 K. Brathwaite b Lyon 4 M. Clarke c Ramdin b Holder 47 R. Chandrika c Haddin b Starc 0 A. Voges c Ramdin b Taylor 37 D. Bravo lbw b Lyon 14 S. Watson b Taylor 25 S. Dowrich c Haddin b Hazlewood 13 B. Haddin b Taylor 22 S. Hope c Haddin b Lyon 26 M. Johnson c Bravo b Roach 5 J. Blackwood c Warner b Hazlewood 51 M. Starc b Holder 6 D. Ramdin lbw b Hazlewood 8 J. Hazlewood c Blackwood b Permaul 24 J. Holder not out 13 V. Permaul c Haddin b Johnson 0 N. Lyon not out 5 Extras (b6, lb1, w1, nb1, pen5) 14 Extras (b5, lb7, nb6) 18 Total (47 overs, 8 wickets) 143 Total (126.5 overs, all out) 399 To bat: Jerome Taylor, Kemar Roach Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Warner), 2-16 (Marsh), 3-134 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Chandrika), 2-9 (Bravo), 3-25 (Clarke), 4-210 (Voges), 5-264 (Watson), 6-296 (Bravo), 4-44 (Dowrich), 5-77 (Hope), 6-119 (Haddin), 7-306 (Johnson), 8-330 (Starc), 9-393 (Ramdin), 7-142 (Blackwood), 8-143 (Permaul). (Smith), 10-399 (Hazlewood). Bowling: Starc 12-2-33-1 (1w), Hazlewood 11-7-15- Bowling: Taylor 25-10-47-6 (2nb), Roach 25-2-113- 3, Lyon 12-4-35-3, Johnson 10-1-38-1 (1nb), 1 (4nb), Holder 22-3-64-2, Permaul 34.5-7-124-1, Watson 2-0-10-0. West indies collapse as Smith misses double ton

KINGSTON: West Indies slumped to 143 for the nine-wicket first Test win in Dominica a eight in reply to Australia’s first innings week earlier, the tailender’s promotion by total of 399 following an eventful second one spot in the batting order proved bene- day of the second and final Test, highlight- ficial. ed by Steve Smith missing out on a double- He contributed 24 to a 63-run ninth- century by just one run. wicket stand with Smith and was last out, In the second half of the day though it giving Veerasammy Permaul his only wick- was Nathan Lyon’s off-spin that brought et of the innings in the left-arm spinner’s him three wickets as first-change bowler, 35th over. Australia then wasted no time in pushing him ahead of Hugh Trumble as exposing an inexperienced and vulnerable FATULLAH: Bangladesh’s Imrul Kayes plays a shot during the fourth day of their Test cricket match against India. —AP Australia’s most successful Test off-spinner West Indies batting order. ever with 144 victims. Debutant Rajendra Chandrika edged an “This was a much more helpful wicket attempted drive at Starc to wicketkeeper than (the first Test) in Dominica,” said Lyon. Brad Haddin before he had scored and Rain wreaks havoc in “You just had to bowl in the right areas and Lyon, surprisingly brought on as a the first- be patient. There was always something change bowler, responded to the challenge likely to happen.” by bowling the other opener, Kraigg Pacer Josh Hazlewood also claimed Brathwaite and then trapping Darren Bravo India-Bangladesh Test three scalps, including Jermaine Blackwood lbw. for a top score of 51, in another typically Taylor had made good use of the sec- miserly effort. Two wickets in the last two ond new ball at the start of the day in com- FATULLAH: Tamim Iqbal became Bangladesh’s off Harbhajan Singh after making 30. “If we had played a full game, we may have overs of the day left the West Indies in an pleting the fourth five-wicket innings haul leading run-scorer in Tests as the rain-ruined The left-hander fell 20 runs short of drawing realised our aim to win the Test. But you can’t almost hopeless situation needing another of his Test career and third on his home one-off match against India lurched towards a level with South African AB de Villiers’ feat of control the weather, so you can’t do anything 56 runs just to avoid the follow-on. ground. draw yesterday after bad weather disrupted the scoring a half-century in 12 consecutive Tests. about it.” Having provided the foundation around He bowled Shane Watson for 25 offering fourth day’s play in Fatullah. India declared their But Mominul still has a remote chance to join Tamim warned against taking a draw for which his team’s total was built, vice-cap- no shot and then dispensed with Haddin, first innings at their overnight score of 462 for six De Villiers if the hosts are required to bat a sec- granted, insisting that much could still happen if tain Smith became only the third Australian whose defence was breached after he had in a bid to force a result in a match in which just ond time today. Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur there was no more rain. “The first half-an-hour and eighth overall in the 138-year history raced to 22 off 23 deliveries. 103.3 overs were bowled over the first three Rahim fell for two just before rain interrupted will be very important,” he said. “If we can build a of the traditional format to be dismissed for During the course of his innings Haddin days. play when he edged Ashwin to Rohit Sharma at partnership, then we can safely say the Test is 199 in a Test. became just the fourth player to compile Bangladesh were 111 for three in 30.1 overs leg slip. over. He fell when Jerome Taylor, who fin- 3,000 Test runs at number seven in the bat- in reply at lunch before rain wiped out the Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan, who hit 173 “But cricket is a funny game and anything can ished with the outstanding figures of six for ting order. remaining two sessions at the water-logged in the match, laughed when asked what he happen. We are very relaxed because we know 47 off 25 overs, earned a leg-before verdict Interestingly, the other three were his Khan Shaheb Osman Ali stadium. expected from the final day’s play. “According to what we need to do and that is to build a good against the right-hander who had batted predecessors as Australian wicketkeeper- With just one day left and not even two the forecast, we expect more rain,” he said. “But if partnership.” The Test will be followed by three with great assurance for almost nine hours. batsmen-Adam Gilchrist, Ian Healy and Rod innings completed, only a dramatic Bangladeshi we get to play, it will be good for us and for the one-day internationals in Dhaka on June 18, 21 “It’s disappointing to have gotten so close Marsh. collapse will liven up play today. spectators too. and 24.—AFP because I’ve never even managed 200 in a Kemar Roach shrugged off his inconsis- Bangladesh opener Imrul Kayes hit an first-class match,” said Smith in reflecting tent and expensive effort on the first day to unbeaten 59 to thwart India’s bowlers, who on his near-miss. claim the wicket of Mitchell Johnson when claimed three quick wickets before the rains set “More importantly though we’re in a Bravo held on to the head-high catch at in. SCOREBOARD great position and it’s really up to the cap- first slip and Jason Holder accounted for Left-handed Tamim took the top spot among tain (Michael Clarke) to decide what he Starc, raising the prospect of the West Bangladesh’s Test batsmen when, on seven, he FATULLAH: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the one-off Test between Bangladesh and India at the Khan wants to do if they don’t get past the fol- Indies finishing off the Australian innings surpassed former captain Habibul Bashar’s tally Shaheb Osman Ali stadium in Fatullah yesterday: low-on.” before lunch. of 3,026 runs in 50 matches. India 1st innings: 462-6 declared (M. Vijay 150, S. Shakib Al Hasan not out 0 His departure broke another stubborn However Smith found a resolute partner Tamim, playing his 40th Test, moved to 19 Dhawan 173, A. Rahane 98, Shakib Al Hasan 4-105). Extras (nb1) 1 partnership involving Hazlewood. After fea- in Hazlewood, who was aided by a second before he was stumped smartly by Wriddhiman Bangladesh 1st innings: Total (for three wickets; 30.1 overs) 111 turing in a record-equalling tenth-wicket wicket-taking no-ball indiscretion from Saha off a delivery from spinner Ravichandran Tamim Iqbal st Saha b Ashwin 19 Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Tamim), 2-108 (Mominul), 3-110 stand of 97 with debutant Adam Voges in Roach.—AFP Ashwin, who shared the new ball with seamer Imrul Kayes not out 59 (Rahim). Ishant Sharma. Mominul Haque c Yadav b Harbhajan 30 Bowling: Sharma 4-0-13-0, Ashwin 11.1-2-30-2, Yadav 4- Mominul Haque missed a chance to equal a Mushfiqur Rahim c R. Sharma b Ashwin 2 0-34-0, Aaron 4-0-11-0 (nb1), Harbhajan 7-0-23-1. world record when he was caught in the deep Ton-up Taylor sets up New Zealand win

LONDON: Ross Taylor’s century laid the platform for New Zealand’s 13-run win under the Duckworth/Lewis method against England in the second one-day international at The Oval on Friday as the Black Caps levelled the five-match series at 1-1. Taylor’s 119 not out and Kane Williamson’s 93 were the cornerstone of a total of 398 for five. It was the highest total England had conceded in all one-day internationals, sur- passing the 387 for five posted against them by India at Rajkot in 2008. Chris Jordan’s return of one for 97 in nine overs equalled the England record for the most expensive in an ODI innings, with former fast bowler Stephen Harmison also conceding 97 runs, but in 10 wicketless overs, against Sri Lanka at Headingley in 2006. LONDON: New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum fails to make a catch during the one-day- interna- The most England had made batting second tional match at the Oval cricket ground. —AP to win an ODI was 306 for five against Pakistan at Karachi in 2000. England, who had themselves change over time as the game evolves. paceman Southee, rested at Edgbaston follow- compiled a national record 408 for nine in a 210- “Potentially that could be looked at.” ing the 1-1 drawn Test series between the two run win in the series opener at Edgbaston on Tuesday’s match had seen England sent into countries. Southee had taken a devastating sev- Tuesday by 210 runs, saw skipper Eoin Morgan bat. But Brendon McCullum didn’t make the en for 33 when New Zealand beat England by make a quickfire 88. same mistake twice, the captain batting first this eight wickets at the World Cup in Wellington in But with England 345 for seven, rain stopped time after winning the toss. February. But it was the spinners who reduced play. When the match resumed, England needed Despite Finn starting the match with a maid- England from 85 without loss to 100 for three at 34 to win off 13 balls to reach a revised target of en, another good pitch, once more allied to a The Oval. After Nathan McCullum had Roy 379 in 46 overs and this proved beyond them as lack of swing, again worked in favour of the caught on the reverse sweep for 39 left-armer they finished on 365 for nine. team batting first and this time it was England Mitchell Santner struck twice in three balls to New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum who dropped several tough chances-with Taylor dismiss Root and Alex Hales (54) with the aid of said: “Four hundred should be plenty but missed twice on seven and 40. Williamson fell catches in the deep. Morgan and Buttler came England are playing a completely different just short of a hundred when he chipped a together at 163 for four and struck a barrage of brand of cricket now. “I thought it was an out- Stokes full toss to Plunkett at mid-on. boundaries. But Buttler fell for 41 when he was standing game...Neither team deserved to lose England made a good start to their reply caught behind off left-arm paceman Boult. The and the weather probably helped us a bit.” against a New Zealand attack featuring recalled series continues at Southampton today. —AFP England threatened a stunning upset during a fifth-wicket stand of 96 between Morgan and Jos Buttler, the century maker of their Edgbaston SCOREBOARD victory. But when Morgan was caught at deep point by Grant Elliott off Mitchell McClenaghan, LONDON: Scoreboard in the second day/night one-day international between England and New Zealand at The to end a blistering 47-ball innings featuring six Oval yesterday: fours and six sixes, England were 274 for six. Following the rain break, Liam Plunkett (44) New Zealand A. Hales c Boult b Santner 54 M. Guptill c Jordan b Stokes 50 J. Root c N McCullum b Santner 6 and Adil Rashid (34) both holed out against off- B. McCullum c Stokes b Plunkett 39 E. Morgan c Elliott b McClenaghan 88 spinner Nathan McCullum. Rashid looked to K. Williamson c Plunkett b Stokes 93 B. Stokes c Ronchi b McClenaghan 28 have hit a six but fell to a brilliant piece of team- R. Taylor not out 119 J. Buttler c Ronchi b Boult 41 work. Tim Southee throwing the ball back in G. Elliott lbw b Jordan 32 S. Billings c Guptill b Boult 12 from over the rope for a leaping Trent Boult to L. Ronchi c Buttler b Finn 33 A. Rashid c Boult b N McCullum 34 complete the catch. M. Santner not out 15 L. Plunkett c B McCullum b N McCullum 44 That left England needing 24 off six balls and Extras (lb3, w12, nb2) 17 C. Jordan not out 3 it proved just beyond them as they finished on Total (5 wkts, 50 overs) 398 S. Finn not out 6 365 for nine. “I’m disappointed with our fielding Did not bat: N McCullum, T Southee, M McClenaghan, T Boult Extras (b1, lb2, w7) 10 Fall of wickets: 1-61 (B McCullum), 2-114 (Guptill), 3-235 Total (9 wkts, 46 overs) 365 and our execution with the ball - but the way we (Williamson), 5-352 (Ronchi) Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Roy), 2-100 (Root), 3-100 (Hales), 4- went about the chase, all credit goes to the guys Bowling: Finn 10-1-69-1 (1nb, 3w); Jordan 9-0-97-1 (4w); 163 (Stokes), 5-259 (Buttler), 6-274 (Morgan), 7-275 - and to New Zealand,” said Morgan. “We know Plunkett 9-0-71-1 (2w); Rashid 10-0-72-0 (1nb); Stokes 9- (Billings), 8-351 (Plunkett), 9-355 (Rashid) we bat deep and Adil Rashid and Liam Plunkett 0-66-2 (2w); Root 3-0-20-0 (1w); Bowling: Southee 9-0-68-0 (1w); Boult 10-1-53-2 (2w); were outstanding tonight. McClenaghan 9-0-61-2 (1w); N McCullum 9-0-86-3 (1w); KINGSTON: Australia’s Mitchell Johnson bowls during day two of their second cricket As for the impact of the Duckworth/Lewis England (revised target 379 in 46 overs) Santner 7-0-73-2 (2w); Guptill 1-0-12-0; Elliott 1-0-9-0. Test match against West Indies. —AP method, Morgan said: “Personally I think it will J. Roy c Taylor b N McCullum 39 Result: New Zealand won by 13 runs (D/L method). SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 SPORTS

SINGAPORE: The team from Thailand celebrates their win in the women’s 4x100-meter relay at the SEA Games. —AP Top-placed Thais eye golden finish

SINGAPORE: Thailand stormed into the The hosts had led the medals table until “The team dealt brilliantly with the pres- The scale and manner of the win will half penalty and a wickedly deflected win- football final and pushed ahead on the Friday, thanks in large part to their 23 sure,” Malaysia coach Arul Anthoni told AFP. install Thailand as raging favourites for ner. “I feel very surprised about the result medals table yesterday as they looked to golds in the pool-including nine for “I had four or five of the younger players Monday’s final against dark horses and I would like to thank all our players,” finish on top for the second Southeast Olympic prospect Joseph Schooling. who were shivering earlier because of feel- Myanmar, who rode their luck in the upset said Myanmar’s coach Kyi Lwin. Asian (SEA) Games running. They gathered another four on Saturday ing the atmosphere.” of Vietnam. Elsewhere, Malaysia’s Yoong family of The defending football champions in waterskiing and sailing, but a shattering At the National Stadium, “Messi Jay” It also gives Indonesia a chastening waterskiers grabbed three medals as 11- brushed off Indonesia 5-0 to set up a final men’s hockey loss to arch-rivals Malaysia Chanathip Songkrasin put the seal on a send-off into the international wilderness year-old Aaliyah took silver in the women’s with Myanmar, who had luck on their side will not have improved the mood of home thumping 5-0 win over Indonesia as after they were suspended by world body jump and ex-racing driver Alex, 38, got as they shocked Vietnam 2-1 in Singapore. fans. Thailand stormed into Monday’s football FIFA over political interference. “We are not bronze in both the men’s jump and slalom. Thailand also had wins in tennis, The final, in front of a packed crowd at final. Barcelona-we get gold first and then we Thailand topped the medals table at the archery, taekwondo and petanque as Sengkang Stadium, ended 2-2 but Chanathip, glowingly compared to talk,” Chanathip said. last SEA Games in Myanmar in 2013. they reached 78 gold medals late on Malaysia triumphed 4-3 in the shoot-out, Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi, scored in Earlier, even Myanmar’s coach Kyi Lwin Malaysia, who will host the 2017 edition, Saturday, four ahead of Singapore with rounded off by Nor Azrul Abdul Rahman’s the last minute to round off an emphatic was surprised by their 2-1 win over lie fourth 45 with golds, 20 behind third- three days to go. confident score. semi-final victory in Singapore. Vietnam, which came courtesy of a first- placed Vietnam. —AFP Waratahs in playoffs, Brumbies, Chiefs lose

SYDNEY: The reigning champion New South Wales Waratahs subdued a fired up Queensland Reds team yesterday to storm into the Super Rugby playoffs with a 31-5 victory that assured them of a week off and a home semi-final. Second half tries from captain Dave Dennis, flanker Jaques Potgieter, scrumhalf Brendan McKibbin and lock Dean Mumm gave the Waratahs a bonus point they did not need and sent a crowd of 26,746 home happy. Earlier defeats for the ACT Brumbies and Waikato Chiefs ensured both teams would have to hit the road for the first round of playoffs next weekend as they bid for third titles. The Brumbies, who went down 37-24 to the Canterbury Crusaders in Canberra, will travel to South Africa to face the Stormers, while the Chiefs, who were beaten 21-13 by the Wellington Hurricanes, will meet Otago Highlanders in Dunedin. The winners of those ties will travel to meet the Hurricanes and Waratahs in the semi-finals the following weekend. After defeat for the Brumbies, the Waratahs were already assured of the Australian Conference title and only needed a victory Dave Dennis to guarantee they would finish ahead of FRANCE: Great Britain’s Christopher Froome climbs the last hill ahead of USA’s Tejay the Stormers. They made heavy work of it ping the end of season standings and a what was the last appearance for flyhalf Van Garderen at the end of the 155 km seventh stage of the 67th edition of the against a fired up Reds team in the first 53 home semi-final, came from behind to beat Dan Carter and almost certainly flanker Dauphine Criterium cycling race. —AFP minutes with miserly defence and a prolif- the Chiefs, who needed a bonus point victo- Richie McCaw. Carter slotted 17 points with eration of errors on both sides leaving ry by more than 37 points to avoid the trip the boot, while flanker Matt Todd became Bernard Foley’s 17th minute penalty the to Dunedin. the first forward to score a try in five suc- Froome wins only score. Dennis crashed over to open the The Chiefs started well enough when a cessive games in Super Rugby. floodgates soon after Reds flanker Adam converted intercept try from winger Bryce The Brumbies scored all three of their Thomson had been sin-binned and Heem and two penalties from Marty tries from rolling mauls with flankers Potgieter, McKibbin and Mumm followed McKenzie put them 13-0 up after half an David Pocock, who left the game late in mountain stage their skipper in the next 20 minutes. hour. The Hurricanes then scored 21 unan- the first half with concussion, and Jarrad Flyhalf Quade Cooper scored a late con- swered points with a penalty try and a Butler touching down and the third award- FRANCE: Chris Froome sent out a strong utes behind Froome, who won the stage - solation try in what might be his final Conrad Smith effort putting them ahead at ed as a penalty try. Referee Jaco Peyper message three weeks before the Tour de 155 kilometers (96 miles) from Montmelian match for the Reds but two other stalwarts halftime before James Marshall’s intercept also gave the Crusaders a penalty try after France by winning the toughest mountain to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc - in 4 hours, 24 of their 2011 Super Rugby triumph, Will sent them eight points clear in the 56th they got their own rolling maul working stage of the Criterium du Dauphine race in minutes, 17 seconds. Genia and James Horwill, were sent off to minute. with seven minutes remaining before dominant fashion yesterday. Froome attacked about 4 kilometers (2.5 new clubs in Europe with a 12th loss of the Earlier, winger Nemani Nadolo had Carter converted and kicked his last penal- American rider Tejay van Garderen took miles) from the end. Van Garderen season. scored two tries as the Canterbury ty in Super Rugby to take his record tally the race leader’s yellow jersey from responded quickly and followed his wheel The Hurricanes, already assured of top- Crusaders claimed a comfortable victory in to 1,708 points.—Reuters overnight leader Vincenzo Niabli. But the as they soon caught the three front-run- seventh stage - featuring five category 1 ners: Daniel Navarro of Spain, countryman climbs - belonged to Froome, the 2013 Tour Jonathan Castroviejo and Bartosz Huzarski champion. Van Garderen finished 17 sec- of Poland. onds behind him and South African Louis Van Garderen and Froome looked at Meintjes was 41 seconds back in third. each other with 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) to Bolt sets focus on 200 The 30-year-old Froome was delighted go before Froome put his head down and to win the queen stage: the name used in launched a blistering attack to pull away cycling to describe the toughest mountain from the American rider. NEW YORK: Usain Bolt has two main goals London Games. “Those are my two big goals. and 20.13 in Ostrava this year but feels he is stage of a race. “I couldn’t be more pleased with the yel- still to achieve in his brilliant sprinting career That’s what keeps me going, keeps me moti- getting stronger and aims to crack 20 seconds “I couldn’t be happier right now because low jersey. Froome and (Team) Sky really lit and may offer a peak of his progress toward vated. Next season is going to be a big sea- on Saturday, just another step toward his the guys rode out of their skin today. After up the race from early on and rode really one of them at the Adidas Grand Prix athletics son, but I have to take it one step at a time.” goal. a day like yesterday, with nearly 200 kilo- strong with authority,” Van Garderen said. “I meet yesterday. Other featured athletes in the Diamond “I really want to run sub-19,” he told meters in the rain and a lot of big con- knew (Froome) was interested in the stage Bolt is running the 200 meters at Randall’s League meet include Olympic champions Reuters. “If I’m going to do that, I have to get tenders in the break, it made us tend to so I was happy to work with him. When he Island, the distance he is focusing on in a David Rudisha of Kenya in the 800 meters and back in the mode of running a lot of 200 make it again as hard as we could,” said went, there was no way I could follow so quest to smash his own world record of 19.19 women’s pole vaulter Jenn Suhr, while metres and getting back to the perfection Froome, who lost his Tour title after a heavy I’m very happy with the yellow jersey.” and break the 19-second barrier. American sprinter Tyson Gay faces a trio of that I’m used to running the curve. “I think the crash early in last year’s race. “It’s a really Froome thrust his arms in the air after “I have two more main goals that I want to Jamaicans in the 100 metres. 100 meters will benefit from me running the good show of where I’m at. It was very crossing the line and then thumped his get,” Bolt, 28, told a news conference on Rudisha, the world record-holder in the 200 metres also.” important for me to win here even if my chest. Nibali, meanwhile, tumbled down form is not at its best.” the standings to 11th and is 3:05 behind Friday. “The hardest one is trying to get under 800, began the year with a pair of wins in Bolt expects to benefit from crowd sup- Van Garderen leads Froome by 18 sec- the leader heading into Sunday’s eighth 19 seconds,” said Bolt, who set the world Australia, but three weeks ago in Ostrava port. “There’s going to be a large Jamaican onds in the overall standings, with and final stage. Stage 8 is another moun- record at the 2009 world championships. The pulled up in discomfort after 150 metres. crowd, they’re always there to support Spaniard Benat Intxausti 45 seconds back tainous trek, taking riders over 156.5 kilo- other is to sweep the Olympics sprints for a “I feel good,” Rudisha said about returning Jamaicans. They come out in the thousands. I in third. meters (97 miles) and finishes with a cate- third time in Rio next year. to race.” As for Bolt, he is gradually ramping up appreciate that. It’s like a second home to me. It was a bad day for Italian rider Nibali, gory 1 climb up to Modane Valfrejus. The He has six gold medals after winning the as he comes back from a 2014 season limited “I know it’s going to be wonderful, I know it’s as the reigning Tour champion suffered on July 4-26 Tour starts in the Dutch city of 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres to three races due to foot and hamstring going to be loud and I know the energy is the climbs and crossed the line four min- Utrecht.—AP relay at both the 2008 Beijing and 2012 injuries. The Jamaican ran 20.20 in Kingston going to be great.”—Reuters SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 SPORTS Relaxed Rory ready for US Open challenge

PARIS: Rory McIlory gets acquainted - Tiger Woods with 14 and Jack Nicklaus with Chambers Bay golf course yesterday with 18. ahead of next week’s US Open confident McIlroy, however, refuses to get drawn that some time away from the game will into any predictions “I’ve won four. I’d have done him a power of good. love to win a fifth, and hopefully when I The world number one won the Wells do win a fifth, I’d love to win a sixth. I Fargo tournament in Charlotte in mid- don’t want to put any sort of burden on May on the back of a superb 61 in the myself of giving myself a number,” he third round. But oddly he followed that said. up by returning to Europe and enduring “If I set myself a target, and I don’t get back-to-back missed cuts at the BMW there, but I still have one of the best PGA Championship and at the Irish Open careers of all time, does that mean I’m a on home turf. failure?” His antidote for those blips in his More to the point, he insists, is how recent form was to take a break. “I didn’t best to play Chambers Bay, south of touch a golf club last week. I had played Seattle which is hosting the US Open for five weeks in a row, and mentally, I was the first time and is something of a mys- ready to have a little break,” McIlroy said tery for most of the 156-strong field, at the PGA Championship media day at McIlroy included. “It’s a bit of an Whistling Straits where he stopped off en unknown for everyone. From what I’ve route for the Pacific Northwest and the heard, it’s going to be sort of different,” year’s second major. he said. “I just got away from it, did some oth- “At the end of the day, I’m competing er things I enjoy, got back to Florida on against the same players I’ve been able Sunday and started to practice. “Gearing to beat before. Hopefully, I get there up for the second major of the year, and again.” my game is feeling in really great shape After the US Open, McIlroy is playing and I feel like I can have another summer two courses he knows well for majors, not too dissimilar to last year. with the British Open headed to St. The reference to last year concerned Andrews and the PGA at Whistling McIlroy’s back-to-back major wins at the Straits. GERMANY: Spain’s Rafael Nadal raises his fist after he won the semifinal tennis match against Gael Monfils of France, at the ATPercedes M Cup British Open and the PGA Championship, He will be the defending champion tennis tournament. —AP taking his haul of major titles to four at at both “They were courses I played well the age of 25 (he is now 26). on, course I had fond memories of,” he A win at Chambers Bay on June 21 said. “Maybe you put a little bit more would put him level with the likes of pressure on yourself for those, but over Nadal lines up history Seve Ballesteros, Phil Mickelson and the course of the season, I build myself Byron Nelson on the all-time list and up for those four big ones. I feel like I would further fuel the debate over still have three good chances to add to whether he can chase down the top two my major tally.” —AFP on Stuttgart grass

STUTTGART: Rafael Nadal moved into position only the second this season. tennis after the first two matches this week, it is Kim leads Park and Webb to become a dual-surface champion at the Nadal came through over Monfils on the first always tough to start on this surface. Stuttgart Open yesterday with a 6-3, 6-4 semi- of two match points as the French fourth seed “Today I played aggressive and did what I had HARRISON: World number one Lydia Ko tering five victories on the LPGA of Korea final defeat of Gael Monfils. sailed a forehand over the baseline. Unable to to do to keep my level high. I’ve not been in a missed her first cut in a professional tour- Tour, Kim has shown her mettle on the Victory in under 90 minutes on the newly-laid find an ace in the contest, Nadal however made grass final since 2011 (Wimbledon, losing to nament, while Kim Sei-young eagled the LPGA Tour by taking her 2015 wins in play- grass courts of the pre-Wimbledon event paved no double-faults and saved all four of the break Novak Djokoic). This is important news for me. par-five 15th to take a one-stroke lead after offs. “I was inspired by Tiger Woods, how he a path for Nadal to lift his third title in Stuttgart points he faced as he beat Monfils for the 11th “I’m enjoying being in this final and I’ll hope 36 holes of the Women’s PGA was able to make shots and shot-making,” after winning in 2005 and 2007 when the tour- time in 13 meetings. to be ready tomorrow.” Serbian Troicki was over- Championship on Friday. said Kim. who leads the tour in birdies and nament was still played on clay. The win was effortless in contrast to the whelmed to have done so well this week. “It’s The 18-year-old Ko’s astonishing run of eagles. “I was actually able to show all the Top seed Nadal will take on surprise finalist struggles Nadal went through in his first two my first grass court final and I’m really excited to making 53 consecutive cuts ended when shots out here on the course today.” Viktor Troicki, who battled for more than two matches this week, spending a combined five have gotten here,” he said. she shot a three-over 76 in the second Breathing down her neck are two hours to overcome Croatian second seed and US hours on court to win six sets. “It was a great match for me, I served very round for a two-over-par 148 total, missing accomplished winners. The 40-year-old Open champion Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 “I’m very happy with this performance,” said well and used my slice. The match was very even the cut by one stroke. Webb, looking for her first major since (7/2). the 29-year-old Spaniard. “I’m slowly improving most of the time but I was able to use a couple “I just made a double (on the 11th) and 2006, shot 71 in the morning and was Nadal owns two Wimbledon crowns and also on grass. It would be fantastic to win here, but I of chances to make the difference.” The world just couldn’t get anything turned around,” joined at seven-under by Park. won at Queen’s in 2008. The left-hander will be can only focus on the final and try to play my number 28 stands 0-4 against Nadal, with all of said Ko, who had made the turn one-under South Korean Park surged up the leader- bidding for the 66th trophy of his career but best.” He added: “I was feeling better with my their matches played on hard court.—AFP for the round but bogeyed three of the board late in the day, following her open- next four holes after the double. ing 71 with a flawless 68. Tied for fourth on “I just kind of made bogey after bogey 140 was Suzann Pettersen of Norway after and when you do that, it’s not great.” It was a bogey-free 66, and 17-year-old Canadian a much better day for Kim, 22, who has Brooke Henderson (73). Barrow puts Gambia before Sweden already won twice in her rookie season on South Korean Jenny Shin, the overnight the LPGA circuit. leader after a 66, reached eight-under three JOHANNESBURG: Swansea City winger explained Barrow. “Our aims are to reach the ond-half equaliser. She shot a five-under 68 on the undulat- times in the second round but slipped back Modou Barrow believes so passionately in finals of the Africa Cup of Nations and the While warm-up results can be mislead- ing Westchester course in the leafy north- with four bogeys in her second nine. Shin the potential of African football light- World Cup.”That is supreme optimism given ing, holding far higher-ranked Uganda will ern suburbs of New York City and shot 75 for 141, a total she shared with weights Gambia that he turned down the that the tiny coastal state surrounded by give a timely morale boost to Savoy and his leapfrogged seven-times major winner world number three Stacy Lewis (71). The possibility of playing with Swedish super- Senegal have never won an away Cup of squad. Karrie Webb of Australia and twice defend- unflappable Kim said she was not worried star Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Nations match. “We are not the group favourites-that ing champion Park In-bee. about going to bed with the lead. “I believe Born in west Africa 22 years ago and a Five draws and 14 losses and nine goals role is shared by Cameroon and South Kim posted an eight-under 138 total in I can play better in the tournaments where resident of Sweden from 11, the English scored and 35 conceded is hardly a record Africa-but we are ready to exploit any slip- the second major of the season. After regis- I can feel more pressure,” she said.—Reuters Premier League footballer had options to trigger palpitations among the South ups they make,” promised the 42-year-old when it came to international allegiance. African squad. handler. He chose the Gambian Scorpions and the But midfielder Mustapha Carayol from “I am building a team and Barrow and first indication as to whether he made a English second-tier club Middlesbrough Carayol are not the only new faces. There is wise decision comes Saturday in Durban, believes a new team under new Swiss coach no shortage of talented Gambian foot- where they face South Africa in a 2017 Raoul Savoy are capable of creating a more ballers spread around the world.” The former Africa Cup of Nations matchday 1 qualifier. successful future. Ethiopia, Swaziland and Central African Few outside Gambia give Barrow and his “Qualifying from a group including South Republic coach included players from vari- team any chance of shocking Bafana Bafana Africa and Cameroon is a major challenge, ous countries in Africa and Europe and Asia (The Boys), who are ranked 91 places higher but not an insurmountable one,” he and the United States for the Bafana game. in the world rankings. stressed. Savoy says he possesses a good knowl- But the Scorpions know South Africa “Even if we do not top the final table, our edge of South African footballers and coach have won only once in seven outings this intention is to do our best and make every Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba, who admits to year and do not consider a home victory a Gambian football supporter proud of us.” knowing “very little” about the Gambians. foregone conclusion. Barrow and Carayol debuted for the “While every coach begins a game “Although Sweden have some great play- Scorpions in a 1-1 midweek friendly draw dreaming of victory, even a draw in South ers like Zlatan, I want to be part of a with Uganda in Kampala and another new- Africa would be a great result for us,” added Gambian side that creates history,” comer, Omar Jagne, grabbed the late sec- the Gambia coach.—AFP Britain defeat Australia for first time in 17 years

LONDON: Great Britain upset the odds in spectacular fashion to beat world champions Australia for the first time since 1998 with a 3-1 victo- ry in a one-off Test in London yester- day. Sam Ward, Alastair Brogdon and Iain Lewers were all on target for the hosts at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in east London. Jamie Dwyer did equalise follow- ing Ward’s seventh-minute opener but Australia could not make the most of an ensuing spell of domi- nance. Brogdon restored Britain’s lead in the 38th minute and Ward hit the post a minute later. Britain’s victory was assured seven minutes from time when Lewers powered in a shot, via the facemask of goalkeeper Tyler Lovell, from a penalty corner rebound to give the team an ideal boost ahead of this month’s World League Semi-Final event. “Our ball retention could have been better at times but on the whole we can be very happy with our performance,” said Great Britain coach Bobby Crutchley. “We know Australia will get better as they come into the World League competition so, although we are happy with the result today, we won’t take anything HARRISON: Kim Sei Young, of South Korea, reacts after hitting from the 11th hole fair- for granted heading into the Olympic way during the second round of the KPMG Women’s PGA golf championship. —AP qualifiers.”—AFP Sam Ward in action in this file photo. SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 SPORTS Interpol ditches FIFA deal as corruption scandal deepens PARIS: Interpol suspended a 20-million- Interpol is the wider perception that con- “We were like brothers. I realise that I decision to sign off on a $10 million pay- should be based on the “size and sporting euro ($22 million) sports “integrity” agree- flicted organisations are now deserting should not have put so much confidence ment at the centre of the U.S. bribery relevance” of its member federations. ment with FIFA on Friday, at the end of FIFA. It further exacerbates FIFA’s ‘unclean’ in him because he made me do the wrong investigation. At present, each of FIFA’s 209 members testing week for soccer’s scandal-hit ruling image and its escalating isolation,” said thing and I was doing it very innocently. I Brandishing his pen, a clearly irritated has a vote, giving soccer power-houses body that saw its chief spokesman quit, Chris Eaton, an ex-Interpol officer and for- knew nothing about those things,” Camps Valcke demanded of journalists: “You want Germany and Brazil the same influence as bidding for the 2026 World Cup shelved mer FIFA adviser on anti-corruption, now told Channel 4 News. Warner has denied me to take this pen and to hit my head tiny Pacific islands. and records seized from its Zurich head- with the International Center for Sport all charges levelled against him. He was and say ‘Hey! I have been stupid, I should Soccer chiefs in developing countries, quarters. Security. not immediately available for comment. have asked many more questions?’” who have enjoyed generous funding to FIFA also faced growing calls-this time Interpol’s decision was a disappoint- Channel 4 News said Camps, Caribbean “You have decided that after Blatter I promote the game from FIFA during from the European parliament-for its out- ment, FIFA said, since the 2011 “integrity in soccer’s finance committee chairman, had have to be next head to be cut?” Valcke Blatter’s 17 years in power, denounced the going president, Sepp Blatter, to step sport” programme was not connected to signed cheques worth millions of dollars told a news conference. On Thursday, plan as unfair and racist. aside at once, while plans by Germany to the “current issues” it faced. on Warner’s behalf, which were supposed Communications director Walter de The South American confederation reform the way the organisation is run The corruption scandal erupted when to finance Trinidad’s team in the 2006 Gregorio, the public face of the soccer CONMEBOL meanwhile came under pres- were roundly rejected by soccer chiefs in police descended on a luxury hotel in World Cup in Germany. It said he was still body, resigned after telling a joke at the sure of its own when Congress in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Zurich on May 27 and arrested seven FIFA signing the cheques three years after the expense of his employers on Swiss televi- Paraguay, where the soccer body is based, Caribbean. officials, pending extradition to the United World Cup ended. sion. approved a measure withdrawing immu- Interpol’s decision to freeze funding States. It has been another bleak week for “The FIFA president, secretary general nity from its Asuncion headquarters. from FIFA to fight match fixing and illegal At the centre of the investigation are FIFA. On Wednesday, FIFA postponed the and media director are sitting in a car. A draft bill to remove the immunity was gambling was perhaps inevitable, coming transactions that went into accounts held bidding for the right to host the 2026 Who’s driving. Answer? The police.” put to Congress last month after U.S. only days after the international police in a bank in Trinidad in the name of CON- World Cup, with Secretary General Jerome Despite announcing his resignation, authorities announced indictments of 14 organisation put two former FIFA officials CACAF, the Confederation of North, Valcke saying during a visit to Russia that it Blatter has remained at his desk, saying he past and present senior soccer officials on its most-wanted list and the corruption Central America and Caribbean would be “nonsense” to start the process wants to usher in reforms at FIFA before and sports media executives connected to crisis in world soccer deepened. Association Football, that were “controlled” under present circumstances. his successor is chosen. FIFA announced FIFA. “There is an urgent need to repeal The increasing damage to FIFA’s reputa- by former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner. Then, perhaps reflecting the growing that would happen at an election some- this law and get on with the investigation,” tion raised questions about how long oth- In an interview with British television, crisis, the usually composed Valcke unbur- time between December and February. Senator Juan Carlos Galaverna said during er associated bodies and even sponsors Oliver Camps, described as Warner’s right- dened himself of an emotional tirade, say- The German Football Association a debate over the measure, which is would continue to work with it. hand man, said he felt “used and abused” ing he was being destroyed by the media meanwhile came up with a radical reform expected to be signed into law by “The real damage of this decision by by his old friend and associate. in his native France and defending his plan under which FIFA’s voting structure President Horacio Cartes. —Reuters Herrera bemoans Mexico’s ‘bitter pill’

VINA DEL MAR: Mexico coach Miguel just past the other post. Herrera was clearly Herrera watched in frustration and anger as boiling as Mexico failed to get a grip on the his side failed to break down minnows game in the second half. Midfielder Jesus Bolivia in a Copa America encounter Friday Corona blasted the ball wide of the goal that ended in a goalless draw. from close range when Matias Vuoso was Herrera called the 0-0 result a “bitter pill”. well placed in the goal area. But he was lucky his side did not concede a Juan Carlos Medina wasted a shot from killer goal in game that left hosts Chile in the edge of the penalty area but Mexico charge of Group A after their 2-0 win over had their best chance when winger Jesus Ecuador on the opening day of the South ‘Tecatico’ Corona put in a perfect cross for American championship. Herrera chided Vicente Vuoso. The Argentina-born striker his side-weakened by the absence of star headed at the front post and watched the players such as Javier ‘Chicharito’ ball go past the far post before burying his Hernandez, Carlos Vela and Giovani dos head in his hands. With time running out, Santos-from the touchline as they failed to the Mexican coach had to be pulled back break down the world 89th ranked from the touchline when his side were Bolivians. refused a penalty when Aquino appeared He erupted at Paraguayan referee to be pulled down by Leonel Morales. Enrique Caceres for not awarding a penalty “If you come to a tournament like the when Javier Aquino, Mexico’s most effec- Copa America you have to go out and win tive player, appeared to be brought down so this result was a bitter pill as we wanted in the 79th minute. three points,” said Herrera. Herrera brought a weakened squad to “We had the chances but did not take the Copa America as he is saving energy for them and when that happens it is not a the Gold Cup in the United States next good performance.” He said Mexico’s game month. But he still insists that Mexico, 29th against Chile in Santiago on Monday would in the FIFA rankings, are in Chile to win be like “a final.” games. Bolivia looked vulnerable when With each team having played a game, under pressure but surprised their stronger Chile lead Group A on three points, Bolivia opponents on the counter attack and had and Mexico follow on one point while WINNIPEG: Sweden’s Lina Nilsson (16) hauls down United States’ Sydney Leroux (2) during second-half FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer game. —AP three outstanding first half chances. Ecuador are bottom with no points. Lionel In the 14th minute, Ricard Pedriel flicked Messi’s Argentina enter the tournament on a low cross by Swedish based defender Saturday when they take on Group B rivals Marti Smedberg-Dalence onto the post. Paraguay in La Serena. Just before the break, Jhasmani Campos Defending champions Uruguay play Americans held, fired a left foot shot that Mexico goalkeep- Caribbean side Jamaica, who received a er Jose Jesus Corona just tipped past the special invitation to the tournament with post. From the resulting corner, veteran Mexico, in the day’s other match in Bolivian defender Ronald Raldes headed Antofagasta. —AFP Japan through Women’s World Cup WINNIPEG: Sweden held the United States to a scoreless draw at the Women’s World Cup on Friday, providing a good result for the Swedes and their coach Pia Sundhage, who used to be in charge of the American team. The United States was a point clear atop Group D, ahead of Australia which beat Nigeria 2-0. Defending champion Japan became the first team to confirm its place in the last 16 after a 2-1 victory over Cameroon while the other Group C game saw Switzerland rout Ecuador 10-1. The Americans were chasing a win which would have assured a place in the knockout stages but could not break down the well-drilled Swedes. The U.S came close to scoring when veteran striker Abby Wambach headed on goal in the 72nd minute but the bouncing shot was tipped over the crossbar by Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl. Sweden came closer yet in the 77th when only some desperate defending by Meghan CHILE: Mexico’s Raul Jimenez (left) heads the ball over Bolivia’s goalkeeper Romel Klingenberg prevented the European team going Quinonez during a Copa America Group A soccer match at the Sausalito Stadium. —AP ahead. Klingenberg, a diminutive defender posi- tioned on the line for the Swedish corner, leaped to get her head on a goal-bound shot by Sweden’s Copa America gives Brazil Caroline Seger, deflecting it onto the bar and away to safety. a chance for redemption Goal-line technology confirmed the ball never crossed the line.The United States needs only a SAO PAULO: Brazil will play at the Copa over for Luiz Felipe Scolari, and Brazil will be draw from its final group game against Nigeria to America with more on the line than just anoth- entering the Copa America boosted by 10 be sure of progressing, while the Swedes will need er South American title. It will be Brazil’s first straight victories under his command, includ- to beat Australia if they are to make it to the last 16. official competition since an embarrassing ing in friendlies against France, Argentina, Japan scored two early goals and held on for a elimination at the World Cup, giving the five- Colombia and Chile. It also beat Mexico and 2-1 win against Cameroon. Aya Sameshima scored time world champions their first chance for Honduras in warm-up matches for the Copa in the 6th minute and Yuika Sugasawa added a redemption. America. Dunga’s revamped team has header off a cross by Aya Miyama in the 17th. Although victory in Chile this month won’t outscored opponents 21-2 since the World fully erase the disappointment of the 7-1 semi- Cup. final loss to Germany, a good performance will But the coach is quick to downplay expec- move Brazil a step closer to healing from last tations heading into Chile. “We are still not at Matches on TV VANCOUVER: Japan’s Azusa Iwashimizu (right) kicks the ball during a challenge from Cameroon’s Gaelle Enganamouit during the first half of a FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer year’s humiliation. the level that we would like to be,” Dunga said. (Local Timings) Brazil opens the Copa America against Peru “We are very demanding. We are perfection- match. —AP on Sunday, then plays Colombia on ists. We always want the best. So we will keep Wednesday and closes group play against trying to improve the most we can.” Euro Qualifiers 2016 Cameroon pulled a goal back in the 90th Barring an upset defeat for the United States in Venezuela on June 21. The Brazilians won four Brazil’s Copa America squad again will be minute after a strong run and shot by Ajara Nchout the last round of group games, Australia will need of the last six South American tournaments, led by Neymar, who got injured in the World Slovenia v England 19:00 and almost snatched a draw in stoppage time but only a draw against Sweden to reach the next Abu Dhabi Sports HD 4 Gaelle Enganamouit’s shot missed just to the left. stage. Nigeria must beat the Americans by at least including two of the last three. Cup quarterfinals and didn’t play in the losses Liechtenstein v Moldova 19:00 Brazil coach Dunga, who is keeping only six to Germany and the Netherlands in the third- Abu Dhabi Sports HD 7 Australia put itself in a strong position to two goals if they are to go through. players from the World Cup squad, has already place game. He is arriving in Chile in top form, Ukraine v Luxembourg 19:00 progress after beating Nigeria 2-0 thanks to two Switzerland handed another heavy defeat to made it clear that he doesn’t want the added and boosted by the Champions League title he Abu Dhabi Sports HD 5 goals by Kyah Simon. Simon beat Nigeria goal- Ecuador, beating the overwhelmed South Estonia v San Marino 19:00 keeper Precious Dede on a feed from Lisa De Vanna Americans 10-1, with Fabienne Humm and Ramona pressure from last year’s loss affecting his team won with Barcelona a week ago. “We expect Abu Dhabi Sports HD 6 at the Copa America. “What happened at the Neymar to perform as well as he has been per- Russia v Austria 19:00 to put the Matildas up 1-0 in the 29th minute. She Bachmann both scoring second-half hat tricks. World Cup was isolated. Everybody talks about forming with the national team and with Abu Dhabi Sports HD 3 then found herself unguarded in the front of the Humm’s three goals came within 6 minutes ear- the need to regain (the respect), but Brazilian Barcelona,” Dunga said. Belarus v Spain 21:45 goal to put away Samantha Kerr’s arcing cross in ly in the second half, the first on a powerful strike Abu Dhabi Sports HD 3 the 68th minute. from outside the penalty area in the 47th minute to football remains admired everywhere, the Neymar reported late to the national team Slovakia v Macedonia 21:45 Brazilian jersey is still valued,” Dunga said. “The because of the Champions League final. Brazil Abu Dhabi Sports HD 6 Late in the match, Kerr was elbowed in the jaw put Switzerland up 3-0. Bachmann capped her pressure to win will always exist for Brazil. The started its preparations on June 1, but Neymar Lithuania v Switzerland 21:45 in an off-the-ball incident which was not seen by scoring binge in the 81st minute for Switzerland’s national team has to remain competitive and only arrived about a week later, after he scored Abu Dhabi Sports HD 5 the referee. Australia coach Alen Stajcic said the 21- 10th goal. Sweden v Montenegro 21:45 year-old striker would require X-rays to determine Eseosa Aigbogun and Martina Moser added keep winning no matter what.” a goal in Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Juventus in Abu Dhabi Sports HD Dunga got off to a good start after taking the final in Germany last Saturday.—AP if her jaw was broken. goals for Switzerland.—AP Rain wreaks havoc Top-placed Thais in India-Bangladesh eye golden finish Test

SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 16 17 Ronaldo hits third hat-trick European qualifiers YEREVAN: Portugal moved five points clear at the top of European Championship qualifying Group I yesterday after Cristiano Ronaldo’s third successive hat-trick secured a crucial 3-2 win in Armenia. The Portuguese, who played the last 30 minutes down to 10 men, Maloney frustrates were given a real scare by an Armenian side who had picked up just a single point in their first four group games. Ireland once again The hosts were under new management after former Swiss coach Bernard Challandes stood down following their last match-a 2-1 DUBLIN: Shaun Maloney was the Republic of Ireland’s nemesis once more as Scotland delivered a massive blow to their hosts’ Euro 2016 qualifying defeat against Albania. qualification hopes with a 1-1 draw at Lansdowne Road yesterday. Record caps holder (131 appearances) Sargis Hovsepyan is now in The Chicago Fire midfielder’s second-half strike took a massive deflec- the hot seat and his influence appeared to have the desired effect as tion off Ireland skipper John O’Shea to cancel out Jon Walters’ first-half Armenia took a 14th-minute lead through Brazilian-born midfielder goal, and the result leaves Ireland five points behind Group D leaders Marcos Pizzelli. Poland in fourth place. But Fernando Santos’ Portugal levelled just before the half-hour However, the point will be welcomed by Gordon Strachan’s men, who mark via a predictable source, with World Player of the Year Ronaldo knew avoiding defeat would make Ireland’s task of going to France next converting a penalty. summer incredibly difficult. The Real Madrid superstar turned the game on its head in the Neither manager gave much away in the build-up to this game, keep- 55th minute. He got his double to put the 2012 semi-finalists in front ing their selection cards close to their chest, and it became clear why for the first time and just three minutes later, the 30-year-old sealed when the teams were announced. his third hat-trick in as many games-after scoring two in succession For Ireland, nothing less than victory would do, and the inclusion of for Real Madrid at the end of the domestic season-to put Portugal 3- Jeff Hendrick, Walters and Daryl Murphy in the starting line-up was 1 in front. unexpected. But after midfielder Tiago’s red card, the Portuguese had a numer- Robbie Keane was only on the bench after two of his cousins were ical disadvantage, which allowed the hosts back into the match. killed in a tragic accident earlier in the week, while Aiden McGeady, Hrayr Mkoyan struck to reduce the deficit after 72 minutes to give James McClean and Shane Long were left out as O’Neill plumped for strength and fitness. Charlie Mulgrew started in central defence for the Armenians hope, but Portugal held out fairly comfortably. Scotland despite only recently returning from injury, while there was no Portugal sit top of Group I on 12 points with Denmark-who host room for Ikechi Anya or Andy Robertson, with Matt Richie also making a Serbia late yesterday — and Albania both on seven. Armenia first start. remain rooted to the foot of the table with one point from five Just as they had in Glasgow last November, both sets of fans created matches. one of the best atmospheres most observers had seen and the home In Warsaw, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scored a team justified their promise to start the tie with intensity. hat-trick in the space of four minutes late in the game as Poland beat Steven Naismith and Steven Fletcher had the best chances in the Georgia 4-0 in Euro 2016 qualifying yesterday. opening 10 minutes, but neither troubled Shay Given in the Ireland goal- Poland, who lead qualifying Group D, were in front in Warsaw and the efforts were against the general run of play with Ireland’s mid- thanks to a 62nd-minute strike by Arkadiusz Milik before captain field and wing backs controlling the game. Lewandowski doubled their lead in the 89th minute. There was passion and patience in Ireland’s play, with Murphy hold- He then added another in the 92nd minute and completed a ing possession well up front, while Wes Hoolahan, James McCarthy, remarkable treble in the third minute of stoppage time to put the Robbie Brady and Seamus Coleman pushed forward at every attempt. seal on a handsome win. The home support were growing in confidence but Coleman’s cross- It is believed to be the second fastest hat-trick in the history of ing in advanced positions was disappointing and it appeared Ireland European Championship qualifying, bettered only by Arif Erdem, would not be rewarded for their endeavor. who scored three in three minutes for Turkey against Northern A Murphy header was palmed over by David Marshall but the break- through finally arrived from the resulting corner on 38 minutes, Ireland in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2000. although goalscorer Walters was in an offside position. Lewandowski has now scored seven times in the campaign-the Brady’s corner was nodded goalward by Murphy, but it took a nick off 26-year-old scored four times in the second half in a 7-0 win over Walters and Marshall’s smart save merely pushed the ball back to Walters Gibraltar last September. who prodded home. He now has 26 international goals. Poland are top of Group D Ireland almost added a second just before the break, when a wicked YEREVAN: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo gestures after scoring the second goal with 14 points from six games, three points clear of Scotland and Brady corner bounced in the six-yard box, but there was no player in against Armenia during the Euro 2016 Group I qualifying match between four ahead of Germany before the world champions’ game against green there to finish it off and James Morrison cleared the danger. —AFP Armenia and Portugal. — AP Gibraltar late yesterday. — AFP Fed closer to the September move; OPEC makes no move Page 22

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WASHINGTON: Banners calling for the end of a bill to give US President Barack Obama “fast-track” trade authority is seen on the headquarters of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL- CIO) on Friday in Washington, DC. —AFP Trade loss an ominous sign for Obama President faces a month of challenges

WASHINGTON: The trade defeat in vide training and assistance to American prise visit Thursday to watch lawmakers’ America and questions our integrity.” United States, Britain, France, Germany, Congress was an ominous sign in a month workers who lost jobs because of trade. annual charity baseball game. Obama DeFazio added, “It wasn’t the greatest Russia, China and Iran face a month’s end of challenges that could help determine A narrow House majority voted to give brought a case of his White House beer for strategy.” At issue in the health care case deadline to finalize a deal aimed at curbing President Barack Obama’s standing for the the president the right to negotiate deals the winners He made a rare trip to the before the Supreme Court case is whether Tehran’s ability to build a nuclear bomb. rest of his second term. that Congress can approve or reject, but Capitol to meet with House Democrats on Congress authorized federal subsidy pay- Iran denies any nuclear weapon ambi- Fellow Democrats rebuffed last-minute not change. Then a large majority of Friday morning. Asked as he emerged if he ments for health care coverage regardless tions and says its nuclear program is meant appeals to rescue his global trade agenda, Democrats, eager to kill that negotiating had changed any minds, Obama replied, of where people live, or only for residents for power and other peaceful purposes. and the House seriously damaged Obama’s power, joined a majority of Republicans to “It’s just a question if I changed votes.” of states that created their own insurance Obama has already come under criticism chances of capping his presidency with a vote against the aid for workers. He hadn’t. Rep Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., a marketplaces. Nearly 6.4 million low- and from some US allies in the Middle East and groundbreaking economic pact involving The White House drew attention to the critic of the trade legislation, offered a blis- moderate-income people could lose cover- members of Congress who say the adminis- Pacific Rim countries. Obama also is await- close passage of the trade negotiation tering critique: “He’s ignored Congress and age if the court rules those enrolled tration has conceded too much. ing a Supreme Court decision that could piece and noted that the legislation had disrespected Congress for years and then through the federal site aren’t eligible for But the talks provided the White House upend his health care law, and he faces a overcome similar difficulties in the Senate. he shows up at the baseball game with the subsidies. with an opportunity Friday to suggest that June 30 deadline to conclude an accord “I’m tempted to walk out here and say that homemade beer, and then comes to the Obama says the 5-year-old law is well relations with House Democrats aren’t as that aims to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions. it’s deja vu all over again,” presidential caucus and lectures us for 40 minutes established and that the case against it is so sour as the trade vote might suggest. Friday’s setback was the result of a compli- spokesman Josh Earnest said. about his values and whether or not we’re flimsy that the court should not even have Spokesman Earnest noted that nearly every cated legislative strategy that linked pas- But Obama’s struggles raised fresh ques- being honest by using legislative tactics to considered it. “This is now part of the fabric House Democrat signed a letter last month sage of trade negotiating powers for the tions about his ability to hold sway over try and stop something which we believe is of how we care for one another,” he said this voicing support for Obama’s efforts to com- president with a measure that would pro- members of his own party. He made a sur- a horrible mistake for the United States of past week. On Iran, negotiators from the plete a deal with Iran. —AP Iran sought to resurrect Greece’s PM warns of ‘difficult compromise’ OPEC quota system BRUSSELS: Greek premier Alexis Tsipras well as the IMF, the three institutions formerly Also on June 30, Greece faces a huge 1.6 bil- DUBAI: Iran sought to bring back OPEC export Iran’s proposal for a revival of export quotas warned that Greece must be ready for a “diffi- known as the troika, which became an object of lion euro payment to the IMF and a further 3.4 quotas at the group’s meeting in Vienna last week, would allow it to return to the market in force. But cult compromise” in its talks with creditors as hate for many Greeks hardest hit by the crisis. billion euros to the European Central Bank on the oil news agency Shana reported. Iran’s OPEC this has faced resistance from other OPEC mem- his closest advisers arrived in Brussels yesterday July 20. Talk of a plan B if Athens should miss governor Hossein Kazempour Ardabili sent a letter bers who would have to cut their own output to thrash out a last-minute deal. Euro-zone bombshell payments has been a huge taboo among to the group’s secretariat last week proposing “a under a quota system to accommodate Iran’s Cash-starved Greece is under huge pressure The urgency increased exponentially on Greece’s euro-zone partners and the switching technical price formula that can resurrect the quo- return. In his letter, Zanganeh said Iran could add 1 to strike an agreement to unlock vital bailout Friday when Europe’s top economic officials of gears is the first real sign that they are willing ta system and also prevent prices from falling”, million barrels per day (bpd) to its production funds in the coming days, if not hours, after top said they had for the first time ever discussed to walk away from the table. Shana reported yesterday. within six to seven months of sanctions being lift- euro-zone officials turned the screws Friday the prospects of Athens defaulting on its debts. No specifics are known on what such a plan Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh also wrote to the ed. This could occur if the Islamic Republic reaches and said they were preparing the ground for an “In discussions, a default was mentioned as one would look like, but on the Greek side Athens Organization of the Petroleum Exporting a deal with world powers on its nuclear program. Athens default. Tsipras’ closest advisors bring of the scenarios that can happen when every- would see the introduction of capital controls, Countries ahead of its June 5 meeting, insisting on Most analysts say that figure is optimistic, but even with them Greece’s latest bid to end five thing goes wrong,” a euro-zone official told AFP closure of the banks, and the government issu- Iran’s right to return to the market if oil sanctions, a smaller and slower increase in Iranian exports months of standoff with the EU and IMF, who on condition of anonymity after talks in ing IOUs to keep the public sector financially imposed in 2012 because of the country’s nuclear would pump more oil into an already oversup- are demanding tough reforms in exchange for Bratislava Friday. afloat. program, are lifted. OPEC decided to stick to its plied market, adding to pressure on prices. giving Athens 7.2 billion euros ($8.1 billion) still The bombshell came a day after the Asked if he thought the Europeans were policy of unconstrained output for another six Iran and six major powers reached a frame- remaining in its international rescue package. International Monetary Fund, Greece’s most bluffing, Greek Finance Minister Yanis months, with oil prices having rebounded to work nuclear deal on April 2 in Lausanne, “If we arrive at a viable accord, even if it is a hardline creditor, pulled its technical team from Varoufakis said: “I hope they are.” “I don’t believe around $65 a barrel after hitting a six-year low of Switzerland, and are seeking to strike a final agree- difficult compromise, we will take up the chal- Brussels because it was dissatisfied with the that any sensible European bureaucrat or politi- $45 a barrel in January. The group’s current output ment by June 30 under which Iran would restrain lenge because our only criteria is to get out of state of the negotiations. cian will go down that road (of a Greek levels are much higher than the its official output its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions the crisis,” Tsipras was quoted as telling Greek The Athens stock market crashed 6 percent default),” the outspoken Varoufakis added, ceiling of 30 million barrels per day. relief. —Reuters officials Friday in a government statement. when news of the contingency plans emerged, speaking to BBC radio in London. “The decisions and how we handle them and fears are high that markets could tumble These drastic measures would also pave the Egypt may postpone fuel belong to us completely, despite their difficul- further Monday without signs of progress over way for an exit by Greece from the euro, but ty,” Tsipras said, in the clearest sign yet that the weekend. The long-running saga over officials are for now ruling out that possibility. major concessions by Athens may be on their Greece’s refusal to agree on reforms demanded All efforts are on a “resolution of the Greek cri- subsidy smart card system way. by its creditors is set to reach a climax at a sis” within the current program, a German CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi system until all the sectors that don’t have these Whatever needs to be done “needs to be meeting of eurozone finance ministers in finance ministry spokesman said yesterday. asked his government yesterday to consider post- cards are covered,” the state news agency, MENA, done quickly”, deputy finance minister Dimitris Luxembourg on Thursday. However, Lithuania’s Finance Minister poning a smart card system for subsidized fuel quoted the presidency spokesman Alaa Youssef as Mardas told Skai TV in Athens, who predicted A deal to unlock the last payout of Greece’s Rimantas Sadzius warned: “We have to evaluate which was due to come into effect in two days, saying. The report had no further details. Egypt that there would be a deal. European sources international bailout is needed by then to give all the possibilities but I hope that the Greek state media said. was planning to roll out the new system from June said the delegation would sit down with top national parliaments time to approve it before government will grasp the seriousness of the “The president directed the government to 15,as part of plans to reduce costly energy subsi- officials from the EU commission, the ECB as the bailout expires on June 30. situation.” —AFP urgently study postponing the application of this dies over time. —Reuters SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 BUSINESS

Bayt.com weekly report 7 questions the employer is asking himself during the job interview our glowing credentials, winning office environment. If you are used to a public profile, brilliant references large hierarchical organization with lots Yand stellar endorsements on a of red tape and rigid systems and leading career site like Bayt.com have processes, the manager may question impressed and you find yourself face to whether you fit in their smaller outfit face with your employer of choice. that requires more creativity, innova- Chances are they have a routine and tion and open communication. The well-studied list of interview questions interviewer will want to know how to drill you through and clear expecta- much enthusiasm you have for the tions of what they would like to hear brand and the company and for work from you to consider you for the role. in general and how positively you will Here are just some of the questions impact the corporate culture. an employer, more likely than not, is asking himself even as he guides you 5. Can this candidate grow through the standard interview script: in this organization? Companies know how costly it is to 1. Is this candidate real? lose great people and in today’s top Clearly you have done something companies, career growth is expected very right with your public profile, CV and career planning is a central facet of and networking activities or you work and the regular performance dis- wouldn’t have made it to the interview cussion framework. The best candi- invitation. However, now the employer dates are those who can be seen as wants to know if you really are as good capable to assume the next role up in person as you are on paper. eventually and to be leaders and man- Recruiters often find discrepancies agers in their own merit in time. between what is promised on paper and what the candidate is really all 6. How is this candidate in terms of about, and 84 percent of them will character, ethics and integrity? always conduct reference checks You will be assessed in detail for all before they hire you, as stated in the the hard and soft skills required for the Bayt.com ‘Skills and Hiring Trends in the role but just as importantly you will be MENA’ poll, January 2015. assessed for sound character. The last TOKYO: A man looks at an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo. Asian shares were mostly higher Friday after thing a company wants is the brand signs of progress in Greece’s bailout talks sparked a rally on Wall Street. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.4 percent to 2. Is this candidate manageable? damage associated with disloyal or 20,335.16 in the morning session. —AP You may be an absolute rocket ship unethical employees. The interviewer and top of your game in all you do but will be watching out for danger signals be aware that a less confident manager like lying about past performance, dis- may take any perceived over-confi- loyalty to past employers and man- Fed closer to the September dence and over-achievement habits as agers, or negativity in general. In mat- a threat to the status quo or even their ter of fact, while 55 percent of profes- own role and status in the company. sionals assert that they have been Great managers prefer to hire excellent asked to do something that clashed move; OPEC makes no move people they can learn from and to with their personal values, 70 percent stand on the shoulders of giants, but of them feel that success is possible even the best managers will want to without compromising their morals NBK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REPORT ensure a candidate can take construc- and values at work as stated in the tive feedback well, can work in a team Bayt.com ‘Values, Ethics and Integrity KUWAIT: Mid-year, and US stocks are little (around 2.5 percent-plus in real growth this percent y/y. So, for Europe and the US the out- and can handle being supervised easi- in the MENA Workplace’ poll, June changed year-to-date (ytd) torn between posi- year) is, combined with a more stable dollar and look appears somewhat clearer and more favor- ly, cordially and professionally. 2014. tive economic news and the looming prospect oil price, setting the stage for the Fed to finally able, which should allow the Fed to raise rates of higher US interest rates. European stocks move. Recall that the threat of deflation/disin- in late 2015, and the ECB to keep things 3. How ambitious is this candidate? 7. How soon will this candidate start have outperformed ytd, in double-digit territo- flation is reduced by the correcting dollar and unchanged this year. Always bear in mind the role you are making a meaningful contribution? ry, buoyed by lower oil prices, a weaker euro oil prices, as well as by positive economic data The fly is in the EU ointment? The Greek debt interviewing for and bear in mind that Some candidates require more helping exports, and significant QE injections of from the EU. Most at the Federal Reserve, situation of course, where the fog is thicker you need to be realistic in your expec- training than others, and here is where liquidity by the ECB. The dollar has corrected including Chair Yellen, would like to raise rates, than ever, thanks to “positioning” statements, tations for the short term. Some roles, you need to really prove you know (down) some against the euro so far in Q2 but is even if just once, before the year is out; and this one-upmanship by all sides, and the use of even with top employer organizations, what the role requires and can apply still up 8 percent ytd. Oil prices have also cor- for technical, psychological and credibility rea- obscure rules, by the Greek government, every are less glamorous and less highly paid your transferable skills and self-learn- rected or recovered from their mid-40s lows, sons. So far it looks as though the data will time an apparently “soft” deadline is reached. than others, and an employer will want ing and energies and enthusiasm to and are now spending time around the mid-60s grant them their wish. The government is out of money or about to to be absolutely sure you are not going make a direct and immediate contri- (Brent basis). These oil price levels are for now In Europe, lower oil prices and the stronger run out; in May the Greek government used to jump ship or start asking for a corner bution. If the race is between a candi- good enough to further support the economies dollar have helped the economy beyond reserve funds (owed the IMF) to repay, you office and a slew of added resources or date who has no relevant experience of oil-importers, while at the same time some- expectations and forecasts set last year, and guessed it, the IMF. In June, with a June 5 pay- different responsibilities shortly after and requires months of training and a what allaying fiscal concerns for the oil ECB president Mario Draghi signaled unam- ment to the IMF looming, we find that IMF rules hire. An employer wants to make sure candidate who has demonstrated they exporters (and the GCC countries). biguously that the current ECB QE program allow a member to bundle together all monthly you know what you are getting into understand what the role is all about The big picture remains one of a relatively (euro 60 bn/month)will not be derailed nor principal payments for the end of the month. and are fully, unwaveringly and sincere- and can make an immediate impact, steady world economy, though not much fine-tuned (down), even with stronger econom- Ergo, the early June payment is now due (with ly dedicated to the role with all it the candidate who will hit the ground stronger than 3 percent GDP growth, and one ic data from the euro-zone. The European bond others, about Euro 1.6 billion is due at the end entails for the foreseeable future. running will be a better business where, finally, the Fed may be able to get its market had a major reversal recently from of June). The never-ending saga should really proposition. The Bayt.com ‘Hiring wish to start “normalizing” interest rates. Step under 10 bps yields for the 10-year Bunds to 85 get heated by mid-July, when larger payments 4. Will this candidate fit Practices in the MENA’ poll reveals that one in normalization, for now, is taken to mean bps in a matter of days. And while that kind of are due (to the ECB this time). in the corporate culture? 67 percent of professionals in the a 25 bps rise the federal funds rate around Q4 volatility sparked worries that it was due to low For oil prices and the GCC region, the recent If you are used to having a corner MENA region say they will hire a per- of this year, followed by 2-3 similar moves in liquidity, Draghi made it clear that the ECB OPEC meeting did the expected and OPEC kept office with a coffee machine, the man- son with the skills they need, even 2016. We subscribe to that timetable, though would not be micromanaging segments of the its production quota at 30 mbpd. Members will ager may be really pressing to see with little to zero experience in the US data and international developments will yield curve. He thus dashed hopes of ECB inter- continue production at near current (high) lev- whether you will fit in a loud open field. still play a large role in the exact timing for vention that would target the long end of the els, and further pressure may push prices lower implementation decision. Recent concerns fol- bond market. At the same time, these higher if Iran does cut a nuclear deal and is then lowing a Q1 negative performance by US real European rates pressured the US bond market; allowed to return to the oil market. The GCC GDP, -0.7 percent, were set aside in large part US rates rose and then jumped over 10 bps on equity markets have so far been lackluster this Kuwait oil price falls thanks to a firm May employment report. May the day of the May employment report when year, with KSA outperforming by far in large showed a gain of 280K new jobs and an uptick the latter solidified the notion of Fed “lift-off” part thanks to the opening-up of its equity mar- KUWAIT: Kuwait oil price dropped $1.17 supplies were attributed to production in wage growth (unemployment at 5.5 per- later this year. US 10-year rates moved above ket to foreign investor this June. The move is to reach $59.95 per barrel on Friday, in hike, despite decline of drilling rigs’ num- cent). The May jobs report righted the picture 2.25 percent. expected to generate inflows of anywhere contrast to USD 61.12 pb on Thursday, bers in the US, anew. The Brent crudes fell where worries that weakness in Q1 GDP had The outlook for Europe is firming up towards between $15 to $40 billion. In general the out- Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said yester- $1.24, two percent, upon settling, reach- elements beyond the harsh weather and faulty or above 1.5 percent GDP growth for this year, look remains positive for the GCC economies day. In the international markets, the ing $63. 87 pb. American crude lost 81 seasonal adjustment. inflation was back in positive territory for the where 5-6 percent real GDP growth is expected, crude price dropped amid jitters emanat- cents, 1.3 percent, decreasing to the level The steady economic picture in the US first time in 6 months in May, with CPI up 0.3 closer to 10 percent for Qatar. ing from the market glut. The excessive of $59.96 pb. —KUNA EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Jordanian Dinar 428.385 US Dollars Mint 0.299300 0.303300 20 gram 239.040 Egyptian Pound 39.700 10 gram 122.210 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES Sri Lankan Rupees 2.266 5 gram 61.790 Bangladesh Taka 0.003549 0.004149 Japanese Yen 2.463 Indian Rupees 4.753 Chinese Yuan 0.047400 0.050900 Indian Rupees 4.749 Pakistani Rupees 2.979 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036984 0.039734 Pakistani Rupees 2.972 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Bangladesh Taka 3.897 Srilankan Rupees 2.260 Philippines Pesso 6.758 Indian Rupee 0.004460 0.004850 Nepali Rupees 2.966 Cyprus pound 744.980 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Singapore Dollar 225.370 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Japanese Yen 3.530 Japanese Yen 0.002378 0.002558 Hongkong Dollar 39.077 Australian Dollar 219.72 Syrian Pound 2.605 Kenyan Shilling 0.003107 0.003107 Canadian Dollar 248.04 Bangladesh Taka 3.893 Nepalese Rupees 3.020 Korean Won 0.000262 0.000277 Swiss Franc 331.65 Philippine Peso 6.747 Malaysian Ringgit 83.410 Malaysian Ringgit 0.078343 0.084343 Euro 345.62 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.360 Nepalese Rupee 0.003038 0.003208 Thai Baht 8.996 US Dollar 303.10 Thai Bhat 10.005 Pakistan Rupee 0.002777 0.003057 Sterling Pound 467.65 Philippine Peso 0.006675 0.006955 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.47 Turkish Lira 114.340 Saudi Riyal 80.816 Sierra Leone 0.000068 0.000074 Bangladesh Taka 3.891 Singapore Dollar 0.221300 0.227300 Qatari Riyal 83.249 Indian Rupee 4.735 South African Rand 0.018383 0.026883 Omani Riyal 787.160 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.257 Bahrain Exchange Company Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001843 0.002423 Bahraini Dinar 83.249 Nepali Rupee 2.965 Taiwan 0.009643 0.009823 UAE Dirham 82.689 Pakistani Rupee 2.972 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT UAE Dirhams 82.40 Thai Baht 0.008696 0.0009246 Europe ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 804.50 Belgian Franc 0.007902 0.008902 Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.830 Egyptian Pound 39.61 Arab British Pound 0.459690 0.468690 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.624 Jordanian Dinar 430.59 Bahraini Dinar 0.796985 0.804985 Czech Korune 0.004463 0.016463 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.414 Omani Riyal 786.08 Egyptian Pound 0.039051 0.041881 Danish Krone 0.041765 0.046765 Tunisian Dinar 157.760 Qatari Riyal 83.47 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Euro 0.336426 0.344426 Jordanian Dinar 427.700 Saudi Riyal 80.74 Iraqi Dinar 0.000186 0.000246 Norwegian Krone 0.034981 0.040181 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.033 Jordanian Dinar 0.422915 0.430415 Romanian Leu 0.076282 0.076282 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Syrian Lira 2.160 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Slovakia 0.009030 0.019030 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Morocco Dirham 31.784 Swedish Krona 0.032485 0.037485 Moroccan Dirhams 0.021765 0.045765 Swiss Franc 0.319121 0.329321 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Nigerian Naira 0.001249 0.001884 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.110684 0.117684 US Dollar Transfer 302.900 US Dollar 303.500 Omani Riyal 0.780741 0.786421 Canadian Dollar 246.460 Euro 345.910 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.082488 0.083701 Sterling Pound 469.500 Sterling Pound 464.830 Saudi Riyal 0.080137 0.080837 Euro 338.865 Australian Dollar 0.225026 0.236526 Canadian dollar 246.660 Syrian Pound 0.001284 0.001504 Swiss Frank 286.525 New Zealand Dollar 0.210224 0.219724 Turkish lira 110.390 Tunisian Dinar 0.154472 0.162472 Bahrain Dinar 803.970 Turkish Lira 0.110684 0.117684 Swiss Franc 327.110 UAE Dirhams 83.010 America Australian Dollar 234.440 Qatari Riyals 84.180 Canadian Dollar 0.240392 0.248892 UAE Dirhams 0.081487 0.082636 US Dollar Buying 301.700 Saudi Riyals 81.740 US Dollars 0.298800 0.303300 Yemeni Riyal 0.001369 0.001449 BUSINESS SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

Gulf Bank launches an exclusive summer campaign for cardholders

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S&P warns Britain over rating amid EU referendum fears

LONDON: Standard & Poor’s warned Friday the welfare benefits EU migrants can claim. that it may downgrade its credit rating on Prime Minister David Cameron only has a Britain sometime in the next two years follow- slender majority in the House of Commons and ing the government’s decision to hold a refer- has to tread carefully in the run-up to the refer- endum on the country’s membership in the endum as many in his Conservative Party are European Union. The referendum, which is due likely to vote for a withdrawal. Outside of to take place before the end of 2017, “repre- Parliament, he will also be facing a concerted sents a risk to growth prospects for Britain’s campaign for exit from the UK Independence financial services and export sectors, as well as Party, which won around 12.5 percent of the the wider economy,” the agency said in a state- vote in the recent election but only gained one ment. seat. The EU has been a source of contention in It also said that economic policymaking Britain for years with many in the country “could be at risk of being more exposed to par- blaming it for high levels of immigration, eco- ty politics than we had previously anticipated, nomic stagnation and low levels of pay. Others similar to the situation in the US when we low- think that it is a source of great benefit, not ered that sovereign rating in 2011.” As a result, least because membership offers access to the S&P has put the outlook on Britain’s AAA rating world’s most lucrative single market. on negative. That basically means that there’s a Opinion polls suggest that Britain will vote 1 in 3 chance of a downgrade within two years. to remain a member regardless of what The recently elected Conservative govern- Cameron manages to negotiate. Still, the ment is to hold a referendum on Britain’s EU recent referendum on Scottish independence membership by the end of 2017 after a rene- and the surprise election victory for the gotiation process where it hopes to win con- Conservatives shows how opinion polls can cessions from its partners including limits to change - or just be plain wrong.—AP KUWAIT: BEC General Manager Mathews Varghese (center) addresses a press conference in Kuwait. Arshad Mirza, Rexczy Williams, Ramdas Nair and Paul Louis look on. Putin meets Erdogan for closed-door talks BEC launches ‘Win 10 SUVs in 10 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin that the leaders could discuss the TurkStream Weeks’ campaign during Ramadan yesterday met Turkish counterpart Recep pipeline to supply Russian gas to Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan for talks expected to touch whose construction is set to begin at the end on energy issues and the Syria crisis. The two of this month. The leaders were also set to 10 customers will win Chery Tiggo SUVs leaders met a day after attending the open- discuss the situation in Syria, Dmitry Peskov ing ceremony of the inaugural European said. By Sajeev K Peter presenting the winners with their prizes every Kuwait to win a Chery Tiggo SUV every seven days Games, hosted by Azerbaijan and tainted by “They will need to compare notes and week,” he said. for the next 10 weeks,” said Rexzcy Williams, Brand controversy over the ex-Soviet country’s exchange opinions on the complex situation KUWAIT: Bahrain Exchange Company WLL (BEC), ‘The Win 10 SUVs in 10 Weeks’ initiative was Manager Chery. “Through this co-branded cam- rights record. in regional affairs-that’s the situation in Syria, one of the leading money transfer and foreign conceived to reward BEC’s loyal customers during paign, Chery intends to reach out the expatriate Speaking ahead of their closed-door talks, for sure.” Putin was accompanied by energy exchange companies in Kuwait, unveiled its inno- this holy month of Ramadan. Customers wishing to community in Kuwait more closely,” he added. Erdogan, a close ally of Azerbaijani President minister Alexander Novak, foreign minister vative campaign ‘Win 10 SUVs in 10 weeks’ for the enter the campaign must make a money transfer or “Chery has recently made a joint venture with Ilham Aliyev, remarked to Putin on the Sergei Lavrov, nuclear energy agency chief holy month of Ramadan. Starting today, (June 14) foreign exchange transaction at any one of BEC’s Land Rover and Jaguar and ranks number one in absence of EU leaders from the Games in Sergei Kiriyenko and the chief of Gazprom and running until August 22, 2015, the campaign branches across Kuwait or make an online money automobile exports from China to the international Baku. state energy giant Alexei Miller, the Kremlin will make every customer, who makes a transaction transfer through www.beconline.com.kw., market. Globally, Chery is undergoing a rebranding “It’s called the European Games but website said. at a BEC branch, automatically eligible for a raffle Varghese explained. and in the Kuwait market it is repositioning itself there aren’t actually any leaders of EU mem- On the Turkish side, the delegation draw providing him/her a chance to win a Chery Chery General Manager Arshad Mirza and Brand with the introduction of new generation vehicles ber states here,” Erdogan was quoted as say- included Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Tiggo SUV. During the ten-week-long campaign, Manager Rexczy Williams were also present during with utmost focus on quality, reliability and safety. ing by Turkish news agencies. “Turkey, a can- and Energy Minister Taner Yildiz. The two ten BEC customers will win Chery Tiggo SUVs for the promotion launch ceremony. Ramdas Nair, Recently Chery Tiggo was awarded the highest C- didate for EU entry, represented the whole leaders last met in December, when Putin the next ten weeks, one each every week. Head of Retail Sales, BEC, outlined the unique fea- NCAP 5 star safety rating, which again reiterates European Union,” a smiling Putin said in tel- made a one-day state visit to Turkey. This was Addressing a press conference, Mathews tures of the campaign with the support of a Chery’s commitment to quality and safety,” Williams evised comments before the pair held what their first face-to-face meeting since Putin Varghese, BEC General Manager, said, “This is a PowerPoint presentation. BEC Operations Manager added. Turkish media said was an hour and a half hugely disappointed Ankara by attending great opportunity for our customers to win a fan- Paul Louis also attended the press conference. BEC has currently over 35 branches across meeting. the 100th anniversary of the Armenian geno- tastic prize. It is also an opportunity for us to say “It is the first time in the GCC that Chery is going Kuwait. It specializes in sending money around the Ahead of what he said would be “very cide in Yerevan in April a rare blow to the ‘thank you’ to our customers for their continued in for such a big mega co-branded promotion. BEC globe safely and quickly to over 44,000 locations in substantive talks,” Putin’s spokesman said flourishing bilateral relationship. —AFP support in making us one of the most trusted and being one of the biggest exchange houses in 30 countries through its own money transfer prod- leading money transfer and foreign currency com- Kuwait and Chery, the largest Chinese automotive uct - EzRemit. Its global reach is extended to over panies in Kuwait. We wish all our customers the exporting brand, join hands in this mega promo- 200 countries through its partnership with best of luck in the campaign and look forward to tion, opening doors to the BEC customers in MoneyGram, an international remittance company. Egypt to inaugurate Suez canal expansion ISMAILIYA, Egypt, June 13, 2015 (AFP) - Egypt will A ceremony will be held on August 6 to inaugu- again put Egypt on the world investment map,” inaugurate a “new Suez canal” shipping route on rate the project, he said, but it is not clear when said Mameesh. Authorities raised $9 billion (7.9 bil- August 6 aimed at speeding up traffic along the the canal will be effectively open for business. lion euros) to build the new canal by selling shares existing waterway and boosting revenues, officials Mameesh said 85 percent of the project has been in the project to domestic investors, with private said Saturday. completed so far. Egyptian companies tasked with its construction. Dubbed the Suez Canal Axis, the new 72-kilo- It was not immediately clear when the canal The new canal is considered a “national project” metre (45 mile) project will run part of the way would be effectively open for business. that aims to kick-start an economy battered by alongside the existing canal that connects the Red President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had launched the years of political turmoil since the ouster of presi- Sea to the Mediterranean. project in August 2014 and had set an ambitious dent Hosni Mubarak in 2011. It involves 37 kilometres of dry digging and 35 target of digging the new canal in one year. Built 146 years ago, the Suez Canal is one of the kilometres of expansion and deepening of the The project is part of an ambitious plan to world’s most heavily used shipping lanes and has Suez Canal, in a bid to help speed up the move- develop the zone around the canal into an indus- been a key source of international trade, earning ment of vessels. trial and commercial hub, that would include the Egypt billions of dollars in annual revenues. “The digging and dredging operations will be construction of ports and provide shipping servic- The new canal is expected to more than double completed on July 15, Suez Canal Authority chief es. Suez revenues from $5.3 billion (4.7 billion euros) RTTERDAM: Employees of Dutch low-cost airline Transavia pose during a presenta- Mohab Mameesh told reporters in the canal city of “The entire project is Egyptian... the idea, the expected at the end of 2015 to $13.2 billion in tion of the new uniforms and corporate identity of Transavia at Rotterdam The Ismailiya. planning, and the funding... the project will once 2023, according to official estimates. Hague Airport in Rotterdam on Friday.—AFP High housing costs hurt effort to aid homeless in Hawaii

HONOLULU: Hours after a Honolulu city crew Honolulu spends $15,000 a week on the crews richest country in the world,” said Eric Tars, senior Officials will take virtually all items to storage, and year dealing with its encampments. More than half cleared a homeless encampment from the banks of that head out daily to clean up tent cities that attorney for the group. “The fact that we have tent with the exception of wallets and critical docu- of that amount goes to housing and services for a canal, the people who had been living there in emerge around Oahu. Workers toss out four to cities shouldn’t be something that’s acceptable. We ments, the owner has to pay a $200 fee to retrieve the people living with the rest directed to cleanup tents and other makeshift structures streamed right eight tons of junk and garbage - from mattresses can and we should do better.” them. San Jose, California, where city officials and prevention efforts, including watershed pro- back in. and bicycle parts to needles and human waste - In Waikiki, the city enforces a sidewalk ordi- cleared 200 people last year from an encampment tection teams and rangers to deter campers from There was no place else for them to go on the every week, said Jesse Broder Van Dyke, nance, which requires no notice for a sweep. known as “The Jungle, “ spends about $3.5 million a returning. — AP small island of glitzy resorts and tranquil beaches spokesman for Mayor Kirk Caldwell. where the cost of living is through the roof and “Can you imagine what the city would look like there are limited services to help them get back on if we weren’t doing that?” Broder Van Dyke said. “It’s their feet. Honolulu has some shelter and housing a health and safety issue. It’s something that just programs in place, and helped house or financially has to be done. We wish that it wasn’t necessary.” support more than 1,400 people this year. But there are long waits for services and a short- Futile exercise? age of low-income housing for the homeless popu- Some see the exercise as futile since the lation that the National Alliance to End campers generally return. “If you think about Homelessness said was second per-capita in the $15,000, that could pay for a family to live for a nation last year after Washington, D.C. year,” Lee said. “It’s very hard to justify the amount Unlike expensive real estate markets on the spent clearing people out when they know people mainland, in Hawaii, there are only so many places will come back in about an hour.” people can move, and clearing encampments isn’t During the recent canal sweep, many homeless helping, said Jenny Lee, staff attorney for Hawaii people waited it out on side streets in the industrial Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice. area in downtown Honolulu, their shopping carts “We have excessive demand for all levels of weighed down by rugs and sleeping materials housing, but it’s the most acute for people at the while children played near strollers stuffed with low end,” Lee said. The city has set aside at least clothes and other belongings. $16.8 million for services and to secure apartments “Sometimes we can’t carry it all, so things get for homeless people in 2015, including plans to thrown out,” said Stefanie Sanchez, who lives along develop a facility on Sand Island to temporarily the banks of the Kapalama Canal with her five-year- house transients in units made from shipping con- old daughter. Sanchez said she’s on a waiting list to tainers. City officials also are backing $32 million in get into Honolulu’s Housing First program, which bonds to finance other housing for homeless peo- provides homes to chronically homeless individuals ple. and families. Hawaii is not alone in grappling with Meanwhile, complaints from tourists and resi- what to do about such tent cities. The National Law dents have prompted the city to ban sitting and Center on Homelessness and Poverty says people lying down on sidewalks in Waikiki. The prohibition have been living in tent cities or smaller encamp- has been expanded to some neighborhoods in ments in at least 41 of 50 states. In many cases, resi- HONOLULU: Homeless people and their tents line a canal in Honolulu. Hours after a city crew cleared the banks of the canal, the homeless people that recent months. dents of the encampments were evicted. “We’re the had been living there moved right back to the riverside, leaving some wondering whether the expense of taxpayer money was justified.—AP BUSINESS SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

Large caps in demand, Price Index pares losses

BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week stocks, while the profit collection operations executed on a ed in the official stock market by the end of last week with- Industrial sector was the least declining as its index closed with mixed performance The Price Index closed at 6,282.94 number of the leading stocks caused the Weighted and in the Consumer Goods sector, making the total listed at 1,111.74 points with a 0.38 percent decrease. points, down by 0.65 percent from the week before closing, KSX-15 indices to drop by the end of the session. On the companies in the official market to 192 company. On the other hand, last week’s highest gainer was the the Weighted Index increased by 0.11 percent after closing next session, the variance continued to control the indica- Also, the market cap for Kuwait Stock Market reached Consumer Goods sector, achieving 1.03 percent growth at 424.44 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at tors’ performance, with changing positions, as the Price by the end of last week K.D. 27.96 billion with a very limit- rate as its index closed at 1,232.29 points. Whereas, in the 1,030.05 points up by 0.62 percent. Furthermore, last Index recorded a large drop affected by the strong selling ed growth of 0.001 percent compared to its level of a week second place, the Banks sector’s index closed at 984.60 week’s average daily turnover decreased by 10.07 percent, operations executed on many small-cap stocks, as well as before, however on the annual level, the listed companies points recording 0.30 percent increase. compared to the preceding week, reaching KD 17 million, the Weighted Index which recorded a loss, while the KSX- cap recorded a decline of 0.07 percent of its value at end of whereas trading volume average was 235.06 million shares, 15 ended the session in the green zone, with a very limited year 2014, whereas it reached K.D. 27.98 billion. Sectors’ Activity recording an increase of 5.38 percent. gain. As far as KSE annual performance, the price index end- The Financial Services sector dominated a total trade The stock market indicators closed with variance last On Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s sessions, the market was ed last week recording 3.87 percent annual loss compared volume of around 558.96 million shares changing hands week, whereas the Weighted and KSX-15 indices continued able to realize goon gains for the three indices, especially to its closing in 2014, while the weighted index decreased during last week, representing 47.56 percent of the total its positive performance and realized gains affected by the the Weighted and KSX-15 indices, benefiting from the by 3.29 percent, and the KSX-15 recorded 2.82 percent loss. market trading volume. The Real Estate sector was second continued purchasing power that concentrated on the active purchasing power that concentrated on the leading in terms of trading volume as the sector’s traded shares large-cap and heavy stocks, whilst the Price index went stocks, especially in the Telecommunication and Banks and Sectors’ Indices were 40.08 percent of last week’s total trading volume, against the current and ended the week with limited losses Health Care sectors, while the Price Index was able to end Nine of KSE’s sectors ended last week in the red zone, with a total of around 471.09 million shares. due to the profit collection operations executed on the the session with relatively good gains, compensating a two recorded increases, whereas the Health Care sector’s On the other hand, the Financial Services sector’s stocks small-cap stocks, especially in light of the good increases part of its previous losses, supported by the speculative index closed with no change from the week before. The Oil were the highest traded in terms of value; with a turnover realized by such stocks during the activity of a week before. operations. By the end of week session, the profit collec- & Gas sector headed the losers list as its index declined by of around KD 30.96 million or 36.41 percent of last week’s For the daily trading activity, the stock market ended its tion operations were able to push the stock market indica- 2.79 percent to end the week’s activity at 915.34 points. total market trading value. The Real Estate sector took the first sessions with mixed performance for the three indices tors to the red zone, whereas it ended the session in the The Basic Materials sector was second on the losers’ list, second place as the sector’s last week turnover was approx. among a noticeable decline to the cash liquidity, whereas red zone among a relative growth in the trading activity, which index declined by 1.84 percent, closing at 1,082.60 KD 19.94 million representing 23.45 percent of the total the Price Index was able to realize some gains as a result to especially the liquidity. points, followed by the Telecommunications sector, as its market trading value. — Prepared by Studies and Research the speculation activity that included some small-cap On the other hand, Mezzan Holding Company was list- index closed at 631.77 points at a loss of 1.33 percent. The department, Bayan Investment Company.

US stocks go sideways as market eyes Greece, Fed

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks chugged through a week light month and must persuade creditors to unlock 7.2 billion on US economic data and heavy on anticipation of news on euros in international bailout funds. Greece and the US Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 49.38 points (0.28 percent) at 17,898.84, Shakeups at Fox, Twitter while the broad-based S&P 500 edged up 1.28 (0.06 percent) The week’s most dramatic corporate headlines involved to 2,094.11. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed major executive changes at Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century 17.36 (0.34 percent) to 5,051.10. Fox and Twitter. At 21st Century Fox, the elder Murdoch, 84, “Investors are still very uncertain as to which way the mar- is to pass on the chief executive role and leadership of his far- ket will break,” said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at flung media empire to his son James and install his other son, S&P Capital IQ. “Investors are still concerned about the very Lachlan, as executive chairman. high valuations, worried about when the Fed will be raising The plan is to be presented next week to the board of rates... and they are concerned about what will transpire directors, a source familiar with the company told AFP. At regarding Greece.” The week’s major economic report, May Twitter, chief executive Dick Costolo announced he would retail sales, jumped a surprisingly robust 1.2 percent in a sign step down July 1 following a turbulent tenure that has US consumers are beginning to regain confidence after a aroused criticism over sluggish growth. sluggish first quarter. Costolo will hand the reins over to Twitter co-founder Jack That came on the heels of an upbeat May jobs report Dorsey, who will lead the company on an interim basis while released last week. However, analysts said investors are cau- the board finds someone to replace Costolo long term. Other tious over lofty US equity valuations. major corporate stories included a deal for General Electric to “When the S&P 500 gets over 2,100, it reaches a very stub- divest a pair of finance assets to the Canada Pension Plan born wall. Institutional investors dig in their heels,” said Hugh Investment Board for $12 billion and a move by Apple to Johnson of Hugh Johnson Advisors. “It’s very hard to make launch “Apple Music,” a new subscription service allowing the case for higher stock prices when you’re staring down the users to stream songs, listen to playlists and connect with gun barrel of a hike in interest rates by the Fed.” Besides the performers. Fed, the endless Greek debt saga dragged on sentiment, with Nike announced an eight-year deal with the NBA to stocks veering up and down depending on whether a deal become the exclusive on-court apparel provider for the US seemed more or less likely. basketball league. Both the Fed and Greece will stay at the The week ended on a sour note as euro-zone officials con- forefront of investors’ minds next week. The calendar firmed conducting “worst-case” scenarios based on a Greek includes a meeting of the Fed’s monetary policy commit- default, while the IMF walked away from talks, saying the tee on Wednesday, followed on Thursday by a meeting of NEW YORK: Wingstop President & CEO Charles Morrison (right) and company General Counsel Jay Young clasp hands Greeks were being unreasonable. Greece faces a 1.6-billion- euro-zone finance ministers in Luxembourg to discuss after a hight-five as Wingstop begins trading at the Nasdaq MarketSite, during the company’s IPO, in New York’s Times euro ($1.8 billion) payment to the IMF at the end of the Greece. — AFP Square on Friday. — AP SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 BUSINESS KSE passing through liquidity recession

AL-SHALL WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Market is passing chased shares worth KD 1.805 billion captur- Kuwait stock exchange remained domestic weak liquidity, the price index retreated in scored about 56.4 percent (135.4 percent on through a state of liquidity recession which ing 85.6 percent of total value of purchased though with more trading by foreign May by about -1.3 percent compared with annual basis). It scored about 541.7 percent is certainly a major cause of continued weak shares (83.9 percent for the same period investors and investors from outside the GCC the end of April’s 2015. Weighted index lost for the highest company, 512.1 percent for performance of all its indicators. It is certain 2014). As such, their net trading, the only than from the GCC with trading prevalence about -3 percent and Kuwait 15 index also the second highest and 256.7 percent for the as well that there are a number of defaulting one selling, scored KD 36.976 million, mean- to individuals. lost about -4.1 percent for the same period, third highest. Despite their high rise, if calcu- companies some of which are beyond ing that the Kuwaiti traders’ level of confi- Number of active trading accounts which means continued subsided confi- lated on annual basis, they remain much reform but there are a lot of disadvantaged dence is the least in their stock market. between the end of December 2014 and the dence of traders. lower than their historical turnover rates. companies that are sold at a substantial dis- Other investors’ share, out of total value of end of May 2015 increased by 49.8 percent, as Adopting the same measurement tool, count to their stocks’ fair value. Treatment purchased shares, scored 10.8 percent (12.2 a result of listing Kuwait Telecommunication i.e. following up the share of the top 30 com- KFH financial results requires a series of procedures some of percent for the same period 2014). They pur- Company “VIVA” during December 2014 panies in trading value, during the period Kuwait Finance House (KFH) announced which enhance the due demand side and chased what is worth KD 228.054 million (compared with a drop by -61.5 percent from January 2015 to May 2015, we note results of its financial operations for the first some reduce the displayed volume specifi- while value of their sold shares scored KD between the end of December 2013 and the that they captured about 72.8 percent, equal quarter of the current year, which indicate cally those companies which are hopeless to 204.177 million, or by 9.7 percent of total val- end of May 2014). Number of active trading to KD 1.509 billion, of market liquidity repre- the bank’s net profits, after deducting taxes, reform. ue of sold shares, (7 percent for the same accounts in the end of May 2015 scored senting 64.7 percent of the total market cap- scored about KD 42.8 million, increased by Because of the poor performance of the period 2014). Thus, their net trading, more about 91,342 accounts, or 25.6 percent of italization. about KD 4.3 million, or by 11.2 percent, ver- market since the global financial crisis and purchasing, scored KD 23.876 million. total accounts, compared with 51,573 The number of speculation companies sus KD 38.5 million in the same period 2014. the sustained weakness until the end of last GCC investors’ share out of total value of accounts in the end of May 2014, or 15.6 per- within the sample was 17 companies which Most of the rise in the net profits is due to May despite improved performance of world purchased shares formed 3.5 percent (3.9 cent of total accounts, and increased by 77.1 captured 34.2 percent of total market value the decrease in total provisions by about KD markets and the markets of the other four percent for the same period 2014), worth KD percent between the end of May 2014 and trading, ie KD 709.5 million, while their mar- 2.6 million, or by 12.3 percent, and the rise in major regional’s, providing the market mak- 74.562 million, while percentage of their the end of May 2015, and up by 2.6 percent ket capitalization equaled 4.4 percent of the net operating income prior to deduction ing profession has become timely. The capi- sold shares scored 2.9 percent (2.8 percent over April’s level in one month. total market capitalization. total provision to KD 66.8 million, and tal value -value of listed companies- at the for the same period 2014), worth KD 61.462 The turnover average per share ratio increased by KD 2.2 million, compared with end of last month scored about KD 28.5 bil- million. Their net trading was, purchasing, by KSE liquidity features might provide us with a different perspec- KD 64.6 million. The bank achieved net prof- lion, or less than half of that value before the KD 13.100 million. Market liquidity during May 2015 (21 tive to view the speculation severity. The its to its shareholders by KD 29.9 million, a global financial crisis which reduces the Relative distribution among nationalities working days) achieved a daily trading aver- index measures the ratio of the company rise by KD 3.8 million, or by 14.7 percent, ver- need for the money market making to the changed slightly from the previous period: age value by KD 15.7 million, dropping by - trading value over its market value. While sus KD 26.1 million. same proportion. With some effort, official 86.5 percent for Kuwaitis, 10.3 percent for 16.7 percent compared with the average dai- the turnover average of all market compa- Total operating income increased by KD authorities may count the number of incur- traders from other nationalities and 3.2 per- ly trading value during April 2015. However nies continued weak at about 7.3 percent 1 million, or by 0.6 percent, to KD 162.4 mil- able companies, which will not substantially cent for GCC traders versus 87.1 percent for it dropped by -28.5 percent compared with (17.5 percent on annual basis) and weak lion (KD 161.4 million for the same period reduce the market’s capital value Kuwaitis, 9.6 percent for other nationalities May 2014. The market added KD 329.4 mil- within the sample for the 30 highest in liq- last year) due to the rise in the item of net because those and 3.4 percent for GCC traders as at the end lion liquidity bringing the total market liq- uidity companies at about 8.2 percent (19.7 financing incomes by KD 8.8 million to KD 92 companies are worn out, but their exit of the first five months of 2014. This means uidity in 5 months to KD 2.073 billion. With percent on annual basis), the 17 companies million (KD 83.2 million for the same period will reduce the risk of dealing in the market, last year). Item of net gain from foreign cur- and supports confidence, and reduces the rencies increased by KD 3.5 million to KD 8.3 companies’ crowdedness and efforts of ana- million (KD 4.9 million). While item of invest- lyzing their conditions or supervising their ment incomes dropped by about KD 6.3 mil- performance, and allows their replacement lion to KD 29 million (KD 35.3 million). with better ones. On the other hand, total operations There is another characteristic of the expenditures decreased by KD 1.2 million, or Kuwaiti market that supports the success by 1.3 percent, from KD 96.8 million in March possibility of market makers, i.e. the high 2014 to KD 95.5 million. Item of general and ownership percentage of the major owners administrative expenses decreased by KD 6.8 who do not often submit their shares for million to KD 27.5 million (KD 34.3 million). trading either because of strategic visions or While item of staff costs increased by KD 4.2 because they are involved in the manage- million, or by 9.7 percent, and scored KD 48.2 ment of these companies which requires million versus KD 43.9 million. Also, item of permission and announcement for trading. depreciation and amortization increased by Published data indicate that approximately 7.3 percent to KD 19.9 million (KD 18.5 mil- 45.8 percent of market’s capital value is lion). Percentage of total operating expenses owned by major owners who own 5 percent to the total operating income scored 58.8 and more of the shares of those companies. percent (60 percent in the same period There are certainly other idle stocks that any 2014). Total provisions decreased by KD 2.6 official body may limit too. Perhaps one of million, or by 12.3 percent, to KD 18.4 million the fundamental justifications for the possi- vis-a-vis KD 21 million. This explains the ble success of an early market maker(s) is the slight increase in the net profit margin to presence of companies that have been hurt 26.4 percent versus 26.3 percent in the same severely by the current weak and confused period last year. market that their shares are traded at The bank’s total assets dropped by KD approximately 30-40 percent discount of fair 12.8 million, or by 0.1 percent, to KD 17.169 value. A professional market maker may with billion (KD 17.182 billion in the end of 2014). some patience achieve high profits However, if we compare the total assets now due to specialization in the market mak- with the total assets in the same period ing for the shares of some of these compa- 2014, we will find that it increased by KD nies. 739.3 million, or by 4.5 percent, when total Though the suffering of the Kuwaiti mar- assets scored KD 16.430 billion. Item of ket has been long, it nevertheless created financing receivables increased by KD 82.4 opportunities that need honest and accurate million, or by 1 percent, to KD 8.201 billion presentation. The Capital Markets Authority (47.8 percent of total assets) compared with (CMA) seeks to fulfill the promise of develop- KD 8.119 billion in the end of 2014 (47.3 per- ing some systems and controls to provide cent of total assets) and increased by KD the lacking market makers profession, which 608.6 million compared with the same peri- is essential. This supports the regulated and od 2014 when it scored KD 7.593 billion (46.2 permanent demand side but there is a simi- percent of total assets). lar need to take care of the supply side. In Item of cash and balances with banks other words there is a need to sort the viable and financial institutions decreased by from the unviable companies to reduce the about KD 3.6 million and scored KD 1.601 risk of market making profession and close it billion (9.32 percent of total assets) versus from the point of balance between supply KD 1.604 billion in the end of 2014, (9.34 per- and demand so that the market begins cent of total assets), while it increased by KD awarding the viable companies after exclud- 74.7 million, or by 4.9 percent and scored KD ing the unviable ones. 1.526 billion (9.29 percent of total assets) in the same period 2014. Also, item of short Trading features at KSE term murabaha decreased by KD 40.2 mil- Kuwait Clearing Company issued its lion, or by 1.2 percent, and scored KD 3.182 report titled “Trading Volume According to billion (18.5 percent of total assets) com- Nationality” for the period of 01/01/2015 to pared with KD 3.222 billion in the end of 31/05/2015, which was published on Kuwait 2014 (18.8 percent of total assets) while it Stock Exchange’s (KSE) official website. The increased by KD 122.9 million, or by 4 per- report indicated that individual investors are cent, compared with the same period last still the prevailing group though their share year when it was equal to KD 3.059 billion is declining, and captured 50.7 percent of (18.6 percent of total assets). total value of sold shares (52.7 percent for Figures indicate that the bank’s liabilities the first five months of 2014) and 48.1 per- -excluding total equity- rose by KD 5.3 mil- cent of total value of purchased shares (47.1 lion, or by 0.04 percent, and scored KD percent for the first five months of 2014). 15.090 billion, up from KD 15.085 billion in Individual investors sold shares worth KD the end of 2014. These figures would be big- 1.067 billion and purchased shares worth KD ger if we compare total liabilities with the 1.013 billion, with a net trading, more selling, same period of 2014 as the rise would be KD by KD 54.109 million. 574 million, or by 4 percent, from KD 14.516 Corporations and companies sector cap- billion. Percentage of total financing receiv- tured 27.6 percent of total value of pur- able ratio to deposits scored 57.3 percent up chased shares (27.5 percent for the same from 55.3 percent. period 2014) and 26.1 percent of total value Results of analyzing financial statements of sold shares (19.1 percent for the same calculated on annual basis indicate that period 2014). The sector purchased shares most bank profitability indexes went up worth KD 582.233 million and sold shares compared with the same period 2014. The worth KD 550.093 million with a net trading, return on average equities relevant to the more purchasing, by KD 32.140 million. bank shareholders’ (ROE) increased to 6.94 The third contributor to market liquidity percent, up from 6.32 percent. Likewise, the is the clients’ accounts sector (portfolios) return on average assets (ROA) increased to which captured 15.2 percent of total value of 1 percent up from 0.97 percent, while the sold shares (20.4 percent for the same period return on the bank capital average (ROC) 2014) and 14.8 percent of total value of pur- decreased to 37.62 percent from 40.15 per- chased shares (15.4 percent for the same cent. This occurred due to the rise in total period 2014). The sector sold shares worth capital by higher value than the rise in the KD 320.160 million and purchased shares net profit of the period which scored 24.3 worth KD 310.982 million, thus making its percent. (EPS) rose to about 6.4 fils (5.6 fils). net trading, selling, by KD 9.178 million. (P/E) scored 26.3 times -improved- (40.9 The last contributor to liquidity is the times). (P/B) scored 1.9 times (2.1 times). investment funds sector which captured 9.5 percent of total value of purchased shares The weekly performance of KSE (10 percent for the same period 2014) and The performance of Kuwait Stock 8.1 percent of total value of sold shares (7.8 Exchange (KSE) for the last week was more percent for the same period 2014). The sec- active, where all indexes showed an increase, tor purchased shares worth KD 200.788 mil- the traded value index, the traded volume lion and sold shares worth KD 169.641 mil- index, the number of transactions index, and lion making its net trading, purchasing, by the general index showed an increase, KD 31.147 million. AlShall Index (value index) closed at 422.4 KSE continues to be a domestic stock points at the closing of last Thursday, show- exchange with Kuwaiti traders forming the ing a increase of 3.3 points or about 0.8 per- biggest trading group by selling shares cent compared to the end of the previous worth KD 1.842 billion, capturing 87.4 per- week, while it decreased by 21.6 points or cent of total value of sold shares (90.2 per- about 4.9 percent compared to the end of cent for the same period 2014), and pur- 2014. BUSINESS SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

KUWAIT: From Right to left : Ismail Youn , Ismail Hourani and Nouriya Al-Sager during the opening of the branch. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat. Al-Andalus Trading opens 9th branch in Salmiya Company main gateway for electronic and electrical home appliances in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Al-Andalus Trading, the pioneer in providing electrical Galaxy S6, and Edge), tabs, home appliances (like air conditioning, and electronics home appliances in Kuwait, announced that it has washing machines, refrigerators, etc.) are also available at the new opened its ninth branch in The Salam Mall at Salem Al-Mubarak branch. It also includes devices made by other brands (the likes of Street in Salmiya area. This branch will consolidate the company’s Ericsson, Konka, and TDK), all being displayed in a place that deliv- network of branches throughout the main important areas in the ers a unique shopping experience and provides all the personal country. and home needs. The company, which is the exclusive distributor of Samsung While he confirmed that striving to provide added value will International, also mentioned that the opening ceremony wit- help the company elevating the level of its services, Hourani insist- nessed the presence of number of distinctive guests led by ed that the company gives high priority to its marketing and pro- Nouriya Al-Sager, Board member of the Company, and Ismail motion campaigns. This will ensure enriching the life of the com- Youn, President - Samsung Gulf Electronics. Other leaders and pany’s customer base through supporting their ambition and ful- executives of the company also attended the ceremony along filling their needs. with many customers who are passionate about technology. The The company revealed that it has achieved part of its vision to ceremony included a presentation of the latest electronics and be the main gate for the electrical and electronic appliances in the home appliance technologies. Kuwaiti market. For that, it continually endeavors to bring the lat- On this occasion, Ismail Hourani, the General Manager of Al- est technological devices and appliances of the best international Andalus Trading Company, said “We have an ambitious expansion brands taking into consideration the adequate competitive prices plan to open many other branches in other important areas, as we for the different consumers’ segments. are striving to sustain leadership in the field of electrical and elec- It is worth noting that, since its first launch in Al-Nugra Mall in tronics home appliances.” Hawally back on 1963, the company has always taken the lead in “No doubt that opening this branch in Al-Salmiya serves our our customers. Not only that, but the company is greatly con- sonal tabs,” Hourani added. “The company has always kept its the trade of electronics over the past five decades. The company is strategy since it is an important area in the country known for its cerned with after-sales services, and follows up on them to enrich promises to the customers by providing competitive prices, and associated with the best international brands of the mobile unique commercial nature,” he added. the relation with its customers.” enabling a system of flexible payments for both the citizens and devices and home appliance. It is currently the exclusive distribu- Hourani further explained, “Al-Andalus is keen to provide the “The new branch came with a distinctive look as we have been the inhabitants.” Rouhani went further to explain that visitors of tor for Samsung International, the leading brand of LCDs and best electrical and electronics home appliances of the best inter- eager to present our contemporary vision in line with providing all the branch are promised with many surprises and special offers. smart phones in the world, in addition to other brands such as national brands that match the personal and practical lifestyle of personal needs such as home appliances, smart phones, and per- It is worth noting that new Samsung smart phones (such as Ericsson, Konka, and TDK.

Henkel reports good start to fiscal 2015 Gulf Bank announces winners of Al-Danah Strong performance in Q1 • Sales: +12.7% to 4,430 million euros daily draws

D‹SSELDORF: “In a challenging environment, Henkel delivered from 1.04 euros to 1.09 euros. ized by a strong performance, despite the ongoing difficult KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al-Danah daily draws on June 7th, a strong performance in the first quarter and had a good start Net working capital relative to sales increased year-on-year political situation in parts of the region. The Latin America 2015 announcing the names of its winners for the week of to the fiscal year 2015. We again increased both sales and earn- by 1.4 percentage points to 6.2 percent. The rise is primarily due region registered solid sales growth. Overall, sales in the mature May 31st to June 4th, 2015. The Al-Danah daily draws include ings. We achieved our highest quarterly sales to date, thanks to to the acquisitions made in 2014 and foreign exchange effects. markets were organically positive. The North America region draws each working day for two prizes of KD1000 per winner. good organic sales growth, the impact of last year’s acquisitions Henkel’s net financial position as of March 31, 2015 was 10 posted a solid increase. While the businesses in the mature mar- The winners are: and the strong US dollar. All business units contributed to this million euros. As of December 31, 2014, the net financial posi- kets of the Asia-Pacific region performed positively versus the (Sunday 31/5): Mohammed Madhar Eqbal Deel successful quarter. Once again, we delivered a very strong per- tion was -153 million euros. prior-year quarter, sales in Western Europe remained stable. Mohammed, Jasem Hassan Ali Alasousi formance in our emerging markets,” said Henkel CEO Kasper Adjusted operating profit of the Adhesive Technologies (Monday 1/6): Ahmed Abdullah Al Sharqawy, Maryam Rorsted. Business unit performance business unit increased double digits by 10.6 percent year-on- Abdulla Refaee Ali Commenting on the fiscal year 2015, Rorsted stated: “We The Laundry & Home Care business unit again recorded year, to 353 million euros. At 16.4 percent, adjusted return on (Tuesday 2/6): Mahmood Hasan Ahmad Al Sawaha, Tayeb expect the economic environment to remain difficult. Due to profitable growth in the first quarter of 2015. Sales grew organi- sales was below the high level of the prior-year quarter, having Ali Nizar Husain Lashakri the continuing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, we still cally by 5.2 percent year-on-year, outperforming the relevant been negatively impacted by the weakness of important cur- (Wednesday 3/6): Sami Abdulrasool Alkhayat, assume that the Eastern European economy will stagnate in markets. This led to higher market shares. Nominally, sales rencies and investments in brands and innovations. Reported Mohammed Zeyad Yousef Saleh Al Olayan 2015. In this context, a high degree of agility and flexibility will increased double digits, by 13.2 percent to 1,298 million euros operating profit increased by 4.2 percent to 345 million euros. (Thursday 4/6): Ali Mohd Ali Hashem, Sadeka Hassan Ali remain key success factors. We will therefore continue to simpli- (prior-year quarter: 1,147 million euros). Regional performance Henkel’s sales in the Western Europe Hassan fy and accelerate our structures and processes.” The strong increase in organic sales was mainly attributable region increased by 5.6 percent, to 1,531 million euros. Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah 2015 draw lineup includes daily Rorsted confirmed the outlook for the current fiscal year: to the emerging markets. Africa/Middle East reported double- Organically, sales reached the level of the prior-year quarter. draws (2 winners per working day each receive KD1000). Al- “We expect to achieve organic sales growth of 3 to 5 percent in digit growth. Eastern Europe recorded very strong growth, Sales in the Eastern Europe region amounted to 625 million Danah’s 2nd Quarterly draw will be held on 25 June 2015. We expect adjusted return on sales to increase to around while Latin America posted a solid performance. Sales growth euros compared to 670 million euros in the prior-year quarter. (KD250,000, KD125,000, and KD25,000), 3rd quarter - 17 16 percent and anticipate an increase in adjusted earnings per in the mature markets was positive overall. This was due prima- Organically, a strong sales increase of 6.7 percent was achieved. September (KD500,000, KD125,000, and KD25,000). The final preferred share of approximately 10 percent.” rily to the positive performance in Western Europe and, in par- Russia was the main growth driver with a double-digit increase Al-Danah draw for the Million Dinars will be held on 7 January, 2016 whereby the Al-Danah millionaire will be ticular, strong growth in Germany. Sales in North America in organic sales. Sales in the Africa/Middle East region rose from announced alongside winners of KD250,000 and KD50,000. Sales and earnings performance in the first quarter 2015 remained at the level of the first quarter of 2014. 277 million euros to 350 million euros. Although the political Seven reasons why the Al-Danah account is the best: In the first quarter of 2015, sales rose significantly by 12.7 Adjusted operating profit of the Laundry & Home Care busi- situation continued to affect business development, organic 1. Each year, every eligible account holder gets the oppor- percent, reaching a new quarterly high of 4,430 million euros. ness unit increased by 16.7 percent to 222 million euros. At 17.1 sales grew double digits by 12.3 percent in the first quarter of tunity to win Kuwait’s single biggest cash prize of KD 1 mil- Adjusted for positive foreign exchange effects of 5.8 percent, percent, adjusted return on sales improved by a strong 0.5 per- 2015. All business units achieved double-digit growth in this lion sales improved by 6.9 percent. Organically - i.e. adjusted for for- centage points versus the first quarter of 2014. Reported oper- region. 2. Customers’ chances are calculated on a daily basis and eign exchange and acquisitions/divestments - sales rose by 3.6 ating profit was 192 million euros compared to 196 million Sales in North America increased from 670 million euros to added up for every draw. percent. The Laundry & Home Care business unit recorded euros in the prior-year quarter. 885 million euros. Organic sales growth reached a solid 2.4 per- 3. Gulf Bank is the only bank in Kuwait to transfer all of its strong organic sales growth of 5.2 percent. In the Beauty Care The Beauty Care business unit also posted further profitable cent. In Latin America, sales rose by 13.7 percent to 274 million customers’ Al-Danah loyalty chances from the previous year business unit a solid increase in organic sales of 2.1 percent was growth in the first quarter of 2015. At 2.1 percent, organic sales euros. Organically, the increase was 5.3 percent. This strong into the next one. achieved. The Adhesive Technologies business unit posted a growth was once again above that of the relevant markets, improvement was primarily driven by the performance in 4. The Al-Danah account gives away the highest amount solid improvement in organic sales of 3.3 percent. leading to market share increases. Nominally, sales increased by Mexico. Sales in the Asia-Pacific region rose from 588 million of prize money After one-time gains, one-time charges and restructuring 9.9 percent to 940 million euros (prior-year quarter: 856 million euros to 732 million euros. Organically, sales improved by 5.9 5. The daily draw has two winners drawn for every work- charges, adjusted operating profit improved by 14.1 percent, euros). percent, a strong business performance due in particular to ing day, each receiving KD1,000. from 619 million euros to 707 million euros. Reported operating The business unit’s successful development in the emerging very strong growth in China. In India organic sales grew strong- 6. With 64 draws a year, and up to 532 winners, Gulf Bank’s profit (EBIT) grew by 6.5 percent, from 608 million euros to 648 markets continued with very strong organic sales growth. The ly and Indonesia reported double-digit growth. Al-Danah account offers you the highest number of draws million euros. regions Asia (excluding Japan), Africa/Middle East and Latin In the emerging markets of Eastern Europe, Africa/Middle and winners Adjusted return on sales (EBIT margin) increased by 0.2 per- America registered double-digit growth, while Eastern Europe East, Latin America and Asia (excluding Japan), sales grew by 7. Al-Danah account also offers customers the best quar- centage points to 16.0 percent. Reported return on sales continued to show solid development. The situation in the 12.0 percent to 1,870 million euros. Organic growth was once terly prizes, with quarterly prizes ranging from KD25,000 up amounted to 14.6 percent compared to 15.5 percent in the pri- mature markets was characterized by a persistently difficult again very strong at 7.7 percent. All three business units con- to KD500,000. or-year quarter. market environment. As a result, sales remained slightly below tributed to this increase. Compared to the same prior-year Open an account and Deposit now to Win Big, Live big, Henkel’s financial result improved by 6 million euros to -9 the figure for the first quarter of 2014. While growth in North quarter, the share of sales from the emerging markets remained with Al Danah 2015. Al-Danah also offers a number of million euros. This was attributable to improvements in both America was solid, sales in the mature markets of the Asia- constant at 42 percent. In the mature markets, sales rose 0.6 unique services including the Al-Danah Deposit Only ATM net interest result and foreign exchange result. The improve- Pacific region were below the level of the prior-year quarter. percent organically and amounted to 2,528 million euros. card which helps account holders deposit their money at their convenience; as well as the Al-Danah calculator to help ment in net interest result was due in part to the repayment of a Adjusted operating profit of the Beauty Care business unit customers calculate their chances of becoming an Al-Danah senior bond and the maturing of interest rate fixings in March rose by 11.4 percent versus the prior-year quarter and reached Outlook for the Henkel Group 2015 winner. Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah account is open to Kuwaitis 2014. The tax rate amounted to 24.6 percent compared to 23.1 150 million euros for the first time. Adjusted return on sales Henkel continues to expect organic sales growth of 3 to 5 and all residents of Kuwait. Customers who open an account percent in the prior-year quarter. improved by 0.2 percentage points to 15.9 percent. Reported percent in the fiscal year 2015. Henkel expects that the and/ or deposit more will enter the draw within two days. To Adjusted net income for the quarter, after deducting non- operating profit grew by 17.0 percent to 133 million euros. Adhesive Technologies and Laundry & Home Care business take part in the Al-Danah 2015 upcoming yearly draw, cus- controlling interests, increased by 12.8 percent from 452 million The Adhesive Technologies business unit generated solid units will each generate organic sales growth within this range. tomers must have an Al-Danah account containing at least euros to 510 million euros. Reported net income for the quarter organic sales growth of 3.3 percent in the first quarter. In the Beauty Care business unit, Henkel expects growth of KD 200. To be part of the Al-Danah draws, customers can visit rose by 5.7 percent from 456 million euros to 482 million euros. Nominally, sales increased by 14.1 percent to 2,160 million approximately 2 percent. As before, Henkel expects a stable one of Gulf Bank’s 58 branches, transfer on line, or call the After deducting 12 million euros attributable to non-controlling euros (prior-year quarter: 1,893 million euros). development in the share of sales from emerging markets. Customer Contact Center on 1805805 for assistance and interests, net income increased to 470 million euros (prior-year The emerging markets achieved strong organic sales Compared to the 2014 figures, Henkel expects adjusted return guidance. Customers can also log on to www.e- quarter: 449 million euros). growth, with the Africa/Middle East region reporting a double- on sales (EBIT) to increase to around 16 percent and an increase gulfbank.com/aldanahwinners, to find out more about Al- Adjusted earnings per preferred share (EPS) rose by 13.5 per- digit percentage increase. Asia (excluding Japan) registered in adjusted earnings per preferred share of approximately 10 Danah and who the winners are. cent from 1.04 euros to 1.18 euros. Reported EPS increased strong growth. Business in Eastern Europe was also character- percent. SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 TECHNOLOGY CNIL pressures Google on right ‘to be forgotten’

PARIS: Google must scrub search results worldwide Since then, Google and other search engines Google on privacy following the European ruling, sanctions process against Google if it does not when it agrees to requests from users to be “forgot- such as Microsoft’s Bing and Yahoo have begun to think it should be global. change its position. But the powers of the CNIL ten”, rather than just from European versions of its grant de-listing requests when they meet certain cri- Some individuals have taken Google to court to remain limited, since it can only impose fines of up website, France’s data protection regulator said on teria. try to force a change. They include Dan Shefet, a to 150,000 euros ($168,000). Friday. The regulator (CNIL) said in a statement that if But there has been much debate over the imple- French lawyer born in Denmark, who won a defama- The Mountain View, California-based Google had Google does not comply within 15 days, it can mentation, especially of Google’s decision only to tion case in a French court recently that experts say revenue of $66 billion last year. A Google spokesman launch a process leading to sanctions, ramping up scrub results from European sites, leading some to called for the results to be scrubbed globally. said the company had been cooperating closely pressure on the U.S. giant following a landmark appeal to local regulators. “In accordance with the (European court) judg- with data protection authorities and was seeking European legal ruling. The company maintains it should only apply the ment, the CNIL considers that in order to be effec- the right balance in applying the European Court’s In May last year, the European Court of Justice ruling across its European domains, such as tive, de-listing must be carried out on all extensions decision. ruled that European residents can ask search Google.fr in France and Google.de in Germany. of the search engine and that the service provided “The ruling focused on services directed to engines to delete results that turn up under a search But EU data protection watchdogs, many legal by Google search constitutes a single processing,” European users, and that’s the approach we for their name when they are out of date, irrelevant experts and former German Justice Minister Sabine the CNIL regulator said. are taking in complying with it,” said the or inflammatory - the so-called right to be forgotten. Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, who has advised France is the first country to open a potential spokesman.—Reuters US government data breach is an intelligence coup for China Millions of US govt employees’ data hacked WASHINGTON: The hacking of millions of used for blackmail.” Potentially, Kazanciyan reported at health insurance firms such as US government employees is likely part of said the database can be used to help Anthem and CareFirst, members of the Blue an effort by Chinese intelligence for long- determine the identities and locations of US Cross Blue Shield Association-which cover term profiling-and possibly more nefarious undercover agents. many federal government employees. things. Security analysts say considerable ThreatConnect said its analysis shows simi- evidence points to China, and that the Spy recruiting tool lar software and signatures in both the OPM cyber-intrusion shows the long and patient John Dickson, a former air force intelli- incident and the health care breaches, sug- efforts in Beijing to collect and compile gence officer who is now a partner with the gesting these could be part of the same data which may be useful in the future. “It’s security firm Denim Group, said the data- effort to compile intelligence data. normal for big intelligence agencies to cre- base contains a trove of important informa- “We believe there is enough technical ate large biographic databases on their tion for a foreign intelligence service, evidence to say there is an overlap” opponents,” said James Lewis, a senior fel- including background checks from people between the health care and government low at the Center for Strategic and with security clearances. “This is valuable workforce data breaches, Barger said. Anup International Studies, a Washington think for an intelligence agency if they want to Ghosh, founder and chief executive of the LOS ANGELES: This photo provided by YouTube shows YouTube Gaming, a new app tank. recruit someone” to spy, he said. “It has to security firm Invincea, said the incidents and site specifically aimed at gamers launching this summer. YouTube announced Lewis said that while data on individuals be a nation-state. Nobody else would be suggest a long-term plan “building dossiers the new app and site Friday, June 12, 2015, ahead of 2015 Electronic Entertainment may not seem significant on the surface, interested in this information.” An analysis on targets of interest.” Combining the data Expo. The expo runs June 16-18, 2015. —AP analysis of huge amounts of information of the incident by the Virginia-based securi- in personnel records with detailed health can provide a strategic advantage. “They ty firm ThreatConnect backs the theory that information provides “very personal and get the same kinds of big data insights that China was behind the breach. private information,” Ghosh said. “This has YouTube getting into companies use for targeted advertising,” he “The primary motivation we see is for people’s vulnerabilities. It gives (foreign told AFP. Reports last week indicated some espionage,” ThreatConnect’s Rich Barger agents) leverage.” And because public dis- game of streaming play four million current or former government said. “This isn’t a criminal act in which they closure of these breaches often takes time, employees were hit, but a union letter said would sell the information or steal identi- Ghosh said he anticipates additional news SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube on Friday said it is Jeuxvideo in French. US online retail giant many more-every federal employee, every ties. This helps understand the inner work- about hacks affecting US government creating an online arena devoted to video game Amazon last year bolstered its Internet video federal retiree, and up to one million former ings of the US government.”John Schindler, employees. “I’m confident you will see play, jumping onto a hot “e-sports” trend and presence, whistling past Google to snatch up federal employees could also have had per- a former National Security Agency officer more,” he said. challenging Amazon-owned Twitch. YouTube Twitch and its huge audience for live-streamed sonal data compromised. who is now a consultant, said the data is Most of the breaches are the result of Gaming will debut in Britain and the United gaming. The acquisition was one of the largest These types of cyberattacks are trouble- “the Holy Grail” from an intelligence per- “spearphishing” using an email that States in the coming months, according to in Amazon’s history: $970 million in cash for the some because they involve stealth access spective. The hack “is unprecedented in its appears to come from a legitimate person product manager Alan Joyce. “YouTube Gaming three-year-old Internet company. Twitch that allows intruders to remain on comput- scope, offers our adversaries the opportuni- and gets the recipient to click on a link that is built to be all about your favorite games and Interactive streams games being played for er networks for long periods of time, ana- ty to penetrate our government and use enables the intrusion, Ghosh said. He noted gamers, with more videos than anywhere else,” non-playing viewers to watch, and hosts gam- lysts say. “It’s the difference between a that information to deceive it at a strategic that the federal government is vulnerable Joyce said in a blog post. ing events. ‘smash-and-grab’ and a long-term persist- level,” he said in a blog post. because most defense software is “based “From ‘Asteroids’ to ‘Zelda,’ more than 25,000 It allows viewers to chat with the players and ent” operation, said Ryan Kazanciyan, chief on legacy technology from the 1990s” that games will each have their own page, a single others, lending it some of the qualities of social security architect at Tanium, a California- Health hack connection? fails to stop the attacks. Some of the newer place for all the best videos and live streams networking websites, and it sells advertising to based security firm. “If you think about The attack targeting the US Office of systems aim for real-time monitoring and about that title.” YouTube Gaming will also have generate income. YouTube owner Google had what you can do from the perspective of Personnel Management could be connect- containment when a network is breached. channels devoted to specific game publishers reportedly been working out a billion-dollar or personalities. A preview of the new YouTube deal last year to buy Twitch, but backed off due espionage instead of fraud, that data is ed to other data breaches even though they “You can’t stop people from clicking on offering, including game content creators such to anti-trust concerns and cleared the way for incredibly valuable,” Kazanciyan said. “If you may not seem similar on the surface, say links,” he said. “But you can put the malware as ‘iHasCupquake’ and ‘NadeShot,’ will be show- Amazon to swoop in. The take-over came with a want to target someone, this data can be analysts. In recent months, breaches affect- in virtual containers in a disposable envi- cased at a major Electronic Entertainment Expo boom in online viewing of real-time video game used to conduct spearphishing, it can be ing tens of millions of Americans have been ronment.”— AFP extravaganza next week in Los Angeles. “Live or computer game play as “e-sports” attract streams bring the gaming community closer growing crowds as spectator events. PlayStation together, so they’ve put them front-and-center console maker Sony made an alliance with on the YouTube Gaming homepage,” Joyce said. Twitch in 2012 to let gamers broadcast online North Korea restricts access “In the coming weeks, YouTube will launch an play live for others to watch, and made the fea- improved live experience that makes it simpler ture one of the selling points of its successful to broadcast your game play to YouTube.” new PlayStation 4 model. to uncensored mobile Internet Microsoft also put Twitch capabilities into its Google vs Amazon new-generation Xbox One console. Twitch bills The popularity of gaming has given rise to itself as the world’s largest video game broad- SEOUL: Foreigners in North Korea no service outage from the local internet source with access to Koryolink said. new genres of YouTube videos including watch- casting network. Millions of people monthly longer have access to the country’s 3G provider’s side with no estimated time, It was not clear if the news of the fire ing play, speed-runs, walk-throughs, and even watch video game play streamed using Twitch, network, the country’s mobile phone we will keep you posted once the serv- at the hotel had affected the service. segments on cooking gamer-themed delec- which boasts partners such as the Electronic provider said in a message sent to its ice is back to normal,” the provider, There are more than 2.5 million mobile tables. Along with the YouTube Gaming website Sports League, Major League Gaming and IGN subscribers in the country. Koryolink, said in a notice sent in phone subscribers in North Korea, a accessible through web browsers, there will be Pro League. San Francisco-based Twitch was North Koreans are unable to access English to subscribers and seen by country of 24 million people. Pyongyang an application for mobile devices. Leading created by the founders of live video streaming outside uncensored Internet, except for Reuters. has in the past introduced mild restric- video game play broadcasting platform Twitch platform Justin.tv-Justin Kan and Emmett Shear. on rare occasions, but foreign residents It was not immediately clear why tions on the ability of foreigners to will have a strong presence at E3, with plans to TwitchTV launched in 2011 and has made a and visitors to the isolated country are access to the mobile network had been access mobile 3G Internet. live stream press conferences, demos, inter- partnerships to get money-making video and able to buy 3G mobile SIM cards which restricted, but the measures were intro- Subscriptions bought by foreign visitors views and more. display ads to weave in during breaks in live are largely unrestricted. duced on Friday afternoon, a day after usually only last for the duration of their Twitch will augment its English-language game play. Twitch “broadcasters” range from “Unfortunately we are facing internet Pyongyang’s Koryo Hotel caught fire, a visa.—Reuters broadcast with regionalized shows from part- professional gaming leagues to individual play- ners including Rocket Beans TV in German and ers.— AFP From drones to distances, Fox takes tech to US Open

Producing a golf tournament has a certain gadgets and graphics especially useful because rhythm to it. The telecast cuts from hole to hole, fans are so unfamiliar with it. often joining a player just as he is about to hit a Its layout is a good fit, too. “Chambers Bay has shot. been a perfect starting point,” Loomis said. That timing is being upended for this year’s “There are so many different ups and downs, US Open, and new broadcaster Fox is imposing twists and turns.” that on itself. As part of its pitch to the USGA to Michael Davies, Fox Sports’ senior vice presi- wrest the event away from NBC, Fox promised dent of field and technical operations, said that innovation. Upon winning a 12-year-contract in brainstorming new ideas started with the prem- August 2013, network executives found them- ise of “Wouldn’t it be great if ...” selves in the unusual - but helpful - position of a The first hurdle was finding out if the items very long lead-up before airing the tournament on the network’s wish list could be accomplished for the first time. by its vendors, said Zac Fields, Fox Sports’ vice A year and a half of planning has resulted in president of graphics and technology. But just plenty of technological bells and whistles, because something was doable technically though the executives behind them hope they didn’t mean it was feasible to use on a broadcast. don’t come across as bells and whistles but soon “The emphasis was not just on looking good, leave golf fans wondering how they ever lived but making sure it was easy for production to without them. use and the workflow was seamless,” Fields said. The gizmos include the Rangefinder, where Much of that involved golf’s need for quick the live shot of the golfer is overlaid with graph- cuts from hole to hole. Many of the new tech- ics showing how far he is from not just the hole nologies require time to set up, so there’s no but the bunkers. There is also the Shaded Green chance to use them if the producer switches to a system, which creates virtual shadows to show player the typical 3 seconds before a shot. the undulations. Cameras will capture the action With practice and preparation, Loomis from new angles - including drones - and glide believes these novelties can become more boon up and down or alongside the course for shifting than burden. He’ll have a sheet of paper in front viewpoints. of him to offer reminders of which holes he’ll “The great thing about golf is it’s a different need to cut to 10-15 seconds before the shot. canvas from a flat football field or a flat tennis “We had to figure out exactly what we can do court,” said Mark Loomis, the coordinating pro- without shooting ourselves in the foot and with- ducer of Fox’s US Open coverage. out slowing down,” Loomis said. WASHINGTON: Technicians adjust a long video camera slider rail on the 18th hole at Chambers Bay golf course in University Place. In its Loomis had previously produced 3-D cover- There will probably be more opportunities to bid to take over the U.S. Open from NBC, Fox promised innovative coverage and will feature new graphics and cameras as the network age of the Masters, and while 3-D broadcasts of use the technology on Sunday than on Thursday, broadcasts the tournament for the first time next week. —AP sports never took off, golf proved to be one of as the number of players who need to be shown the best fits. The slope of the green, the distance dwindles. But even on Sunday, the frequency Fox tested out the technology at Chambers said John Entz, Fox Sports’ president of produc- One of the simplest ideas for Fox at the US to the hole - perspective that was lost in two could vary depending on how many golfers are Bay in March, but it’s impossible to replicate a tion. As networks have tried new technologies Open is putting a microphone in the holes to cap- dimensions - could suddenly be seen at home. in contention. If the tournament comes down to real tournament. Inevitably some tools will work across all sports over the years, Entz acknowl- ture not just the sound of the ball rattling in but Technological add-ons now offer the chance the two players in the last group, there will be better than others, and viewers will get to see edged, “probably more have been unsuccessful the golfer roaring and high-fiving his caddie. to capture those details on a television screen. plenty of opportunities. If six different guys are in the network’s learning curve live on their TV than successful.” The holy grail of innovations is Imagine if there had been one when Tiger Woods That Chambers Bay, site of this year’s tourna- it, that becomes more difficult. “You have to be screens. the yellow first-down line in football. “The best made his birdie putt on the 72nd hole at Torrey ment, is such a new course could also make the OK with not using it that much,” Loomis said. “There are going to be some ups and downs,” ideas,” Entz said, “are often simple ideas.” Pines in the 2008 U.S. Open to force a playoff. —AP SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE San Francisco hosts marijuana food fair

SAN FRANCISCO: If a spoonful of sugar helps the medi- Vendors selling more standard fare, a DJ and carnival cine go down, imagine what a pancake breakfast might game operators also will be there, features designed to do for medical marijuana. Marijuana is only legal for med- encourage participants to pace themselves and for rela- ical purposes in California, but that isn’t stopping purvey- tives and friends of marijuana users to take part, Marjorie ors of pot-infused cupcakes, nuts and other edible forms Fischer, the brand manager for the Auntie Dolores line of of the drug from putting on an outdoor food festival to pot-laced munchies. “It’s very rare to have this kind of showcase their wares. event at this point in the industry,” Fischer said. “Most of The “Get Baked Sale” happening this weekend at a the events have really centered on exclusion and people food truck hub in San Francisco comes as marijuana feel like they are not welcome if they are not patients.” advocates are working to legalize recreational use of the Cooking demonstrations and illustrations of “food drug through a statewide voter initiative in November pairing” - combining edible marijuana with everyday 2016. “It’s going to be legal next year, so if we integrate it dishes - are planned. For example, sausage-kale pizza now, people can come see what it’s like and have fun, topped with Auntie Dolores’ chili lime peanuts will be one that it’s not what they think and it’s definitely going main- of the offerings, Fischer said. Attendees who prefer their stream,” event creator Jared Stratton said. pot and food separate will have the chance to buy dried The fair will be open to all, but under California law marijuana and to take hits at a bar providing concentrat- only people with proof of a doctor’s recommendation for ed cannabis. medical marijuana would be authorized to eat the With three other festivals also taking place in the city, cannabis-cooked pancakes that will be served during the the San Francisco Police Department does not plan to breakfast portion of the daylong event. Ticket holders have officers at the food fair checking that only people showing the required paperwork at the entrance will get legally permitted to use medical marijuana are the only bracelets and hand stamps allowing them to sample and ones chewing down or to stop them from lighting up in buy the “medicated” snack foods and beverages that also public, Officer Grace Gatpandan, a department spokes- will be served, Stratton said. Two doctors are scheduled woman, said. “It’s not super on our radar,” Gatpandan said. to be on hand to provide on-the-spot recommendations, “We just want people to have a good time and if there are he said. families that go there, to keep it cool.” — AP OAKLAND: File photo shows medical marijuana clone plants at a medical marijuana dispensary. —AP

Key questions about killer bees terrorizing Arizona

PHOENIX: A particularly aggressive strain What causes them to attack? of honeybee has been menacing parts of The bees are constantly on guard for possi- Arizona in recent weeks, with some peo- ble threats to the hive. They could perceive the ple getting stung so many times that color of a shirt or the scent of cologne as they’ve been hospitalized. In the past threatening, Booth said. It doesn’t take much week alone, an 84-year-old man from the to provoke them. “They hate any movement, Tucson area was stung more than 2,000 noise or vibration,” Booth said. “They hate times in his backyard. Three dogs have everything.” Booth said he has also witnessed been killed. And beekeepers report an a behavioral shift in the Africanized honeybee, increase in calls to remove hives and bee with their aggressiveness going “through the swarms. Here are answers to common roof.” questions about the bee attacks. How ferocious are the bees? What kind of bees are attacking? An 84-year-old Oro Valley man survived Experts point to the Africanized honey- after being stung by more than 2,000 bees in bee, also known as the killer bee, which is his backyard. Booth said 500 stings are the a crossbreed between the European hon- equivalent of one rattlesnake bite. In Arizona, eybee and the African honeybee, said signs along popular hiking trails warn about Reed Booth, who runs a bee-removal busi- the dangers of bee hives. Spring training base- ness in Bisbee in southern Arizona. The ball games are sometimes disrupted by killer bee is the result of experiments in swarms of bees, and pets sometimes fall vic- Brazil decades ago, and the insects migrat- tim to the attacks. ed to the US. The bees are more prevalent A woman driving through the Phoenix in warm Southwestern states such as suburb of Peoria this week was swarmed by Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. If their bees that were disturbed by a landscaping hives are disrupted, they become especial- crew. Her dog was killed. A swarm attacked a SEOUL: WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Security Keiji Fukuda (left) and Lee Jong-Koo (right), co-leader of a joint mission to review the out- ly aggressive. person in the Prescott area and killed two oth- break of MERS in South Korea, hold a joint press conference at the Health and Welfare Ministry. — AFP er dogs this week. A man in Valle Vista, a com- What is a normal bee season? munity 14 miles northeast of Kingman, was In a normal year, bee season runs from hospitalized this week after being stung Experts downplay MERS mid-March through late October, but it between 500 and 1,000 times. Full contain- often depends on the weather. “I normally ment of the site could take several days, fire get five to 10 calls a day for bee removal, officials said. The sizes of the hives and swarms th and now you’re getting 30 to 60 every vary, but Booth said an average hive usually crisis, records 14 death day,” Booth said. The Phoenix Fire has 40,000 to 60,000 bees. Department has responded to 58 bee calls in the metropolitan area since the start of What can people do? No evidence to suggest infection spreading 2014, including 17 this year, Capt Aaron Phoenix fire officials recommend that any- Ernsberger said. Elaine Stacey, who co- one who encounters bees leave the area, call SEOUL: Experts from the World Health South Korean government must continue to government to initially recognize and quickly owns a bee-removal service in Phoenix, 911 and notify a beekeeper. Additionally, peo- Organization and South Korea yesterday down- maintain strong control measures, such as thor- contain the disease. has also noticed an increase in Africanized ple who are allergic to bees should be sure to played concerns about the MERS virus spreading oughly tracing patients’ contacts and preventing Fukuda said that overcrowded emergency honeybees in Arizona, especially in the carry medicine with them, Ersnberger said. “If further within the country, which recorded its suspected patients from traveling, because it’s still rooms and hospital wards might have con- spring. Booth could not pinpoint an exact you see a bee, just don’t go near it,” Booth said. 14th death and a dozen new infections, but said it early to declare the situation over, he said. tributed to a wider-than-expected transmission reason for the increase, but he believes Health officials also advise people who disrupt was premature to declare the outbreak over. of the virus, which usually spreads poorly the change is caused by the wet, warm a beehive to cover their heads, run away and After a weeklong review of the outbreak of New cases between people. South Korea’s habits of “doctor winter Arizona experienced this year. take shelter and not to flail their arms. — AP Middle East respiratory syndrome, the panel of The continued discovery of new cases has cre- shopping” - visiting multiple facilities to treat the experts told a news conference that there was no ated an impression that the outbreak is getting same infection - and the custom of having many evidence to suggest the virus is spreading in the bigger, but Fukuda noted that many of the cases friends and family members visiting hospitalized community. The outbreak in South Korea has so being reported were of people who were infected patients might have also facilitated the spread, far been occurring only in hospitals, among in the past. New infections appear to be declining, he said. patients, family members who visited them and which suggests that the government’s control medical staff treating them. measures are having an impact, he said. “Now, Growing death toll The virus has spread at a pattern similar to pre- because the outbreak has been large and is com- A 67-year-old woman who had been combat- vious outbreaks in the Middle East, and the plex, more cases should be anticipated,” he said. ing thyroid problems and high blood pressure sequencing studies of samples from South Korea There has been widespread fear here of the before she was confirmed as having MERS died show no signs that the virus has increased its abil- poorly understood disease, which has no vaccine early yesterday, becoming South Korea’s 14th ity to transmit between humans, said WHO and had a mortality rate as high as 40 percent in fatality from the virus, the Health Ministry said. Assistant Director Keiji Fukuda. previous outbreaks. There also had been growing Nearly 140 people in the country have been diag- While the infections seem to be stagnating, the criticism over failures by health workers and the nosed with MERS since last month - including 12 new cases reported yesterday - in the largest out- break outside Saudi Arabia. Among those infected, 16 are in serious condition, Jeong Eun-kyeong, a senior official from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters. About 2,900 schools and kindergartens remained closed Friday, and more than 4,000 people were isolated as of yesterday after possi- ble contact with those infected, the Health Ministry said. Two hospitals, including one in Seoul, also were temporarily closed after MERS patients were found to have had contact with PHOENIX: Bee removal expert Jeff Stacey removes a hive from a chimney. — AP hundreds of people at the two facilities before they were diagnosed. Experts think MERS can spread in respiratory Palau burns boats, droplets, such as by coughing. But transmissions have mainly occurred through close contact, such as living with or caring for an infected person. warns fish poachers MERS belongs to the family of corona viruses that includes the common cold and SARS, and can KOROR, Palau: The small Pacific island nation of Palau has set fire to four cause fever, breathing problems, pneumonia and Vietnamese fishing vessels caught illegally operating in its waters, and delivered kidney failure. Most of the deaths in South Korea a stern warning that it will not tolerate poaching. The 77 crew members were SEOUL: A South Korean health worker from a community health center wearing mask as a pre- have been of people suffering from pre-existing transferred to two other arrested fishing boats with enough fuel and provisions caution against MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus, checks an examinee’ tempera- medical conditions, such as respiratory problems to get back to Vietnam. ture at a test site for the civil service examination. — AFP or cancer. — AP “This message goes to the captain and crews of these vessels. Palau guaran- tees you will return with nothing,” President Tommy Remengesau said after the boats were burned on Friday. “Captains will be prosecuted and jailed. Boats will DR Congo opens probe of British energy company be burned. Nothing will be gained from poaching in Palau. From one fisherman to another, respect Palau.” KINSHASA: Kinshasa said on Friday it had “The government... has ordered the opening with whom the company worked made pay- The Vietnamese boats were caught in a protected area with more than eight opened an investigation after an NGO alleged a of an inquiry to verify the allegations” made by ments in breach of group policy. These are sub- tons of sea cucumbers and reef fish on board. Since last year, 15 boats from British energy company paid off an army officer Global Witness, an official statement said. It not- ject to remedial advice”. Vietnam have been seized with more than 25 tons of Palau’s marine species des- accused of silencing critics of exploration in a ed that Kinshasa had made a military detach- Global Witness says local and international tined for the black market in Asia. “We have a simple message for those who try Congolese national park. Global Witness, a ment available to Soho since the end of 2014 NGOs have accused the army officer they to steal Palau’s marine resources: We will not tolerate poachers in our ocean,” British NGO, on Wednesday published scans of after the company requested improved security name, and the troops under him, of beating, Remengesau added. “Palau is working with our military, diplomacy, and NGO four checks totaling $15,600 (14,000 euros) for its personnel and facilities following a “series detaining and even killing opponents of Soco’s partners from around the world to get tough on illegal fishers and protect our allegedly issued by a Congolese subsidiary of of incidents”. Soco has previously denied breach- work. In 2010, the Congolese government food security.” Soco International to an army major posted to ing British bribery laws and condemned the use granted French oil giant Total and British group Palau hosted workshops last month involving maritime surveillance authori- Virunga National Park. of violence and intimidation, and last year Soco permits to explore concessions in Virunga, ties from the United States, Australia, Japan and the Pacific Islands Forum The park, which lies in the east of the country, appointed law firm Clifford Chance to look into but the resulting outrage caused it to suspend Fisheries Agency, designed to develop a comprehensive marine enforcement is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is home to the allegations surrounding the Virunga project. them a year later. Total and Soco subsequently plan. “Illegal fishing is a major threat to Palau, given its location as a critical many of the world’s critically endangered moun- In a statement Wednesday, it said this review agreed not to enter into the limits of the park, gateway to the Pacific,” said Seth Horstmeyer of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ tain gorillas. The NGO also published what it said had concluded that allegations of bribery were although the latter said it intends to finish a Global Ocean Legacy program. “With a no-tolerance policy and growing was a receipt for the checks signed by the officer “substantially inaccurate”, and that there was no seismic study requested by the government. enforcement capabilities, illegal fishing will be stopped in Palau.” Palau, in the on May 15, 2014, along with another dated April evidence the firm or its staff promoted or sup- Once this is completed in the middle of 2015, western Pacific, has a fishing-reliant economy for its population of 21,000 peo- 30, 2014, confirming he had received $26,650 ported any intimidation of opponents. However, Soco says it will have no further involvement in ple spread over 250 islands. — AFP (24,000 euros). there were “non-material instances where those the concession. — AFP SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Bluebird bio’s sickle cell gene therapy working on teen boy

LONDON: A pioneering gene therapy for sickle cell treats the condition by extracting blood stem cells investigator Marina Cavazzana of Paris Descartes undergoing a renaissance following a series of disease is working well so far for a 13-year-old and then adding a working version of the malfunc- University. Two other patients with a related blood setbacks in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and French boy with the hereditary blood disorder, tioning gene. Results presented at the European disorder called beta-thalassemia remained transfu- several large drug makers are now buying into researchers said yesterday, in a boost for the tech- Hematology Association meeting in Vienna sion-independent at 16 and 14 months respective- the field. The medical approach has the potential nology to fix faulty genes. He is the first patient showed the French patient has not needed a life- ly. Bluebird had already reported success with to revolutionize a number of diseases caused by with severe sickle cell disease (SCD) to be treated sustaining blood transfusion for more than three beta-thalassemia patients for a shorter period of faulty genes, ranging from blood disorders to eye with Bluebird Bio’s LentiGlobin BB305 product, months and his body was producing 45 percent time. problems to heart failure. But producing gene which the US biotech company believes could so-called anti-sickling haemoglobin at six months. Shares in Bluebird have doubled this year on therapy products is extremely complex and the cure the disorder. “(This) is cause for optimism as we expect levels growing hopes for its gene therapy drug pipeline $1 million price tag for the first such drug SCD is caused by a mutated gene, resulting in of anti-sickling hemoglobin of 30 percent or more and the latest results may shore up confidence approved in Europe, from Dutch firm UniQure, abnormal red blood cell function. Patients suffer could significantly improve and potentially elimi- further, although analysts said data from more highlights the quandary facing governments and anemia, painful obstruction of blood vessels and, nate the serious and life-threatening complica- patients was needed to better understand the insurers as to whether they will offer value for in some cases, early death. Bluebird’s gene therapy tions associated with sickle cell disease,” said lead treatment’s potential. Gene therapy is currently money. — Reuters Space station astronauts safely return to Earth

DZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan: A three- dition. The smiling astronauts sat in person crew from the International reclining chairs, adapting to Earth condi- Space Station landed safely in the tions after months in zero gravity and steppes of Kazakhstan on Thursday after speaking to doctors and space officials. a longer-than-expected orbital stint. They were then carried into an inflatable NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Samantha tent for initial medical checks. Cristoforetti of the European Space “I’m doing great. I feel really good,” Agency and Russia’s Anton Shkaplerov Virts said. After the check-up, the crew returned to Earth after 199 days on the members were to be flown by helicopter station, nearly a month longer than to the city of Karaganda, where they planned. were to board planes back home. The Because of the delayed return, mission’s extension was caused by the Cristoforetti, an Italian, has now spent failed launch of a Russian cargo ship in more continuous time in space than any April. other woman, surpassing by several days The Soyuz rocket that failed in April is the mark set by a NASA astronaut in used to launch spacecraft carrying crews, 2007. The trio’s Soyuz capsule landed on so Russian space officials delayed the schedule at 7:44 pm local time about 145 crew’s return and further launches pend- kilometers southeast of the city of ing an investigation. A Soyuz rocket suc- Dzhezkazgan, in what a NASA commen- cessfully launched a satellite last week. tator described as a textbook homecom- Another Soyuz will launch a Progress car- ing. go ship to the station in early July to be STOCKTON: In this file photo taken Monday, May 18, 2015, irrigation pipes sit along a dried irrigation canal on a field farmed by Gino Celli. — AP After descending slowly under a followed by the launch of a new crew lat- striped red and white parachute, the er in the month. The new crew will join craft touched down softly on the sun- Russians Gennady Padalka and Mikhail drenched steppe. Russian helicopters Kornienko, and NASA’s Scott Kelly, who California orders large quickly delivered search and rescue have remained in orbit. Kelly and crews to help the astronauts get out of Kornienko are in the midst of a yearlong water cuts for farmers the capsule and quickly check their con- orbital mission. — AP Decades-old water rights halted amid drought

SACRAMENTO: As California grapples with a relent- them, and a struggle for all of them,” Thomas our system is outstripping supply for even the less drought, state regulators on Friday ordered Howard, executive director of the water board, most senior water rights holders,” said Caren farmers and others who hold some of the strongest acknowledged. There are several thousand senior Trgovcich, chief deputy director of the water water rights in the state to stop all pumping from rights holders who are the last to have their water board. Farmers and water districts have prom- three major waterways in one of country’s prime rights curtailed in times of scarcity. The people and ised court battles to stop what are the broadest farm regions. The order involving record cuts by sen- entities who were cut off on Friday are the first of incursions on record to the water allotted to sen- ior water rights holders in the Sacramento, San many senior right holders who will see curtailments ior-rights holders. Jeanne Zolezzi, an attorney for Joaquin and delta watersheds followed mandatory in the coming weeks. two small irrigation districts serving farmers in water curtailment earlier this year to cities and It’s the first time since a 1977 drought that the San Joaquin area, says she plans to go to towns and to farmers with less iron-clad water California has directed a significant number of sen- court next week to stop the board’s action. rights. ior water rights holders to stop pumping because of She said her clients include small family The waterways targeted Friday in the order by drought and amounts to the most widespread cuts farms that grow permanent crops such as apri- the State Water Resources Control Board provide ever among those with some of the state’s strongest cots and walnuts, and have no back-up supplies water to farms and cities in the agricultural-rich water rights. California water law was built around in wells or reservoirs. “A lot of trees would die, Central Valley and beyond. Economists and agricul- preserving the water rights of those who staked and a lot of people would go out of business,” ture experts say growing of some crops will shift in claims to waterways more than a century ago or said Zolezzi. “We are not talking about a 25 per- the short-term to regions with more water, so the have property that abuts the rivers and streams. cent cut like imposed on urban. This is a 100 water cuts are expected to have little immediate Water regulators had spared the senior-rights percent cut, no water supplies.” Jonas Minton, impact on food prices. holders until now but warn that still more cuts will an adviser at the private Planning and The curtailment order applies to 114 entities - be coming for farmers and others in weeks to follow. Conservation League environmental group, said including individual landowners and water districts People ordered Friday to cut back have water rights droughts of this scale are not unprecedented in serving farmers and small communities - with claims going back to 1903. Officials say they have rights to California. What is different, he said, is that the dating back to 1914 or before. It will force thousands an estimated 1.2 million acre-feet for a year - more state has grown to a population of 38 million of water users in the state to tap groundwater, buy than a dozen times San Francisco’s annual use - but and has vast acres of farmland to irrigate. He water at rising costs, use previously stored water, or the officials do not know how much the curtailment said state bureaucrats or environmentalists go dry. will save this summer. can’t be blamed. “Today’s curtailments are not ZHEZKAZGAN: In this photo provided by NASA, Italian astronaut Samantha being done by choice,” Minton said. “They’re a Cristoforetti rests in a chair outside the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft just minutes after ‘Struggle for all’ Outstripping supply reaction to the reality of the shrinking water she and US astronaut Terry Virts and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov landed in “It’s going to be a different story for each one of “We are now at the point where demand in supply.” — AP a remote area. — AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

NBTC opens new trading showroom in Al-Ahmadi

BTC, a leading name in the Oil and Gas contract- dedicated maintenance support. ing industry, opened its grand trading showroom Based on its credo of providing valuable, trustworthy Nrecently in Al-Ahmadi area. and quality services, the company has grown to become Established in 1977 by the late Nasser Al Baddah and a leader in engineering and civil construction, fabrica- K G Abraham, who is currently a Partner and Managing tion and machining, inspection services, heavy equip- Director, Naser M Al-Baddah and Partner General ment leasing and logistics. In the process they have Trading and Contracting Company (NBTC) has come a become a preferred partner for many clients and won long way from its early beginnings as a civil construc- several local regional and international awards for their tion contractor. services and engineering acumen. With the opening of Currently headed by Chairman Mohammed Nasser Al their new trading showroom in Al-Ahmadi, NBTC is look- Baddah, NBTC has over the years gained an enviable rep- ing to provide potential clients with wide display of their utation for supplying superior quality products, adher- products and services, as well as their engineering capa- ing to timely delivery and providing around-the-clock bilities and skills.

Indian expatriates in Kuwait and history of migration

Greetings am Pynummoodu, noted social activist of venture. Those who possess any sharable, non- Kuwait is currently authoring his work on controversial information regarding “Significance Sthe History of Indian Expatriates and of the name of country-Kuwait, The ruling Migration to Kuwait. More than merely the histo- Dynasty, Details of important Rulers, Modern ry, he intends to introduce youngsters about our Kuwait, Iraqi Invasion, Migration of Indians to older generation who left Kuwait earlier notifying Kuwait for work, Indian Arts Circle, Indian their contributions and sacrifices for the commu- Community School, Cultural and Political nity in Kuwait, bearing in mind the long span of Organizations, Presence of Christian Diocese, more than 100 years of migration process, which India-Kuwait bilateral relationship and cultural is still continuing at present. exchange, Indian Investors and their initiatives in This is an extensive work and Sam Kuwait, Bilateral visits of prominent leaders of hahi Ezziddin recently celebrated the success of his eldest son, Pynummoodu plans to release his book by mid of both countries, Current developments in Kuwait, Mohammed in primary school and the birthdays of his son Ahmed next year 2016. He has requested our society to English Publications of Kuwait etc may kindly Dand daughter Mariam. Congratulations and many happy returns. share any information, which would help him to contact Sam at 66656642 or his e-mail do maximum justice and transparency to the [email protected]. Sam Pynummoodu WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 Mais Alghanim awarded TripAdvisor certificate

ais Alghanim Group month period as well as business’s the ultimate trust in us to provide announced that it has tenure and ranking on the Popularity them with all their requests surround- Mreceived a TripAdvisor Index on the site. To qualify, a busi- ed by an atmosphere of genuine hos- Certificate of Excellence award for the ness must maintain an overall pitality, it also gives our restaurants an third year in a row. The award cele- TripAdvisor bubble rating of at least excellent reputation worldwide brates excellence in hospitality and is four out of five, have a minimum amidst the international brands in the given only to establishments that con- number of reviews and must have event.” sistently achieve great traveler been listed on TripAdvisor for at least “TripAdvisor is pleased to honor reviews on TripAdvisor. Certificate of 12 months. exceptional hospitality businesses Excellence winners include accommo- After receiving the awards, Walid that have received consistent praise dations, eateries and attractions locat- Yehya - Operation Manager of Mais and recognition by travelers on the ed all over the world that have contin- Alghanim said, “The award reflect site,” said Marc Charron President, ually delivered a superior customer Mais Alghanim’s continued commit- TripAdvisor for Business. “By putting a experience. ment to superlative service standards, spotlight on businesses that are When selecting Certificate of as indicated by high customer satis- focused on delivering great service to Excellence winners, TripAdvisor uses a faction levels during the past year and customers, TripAdvisor not only helps proprietary algorithm to determine we are very proud for receiving this drive increasing hospitality standards the honorees that takes into account prestigious international award around the world, it also gives busi- the quality, quantity and urgency of between the many restaurants of nesses both large and small the ability reviews and opinions submitted by Kuwait for the third time a row. This to shine and stand out from the com- travelers on TripAdvisor over a 12- award gives our valuable customers petition.” AOU rector congratulates GSSC graduates

rofessor Moudi Al-Humoud, Rector of Headquarters is based in Kuwait. the Arab Open University (AOU), con- She noted that depending on the partner- Pgratulated top students and graduates ship with the Open University in UK, the AOU of the General Secondary School Certificate adopts a high quality and diverse blended for the year 2014/2015, hoping success, good learning system, combining traditional learn- luck and progress to them in their educational ing, self-learning and e-learning, adding this life and wishing they obtain higher education system suits students’ capabilities and circum- certificates and contribute to building their stances and allows students to attend their countries. lectures flexibly. She also extended her gratitude and appre- The AOU degrees are equal to others ciation to all student parents and teaching and awarded by Arab and international universities administrative staff of all schools of the min- and accredited by official accreditation author- istry of education in Kuwait for their support ities in branch countries and by other interna- and assistance to their students who were tional programmatic and institutional accredi- able to achieve best results. tation bodies, said Humoud, adding the AOU Humoud affirmed the commitment of the offers a range of academic programs taught in wise leadership in Kuwait to offer all support English such as B A program in English and assistance to educational process to Language and Literature, B Sc Program in achieve best GSSC results and promote educa- Information Technology and Computing, B A tion outcomes year by year, encouraging grad- Program in Business Studies, while there are uates to chart their future and choose suitable diplomas and master’s programs in education academic majors that are in line with their taught in Arabic at some AOU branches. She desires, labor market requirements and devel- added that AOU graduates obtain two certifi- opment plans as well as the comprehensive She added that the AOU is keen on admit- of the University and competent authorities in out the AOU is an educational non-profit proj- cates, one from (AOU) and another from (OU- development in Kuwait. ting all GSSC graduates who fulfill conditions Kuwait or in other branch countries, pointing ect spreading in nine Arab countries and its UK).

Rumaithiya specialized health center held its Ramadan health awareness day on Thursday. Health Ministry departments concerned with public health, with particular emphasis on the holy month of Ramadan, as well as private companies participated in the day by giving advice and conducting tests for visitors. Sebamed was also on hand with its products that promote healthy skin with its unique features.

Anas Jabr celebrated his graduation from Grade 5 at International Creativity Academy recently with family and friends. SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

11:35 Fashion Bloggers 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 12:05 E! News 18:00 Cristela 13:05 THS 18:30 Mulaney 14:05 Keeping Up With The 19:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Kardashians 19:30 Cougar Town 00:30 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Keeping Up With The 20:00 The Mindy Project 01:15 Life Happens 01:15 Come Dine With Me Kardashians 20:30 The Goldbergs 03:00 Dead Poets Society 01:40 Come Dine With Me 16:00 Giuliana & Bill 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 05:15 Phantom 02:05 Come Dine With Me 17:00 Giuliana & Bill Stewart 07:00 Swing Kids 02:35 Come Dine With Me 18:00 E! 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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

You are dangerously close to reaching your boiling point today You often excel at playing the diplomat, but peacekeeping isn’t your and may struggle to keep a lid on your volatile emotions. Militant Mars is your primary motivating force today. You’re not as quick to acquiesce to the demands ruling planet, tuning you into trouble before it even happens. Although the of others while warrior Mars hooks up with the willful Sun in your 9th House of warrior planet is combining forces with the willful Sun, you can consciously use Adventure. You want to make something monumental happen in your life and this energy for a positive cause instead of succumbing to its negativity. Stand won’t let anyone stand in your way now. Although you mean well, your actions up for an underdog or defend an idea that’s close to your heart. Take the high may be charged with a combative tone that provokes conflict. Be smart; if you road by choosing your battles carefully and fighting fairly for the good of all. unwittingly agitate someone’s ire, apologize and retreat before things spin out of control. The good news is it’s possible to be assertive without being aggressive.

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

You may not be comfortable expressing your anger, but you can You are quite a force of nature while the Sun illuminates your key still be a formidable opponent if people push you too far. Although someone planet Mars. It’s not easy to act in moderation now, especially if you currently lack could challenge your motives, you’re able to exhibit a great deal of patience a healthy perspective. You might not even stop to think about your long-term tra- today. Keeping your emotions in check seems like your best option now, but jectory; you just push toward your immediate goal and overpower anyone who you might not stifle your annoyance for long if your values are called into ques- resists your efforts. But the fact of the matter is your friends and family can be tion. Unfortunately, the stress won’t likely pass until you confront its source. your greatest asset if you include them in your plans. Be on your best behavior Assuming the role of the peaceful warrior is the most effective way to resolve while manifesting your future or you may waste a cosmic opportunity to get what the tension. you want.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You could inadvertently overwhelm people with your lofty inten- You might be more argumentative than usual today and your tions, yet you might have a crisis of confidence today if you don’t clever wit can’t seem to save you from yourself. Feisty Mars is traveling hand-in- have a strong support system in place. The combative Sun-Mars conjunction falls ACROSS and southeast. hand with the Sun in your sign, and whatever you do now appears to fan the 1. A chronic drinker. in your 7th House of Others, flooding your system with so much adrenaline now flames of conflict as the friction grows. Nevertheless, the outcome of the cur- that you might project your own anger onto anyone who crosses your path. 4. Using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of DOWN rent situation is still within your control. You could waste precious energy in a repeating a word. 1. Sudden and unexpected death of an appar- Strong convictions are useful to accomplish your goals as long as you tone down fight that won’t likely matter in the long run or you can summon up enough your approach until everyone else is on the same page as you. Gentle is the new 12. An honorary degree in science. ently healthy infant during sleep. courage to just walk away. 15. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the 2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 strong. public. to agree on a common policy for the sale of 16. Type genus of the Caryocaraceae. petroleum. 17. An actor's line that immediately precedes 3. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Capricorn (December 22-January 19) and serves as a reminder for some action or Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Cancer (June 21-July 22) speech. Old Testament considered as a unit. It’s easy for you to use your intuition to see what’s going on behind You’re typically quite proficient at taming the contentious energy of 18. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin. 4. Harsh or corrosive in tone. the scenes, but sharing your feelings with your friends is more complicated than hot-under-the-collar Mars. However, you’re tempted to ride roughshod over other 20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the 5. Speak in a nasal voice. simply observing them. Your greatest challenge now is to express the truth people’s needs today in order to stick to your regular routine. Fortunately, a friend- Old World. 6. A colorless and odorless inert gas. exactly as you see it, while knowing that you may have to actively defend your ly Taurus Moon reminds you that taking a simpler and kinder path is the wiser 21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from 7. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat. beliefs. If you decide to speak your opinion today, avoid getting mired down in choice today. 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he ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ matriarch is upset at how she Diane Sawyer - are said to have reached a low and they are unable to has been portrayed since Caitlyn Jenner - who was previously “agree on anything”. The source added to Heat magazine: “At the Tknown as her ex-husband Bruce - revealed her female identity and moment, Kris and Caitlyn can’t agree on anything. Caitlyn hiring her own said she was “mistreated” during their marriage, so she wants to share her PR was a major slap in the face to Kris.” As she struggles to deal with the side of the story. A source said: “Kris is beyond upset the way everyone is situation, the 59-year-old star is also said to be unhappy with her daugh- jumping on that, ‘I was mistreated’ quote really rankles her. Kris feels she ter Kim Kardashian West and her closeness to Caitlyn. The source said: was the one who was hugely mistreated because Bruce wasn’t honest “She’s feeling hurt by Kim because Kim is so onboard helping Caitlyn. with her about how she felt. She can’t believe she’s the bad guy in this. Kim was even there for the whole Vanity Fair shoot and approved the “She is planning her own sit-down interview, probably with her good team doing the new look.” friend Kathie Lee Gifford.” Relations between Kris and Caitlyn - who revealed her decision to transition in an interview with ABC News anchor McAdams Hayek under thinks people are pressure to use too “demanding” social media in relationships he 48-year-old actress, who has seven-year-old Valentina with hus- band Francois-Henri Pinault, is reluctant to let the youngster create Tprofiles on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter because she thinks it will make her grow up too quickly. The ‘Tale of Tales’ star said: “It’s a whole new world. I’m trying to stay away from it as long as I can, but he 36-year-old actress - who has previously dated actors Ryan can be a lonely place.”Everything revolves around the film industry. “In there’s pressure because all of the other girls are getting phones, and Gosling, Josh Lucas and Michael Sheen - believes romances have Toronto, I can just forget work and be myself.” The ‘Notebook’ star enjoys they all want what the other has in school. They don’t feel like they’re Tgrown more “complicated” because people are more aware of what working on romantic movies because she knows love stories always have part of the gang if they don’t have the same apps. “She wants deadlines they want and expect. Asked why she thinks it is hard to stay in love, she appeal to audiences because of their universal theme. She told LOOK mag- for everything, ‘When do I get a phone?’ When do I get to wear make-up? said: “I think everyone is more demanding. Women are independent and azine: “I enjoy exploring love and how people fall in love. If you tell a great When do I...?’ I’m like, jeez! I beg her to stop and just enjoy what she can anxious about our role in society. Relationships are more complicated love story, you’ll attract an audience. We all know what it’s like to fall in do now.” Salma has her own cosmetics company Nuance Salma Hayek, because we’re conscious of what we want from them.” The ‘True Detective’ love. The difficulty is how relationships evolve over time.” and says Valentina is her number one product tester. She said: “She loves actress lives in her native Toronto, Canada, and admits she could “never” the smell of the soaps. And there’s a rose lip gloss I let her wear.” But the base herself in Los Angeles, despite it being the home of the film industry, sultry star claims her daughter refuses to take her beauty advice. She because she finds it very “lonely”. She said: “I could never live in LA. I find it told Us Weekly magazine: “Her hair is so long and I can’t get her to cut it!” Jeremy Clarkson not forgiving Kate Moss

he 41-year-old supermodel had to be escorted off her easyJet flight last weekend after she allegedly Tcalled the pilot a “basic b***h” and became angry with the cabin crew when they admitted they’d run out of sandwiches. Jeremy - who was sacked by the BBC earlier this year following a row over steak - jokingly wrote in The Sun newspaper: “It seems possible that Kate Moss flipped while on an easyJet flight this week because she was hun- gry. I’m a big fan of Kate but to lose your rag just because you can’t get something to eat is unforgivable. “Oh, hang on a minute...” Last month, meanwhile, Jeremy Clarkson admitted it was his “own silly fault” he was sacked from the popular BBC motoring show ‘Top Gear’. The 55-year-old presenter lost his job after attacking producer Oisin Tymon and leaving him with a split lip. Reflecting on the incident, Jeremy said: “I didn’t anticipate actually not doing it any- more. I was very sad but it was my own silly fault so I can hardly complain. “I was at the BBC for 27 years and I did the current incarnation of ‘Top Gear’ for 12 and it was very much my baby. I absolutely adored it and I worked all the time on it, all through the night and I paid attention to every little tiny bit of it and then suddenly you’re not asked to do that anymore and you do feel as though there’s a big hole that does need to be filled.” Fallon says his kid is smarter than him Emma Roberts he ‘Tonight Show’ host, who has minute. He told People magazine: “I’ve got splits from fiance daughters Winnie, 23 months, and the bags under my eyes, but I love every TFrances, six months, with producer minute of being a dad. I look forward to wife Nancy Juvonen, also believes Winnie every single day. “I just look at photos is “going to be too smart” in the every single second, all day. You become future. Asked about the that annoying guy. I said I would never do biggest challenge he faces that, but now it’s like, ‘Wanna see a pic- Evan Peters as a father, the 40-year-old ture of my kids?’ I’m even showing it to star said: “My wife is a natu- the cabdriver.” he ‘American Horror Story’ actress, who got engaged to her co-star ral at this, but I’m still figur- in December 2013, is said to have called time on her romance with ing it out. She’s already got Tthe 28-year-old star after the couple decided their relationship had them in classes where they “run its course”. A source told JustJared.com: “Their three years together sing ‘Wheels on the Bus’ and just ran its course. They have so many great memories together but shake rattles. Winnie is already couldn’t make it work in the end.” However, the source insists the for- getting smarter than me, mer couple - who have starred together on the FX show for two sea- which is the sad thing. sons - have split amicably and will remain good friends. They She’s going to be too added: “The break-up was amicable - there was no drama what- smart, and I’ll have to make soever. Emma and Evan are even still friends!” The brunette beau- her stop taking classes just ty, 24, had previously sparked rumors that their relationship was on so I can relate to my own the rocks after she was spotted out multiple times without her child.” The couple wel- engagement ring earlier this year. It had also been claimed the not- comed both their children so-happy couple had been arguing a lot on the set of the show. A via surrogate after strug- source previously said: “Emma and Evan are making out - that is, if gling to conceive them- they’re not screaming at each other.” selves for several years. Jimmy said: “It was tough. We tried, but it just wasn’t in the cards for us.” But the chat show host is thrilled they were able to have a family and enjoys every lifestyle SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (R) and his fiancee Sofia Hellqvist at the Nobel banquet. Reality

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (R) and his fiancee Sofia Hellqvist at the Nobel banquet.

undreds of Swedes gathered in the hot sum- princess through marriage. major controversy. “It’s a shame there’s still so much starlet mer sun yesterday to watch former reality “It is the first time a woman of the people marries a written about that,” she told Swedish Television in a Hshow starlet Sofia Hellqvist become a real-life prince who is also marrying a princess,” royal historian documentary about the royal family in January, refer- princess when she marries Prince Carl Philip in a lavish Goran Alm told public broadcaster SR. A glamorous ring to the racy photos. “It was 10 years ago, I’ve got- Stockholm wedding. Royal watchers clutching blue and openly affectionate couple equally known for ten on with my life since then...I don’t regret anything,” and yellow national flags pitched rugs and deck chairs their sporty lifestyle, Carl Philip and Sofia are keen to she said. along the route that the newlyweds will take after project an image of themselves as modern and open Raised in a middle-class family in the small central exchanging vows and before returning to the palace royals, and are often seen running errands in town or Swedish town of Alvdalen, Sofia left Sweden for New weds for a 21-gun salute and wedding banquet. picking up pizza to go in Stockholm’s chic neighbor- York in 2005 where she studied accounting and About 550 guests will attend the ceremony includ- hoods. worked as a yoga teacher and waitress before return- ing Britain’s Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and The Swedish media revealed the prince’s budding ing to Sweden. Princess Takamado of Japan. The celebrations marking relationship with the former glamour model in 2010, In 2010, she and a friend founded the “Project Sweden’s latest royal wedding began Friday evening titillated by her racy past. Hellqvist took part in 2005 Playground” charity to help disadvantaged children in with a boat ride across the sparkling waters of in the Swedish reality show “Paradise Hotel”, where South Africa, after having worked as a volunteer in Stockholm bay and a dinner on a small city centre young scantily-clad men and women stay at a luxury several African countries. She left her position with Swedish island. resort and compete to be the last contestant voted off the organization in March to focus on her new duties Hellqvist, a slender and elegant brunette, is a 30- the show amid intrigue, scheming and drama. The as princess following the wedding. Contrary to her year-old commoner known for her infectious gap- year before that, at age 20, she had posed topless brother-in-law Chris O’Neill-an Anglo-American busi- toothed smile and easygoing ways. Her fiance, 36- with a boa constrictor for the men’s magazine Slitz, nessman married to Carl Philip’s sister Princess year-old Carl Philip, is the second child of King Carl XVI winning its Miss Slitz title. Madeleine and who often snubs royal events-Sofia is Gustaf and Queen Silvia and holds the title of Duke of popular among Swedes who admire her candor and Varmland. He is third in line to the throne, behind his ‘I don’t regret anything’ commitment. — AFP prince elder sister Crown Princess Victoria-who also married The Swedish media was quick to publish the pho- a commoner-and her three-year-old daughter tos when the couple’s engagement was announced in Princess Estelle. The prince will keep his title thanks to June 2014. While the pictures may have raised a few a change of rules in 1980 which also makes Hellqvist a eyebrows, Hellqvist’s colorful past hasn’t led to any

Native American tribes start yearly harvest of eel-like fish

OREGON CITY: They dove into the cold lampreys were abundant up and down the waters, emerging with writhing, eel-like Columbia River and its tributaries. fish in hand and thrusting them into nets. Biologists have estimated at least a million Thus began Northwest Native American once were crossing Bonneville Dam on the tribes’ annual lamprey harvest at a rushing, Columbia east of Portland. 40-foot waterfall about 15 miles south of Portland. The jawless, gray fish are a tradi- Dwindling numbers tional food source for tribal members in But their numbers have dwindled over the Columbia River Basin, which stretches the past 30 years because of the dams and from the Oregon coast to Canada and into toxins such as pesticides. About 20,000 Idaho, Montana and Washington. remain, said Brian McIlraith with the Lampreys grow to about 2 feet long and Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish are prized for their rich, fatty meat. Commission. Willamette Falls is the last On Friday, adults, teens and children place where the fish can be caught by the In this photo taken June 10, 2015, a 1950 paper and Indian ink artwork called ‘Ghost’ is displayed at the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition from the Umatilla and Warm Springs reser- hundreds. Tribes have been instrumental at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, in northwest Washington. vations in Oregon and the Yakama reserva- in advocating for lamprey restoration, and tion in Washington crawled over slippery the government has started paying atten- rocks and waded through icy pools to tion. That’s because lampreys also offer an reach the lampreys’ hiding spots. The fish alternate food source for sea lions and oth- Art exhibit offers different perspective on WW2 latch onto rocks in Willamette Falls with er predators that otherwise would be their round, toothy mouths. munching on threatened salmon. s the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II ically because of US veterans’ protests that it portrayed a venue willing or able to display them in the United “Our people have always come here, Tribes have received funding and run approaches, a new museum exhibition pro- the Japanese as victims, rather than as aggressors. States. They were last shown in the US in 1995, in generation after generation,” said Bobby research and recovery projects. They truck Avides a different perspective on the end of the That year, Peter Kuznick, director of American Minnesota. Begay, a Warm Springs tribal member who lampreys past dams and have pushed for conflict - one in which Japanese were the victims. That University’s Nuclear Studies Institute, responded to “They go right to the heart of people who wish for drove more than a 100 miles to the falls construction of ramps to help the fish nav- has the potential to upset American veterans, espe- the controversy by staging an exhibition of artifacts long-lasting peace and for a ban on nuclear weapons,” from his village of Celilo. Begay, 46, has igate the structures. They’re also looking at cially at a time of intensifying focus on Japan’s reluc- the Smithsonian would not. Doing so at a private insti- she said. Kuznick said the primary aim of the exhibi- attended the harvest for more than 40 breeding lampreys in a hatchery, but that’s tance to face up to its militaristic past. tution, and not a government-funded one, made it tion is to portray the human suffering caused by the years. He is teaching his children and not the preferred method, said tribal elder The American University Museum is showcasing less contentious. He’s reprising that effort, 20 years lat- atomic bombings that ushered in an era in which nephews how to navigate the rocks and Donnie Winishut Sr, who observed the artifacts and art recalling the bombings of Hiroshima er, with a display scheduled to run from Saturday absolute destruction of the planet became possible where to find the biggest catch. “The same harvest to assure safety. “We would rather and Nagasaki: a pocket watch that stopped at 8:15 am, through Aug 16. It includes six pictures on folding and “nobody’s future is guaranteed anymore.” fishing holes my grandfather showed me, see them grow in a natural way,” Winishut when the first atomic bomb dropped; a picture of screens by the late Iri and Toshi Maruki, a husband- He lamented that Americans - including under- his father and grandfather showed him, said. “It’s good to see the young people twisted bodies and screaming faces engulfed by the and-wife team whose powerful depictions of nuclear graduates he teaches - have become less aware since and I showed my kids,” he said. coming to the falls and learning our tradi- flames; the school lunch box of a girl who disappeared horrors, known as the Hiroshima Panels, are being the end of the Cold War about the devastating impact Lampreys taste best when roasted over tion, and I hope they can continue coming without trace. Defenders of the bombings say it allevi- shown in the US capital for the first time. a nuclear conflict would have. “Part of why we’re doing an open fire, Begay said. They also can be here to catch the fish.” — AP ated the need for a land invasion of Japan that would In an adjacent room are 25 artifacts collected from this is because the danger has not really passed, and dried or frozen for later use. The fish har- have cost many American lives. The precise death tolls the debris - a rosary, a glass fragment removed from it’s important that people focus on it again,” he said. vested this month will be distributed to from the bombings are unknown, but it is believed the flesh of a casualty, a container of sake, a student’s tribal elders and used for ceremonial pur- about 200,000 people were killed. cap and a student’s shoe. The Hiroshima Peace Japanese suffering poses, he said. In previous generations, Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb The exhibition shows not only Japanese suffering. Victims or aggressors? Museum have provided an explanatory account of the Two of the Hiroshima Panels on display portray the On the 50th anniversary, controversy surrounded bombings with photos, including panoramas of the death of American prisoners of war and Korean forced an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution of the Enola two leveled cityscapes and images of the victims. laborers in the bombings. Most haunting is “Crows,” a Gay, the B-29 that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, Yoshiko Hayakawa, who brought the panels from a picture in black ink which depicts birds picking at the Aug 6, 1945. The 1995 exhibit was scaled back dramat- gallery outside Tokyo, said it had been difficult to find corpses of Koreans, reflecting the discrimination they faced even in death. The picture’s caption, a verse penned by the artists, says the Korean bodies “were left on the streets to the very last.” “Not only are we portraying the Japanese as vic- tims, we’re also portraying the Japanese as victimizers. That in no way mitigates the American responsibility for using atomic bombs, but it does complicate the narrative a little bit,” Kuznick said. Jan Thompson, president of the American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor Memorial Society, which advocates for American former prisoners of war of the Japanese, said atomic bombs were a tragedy that no one should celebrate. She said she has not seen the exhibition yet but was concerned it would promote the view that that use of the bombs was not justified. Kuznick said he has faced no opposition so far to this year’s exhibition. But a seminar June 23 asso- A 1955 paper and Indian ink artwork called ‘Petition’ is displayed at the Hiroshima-Nagasaki ciated with the exhibition that will discuss President A Native American man catches lampreys, eel-like fish, at Willamette Falls, a 40-foot Atomic Bomb Exhibition. Harry Truman’s decision to use the bomb and its his- waterfall south of Portland, Oregon. torical implications could raise hackles.—AP lifestyle SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

Features All roar and no bite in mediocre sequel By Aakash Bakaya

ike many 90s kids, I hold ‘Jurassic Park’ to the highest esteem. For me, it was my first real taste Film review Lof movie magic and till today, I consider it one of the best blockbusters of all time. What Spielberg and co did with Michael Crichton’s acclaimed novel was Jurassic World nothing short of extraordinary. Iconic characters, intelligent dialogue and ground-breaking special effects all came together in ‘Jurassic Park’ to create one of Hollywood’s greatest achievements. I love the film and can safely say that I won’t be writing this review if that movie didn’t exist. So where does the latest ‘Jurassic World’ stand, not only in terms of its own franchise, but also in terms of any lasting legacy? Well, to put it simply, it stands firmly in the middle - it’s not insultingly bad and sadly it’s not that great, either. Nowadays, it’s difficult to go for a big summer movie without any expectations. The first trailer for ‘Jurassic World’ came out 10 months ago and the stu- dio has been pushing the film’s marketing to over- drive over the last few months. After so many unavoidable images and clips from the movie, it’s almost impossible to go in completely fresh. So it’s not surprising that I was never really wowed at any point in the film and only got excited in the last 10 minutes. ‘Jurassic World’ takes place 22 years after the origi- nal (the sequels appear to have been forgotten), where the island of Isla Nublar has finally opened its doors to a fully-functioning dinosaur zoo. The park has been open for five years now and investors are looking for something bigger and more exciting. This brings us to the creation of ‘Indominus Rex,’ the newest dinosaur attraction. What makes ‘Indominus’ unique is that it is a hybrid dino - genetically engi- neered to look meaner, scarier and have more teeth. Except for more in-depth discussions on the sci- ence and implications behind the ‘Indominus Rex’, we get to follow our main character’s two nephews, Gray and Zach. Grey is around 12 and is excited to see Jurassic World for the first time while Zach like most CEO Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan) has some interesting is ignored for generic movie monster and it’s a shame So in conclusion, ‘Jurassic World’ was like a pass- Indominus Rex 16 year olds is only interested in girls, and that’s about insight on occasion but that’s about it. Claire’s assis- because it could have been much better. With regards able rollercoaster that you only want to take once. It’s about to attack it. They have some inept backstory sprinkled through- tant, a friend of Owen and two operations employees to the special effects, they were mediocre at best. a fun ride but by the end, nothing of substance was in a scene from out but it’s so cliche ridden that you can skip it entire- are the only other characters that get actual dialogue. ‘Indominus’ looked good but the rest of the dinosaurs earned nor was any lost. You’ll walk away from it the film. ly without missing anything. Even then, the dialogue is a mix of camp and serious- especially the raptors looked bland. Almost all of entertained but by the next day, you’ll struggle to Our other two main characters are Owen, played ness that ultimately ends up useless because most of them are dark green in color and looked off at times. recall why you were entertained in the first place. It’s by Chris Pratt, and Claire, by Bryce Dallas Howard. these characters disappear by the end and have no However, character flaws and wasted subplots eons away from the original and fails to surpass the Owen is an ex-navy, engineer and animal trainer who impact on the story. don’t stop the film from being overly bad. It moves ‘decent’ second part (which for all its flaws has a style is the definition of a macho-action hero; while Claire is The other major flaw was the ‘Indominus Rex’ itself. along fine and every time John William’s immaculate and atmosphere only Spielberg could muster) but it’s the park’s ‘operation manager’ who seems to have to The idea behind it was interesting but unexplored. original score played, my inner child leaped with joy. better than ‘Jurassic Park 3,’ so fans of the franchise have little to no authority. Owen and Claire went on a You could see how director Colin Trevorrow was allud- The action scenes were paced well and a few made can’t really complain. If you don’t really care for the date once and it didn’t work out. That’s it. ing to bigger and better as a comparison for the me wish I was watching the movie in 3-D. When we earlier films you’ll be sparsely entertained but the Here lies one of the major faults of the film: The movie itself. The studio like the titular park didn’t care see ‘Indominus’ gets its first dino-kill, it was like some- throwbacks and even the story could be lost on you. I characters are two dimensional props that barely whether what they were making was safe or good as thing ripped off from one of the ‘Walking with the wouldn’t recommend it but if you’re looking for a run- have any personality whatsoever. Their roles, motiva- long as it was scarier and more action-packed. We get Dinosaurs’ documentaries. It’s a rare moment, where of-the-mill Hollywood blockbuster, ‘Jurassic World’ tions and emotions are never brought up and the a sense of that in the beginning and through a nice the dinosaurs act like real animals. The scene was won’t disappoint. only character that ends up doing something is exchange with Dr Wu and Masrani, but by the time short but I was grinning like a child during every sec- Owen, whose trained velociraptors actually affect the the second act kicks into gear, everything the film was ond of it. Long-time fans will catch numerous nods to plot later on. There’s a forced villain in Hoskins building up to is tossed out the window. ‘Indominus’ is the first film as well which were sweet and oddly well- (Vincent D’Onofrio) that acts like a walking cartoon. meaner maybe but that doesn’t stop it from being placed. The entire climax had ‘fan service’ written all Dr Henry Wu (the only returning character from the boring after it eventually escapes. It’s not a dinosaur - over it and it was a moment of absolute joy for me. It original) is jarring and confusing because he is noth- it’s a killing machine! It’s not killing to survive - it’s was these few moments that made the spectacle of ing like the man we met from the first film. The new killing for sport! The charm and realism of the first film the film surpass its underwhelming story.

This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Chris Pratt as Owen leading the raptors Bryce Dallas Howard, (left) and Chris Pratt, in a scene from This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, Nick Robinson, (left) as Zach, and Ty on a mission in a scene from the film, ‘Jurassic World’. — AP photos the film. Simpkins as Gray, in a scene from the film, ‘Jurassic World’ . opens, ‘Break a leg’: Foo Shanghai film festival Fighters frontman taking aim at Hollywood resumes show in cast oo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl gave new he Shanghai film festival opened yesterday with a strong Chinese market, the world’s second largest box office outside meaning Friday to the advice for performers to Asian flavor in movie selections and a bevy of Chinese stars North America with revenue of $4.8 billion in 2014, according to F“break a leg” after he fell from stage and Tstriding down the red carpet. The festival, founded in 1993, the Motion Picture Association of America. But foreign films enter- returned to play in a cast. Grohl, the former drummer is featuring more than 380 movies from nearly 50 countries, ing China come under an annual quota of just 34 annually and of Nirvana, was performing in Gothenburg, Sweden, according to organizers. But China dominates with 80 films, face censorship by cultural authorities who excise content when he tumbled during the second song and badly almost double the number by closest competitor the United deemed politically sensitive or obscene. — AFP injured himself, according to several pictures and States. “The Shanghai International Film Festival has always videos on social media. But instead of cutting short focused on films outside the Hollywood film system,” Fu Wenxia, the show, a recumbent Grohl at first jokingly sang managing director of organizer Shanghai International Film and the David Bowie and Queen song “Under Pressure” TV Festivals Co, told AFP. Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, known to and vowed to press on. overseas audiences for her appearance in “X-Men: Days of Future “I think I just broke my leg,” Grohl told the crowd, Past”, stood next to Hong Kong Cantopop king Leon Lai on the red according to a fan video. But before the crowd could carpet. voice disappointment, Grohl said: “I’m going to go to Action star Jackie Chan slapped hands with journalists while the hospital, I’m going to fix my leg, but then I’m former boxer Mike Tyson, who is guest starring in an upcoming coming back and we’re going to play for you Hong Kong film, made a surprise appearance in a tuxedo, shout- again.”“I’m so sorry,” he said. ing “Hello” in Chinese. The Shanghai festival has earned a reputa- Sure enough, Grohl returned after an hour with tion for catering to movie fans while a similar event in Beijing his leg in a cast, alternately performing with crutches which started in 2011 tends to attract bigger entertainment or sitting on a chair, according to footage shared by names and government officials. But commercial hub Shanghai fans-some of whom, in reference to a Foo Fighters does not aim to compete with political centre Beijing to be China’s Former heavyweight boxing world champion Mike Tyson song, used the hashtag #MyHero. On Twitter, the Foo film capital, Fu said. (center) and Hong Kong actor Donnie Yen (right) pose on Fighters published a photo showing an X-ray of what “The Shanghai International Film Festival in not in competition the red carpet. appears to be a broken bone, along with the words: with the Beijing International Film Festival, or any other film festi- “Thank you Gothenburg. That was amazing.”Fans val worldwide,” she said by email. “February is Berlin’s moment, were quick to respond. April is Beijing’s moment, May is Cannes’ moment, and June “Breaks foot finishes show,” Daniel Unangst wrote belongs to Shanghai.” Shanghai is offering some selections in line on Twitter. “Dave you are more than a rockstar Shows with the country’s political aims, including movies under the what kind of man you are.”Grohl has long earned a theme “On the Silk Road” as China pushes to build on the ancient reputation among fans and critics as the Mr Nice Guy trade routes on land and sea. A group of films solely from the of the rock world, despite the dark history behind BRICS countries comes as China urges greater political and econo- Nirvana. Grohl frequently campaigns for progressive my unity between Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa. The festi- causes and has spoken out against drug use. — AFP val will also commemorate the end of World War II, or as described by the official program: “The Chinese People’s 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War”. Hollywood will be represented, including all six “Star Wars” Chinese actress Fan films and more recent blockbusters such as “American Sniper” Bingbing poses on about US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and “Gone Girl” based on the novel Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan poses on the red carpet dur- the red carpet. of the same name. US studios are keen to get a bigger piece of the ing the opening ceremony of the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) in Shanghai. — AFP photos lifestyle SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015

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Ghada Abdulraziq in Zeina in Zawaj Al Kaboos bel Ekrah This Holy Month of Ramadan OSN unveils 12 brand-new Arabic shows

his Holy Month of Ramadan, OSN, the region’s Play, the award-winning online viewing platform. Uryudu Rajoulan S2, based on the eponymous others. The line-up also includes Wa Mahyay S3 host- leading pay-TV network, empowers subscribers In addition, with OSN’s ‘Series Link’ feature, viewers novel, is an Egyptian dramaturgy tackling one of the ed by Dr. Walid Fatehi who continues on his mission of Tto maximize quality time with family and to can record any show of their choice directly from the most sensitive issues a marriage could face: that of a inspiring people to make a difference in other peo- deepen togetherness with a unique integration of Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and watch it later at second wife who bears a son, much to the heartburn ple’s lives. technology, content and convenience so they have their convenience. Little ones are also assured of all of the first wife. It is a conflict between pride and love complete control over their entertainment experi- the fun with blockbuster movies and the most popu- that seeks to tackle a tough issue in a modern home Pan Arab drama ence. lar animation movies to be screened daily at 3pm KSA through a story that will enrapture viewers. Watch the 24 Carat is the exciting Pan Arab drama that tells Twelve brand-new Arabic series, five of them through Ramadan. show exclusively on OSN starring the renowned actor, the story of a complicated love triangle that involves a exclusive to OSN, will be telecast during Ramadan Khulud added: “Ramadan celebrates the values of Eyad Nassar. diamond trader who is shot and thrown into the sea underlining the network as the ‘home of family enter- family togetherness and solidarity. Our programming In its fifth season and back by popular demand, only to be a found by a simple girl who falls in love tainment’. OSN’s Ramadan content will see the as well as advanced technology features are aimed at the Egyptian comedy starring the gifted Ahmed with him, but knows nothing of his dark past. region’s biggest stars coming together including maximizing quality family time. It also takes into con- Mekky, Al Kabir S5, will guarantee entertainment and Available exclusively on OSN, the show stars the Lamyaa Tariq, Abdulallah Bushereih, Cyrine sideration the time that is diligently set aside for reli- laughter for all on OSN Ya Hala HD. This season, the hugely popular Cyrine Abdelnour, Abed Fahed and Abdelnour, Ghada Abdulraziq, Sulaf Fawakhirji, Abed gious obligations and cultural traditions during the three brothers return after meeting their fourth broth- Magie Bu Ghusun. Fahed, Ahmed Mekky, Magie Bu Ghusun, to name a Holy Month. Furthermore, OSN enables subscribers to er from Sudan presenting stories that promise non- Also look forward to the mega production Nadi Al few. carefully select the family content they wish to see, stop laughter. Sharq starring Jamal Sulaiman, BassemYakhour, Basel OSN has several surprises in store including a pre- providing greater control and flexibility on TV viewing Another compelling drama, also on OSN Yahala Khayyat, Kais Sheikh Najeiband, and Amal Bshousha. Ramadan series preview, whereby the first two during Ramadan.” Top Ramadan highlights on OSN HD, is Al Kaboos starring superstar Ghada Abdulraziq. The gripping series is an adapted format of ‘The episodes of the five exclusive series to be telecast on Yahala channels include a wide variety of choices with The emotion-packed series revolves around a grieving Godfather’ highlighting not only the events happen- OSN will be aired a week before the start of the Holy something for everyone - and all available to watch mother who tries to find the people who killed her ing today, but it deals with the period before the revo- Month. anytime and anywhere. son and avenge him. Other shows include Tareqi, star- lution. It also shows how politicians control people’s Ahmed Fahmy in Zawaj Khulud Abu Homos, Executive Vice President, ring Shereen Abdul Wahab, in which a girl decides to interests according to their own desire. bel Ekrah Programming & Creative Services, OSN said: “In a first- Egyptian Drama series pursue her dream of singing despite her mother’s of-its-kind initiative in the region, we are showing the This year’s line-up is headlined by the mega pro- control over her. Syrian shows first two episodes of the five exclusive Ramadan series duction - Zawaj Bel Ekrah S1 - a controversial drama Another must watch this Ramadan is Bi Entizar Al a week before Ramadan. The ‘early preview service’ featuring Zeina and Ahmed Fahmy and touching Gulf series Yasmine, which depicts the heartwarming tale of a enables viewers to gain a comprehensive overview of upon contentious issues such as forced marriage, love From the Gulf is the exclusive show, Fi Amal, star- group of war victims and their daily struggles after what to watch during the Holy Month. We understand and greed. A captivating dramatization that is a must ring Lamyaa Tariq and Abdullah Bushereih, which nar- they lose everything. A key attraction for the show is that the coming month is hectic and that is why we watch and exclusive to OSN. rates the imminent clash between dreams and reality, Suluf Fawakhirji who plays the lead. have planned to announce the line-up in advance in Al Boyout Asrar S1 is another exclusive thrilling when a group of larger-than-life girls finds out that order to make life easier for our subscribers.” Egyptian drama that starts with a mysterious murder dreams don’t necessarily come true. A tangled web of Another feature exclusively on OSN is ‘Ma Fatak TV’, of a chef, who turns out to have four simple house- complicated relationships and mixed feelings is on a catch-up service, launched especially for Ramadan, keepers tangled in a web of trouble that eventually display in this riveting drama. allowing subscribers to watch over 20 Arabic drama leads to secrets unfolding and relationships colliding. Hal Manayer, starring Hayat Al Fahed, is about a shows at their convenience, which is ideal for busy The new show is much awaited as celebrities Iten poor mother of three girls and a son who has nothing family lifestyles during the Holy Month. ‘Ma Fatak TV’ Amer, Hana Sheha, Shery Adel and Nesreen Imam but her black heart and sharp mind. She is forever try- is accessible both on the OSN Plus HD, and via OSN come together. ing to find ways to become rich, without regard for Van Morrison, Redmayne, Ejiofor honored by Queen Elizabeth II inger-songwriter Van Morrison was giv- out on an Oscar for “The Imitation Game” but en a knighthood and Oscar-winning the “Sherlock” star gains some compensation Sactor Eddie Redmayne was made an with a CBE. His “Twelve Years A Slave” co-star OBE in Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday honors Chiwetel Ejiofor was also named a CBE, as was announced Friday. Rugby stars Gareth Michael Bond, the creator of the much-loved Edwards and Jonny Wilkinson as well as stories about Paddington Bear. William Pooley, a British nurse who contracted A British doctor involved in fighting the Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, were also Ebola epidemic in west Africa, Oliver Johnson, honored. was named an OBE, while Pooley, the 30-year- US actor Kevin Spacey, who is ending a 10- old nurse who contracted the deadly virus year run as artistic director of London’s Old Vic before recovering, was named MBE. In the theatre, was awarded an honorary knight- world of sport, Welsh rugby legend Edwards hood, which he said made him feel like an was given a knighthood while World Cup win- “adopted son” of Britain. Two historians who ner Wilkinson, who retired last year, was made helped discover the remains of 15th-century a CBE. Former England footballer Frank king Richard III under a car park, Philippa Lampard was named an OBE, as was cricketer Langley and Louis Ashdown-Hill, received James Anderson, England’s record Test wicket- honors as well. taker, while England women’s football captain The queen’s honors are awarded twice a Casey Stoney was made an MBE. year and although the focus is often on Just over half (51 percent) of the 1,163 celebrities, most are ordinary people recog- awards went to women, including Zarine nized for work in their communities. Decided Kharas, who founded charity fundraising site by an independent committee, the awards JustGiving.com and was made a dame. include knights and dames and various orders Twenty-five-year-old Laura Bates, founder of of the British Empire, whether commander the Everyday Sexism Project that catalogues (CBE), officer (OBE) or member (MBE). women’s experiences of sexual harassment, was awarded a British Empire Medal, which Actors, sports stars honored rewards a contribution of relatively short Franz Ferdinand Van Morrison was awarded the highest duration. The leader of one of Britain’s biggest honor, a knighthood, for services to music and trade unions, Paul Kenny of the GMB, was giv- tourism in his native Northern Ireland. The 69- en a knighthood, which he said was welcome year-old, known for the 1967 hit “Brown Eyed “recognition of the crucial role trade unions Girl”, continues to write and perform. play in society”. — AFP Sparks fly as pop veterans Redmayne, 33, who won an Oscar this year for playing British scientist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything”, was made an OBE. team up with Franz Ferdinand Fellow actor Benedict Cumberbatch missed hen slick Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand pining for a woman who doesn’t even know he the last several of their 22 albums, Sparks have pro- met Californian pop veterans Sparks in exists. “Though I want you, I know I haven’t a duced a simpler, rawer pop sound, with younger W2004 they immediately clicked and chance,” they croon together. If overall the two brother Russell’s falsetto voice supported solely by worked on a couple of songs. They were shelved bands complement each other, some songs seem Ron’s synthesizers. Pop rock combo Franz until a couple of years ago when a chance meeting to bear the overwhelming mark of Sparks’ synth- Ferdinand sprung to the music scene with their brought the bands back together. The result is a pop and quirky lyrics such as “Dictator’s Son”, 2004 post-punk hit “Take Me Out”. The song’s mix- supergroup called FFS and a 47-minute, 12-track whose title character travels to Los Angeles and is ture of catchy guitar riffs, a disco beat and broken album recorded over two weeks last autumn in in no hurry to return home and try to overthrow his rhythms was influenced in part by Sparks. London and mixed in Texas, in which the six-person father, or “Save Me From Myself”. With a career spanning nearly five decades, strong band jokingly attempt to prove that Sparks are no strangers to working with other “Collaborations Don’t Work”. Rawer pop sound artists, as they have most notably recorded songs At least that’s what they claim in the epic 6:42- Franz Ferdinand’s influence seems more pro- with French pop group Rita Mitsouko and minute title track, which goes through pop, nounced on tracks such as “Call Girl”, “Police Japanese electro-pop combo Pizzicato Five. The cabaret, folk and Eurodance moments. But if the Encounters” and “The Man Without A Tan”, mostly supergroup is planning an extensive tour of title was meant in seriousness, FFS has obviously because the bass and drum lines are more obvious. Europe, starting with a sold-out gig on June 16 at failed if judged by the praise that has poured in for The final song, “Piss Off”, sums up the spirit of the the Arts School in Glasgow. FFS will also play a the album released on June 8. The album-also album: a cheerful pop song about not caring what string of summer festivals including Glastonbury, called FFS, an acronym for the two bands’ names other people think of what one does. Sparks, closing in September with an appearance at the put together but also meaning “For F*** Sake”- formed in the early 1970s by brothers Ron and inaugural European edition of Lollapalooza in opens on single “Johnny Delusional”, a pop dance- Russell Mael, are best known for their 1974 glam Berlin. — AFP floor hit of unrequited love. rock hit “This Town Ain’t Big Enough”. Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos and They went on to work with disco supremo Sparks vocalist Russell Mael alternate and mix their Giorgio Moroder and hinted at Eurodance in their File photo shows British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor poses with the award for a leading actor for voices to a disco bassline to tell the story of a man 1994 track “When Do I Get To Sing ‘My Way’.” But on his work on the film “12 Years a Slave” at the BAFTA British Academy Film Awards. — AFP Film review : Jurassic World All roar and no bite in mediocre sequel

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Trevor Terndrup, lead singer for Moon Taxi, performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on Friday, June 12, 2015, in Manchester, Tennessee. — AP Men who ‘shop like women’ light up London catwalk shows azing over the road at the crowds streaming into “I used to wear hoodies and T-shirts and jeans, not think so, absolutely,” independent fashion designer Payzee London’s fashion week for men, construction making any effort,” said 35-year-old blogger Zokaya ‘Everything is more metrosexual’ Mahmod told AFP. “Men are becoming more expressive, Gworker Carl, dressed in a fluorescent safety bib, Kamara, looking slick in shorts, jacket and tie, with a Dylan Jones, chairman of London Collections Men, wearing bolder colors, experimenting with shapes. wondered: “What’s going on? They all look weird.” For camera slung over one shoulder. “But since making the added that the “enthusiasm... has completely outstripped Demands are changing.” fashion lovers, buyers, journalists and bloggers, the four effort, I get compliments every day.” He added: “More and any expectations”, reflecting an awakening for men’s fash- “Everything has changed so much and become more days of the London Collections Men SS16 are an oppor- more men are making an effort in the way they dress-you ion. “We now have a generation of young men who are far metrosexual. If you have style, you can go everywhere,” tunity to show off their finery-the more eccentric the see it in the street, at the bus stop.” more interested in fashion than any previous generation,” added Jonas Oliver, fashion specialist at Bond Magazine. better. The very existence of London Collections Men-previ- he told AFP. “They’re more sophisticated shoppers, they Geraint Donovan, author of the “His Name Is Fashion” blog, Outside the venue, a huge long-haired man teetered ously an appendix to London Fashion Week, which is shop more like women.” believes the best is yet to come. “With womenswear, every- in a pair of yellow high heels, carrying a school backpack. dominated by women’s fashion-bears out his observa- The figures support his remarks. In 2014, sales of thing has almost been done,” he said. “There is nothing Not to be outdone, his friend sported a polka-dot suit. tion. The event, which started in 2012, is now in its sev- menswear generated $440 billion (390 billion euros) in really shocking left, whereas in men’s fashion, there’s still a Behind them, another impeccably-dressed guest parad- enth edition. Some 77 designers and ambassadors, worldwide revenue, 4.5 percent more than the previous lot to be done”. — AFP ed around in a hat resembling two cherries. including Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, year. In comparison, sales of women’s clothing rose 3.7 are in town for the program’s 32 shows. “This weekend is percent to $587 billion. Half of British men aged 16-24 pur- starting to establish itself, which is really good, because chased at least one garment in the last three months of there’s a lot of competition-there’s Paris, there’s Milan, it’s 2014, as many as their girlfriends, according to market great that they’re bringing people in,” designer Paul research institute Mintel. Smith told AFP after watching the latest creations of Some even believe that men’s fashion could eventually Craig Green, one of Britain’s rising fashion stars. achieve the unthinkable and outstrip women’s in sales. “I

Models present the creations of designers Oliver Spencer, Agi & Sam and YMC on the second day of the Spring/Summer 2016 London Collections Men fashion event in central London. — AFP photos