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SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 SHAWWAL 19, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Subbiya power Nokia selling The changing Girls rule plant opens, map service face of Russia’s worlds pool boosting to German emblematic as records production3 carmakers27 matryoshka40 dolls tumble20 GCC welcomes Iran deal Min 30º Max 47º but seeks more assurances High Tide 01:15 & 13:01 Low Tide US to speed up arms sales to Gulf 07:28 & 19:53 40 PAGES NO: 16599 150 FILS conspiracy theories Money or politics? By Badrya Darwish [email protected] here is a lot of talk among the UNRWA leadership on cutting aid to the Palestinians. UNRWA (UN TRelief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) helps educate and provide basic social services to Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. It has been in place since DOHA: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah are seen during a meeting of foreign ministers of the Gulf the Nakba and is entirely funded by contributions from Cooperation Council (GCC) yesterday. — AFP (See Page2) UN member states. DOHA: Washington has agreed to speed have taken too long in the past”. groups Qatar with Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, security of the region can be strengthened Now, due to a critical budget shortage of $101 mil- up arms sales to Gulf states, US Secretary of Following talks with foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. and cooperation will be enhanced.” lion, the agency may cut education for 500,000 State John Kerry announced yesterday the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf countries have expressed concerns Among the steps under discussion are Palestinian children. Up to 22,000 teachers may lose after talks in Doha on their concerns over Kerry said Washington and its Arab allies in that the July 14 deal between Iran and developing a ballistic missile defense capa- their jobs and more than 600 schools will be affected. the Iran nuclear deal. His Qatari counter- the region would also step up efforts to world powers would allow greater interfer- bility, expediting arms transfers, special They have already cut aid for housing for Palestinian part, Khalid bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah, share intelligence and increase the number ence in the region by the Islamic republic. forces training, maritime and cyber security refugees who fled from Syria. told a joint press conference with Kerry of joint military exercises. The secretary of “We talked about the possibility, not the programs and a significant boost in intelli- But to cut the education of half a million children? I that the nuclear deal was “the best option state travelled to the Qatari capital for possibility, the reality of increasing the gence sharing, Kerry said. Working groups met many of the teachers who work in UNRWA schools among other options”. Kerry said the meetings with the Sunni monarchies of the number of exercises that we are conduct- on those issues will begin meeting next in Jordan and they are terrified of the future. They United States had “agreed to expedite cer- GCC in a bid to calm their fears over the ing together,” Kerry said. “These are a few week in Saudi Arabia, he added. don’t know whether the reports are real or not; if they tain arms sales that are needed and that nuclear accord with Shiite Iran. The GCC examples and ways in which we believe the Continued on Page 13 will have jobs come September or not. They are not only worried about themselves, but about the educa- tion of the children and the children’s future. Many of News them said they would continue to teach regardless of Experts caution rumors in brief whether they are paid or not, at least as long as they can, because they believe it’s unfair to leave children in the streets without an education. ‘Hundreds’ of Gulf Let’s go to point one. Budgets. Is $101 million a big must be refuted rapidly troops enter Aden amount for the whole world to contribute? The top five ADEN: Hundreds of Gulf Arab troops from the Saudi-led donors in order of ranking are: US, EU, UK, Sweden and KUWAIT: Experts warn rumors lead to serious negative said in a statement that rumors may cause fear, insecurity coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have entered Norway. So what happened all of a sudden? These impact on society’s fabric because they are intended to and rifts in the national unity, saying there are laws that countries are so broke they cannot finance tiny sums demoralize people and destabilize the country and prohibit and penalize the gossipmongers. The depart- the southern port of Aden, a military source told AFP yester- for the Palestinians! undermine its security. They currently spread like wildfire ment of combating cybercrime of the criminal inspection day. The source said the troops arrived in Yemen’s second Actually, the issue is not really money. Israel has due to wide-scale acquisition of electronic telecommuni- department seriously deals with rumors, in terms of city on Sunday with tanks and armored vehicles. He gave no been trying to dismantle UNRWA for many years. It cation means and devices. tracking down the cyber mongers and referring them to further details. The Saudi-owned Al-Hayat newspaper wants to remove the status of ‘refugee’ from the Dr Yacoub Al-Kanderi, sociology professor, calls for justice. Article 145 of the criminal code 16/1960 says that reported yesterday that a total of 1,500 troops, most of them Palestinians. By removing the refugee status, there is “confronting rumors” by various media and security persons who publicize false reports, verbally or in writing, from the United Arab Emirates, had reached Aden. The UAE no Palestinian case for returning home or even for a authorities, countering the false and fabricat- are either imprisoned or fined. Law 31/1970 is a member of the coalition which has carried out more people and nation called Palestinians or Palestine. ed reports with authentic and verified was enacted an amendment to it, adding a than four months of air strikes against the rebels who over- Until now, that effort has been unsuccessful. But as reports. He classifies rumors into two basic provision that says such mongers are penal- ran much of Yemen in March, forcing President Abderabbo the whole Arab world is now in turmoil, Israel is using categories; ones with temporary impact and ized with imprisonment. Mansour Hadi into Saudi exile. Hadi’s government pressure in the UN to accomplish this mission. This is a others with more serious and long-term The state media security strategy entails announced the liberation of Aden in mid-July after loyalist very dangerous and a political crisis for the effects and these pose serious threat to the accurate monitoring, rapid response, dealing forces freshly trained and equipped in Saudi Arabia helped Palestinians, and I consider it a second nakba for the society’s security and stability. Other rumors with facts and accurate information and data drive out the rebels and their allies. (See Page 8) Palestinians. (The Nakba happened in 1948 when the are those promoted by decision-making verification. The MoI’s security media sector state of Israel was created and Palestinians in the hun- quarters, intended to study the public reac- has made strides in this regard, refuting lies dreds of thousands were kicked out and forced to tion and spontaneous ones, originating as and revealing facts and protecting the home- Moroccan dies trying to become refugees in neighboring Arab states.) simple but snowballing into serious rumors land land against bids to destabilize it or enter Spain in suitcase with different goal. threaten citizens’ safety. Instantly after the Regarding the UNRWA budget, it’s almost embar- MADRID: A 27-year-old Moroccan man suffocated to rassing and a shame to talk about it because any Rumors spread wildly due to lack of reli- recent bombing of Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque, gious deterrence, sound upbringing and Adel Al-Hashash social media became abuzz with false reports death while trying to illegally enter Spain hidden wealthy Arab businessman could cover it easily. But inside a suitcase in the trunk of a car, police said yes- the issue is actually political. It’s not enough to kick carelessness, he opines, re-stressing that about number of victims, cause of the explo- acquisition of e-telecom devices by many people has also sion, how the state dealt with it. However, the rumors dissi- terday. The man’s older brother appears to have tried people from their country and take their land inch by to smuggle him into Spain by ferry. The older man, inch and create settlement and barrier walls - they also facilitated fast spread of rumors. Studies have shown that pated when the MoI released its statement about the inci- these modern technologies are widely used in Kuwait; dent; also due to physical presence of the top state leaders, aged 34, legally boarded the ferry linking Melilla, a want to take their education and a source of jobs and tiny Spanish territory in north Africa, and Almeria in the charity that people give to help them survive. How thus facilitating rapid spread of groundless reports. They namely HH the Amir, at the scene. Hashash warned must be encountered with equal speed to refute them, prospected dire consequences of buzzing rumors about southern Spain with a car on Sunday, a police ruthless. If Israel doesn’t want UNRWA to help the spokesman said. During the crossing he noticed that Palestinians, may I know why Germany is still paying experts say.