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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. Law and constitutions stipulate penalties car bombs, explosives, terrorist slogans, allegations about against rumor-mongers to protect the society against some persons’ affiliations with terrorist groups. He cited a his brother was not breathing and alerted the ferry’s compensation for the ruthless deeds of Hitler and his staff. Crewmembers as well as emergency services followers? serious perils and repercussions. case when some mongers told interrogators that they Colonel Adel Al-Hashash, Director General of Relations promoted false news just for fun or personal revenge. workers in the port of Almeria tried in vain to resusci- Actually, if there is fairness in the world, Israel tate the man. Police have charged the man’s brother should be compensating the Palestinians. and Security Information at the Ministry of Interior (MoI), Continued on Page 13 with involuntary manslaughter.

Obama: Climate one of ‘key challenges’ Trader gets 14 yrs jail for rigging Libor rate WASHINGTON: US President Barack carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent from LONDON: A trader who worked for UBS and Citigroup was Obama described climate change as one of 2005 levels by 2030. Obama described the jailed yesterday for 14 years by a London court after becom- the key challenges of our time yesterday as move as “the single most important step ing the first person to be found guilty by a jury of rigging he announced the first ever limits on US America has ever taken in the fight against the benchmark Libor inter-bank power plant emissions. “No challenge pos- global climate change”. The announcement lending rate. The verdict on Tom es a greater threat to our future and future fires the starting gun on a months-long envi- Hayes, 35, came after a two- generations than a change in climate,” ronmental drive that will shape his legacy. month trial at a London court. Obama said, warning: “There is such a thing Later this August, Obama will visit the Hayes had denied eight counts of as being too late.” “Most of the time, the Arctic state of Alaska to highlight the conspiracy to defraud between issues we deal with are ones that are tem- impact of climate change. “Our fellow 2006 and 2010, when he worked porally bound and we can anticipate things Americans have already seen their commu- for Swiss bank UBS and its US rival getting better if we plug away at it, even nities devastated by melting ice and rising Citigroup. He stared ahead, emo- incrementally,” he said in the East Room of oceans,” Obama said. In September, when tionless, as the verdict was read the White House. “But this is one of those he will host Pope Francis at the White out while his wife and parents sat rare issues, because of its magnitude, House, they are expected to make an in court with bowed heads. Tom Hayes because of its scope, that if we don’t get it impassioned collective call for action. And Prosecutors said Hayes was the right, we may not be able to reverse. And in December, representatives from around “ringmaster” of more than a dozen traders who worked to we may not be able to adapt sufficiently.” the world will gather in Paris to hash out rig the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor). Hayes told WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama speaks about his Clean Power Plan yes- As a step to try to adapt, Obama rules designed to limit global temperature investigators that “influencing” Libor was “commonplace” terday in the East Room of the White House. — AP announced power plant owners must cut increases to two degrees Celsius. — AFP and referred to himself as a “serial offender”. LOCAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anas Khaled Al-Saleh at Seif Palace yesterday. His Highness the Crown Prince also received Dr Fadhil Safar Ali Safar and Saleh Mohammad Al-Moussa. —KUNA GCC FMs briefed on details of Iran’s Kuwaiti FM meets nuclear deal: Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Qatari Amir in Doha

DOHA: Foreign Ministers of the Gulf DOHA: Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime ed the visiting ministers ahead of a Cooperation Council were acquainted in their Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs meeting between the GCC officials with meeting with US State Secretary John Kerry in Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- US Secretary of State John Kerry in the Doha yesterday with full details of the nuclear Sabah met in Doha yesterday with Gulf country. Sheikh Tamim expressed deal concluded between Iran and the world Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al good wishes to the officials and hoped powers last month, First Deputy Prime Minister Thani on the sidelines of the US-GCC their talks would result in decisions and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al- talks. The meeting between Sheikh intended to bolster regional security Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said. Sabah Al-Khaled and Sheikh Tamim was and stability. The meeting was a good chance to discuss all attended by senior Kuwaiti and Qatari US Secretary of State John Kerry aspects of Iran’s nuclear affair, and the agree- diplomats and officials. and his GCC counterparts held talks in ment Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled told KUNA. The The Visiting GCC foreign ministers Doha, focusing on cooperation as well Doha meeting also addressed mechanisms of meanwhile discussed with Sheikh as regional and international issues implementing what was agreed upon between Tamim Bin the prospects of joint action such as the crises in Yemen, Syria, com- the GCC leaders and US President Barack Obama regarding various regional and interna- bating terrorism, regional security, and in Camp David in May, he said. In addition, the tional issues of common concern, the the current accord on the Iranian US-GCC chief diplomats reviewed regional and Qatari news agency said. The Amir host- nuclear file. — KUNA international issues of common concern. During yesterday’s meeting, Kerry reiterated Washington’s commitment to security and sta- bility of the region, as well as joint work for enhancing bilateral ties, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said. He also emphasized US role for the libera- tion of Kuwait after the Iraqi Invasion 25 years ago. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled recalled the promi- nent role and support by late Saudi King Fahd bin Abdulaziz and late foreign minister Saud Al- DOHA: US Secretary of State John Kerry (third left), Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary- Faisal, as well as other GCC fellow states at the General Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani (second right) and Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh time of the invasion till Liberation. Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah (right) listen while Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi (left) The Kuwaiti delegation included the coun- speaks during a meeting of foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) yesterday try’s Ambassador to Qatar Meteb Saleh Al- in Doha, Qatar. — AFP Mutotah, Director of the GCC Department at the Foreign Ministry Ambassador Nasser Al- the Gulf region for its strategic importance. Yemen Muzayen and Director of Sheikh Sabah Al- He reiterated the GCC unwavering stance On Yemen, he reaffirmed the GCC keenness Khaled’s office Ambassador Saleh Al-Loughani, against any nuclear hazards to the region, on the country’s unity, territorial integrity, sover- besides a number of ministry senior officials. acknowledging, in the meantime, the right of eignty and legitimacy, as well as completion of using nuclear power for peaceful purposes, in the political process there in line with the GCC Work harder line with the relevant international rules. Initiative, the outcome of the national dialogue, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Attiyah expressed hope that the nuclear deal the UNSC resolutions and the Riyadh Mohammad Al-Attiyah had stated at the begin- concluded between Iran and the world powers Declaration. ning of the meeting that the US and GCC are in Vienna last month would help maintain secu- Referring to Syria, Attiyah called for intensify- rity and stability in the region. He stressed the required to work harder for peace, security and ing efforts in cooperation with the major actors importance of cooperation with Iran on basis of stability in the Middle East and the world at on the international scene to stop violence and large. He said the meeting comes amid excep- principles of good neighborliness and no inter- bloodshed in the country, besides realizing the tional regional and international conditions and ference in internal affairs of other countries, as will of the Syrian people in unity, security, stabili- unprecedented challenges in parts of the world, well as peaceful settlement of disputes. especially in the Middle East. “They require us In the meantime, he warned against the ty, based on Geneva I. He turned to Iraq saying that stability in the country requires a national DOHA: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- and the United States to exert further efforts to repercussions of the failure of the Middle East Khaled Al-Sabah meets Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. — KUNA confront all challenges facing our societies in peace process and the continuation of the Israeli consensus, apart from foreign interference and order to achieve global peace, security and sta- occupation of Palestinian territories, which is the far from any sectarian or ethnic basis. bility,” Attiyah said. major cause for instability in the region. Attiyah On terrorism, Attiyah said that it targets the The meeting goes in line with efforts to real- urged the US to exert further efforts to restore world’s security and stability, which “prompts us ize goals of common interests set by the GCC the peace process to track and to end occupa- to exert further efforts and make the necessary leaders and the US. The Qatari chief diplomat tion in line with the international resolutions arrangements to eradicate the phenomenon emphasized the necessity of realizing stability in and the Arab Initiative. and its real causes.” —KUNA Cabinet commemorates 25th Iraqi invasion anniversary in weekly meeting Ministers condemn Palestinian toddler’s death

KUWAIT: The cabinet held its Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem ties, the promotion of security Committee on increasing fees weekly meeting at Seif Palace yes- Al-Sabah who brought nations cooperation and the enhance- paid for the Public Authority for terday under the chairmanship of together to help bring back ment of trade and commercial Industry’s land allocations. Acting Prime Minister and Minister Kuwait’s freedom. He also ties. It also lauded police efforts In regards to indebtedness, of Interior Sheikh Mohammad expressed appreciation to the sup- that brought down a terrorist cell Deputy Prime Minister and Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The port given by all Arab and friendly of five persons who received train- Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh meeting began by commemorat- nations, especially that of Saudi ing in Iraq and Syria. presented to the assembly an ing the 25th anniversary of the Kingdom, to help in restoring annual report by the government 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Kuwait’s justice and rightfulness. Sports on how to deal with budget viola- Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs The minister stressed that this Meanwhile, Minister of tors legally and explained proce- Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- sad juncture in the history of Information and Minister of State dures applied to collect these Mubarak Al-Sabah said after the Kuwait should be learned from. It for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al- debts. meeting. should induce a sense of unity Humoud Al-Sabah affirmed that He pointed out that hundreds and patriotism for generations to all sporting events in Kuwait Palestine of victims were killed or captured come. Furthermore, he wished bound to international regula- On the political front, the meet- during this aggression. He added stability and security under the tions, pointing out that his ing discussed reports on the latest that Kuwait’s liberation was a joint wise leadership of Their Ministry is always in full support development on the Arab and effort by former Kuwaiti leadership Highnesses the Amir and the to the sport movement in the International arenas and con- of their Highnesses late Amir Crown Prince. country. demned the Palestinian toddler’s Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber The meeting also tackled a visit The ministers reviewed a study death after his house was set on Al-Sabah and late Crown Prince to Jordan that discussed bilateral by the Economic Affairs fire when Israeli extremist torched his entire village. The cabinet A sketch of the Mutla’a housing project. voiced strong condemnation to this horrific act and called on international community to stop Minister voices optimism the recurring violation against the Palestinians. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on mega housing venture Al-Mubarak said the meeting dis- cussed two letters addressed to KUWAIT: Minister of State for Housing per month, till end of the current financial His Highness the Amir Sheikh Affairs Yasser Abul yesterday expressed year that ends next March. Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- optimism on the technical steps that have The project’s size warranted involve- Sabah: one from the Grand Mufti been taken so far to start executing the ment of international companies, particu- of Russia Sheikh Rawi Ainuddin Mutla’a housing project; the first major larly for building the infrastructure, he said, inviting His Highness the Amir to venture of its kind. The first phase of the adding that work will begin during the first the opening of a mosque in project, which was launched by the Public quarter of next year. Abul also said the Moscow in September 23rd; the Authority for Housing Welfare, will be Mutla’a housing project is “the first of its other was from Iraqi Prime implemented in first quarter of 2016. kind”, and that it includes around 6,000 Minister Haider Al-Abadi in which In statement to KUNA, the minister said government-allocated houses. This project he expressed gratitude to humani- first draw for the residential units’ alloca- will also include nearly 100 ventures to tarian help offered by Kuwait to tions will be conducted in the current build facilities for services, entertainment, the Iraqi displaced inside his coun- month, August, for distributing the units to investment and industrial purposes, he KUWAIT: Ministers take part in the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA try. —KUNA qualified applicants, at a rate of 1,500 unit said. — KUNA TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Minister Ahmad Al-Jassar, senior Ministry of Electricity and Water officials and staff pose for a A unit inside the Subbiya power plant. group photo inside the Subbiya power plant. —Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh and KUNA

Minister Ahmad Al-Jassar inaugurates the power plant. Minister Ahmad Al-Jassar is seen during the plant’s inauguration. Minister Ahmad Al-Jassar tours the plant. Subbiya power plant opened

KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works and Minister of highlighted the ministry’s strategy to achieve power gas turbines, each provides 261 megwatt, the minister total production of electricity rose to 15,482 megawatt, Electricity and Water Ahmad Khalid Al-Jassar yesterday projects so as to meet the rising needs of urban expan- said, noting that the latest available technology is used the minister said, urging citizens and expats to rational- opened the Subbiya power plant adding new 523 sion and local development plans. for the operation of Subbiya. The plant’s contract, worth ize power consumption, especially during the summer megawatt to state electricity production capacity. Jassar The newly-opened plant includes two open-cycle KD 122 million, was signed last May. Thus, the ministry’s season. —KUNA MP demands health News care development in brief By A Saleh New curricula to enhance KUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Tamimi asked the health minister moderation: Official to care for primary medical services in the fifth constituen- cy, particularly in Mubarak Al- KUWAIT: Education Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary Kabeer, Sabah Al-Salem and for Educational Research and Curriculum, Dr Saud Al- Sabahiya where nearly 200,000 Harbi yesterday that the national plan to upgrade school citizens live. He said this should curricula aims to promote patriotism, and religious mod- be done by developing the eration and tolerance. In comments to KUNA, Harbi health centers and expanding revealed that the Ministry of Education had conducted a specialized clinics. study to boost the values of citizenship and moderation. MP Tamimi said the health The study results will be published soon, he unveiled. minister should state his devel- Moreover, Harbi added that the ministry is currently opment plan in the fifth con- revamping school curricula in an attempt to increase its stituency noting that West effectiveness. Harbi underscored the pivotal role of the Sabahiya health center is the poorest in the form of primary society in materializing the goals of the new curricula. MP Abdullah medical service and does not The new changes will be introduced during the upcom- Al-Tamimi have specialized clinics. Further, ing school year, starting on a kindergarten level. The cur- MP Tamimi said the health min- ricula of the five primary school subjects of Arabic lan- istry must provide several medical specialties in Mubarak guage, English, Islamic studies, science and mathematics Al-Kabeer and Sabah Al-Salem as they lack much develop- will be further changed to meet the increasing need of a ment and asked for maternity, dermatology, ophthalmolo- solid education, Harbi said. —KUNA gy and orthopedic clinics to open in the said areas.

Budget cut KUWAIT: Secretaries of football federations of countries participating in the 23rd Gulf Cup pose for a Missile defense meeting group photo ahead of their meeting in Kuwait yesterday. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh Minister of Justice, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs KUWAIT: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) team Yaqoub Al-Sane reduced the budget of centrism depart- tasked with establishing a regional ballistic missile ment to KD 300,000 only from KD 1.5 million. In this regard, 23rd Gulf Cup to be postponed defense started its 13th meeting in Kuwait yester- Minister Sane asked centrism programmers to spend day. These regular meetings seek to achieve further according to need and coordinate with the ministry of KUWAIT: The 23rd Gulf Cup of yesterday. The 23rd Gulf Cup of tions at the Crown Plaza Hotel, coordination, exchange of views and unity among information to activate the media’s role in facing extremist the air defense chiefs of the GCC six member states, ideology. Nations is to be postponed for a Nations was scheduled to be held in Kuwait. After the meeting, Fahad year after a request was approved at Kuwait in December, after Iraq with- told the press that the postpone- head of the team Brigadier Adel Al-Hadhrami said, Sand removal a meeting by chiefs of the GCC foot- drew from hosting it. ment request was due to the unpre- according to a statement by Kuwaiti Ministry of ball associations, President of The postponement request was paredness of sporting venues in Defense Directorate of Moral Guidance and Public An unprecedented sandstorm that hit Kuwait this year Kuwait Football Association (KFA) presented at a meeting by the Kuwait to accommodate an event of Relations. They contribute to enhancing GCC joint has prompted the country to carry out a project to remove Sheikh Talal Al-Fahad announced chiefs of the GCC football associa- such magnitude. —KUNA action and achieving a unified work system for the sand from public places. According to Ministry of Public member states, head of the GGC Secretariat delega- Works’ Undersecretary Awatef Al-Ghunaim, a tender has tion for Military Affairs Lieutenant Colonel was been placed for a project to remove sand under the super- vision of the technical committee. The project’s contract is Strings of fires in Kuwait quoted by the statement as saying. The meetings expected to be sighed as soon as the process to study the run as far as 16 August. —KUNA offers is complete, she said. “Kuwait witnessed an unprece- By Hanan Al-Saadoun first floor of a Farwaniya building caught fire where fire- dented sandstorm, which forced some companies, includ- ing oil companies, to suspend their operations,” Ghunaim men stopped it in record time. Similarly, Jahra and Jleeb Food safety KUWAIT: A house in Saad Al-Abdallah was on fire when Al-Shuyoukh firemen rushed to a fire in Amghara scrap- said in a statement yesterday. KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality’s Assistant Director Meanwhile, Ghunaim said that the budget has been Jahra firemen arrived at the scene. The house was evac- yard where they found the fire in the workers residence. uated and the fire in the kitchen contained and put out. No injuries were reported in all mentioned fires. General for Services Sector, Chairman of Food Safety approved for a project to place an additional gravel layer Committee Fahad Al-Musabbahi announced that the on public roads, adding that the project will be signed with In another incident, a chalet caught fire in Mina Separately, a vehicle caught fire under Ghazali Bridge British-based Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). Abdallah prompting area firemen to respond and con- prompting industrial Shuwaikh firemen to respond and committee made several recommendations recently, tain the fire before it spread to other chalets. Also, the put out the blaze. including requesting a report from Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) repre- sentative on the effect of nitrofuran in Furazolidone Pilgrims must take vaccines 10 days before traveling which is given to calves, including an explanation. It also recommended that all food shipments from Japan By Meshaal Al-Enezi Ferdous, Jleeb, North Ardhiya, Abdallah pay the money, but the MEW did not be tested at the health ministry for radiation besides a Al-Mubarak, Farwaniya, Al-Nahda and Al- start procedures to implement the certificate that all products are free of any radiation con- KUWAIT: The Health Ministry announced Rabiya. court ruling. tamination. Also, Musabbahi said the committee asked the list of vaccines to be taken by hajj pil- l Ahmadi Health Zone: Ahmadi, special- grims this year, adding that the vaccines are ized Qurain, Fahaheel, Ali Sabah Al- Contaminated kits confiscated the commerce ministry representative to follow up the available in the preventive health centers in Salem, Fahad Al-Ahmad. Doha ports customs foiled the ban on importing poultry meat of all forms from all six governorates. The ministry said the l Jahra Health Zone: Sulaibiya, Jahra, attempt to smuggle into the country 50 Washington State, USA, Britain, Nigeria, Romania, vaccines include seasonal flu, pneumococcal Quyoun, Naeem and Saad Al-Abdallah. kilograms of contaminated suture kits Taiwan, Canada and Turkey, because of bird flu. conjugate (PCV13) and meningococcal vac- from Iran, The perpetrator was arrested. cines and noted that vaccines should be tak- Court ruling en 10 days before traveling. Lawyer Mohammad Taleb warned Al-Sadiq Mosque hearing Intersection closed The ministry said the preventive health the Ministry of Electricity and Water The criminal court will start hearings centers are open Sundays to Thursdays in (MEW) Undersecretary and demanded in the state security case of the Imam KUWAIT: The General Traffic Department the morning in the following areas: that he starts the implementation pro- Al-Sadiq bombing that took place on announced that the Sixth Ring Road will be closed l Capital Health Zone: Bneid Al-Qar, cedures for his client, so the ministry June 26. Twenty-nine persons including at its intersection with East Ardhiya Road (602) for Daeya, Adailiya, Faiha, Yarmouk and can receive a debt resulting from use of seven women were charged by the KUWAIT: Lieutenant General Yousuf Al-Ansari, six hours starting midnight for one week. The Qairawan. power. This unprecedented move came prosecution. The suspects are seven General Director of the Kuwait Fire Services department added the road from Farwaniya hospi- l Hawally Health Zone: West Hawally, after his client was informed he owes Kuwaitis, five Saudis, three Pakistanis tal on Road 602 will also be closed. Meanwhile, the Rumaithiya, Sabah Al-Salem, Salmiya, KD 2,000 for one of his buildings, and and 13 bedoons (stateless), in addition Directorate (KFSD), received Major Khalid Al-Enezi, who presented him a copy of his PhD thesis in civil department asked motorists to pay attention to West Salmiya and Zahra. the ministry took him to court and won to one person at large whose nationali- signs and drive cautiously. l Farwaniya Health Zone: Osaimi, back in 2013. He said his client went to ty was not revealed. engineering. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah tours the Kuwait House for National Works. Sheikh Salman is seen among the audience. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

A scene from the drama performance. Performers on stage. Cast of a stage drama.

A display at the Memorial Museum. Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah is pictured with the United States’ Ambassador to Kuwait Douglas Silliman. August 2nd remains symbol of sacrifice, unity: Sheikh Salman

By Ben Garcia “August 2nd will remain a symbol of sacri- Letters. Sheikh Salman also reiterated that infestation in the Middle East was show- fice in the name of Kuwait’s martyrs and the invasion ordeal of every Kuwaiti was cased in the two-hour program and a the- KUWAIT: An event marking the 25th every citizen who strives to protect his characterized by ‘sincere national work’ of atrical drama participated by young anniversary of the Iraqi invasion was held nation’s sovereignty, freedom and capabili- the Kuwaiti people “who gave a display to Kuwaiti students was shown on stage. The yesterday at the Kuwait House for National ties,” he said. the entire world of the greatest examples sequence of events in August 2, 1990 con- Works, also known as the ‘Memorial “The loyal people of Kuwait send a mes- of giving and sacrifice.” cluded with the Gulf War which ended a Museum’ in Shuwaikh. The event was sage through their unity to the entire world Kuwaitis’ unity was manifested once few months after that. The Kuwait House attended by Kuwait Minister of Information today that they are capable of overcoming again on June 26, 2015 when terrorists for National Works serves as a huge and Minister of State for Youth Affairs obstacles, crises and everything that threat- tried to attack Kuwait’s national unity by reminder of the darkest days in Kuwait’s Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah where ens their security and stability,” said Sheikh carrying out a bombing at the Imam Al- history with numerous halls that display he hailed Kuwait’s strong unity and empha- Salman, who is also the head of the Sadiq Mosque, the minister said. A short photographs and miniature exhibitions A picture displayed at the Kuwait House for National Works show- sized the great importance for freedom. National Council of Culture, Arts and film about the Islamic State (IS) group’s inside. ing the prisoners of war taken during the Iraqi Invasion.

KUWAIT: A group photo of the trainees with KUNA officials. —KUNA KUNA launches 2nd Internship Program for University Students

Deputy Director and Editor-in- Acting Dean of KU’s College of Acting KUNA Director Fatima Al-Salem delivers a Chief of KUNA Saad Al-Ali Arts Dr Mohammad Al-Bloushi Abdulhameed Malak delivers speech on behalf of the partic- A view of the audience. speaks. addresses the audience. his speech. ipating students. KUWAIT: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) launched yesterday University (KU), is willing to help build the capacity of ship at KUNA would achieve such set goal. Delivering a speech on behalf of the participating stu- its Second Internship Program for University Students with youth in journalism, said Malak adding that this conviction Speaking on behalf of KU, Acting Dean of the College dents, Fatima Al-Salem said that it was vital to acquire participation of 20 students. The program will continue till stems from the agency’s social responsibility role. of Arts Dr Mohammad Al-Bloushi thanked KUNA for its skills while working within the field of journalism, adding September 30th. Welcoming the students on behalf of the Deputy Director and Editor-in-Chief of KUNA Saad Al- efforts to organize the program. The current program that real-time practicing at KUNA will add to their experi- Agency’s Chairman of the Board and Director Sheikh Ali affirmed that the program will sculpt the students’ jour- includes students from different educational background ences as students. KUNA’s Second Internship Program Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah, Acting KUNA nalistic skills and consequently help them utilize their abil- who are interested in developing their journalistic skills, includes workshops and lectures for students to develop Director Abdulhameed Malak said that the agency was ities in the media field. He said that the program was in said Al-Bloushi who hoped the students would take the their journalistic skills. The First Internship Program was eager to cultivate and develop the skills of students within line with the state’s directives to support and help the chance to sharpen their abilities during the course of the held between August fourth and September 30th of 2014 the field of journalism. KUNA, along with Kuwait youth to realize their potential and hoped that the intern- program. with the participation of 16 students. —KUNA TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 LOCAL

In Brief NGOs approved Price control Shrimp baskets

KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, By A Saleh By Meshaal Al-Enezi Minister of State for Planning and Development Affairs Hind Al-Subaih issued ministerial decrees KUWAIT: MP Mohammad Al-Huwailah submitted KUWAIT: Kuwaiti shrimp was sold at KD 50-60 per recently to form the ‘Manaber Al-Quran’ (Quran a proposal to oblige the Finance Ministry to pro- basket at the Sharq fish market and KD 45 per Platform) and ‘Qawafel’ (convoys) humanitarian relief vide a periodic report to the parliament on proce- basket at the Fahaheel fish market on the first day organization. The first NGO specializes in organizing dures taken to fight unjustifiable prices’ increase. in which the shrimp fishing ban was lifted. Nearly Quran studying courses for children, while the sec- The report would be submitted once every six 20 tons of shrimps were caught on the first day as ond runs women voluntary work. — KUNA months to allow MPs to examine the steps that 884 baskets were sold in Sharq and 70 in the ministry has taken to tackle the problem. Fahaheel. Feature Photo

KUWAIT: The sun sets behind a silhouette of a tower crane in Kuwait City. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Social media info should not drive KSE investors: Analysts

KUWAIT: Investors should not base their decisions at Kuwait recently the market authority decided to refer unlawful spec- Stock Exchange (KSE) on information gathered from social ulations and trading to the public prosecution. media outlets, analysts warned yesterday. In several state- Meanwhile, CEO of A-Arabi Company for Financial ments to KUNA, financial analysts called on investors to Brokerage Maytham Al-Shaks stressed that the source of infor- gather data from actual listed companies instead of trading mation was vital for successful trading; however, around 70 on assumption and rumors. percent of investors currently were gathering information from Executive Vice President for Asset Management at social media which is an alarming figure. Murabahat Investment Company Muhannad Uthman Al- Also providing his input, head of Al-Nemash Mesbah said that the uncertainty of information coming out International Group, Ali Al-Nemash said that the market of social media and forums might jeopardies investments at authorities should inform investors on the best means to KSE especially for the small-time investors. gather information regarding trading at the market, stress- Extracting information from such tools might become ing that amateur and veteran investors would both benefit hazardous for trading, said Al-Meshbah, revealing that from such step. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Traders pictured inside the Kuwait Stock Exchange in this file photo. — KUNA Arab Youth Congress kicks off in Jordan

AMMAN: The International Arab Youth Congress kicked off their common bonds. yesterday under the patronage of Queen Noor Al-Hussein, to This year’s event centers on the notion of investing in youth empower young adult age (12-17) to express their aspirations as effective individuals in human development where it tackles to decision makers. The congress is organized by both the education, early marriage, early parenthood among teenagers National Center for Culture and Arts of the King Hussein and their civic duties toward their communities. Foundation and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In addition, the Congress holds seminars and group discus- The week-long congress will see the participation of 120 sions with key speakers and guests of honor on the theme of youth from 12 countries including Kuwait, Jordan, UAE, Egypt, the Congress. The participants are also scheduled to visit vari- Libya, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, Holland and ous important archaeological sites and cultural centers in Serbia. It gathers 4 youth from each Arab and European coun- Jordan. try in a program that is designed to promote peace, under- Head of the Kuwaiti delegation to the event Murad Abas standing tolerance and solidarity amongst the Arab youth. said that the Kuwaiti youth will present an award, called The congress engages Arab youth of both genders in dia- ‘Humanitarian Leader,’ as an appreciation for His Highness the logue, cross-cultural exchange, and cooperative initiatives at Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s effort in an early age, thereby enabling them to more fully appreciate helping humanitarian causes around the world. — KUNA TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 From the Arabic press

Crime Al-Jarida Al-Qabas Report Why cut the education’s budget? Fraudstr caught By Ahmad Al-Sarraf KUWAIT: Shamiya police arrested a con artist who made a Jordanian expat believe that he is a pilot and owns a travel agency and tricked an Egyptian into believing he was a ducation Ministry Assistant doctor. A security source said the Jordanian woman told Undersecretary for Financial Affairs said police that the suspect sold her airline tickets worth KD Ethe ministry’s budget of KD 1.6 billion for 315, but did not give her the tickets. Police went to the the coming fiscal year will be reduced instead office where the suspect was and found out he was a citi- of being increased, by KD 200 million, based on zen, but not a captain. The Jordanian woman filed a com- plaint against him, as police also discovered that he tricked a decision by the council of ministers to ration- an Egyptian into believing he is a doctor who will treat him alize spending, and it is possible that the rest of for less. The suspect was also found wanted on a forgery Arab countries may take similar steps, in a cer- case on a three-year jail sentence. tain manner or with a certain percentage, as there are no people as strong as us in eating up the education budget and leaving the over Thieves caught with KD 15,745 PALESTINE spending as is, even if we do not increase it. A call about suspicious individuals in a car led to And to make the situation more embarrass- the arrest of two thieves in Sabah Al-Salem. The call ing, and the situation worse, a university source came from a citizen, prompting police patrols to go to said the scientific affairs sector completed the the area and saw the robbers escaping on foot as soon scholarship files totaling around 60 from all col- as they saw the police, but they were caught over a house fence. The owners of the house, his son and his leges except for Sharia college (I do not know brother, came to the police station and told them the that sharia needs scholarships like medicine thieves stole a new iPhone, two 18k sets of gold, and engineering). The same source told Al- watches, expensive accessories, perfumes, clothes and Qabas that disputes, differences and interven- designer women’s bags. Policemen also found KD tion in the work of the higher scholarship com- 15,745 cash, smart phones, women’s clothes, 14 mittee by some members of parliament, in women’s purses, 29 bottles of expensive perfumes addition to the minister of education and high- along with other materials in their possession. Both er education, in addition to some leaders in the men were sent to concerned authorities. higher education ministry and current universi- ty leaders whose mandates are over, have wast- Liquor confiscated ed all committee efforts; and scholarships A 34-year-old Lebanese woman was sent to the public became according to the liking of this party or prosecution for attempting to smuggle several bags of that side and it may be a tool of buying loyalty liquor. The order was made by Airport Inspector General and means of political appeasement. You, the Suleiman and a customs source said she was referred for outstanding, who deserves the scholarship deliberately concealing the liquor and noted the woman more than others and did not get it: do not be claimed that she did not know it was illegal to bring alco- ABK joins Kuwait HR sad, as the situation of the country’s sewer sys- hol into Kuwait, though she had been living in Kuwait for tem is good! 10 years. She said the liquor was for her own personal use. The founder of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew said: Academy as partner “It was a fertile land for crime in the sixties, and Drunk call the poverty, ignorance and illness triangle used A drunk citizen called police and told them his to kill it every day. The country’s “rewarding” brother follows an extremist ideology. The caller was KUWAIT: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) nities amongst Kuwait’s HR communi- The Kuwait HR Academy aims to possessions used to go to who pays more; arrested in Rihab. announced its official joining as one ty while also providing informative reach up to 70 companies as partners police used to get easily bribed; and the crimi- of the leading partners of the Kuwait speaking sessions by industry profes- over the course of the next three nality of the judiciary was not less than that of HR Academy. The HR Academy, an ini- sionals. years, where they would have access those who were being tried by them. There tiative of the Global Center at the The partnership will grant ABK HR to all of the Academy’s events as well Khaitan house robbery were few who owned all businesses and real In another story, a citizen who went to spend time in College of Business Administration personnel the chance to attend the as deliver HR Speaker Series. estate. Everybody thought that reform is impos- her chalet discovered a theft in her Khaitan home. She told (Kuwait University) is a collaborative Academy’s diverse and exciting selec- For more information on Al Ahli police the front door of her home was broken into and two effort among the private sector, aca- tion of forums, professional certificate Bank of Kuwait please visit sible, as the entire situation was impossible, but television sets were stolen. Police are investigating. demia, and Kuwait Foundation for the programs and speaker series as well www.eahli.com, contact an ABK repre- I did not resort to despair. I met with the Advancement of Science (KFAS). The as present and lead sessions of their sentative via ‘Ahli Chat’ or by contact- teacher’s association and told them I will give academy is dedicated to building own related to the field of participants ing a customer service agent via them the best salaries and work circumstances, Drug arrest greater ties and networking opportu- to further educate them. ‘AhlanAhli’ at 1899899. and I will devote my time to build the state’s A citizen was arrested for selling drugs in Jabriya as structures, and all they have to do is build the he targeted youths and cafes. He was found in posses- human being through good education, and this sion of one kilogram of shabu, 25 grams of heroin and is what happened, as Singapore rose after that a sum of money he collected from selling the drugs. GOIC hosts meeting on developing and became among the advanced countries.” The suspect was found to be unemployed and said to receive the drugs through a central prison inmate. The That took place and something like it is tak- arrest was made while an undercover was receiving GCC non-oil industrial exports ing place in tens of countries both close to and the drugs from him. Drugs Control General far from us, but we remain in place and try to overcome ignorance by reducing the education Department men sent him to concerned authorities. DOHA: The Gulf Organization for The meeting will include a pres- of these exports during a specific ministry’s budget, and look for extremism and Industrial Consulting (GOIC) is host- entation of the strategy, followed by period of time, how to benefit from chase extremists in pens, ranches, farms and Reckless driver ing the meeting of the technical a discussion of the previous sugges- global trade rules to support these between the boards of Kirby mosques, while A reckless driver could not find a place to show his committee at its headquarters in tions and remarks of specialized exports and how to learn from inter- unwanted skills other than a yard behind Sulaibiya police Doha on the 4th and 5th of August country representatives and national success stories in boosting placing our confidence in the centrism systems station, where he was detained, and his car impounded. 2015. The Secretariat-General of the experts. This meeting comes after a industrial exports. The strategy also officials to rescue us from an epidemic, they The man was charged with reckless driving and endanger- Gulf Cooperation Council had con- series of meetings that had previ- allows for benefiting from GCC inte- caused to start with! ing other people’s lives. vened this meeting of GCC mem- ously discussed three stages of the gration to promote the growth of Note: Sheikh Fahad Salem Abdelaziz Al- bers of the technical committee in strategy preparation project. these exports, boost trade between Sabah was appointed Director General of charge of the execution of the strat- The objectives of the strategy GCC countries and use the negotia- Privatization Authority; Retired Lieutenant Counterfeit clothes egy. Participants will discuss the are: offering an accurate diagnosis tion power of the GCC bloc to General Saleh Al-Humaidhi as Vice President of Shuwaikh customs officers confiscated a shipment general framework document and of the GCC non-oil industrial increase the accessibility of Gulf Food Authority, while the resignation of the full of counterfeit clothes from India. The shipment will the strategic plan for the develop- exports performance and these non-oil industrial exports to the President of the Higher Judiciary Council was be sent to concerned authorities for further action. ment of GCC non-oil industrial industriesí ecosystem and chal- markets of key partners throughout —Al-Anbaa, Al-Rai accepted! — Translated by Kuwait Times exports (2016-2030). lenges, means to boost the growth the globe. Gulf Bank hosts LOYAC students in summer internship program

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank announced the com- Manager, Human Resources highlighted mencement of its summer internship pro- the importance of the Bank’s internship gram orientation for LOYAC students, held programs, stating: “We at Gulf Bank at the Gulf Bank’s Training Center, ‘Durrat believe in the importance of supporting Al-Khaleej, which produces a range of the young generation and in paving the specialist packages and training programs way for them to begin their career and as part of its policy of investing in encour- successful future. Supporting LOYAC is aging staff expertise the program will one of the activities we hold to provide begin today (August 4) and will continue students with intensive training courses for a one month period. as well as practical site visits” The Program will host 20 students who Gulf Bank is committed to empowering will be spending the upcoming month Kuwaiti youth and focusing on opening training at various Gulf Bank branches, to up opportunities to young Kuwaitis and experience day to day bank activities and creating meaningful roles and challenges gain hands on experience and knowl- that allow them to build a career, and in Group photo of the LOYAC interns during their orientation day with Salma Al-Hajjaj, General Manager, Human Resources at Gulf Bank at the edge. doing so, to contribute to the country’s Bank’s Durrat Al-Khaleej Training Center. Salma Al-Hajjaj, Gulf Bank’ General economic progress. 68% MENA employers expect up to 10 new jobs in the next 3 months According to Bayt.com and YouGov survey MENA: According to the latest Bayt.com Middle candidates in MENA will be opening up to 10 new after academic qualification when looking for Sales, Bayt.com. “The survey shows that there is a and executives, now is the time for fresh gradu- East Job Index Survey conducted by Bayt.com, positions to potential employees in the next 3 candidates in MENA. This is followed by a degree positive trend in hiring practices in MENA within ates and job seekers with little or no experience the number one job site in the Middle East, and months. The majority of these jobs will be for jun- in Engineering (27 percent) and Administrative the next 3 and 12 months. Results show that to hone their skills and apply for the thousands of leading research and consulting group, YouGov, ior executives (43 percent) and executives (36 per- Qualifications (25 percent). employment opportunities will mostly be geared job vacancies that are advertised daily on leading approximately 2 out of 5 employers in the Middle cent). Only a minority are seeking top-level candi- Sixty three percent of MENA working respon- towards the younger generation who are looking job sites across the region,” said Elissavet Vraka, East and North Africa will definitely be hiring in dates. dents mentioned their company values candi- for entry-level positions. For them to increase Research Manager, YouGov. the next 3 months. dates with good communications skills in Arabic their eligibility, young job seekers need to focus 7 out of 10 MENA respondents work in the pri- 45 percent of those surveyed in MENA believe Roles and experience and English. The ability to work under pressure on fine-tuning their communication and leader- vate sector, with 24 percent of them working for a that their country of residence is more attractive When looking at specific roles in MENA, (49 percent) and being a team player (48 percent) ship skills. Entry-level candidates can also tap into multinational company. 14 percent of respon- as a job market in comparison to other MENA according to working respondents, the most pop- are also highly esteemed. different tools on Bayt.com that are designed to dents in MENA are unemployed. The most popu- countries. Moreover, 47 percent of working ular candidate positions will be for human improve their skills and increase their professional lar industries among MENA respondents are con- respondents in the MENA rate their industry as resource professionals (20 percent) and account- Industries attracting top talent knowledge. Bayt.com Specialties is a platform struction (13 percent), other private sector (7 per- being more attractive as a potential employer in ants (18 percent), followed by sales managers (15 When asked which industry is attracting top where anyone can ask and answer questions cent), and banking and finance (5 percent), oil, comparison to other industries. percent) andm echanical engineers (15 percent). talent in MENA, 37 percent of respondents replied related to their field and professional specialties, gas and petrochemicals (5 percent) and industrial 40 percent of MENA working respondents said the banking and finance industry, followed by and get ranked based on their interactions. manufacturing (5 percent). 22 percent of current Hiring expectations that their company is generally seeking candi- construction (35 percent) and oil, gas and petro- Bayt.com Tests is also a great way for younger employees in MENAare junior managers or team Sixty five percent of MENA employers will be dates with managerial experience, while almost chemicals (28 percent). candidates to test and display their knowledge.” leaders, while 20 percent hold director or senior hiring in the next 3 months, with 40 percent defi- one third of them said they are looking for candi- “Our goal at Bayt.com is to arm job seekers management positions and 15 percent are in nitely hiring and 25 percent probably hiring. dates with computer skills. Moreover, 30 percent with the tools needed to thrive in today’s increas- Upward trajectory middle management. Data for the Bayt.com According to them, only 4 percent of MENA com- are ideally looking for candidates with administra- ingly competitive job market. The Bayt.com “With 67 percent of MENA working respon- Middle East Job Index Surveywas collected online panies are definitely not hiring. Moreover, in a tive skills and mid-level experience respectively. Middle East Job Index Survey is a biannual study dents stating that their company is planning to between May 28 and July 14, 2015, with a total year’s time, 37 percent of MENA current employ- conducted to gauge perceptions of job availabili- hire within the next 3 months, it is refreshing to of807 online interviews conducted with respon- ers state that their companies will definitely be Candidate qualifications and skills ty and hiring in the region, as well as identify the see that hiring schemes in the country are on an dents from the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, hiring, and 38 percent will probably be hiring. A graduate/post graduate degree in Business key skill sets and qualifications in the current job upward trajectory. And while a majority of these Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Algeria, Egypt, Sixty eight percent of those looking to hire Management (33 percent) is the most sought- market,” said Suhail Al-Masri, Vice President of employers will be looking for junior executives Morocco, Tunisia and Pakistan. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

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FISHKHABUR CROSSING: A file picture taken on August 13, 2014, shows displaced Iraqi families from the Yazidi community crossingthe Iraqi-Syrian border in northern Iraq. — AFP Kurdish president vows to avenge Yazidis ‘IS have left thousands of bodies on the battlefield’

DOHUK, Iraq: The president of Iraq’s The worst-hit were the Yazidis, who were clawed back land, but not all of it. “They (IS) have which has used Yazidi girls and women as slaves. Kurdish PKK group. autonomous region of Kurdistan, Massud massacred and abducted in large numbers left thousands of bodies on the battlefield, but Just over 2,000 of them have managed to flee, The KDP and PKK have long been rivals and Barzani, promised yesterday to avenge the when IS entered the Sinjar area. Tens of thou- this is not enough in comparison with the the KRG said. Kurdish and Yazidi forces have the peshmerga have strived to counter a per- Yazidi minority brutally attacked by the Islamic sands of them scrambled up Mount Sinjar in a crimes they committed,” Barzani said. The retaken control of Mount Sinjar but the battle is ception that it was the PYD that rescued the State group a year ago. “We will hunt down panic and remained stranded there for days Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) released still going on in the city of Sinjar, which lies at Yazidis from Mount Sinjar. “We have given more those who committed this crime until the last with no food nor water in searing summer tem- figures on the Yazidis saying that the communi- the foot of the mountain on the southern side. than 1,000 martyrs to attach Sinjar to Kurdistan,” one,” Barzani said in Dohuk at a ceremony com- peratures. Dramatic footage of their flight ty counts 550,000 members in Iraq. “Half of Sinjar and its outskirts still aren’t lib- Barzani said. “I demanded the KRG establish a memorating the beginning of the jihadist through Syria and back into autonomous Iraqi erated,” Barzani said in Dohuk, which is the main special administration in this area and I will onslaught against the Yazidis. Kurdistan caught the world’s attention. New province city in western Kurdistan and where many dis- demand the Iraqi government to make Sinjar A Kurdish-speaking minority mostly based The jihadist onslaught against the Yazidis has The figures said Yazidis account for 400,000 placed Yazidis are settled. “We cannot stop until the centre of the province,” he said. around the Sinjar Mountain in northern Iraq, the been described by the United Nations as “an of the more than three million people who have we liberate all of our land from the hands of the Sinjar lies near the Syrian border and is not Yazidis are neither Arabs nor Muslims and have attempt to commit genocide” and was one of been displaced in Iraq since violence erupted at enemy and ensure the return of the displaced,” within the recognized borders of the three- a unique faith which IS considers to be polythe- the main justifications for the US-led air cam- the beginning of 2014. According to the KRG said Barzani. province Kurdistan Regional Government. The ism. Exactly a year ago, the jihadists made an paign against IS that began days later. Backed figures, 1,280 Yazidis were killed in the IS offen- The factions battling IS in Sinjar are peshmer- first major IS push in June 2014 saw Iraq’s federal unexpected push into areas of northern Iraq by the international coalition that subsequently sive, 280 died due to the conditions they were ga forces dominated by Barzani’s Kurdistan army collapse and abandon their positions. The that had been under Kurdish control and were developed, the Kurdish peshmerga as well as subjected to and 841 are still missing. Democratic Party (KDP) and Syrian Kurds from peshmerga filled the vacuum and de facto home to many of the country’s minorities. Kurdish forces from neighboring Syria have More than 5,800 were also abducted by IS, the PYD, considered an affiliate of the Turkish expanded the KRG by around 40 percent. — AFP Aid finally trickles in to devastated Aden

ADEN: After four months of heavy fighting, help because I had nowhere else to go,” he added. Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, three has finally started to trickle in to Yemen’s devastat- Awad Nasser, another Crater resident who sought members of the coalition. The Houthis’ departure ed city of Aden, but aid workers say it is not nearly shelter in the suburban Sheikh Othman neighbor- from Aden has also allowed aid in to the city from enough. The conflict between Shiite Houthi rebels hood during the fighting, returned home to find the sea. But the relief is but a drop in the ocean and pro-government forces has left up to 4,000 nothing but wasteland. “There’s nothing left, given the needs of the city’s some one million resi- dead since March, 80 percent of the population in absolutely nothing,” he said, lamenting the lack of dents, aid workers said. “The aid is not enough to need of aid and more than 10 million people any public assistance. Yemen has been rocked by meet the needs. It only serves to lessen the disas- struggling to obtain food and water, according to conflict since late March, when the Iran-backed ter we are living through,” said Adnan Al-Kaf, the United Nations. rebels overran Aden, causing the country’s inter- spokesman for a humanitarian association that After being retaken from the rebels in mid-July, nationally recognized President Abedrabbo on Sunday started distributing Saudi aid in the the southern port city of Aden is deeply scarred, Mansour Hadi to flee to Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Othman district, with up to 15,000 food with gutted buildings, broken sewage pipes and a packages to be handed out per day. Saudi Arabia lack of water and electricity. As the city’s streets A drop in the ocean on May 13 announced it would double its IDLIB: In this photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Ariha Today, which start to be cleared of debris, locals are wandering A Saudi-led military coalition launched air humanitarian aid to Yemen to about $540 million has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian citizens help out out in search of basic supplies. Dragging plastic strikes against the rebels and their allies in sup- (490 million Euros). But the United Nations on an injured boy as another carry a man after a government forces warplane crashed in the cen- jerry cans, Abel Rahman Saleh is heading to a well port of Hadi’s efforts to retake control of the coun- July 7 complained of having received only 13 per- ter of Ariha town. — AP in the central Crater neighborhood in the hope of try. Forces loyal to Hadi ousted Houthi rebels from cent of the $1.6 billion requested to assist Yemen’s finding water. the southern city last month, allowing much- population. “We’re living through a real disaster, without needed relief supplies in to the city for the first 31 dead as Syria army water, electricity or salaries,” he told AFP, his voice time since the beginning of the conflict. Public services paralyzed barely audible, his face drawn. “I wasn’t able to The reopening of Aden airport on July 22 Three ships chartered by the UN’s World Food leave my neighborhood (during the fighting) allowed emergency aid to be flown in from Saudi Program have been able to unload 7,000 tons of jet crashes in market humanitarian aid in Aden since July 21, said Nasser Bajanoub, head of the Society for BEIRUT: A Syrian army aircraft crashed during a Ibrahim Al-Idlibi, speaking to AFP via the Internet, Humanitarian Solidarity, a UN partner. “Two days bombing run over rebel-held Ariha yesterday, killing said the blast was caused by the remaining rockets ago, we started food distribution to 7,000 families at least 31 people and destroying a vegetable mar- and bombs on the plane. “It destroyed the entire and we intend to reach 26,000 families,” he said. ket, a monitoring group and residents said. The market, as well as residential buildings near the mar- “We haven’t encountered any particular difficul- Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not ket,” he said. Local civil defense workers were scram- ties for our operations in Aden, but we haven’t immediately clear how many of the deaths in the bling to rescue anyone buried under the rubble, he managed to gain access to people in the other northwestern town had resulted from the crash and said. “The wounded have been taken to field hospi- southern provinces,” he said, blaming ongoing how many were killed in the bombing run. tals inside Ariha and in nearby Jabal Al-Zawiya, fighting. Forces loyal to Hadi continue to seek to “It was flying at a low altitude when it had because there is such a high number,” he added. advance north, with violent clashes against the mechanical failure,” Observatory chief Rami Abdel The Observatory, which relies on a wide network Houthis trying to hang on to their positions. Rahman said. “At least 31 people, including two chil- of activists, medics and fighters throughout war-torn dren, were killed. Five of them have not been identi- Syria, said the fate of the plane’s crew was unknown. Several ministers may have returned to town and fied,” said Abdel Rahman, citing medical officials and The Damascus regime has relied heavily on its the head of Yemen’s internationally recognized residents inside the town. monopoly of air power in Syria’s four-year-old civil government, Khaled Bahah, briefly visited the city He said at least 60 people were wounded in the war, repeatedly pounding rebel-held towns. It has on Saturday, but public services remain paralyzed. attack on Ariha, which is in Syria’s northwest province lost a number of aircraft, some to rebel fire and oth- Bahah said that his symbolic visit was intended of Idlib. Security officials reached in Damascus would ers to mechanical failure. to confirm that “normal life” would return to a “lib- not confirm whether a regime aircraft had crashed in In mid-January, at least 35 government troops erated Aden”. But Mohamed Mossaed, an activist the area. The official news agency SANA reported were killed when a military aircraft crashed in Idlib. involved in the aid effort, said that would be only that army units had destroyed ammunition The province, which borders Turkey, has since been exceptionally difficult. “The authorities lack the warehouses and attacked “terrorist groups” in Ariha. largely overrun by a rebel alliance including Al- resources to start rebuilding,” he said. “Some have Residents cited by the Observatory said the plane Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front. The Army of Conquest expressed surprise at the lack of any action from crashed near a vegetable market, causing “a huge alliance seized Idlib city on March 28, heralding a ADEN: Yemeni fighters loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi stand on the tar- the authorities, but they don’t even have cables to blast” in the town, the scene of heavy destruction in string of victories in the province including the cap- mac as a Qatari plane carrying relief aid arrives at Aden’s international airport. — AFP bring electricity back.” — AFP previous regime bombardment. Local activist ture of Ariha exactly two months later. — AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

Iran suppressing nuclear deal criticism, warns newspapers

TEHRAN: Iran banned a weekly newspaper owned by daily and another outlet, the Raja news website. always denied Western allegations that it aims to of the supreme leader... and cannot be easily criticized a critic of its nuclear deal yesterday and issued a for- All are alleged to have insulted Iranian officials as develop an atomic weapon and says its nuclear pro- with unjust comments,” he added. Rasaie said he was mal warning to the country’s leading conservative well as violating orders on coverage of the deal issued gramme is for peaceful energy production. The official disappointed by the suspension. “The banning of 9th daily for alleged breaches of reporting guidelines. The by the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC). The IRNA news agency reported the media ban and warn- Dey Weekly under (President Hassan) Rouhani’s gov- penalties were the first issued by the government SNSC is the country’s highest security committee and ings. Quoting the Press Supervisory Board it urged ernment is no strange news,” the lawmaker wrote on since new guidance on media coverage of the historic it oversees the nuclear talks under the auspices of domestic media to consider “national interests and his Instagram page. It is the third time the publication accord was issued last week, underscoring sensitivity supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. security and carry out criticism in the framework of has been banned over its coverage of the nuclear about the nuclear issue in Tehran. On July 14, Iran and the United States along with responsible freedom”. “If anyone was to make com- issue. On the two previous occasions-after an interim The Press Supervisory Board banned “9th Dey Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany reached an ments against our national interests on a subject that agreement in November 2013 and then again earlier Weekly”, managed by ultra-conservative lawmaker agreement to end the nuclear dispute with Iran. is tied with our national security, it should definitely this year-the ruling was overturned. “This government Hamid Rasaie and named after the Persian calendar Under the deal Iran has agreed to curbs on some of its be stopped,” said Hossein Noushabadi, a culture min- has proven much less tolerant of criticism than it date of a major pro-government rally on December nuclear activities in exchange for a lifting of interna- istry spokesman. The nuclear agreement is “an impor- claims,” Rasaie said. Conservative media in Iran have 30, 2009. It also gave warning notices to the Kayhan tional sanctions imposed in recent years. Iran has tant matter that was achieved under the supervision poured scorn on the deal. — AFP

Report: US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria killed multiple civilians

BAGHDAD: US-led airstrikes targeting the U.S.-led airstrikes. The Britain-based Syrian Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria likely Observatory for Human Rights, which docu- have killed hundreds of civilians, a report by ments the Syrian conflict through a network an independent monitoring group said yester- of activists on the ground, said 173 Syrian day. The coalition had no immediate com- civilians have been killed since airstrikes ment. The report by Airwars, a project aimed began. They include 53 children under the at tracking the international airstrikes target- age of 18. Most of the civilians were killed in ing the extremists, said it believed 57 specific airstrikes near oil refineries and oil fields in the strikes killed at least 459 civilians and caused northern provinces of Hassakeh, Raqqa, 48 suspected “friendly fire” deaths. While Aleppo and Deir el-Zour. Airwars noted the difficulty of verifying infor- The deadliest incident was on May 4, when mation in territory held by the Islamic State a US-led airstrike on the northern Islamic group, which has beheaded journalists and State-controlled village of Bir Mahli near shot dead activists, other groups have report- Kobani killed 64 people, including 31 children, ed similar casualties from the US-led airstrikes. the Observatory said. A Pentagon spokesman “Almost all claims of noncombatant deaths at the time said that there was no information from alleged coalition strikes emerge within to indicate there were civilians in the village. 24 hours - with graphic images of reported The death toll was confirmed by other opposi- victims often widely disseminated,” the report tion groups in Syria. Two videos and several said. “In this context, the present coalition pol- photos purporting to show the aftermath of icy of downplaying or denying all claims of the strikes in the mixed Arab and Kurdish vil- noncombatant fatalities makes little sense, lage showed children allegedly wounded in and risks handing (the) Islamic State (group) the airstrikes. A media arm of the Islamic State and other forces a powerful propaganda tool.” group released those videos. The US launched airstrikes in Iraq on Aug 8 In another incident on June 8, an airstrike and in Syria on Sept 23 to target the Islamic likely conducted by the US-led coalition on State group. A coalition of countries later the Islamic State-held village of Dali Hassan, joined to help allied ground forces in both also near Kobani, killed a family of seven, the countries defeat the extremists. To date, the Observatory said. Meanwhile, Turkey also has coalition has launched more than 5,800 said it would investigate accusations by the airstrikes in both countries. So far, the US only Iraqi Kurdish regional government and has acknowledged killing two civilians in its activists with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or strikes: two children who were likely slain dur- PKK, that its airstrikes were responsible for ADANA: In this Friday, July 31, 2015 file photo, a relative cries over the Turkish flag-draped coffin of slain police officer Isa Ipek, one of the two police ing an American airstrike targeting Al-Qaeda- recent civilian casualties in the northern Iraqi officers, killed in an attack by Kurdish rebels overnight. — AP linked militants in Syria last year. That same town of Zargel. strike also wounded two adults, according to Meanwhile Monday, the leader of Iraq’s an investigation released in May by the US Kurdish region, President Massoud Barzani, military. said yesterday that Iraqi Kurds must maintain Turkey vows ‘whatever necessary’ That strike is one of at least four ongoing control of areas in northwestern Iraq, includ- US military investigations into allegations of ing the city of Sinjar, after they are recaptured civilian casualties resulting from the airstrikes. from Islamic State militants. His speech in fight against Kurdish militants One other probe into an airstrike in Syria and marked the anniversary of the fall of Sinjar to two investigations into airstrikes in Iraq are the Islamic State group, which forced tens of still pending. Airwars said it identified the 57 thousands of people from Iraq’s Yazidi minori- No end in sight to two-week cycle of violence strikes through reporting from “two or more ty to flee into the mountains. The incident generally credible sources, often with biogra- prompted the US to begin the airstrikes tar- ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yester- The HDP has accused Erdogan of triggering the press was downbeat about the prospects of a deal. phical, photographic or video evidence.” The geting the militant group. day vowed to do “whatever necessary” in Turkey’s whole security crisis in the hope of calling early CHP chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu said in a television strikes also corresponded to confirmed coali- Other Kurdish groups, including the PKK, controversial fight against Kurdish militants, with no elections so the AKP can recoup its losses-allega- interview late Sunday that whereas Prime Minister tion strikes conducted in the area at that time, and the People’s Protection Units claim Sinjar end in sight to a two-week cycle of violence. Ankara tions the Turkish strongman vehemently denies. Ahmet Davutoglu “really wants” to form a coalition it said. as part of their territory. Iraqi, Syrian and is waging a two-pronged cross border “anti-terror” The AKP and main opposition Republican People’s government Erdogan was blocking an alliance. “He Turkish Kurds currently fight alongside each offensive against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria Party (CHP) were yesterday holding a fifth and final is stirring things up,” he told the Haber Turk chan- Major casualties other to reclaim Sinjar. Karam reported from and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels in north- day of talks on a possible grand coalition, but the nel. — AFP Other groups also have reported on major Beirut. Associated Press writer Salar Salim in ern Iraq, after a wave of attacks in the country. casualties suspected of being caused by the Irbil, Iraq, contributed to this report. — AP But so far, the air strikes against the PKK targets in northern Iraq have far outweighed those against IS, raising concerns about the extent of possible civilian casualties. Erdogan told reporters returning with him on a trip to Asia that the Kurdish authori- ties in northern Iraq should be taking action against the PKK bases there. “If they cannot, Turkey will do whatever neces- sary to defend itself,” he was quoted as telling reporters on his presidential jet. But with the PKK staging daily attacks on security forces in reprisal for Turkish bombing raids, Erdogan denied there would be any return to the 1990s when the group’s separatist insurgency was at its peak. “I don’t believe that. That’s impossible. Maybe those who say this want to return to the 1990s,” he said, quot- ed by the Sabah daily and other newspapers.

‘Common interest’ The current crisis began two weeks ago on July SANAA: In this file photo, Shiite fighters knownas Houthis gather at the site of a car bomb 20 when 32 young pro-Kurdish activists were killed attack next to a Shiite mosque. — AP in a Turkish town on the Syrian border in a suicide bombing blamed on IS. The PKK, which accuses the government of collaborating with IS, shot dead Rebel-held airbase targeted, two Turkish police in reprisal to start a new wave of violence that has shattered a 2013 ceasefire. coalition forces enter Aden According to an AFP toll, 17 members of the Turkish security forces have since been killed on ADEN: Loyalist forces began a major offensive yes- Retaking Al-Anad would help bolster security in attacks blamed on the PKK. Funerals for dead sol- terday aimed at retaking Yemen’s largest airbase Aden, whose liberation Hadi’s government diers and police have now become a daily event, which is held by rebels, as troops from the Saudi-led announced in mid-July. It would also open the way broadcast live on state television. Erdogan alleged coalition entered recaptured second city Aden. The to loyalist forces to push further north against the there may be a “common interest” between the pro-government troops deployed heavy armor Houthis, who have enjoyed strong support on the PKK and IS, although the two groups are usually supplied by their backers in the assault on Al-Anad ground from fighters close to former president Ali MOSUL: In this photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group seen as bitterly opposed and have frequently base, some 60 kilometers north of Aden, military Abdullah Saleh. An officer taking part in the offen- parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road. — AP clashed on the battlefield. sources said. sive told AFP the troops had reached the western In new violence blamed on the PKK, two mili- “The battle to retake Al-Anad base has begun,” a entrance of Al-Anad by mid-afternoon yesterday. tary vehicles were damaged in the southeastern military source told AFP. Hundreds of troops and Fierce fighting was under way, added the officer province of Bitlis when they drove over a remote- militia equipped with tanks and armored vehicles who asked not to be identified. PKK claims deadly suicide controlled mine early yesterday morning. The sol- supplied by the coalition deployed around the base Military sources spoke of further progress by diers on board were not hurt. In the town of Tatvan before yesterday’s attack, their commander Fadhl loyalist forces who they said had recaptured Houta, attack on Turkish troops in the southeastern Van province, suspected PKK Hassan said. the provincial capital of Lahj, and seized Al-Ribat militants staged a gun attack on a military hospital, Another source said Saudi-led warplanes were highway north of Aden. Aden-Hadi’s last refuge the official Anatolia news agency said. The Turkish providing air cover for the loyalist forces, who before the rebel advance forced him into exile in ISTANBUL: The outlawed Kurdistan explosives. The PKK said in its statement air strikes have also put the regional government in Workers’ Party (PKK) yesterday said one of the bombing was revenge for the air strike launched the offensive from a mountainous region neighboring Saudi Arabia-has been devastated by the northern Kurdish region of Iraq, which has west of Al-Anad. The airbase, in the southern four months of coalition air strikes and fighting on its guerrillas carried out a deadly suicide Saturday by Turkish war planes on the vil- good ties with Ankara and tense relations with the bombing against troops in eastern Turkey lage of Zarkel (Zergele in Kurdish) in north- province of Lahj, housed US troops overseeing a the ground. The city is badly scarred, with gutted PKK, in a delicate predicament. drone war against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian buildings and broken sewerage pipes, and is as a reprisal for the alleged bombing of a ern Iraq which Kurdish media say killed The Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq have civilian village. Two soldiers were killed and civilians but the army insisted was targeted Peninsula (AQAP) until shortly before Iran-backed deprived of water and electricity supplies. long tolerated the presence of PKK fighters in its Shiite Houthi rebels overran it in March. 31 were wounded in the bombing early at “terrorists”. remote mountains, but the regional president Sunday in the Dogubayazit district of Agri “The sacrifice operation in revenge for The insurgent advance, which took them all the Residents desperate for supplies Massud Barzani said it was time the group took its way into the port city of Aden, forced President Aid relief has trickled in since pro-government province, the army said. the Zergele massacre was realized by our battle with Turkey elsewhere to avoid civilian casu- The PKK said the attack was carried out friend the martyr Andok Eris,” said the Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and his internationally forces forced the rebels out, and distribution of des- alties. Turkey’s pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic recognized government into exile in Saudi Arabia. perately needed supplies for Aden’s embattled resi- by a “martyr” with the nom-de-guerre of statement by the People’s Defense Force Party (HDP) said 10 civilians, including a pregnant Andok Eris, publishing a picture of him with (HPG), the military wing of the PKK. “Andok But Aden has now been recaptured and Hadi loyal- dents has begun. The airport reopened on July 22, woman, were killed early Saturday in a Turkish air ists are in full control there. Hundreds of Gulf Arab allowing planes to land with relief supplies from his face concealed by a scarf. His age was Eris, with his brave sacrifice operation strike on a Kurdish village in northern Iraq. The not given. The attack came as Turkish jets reached martyrdom,” the HPG said, adding troops from the coalition entered Aden on Sunday, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Turkish foreign ministry promised a “full investiga- using tanks and other armor “to help secure” it, a The United Nations says the war has killed near- pound targets of the PKK in northern Iraq that the attacker’s real name was Murat tion” into the claims. But the army denied the in a broad “anti-terror” campaign which has Butun. military source told AFP. ly 4,000 people, half of them civilians, while 80 per- charges, saying “no civilian locations were to be cent of the 21-million population of the impover- also seen the outlawed group step up The PKK, which is known for greatly found in the vicinity affected by the bombing.” attacks inside Turkey. The strike is believed inflating tolls, said 50 soldiers were killed in ‘1,500 troops enter Aden’ ished Arabian Peninsula nation needs aid and pro- to be the first time the PKK has employed a the bombing and nine more in the “ambush The Saudi-owned Al-Hayat newspaper said tection. The Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti across ‘Stirring things up’ 1,500 troops, most of them from the United Arab the Gulf of Aden appealed yesterday for aid after a suicide bombing during the current phase action afterwards”. The PKK’s insurgency for The violence also comes with Turkey still with- of the conflict, although it had repeatedly greater rights and powers for Turkey’s Emirates, had reached Aden. The UAE is a member new influx of refugees from the Yemen conflict. out a permanent government since June 7 legisla- of the coalition which has carried out more than Almost 10,000 Yemenis-many of them wounded- used the tactic in the past. Kurdish minority has claimed tens of thou- tive elections, when the ruling Justice and According to Turkish media, the bomber sands of lives since it began more than 30 four months of air strikes targeting the rebels and have arrived in the small state since late March, Development Party (AKP) lost its overall majority, their allies. according to UN refugee agency the UNHCR. —AFP drove up to the local military headquarters years ago. The current fighting has left a much to the chagrin of Erdogan. building in a tractor laden with two tons of 2013 ceasefire in tatters. — AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 Hilary unfazed by likely Biden white house bid

WASHINGTON: A top Hillary Clinton staffer ever for the presidency. Trump, 69, said how- told CNN Sunday that the former first lady’s ever, that he was less than convinced that campaign team is unfazed by news that Vice Biden could prevail in a general election con- President Joe Biden is giving serious consid- test. “I don’t think that he’s going to be that eration to a White House bid. “We’ll let him effective as a campaigner,” the outspoken make his decision,” Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton’s Republican business mogul said. Democratic campaign spokeswoman, told CNN. “However contender Bernie Sanders, 73, told ABC on hard it is to secure the Democratic nomina- Sunday he was unconvinced Biden offers tion is however hard it is. We have no illu- Americans a substantially different option to sions. We never thought that this was going Clinton. “I think the American people who are to be easy,” Palmieri said. seeing the middle class of this country disap- News late Saturday that Biden is exploring pearing, massive levels of income and wealth a White House run had US pundits and politi- inequality, (and) a campaign finance system cos-including some already declared candi- which is literally corrupt... want to go beyond dates-handicapping his odds of wresting the conventional establishment politics,” the Democratic nomination from Clinton, widely socialist lawmaker told ABC News. viewed as the top contender. A New York Dick Harpootlian, a former chairman of the Times columnist reported on Sunday that his South Carolina Democratic party and an out- son Beau Biden, who died in May, at the end spoken booster for a Biden White House run, of his life encouraged his father to run for the told ABC that the vice president’s family US presidency. seems generally supportive of his making Republican frontrunner Donald Trump another presidential bid. “This isn’t some snap was among those weighing in Sunday on decision. He really is weighing how this Biden’s odds. “I think that Biden would have a would impact his family, he said. “My sense good chance at beating her now,” Donald around the country is there’s tremendous Trump, the leading contender in the support there. He’s got to gauge that. And Republican race, told CBS television. then he’s got to do a gut check,” Harpootlian Controversy over Clinton’s use of a private said. In addition to apparent public unease CALIFORNIA: Firefighter Joe Darr douses flames of the Rocky fire along Highway 20 near Clearlake, California on August 2, 2015. —AP email server for State Department business over her emails, Clinton has been dogged by may have tarnished her candidacy for some problems about her family foundation. voters-at least temporarily. Republicans in Congress also have been hold- Raging California wildfires “I think that the email scandal is going to ing her feet to the fire over her handling of be a devastating blow for Hillary,” said Trump, the deadly 2012 attack on the US consulate in who made the rounds of various political chat Benghazi, Libya which left three Americans prompt mass evacuations shows. “I think she’s got some very big prob- dead. lems,” he said Sunday. “And you look at her She is scheduled to testify in Congress in poll numbers, they’re coming down like a October over the Benghazi affair. Palmieri crashing rocket.” played down recent polls that have showed 9,000 firefighters battling 21 major fires that voters find her boss, 67, less than trust- ‘Unconventional politics’ worthy. “She has the most money, and she’s Biden, 72, has run, unsuccessfully, for the beating every Republican in most of the polls. LOWER LAKE: Fire officials called for thousands of 80s Sunday and the humidity was up, the fire con- officials lost contact with him, fire information offi- White House twice before, but news reports So you can’t really ask for much more than evacuations as numerous homes remained threat- tinued to advance. “We chewed up a couple of cer Ken Sandusky said. His body was recovered said he has said he feels more prepared than that,” she said. — AFP ened by Northern California wildfires yesterday, thousand acres” in a single day but no additional Friday. An autopsy to determine the cause of death while more than 9,000 firefighters battled 21 major homes were lost, state fire spokesman Jay Smith will be conducted this week, the US Forest Service fires in the state, officials said. Wildfires were also said. There also has been a human toll from the said. Ruhl, part of a Black Hills National Forest fire- burning in Washington and Oregon as the West wildfires. One firefighter was killed at the scene of a fighting team, had been helping California firefight- Coast suffered from the effects of drought and sum- fire at the Modoc National Forest, 100 miles south ers since June. The fire had grown to about 6 square mer heat. of the Oregon border, and four other were burned miles Sunday, and it was 20 percent contained. The largest California wildfire was raging in the in a blaze near Sacramento. Many of the California Three firefighters who were burned on a fire north- Lower Lake area north of San Francisco. It nearly blazes were sparked by lightning. The danger was east of Sacramento on Saturday have been tripled in size over the weekend to 84 square miles. expected to continue with scattered thunderstorms released from the hospital. One has returned to The fire has destroyed 24 homes and 26 outbuild- and gusty winds forecast for some areas of duty and all are expected to make a full recovery, ings and was threatening 6,300 homes, many of Northern California into yesterday, state fire fire officials said. A fourth firefighter remains hospi- them ranches scattered in rural areas ranging from spokesman Daniel Berlant said. That left it an open talized with serious burns. grasslands to steep hills, officials said. question whether fire crews would be able to make The fire that began on July 25 destroyed two Officials have ordered 12,000 people to evacu- significant progress on the largest wildfires. “It buildings and 54 homes and other buildings are still ate homes, the Sacramento Bee reported. Several depends on mother nature, whatever she has in considered at risk in Placer and Nevada Counties. roads have been closed. Fire officials “are calling the store,” Smith said. The 3 1/2-square-mile blaze is 85 percent con- behavior of this fire unprecedented,” state fire tained. In Humboldt County, 600 firefighters were spokesman Jason Shanley told the newspaper. “It is Firefighter killed battling 18 small blazes Sunday that were sparked jaw-dropping to see some of the things it is doing.” Engine Capt David Ruhl, from South Dakota, was by lightning. At least 70 fires have been reported in “Everyone we know that lives down there, they killed battling a fast-moving blaze that broke out the area since Thursday. Of those, 52 have been DENVER: In this July 21, 2015, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a have nothing anymore. It’s just crazy,” Nikki Shatter Thursday in the Modoc National Forest about 100 contained, Cal Fire said. The blazes have charred roundtable discussion at the Advanced Manufacturing Center at Community College of Clear Lake told KCAL-TV. miles south of Oregon. Ruhl was in a vehicle 2,000 acres and destroyed two structures in steep, of Denver. — AP Even though the temperature dropped into the Thursday, looking for ways to fight the blaze, when difficult to access terrain. Democrats weight in on Iran nuclear deal

WASHINGTON: Determined to secure program in exchange for relief from White House. Vice President Joe Biden support for the Iran nuclear deal, US sanctions smothering its economy, is has traveled to the Capitol and invited President Barack Obama is making not a traditional fight between the lawmakers for breakfast at the Naval inroads with a tough constituency - his White House and Republicans, who con- Observatory. Cabinet and other admin- fellow Democrats in Congress. A handful trol the House and Senate. This is about istration officials have spoken with more of key Democrats stepped forward to Obama, who has often been at odds than 175 lawmakers. support the accord within hours of with congressional Democrats, trying to A member of the International Obama’s personal lobbying at the White cajole them just weeks after a divisive Atomic Energy Agency is expected to House last week, part of the administra- debate over trade. brief lawmakers this week. Lawmakers tion’s all-out campaign since the pact The president has talked to more can vote to approve, disapprove or was announced July 14. Other than 80 lawmakers, either individually take no action on the deal. Obama says Democrats have signaled they are lean- or in small groups, administration offi- he’ll veto a congressional disapproval ing in favor and still others have cials said. Obama, who delivers a speech and would need 34 members of the remained undeclared, awaiting a vote in on the deal Wednesday at American Senate or 146 members of the House September. University, also hosted a reception for to stand with him so Congress can’t The deal, which curbs Iran’s nuclear about 100 House Democrats at the override his veto. —AP Activists fear more impunity in Mexico photographer killing

MEXICO CITY: With an investigation murders in Mexico since 1992 have gone Two more, including Espinosa, have been barely underway, Mexican journalist pro- unpunished, according to the Committee killed outside of the state and three have tection groups are already expressing to Protect Journalists. “What’s particularly gone missing. fears that authorities won’t consider the pernicious is that violence against the Fears that Espinosa’s death could end brutal killing of a photojournalist as being press is violence against society,” said in impunity were fueled by Sunday’s news related to his work - even though he fled Dario Ramirez, director of the Article 19 conference by Rios, when Mexico City’s the state he covered fearing for his safety. free press advocacy group. “There are prosecutor never acknowledged that Mexico City officials said Sunday they many places in the country where silence Espinosa was seeking refuge in Mexico’s are pursuing all lines of investigation in paves the road so that organized crime, capital, saying he came to the city for “pro- the death of Ruben Espinosa, whose tor- corruption, everything that destroys a fessional opportunities.” The comment led tured body was found along with four society can continue in a manner without to shouts and protests from reporters, slain women in an apartment in Mexico’s ... setbacks or obstacles.” who asked if the events that drove capital. Prosecutor Rodolfo Rios Garza Espinosa into self-exile in June were being said authorities were following protocols Dangerous state investigated. He had been working for for crimes against journalists and crimes Espinosa fled Xalapa, the capital of the investigative newsmagazine Proceso and against women, as well as looking at rob- Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, for Mexico other media outlets bery as a possible motive in the case. But City in June after he said that unknown Rios only repeated that all lines of when dealing with journalists’ killings, people were following him, taking his investigation were being pursued, includ- authorities in Mexico historically have photograph and harassing him outside ing his work as a journalist. Espinosa had been quick to discard their work as a his home. Veracruz has been a dangerous said in interviews that he was harassed motive, even though the country is the state for reporters, with 11 journalists over several years while covering events most dangerous in Latin America for killed just in current administration of in Veracruz, including once being told to reporters. Some 90 percent of journalist Gov Javier Duarte that started in 2010. stop taking photos of students detained during a protest in 2012, the same year another Proceso journalist, Regina Martinez, was killed. Her role reporting on government corruption was never con- sidered as a motive for her killing. Instead, officials in Veracruz said it was robbery. “Stop taking photos if you don’t want to end up like Regina,” Espinosa said he was told by a government representa- tive controlling the crowd. A few days before fleeing, he had placed a plaque at a Xalapa plaza renaming it “Regina Martinez Plaza” as a protest to the gov- ernment’s handling of her case. “We’re saying loud and clear that we want Duarte in jail, that no more journalists, not a single one, can be assassinated in Veracruz,” said Neftali Granados, a Veracruz student speaking at a protest MEXICO CITY: Journalists protest the murder of photojournalist Ruben rally in Mexico City that drew about 200 Espinosa Becerril as they hold printouts of his photo. — AP people. —AP TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

S African court postpones Malema corruption trial

POLOKWANE: Firebrand South African ernment contract won six years ago the state presses for a postponement to cloud over me for too long.” Malema and Africa know why I am persecuted.” politician Julius Malema yesterday when he was still head of the ruling early 2016. A decision is due to be made four business associates are accused of Booted out of the party for sowing indis- demanded his day in court after his African National Congress’ youth wing. in the Polokwane High Court today. “I lying to win a government construction cipline three years ago, Malema went on long-delayed trial for corruption was But yesterday’s court date joined a slew came here to subject myself to the rule contract in his home province of to create the far left Economic Freedom once again postponed, three years after of false starts, with the trial delayed after of law,” Malema told a large crowd of Limpopo, worth 52 million rand ($4.1 Fighters, which secured 25 parliamentary he was initially charged. Malema, who one of Malema’s four co-accused was supporters clad in the EFF’s signature red million, 3.7 million Euros). Malema insists seats in the 2014 national elections, just heads the opposition Economic absent after being hospitalized last T-shirts and berets outside the court. the charges are simply “persecution” by months after its formation. The party has Freedom Fighters (EFF), is accused of week. “I’ve been asking for the last three his former allies in the ANC. earned a reputation as parliamentary fraud, corruption, money-laundering and The politician’s lawyers are now push- years: let me have my day in court... I “You’ve accused me for too long,” he rabble-rousers, frequently disrupting pro- racketeering linked to a $5 million gov- ing to have him tried separately, while cannot wait any longer. I’ve had this dark said. “Let me tell my story. Let South ceedings with chants and protests. —AFP MH370 investigators meet ahead of debris analysis One of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history

PARIS: Malaysian aviation experts US aerospace giant Boeing, will begin ical analysis in the southern French Searchers scour La Reunion met French officials yesterday to from Wednesday examining the city of Toulouse in a bid to prove Meanwhile, more than 9,000 kilo- coordinate the investigation into wing component, which is likely to beyond doubt that the flaperon once meters away, locals on La Reunion missing flight MH370, days after the have come from the doomed belonged to MH370. It will be exam- were scouring the beaches for more discovery of a washed-up plane part Malaysia Airlines flight as no other ined with an electron microscope debris. On Sunday, there was a frenzy offered fresh hopes of solving the such plane is known to have crashed “that can magnify up to 10,000 times” of speculation over what locals mystery. The Malaysian team arrived in the area. to try to understand how it was dam- believed to be a plane door, but at the Palais de Justice in Paris shortly Mauritius said it would do all it aged, said Pierre Bascary, former which authorities quickly identified before 1200 GMT to meet with a can to search for more debris after director of tests at France’s General as part of a domestic ladder. French judge, a group of experts and Malaysia appealed to islands near La Directorate for Armaments. Also on Sunday, La Reunion police police charged with the investiga- Reunion to hunt for clues. In one of However, experts have warned collected a mangled piece of metal tion. the most baffling mysteries in avia- grieving families not to expect star- with Chinese characters and They were due to release a state- tion history, MH370 inexplicably tling revelations from a single part. attached to what appeared to be a ment after the meeting. France is veered off course in March 2014 and “We shouldn’t expect miracles from leather-covered handle, sparking BARCELONA: A file picture taken on September 11, 2014 shows demonstra- leading the current phase of the disappeared from radars, sparking a this analysis,” said Jean-Paul Troadec, more frenzied speculation. However, tors waving “Estelada” flags (Catalan independentist flags) during celebra- investigation after a two-meter-long colossal hunt that has until now former head of France’s BEA civil Chinese Internet users suggested it tions of the “Diada” (Catalonia National Day). —AFP flaperon, already confirmed to be proved fruitless. flight authority. In order to provide may be a kettle. part of a Boeing 777, surfaced last In January, Malaysian authorities clues on what happened to the air- “People are more vigilant. They week on the French Indian Ocean declared all 239 people on board craft, “the part would need to be at are going to think any metallic object Catalonia poised to island of La Reunion. MH370 presumed dead. The wing the centre of the accident and the they find on the beach is from flight Technical experts, including from part will undergo physical and chem- chances are fairly small,” he noted. MH370, but there are objects all along the coast, the ocean continual- call early election ly throws them up,” said Jean-Yves Sambimanan, spokesman for the BARCELONA: Catalonia is poised to call yes- freedom.” town of Saint-Andre where the wing terday an early regional election that will Several members of Rajoy’s cabinet have debris was found. serve as a proxy vote on independence from raised the possibility of invoking article 155 He said islanders were also dumb- the rest of Spain, raising tensions with the of the constitution, which allows Madrid to founded that after cursory helicopter central government in Madrid. Catalan presi- supersede the authority of a regional gov- flights the day after the wing part dent Artur Mas will sign a decree setting ernment that is acting outside the law. The was found, no official search of the September 27 as the date for the vote in the separatists have warned that if the govern- coastline is under way. “If it comes wealthy northeastern region, which is home ment uses this article, they will declare uni- from a plane it would be a pity if I to 7.5 million people and accounts for a fifth lateral independence. “There is no turning didn’t take it” to police, said Luc of Spain’s output. back,” said Raul Romeva, the former Igounet, 62, who found the metal bar If an alliance of pro-secession parties Communist European Parliament member that turned out to be from a ladder. wins a majority, they will aim to split from who was picked to head the “Together for Scientists say it is plausible that Spain within 18 months, despite Madrid’s yes” list to send a message that the seces- ocean currents carried a piece of the opposition, Mas has said. The regional gov- sion movement cuts across political lines. wreckage as far as La Reunion. But ernment has already started setting up insti- Roland Triadec, a local oceanograph- tutions of state, which would swing into ‘Separatists could win’ er, said La Reunion represented only gear if the pro-independence camp wins. The movement appeared to lose steam “a pinhead” in the Indian Ocean and “We are ready,” Mas repeatedly says during after the Catalan regional government the likelihood of other debris wash- public appearances. Last week, Catalan offi- staged a symbolic independence referen- ing up there was low. For victims’ cials presented plans for a future Catalan tax dum on November 9, despite having been families, the false alarms have agency and adopted a decree paving the blocked by the courts from going ahead reopened wounds as they seek clo- way for a public credit institution to be with the exercise. Polls showed that for the sure from their personal tragedies. “It turned into a Catalan central bank. first time since 2011 support for Catalonia has been hurting for so long. We remaining a part of Spain surpassed support need the closure and all the evidence ‘Together for yes’ for independence. But the pro-indepen- possible so that we can go ahead The issue of Catalan independence has dence list has turned the situation around with our lives,” said Nur Laila Ngah, been thrust onto the back burner in recent and its opponents are clearly worried. PARIS: Malaysia’s Director General of Civil Aviation Azharuddin Abdul Rahman (center) arrives the wife of the flight’s chief steward months, with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s “These are the most important (Catalan) at the Paris court for a meeting. —AFP Wan Swaid Wan Ismail. —AFP government more focused on the challenge regional elections in history,” said Xavier in a year-end general election from new Garcia Albiol, the top regional candidate of anti-austerity party Podemos than from the conservative Popular Party, which rules Catalan separatists. at the national level. “The debate is not if the But the issue bounced back into the Catalan parliament should be from the left Mafia’s sheep code cracked, political spotlight in July after parties seek- or right, what is important is that those who ing independence for Catalonia set aside want Catalonia to remain in Spain obtain a their differences and agreed to run on a joint majority,” he added. godfather’s goons arrested ticket in the regional polls. The joint list, Writing in El Pais daily, Albert Rivera, called “Together for yes”, includes Mas’s con- leader of the centre-right party Ciudadanos servative nationalist CDC party, the left-wing which is staunchly opposed to Catalan sepa- separatist ERC party and influential associa- ratism, said a victory for the pro-unity camp ROME: Italian police yesterday arrested 11 suspects official Renato Cortese, adding that it was “too early to 4 am to tend to his flock, is believed to have once been a tions which have in recent years organised was vital “in order to create a new majority”. linked to the fugitive head of the Sicilian Mafia, including say” whether the sting would help investigators close in right-hand man to Riina. In the 1970s he belonged to a massive pro-independence demonstrations Such a majority would require an unlikely a former boss who ran a secret message system for the on the fugitive. gang used by the Mafia to carry out kidnappings, in the region. A smaller far-left party sup- alliance between the Popular Party, mobster using a sheep-based code. Matteo Messina Prime Minister Matteo Renzi thanked the investiga- according to Italian media reports. The Sicilian Mafia, porting independence, CUP, has refused to Ciudadanos, the Socialists and the Christian Denaro, 53, who has been on the run since 1993, used a tors in a message on his Facebook page, saying “onwards known as “Cosa Nostra” or “Our Thing”, was the country’s join the alliance but could prove key to Democrat party UDC, which in June ended a farm in Mazara del Vallo to communicate with his hench- all, to finally capture the super-fugitive boss,” insisting most powerful organized crime syndicate in the 1980s achieving the majority in the regional 37-year alliance with Mas’s party due to dif- men via the aged-old method of “pizzini”, bits of paper “Italy is united against organized crime” despite a recent and 1990s, but has seen its power diminish following assembly which the pro-independence ferences over the independence issue. It containing messages often written in cipher, police said. slew of corruption scandals in the country. “The state years of investigations and mass arrests. It also faces camp says would be sufficient to implement would also require the backing of a left- Among those arrested was former boss Vito Gondola, 77, wins, the Mafia loses,” Interior Minister Angelino Alfano fierce underworld competition from the increasingly its secession plans. Spain’s central govern- wing platform set up by Podemos. whose job it was to call the clan members to alert them said on Twitter. powerful Naples-based Camorra and Calabria’s ment vows to oppose Catalonia’s moves. With two months to go until the elec- to each new message, which was placed under a rock in Gondola, who despite his age rose every morning at ‘Ndrangheta. —AFP “There will be no independence for tions, support for the two camps seems a field at the farm and often destroyed on the spot after Catalonia,” Rajoy told a news conference on evenly split. “There is a social majority in reading. Friday. During a visit to Catalonia last month favor of unity, but it is not mobilized and “I’ve put the ricotta cheese aside for you, will you King Felipe VI warned Catalan leaders that lacks cohesion. The separatists could win,” come by later?” he would say on the telephone-a phrase “respect for the law is the source of legitima- said Nacho Martin Blanco, a political analysts investigators said had nothing to do with dairy products. cy and an unavoidable requirement for liv- and commentator with conservative daily “The sheep need shearing... the shears need sharpening” ing together democratically in peace and ABC. —AFP and “the hay is ready” were among other code phrases used to alert the gang to a new message, written on tightly folded bits of paper wrapped in Sellotape and then hidden in the dirt. The police investigation, which followed the passing Nigeria army frees 178 of messages between 2011 and 2014, used hidden cam- eras and microphones around the farm near Trapani in Boko Haram hostages western Sicily to follow the movements of the clan-and discover Denaro’s fading glory. Gondola is caught in one MAIDUGURI: The Nigerian army has freed state early Sunday, witnesses said. conversation telling another mobster that Denaro once 178 people being held hostage by Boko Also on Sunday, the army said it had a trigger man who reportedly boasted he could “fill a Haram including more than 100 children, it carried out air strikes in the northeast to cemetery” with his victims-was losing control over the said late Sunday, following a series of dead- repel an attack by the jihadist group and latest generation of criminals, who “disappear without ly attacks by the jihadists in the country’s had killed a “large number” of the extrem- saying anything”. Three of those arrested were over 70 restive northeast. “During the offensive ists. The Nigerian Air Force said it had “suc- years old. operations, 178 people held captives by cessfully repelled an attack on Bita village the terrorists were rescued, they include by the Boko Haram terrorist group” in a ‘State win, Mafia loses’ 101 children, 67 women and 10 men combined operation with ground troops The only known photos of Denaro date back to the respectively,” military spokesman Colonel after spotting militants planning an assault. early 1990s. He is believed to be the successor of the Tukur Gusau said in a statement. godfathers Toto Riina and Bernardo Provenzano, who are The dramatic rescue, which the army ‘They set houses ablaze’ both serving life sentences, but less is known about him. said also led to the capture of a Boko Local farmer Moha Saleh said 13 people At the height of his power he had a reputation as a PALERMO: An Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officer and a police officer stand Haram commander, took place near were killed and 27 wounded in Sunday’s flashy, ruthless womanizer who ruled over at least 900 next to mug shots of 11 men suspected of helping Matteo Messina Denaro during a Aulari about 70 kilometres (40 miles) attack, which began when the Islamists men with an iron fist. The 11 suspects arrested “were the press conference. —AP south of Maiduguri, the biggest town in stormed the village. “They also set many men who were closest to Denaro right now,” said police northeast Nigeria, the spokesman said. houses ablaze after accusing us of telling He did not specify when the operation soldiers their whereabouts,” he told AFP. was conducted. Local resident Goni Musa, a vigilante who Four killed ahead of Ukraine peace talks The Nigerian military has announced fights against Boko Haram alongside the the release of hundreds of people held Nigerian military, gave the same death toll. KIEV: Ukraine yesterday reported the death of four soldiers buildings in Gorlivka, a rebel bastion more than 30 kilome- wake of the February 2014 ouster in Kiev in a Moscow- captive by Boko Haram in recent months, “This morning 13 bodies were recov- in widespread clashes with pro-Russian rebels that came ters northeast of their de facto capital Donetsk. backed president. The resulting war has both crippled the especially in the notorious Sambisa forest, ered, some had been shot in the back, only hours ahead of fresh talks on ending the 15-month The local village council said it was checking whether ex-Soviet state’s economy and Western relations with a longtime Islamist stronghold where mili- which means they were fleeing when the separatist revolt. Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said any civilians were killed in the reported attack. The inces- Russia-under growing isolation but still fervently denying tants have pledged allegiance to the terrorists killed them,” Musa said. “They another 15 servicemen had been wounded in the past 24 sant exchanges of fire and counter-accusations have frus- playing any part in its southwestern neighbor’s affairs. Islamic State group. The release of the burnt down houses and shops before they hours of fighting across the eastern Russian-speaking trated Western efforts to resolve Europe’s bloodiest and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his foreign allies hostages came after several attacks by left, yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is great). Our provinces of Lugansk and Donetsk. most protracted conflict since the Balkans crises of the believe that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin does not nec- Boko Haram fighters in recent days, who terrorised women and children fled into “The first week of August... has been very tense,” Lysenko 1990s. More than 6,800 people have died and at least essarily want to annex the two rebellious regions in the killed 13 people in an assault on Malari vil- the bush and returned to Maiduguri this told reporters. The insurgents countered that indiscriminate another 1.4 million have been left homeless by a revolt same way he seized the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in lage in northeast Nigeria’s restive Borno morning,” he added. —AFP shelling by Kiev’s forces had damaged power lines and four that began across Ukraine’s industrial heartland in the March 2014. —AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 Omar’s family refuses to back new Taleban leader

KABUL: The family of deceased Taleban leader ment, which has historically nurtured and sup- Mullah Omar has refused to pledge allegiance to ported the Taleban. Mansour is seen as a prag- his successor, calling on religious scholars to set- matist and a proponent of peace talks, raising tle a growing rift within insurgent ranks over the hopes that the power transition could pave the power transition. Mullah Akhtar Mansour was way for an end to Afghanistan’s long and bloody announced as the new Taleban leader on Friday war. The announcement of Omar’s death, how- following the announcement of the death in ever, cast doubt over the fragile peace process, 2013 of Mullah Omar, who led the militant forcing the postponement of a second round of movement for some 20 years. But splits immedi- talks that had been expected in Pakistan on ately emerged between Mansour and those Friday. who challenged his appointment, including the late leader’s son Yakoub and his brother, Mullah Government won’t deal separately Abdul Manan. “Our family... has not declared Meanwhile, the Afghan government allegiance to anyone amid these differences,” addressed the growing leadership crisis in the Manan said in an audio message released Taleban for the first time yesterday, saying it will Sunday, without naming Mansour. “We want the not deal with the militant group separately from ulema (religious scholars) to resolve the differ- other “armed opposition” in the country. The ences rather than declaring allegiance to any statement from President Ashraf Ghani’s office side,” said the audio message, which Taleban said it will not accept any “parallel political struc- sources confirmed were from Manan. ture” opposed to the Afghan government, a Mansour on Saturday called for unity in the clear reference to the Taleban, who still call Taleban in his first audio message since becom- themselves the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” ing head of the group as it faces its biggest lead- Fledgling peace talks between the Taleban ership crisis in recent years. His comments were and the government halted last week after apparently aimed at averting a factional split at a Afghan authorities announced Mullah time of growing discord over the direction of Mohammad Omar had died in April 2013. The peace talks with the Afghan government. Taleban confirmed Mullah Omar’s death and Yakoub and several other members of the said Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor had KATHMANDU: A Nepalese Hindu devotee bathes in the Bagmati River on her way to the Pashupatinath Temple to offer prayers to LordShiva, Hindu Taleban’s ruling council walked out of the meet- been elected to replace him. god of destruction during Shravan festivities. — AFP ing at which Mansour was declared leader, refus- The Taleban have been trying to present a ing to pledge allegiance to him, a Taleban source unified front in recent days with several state- told AFP. ments. A Taleban statement yesterday said con- Protests grow over Nepal’s “Part of the insurgency is troubled and needs dolences for Mullah Omar and congratulations answers from Mansour and his allies: why did for Mullah Mansoor had been flooding them they hide Mullah Omar’s death all these years? from across Afghanistan. “All these messages Did they deceive us by putting out fake state- and support show the people’s unity and love ‘anti-women’ constitution ments in his name just to serve their own inter- toward their Islamic Emirate,” it said. An internal ests?” he said. Many also oppose what they see Taleban split could jeopardize peace talks which as Pakistan’s attempt to force the Taleban into began last month. Mullah Mansoor is widely Citizenship, property and other rights being curtailed direct peace talks with the Afghan government. seen as having pushed the Taleban into the KATHMANDU: Nepal’s proposed new constitu- majority of single parents in Nepal. Bista says she country where boys are preferred. “This issue Mansour and his two newly named deputies- negotiations at Pakistan’s bidding. The Taleban tion has sparked fury from women who say their influential religious leader Haibatullah have intensified their attacks on local security is anxious about the future for her sons since citi- should not be dealt with in the constitution,” Akhundzada and Sirajuddin Haqqani-are all forces after NATO and US troops ended their citizenship, property and other rights are being zenship is needed to get anything in Nepal from a said Sonali Regmi, Asia regional manager for the seen as close to the Pakistani military establish- combat mission last year. — Agencies curtailed by the document designed to draw a driving license to a bank account. Center for Reproductive Rights. “We fear that the line under centuries of inequality. Lawmakers The draft also makes it easier for a Nepalese clause can be misused to limit a woman’s right tabled a draft in parliament in June shortly after man to confer citizenship on his foreign spouse, to safe abortion, a key reason for the decrease in bickering political parties struck an historic deal while a Nepalese woman needs to be married 15 Nepal’s maternal mortality rates.” Parliament is on the long-awaited charter, spurred to negotia- years to her foreign husband before even being expected to eventually vote on the long-await- tion by an earthquake in March that killed more allowed to apply. Campaigners fear provisions ed constitution which had promised to end than 8,800 people. But a series of sometimes vio- could also be used to prevent Nepalese wives or years of political limbo in the impoverished lent protests have since hit the impoverished, widows from inheriting property unless stipulat- nation. Himalayan nation, with activists saying the char- ed in the deceased’s will. Lawmakers were tasked with drafting the ter has failed to address a string of concerns. Instead of specifying that daughters can inher- charter after a decade-long insurgency ignited Forty-year-old shop owner Rama Bista says the it ancestral property, the draft vaguely says “all by deep-rooted social, political and economic charter poses a major step back for women, in a children”. Activists are concerned this could be inequalities. A committee is now set to draw up country that has long favored men. Bista, who is interpreted as sons and unmarried daughters recommendations for changes to the draft, fol- married to an Indian man based in Nepal, has only-the wording used in the country’s civil code. lowing a series of public consultations around spent the last four years trying to secure citizen- The draft removes the explicit reference in the the country. ship for her two sons-their legal right under the current constitution to “sons and daughters”. “The In recent weeks, violence has marred the con- current constitution. draft dismisses the identity of a woman and sultations, especially in the southern plains, “I cannot even speak of some of the things I’ve reflects our country’s patriarchal mindset that home to the historically marginalized Madhesi been told. They tell me my children are not seeks to maintain discriminatory practices,” said community, many of whose members marry Nepali, that I should go to my husband’s country,” Sapana Pradhan Malla who heads pressure group into families living across the border in India. Bista told AFP. But Bista’s already tough struggle is the Forum for Women, Law and Development. Lawmakers have brushed off the protests and set to become impossible under the new charter campaigners’ concerns, saying the draft is not KARACHI: Supporters of a Pakistani religious group, “Jamaat-Ud-Dawa,” offer funeral which bars single parents from passing on their Right to abortion fears intended to discriminate against anyone. prayers for Taleban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar outside a mosque. — AP citizenship to their children and additionally says Campaigners are also concerned the draft “The constitution is not anti-women,” said rul- both parents must be Nepalese. will be misused to restrict a woman’s right to ing coalition lawmaker Bhim Rawal, who helped abortion which was legalized in 2002 in the draft the document. “Every country has provi- Ancestral property socially conservative country. The charter bans sions to protect its nationality and sovereignty,” India clamp down on porn, It will overturn a 2006 act that says children sex-selective abortions, but activists say the pro- Rawal told AFP. But Bista and others remain fear- are eligible for citizenship as long as one parent is vision is unnecessary since the practice is ful the charter will close the door on rights they sparks censorship debate Nepalese. Activists say the move could leave a already illegal. They fear the charter will be used had fought years to get. “We call our country our million people stateless and will disproportion- as a powerful tool to deny women abortions, by motherland, and yet a mother’s identity has no NEW DELHI: India has blocked hundreds of free to access such websites in private. But ately affect women, who account for the vast falsely accusing them of trying to abort girls in a value,” she said. — AFP adult websites to prevent pornography the court asked the home ministry to submit becoming a social nuisance, a government its views and the government acted after the official said yesterday, sparking a debate ministry sent a letter to the telecom secre- about censorship and freedom in the world’s tary, Kaul said. Pakistan teen largest democracy. In India’s first big crack- Over the weekend, several sites became down on Internet porn, service providers inaccessible and displayed messages that killer faces have been directed to block 857 websites, they were blocked on instructions of the NN Kaul, a spokesman at the department of competent authority. The hash tag #Pornban gallows despite telecommunications, told Reuters. “Free and became a trend on Twitter. “Porn ban is anti- open access to porn websites has been freedom, impractical, not enforceable. protests brought under check,” Kaul said. “We don’t Politically not very smart too. Avoidable. Let’s want them to become a social nuisance.” The not manage people’s private lives” best-sell- KARACHI: Pakistan is preparing today to government, in a 17-page order issued on ing novelist Chetan Bhagat posted on hang a convicted killer whose case has July 31 and leaked to freedom of speech Twitter. India has the second largest number attracted international protests because activists on Monday, listed offending sites of internet users after China. Social media family members say he was a juvenile at and directed service providers to block and smartphone use is growing rapidly. In the time of the crime. Shafqat Hussain was access on the grounds of morality and 2011, India urged social network companies sentenced to death for killing a seven- decency. to screen content and remove offensive year-old boy in Karachi in 2004 but has Last month, the Supreme Court refused material. A year later, the government faced had several stays of execution, most to impose an outright ban after hearing a criticism for ordering dozens of Twitter recently in June. The case has prompted petition that said Internet porn fuelled sex accounts to be blocked for spreading grave concern among human rights cam- crime. The court said individuals should be rumours.—Reuters paigners as Hussain’s lawyers and family claim he was only 15 at the time of the killing, though a government-ordered probe ruled he was an adult. Hussain’s sup- porters also say he was tortured into con- China seeks hearts, minds fessing. United Nations rights experts have said with Tibetan settlements his trial “fell short of international stan- dards” and called on Islamabad to reinstate NGABA: Nineteen-year-old Longsel Tsondre where all reporting trips need government per- a moratorium on the death penalty. Maya ISLAMABAD: People sit on their belongings after their houses were bulldozed by the government. sees nothing romantic about the itinerant life his mission, visits are very difficult due to tight secu- Foa of the British anti-death penalty cam- Authorities demolished illegal mud houses of Afghan refugees and Pakistani tribal people who fled Tibetan herder family left behind when the gov- rity. Late last week, the government took a small paign group Reprieve condemned the their villages due to ongoing crackdown operations against militants. Scores of people were ernment in his remote corner of southwestern group of foreign journalists to Ngaba, arranging plan to hang Hussain as an “absolute dis- injured during clashes between police and residents. — AP China offered to resettle them a few years ago. interviews with officials and resettled herders, grace”. A six-year halt to executions came “It was pretty tough out there. There was no though all in the presence of government min- to an end in December as Pakistan got development and we were quite poor,” he told ders. tough on extremism after Taliban gunmen India’s parliament suspends reporters on a rare government-organized trip massacred more than 130 children at a to Ngaba, a heavily Tibetan part of Sichuan ‘Such nice houses’ school. Since then, around 180 people province traditionally strongly defiant of Chinese None of the herders spoke out against the have been hanged. 25 lawmakers after uproar rule. “Now it’s better. We don’t go to the moun- resettlement program during interviews with An official at Karachi Central Prison said tains to herd the yaks and horses. Now we dance reporters. Shuke Sonam, 27, whose family now Hussain’s execution was scheduled for NEW DELHI: India’s parliament yesterday suspend- Congress vowed yesterday to push on with the today following a death warrant issued by every day,” he said, after performing a Tibetan runs a guest house, said Tibetans living in tents ed 25 opposition lawmakers following days of disruptions for the session’s remaining eight days, a court. The European Union last week said dance for a bus-load of Chinese tourists. previously would often be soaked by rain. uproar and disruptions that have so far thwarted the with party president Sonia Gandhi calling the sus- it was “deeply concerned” by the resump- It’s a positive image China wants the world to “Now we have such nice houses, and government’s hopes of passing major economic pensions a “black day for democracy”. The govern- see, one aspect of a controversial program to because we’re taking in guests from other tion of hangings and warned that a prized reforms in the current session. The lawmakers, from ment needs the support of the opposition in the resettle into permanent homes Tibetan herders places, it’s improved our awareness about life,” tariff status granted to Pakistan could be who have wandered these parts for centuries. she said. Bai Yingchun, deputy head of the threatened unless it stuck to international the main opposition Congress party, have been upper house where it lacks a majority to pass its bills. China has ruled Tibet with an iron fist since Ngaba prefecture’s propaganda office, said conventions on fair trials, child rights and banned from the lower house for five days amid Modi is keen to pass a long-pending national troops took over the region in 1950, and those “absolutely nothing was forced” in the resettle- preventing torture. mounting government fears that the current session goods and services tax, which aims to replace a myr- controls often extend to ethnic Tibetan areas in ment program. “The lives of the herders in the Critics say Pakistan’s criminal justice sys- will be a washout. iad of overlapping state duties that often deter other parts of China. The government rejects Tibetan areas are very free. It’s not like what the tem is marred by police torture and poor “You have come to the well of the house... and investment, as well as a controversial bill that makes criticism that it has repressed Tibetan religious outside world says,” he said. “They don’t have any legal representation, meaning many of the are persistently, willfully obstructing the house,” par- it easier for businesses to buy land. The opposition is freedom and culture, saying its rule has ended restrictions at all.” 8,000 or so death row convicts have not liamentary Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said to jeers demanding Swaraj quit over her role in helping cor- serfdom and brought development to a back- Activists have expressed concern that China’s had a fair trial. In June Hussain won his and heckling from the opposition benches. ruption-hit former cricket boss Lalit Modi to obtain a ward region. The government says resettlement main aim with such programs is to control a fourth stay of execution, but a day later the The opposition has been demanding the resig- passport. gives herders access to health care and school- restive population, and that Tibetans have been Supreme Court rejected an application to nation of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and a The government has branded the disruptions ing and lets them benefit from China’s booming given little option but to cooperate. “It’s much set up a judicial commission to ascertain number of other scandal-hit ruling Bharatiya Janata irresponsible but the BJP was also accused of contin- economy by offering new job opportunities, like easier to enforce administrative control over set- his age. Hussain’s age has proved difficult Party (BJP) leaders. uously disrupting parliament during its decade in working in tourism. tled communities than over nomads in the to determine with any certainty. His sup- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing gov- opposition until 2014. An exasperated Mahajan said Ngaba, known as Aba in Chinese, erupted in grasslands, and also the Chinese authorities porters say he was 14 or 15 at the time of ernment, which swept to power last year on a she had no choice but to suspend the MPs who had a wave of anti-China self-immolation protests in have aligned the policy with specific political the killing but police insist he was over 20. pledge to revive the economy, wants to push been storming the well of the chamber, chanting 2011, becoming one of the most serious chal- objectives of eliminating separatism and elimi- Exact birth records are not always kept in through a series of reforms including a new nation- and waving posters. “I repeatedly called meetings, lenges against Chinese rule in years. While not nating expressions of Tibetan nationalism,” said Pakistan, particularly for people from poor al sales tax. But Modi’s appeal for opposition sup- even warned about these placards, disruptions etc officially off limits to foreign reporters, unlike Kate Saunders, spokeswoman for the families like Hussain’s. — AFP port at the start of the session in July has been over the last few days,” the Speaker told reporters what China calls the Tibet Autonomous Region, International Campaign for Tibet.—Reuters ignored. outside parliament. — AFP TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

China may prepare second Spratly airstrip: Think-tank

BEIJING: Beijing could be preparing to ing in the South China Sea. more readily able to use the airbase for as is Brunei, another claimant to the the facts, and plays up ‘China’s military build a second 3,000-metre airstrip on an The website said China’s airstrip on patrols or limited offensive operations waters. threat’ to sow discord between China and artificial island in the disputed South Fiery Cross Reef, around 1,000 kilometers against other South China Sea claimants, Apprehension has grown over the mil- China’s maritime neighbors in the South China Sea, a Washington-based think- from the island province of Hainan just or even United States assets,” it added. itarization of the South China Sea, nearly China Sea,” Chinese defense ministry tank said. China is already building a off the Chinese mainland, is in the all of which is claimed by Beijing. China spokesman Yang Yujun said at a monthly 3,000-metre (9,842 feet) runway on Fiery “advanced stages” of construction, which Military breakdown is pouring massive amounts of sand to briefing on Thursday. “We firmly oppose Cross reef, the longest in the area, which began last year. Satellite photos of anoth- Taiwan is currently upgrading its 1,195 expand and fortify small reefs and build such actions.” could ultimately be used for combat er reef, Subi, where nearly four million meter airstrip on Itu Aba Island, CSIS said. facilities which it says are meant to pro- China’s island-building and construc- operations, according to the Center for square meters (988 acres) of land have According to the website, Malaysia has mote maritime and navigational safety tion activities are expected to come Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). been reclaimed, indicate Beijing may be the second-longest runway in the area on and scientific research, as well as military under scrutiny during high-level Asian Airstrip building in the Spratly islands getting ready to build another strip of Swallow Reef at 1,368 meters. The purposes. security meetings hosted by ASEAN from goes back nearly 40 years and four other similar length there, it added. Philippines’ strip is slightly shorter but Washington has a network of military today, which top US and Chinese diplo- claimants already have such facilities, “A Chinese airbase at Fiery Cross Reef with an “extremely worn” dirt surface. bases in Asia and conducts active recon- mats will also attend. China’s navy last according to CSIS’ Asia Maritime would allow for much-improved situa- Vietnam, the first runway builder in the naissance of the area, and has been par- week carried out a “live firing drill” in the Transparency Initiative. But China has tional awareness,” the website said, region in 1976, has the smallest at just ticularly critical of Beijing’s activities, South China Sea, involving at least 100 been accused of seeking to advance its adding it could let China deploy mar- 550 meters. Malaysia, the Philippines and though it has also called on other naval vessels, dozens of aircraft, missile sovereignty claims with its land reclama- itime surveillance aircraft and fighter Vietnam are all members of the claimants to cease new construction. launch battalions and information war- tion program and tensions have been ris- squadrons in the area. “China may be Association of South East Asian Nations, “The US side disregards and distorts fare troops, state media reported. —AFP Hundreds dead, millions displaced as monsoon heaps misery on Asia Remote areas of India, Pakistan, Myanmar worst hit

YANGON: Monsoon rains have country languishing under their way to safety in rafts cob- ern state of Rakhine which claimed the lives of hundreds of rooftop-high floods. bled together from old tyres, sal- already hosts about 140,000 dis- people across Asia, authorities vaged wood and large plastic bot- placed people, mainly Rohingya said yesterday, as rescue workers Risings waters tles. Muslims, who live in exposed scrambled to reach remote areas The government there has The United Nations warned coastal camps following deadly of India, Pakistan and Myanmar in focused relief and rescue efforts swollen rivers threaten more 2012 unrest between the minority the wake of flash floods and land- on four “national disaster-affected areas of the country, adding it group and Buddhists. slides. Authorities in India say regions” in central and western could be days before the true more than 120 people have died Myanmar, where villagers have extent of the disaster emerges. across the country in recent days, been forced to use canoes and “Logistics are extremely difficult. Poor infrastructure while more than a million have makeshift rafts to escape the ris- Assessment teams are having a The annual monsoon is a life- been displaced by rains worsened ing waters. Thousands of others hard time reaching affected line for farmers across the region by a cyclone that barreled are already in camps for the dis- areas,” said Pierre Peron, Myanmar but the rains and frequent power- through the Bay of Bengal last placed including in Kalay, Sagaing spokesman for the United Nations ful cyclones that usher them in can also prove deadly. Poor infra- structure and limited search and rescue capabilities routinely ham- per relief efforts across the region, more so as roads, phone lines and electricity are knocked out by ris- ing waters. India, which receives nearly 80 percent of its annual rainfall from June to September, sees tragedy strike every mon- soon season. This year West Bengal has been hit hard with 48 people killed, according to state management minister Javed Ahmad Khan. “More than 1.8 million people in JAKARTA: This file photo taken on April 1, 2004 shows the sister of former 5,600 villages have been affected Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri and then-presidential candi- by the flooding... nearly 1.1 million date of the Pioneers Party, Rachmawati Sukarnoputri (right), gesturing as have been moved to camps,” Khan told AFP. “If there are no rains, the she delivers a speech during a campaign. —AFP water level will come down in the next few days,” he added. Indonesian foundation defends Pakistan, which has suffered deadly floods around the same awarding Kim Jong peace prize time every year since 2010 — when the country was struck by JAKARTA: A daughter of Indonesia’s found- It is not the first time Rachmawati’s foun- the worst inundations in its histo- ing president has defended honoring North dation has handed its top prize to a member ry-has seen 116 people die so far. Korean leader Kim Jong-Un with an award of North Korea’s ruling family. In 2001 the Ahmed Kamal, spokesman for for statesmanship, dismissing criticisms of award was posthumously given to Kim’s his human rights record as “Western propa- grandfather, the state’s founding father Kim KALAY: A flood-affected resident uses a make-shift raft to travel through floodwaters. —AFP Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) told ganda”. Rachmawati Sukarnoputri con- Il Sung. Rachmawati drew parallels between week. Region, where residents told of Office for the Coordination of AFP that more than 850,000 peo- firmed the leader would receive an award the younger Kim and her own father, the Yesterday rescuers resumed unusually powerful flood waters Humanitarian Affairs. ple had been affected by this from her organization, the Sukarno leader of Indonesia’s independence struggle their search for villagers after swamping homes in hours. Landslides in Chin state-south year’s floods. Education Foundation, in September for his who ruled the Southeast Asian archipelago downpours caused a landslide in “We’ve lost all that we have. of Sagaing-have destroyed 700 Dozens have also perished in “peace, justice and humanity”. until he was overthrown in 1965. remote northeastern Manipur, Our house is still under water,” homes in the state capital Hakha, Nepal and Vietnam following The decision to award the autocrat such “Sukarno was also accused of being an where an official said four bodies Htay Shein, 62, told AFP from a according to the state-run Global floods and landslides. In Vietnam an accolade-handed in the past to such free- evil dictator who violated human rights, but have been recovered from a ham- temporary shelter in Kalay. “We New Light of Myanmar. President toxic mudslides from flood-hit dom icons as Mahatma Gandhi and Aung this was proven otherwise over time,” she let buried by a collapsed hill. In have seen floods, but never any- Thein Sein has promised the gov- coal mines in the northern San Suu Kyi-has made headlines and trig- said. Rachmawati is also the younger sister neighboring Myanmar the belt of thing like this before. This year is ernment will do its “utmost” to province of Quang Ninh, home to gered an outpouring of ridicule and disbe- of Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia’s fifth heavy seasonal rains-augmented the worst.” An AFP photographer provide relief, but said parts of the UNESCO-listed Halong Bay lief. But Sukarnoputri brushed aside ques- president, who remains one of the country’s by Cyclone Komen-have killed 46 in the area said floodwaters Chin had been cut off from sur- tourist site, claimed the lives of tions of Kim’s suitability for the award, say- most powerful political figures. Kim is people so far and affected more remained stubbornly high yester- rounding areas, the report added. two families and spewed coal into ing the young leader “should be honored for known for his ruthlessness in dealing with than 200,000 with much of the day, with many people making Rains have also battered the west- town centers. —AFP his fight against neo-colonialist imperialism”. even the most senior officials suspected of “The allegations about human rights disloyalty, following the execution of his abuses are untrue,” she told AFP. “That’s all uncle and one-time political mentor Jang just Western propaganda. Those Western Song-Thaek in 2013. governments like to put ugly labels on South Korean intelligence reported in Talks on Taiwan school North Korea.” Her father, Indonesia’s first May that he had his defense minister shot to president Sukarno, established early ties pieces with anti-aircraft fire for insubordina- with North Korea back in the 1950s. Jakarta tion and dozing off during a formal military has maintained open relations with rally. Foreigners detained by the North curriculum break down Pyongyang ever since. In April President Korean authorities are habitually required to Joko Widodo hosted a delegation from the make public, officially-scripted pronounce- reclusive state as part of an international ments of their guilt in order to help secure TAIPEI: Talks between Taiwanese student pro- the changes. Protesters stormed the ministry mise. “We came here today with the intention to conference. their eventual release. —AFP testers and education officials broke down yes- compound in the early hours of Friday following compromise, because we are tired,” a tearful terday after an emotional meeting about contro- the suicide of 20-year-old activist Lin Kuan-hua, Chen Chien-hsun told reporters afterwards. “But versial changes to the school curriculum which and some remain camped out in the square. the needle didn’t move at all.” have been slammed as “China-centric.” Wu said during the talks, which lasted for Nearly a thousand people rallied outside the Tokyo’s largest district allows Students asked Education Minister Wu Se-hwa more than two hours, that there was nothing ministry on Sunday, calling for the curriculum same-sex partner certificates to retract the schoolbook guidelines, which have “unlawful” about the new curriculum, while the changes to be scrapped and for Wu to step sparked protests that escalated Thursday follow- seven students attending the meeting were down, while paying tribute to Lin. Self-governing TOKYO: Tokyo’s largest district has said it ing the partnership certificates. ing the suicide of a young activist who opposed angered at what they saw as a lack of compro- Taiwan split from the mainland in 1949 after a will start issuing “partnership” certificates It was the first such recognition of civil war, but Beijing still sees the island as part of to same-sex couples from November, same-sex unions in Japan. Shibuya’s cer- its territory and does not rule out force to achieve becoming the second in Japan to recog- tificates are expected to be issued from reunification at some stage. nize such unions following a pioneering October. Setagaya ward is the largest of Concern is growing, especially among the move by the capital’s bustling Shibuya Tokyo’s 23 districts with a population of young, at perceived increased Chinese influence ward. While the certificates would not be about 874,000 people, including a little over Taiwan in the wake of a rapprochement with legally binding, the Setagaya district over 6,000 foreigners. The wards’ certifi- council said it hoped they would encour- cates will carry only symbolic signifi- Beijing forged by current President Ma Ying-jeou. age hospitals and landlords to ensure cance, since the Japanese constitution Crowds are still occupying the area, with tents same-sex couples receive similar treat- identifies marriage as a union based on pitched to shield those camping overnight and ment to married people. mutual consent of the parties from “both protect them from high temperatures during the Applicants must sign a written oath sexes”. While Japan is largely tolerant of day. Chu Chen, a leading protester, also wept as stating their intentions as part of the appli- homosexuality, there is no specific legal he spoke about Lin during the meeting, TV cation process. The decision last week protection for gay people, who complain footage showed. comes after next-door Shibuya district-a that they may be prevented from visiting “Those of us who are running the protests business and shopping hub that is home sick loved ones in hospitals or may be have been keeping it all inside,” an emotional to international firms and embassies- refused a tenancy because their relation- Chen said to Wu. “Minister, will you suspend the passed an ordinance in March to start issu- ship is not recognized. —AFP curriculum change until next year?” Wu said teachers can choose to use old versions of text- books or the ones published under the new cur- Newborn girl abandoned riculum that was announced last February. “Just because there’s controversy doesn’t mean it’s wrong,” Wu said. The curriculum in Chinese toilet: Report changes under debate include a reference to BEIJING: A newborn baby girl was aban- Blood around the lavatory bowl and the fact Taiwan being “recovered by China” instead of doned in a Beijing public toilet and fell head- that her parents did not report her trapped “given to China” after the end of Japanese occu- first down the pipe, reports said yesterday, indicated that she had been born in the toilet pation in 1945. The 50-year period of Japanese after her mother apparently gave birth in the and abandoned there, it said, adding that rule is also referred to as an era when “Japan facility. Members of the public were alerted by police were trying to identify her parents. occupied” the island, replacing the previous the baby’s cries, the Beijing Times reported, Chinese babies born out of wedlock are phrase “Japan governed”. Lin was one of 30 stu- and a police officer reached down the pipe to sometimes abandoned because of social and dents, along with three journalists, arrested last extract the girl. She was taken to a hospital in financial pressures. The country’s one-child TAIPAI: A protester against changes to their curriculum holds a slogan during a month for breaking into the ministry in anger at the capital but did not appear to have any policy can also mean heavy fines for couples march near the Ministry of Education. —AP the curriculum changes. —AFP physical disabilities, according to the report. who have more than one baby. —AFP NEWS TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 Resigned Jerusalem Palestinians seek Israeli citizenship

JERUSALEM: “I declare I will be a loyal citizen of the state of port I won’t be so weak, especially living in East Jerusalem - it’s Israel,” reads the oath that must be sworn by all naturalized so easy for us to get kicked out.” Israeli citizens. Increasingly, they are words being uttered by The ballet dancer told her immediate family who initially Palestinians. In East Jerusalem, which Israel captured from reacted with surprise but later accepted her choice. However, Jordan during the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed, a some other Palestinians fear their community’s reaction to move not recognized internationally, issues of Palestinian breaking the taboo, so keep their decision even from family identity are layered with complexity. While Israel regards the and friends. For many Palestinians, East Jerusalem feel likes a east of the city as part of Israel, the estimated 300,000 twilight zone. They pay Israeli municipal taxes and receive Palestinians that live there do not. They are not Israeli citizens, healthcare and insurance benefits, but are often neglected instead holding Israeli-issued blue IDs that grant them perma- when it comes to basic city services - from trash collection to nent resident status. new playgrounds and resources in schools and clinics. While they can seek citizenship if they wish, the vast major- The situation is particularly bad in places like Shuafat, a ity reject it, not wanting to renounce their own history or be refugee camp a few minutes away from the Old City. Shuafat seen to buy into Israel’s 48-year occupation. And yet over the lies beyond the concrete barrier built by Israel in the mid- past decade, an increasing number of East Jerusalem 2000s, after a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. To reach Palestinians have gone through the lengthy process of the rest of Jerusalem, Shuafat residents must queue to get becoming Israeli citizens, researchers and lawyers say. In part through a caged-iron walkway that crosses the barrier. About it reflects a loss of hope that an independent Palestinian state 100,000 Palestinians live beyond the barrier but are still will ever emerge. But it also reflects a hard-headed pragma- Jerusalemites. “The wall brought panic,” said Adi Lustigman, a tism - an acknowledgement that having Israeli citizenship will lawyer who represents Palestinians in citizenship applications. make it easier to get or change jobs, buy or move house, trav- “People were afraid that after their homes were put behind it el abroad and receive access to services. that their residency will be stripped and rights taken away.” Israeli officials are reluctant to confirm figures, but data Citizenship is seen as a block against that, said Lustigman, obtained by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies indicates who confirmed that applications have shot up in recent years. a jump over the past decade, rising from 114 applications in 2003 to between 800 and 1,000 a year now, around half of Demographic Change which are successful. On top of that, hundreds have made The fraught decisions over identity come at a time when inquiries before the formal application process begins. Interior political and religious tensions are high in Jerusalem, and yet Ministry figures obtained by Reuters show there were 1,434 integration has to an extent been rising. The most visible sign applications in 2012-13, of which 189 were approved, 1,061 of that is the city’s light-rail system which allows passengers - are still being processed and 169 were rejected. The remain- a mix of ultra-Orthodox Jews, secular Israelis, Palestinians and der are in limbo. Palestinians who have applied do not like to tourists - quick access to west Jerusalem shopping centres, talk about it. The loyalty oath is not an easy thing for them to markets and parks. More Palestinians, albeit in small numbers, sign up to and becoming a naturalised Israeli - joining the have also been moving into predominantly Jewish neighbour- enemy - is taboo. “It felt bad, really bad,” said a 46-year-old hoods and even settlements on occupied land. Palestinian teacher who took the oath a year ago. Despite her Khalil Tafakji, a map expert and former member of the reservations, she knew it was right for stability and career Palestinian negotiating team, said political deadlock - the VALLAURIS, France: People arrive as workers disassemble an elevator on the public beach near the prospects. “We just want to live our lives,” she said. “At the end sense that years of striving for an independent Palestinian Saudi King’s villa in the Golfe-Juan seaside resort yesterday. — AFP of the day, politics gets you nowhere.” state were going nowhere - was driving numbers up. “If this continues, what will the Palestinians negotiate about? They Deeper Roots want to negotiate on the land - they have already lost the French beach back to For many East Jerusalemites, part of the fear is that Israel land,” he said. “They want to negotiate for the population and could revoke their blue ID at any time since retaining it the population is being lost.” depends on maintaining a “centre of life” in Jerusalem. Spend Israel, he said, was trying to strengthen its hold on too much time abroad or working elsewhere and the ID could Jerusalem demographically, a process helped by Palestinians public after takeover go. That is not the case when it comes to citizenship. “I want- taking up Israeli citizenship. Since 1967, around 24,000 ed to strengthen myself in Jerusalem,” said the teacher, Palestinians had made the switch, he said, equivalent to VALLAURIS, France: Workers were busily returning a few beachgoers showed up for the reopening yester- explaining her reasoning. “It’s my homeland. I was born here, I almost 10 percent of the East Jerusalem Palestinian popula- beach in southern France to its previous condition day, which is near the heavily populated sands of live here and I want to stay here.” tion. The demographic impact is even wider when one consid- yesterday after the premature departure of Saudi Golfe-Juan and also includes a nudist beach. “It’s the Others echoed that sense of a transition that on the one ers that the children of those who become Israeli citizens are King Salman, whose commandeering of the coastline caprice of a billionaire,” said retiree Jean-Paul, looking hand feels like a renunciation, but on the other strengthens born Israeli. Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom rejected the had caused uproar among locals. A few sun-lovers with disdain at the elevator and its unsightly concrete their ability to keep firm roots in Jerusalem. “It felt really demographic argument. “This will not affect negotiations with were replanting their parasols while the workers were base. “I could understand privatizing the beach for a wrong, I was a bit ashamed because it feels like you’re giving the Palestinians, which encompass far greater and wider up your identity,” said a 26-year-old Palestinian ballet dancer, issues,” said Shalom, whose portfolio includes Palestinian dismantling controversial constructions, including an week for security reasons, but a month is a bit much. who began the application in June. “But if I get an Israeli pass- affairs. — Reuters elevator from the beach to the king’s grandiose villa, It’s a question of principle,” he said before heading on built only a fortnight ago for the royal visit. King to the nudist beach. The workers were also disman- Salman made an early exit on Sunday from the Cote tling metal scaffolding set up with a view to building a GCC welcomes Iran deal but seeks more... d’Azur only eight days into what was initially billed as new staircase up to the villa. a month-long vacation. One woman sunning herself in a bikini said she Continued from Page 1 cide with the talks, urging Gulf countries to work with Iran At least half of his 1,000-strong delegation left was angry about having to walk the extra 10 minutes to counter a wave on instability in the Middle East. “We with him from Nice airport to the Moroccan city of to the next public beach over the past eight days. All of those are part of a package of programs that he must all accept the fact that the era of zero-sum games is Tangiers, local officials said. “There really aren’t many of us using this beach,” she said would build “stronger and more enduring strategic over, and we all win or lose together,” he wrote in Arabic, An official source in Riyadh denied the king had said. “We could quite easily have shared it with the partnership with particular focus on counterterrorism and backing up his statement with passages from the Holy any problem with media reports about his controver- royal family.” Every year after the Muslim fasting peri- countering the destabilizing activities taking place in the Quran. Nonetheless, Iran remains in a struggle with Saudi sial Riviera vacation and had travelled to Morocco “as od of Ramadan, more than a third of luxury hotels in region,” he said. Arabia and its allies for regional primacy. A deadly bomb- ing in Bahrain last week, which the government linked to per the holiday program”. More than 150,000 people the Cannes regions are filled with visitors from the Attiyah, for his part, said there was support for the nuclear deal among countries in the Gulf, despite their cau- Iran, was taken by many as a sign Tehran cannot be trusted. signed a petition in France against the closure of the Middle East, leading hotel unions to denounce the tious reaction. “This was the best option among other Kerry flew in to Qatar on Sunday evening after a visit to strip of sand in front of the king’s villa, which is locat- uproar over King Salman’s visit. options to come up with a solution to the nuclear weapons Egypt, where he also sought to assure Cairo that the land- ed near Cannes, and the heavy security measures put “These few wealthy retirees who can’t go for a of Iran through dialogue,” the Qatari minister said, speaking mark Iran deal signed in Vienna would bring greater securi- in place during his stay. swim beneath their homes for a few days have creat- in Arabic. He added that the Gulf Arabs ultimately would ty to the Middle East. Others were more welcoming, particularly local ed a deplorable image of France,” said Chevillon. like to see a ban on nuclear weapons in the entire Middle “There can be absolutely no question that if the Vienna traders, who rolled out the red carpet for the monarch Beach access is normally open in France because the East - a pointed jab at Israel which is widely believed to plan is fully implemented, it will make Egypt and all the and his big-spending friends. Michel Chevillon, head coast is state-owned, but French authorities may have the bomb - and that the Iran deal could be the first countries of this region safer than they otherwise would be of the hoteliers’ union in Cannes, said around a dozen restrict access for security reasons. Officials allowed step in a process to bring one about. At the same time, he or were,” Kerry told reporters in Cairo. four- and five-star hotels were booked up during the Salman’s party to pour a cement platform on the said GCC members remained concerned about Iran’s possi- Egypt like other regional states remains suspicious of Saudi delegation’s visit. King Salman also welcomed beach for the elevator to the villa, on condition that ble designs in the region. Iran, which has backed President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime several French business leaders during his stay. Only a the elevator was removed after the visit. — AFP Kerry met Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Adel bin in Syria and Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen. Kerry said the Ahmed Al-Jubeir, and Qatar’s emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al- US recognised that “Iran is engaged in destabilizing activi- Thani, before heading into the talks with GCC foreign min- ties in the region - and that is why it is so important to Experts caution rumors must be refuted... isters. He also held a three-way meeting with Russian ensure that Iran’s nuclear program remains wholly peace- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Jubeir on Syria. Russia ful”. “If Iran is destabilizing, it is far, far better to have an Iran Continued from Page 1 that in Kuwait there are no specific laws to punish rumor has been trying to bring about rapprochement between that doesn’t have a nuclear weapon than one that does,” he mongers and that the ones in effect actually address those the Syrian government and regional states including Saudi said. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that He warned citizens and residents against responding to who promote false and groundless news. The laws in effect Arabia and Turkey to forge an alliance to fight Islamic State the July 14 agreement had improved the prospects of end- such rumors by perpetrating illegal acts, noting parents are also penalize those who reach information with illegitimate militants who have taken large amounts of territory in ing the conflicts in Syria and Yemen. “The final solution in Yemen is political, in Syria the final solution is political,” he partially responsible when their children get involved in means. They also stipulate penalties for premeditated harm, Syria’s civil war. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote said. “The agreement will create a new atmosphere. The cli- such acts. Meanwhile, attorney Nawaf Al-Sharqawi believes defamation, blackmail and indecency. — KUNA an article published in several Arab newspapers to coin- mate will be easier.” — Agencies TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 ANALYSIS

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he road blocks and military checkpoints are gone, and the restrictions on foreign tourists and journalists visiting Tthe area have been lifted. But the mostly Tamil residents of Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna peninsula say much more still needs to be done to heal the wounds of a long civil war - and they are pinning their hopes on an upcoming general election. Jaffna voted overwhelmingly in January’s presidential election to oust the strongman incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse, who maintained de facto martial law in the region. His successor Maithripala Sirisena has drastically reduced the number of troops on the streets of Jaffna and lifted restric- tions on diplomats, foreign tourists and journalists visiting. But US-Turkey deal on Syria a big gamble locals say his election promise to bring about national reconcili- ation between the Tamils and Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese majority By Steven R Hurst an almost daily basis. The US has gained access to Until about two years ago, Kurds had fought a three- remains unfulfilled. “We will have reconciliation when the gov- Turkey’s Incerlik air base near Syria’s northern border, as decade insurgency in southeastern Turkey and from ernment gives us real autonomy under a federal structure,” said resident Barack Obama and Turkish President well as Turkey’s participation in attacks on Islamic state bases in northern Iraq. That fighting has taken at least C V K Sivagnanam, chairman of the Northern Provincial Council Recep Tayyip Erdogan are both taking a big gam- fighters from the air. But what the US stands to lose 37,000 lives. Peace talks begun in 2013 have broken (NPC), a local government body. “Give us autonomy and 90 per- Pble as they agree to work together against the could be even greater: Washington’s most effective allies down with the renewed Turkish bombing in northern cent of the problems will be solved.” Islamic State group militants in Syria. Their goals, while and ground forces in the battle against the Islamic State Iraq and PKK counterattacks inside Turkey. That is bound The Tamils’ longstanding demand for greater autonomy has overlapping in some ways, are far different in others, in Syria are the Kurds, ever wary of being targeted by to have put the Obama administration in a tough spot become a key issue in the Aug 17 elections. The NPC was elect- mainly on the question of how to handle Kurdish mili- Turkey, despite Ankara’s promise not to attack them. with its Kurdish allies fighting the Islamic State in Syria. ed in Sept 2013, five years after the war ended, but it lacks leg- tants battling Islamic State fighters in Syria. And that’s “It’s no secret that Turkey has been less interested in The White House is reported to have cautioned the Turks islative authority. Former Jaffna MP Suresh Premachandran said the problem. fighting ISIL (the Islamic State) than suppressing the about military action in northern Iraq, where Kurds claim the Tamils were hoping to increase their influence in the next Erdogan wants to combat Islamic State militants in his Kurds,” said Stephen Tankel, professor at American civilian casualties. parliament. “We hope to increase our say in the next parliament country who have flowed freely across the border with University. “That’s still true. Bringing Turkey further into But counterattacks by the PKK have escalated vio- so that we can push for a political solution to the ethnic prob- Syria. But his biggest priority is one that’s driven by the fight against ISIL is a positive thing depending on the lence between Turkish government forces and Kurdish lem in Sri Lanka,” Premachandran told AFP. “The election is an domestic politics: curtailing growing Kurdish power cost. Turkey has said it won’t strike the Syrian Kurdish insurgents. At least 24 people have been killed in the opportunity for the people to send a message to the govern- along Turkey’s southern border. Ankara is worried that militias, which are one of the most effective US partners renewed violence in Turkey, most of them soldiers. ment.” Kurdish gains in Iraq and in Syria will encourage a revival on the ground.” Erdogan has been struggling since elections in June Jaffna, 400 km north of Colombo, has thousands of of the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey in pursuit of an inde- The Kurds, an ethnic group with their own language resulted in a hung parliament, when the pro-Kurdish par- bombed-out homes and many people still live in camps six pendent state. and customs, have long sought a homeland. Nearly 25 ty made huge gains in Parliament. Erdogan, critics and years after the war ended. Sivagnanam says there have still To that end, Erdogan used the start of Turkish air million Kurds live mostly in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Kurdish activists claim, is reigniting the conflict in a bid been no concrete steps towards reconciliation after Sirisena strikes against Islamic State forces in Syria to also attack Armenia. The Kurds have made unprecedented gains to win nationalist votes and undermine support for took power in January. But what he calls a “fear psychosis” has Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels in northern Iraq. since Syria’s civil war began, carving out territory where Kurdish politicians in possible new elections in the com- disappeared from the region and state intelligence operatives And on July 27, the main Syrian Kurdish militia, the they declared their own civil administration. With the ing months. People’s Protection Unit, known as the YPG, claimed that help of US-led airstrikes against the IS group, Kurdish Anthony Cordesman, a CSIS military expert, said the no longer barge into homes when families have friends over. it had been shelled by Turkish troops. A Turkish official fighters expelled the militants in Kobani, a Syrian village deal with Turkey was likely good for overall US strategy “After the new government came to power, Tamil people are said the military was only returning fire, and that the mil- on the Turkish border in January after a long battle. In in the Middle East. But, he said: “One of the problems is slowly breathing again,” the head of the local chamber of com- itary campaign does not include the YPG. June, the Kurds pushed the Islamic State group from its we keep trying to describe this as if it were black and merce R Jeyasegaran told AFP. “Now there is no fear. Earlier, we Since the US-Turkey agreement was announced late stronghold of Tal Abyad also along the border with white, and what you’re really watching again is three- did not speak to anyone fearing arrests.” last month, Turkish warplanes have attacked PKK bases Turkey, robbing IS of a key avenue for smuggling oil and dimensional chess with something like 9 players and no The region’s top civil administrator, Nagalingam in northern Iraq and its forces in southeastern Turkey on foreign fighters. rules.” —AP Vethanayahan, said the military’s engagement in day-to-day civilian life has diminished. “We are now dealing with the police, not with the military,” he said. Drivers weigh in on Uber boom in NYC Demand for Justice The new freedoms have encouraged residents to demand By Lejla Sarcevic for the flexibility - drivers own their cars for about a year and this is his first driving just too rigid. “The yellow cab schedule, justice for the 40,000 Tamil civilians that the United Nations says and can work when they want. job. He chose the company because he you have to wake up at midnight or finish were killed by government forces in the final phase of the 37- n a muggy summer evening, a Liang Wang has been driving for Uber believed the yellow cab shift schedule was really late. And I have a daughter,” said year guerrilla war that ended in 2009. The Tamil Tigers, who woman stood on a midtown Wang, who drives five to six days a week fought for full independence for Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils, OManhattan street corner and around his family schedule. were comprehensively defeated in a no-holds-barred military switched between raising her hand for a campaign that also left thousands of troops killed and wound- taxi and glancing at her phone, possibly Suffer the Taxi Driver ed. Rajapakse always maintained that the largely Sinhalese mili- for an Uber car. “She’s going to take who- Noureddine Benbedda, who owns his tary under his command did not kill a single civilian, and had ever comes first,” yellow cab driver Jatinder own yellow cab, said he used to take home refused to cooperate with a UN-mandated investigation into Singh speculated as he scouted out the $700 a week after paying a garage and the the allegations. His successor, who enjoyed strong backing scene. While New York City riders have lease on the city medallion that allows him from the Tamils in January’s election, has promised accountabil- increasingly more choices in how to get to drive. Now he’s lucky if he brings home ity and said he will establish a credible domestic mechanism to from here to there with the rise of e-hail- $500. He used to have another driver take investigate. ing apps - and lawmakers grapple with the night shift who has since quit, leaving Local officials said Sirisena had paid three visits to Jaffna in how to regulate the booming industry - Benbedda to drive longer hours to make up as many months, underscoring the importance of the region. the drivers who keep cars moving are for it. “My family is suffering now,” he said. But Tamil politicians say the president would be no better than stuck in the middle. Mohammad Sultan echoes Benbedda. Rajapakse if he insisted on a domestic enquiry without involv- Uber, a service that allows riders to After 27 years as a taxi driver, the 59-year- ing independent international experts. “We want the perpetra- choose a car type and pay by credit card old says his earnings have dropped by $200 tors of war crimes brought to justice,” Sivagnanam told AFP at from a mobile phone, has in four years a week. Even though he’s lost 30 percent of his home in Jaffna, the Tamil Tigers’ de facto separate state for gone from nearly non-existent to more his business since Uber arrived on the five years until 1995. “We don’t have faith in local systems to than 26,000 drivers, joining the city’s streets, he remains positive. “It’s good that investigate these allegations.” 13,437 taxis. Some traditional yellow cab there’s no more taxi monopoly,” Sultan said. Sinhalese nationalists see inviting foreign investigators as drivers say that since the arrival of Uber, “Now we have another opportunity.” interference in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs and an affront to the increased competition has cost them national sovereignty. Rajapakse’s government had even refused about 30 percent of their earnings. In Both Driver Seats visas for foreign investigators appointed by the UN Human Uber drivers also have complained the Driver Jatinder Singh has seen both Rights Commission, whose report is due out in September. NPC crowded streets are hurting their bottom sides: he drove with Uber and returned to member Ananthi Sasitharan whose Tamil Tiger husband is still line, a notion disputed by the company, In this July 21, 2015 photo, yellow cab driver Jatinder Singh drives his taxi in driving a taxi. “The drivers who are suffer- missing after surrendering to troops in May 2009, says Tamils which is moving forward with a goal of New York. ing they want to come back to a cab, but cannot rely on a local investigation and there must be a credi- adding 10,000 drivers by the end of the they can’t, because they bought a brand- ble foreign inquiry. “If the government fails to ensure justice, I year. The plan alarmed New York City law- new car,” he said. “My friend bought a will go to the UN or any other international organisation in makers who later backed off a plan to cap Hyundai Sonata hybrid and they’re stuck search of justice,” she told AFP at her home on the outskirts of the number of cars on the street in for good, for five years until the car is paid Jaffna. —AFP exchange for ridership data to study the off.” He owned a yellow cab, which he issue. decided to paint black so he could start Here’s a look at how the battle for New driving with Uber. That lasted about six York City’s streets is playing out, through months before he sold the car and the eyes of those behind the wheel: returned to taxi driving. Singh hoped the All articles appearing on these surge pricing at Uber - it costs more to get pages are the personal opinion of Uber Rising a lift when demand outpaces supply- the writers. Kuwait Times takes no “In three years, there will be no taxis on would make up for the lack of tips, but the New York City streets,” Uber driver Michael money never came. “They had so many responsibility for views expressed Keflom predicted. The 48-year-old driver drivers, too many drivers.” therein. Kuwait Times invites read- moved from Eritrea, in Africa, to New York Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the ers to voice their opinions. Please City in the late eighties, and during college New York Taxi Workers Alliance says the send submissions via email to: opin- started driving a yellow cab - a job he kept problem lies in Uber’s model, which she on and off for 26 years during a career as a claims was never created to serve full-time [email protected] or via snail commercial pilot. He says that if Uber had drivers. “For them it’s a gig economy. If mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. existed back in the mid-90s, he would nev- you’re a full-timer, you can’t compete with The editor reserves the right to edit er have stepped foot in a cockpit. Keflom the flood of vehicles,” she said. “I don’t any submission as necessary. said he’s made it his mission to convince In this May 28, 2015 photo, Uber drivers and their supporters protest in front of want to mince words here, for generations his taxi-driving friends to join him at Uber the offices of the Taxi and Limousine Commission in New York. —AP photos it has been a full-time job.” —AP TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 SPORTS

Springboks wait on Pollard Wickham joins Palace Drucker sprints to victory DURBAN: South Africa are sweating on the fitness of flyhalf Handre Pollard LONDON: England Under-21 international striker Connor LONDON: Luxembourg’s Jean-Pierre Drucker sprinted to victory in the 200km ahead of their final Rugby Championship test against Argentina at King’s Park Wickham has joined Crystal Palace from Sunderland, the RideLondon-Surrey Classic on Sunday, the BMC rider edging out Dutchman Mike on Saturday. The 21-year-old, who was impressive in defeats to Australia and London club announced yesterday. Palace’s official website Teunissen and Briton Ben Swift. New Zealand in this year’s competition, took a blow to the head against the (www.cpfc.co.uk) said his contract was for five years. With the peloton, which included seven UCI WorldTour teams, shredded in the latter in Johannesburg nine days ago. He was cleared to carry on playing in Wickham, 22, had his best period at Sunderland at the end of Surrey hills on a warm day, only four men were left in contention on The Mall and the game, but two days later was diagnosed with delayed concussion and will the 2013-14 season, when a flurry of five goals in three Drucker timed his surge to perfection to claim the biggest win of his career. be assessed again later in the week. “Handre passed the head injury assess- games lifted them from the bottom of the Premier League to The thousands of fans who lined the route around some of London’s landmarks ment during the game and immediately after, but then two days later there 17th place and eventual safety. had hoped to see Briton Mark Cavendish contesting a bunch sprint, but the searing were signs of what we called delayed concussion,” team doctor Craig Roberts pace took its toll and the Etixx-Quick-Step rider did not feature. Bradley Wiggins, the Those were his only goals from 15 appearances and last told reporters in Durban. “So we will only know later in the week, after further 2012 Tour de France champion, also failed to make an impact. “I’m a fast guy so I was tests are carried out, whether he will be available for selection.” Should he be season he managed a modest five in 36 games. His total for pretty confident and when I looked to Swift in the closing stages he ruled out or rested, one of Pat Lambie or Morne Steyn will make a the club was 15 in 91 matches in all competitions. “I looked at looked a bit nervous,” Drucker told the BBC. “I tried to keep his wheel return to the starting lineup. Better news for the Springboks was the team before I arrived here and the signings that have and focus on him. “I’m a sprinter who loves it when the race is pretty that the experienced trio of centre Jean de Villiers, scrumhalf Fourie been brought in, and the potential to score goals and the hard and my team tried to make it a hard race. “To get my first pro- de Preez and flank Willem Alberts all made it through a training chances that could be created was a massive influence,” fessional win in front of Buckingham Palace is so special. The crowd session unscathed on Monday as they aim to make a return to Wickham told the club website. Manager Alan Pardew has here is so crazy about cycling.” Cavendish, who took his Tour de the side having not yet featured in 2015. “Jean is a player been keen to strengthen Palace’s attacking options in an France stage win tally to 26 last month, rolled home in 44th who took a back seat a bit so that he could get some attempt to build on last season’s 10th position, after they had place, having briefly attacked out in front with Rohan Dennis game time, and the news is good on that front as he been in danger of relegation when he joined in January. with an hour of racing to go. An eight-man group then got looked good in training and should be available for Palace have also signed Patrick Bamford, the promising clear and the main bunch gave up the chase, leaving Drucker selection for this week’s game,” Roberts said. —Reuters young Chelsea forward, on loan.—Reuters to triumph in the sunshine.—Reuters Rangers edge Giants, Mets win

ARLINGTON: Josh Hamilton hit a two-run three hits and four RBIs, helping the AL East- homer and Martin Perez allowed only two hits to leading Yankees close out a 6-4 road trip - match- earn his first win in his comeback from elbow ing a season high. Ellsbury drove in three runs, surgery as the Texas Rangers edged the San and Didi Gregorius had two hits and two RBIs. Francisco Giants 2-1 on Sunday. Perez (1-2) threw New York also got a lift from Ivan Nova (4-3), 8 1/3 innings, leaving after allowing a one-out, who pitched six innings of five-hit ball in his third ninth-inning double to Angel Pagan. Sam Dyson consecutive victory. Nova’s previous start on earned his first career save, getting a game-end- Monday at Texas was cut short by arm fatigue, a ing double play after allowing a bases-loaded, condition he contributed to his comeback from RBI single to Buster Posey. In Perez’s previous Tommy John surgery in April 2014. Nova allowed start last Monday, he failed to get through the just one run on Melky Cabrera’s RBI single in the second inning against the New York Yankees and sixth. Samardzija (8-6) was tagged for nine runs, allowed eight earned runs in a 21-5 loss. matching a season high, and eight hits in 4 2/3 Hamilton homered into the right-field corner innings. off Mike Leake (9-6), who made his first start with San Francisco. Before that, Texas had put eight CUBS 4, BREWERS 3 runners on without scoring. Closer Hector Rondon nearly squandered a three-run lead, and rookie Kris Bryant got hurt in METS 5, NATIONALS 2 the Cubs’ win that completed a four-game Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy and streak- sweep. Starter Clayton Richard (2-0) and the ing Lucas Duda homered in a span of five pitch- Cubs’ bullpen held off the Brewers until the es, a sudden power strike that charged up Citi ninth, when Rondon allowed the first two run- Field and helped the Mets complete a three- ners to reach base with his team leading 4-1. game sweep. Ryan Braun scored on a groundout with one Noah Syndergaard (6-5) struck out nine over out, and Hernan Perez drove in another run with eight innings, and New York pulled within per- a two-out single. Rondon then got pinch-hitter centage points of first-place Washington in the Logan Schafer to line out sharply to center for his NL East. Tyler Clippard got the last three outs for 16th save. his first save with the Mets. New York finished a Bryant left in the fifth after sliding headfirst wildly eventful 6-4 homestand that featured one into second and appearing to get tagged on the trade that fell through, the additions of four new helmet by shortstop Jean Segura. Bryant’s neck players - including slugger Yoenis Cespedes - or upper back also appeared to bump into and a 162-game drug suspension for reliever Segura’s leg. Bryant, who reached on an RBI sin- Jenrry Mejia. gle off Kyle Lohse (5-13), was running after a Anthony Rendon hit his first homer of the throw to the plate was cut off. Bryant was lifted season, and Yunel Escobar also went deep for for a pinch runner after a safe call was upheld on Washington. Jordan Zimmermann (8-7) gave up a replay review. the five runs, six hits, two walks and struck out seven in six innings. ATHLETICS 2, INDIANS 1 Mark Canha hit a two-out double in the 10th ARLINGTON: Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor (12) stretches to catch a throw to second base against San Francisco Giants’ CARDINALS 3, ROCKIES 2 inning to drive in Sam Fuld and lift Oakland past Brandon Belt (9) during the fifth inning. —AP Brandon Moss had his first big hit with St. Cleveland. before Ethier deposited the rookie right-hander’s Chris Johnson, Jonny Gomes and Ryan Hechavarria then ended it as Miami avoided get- Louis, a game-ending single in the ninth inning, Fuld singled off Cody Allen (1-3) before Canha 1-1 pitch into the Angels’ bullpen in right field for Lavarnway all had an RBI for the Braves, who ting swept. Marlins starter Jose Fernandez struck and Randal Grichuk had a two-run homer to lead hammered a 3-1 pitch off the wall in left-center. his 12th homer and the Dodgers’ NL-leading won for just the second time in their last 15 road out 10 in six shutout innings, allowing four hits. the Cardinals. Fuld raced around third base and slid into home, 131st home run. games to avoid a four-game series sweep. Ryan Moss’ one-out hit to left off reliever Scott easily beating the relay throw from shortstop Pedro Baez (4-2) got the victory with 1 1/3 Howard had two hits, one a double, for the PIRATES 3, REDS 0 Oberg (2-2) drove in Jason Heyward, who dou- Francisco Lindor. Canha entered the game as a innings of relief. Three days he was acquired Phillies, who lost for just the third time in 15 Charlie Morton pitched five-hit ball for seven bled with one out. Closer Trevor Rosenthal (2-2) pinch-hitter in the fifth inning. It was the first from the Miami Marlins in a three-team, 13-play- games since the All-Star break. Teheran (7-6) innings and Neil Walker hit a review-aided home pitched a perfect inning to hlep the Cardinals game-ending hit of his career.Francisco er trade involving the Atlanta Braves, Mat Latos earned his first road win since his season debut run as Pittsburgh won a game in which benches win for the ninth time in 12 games and improve Rodriguez (2-1) pitched one inning for the win, yielded a run and four hits over six innings in his on April 6 at Miami. Adam Morgan (2-3) surren- cleared after All-Stars Andrew McCutchen and to a major league-best 40-16 mark at home. striking out Lindor with the go-ahead run on Dodgers debut and departed with a 2-1 lead. dered four runs and seven hits in five innings in Brandon Phillips were hit by pitches. No punches Colorado has lost four of five. St. Louis third base in the top of the 10th. Fuld finished his seventh career start. were thrown between two teams with a history jumped to a 2-0 lead on Grichuk’s home run off with two hits while Billy Burns drove in Oakland’s MARINERS 4, TWINS 1 of altercations dating back a couple of years, but Colorado starter Yohan Flande in the fifth. It was other run. Lonnie Chisenhall singled and scored Logan Morrison’s RBI double in the 11th BLUE JAYS 5, ROYALS 2 the altercation rekindled twice before order was Grichuk’s 12th homer of the season and fifth for Cleveland, which has lost two straight. inning put Seattle ahead and Austin Jackson Chris Colabello hit a two-run home run, R.A. restored. Pirates first baseman Sean Rodriguez since the All-Star break. Colorado tied it in the added a two-run double to help the Mariners Dickey threw seven shutout innings as Toronto and Cincinnati’s Joey Votto were ejected. sixth on Ben Paulsen’s RBI double and a wild DODGERS 5, ANGELS 4 outlast Minnesota. Rookie Ketel Marte had three beat Kansas City in a testy matchup while taking Pirates Closer Mark Melancon and manager pitch by reliever Steve Cishek. Andre Ethier hit his second dramatic home hits and a walk in his third major league game three of four from the AL’s top team. Clint Hurdle were automatically ejected after run in three innings, a two-run shot in the 10th, for Seattle, which split the four-game series and Both benches and bullpens emptied after Melancon hit Tucker Barnhart with one out in YANKEES 12, WHITE SOX 3 and Howie Kendrick also homered to lead the won for the second time in seven games. Toronto reliever Aaron Sanchez was ejected for the ninth. Newly acquired Joakim Soria got the Jacoby Ellsbury and Mark Teixeira homered Dodgers to a three-game Freeway Series sweep Reliever Kevin Jepsen (2-6) lost his Minnesota throwing at Kansas City’s Alcides Escobar in the final two outs for his first National League save. against Jeff Samardzija as the New York Yankees of the sputtering Angels. Drew Rucinski (0-2) debut after being picked up before Friday’s trad- eighth. It was the climax of a game-long spat Morton (7-4) improved to 4-0 with a 1.99 ERA in pounded the White Sox. Stephen Drew added walked Adrian Gonzalez with one out in the 10th ing deadline. Jepsen walked two batters and that began when Royals starter Edinson Volquez his last six in Cincinnati. Reds rookie Keyvius struck out Nelson Cruz with two runners on. hit Josh Donaldson on the left arm in the first. Sampson (0-1) allowed three runs and three hits Fernando Rodney (4-4) pitched around a walk in Pitching on three days’ rest, Dickey (6-10) with one walk and six strikeouts in five innings. the 10th, and Tom Wilhelmsen allowed a leadoff allowed just two hits, both singles, and walked double in the 11th before recording his second two in winning his third straight start. Roberto TIGERS 6, ORIOLES 1 save in as many chances. Osuna got the last four outs for his seventh save. Daniel Norris took a three-hitter into the Volquez (10-6) allowed two runs and four hits in eighth inning in his Detroit debut and J.D. ASTROS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 1 six innings. Martinez hit a three-run homer as the Tigers Collin McHugh threw seven solid innings, and earned a split of the four-game series. Carlos Gomez delivered a two-run, go-ahead sin- MARLINS 5, PADRES 2 Norris (2-1) was obtained by the Tigers on gle to lead Houston. Evan Gattis added a solo Adeiny Hechavarria hit a three-run home run Thursday in the deal that sent former Cy Young home run in the fifth to give the Astros the off Brandon Maurer with one out in the ninth Award winner David Price to Toronto. Making his three-run lead. McHugh (13-5) won his fourth inning to lift Miami past San Diego. It was the seventh career start, the 22-year-old Norris pro- straight start, giving up one run and eight hits first career walkoff homer for Hechavarria, the vided a glimpse of his potential against a con- with six strikeouts. The right-hander, who is tied Marlins’ No. 8 hitter. It came after San Diego’s tender that won seven of its previous eight for the AL lead in wins with teammate Dallas Alexi Amarista - the Padres’ No. 8 hitter - tied the games. Norris allowed one run, four hits and a Keuchel, has allowed two runs or less in three of game in the top of the ninth with a two-run walk in 7 1/3 innings - the longest outing of his his last four starts. Pat Neshek threw a perfect homer off Marlins closer A.J. Ramos (1-3). career. The left-hander hadn’t started in the eighth, and Luke Gregerson pitched the ninth for Maurer (7-4) faced four batters, and three majors since April 30, and was 3-10 with a 4.27 his 22nd save. Jose Altuve and Jason Castro both scored. Martin Prado led off with a walk, Cole ERA for Triple-A Buffalo this season. Baltimore’s had two hits for the Astros, who are an AL-best Gillespie reached on a fielder’s choice that forced Ubaldo Jimenez (8-7) gave up six runs and six 38-18 at home. Prado, Jeff Mathis walked on a full count and hits in 4 2/3 innings.—AP

RAYS 4, RED SOX 3 Asdrubal Cabrera had a game-tying RBI dou- ble and scored on James Loney’s single in the MLB results/standings eighth inning, helping Tampa Bay avoid a three- game sweep. Toronto 5, Kansas City 2; Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 0; Miami 5, San Diego 2; Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3; Detroit 6, Brandon Guyer opened the game with a Baltimore 1; Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 2; Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 3; Seattle 4, Minnesota 1 (11 innings); NY Yankees 12, Chicago White Sox 3; Houston 4, Arizona 1; St. Louis 3, Colorado 2; Texas 2, San Francisco 1; Oakland homer for the Rays, who had lost 13 of their last 2, Cleveland 1 (10 Innings); LA Dodgers 5, LA Angels 3 (10 innings); NY Mets 5, Washington 2. 16 road games. David Ortiz had an RBI for Boston, passing Hall of Famer Andre Dawson for American League National League 37th place with his 1,592nd RBI. The Red Sox Eastern Division Eastern Division W L PCT GB Washington 54 49 .524 - were looking for their first sweep of a series of NY Yankees 59 45 .567 - three or more games since early June. Steve NY Mets 55 50 .524 - Baltimore 53 51 .510 6 Atlanta 47 58 .448 8 Geltz (2-4) got the victory, retiring the only batter Toronto 54 52 .509 6 Miami 43 62 .410 12 he faced. Brad Boxberger, the fourth reliever, Tampa Bay 52 54 .491 8 Philadelphia 41 65 .387 14.5 struck out the final three batters for his 26th Boston 47 59 .443 13 save. Trailing 3-2, Evan Longoria opened the Central Division Central Division eighth with a double off the Green Monster Kansas City 62 42 .596 - St. Louis 67 38 .638 - Pittsburgh 61 43 .587 5.5 against Junichi Tazawa (2-4). One out later, Minnesota 54 50 .519 8 Chicago Cubs 57 47 .548 9.5 Cabrera hit his ground-rule double over the Detroit 51 54 .486 11.5 Chicago White Sox 50 53 .485 11.5 Cincinnati 47 56 .456 19 head of right fielder Rusney Castillo. Loney fol- Cleveland 48 56 .462 14 Milwaukee 44 62 .415 23.5 lowed with a bloop hit to center. Western Division Western Division Houston 60 46 .566 - LA Dodgers 60 45 .571 - BRAVES 6, PHILLIES 2 LA Angels 55 49 .529 4 San Francisco 57 47 .548 2.5 Texas 51 53 .490 8 Jace Peterson had three hits, including a San Diego 51 54 .486 9 Seattle 48 58 .453 12 three-run home run, and Julio Teheran pitched Arizona 50 53 .485 9 NEW YORK: Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard delivers during the second inning of a Oakland 47 59 .443 13 seven strong innings as Atlanta snapped a sea- Colorado 44 59 .427 15 baseball game against the Washington Nationals. —AP son-worst six-game losing streak. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 SPORTS

Kenseth steals win at Pocono Merritt wins in Virginia LONG POND: Joey Logano was the lowed by Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt first leader to fade, his tank empty Jr. and Greg Biffle. Kenseth had the VIRGINIA: Troy Merritt held firm with three laps left. Martin Truex Jr. only position that mattered, winning and finished with a flourish to claim struck E with two laps to go. Kyle for the second time this season and his first PGA Tour title with a three- Busch knew his Toyota was about out, for the first time ever at Pocono. “I stroke win on Sunday at the too, his shot at a fourth straight win never thought I’d win at Pocono,” he Quicken Loans National at Robert tapped out on the last lap. said. Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, One by one, fuel woes cost the Kenseth won the fuel gamble and Virginia. contenders. But the pain at the pump survived a race that resembled a dem- The 29-year-old Merritt, ranked for drivers pushing toward the finish olition derby: Cars, crews, walls, equip- 180th in the world, clinched victory line was the break Matt Kenseth ment, all took beatings over 400 miles. with a laser shot off the tee at the needed to coast past them all in the Kasey Kahne kicked off a race par-three 16th for a three-foot final thrilling laps Sunday to win the stuffed with carnage when his No. 5 birdie, and then rolled in a 35-foot NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono got loose, found the opening to pit birdie putt at the last to cap a 67 for Raceway. road and slammed the inside pit road an 18-under-par 266 total. The 400-mile race came down to wall. Kahne’s hit buckled the wall, sent Merritt, who had missed five fuel and which cars had it - and which helmets flying and crew members consecutive cuts, put himself in ones didn’t. “I couldn’t catch them scurrying for safety. position with a course and tourna- anyway but I just wanted to get as “I saw the people and I thought to ment record 61 in the third round of close as I could in case they ran out,” myself that those guys need to take his 96th career PGA Tour start. Kenseth said. off running and get out of the way,” “It’s been a long journey the last Once they ran out, Kenseth not Kahne said. The race was red-flagged five, six years,” said Merritt, who only had enough left in the tank to for about 15 minutes while the wall credited the transformation in his win, he pulled off a celebratory was repaired. No one was hurt. Pit game to a couple of adjustments he burnout. Kenseth’s win continued the road proved a dangerous place. made this week. sensational summer run for Joe Gibbs Keselowski slid through his pit stall “With how good the players are Racing, making it five wins in the last and took out three members of his these days it could never have hap- six races. Busch, who had the other crew. His tire changer and tire carrier pened, to be quite honest. The level victories, failed in his bid to become both jumped on the hood and the of the people that are out here are the ninth driver since 1972 and the team jackman was clipped by the left tremendous. These guys are the first since Jimmie Johnson in 2007 to side of No. 2 Ford. One tire got free best players in the world and win four straight Cup races. and rolled down pit road before it they’re only getting better. Busch had won three straight Cup came to a dead stop. “So you have to go out and have races and four of five, swept the “If we could have, quite honestly, a great game plan, pure it all week, Xfinity and Cup races last weekend at not had that issue during the race, I make some putts, get some good Indianapolis and won the Truck Series feel like we probably would have won breaks and luck and maybe have a event Saturday at Pocono. Busch today,” Keselowski said. “That one is on guy or two stumble at the end.” remained outside the top 30 in points, me, so I feel really guilty for my team Rickie Fowler’s long birdie at the the second marker he needs to hit to on that.” 18th for a 69 earned him second qualify for the Chase. Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 suffered place at 15-under, one stroke ahead of Sweden’s David Lingmerth (69). “I wish I had saved a little more,” engine failure only 20 laps into the VIRGINIA: Troy Merritt poses with the trophy after he won the Quicken Loans National golf tournament Busch said. “I wish I had known race. Ricky Stenhouse’s No. 17 was a “He went out there and earned it today,” Fowler, who won the at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. —AP (Logano) was that far from making it. crumpled mess after he slammed into Scottish Open three weeks ago, said It’s a shame we couldn’t get it done.” Sam Hornish Jr. Kurt Busch spun, tried about Merritt. “He played some With a win, Busch would have had to save his car and was plowed into great golf. What he did yesterday the points needed to at least crack the by Hornish. Trevor Bayne was Park looks for new goals (61), to back it up with a solid round top 30, though he’d have to stay there knocked out of the race when a pipe of golf, it’s what you got to do to SEOUL: South Korea’s Park In-bee Seoul native has now won six of the said she had achieved the “greatest for the final five races before the 16- went through his radiator. There were win.” driver field is set for the Chase for the seven cautions in the first 70 laps. had once hoped to win all the top last 14 majors and will be looking to goal as a professional golfer”. “I Bill Haas, who tied Merritt for the tournaments in women’s golf before cap a terrific season with victory at always thought this would be the last Sprint Cup championship. The cautions slowed - or stopped - lead at 17-under after a torrid start her career came to an end. After win- the year’s last major-the Evian goal of my career,” she told Korea’s “We got greedy,” Busch said. “But the race to such a crawl that it took an capped by a 40-foot birdie putt at ning the British Open on Sunday, the Championship. Yonhap news agency. “I am honored that’s the position we’re in.” Truex was hour to complete the first 30 laps on the 10th, made four bogeys and a 27-year-old now finds herself search- Park won the tournament in its to my have my dream come true 19th, Logano 20th, and Busch 21st. “I the 2 1/2-mile track. double-bogey the rest of the way ing for new goals. previous incarnation as the Evian when I’m this young.” was saving fuel just to cushion it,” Gordon’s farewell to Pocono has for a 70 and a share of fourth place Park’s three-shot win over compa- Masters before it became the LPGA’s ‘The Silent Assassin’ was at her Logano said. “I thought I was going to him the track’s career leader in wins on 12-under. triot Ko Jin-young at Turnberry gave official fifth major two years ago. stoic, unruffled best in south Ayrshire be good and then I started running with six and laps led. He had his 32nd Kevin Chappell, tied for the her a seventh major championship While the LPGA has said winning as Scotland’s wind and rain battered out and knew we weren’t going to top-10 finish in 46 races at the track. overnight lead with Merritt, and confirmed her status as one of any four of the five majors is enough the players over four difficult days. make it. We were so close. You are He’s still looking for the elusive win soared to a 77 and slumped all the greatest players of all time. to earn the ‘career grand slam’, with While the testing course and bru- She needs just three more majors all five earning a ‘super slam,” many tal conditions saw players recording counting down the laps in your head that will clinch a Chase berth instead the way to equal 18th on eight- to join greats Annika Sorenstam and observers say Park has not technically eights and nines, with Spaniard thinking you are going to make it but of hoping he can make the field on under, a total he shared with just didn’t do it. “ points. “We’re not in a safe position,” Babe Zaharias at fourth on the all- achieved the career slam since her Beatriz Recari even carding a 10 in tournament host Tiger Woods, time list, and is almost halfway to the Evian win came before it was afford- the second round, Park kept her com- Brad Keselowski was second, fol- Gordon said. —AP who rebounded from a third- 15 achieved by the legendary Patty ed official major status. posure throughout and never scored round 74 with a 68.—Reuters Berg between 1937 and 1958. The Regardless of the debate, Park worse than bogey.—Reuters

The new high-performance Audi R8 sports car

From 0 to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds, from 0 to Fully variable torque distribution: Dry weight: 1,454 kg 200 km/h, 9.9 seconds and a top speed of 330 the new quattro drive The new Audi R8 V10 plus has a dry weight km/h. Naturally-aspirated V10 mid-engine In the powertrain, the lightning-quick shifts of just 1,454 kg. This was primarily due to its with up to 610 hp of power responds instantly of the seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch trans- newly conceptualized Audi Space Frame (ASF) to throttle inputs. Aerodynamic concept of a mission, an optimized mechanical differential in multimaterial construction - which consists race car: The new Audi R8 is the dynamic van- lock and a new electrohydraulically activated of aluminum and CFRP parts. The ASF weighs guard of Audi - no other car with the four rings multi-plate clutch work together. The actively just 200 kg. The entire underbody has a is so close to car racing. cooled all-wheel drive system can distribute smooth covering, like on a race car, and the air “Car racing has been a part of our Audi torque freely between the axles. The intelli- flow exits via a large diffuser. This increases DNA for many decades,” says Prof. Dr. Ulrich gent dynamic control system for the quattro downforce. At top speed, this amounts to 40 Hackenberg, Board Member for Technical drive is incorporated into the Audi drive select kg at the front axle and 100 kg at the rear axle. Development. “Audi stands for automotive dynamic handling system that offers four basic The large CFRP rear wing also plays an impor- dynamism, and this applies very much to our modes. tant role in attaining these top figures. new high-performance R8 sports car. In all In each mode, the new high-performance technical areas it is extremely close to being a sports car expresses a different character - Exclusively for the driver: race car. It is the most powerful, fastest and from relaxed freeway cruiser to race car on the operating controls sharpest production Audi ever.” circuit track. In the top R8 V10 plus model, a Just like in a race car, the interior of the The new R8 launches in two engine ver- performance leather steering wheel is stan- high-performance sports car focuses on the sions - as the R8 V10 plus with 610 hp it is the dard equipment. driver. The driver can read off all key informa- most powerful and fastest production Audi In its performance mode, it offers three tion at a glance from the Audi virtual cockpit. ever built. The 5.2-liter V10 enables breathtak- additional modes: dry, wet and snow. They The steering wheel, instrument cluster and ing performance, and its hissing, roaring make handling even more precise and sharp- road all line up along one central visual axis. sound is highly emotional. Yet fuel economy er, tuned to the friction coefficient of the spe- Drivers can operate all important functions has been improved by up to 13 percent in the cific road surface. The new technology is also with the multifunction and satellite push-but- R8 model series compared to the previous available on the R8 V10, including the steering tons without having to take their hands off the The Audi virtual cockpit is user config- doubles the range of the high-beam light. model. wheel that is used to select the special modes. steering wheel or look away from the road. urable, and it shows all displays in elaborate 3D graphics - if desired, with one large rev Sister models: Audi R8 LMS counter and auxiliary gages that show much No other production car with the four rings more information, such as tire temperature shows as much affinity for the race track as the and torque output. MMI navigation plus with new R8. This is also proven by its sister models - MMI touch is standard equipment in the new the new GT3 race car, the Audi R8 LMS. For the R8. This high-end media center was designed first time, Audi developed all two versions simul- to follow a simple operating logic. taneously, in order to optimally exploit synergies. Both the new Audi R8 and its motorsport variant, Extreme lighting range: laser spot the R8 LMS, have made significant performance for the high beam headlight gains, thanks to the close cooperation between The workmanship of the new R8 - which is race car engineers, motorsport specialists and handcrafted at a new plant near Neckarsulm - is developers. Just ten weeks after its world pre- superlative. Its range of optional technology miere at the Geneva Motor Show, the R8 LMS components extends to the sound system from made its dazzling entrance on the 24-hour racing Bang & Olufsen and the Audi laser spot, which scene, seizing overall victory on the N¸rburgring. TUES DAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 SPORTS IOC to order tests for viruses at Rio’s water venues

RIO DE JANEIRO: The International expert advice.” novirus, as well as rotavirus, enterovirus household waste, and even dead ani- Olympic venue could be moved from Olympic Committee said Sunday it will On Saturday, the International and fecal coliforms. mals. Copacabana even if the IOC’s tests also order testing for disease-causing virus- Sailing Federation became the first to The AP viral testing, which will con- The pollution problem has been find high viral counts. “We can’t move,” es in the sewage-polluted waters where break with the IOC’s insistence on bac- tinue in the coming year, found not one around for decades, and has sparked she said. “Ultimately too much money athletes will compete in next year’s Rio teria-only testing, saying it would do its water venue safe for swimming or boat- what top medical experts in Rio call an has been invested.” So far, neither the de Janeiro Games. Before, the IOC and own independent tests for viruses. ing, according to global water experts endemic public health crisis because of IOC nor the sailing federation has said local Olympic organizers in Rio said “We’re going to find someone who who analyzed the AP data. A risk assess- the dirty water in this otherwise stun- who would do their testing. Virology they would only test for bacteria in the can do the testing for us that can safely ment done based on the AP’s study ningly gorgeous city circled by Atlantic experts in Brazil say there are only three water, as Brazil and virtually all nations cover what we need to know from a found that athletes who ingest just rainforest and golden sand beaches. On or four labs with the molecular biology only mandate such testing to deter- virus perspective as well as the bacteria three teaspoons of water have a 99 per- Sunday, athletes competed under a equipment and trained scientists who mine the safety of recreational waters. perspective,” said Peter Sowrey, chief cent chance of being infected by a virus blazing Rio sun in an Olympic test can carry out the testing for viruses in But after an Associated Press investi- executive of the ISAF. “That’s my plan.” - though that does not automatically event in the triathlon. water. gation published last week revealed That came after the WHO told the AP mean they would fall ill. That depends “It’s been an interesting learning The AP’s tests are being conducted high counts of viruses directly linked to on Saturday that it had advised the IOC upon a person’s immune system and a experience over the last few days. I by Fernando Spilki, a respected virolo- human sewage in the Olympic waters, to test for viruses. A five-month AP number of other factors. think some athletes went back to gist who is a board member of the the IOC reversed course after being analysis of water at each of the venues The concentrations of the viruses in Biology 101 to learn the difference Brazilian Society for Virology and editor advised by the World Health where about 1,400 Olympic athletes all AP samples were roughly equivalent between bacteria and viruses,” said of its scientific journal. He is not being Organization (WHO) that it should will have contact with water showed to that seen in raw sewage - even at American triathlete Sarah True, who has paid by the AP to conduct the testing, expand its testing. dangerously high levels of viruses from one of the least-polluted areas tested, qualified for next year’s Olympics. “It’s though the AP is purchasing the lab “The WHO is saying they are recom- sewage. Copacabana Beach, where marathon kind of eye-opening for me that people materials required to carry out the mending viral testing,” IOC medical The AP commissioned four rounds of and triathlon swimming will take place didn’t differentiate the two.” research. director Dr. Richard Budgett told the AP. testing in each of those three Olympic and where many of the expected She said that for the athletes, “obvi- When Rio was awarded the games in “We’ve always said we will follow the water venues, and also in the surf off 350,000 foreign tourists may take a dip. ously it’s a concern . it’s a risk” but that 2009, it promised cleaning its waters expert advice, so we will now be asking Ipanema Beach, which is popular with In Rio, much of sewage goes untreat- “ultimately the Olympic dream is so would be an Olympic legacy. But Rio the appropriate authorities in Rio to fol- tourists but where no events will be ed and runs down hillside ditches and strong that sometimes we put the pur- Mayor Eduardo Paes has repeatedly low the expert advice which is for viral held. Thirty-seven samples were streams into Olympic water venues that suit of excellence above our health.” acknowledged this will not be done, testing. We have to follow the best checked for three types of human ade- are littered with floating rubbish, True said she didn’t think the calling it a “lost opportunity.” —AP Bell ready for Bangladesh defends monsoon Tests

Aussie backlash DHAKA: Bangladesh’s cricket chiefs yesterday defend- ed the decision to host South Africa’s Test series in the BIRMINGHAM: England batsman Ian Bell expects Australia to come monsoon months of July and August, saying no other back “hard if not harder” in the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge dates were available. after an embarrassing loss at Edgbaston. The two-Test series ended in an inevitable 0-0 draw Bell, returning to form, made two fifties on his Warwickshire after the last two days of the first match in Chittagong home ground as England beat Australia by eight wickets inside were washed out and four out of five days’ play in the three days to win the third Test and go 2-1 up in the series. second game in Dhaka were lost to bad weather. South It was fine recovery by Alastair Cook’s side after England suffered African captain Hashim Amla said he was frustrated at being part of what he called a “bizarre” series. a 405-run thrashing in the second Test at Lord’s. That match saw “This is one of the most bizarre Test series I have Australia bounce back from a convincing 169-run loss in the first been involved in,” the usually unflappable Amla said. “I Test in Cardiff. Such has been the see-saw nature of this campaign don’t think I have played a series where out of 10 days, that 33-year-old Bell, a veteran of 113 Tests, refused to take anything six days have been rained off.” for granted when the fourth match in the series starts at The monsoon season, which usually starts in mid- Nottingham’s Trent Bridge ground on Thursday. June, accounts for 80 per cent of the country’s annual “We fully expect Australia to come back hard, if not harder,” Bell rainfall. Last year the Bangladesh Meteorological told BBC Radio Five’s Sportsweek programme. “We have to front up Department recorded over 45,000 millimetres (1,771 again like we did (at Edgbaston),” he added, with England yet to win inches) of rain across the country from June to August. two Tests in a row in 2015. Bell’s position was called into question Unfortunately, the Dhaka Test also coincided with after two low scores at Lord’s left him with a meagre average of cyclonic storm Komen in the Bay of Bengal, which 20.84 in seven Tests this year. But rather than drop him, England’s made landfall on the country’s east coast on Friday and selectors promoted Bell to number three in place of Gary Ballance, brought heavy rain. left out after an equally poor run of form. A one-off Test against India in Chittagong in June Bell, who responded with innings of 53 and 63, said the specula- was also abandoned after rain washed out nearly nine tion about his place had been liberating rather than burdensome. of the 15 sessions of play. “When things started to get to that point where people were saying Bangladesh Cricket Board CEO Nizamuddin this might be my last Test match, I actually got into a simpler, much Chowdhury said the tight international schedule of better mindset,” he said. “I was going to go out there and give it both India and South Africa forced his board to hold absolutely everything and what will be, will be.” Test series for the first time during the monsoons. “This was the only available slot we got from the South APPLAUSE African board,” Chowdhury told AFP. “We had commu- Bell, who at one stage had scored just 45 runs in seven innings nicated to them the rain factor. But there was no alter- added: “It’s been really tough. You go in and out of form, and some- native. times you don’t know where the next run’s coming from and I hon- “If we did not host them now, we would have had to wait till 2023.” As for India, Chowdhury added that estly did feel like that at times.” The Warwickshire stalwart said the DHAKA: South African cricket team captain, Hashim Amla (left) and his Bangladeshi counterpart Mushfiqur support from his home crowd had helped end his personal slump. arranging to host them was the toughest job for any country. Rahim, pose with the trophy after a two Test match series ended in a draw. Rain played spoilsport as it “It’s nice to come to Edgbaston, we’ve had incredible support as washed out four days of the last Test match as well as two days of the first. —AP a team, but as a local player I felt like when I walked out to bat in “We all know how busy the Indian team is,” he said. “So we had no choice but to play them in June.” particular on day one it was the best applause I’ve ever got in my growing reputation in the shorter formats. When the the match when Bangladesh, who won the toss and career, and I felt that the whole crowd was with me and desperate Bangladesh’s Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim appealed to teams to visit his country between October and May. final day’s play at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium was called elected to bat, scored 246 for eight. for me to do well.” off on Monday morning, the sun was shining brightly The lone bright spot in the match was fast bowler Some of the gloss of England’s win was taken off by a side injury “We always want to play the big teams during our cricket season,” he said. but the outfield was too wet from the earlier drenching Dale Steyn becoming only the second South African to James Anderson which ruled him out playing at Trent Bridge - a “But they are usually busy then. “The more we play to start play. Play was possible only on the first day of after Shaun Pollock to claim 400 Test wickets.—AFP ground where the paceman has enjoyed phenomenal success in them, the more we will learn.” Fans will be relieved that Test cricket. But while losing their all-time leading wicket-taker is a Australia’s two Test matches in Bangladesh this year SCOREBOARD setback, Bell said it was always unlikely that England would get will be held in relatively rain-free October. through the series with an unchanged attack. The two washed-out Tests against South Africa And having seen how fast bowler Steven Finn took a Test-best six Scoreboard at close of play on the fifth and final day in the second and final Test between Bangladesh and South Africa yesterday meant a revision in points that determine official rank- in Mirpur, Bangladesh. for 79 at Edgbaston, after replacing the injured Mark Wood for his ings, although the rankings themselves remained first match at this level since 2013, Bell was confident one of the Day 5: Play abandoned due to we ather conditions M. Shahid b Steyn 1 unchanged. Bangladesh 1st innings (Overnight: 246-8) Extras (b-5 lb-11 nb-2) 18 back-up seamers-including the fit-again Wood-could shine in Top-ranked South Africa dropped five points, clos- T. Iqbal c Amla b Steyn 6 Total (for 8 wickets, 88.1 overs) 246 Anderson’s absence. ing the gap with other contenders. Bangladesh gained I. Kayes lbw b Duminy 30 Fall of wickets: 1-12 T. Iqbal, 2-81 M. Haque, 3-86 I. Kayes, 4-180 “(In the 2010/11 Ashes, which England won 3-1) we lost (Stuart) M. Haque c Vilas b Duminy 40 Mahmudullah, 5-215 M. Rahim, 6-220 L. Das, 7-245 S. Al Hasan, six points but continued to languish in ninth place, just Mahmudullah c Bavuma b Steyn 35 8-246 M. Shahid. Broad quite early in the series and it gave Tim Bresnan an opportu- above Zimbabwe. M. Rahim c Vilas b Elgar 65 To bat: M. Rahman, J. Hossain nity, it gave Chris Tremlett an opportunity. “We were never going to Luckily, the weather did not have the final say in the S. Al Hasan c Elgar b M. Morkel 35 Bowling: D. Steyn 16.1-4-30-3, V. Philander 11-2-25-0(nb-2), M. win this series with just 11 players, it was going to be a squad effort one-day series, where Bangladesh defeated both India L. Das c Elgar b Duminy 3 Morkel 14-2-45-1, S. Harmer 23-3-76-0, S. van Zyl 2-1-5-0, D. and that’s what experience tells me.” —AFP and South Africa by 2-1 margins to enhance their Nas. Hossain not out 13 Elgar 7-0-22-1, J. Duminy 15-4-27-3. Chelsea unveils new uniform with ‘Yokohama Tyres’ logo

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., as the new made its UK debut on August 2 at Wembley most prestigious clubs. Chelsea completed maker of tires, including tires for passenger a global player in its field, Yokohama Rubber, principal shirt partner of Chelsea Football Stadium when Chelsea played Arsenal in the the 2014?2015 season by capturing its fifth cars, trucks and buses, and construction like a major sports team, is constantly refin- Club, the English Premier League champions, FA Community Shield match pitting the English championship. It has won the FA Cup machinery, Yokohama Rubber produces and ing the skills and techniques of its employees is delighted to reveal a new jersey bearing reigning Premier League champions against seven times, the European Cup Winners’ Cup markets a wide range of rubber products, who, like athletes, work together as a team to the “YOKOHAMA TYRES” logo. the current FA Cup holders. twice, and is the only UK club to win all three such as automotive hoses and conveyor belts engage in wholesome competition with Sales of the eagerly awaited new uniform The shirt design stays loyal to tradition, of the UEFA’s three major club competitions, as well as marine hoses. The Company oper- rivals from around the world. With this shared was launched on July 22 and will soon be taking inspiration from several classic lifting the UEFA Champions League in 2012 ates 13 tire plants (not including those cur- sense of working as a team to meet the chal- available to Chelsea fans around the world. Chelsea shirts. With white and red trims at and the UEFA Europa League a year later. The rently under construction) in eight countries lenges from competitors, Yokohama Rubber The new home uniform, manufactured by the collar, sleeves, shorts and socks the kit current first team includes many world-class around the world and employs about 20,000 was eager to partner with the Chelsea FC, leading sports brand Adidas, bears the YOKO- celebrates these club colors and ties back to players and is led by manager Jose Mourinho, people globally. Its consolidated sales in fis- another world-class organization with a HAMA TYRES logo across the chest, and will Chelsea’s history. The vertical pinstripes one of the football world’s top coaches. cal year 2014 (ending December 31, 2014) worldwide fan base. Yokohama Rubber and be worn by the players for the first time at a underline this celebration, having been a fea- Founded in Japan in 1917, Yokohama totaled 625.2 billion yen. the Chelsea FC in February this year thus preseason friendly match between Chelsea ture of several iconic jerseys from the past 30 Rubber is a comprehensive global tire and Yokohama Rubber aims to raise global entered into a five-year partnership com- and New York Red Bulls of the Major League years. Established in 1905, the Chelsea rubber manufacturer headquartered in awareness of its YOKOHAMA TYRES brand as mencing with the start of the 2015-16 season Soccer (MLS) league in the US. The uniform Football Club is one of the Premier League’s Tokyo. In addition to being a comprehensive it seeks to expand sales around the world. As this July. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 SPORTS

OCEANPORT: Jockey Victor Espinoza (right) on Triple Crown winner American Pharoah leads on the way to winning the Haskell Invitational horse race at Monmouth Park. —AP Triple Crown winner cruises in Haskell

OCEANPORT: A slight nudge was all it took for “That was nerve-racking,” Baffert said after plan, American Pharoah will run his final race in behind. He did everything by himself. It was 9 a.m., and fans strolling into the Jersey Shore American Pharoah to seize control of the his eighth win in the Haskell, five more than the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at pretty easy, pretty impressive.” track after waiting in line for hours, some since Haskell Invitational. And when Victor Espinoza any other trainer. “I was getting pretty nervous.” Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, on Oct. 31. American Pharoah followed many of his 5 a.m. But it wasn’t until late afternoon until asked, the majestic colt delivered an encore Sent off at odds of 1-10, American Pharoah And then, he’s headed down the road to the Triple Crown colleagues by winning his first the place looked packed. When American performance in his first race since winning the became the shortest price winner in Haskell breeding shed at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud. start after three grueling races in five weeks. Of Pharoah was led into the paddock, the crowd Triple Crown. history, returning $2.20 for a $2 win bet. He A few minutes after rocker Bruce the 11 others, seven won in their return and stood 15 deep around the railing, straining to “This horse, he just keeps bringing it,” trainer paid $2.10 to place and $2.10 to show. Springsteen’s “Born to Run” blared over the one, Count Fleet, was retired after the 1943 get a cellphone photo of the colt. And the Bob Baffert said. “He’s just a great horse.” With a Keen Ice rallied for second at 18-1 odds, fol- speakers as the horses walked onto the track, Belmont with an injury. horse came through with a truly remarkable record crowd of 60,983 cheering him on lowed by Upstart, Competitive Edge, Top American Pharoah broke well from post No. 4. American Pharoah opened his career with a performance. “It’s very rare that I’m speechless, Sunday at Monmouth Park, American Pharoah Clearance, Dontbetwithbruno and Mr. Jordan. But it was Competitive Edge who took the lead. loss before reeling off eight in a row - seven of but I am extremely proud,” Zayat said. And the came out of the final turn with a clear lead and The winning time for the 1 1/8-mile race was Espinoza kept his horse in second until the far them Grade 1 races. With the $1.1 million pay- fans loved it, except for a moment when New cruised to a 2 1/4-length victory while Espinoza 1:47.95 - 95th hundreds of a second off the turn. And then, American Pharoah took off and day in the Haskell, the son of Pioneerof the Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appeared in the win- barely moved a muscle. Haskell record. American Pharoah’s next start is was all alone in the stretch. Nile’s career earnings soared to $5.6 million. As ner’s circle and was loudly booed. “I couldn’t be “He ran like a champ,” Espinoza said. After now the biggest question in racing. There’s no The final margin was deceptive because he was led back to the winner’s circle, the happier that this is happening in the great winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and answer yet, but options include the Travers at Espinoza never asked American Pharoah to run cheers continued. state of New Jersey. This is a superstar. He has Belmont Stakes to become the 12th Triple Saratoga on Aug. 29, the Pennsylvania Derby any harder than necessary. “It was pretty easy,” “I couldn’t believe the crowd, how loud it touched everybody’s heart.” The Haskell win Crown winner, and first in 37 years, American on Sept. 19, and the Awesome Again at Santa Espinoza said. “For me the key was just coming was,” an emotional Baffert said, his voice break- gave American Pharoah an expense-paid berth Pharoah’s return was greatly anticipated. Fifty- Anita on Sept. 26. out of there running. I knew that other horse ing. “It was a great crowd. I love bringing my in the BC Classic. The previous Haskell record seven days after the Belmont, the 3-year-old “No clue,” owner Ahmed Zayat said when would want to take the lead so I sat back just a horses here. Thank you for being behind crowd was 53,368 in 2003, when Derby and son of Pioneerof the Nile looked better than asked about his colt’s next race. “We’re going to little bit. I never like to go head and head with Pharoah the whole way.” The long day at Preakness winner Funny Cide finished third ever in his eighth consecutive victory. enjoy this moment.” If all goes according to another horse so I sat back maybe half a length Monmouth Park began with gates opening at behind Peace Rules.—AP Mercury rises over Dream

ATLANTA: Candice Dupree scored a sea- quarter. Epiphanny Prince and Essence son-high 27 points and DeWanna Bonner Carson each scored 11 points for the had a steal and made two late free throws Liberty. Candice Wiggins added 10. in the Phoenix Mercury’s 71-68 victory over Seattle’s Sue Bird, the first pick of the the Atlanta Dream on Sunday. 2002 draft, was 3 of 7 from beyond the arc Atlanta (7-13), after trailing by 18 in the to score 14 points, becoming the first play- first half, pulled to 67-66 when Damiris er in WNBA history to score 5,000 points Dantas made a layup with 42 seconds left. and amass 2,000 assists. The Liberty induct- Angel McCoughtry came up with a steal on ed former star Becky Hammon into the the other end but Bonner stole it back near franchise’ Ring of Honor at halftime. midcourt and Leilani Mitchell’s two free Hammon joined the San Antonio Spurs last throws gave Phoenix (12-7) a three-point year as the first full-time paid female assis- lead with 13 seconds to play. Aneika tant coach in the NBA and coached the Henry’s putback of McCoughtry’s missed 3- Spurs’ to a summer league title last month. point attempt made it 69-68 with 0.5 sec- onds left and Bonner’s free throws capped SKY 69, MYSTICS 68 the scoring. Elena Delle Donne scored 22 points, Monique Currie scored 14 points, and including the winning runner with 19 sec- Mitchell added 10 for Phoenix. Bonner had onds to play, and tied her career high with a season-high 10 rebounds and five assists. four 3-pointers to lead Chicago past McCoughtry led Atlanta with 16 points. Washington. Cappie Pondexter and Jessica Breland SPARKS 80, STARS 78 scored 12 points apiece, and Courtney Jantel Lavender scored 20 points and Vandersloot had 10 assists for Chicago. The Candace Parker blocked a potential tying Sky (12-8) have won seven of their last 10 shot in the final seconds to help Los games after starting the season 5-5. Angeles beat San Antonio. A layup by LaToya Sanders and a jumper The Sparks overcame a 13-point deficit. by Stefanie Dolson gave Washington (11-7) Ana Dabovic scored five points and a 68-67 lead with 28 seconds remaining, KUALA LUMPUR: An image of International Association of Athletics Federations President Lamine Diack speaking is shown above International Lavender added four during a 9-0 run that but Delle Donne answered with a driving Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (center) and others on the stage during the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. —AP gave Los Angeles (5-14) a 78-71 lead with scoop shot in the lane to put the Sky ahead 3:02 left. 9 seconds later. Ivory Latta, who led the Jayne Appel’s driving layup with 40 sec- Mystics with 19 points, missed a short Doping test results show onds remaining pulled San Antonio (6-14) jumper with 3 seconds left. Breland then to 80-78 but, after getting a stop on other hit two free throws to seal it. end, the Stars came up short when Parker blocked Jia Perkins’ shot. Parker finished FEVER 83, SUN 70 athletes’ health at risk with 17 points, 11 rebounds, five assists Shenise Johnson scored all 16 of her and four blocks. points in the second half and Erlana Larkins Alana Beard added 15 points and seven added 10 points and 13 rebounds as KUALA LUMPUR/SYDNEY: Some of the readings founding factors, there was really no disputing doping were subsequently unearthed using newer assists, Dabovic scored 13 points and Indiana rallied to beat Connecticut for the from athletes’ blood tests leaked by a whistleblow- what that data was telling us,” he said. testing techniques that did not exist at the time. Nneka Ogwumike had 10 for Los Angeles, second time in six days. er for a report exposing suspected doping were so In response to the reports, IAAF President “I do not know what we are dealing with,” which is 2-1 with Parker in the lineup and The Fever (11-8) have won six straight extreme they were “downright dangerous”, one of Lamine Diack told Reuters: “There are allegations Senegal’s Diack said. “It is possible if we discover now sits a half-game out of the playoff race. home games for the first time since 2011. the experts cited in the report told Reuters yester- made, no evidence. We want to look into them seri- with new techniques that someone doped Perkins led San Antonio with 24 points. Connecticut (9-9) led by 11 after one quar- day. “There are real questions to be asked if there is ously because to say that in athletics between 2001 etcetera, etcetera then yes, otherwise no.” ter and had a nine-point lead at halftime, no action taken, particularly for the results taken and 2012 we did not do a serious job with tests is The reports also come weeks before a new IAAF LIBERTY 78, STORM 62 but Johnson, Larkins and Briann January post-2009,” said Robin Parisotto, an inventor of the laughable.” president will be elected, with Britain’s Sebastian Tina Charles scored 29 points as New led Indiana’s second-half comeback. The test used to detect the blood doping agent EPO. Coming only weeks before track and field’s Coe and Sergey Bubka of Ukraine bidding to York pulled away in the third quarter to Fever made 28 of 30 free throws. January “Some of the values in these athletes were so showpiece world championships in Beijing, the replace the retiring Diack. beat Seattle for its fourth straight home vic- finished with 12 points. Kelsey Bone led extreme that they were downright dangerous and reports claim endurance runners suspected of dop- tory. Up 36-35 at the half, the Liberty (13-6) Connecticut with 20 points, and Alyssa the risks to their health were indisputable.” ing had been winning a third of the medals at POWER BATTLE outscored for Storm (5-16) 24-9 in the third Thomas had 18. —AP The head of world athletics defended the Olympic Games and world championships in that Earlier, US anti-doping agency chief executive International Association of Athletics Federations’ period. The reports did not say that any athletes Travis Tygart said an “aggressive review” was need- (IAAF) anti-doping record as global sporting bodies had failed doping tests, only that the tests had ed to protect clean athletes. WADA has said it was called for a thorough probe into the latest allega- been abnormal, which can sometimes be a sign of “very disturbed” by the reports. tions to plunge international sport into crisis. cheating. The IAAF noted that the reports were based on That followed a report by Britain’s Sunday Times The allegations are the latest setback to tarnish confidential information obtained without permis- newspaper and Germany’s ARD/WDR broadcaster the multi-billion dollar world of sport after the sion. A heavy preponderance of the “abnormal” on Sunday that they had obtained from a whistle- scandal at soccer’s global governing body, FIFA. results were from Russian athletes, according to the blower secret IAAF data that indicated suspected media reports. Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko widespread blood doping in athletics between PRESUMED INNOCENCE has said the allegations had “nothing to do with 2001 and 2012. Athletics are a central part of the Olympics, the Russia” and they reflected a power battle ahead of only sporting event that rivals soccer’s World Cup the IAAF leadership vote. ABNORMAL RESULTS in scale and which collects billions of dollars from Russia accounted for 415 abnormal tests, fol- In an interview, Australian Parisotto, one of two sponsors like Coca-Cola , Panasonic, Visa and lowed distantly by Ukraine, Morocco, Spain, Kenya, scientific experts cited in the reports, said more McDonald’s. International Olympic Committee Turkey and others. “A remarkable 80 percent of than 800 athletes had recorded one or more abnor- (IOC) President Thomas Bach told reporters on Russia’s medal winners recorded suspicious scores mal results, defined as a result that had less than Monday he had spoken to the World Anti-Doping at some point in their careers,” the Sunday Times one chance in 100 of being natural. Such athletes Agency (WADA) head Craig Reedie and had full said. The allegations concern techniques to accounted for 146 medals at top events, including confidence in that body to investigate the claims improve the ability of blood to carry oxygen, which 55 gold, the Sunday Times said. thoroughly, adding the IOC would act with “zero can give an advantage in endurance events like Parisotto noted that not all the abnormal results tolerance” if there should be a case involving cycling or running over medium and long dis- necessarily indicated doping, as factors such as the results at an Olympic Games. tances. timing of tests, altitude and testing conditions “But at this time we have nothing more than The Sunday Times and ARD said they were giv- could have led to some suspicious outcomes. allegations and we have to respect the presump- en access to the results of more than 12,000 tests “But there were values that were ... quite tion of innocence for the athletes,” he said. of more than 5,000 athletes taken between 2001 DeWanna Bonner in action in this file photo. extreme and even taking into consideration con- Medals won could be affected if any cases of and 2012.—Reuters TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 SPORTS 20-time English champions United begin new campaign

MANCHESTER: For a club of Manchester United’s standing, two years out of the Premier League title conversation is two too many. There are reasons to be optimistic that the run won’t stretch to a third season, even though the 20-time English champions head into the new campaign with as many questions as answers. Louis van Gaal is starting his second season in charge and feels his philosophy - his buzzword since arriving at Old Trafford - is beginning to permeate the club. The Dutchman also believes his squad is better balanced after the offseason signings of midfielders Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin, Italy right back Matteo Darmian, Netherlands forward Memphis Depay and Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero. Throw in its return to the Champions League and another strong set of preseason results on the tour of the United States, including a victory against European champion Barcelona, and there’s every reason to feel United should improve on seventh- and fourth-place finishes in the league in the last two seasons. Not every- thing is rosy at Old Trafford, though. United looks short up front following the departure of Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao this summer. Wayne Rooney starts the season as the club’s only senior striker, although Javier Hernandez - currently injured - is back from his loan spell at Real Madrid. There remain question marks over the future of goalkeeper David de Gea, arguably United’s best player last season and the main reason the team is back in the Champions League. De Gea is heavily linked with a move to Madrid and has barely featured in preseason. And Van Gaal has acknowledged that his squad still the lacks the kind of star quality in attack that is sprinkled throughout the forward Liverpool’s midfielder Jordan Henderson lines of European heavyweights Barcelona, Madrid and Bayern Munich. Argentina midfield- er Angel Di Maria was supposed to have added Liverpool hope for new that but he is on the verge of joining Paris Saint- Germain, to end an underwhelming year at era with Henderson United following his club-record move for 59.7 million pounds (then $99 million). LONDON: When Liverpool walks out mer of 2012 an advocate of the 4-3-3 for- “We can use much more creativity,” Van Gaal against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium on mation. It had brought him success at said during the US tour. United’s first task this the opening day of the season, a new man Swansea where he oversaw the club’s pro- season will be to win its Champions League will lead the way. motion to the top flight and subsequently playoff at the end of August to advance to the Steven Gerrard’s departure for Major an 11th-place finish in the club’s inaugural group stage. Another of Van Gaal’s priorities will League Soccer means a captaincy change season in the Premier League. However, be to start the league season better than last at Anfield for the first time since the iconic since moving to Merseyside he has experi- year, with United’s title chances virtually over midfielder wore the armband in October mented with a series of systems. after picking up just 13 points in the opening 10 2003. Rodgers must decide on how best to rounds. If that happens, United could yet be Gerrard’s last appearance in a Liverpool accommodate his new recruits with back as a genuine contender in the title race, as shirt ended in humiliation with the Reds Henderson, Philippe Coutinho and James it should be after spending about 230 million suffering a 6-1 loss away to Stoke - the Milner all expected to start. pounds ($360 million) on new signings in the CHICAGO: Wayne Rooney No. 10 of Manchester United passes the ball in this file photo. —AFP club’s heaviest defeat since 1963. A decision on a center-back pairing is last 12 months. As it stands, there is a general Liverpool returns to the scene of that also pivotal. Neither Dejan Lovren nor feeling that Chelsea will again be too strong this THE NEW RONALDO? Schneiderlin, as well as the emergence of Ander season-ending rout with newly-installed Mamadou Sakho have shown the consis- season, perhaps even Manchester City and Comparisons are already being made Herrera toward the end of last season, indicates leader Jordan Henderson at the helm as it tency that would merit a starting berth Arsenal. between Depay and Cristiano Ronaldo. That may a refreshing of United’s central midfield. But Van begins an era without its once talismanic alongside the ever-present Martin Skrtel. If Here are some more things to know about be premature, but there is hope at Old Trafford Gaal will surely still find a place for his on-field figure. Liverpool is to reclaim a top-four place, it United ahead of the new season: that the 21-year-old Dutchman can provide an brains, Michael Carrick. Manager Brendan Rodgers has been will need the sort of defensive stability that attacking spark to take United to the next level. Carrick’s return from a long injury coincided among the biggest spenders in the transfer RELIANT ON ROONEY has eluded the side since Rafael Benitez’s He was among the top players in the Dutch with a 10-match unbeaten run for United from market, adding eight new faces to his Rooney is back as United’s No. 1 striker, and league with PSV Eindhoven last season - he has November to January that left the team in squad. Despite some calls for his exit fol- tenure. When Liverpool came to within touch- there is pressure on him to deliver now that Van pace, trickery and a dangerous free kick - and touching distance of the leaders. He missed the lowing the disappointing end to last sea- Persie and Falcao are gone. ing distance of winning the league in 2014, has impressed in preseason. The Premier League last six games of the season because of injury, son, the club’s owners have yet again “I hope to score 20 or more goals again,” the is a huge step up, though, and many players and United won just one of them. Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge played backed their manager’s lavish spending England captain said. “If I am playing as a striker, have struggled to deal with being labeled the Schweinsteiger, the captain of world champi- together up front, in a 4-4-2 supported by a spree. then I will be disappointed if I cannot do that so-called “Next Big Thing” at England’s most suc- on Germany, will surely start although he is Christian Benteke arrived from Aston midfield diamond. When Sturridge returns again.” If he achieves his target, he will become cessful team. Just ask Di Maria. injury prone. Schneiderlin and Herrera offer Villa in a 32.5 million pound ($50.7 million) from his latest injury setback, a potential United’s record scorer. Rooney’s tally for the club energy, but Carrick’s discipline and awareness deal while Brazilian forward Roberto partnership alongside Benteke awaits. If is currently 230 goals, 19 behind Bobby CRUCIAL CARRICK make him a crucial component of Van Gaal’s Firmino joined from German side the pair can recreate the sort of form that Charlton’s record. The arrival of Schweinsteiger and lineup.—AP Hoffenheim for a reported fee of 29 million brought Liverpool a record 101 goals two pounds ($45.8 million). Rodgers bought seasons ago, an immediate return to the eight players last summer with none failing Champions League beckons. to justify their lofty price tags. He can ill- afford a repeat this season with his future RALLYING CRY almost certainly chained to the success of The unproven claim that Gerard often his summer signings. hindered the performances of those Rodgers remained manager despite the around him will serve little purpose when club sliding from 2nd to 6th and out of the the season begins. Players will no longer be lucrative Champions League places. But his able to look to him for rescue. long-serving assistant Colin Pascoe depart- Milner appears to have been identified ed with first-team coach Mike Marsh. by Rodgers as a natural replacement for Former Liverpool midfielder Gary Gerrard. Milner said Rodgers has promised McAllister is one of three new coaches Rodgers has brought in for the upcoming to deploy him in central midfield and this season. was a key factor in his decision to leave As Liverpool kicks off another league Manchester City, where he was played in a challenge, here’s a couple of things to number of varying roles. know: Rodgers will hope that his squad can collectively find solutions when needed. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD For gone are the days of the charge that Rodgers arrived at Liverpool in the sum- Liverpool is merely a one-man team. —AP Rahal closes in on Montoya LEXINGTON: Racing in his home state - and Albany, which is about 45 miles south of the only a few laps from tightening the IndyCar Mid-Ohio course. This was the third IndyCar standings with a big victory - Graham Rahal win of his career and second of the season. still had one more big restart to sweat out. He had an Ohio State football-themed hel- On lap 84 of 90, he and Justin Wilson met designed to honor the reigning college battled for position, with Rahal eventually football champion, and he’s making quite a staying in front. “If you ever want to race push to win a title of his own in his No. 15 against anybody in that situation, it’s Justin Honda. Wilson, who is by far the most fair guy out Montoya, meanwhile, has come back to here,” Rahal said. “I was nervous on that last the pack. This year’s Indianapolis 500 win- restart because we didn’t have push-to- ner had finished out of the top 10 only once pass and he did. Obviously he got fully all season until a last-place showing at Iowa around me pretty much, but still gave me on July 18. He was out of the top 10 again room and I just slid down underneath him Sunday, and the championship appears to there and took off. be very much up for grabs. VIVA Real Madrid Academy’s players to travel to Madrid, Spain “I knew if I got out front, I felt very confi- “We did everything we were supposed to dent that nobody could catch me.” Rahal do today and the race was playing out per- had an easy time from there, winning fectly for us,” Montoya said. “Unfortunately Sunday’s race at Mid-Ohio and pulling to we got a caution with about 25 laps to go Top ten qualifying players from VIVA within nine points of series leader Juan that we didn’t need. It worked out for some Pablo Montoya. There are two events and didn’t work out for others.” remaining in the season, and Montoya’s Montoya was leading when a caution Real Madrid Academy travel to Spain lead has shrunk thanks to back-to-back fin- came out on lap 66 because of a spin by ishes outside the top 10. Sage Karam. That happened right as Rahal KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and trained by the famous football team coaches. of their foot-balling capability and talent, physi- Wilson finished second, 3.4 seconds was making a pit stop. The leaders made pit most developed telecom operator, announced Real Madrid Academy is one of the leading cal fitness, discipline, their communication skills behind. Simon Pagenaud was third, fol- stops on lap 67, and when the race went that the top 10 qualifying players will be travel- football training institutions, and the players will amongst each other as players and their general lowed by pole winner Scott Dixon. green again three laps later, Rahal had a ling to Madrid, Spain, to join a training camp be accompanied by a team from VIVA who will conduct on and off the field. The training pro- Montoya, who came into the race with a 42- lead he wouldn’t relinquish. until August 7. surround them with care and attention through- gram focused on different technical areas, such point lead over Rahal, finished 11th. That was an unusual twist, considering The top 10 players were chosen from over out the trip. The top 10 players will be chosen by as dribbling, short passing, turning and finish- “I mean, 42 points, I’m not going to lie to Rahal had accused Karam of blocking him 400 participants who joined in the VIVA Real a joint judging committee consisting of VIVA ing. The programs were also designed to devel- you, it sounded like a lot,” Rahal said. “I real- in qualifying the previous day, leading to a Madrid Academy try outs, held in March 2015, Real Madrid Academy coaches and Kuwait op young players in other fields, such as tactical ly thought it was a lot. So this was a nice brief back-and-forth on Twitter between and will get the opportunity to travel to Madrid, National Football team leaders. understanding, and mental, physical and social surprise here.” Rahal is a native of New those two.—AP Spain to join a training camp to be educated and Each of the players were judged on the basis growth. Merritt wins Triple Crown in Virginia winner cruises in Haskell

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KAZAN: Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu competes in the final of the women’s 200m individual medley swimming event at the 2015 FINA World Championships. — AFP Girls rule the pool as records tumble

KAZAN: Girl power prevailed at the world swim- 400m IM crown in Kazan. “Obviously, the record “It felt pretty easy,” said Ledecky, who also came Florent Manaudou won the men’s 50m butter- The Russian was the fastest into Tuesday’s final ming championships yesterday as three women’s was on my mind, it was my goal. within a second of her 400m freestyle world record fly title to claim his second gold in Kazan after after clocking 1:05.60 in her semi, but Meilutyte, records fell and Hungary’s ‘Iron Lady’ Katinka “But before the race I was just trying to give my while winning Sunday’s final. “I am pretty shocked helping France retain the 4x100m freestyle relay the world record holder, touched the wall just Hosszu lived up to her nickname. best and race as fast as possible, and then there that I was able to do that.” title on Sunday. 0.04secs slower. Australia’s Emily Seebohm is on After Katie Ledecky bettered her own 1500m was a record. It was just perfect.”Sjostrom was Ledecky only recently finished high school in Australia’s Mitchell Larkin was the fastest into course for her second gold in Kazan. She was the freestyle world record in the morning’s heats and equally as delighted as she shaved 0.15secs off her Maryland, but this is the eighth time the teenager the men’s 100m backstroke final on Tuesday. The fastest qualifier into Tuesday’s 100m backstroke Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom broke her 100m butterfly own record set in Sunday’s semi-finals - to retain has set a world record in her fledgling career. 22-year-old set a new Oceania record of 52.38secs final by clocking 58.56secs. Reigning world and mark, Hosszu claimed the 200m individual medley the world title she won two years ago in Barcelona It is the fourth time the defending champion with France’s Camille Lacourt, the world 50m Olympic champion Missy Franklin of the USA was record which has stood since 2009. by winning the 100m butterfly gold. has broken the 1,500m record alone having first champion, just behind at 0.32 back with Olympic fifth fastest at 0.86 back, having beaten Seebohm The Hungarian’s achievement was all the more achieved the feat in Barcelona two years ago on champion Matt Grevers of the United States at into second two years ago in Barcelona. impressive as the 26-year-old clocked two mins BRITAIN’S HISTORIC GOLD her way to winning the world title. 0.35secs in what promises to be a fast final. China’s long-distance expert Sun Yang had to 06.12 secs to take gold in the 200m IM final and “I have been waiting six years to break my per- Great Britain claimed three medals yesterday as settle for second in his 200m freestyle semi-final shave 0.03secs off Ariana Kukors’ previous record sonal best time and now I have taken a few more Adam Peaty became the first Brit to win the 100m BREASTSTROKE BATTLE heat behind 15-time world gold medallist Ryan from the 2009 world championships in Rome. The tenths of a second off it - finally!” said Sjostrom as breaststroke world title for 40 years when he beat There will be a battle royal in the women’s Lochte of the USA as both qualified for today’s US swimmer set the time in the era of the super- Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen came second with South Africa’s Olympic champion Cameron van der 100m breaststroke final today with crowd favorite final. It promises to be a mouth-watering occa- fast neoprene suits, which have since been banned China’s Lu Ying third. Burgh on the wall. Yuliya Efimova of Russia, who is back competing sion with Germany’s world record-holder Paul and Hosszu has been chasing the record. Ledecky, who also holds the 800m record, hint- Scotland’s Ross Murdoch took bronze behind after serving a 16-month doping ban for taking Biedermann through as Australia’s Cameron “Honestly, I was just trying to race,” beamed ed she could yet send more records tumbling in Peaty while teenager Siobhan Marie O’Connor steroids, going head to head with 18-year-old McEvoy and Britain’s James Guy also posted Hosszu, who will also be defending her world today’s 1500m final. claimed 200m IM bronze behind Hosszu. Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte. quick times. — AFP Arsenal gets a new ‘spine’ in Petr Cech

LONDON: Arsenal will start the new season as it has done for tebrae.” For years, Arsenal has been criticized for lacking a the past few years, with at least one marquee signing and fans backbone in defense, and Cech may finally resolve that com- calling for even more star players to come in. plaint if he can repeat the form he had at Chelsea. With the arrival of goalkeeper Petr Cech, Arsenal manager Although Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho delegated Cech Arsene Wenger has finally heeded calls to build from the back. mostly to the bench last season in favor of Thibaut Courtois, The former Chelsea keeper may not be wearing the No. 1 jer- the Czech international helped Chelsea to win the Premier sey, but he’s clearly Arsenal’s first choice in that position. League and League Cup. Overall, Chelsea won four Premier Wenger recalled that Cech was on his radar even before the League titles, the Champions League and three league cups Czech international signed for Chelsea. with Cech. Cech will take over from Arsenal’s official No. 1, “He has a good combination between quality, agility, size - Wojciech Szczesny, who has been loaned out to Roma. The he looked like he was built for English football,” Wenger said. “I Poland international, prone to mistakes, was sidelined last sea- think he is a very bright goalkeeper as well. He has an intimi- son after photos of him smoking were published in the media. dating presence, that is for sure. He makes the goals look small. David Ospina slotted in for Szczesny and did well, but he is That’s the kind of charisma he has.” expected to deputize for Cech. Wenger hasn’t given any indication that he’s looking to buy anyone else, so the looming question among fans is: Will CONTINUITY IN ATTACK Cech’s arrival be enough to win a Premier League or Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla both signed new contract Champions League title? extensions with Arsenal, and with Alexis Sanchez, Olivier ATLANTA: John Isner hoists the championship trophy after defeating Marcos Baghdatis, of Cyprus, in the singles final at the The short-term target for Arsenal this season is to get off to Giroud and Danny Welbeck also remaining on board, the Atlanta Open tennis tournament. — AP a quick start. Last year, a string of poor showings early on halt- team’s attack won’t differ much from last year. ed any hopes the London club had of winning the league. Arsenal’s forwards and midfielders shared around the goals Arsenal has had a strong preseason, winning the Barclays in the 2014-2015 campaign, and the 6-0 thrashing of Lyon in Isner wins Atlanta title Asia Trophy while on tour in Singapore and lifting the Emirates pre-season is an indication that the team again won’t rely on Cup at home for the first time since 2010. The Gunners beat just one or two players to score. Chelsea 1-0 in the Community Shield on Sunday, which will be With the attack sorted, Wenger is taking a gamble by seem- ATLANTA: Top seed John Isner cruised to his third consecutive on tour in just a little bit. You’re a class act and I enjoyed playing you a major confidence boost for the new season. ingly not being in the market for another central defender or a Atlanta Open title when he beat hobbled Marcos Baghdatis in today. “I feel at home on this court. I play so well here.” Fifth seed After back-to-back FA Cup titles the past two seasons, defensive midfielder. Francis Coquelin was a surprise success in straight sets in the final on Sunday. Baghdatis, in his first final since 2011, apologised to the crowd. “That’s Arsenal hopes to win the league for the first time since 2004 the latter role last season, but if he can’t repeat his form or if he Isner took almost exactly an hour to dispose of Cypriot Baghdatis not the way I wanted to finish a tournament but my body couldn’t and the trophy that Wenger really wants but still eludes him: picks up an injury, Arsenal doesn’t have much cover for that 6-3 6-3 on a hot afternoon on the outdoor hardcourt in Georgia. handle it today so I’m really sorry I couldn’t compete 100 percent but I the Champions League. As Arsenal kicks off its league chal- position. Wenger, as he has done in previous years, said he The tall American used his biggest weapon, dropping just three tried my best,” he said. He later told reporters he had been battling the lenge, here a couple of things to know: won’t cave in to pressure to spend just for the sake of spend- points on serve, to secure his 10th ATP title. It was hardly a fair fight, injury since before the ATP event in Nottingham, England, in June, ing. “I think what you want is not to listen too much to what though, because Baghdatis’s movement was hampered from the start where he forfeited his semi-final. GETTING A BACKBONE people say, because sometimes in the same week I get two dif- by what he said later was an old abductor injury that flared up. “I played five matches this week the good thing is that it’s noth- Cech has given a couple of reasons as to why he chose No. ferent reproaches: one I don’t spend enough and one too Baghdatis got slower as the match progressed and an injury time-out ing serious.” The 30-year-old, a losing finalist at the 2006 Australian 33 as his shirt number, tweeting that he’s starting a “new chap- much,” he said. “I believe if you want to create success, which after the first set did not help matters. Open, has not won an ATP event since 2010. ter at 33 years of age with 333 games in the Premier League ... we want desperately ... focus on inside and try to do as well as He barely went through the motions in the second set but did not Isner said he was glad to be back on his best surface after a sum- That’s an easy choice.” Then, he added quite tellingly that he we can, believe in the football we want to play, play it as well forfeit the match. “I didn’t want to win like that,” Isner, 30, said at the mer stint on the clay of Europe and English grass. “It’s my favorite sur- hopes “to be a part of the spine of the team - spine has 33 ver- as we can and let other people talk.” — AP on-court victory presentation. “I hope you’re back healthy and back face, hardcourt like this that bounces pretty high,” he said. —Reuters Asia on shaky ground as factories step back Page 24

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ATHENS: A man carries a toy as he leaves a street market in Athens. In Athens, the heads of the EU-IMF audit mission met with the Greek ministers of finance and economy with the talks focusing on bank recapitalization, privatiza- tions and fiscal targets. — AP Greek stock market ‘bloodbath’ After five-week shut down, Greek stocks plummet

ATHENS: Greece’s s stock market plunged over 22 resumed talks with creditors and reopened its were often unable to acquire the inputs they negotiate the terms of a massive new rescue ernment, and stricter conditions for a tax arrears percent as it reopened yesterday after a five-week banks. Strict limits on cash withdrawals remain, needed, particularly from abroad, as bank closures package in the next two weeks. payment program. closure, giving investors their first opportunity however. Two surveys published yesterday illus- and capital restrictions badly hampered normal The country needs to complete the talks and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing opposi- since late June to react to the country’s latest eco- trate the extent of the damage wreaked on the business activity.” get more loans before Aug. 20, when it has to tion to the new bailout from within his left-wing nomic crisis. Bank shares suffered most, hitting or Greek economy in July by the bank closures, mon- Meanwhile, a monthly survey of business and repay more than 3 billion euros to the European Syriza party that could force him to call an early nearing the daily trading limit of a 30 percent loss. ey controls and general uncertainty over the consumer confidence, the Economic Sentiment Central Bank. Deputy Finance Minister Dimitris election in the fall. Syriza dissenters are openly Markets in the rest of Europe, however, were country’s future. Indicator, fell for a fifth consecutive month in Mardas did not comment on reports that Athens calling for a return to the drachma, but failed last largely unaffected. The stock market and banks Financial information company Markit said its July to its worst level since October 2012. “The could seek a short-term loan to tide it over in case week to force an emergency party conference were closed on June 29, when the government gauge of manufacturing activity in Greece plum- negative development is the result of the sharp the talks have to be extended. “The (negotiation) before the bailout negotiations are completed. put limits on money withdrawals and transfers to meted during the month to 30.2 points, its lowest deterioration in business expectations in all timetable is truly pressing ... We are preparing for “The government has to choose between a humil- keep a run on the banks from bringing down the ever reading, despite improvements across the areas, but also a recent and significant decline in what has been agreed upon, correcting any gaps iating agreement to sign a third bailout, or aban- financial system. rest of the 19-country euro-zone. “Manufacturing consumer confidence,” said the Foundation for that may appear,” Mardas told private Skai televi- don the agreements reached in Brussels and seek Greeks were panicking over the prospect that output collapsed in July as the debt crisis came to Economic and Industrial Research, or IOBE, sion. Negotiators from the European Union and alternatives for a positive course out of this crisis,” the country could fall out of the euro after its talks a head,” Markit economist Phil Smith said. which conducts the survey. Greece is currently International Monetary Fund are seeking faster former welfare minister and prominent dissenter creditors broke down. Greece has since then “Factories faced a record drop in new orders and in intense negotiations with bailout lenders to cuts in early retirement plans set out by the gov- Dimitris Stratoulis said over the weekend. — AP Tunisian firms prepare Owners turning to auctions to to issue Islamic bonds TUNIS: Tunisian firms are preparing to cial leasing firm, said finance ministry sell their high-end properties issue Islamic bonds as the government rules covering issuance of corporate finalizes rules covering the sector, cre- sukuk were expected within months. ating a new funding option for com- Best Lease aims to raise up to 30 EDWARDS: Bob and Karin Weber built their dream home kerage firm selling the Webers’ home, has seen auction fairway of the Pebble Beach Golf Links for $14 million panies in an economy buffeted by million dinars ($15.6 million) to finance 14 years ago, creating an 11,000-square-foot mountain- sales rise from 32 in 2010 to 62 last year. Sheldon Good from a starting bid of $6.9 million. On the other hand, a labor unrest and militant attacks. its growth, with Banque Zitouna and El top oasis. Now that the couple is in their 70s, they’re has held 36 auctions so far in 2015 and expects more seller in Seattle who previously had a home on the mar- Islamic finance - which bars interest Wifack Leasing also considering sukuk ready to downsize and possibly move to nearby Vail. than 70 by year’s end. Overall, sales of homes $1 million ket for $25 million ended up selling for $12 million after payments in accordance with Islamic, issues, said Frad, also general manager After trying the traditional list-and-wait method of sell- or more are up 8 percent from a year ago, according to no buyers were willing to pay the minimum auction bid or sharia, law - accounts for just 2.5 of United Gulf Financial Services North ing the 35-acre Elk Ridge Ranch, the Webers are putting the National Association of Realtors. Homes in the of $15 million. Sellers can only back out of an auction if percent of Tunisia’s financial sector Africa, a Tunisian company which pro- their estate up for auction, hoping for a streamlined $250,000-$500,000 range had the largest jump, climbing their minimum bid isn’t met. Otherwise, they are locked and was a low priority under autocrat- vides corporate finance services. “A law process and a more lucrative result. 17.4 percent from May last year. It can be a gamble for in. “The auction helped to identify the buyer and the ic leader Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who exists but we need the practical rules. was toppled in 2011. When this is done then these financial Once considered a last resort to dump a property the sellers. If the brokerage company sets the minimum marketplace,” Craig Post, executive director of Sheldon But successor governments have institutions will issue sukuk,” said Frad, that was distressed or couldn’t sell, auctions have price too high, no one will show up for the auction. Too Good, said of the home in Seattle. “In this case, the mar- been seeking to develop the industry, adding aggregate issuance of Tunisian become a viable marketing option for selling luxury low, the property could sell well below market value. ket didn’t feel the home was worth $15 million. The seller partly as a way to gain access to pools corporate sukuk could initially reach homes, mirroring common marketing techniques for Sheldon Good recently sold a house next to the 12th listened and accepted a lower price.” —AP of sharia-compliant capital in the 100-150 million Tunisian dinars ($51- high-end art, antiques and collectibles. There are still wealthy Gulf. With the encouragement $76 million). plenty of foreclosed luxury homes being sold off at cut- of regulators, the country’s first Islamic “Before the end of the year, rate prices, but the perception of selling a luxury home lender Banque Zitouna - founded in Zitouna and Best Lease will be able to via auction has started to change. With sales of luxury 2009 by Ben Ali’s son-in-law - plans to issue.” State-owned electricity and homes and prices on the rise, sellers can use an auction open 100 branches over the next five water utilities may follow suit, while to control the structure of the sale, set a firm deadline for years and El Wifack Leasing aims to national carrier Tunisair could tap the the transaction and hope a bidding war will send the become the country’s third full- market later after clearing legislative price higher. The buyers get an opportunity to tour the fledged Islamic bank by August. The hurdles, Frad added. property before putting in a bid, unlike most foreclosure government is preparing to issue its The Tunisian arm of Bahrain’s Al auctions, and have the opportunity to land a deal. first sovereign sukuk - Sharia-compli- Baraka Banking Group is expanding ant bonds - this year and has worked operations after it became a resident High-end luxury home out rules for the sector, Amel Azzouz, bank at the end of 2013. The Islamic Tunisia’s secretary of state in charge of lender is adding wholesale banking Properties costing more than $1 million represent international cooperation, said. and investment products, which could about 3 percent of the total housing market, according “We are now finalizing an integrat- include sukuk. to the National Association of Realtors, and those doing ed legal framework dedicated solely to “Best Lease (sukuk) will be a good luxury auctions are even smaller. “There aren’t that many Islamic finance, to serve as a regulat- idea and we are considering this,” Chief of us out there in this luxury real estate marketing world ing mechanism,” Azzouz said during Executive Adnan Ahmed Yousif said. who are consistently doing high-end luxury home auc- the annual meeting of the Jeddah- Since 2014, Al Baraka’s Tunisian arm tions around the country,” said Trayor Lesnock, founder based Islamic Development Bank has launched six sharia-compliant and president of Platinum Luxury Auctions. “We’re defi- Group, according to a transcript. The products such as vehicle financing, nitely a niche market.” Platinum Luxury Auctions’ sales IDB is helping to establish an Islamic and introduced pilgrimage savings volume more than doubled from 2011 through 2014 and microfinance institution in Tunisia, she schemes to the Tunisian market. It the average sale price went from about $4.4 million last said. Mohamed Frad, board member plans to launch sharia-compliant stu- year to nearly $5 million so far this year. at Tunis-based Best Lease, a commer- dent loans this year. — Reuters Chicago-based Sheldon Good & Company, the bro- COLORADO: Photo shows the exterior of a luxury home in Edwards, Colorado. — AP TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 BUSINESS

BANYUWANGI: An Indonesian worker paints handmade sarong textile for export to Australia, France and Haiti at a workshop in Banyuwangi located in eastern Java island yesterday. The colorful fabric produced by small scale industry are popular for beach wear wrap around.— AFP Inflation remains high in Indonesia

JAKARTA: Inflation remained unchanged yet ing after Eid, the end of the holy fasting meals. Spending on transport also spikes, high in Indonesia in July despite predictions month of Ramadan, which fell mid-month. with tens of millions of Indonesians taking of easing, as consumers stocked up on food “Inflation was high because of increased cars, buses, planes and trains back to their and transport tickets ahead of the Muslim spending on foodstuffs and transport for the hometowns for the Eid holiday. Prices in Java- holiday of Eid, government data showed yes- fasting month and Eid,” Suryamin, the agency home to more than half of Indonesia’s 250 terday. The consumer price index rose 7.26 chief who like many Indonesians goes by one million people were relatively restrained in percent year-on-year, the same increase as name, told reporters. Prices on a month-on- July compared to outside the island, where the previous month, according to the official month basis rose 0.93 per cent, compared to prices were less stable, Suryamin added. The statistics agency. Inflation in May was 7.15 0.54 per cent in June. Food prices typically high inflation presents a dilemma for the cen- percent. rise during Ramadan in Indonesia, the world’s tral bank. Some economists are urging policy- Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, most populous Muslim-majority country, as makers to cut the main rate from 7.50 percent had expected inflation to ease to 7.13 per people stockpile food both for the less fortu- to arrest a slowdown in growth, but higher cent in July as people pared back their spend- nate and to break their daily fast with lavish inflation restricts their room to move.—AFP Options market sees oil price fall despite OPEC confidence Market readjusting to expectation of long-term glut

LONDON: OPEC policymakers seem confident the end of this year to average $60.60 a barrel 16 percent so far this year, compared with the in a sustained recovery of oil prices from this and $69 next year, when demand from emerg- benchmark contract’s roughly 8 percent decline. year’s lows as demand improves, but the deriva- ing markets improves. BNP Paribas analyst Harry Tchillinguirian said he tives market is geared for an alternative sce- Crude oil options paint a starkly different pic- was more upbeat on the crude oil price and nario: a fall below $50 a barrel by the end of the ture. Holdings of ICE Brent crude put options, anticipated a rally towards $69 by late 2016, year. The level of volatility in the market, a broad which give the owner the right, but not the obli- from the current $53 a barrel, but added that measure of risk sentiment that determines the gation, to sell oil at a predetermined price by a right now, using options to protect against price of an option, has been edging higher. certain date, outnumber those in calls — which more drops in price was reasonably cheap. And for oil derivative contracts expiring in offer the option to buy-by an average of 2:1 “Certainly, there a lot of people who are con- December, volatility has touched its highest in over the coming 12 months, highlighting the cerned about price weakness and how this nearly four months, particularly for deeply bear- bearish bias of the market. On the benchmark weakness may extend beyond the third quarter ish sell-options. Typically, December is when September Brent options contract, a quarter of and are prepared to buy puts,” he said. producers and consumers hedge their future total holdings of puts are gathered in options Questions over demand growth in key emerg- requirements, prompting volatilities to rise. But that carry the right to sell below $52 a barrel, ing markets like China, relentless output from it is also when the Organization of Petroleum just below the current price of the underlying OPEC and US shale producers, along with Exporting Countries (OPEC) holds its twice-year- futures contract around $54.. Iranian crude returning to the market after an ly meeting. OPEC’s secretary-general said on For holdings of put options in the December historic nuclear deal are key supply-side nega- Thursday the group expects increasing oil 2015 contract, this percentage rises to almost a tives. demand to prevent a further fall in prices and third. The biggest bet in options that could be The options market is not suggesting Brent sees a more balanced market in 2016, the latest profitable by the end of the year is contracts to will go into the kind of free-fall witnessed in the sign the group is sticking to its policy of defend- sell at $50 a barrel. “The downside could be a bit second half of 2014 that took 60 percent off the ing market share. more than maybe people anticipate,” ICAP’s price. But for now, it suggests the only way is Positioning in the options market suggests Sheldon said, adding that $50 a barrel by the south. “We have concerns about crude funda- no respite to the glut that has stripped more end of year looked likely, based on the options mentals and prices in the second half of this than 60 percent off the value of oil since its peak market. “Certainly demand has picked up in year and 2016,” wrote Morgan Stanley in a note back in 2008. “What’s happening is the market is gasoline and in distillates, but it just hasn’t been last week. “Demand is near seasonal peak levels coming to terms with the fact that these lower enough and we haven’t seen the supply and will fall into the second half of this year, prices have not resulted in any significant response that the market was looking for.” OPEC production has grown significantly ... As change in supply/demand economics,” ICAP oil we look to 2016, sanctions could be lifted on broker Scott Sheldon said. A Reuters monthly oil Cheap option Iran,” Morgan Stanley said, adding that it could price poll showed on Thursday that a majority Further along the futures curve, the ICE Brent not see a significant break higher in prices next of analysts believe prices will recover towards December 2015 contract has fallen more than year. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Saudi Riyals 81.780 US Dollars Mint 0.300150 0.304150 20 gram 223.220 Jordanian Dinar 428.295 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES 10 gram 114.300 Egyptian Pound 38.706 Bangladesh Taka 0.003561 0.004161 Japanese Yen 2.449 5 gram 57.970 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.271 Indian Rupees 4.742 Chinese Yuan 0.047537 0.051037 Indian Rupees 4.754 Pakistani Rupees 2.982 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037093 0.039843 Pakistani Rupees 2.983 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Bangladesh Taka 3.898 Indian upee 0.004670 0.005060 Srilankan Rupees 2.273 Philippines Pesso 6.665 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Nepali Rupees 2.998 CURRENCIES TELEX TRANSFER PER 1000 Cyprus pound 578.925 Japanese Yen 0.002363 0.002543 Singapore Dollar 221.550 Australian Dollar 204.88 Japanese Yen 3.455 Kenyan Shilling 0.002961 0.002961 Hongkong Dollar 39.183 Canadian Dollar 234.88 Syrian Pound 2.605 Korean Won 0.000250 0.000265 Bangladesh Taka 3.904 Swiss Franc 318.87 Nepalese Rupees 3.965 Malaysian Ringgit 0.076813 0.082813 Philippine Peso 6.656 Euro 336.70 Malaysian Ringgit 80.515 Nepalese Rupee 0.003046 0.003216 US Dollar 303.95 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 49.285 Thai Baht 8.685 Pakistan Rupee 0.002816 0.003093 Sterling Pound 477.77 Thai Bhat 9.685 Malaysian Ringgit 79.978 Philippine Peso 0.006634 0.006914 Japanese Yen 2.49 Turkish Lira 110.665 Sierra Leone 0.000075 0.000081 GCC COUNTRIES Bangladesh Taka 3.902 Singapore Dollar 0.217496 0.223496 Saudi Riyal 81.043 Indian Rupee 4.748 South African Rand 0.017888 0.026388 Qatari Riyal 83.482 Bahrain Exchange Company Sri Lankan Rupee 2.273 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001984 0.002564 Nepali Rupee 2.969 Omani Riyal 7.894 Taiwan 0.009472 0.009652 Pakistani Rupee 2.983 Bahraini Dinar 807.000 CURRENCY BUY SELL Thai Baht 0.008464 0.0009014 UAE Dirham 82.743 UAE Dirhams 82.63 Europe Bahraini Dinar 806.76 ARAB COUNTRIES Belgian Franc 0.007926 0.008926 Arab Egyptian Pound 38.71 British Pound 0.467485 0.476485 Egyptian Pound - Cash 41.125 Bahraini Dinar 0.799240 0.807240 Jordanian Dinar 431.79 Czech Korune 0.004291 0.016291 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 38.859 Egyptian Pound 0.039168 0.041998 Omani Riyal 788.29 Danish Krone 0.040600 0.045600 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.418 Qatari Riyal 83.72 Euro 0.327870 0.335870 Iraqi Dinar 0.000192 0.000252 Tunisian Dinar 154.900 Saudi Riyal 80.99 Norwegian Krone 0.033035 0.038235 Jordanian Dinar 0.424422 0.431922 Jordanian Dinar 4.291 Romanian Leu 0.075513 0.075513 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.039 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Slovakia 0.009069 0.019069 Lebanese Pound 0.000151 0.000251 Syrian Lira 2.166 Swedish Krona 0.031151 0.036151 Swiss Franc 0.308009 0.318209 Moroccan Dirhams 0.019900 0.043900 Morocco Dirham 31.314 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Turkish Lira 0.110158 0.117158 Nigerian Naira 0.001255 0.001890 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES US Dollar 303.650 Omani Riyal 0.782950 0.788630 US Dollar Transfer 303.750 Canadian Dollar 235.320 Australasia Qatar Riyal 0.082721 0.083934 Euro 334.730 Sterling Pound 472.635 Australian Dollar 0.213348 0.224848 Saudi Riyal 0.080363 0.081063 Sterling Pound 475.980 Euro 338.275 New Zealand Dollar 0.193831 0.203331 Syrian Pound 0.001288 0.001508 Canadian dollar 232.140 Swiss Frank 292.945 Tunisian Dinar 0.150610 0.158610 Turkish lira 109.560 Bahrain Dinar 806.720 Turkish Lira 0.110158 0.117158 UAE Dirhams 83.050 America Swiss Franc 315.750 UAE Dirhams 0.081719 0.082868 Qatari Riyals 91.060 Canadian Dollar 0.226054 0.234554 US Dollar Buying 302.550 US Dollars 0.299650 0.304150 Yemeni Riyal 0.001373 0.001453 BUSINESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 Sterling strength gives BoE rate-setters a headache Sterling has risen 3 percent since May forecasts

LONDON: As the Bank of England how long the effect of strong sterling “At that point, the decision on what BoE policymakers have already dis- timing of a similar move by the US moves closer to raising interest rates will last. to do with interest rates becomes more agreed on how much the strength in Federal Reserve remains uncertain. The for the first time since 2007, the The BoE’s rate-setters must decide complicated,” said Robert Wood, a for- sterling is likely to offset the impact on last time Britain was hit by a similar- strength of sterling is causing disagree- whether the effect of cheaper imports mer BoE forecaster who is an econo- inflation of rising wages, according to sized currency shock - when sterling ment among its policymakers over and reduced demand for British prod- mist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. minutes of their meeting in early July, weakened by more than a quarter at the when to pull the trigger. The BoE is due ucts abroad will last long enough to While the BoE typically ignores factors and some are expected to vote for a start of the financial crisis - the impact to make a slew of announcements on justify a cut to its forecast for inflation with a brief impact on inflation such as rate hike this week. Governor Mark on inflation lasted much longer than the Thursday, among them its forecasts for in two years’ time. Private-sector econ- swings in oil and food prices, big cur- Carney struck a more cautious note on BoE forecast at the time. This time, inflation, which will give investors a omists would usually interpret this as a rency moves are on the borderline July 16, saying an 18 percent rise in import prices have fallen by less than better sense of how soon rates are like- sign that the bank is unlikely to raise between a short-term and a long-term sterling over the past two years could the BoE expected. But policymakers ly to rise. The pound hit its highest lev- interest rates in the coming months. factor. British inflation is currently fore- have a “sizeable” and “potentially pro- might decide the impact of sterling el in over seven years against the cur- However, some policymakers might cast to bounce back from zero to its tracted” effect. The need for a rate hike strength is simply taking longer than rencies of Britain’s main trading part- still want to tighten policy if other fac- target of 2 percent within two years. should become clearer around the end usual to have an effect. “Pass-through is ners last month, bolstered by expecta- tors - such as the speed at which wages But if Thursday’s forecasts show this of the year, he said. one of those movable feasts,” Wood said. tions of higher interest rates as the are rising, relative to a small recovery in may take rather longer, the chances of This week, he is likely to be wary of “It can be bigger or smaller depending country’s economy recovers. This week, productivity - point to underlying price a rate rise before early next year will driving sterling up by talking up the on the state of the economy at the time. the bank will need to take a stand on pressures in the slightly longer term. fade. prospect of a British rate rise while the It’s very hard to predict.”— Reuters Auto sales crimp US consumer spending

WASHINGTON: US consumer spending in after the data, while US stock index futures June advanced at its slowest pace in fourth nudged lower. The dollar was slightly months as demand for automobiles soft- stronger against a basket of currencies. ened, suggesting the economy lost some The Federal Reserve last week described momentum at the end of the second quar- the economy as expanding “moderately,” ter. But the moderation in consumer upgraded its view of the labor market and spending could be temporary as Fiat said housing had shown “additional” Chrysler Automobiles and Nissan Motor Co improvement. The Fed’s assessment left the Ltd said yesterday their US July sales out- door open for a possible interest rate hike stripped expectations on the strength of in September, which would be the first sport utility vehicles sales. increase in nearly a decade. In June, spend- Consumer spending rose 0.2 percent ing on long-lasting manufactured goods after a downwardly revised 0.7 percent fell 1.3 percent, with purchases of motor increase in May, the Commerce vehicles accounting for most of the Department said. Consumer spending, decrease, which reversed May’s increase. which accounts for more than two-thirds of Outlays on services like utilities rose 0.4 US economic activity, was previously percent. When adjusted for inflation, con- reported to have advanced 0.9 percent in sumer spending was unchanged after May. June’s increase was in line with econo- increasing 0.4 percent in May. mists’ expectations and the data was Personal income rose 0.4 percent in included in last week’s second-quarter June for a third straight month. With gross domestic product report, which income gains outpacing spending, the showed consumer spending expanding at saving rate increased to 4.8 percent from a 2.9 percent annual rate and the overall 4.6 percent in May. Inflation pressures economy growing at a 2.3 percent pace. remained benign. A price index for con- While the tepid consumer spending sumer spending rose 0.2 percent after suggests less vigor in the economy head- gaining 0.3 percent in May. In the 12 ing into the third quarter, any slowdown is months through June, the personal con- likely to be mitigated by a strengthening sumption expenditures (PCE) price index HONG KONG: A woman walks past a logo of the HSBC bank in Hong Kong. Banking giant HSBC released its six-month financial resultsyester- housing sector and tightening labor mar- rose 0.3 percent. Excluding food and ener- day. — AFP ket, which are boosting household wealth. gy, prices edged up 0.1 percent for the FCA and Nissan were the first major third straight month. The so-called core automakers to report US July sales, which PCE price index rose 1.3 percent in the 12 HSBC sells up in Brazil as analysts have forecast rising about 3 per- months through June. It has increased by cent from a year ago. FCA forecast sales will the same margin every month since come in above that estimate. Prices for January. Inflation is running below the longer-dated US government debt slipped Fed’s 2 percent target.— Reuters profits jump on HK boom ‘Nothing alarming’ in China; London shares up 0.4% HONG KONG: HSBC Holdings beat expectations the stock market and from the more reduced eco- Costs rise with a 10 percent rise in first-half profit thanks to a nomic activity we have seen,” Gulliver told HSBC’s pretax profits in the first six months of strong performance in Hong Kong and has agreed reporters. China’s stock markets have helped to the year were $13.6 billion, up from $12.3 billion a a $5.2 billion sale of its business in Brazil. Europe’s drive profits for the bank’s broking business in year earlier and well above analysts’ average fore- biggest bank by market value is to sell the unprof- Hong Kong via the Stock Connect trading link with cast of $12.5 billion according to a poll conducted itable Brazilian operations to Banco Bradesco SA , Shanghai because mainland shares soared prior to by the bank. Its London-listed shares were up 0.4 Brazil’s second-biggest private-sector bank, for a their June crash. percent at 582.1 pence by 1100 GMT, in line with higher than expected 17.6 billion reais ($5.2 bil- He said he still expected China’s economy to the European bank index. lion). The sale is part of a plan by Chief Executive grow by about7.1 percent this year, but some of The bank increased to $1.3 billion from $550 Stuart Gulliver to shed underperforming business the bank’s big corporate customers had seen a million the sum set aside to cover costs from vari- and reduce costs, including almost 50,000 job cuts, slowdown in Chinese sales and revenues in wealth ous regulatory investigations into banks’ rigging of to try to improve returns. Gulliver said HSBC was management and equities could slip from the first- foreign exchange markets worldwide. It set aside likely to keep its bank in Britain because of its half. China has forecast economic growth of $147 million to cover potential fines and settle- strong prospects. around 7 percent for 2015, which would be the ments in its private bank, after allegations earlier HSBC said profit growth was driven by an weakest rate in 25 years. “The bank’s profits bene- this year that its Swiss business helped customers investing frenzy in Hong Kong among individual fited from the boost from Stock Connect before the evade tax. HSBC also took a hit of $92 million on its customers prompted by China’s soaring markets market turned, so I wouldn’t extrapolate the same exposure to Greece. HSBC said its investment bank earlier in the year. HSBC has become reliant on level of performance into the third quarter and had a good start to the year, led by growth in equi- Hong Kong for profits as its businesses in Europe, beyond,” Ian Gordon, analyst at Investec Securities, ties and a 21 percent rise in foreign exchange trad- the United States and other emerging markets said. slow. The London-based bank has said it is consid- Asia now accounts for two-thirds of HSBC’s prof- ing revenues. ering moving its headquarters back to the former its, and Gulliver has pinned the bank’s fortunes on Gulliver said he was happy with the size of the British colony. It intends to complete a review of its a ‘pivot’ to the region. HSBC is speeding up a cull of investment bank and its returns would start headquarters by the end of this year and Hong unprofitable businesses and countries and is close improving as assets were cut. HSBC cut assets by Kong is seen as the most likely alternative. to selling its loss-making Turkish business to Dutch $50 billion on a risk-adjusted basis in the first half, The market turmoil in China in the past few lender ING Group, sources have told Reuters. mostly in the investment bank, which helped to lift weeks could mean a gloomier second-half outlook. Gulliver said HSBC was likely to keep its British its core capital ratio to 11.6 percent from 11.1 per- HSBC said its performance in July was satisfactory, business after warning two months ago it could cent a year ago. Analysts said that strong capital but said the banking environment remained chal- look to sell if new rules left it without control over position could help to lift future dividends. Cutting lenging and the economic climate was uncertain in strategy, risk, management and dividends. “You costs remains a challenge, however. Costs rose 7 China and the euro-zone. “We don’t see anything should work on the assumption that it is a bank we percent from a year ago, which the bank said was partly due to high regulatory and compliance LONDON: Photo shows British trader Tom Hayes arriving at Southwark Crown court alarming coming from what has happened recently would like to keep, because it’s got excellent with his wife Sarah in London. Hayes, who worked for UBS and Citigroup yesterday in China, but there undoubtedly will be some mut- returns from what we see going forward and the costs. It added more than 2,200 compliance staff in became the first person to be convicted in Britain of rigging the Libor inter-bank ed impact on our business both from the sell-off in UK is a profitable banking market.” the first half.—Reuters lending rate. — AFP UK manufacturing Tummy tucks, country clubs tick up growth edges up on Yellen waggish rates dashboard SAN FRANCISCO: Janet Yellen made her reputation People didn’t want to jeopardize their jobs by taking LONDON: British manufacturing growth from Europe and a strengthening pound. as an early spotter of the looming slump seven years time off for recovery. Granted, real estate prices and picked up in July but new orders grew at New export orders contracted for the ago when she highlighted some unorthodox indica- wages in the San Francisco Bay Area are rising faster the slowest pace in nearly a year, a survey fourth consecutive month in July, as the tors of decline in consumer spending: tummy tucks, than in other parts of the country, which might skew showed yesterday, suggesting the factory strength of the British currency hurt gourmet dining and country club memberships. Now local data. But overall, Americans spent more on cos- sector would continue to drag on overall demand from euro-zone markets, Markit she is Federal Reserve Chair, Yellen will find a much metic surgery in 2014 than any year since 2007, fig- economic growth. The Markit/CIPS manu- said. Sterling has risen 10 percent against brighter picture from her novel monitoring system as ures from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic facturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) the euro this year, blurring the outlook for she and the Fed board mull the first US interest rate Surgery show. rose more than forecast in July to 51.9. That the Bank of England as it edges closer to its hike for nine years, which could come as early as Forty miles south of San Francisco, the Palo Alto was up from 51.4 in June - its lowest level in first rate hike in more than eight years. The September. Hills Golf and Country Club - which may or may not over two years - but well below an average BoE is expected to keep rates on hold at a As chief of the San Francisco Fed back in 2008, be the club Yellen referenced - raised its initiation fee of 54.3 recorded since April 2013, when meeting this week but many economists Yellen joked to colleagues at a somber policy-setting to $200,000 this year, double the fee in the depths of Britain’s economy was starting its recovery. expect some of its policymakers to vote for meeting that people were putting off plastic surgery, the recession, although still below its pre-crisis peak. The pace of growth of new orders a hike. eating at high-end restaurants without reservations, “We’ve had no trouble getting members to join at Janet Yellen and the waiting list to join a high-priced Silicon Valley these higher prices,” said Janice Graves, membership slowed to 52.2, its lowest since September Official data released in July showed country club had shrunk to “a mere thirteen.” Behind director for the club, whose newer members are walk up and get a table at the restaurant, where 2014, underscoring the challenge for poli- manufacturing contracted in the second the colorful data - which provoked laughter accord- mostly younger families working in Silicon Valley’s Yellen has been known to eat, things are busier than cymakers to achieve more balanced long- quarter. Yesterday’s survey showed prices ing to the transcript - she had a serious point. The booming technology industry. On the other side of they were, said general manager Jennifer Sherman. term economic growth. “Although a tick paid by manufacturers for raw materials fell plunge in discretionary consumer spending was a the San Francisco Bay, the public golf course at Wente Back in 2008, she said, “on a Tuesday night in higher in the headline PMI breaks the in July after rising in June for the first time harbinger of the deep recession to come. Yellen has Vineyards in Livermore has seen a 20 percent increase January you could probably get a table a week ahead.” decelerating trend in UK manufacturing, since August 2014, but factory gate prices not made any high-profile public references to those in annual golf rounds played from 2008, and each These days mid-week reservations are tougher to find, growth in the sector remains near-stagnant rose to their highest in nearly a year. The remarks since. But her unique dashboard shows solid round played is bringing in more money, proprietor unless you like to dine at 5 pm. Joking aside, it is and suggests that the sector is continuing BoE expects inflation to pick up quickly signs of recovery. Carolyn Wente said. unlikely that Yellen would lean heavily on figures to act as a drag on the economy,” said Rob towards the end of 2015 as last year’s showing America’s richest are back to spending at or Dobson, economist at data company plunge in global oil prices filters through Surgical procedures Farm-to-table movement close to pre-crisis levels. But neither would she com- Markit. the numbers. Official data showed British Michael Kulick, a cosmetic surgeon in San In Berkeley, where Yellen taught economics for 30 pletely dismiss them, as she looks for further improve- Britain’s economy looks set for another inflation slipped back to zero in June. Francisco, now spends about 16 hours a week doing years, local favorite Chez Panisse - a pioneer in the ment in the broad labor market before raising rates. strong year but the recovery remains large- Detailed PMI data are only available under tummy tucks and other surgical procedures, double farm-to-table restaurant movement, where dinner for Spending habits of the rich, like the rest of us, “shift ly reliant on consumer spending, with man- license from Markit and customers need to what he did in 2008. Back then, he explained, it wasn’t two typically costs $350 - is also showing improve- with the economy, for sure,” said Graves at Palo Alto ufacturers struggling due to weak demand apply to Markit for a licence.—Reuters just the thousands of dollars such surgeries cost. ment. Although there was never a time you could Hills Golf and Country Club.— Reuters TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 BUSINESS Oil pushed to 6-month lows by oversupply concerns

LONDON: Oil hit six-month lows yesterday, are showing no sign of wavering in their that Iran may be coming back and there is the lowest in four months at $46.35. drillers continue to add rigs and pump at knocked by fresh evidence of growing focus on defending market share instead of no obvious sign that OPEC will make room Growth in Chinese manufacturing activity full throttle despite a global oil glut. “The oversupply and data highlighting slowing prices, which have fallen 9 percent this for them,” Ric Spooner, chief market analyst unexpectedly stalled in July as demand at Reuters survey on OPEC production is demand in China, leaving crude prices on year. The lack of a plan by OPEC to accom- at CMC Markets in Sydney said. Brent crude home and abroad weakened, an official bearish, rig count is bearish ... the dollar is a course for their weakest third-quarter per- modate the return of more Iranian oil fur- oil fell $1.10 to $51.11 a barrel by 1055 GMT, survey showed on Saturday, adding to con- touch stronger and the Chinese stock mar- formance since the financial crisis in 2008. ther fuelled supply worries. Iran expects to having touched a low of $50.85 earlier in cern about the economy stemming from ket is also down,” said PVM Associates ana- A Reuters survey last week showed oil out- raise output by 500,000 barrels per day the day, its weakest since Jan 30. this quarter’s 15-percent drop in Chinese lyst Tamas Vargas. Vargas added he put by the Organization of the Petroleum (bpd) as soon as sanctions are lifted and by The price has lost nearly 20 percent so stock markets. thought it more likely that Brent would Exporting Countries (OPEC) reached the a million bpd within months, its Oil far in the third quarter, which would make Hedge funds and other speculators have trade closer to $40 by the end of the year highest monthly level in recent history in Minister Bijan Zanganeh has said. this the biggest slide for the three months slashed their bullish exposure to US crude, than to $70, because of how quickly July. “The market seems to again focus on the from July to September since 2008. US or WTI, to the lowest in nearly five years, growth of supply is outpacing that of Saudi Arabia and other key members supply situation ... one of the difficulties is crude fell 71 cents to $46.41 after hitting trade data showed on Friday, as local demand. —Reuters

NEW YORK: A street sign for Wall Street hangs near the New York Stock Exchange. Weak Chinese manufacturing weighed on Asian stocks yesterday, but European markets mostly rose, shrugging off a 22 percent plunge in the Athens benchmark which reopened after a five-week shutdown. —AP Asia on shaky ground as factories step back China July factory activity weaker than feared SYDNEY: Headwinds for the world’s sec- amount of stimulus that has been put in ond-biggest economy intensified at the place, we should expect a bounce back in start of the third quarter, with manufactur- the August numbers,” said ING economist ing conditions in China deteriorating to Tim Condon. “But the economy can hardly their worst in two years in July and trigger- afford much of a headwind, so probably it ing fresh slides in global commodity prices. brings forward the timing of when people Similar business activity surveys for Taiwan, expect the next (policy) move from the South Korea and Indonesia - all heavily authorities.” reliant on Chinese demand - reflected vary- China’s central bank has already cut inter- ing degrees of weakness that is clouding est rates four times since November and hopes for a convincing global recovery in repeatedly loosened restrictions on bank the second half of the year. lending in its most aggressive stimulus cam- With Greece’s latest debt squeeze paign since the global financial crisis. Analysts resolved, for now, investors’ focus will shift at Nomura expect another 50-basis-point cut back to sluggish European growth and in banks’ reserve ratio and one more quarter- whether the US economy has healed point easing in interest rates, likely in August. enough to withstand its first expected Yet, a senior Chinese central bank official pre- increase in interest rates since 2006. As dicted that downward pressure on the econ- emerging economies appeared on track to omy will persist in the second half of the year, post their smallest share of global growth in saying growth in infrastructure spending and years, the hope is for continued recovery in exports were unlikely to pick up. the United States and Britain. Manufacturing The frosty state of China saw South surveys for both countries, along with Korean exports fall for a seventh month in Europe, are due later in the day. Both US and July, while economic growth in Taiwan UK data in recent weeks has been mixed, cooled to its slowest in three years in the sec- adding to doubts about whether they are on ond quarter. China’s slowdown is also forcing a sounder and sustainable footing. Western companies to take a hard look at “We believe the macro environment their businesses, leading many to reduce remains challenging for emerging market investments, costs and product lines. “In assets amid headwinds of low commodity terms of external demand, loose monetary prices, concerns over China and a looming conditions and lower energy prices should Fed tightening cycle,” Barclays strategists support a pick-up in global activity in the wrote in a daily note in clients. China’s facto- coming quarters,” Krystal Tan, Asian econo- ry activity shrank more than initially estimat- mist at Capital Economics wrote in a report. ed in July as new orders fell, dashing hopes “However, the pace of recovery is likely to that the world’s second-largest economy be gradual, suggesting a strong rebound in may be steadying, a private survey showed Asia’s export performance is still some way yesterday. The final Caixin/Markit China away.” Providing a bit of relief, manufactur- Manufacturing PMI came in at 47.8 in July, ing activity in Japan and India both picked from 49.4 in June, sinking deeper below the up in July thanks to new orders, though ana- 50-mark that divides growth from contrac- lysts questioned if the momentum can be tion. A similar official factory survey at the sustained. Japan’s Manufacturing PMI weekend was also weaker than expected, climbed to a five-month high of 51.2, from suggesting growth had stalled. 50.1, while India’s Manufacturing PMI rose to Both indicators signaled a slowdown in a six-month high of 52.7, from 51.3. “While factory activity at a time when Beijing has this is a generally positive set of data, been intervening heavily to prevent a full- upcoming PMI data releases will indicate blown crash in the country’s stock markets. whether the manufacturing sector can sus- “My view is that they are distorted numbers tain this momentum,” said Pollyanna De due to the stock market panic. If that’s the Lima, economist at Markit and author of the case, it’s a transitory dip and given the Indian PMI survey. —Reuters Gold edges lower

LONDON: Gold edged lower yesterday, basket of leading currencies and could after falling by the most in two years in draw more strength from US data this July, as the dollar steadied ahead of US week, including the Institute for Supply economic indicators that could bolster Management’s report on US factory activi- expectations for a hike in US interest rates ty yesterday and nonfarm payrolls data on soon. Spot gold was down 0.4 percent at Friday. Hedge funds and money managers $1,091.30 an ounce by 1146 GMT. The met- kept their first bearish stance in COMEX al hit a low of $1,077 on July 24, its weak- gold in at least a decade during the week est in 5-1/2 years. It lost almost 7 percent ended July 28, suggesting the recent mass in July, its steepest monthly drop since exodus from bullion was more than a June 2013, and fell for a sixth straight week knee-jerk reaction. Amid waning interest last week, its longest retreat since 1999. in bullion, holdings in SPDR Gold Trust , US gold for December delivery was also the world’s largest gold-backed exchange- down 0.4 percent at $1,090.70 an ounce. traded fund, dropped to 21.63 million Gold’s rout deepened last month as the ounces on Friday, the lowest since dollar strengthened after comments by September 2008. the Federal Reserve signaled it was on Billionaire hedge fund manager John course to raise interest rates for the first Paulson, one of the world’s most influential time in nine years. “It is difficult for gold in gold investors, said on Friday that the met- this environment where the outlook is for al is now at an appropriate price level, fol- rising US rates... we still remain bearish on lowing last week’s rout that dragged prices the metal, we still see some downside and to five-year lows. Paulson holds a 10 mil- we wouldn’t recommend investors enter- lion share stake, now worth about $1 bil- ing this market,” Julius Baer commodity lion, in the SPDR Gold Trust fund. Spot sil- analyst Warren Kreyzig said. A rate hike, ver eased 0.7 percent to $14.67 an ounce. which could come as early as September, Spot platinum dropped 1 percent to $972 would put further pressure on non-interest an ounce, after posting the biggest yielding gold and increase the opportunity monthly fall in ten months at 8.7 percent cost of holding it. in July. Palladium gained 1.3 percent to The dollar was up 0.2 percent against a $616.75 an ounce. —Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

Bitcoin exchange CEO ‘manipulated’ data dozens of times

TOKYO: Mark Karpeles, the head of defunct Bitcoin Karpeles was arrested for allegedly manipulating mit, it was requested that each country introduce drawals early last year because of what the firm said exchange MtGox, manipulated its computer system data in 2013 to artificially create about $1.0 million regulations from the viewpoint of measures to stop was a bug in the software underpinning Bitcoins at least 30 times over a couple of years, a report said in Bitcoins. But police were also investigating his terrorism financing and money-laundering.” that allowed hackers to pilfer them. yesterday, as Tokyo promised greater efforts to reg- possible involvement in the massive loss of hun- Regulators have scrambled to respond to the use of The exchange-which once boasted of handling ulate the digital currency. The fresh allegation dreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual cur- Bitcoins, with some calling for caution until rules are around 80 percent of global Bitcoin transactions- against France-born Karpeles, 30, follows his arrest rency last year, local media have said. In Japan developed to stop them being abused. filed for bankruptcy protection soon after the Saturday by Tokyo police, more than a year after the police can hold a suspect without charge for up to Bitcoins are generated by complex chains of cyber-money went missing. It admitted losing once-dominant exchange collapsed in the wake of three weeks, during which time they may carry out interactions among a huge network of computers 850,000 coins worth 48 billion yen ($387 million at fraud allegations. Citing investigators, Japan’s top- intense interrogations in an attempt to extract a around the planet, and are not backed by any gov- current exchange rates). They were worth about selling Yomiuri newspaper said yesterday that confession. Karpeles is currently in police custody. ernment or central bank, unlike traditional curren- $480 million at the time of the disappearance. Karpeles fraudulently tinkered with data and trans- In response to the arrest, Tokyo yesterday said it cies. Backers say virtual currencies allow for an effi- Karpeles later said he had found some 200,000 of ferred funds to other firms controlled by him would boost efforts to regulate the crypto-currency cient and anonymous way to store and transfer the lost Bitcoins in a “cold wallet”-a storage device dozens of times between 2011 and 2013. in coordination with other G7 countries. “With funds online. But critics argue the lack of legal such as a memory stick that is not connected to Police are questioning Karpeles about his respect to virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, we have framework governing the currency, the opaque other computers. Bitcoin’s reputation was also dam- alleged spending of customer deposits worth gathered information and discussed measures” to way it is traded and its volatility make it dangerous. aged when US authorities seized funds as part of an about 1.1 billion yen ($8.9 million), according to regulate it, top government spokesman Yoshihide The global virtual currency community was shaken investigation into the online black market Silk public broadcaster NHK and the Yomiuri. Officially, Suga told a regular press briefing. “At the G7 sum- by the shuttering of MtGox, which froze with- Road.— AFP China freezes Citadel affiliated News in brief account in war on speculation Industries Qatar profit rises 20% as profit slips DUBAI: Industries Qatar reported a 20 percent increase in second-quarter profit yesterday that beat analyst forecasts, Markets watchdog probes automated trading although its half-year profit fell because of declining petro- chemicals prices versus a year earlier. The petrochemicals, SHANGHAI: China’s markets regulator has frozen a trading Commission (CSRC) was looking at its role in causing market Shenzhen exchanges have so far frozen 38 trading accounts for steel and fertilizer producer made a profit of 1.5 billion riyals account linked to Citadel Securities, a unit of the US group that volatility, in particular the number of its cancelled transac- trading irregularities, including the account affiliated with ($412 million) in the three months ending June 30, it said in also owns hedge fund Citadel LLC, as Beijing battles against tions. Citadel. The total also includes another four cited by Shanghai statement. This was up from 1.25 billion riyals a year ago, speculators to prop up China’s ailing stock markets. The regula- The CSRC did not immediately respond to a request for yesterday for serious irregularities that influenced market pric- according to Reuters calculations based on earlier financial tor, which has declared war on “malicious” short selling, has comment. “Citadel has been actively investing in the region ing. It did not name the four accounts. statements. Analysts polled by Reuters had on average fore- been at the forefront of a government-orchestrated campaign for 15 years, and has always maintained a constructive dia- Beijing’s unconvincing efforts to hold up markets have led cast Industries Qatar would make a quarterly net profit of to prevent a meltdown in the two main stock markets, which logue with regulators, including during the recent market foreign investors to air doubts about the leadership’s ability to 1.21 billion riyals. The company’s quarterly revenue rose 20 have tumbled some 30 percent since mid-June. volatility,” Citadel said in a statement. The statement said the ensure financial stability at a time of slowing economic growth, percent to 1.6 billion riyals versus the first quarter of 2015 as The Shanghai and Shenzhen markets fell again yesterday, suspended account belonged to Citadel Shanghai Trading, an high corporate debt and the threat of deflation. They have also it sold more steel and petrochemicals. Industries Qatar’s half- undermined by fresh concerns over the health of the world’s onshore unit of Citadel Securities, and was managed by raised questions over the ruling Communist Party’s commit- year profit was 2.4 billion riyals, down from 2.8 billion riyals second-largest economy. Factory activity shrank more than China’s Guosen Futures Ltd. Citadel Shanghai’s other accounts ment to free-market reforms, seen as essential for China to pull in the first half of 2014. It attributed the half-yearly profit initially estimated in July, contracting by the most in two years were operating normally. “We continue to comply with all off its planned transition from an export-led economy to one drop to declines in petrochemical product prices following a as new orders fell and dashing hopes that the economy may local laws and regulations,” Citadel said. It was the first time in based on consumption and services. The crackdown on short- sustained slump in oil prices, which began in mid-2014. be steadying, a private survey showed yesterday. On Saturday, the current crackdown that a foreign firm had revealed that sellers and automated trading strategies is also extending into a local newspaper carried some bearish comments from a one of its Chinese accounts had been suspended. overseas jurisdictions. central bank official who expected downward pressure would The CSRC is pressing foreign and Chinese-owned broker- India factory output persist in the second half of the year. Foreign firms in the crosshairs ages in Hong Kong and Singapore to hand over trading climbs 6-month high The weak economic backdrop has magnified the challenge Citadel is not the only foreign institution that has been records to identify those with net short positions, sources said. MUMBAI: India’s factory output climbed to a six-month Beijing faces in trying to restore investor confidence in shares working in China, and some industry insiders think other for- The broader Shanghai and Shenzhen markets fell 1.1 percent high in July on strong demand, a survey showed yester- despite a massive month-long, state-driven buying campaign. eign fund management companies, in particular hedge funds and 2.7 percent respectively yesterday, though they are both day, easing pressure on the central bank to cut rates Beijing last week also turned its focus on automated trading employing quantitative strategies, could be in regulators’ still up over the year so far. Between January and June, when it meets this week. Japanese media group Nikkei strategies, suspecting some hedge fund strategies deliberate- crosshairs. “A lot of the quant’ shops overseas have been really Shanghai jumped 60 percent and Shenzhen more than dou- said its purchasing managers index (PMI), formerly car- ly or accidentally distorted pricing in search of quick profits. aggressive in setting up short positions,” said one fund man- bled. The CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in ried out by banking giant HSBC, increased to 52.7 The Citadel statement did not say why the Shenzhen-based agement executive at a foreign investment advisory in Shanghai and Shenzhen actually ended up 0.33 percent yes- points in July from 51.3 a month before. A reading of trading account had been suspended, but a source familiar Shanghai who spoke on condition of anonymity. “I think these terday. Many of its stocks have been the main focus of the offi- more than 50 points suggests industrial expansion with the matter said the China Securities Regulatory are at risk, I definitely do,” he added. The Shanghai and cial stock-buying campaign.— Reuters while anything below indicates contraction, according to the survey, which is a key barometer of economic health. “This (growth in PMI) reflects stronger increases of new orders and output. Furthermore, the sector was IMF says Western sanctions also boosted by the quickest expansion in export orders since February,” wrote Markit economist could cut 9% off Russia GDP Pollyanna De Lima in the report. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made reviving Asia’s third-largest MOSCOW: Sanctions linked to the Ukraine cri- forecast “weak” economic growth of around economy a priority since coming to power in May last sis could end up costing Russia 9 percent of its 1.5 percent annually in the medium term. year, introducing a number of reforms aimed at boost- gross domestic product, the International Russia’s economy was growing around 7 per- ing demand and investment. The Reserve Bank of India Monetary Fund said yesterday. Russia’s econo- cent a year before the 2008 global financial cri- (RBI) has cut interest rates three times this year to aid my is showing signs of stabilization after sis. “Slow-moving structural reforms, sluggish the pickup, which saw India’s economy outperform slumping under pressure from Western finan- investment and adverse population dynamics China’s for the first three months of 2015. cial sanctions and Russian counter-measures. are all part of the picture,” it said, reiterating its Low international prices for its oil exports have long-standing advice for Russia to reduce the added to pressure on the rouble and govern- role of the state in the economy, protect prop- ment finances. erty rights and boost competition. “The effects of sanctions in terms of exter- Russia would nevertheless return to eco- nal access to financial markets and new invest- nomic growth next year as a weaker rouble ment technology will linger,” the Fund said, boosted competitiveness, external demand summing up the findings of a mission in May. increased and domestic financial conditions Last year Western countries imposed restric- normalized, the IMF said. It predicted 0.2 per- tions that limit international financing for cent growth next year following a 3.4 percent major Russian banks and energy companies, contraction this year, in line with its previous and also high-tech exports to the energy sec- forecasts. Inflation was seen slowing to around tor. Russia retaliated by banning imports of 12 percent by the end of this year and 8 per- most Western food products. cent by the end of next year - more pessimistic The Fund estimated the immediate effect than the central bank’s forecast of 7 percent by of sanctions and counter-sanctions had been mid-2016. The IMF said the central bank’s poli- MOSCOW: People wait in line next to a board listing foreign currency rates in comparison to wipe between 1 and 1.5 percent off GDP, ris- cy of gradually reducing its main interest rate with the Russian ruble, outside an exchange office in Moscow yesterday. Russia’s central ing to 9 percent over the next few years. These in line with underlying inflation was appropri- bank has made its smallest interest rate cut this year as it juggled attempts to resuscitate model-driven results were subject to signifi- ate, but the pace of reductions needed to be the economy with inflation fears after a recent slide in the ruble. — AFP cant uncertainty, it cautioned. The IMF also “prudent”.—Reuters FRANKFURT: Photo shows the logo of German bank Commerzbank in front of the company’s headquarters Etihad Airways’ new B787-9 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. — AFP Germany Commerzbank profits ‘almost tripled’ FRANKFURT: Germany’s second biggest banking group Dreamliner raises the bar Commerzbank said yesterday its second-quarter profits had almost tripled, pushed up by higher revenue and a lower tax bill. Commerzbank was severely hit by the financial crisis, KUWAIT: Etihad Airways has set a new benchmark for luxury trav- line’s new Business Studios, each offering direct aisle access, a fully dows; air that is cleaner, more humid and at a higher pressure for having to be rescued by the state in 2009, and the govern- el on the UAE-Singapore route with the start of daily Boeing 787-9 flat bed of up to 80.5 inches in length, and a personal 18-inch better comfort; large overhead stowage bins; soothing LED light- ment still holds a 15 percent stake in the bank. It said the Dreamliner services this weekend. Flight EY470 departed Abu touch screen TV with noise-cancelling headsets. Food and ing; and technology to sense and counter turbulence for a results showed it had managed a successful turnaround. Dhabi at 10pm last night and touched down at Singapore’s Beverage Managers, handpicked from some of the world’s best smoother ride. Etihad Airways’ order for two variants of the B787 (- From April to June the bank made a net profit of 280 million Changi Airport at 10.15am yesterday. The return flight EY473 will restaurants, oversee the service of a ‘dine anytime’ a la carte and 9 and -10), is one of the world’s largest for the type, totaling 71 air- euros ($307 million), it said, against 100 million during the depart Changi Airport for Abu Dhabi at 8.10pm this evening and snack menu in the Business Class cabin and can recommend the craft. The airline currently operates its B787-9s to Washington DC, same period the year before. The results are better than ana- arrive in the UAE capital at 11.45pm local time. Etihad Airways’ perfect accompaniment from the airline’s boutique inflight cellar. Zurich and Brisbane, with new destinations being added as it lysts predicted, with financial services company FactSet say- President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, said deploy- In Economy Class, the innovative Economy Smart Seat pro- takes delivery of more of the aircraft type. The airline will also ing the bank’s net profits were likely to have come in around ing the Dreamliner to Singapore reflected the importance of the vides enhanced comfort with a unique, ergonomic ‘fixed wing’ begin taking delivery of B787s in a two-class configuration from 267 million euros. Frankfurt-based Commerzbank said its route to the airline and its commitment to a best-in-class experi- headrest on each seat, a 32-inch seat pitch and a generous 6-inch 2016. net profit more than doubled to 646 million euros during ence. recline. Guests can enjoy more than 750 hours of on demand The wide-body Boeing 787-9 is a stretched version of the the first half, with a 15.5 percent rise in turnover to 5.2 billion “The Etihad Airways B787-9 Dreamliner is the most cus- entertainment on a large 11.1-inch HD screen with an intuitive advanced medium to long-range twin engine B787-8, with a euros. “The substantial improvement in our operating tomized aircraft of its kind in the sky. “The ground-breaking, next- interface and video touch screen handset. Families in all cabins range of up to 8,300 nautical miles and a cruising speed of Mach income in the first quarter is a clear sign of the turnaround generation First Suites, Business Studios and Economy Smart enjoy a helping hand from the airline’s specially trained Flying 0.85. It is 206 feet in length and has a wingspan of 197 feet. Etihad success of Commerzbank,” the bank’s chairman Martin Seats offer a superior level of luxury and comfort and will trans- Nanny, a member of the cabin crew who is on hand to offer assis- Airways commenced three weekly flights to Singapore on Blessing said in a statement. form the inflight experience. “Never before has the airline had tance with children’s meals and activity packs. September 28, 2007 and went daily on February 1, 2013. It intro- such a compelling proposition nor been as strong a competitor in These guest experience innovations are complemented by the duced its award-winning First Class to the route on 1 June 2015 the Singapore travel market.” Hogan also highlighted the airline’s Dreamliner’s DNA - the commercial aviation industry’s largest win- with the deployment of a three-class Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Singapore flight timings and better connectivity to the network Oman boosts oil production, via the Abu Dhabi hub. adding to global supply glut “With evening departures in both directions, we offer our DUBAI: Oman has ramped up its oil production to a guests in the UAE and Singapore more convenient travel times record high in June, adding to a global supply glut that and improved connectivity to 35 destinations in the GCC, Middle has hit oil prices, as the Gulf Arab country compensates East, Africa and Europe. “This includes seamless connections to for the drop in its oil revenue. June production reached our flagship A380 services to London enabling guests to experi- 992,700 barrels per day of crude oil and light oil con- ence the luxurious First Apartment and The Residence, the world’s densate, the highest ever according to official records first private three-room cabin on a commercial airliner.” Etihad going back to 2002. It produced an average of 975,000 Airways’ Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner carries 235 guests - eight in First bpd in May. The sultanate is under pressure to pump Class, 28 in Business Class and 199 in Economy Class - and offers more oil to make up for the drop in the price. It hopes levels of luxury, comfort, entertainment and inflight connectivity to boost its crude oil production by 5 percent to 1 mil- unrivalled in commercial aviation. lion barrels per day in 2015. Brent crude oil was trading The dÈcor and lighting on board Etihad Airways B787-9 around $51 a barrel on Monday, down from $115 a bar- Dreamliner is inspired by contemporary modern Arabian design, rel in June last year. The drop in crude prices has hit complementing the airline’s ‘Facets of Abu Dhabi’ design identity hard. Oman posted a budget deficit of 1.50 billion rials introduced in late 2014. First Class guests experience luxurious pri- ($3.90 billion) in the first five months of this year, swing- vate suites with a large, Poltrona Frau leather-upholstered seat ing from a 232.9 million rial surplus a year earlier, and ottoman, a personal wardrobe, chilled mini-bar, a 24-inch TV finance ministry data showed on Sunday. Oman is a monitor and centre seats which can be joined to create a double small independent producer, not in OPEC, but its crude bed. A professional onboard Chef offers First Class guests a forms part of the benchmark price for millions of bar- bespoke dining experience, preparing fine cuisine inflight from a rels per day of exports from Middle East producers to pantry of fresh produce. Asia. Business Class guests enjoy the comfort and space of the air- BUSINESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 Egypt: Economic growth fastest since revolution

NBK Economic Update

KUWAIT: The acceleration in economic from 12.9% in 2013. By comparison, The number of tourists during 1Q15 up as much as six percentage points tion in the trade balance. Higher foreign growth appears to have been sustained investment before the Arab Spring aver- rose by only 6.9% compared to double since 2010. Meanwhile, revenues (exclud- direct investment (FDI) has helped shore despite a soft patch in 1Q15. The pace of aged a higher 20% of GDP. digit growth in 2014. More importantly, ing grants) have dropped from 20% of up Egypt’s external position. FDI rose to real growth is set to surpass 4% for the An investor conference in March 2015 tourist-nights actually dropped by 8.4% GDP to around 18%. There does not its highest quarterly level since 2008 in first time since 2010, boosted by a more in Sharm El-Sheikh was a resounding y/y during the first three months of appear to have been a turnaround in 1Q15, helping to offset some of the stable political environment, financial success and should provide further sup- 2015. Figures in March alone were more trend over the last two years in either. deterioration in the current account. support from GCC allies and improving port to investment as well as to external upbeat, indicating the slump may have Grants provided by GCC allies have Egypt is expected to continue to benefit business confidence. A strong public sec- reserves. Investment initiatives of around passed. offered some relief since mid-2013, but from higher FDI on the heels of the tor investment drive has been a key $175 billion were announced, most of those have declined over the last few March investor conference. Indeed, source of growth, with a number of gov- those to be implemented within five Manufacturing - a key months. They accounted for as much as Siemens recently signed a $9 billion ernment-led capital spending initiatives underway (including the expanded Suez Canal). Various recent data support the recovery story, including real GDP growth, the Purchasing Managers’Index (PMI), private credit growth and employ- ment. While some of these figures, including the PMI, have shown some softness in 1Q15, the overall picture con- tinues to indicate a gradual recovery in economic activity. Private credit in partic- ular has been strong, with growth in real terms rising to its highest level in over seven years. The risks for Egypt remain significant, though they have been receding. While the political and security situation has improved significantly, they remain somewhat vulnerable. The other uncer- years. An additional $6 billion in CBE Manufacturing has been the main 4.8% of GDP in FY13/14, but have project for a wind farm. However, FDI tainty is the country’s large fiscal deficit (Central Bank of Egypt) deposits were engine of growth over the last year. The declined to 2.3% in the last 12 months levels remain far below pre-2009 levels. which has yet to improve despite some also pledged by GCC allies, to provide sector, which accounts for around a fifth through April 2015 and are likely to subsidy reforms implemented a year ago. much needed short term support. The of GDP and includes oil refining, saw decline further in FY15/16. The current Foreign currency bond Large GCC donations have helped shore bulk of investment plans were in oil & growth accelerate to 16% in 2014 and government is committed to fiscal Country risk has remained contained up public finances, but those are unlikely gas ($21 billion), power generation ($43 contributed more than half of the gain reforms, as revealed by last year’s fuel as reflected by the decline in Egypt’s to be sustained in the medium term. Still, billion) and urban development ($58 bil- in output. Other growing sectors price hikes. Further subsidy reform is sovereign yields. Yields on USD denomi- markets remain confident that authori- lion). include hotels and restaurants, real expected, including the introduction of a nated sovereign debt due in 2020 and ties are taking the necessary reform Credit growth has also been accelerat- estate services, construction, and retail fuel ration card. The government also 2040 have been sable at relatively low steps, with Egypt’s recent USD bond ing, seeing its strongest month in nearly trade. plans to take steps to boost revenues levels, reaching 4.6% and 6.9%, respec- issuance a good example of that. five years in March 2015.The pace has with measures such as a value-added- tively, in early June 2015. The country’s picked up to 16.2% y/y. When adjusted Inflation has been higher tax (VAT). However, the recent scrapping credit default swap (CDS) has also been Recovery picking up pace for Egypt’s relatively high inflation rate, Inflation has accelerated over the last of new taxes on dividends and capital relatively stable at just over 300 basis Economic growth has continued to credit grew by 5.8% y/y, the fastest pace year. The government’s move to raise gains means some critical fiscal reform points. improve in recent months. Real GDP in over seven years. Growth in lending to fuel prices in mid-2014, as it sought to will be delayed. growth accelerated to 4.3% year-on-year the corporate sector has been particu- cut subsidies, was partly responsible for Official reserves stable (y/y) in 4Q14 and for 2014 as a whole. larly strong thus far in 2015 compared higher prices. However, the devaluation External pressures Official reserves held by the CBE have More recent data indicate that the eco- to a year ago. Markit’s Purchasing of the pound earlier this year led, once The current account deficit has dete- increased in recent months, thanks nomic recovery remains on track despite Managers’ Index (PMI)has shown some again, to inflationary pressures. Inflation riorated through 1Q15 largely on a largely to a $6 billion deposit by GCC some softness in 1Q15. Growth is expect- softness in 1Q15, but this appears to be rose to 13.1% y/y in May 2015 com- decline in official transfers, though allies in April 2015. Reserves stood at ed to come in at 4.3-4.5% in FY14/15. In temporary. The index fell below the criti- pared to a low of 8.2% y/y a year before. weaker oil exports and strong import $20.1 billion by the end of June 2015, or FY15/16, we think growth will maintain cal 50 mark in January and remained Inflation is expected to peak around growth were also to blame. While Egypt around 3.7 months of imports. Official this pace before improving further there- there for several months. Though the mid-2015 before easing thereafter. continues to benefit from GCC deposits support, capital controls, and a decline after. Improving activity has been led by index improved to 50.2by June com- at the CBE, grants to the government in the value of the pound in January robust private sector growth. Private sec- pared to a low of 46.8 seen in February, Fiscal deficit remains high have declined. The deficit widened to helped reduce the pressure on reserves. tor growth accelerated to 6.6% in 2014, it remained weaker than most of the The budget deficit remains a key risk 3.4% of GDP on a 12-month trailing The CBE allowed the Egyptian pound approaching pre-Arab Spring levels. The second half of 2014. According to the to the outlook. Egypt’s fiscal position basis, its worst level in two years. Egypt’s (EGP) to depreciate against the US dollar numbers benefited from strong basis survey, activity in exports and tourism has deteriorated further over the last trade balance widened by 25% over the in February and again in early July. The effects in 3Q14, particularly in the was hit by insecurity in Libya and weak- year, widening to a 12-month trailing last year through March 2015 as a result moves helped counter the strength of tourism sector. ness from Russia. 13.7% of GDP through April 2015;the of solid imports growth and a decline in the dollar over the last year, which has Investment spending has also been Tourism and construction activity comparable figure a year ago was oil exports. At the same time, official seen the pound gain against all other picking up, though levels remain sub- bore the brunt of 1Q15 weakness. 10.8%. The figure is expected to narrow transfers have virtually gone to zero currencies. Even after the recent devalu- dued. Aggregate investment (nominal) Indeed, while tourism has recovered somewhat by the end of the FY14/15 fis- (they accounted for 3.6% of GDP a year ations, the pound remains up on trade- rose by 20% in 2014, with nearly half of from 2013 lows, the sector has more cal year in June 2015, to around 12.5% ago). While growth in service receipts weighted terms compared to a year ago. the growth coming from the private sec- lately been weighed down by domestic of GDP. Spending growth has continued (which include tourism revenues) and According to the JP Morgan EGP index, tor. Aggregate investment rose to around and regional security concerns and a to outpace growth in revenues. worker remittances has been healthy, the pound was still up 6.3% y/y in early 13.5% of GDP during 2014, up marginally weak euro (keeping Europeans at bay). Spending has risen to over 34% of GDP, they only offset some of the deteriora- July 2015. Most sectors see ‘limited growth’ Riyadh Real Estate Market Overview

RIYADH: JLL, the world’s leading real estate invest- There has been little change in office rentals over ment and advisory firm yesterday released its sec- the past year. The second quarter of 2015 saw the ond quarter (Q2 2015) Riyadh Real Estate Market completion of the first buildings in ITCC, adding Overview that asses the latest trends in the office, around 60,000 sq. m to the market. Completion of residential, retail and hotel sectors in Saudi nearly half a million sq. m of new office space in Arabia’s largest city. Jamil Ghaznawi, National two landmark projects (the ITCC project and the Director and Country Head of JLL KSA, comment- first phase of KAFD) are now expected to be in ed: “there has been relatively little change in the 2016, which is likely to result in a major change in PHNOM PENH: Tourists ride on three wheel vehicles ‘Cyclo’ along a street in Phnom real estate market in Riyadh in the second quarter market conditions next year, with increased Penh yesterday. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicts Cambodia’s economy of 2015 although recent changes to mortgage reg- vacancy levels exerting downward pressure on will grow 7.3 percent in 2015, underpinned by well-managed inflation, a stable ulations have caused downward pressure in the rentals. Residential - While sale prices have contin- exchange rate and sustained competitiveness. —AFP residential sales market. ued to decline (-1% for apartments and -0.5% for The office market has seen little change in villas), the rental sector has seen increased occupancies and rentals over the past quarter but demand, with rentals increasing by 2% for apart- rents are expected to soften going forward as a ments and 1% for villas over the last quarter. The BBK named lead sponsor for result of major new completions in the long new mortgage regulations continue to negatively delayed KAFD and ITCC projects during 2016. impact the sales market with the volume of resi- WIFB campaign, conference Retail remains one of the best performing sectors dential transactions decreasing by 7% for Q2 2015 in Riyadh, as super-regional and regional mall per- vs 2014, according to the Ministry of Justice, as citi- MANAMA: The Central Bank of Bahrain ensure gender equality. Commenting, formance continues to improve and retail spend- zens struggle to find the 30% down payment (CBB), in cooperation with the Supreme Abulkarim Bucheery, Chief Executive of ing remains strong. required by lenders to be eligible for a mortgage. Jamil Ghaznawi Council for Women (SCW) yesterday BBK, said, “We are pleased to be a lead The hotel sector has seen average daily rates The second quarter of 2015 saw the completion of announced BBK as the Lead sponsor for the Women’s Day activities and revenue per available room increase by around 4,000 housing units, bringing the total retail space is expected to enter the market in the Empowerment Sponsor for the year-long being held under the patronage of HRH around 2.5% over the year to May. Continued stock to 980,000 units. The developers of residen- last quarter of 2015 with the completion of a num- campaign to celebrate and promote the Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa. growth in performance will be tempered by the tial units have started to show signs of slowdown ber of community centers (including The Boulevard role of “Women in the Financial and We are proud that currently 35% of BBK large potential increase in supply, with the current in construction, as the appetite for the sales market and Robeen Plaza). Banking Sector” (WIFB) being held under staff are women and that many of them room supply increasing by 50% over the next 18 declines. However, it is expected that the imple- Hotel - Occupancy rates (67% in the year to the patronage of HRH have reached senior, months if all proposed projects complete on mentation of the tax on undeveloped land will May) and room rates (up slightly more than 2% y-o- Princess Sabeeka Bint managerial levels roles schedule. Fortunately, many of these projects are encourage the development of residential units to y to USD 245 for the first five months of 2015) have Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of while the rest are on the unlikely to materialize in this timeframe, as con- satisfy some of the shortage of housing in Riyadh. both remained relatively stable on an annual and His Majesty the King and same track for further struction delays remain a major feature of the Retail - The Riyadh retail market continues to quarterly basis. As a result, RevPAR increased 3% to President of the SCW. As growth and develop- Riyadh market.” He added: “With the new integrat- see subdued growth, with vacancy rates decreas- USD 164. Most of the projects due to open over the part of the planned activi- ment.” ed action plan from the Ministry of Housing, we ing marginally (-1%) and rentals increasing (1.6%) first half of 2015 were postponed due to construc- ties, there will be a series He continued “As a anticipate an easing of the current shortage of across super regional and regional malls over the tion delays and the shortage of qualified labor, of events including a num- organization, we always affordable homes and a subsequent boost to quarter, while average rents in community centers however, current room supply will increase by ber of roundtable and strive to cooperate with prospects for economic growth.” decreased slightly (-0.5%). Over the past year, almost 50% by the end of 2016 if all announced town hall sessions that will and support Civil Society vacancies have decreased by 4% and rentals projects complete on schedule. Q2 2015 saw the bring industry leaders and institutions so that SECTOR SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS - RIYADH: increased by almost 7% across super regional malls opening of the Suites Novotel serviced apartments women of all levels within together we can pro- Office - City wide vacancy rates have remained and 3% across regional malls. While there were no and next quarter is expected to see the completion the sector together to dis- mote social and econom- relatively stable over the year at around 17%, major new retail centers completed during the sec- of the 386 room Crowne Plaza in the ITCC project cuss and debate topics of ic development in the while CBD vacancies continue to drop (1%) to 7%. ond quarter of 2015, an additional 95,000 sq. m of and 436 rooms in the Movenpick Hotel. importance. These ses- Kingdom in line with the sions will lead up to the A bulkarim Bucheery goals and objectives set main “Women in the out by the government Burgan Bank announces Yawmi account winners Financial and Banking and Vision 2030”. Also Sector Conference” to be held on 30 recently announced as Lead KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday the to win KD 125,000 every three months. The Yawmi a winner. The more customers deposit, the higher the November 2015 at the Four Seasons Empowerment Partner is KFH- Bahrain, names of the lucky winners of its Yawmi account Account now offers Daily and quarterly Draws, the chances they receive of winning. For more informa- Hotel. one of the Kingdom’s leading Islamic draw, each taking home a prize of KD 5,000. The lucky Quarterly Draw requires customers to maintain a min- tion on opening a Yawmi account or about the new BBK is considered a leader in the banking and finance providers and NBB, winners for the daily draws took home a cash-prize of imum amount of KD 500 in their account for 2 quarterly draw, customers are urged to visit their involvement and integration of women Bahrain’s first locally owned commercial KD 5,000 each, and they are: Salah Ahmad Jassim months prior to draw date. Additionally, every KD 10 nearest Burgan Bank branch and receive all the in the banking sector since its inception bank. In addition to further sponsors, the Aljarki; Liyaqat Serdar Khan; Munira Abdulla Fahad Al- in the account, will entitle customers to one chance of details, or simply call the bank’s Call Center at in 1972. It was the first bank to support CBB and SCW will soon announce other Saqer; Yasmeen Magman Kabi and Minor/ Alzain winning. If the account balance is KD 500 and above, 1804080 where customer service representatives will women’s empowerment through the events and activities planned in cooper- Abdulaziz Mohammed Alammar. To further add to the account holder will be qualified for both the quar- be delighted to assist with any questions on the application of an integrated policy to ation with the banking and finance the anticipation of Yawmi account customers, Burgan terly and daily draws. Burgan Bank encourages Yawmi account or any of the bank’s products and promote and empower women and industry. Bank now offers a Quarterly Draw with more chances everyone to open a Yawmi account and/or increase services. Customers can also log on to Burgan Bank’s to win higher rewards, entitling one lucky customer their deposit to maximize their chances to becoming www.burgan.com for further information. technology TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

Nikon NIKKOR lenses mark momentous achievement

DUBAI: The total production of NIKKOR lenses for its Nano Crystal Coat, an anti-reflection coating, as the first NIKKOR lens with the adoption of the PF of f/4. Both lenses adopted two fluorite lens ele- Nikon interchangeable lens cameras has reached a Phase Fresnel (PF) lens elements with superior lens element. The PF lens element elevated the AF- ments which significantly reduce the lenses’ significant amount of 95 million in mid-July 2015, chromatic aberration compensation capability that S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR as the world’s weight, making them the lightest in their respec- with the proud announcement from Nikon Middle also makes lenses smaller and lighter, fluorite lens lightest lens in its class, while providing the lens tive classes. The AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E East FZE. Beginning with the first NIKKOR lenses for elements that provide both superior chromatic with an unparalleled portability and usability even ED VR, a high-performance 5◊ normal zoom lens Nikon SLR cameras in 1959, Nikon has since active- aberration compensation and a compact build for as a fixed focal length telephoto lens. compatible with the Nikon DX-format DSLR, was ly released a vast range of lenses that utilises the telephoto lenses, and the fluorine coat for easy Earlier this month also saw the releases of AF-S also introduced to the range. Naturally, the latest superior optical technologies including those lens maintenance. NIKKOR 500mm f/4E FL ED VR and AF-S NIKKOR optical design technologies and Nikon’s exclusive developed exclusively by Nikon. The latest releases from Nikon include the AF-S 600mm f/4E FL ED VR, both FX-format compatible and highly durable fluorine coat were also adopted Among the Nikon-developed technologies are NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, released in January super-telephoto lenses with a maximum aperture for these lenses. AT&T, as new owner of DirecTV, offers TV-wireless package

NEW YORK: AT&T is unveiling a new ness is dead, as consumers see TV as part package that combines traditional TV of their overall media and telecommuni- and wireless services as it seeks to broad- cations experience. So far, AT&T is the en its offerings following its $48.5 billion only company able to provide both purchase of satellite TV company DirecTV mobile and TV services. Rivals are limited about a week ago. to partnerships, which Entner said don’t The change isn’t huge, given that work as well for consumers and the com- AT&T and DirecTV already had cross-mar- panies. keting deals as separate companies. But “It’s a beginning, but an important yesterday’s announcement is “the first beginning,” Entner said of the new pack- step of what’s to come,” said Brad age. AT&T, which also offers traditional Bentley, AT&T’s chief marketing officer TV over wired lines in 21 states, is also for entertainment and Internet services. starting to align that business, called U- Bentley said AT&T is planning several verse, with DirecTV’s. The company is products to integrate mobile phone and extending that $10-a-month discount to TV services in ways rivals can’t because customers of either U-verse or DirecTV. they don’t own both businesses. He The two will also have the same pricing wouldn’t provide details on those plans. tiers, ranging from $50 to $125 for the The package announced yesterday first 12 months (about $35 off regular largely amounts to a $10-a-month dis- prices, which take effect once the pro- count for getting TV and wireless servic- motion ends). BEIJING: A taxi driver uses a Baidu mapping app on a Xiaomi mobile phone to navigate in traffic in Beijing on August 3, 2015. —FP A es at any level on the same bill. Bentley Specific channels will differ, though, said customers also would have a single and a package of football games called number to call for customer service, and Sunday Ticket will be available on employees at AT&T stores would be able DirecTV only because of the nature of Apple pushed down to 3rd in to set up customers’ phones so that they DirecTV’s deals with the NFL. Last week, could start watching TV through apps AT&T’s rivals also announced various right away, even before service is promotions, but they apply to wireless China smartphones market installed in the living room. service only: T-Mobile is locking in prices But the content on phones won’t dif- for leasing the iPhone - $15 a month for fer from what DirecTV customers have the iPhone 6 and $19 for the 6 Plus. SHANGHAI: Two Chinese smartphone makers Intense competition Different segments already been able to get on their apps. Customers will be able to trade that in pushed US technology giant Apple into third “Competition among major brands has never Huawei said in July that its global smart- It’s typically a selection of what’s avail- for a new iPhone when Apple releases place in the world’s biggest market in the sec- been so intense,” Wang Jingwen, an analyst at phone shipments surged 39 percent year- able on regular TVs because of rights new models, typically in September. The ond quarter, an independent analyst firm said Canalys, said in the statement. “Xiaomi is under on-year in the first half of this year to 48.2 restrictions placed by content owners. price won’t change as long as the trade- yesterday. Upstart Xiaomi, known for deliver- immense pressure to maintain its top position in million as it focused on mid-to high-end Beyond the $10-a-month single-bill dis- in is done before the end of the year. ing high-performance products at cheap the quarters to come.” China is the world’s models. But a top Huawei executive said last count, savings will come from promo- Sprint announced a family plan offering prices, was the largest smartphone vendor in largest smartphone market by shipments, month that his company and Xiaomi were tions that TV and wireless companies four lines with 10 gigabytes of data to China based on shipments with a 15.9 percent Canalys has said previously. pitching to different segments of the typically offer already as stand-alone share for $100 a month - $20 less than market share in the April-June period, Canalys Apple’s iPhone sales surged 85 percent in Chinese market. companies. The offer starts August 10. what it charges for four lines sharing just said in a press release. Greater China-which includes Hong Kong and “We’re different than Xiaomi. No two Roger Entner, an analyst at Recon 1 gigabyte. Four lines with 40 gigabytes Telecom equipment maker Huawei was Taiwan-with revenue from the region more than companies are alike,” Ken Hu, Huawei deputy Analytics, said TV as a stand-alone busi- will cost $120 a month. — AP close behind at 15.7 percent, it said, followed doubling to $13 billion for the latest quarter chairman and currently rotating chief execu- by Apple, South Korea’s Samsung and Chinese ended June 27, according to the company. tive officer, told journalists. “If you want to firm Vivo, without giving the percentages for “We remain extremely bullish on China and compare us to other companies, you can see those three. US technology giant Apple had we are continuing to invest,” Apple chief execu- from the increase in (sales) volume that we taken top spot in the Canalys rankings for the tive officer Tim Cook said last month when the have a lot of advantages.” Industry officials first three months of 2015, and its third place company announced earnings. “We would be say Huawei has targeted Samsung as it seeks showing came despite the launch of its large- foolish to change our plans. I think China is a to be the king of Android smartphones in screen iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last fantastic geography with an incredible, unprece- China. Huawei is also investing in 5G tech- autumn. dented level of opportunity,” he said. nology for future growth. — AFP Online viewers German automakers buying won’t miss Nokia’s HERE map business BERLIN: A consortium of German automakers the independence of this central service for all Super Bowl ads Audi, BMW and Daimler announced yesterday vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and cus- it is buying Nokia Corp’s HERE map business in tomers in other industries.” a deal that values the unit at 2.8 billion euros shown on TV ($3.1 billion) and secures their access to tech- Alternative nology that could eventually be used for dri- Analysts at IHS Automotive noted that LOS ANGELES: Next year, you won’t have to worry about verless cars. HERE, along with TomTom, is one of two com- missing the buzziest commercials of the Super Bowl if Nokia, based in Finland, has refocused its panies supplying navigable maps globally as you can’t get to a TV. In the past, not all advertisers business on producing equipment for wireless an alternative to Google and Apple. The pur- bought online time along with a pricy 30-second spot networks after selling its mobile phone hand- chase will give the consortium the advantage during the most-watched TV event of the year. That set operation to Microsoft Corp. The company of owning its own data. meant online viewers had to go to a Super Bowl ad said it expects to receive slightly over 2.5 bil- They said in a research note that the pur- LOS ANGELES: This file combo made from file photos shows the AT&T logo on the side of a repository, such as Hulu and YouTube, to watch what lion euros from the sale, with the purchasers chase by a consortium “may establish a de fac- corporate office in Springfield, Ill., left, and a DirecTV satellite dish atop a home in Los they missed on TV. Broadcasters sometimes ran substi- being compensated for HERE liabilities total- to standard, giving the industry a unique Angeles.— AP tute ads online instead. ing nearly 300 million euros. opportunity to rally around specifications or This time, CBS says it’s making all advertisers buy an The three rival German automakers said processes that could ... hasten the onset of a online spot with their on-air time, so ads seen during the that HERE is “laying the foundations for the connected and automated future mobility Researchers warn of online simulcast will be the same as the ones on TV. CBS next generation of mobility and location ecosystem.” is broadcasting the next Super Bowl, which will be held based services.” They added that “for the auto- Matthias Machnig, a German deputy econ- in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 7. It’s not known motive industry this is the basis for new assis- omy minister, said the acquisition is of “enor- bogus emails offering whether this policy will continue after that, as CBS tance systems and ultimately fully mous significance from an industrial policy rotates the broadcast with Fox and NBC. autonomous driving.” point of view.” He added that it is “important The Super Bowl is one of the rare times people watch The automakers said in a joint statement that an open platform emerges that is open to Windows 10 ads rather than avoid them, as marketers try to reach that they will each hold an equal stake in further European manufacturers.” more than 110 million Americans at once with ads HERE and “none of them seeks to acquire a The deal is expected to close in next year’s SAN FRANCISCO: Some hackers are Researchers at Cisco Systems say the designed to shock or make us laugh. During this year’s majority interest.” They said that HERE’s man- first quarter. Nokia had said in April that it exploiting Microsoft’s offer of free emails are designed to look like an offi- game, 30-second ads were selling for $4.5 million. CBS is agement will remain independent, with the would review options for HERE in the wake of upgrades to its new Windows 10 operat- cial upgrade notice from Microsoft Corp., aiming to increase that to $4.7 million, not including goal of being a platform “open to all cus- its decision to purchase French telecom com- ing system. Security researchers are but several words have random, out-of- what they can get for online playback. CBS wouldn’t say tomers,” and the consortium will not interfere pany Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia shares were down warning about a wave of bogus spam place letters and punctuation. how much it gets for online. in its operational business. 0.8 percent at 6.38 euros in Helsinki trading. emails with malicious attachments, Another important clue: Microsoft As with previous years, the online version will have a “High-precision digital maps are a crucial The three German automakers’ shares were labeled as if they’re legitimate copies of says its update mechanism provides slight delay because of the time it takes for the broadcast component of the mobility of the future,” slightly lower in Frankfurt: BMW was off 0.3 the new program. computer owners with a notice on their signal to get converted into computer bits and travel to Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said. “With the percent, Daimler 0.1 percent and Audi parent The attachments contain a “ran- screens - not via email - when a direct your device. So when you hear laughter or cheering in joint acquisition of HERE, we want to secure Volkswagen 0.6 percent. — AP somware” program that, when opened, Internet download is available. Experts the next room, you might want to check your phone, locks all the data on a computer and warn against clicking on files that come tablet or laptop to watch it when the online video catch- demands payment to release them. with unsolicited emails. — AP es up. — AP Toyota robot can pick up after people, help the sick

YOKOHAMA: Toyota’s new robot that glides around happy. We’re just getting stated, but eventually we for HSR in 2012. The revamped model, announced like R2-D2 is devoted to a single task: picking things want it to enter people’s homes,” Ikeda said at an this month, is ready to enter universities, research up. HSR, short for “human support robot,” comes exhibition of health care technology in Yokohama, facilities and businesses from next year, in partner- with a single mechanical arm that can grasp objects southwest of Tokyo. ships to develop more applications, so the robot of various shapes and sizes and also pick up smaller Nearly 40 percent of Japan’s population will be can enter homes as quickly as possible. items with a tiny suction cup. It doesn’t have other 65 or older by 2060, and with the rest of the devel- One drawback is cost. Mass production is need- tricks in its repertoire, except for a computer panel oped world and some developing nations following ed for the price to come down. Toyota declined to on its head for surfing the Internet. A person can that track, Toyota is banking on the demand for give the current price. Ikeda showed how HSR can also access the robot from another computer and robot helpers to grow. be controlled relatively easily by tapping on a tablet use it like a camera-phone. “People feel more comfortable asking a robot to device, to fetch a TV remote-controller. Kouichi Ikeda, its engineer, is serious about pick up after them than asking a human helper,” The 135 centimeter (four-foot-four) tall robot has using it to help around regular homes. First people said Tadashi Hatakenaka, manager and engineer at several cameras, including two on its head that look with disabilities, and then for the elderly in general. the Yokohama Rehabilitation Center. A robot like like its eyes, and sensors on its body. It scoots quiet- Picking up is especially challenging for people with HSR is also ideal to replace service dogs, which go ly around in all directions. Unlike the robotic arms at spinal disorders and other ailments that hamper the through special training to help people with various auto-assembly plants, HSR’s grip and bumps are ability to stoop down and grab, he said. disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs, designed to be soft so they can’t hurt anyone. But it “Although it can only do one simple task of pick- have balance issues or may be prone to seizures, he can pick up items weigh up to 1.2 kilograms (2.6 ESPOO: Picture taken on April 14, 2015, shows the headquarters of Finnish telecoms ing up, it’s already making disabled people quite said. Toyota came up with the basic concept model pounds).—AP equipment maker Nokia in Espoo, Finland. — AFP TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE Cheers as UN irons out roadmap to end poverty

UNITED NATIONS: Jubilant UN member New York, experts and diplomats from the agenda document, firing the starting gun no one behind,” proclaimed Ban of the mul- which helped drag millions out of poverty. states on Sunday put the finishing touches 193 member states adopted a draft about on efforts to improve the lives of one billion titrillion-dollar initiative. The UN chief But the new drive will go significantly fur- to a hugely ambitious roadmap aimed at 30 pages long entitled “Transforming Our people living on less than $1.25 a day, main- vowed that the September summit, on the ther, targeting the causes of poverty and wiping out poverty worldwide by 2030 and World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. sidelines of the UN General Assembly, “will the need for development that works for all taking on climate change. United Nations Development.” Negotiators set out 17 new sustainable chart a new era of sustainable development people. Funding the massive effort will be Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lauded the To cheers, Kenyan Ambassador Macharia development goals seeking to end poverty, in which poverty will be eradicated, pros- key to its success and last month donor hard-fought agreement, saying it “encom- Kamau called it “really a historic moment.” promote wellbeing and safeguard the envi- perity shared and the core drivers of climate nations confirmed they aim to set aside 0.7 passes a universal, transformative and inte- Kenya chaired the negotiations along with ronment-all by 2030. change tackled.” percent of gross national income for devel- grated agenda that heralds an historic turn- Ireland. World leaders will attend a “This is the People’s Agenda, a plan of The new 2015-2030 Sustainable opment aid, after several days of at-times ing point for our world.” After a week of Sustainable Development Summit at the action for ending poverty in all its dimen- Development Goals builds on the success fractious talks between rich nations and heated negotiations at UN headquarters in UN September 25-27 to adopt a sustainable sions, irreversibly, everywhere, and leaving of the Millennium Development Goals, developing countries. —AFP Glaciers melt to lowest level on record

PARIS: Glaciers worldwide have shrunk to boost global temperatures. levels not seen in 120 years of record-keep- Preliminary data from the last five years, ing, with melt-off accelerating in the first not covered in the study, suggest that rapid decade of the 21st century, according to a decline of ice mass is continuing apace. The study released yesterday. On average, gla- 20th-century record ice loss observed in ciers currently lose between 50 to 150 cen- 1998 “has been exceeded in 2003, 2006, timeters (20 to 60 inches) of thickness every 2011, 2013, and probably again in 2014,” year, reported the study, published in the Kemp said. The long-term trend of glacier Journal of Glaciology. “This is two to three retreat takes into account shorter periods times more than the corresponding average where, in some locations, glaciers have of the 20th century,” said Michael Zemp, regained some of their lost ice mass. director of the World Glacier Monitoring Many so-called “ice tongues” formed by Service and the study’s lead author. glacier runoff in Norway, for example, More than a billion people, especially in regained a couple hundred meters in Asia and South America, get more than half length during the 1990s. Overall, though, of their drinking water from the seasonal they have retreated by several kilometers melting of snow melt and glacier ice, previ- compared to the areas covered in the late ous research has shown. The current rate of 19th century. The World Glacier Monitoring global glacier melt is without precedent for Service compiles the results of worldwide the 120 years covered by scientific observa- glacier observations submitted annually tion, and probably for much longer, Zemp from a global network of scientists & added. Moreover, accelerated ice loss has observers. For the study, these observations created a dynamic whereby glaciers in were compared to all available data gath- many regions will continue to diminish ered on the ground, in the air and via satel- even if global warming did not continue to lite. —AFP New cocktails to test limits of cancer drug pricing CHILE : This combination of images shows a view of La Parva, a small town some 30 km east of Santiago, taken on June 6, 2008 LONDON: New cancer drug cocktails set to lion, based on a combined list price of (left) and on June 11, 2009. —AFP reach the market in the next few years will $295,000 for just under a year’s treatment. test the limits of premium pricing for life- Cancer specialist Leonard Saltz, who pre- saving medicines, forcing company execu- sented the calculation in a speech to the tives to consider fresh market strategies. American Society of Clinical Oncology Brain training app could help The growing reluctance of governments annual meeting two months ago, said the and private insurers to fund very expensive conclusion was obvious - these drugs cost drugs - even remarkably effective ones - too much. people with schizophrenia points to a showdown as manufacturers Some pharmaceutical executives, while mix and match therapies that harness the insisting they need a decent return for their immune system to fight tumours. risk-taking, admit he has a point. “There’s LONDON: A “brain training” iPad memory and cognitive function, nal Philosophical Transactions of the Functioning (GAF) scale, which doc- Several companies acknowledge dis- got to be a limit. One drug plus one drug game developed in Britain may meaning they struggle to get back Royal Society B, found that 22 tors use to rate the social, occupa- counts will be needed when drugs costing can’t equal the cost of two drugs,” Novartis improve the memory of patients to work or stay in education. There is patients who played the memory tional and psychological functioning more than $100,000 each are combined. pharma head David Epstein told Reuters. with schizophrenia, helping them in increasing evidence that computer- game made significantly fewer of adults. That could give firms with multiple prod- “We recognize the need for oncology drug their daily lives at home and at work, assisted training can help people errors and needed significantly few- Importantly, the patients also ucts in-house an edge over those having to pricing to become more rational.” Roche, researchers said yesterday. Scientists with schizophrenia overcome some er attempts to remember the loca- said they enjoyed the game and negotiate pricing arrangements with part- which is the world’s biggest cancer drug at Cambridge University said tests of their symptoms, with better out- tion of different patterns specific were motivated to play it across the ners. Dozens of new cancer combinations supplier and is working on more on a small number of patients who comes in their daily lives. tests. They also improved their eight hours of cognitive training. The will be launched over the next few years, immunotherapy combination trials than played the game over four weeks This study, published in the jour- scores on the Global Assessment of researchers said this was important, with ones for lung cancer, melanoma and any other company, agrees there is a prob- found they had improvements in since lack of motivation is a com- other solid tumours taking off strongly after lem. “We need to keep the system sustain- memory and learning. The game, mon feature of schizophrenia. “We 2018, drug company pipelines suggest. able,” said Roche Chief Executive Severin “Wizard”, is designed to help so- need a way of treating the cognitive Pricey immunotherapies, offering long- Schwan. “That is also in our interest.” lasting responses, are already starting to called episodic memory-the type of symptoms of schizophrenia, such as change practice, as doctors use so-called Budget strains memory needed to remember problems with episodic memory, checkpoint inhibitors like Merck’s Keytruda The strains on healthcare budgets are where you left your keys several but slow progress is being made and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo in clear. Worldwide cancer drug spending hours ago, or to remember a few towards developing a drug treat- melanoma and lung cancer. These drugs increased 10 percent in 2014 to $100 billion, hours later where you parked your ment,” said Barbara Sahakian from release the brakes on the immune system, up from $75 billion five years earlier, with car in a multi-storey car park. the department of psychiatry at allowing the body’s defences to recognise oncology now accounting for 14.7 percent Schizophrenia is a long-term Cambridge University. and destroy cancer cells. of total drug spending in Europe and 11.3 mental health condition that causes “This proof-of-concept study... But the real promise lies in combining percent in the United States, according to a range of psychological symptoms, demonstrates that the memory treatments, either by using two checkpoint IMS Health. That has already prompted ranging from changes in behavior game can help where drugs have so medicines together or by adding a different Roche to strike deals in parts of Europe cap- through to hallucinations and delu- far failed. (And) because the game is kind of drug. Both approaches will drive up ping costs per patient for its two targeted sions. While some psychotic symp- interesting, even those patients prices. Giving all US patients whose cancer breast cancer drugs Perjeta and Herceptin, a toms can be reasonably well treated with a general lack of motivation has metastasized, or spread, Opdivo and template Schwan said was likely to be with medication, patients often still are spurred on to continue the another Bristol immunotherapy called duplicated with the new immunotherapy have debilitating problems with training.” —Reuters Yervoy, for example, would cost $174 bil- products.—Reuters Obama poised to unveil major climate change plan ‘For the sake of our kids, health and safety of all Americans, that’s about to change’

WASHINGTON: US President Barack to lower energy bills and create jobs in the the Republican Party, which described the for our economy.” Coal producers, who pro- Obama’s administration was “pursuing an Obama will unveil what he called the renewable energy sector. measures as “overreach” and “heavy-hand- vide almost 40 percent of US electricity, are illegal plan that will drive up electricity costs “biggest, most important step we’ve ever ed”. Republican National Committee also set to lose out. The American Coalition and put people out of work.” taken” to combat climate change yester- Hot-button issue Chairman Reince Priebus warned the meas- for Clean Coal Electricity, an industry lobby In its initial proposal a year ago, the day, slapping tough emission targets on But the plans have be met with fury by ures would have “devastating consequences group, previewed likely legal action, saying Obama administration had set the carbon power plants. Obama will tell plant owners emissions cut from the power sector at 30 they must cut carbon dioxide emissions by percent. Climate change is a hot-button 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, in the issue in American politics and cuts are polit- first ever mandatory targets. The president ically sensitive because coal, among the was to deliver his eagerly anticipated dirtiest energy sources, remains a major US remarks at the White House at 2:15 pm industry. It also has some influential sup- (1815 GMT), firing the starting gun on a porters, including Senate Majority Leader months-long environmental drive that will Mitch McConnell, a senator from coal-rich shape his legacy. Kentucky. Some Republican opponents dis- Later this August, Obama is expected to pute the existence of global warming and visit the Arctic state of Alaska to highlight others cast doubt on whether humans are the impact of climate change. In to blame for the phenomenon. “Climate September, when he will host Pope Francis change will not be solved by grabbing pow- at the White House, they are expected to er from states or slowly hollowing out our make an impassioned collective call for economy,” said candidate Jeb Bush. action. And in December, representatives “The real challenge is how do we grow from around the world will gather in Paris and prosper in order to foster more game- to hash out rules designed to limit global changing innovations and give us the temperature increases to two degrees resources we need to solve problems like Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit). “Climate this one.” But Gina McCarthy, head of the change is not a problem for another gener- Environmental Protection Agency, insisted ation. Not anymore,” Obama said in a video the rules were “reasonable” and “achievable”. message foreshadowing the formal “They can cut carbon pollution in whatever announcement. way makes the most sense to them,” Anticipating stern opposition from the McCarthy said. “No plant has to meet them Republican-controlled Congress, Obama alone or all at once, they have to meet them warned that climate change is a threat to the as part of the grid and over time.” economy, health and security of America. Hillary Clinton, the Democrat hoping to Power plants account for some 40 percent of take over from Obama after the 2016 elec- US emissions of carbon dioxide, the most tion, welcomed the announcement as a common greenhouse gas that contributes “significant step forward in meeting the to climate change. “Existing power plants urgent threat of climate change. “And it can still dump unlimited amounts of harmful drives investments in clean energy and carbon pollution into the air weekly,” he said. energy efficiency, reduces asthma attacks “For the sake of our kids, for the health and and premature deaths, and promotes a safety of all Americans, that’s about to healthier environment and a stronger econ- change.” Obama argued the plans will lead NEW HAMPSHIRE: A plume of steam billows from the coal-fired Merrimack Station. —AP omy.” —AFP TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE To save forests, Kenyan tea factory brews new way to dry tea THIKA: The first thing that strikes you as you enter the Makomboki Tea Factory is the air. It’s clear, absent of the dark smoke that billows from the boilers of Kenya’s other tea factories. Of the 66 tea factories under the manage- ment of the Kenya Tea Development Authority, Makomboki is the only one that doesn’t use firewood in the processing of its tea. Instead, the factory has switched to a greener, cheaper fuel: briquettes made of biomass byproducts that would otherwise be treated as waste. Deep in central Kenya’s hilly and fertile tea-growing Muranga county, Makomboki employees feed the facto- ry’s boilers with briquettes of macadamia, cashew and rice husks mixed with sawdust. “We have not used a sin- gle cubic meter of firewood in the last six months and we are excited about that,” said factory manager John Gitau. In 2010, the International Trade Centre started a training project aimed at teaching Kenya’s tea producers climate change mitigation techniques. Inspired by what they learned, Makomboki’s board of directors decided to shift their fuel source from firewood to briquettes. Since then, the factory has scaled up its use of alternative fuels and weaned itself of its dependence on firewood. Makomboki makes its briquettes using machines donated by the UK-based charity Living Earth Foundation. That came about after one of Makomboki’s major clients, British tea and coffee company Taylors of Harrogate, reached out to the non-governmental organi- sation to see if it could help with the factory’s mission to ditch firewood. The husks for the briquettes come from other facto- ries within Muranga and Kiambu counties and the saw- UNITED KINGDOM : Kidepo, Chester Zoo’s newest baby giraffe steps out for the first time with his mother Orla with half brother Sanyu (second right) and dust from mills near Makomboki. “Saw millers actually half sister Zahra (right) as the zoo show off the three calfs born at the zoo within eight months at Chester Zoo in Chester yesterday. —AFP have a problem finding ways to dispose of their sawdust,” said Gitau. “We are helping them get rid of their waste.” According to Gitau, in the six months that it takes the factory to produce around 2.5 million kilograms (5.5 mil- lion pounds) of tea, their boilers used to consume up to 10,000 cubic meters of wood - the equivalent of 30,000 From open sewage to trees. By swapping firewood for sawdust and briquettes, he said, Makomboki alone will have saved 60,000 trees in the course of a year. “If the same practice is replicated by all the factories in Kenya, we will have saved a lot of trees and contributed to a better environment,” said Gitau. high-tech hydrohub Better for factories and farmers Mary Njenga, a post-doctoral fellow of bioenergy at the World Agroforestry Center, hails the use of sawdust in ‘In about a lifetime, we have transformed Singapore’ the making of fuel briquettes. As long as the sawdust is a byproduct of a sustainable timber system - in which new SINGAPORE: Fifty years ago Singapore and recycle as much used water as possi- duck farms (later barring such farms), the sewerage system, treated and further trees are planted to replace those that are felled - burn- had to ration water, and its smelly rivers ble. “That means that ideally, we don’t sell transferred 5,000 street hawkers to food purified through microfiltration, reverse ing sawdust in a factory is preferable to saw millers set- were devoid of fish and choked with you water. We rent you water. We take it centers, and moved boats east to the osmosis and ultraviolet disinfection. ting piles of it alight in the open. “Many timber produc- waste from shipbuilding, pig farms and back, we clean it. We’re like a laundry Pasir Panjang area. Madhavan said the Meeting 30 percent of demand, ing areas burn sawdust (to get rid of it) but tea factories toilets that emptied directly into service. Then you can multiply your sup- biggest challenge was relocating 46,000 NEWater is potable but mainly used by will be able to turn the sawdust into a resource,” she said. streams. But it’s a very different story ply of water many, many times,” squatters living in squalid conditions industries and during the dry season to According to Njenga, burning sawdust in a boiler today. The world’s most densely popu- Madhavan said. “The water that you drink without sewers into housing blocks. releases fewer carbon emissions than if it were burned in top up reservoirs. Singapore aims for a field. “The temperatures inside the boilers of tea facto- lated country now collects rainwater today is the same water that dinosaurs More than 260 tons of rubbish were NEWater to meet 55 percent of demand ries are so high, they are able to more fully burn the par- from two-thirds of its land, recycles drank. We don’t create or destroy water. It removed, the area was landscaped, and by 2060. The island’s first desalination ticulate matter and the carbon dioxide so that little is wastewater and is even developing just goes around. So we are using engi- in 1987, fish returned to the waters. plant opened in 2005, and desalinated released,” she said. technology that mimics human kidneys neering to shorten the loop.” Worried about pollution, authorities ini- water meets a quarter of demand. Makomboki manager Gitau says tea factories that to desalinate seawater. tially kept people away from the water- Desalinated water and NEWater are fairly continue to use firewood can’t ignore their own roles in “In about a lifetime, we have trans- Beware of crocodiles ways. “We even had warning signs about independent of the weather but on the the adverse effects of climate change. He points to an formed Singapore,” said George Following independence on August crocodiles (which had been spotted in downside, require more energy to pro- unusually long dry season that hit tea crops this year. Madhavan, an engineer who has worked 9, 1965, the new 700 sq km country the reservoirs) to keep people away,” duce, Madhavan said. “During this year’s dry season, we are experiencing prob- for the national PUB water agency for 30 relied on three reservoirs and water Madhavan said. Singapore has since Conventional reverse osmosis lems we have never before,” he said. “Tea bushes are dry- years and is now communications direc- imported from neighboring Malaysia. shifted its stance, opening waterfront requires 3.5 to 4 kilowatt-hours (kWh) to ing up and farmers have to cut them and it could take up tor. “It’s not rocket science - it is more Today, it collects rainwater through an areas such as Marina Reservoir, where squeeze seawater through a membrane to three years before they are ready to be picked again.” political will ... The key success factor is 8,000-km drain network that empties people kayak, bike and fly kites against a to make 1,000 liters of freshwater. The move away from firewood also makes financial really government - the leadership to into 17 reservoirs, and reclaims used backdrop of the city’s highrise skyline. Singapore is now building a demon- sense. Gitau says that swapping to fuel briquettes has pull different agencies together to come water from a deep tunnel sewerage sys- stration plant to scale up tests on elec- reduced Makomboki’s energy costs by nearly half. The up with a plan ...” As governments tem up to 60 meters below ground. Holy grail of desalination trochemical desalting, which uses an factory used to spend 55 million shillings ($542,000) per around the world wrestle with water Singapore, which is recognized as a Singapore’s “four national taps” supply electric field to pull salt out of seawater. year on firewood, but the introduction of briquettes has crises from droughts to floods, many are global leader in water technology, set up 400 million gallons each day for 5.4 mil- Madhavan said PUB hopes to halve cut the energy bill to 30 million shillings ($295,600). looking to the tiny Asian city-state of a water planning unit in 1972. Unlike lion people. The island’s two natural energy use. University researchers are According to Gitau, word is spreading on the benefits Singapore for solutions. Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo, it sources are rain and, through an agree- also developing “the holy grail of desali- of briquettes. Delegations from other factories have visit- In many countries, a flood prevention does not have land outside the city to ment that expires in 2061, up to 250 mil- nation” - technology that imitates the ed Makomboki to learn more about the alternative fuel, agency focuses on quickly draining away act as huge catchment areas. lion gallons per day from Malaysia’s kidneys, he said. “This will take some he said. And his hope is that they, too, will follow his fac- storm water, while another manages Eleven government agencies joined Johor River. As climate change makes years ... They more or less understand tory’s lead. “We want to run a sustainable business here,” drinking water. In Singapore, PUB “man- up from 1977 to 1987 to clean the heavi- nature’s sources less reliable, Singapore is how the kidney works to do desalting. said Gitau. “I want my son to be a factory manager some ages the entire water loop”, Madhavan ly polluted Singapore River and Kallang focusing on its reclaimed and desalinat- But it’s now how to engineer it, how to day, and if everyone conserves the environment, that will told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Its Basin in the main commercial area. The ed water taps. NEWater, introduced in build it, the enzymes that are key to this happen.” —Reuters aim is to capture every drop of rain it can city relocated 610 pig farms and 500 2003, is the name for used water from process.”—Reuters FOOD TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 Healthy Mushroom Miso Pasta

f you’ve been out to eat at any Itrendy restau- rant during the past five years or have watched any food compe- tition show, you probably have heard of umami. Umami is the pleasant savory flavor resulting from the interaction of cer- tain amino acids with receptors on the human tongue. (It’s a wonder we don’t get into this level of detail on TV, no?) Translation: Dishes higher in these specific amino acids taste better to us, balanced and complex, even in low-salt dishes, which is good to know if you are watching sodium. Foods with umami have a meatiness or pleasant earthiness that can feel rich and sat- isfying. Anchovies, soy sauce, mushrooms, aged cheeses, yeasts and fermented foods all are rich in umami. This week’s mushroom-miso pasta is a tad indulgent, but tastes far richer, creamier and more sinful than it actually is. Using nutty browned butter underscores the earthy mushroom’s umami flavors. Miso paste, or fermented soybean paste, is the real hero here, though, adding surprising depth to this easy weeknight dish, as well as a buttery, almost creamy taste to the sauce that brings all the flavors together. Miso paste, available in various strengths in most grocery stores - mild white, medium yellow and stronger red and brown - is a staple in my kitchen, as it brings flavor and richness to dishes without adding fat and calories (but note that it does have salt). Adding even more umami to this dish is the nutritional yeast. It’s an optional ingredient, but I think well-worth seeking out if you aren’t familiar with it. It adds a wonderful aged-cheese-like flavor that turns this simple mushroom-miso pasta dish into a veritable “umami bomb,” which is a good thing in the food world.

Ingredients Start to Finish: 20 minutes Servings: 4 8 ounces whole-grain penne pasta 3 tablespoons butter 8 ounces chopped mixed mushrooms (such as portobello, cremini, button, etc.) 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup dry white wine 1 tablespoon white miso paste 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast (or more, to taste) 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard (optional) Salt and ground black pepper Preparation Bring a large saucepan of well-salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook according to package directions. Drain and set aside. Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium, heat the butter, allowing it to bubble and cook until it turns nutty brown, about 5 minutes. Keep a close eye on it, as butter burns easily. Add the mushrooms and garlic, then cook until the mushrooms are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the wine and stir and scrape the pan to deglaze, then simmer for 1 minute to cook off the alcohol. Whisk in the miso and chicken stock and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the nutritional yeast and mustard, if using, then stir until the sauce is uniform. Season with pepper, then taste and adjust with salt as needed. Remove the skillet from the heat and toss with the hot pasta. —AP Gomasio sprinkled over bok choy and mushrooms

t’s impossible to say this without sounding stupid (or as though I’m Ipracticing Klingon), but gomasio is going to be the next za’atar. Seriously. During the past few years, America’s top chefs have been on a serious bender for far-flung seasoning blends. Which is why za’atar (which seemingly can be spelled a dozen or more ways) has become a darling of the restaurant scene. The Middle Eastern blend of sesame seeds, sumac and what-have-you is regularly sprinkled on all manner of dips, grilled meats and roasted vegeta- bles. Ditto for ras el hanout (also a victim of numerous spellings), a North African blend of all sorts of delicious things, including cumin, allspice, cinnamon and paprika, among many (many!) other choices. And now gomasio is starting to show up on menus. And while it, too, can be spelled a variety of ways, its ingredient list is blissfully sim- ple. And that makes it an easy choice for making at home. Gomasio is a Japanese dry seasoning blend made from lightly ground sesame seeds and salt. Some variations - in my mind, the better ones - also include toast- ed seaweed. The mostly vegan macrobiotic diet favors gomasio over plain salt as a sea- soning for grains and vegetables. It lends a savory, lightly crunchy, delicately salty flavor to whatever you sprinkle it over. It’s great on seafood, vegetables, grains, grilled meats, hummus, buttered or oil-drizzled bread, or even bread smeared with peanut or cashew butter. You can buy gomasio (usually sold in small jars in the Asian or natural foods aisle), but it is much better and cheaper to make it yourself. And it’s easy to do. Gomasio traditionally is made using a suribachi, a Japanese-style mortar and pestle. The interior of a suribachi has sharp ridges, which make it excellent for grinding nuts and seeds. But a food proces- sor works just as well.

Ingredients Start to finish: 10 minutes Makes 1 cup 1 cup hulled sesame seeds 1/4 cup dried wakame seaweed (sold in the Asian aisle) 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation In a small skillet over low heat, toast the sesame seeds, stirring constantly, until lightly golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer the sesame seeds to a food processor. Return the skillet to the heat and add the seaweed. Toast the seaweed, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Add the seaweed and the salt to the processor. Pulse the processor on and off for about 30 sec- onds. The mixture should be mostly, but not entirely ground. There should still be some whole sesame seeds. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and let cool. Cover and store at room temperature for several weeks. —AP WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

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Indonesian Embassy inaugurates 70th Independence Day celebration

he Embassy of Indonesia inaugurated the 70th Tatang Razak kicked-off the series of activities by hitting the day. The futsal competition was conducted right after the in this celebration include: volley ball, pingpong, and chess Independence of the Republic of Indonesia celebra- “gong” of Indonesia traditional music instrument. ceremony. Meanwhile, the badminton competition was competitions as well as the bazar of Indonesian traditional Ttion in Kuwait in a ceremony that had been held at Al- Hundreds of member of Indonesian community attend- held on 1 August 2015 at Jawharat Al-Saleh School, Reggae. food. This celebration runs from 31 July until 21 August Naser Sport Club Ishbiliya on 31 July 2015. Ambassador ed the ceremony and they shared the joy of this national Other that futsal and badminton, the series of activities 2015.

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Third Culture Kids Third Culture Kid (TCK) is one who has spent a sig- nificant part of his developmental years outside his Aparents’ culture. Join Dr Teresa Lesher, a TCK and par- ent of TCKs for a discussion of advantages, disadvantages and coping strategies, on Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00 pm. NSH organizes employee development program

he Multi National Business Conglomerate What’s On - Submission Guidelines NSH has organized an employee develop- Tment program. Vice President Sabu deliv- All photos submitted for What’s On ered the inaugural address. It is the on-going should be minimum 200dpi. Articles effort of NSH with a paternalistic approach to must be in plain text and should make the employees realize their potential that include name and phone numbers. will enhance them to contribute at the maxi- Articles and photos that fail to meet mum, Sabu added. Ganesh spoke about the these requirements will not be pub- competency development. Chandrasekhar lished. coordinated the program. General Manager, project managers and other staff were present. Please send them to Employees commented that that this program [email protected] would lead them to the next-higher-step of professional maturity. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

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DOLBY ATMOS 12:30 PM KAC 561 Amman 11:25 HAYATI MOUBAHDILAH 9:30 PM ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 3:00 PM MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:25 POUND OF FLESH 11:45 PM ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 5:30 PM MSC 405 Sohag 11:20 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 8:00 PM FANAR-2 NO WED JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 RBG 553 Alexandria 11:30 PIXELS 11:30 AM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION - DOLBY KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 PIXELS 1:45 PM ATMOS 8:00 PM OMA 641 Muscat 11:50 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 MINIONS 4:00 PM WED FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 RBG 554 Alexandria 12:10 MINIONS 6:00 PM ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 10:30 PM SAW 701 Damascus 12:35 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 HABIB AL ARAD -Kuwaiti Film 8:00 PM ANT-MAN - DOLBY ATMOS 1:00 AM UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 PIXELS 10:30 PM MSC 402 Alexandria 12:20 PIXELS 12:45 AM 360 ∞- 1 MSC 409 Asyut 12:55 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 MINIONS 1:00 PM MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 JZR 176 Dubai 13:10 FANAR-3 MINIONS 3:00 PM THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 FDB 076 Dubai 13:10 PAPER TOWNS 11:30 AM MINIONS 5:00 PM KAC 620 Doha 13:10 OMA 642 Muscat 13:15 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 1:30 PM MINIONS -3D 7:00 PM IZG 4171 Shiraz 13:30 PAPER TOWNS 4:30 PM MINIONS 9:00 PM SAW 702 Damascus 13:35 ANT-MAN 11:00 PM KAC 514 Tehran 13:45 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 6:45 PM MSC 410 Asyut 13:55 BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 9:45 PM MSR 575 Sharm el-Sheikh 13:55 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 PAPER TOWNS 12:45 AM 360 ∞- 2 AXB 393 Kozhikode 13:55 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 POUND OF FLESH 12:15 PM KAC 672 Dubai 13:55 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 FANAR-4 POUND OF FLESH 2:30 PM ANT-MAN 12:00 PM POUND OF FLESH 4:45 PM QTR 1078 Doha 14:05 IZG 4172 Shiraz 14:30 DRISHYAM - Hindi 7:00 PM GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 KAC 741 Dammam 14:40 ANT-MAN 2:30 PM ANT-MAN -3D 5:00 PM POUND OF FLESH 10:15 PM FDB 057 Dubai 14:20 MSR 576 Sharm el-Sheikh 14:40 ANT-MAN 7:30 PM POUND OF FLESH 12:30 AM SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 AXB 394 Kozhikode 14:55 ANT-MAN 10:00 PM KNE 472 Jeddah 14:55 QTR 1079 Doha 15:05 360 ∞- 3 ANT-MAN 12:30 AM DRISHYAM - Hindi 12:00 PM RJD 135 Abu Dhabi 15:00 FDB 058 Dubai 15:05 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 3:15 PM KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 FANAR-5 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 5:30 PM OMA 645 Muscat 15:15 KAC 617 Doha 15:15 MAX 1:00 PM DARK PLACES 7:45 PM PIXIES 3:15 PM KAC 1802 Cairo 15:35 KAC 673 Dubai 15:20 A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 10:00 PM PIXIES 5:15 PM A ROYAL NIGHT OUT 12:15 AM ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 SVA 501 Jeddah 15:45 MAX 7:15 PM UAE 857 Dubai 15:45 JZR 188 Dubai 15:50 MAX 9:30 PM AL-KOUT.1 NIA 251 Alexandria 15:50 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:55 NO WED ANT-MAN 12:00 PM RJA 640 Amman 15:55 KNE 473 Jeddah 16:00 ANT-MAN 12:05 AM ANT-MAN 2:30 PM NO WED ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:00 RJD 136 Abu Dhabi 16:10 ANT-MAN 5:00 PM OMA 646 Muscat 16:15 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - 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CROSSWORD 981 STAR TRACK

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

You wake up believing you can do anything today, but reality has a different tale Seeking support and recognition from others is an exercise in futility today. No to tell. Oddly enough, you won’t likely be surprised if you run into an obstacle. It’s matter how much acknowledgment or love you receive, it may still feel like as if your inner parent warned you to be more practical and you weren’t willing you’re not getting what you deserve. Nevertheless, self-esteem begins with to listen. Thankfully, it’s not too late to change your ways. A more cautious loving yourself; instead of looking everywhere on the outside for validation, approach to reaching your goals will take you further than running on enthusi- focus on your strengths and not your weaknesses. When you perform at your asm. The trick to getting something accomplished now is honoring the opposite highest potential without expecting anything in return, people will sit up and messages at play. take notice.

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

You might be tempted to take the day off today, but avoiding your responsibili- No matter how hard you work today, there’s still more to do. However, you ties won’t make them disappear. The fact of the matter is people are counting on might be further along on your path than you realize. Sometimes, you can’t see you now and you don’t want to let them down. Fortunately, your dependable the results of your efforts right away, like when you’re climbing a hill. Until you nature motivates you to be there for those who need you the most. It turns out reach the summit, you don’t have a wide enough perspective to see how far there’s nothing more satisfying than being able to show up and save the day. you’ve traveled. Continue on your present route without making any major Being a superhero is better than staying at home and missing all the action. changes until you gain the objectivity you need. Don’t veer off track when you’re so close to your destination.

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

Beginning a project is one thing but finishing it is something entirely different All the promises in the world won’t overcome your current self-doubt if you’re today. You can talk a good game, but sooner or later others are going to expect stuck on a memory of a past failure. You may not have the luxury of engaging ACROSS 3. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology. you to put your words into action. But it’s more complicated than it seems if in a long, drawn out emotional process. Instead, acknowledge the inarguable 1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. 4. A federal agency established to regulate the you’re not clear about your own objectives. Nevertheless, it may be wise to set facts and start from there. Be as realistic as possible about your goals, but don’t 4. A building where livestock are fattened for release of new foods and health-related prod- your personal needs aside for a while and focus on the demands of work. The stop believing in your dreams. Persistence is your secret weapon in your battle market. ucts. sooner you set a sustainable pace the more successful you will be by the end of against the clock. 11. Marked by firm determination or resolution. 5. The branch of engineering science that stud- the day. Start off small and build momentum as your confidence grows. 15. An informal term for a father. ies the uses of electricity and the equipment for 16. March out (as from a defile) into open power generation and distribution and the con- ground. trol of machines and communication. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. A law passed by US Congress to prevent 6. The compass point that is one point south of Cancer (June 21-July 22) employees from being injured or contracting due east. You have high hopes today, but you could easily underestimate diseases in the course of their employment. 7. Any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate It might seem as if the group process is hampering your progress today. Or it’s the resources required to complete a job. You might begin by putting all your 18. Jordan's port. fronds with sharply dentate pinnae. possible that people are really working against your efforts. Instead of trying to marbles on the table, but this unrestrained approach encourages you to blow 20. Relating to or derived from the sun or utiliz- 8. A pause during which things are calm or lead everyone along on your chosen path, you might have to give up your high through your time and money without much to show for your efforts. From a ing the energies of the sun. activities are diminished. expectations of harmonious teamwork. Don’t be afraid to separate yourself practical perspective, planning in advance makes a huge difference. A little from the pack. You can’t get around the complexity when multiple points of 21. Water falling in drops from vapor con- 9. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its self-discipline right from the start ensures you will have what you need down view are involved. Thankfully, you can clarify your own trajectory by setting densed in the atmosphere. edible tubers. the road. 22. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers 10. Informal terms for clothing. firm boundaries and sticking to your agenda. around the tail. 11. At or to or toward the front. 24. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth 12. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. of a liter. 13. United States parapsychologist (1895-1980). Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 25. A short trip that is taken in the performance 14. A Dravidian language spoken in south cen- of a necessary task or mission. tral India. Your career objectives may be in dire ct conflict with your personal 27. Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi 19. Important food fish of the Nile and other You feel like you should be the star of the show, but could be dismayed to dis- goals now. Your job- re lated duties prevent you from connecting with those (1457-1504). rivers of Africa and Asia Minor. cover there’s no audience. With so many planets in your demonstrative sign, you love in the way you wish. Unfortunately, you must make choices because 31. Italian omelet with diced vegetables and 23. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated you want it to be all about you today, but there are other factors to consider. you can only spre ad yourself so thin. Normally, you could re ly on the advice of meats. silica of variable color. Instead of rushing around to prove what you can do, spend your time creating others to help you with your dilemma, but they are likely to encourage you to a solid foundation for everyone else to build upon. You may not be admired in 34. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 26. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic infor- follow your heart. Nevertheless, the logical solution is to acce pt that it’s appro- the way you prefer, but others will deeply appreciate your contributions in the 35. Relating to or near the radius. mation from DNA to the cytoplasm. priate to refocus on work for the time being. Once you can measure your pro- long run. 36. System of measurement based on centime- 28. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian fessional progress, you’ll have more time to re vitalize your personal life. ters and grams and seconds. Peninsula. 40. One of the five major classes of 29. A heavy precious metallic element. immunoglobulins. 30. An elaborate representation of scenes from Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 41. A bachelor's degree in science. history etc. 43. (of wood) Darkened or colored by exposure 32. Disparaging terms for the common people. Putting all your eggs in one basket might seem necessary, yet It’s nearly impossible to resolve the ongoing dissonance between your imagi- success comes at a high price now. If you want to shine professionally, you to ammonia fumes. 33. Conforming to an ultimate standard of per- nation and the current events in your life. Obviously, you know the difference have to prove you have the determination and discipline to reach your 45. An abnormal state in which the normal flow fection or excellence. between the subjective and objective realms, but you believe that your goals. Unfortunately, you may be distracted by a string of unimportant of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped. 37. Of or relating to Oman or its people. dreams could alter the outcome if your intentions are pure. To some extent this diversions that steal your time. However, no one is taking anything from 48. South American armadillo with three bands 38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a is true, but you still must start with the mundane now and work toward the you; it’s your decision where to focus your awareness. You’re standing at a of bony plates. skewer usually with vegetables. spiritual, not the other way around. Maintaining a healthy flow between the fork in the road; consider the pros and cons of each path before picking the 51. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver 39. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man. inner and outer worlds is effective only when it’s a two-way street. one that suits you best. cells. 42. A constitutional monarchy on the western 52. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific. felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and 44. Activity involved in maintaining something Iran and the Caucasus. in good working order. Word Search Yesterday Solution 53. A list of dishes available at a restaurant. 46. The brightest star in Virgo. 54. Strike sharply. 47. Any of a number of fishes of the family 55. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent Carangidae. metallic element. 49. A bet that you can pick the first and second 56. (archaic) Utterly cast down. finishers in the right order. 60. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing 50. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the wholly or in part. platinum group. 62. A Russian prison camp for political prison- 57. Small deciduous tree of southern Africa hav- ers. ing edible fruit. 65. Containing or characterized by ellipsis. 58. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black 70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Sea and the Sea of Azov. Turkey). 59. Having winglike extensions. 71. Anise trees. 61. Exactly vertical. 74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 63. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine from aba cloth. and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin. 75. In or of the month preceding the present 64. Disability of walking due to crippling of the one. legs or feet. 76. During the intervening time. 66. Being three more than fifty. 77. According to need (physicians use PRN in 67. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and writing prescriptions). Pipturus albidus. 78. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces. 68. A United Nations agency created to assist 79. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows gen- developing nations by loans guaranteed by erally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. member governments. 80. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice. 69. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk. DOWN 72. A unit of length of thread or yarn. 1. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls. 73. A hotel providing overnight lodging for trav- 2. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. elers. Yesterday’s Solution

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Gossip

Skepta collaborating with Drake

kepta has confirmed he has recorded with He said: “It’ll come. It’s gonna come out, and it’s per Meek Mill online. He told The Fader maga- Drake for his LP. The 32-year-old rapper has gonna come out the best time that it can come zine: “I definitely think that my vibe has rubbed Srevealed the collaboration will feature on out. “It’s gonna come out. It’s gonna make every- off on Drake a bit. Just dropping chews at a man his fourth studio album ‘Konnichiwa’ alongside body happy, it’s gonna make loads of money, like, ‘SoundCloud war.’ That’s a real London, grime songs with Wizkid and Earl Sweatshirt. He and it’s gonna do what it’s gonna do. But I’m attitude to have. It’s good, it’s battle rapping. If explained: “There will be an official Drake song, making people happy now, and I don’t care you’re on the mic saying, ‘I’ve got this and this is an official Wizkid song, an official Earl Sweatshirt about the money.” But having joined Drake on what I’m like’ or whatever, you’ve got to be ready song. All that stuff is coming, but I really just like stage during his set at Wireless Festival in for the other guy to say, ‘Well, I’ve got a better music and MC-ing on music. However, the London last month, Skepta added he believes one than you.’” ‘Shutdown’ hitmaker admitted he is unsure when he’s “rubbed off” on the rapper, which is why he the record will be released because he’s so busy. has been exchanging diss tracks with fellow rap- Wolff unaware of Delevingne before film Diane Kruger at Wolff had never heard of Cara Delevingne before they met on the set of ‘Paper Towns’. The 20-year-old feels French Nactor was first introduced to the 22-year-old star while working on the film - in which they both have leading roles - iane Kruger feels French. The German actress - who is but Nat confessed their first day was a bit awkward because in a relationship with Canadian actor Joshua Jackson - he had no idea who the British supermodel was. Nat said: “It’s Dmoved to Paris to pursue a modeling career in her ear- hilarious because when she walked in on the first day and, I ly 20s and now divides her time between the European city Vikander terrified think I was the only person who didn’t know who she was. I and New York but feels most “at home” in France. She said: “I’ve really had never heard of her!” And it wasn’t until he saw the always loved travelling and experiencing different cultures.”I Burberry model’s face on a giant advertisement near his New feel probably more French than German or American, even when Ritchie asked York home that he realized just how famous she was. He though I’ve been living half the time in the US over the past quipped: “After a little while, I was like, ‘Oh wait, you’re on a 18 years or so. “I’ve felt at home in Paris since I was a teenager, her to improvise billboard with Kate Moss outside my apartment in New York. I starting out as a model.” The ‘Disorder’ actress and her partner walk my dog past your face every day!’ After that, it was super are also planning to spend part of their time in Italy. She licia Vikander felt “terrified” when Guy Ritchie asked her chilled. She just took her shoes off and started being Margo added: “Joshua and I have been talking about buying a house to “improvise”. The 26-year-old Swedish actress - who (Cara’s character).” Thankfully, Cara didn’t take the snub to in Tuscany. That’s a big dream and one day we’re going to Aplays a leading role in Guy Ritchie’s film ‘The Man From heart and Nat - who plays Margo’s admirer Quentin Jacobsen make it happen.” Though they are very happy together, the U.N.C.L.E’ - started to have more “fun” with her role once she in the blockbuster - immediately, discovered the fun-loving 39-year-old star - who was previously married to Guillaume became comfortable performing in English rather than her actress’ wild side. He told We Love Pop magazine: “I remember Canet - and the former ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star have no plans to “native language”. Talking about working with the British film- this one time, we were shooting a scene outside and it was a tie the knot. She told HELLO! magazine: “I’ve already been maker - who was once married to Madonna - she said: “It was really emotional one where she was staring into my eyes. married and I don’t need to do that again. “Being married a nice, collaborative vibe and [Ritchie] made me improvise - Suddenly she just yelled, ‘Is that a water slide?!’ She ran off and doesn’t change how you feel about another person. “If you which, when it’s not in my native language, got me even more got us all tickets to this nearby water park, it shows you exact- want to be with someone, then you’re going to respect that terrified! But then you start to trust each other and to have ly how spontaneous she is. She’s a total goof ball.” bond whether you’ve signed a document or not.” fun.” The movie is Alicia’s first big comedy break and she said it was “a revelation” that people found her funny. She added: “It was a revelation when somebody actually laughed at some- thing I did.” She also thinks it’s “quite rare” an opportunity for strong female characters to be in such big franchises, like ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E’. She told The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine: “Seeing one of the big-franchise movies have such strong female characters is quite rare. Here they have their own agendas, and it was fun playing a character where you’re not sure what side she is really on.” ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E’ is out on August 14. Cruise wants Edge of Tomorrow sequel om Cruise wants to make an ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ sequel. The 53-year-old actor - who played Major TWilliam Cage in the action-adventure film - has revealed he’s already pitched an idea for a follow-up to the writer and director. He said: “I pitched it to [Christopher] McQuarrie and Doug [Liman]. We were there one night and I was like, ‘I’ve got an idea for it’.” The ‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation’ star admitted, however, that the sequel will only go ahead if his co-star Emily Blunt agrees to return as Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski. He told MTV News: “It could be so much fun. [We] gotta get Emily. I was like, ‘Emily, please’, [and] she was like, ‘Give me another year, Idris seen as evil Carey to direct please’.” Cruise’s comments come after he confirmed yet another ‘Mission: Impossible’ sequel is in the works. He said: “We’re starting to work on it now. We’ll probably start shoot- warlord in Netflix Christmas movie ing it next summer.” The Hollywood star also confessed ariah Carey will direct and star in a Christmas movie. recently that he would love to reprise his role as Maverick in The 45-year-old singer has never before taken a a ‘Top Gun’ follow-up. He revealed: “It would be fun. I would movie ‘Beasts of Mdirectorial role in films but has enlisted the help of like to get back into those jets. “It would have to be practi- ‘Rush Hour’ director Brett Ratner - the man behind her hit cal. I don’t want any CGI jets. I want to shoot it like how we music videos ‘We Belong Together’ and ‘Obsessed’ - who will shot the first one.” No Nation’ be her producer on the project. Taking to Instagram to share her excitement about the film, she wrote: “Can’t wait to share dris Elba depicts an evil warlord in the newly released trail- my directorial debut with my lambs, on the Hallmark channel! er for upcoming Netflix movie ‘Beasts of No Nation’. The 42- Here I am at the announcement party. Look out for my Iyear-old actor plays the central character - known as Christmas movie this December.” The film is set for release in Commandant - who is a leader of child soldiers and the story December on the Hallmark channel. Rumors of the star’s follows his attempts to force a young boy to join the merce- directorial debut circulated in April but confirmation nary fighters during a civil war in Africa. Dramatic scenes from the project was going ahead was only the teaser show Idris dressed in camouflage clothing as he announced at a launch party for urges the young Agu, played by Abraham Attah, to commit the ‘Mariah Carey’s Christmas murder. He says: “These are the ones that killed your father Project’ on Thursday night. that is your family’s blood.” The drama is based on the Filming for the straight-to- eponymous named book by Nigerian/American television project is due to author Uzodinma Iweala that was published in 2005 start this autumn but no and which received wide-spread critical acclaim. hints have been given Directed by Cary Fukunaga, it is the first original film about the storyline. The to be released globally by Netflix and is set to pre- pop singer’s previous act- mier at Venice Film Festival in September. ing roles include a school However, some movie theatres are boy- teacher in 2009’s cotting the project because it will debut on ‘Precious’. streaming site at the same time as its cinema release. ‘Beasts of No Nation’ opens in selected cinemas and on Netflix on October 16.

Schumer ‘moved’ people like Trainwreck

my Schumer is “moved” people like the box office commotion. And Amy is “super joined by several other female friends - Amy shared ‘Trainwreck’. The 34-year-old comic’s roman- grateful” to her writing and production team, an image of them taking party in a human pyramid Atic comedy, which is based on her own including her brother and sister, Kim and Jason. while on a yacht. Alongside the photo, she wrote on unfortunate dating experiences, has almost She added to People magazine: “Making them Instagram: “Human pyramid. Newest members on reached $30 million with its US box office release laugh is the still the best feeling in the world.” top #islandtime #day2 (sic).”— BangShowbiz and she is overwhelmed by its success. The stand- Meanwhile, the hilarious star has recently been tak- up star said: “I’m so moved that people like the ing a break from her hectic schedule of TV, film and movie”. The ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ star, who has stand-up by heading on holiday with ‘The Hunger been nominated for seven Emmys this September, Games’ actress Jennifer Lawrence. Giving fans an is clearly keeping her head on the ground amidst all insight into their girls trip - on which they were lifestyle TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

Music & Movies

R&B singer Bobby Brown leaves a funeral service for his daughter. Leolah Brown talks with media members outside the church hosting a funeral R&B singer Bobby Brown hugs an unidentified woman after a funeral service service for her brother Bobby Brown’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown. for his daughter. — AP photos Bobby Brown’s sister vows family feud is just beginning

obby Brown’s sister vowed the family feud was “far from years, there’s been a longstanding rift between the families of could visit Bobbi Kristina while she stayed in the hospital. Celebrities showed over” between their family and the late Whitney the young woman’s famous mother and father. Bobby Brown Security was heavy outside the church. About 75 members BHouston’s kin during the memorial service for her niece, briefly appeared at Houston’s funeral three years ago, saying Parents fighting of the media stood behind a barricade at the entrance of the Bobbi Kristina Brown. A frustrated Leolah Brown walked out of he and his children were seated but asked repeatedly to move. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said he and his church parking lot, while more than two dozen onlookers were the St James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta on Brown said he left because he didn’t want to create a scene, office are interested in reviewing the investigative file to deter- just a few feet behind them. Alpharetta police say they were Saturday and spoke to reporters gathered outside. She was but was upset. The 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina was the only mine whether any charges will be filed. Leolah Brown said she assisted by more than a dozen state troopers to manage traffic angry because of some words that were said during the funer- child between Brown and Whitney Houston. believes Gordon was involved in the death of her niece. and shut down lanes to accommodate parking around the al by Pat Houston, the sister-in-law and former manager of Bobbi Kristina’s death was grimly similar to the way her Lawyers for Gordon declined to comment. Bobbi Kristina was church where the service was being held. Several celebrities Whitney Houston. “I told her that Whitney is going to haunt her mother had died three years earlier. Houston’s assistant found raised in the shadow of her famous parents’ hugely public life. showed up for the funeral including filmmaker Tyler Perry, from the grave,” Leolah Brown told reporters outside the the singer’s lifeless body face-down in a foot of water in her She appeared alongside the couple in 2005 on the Bravo reali- Grammy-winning R&B singer Monica and Atlanta Mayor Kasim church. bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel just before the Grammy ty show “Being Bobby Brown,” which showed her parents fight- Reed. Before she went back inside the church, Leolah Brown Awards in 2012. Authorities found prescription drugs in the ing, swearing and making court appearances. She attended Bobbi Kristina was the sole heir of her mother’s estate. She expressed her love for Bobbi Kristina and Whitney Houston. suite, and evidence of heart disease and cocaine in her body, award shows with her mother and father, walked red carpets identified herself on Twitter as “Daughter of Queen WH,” But she ultimately spewed more venom toward Pat Houston, but determined her death was an accidental drowning. with them and sang in Central Park with Houston as adoring “Entertainer/Actress” with William Morris & Co, and “LAST of a calling her a “phony” and not a “blood relative.” “It’s just getting Bobbi Kristina was found in the townhome she shared with fans watched. dying breed.” She told Oprah Winfrey shortly after her mother’s started,” she said. Bobbi Kristina, who dreamed of growing up Nick Gordon, an orphan three years older, whom Houston had Houston and Brown were married 15 years. Their tumul- death in 2012 that she wanted to carry on Houston’s legacy by to achieve fame like her mother, died in hospice care July 26, raised as her own. Bobbi Kristina referred to him as her hus- tuous relationship ended in 2007. On Saturday, she was singing, acting and dancing. But her career never took off. In about six months after she was found face-down and unre- band. A police report earlier this year described the incident as remembered in a private service. A hearse carrying Bobbi her short life, Bobbi Kristina became a social media sensation, sponsive in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta townhome on a drowning, and authorities are investigating her death. Kristina arrived nearly three hours ahead of the service. Four sending more than 11,000 tweets and attracting 164,000 fol- Jan 31. Relations between Gordon and other relatives have soured men dressed in black suits carried the coffin into the church. lowers.—AP over the past few years, especially after Bobbi Kristina was hos- Eight police motorcycles escorted three stretch limousines, Create a scene pitalized. A protective order barred him from being within 200 carrying mourners to the church in Alpharetta ahead of the An email to the Houston family rep was not returned. For feet of Pat Houston. And a feud erupted over whether Gordon service. A procession of dozens of cars followed. Luc Besson becomes US tax resident

rench filmmaker Luc Besson, who made benefits, BFMTV reported. the action-heavy franchises “Taken” and France has a top individual tax rate of 45 per- F“The Transporter” and the films “Lucy” and cent on income, and another 20 percent in social “The Professional”, has become a US tax resident, charges. In California, the top tax rate is about 53 his production company EuropaCorp said yes- percent, including federal and state levies. terday. The move to Hollywood was not to flee Besson started out in the 1980s with action flicks French taxes but rather to regulate his life in influenced by US movies. International success America, where he already owns a home, a came with “The Big Blue”, starring Jean Reno, EuropaCorp spokesman said, confirming infor- then “Nikita”, about a female assassin, “The mation reported by the French television net- Professional”, also with Reno and a very young work BFMTV. “He is in the United States, so he Natalie Portman, and “The Fifth Element” star- pays taxes there,” the spokesman said. ring Bruce Willis. Since then, Besson has been “When you work in the US in an American raking it in with high-octane series-”Taxi”, “The company-in this case the American subsidiary of Transporter” and “Taken”-that have proven very Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd leaves the District Court. — AFP EuropaCorp-and your family is going to live in lucrative in US releases. His next project is California, you become an American tax resi- “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”, a dent,” he explained. The spokesman said that Luc Besson big-budget sci-fi film based on a long-running Besson, 56, will continue to pay some French French graphic novel series. Besson is on his AC/DC’s Rudd remanded taxes, “notably on royalties”. “He is not seeking to edly pays just six percent tax on his income. fourth marriage, and has five children from dif- become a tax exile,” the spokesman stressed, According to EuropaCorp’s last financial results ferent unions. — AFP asserting that income taxes for residents in for its 2014-15 fiscal year, the company made on bail for breach of home California and France were roughly the same. 227 million euros ($249 million), more than half Other French celebrities have sought tax of it in international sales. Besson pulls in more shelters. One of France’s most famous actors, than six million euros a year, most of it in royal- detention rules Gerard Depardieu, became a tax exile in 2013, ties and directing fees, with an annual salary of taking up citizenship in Russia where he report- 790,000 euros plus 324,000 euros in company hil Rudd, the Australian-born former (125 miles) southeast of Auckland, without drummer for rock band AC/DC, was permission. He is also monitored electronical- Premanded on bail by a New Zealand ly and has been warned that any breach of the court yesterday for breaching the conditions conditions of his home detention could see of his home detention, media reported. Rudd, him sent to prison. Rudd was originally arrest- ‘Mission: Impossible’ climbs to 61, pleaded not guilty to the charge of con- ed last November and charged with attempt- suming alcohol, from which he is prohibited, ing to procure murder after he made threats and was remanded on bail until a hearing in against an employee following the unsuccess- late November, the Sunlive website reported. ful launch of his solo album. No 1, ‘Vacation’ is a bust The prosecution said Rudd had admitted That charge was dropped for lack of evi- to the charge when arrested two weeks ago dence. Rudd has lived in New Zealand he stakes may be high for Ethan Hunt and his Applegate, the R-rated film was imagined as a contin- it will be down significantly for this weekend from last and wanted an immediate hearing, but a since he was sacked from the heavy metal team in “Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation,” but uation of the 1983 road trip comedy “National year when “Guardians of the Galaxy” opened to a stun- defense lawyer disputed the facts and said it band in 1983. He rejoined AC/DC in 1994 it was hardly impossible for the Tom Cruise pic to Lampoon’s Vacation” when a now grown Rusty ning $94.3 million. would take time to gather witness statements. but has remained in New Zealand, where T conquer the box office. The fifth installment in the Griswold (Helms) takes his family to Wally World. 1. ”Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation,” $56 million Rudd is barred from drinking alcohol and he owns a restaurant. AC/DC has replaced nearly 20-year-old film series has earned $56 million, Critics were not kind to the raunchy comedy from first- ($65 million international). unprescribed drug use as part of the condi- Rudd for its current world tour, which according to studio estimates Sunday. Opening week- time directors John Frances Daley and Jonathan 2. ”Vacation,” $14.9 million. tions of his sentence of eight months home includes two concerts in New Zealand at end audiences were 62 percent male and 81 percent Goldstein, and audiences as a whole didn’t seem too 3. ”Ant-Man,” $12.6 million ($20 million internation- detention for threatening to kill and drug pos- the end of the year. — Reuters over the age of 25. It’s the second-highest opening for session arising from incidents last November. a “Mission” film since “Mission Impossible II” took in Rudd, who is appealing against his convic- $57.8 million over Memorial Day weekend in 2000. tion and sentence, cannot leave his large Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian waterfront home in Tauranga, about 200 kms said Cruise is to credit for making these films one of the longest-running viable franchises on the market. “He created a new Tom Cruise in the minds of audi- ences. He came off as very approachable, funny, he Walt Disney ‘American Experience’ did the lip synching with Jimmy Fallon. This is the play- book on how a star - who is also a producer on the movie - gets the word out about his movie,” he said. documentary balances man & myths “He’s a marketing machine.” The Paramount and alt Disney was a dictator who ruled “He was wonderful to us,” Sherman recalled. Skydance Productions film from writer-director his studio with an iron fist. Walt “He called us ‘the boys.’ “ Sherman empha- Christopher McQuarrie cost a reported $150 million to WDisney was a generous soul who sized that in his experience, Disney was nev- produce and should have no problem making up its loved nothing more than making people er driven by a desire for wealth or fame. He budget, especially with overseas earnings. happy. Both of those sides of the man who wanted to be seen as a master storyteller. Besides generating some of the best reviews in the has achieved mythic status were on display “He was a giving person. He didn’t do it series, “Rogue Nation” was bumped up on the release In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Rebecca Ferguson, left, and Tom Cruise appear in a Sunday during the TCA panel on PBS’ four- to make money or to aggrandize himself,” schedule from Christmas to summer somewhat last scene from ‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.’ — AP hour “American Masters” docu on Walt Sherman said. “He got great joy out of mak- minute - even though they were still shooting the Disney, which airs Sept 14-15. “The Walt ing people happy with his movies.” But movie well into the spring. Megan Colligan, Disney studio operated like a cult and Walt Sherman did acknowledge that Disney Paramount’s president of worldwide distribution and thrilled either. According to exit polls, audiences gave al). was the head of the cult,” said Neal Gabler, staffers often trembled a bit when Walt marketing, said that made advance marketing a chal- the film a not-promising B CinemaScore. 4. ”Minions,” $12.2 million ($39.1 million internation- historian and author of “Walt Disney: The walked down the hall. They’d invoke the lenge. “While we have a B overall CinemaScore, the al). Triumph of the American Imagination.” memorable line from “Bambi”: “Man is in the “We had to be precise in what we were doing and younger the audience, the higher the score,” Warner 5. ”Pixels,” $10.4 million ($19.8 million international). “Everybody at Disney was terrified of him. forest.” Sarah Colt, producer-director of “Walt take some chances and live a little outside the box. We Bros’ domestic distribution Executive Vice President 6. ”Trainwreck,” $9.7 million ($9 million international). He was worshipped at the studio for a cer- Disney: He Made Believe,” said the biggest knew how good the movie was,” she said. Some of Jeff Goldstein said. Also, Goldstein noted that interest 7. ”Southpaw,” $7.5 million ($3 million international). tain period of time.” challenge she faced was capturing the truth those unconventional choices included screening the piqued over the weekend. The film built momentum 8. ”Paper Towns,” $4.6 million ($6 million internation- of the man who had such outsized influence movie before it was finished. The film also did not and actually slightly outperformed what its modest al). ‘It’s a Small World’ and notoriety. “People think they know him appear to suffer from any Cruise backlash as a result of Wednesday and Thursday earnings had predicted for 9. ”Inside Out,” $4.5 million ($17.8 million interna- Gabler’s view of Disney was offset by but in reality they don’t know him,” Colt said. Alex Gibney’s Scientology documentary “Going Clear,” the weekend. tional). memories shared by Richard Sherman, “He was a human being with many layers of which came out earlier this year. “The average movie- Dergarabedian said that “Vacation” started out 10. ”Jurassic World,” $3.8 million ($4.4 million interna- songwriter who began working for Disney in complexity.”—Reuters goer just cares about the movie,” said Dergarabedian. slow partially because “Mission: Impossible” dominat- tional). — AP the early 1960s. Sherman opened the ses- “They’re not thinking about that other stuff.” ed the conversation, but it has the potential to gain sion with a piano medley of hits he wrote Meanwhile, Warner Bros.’ ‘Vacation,’ went a bit off traction. “That was a tough opening,” he said. “We’ll see with his late brother, Robert, including “A track. The $30 million film earned $14.9 million over how it does in the coming weeks.” Holdovers “Ant- Spoonful of Sugar” and “It’s a Small World.” the weekend and $21.2 million since opening Man,” “Minions,” and “Pixels,” rounded out the top five. Wednesday. Starring Ed Helms and Christina While the year-to-date box office is still up 8.3 percent, lifestyle TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

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n Australian museum said yesterday it would changes. It’s quite an amazing trick of nature.” Dug Opals were first discovered at Coober Pedy-widely- exhibit what it believes is the best opal stone up in the South Australia desert town of Coober known as the opal capital of the world-in 1914 by a Aever found-a 6.0-centimetre (2.4 inch) multi- Pedy in 2003 by local miners, the Virgin Rainbow boy named Willie Hutchison who was on a gold colored gem unearthed in the Outback named the came into the museum’s possession about 18 mining expedition with his father. “The story goes Virgin Rainbow. The South Australian Museum said months ago and will be part of an exhibition open- that Willie set out in search for water one day, the stone, valued at more than Aus$1.0 million ing in Adelaide next month. Some 90 percent of rather than staying at camp as he’d been instructed (US$730,000), would go on public display for the the world’s opals come from South Australia, once to do by his father,” Oldman said. “He came back to first time in September to mark the centenary of covered by an inland sea which over millions of camp with water, but also with precious opal gem- opal mining in the country. “It’s of unequalled years provided an ideal environment for the forma- stones.”—AFP quality, it’s a fully crystal opal,” museum director tion of the stone. Brian Oldman said. “I think this exhibition will have the finest col- “It’s almost as if there’s a fire in there; you see all lection of precious opals that we believe have been Photo shows a multi-colored opal stone, named the Vigin Rainbow, in Adelaide. — AFP different colors. As the light changes, the opal itself brought to one place in the world,” Oldman added. National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention

A vintage Barbie and Midge with carrying case is part of the charity raffle. A Barbie doll with a 2012 presidential theme is part of the charity raffle.

Joan Cramer of Hopkins, MN, blows dry the paint she applied to her Barbie A Broadway Barbie with a hand-made marquee stage is part of the charity Joan Cramer of Hopkins, MN, uses a tiny brush to apply paint to her Barbie doll during the ‘Lip Service’ workshop. raffle. doll during the ‘Lip Service’ workshop.

A vintage Ken Doll Travel Case is part of the charity raffle. Barbie collector Elby Buttery of Pikesville, MD, looks through a bin full of doll clothes.

Martha Wright, 67, of Henderson, NC, poses with her favorite Barbie doll. Joan Baumer of Fort Worth, TX, holds her Barbie doll as they wear matching Eliza A vintage Ken doll with a full wardrobe is part of the Doolittle Embassy Ball gowns. charity raffle. lifestyle TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

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A woman walks past amphorae used to transport liquids displayed during the exhibition ‘Feeding the Empire: People walk past amphorae used to transport liquids displayed during the exhibition ‘Feeding the Empire: Tales of food from Rome and Pompei’ at Ara Pacis Museum in Rome. — AFP photos Tales of food from Rome and Pompei’. Thank the ancient Romans for ‘street food’ rabbing something hot and tasty on the move? bars frequented by the lower classes where customers bread, the only one responsible for the supply of provi- markets was already in action, with drink imported from You have the ancient Romans to thank. “Street could grab a bite and dabble in a bit of gambling. And sions”. Augustus boosted his popularity by distributing Gaul and Cyprus, oil from Andalusia, honey from Greece food” was their invention, generally enjoyed after an afternoon’s work or session at the thermal baths, 35 kilos of wheat a month free to 20,000 citizens-free and prized garum-the fermented fish sauce which drove Gwith drink, gambling or even prostitutes. Food the rich would throw sumptuous banquets, dining on men over 17 years old. Egypt’s role was later passed on Romans crazy-from Portugal. Food was such an impor- on the go was an integral part of daily life in the empire, anything from peacock tongues to baked dormice. The to the empire’s African provinces, with grain shipped tant commodity that Emperor Diocletian, who ruled from nibbling on salted peas while watching gladiators rest of the population supped on fresh vegetables, stews from Carthage in Tunisia to Rome’s Ostia port in just from 284 to 305, imposed price controls. But some dishes battle in the Colosseum, to grabbing a sausage or fried and, occasionally, meat. “The logistics deployed by the three days and nights. Drink, sold at rock-bottom prices, remained beyond the household budget for some-with fish snack after a dip in Rome’s famed baths. Feeding an Romans to feed themselves is fascinating,” said Orietta was also imported, along with oil and meat. The wealthy chicken a particularly expensive and rare treat. While a empire of some 50 million people was no mean feat, as Rossini, curator of the Ara Pacis exhibition, emphasizing may have gone out of the way to impress with exotic baker would on average earn 50 pieces of silver a day, he an exhibition in the Italian capital sets out to show in how hard it was to keep happy a capital of one million dishes, but the empire’s leaders were fond above all of would have to spend 60 to buy two chickens, 30 for a conjunction with Milan’s 2015 Universal Exhibition on people-the biggest in history before the industrial revo- fruit and vegetables: Emperor “Tiberius loved cucumber, half a liter of Falernian drink from the Bay of Naples, 12 the themes of food and agriculture, running until the lution hit London. while Augustus loved asparagus”, Rossini said. for 300 grams of meat and four for 25 figs. — AFP end of October. The key lay in turning conquered Egypt into the Samples of carbonized foodstuffs discovered during Food scarcity could trigger uprisings or even topple empire’s granary and ensuring wheat was transported excavations at the ancient town of Herculaneum- leaders, a risk Emperor Augustus (63 BC to 14 AD) was cheaply to Rome all year round. Private shipowners destroyed along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount unwilling to take. He made importing wheat, oil, drink would carry up to 500 tons of wheat between Alexandria Vesuvius in AD 79 — are on display at the exhibition, and other foodstuffs a top priority, changing the face of and Rome under the strict supervision of the state in an including wizened Roman-era figs. The much-lauded Roman dining. A typical day kicked off with the jentacu- early example of today’s partnerships between the pri- “Mediterranean diet” began here: broad beans, peas, lum, or breakfast-salted bread, dried fruit and eggs vate and public sectors, Rossini said. lentils and onions went in stews, with pine nuts, dates washed down with milk or drink. That was followed by a and almonds thrown in. Cumin, coriander, sesame and quick prandium, or lunch, grabbed at the thermopolia Cucumber, asparagus favorites mint seeds were used to spice up dishes. forerunners of fast food restaurants-or popinae, drink This made the emperor “the sole distributor of daily The globalization of foodstuffs seen in today’s super-

People sitting aboard a Kings Romans casino shuttle boat Myanmar migrants playing cards at a covered market in A tiger sitting in a cage in a building in the Chinatown Chinese employees of a hotel tending to customers in Ton as they cross the Mekong river from Thailand to Ton Ton Pheung. quarter in Ton Pheung. Pheung. Pheung. All bets are off inside Laos’ jungle sin city

t’s nine in the morning and the gaming tables are still murky interests and where discretion is the watchword. no single money laundering case has made it to court,” going strong. As croupiers take bets from the he says. Iovernight die-hards, several exhausted gamblers Slice of China sleep nearby, one still clutching a wad of betting slips. Venturing inside the SEZ feels like stepping into ‘Sauteed tiger meat’ Welcome to the Kings Romans, a sprawling casino com- mainland China. The clocks are all set to Beijing time, A recent probe by campaign group the plex topped by a giant golden crown that bursts into Mandarin and other Chinese dialects are commonplace Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) found visitors view from a sleepy river bank on the Laos’ side of the and the main currency is the yuan. Few of the employ- could openly buy products from endangered species Mekong River. The Chinese-owned casino in Ton Pheung ees are Laotian. Most are Chinese or from Myanmar. For including tigers, leopards, elephants, rhinos and bears. district, Bokeo, is the centerpiece of a 10,000-square impoverished, landlocked and isolated Laos, the zone is Restaurants offered sauteed tiger meat, bear paws and meter “Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone” set up a much needed source of income. Chinese money runs live pangolins on their menus. “One business kept a live by communist-ruled Laos with investment from its giant throughout the Laos economy. It is the nation’s biggest python and a bear cub in cages, both of which were neighbor. investor with rail, roads and hydropower among China’s available to eat on request,” the NGO’s investigators The Kings Romans Chinese casino in Ton Pheung, a special economic The other Golden Triangle nations, Thailand and main interests. But observers say the inflow of cash has found. During AFP’s visit in early April, the businesses zone set in northwestern Laos along the Mekong river, at the border with Myanmar sit just across river, an intersection that has come at a cost-including serious environmental damage allegedly unmasked by the EIA investigation were no Thailand and Myanmar. — AFP photos long hosted illicit activities-from drugs and human traf- and the displacement of landless poor to make way for longer open. ficking to weapons smuggling and the sale of rare mega-projects. As a signatory to the Convention on International species. The casino is an attempt by the Laos govern- Observers say the SEZ has now become a place to Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ment to cash in on an activity that is banned in China yet wash dirty money from China as well as local criminal (CITES), Laos is supposedly committed to stopping ille- loved by its people: gambling. And the good times are networks, with fears the 99-year lease will only cement gal wildlife trafficking and clamping down on the illegal rolling as a Chinese crackdown on gambling and other that status. The Golden Triangle has long been known ivory trade. But the convention is widely flouted. Animal vices pushes pleasure-seekers to more permissive for its drug production. In previous decades it produced rights workers say both Laos and China have a responsi- nations nearby. The two-storey Kings Romans casino is some of the world’s most sought after heroin. In more bility to ensure the special economic zone does not dwarfed by its rivals in the regional gambling hub of recent years many of the drug syndicates have switched become a haven for the illicit wildlife trade. “The Chinese Macau and even in Southeast Asian neighbors to lab-produced crystal meth and other synthetic highs, businesses and consumers are exploiting weak enforce- Cambodia and Vietnam. according to a recent United Nations Office on Drugs ment in Laos, but the Laos government can’t pretend But-open seven days a week, 24 hours a day-Kings and Crime (UNODC) report. they are ignorant of what is going on,” says Debbie Romans receives a steady stream of Chinese gamblers “Cash-based commercial activities such as casinos, Banks, from EIA.—AFP who have made their way south with pockets and brief- currency exchange shops or even just restaurants offer cases filled with cash. “Chinese players really are among better opportunities to introduce in the legitimate econ- the greatest gamblers in the world,” a hostess responsi- omy money obtained through illegal activities,” warns ble for welcoming customers enthused to AFP during a Giovanni Brossard, from the UNODC. Laos has moved to recent visit. “They can stay one or two days at the same crack down on money laundering, Brossard notes, with gaming table non-stop, it’s incredible,” she added, laws against the crime and by setting up a financial intel- unwilling to give her name in a zone dominated by ligence unit within the country’s state bank. “Yet so far Myanmar migrants playing pool at a covered market in Ton Pheung.

A Myanmar migrant having a hair cut at a salon in the Chinatown quarter in Myanmar migrants riding bicycles past a building with signs written in Chinese Myanmar migrants sitting on scooters in the Chinatown quarter in Ton Pheung. Ton Pheung. characters in Ton Pheung. Thank the ancient Romans for ‘street food’

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Father Christmas and an elf pose for photographs during a promotional event to launch the Selfridges Christmas Shop in their flagship store in central London yesterday. With 142 shopping days until Christmas, Selfridges is the first store to open it’s festive department this year. — AFP The changing face of Russia’s emblematic matryoshka dolls

rom cheery peasant girls in Tsarist times to Soviet-era cosmonauts to today’s Pussy Riots, the changing face of FRussia’s matryoshka nesting dolls reflects the country’s tumultuous history. For tourists the dolls inside dolls that gen- erally depict a buxom woman in a colored headscarf are a must-buy souvenir believed to date back to a centuries-old tradition, but a new exhibition throws up some surprises. For one thing, the initial idea behind the iconic wooden dolls, with the small ones hidden inside larger ones, appears to have originated in Japan. In the 1890s, when the Far East was all the rage with Russia’s elite, well-known industrialist Savva Mamontov brought back a set of seven deities of happiness that inspired painter Sergei Malyutin to produce a Russian version-a peas- ant woman with all her children inside. The dolls caught on swiftly and were initially given a typical peasant name, Matryona, whose nickname is Matryoshka. At the 1900 univer- sal exhibition in Paris the dolls were an immediate sensation, winning a bronze medal. “In Russia, there’s a matryoshka prac- tically in every home,” museum director Yelena Titova said. “You can say matryoshkas really reflect the Russian national character.” The dolls are a big part of a Russian childhood-teaching kids about culture and tradition. At school, at around age 12, Russian children learn that matryoshkas “symbolize the Eskimos, highlighting the considerable size of the Soviet emphasis was often on larger dolls with many more inside — “My idea was to try... to capture some trend-cultural, politi- Russian character, the Russian soul, and the basic Russian val- empire. 25 or more. The largest known matryoshka has 100 pieces, cal or economic-that’s appearing now and quickly create ues: maternity, family, collectivism, unity and warmth,” accord- One even has dolls inside dolls from the Soviet Union’s Titova said-while a standard matryoshka only has six to eight. matryoshkas,” he said. Last year he created several dolls in ing to a guide for social science teachers. many different ethnic groups. The largest is a bearded Russian But the exhibition breaks off as matryoshkas entered the post- camouflage, helmets and patriotic ribbons, representing the peasant, followed by his wife in yellow headscarf, with figures Soviet era. “Updating the collection in the 1990s was difficult,” Russian forces in unmarked uniforms who took over Crimea. ‘No simple toy’ from Ukraine, Belarus and the Caucasus and Central Asian Titova said. While the dolls should be “provocative”, Kozlov said that they Titova curated an exhibition on the dolls called “No simple nations progressively smaller. were meant “to present objectively what is happening in toy” at Moscow’s Decorative Art Museum that ends mid- Under the Soviets, the matryoshka developed into a mass- Dolls in balaclavas Russia”. September and which captures their diverse reincarnations. A produced souvenir, and by the 1950s they all looked similar- Mass-produced dolls today feature sports teams or Russian “They are neither for nor against.” Nevertheless, he said, doll dating from around 1910 depicts a portly capitalist smiling and round-cheeked. “The basic look of the mass-mar- and Soviet leaders or pop stars, but most are still traditional. some topics are simply too sensitive. “There definitely won’t Frenchman in a top hat, while one from the 1920s shows a ket, commercial type of matryoshka became firmly fixed,” “Matryoshkas are nearly all the same,” said Pyotr Kozlov, a jour- be any dolls about the Donetsk People’s Republic,” he said of bearded “Kulak”, a prosperous peasant driven out by the Titova said. But in the 1960s in the heyday of Russia’s space nalist who designs matryoshkas, selling them online under Ukraine’s war-torn eastern separatist region. “I think that’s a Bolsheviks. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the dolls in the program, several dolls paid tribute to Yuri Gagarin and other brand name Duxovnaya Skrepa. His first design was a mousta- topic we’ll be working through for a long time.” — AFP 1920s took a political turn, depicting workers in different heroes of early space exploration. One set of 10 dolls at the chioed “rainbow doll” painted in the colors of the gay pride trades, historical figures and even enemies of the people. exhibition wear yellow space helmets and come in a rocket- flag. He went on to create dolls wearing bright balaclavas, In the 1930s the state took over their production with fac- shaped case. inspired by Pussy Riot punk group. Group member Nadezhda tories set up in different cities. The exhibition has some dolls In the late Soviet era, the dolls became more ornate, with Tolokonnikova posted pictures of Kozlov’s dolls on her from Russia’s far east along with others painted as Arctic brighter colors and outfits featuring large, stylized flowers. The Instagram.

Traditional Russian wooden nesting matryoshka dolls displayed at an exhibition in Moscow. — AFP photos