MURSITPINAR: SmokerisesfromtheSyriantownofAinAl-Arab,knownasKobanebyKurds.—AFP among itsownlarge Kurdishminoritythat despite fourstraight nightsofprotests against thejihadistsonitsdoorstep, Turkey hassofarheldbackfromany action its towhatcanbedone.Neighboring on thegroundtoworkwith,there arelim- Pentagon haswarnedthat,without aforce attacking Kobaneforthreeweeks butthe strikes againstISfighterswho have been appeal forurgentmilitaryassistance. still inornearthetown,promptingan escape routeforthethousandsofcivilians to preventthejihadistsclosingofflast Outgunned Kurdishmilitiawerestruggling “massacre” bytheIslamicStategroup. day asaUNenvoywarnedoflooming tleground SyriantownofKobaneyester- ters ofKurdishfightersdefendingthebat- SURUC: jihad online lured to girls were How French 10 headquarters inKobane Jihadists captureKurdish US-led warplaneshaveintensifiedair SUBSCRIPTION UN warnsofalooming ‘massacre’ Jihadists capturedtheheadquar-

150 Fils AUDY COE 1 04 HLIA1,13 HNo:16309 SATURDAY, 1435 AH OCTOBER THULHIJA 11, 17, 2014 Kuwait’s MPsreject austerity measures Lawmakers say‘no’toincreaseinelectricity,fuelprices airstrikes inSyria yesterday,theUSmilitary casualties. USplanes conductedninenew said. Kurdish headquarters,theObservatory suicide carbombattacktothewest ofthe town, anISmilitantyesterdaycarried outa ed.” Asfightingragedinthe strategic forces insideKobanecompletely surround- achieve that,theywillhavetheKurdish director RamiAbdelRahmansaid.“Ifthey with Turkeytothenorthoftown,”its jihadists toadvanceontheborderpost capture oftheheadquarterswillallow Syrian ObservatoryforHumanRights.“The Kobane, accordingtotheBritain-based border. ISnowcontrols40percentof front linetojust1.3kilometersfromthe have left31peopledead. There werenoimmediatedetails on The jihadists’advancehasbroughtthe Peace Prize win Nobel Indian activist Pakistani teen, 14 territory.” —AFP through whatever meansfromtheirown port thedeterrentactionsof coalition envoy calledonTurkey,“iftheycan, tosup- to theTurkishborder,deMistura said.The except foronenarrowentryand exit point fighters. Kobanewas“literallysurrounded” be mostlikelymassacred”ifcaptured byIS still inornearthetown,warning they“will could toprotectthe12,000orsocivilians appealed toTurkeytakeanyactionit coalition strikesyesterday. white smokerisingaboveKobaneafter side oftheTurkishbordersawacloud said. AnAFPcorrespondentontheother the UAEandSaudiArabiaparticipated,it were hitintheraids,whichplanesfrom destroyed whileseveralvehiclesandatank said. TwoIStrainingfacilitieswere UN envoyforSyriaStaffandeMistura end ofthismonth. to theNationalAssemblyat startofthenewtermat year planfor2015/2016-2019/2020 whichwillbesubmitted wants tomaketheliftingofsubsidiesakeypolicyfive planning councilnextweek.Itappearsthatthegovernment at ajointmeetingofthecouncilministersandhigher work anditsrecommendationsareexpectedtobediscussed ally needit.Thecommitteeisexpectedtohavecompletedits sions willaimtoensurethatsubsidiesgopeoplewhoactu- low andmiddleincomesectionsofthesocietyanydeci- has repeatedlysaidthatanyliftingofsubsidieswillnotharm as aresultofthesharpriseinoilprices.TheFinanceMinister have rapidlyincreasedtoaroundKD2billionannuallymainly mittee formedayearagotostudytheissueofsubsidieswhich of dinars. large-scale smugglingthatcostthestatehundredsofmillions after alargenumberofMPscalledforthemeasurefollowing to endsubsidiesondieselwhichisrarelyusedbythepublic few monthsago,theCouncilofMinistersdecidedinprinciple ers willstronglyrejectanygovernmentplantoraiseprices.A not toincreasetheburdenonthemandaccordinglylawmak- to providemorefinancialstabilityfortheKuwaitifamilyand Assembly. MPAzemisaidtheNationalAssembly’smainjobis is notcorrectanditwillneverpassthroughtheNational on theissue. it appearsthatthegovernmenthasretracteditsstatements not beaffectedbytheplannedincreasesinpublicservicesbut Al-Saleh hadpreviouslysaidthatcitizensandexpatriateswill many lowincomefamilies”.HesaidthatFinanceMinisterAnas the reportis“acrimeagainstcitizenconsumerswhoinclude seven filsandpetrolfrom60aliterto110asstatedin that theplannedraiseofelectricityfromtwofilsakilowattto greatly harmlowandmiddle-incomefamilies.MPHadiyasaid any plantoliftsubsidiesonpublicservicesbecausethiswill or approvaloftheNationalAssembly. issued alawin1992banningsuchmeasurewithoutthepri- prices ofpublicservicesbecausetheNationalAssembly in astatementthatthegovernmentcannotlegallyincrease ty measuresthroughtheNationalAssembly.MPAshoursaid ernment isexpectedtohavetoughtimepassingsuchausteri- mainly frompro-governmentMPswhichmeansthatthegov- clarify itspositiontowardsthereport. over thereportwhichwaspublishedinArabicpressto also calledonthegovernmenttoissueanofficialstatement Mohammad Al-Hadiya,SaadounHammadandSaifAl-Azemi Assembly andwillbestronglyrejected.MPsSalehAshour, to increasetheirpriceswillnotpassthroughtheNational government plantoliftsubsidiesonelectricity,waterandfuel KUWAIT: By BIzzak past Ducks Penguins new-look Crosby leads 41 In oilwar,Kuwait is Saudi’s biggest rival The Cabinetactioncameonthebasisofareportbycom- Hadiya stressedthatsuchanintentionbythegovernment MP HammadsaidtheNationalAssemblywillnotaccept The oppositiontothereporteddecisionhassofarcome A numberofMPswarnedyesterdaythatareported Min Max PAGE 21º 39º

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MENA region needs new productive companies to create jobs WASHINGTON: A new study issued by ed workforce “but this can be turned example in Egypt where employment non-connected firms. The study highlights the World Bank Group (WBG) yesterday around”. growth declines by about 1.4 percent a number of economic policy reforms said that the Middle East and North Africa It highlighted the central role of pro- annually when connected firms enter across the region such as reducing the (MENA) region’s governments “can make moting competition to stimulate private new, previously competitive sectors. And scope of privilege which will require a significant strides in job creation by sector growth and establishes that young according to it, 71 percent of connected strong public administration, hired on the reforming policies used to protect politi- and productive firms generate employ- firms in Egypt, compared to only 4 per- basis of merit, to implement the policy cally connected companies”. The study ment in the region’s economies yet poli- cent of all firms, sell products that are pro- changes and build open markets that are (Jobs or Privileges: unleashing the cies that protect privileged insiders con- tected by at least three technical import resilient to the risk of capture. It recom- employment potential of the Middle East strains competition, and stifled the barriers. mends that these reforms be implement- and North Africa) that was launched yes- growth and productivity of these firms. While in Tunisia, 64 percent of political- ed in a transparent and open policymak- terday claimed that the region has long The study offers an analysis of the ly connected firms operate in sectors sub- ing environment that keeps citizens aware struggled to generate enough quality harm to competition caused by privileges ject to restrictions on Foreign Direct of government action and allows them to jobs for its large and increasingly educat- to politically connected firms giving an Investment relative to only 36 percent of provide inputs into policy. — KUNA

KUWAIT: Deputy PM, Acting Minister of Awqaf and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohamemd Al-Khaled recently visited the criminal evidence and the criminal investigation depart- ments. He was received by top officials and staff members working during the Eid holidays. The minister also opened a new DNA laband was briefed on the latest technologies used in fighting crime. Violations detected Muslims urged to support in the MOE budget the Aqsa Mosque campaign KUWAIT: According to a recent report spending. made available by the audit bureau, a Furthermore, the report showed that lot of financial violations have been the Ministry had spent KD 8.6 million on Kuwaitis can visit without Israeli stamps detected in the Ministry of Education’s a tender to provide security guards at budget (2013-2014). The report four educational zones, which was justi- KUWAIT: Palestine’s Ambassador to Kuwait Rami Muslims used to face towards it in prayer before explained that the violations included fied by the Ministry by the high cost and Tahboub welcomed Kuwaiti parliamentarians’ calls they were ordered to face to the Ka’ba as their KD 3 million spent on educating selection of good quality agents. The to find a suitable legal mechanism to allow Kuwaiti Qiblah. bedoons and the needy students with- report also indicated that the Ministry citizens visit the Holy Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. He Concerning fears of legal procedures and having out being documented and with no had sold used furniture, spare parts, cars urged Muslims across the globe to support the Aqsa citizens’ passports stamped by Israeli stamps, proper receipts. It also accused Ministry and equipments for KD 400,000 - while mosque and Jerusalem campaign - to reverse Israeli Tahboub said that the Palestinian Authorities could of Education of nominally examining it collected only KD 81000. attempts to end Islamic Arab presence there. arrange for Kuwaiti citizens wishing to visit Al-Aqsa some materials with the cost of KD 9.6 In addition, the report showed that Ambassador Tahboub also stressed that visiting without those stamps on their passports. “Many offi- million in addition to spending KD the Ministry did not collect KD 135,000 the Aqsa mosque would not mean normalizing rela- cials and public Kuwaiti delegations have already 24,000 in one year for flower bouquets from a GCC company as tuition fees for scattered around undersecretaries’ its employees’ kids and that it had spent tions with Israel. visited Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque including the offices despite previous warnings made KD 46,000 to rent five vehicles for two “Visiting a prisoner does not mean normalizing recent visit of Kuwaiti FM Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled by the audit bureau against wasteful years. —Agencies with the jailor”, he stressed, noting that the Aqsa during which he prayed in the Al-Aqsa Mosque”, he mosque was a Muslim holy landmarks and that concluded. — Al-Watan LOCAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Kuwait tackles illegal Crime financial activities, Report money laundering Qatari and Kuwaiti NEW YORK: A Kuwaiti diplomat has briefed a United Nations commission about Kuwait’s efforts to combat arrested for kissing money laundering and other illegal financial activities as well menace of narcotics. Ibrahim Faisal Al-De’ee, the third KUWAIT: A 24-year-old citizen and a Qatari man were diplomat serving with the permanent Kuwaiti mission at recently arrested when they were spotted kissing inside a the UN, in an address to the UN Social, Cultural and vehicle parked near a shopping mall, security sources said. Humanitarian Affairs Committee (SOCHUM), underscored Case papers indicate that the mall security officers spotted necessity of taking effective action against crime and the couple while kissing through the surveillance cameras boosting coordination at the international and regional and informed the police. levels in this respect. As to combating “corrupt financial activities and fund- ing from illegitimate resources,” the third diplomat noted Drunk volunteer that the State of Kuwait issued law-into-decree number 23 A citizen was recently arrested in Salmiya while direct- in 2012, setting up the public authority for combating cor- ing motorists at a malfunctioning traffic light, said ruption and issuing special rules for financial assets’ disclo- security sources. The sources explained that traffic sure, as well as the Ministerial Resolution No 37 (2013), Drug suspects nabbed department received a report about a malfunctioning containing executive regulations for combating money traffic light and dispatched police patrol to keep the laundering and terrorism funding. By Hanan Al-Saadoun traffic flowing, but on arriving to the scene, the police- On basis of the above mentioned, diplomat Al-De’ee men found that a citizen had volunteered to do their continued, the national commission for combating money work. However, on approaching to thank him, they KUWAIT: A citizen and two Saudi nationals were laundering and terrorism was established. Moreover, the smelled liquor and he was arrested for drinking alcohol. Central Bank of Kuwait issued a number of decisions aimed recently arrested in Taima, Jahra for the possession of at clamping down on money laundering, in tandem with drugs, liquor and some weapons, said security sources. Kuwait’s endorsement of the UN convention for combat- Case paper indicates that the 32 year old citizen Kuwaitis injured ing corruption. Regarding the drugs, Kuwait urges for tak- attempted to avoid a checkpoint and was stopped by A Kuwaiti was injured during a collision along the fourth ing necessary precautions to resolve this international the security officials. In a separate incident, two Saudis ring road along with three members of his family. Case problem by means such as encouraging planting of legiti- with hashish and weapons have been arrested. paper indicates that the 35-year-old father was trying to mate crops and improving living conditions in rural slow down to watch an accident on the other side of the regions. road when the incident happened. They were rushed to a Also in this respect, he pointed out, Kuwait had signed nearby hospital. Also, a young lady was killed and two oth- international conventions concerning such issues. ers injured when their vehicle collided with another vehicle According to Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior, number of along the Gulf road on Thursday. Security sources said that drug-related crimes, during 2010-2013, dropped 6.4 per- the three girls were rushed to the Amiri hospital with seri- cent, drug dealing cases 7.2 percent and narcotics-linked ous injuries and that one of them later died. deaths 30 percent. He concluded his address to the inter- national commission, stressing on respect for human and basic rights, through action against crimes, urging for col- Drunk Kuwaiti urinates lective global efforts against narcotics. —KUNA A drunk citizen arriving from London on KAC was immediately arrested as he arrived in Kuwait. The sus- Book fair on ‘Kuwait’ pect was shouting at the cabin crew and urinating on his seat, security sources said, noting that after clean- opens in Spain ing him up, the drunk passenger was immediately handed over to policemen. In another development, MADRID: A book fair on the single subject of narcotics detectives recently found 4.5 kilos of marijua- Kuwait was opened yesterday as part of the Kuwait na arriving by DHL to Kuwait from Bangladesh, said embassy in Spain marking 50 years of Kuwaiti- security sources, noting that Bangladeshi recipient has Spanish diplomatic relations. A bevy of Arab and been arrested. Spanish diplomats attended the book fair opening, among them Director of Cultural Relations at the Body of Pakistani found Spanish Agency for International Cooperation who, in a speech, praised the historical relations The body of a dead Pakistani was recently found near Jleeb between both countries. Coop with marks of assault all over it, said security sources. A The Kuwaiti ambassador in Spain Dr Sulaiman Al- murder case was filed and further investigations are ongoing. Harbi lauded the flourishing ties between both countries on in all levels - especially tourism and health. Also, the Director of African and Mideast Accident kills one Drug suspects detained Affairs at the Spanish foreign ministry Manuel An 18-year-old female citizen was killed instantly when A citizen was recently arrested at a checkpoint in Gomez indicated in a similar speech the trajectory Mubarak AL-Kabeer for the possession of 36 psychotropic of the bilateral relations. Another official from the her car collided with two other vehicles in Qairawan, said security sources noting that another 34 year old female pills, said security sources. In another development, a 21- foreign ministry, Gabriel Al Forno told KUNA on the year-old Kuwaiti was recently arrested at Khairan for the citizen and two Asians were injured in the accident. sideline of the opening ceremony that the fair possession of hashish and driving without a driver’s showcasing books on Kuwait will run for at least Five shots fired license, security sources said, noting that a 25-year-old three months, noting that the fair is made up of French girl was also arrested with the suspect. about 100 books, in Arabic and Spanish that cover A Saudi has accused his wife’s ex-husband of shooting the history and culture and development of Kuwait at him and at his wife, said security sources, noting that over the years. He added that there are at least 600 the wife also gave the same testimony. Case papers Missing boy found more books on Kuwait that are currently on perma- indicate that the Saudi man was driving his wife to a A juvenile, who had been reported missing by his family, nent display at the library of the Spanish Agency Reqqi Beauty Saloon when five shots were fired at his was recently found near a Farwaniya mosque, said security for International Cooperation. —KUNA vehicle. He also noted that the former husband had sources, noting that the boy said he ran away because his been following them since they left their house in Jahra. father refused to buy him a car. LOCAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

Embassy warns Kuwaitis as typhoon approaches Japan TOKYO: The Embassy of Kuwait has issued yesterday a state- ment warning Kuwaitis in Japan of the approach of Super Typhoon Vongfong the strongest tropical cyclone of the year-to the Japanese landmass. The statement cautioned against venturing outside and advised staying at home and keeping away from dangerous places. It said the consulate at the embassy was ready to answer any queries from Kuwaitis about the Typhoon and gave out the following contact number: 0334550361, stressing that the embassy would be open 24 hours a day for that purpose. Vongfong’s winds were estimated at a steady 150 mph, equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane in the US. The storm will continue to weaken slowly as it moves north, according weather reports, losing super typhoon status but still pack- ing a powerful punch by the time it approaches the islands of Kadena and Okinawa in Japan. It is safe to say that Vongfong is the strongest storm on earth since Haiyan last year which was the super typhoon that killed more than 6,000 people in the Philippines last November. —KUNA ANDALUCIA: Kuwaiti academics exploring the remains of defunct Islamic emirates in Andalucia. —KUNA Kuwaiti academics explore remains of defunct Islamic emirates

MADRID: A delegation of Kuwaiti academics Speaking at a banquet held at the Kuwaiti addition to the European renaissance and They had also visited Grenada, Madrid and is currently visiting Spain to study the nation embassy, late on Thursday, Dr Al-Ajmi said geographic discoveries made by the Toledo. The team has posted pictures of the history namely the defunct Islamic civiliza- Spain was chosen to study the Roman, Spaniards in the old times, Dr Al-Ajmi tour on Twitter. The history department will tion in Andalucia. Dr Abdulhadi Al-Ajmi, the Gothic and Islamic civilizations. The KU histo- explained. hold in two weeks time a celebration during head of the expedition, grouping academics ry faculty teaches the students a full curricu- The 45-member delegation, including 12 which results of the exploratory mission will from Kuwait University’s Faculty of Literature lum about history of Andalucia and the professors and higher studies students, start- be exposed and a photo gallery will be held said that the visit was part of the practical Muslims who had lived there as well as the ed the adventure in Cordoba, then they went on the sidelines to mark the 50—year-old curriculum for history students. emirates that had existed during this era, in to Madinat Al-Zahraa and later to Seville. Kuwaiti-Spanish relationships. —KUNA

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A Special Report Bringing global awareness to the issue of refugees

n an exclusive interview with Kuwait Times State Forces. It’s a must to remember that opportunities in the region. There will also be What has the Big Heart Newspaper, the UAE’s Sheikha Jawaher many people who flee Syrian borders end up Social Entrepreneurship workshops held, Campaign achieved? Italks about UAE, Big Heart Campaign, con- in neighboring countries, which leads to the focusing on how social entrepreneurship can We have assisted Syrian refugees with over ference, UNHCR and humanitarian efforts. problem expanding. There are the highest assist displaced youth as well as communities. $14 million since the campaign began in June, amounts of refugees in Lebanon (approxi- We want to motivate young minds with this 2013. Hundreds of thousands of refugees in UAE has a strong legacy of mately 800,000), Turkey (approximately Youth Forum so that they will be encouraged Syria have been helped with resources such as humanity. How did it start? 700,000) and Jordan (approximately about the future and feel inspired to want to food, clothing, healthcare, shelter. Education has This humanitarian legacy was established 600,000). The numbers continue to grow and make a difference. become our long-term goal. There are currently by the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan the problem is affecting the entire region. approximately 1 million school-aged Syrian (May Allah Rest His Soul in Peace), who estab- What are some of the refugee children and half of them are registered lished the important principles of fulfilling Tell us more about helping refugees topics to be discussed? in schools. Education is our vital initiative to help humanitarian deeds so that disadvantaged The cause is indeed very important to me. I The basics of food, shelter and health- refugee children in the long run and we will people in the country and the world could be assisted. The conference will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, who firmly supports such endeavors as they are focused on kindness towards our fellow men and women, while also providing solu- tions for the refugees in the regions. The time has come for us to achieve positive founda- tions for these child refugees.

Why is this conference so important now? The conference is a first of its kind and holding it in Sharjah works in accordance with those principles. Sharjah is also a city that has always been focused on helping those in need, and now we are uniting global and local leaders, individuals and organizations in this very city so that we can combine our efforts and help refugee children. They need our help. It has been important for a long time, but I think that we have reached a critical point in the refugee problem. Children make up more than half of all refugees in the region of the Middle East and North Africa. By the end of 2014, there will be almost 2 million refugee children in the MENA region. Children are forced to flee from their homes, they are without basic needs such as shelter and food, and they miss out on education. The result is that the future looks bleak and this affects us all. We need to focus on helping those chil- dren so that they can have brighter futures and get their lives back on track.

How will it actually help displaced youth? Unlike other conferences, the Investing in the Future brings together important people, started the Big Heart Campaign in an effort to such as leaders, policy makers, and donors, so show the Syrian refugees that they were not that they can come up with solutions for the abandoned or neglected. I have always tried youth refugee crisis. Displaced children and to show support for people in war-ravaged youth require basic needs, such as food, a roof zones who are suffering beyond our imagina- over their heads, healthcare, psychological tion. As UNHCR’s first Eminent Advocate, my care, protection as well as education. These passion has been focused on increasing are areas on which we will focus, along with awareness about refugees, especially when it putting structures in place to ensure them. concerns children, as well as collaborating Then, the plans will be followed up so that with fund-raisers and charities to try to allevi- they meet their respective deadlines. The ate the problem. The Salam Ya Seghar cam- work will continue so that these plans do see paign was started in 2008 to increase aware- the light of day. We are committed to ensur- ness as well as financial assistance to ing this. Palestinian children in the Gaza strip and West Bank. Since then, it has tackled many issues What enabled this conference to occur? and obstacles children in the region have had The conference came about as a collabora- to confront, and it has brought relief to them. tion between the United Nations High The campaign recently donated USD $10 mil- Commissioner for Refugees and The Big Heart lion to provide food, school materials, cloth- Foundation. Last year I was made Eminent ing and medical help to children and their Advocate of the UNHCR for refugees, and this families in Gaza. The ‘Investing in the Future’ care are important but the work does not continue our efforts to ensure greater lives for conference is the first of its kind to be held in conference is another way to try to make pos- stop there. We want to focus long-term, displaced youth. Big Heart donations take vari- the Middle East region. This is a huge step to itive changes in the lives of refugees. looking at education, but also focusing on ous paths to alleviate the refugee problem. bringing global awareness to the issue of the refugee crisis from all angles. This will These include providing healthcare for chronic refugees, which is a growing concern. The Is one of its goals to ensure include looking at how to protect children health conditions and emergency cases in Middle East is the second largest source of greater opportunities? with structures and plans; the importance Lebanon; providing as well as improving shelter refugees in the world, so we need to take Yes, we are going to be running a Youth of registering refugee children; forming and healthcare to refugees in Syria; providing action. Forum alongside the conference that will be partnerships on local and global scales; basic shelter and healthcare for refugees in Iraq; attended by approximately 600 university stu- legal frameworks to protect children; and and financial support in the occasion of Eid Al Who are the others? dents, academics and faculty members. In this protecting children through education, to Fitr, along with general healthcare and the pro- In Iraq, for example, hundreds of thou- Forum, workshops will be held to educate mention some of the most important vision of basic materials for refugee babies, chil- sands of people have been fleeing Islamic youth about empowering themselves with ones. dren and adults in Jordan. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Anti-EU party wins first How French girls were Two Koreas trade border seat in landslide victory 9 lured to jihad online 10 fire; Kim fails to appear 12

KOBANE: A picture taken in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, yesterday shows smoke rising from the Syrian town of Ain Al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds. — AFP Violence sweeps southeast Turkey; 31 die Gangs wielding guns, swords, clash in Gaziantep

ISTANBUL: At least 31 people died in eastern Turkey seriously injured and two officers killed on Thursday opposing them. Footage showed crowds of mostly during a speech in Ankara, in reference to the unrest when gunmen opened fire on police, and Kurds after unidentified gunmen opened fire with auto- men armed with guns, swords and sticks roaming earlier in the week. angry over a siege by Islamist militants on their eth- matic weapons as they inspected shops damaged the street of Gaziantep, and two local branches of nic kin in Syria clashed with other groups in the during troubles earlier in the week in the eastern the Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in Kobani fighting country’s sixth largest city, local media said yester- province of Bingol, according to Dogan News Gaziantep were set on fire, Dogan News Agency The refusal of Turkey - which has NATO’s second day. Intense fighting continued in the Syrian Kurdish Agency. Four of the alleged attackers were later reported. Police officers were also targeted in biggest army to intervene militarily to halt Islamic border town of Kobani, where a more than three- killed and two more were caught following a attacks in the southeastern province of Siirt, the State’s advance towards Kobani has put it under week-old assault by Islamic State fighters has infuri- shootout with security forces, the agency reported. southern province of Mersin and the eastern Tunceli increasing pressure both from Kurdish groups but ated Turkey’s 15 million strong Kurdish minority, No details of the attackers were available early yes- province, local media reported, whilst government also Ankara’s western allies. Turkish officials insist which wants Ankara to intervene militarily. terday and no one claimed responsibility for the buildings including police headquarters came under they will not be sucked into unilateral action Automatic gunfire echoed across the border but reported assassination attempt, the first of its kind attack. The fledgling Kurdish peace process champi- embroiling them in Syria’s bitter civil war, which has a Kurdish military official said the advance by Islamic since a senior police officer was gunned down in oned by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has already driven more than 1.2 million people across State militants on the town had been slowed by Diyabakir in 2001. “Terrorists responsible for this helped smooth over some of the bitterness created the border, a refugee flood that Turkey has strug- ongoing US-led coalition airstrikes. The unrest in (attack), were punished within one or two hours, all by the three decade insurgency which left an esti- gled to cope with. Turkey over the fate of Kobani risks stirring up deep- necessary measures taken,” Prime Minister Ahmet mated 40,000 people dead, but recent clashes risk Yesterday intense gunfire between Islamic State running ethnic divisions there and wrecking a deli- Davutoglu told reporters in Ankara yesterday, with- re-opening old wounds. fighters and outgunned Kurdish forces in the streets cately poised peace process aimed at disarming out giving further details. Kurdish anger over Kobani has also revived long- of Kobani could be heard from across the border. fighters from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party standing grudges between sympathizers of the Jets roared overhead and the western edge of town (PKK), who have been fighting a 30-year-old insur- Guns and swords Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkey’s was hit by an airstrike apparently carried out by US- gency against the Turkish authorities demanding The southeastern border province of Gaziantep Hizbullah, a radical Islamist group with strong anti- led coalition warplanes which have intensified their more autonomy. At least 25 people were killed earli- saw some of the worst violence overnight, when PKK leanings. Speaking on Wednesday, Davutoglu campaign against IS targets around Kobani in recent er in the week as violence erupted during pro- four people were killed and 20 were wounded as warned against jeopardizing efforts to find a lasting days. The head of the Kurdish forces defending Kobani demonstrations in towns and cities across armed clashes broke out between protesters peace. “Where there is no public order, there won’t Kobani said Islamic State was in control of roughly a the country. A police chief and a policeman were demonstrating in solidarity with Kobani and groups be a peace process, there will be nothing,” he said third of the town. —Agencies INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Slovenia names new EU nominee Juncker tries to complete team

LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian government named yester- vice president for energy union, but it was unclear many women as possible. day an entrepreneur and newly appointed minister, whether Bulc would land such a senior role, given her Cerar, who founded his own party to win the July Violeta Bulc, as its candidate for a post in the new relative lack of experience in government. If not, then election, expressed anger at the overt pressure from European Commission after its original nominee was Juncker may have to reshuffle his line-up. All 26 other other parties in favor of Fajon. A spokesman for ALDE rejected by the European Parliament. The announce- nominees - each member state puts one forward -were said he expected Bulc and Cerar to align themselves ment gives Jean-Claude Juncker, President-elect of the approved by parliamentary committees in hearings with the centrists in the EU parliament. He said Bulc was incoming Commission, a chance to complete his team over the past two weeks. But Bratusek, who failed to likely to have her confirmation hearing in parliamentary before a confirmation vote in the legislature scheduled convince lawmakers of her competence, was humiliat- committee on Monday, Oct. 20, two days before the for Oct 22. ed by an overwhelming vote on Wednesday against plenary vote is scheduled on the Commission as a However, a spokesman for Juncker said the her. She withdrew her candidacy on Thursday. whole. Carrying the centrist ALDE label could compli- timetable would still be “very tight” for the new EU cate Bulc’s efforts to win approval in committee, executive to be fully in place for Nov 1, when it is due to Party politics though the group will argue that it ensures the balance take over from the Commission led by Jose Manuel Party politics in the European Parliament could jeop- of parties in the parliament is unchanged by the rejec- Barroso. Slovenia’s new prime minister, Miro Cerar, only ardise Bulc’s appointment. It contributed to Bratusek’s tion of Bratusek. brought Bulc, founder of a telecoms firm, into govern- problems, as she belonged to the centrist ALDE group Bulc’s lack of a political background could also count ment last month as a deputy premier. Juncker will inter- in a legislature in which Juncker’s centre-right EPP and against her with legislators keen to hold nominees to view her early next week to decide which portfolio she the centre-left S&D have cooperated to dominate the account for their competence. But a portfolio that suit- might take. Bulc, 50, will have little time to prepare for a appointments to the Commission. The EPP and S&D ed her strengths in the business world could make her parliamentary committee hearing for her new job and had urged Cerar to nominate a different woman, an passage easier. Parliament must vote to accept the may well face resistance from some of the major par- S&D member of the European Parliament Tanja Fajon. Commission as a whole, so any delay in finalizing the ties. Cerar’s predecessor, Alenka Bratusek, who nomi- Some of Cerar’s coalition partners in Ljubljana also sup- line-up can hold up its taking office, as has happened in nated herself to Slovenia’s seat on the Commission ported Fajon’s nomination - women candidates were the past. In that case, the outgoing executive of Barroso after losing an election in July, had been assigned to be favored since Juncker has been keen to appoint as would continue in a caretaker capacity. — Reuters Ireland’s Sinn Fein Anti-EU party wins first sees path to power in unequal recovery seat in landslide victory DUBLIN: Six years of austerity have transformed former Irish PM Cameron’s Conservatives losing support to UKIP Republican Army political wing Sinn Fein from nationalist out- siders to contenders to enter government, threatening the biggest shake-up of Irish politics in generations. Until two CLACTON-ON-SEA: Britain’s anti-EU UK decades ago Sinn Fein leaders like Gerry Adams were banned Independence Party won its first elected seat from even speaking on Irish television and much of the establish- in parliament yesterday by a landslide and ment still scoffs at the prospect of voters actually putting them came a close second in another vote, proving into government. But the leftist party looks set to win one of two it poses a threat to the country’s two main parliamentary by-elections on Friday, cementing gains that has parties in a national election next year. UKIP, seen all major opinion polls in the past four months place them which wants a British EU withdrawal and as the first or second most popular party in the country. strict curbs on immigration, was expected to As a sudden economic resurgence shifts the political ground do well in both votes. But the unexpectedly 18 months ahead of an election, they are betting the trickle- wide margin of its victory in the seaside town down to their core working class voters will be too slow and of Clacton and its strong performance in an uneven to prevent people abandoning mainstream parties. “Talk election in northern England, which it almost of a recovery just angers people,” said Cathal King, favorite to won too, came as a surprise. In Clacton, it take the seat from Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael party in won 60 percent of the vote after the sitting Dublin South West constituency, which includes some of the parliamentarian for Prime Minister David worst unemployment black spots in the country. “If there is a Cameron’s Conservatives defected to UKIP, recovery anywhere it’s not here,” he said. As the councilor in which didn’t put up a candidate for the area jeans and running shoes shoves leaflets into letter boxes, locals when it was last contested in 2010. stop to complain about the water charges of hundreds of euros a In Heywood and Middleton, in northern year, irrespective of income, and thank him for help securing England, a traditional stronghold for the CLACTON-ON-SEA: Newly-elected UK Independence Party (UKIP) MP Douglas social housing. Since completing an international bailout last opposition Labour party, UKIP got almost 39 Carswell (2nd right) poses for photographers with a copy of the local paper in year, Ireland has been bucking the trend in Europe’s stalled eco- percent of the vote, up from less than 3 per- Clacton-on-Sea, in eastern England yesterday. — AFP nomic recovery. Irish employment is up, exports are rebounding cent in 2010. “There is nothing that we can- Alarm clock move to try to hold his divided party togeth- and Dublin house prices rose by a quarter in a year. Yet water not achieve,” Douglas Carswell, Clacton’s new Grant Shapps, the chairman of Cameron’s er. With a population of 53,000, Clacton, once charges have nullified the government’s triumphant boast that UKIP Member of Parliament, told supporters. Conservatives, said UKIP’s success, if repeated a thriving seaside resort, began to decline as its 2015 budget to be unveiled next week will be free of major Quoting Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg next year, would hand victory to Labor leader Britons turned to cheap foreign package holi- austerity measures for the first time in seven years. “For me the Address and the words of John Wycliffe, a Ed Miliband. “This is an alarm clock moment. days in the 1980s. It now earns its keep from struggle is still there,” said Marie Flanagan, 51, an unemployed 14th Century dissident translator of the bible This is a stark message,” he told BBC radio. “If retirees and day trippers from London. shop worker and Sinn Fein voter who said any upturn in the into English, Carswell said he backed “gov- what has happened last night were repeated Retirement homes line the seafront, gaudy economy was outweighed for most of her neighbours by the ernment of the people, by the people, for the in 210 days at a general election and you saw arcades filled with slot machines and book- new charges. “It’s not balancing itself out,” she said. people.” Conservative become UKIP seats what you’d makers dominate the town centre, and cara- “The governing can no longer presume to Historic opportunity have is Ed Miliband in government.” van parks luring low-income families with know what is right for the governed,” he said UKIP’s success is likely to raise pressure on cheap deals sit on the outskirts along with Getting into government both north and south for the cente- immediately after he was declared the win- Cameron to become more Eurosceptic, three Jaywick, an area officially rated as one of the nary of Ireland’s 1916 uprising against British rule would be a his- ner. “Crony corporatism is not the free mar- years before a referendum on EU member- most deprived in the country. toric bookend to the career of party leader Gerry Adams, 66, who ket. Cosy cartel politics is not meaningful ship which he has promised to hold if re- started out as a Belfast barman in the late 1960s before becom- democracy. Change is coming.” elected. Douglas Carswell, a Eurosceptic, UKIP-friendly constituency ing de facto spokesman of the IRA as Sinn Fein leader. Many Irish There is little prospect for now of UKIP defected from Cameron’s Conservatives in Reading newspapers in his souvenir shop voters say they would not consider voting for Sinn Fein due to winning more than a half a dozen of 650 their association with the IRA’s campaign of shootings and August, triggering Thursday’s Clacton vote. at the end of Clacton’s 19th-century pier, seats in a national election in May next year. He switched allegiance because he said he David Ashton, 66, said on Thursday he had bombings against British rule from the early 1970s until a peace But its success threatens to split the centre- deal in 1997, a conflict in which over 3,500 died. doubted the prime minister’s determination voted UKIP because he had lost faith in right vote and chip away at the traditional to reform the EU. Cameron. But many others have become inured to references to the left-wing vote too making it harder for any Troubles after decades of media debate and are instead focused Cameron has promised to try to renegoti- “Ever since I was old enough to vote I one party to win an outright majority. That ate Britain’s EU relationship before offering have always voted Conservative,” he told on negative equity, unemployment and controversial new taxes. increases the likelihood of a hung parliament, “It’s water under the bridge,” said Bridget Morrissey, 67, who said voters an in/out membership referendum in Reuters. “But this time I voted UKIP. This another coalition government, and potential 2017. But some of his own lawmakers are place needs a shake-up. The Conservatives she was switching to Sinn Fein from current junior coalition part- political instability in the world’s sixth largest ner Labor. —Reuters skeptical about his resolve to push for real have promised stuff before and not delivered. economy. change, viewing his promise as a tactical I don’t trust them any more.” —Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 How French girls were lured to jihad online About 100 girls and young women join jihad in Syria

LEZIGNAN-CORBIERES: On the day she left for At lunchtime, she called her mother. I’m eat- fighters,” he says. ‘Foreigners’ brigade’ Syria, Sahra strode along the train platform with ing with friends, she said. Surveillance video Sahra’s family does not know how - if at all - Nora’s destination was ultimately a “foreign- two bulky schoolbags slung over her shoulder. In showed at that moment, Sahra was at the airport the investigation into her disappearance is pro- ers’ brigade” for the Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda a grainy image caught on security camera, the in Marseille, preparing to board a flight for gressing, and the computers confiscated by branch in Syria, Foad says. The idea apparently French teen tucks her hair into a headscarf. Just Istanbul. Her name was on the passenger mani- police have not been returned. Under French law, was to marry her off. But she objected and one of two months earlier and a two-hour drive away, fest. She made one more phone call that day, judicial authorities are not permitted to release the emirs intervened on her behalf. For now at Nora, also a teen girl, had embarked on a similar from the plane, to a Turkish number, her mother details of investigations until a case goes to trial. least, she remains single. At first, Foad says, he journey in similar clothes. Her brother later said. By nightfall, she had not returned on her “Long live France. Long live the Republic,” Kamel spoke with his sister by phone several times a learned she’d been leaving the house every day usual train. Nor the next one. Worried, her par- says bitterly. “We have to get out of this as best day. “There was a woman behind her who was in jeans and a pullover, then changing into a full- ents backtracked to the school. Then back to her we can on our own.” Nora’s family knows less telling her what she needed to say. ... Everything body veil. home station. Then to the police. about her quiet path out of France, but consider- this woman said, my sister repeated it,” says Neither had ever set foot on an airplane. Yet It wasn’t until the next day that they noticed ably more about the network that arranged her Foad, who has since met other families of depart- both journeys were planned with the precision of the missing passport. That day, police seized the one-way trip to Syria. ed teens. “And all the girls who are leaving for a seasoned traveler and expert in deception, from family’s tablet, Sahra’s computer and a camera. Nora El-Bahty grew up the third in a family of Syria, they are saying the same thing. Word for Sahra’s ticket for the March 11 Marseille-Istanbul “Everything was calculated. They did everything six children, the daughter of Moroccan immi- word. They have a script: ‘I’m good. I’m eating flight to Nora’s secret Facebook account and so that she could plan to the smallest detail,” grants in the tourist city of Avignon. Her parents well. I’m going to paradise.’” overnight crash pad in Paris. Sahra and Nora are Severine says. “I never heard her talk about Syria, are practicing Muslims, but do not consider A video filmed secretly by an activist in the among about 100 girls and young women from jihad. It was as though the sky fell on us.” In the themselves strictly religious. She was recruited on Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa shows a similar France who have left to join jihad in Syria, up surveillance images from the train station and air- Facebook. Her family does not know exactly how, scene. In the video, a roomful of black-robed from just a handful 18 months ago, when the trip port, Sahra, who had no money of her own and but the propaganda videos making the rounds women, all speaking perfect French, insist to their was not even on Europe’s security radar, officials could barely manage the commuter train without there rely heavily on the ideals and fantasies of weeping mothers that they will never return. say. They come from all walks of life - first- and Then in mid-March, Nora said she wanted to second-generation immigrants from Muslim come home. Phone calls grew rare. But Foad countries, white French backgrounds, even a managed to secure an agreement to visit her in Jewish girl, according to a security official who Syria. When he arrived, Nora was living in a house spoke anonymously because rules forbid him to with several women and children, all locked up discuss open investigations. and held against their will, Foad says. She saw These departures are less the whims of ado- him and broke down weeping. lescents and more the highly organized conclu- Nora said she had gone because she thought sions of months of legwork by networks that it was her duty to help Muslims suffering. Once specifically target young people in search of an there, she was told she would not be allowed to identity, according to families, lawyers and secu- leave. Numerous French boys have been permit- rity officials. These mostly online networks recruit ted to leave Nusra, including two from the south- girls to serve as wives, babysitters and house- ern French city of Toulouse, according to Agnes keepers for jihadis, with the aim of planting mul- Dufetel-Cordier, a lawyer representing one of ti-generational roots for an Islamic caliphate. them. She says her 16-year-old client was recruit- While girls are also coming from elsewhere in ed on Facebook and ended up cleaning houses Europe, including between 20 and 50 from for Nusra fighters, but was allowed to go after a Britain, they pose a particular dilemma for France. few weeks. It’s a different story with the girls. “As soon as they manage to snare a girl, they do Troubled relationship everything they can to keep her,” Foad says. “Girls The country has long had a troubled relation- aren’t there for combat, just for marriage and ship with its Muslim community, the largest in children. A reproduction machine.” Two people Europe, and investigators say its recruitment net- have been charged in Nora’s case, including the works are well developed. A bill in France’s parlia- young mother who sheltered her in Paris, accord- ment would treat those who join jihad abroad as ing to a legal official and the family’s lawyer, Guy terrorists liable to arrest upon return, despite the Guenoun. The travel agency has been questioned pleas of distraught families that their girls are kid- but not charged, Guenoun says. “It is not at ran- nap victims. Sahra’s family has talked to her three dom that these girls are leaving. They are being LEZIGNAN CORBIERES: Severine Ali Mehenni holds pictures of her daughter Sahra dressed times since she left, but her mother, Severine, guided. She was being commanded by remote in a traditional Islamic robe, at her home in Lezignan Corbieres, France. Sahra is one of the thinks her communication is scripted by jihadis, control,” he says. “And now she has made a trip more than 100 girls from France alone who have left to join jihad in Syria. — AP possibly from the Islamic State group. “They are to the pit of hell.” being held against their will,” says Severine, a French woman of European descent, who reflex- fretting, is alone. Sahra called three days later teenage girls, showing veiled women firing Networks target girls ively rolls cigarettes as she talks. “They’re forced from a line that flashed +1111 on the screen. She machine guns and Syrian children killed in war- Other jihadi networks targeting girls have to say things.” spoke briefly with her father, then demanded her fare. The French-language videos also refer since been broken up. In September, five people The Ali Mehenni family lives in Lezignan- older brother. “Where are you?” he asked. “Where repeatedly to France’s decision to ban the all- arrested in the city of Lyon included a woman Corbieres, an ancient French town of about am I?” Sahra repeated three times, as if awaiting a encompassing veil and limit the use of head- who had returned from Syria to recruit, officials 10,000 typical of the south of France, in a region prompt. scarves in public, a sore point among many say. In the apartment of one of the suspects was a famed for its red wine. The family moved here Muslims. 13-year-old girl they were preparing for the trip, from northern France five years ago so the chil- Then: In Syria Nora was 15 when she departed for school on according to a French security official. French dren could be raised in a safer environment. She told her older brother she had married a Jan 23 and never came back. It was only the next senator Nathalie Goulet is leading an inquiry into Severine stays with the baby in their middle-class 25-year-old Tunisian she had just met. She said day that Foad, her older brother, learned that she the recruiting networks, and she defends the home, complete with red-tiled roof, while Kamel, her Algerian-born father had no say in the matter, had been veiling herself on her way to school, decision to treat even young girls as terrorists. an Algerian immigrant, works as an industrial as he wasn’t a real Muslim. It was a short conver- that she had a second phone number, that she “When people return, how can you be sure that chemist. Sahra, who turns 18 on Saturday, sation. Her family has spoken to her twice since had a second Facebook account targeted by they are detoxified? And they have to be detoxi- swooned over her baby brother and shared a then, always guardedly, and communicated a bit recruiters. “As soon as I saw this second Facebook fied,” Goulet says. “It’s a violent word, I know. ... If room with her younger sister. But family relations on Facebook. But her parents no longer know if account I said, ‘She’s gone to Syria,’” Foad says. you’re looking at girls, you’re right to, because turned testy when she demanded to wear the full she’s the one posting the messages, which The family found out through the police investi- they are a target population, fragile in their ability Islamic veil, dropped out of school for six months include links to videos about Islam with guns, gation about the blur of travel that took her to be drawn in, then very strong once they’re in and shut herself in her room with a computer. blood and mind-numbing music, the same ones there. First she rode on a high-speed train to the system.” Now she was in a new school, with just two she said inspired her to take flight. “They are just Paris. Then she flew to Istanbul and a Turkish bor- It’s unclear what awaits Nora if she returns. weeks of study behind her. And she seemed to be unreal,” Severine says. der town on a ticket booked by a French travel Her brother says he would rather have her go maturing - she asked her mother to help her get a Sahra has also told her brother she’s doing the agency, no questions asked. through whatever happens in France than stay in passport, because she wanted her paperwork as same things in Syria that she did at home - A young mother paid for everything, gave her danger in Syria. She sent home a photo of herself an adult in order. The week before she left, Sahra housework, taking care of children. She says she a place to stay overnight in Paris and promised to wearing a full-face veil - only her eyes are visible, casually told her mother she’d bring extra cloth- doesn’t plan to return to France, and wants her travel with her the next day. The woman decided red and moist with tears. In the meantime, the ing to school to teach her friends to wear the veil. mother to accept her religion, her choice, her - at the last minute, she claimed - to abandon the room Sahra shared with her sister remains intact, She repeated the comment to her father on the new husband. This role for girls reflects the desire trip, according to police documents shared with the same room that months before her disap- morning of March 11, when he asked about her of jihadists in Syria to attract not just fighters but the family. Nora’s first contact with her family also pearance slowly filled with tokens of her faith. bulky bags. Kamel stifled his anxiety and drove also families, says Louis Caprioli, a former official came on Facebook, three days after she left. She The printout of local prayer hours, the rug where her to the train station at the end of town. He with France’s anti-terrorist services. “The propa- told them she was happy and in Aleppo, that she she knelt, and the image of Makkah on the book- planned to meet her there just before dinner, as ganda put in place is to form a union with the was there to help Syrian children. Her brother shelf await her return, as do the stuffed animals he did every night. jihadists, to have children and to raise future says she is babysitting the children of jihadis. she left behind. — AP

INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

Pause in India-Pakistan fighting brings respite for civilians

SRINAGAR: Fighting between India and Pakistan paused there was no firing in any of the sectors,” said Uttam Chand, to challenge Pakistan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty yesterday after days of heavy shelling and gun battles an Indian police officer, referring to the southern, predomi- will be responded with full force. The Armed Forces assured across their disputed Himalayan border in Kashmir, the nantly Hindu part of the region. India and Pakistan have the National Security Committee that they are fully pre- worst skirmishes between the nuclear-armed rivals in more fought three wars since their independence in 1947, two of pared to deal with any adversity at our borders.” than a decade. Despite escalating tensions, Pakistan said them over Kashmir. Their shared border is among the most Almost 20,000 Indian civilians have fled their homes in war with India was not an option and that both sides should heavily militarised in the world and travel between the two the lowlands around India’s Jammu region to escape the work to try and defuse the conflict. nations is severely restricted. fighting, taking refuge in schools and relief camps. The lull came a day after a heated exchange of rhetoric, Civilians living in the area hit hardest by the shelling with New Delhi warning Pakistan it would pay an “unafford- Tough rhetoric expressed relief at the halt in firing. able price” if shelling and machinegun fire continued. In Islamabad, the National Security Committee “stressed “We hope calm prevails and the border shooting ends,” Islamabad had said it was capable of responding “fittingly” the fact that both countries are aware of each other’s capa- said Avtar Singh, 45, after taking refuge in a nearby school. to aggression. Nine Pakistani and eight Indian civilians have bilities. War is not an option,” Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s “Our condition in this school is very bad. We want to go been killed since both sides’ security forces started firing office said in a statement after chairing a committee meet- back to our homes.” Both countries have accused each oth- more than a week ago along a 200-km (125-mile) stretch of ing. “It is shared responsibility of the leadership of both er of starting the latest hostilities that have hit civilian areas. border in mostly Muslim Kashmir. countries to immediately defuse the situation,” it said. India says it will not talk to Pakistan or stop firing until its “It was calm along the Jammu border during the night, “The committee expressed the resolve that any attempt neighbour backs down first.—Reuters

HK democracy protesters digging in for long haul

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s democra- the government for pulling out of talks, cy protest leaders implored supporters and insisted they were still open to yesterday to bring tents and dig in for finding a middle ground. But they the long haul, threatening to expand vowed no let up in their occupation of their occupation of key parts of the city parts of Hong Kong despite growing after talks with the government col- public anger over the disruption they lapsed. have caused. Crunch negotiations between pro- “Come to occupy the road outside testers and Beijing-backed city officials the public headquarters, come bring were slated for Friday, but fell apart your tents to show our persistence on Thursday after the government pulled long term occupy action,” student out, blaming student leaders for leader Joshua Wong told supporters attempting to escalate demonstrations. ahead of a planned mass gathering in The decision deepened the political the evening. crisis convulsing the Asian financial Crowds have dwindled in recent hub, with the failure of talks expected days. At the main protest on Friday to reinvigorate mass rallies that have around 1,500 people had gathered by paralysed parts of the city for nearly 5pm (0900 GMT) but many more were PAJU: South Korean activists prepare to release balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets at a park near the two weeks. Demonstrators are calling expected to join after work. inter-Korea border in Paju, north of Seoul, yesterday. —AFP for Beijing to grant the former British “I will continue to stay here until the colony full democracy and for the city’s government talks to us,” Yuki Law, a 21- Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to year-old nursing student told AFP. The Two Koreas trade border resign. movement’s leaders are banking on Under plans unveiled by China in both mustering significant numbers August, Hong Kongers will be able to over the weekend and potentially fire as Kim fails to appear vote for Leung’s successor in 2017, but expanding their sit-ins to keep pressure only two to three vetted candidates on the government. “We are now plan- Balloons carry anti-Pyongyang leaflets will be allowed to stand-something ning on further action for escalating detractors have dismissed as a “fake (the campaign) if the government SEOUL: The two Koreas traded heavy machine-gun fire Competing theories for his disappearance range democracy”. keeps denying the meeting,” student across their border yesterday, as “missing” North Korean widely from an extended rest period to a leadership Student leaders yesterday blamed leader Alex Chow said. —AFP leader Kim Jong-Un’s failed to attend a key political coup, via a long list of possible illnesses and ailments event, fuelling further speculation about his physical including broken ankles, gout and diabetes. health and political future. No casualties were reported in the exchange of fire which South Korea said was trig- Another Kim no-show gered by the North Korean military trying to shoot down Yesterday, Kim was not listed by the state KCNA news balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets that were agency among the officials who visited the mausoleum launched by activists in the South around 2:00pm (0500 housing the remains of his father and grandfather-an GMT). annual show of respect to mark the party anniversary. Some rounds fell on the South side which then Kim was last seen on September 3 and his absence responded with high-calibre machine gun fire “towards Friday was considered significant as he had attended the the North’s guard posts,” a defence ministry spokesman ceremony each year since coming to power following said. There was a further exchange of fire 10 minutes lat- the death of his father in 2011. A heavy smoker, Kim has er, he added. Local residents of Hwangsan-ri township in shown striking weight gain over the past year and recent the border area of Yeoncheon were evacuated to shel- TV footage had shown him walking with a pronounced ters as a precaution. limp. Cheong Seong-Chang, an analyst at the Sejong While naval confrontations along the Koreas’ disput- Institute think-tank in Seoul, said his disappearance was ed maritime border occur from time to time, any military almost certainly down to a health problem that would engagement across the heavily-militarised land frontier have little impact on his leadership-at least in the short is extremely rare. term. In 2010, the North shelled the South Korean border “But if he’s forced to stay away for an extended peri- island of Yeonpyeong, killing four people and briefly od, it could cause murmurings within the political elite sparking fears of a full scale conflict. and weaken Kim’s control,” Cheong said. South Korea, The balloon launch from Hapsuri was one of several which has largely distanced itself from the disappear- planned to coincide with North Korea’s celebration of the ance rumours, said it saw no indication that Kim was no HONG KONG: Office ladies have lunch on a main road in the occupied areas 69th anniversary of its ruling Workers’ Party. Seoul longer in charge. Unification Ministry spokesman Lim outside government headquarters in Hong Kong’s Admiralty, yesterday. A allowed the exercises to go ahead, despite prior warn- Byeong-Chul noted numerous reports in the North pro-democracy protest that has blocked main roads in Hong Kong for almost ings from Pyongyang of “catastrophic” consequences. Korean state media of Kim exercising his authority. two weeks could drag on for days yet, after talks aimed at resolving a bitter Some of the balloons carried messages denouncing “Judging from these, it seems that Kim Jong-Un is rul- standoff between the city’s government and student demonstrators col- North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who has not been ing normally,” Lim said, adding that the government had lapsed Thursday. — AP seen in public for more than a month. no specific intelligence on Kim’s health.—AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Mexico arrests Juarez drug cartel leader

MEXICO CITY: Mexican police arrested Juarez drug cartel Guzman, was arrested in February. facilitated murder and violence in Mexico while fueling addic- boss Vicente Carrillo Fuentes on Thursday, catching a man US Drug Enforcement Administration chief Michele tion in the United States and across the world,” Leonhart said. known as “El Viceroy” whose gang’s turf wars with enemies Leonhart congratulated Mexico for catching “one of history’s But Raul Benitez Manaut, a Mexican security analyst, said were blamed for thousands of deaths. most notorious drug traffickers.” the Juarez cartel was a shell of its former self. “It has some Wearing a short-sleeve blue shirt and jeans, Carrillo Fuentes “Carrillo Fuentes was the leader of the Juarez cartel and active cells at the border, but with no specific weight,” he told was hauled in front of television cameras at Mexico City’s air- AFP. port and escorted into a helicopter by a masked federal police Based in Ciudad Juarez, a city on the border with the US officer holding him down by the neck. On TV, he later denied state of Texas, the Juarez cartel fought against the Sinaloa car- killing anyone. tel for control of the major drug transit route. The hulking 51-year-old suspect had grey hair and lacked More than 10,000 people died in gang wars in the past the thin black mustache that he sported in old pictures. eight years in Ciudad Juarez, making it a symbol of Mexico’s His capture gives President Enrique Pena Nieto another vic- relentless drug violence. tory against major drug traffickers at a time of national out- The city was once known as the world’s murder capital, but rage over fears that 43 students were killed by a police-backed the homicide rate has dropped dramatically in recent years. gang in Guerrero state. Analysts believe violence has tapered off in the city Carrillo Fuentes was arrested by federal police at a check- because the Sinaloa cartel won the war, though officials credit point as he drove in Torreon, a city in the northern state of police action and a crime prevention program. Coahuila, thanks to intelligence work, said National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido. ‘Lord of the Skies’ He was with a bodyguard who was also arrested. No guns The Juarez cartel was founded by Carrillo Fuentes’ brother. were fired in the operation. The drug baron was found after Amado Carrillo Fuentes, also known as “The Lord of the Skies,” the discovery of homes in Torreon that he used “in a discreet was considered one of Latin America’s biggest drug traffickers way,” Rubido said. until he died during plastic surgery in Mexico City in 1997. The United States had offered a $5 million reward for infor- But some in Mexico believe that he is still alive. He earned mation leading to the capture of the 51-year-old drug lord, his nickname by flying his own drug-filled planes. while Mexico offered $2.2 million. Pena Nieto’s government has killed or captured more than Carrillo Fuentes was wanted on charges of organized crime 80 of the 122 most wanted men in Mexico in the past two and drug trafficking, Rubido said. years. After his arrest, the TV channel Televisa broadcast part of an The president came into office in December 2012 vowing interrogation of Carrillo Fuentes by a senior official of the to bring down violence that left tens of thousands of people attorney general’s office. dead under his predecessor, Felipe Calderon. In the footage the official sat next to the suspect and ques- While the murder rate has fallen, Pena Nieto is now facing a tioned him politely. Carrillo Fuentes denied having killed or human rights scandal after local police allied with a gang ordered the killing of anyone. attacked busloads of students in the southern state of TORREON: Alleged Mexican drug trafficker Vicente Guerrero on September 26. Weakened cartel Carrillo Fuentes is escorted by a police officer in Six people died in the shootings while 43 of the student His arrest came just a week after the capture of Hector Mexico City on October 9. Carrillo Fuentes, alias “El teachers have vanished amid fears they were executed by Beltran Leyva, head of the Beltran Leyva crime family. Carrillo Viceroy,” was arrested by federal police in Torreon, a the Guerreros Unidos gang, an offshoot of the Beltran Leyva Fuentes’ nemesis, Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” city in the northern state of Coahuila. —AFP cartel. —AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Police, protesters clash in St Louis ST LOUIS: Police clashed with protesters in St Louis on St Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson told local television sta- of the officer who killed Brown, and want to draw attention to Thursday for a second night after an officer killed a black tion Fox 2 that at one point during the tense protest, someone police treatment of black Americans. Protest organizers said teenager, ahead of a weekend of planned rallies in the area behind the massive crowd threw a knife that struck an officer’s they are planning only peaceful activities, but fear that over the August killing of unarmed black teenager Michael body vest at the shoulder. He added that a police car and sev- Wednesday’s killing of the black teen might trigger violent Brown. eral businesses and residences had been damaged and that outbursts. “We never advocate violence ... But I do know that Throughout the night, as many as 400 demonstrators US flags were burned. Two people had been arrested by mid- people were angry last night and they will be out this week- spread out across several city blocks in south St. Louis, angrily night local time, Dotson said, during which one officer suffered end,” said Tory Russell, a leader of Hands Up United. “I don’t shouting and chanting at rows of police officers, many of minor injuries. know what they are going to do.” whom were clad in riot gear. Dozens of protesters had met ear- At least 6,000 have registered on an organizing website for lier at the site in the Shaw neighborhood where 18-year-old Police treatment the “weekend of resistance” events in and around Ferguson, Vonderrit Myers Jr. was shot dead on Wednesday by an off- The St Louis area is bracing for further unrest over the which kicked off yesterday with a “Justice Now” march to the duty white officer working for a private security firm in what killing of Brown by a white police officer two months ago, with office of St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch. The police described as a firefight. But demonstrations grew Myers’ death on Wednesday expected to add fuel to the fire. weekend is to be capped with actions of “civil disobedience” increasingly chaotic. At one point early yesterday morning, a Several civil rights organizations and protest groups, including on Monday. Organizers said they are also planning to create a line of police pushed towards a group of several dozen pro- Hands Up United, planned to mark the weekend with marches “memory altar” to victims of police violence and to hold a can- testers who jeered and cursed at them, pepper-spraying those and rallies in St. Louis and the suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, dlelight march carrying a coffin to the Ferguson Police who refused to disperse. where Brown was killed. The groups are demanding the arrest Department.— Reuters Pakistani teen and India activist win Peace Prize Yousafzai, youngest Nobel winner at 17 OSLO: Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taleban in 2012 for advocating girls’ right to education, and Indian campaigner against child traffick- ing and labor Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. Yousafzai, aged 17, becomes the youngest Nobel Prize win- SANTA MONICA: Ariel Jalali (R), CEO of Sensay, offers US ner and 60-year-old Satyarthi the first Indian- President Barack Obama a job when he’s out of office, dur- born winner of the accolade. They were ing a Q&A session at Cross Campus, a shared office com- picked for their struggle against the oppres- plex in Santa Monica, Thursday. — AFP sion of children and young people, and for the right of all children to education, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. New mass graves The sharing of the award between an Indian and a Pakistani came after a week of hostilities along the border of the disputed, found of missing mainly Muslim region of Kashmir - the worst fighting between the nuclear-armed rivals in Mexican students more than a decade. “The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu IGUALA: The case of 43 Mexican students missing since an and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to This photo combo shows Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi attack by gang-linked police took another grim turn Thursday join in a common struggle for education and (left) and Malala Yousafzai. Satyarthi of India and Yousafzai of Pakistan jointly with the discovery of new mass graves where suspects said against extremism,” said Thorbjoern won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, for risking their lives to fight for chil- some were buried. Jagland, the head of the Norwegian Nobel dren’s rights. — AP Four new suspects took investigators to the site of the four Committee. Kristian Berg Harpviken, head of pits, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Mexico City, but the the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, school bus in the Swat Valley of northwest You are going to build it strong. It is you who number of bodies remains unknown, said Attorney General described the joint award “an innovative Pakistan by masked gunmen as a punish- can lead the charge.” Jesus Murillo Karam. prize that brings attention to the problems ment for a blog that she wrote for the BBC’s of the young”. Satyarthi said he hoped to “They say there are remains of students,” Murillo Karam Urdu service as an 11-year-old to campaign Fighting child slavery work with Yousafzai for peace. “I will invite said, adding that some of the bodies appeared burned. against the Taleban’s efforts to deny women Satyarthi, who gave up a career as an her to join hands to establish peace for our The discovery has put another dent on hopes of finding an education. Unable to return to Pakistan electrical engineer in 1980 to campaign subcontinent, which is a must for children, after her recovery, Yousafzai moved to against child labour, has headed various the students alive almost two weeks after they were pursued which is a must for every Indian, for every by Iguala police officers accused of working in tandem with England, setting up the Malala Fund and sup- forms of peaceful protests and demonstra- Pakistani, for every citizen of the world,” he porting local education advocacy groups tions, focusing on the exploitation of children the Guerreros Unidos gang. said at the New Delhi office of his organiza- The pits are “relatively” close to the location of another with a focus on Pakistan, Nigeria, Jordan, for financial gain. “It is a disgrace for every tion, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Syria and Kenya. Her former teacher, Ahmed human being if any child is working as a child mass grave found last weekend in the southern state of Childhood Movement. Yousafzai later told Shah, said the peace prize was wonderful slave in any part of the world,” Satyarthi said. Guerrero that contained 28 unidentified bodies, the attorney reporters in the English city of Birmingham news for Pakistan. “This is a breath of fresh air, “I feel very proud to be an Indian that in India general said. Two hitmen confessed to executing 17 of the where she now lives that she had spoken by a gift for Pakistan, at a time when we are I was able to keep this fight on for the last 30 students and dumping them in the mass grave found last telephone with Satyarthi yesterday and they embroiled in terrorism and violence and years or so. This is a great recognition and Saturday. Authorities have said it will take at least two weeks had agreed to invite the prime ministers of wars,” Shah told Reuters by telephone from honor for all my fellow Indians.” In a recent to identify the bodies through DNA analysis. India and Pakistan to the ceremony in the Swat Valley. “Those who oppose her, editorial, Satyarthi said that data from non- The case has outraged Mexicans, who held protests across December. extremist elements or whoever else, they government organizations indicated that the country Wednesday to demand the return of the students, “The tension that is going on is really dis- have been rendered irrelevant. They are a child laborers could number 60 million in in a nation that has lost tens of thousands of people to drug appointing and I’m really sad because I want weak minority.” India - 6 percent of the total population. violence since 2006. both countries to have dialogue to have talks Yousafzai addressed the UN Youth “Children are employed not just because Authorities say crooked officers shot at buses the students about peace,” she said. Yousafzai said she Assembly last year at an event Secretary- of parental poverty, illiteracy, ignorance, fail- had seized to return home on September 26, sparking a night had found out about winning the Nobel General Ban Ki-moon called “Malala Day”. ure of development and education pro- of violence that left six people dead, 25 wounded and 43 Peace Prize yesterday from a teacher during a This year she travelled to Nigeria to demand grams, but quite essentially due to the fact missing. Surveillance cameras showed several students being chemistry lesson, adding that the news had the release of 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by that employers benefit immensely from child taken away in patrol cars. come as a big surprise. “This is not the end of the Islamist group Boko Haram. “To the girls labor as children come across as the cheap- Murillo Karam said there are several lines of investigation this campaign which I have started. I think of Nigeria and across Africa, and all over the est option, sometimes working even for free,” into the motive but that the city’s mayor, Jose Luis Abarca, his this is really the beginning. I want to see world, I want to say: don’t let anyone tell you he wrote. Last month, based on a complaint wife and the public security director are wanted for question- every child going to school,” she said, adding that you are weaker than or less than any- filed by his organization in a Delhi court, the ing. The trio have apparently gone into hiding. The mayor’s she felt “really honored”. thing,” she said in a speech. “You are not less Indian government was forced to put in wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda Villa, is the sister of two late than a boy,” Yousafzai said. “You are not less place regulations to protect domestic work- members of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, which founded the ‘A breath of fresh air’ than a child from a richer or more powerful ers who are often physically and sexually Guerreros Unidos. —AFP Yousafzai was attacked in 2012 on a country. You are the future of your country. abused and exploited.—Reuters French retreat on green tax Germany rejects Etihad Malaysia targets Businessraises doubts on reform will17 codeshare flights 18more subsidy cuts 19 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Trade, rights on agenda as China’s Li visits Germany16

WASHINGTON: Bank of England Governor Mark Carney (R) laughs with South Korea’s Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan (L) as they arrive for the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting during the 2014 IMF - World Bank Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund Headquarters Building yesterday in Washington. — AFP In oil price war, Saudi’s biggest rival is next door

NEW YORK: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia’s traditional Gulf than Saudi Arabia’s official selling price (OSP) for prices by at least 70 cents from October, keeping to 1.4 million bpd last year, customs and Reuters ally, is challenging its bigger neighbor in an its Arab Medium grade, the widest discount since pace with the drop in Arab Medium. That would data showed. To boost sales, Kuwait concluded in increasingly competitive battle for market share as at least 2004, Reuters data showed. be their lowest since January 2009, according to August a new 10-year deal with China’s Sinopec it sells oil to buyers in Asia at the widest discount Iraq, the second largest producer of the Reuters data, although some Asian buyers are call- Corp to nearly double its supplies by offering to to a comparable Saudi grade in 10 years. Kuwait’s Organization of the Petroleum Exporting ing for a bigger price cut for Kuwaiti oil. “Kuwaiti ship oil and sell it on a more competitive cost-and- price cut to Asia, and cuts by other Middle East Countries (OEPC), has also priced its Basra Light crude is always expensive so it should be lower a freight basis. It also locked in 2015 oil sales to producers including Saudi Arabia and Iraq, have crude at the widest discount against Arab bit more. Arab Medium minus 60-70 cents is a Philippine refiner Petron in a separate deal. underscored competition for oil sales to the Medium in a year, after Asian buyers had steered good price, I think,” a trader with a North Asian A well-supplied global market has tipped the region as a rout in global benchmarks threatens clear of its flagship grade on fears an Islamist refiner said. Iran has set the November OSP for balance in favor of Asian buyers, who are switch- the national budgets of some OPEC members. insurgency would disrupt supplies. Kuwait, Iraq Iranian Light at 82 cents a barrel below ing to cheaper oil from Africa and the Americas as Defending and winning share in Asia’s still and Iran typically adjust their crude prices using Oman/Dubai quotes, the lowest since December they reduce their reliance on Middle Eastern growing markets has become the primary focus, the Saudi OSPs as a guide, but with the world’s 2008. crudes. The world will require less oil from OPEC too, as demand has softened in the United States biggest exporter cutting its prices for a fourth next year, the US Energy Information with rising shale oil output and in Europe with month in a row on Oct. 1, they may struggle to Competition from Africa, Americas Administration said on Tuesday, as it trimmed its weak economic growth in the euro-zone. “You respond to protect market share. Kuwait’s discount to Arab Medium has dou- forecast of world oil demand growth and made have the reality of an increasingly crowded mar- bled from last year after it lost market share to even deeper cuts in its outlook for OPEC produc- ket for mid-sour barrels in Asia,” said Daniel Discount abundant and cheaper supply from Iraq, and as tion. That makes the fight over Asia’s intake of Sternoff, senior managing director at consultancy Last week, Saudi Arabia sharply cut its official Iran’s exports rose after Western sanctions eased, medium crude, with API gravity between 28 and Medley Global Advisors. oil prices for Asian customers in November, in the traders said. Asia’s top four crude buyers, China, 38 degrees, particularly critical. Between 2013 and “I wouldn’t say price war, but there are clear clearest sign yet that it is competing harder for India, Japan and South Korea, imported just over 2020 Asia will increase its purchase of these signs of more competitive pricing.” Kuwaiti crude crude market share. By the end of this week, 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of Kuwaiti oil in grades by more than 2 million bpd, according to in October is already 50 cents a barrel cheaper Kuwait and Iraq are likely to cut their November the first eight months this year, down from close oil consultancy Wood Mackenzie. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

Bernanke defends AIG bailout in court

WASHINGTON: Former Federal Reserve Chairman on financial institutions” in the fall of 2008 after mort- the globe, spiraled toward collapse after making huge Ben Bernanke testified in federal court Thursday that gage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had bets on mortgage securities that soured. It has since insurance giant American International Group Inc. had been taken over by the government and fear cascad- repaid the loan, and the government says taxpayers to be rescued by the government in 2008 to avert ed through financial markets, Bernanke said. ultimately earned $25 billion on the investment in the global catastrophe. It was a rare appearance by a former Fed chairman company. Bernanke took the stand at a trial of a lawsuit on the witness stand. Thomas Wheeler, the judge pre- David Boies, the attorney representing Greenberg, brought by former AIG Chairman and CEO Maurice siding over the nonjury trial in the US Court of Federal questioned Bernanke about a meeting of the Fed gov- Greenberg, who is suing the government over its han- Claims, said last year he would make an exception and ernors on Sept. 16, 2008 to approve the emergency dling of AIG’s bailout loan. Bernanke was one of the allowed Greenberg’s lawyers to depose Bernanke loan to AIG, and the extent to which details of the pro- key decision makers on the bailout, which began with because the former Fed chief has firsthand knowledge posed terms of the loan were discussed. an $85 billion rescue loan from the New York Federal of the government’s decision to bail out AIG. Bernanke said he couldn’t recall whether specific Reserve in September 2008 and grew to nearly $185 Greenberg, who was AIG’s biggest shareholder, is details, such as various fees to AIG, were discussed billion in federal aid. suing the federal government for about $40 billion in before central bank officials voted. During a couple of In early questioning, Bernanke kept his answers damages. He asserts that it violated the Constitution’s hours of testimony, he appeared at least slightly terse when asked about the potential damage an AIG Fifth Amendment by taking control of AIG without annoyed and shifted several times in his chair. collapse might inflict and details of how the Fed came “just compensation” for the shares it received. The The terms of the loan included the huge govern- to approve the bailout. He frequently responded “yes, government took control of 80 percent of AIG’s stock ment stake in the company and an interest rate called sir” to questions posed by Greenberg’s lead attorney. in exchange for the bailout aid. “crazily high” by a government official, according to “Certainly there was an enormous amount of stress New York-based AIG, which had operations around an email produced in court Wednesday.—AP

Venezuela ordered to pay $1.6bn to Exxon

WASHINGTON: An international arbitration panel ordered Venezuela’s socialist government on Thursday to pay $1.6 bil- lion to Exxon Mobil for the seizure of a major oil project in the South American country and other losses. It is the largest award yet in a backlog of costly complaints against Venezuela over a wave of nationalizations in the past decade. Exxon said in a statement that the decision by the World Bank’s investment dispute panel confirmed that Venezuela failed to provide fair compensation for the Cerro Negro project it seized in 2007 after the company failed to enter in a partnership proposed by state-owned PDVSA. President Nicolas Maduro’s government is currently bat- tling more than 20 similar demands at the World Bank by for- eign companies as a result of the drive by his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, to assert state control over the resource- BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang outside the chancellery in Berlin rich economy. yesterday. Economic ties between Germany and China are the focus of the high-level meeting between the two countries’ gov- In a similar complaint, the International Centre for ernments. — AP Settlement of Investment Disputes ruled Sept. 23 that Venezuela must pay $740 million to Spokane, Washington- Trade, rights on agenda as based Gold Reserve for taking control of a mining project in 2008. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez expressed sat- isfaction with the Exxon decision, saying the award was well China’s Li visits Germany below the company’s “irrational pretentions” of nearly $20 bil- lion. BERLIN: China’s Premier Li Keqiang will meet German Chancellor ‘Fair-weather phase ending’ Ramirez, who until recently served as oil minister and presi- Angela Merkel yesterday, the third top-level talks this year between Of more immediate concern to hundreds of corporate chieftains dent of PDVSA, called the ruling “a favorable end for the the export powers, amid growing disquiet over human rights and on the sidelines of the official talks-and a business meet in the north- republic in Exxon’s long legal battle against the country.” business rules. Berlin and Beijing say they are seeking to bolster their ern port city of Hamburg where Li speaks Saturday-will be the rules Even though less than feared, the award will still prove dif- already massive trade and investment links by deepening their gov- governing companies in China. ficult for Venezuela to pay as declining oil production, capital ernments’ strategic partnership at a third joint cabinet meeting and in China, the world’s number two economy, is Germany’s second- flight and 60 percent inflation are depleting the country’s cash bilateral business talks. biggest export market outside Europe. Last year Europe’s biggest reserves. Analysts speculated that Venezuela might file an Merkel will roll out the red carpet and receive Li with full military economy sold goods worth 67 billion euros to China while imports appeal to buy time while it negotiates more favorable pay- honours for the visit, during which some 30 cooperation and invest- topped 73 billion euros. But investor concern has grown since Beijing ment terms so as not to lose access to international credit ment deals worth over two billion euros ($2.5 billion) are expected to has started cracking down on alleged malpractice by major firms. Last markets on which it depends to finance spending on social be signed in fields including health, education and the environment. month it fined an affiliate of German carmaker Volkswagen more programs. Twelve ministers from Germany and 14 from China will hammer than $40.5 million for price-fixing. The International Chamber of Commerce previously out cooperation in a range of fields from climate change and agricul- Germany’s ambassador to China, Michael Clauss, said this week awarded Exxon more than $900 million in damages for the ture to using German green-tech to manage China’s breakneck eco- China must make its anti-monopoly investigations more transparent expropriation of Cerro Negro. — AP nomic growth. But the meeting comes at a sensitive time, as China and abide more closely by the rule of law, reported Hong Kong’s grapples with Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests and Germany South China Morning Post. The Asia-Pacific Committee of German gears up to celebrate 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on Business said Thursday that its companies should enjoy “equal treat- November 9. Merkel, who grew up under communism in East ment” in China, including the right to bid for public tenders and set Germany, invoked the momentous events of 1989 which came up shop without a joint venture partner. months after China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, when she “A new level of market opening is an important step for the future recalled in China in July that the events “enabled us to have a free dia- development of the Chinese economy,” said the business group. logue”.In her latest weekly video message, Merkel stressed the impor- Sebastian Heilmann of Berlin’s Mercator Institute for China Studies tance of free speech in the former British colony Hong Kong, handed said Germany remains China’s “anchor country” in Europe but that back to the mainland in 1997, and criticised China’s life jail term for a the “fair weather phase” is ending as China shifts from being a work- leading ethnic Uighur activist. shop for foreign companies to a competitor. Hong Kong government talks with student leaders set for Friday Li’s Germany visit, the start of his second Europe tour this year, were called off hours after demonstrators on Thursday vowed to comes after Merkel in July travelled to China, her seventh official trip ratchet up their protests, plunging the financial hub into fresh crisis. there. Chinese President Xi Jinping came to Berlin in March. Chinese senior diplomats told a pre-trip briefing that “we are ready The Chinese premier will then travel on to Russia, which is MANASSAS: This file picture shows an Exxon sign at a station to carry out human rights dialogue and cooperation on the basis of engaged in a bitter standoff with the West over the Ukraine crisis. on September 20, 2008 photo in Manassas, Virginia. A World mutual respect and non-interference in other countries’ internal China, which has made clear it is willing to fill any trade gaps Bank ruling has stated that Venezuela must pay US oil firm affairs”, stressing that “the question of Hong Kong is China’s internal caused by tit-for-tat sanctions amid the Ukraine crisis, is also expected ExxonMobil the sum of $1.6 billion in compensation for a affair”. to sign a host of commercial deals in Moscow.—AFP 2007 expropriation. — AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

Oil falls to lowest since 2010 as OPEC ups supplies

LONDON: Brent crude oil fell to its lowest since 2010 yesterday, “The rout will probably continue until OPEC says enough is Global shares fell to a six-month trough as concern about a dropping below $90 a barrel as Saudi Arabia said it upped pro- enough.” Brent crude for November delivery was down 77 recession in Germany was compounded early yesterday as duction last month, increasing speculation of an OPEC price cents at $89.28 a barrel by 1040 GMT, after falling earlier to sources in the ruling coalition said Europe’s largest economy war. Fast-rising oil output in North America and tepid economic $88.11 - its lowest since December 2010. would cut its growth forecasts for 2014 and 2015 next week. growth had raised expectations the Organization of the US November crude dropped $1.30 to $84.47 a barrel. The China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, is also see- Petroleum Exporting Countries will cut output when it meets in contract, also known as West Texas Intermediate (WTI), hit a ses- ing signs of a slowdown. Data due next week is forecast to November to stem a near 25 percent price slide since June. sion low of $83.59, its lowest since July 2012. Oil output has also show that softer domestic demand probably slowed growth in But yesterday Saudi Arabia said it had raised its oil produc- risen in OPEC members Iraq and Libya, the group said in its China’s imports, investment and retail sales to multi-month or tion by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in September, raising monthly oil market report yesterday, despite violence and insta- multi-year lows in September. doubts the world’s top exporter will be prepared to take unilat- bility in both countries. Total OPEC output grew by 400,000 bpd Cuts to Iran’s official selling prices for its crude raised more eral action. to 30.47 million bpd. Combined with subpar economic data doubts about the group’s willingness to curtail supply in an “It’s panic mode. Panic and capitulation. We are now in from Europe and Asia, that has pushed Brent more than $25 effort to stabilise prices. Fritsch called the Iranian price cut “a uncharted territory,” said Carsten Fritsch, commodities analyst lower since hitting a year high of $115.71 in June. Brent is on devastating signal”, and analysts said other producers could fol- at Commerzbank. track to record the third straight week of losses. low suit. —Reuters Gold poised for best week since June SINGAPORE: Gold retained gains from a four-day rally yesterday and was headed for its best week in nearly four months as a slump in equities and growing worries over the global economy attracted safe-haven bids for the metal. Spot gold was steady at $1,223.20 an ounce by 0641 GMT, after hitting a 2-1/2 week high of $1,233.20 in the previous ses- sion. The metal has risen more than 2.7 percent for the week, its best since the week ended June 20, after recovering from a 15- month-low under $1,200 hit on Monday. Silver, platinum and palladium were all set to snap five-week losing streaks. “In the short term, I think gold will be around $1,220, sup- ported by the market sentiment after the release of the Fed min- utes,” said Chen Min, a precious metals analyst at Jinrui Futures in Shenzhen, referring to the US Federal Reserve. “It is likely to test a resistance level at $1,240 and could fall below $1,200 before the end of the year.” The minutes of the Fed’s Sept. 16-17 meeting, released on Wednesday, showed that officials are struggling with how to come to grips with the dual threats of a stronger dollar and a ARRAS: Trucks pass a toll collection point in Arras yesterday. The French government has suspended the global slowdown. They also highlighted economic turmoil in planned introduction of a new environmental “ecotax” on commercial vehicles carrying cargo of more than Europe and Asia. The minutes prompted investors to bet that 3.5 tonnes. —AFP the US central bank is in no rush to tighten after years of mone- tary stimulus. Higher interest rates could have hurt demand for gold, a non-interest-bearing asset. A softer dollar, weak economic data from Germany, and a French retreat on green tax lower economic growth forecast by the International Monetary Fund this week also prompted investors to pile into gold. Asian shares drooped and oil prices fell to a near four-year low on yes- raises doubts on reform will terday after weak German export data raised fears that a reces- sion at the heart of Europe could slow down the global econo- Government’s resolve to reform being tested my. In the physical markets, Chinese premiums were steady around $5-$6 an ounce on the Shanghai Gold Exchange, indicat- PARIS: ing buying interest from the top consumer of the metal. The French government was split “The compensation would be an compensation at 1.2-1.5 billion euros. China had been away on a week-long holiday but its yesterday over how to recoup lost rev- increase in the tolls. Would that be a The retreat on the levy added to return at mid-week provided much-needed support from the enues after it dropped a contested levy good idea, including for trucks? I am not doubts over the willingness of Hollande’s physical markets. Demand in India, the second biggest buyer on heavy trucks, a move which also convinced,” Sapin said on the sidelines of government to push through unpopular of gold, is also set to increase on festivals and the wedding raised doubts over its resolve to stand up an IMF meeting in Washington. measures at a time when it is coming season. —Reuters to lobbies on unpopular reforms. “Otherwise, if the compensation is to under presser from EU partners to Facing a protest threat from hauliers, extend the length of the concession - reform. President Francois Hollande’s Socialist even though we consider that their con- It had already dropped support last government on Thursday suspended the cessions are already extremely advanta- month for Air France management dur- so-called “ecotax” for the second time in geous - I’m not sure that is a good idea ing a two-week pilots strike over its plans two months - this time for what it called either,” he added. to develop low-cost units outside France. an indefinite period. Royal had said that the state had However, it did not flinch in a June rail Environment Minister Segolene Royal “space to negotiate” with the motorway strike over reform plans. said she did not want to see a trucker operators, citing in particular that they “The knockout blow delivered to the protest spiral out of control. But the were seeking to extend their conces- ecotax above all shows the executive’s move immediately raised questions sions. On Friday she said any solution lack of resistance to pressure from lobby about how France will make up the some should not result in an increase in toll groups,” noted Les Echos business daily 400 million euros in lost receipts just as fees. in an editorial. Paris heads into a clash with EU partners Earlier this week Economy Minister Cecile Duflot, a leading Green and for- over broken deficit-cutting promises. Emmanuel Macron had also voiced con- mer housing minister for Hollande, said it Royal proposed an extra levy on cern about toll road tariffs, putting pres- was “a disastrous error”. “Whenever it’s motorway operators owned by firms sure on shares in Eiffage and Vinci. Their time to actually do something, no one’s including Vinci and Eiffage, arguing they shares have shed 8.5 percent and 3.5 per- there,” she told RTL radio. benefited from overly favourable conces- cent respectively this week. Bigger tests of the government’s LISBON: An August 7, 2014 file photo shows people sion contracts agreed with the previous In addition to the lost revenues, the reform resolve are in store as it already walking past the BES (Espirito Santo Bank) headquar- conservative government. government would have to pay compen- comes under pressure from pharmacists ters in Lisbon. Two holding companies of Portugal’s But Finance Minister Michel Sapin sation to the Ecomouv consortium to notaries over a bill due in the coming bailed out Espirito Santo banking group have been poured cold water on that suggestion, charged with building the toll collection months that aims to inject a stiff dose of noting that their concession contracts system if it scraps the ecotax for good. competition into professions that cur- declared bankrupt by a Luxembourg court, an official were drafted to require the state to pay Philippe Duron, head of France’s trans- rently enjoy a monopoly-like grip over announcement said yesterday. —AFP hefty compensation if broken. port infrastructure agency AFITF, put the their industry. —Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

Infosys second-quarter net profit up 29%, shares soar

BANGALORE: Indian IT giant Infosys reported yes- revenues from abroad, said it was giving sharehold- chief executive Vishal Sikka. terday a better-than-expected 29 percent jump in ers one bonus share for each share held. He is the first chief executive to head the compa- second-quarter net profit, helped by a strong US The earnings were bolstered by a fall in the ny who is not from the core seven-founders group. dollar and cost reductions, while it announced a Indian rupee against the US dollar. Indian software- Sikka said he was confident of transforming Infosys bonus stock issue, sending its shares soaring. makers have leveraged an ample talent pool and rel- “into a next-generation service company” and post- The country’s second-largest IT services exporter atively low costs to win business in other countries. ing “consistent profitable growth”. Analysts said the said July-September net profit hit 30.96 billion Sales of Infosys, based in the southern high-tech bonus share issue announced by Infosys reflected rupees ($506 million), up from 24.07 billion rupees in city of Bangalore, rose 2.9 percent year on year to Sikka’s confidence. The company has shifted strate- the same period last year and ahead of forecasts of 133.4 billion rupees in the second quarter. gy to offer more value-added, sophisticated tech- 29.6 billion rupees. The company, created by seven software profes- nologies as it chases higher-yielding contracts. “Our efforts to bring in operational efficiencies sionals around a kitchen table in the 1980s, project- Infosys, once known as the “bellwether” of India’s yielded encouraging results during the quarter,” ed revenues would grow 6.7-8.7 percent in rupee flagship outsourcing industry and billed as the Infosys chief operating officer UB Pravin Rao said. terms during the full financial year to March 2015. country’s equivalent of Microsoft, is listed in Mumbai The news sent shares in the firm surging nearly However, that is lower than industry-average and New York. The company, the first Indian firm to seven percent, to 3,886.80 rupees, before they projections of 13-15 percent revenue growth. The be listed on the Nasdaq and which has around retreated to 3,860, still up 5.9 percent in early after- company, second in terms of revenues behind 160,000 employees, aims to become “the bellwether noon. The company, whose earnings are mainly dol- India’s biggest software maker Tata Consultancy, of the Indian IT industry again”, Sikka told a news lar-denominated as it derives around 75 percent of announced the figures under the leadership of new conference. — AFP

Asian markets tumble on renewed global concerns

HONG KONG: Asian shares and the dollar sank that European growth is weak and getting yesterday on growing concerns about the glob- weaker,” said William Lynch of Hinsdale al economy while the head of the IMF warned Associates. On Wall Street the Dow tumbled the eurozone could slip into recession if govern- 1.97 percent, the S&P 500 shed 2.07 percent and ments do not act. the Nasdaq sank 2.02 percent. Investors took their lead from a heavy sell-off The dollar, which touched a six-year high on Wall Street, which wiped out the previous above 110 yen last week, was struggling at day’s Federal Reserve-fuelled gains. Fears of a 107.80 yen in Asia Friday, compared with 107.84 fall-off in demand also sent oil traders fleeing, yen late in New York. The euro fetched 136.86 pushing Brent crude prices to a four-year low. yen against 136.87 yen in US trade and well Tokyo tumbled 1.15 percent, or 178.38 down from the 137.70 yen seen earlier Thursday points, to 15,300.55, Sydney shed 2.05 percent, in Tokyo. or 108.38 points, to 5,188.3 and Seoul slipped The Japanese currency, a safe haven invest- HANOI: This picture taken on Thursday shows a street vendor and a foreign tourist crossing a 1.24 percent, or 24.33 points, to 1,940.92. ment, has spiked as traders look to protect their street in the old quarter of Hanoi. Vietnam’s economy grew at its fastest rate for three years Hong Kong shed 1.90 percent, or 445.99 cash. The euro also bought $1.2670 against in the first nine months of 2014, government figures showed in September, despite deadly points, to 23,088.54 while Shanghai eased 0.62 $1.2691. Oil prices were hit by demand worries. anti-China riots that targeted factories and threatened to dent foreign investment. — AFP percent, or 14.83 points, to 2,374.54. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for Taipei was closed for a public holiday. November delivery was down $1.92 at $83.85, Markets surged after minutes released its weakest since June 2012. Wednesday from the Fed’s most recent meet- Brent crude fell $1.65 to $88.40, levels last Germany rejects Etihad ing indicated policymakers could refrain from seen in November 2010. Gold was at $1,219.71 hiking US interest rates any time soon as global an ounce against $1,230.80 late Thursday. economic and geopolitical woes were offsetting codeshare flights a domestic recovery. In other markets That came as a relief to dealers who had Wellington fell 0.78 percent, or 40.90 points, Air Berlin to take legal steps come to expect a rise before the bank’s mid- to 5,224.14. Fletcher Building was down 1.69 2015 timetable. percent at NZ$8.72 and Chorus slipped 0.52 per- BERLIN: Germany is blocking Abu Dhabi-based air- Munich and Hamburg-and they may operate code- However, that elation was erased late cent to NZ$1.92. line Etihad from selling tickets for some flights share services from those four airports to Berlin, Thursday after another round of negative euro- Manila closed 0.48 percent lower, dipping operated by partner Air Berlin, meaning the Stuttgart and Nuremburg. zone data, including a 5.8 percent slump in 34.54 points to 7,167.35. Ayala Corp. gained 0.3 German airline could lose out on passengers it The two airlines have shared flight codes since German exports in August. Leading German percent to 33.55 pesos while GT Capital was needs to fight its way back to profit. 2012. Air Berlin said it could not understand the think tanks also slashed their growth forecasts unchanged at 1,080 pesos. Philippine Long Air Berlin, in which Etihad owns a 29 percent decision because the LBA had approved all six pre- for the eurozone’s largest economy. Distance Telephone fell 1.12 percent to 3,010 stake, said yesterday that 34 so-called codeshare vious schedule proposals involving the codeshares. “Overriding everything is just the concern pesos. — AFP flights with Etihad for its winter schedule had failed “This decision does not reflect our legal position to win the approval of the German federal aviation and will shake the trust of passengers in these flight authority (LBA), despite having been cleared in the connections, which have been available for a long past. The flights account for around 46,000 book- time,” Air Berlin Chief Executive Wolfgang Prock- ings. Etihad and Air Berlin have in the past shared Schauer said in a statement. codes on flights to around 60 destinations, mean- ing their number of shared flights will more than Legal steps halve. Air Berlin made its first annual net profit in five By putting its number on the German airline’s years in 2012, but only after Etihad bought a major- flights, Etihad can sell those connections to its cus- ity stake in its frequent flyer programme. tomers and thus help loss-making Air Berlin to fill The German airline has previously said it its planes. Etihad is under investigation by German expects codeshares to bring it and Etihad addition- authorities over whether it exercises too much con- al revenue of 200 million euros ($253 million) in trol over Air Berlin. For Air Berlin to maintain its 2014, with over half going to Air Berlin. European operating licence, it must be majority Air Berlin said passengers on the flights affected controlled by European investors. would still fly but would receive new tickets with- The LBA checks codeshare deals every time air- out an Etihad flight number. Flights for which code- lines submit winter and summer schedules for shares have not been approved include Berlin and flights to and from Germany. A spokesman for the Stuttgart to Abu Dhabi, plus flights from Berlin to transport ministry said the 34 codeshare requests northern Europe, a spokesman for Air Berlin said. were rejected based on the traffic rights agreement “As the financial impact will be borne mainly by that exists between the Germany and the United Air Berlin, the airline will take all legal steps within TOKYO: Acting Deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler (L) poses with Hiroshi Oe, Arab Emirates. Under that agreement, UAE-based its power to fight this decision,” Air Berlin Chief Japan’s deputy chief negotiator, prior to their talks for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free airlines may operate flights and codeshare services Executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said in a state- trade negotiation at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP to four airports in Germany-Frankfurt, Duesseldorf, ment. Etihad declined to comment. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Malaysia banks eye merger to create biggest lender

KUALA LUMPUR: Two of Malaysia’s largest financial That would top current leader Maybank, which had Malaysia is Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy institutions, CIMB Group and RHB Capital, said they total assets of about 578 billion ringgit as of July. The after Indonesia and Thailand, and the central bank is plan to merge along with a property lending firm to resulting entity would also be Southeast Asia’s fourth- encouraging consolidation in the banking sector as create a “financial powerhouse” that will become the biggest bank. The Islamic-lending arms of CIMB and part of plans to become an important gateway into country’s biggest bank. The three institutions are RHB will also link up with the Malaysian Building booming regional markets. seeking central bank approval for the merger, accord- Society. “The merged entity will be a major ASEAN It is also determined to position Malaysia as the ing to documents submitted Thursday with Malaysia’s financial powerhouse and a mega-Islamic bank,” the leading international centre for Islamic finance. Islamic stock exchange, and aim to sign a definitive agree- three banks said in their joint statement filed with the banking fuses principles of Islamic sharia law and ment early next year. CIMB and RHB Capital-the sec- stock exchange, referring to the 10-member modern banking methods. Islamic funds are banned ond- and fourth-largest banks, respectively and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. from investing in companies associated with tobacco, Malaysia Building Society announced in July they were Ratings agency Fitch had warned in July that the alcohol or gambling. Sharia-based finance also bans in early talks on creating an entity with total assets plan was fraught with risk, particularly expected diffi- interest, which is seen as usury, and risks are shared estimated at around 614 billion ringgit ($189 billion). culties achieving integration. between creditor and borrowers. — AFP

Weak factory output clouds India’s recovery hopes

NEW DELHI: Indian industrial production was unexpect- edly weak in August, official figures yesterday showed, suggesting that recovery of Asia’s third-largest economy may still be some way off. Output of factories, mines and utilities grew by a mar- ginal 0.4 percent in August from the same month a year earlier, far undershooting a consensus market forcecast of 2.2-percent growth. The slack output was a dampener for the right-wing government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took office in May following a landslide election win. Modi has promised to revive an economy that grew by 4.7 percent in the last financial year to March, down from near double-digit expansion a few years ago. “The data is indeed disappointing,” said Debopam Chaudhuri, chief economist at ZyFin Research. Manufacturing production, which represents three- quarters of the Index of Industrial Production, contracted by 1.4 percent in August. “Sectors continue to reel under the slowdown,” said A. Didar Singh, secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. July output growth was revised downward to 4.4 per- cent from 4.5 percent, according to the data. Factory output was hit in August by a 11.3-percent KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak (R) and his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin (L) offer a prayer before pre- decline in production of capital goods such as plant senting the 2015 budget at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Najib presided Malaysia’s national budget for equipment-a harbinger of future investment intentions. the year 2015 in front of the parliament yesterday. — AFP Patchy consumer demand was underscored by a 6.9- percent shrinkage in production of consumer goods such as fridges and stoves. “The fall in manufacturing growth has not yet bot- Malaysia targets tomed out,” FICCI’s secretary general said. “It is more worrisome to see negative growth in con- sumer and capital goods especially when we were hoping demand would pick up,” he said. more subsidy cuts The gloomy data came after the HSBC Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, keenly watched as a portent of industrial expansion and overall economic health, sug- gested factory activity expanded at its slowest pace in Govt to continue programme of cash handouts nine months in September. India’s economy has posted two years of sub-five-per- KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s premier said Finance Ministry report submitted along ing it has triggered public anger. cent growth, the longest slowdown in a quarter century, yesterday his government would contin- with the budget said subsidy allocations Critics also fear the GST will add fur- as the central bank kept interest rates steep to combat ue to make unpopular cuts to subsidies would be reduced to 37.7 billion ringgit ther to living costs. Najib said the gov- stubborn inflation. But foreign investors have poured that have kept prices of key consumer ($11.6 billion) in 2015, down 7.1 percent. ernment would continue a programme money into Indian stocks in hopes the new government’s items in check but which have helped “Consolidating the fiscal deficit is a of cash handouts to lower income citi- moves to clear infrastructure projects and create a more fuel worryingly high levels of debt in moral responsibility of our generation,” zens and that the GST would not be favourable business climate will lift growth and help India Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy. Najib, who also is finance minister, told applied to some key items such as petrol. emulate China’s economic ascent. The lower subsidy outlays were con- parliament. “We do not want future The government’s fiscal deficit was fore- Growth in gross domestic product rallied to 5.7 percent tained in a budget tabled in parliament Malaysians to inherit a country burdened cast to further decline to 3.0 percent of year-on-year in the first quarter from April to June-the by Prime Minister Najib Razak that also with government debt.” GDP, from 3.5 percent this year, and 3.9 best quarterly performance in two-and-one-half years. forecast solid economic growth of Malaysia has one of Asia’s highest percent in 2013, the finance ministry But many economists said the showing was probably between 5-6 percent this year and next. debt-to-GDP ratios, hovering just below report said. the best quarterly performance India would see during After years of massive populist spend- a 55 percent red line that the govern- Opposition member of parliament this financial year. The Reserve Bank of India has forecast ing leading up to general elections last ment says will not be crossed. The Tony Pua called the budget information growth of 5.5 percent for the current year. year, the task of corralling a growing finance ministry report said the ratio was a smoke screen, saying much of the gov- Modi has been seeking to slash red tape, attract global debt has emerged as a top economic pri- at 52.8 percent in June, but gave no fore- ernment’s spending was being hidden firms to “make in India” and spur the manufacturing sector ority. Subsidies have already been cast for the year ahead. off the budget. to create jobs for the army of young people who enter the reduced on items including fuel and sug- Last year Fitch ratings agency warned The government was using “innova- workforce each year. The central bank has ruled out any ar, and the government plans to intro- Malaysia to get its house in order or face tive accounting loopholes to continue interest rate cuts to propel growth until consumer price duce a Goods and Services Tax (GST) a possible sovereign-debt downgrade. big spending and racking up billions of inflation, running at 7.8 percent, comes down. — AFP from next April that it says will boost cof- Malaysian consumers have come to ringgit” that does not show up in key fers by improving tax collection. A expect the subsidy cushion, and reduc- debt benchmarks, Pua said. — AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

China coal-mining region turns to wine in ‘new economy’ push BEIJING: To reinvent itself in China’s new China shifts to a greener and more sus- statistics show. Ningxia produced only and far outpacing growth of 7.5 percent consumption-driven economy, one tainable model of development would 16.7 million litres of that, according to in services and 4.5 percent in agriculture. region will need to crush a few grapes. position Ningxia as the example of how to government data. Wine-making can only partially After a decade of mining ever more coal make the leap from an “old” to a “new” The traditional drivers of growth in the address its unemployment, which stood to power China’s economy, the arid and economy, said Shen Minggao, a Citibank world’s second-biggest economy are not at 4.2 percent in 2012, the highest among remote northwestern region of Ningxia is economist. doing as well. Manfacturing sector growth urban areas in any of China’s regions for remaking itself as industry slows and “How much value-added can the wine fell to a six-year low in August, helping to the fourth straight year. demand for fossil fuels is set to wane. industry produce? This again is related to halve global coal prices from a 2011 peak. “It will create more jobs than any other Ningxia has set its sights on becoming the quality of services and product and The slump in coal prices is painful for agricultural industry, but we cannot China’s vineyard. By offering tax breaks to brand names,” Shen said. Ningxia, which quadrupled daily coal pro- expect the wine industry will create jobs winemakers, Ningxia wants to produce “Ningxia will have to compete with duction between 2000 and 2010 to like a shirt company, for example,” said a wine worth 100 billion yuan ($16.3 billion) some European countries. If they are able 181,000 metric tonnes. professor at China Agricultural University, by 2020, or roughly 4-1/2 times the contri- to do that, I think the upside is huge.” Ma Huiqin, who is a wine project consult- bution of its entire farming sector to gross China’s growing thirst for wine means the Enough jobs? ant. domestic product last year, said Cao market, at least, is on Ningxia’s side. Yet Ningxia’s quest to develop wine- Winemaking supports about 300,000 Kailong, deputy director of the region’s Chinese drinkers consumed about 1.6 making will not be a cure-all. Industry and people in the region, most of them sea- forestry ministry. billion litres of non-sparkling grape wine construction still make up roughly half its sonal migrants who shuttle between vine- Successfully swapping coal for wine as in 2013 including imports, Euromonitor economy, growing 12.5 percent in 2013 yards, said forestry official Cao. —Reuters

Yen rises on global economy worries

TOKYO: The yen picked up strength in Asia yesterday as dealers sought out safer bets after poor German data and an IMF warning of possible eurozone recession exacerbated concerns about the global economy. The dollar, which touched a six-year high above 110 yen last week, slipped to 107.79 yen from 107.84 yen in New York. The euro fetched 136.86 yen against 136.87 yen in US trade and well down from the 137.70 yen earlier Thursday in Tokyo. The single currency was up slightly at $1.2697 against $1.2691. Gloomy sentiment also took a bite out of the Australian dollar, which weakened to 87.74 US cents from 88.80 cents the previous day. Data on Thursday showed German exports slumped 5.8 percent, while four leading think tanks slashed their growth forecasts for the eurozone’s largest economy. Also, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said there was a growing chance of the euro- zone slipping back into recession if action is not taken to prevent it. Fears about the downbeat forecasts and IMF warning TOKYO: A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo showing Japan’s benchmark Nikkei sparked a rally in the yen, which is considered a safe bet 225 index that plunges 225.95 points to 15,252.98 yesterday afternoon. Asian stocks sank yesterday after Wall Street in times of turmoil. suffered its worst day of the year and weak German trade data fueled worry Europe is sliding into recession. —AP “We are now in a crucial level,” says Osao Iizuka, head of trading at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank. “If the dollar- yen rate doesn’t break below well-established downside Japan’s cabinet approves support of 107.50, it would be good to conclude the (dollar-yen) adjustment is over.” In recent weeks the dollar has hit multi-year highs anti-money laundering bills against the yen and euro as strong US data fanned expectations of a rate hike sooner than later. Japan’s status remains in limbo However, it eased at the start of the week and on Wednesday it tumbled further after minutes from the TOKYO: Japan’s cabinet approved bills yesterday aimed at tightening adding that legal loopholes could cause an “alarming situation” where Federal Reserve’s September meeting indicated policy- rules against money laundering and terrorist financing in a bid to avoid terrorist funds flow into Japan. makers could hold off hiking rates before its mid-2015 getting on an international watchdog’s list of high-risk and non-coopera- timetable. tive jurisdictions. Unchecked But Taisuke Tanaka at Deutsche Bank in Tokyo said The move came months after the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Legal loopholes include the inability to freeze transfers of terrorist the dollar may win support from buying by Japanese a global standard setter for anti-money laundering, issued an unprece- funds within Japan. Current law is designed only to prevent cross-border pension funds and other institutional investors, as well dented statement that singled out Japan for its failure to fix deficiencies transfers of terrorist assets. as importers who missed out on its recent rally. through necessary legislation. Another example is banks’ lax control over client accounts. Cash “The more the dollar-yen falls from 108 toward the The Paris-based watchdog expressed concerns about Japan’s contin- transactions of more than 2 million yen ($18,525) are closely scrutinised ued failure to remedy the numerous and serious deficiencies identified at banks, but if cash is subdivided by smaller amounts for separate trans- 105-level, the more their spree of dip-buying will inten- in its third mutual evaluation report adopted in October 2008. actions, those transactions would end up unchecked. sify,” he told Dow Jones Newswires. With submission of the bills to parliament, Japan is likely to avoid get- The FATF’s list includes countries such as Iran and North Korea on the The dollar was mostly higher against other Asia- ting on the FATF’s list in October and February when its members, “blacklist” who are subjected to countermeasures, and others like Sudan Pacific currencies. It rose to Sg$1.2701 from Sg$1.2693 including G7 rich nations and 29 others, meet in Paris, a senior govern- and Cuba on the grey list who are required to take steps to meet their on Thursday, 1,069.78 South Korean won from 1,067.38 ment official said. But Japan’s status remains in limbo as it has failed to political commitment. won and to 12,206.00 Indonesian rupiah from 12,182.50 present a key bill criminalising the act of conspiracy due to resistance If Japan is added to the grey list, it may cause other countries to shut rupiah. It also strengthened to 61.12 Indian rupees from from some lawmakers and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, who Japanese financial institutions from their markets, and it may lead the 61.08 rupees, to 44.72 Philippine pesos from 44.61 pesos fear authorities may apply it arbitrarily. United States to impose fines on Japanese banks, the official said. and to Tw$30.37 from Tw$30.36, but it weakened to “The fact that we are sending bills to parliament in the hope of enact- The US authorities are increasingly imposing fines on financial institu- 32.40 Thai baht from 32.44 baht. ment is likely to prevent Japan from getting on the list in October and tions, the official noted, citing a staggering$8.95 billion fine against BNP The Chinese yuan bought 17.58 yen against 17.59 February,” a senior Japanese official said. Paribas for breaking US sanctions. yen. —AFP “But unless the (remaining) bill passes parliament, Japan would not Other countries are also beefing up measures against money laun- be seen as committed ... We are lagging far behind,” the official said, dering. —Reuters 11, 2014

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LaBeouf had ‘scary’ time in jail

he 28-year-old actor spent 24 hours in jail after being arrested for disorderly conduct in June, but the star insists This stint in custody felt like “forever” after he had a restraint mask, similar to the one worn by cannibal character Hannibal Lecter in crime thriller ‘Hannibal’, put on him. He said: “Jail was quite scary... I was there for, it felt like forever, I think 24 hours 25 hours... I really went all the way with it they put a Hannibal mask on me and a led jacket. It was very scary.” After being taken to the police station following his arrest while he was watched a Broadway per- formance of ‘Cabaret’, Shia spat on an officer, which he has now issued an apology for after admitting it was a big mistake. Speaking on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’, in an interview aired yesterday, the ‘Fury’ actor said: “I [did] spit on a cop. That’s a no, no. I’m sorry if you’re watching dude I’m sorry. That was crazy, man.” Shia also credited his mother Shayna with helping him to get over his problems. He said: “That’s my girl. She called me. It’s been a process. I’m quite stubborn and an only child, it’s just been me and her. “She was mom and dad. We’ve had it all. Now I’m on the right path. Thank you for everything mom.” Since his June arrest, which occurred after he started shouting at actors in the play - which stars Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams - swearing at security guards and smoking, the ‘Transformers’ actor has sought treatment for an alcohol problem and insists he is now back on track. He said: “I went through like an existential crisis, which turned into some explorations. I had some hiccups, some judgment errors.” Shia pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in September but a judge ruled his plea would be dismissed and he would avoid both jail time and probation if he had treatment for another three months and stayed out of trouble for six.

Lawrence filming

intimate scenes with Hathaway told she’s not ex-boyfriend ‘sexy’ enough for roles nne Hathaway, the ‘Les Miserables’ actress has enjoyed huge he pair - who split earlier this year - plays Acareer success, she admits it hasn’t been easy because there are Tmutant lovers in the next instalment of so many parts she is told she isn’t the right fit for. She said: “Even the Marvel comic book picture and have though I’ve had great success, touch wood, it hasn’t been easy. A lot of been forced to put their differences aside for people have told me, ‘You’re not this and so can’t play that,’ and I can’t the sake of the steamy script. Jennifer, 24 - who tell you the amount of times I’ve been told I’m not sexy. “I just go, ‘I’m a plays the blue cat-suited Mystique in the lot of things. Just because I don’t wear my sexiness overtly doesn’t action-adventure film and is currently dating mean that I can’t become that girl for a role. That’s what I do; I become Coldplay frontman Chris Martin - will get close things. Use your imagination, buddy.’ “So in terms of not listening to to Nicholas (Beast) as the plot of the upcoming what other people told me about who I was as an actress and then real- movie’s script centres around the relationship ly pursuing it, I think I’ve been daring in that way.” After winning an between the characters. A source told The Sun Oscar in 2013, Anne experienced a career backlash for being perceived newspaper: “It’s a huge ensemble franchise but as “inauthentic” and she admits she struggled to get hired afterwards. the point of the latest film was to strip that back She told the new issue of America’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine: “I had and focus on Jen and Nick’s characters’ relationship.” The former couple - who met of the set of ‘X-Men: First directors say to me, ‘I think you’re great. You’re perfect for this role, but I Class’ in 2011 - ended their relationship in August, citing their busy schedules for the reason behind the split. don’t know how audiences will accept you because of all this stuff, this Despite their change in circumstance, it was too late for movie bosses to rewrite the script, and the pair are said baggage.” Her fortunes changed when her ‘Dark Knight Rises’ director to be determined to make it work. A source said: “Earlier this year that seemed like a great idea, but now they’ve Christopher Nolan cast her in ‘Interstellar’. She added: “Once it was split and it’s too late to rewrite the script. They are very professional of course, and will make it work.” announced that I was doing Interstellar, thankfully the phone started Meanwhile, Nick, 24, is thought to be dating ‘Twilight’ star Kristen Stewart and was recently spotted spicing it ringing again.” up with the actress at a Cinema Society bash in New York, after meeting on the set of their new movie ‘Equals’. Collins claims honesty is key to a good relationship ily Collins doesn’t think there’s an ultimate secret to falling in love and staying in love but believes being Ltruthful with your partner builds the best foundation for long-term happiness. She said: “It doesn’t matter how long it takes to get there, to be in love, as long as in the end people are honest. When you’re honest it pays off. “Everyone has their own speed at which they’re honest, so I would say it’s beautiful but it depends on person to person.” Lily plays Rosie Dunne, the roman- tic interest of Sam Clafin’s alter ego Alex Stewart in her latest role in ‘Love, Rosie’, which sees the two best friends slowly realize they have fallen for each other. The romantic comedy is full of awkward moments and the starlet - whose parents are musician Phil Collins and his second wife Jill Tavelman - says many of the embarrassing scenes are very true to life. Lily explained: “Everyone has a friend who has gone through something as funny as some of the moments in there. “We kind of shine more light on those awk- ward moments and say its OK everyone goes through those moments.” ‘Love, Rosie’ also stars Tamsin Egerton, Suki Waterhouse, Jaime Winstone and Art Parkinson. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Kidman wants to have another baby

icole Kidman already has adopted children Connor, 21, and Isabella, 19, Nfrom her marriage with Tom Cruise and biological daughters Sunday, six, and Faith, three, with husband Keith Urban, but she admits she wishes every month that she’ll fall pregnant again. Speaking to Australia’s Kyle and Jackie O on radio station KIIS 1065 yesterday morning, she said: “I hope every month I am pregnant but I never am. I would be jumping for joy, but it won’t happen I’m 47.” However, the ‘Bewitched’ star admits her spouse, whom she married in 2006, isn’t keen on the idea. When asked by Kyle whether Keith still “has it in him”, Nicole replied with: “He might not be jumping for joy! I’m baby crazy. I love babies...kids.” Meanwhile, the stunning star, who tragically lost her father Dr Anthony Kidman after an apparent heart attack last month, always makes sure she and Keith set some time aside in their busy work schedules to see each other in order to keep their romance strong. She explained: “We don’t go for longer than seven days [without seeing each other].”

Jenner wants more grandchildren ris Jenner, the 58-year-old matriarch is already a grandmother to Kim’s 16-month-old Kdaughter North and Kourtney’s children Penelope, two, and Mason, four, but she admits she’d like even more in the near future. Speaking to E! News, she said: “I would love more grandkids. It’s such a blessing.” However, although the ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star admits she’d like all of her daughters to have children eventually, she remained tight-lipped when asked whether Kim, 33, and her husband Kanye West, 37, are expecting their second child togeth- er. She teased: “I let Kim speak about what she’s doing herself because I never know what to expect. Until somebody’s actually popping a baby bump, I don’t know what’s going on. She’s her own girl. We hope that there’ll be lots of babies, but I don’t know what anyone’s plan is at the moment.” Meanwhile, Kris - whose eldest daughter Kourtney, 35, is expecting her third child with her partner Scott Disick. She said previously: “Truth be told, there was a couple years ago where I thought if these kids don’t get started, they’re not going to have any kids. I’m not going to have any grandchildren. But they are on fire right now.” The brunette beauty also has daughter Khloe, 30, and son Rob, 27, with her ex-husband Robert Kardashian and daughters Kendall, 18, and Kylie, 17, with estranged spouse Bruce Jenner. Careyto soon file divorce Garnerhas become from Nick Cannon he ‘Hero’ hit maker, 44, who married the ‘America’s Got Talent’ host in 2008 more ‘ambitious’ after just six weeks of dating, is reportedly keen to kick-start legal proceed- T ennifer Garner admits her priorities have changed since she welcomed Violet, eight, ings as soon as possible, maybe even before the weekend, according to New York Daily News’ Confidential page. Nick, 34, announced in August that he and JSeraphina, five, and Samuel, two, into the world with her husband Ben Affleck but she Mariah had been living separately for a few months, but he insisted their main believes overall she’s become more determined to succeed for the sake of her family. focus was, and always will be, on their three-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe. She explained: “My ambition shifted Rumors began to swirl that infidelity may have caused the breakdown of their mar- when I had kids in a way that I didn’t riage shortly after Nick announced they’d parted ways, but he was quick to shoot anticipate. I became more ambi- down the cheating allegations just days later. However, Mariah seemed to subtly tious for my life as a whole, and for break her silence on the matter at the weekend when she performed her ‘Elusive that kind of health and happiness Chanteuse World Tour’ in Tokyo, Japan. of the overall family unit. And that While performing Billie Holiday’s clas- very much includes my husband sic ‘Don’t Explain,’ the brunette beau- and very much includes me.” ty changed the lyrics to the angry line However, the brunette beauty of “I know you cheated” which left insists Ben, whom she married in fans wondering if it was a sly refer- 2005, hasn’t tried to encourage her ence to Nick. Meanwhile, the hunk is to stay at home and look after the showing signs that he’s keen to move kids as he’d actually like her to go on from Mariah as he had the tattoo back to work and throw herself into of her name on his back morphed movies again. She said: “My hus- into a picture of Jesus Christ. He also band is always the one saying to didn’t hold back when it came to me, ‘You have to work, you have to showing off his new inking as he had work. This is part of who you are. the artwork on full display during a We’ll figure it out.’ That’s powerful, night out at the Playhouse nightclub when your partner has that serious in Hollywood last week in celebration mantra.” —Bangshowbiz of his 34th birthday. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

Review ‘You’re Not You’

laying a forty-something patrician rather than earned. woman afflicted with ALS, Hilary Swank Pgives a sensitive, nuanced illustration of Formulaic but honest the disease’s horrible physical toll in George C As it is, the picture generally hews to the Wolfe’s “You’re Not You.” Unfortunately, the overall arc of 2011’s French smash “The film calls on her to play a disease more often Intouchables,” with Bec helping Kate let loose than a character, and this well-intentioned and give voice to her simmering frustrations weepie never quite rises far enough above its (especially those regarding her husband, who movie-of-the week architecture to hit all its has initiated an affair with a co-worker), and intended emotional pressure points. There Kate teaching Bec a degree of self-respect are still some genuinely affecting individual and responsibility. Nonetheless, the film does scenes and keen observations to be found, improve substantially as it goes on, with Bec however, and Swank’s performance alongside settling down into a more believable charac- Emmy Rossum should help draw moderate ter, and the screenplay’s more formulaic yet appreciative attention to the film on VOD. paces leaving room to raise some tough, hon- While the film’s last two acts begin to est questions about living with disease. Netflix’s move into movies deepen its characters in generally satisfying Without denying Kate her moment of Terry ways, “You’re Not You” throws down its initial McMillan-esque emancipation from her way- gauntlet with an off-putting lack of subtlety. ward husband, the picture gradually allows will shake up the business An ominous prologue introduces upper-crust him to explain himself, accounting for the Houston couple Kate (Swank) and Evan (Josh strain that terminal illness exerts on sufferers’ Duhamel) as they host a cocktail party in their spouses. Swank excels in subtly underplaying Repercussions for Hollywood’s major studios impressive, antiseptic modernist home. All the pileup of indignities that Lou Gehrig’s dis- goes well until Kate, a former concert pianist, ease inflicts on its victims, her voice growing n just 48 hours, Netflix sent the movie biz his older efforts are among the most-viewed by takes to the keys and finds her right hand incrementally less decipherable as her condi- spinning-and where it stops is anyone’s Netflix users around the world, and they cater to shaking uncontrollably. Flash forward a year tion worsens. Though she has some moder- Iguess. The streaming giant made it clear last a very different demo than its other original pro- and a half, and Kate’s disease has advanced ately cliched scenes of cinematic suffering, it’s week that after challenging the TV industry, it grams. Netflix is “chasing a world where it’s hard rapidly, necessitating around-the-clock care. her look of resignation as she struggles to now has designs on the big screen. Netflix to get premium and exclusive content,” accord- After firing a nurse because “she made me turn the pages of a magazine, or her quiet dis- announced two groundbreaking pacts in short ing to a talent agency exec. “They see an oppor- feel like a patient,” Kate tries going in the comfort as strangers attempt to shake hands order: the first with Imax and the Weinstein Co tunity with a star that may not be as bankable as opposite direction, auditioning an unem- that really convey the brutality of the disease. to fund and simultaneously release a sequel to he once was, but who does have a demographic ployed college student with no relevant expe- The acting is fine all around, though the quali- martial arts classic “Crouching Tiger, Hidden of tens of millions of people who want to watch rience named Bec (Rossum). Bec arrives late ty of the characters can vary wildly. Loretta Dragon” online and in select theaters in August him.” to her interview, massively hung over after Devine and Ernie Hudson are delightful as a 2015; followed by a four-picture deal with Adam some blackout sex with a barroom rando, couple of fellow patients, and Frances Fisher Sandler. The surprise moves by the Los Gatos, Sandler Deal guzzling mouthwash as she stomps to her brings some interesting shadings to her brief California-based company could have repercus- Under Netflix’s arrangement with Sandler, his beaten-up pickup. Dressed like an extra from role as Kate’s blue-blooded mother. Marcia sions for cinema operators and traditional busi- Happy Madison Prods will work with the SVOD “Singles,” she spends her first few hours on Gay Harden, however, is pure icy malevolence ness practices among Hollywood’s major stu- provider to develop the movies, the first of the job getting caught smoking on her new as Bec’s disapproving mom, and Jason Ritter dios, exhibitors and top creative talent. which could arrive in 2015. It’s clearly a deal that employers’ doorstep, making horrible com- hits some unintentionally stalkerish notes as a may spark interest from other industry players. ments about Kate’s impending death, proving supposedly nice guy vying for Bec’s affec- Collapsing windows With a roughly $27 billion market cap, Netflix herself incapable of operating a cutting board tions. Production design from Aaron “They’re very important, game-changing appears ready to offer stars big paydays-the or a blender, and laughing cruelly after drop- Osbourne is eye-catching throughout, and announcements,” says Cinedigm CEO Chris kinds of checks many are no longer receiving ping her incapacitated charge into the toilet. Los Angeles locations stand in for Texas bet- McGurk. “Audiences today don’t care about the from studios. Moreover, Netflix has an incentive More than a simple unlikely caregiver, Bec is ter than one might expect. — Reuters old rules of the studio and entertainment busi- to pay top dollar for recognizable franchises, depicted as a barely functional borderline ness. They want to see films when they want, given its eagerness to plant a flag in original sociopath in the film’s early going, a miscalcu- how they want and on whatever device they movies. “It’s a shot across the bow, but out of lation that causes the two women’s subse- want.” For decades, Hollywood has thrived on a Netflix’s $3 billion in (annual) content spending, quent relationship (and Bec’s continued model with clear delineations between a film’s it’s not that giant a bite,” says Larry Tanz, CEO of employment) to feel narratively proscribed release in theaters, on homevideo, television, Vuguru, the digital entertainment studio backed and now, digital platforms. But windows are col- by Michael Eisner’s Tornante Co “It makes sense lapsing-perhaps more quickly than anyone they would not take a TV-only strategy.” As a thought, if Netflix’s brazen deals are any indica- data-driven company, Netflix can plot how tion. “The glory days of DVDs and Blu-rays are many people will watch its original movies, and gone,” says producer Ashok Amritraj, Hyde Park it wants a mix of critic-friendly titles as well as Entertainment topper. “We had a very happy popular fodder along the lines of Sandler’s oeu- time for quite a while with those separate win- vre. And, as a global distributor, Netflix needs dows, each one having its own revenue stream.” content that “can play in Cannes and Kansas Netflix’s incursion into movies could be just and Canada and Cologne,” Tanz says. It’s not as disruptive, predicts BTIG Research media ana- clear how great a long-term threat Netflix’s lyst Rich Greenfield: “This is a meaningful moves pose. But the furious reaction from change in Hollywood’s structure. It’s changing exhibitors to “Crouching Tiger” indicates the the process.” Netflix can be expected to set sector thinks it’s necessary to pull out the heavy aside budgets of more than $50 million for artillery. “Exhibition has taken a position, and “Crouching Tiger 2” and each of the Sandler the question is, how long can they hold on,” movies in the pipeline, Greenfield estimates: says a high-level studio executive. “Any time “These are significant bets. These are not made- we’ve tried to be innovative; they’ve taken a for-TV movies. They didn’t chintz going into the consistently hard line. There’s a generation of TV business.” Theater owners have circled the kids who are used to seeing whatever they want wagons, with the four biggest US chains-AMC, to see on whichever screen. There’s no question Cinemark, Regal and Carmike-saying they will there will be evolution.” — Reuters refuse to show “Crouching Tiger” on their IMAX screens. But in a sense, Netflix also is responding from a defensive posture in tapping Sandler to be the public face of its experiment in filmmak- ing. Like rival HBO, Netflix must give its users a reason to shell out $7.99 (or $8.99) for a sub- MUMBAI: (Left to right) Indian Bollywood film actors Ranvir Shorey, Ileana D’Cruz, Kalki scription on a monthly basis. Sandler’s recent Koechlin and Saif Ali Khan take a selfie photo during the trailer launch of upcoming Hindi films may have struggled at the box office, but romance comedy film ‘Happy Ending’. — AFP SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Queen makes Jolie a dame ‘Fierce and fearless advocate’

he American actress Angelina Jolie was Jolie’s most lasting role might be as a “fierce and made an honorary dame for her work fearless advocate”. Jolie’s honorary damehood, Tcombating sexual violence by Britain’s presented to people “who render extraordinary Queen Elizabeth II at London’s Buckingham or important non-military service in a foreign Palace yesterday. The star of such Hollywood country”, was announced in the Queen’s June films as “Tomb Raider” and “Maleficent” was birthday honors. At the time, the 39-year-old made an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the actress said: “To receive an honor related to for- Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St eign policy means a great deal to me, as it is George, which recognizes her close work with what I wish to dedicate my working life to. Britain’s Foreign Office. Jolie and former British “Working on the Preventing Sexual Violence foreign minister William Hague struck up an Initiative and with survivors of rape is an honor unlikely professional partnership while cam- in itself. I know that succeeding in our goals will paigning to raise awareness of sexual violence take a lifetime, and I am dedicated to it for all of in conflict zones. mine.” — AFP The pair hosted a four-day global conference LONDON: US actress Angelina Jolie (right) is presented with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame in London on the issue, during which US Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George by Britain’s Queen Secretary of State John Kerry suggested that Elizabeth II. — AFP

Record 83 films ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ teams with Imgur merica’s Funniest Home Videos,” the original user-gener- According to the companies, no money is changing hands under the submitted for ated content brand entering its 25th year on ABC, is wrap- partnership. The “AFV” deal with Imgur is part of a larger digital push “Aping its arms around animated GIFs in hopes of burnish- by the show in its silver-jubilee year. Under an expanded pact with foreign-language Oscar ing its cool factor among younger audiences. The show, produced by Disney’s Maker Studios, YouTube star Shay “Shay Carl” Butler will host Vin Di Bona Prods., has inked a partnership with image-hosting site “ShayFV,” a weekly, 17-episode series set to premiere on Maker.tv and record 83 countries have submitted films for con- Imgur to feature content from classic episodes and the current sea- the Shaytards YouTube channel on Oct 19, among other cross-plat- sideration in the foreign-language film category son-which premieres tomorrow Oct 12, on the Alphabet net-pack- form projects. Both the Maker and Imgur deals augment what “AFV” aged into looping GIFs. has been doing on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest for the 87th Academy Awards. That easily tops A Imgur will feature the top 25 GIFs from the “AFV” corpus on its and other social sites for the last few years.—Reuters record 76 that were under consideration last year. The homepage. Then, starting with the Nov 9 episode, “AFV” will promote entries include four first-timers: Kosovo, Malta, its Imgur page on-air, directing viewers to a collection of the five best Mauritania and Panama. Also new to the race: The name GIFs from that week’s episode located at afvofficial.imgur.com. of the director will be engraved onto the Oscar statuette, in addition to the name of the country. The five nomi- nees will be announced Jan 15, along with contenders in all the other categories. But a week before then, the Sony creating TV Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will release a short list of nine foreign-language semi-finalists. show on popular Each country can submit one film, determining on its own how this choice will be made. Any film that opens commercially in the US in calendar 2014 will be eligible animated movie in other categories as well. The last foreign-lingo film to ony Pictures Animation’s forecast is looking bright, as it and score a best picture nomination was the 2012 “Amour.” family entertainment outlet DHX Media have inked a deal The category was created in 1956. Deadline for submis- Sto adapt the film franchise “Cloudy with a Chance of sions was Oct 1. Since then, the foreign-language film Meatballs” into a children’s series. Under the deal, DHX Media award committee has reviewed the submissions to make (“Yo Gabba Gabba!,” “Degrassi”) will develop and produce 26 22- sure they qualify, in terms of national contributions (in minute, traditionally animated small-screen episodes of the com- an era of multi-national co-productions) and opening puter-generated animated feature films. The deal also includes global television and non-US home entertainment exploitation dates within its own country. From India, “Liar’s Dice,” rights to “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series,” with from director Geetu Mohandas is being submitted while the companies also planning to approach US broadcasters and Iran’s “Today,” by director Reza Mirkarimi and Iraq’s digital channels with the pitch. The deal also has DHX Media rep- “Mardan,” from director Batin Ghobadi are some of the resenting merchandising for the television series on a worldwide films chosen from the gulf region. basis. “‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’ has a tremendous Meanwhile, Kosovo, Malta, Mauritania and Panama legacy as beloved children’s books and a duo of highly popular have submitted films for the foreign-language Oscar for feature films, showing how great ideas can succeed across the first time, among a record 83 movies under consider- media,” said Steven DeNure, president and COO of DHX Media. ation, Academy Award organizers said Thursday. “We believe audiences both old and new are going to love this Kosovan director Isa Qosja’s “Three Windows and a fiercely funny franchise re-imagined for the small screen.” The “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” films are based on Hanging” is the young Balkan nation’s first submission the 1978 childrens book penned by Judi Barrett and illustrated by for the 87th Academy Awards, to be held on Sunday, Ron Barrett and focus on Flint Lockwood, a high school tween February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. who dreams of being a scientist while living in a blue-collar town Malta is represented by Rebecca Cremona’s “Simshar,” called Swallow Falls whose primary industry is sardines. Other Mauritania by Abderrahmane Sissako’s “Timbuktu,” and characters include Sam Sparks, the new girl in school and an Panama has submitted “Invasion,” by Abner Benaim. The aspiring journalist, and Flint’s dad, Tim. There’s also Steve the Academy Awards are televised live in more than 225 Monkey, Manny the head of the school’s audiovisual system, countries around the globe. — Agencies school gym teacher (and eventual cop) Earl, baby clothing model Brent, and Mayor Shelbourne, who wins every election on the CARACAS: Miss Venezuela 2014 Mariana Jimenez is seen pro-sardine platform. The first film, which was released in 2009, after being elected to represent her country in the Miss had a domestic gross of $124,870,275. The 2013 sequel grossed World competition. — AFP $119,793,567 domestically. — Reuters SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Cuba’s new rebels: Emos, Screamos, mikis and freaks Tattoos, piercings, and dyed hair a world apart

very weekend, a new generation of rebels converges on steps toward reform. Edowntown Havana, their tattoos, piercings, and dyed hair a A handful of police, both plainclothes and uniformed, keep an world apart from the “new man” the island’s revolutionary eye on the crowd. Nevertheless, the regime’s attitude has changed leaders dreamed of. They claim membership in a disparate band of dramatically since the 1960s, when it persecuted young people urban tribes-”emos,” “screamos,” “repas,” “mikis,” “punks” and who listened to the Beatles or Elvis-music labeled “counterrevolu- “freaks”-but come together on G Street, one of the capital’s main tionary”. “There’s more tolerance now,” said Ruben Gutierrez, a self- avenues, to drink, smoke, flirt, gossip and listen to the music that described punk and G Street regular sporting six face piercings and defines their clans. Cuba’s communist government once considered several tattoos. The government has grown slowly more tolerant of them “ideological deviants,” but has recently begun allowing these “freaks,” or rock music fans, since the 1980s. In the early 2000s, globalized rebels a small space of freedom-though still under the police still chased fans of “enemy” (American) music away from G watchful eye of the police. Gathering at midnight beneath statues of Street when they tried to gather there after the authorities closed Latin American independence fighter Simon Bolivar and leftist hero their previous spot, a square near the Plaza de la Revolucion. But in Salvador Allende, several hundred mostly teenage revelers gather 2007, after carrying out a sociological study and deciding the each weekend sporting creative tattoos, multiple piercings and gauged ears. Others wear leather or metal wristbands, or exotic post-punk hairstyles. In their cross-cutting fashion philosophy, “black is the new khaki.” Under the raw light of streetlamps or in the shadows of the tree-lined median, they gather around MP3 players or cell phones playing hard rock, hip-hop, emo and reggaeton. They bear little resemblance to Havana’s postcard image of crumbling colonial buildings, classic American cars and salsa musicians decked out in white. They are also a far cry from the revolutionary ideal of HANAVA: Cuban youngsters enjoy the park at G and 23 the selfless communist citizen that Che Guevara and Fidel Castro streets, since the early 2000s, thousands of Cuban young hoped to make the model for Cuba and the world after toppling dic- people enjoy this park as the main place to share musical tator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and seizing power. tastes, personal aesthetics and lifestyle. — AFP photos Growing tolerance young music lovers’ worldview was compatible with communist But it is a well-behaved rebellion, with no fighting or loud music. ideology, the government began allowing them to stay on G Street. This is still Cuba, after all, even if Fidel has relinquished power to his Cuban “Screamo” Edgar Milian shows his ear gauging at the “This has been closely observed by the police and certain groups younger brother Raul and the island has started taking tentative park at G and 23 streets. that carry out surveillance,” said Omar Padilla, a 30-year-old rocker with long hair. “There was a time when we couldn’t be here.” But now, he said, “G is a kind of sanctuary for rockers. In reality it’s a bohemian life here, not just for rockers but for people from any urban tribe... And yeah, you feel a little bit free.”

Global trends The styles they embrace are the same ones that can be found on the streets of London, New York or Berlin. Each tribe has its own space on G Street, but there are no signs of rivalry as they pass the night drinking rum and smoking cigarettes-plus a little pot — under the distant but constantly present gaze of the police. They include rockers, emos, punks, “repas” (hip-hop fans), “mikis” (pop fans) and “screamos” (a mix of punk and emo, according to adher- ents). Their conversations range from music to literature to technol- ogy to fashion to love-but politics is absent. “They share the Cuban population’s disbelief and mistrust in political institutions, which they don’t consider spaces for mobilization or social transforma- tion,” said psychologist Daybel Panellas of the University of Havana, who has studied the groups. Pedro Luis Fernandez, a 17-year-old emo, described G Street as a place “to meet people who think like you, who like the same music and look the same.” Jorge Herrera, a 16-year-old “freak,” had more concrete goals: “We came to meet girls and get lucky if possi- ble,” he said. “When you don’t have money to go to a club, you come to G,” said Pedro Tumbarell, a 21-year-old “screamo” by night Cuban “Freakies” remain at the park at G and 23 streets. and nursing student by day. — AFP Gilmour: ‘This is the end’ for Pink Floyd

ink Floyd’s first album in 20 years will more music ready to record. Keyboardist of classic Pink Floyd. “With world-weary key force behind Pink Floyd’s seminal album Pbe the rock legends’ last and will end Richard Wright, who wrote much of the lat- grace / we’ve taken our places,” Gilmour “The Wall,” left the band acrimoniously in on a “lyrical” note about the band’s est album, died in 2008. “This is the last sings. “It’s louder than words / This thing 1985. Gilmour said he was civil with Waters legacy, guitarist and singer David Gilmour thing that will be out from us,” Gilmour said, that we do.” The lyrics were written by but that their personality clash was so said. “It’s a shame, but this is the end,” adding when pressed: “I’m pretty certain Gilmour’s wife, the novelist Polly Samson. severe that there was no question of record- Gilmour told the BBC in an interview that there will not be any sort of follow-up Gilmour told the BBC that Samson “thought ing again with him. “However much I would released Thursday ahead of the eagerly to this.” The band on Thursday released the that would be a very good lyrical idea to go like that, and there are moments when I awaited November 7 release of “The Endless album’s last song, “Louder Than Words,” out on” as a way of “describing the symbio- think his great abilities combined with mine River.” The 68-year-old acknowledged that which-true to the river imagery of the sis that we have, or had.” The song also ref- do work quite well... it just wouldn’t work,” the band was getting older and had no album-features flowing guitars reminiscent erences the band’s fights. Roger Waters, the he said. — AFP SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Iggy Azalea, Demi Lovato headline Vevo concert Singers shrug off critics and cyber bullies

ggy Azalea’s got 99 problems and driv- close calls while learning the rules of the I’m like ‘this is really dangerous!’” Azalea Iing is one. Before taking the stage road. “I just learned to drive and it’s been said before the concert in the Barker Wednesday at Vevo’s Certified really difficult because I get followed by Hangar at Santa Monica Airport. The Superfanfest event, the 24-year-old people in my car and I can’t drive that fast Australian performer has had a huge year “Problem” rapper said she’s had a few yet so I’m not good at getting away! And with chart-toppers like “Fancy” and her Ariana Grande collaboration “Problem.” Azalea’s “Black Widow” featuring Rita Ora sits at No 2 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. When it comes to navigating life in the public eye Azalea said she easily shrugs off critics and cyber bullies. “I try not to look at it,” she said. “Although those things are unfortunate I can switch it off. I think the strangest thing is when for me it translates into my real life or being followed by people.” Demi Lovato also performed at the event celebrating music videos that reached more than 100 million views online. The “Heart Attack” singer admitted to being an Azalea superfan. “I love doing things that get me excited as a fan girl because sometimes it’s easy to like get caught up in the industry,” said Lovato. “But then you get these moments where you get to work with people that you’re a huge fan of.” Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy hosted the Demi Lovato performs at the Vevo Certified SuperFanFest Live Concert. event which airs on Vevo’s online, TV and Iggy Azalea performs at the Vevo Certified SuperFanFest Live — AP photos mobile apps on Oct 16. —AP Concert at the Barker Hangar. Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page Blues legend BB King cancels tour publishes new book lues legend BB King, who has pursued an improba- in Mississippi and worked on the fields from age seven Bbly rigorous touring schedule at age 89, has can- after his father abandoned the family and his mother died. LONDON: Truth be told, it will take a pretty see autobiographies or biographies of celed his remaining shows after suffering from But King began playing the guitar and eventually hitch- strong fan of Jimmy Page and his erstwhile musicians I always look to see what photo- exhaustion. King, often ranked as one of modern music’s hiked his way to Memphis, where he developed his style of band Led Zeppelin to buy the celebrated graphs they have chosen.” This does, per- greatest guitarists, still plays some 100 shows a year but he rhythm and blues dominated by sharp single notes rather rock guitarist’s new book. Weighing in at haps unintentionally, allow the book to stopped a performance in Chicago on October 3 and was than guitar slides. His became a mainstream sensation by just shy of 3 kg (more than six and a half skim over some of the wilder sex, drugs diagnosed with dehydration and exhaustion. The guitarist the 1960s, opening for the Rolling Stones on the British pounds) and containing some 650 photo- and rock ‘n’ roll episodes in his history. But was resting and a representative said that he has canceled superstars’ US tour. For decades, King still played more graphs, “Jimmy Page” is appropriately the pictures of frenzied stage performanc- all eight remaining shows scheduled this year “in order to than 300 shows a year to acclaim. heavy for the man who popularized the es interspersed with quite exhausting fully recuperate.” He had been due to perform tomorrow But the aging guitarist’s recent performances, which hard-rock guitar riff. world travel do not suggest a bunch of and Monday in New York at a club that bears his name. notably have featured long sing alongs to “You Are My It is also quite costly at a recommended choirboys on a church outing. All the “I’m back at home now listening to music, watching Sunshine,” have drawn growing criticism. His representa- 40 pounds in Britain and $60 in the United famous gigs are there such as Wembley in movies and enjoying some down time,” King said in on his tive took the unusual step of apologizing for an erratic States. But fans are fans and when a far- 1971, Knebworth in 1979 and the 2007 website. “I think I’m busier at home now than on the road April show in St Louis that drew a critical review in the pricier limited-edition was published a few reunion, but there are many more obscure talking to friends calling to check up on me. I do appreci- local St Louis Post-Dispatch, saying that King had been years ago, it sold out quickly. It is clear, in moments, such as meeting Andy Warhol, ate everyone’s calls and concern. I want to tell you, I’m driven 24 hours from Las Vegas and forgotten to take his an interview with Reuters, that Page is playing in a Danish club in 1968 as The doing alright,” he said. King grew upon a cotton plantation diabetes medication. — AFP proud of the new, updated book, which New Yardbirds, and jamming with rapper begins with a picture of him singing sweet- Puff Daddy. ly as a choirboy and ends with him grayed ‘Santa Is Real’ Musical and beaming, clutching his favorite gui- New music tar.”It’s an awful term, but it’s a journey,” Belying the stereotype of a hard-living Movie in the Works said Page, now 70. “You see the changes in rock legend, Page is now a slim, healthy- fashion, you see the changes in guitars, looking non-drinker who calls a quiet ew Regency and Walden Media are partnering role for the past 27 years. Walden Media’s Naia and you see the changes in attitude. You Thames-side English village home. He says see this man growing and gaining years as he gave up drinking because he did not Nto develop, finance and produce the musical Cucukov will oversee the project on behalf of Walden. he goes on this journey.” want his young children to see him drunk, family film “Santa Is Real.” Stephen Chbosky New Regency is in production on Alejandro Gonzalez The book is far from a typical autobiog- and then never have done. Page is quite (“The Perks of Being a Wallflower”) is set to direct and Inarritu’s “The Revenant” starring Leonardo DiCaprio raphy. There are few words and those that sentimental about some things. Pointing Larry Stuckey (“Little Fockers”) will write. and Tom Hardy and set for release on Christmas Day are there are used primarily to link hun- to the Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar he Stacey Sher and Alexandra Milchan are producing 2015. It produced Fox’s “Gone Girl” and Fox dreds of pictures tracing Page’s life from is holding in the book’s last picture, he with Walden Media. The movie is based on the Searchlight’s “Birdman,” directed by Inarritu and skiffle-playing youngster through The says: “I got that guitar in 1969 and I played upcoming book “Santa Claus Is For Real: A True opening Oct 17. Walden released “The Giver” and is Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin to his solo it all the way through. Most people, they Christmas Fable About the Magic of Believing” by post-production on Universal’s adventure/thriller career, the performance on a London bus substitute it with another one, but even at Charles E. Hall and Bret Witter. Random House is pub- “Everest” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and his 2012 the O2 (reunion concert) I was playing that. lishing the book on Oct 14. Clarke, Keira Knightley, John Hawkes, Sam Kennedy Center culture award. “It just goes If I was going out playing next year, I would The film tells the story of Charles Hall, who was a Worthington, Emily Watson and Robin Wright. to show a career in music,” he said. “When I be playing that guitar.” —Reuters struggling actor when he began playing Santa in Chobsky is represented by WME and Ken Richman Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular. He’s been in the from Hansen Firm. — Reuters SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 New phase for modern art at Crystal Bridges Museum ‘State of the Art’ exhibit could be game-changer

rystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in 2011 in Wal-Mart’s hometown, Bentonville, Arkansas, with a Crespectable collection of work by famous artists from Norman Rockwell’s “Rosie the Riveter” to a George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart. But the museum has just opened a massive exhibition of contemporary art called “State of the Art” that could be a game- changer. The museum is sometimes mocked by critics from outside the region for its location and Wal-Mart connections - its permanent collection was funded by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton - but the new show represents a serious effort to introduce contemporary art to a mainstream audience far from the rarefied galleries of hipster neighborhoods and urban centers.

Under-recognized artists “State of the Art” showcases more than 200 works by 102 artists from around the country. All the works were created since 2011, and the show resulted from a 100,000-mile road trip by museum presi- dent Don Bacigalupi and curator Chad Alligood to discover under- recognized artists. “Crystal Bridges has already established itself with a major national presence due to the quality of its collection of American art from colonial times to the present day,” said Alligood in an interview. “What ‘State of the Art’ does is extend that story. Many of our audience members come from around here. For many of them, this is their first time having an experience in an art muse- um. We’re introducing contemporary art to this audience.” The works are engaging, surprising and memorable. They include “Lowrider Pinata,” a life-size car made from colorful pinata- style paper and cardboard, by Justin Favela; Delita Martin’s “The Dream Keeper,” which brings elements of magical realism to a por- trait of a black figure in work clothes, a bird perched on one hand; and Alberto Aguilar’s “Sensitive Equipment,” which invites visitors to hit a balloon back and forth using melodic hand-bells as bats. Susie J Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art shows artist Justin Favela with his piece ‘Lowrider Pinata’ at the opening for a new Lee’s silent video portraits of the faces of workingmen, called show at the museum called ‘State of the Art’ “Fracking Fields,” offer mesmerizing close-ups of faces in real time as their emotions wordlessly register. John Salvest stacked second- hand romance novels so that the book bindings, organized by color, But Alligood says Crystal Bridges “didn’t create this show for crit- art world now, that art is not just for artists, it’s not just for the elite. spell out “FOREVER” in giant letters. “Ghosts of Consumption,” by ics. We expressly went into this project to shake up the paradigm of It’s for people.” The curators, she said, “chose artists that want the Pam Longobardi, features man-made debris from the ocean. Jeila contemporary art - that it’s somehow not of the realm of everyday viewer to leave with something they could understand. I don’t think Gueramian’s textile piece, “It’s You,” creates a ceiling of colorful cro- experience, that it’s inaccessible or disengaged from our lives or that that’s wrong.” — AP cheted blankets. And the show opens with the “Mom Booth,” by it’s inexplicable. In fact, artists across this country are engaged in Andy Ducett, in which real moms who are local volunteers sit at a conversations in ways that welcome the viewer in.” table wearing aprons, knitting and dispensing hugs and advice. Admission to Crystal Bridges is free, and the museum is drawing more than 500,000 visitors a year, 60 percent from Arkansas. At the Mixed reviews University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, 30 miles away, art department Reviews of the show have been mixed. The Wall Street Journal chairwoman Jeannie Hulen says the museum has “changed our stu- called it “PG-13,” suggesting that it’s so accessible, it rules out art dents’ lives. It’s completely changed the way we teach. It has upped with provocative themes. Blair Schulman, a Kansas City-based art the game and given them a wider, worldlier view of what art is.” critic who contributes to The Huffington Post Blog, said he “loved” As for “State of the Art,” she says, “It’s a positive show, it’s a very the works, but took issue with “how it was curated. It was a lot of optimistic show, it’s a big show. It’s important for them being a new good work in a very large space. If they broke it into smaller exhibi- museum to be thinking about contemporary art. It is accessible, but tions over a few years, it would have better represented what the there is a conversation about accessibility that’s happening in the artists were making.”

This photo shows visitors admiring Norman Rockwell’s “Rosie the Riveter”. A visitor looks at a work of art at the opening of a new con- temporary art show “State of the Art”. — APphotos SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

A tourist takes a sand bath in the dunes of the Merzouga desert in southeastern Morocco. A tourist is served water as he takes a sand bath in the dunes of the Merzouga desert in south- Formerly nomadic tribesmen who settled in Merzouga have turned to wellness tourism offer- eastern Morocco. — AFP photos ing visitors sand therapy which is said to cure those who suffer from rheumatism, lumbago, polyarthritis and some skin disorders, as well as helping purge the body of poisonous toxins. A healthy soak in Saharan sands

s the morning sun rises over the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi in the Sahara, men and women dig holes for Atourists who want to bury themselves in the sand. Finding well being in the desert Decades ago, tribal nomads settled here, living a traditional desert existence that has now had to adapt to changing cir- cumstance. The dunes of Merzouga tower over the small tectorate in 1912, with the development of mining in the to taste the local dishes we make using medicinal plants and community in southeastern Morocco, where the Berber Ait region, the emergence of urban centers and demarcation of herbs,” said Sadoq, who also heads an association to promote Atta tribe now makes a brisk living from tourism. The formerly the nearby border with Algeria. Once-nomadic tribes had to tourism in the Sahara. Tourism is a cornerstone of Morocco’s nomadic tribesmen have for years been running hotels and find a new livelihood, and turned to cultivating date palms economy-contributing 10 percent of gross domestic product. restaurants in Merzouga, a key stop on the Moroccan tourist and tourism in the second half of the past century. Visitors in According to market experts, it is also growing, thanks to the trail on the edge of a sea of sand dunes. Now they’re even search of a cure do not come only from abroad: many development of wellness tourism. In September, Morocco turning to the sands themselves to attract visitors. For around Moroccans also firmly believe in the power of the desert. “I hosted the Global Spa and Wellness Summit where industry 10 minutes visitors are buried neck-deep in the hot sand for really feel much better, and each year I come back here to experts said the sector expanded globally last year by 12.5 therapy said to cure those who suffer from rheumatism, lum- spend a week,” said sciatica sufferer Ali Kallamouche from the percent, generating almost $500 billion. Morocco topped the bago, polyarthritis and some skin disorders. The therapy has central town of Beni Mellal. Middle East and North Africa list in health tourism, with the the same effect as a sauna session, helping purge the body of industry growing more than 67 percent since 2007. In poisonous toxins, according to those tribesmen such as Focus now on health Merzouga, more and more people are signing up for a hot Abdessalam Sadoq who now work in wellness tourism. A sand bath at Merzouga costs up to 10 euros, and when sand soak at the height of summer and other businesses, “We offer every type of tourism here, but especially for “patients” shake off the sand they are wrapped in hot towels including those rooted in the recent past, are thriving as a health,” he said. Making a living was not always easy for the to avoid the shock of a sudden cooling of the body. Many result. Ali sells camel milk which he insists does wonders for descendants of the Ait Atta nomads, and over the decades the come not just for the cure but also for the breathtaking sun- diabetes, anemia and digestive tract problems. “People come sons and daughters of those who roamed the desert on sets over Merzouga’s erg-the shifting sand dunes 20 kilome- from all over the world to Merzouga for sand baths, and that camels have had to attune themselves to more modern ways. ters long, five kilometers wide and up to 150 meters high. helps us promote other products,” he said. — AFP The Ait Atta once accumulated riches from trans-Saharan Camel safaris and stays in the desert under canvas with the commerce, but now all that remains of this past is a road sign region’s Berber and Arab tribes are still a tourist staple, but pointing towards Timbuktu, a mere 52 days away by camel. with the economy biting, industry workers had to look else- Their way of life ended after Morocco became a French pro- where to attract business. “People come for sand baths... and

Tourists take sandbaths in the dunes. TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Hackers leap from dark basements to world stage

SAN FRANCISCO: Hackers are shaking off hacker tribes include leaving it to others to their reputations as nerdy, loner basement brand one a hacker-never taking the name dwellers and rebranding themselves on the for oneself. There is a high value placed on world stage as members of Internet age weirdness. tribes with offbeat codes of conduct and Taboos include being an informant. DEF capricious goals. CON has long had a “Spot The Fed” game Clans of hackers such as Anonymous, with prizes to those who finger undercover LulzSec and Lizard Squad have caused hav- police infiltrating the gathering. oc-and made news-in recent years, but the Working for the computer security indus- legacy of the online community stretches try is not frowned on, but doing shoddy back decades. work certainly is. The pseudo-anonymous “People think of hackers as non-social nature of Anonymous allows for a diverse people who live in the basement; that is not array of people to belong-some in roles true at all,” said Nico Sell, chief executive of with nothing to do with coding, such as NEW YORK: The Sony Xperia Z3v smartphone, available through Verizon, with an option- the encrypted messaging service Wickr and tweeting, making videos or organizing ral- al accessory to charge the phone wirelessly, is presented during a media event in New the longtime organizer of the DEF CON lies. York on Thursday. — AP hacking conference. “There are people from radically differ- “To be good at hacking, you have to ent classes and ethnic backgrounds, and a understand how society and people work. strong ethic not to seek fame and recogni- With Z3, Sony brings These geeks are not your normal tion for your actions is heavily enforced,” geeks.”Rebels united by their hacking Coleman said. prowess and identified by sassy pseudo- phones to US faster nyms have been divided into “white hat” FROM ‘TROLLING’ TO ACTIVISM groups that use software skills for good and Coleman traced the roots of Anonymous NEW YORK: Sony is launching its new Xperia Z3 Sony’s market share doesn’t even rank in IDC’s their “black hat” rivals intent on anything to 4Chan, where bonds forged over sharing waterproof smartphone through Verizon and T- lists of top 5 smartphone makers. In the trend-set- from pranks and political upheaval to espi- the funny, offensive or grotesque grew from Mobile. The phones are hitting US stores on the ting US market, Sony has suffered further from onage or crimes of profit. “trolling” to underground activism. heels of their unveiling last month at a trade show late releases. Technical and feature requirements Hackers share their stories and skills at “There is a sense of being in the trenches in Berlin, as Sony ramps up efforts to expand its tend to be stricter in the US And it took time for forums like DEF CON and in Internet chat together, battling,” Coleman said. tiny market share by getting to the American mar- the Japanese electronics company to figure out venues such an privacy-guarding 4Chan, Anonymous evolved into a platform for ket faster. what US customers and carriers want, said Ravi according to Gabriella Coleman, who holds launching political operations, with high-val- Its Xperia Z1 phone took months to arrive, by Nookala, president of Sony Mobile the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and ue targets related to censorship, corruption which time it felt old. Sony never found a U.S. Communications’ US business. Getting the Technological Literacy at McGill University and privacy.The group “was known for prank- wireless carrier for the Z2 this spring. The Verizon endorsement of Verizon, the nation’s largest wire- in Canada. ing and hell-raising, and now it is known for phone comes out Oct. 23, just a month after less carrier, should help. “There are many reasons one can call activism,” Coleman said. It combined techni- Apple’s new iPhones and a week after the Oct. 17 hackers a community,” said Coleman, cal prowess with Hollywood presentation, release of Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 4. A release THE PROSPECTS whose book “Hacker, Hoaxer, and adopted the Guy Fawkes mask-seen in date for the T-Mobile version hasn’t been Target customers in the US include owners of Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of the film “V for Vendetta”-as its symbol. announced. Sony TVs, headphones, cameras and PlayStation Anonymous” will be released in November. Hackers often run in groups but tend to game consoles, along with those familiar with “One layer is just their craft: they are be a giving community-as apt to teach visi- THE PHONES Sony movies such as “Spider-Man.” building stuff or breaking stuff.The technol- tors to pick locks or create educational T-Mobile is carrying the standard version. For “Especially in the United States, ... we are very ogy is so complex you rely on the help of games as they are to hack a major firm’s the Verizon model, dubbed Z3v, Sony is adding strong in entertainment,” Kunimasa Suzuki, the others to get things done in a serious way,” network to prove it is flawed. the ability to charge the phone wirelessly with an worldwide president and CEO for Sony Mobile, she told AFP. “You don’t have the same posturing you optional accessory, without needing to plug in a said in an interview. Suzuki said larger Verizon Next year will mark the 23rd annual DEF do in other societies, because you are traditional USB cable. It’s a capability coming to stores will have displays showing how the Xperia CON gathering in Las Vegas. The event-con- judged on your merits,” Sell said. “The rock many smartphones, but often requires buying a phone works with PlayStation systems, setting it sidered the world’s biggest hacker confer- stars are the ones who have brought great special back cover on top of the charging accesso- apart from rivals. He said Sony is also including ence-was started by Jeff Moss, known by the things to everybody-for free.” ry. The two models have slightly different dimen- digital copies of some Sony movies with Xperia handle Dark Tangent, as a farewell party for DEF CON hacker creed includes not hurt- sions, even though both screens measure 5.2 phones. Verizon will sell a variety of accessories in a hacker friend about to leave the country. ing anyone needlessly, and giving software inches diagonally. stores, including $60 PlayStation controllers and makers time to patch chinks in their armor Both versions let people play Sony PlayStation $40 mounts to attach them to the phones. Suzuki CRAFTINESS, HUMOR before making vulnerabilities public. 4 games through the phone while on the porch or said that in selling the Sony experience rather In hacker groups such as Anonymous, “Hackers don’t always follow the rules, but in another room from the TV. The phones can than just the phone, the company is hoping to amazing code or stunning exploits are that is different from having integrity and withstand drops in the swimming pool and have take advantage of its brand strength in the US. revered and personal glory-seeking ethics,” Sell said. Defenders of the hacker 20.7 megapixel cameras capable of recording Sony executives also have emphasized 4k abhorred, according to Coleman. culture maintain a defining credo is to push video in ultra-high definition, or 4k. video recording, something that hasn’t come to Humor-cracking jokes, pulling pranks systems until they break and then find com- The Verizon version will sell for $200 with a other leading smartphones yet. But those aren’t and even embedding jokes in source code- pelling new ways to put them back togeth- two-year contract, or $600 without one. T-Mobile necessarily top priorities for customers, and get- is common. “There is a love of craftiness and er. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg pricing hasn’t been announced yet. ting them to switch from Apple or Samsung cleverness, and displaying it is a marker made the hacker mindset a theme at the devices will be tough. Nookala admits that gain- defining their identity and binding them leading social network’s campus in Silicon THE LANDSCAPE ing market share will take time. “We are here for together,” Coleman said. Valley, where the street address is One Sony has had a tough time breaking through the long play,” he said. “It’s not that we just launch Ritualized ways of displaying humility in Hacker Way. — AFP the highly competitive smartphone market. one phone and disappear.”—AP Microsoft CEO suggesting women not ask for raises

SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp’s chief executive officer suggested on back because somebody’s going to know that’s the kind of per- Nadella also admitted his error in a memo to Microsoft Thursday that women in technology should not ask for raises but son that I want to trust.” employees which was posted on the company’s website. “I have faith in the “system”, bringing a torrent of criticism and Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College and a mem- answered that question completely wrong,” said the memo. causing the executive to backtrack after the statement. ber of Microsoft’s board, immediately challenged Nadella, saying “I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal Satya Nadella, who became CEO in February, was asked how his viewpoint was “one of the very few things that I disagree with work.And when it comes to career advice on getting a raise women should get ahead in the tech world at a three-day con- you on,” eliciting a few cheers from the audience. when you think it’s deserved, Maria’s advice was the right advice. ference in Phoenix, Arizona, intended to celebrate women in The two went on to hug on stage, and the audience warmly If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask.” computing. applauded, but Twitter rounded on Nadella and his comments According to recent research by the American Association of “It’s not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and became fodder for jokes. University Women, last year women were paid 78 percent of having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises “I’ll wait for Karma to lower my #xboxlive price too,” tweeted what equally qualified men received, although there is some as you go along,” Nadella said, according to a recording on the Chuck Granade. Nadella later tried to patch up the damage.”Was data to suggest the pay gap is less in the tech sector. website of the event, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in inarticulate re how women should ask for raise,” he tweeted sev- Only 29 percent of Microsoft’s more than 100,000 employ- Computing. eral hours after his remarks. “Our industry must close gender pay ees are female, according to data recently released by the “Because that’s good karma,” Nadella continued. “It’ll come gap so a raise is not needed because of a bias.” company. — Reuters TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

NASA prepares Mars spacecraft for close brush with comet

CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA said on Thursday it secured visitor to the inner solar system, gravitationally phere on Mars will shield NASA’s Opportunity and its Mars probes in preparation for a rare, extremely elbowed out of the solar system’s backyard by a pass- Curiosity rovers from comet dust, which may trigger close pass by a comet from the outer edge of the solar ing star about a million years ago. “The comet has nev- meteor showers. system. Discovered in January 2013, Comet Siding er ever been closer to the sun than we think maybe In addition to its two rovers on the surface, NASA Spring is due to fly just 87,000 miles (140,000 km) from Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune’s distance. This is its has three operational orbiters circling Mars. The Mars - less than half the distance between Earth and first passage into what we call the ‘water-ice line,’ European Space Agency and India also have spacecraft the moon - on Oct. 19.That is 10 times closer than any where it’s really starting to blow its water off,” astro- in orbit. All the probes are expected to be part of a known comet has flown by Earth, NASA scientists told physicist Carey Lisse, with Johns Hopkins University in grand science campaign to study the comet during its reporters on a conference call. Laurel, Maryland, told reporters. Martian rendezvous, looking to see how Siding Spring The comet is a rare visitor from the distant Oort Initially, NASA was concerned the comet’s dusty tail is impacted by the planet’s gravity and how the comet Cloud, a collection of frozen remnants from the forma- could pose a threat to orbiting spacecraft as it brushes affects the atmosphere on Mars. tion of the solar system. The spherically shaped cloud is past Mars.Later assessments somewhat allayed those An armada of ground- and space-based telescopes, located about 50 times as far from the sun as Earth. concerns, but NASA still opted to tweak its satellites’ including NASA’s Hubble observatory, already are “Oort Cloud comets, it’s hard to plan missions to them orbits so they would be behind the planet during the observing the comet.Comet Siding Spring’s closest because you don’t know where they’re going to come most risky part of the flyby. “Mars will be right at the approach to Mars is expected at 2:27 p.m. EDT/1827 from and how they are going to behave,” said Padma edge of the debris cloud, so it might encounter some GMT on Oct. 19. It will soar past the Red Planet at about Yanamandra-Fisher, senior research scientist at the of the particles - or it might not,” NASA Mars scientist 126,000 mph (203,000 kph). During the encounter, sci- Space Science Institute in Rancho Cucamonga, Rich Zurek, with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in entists hope to learn more about water, carbon and California. Pasadena, California, said in a statement. other materials that existed during the formation of the Comet Siding Spring is believed to be a first-time Although much thinner than on Earth, the atmos- solar system some 4.6 billion years ago. — Reuters Sen Wyden: NSA tech spying hurts economy

PALO ALTO: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and other themselves as being more secure than US competitors - or Silicon Valley executives say controversial government spy- less vulnerable to legal demands from the US government. ing programs are undercutting the Internet economy and Most of the impact has been anecdotal, however. A few want Congress to step up stalled reform. companies, including Cisco Systems Inc. and Qualcomm Inc., “We’re going to end up breaking the Internet,” warned have said they believe they lost some deals in China and oth- Google Inc.’s Schmidt during a public forum Wednesday er emerging markets because of concerns about US spying. convened by US Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who has been an Germany did cancel a contract with Verizon this summer, cit- outspoken critic of electronic data-gathering by the National ing a fear that it may provide customer phone records to the Security Agency. Schmidt and executives from Facebook Inc, NSA. Some tech startups and telecommunications compa- Microsoft Corp. and other firms say revelations of extensive nies in France and Switzerland have claimed an increase in Navy tests out new way of NSA surveillance are prompting governments in Europe and sales to customers who are wary of US providers. elsewhere to consider laws requiring that their citizens’ online data be stored within their national borders. making clothes: Welding Rules like that would drive up costs and create technical obstacles to the way the Internet currently operates, making PAWTUCKET: Welding isn’t just for air- holes that air and water can permeate, it “profoundly difficult in terms of our ability to deliver servic- craft carriers anymore. The US Navy could taping a seam to cover the holes adds es,” said Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch. Brad Smith, be turning to ultrasonic welding to make weight. The welded seams have proven general counsel for Microsoft, said some European cus- its uniforms lighter, stronger and cheaper. to be lightweight, flexible and waterproof, tomers are worried their data will be more vulnerable to U.S. And if the project by a Rhode Island com- King said. “We have a lot of opportunity to government snooping, although he declined to give specific pany and the Navy Clothing and Textile improve the garments and also effect examples. “The reality is this is a real problem for American Research Facility is a success, it could help change at the factory level,” King said. tech companies,” said Smith. “If trust falls, then the prospects bring manufacturing back from overseas. “Some of these technologies have been for business are hurt.” Welded seams - created when two used in factories overseas but we have no Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee pieces of fabric are essentially melted knowledge base here of how to do them and chairman of the Finance Committee, convened the together by sound waves - are already or how to implement them.” roundtable in the Palo Alto High School gym, where he used in some clothing that some Seams are welded on some large played basketball as a student in the 1960s. He said he will It’s difficult to quantify the losses because “companies Americans have in their closets. Patagonia tents, liners and other specialty industrial take the executives’ message back to Washington, where don’t always know about the deals that they weren’t invited and North Face both sell models of jackets fabrics, but not on typical, casual clothing. bills to curb surveillance have stalled. Prospects for passing a to be a part of,” said Daniel Castro, a senior analyst at the with welded seams. But so far, most, if not For the Navy project, King consulted reform bill this fall are shrinking, Wyden told The Associated nonprofit Information Technology and Innovation all, of that manufacturing is done over- Patagonia, whose M10 jacket has welded Press. “I’m going to my best to use this. What I’m going to do Foundation in Washington, D.C. Castro estimated last year seas. Propel LLC is trying to figure out seams and is made in Vietnam. is say there’s a clear and present danger to the Internet econ- that losses to U.S. tech companies could amount to $35 bil- how to make one of the Navy’s more Joe Vernachio, a vice president at The omy,” Wyden said. Wyden contends that the government’s lion by 2016. He said this week his estimate is still valid. expensive and challenging garments to North Face, said he knows of only four or “digital dragnet” of phone calls, emails and online communi- Wyden has called for strict controls on the NSA and com- assemble - the Navy parka, which it buys five factories overseas that weld seams for cations doesn’t make the country safer, and only hurts the plains that a pending reform bill, authored by Sen. Patrick for $190.50 each - without stitches. It has apparel. The military is required by law to US economy. “When the actions of a foreign government Leahy, D-Vt., doesn’t go far enough to restrict so-called spent the past year testing welded seams, manufacture all uniforms in the United threaten red-white-and-blue jobs, Washington gets up at “back-door” or warrantless searches of emails and online adhesive techniques and other bonds States. Military uniform sales totaled $1.76 using a federal grant from the Navy. billion in fiscal 2014, according to the arms. But, even today, almost no one in Washington is talk- communications by Americans. The Obama administration “This was a good way for us to start to Defense Logistics Agency. The agency ing about how overly broad surveillance is hurting the US has endorsed the Leahy bill, while defending government get an understanding of what the current purchased nearly 44,000 Navy working economy,” he said in opening remarks. surveillance programs as narrowly defined and necessary for state of the art is,” said Cleveland Heath, uniform parkas that year. Microsoft’s Smith acknowledged that concerns over tracking foreign terrorist suspects. Wyden is backing sepa- the technical program manager at the Seams that are welded are typically recent terrorist incidents in the Middle East may have under- rate legislation that would increase the authority of the gov- Navy facility in Natick, Massachusetts. straight lines, not ones that turn corners, cut some public support for surveillance reform. However, ernment’s new Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Current garment assembly methods and it’s expensive to use this method, he contends that “laws that the rest of the world doesn’t A coalition of leading online companies including can be cumbersome and costly, Heath Vernachio added. Few garment manufac- respect will ultimately undermine the fundamental ability of Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft continue to urge said. Different kinds of stitches are used turers are welding seams now, mainly our own legal processes, law enforcement agencies and Congress to pass reform. The companies also have beefed and garments have to be moved from because the easiest and cheapest way to even the intelligence community itself.” When former NSA up their own security measures, through encryption and sewing machine to sewing machine as make an article of clothing is still by contractor Edward Snowden made details of NSA surveil- other methods intended to rebuff snooping by individual they are formed. One welded seam could sewing it, said Augustine Tantillo, presi- lance tactics public, tech executives and industry experts hackers - or government agencies. That’s put Silicon Valley at replace several stitch types and the dent of the National Council of Textile warned that consumers and business customers would fear odds with federal authorities. Attorney General Eric Holder, sewing machines associated with them, Organizations. It has been too daunting to that US technology companies can’t protect sensitive data who announced last month that he is leaving the Justice he said. The seam is a garment’s weak try to develop a machine at a low cost from government prying. Some analysts estimated last year Department, has complained that recent encryption moves point, said Propel president Clare King. that performs as well as a skilled sewer, he that US tech companies could lose tens of billions of dollars by Apple Inc. and Google could hinder vital law enforcement Using a needle and thread creates tiny added.—AP in sales, particularly after European firms began marketing investigations. — AP TV listings SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

10:35 Suite Life On Deck 03:15 Giuliana & Bill 02:10 Marion’s Thailand Planet 11:00 That’s So Raven 04:10 THS 02:35 Siba’s Table 06:25 Food School 11:25 That’s So Raven 05:05 THS 03:00 Siba’s Table 06:50 Dog Whisperer 11:50 A.N.T. Farm 06:00 THS 03:25 Charly’s Cake Angels 07:40 Eat Street 00:00 Absolutely Fabulous 12:15 A.N.T. Farm 07:50 Style Star 03:50 Chopped 08:05 Eat Street 00:30 Eastenders 00:00 Violetta 12:40 Good Luck Charlie 08:20 E! News 04:40 All You Can Meat 08:30 Chefs Run Wild 01:00 Doctors 00:45 The Hive 13:05 Good Luck Charlie 09:15 Giuliana & Bill 05:05 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 08:55 Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 01:30 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 00:50 Art Attack 13:30 Jessie 10:15 E!ES 05:30 Reza’s African Kitchen 09:20 David Rocco’s Dolce India 02:15 The Night Watch 01:15 Art Attack 13:55 Jessie 11:10 THS 05:50 Siba’s Table 09:45 Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 03:45 Absolutely Fabulous 01:40 Jungle Junction 14:20 Win, Lose Or Draw 12:05 E! News 06:10 Sweet Genius 10:10 Eat Street 04:15 The Weakest Link 01:55 Jungle Junction 14:55 Mako Mermaids 13:05 Fashion Police 07:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 10:35 My Sri Lanka With Peter Kuruvita 05:00 Me Too! 02:05 Jungle Junction 15:20 I Didn’t Do It 13:35 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 07:25 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 11:00 Grandma’s Boy 05:20 Boogie Beebies 02:15 Jungle Junction 15:45 Liv And Maddie 14:05 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 07:50 Guy’s Big Bite 11:25 Get Stuffed 05:35 Teletubbies 02:30 Violetta 16:10 Violetta 14:30 Style Star 08:15 Street Eats 11:50 Food Lover’s Guide To The 06:00 Nina And The Neurons 03:15 The Hive 17:05 Princess Protection Program 15:00 Keeping Up With The 09:05 Barefoot Contessa - Back To Planet 06:15 Me Too! 03:20 Art Attack 18:40 Win, Lose Or Draw Kardashians Basics 12:15 Food School 06:35 Boogie Beebies 03:45 Art Attack 19:05 Liv And Maddie 16:00 Keeping Up With The 09:30 Sweet Genius 12:40 Dog Whisperer 06:50 Teletubbies 04:10 Jungle Junction 19:30 Violetta Kardashians 10:20 Recipes That Rock 13:35 Eat Street 07:15 The Weakest Link 04:20 Jungle Junction 20:20 Austin & Ally 17:00 The Drama Queen 10:45 Chopped SA 14:00 Eat Street 08:05 Gates 04:35 Jungle Junction 20:45 Austin & Ally 18:00 E! News 11:35 Marion’s Thailand 14:30 Chefs Run Wild 08:30 Absolutely Fabulous 04:50 Jungle Junction 21:10 Austin & Ally 19:00 Beyond Candid With Giuliana 12:00 Street Eats 14:55 Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 09:00 Eastenders 05:00 Art Attack 21:35 Austin & Ally 20:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 12:50 Siba’s Table 15:25 David Rocco’s Dolce India 09:30 Doctors 05:25 Art Attack 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 20:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On 13:15 Jenny Morris Cooks Morocco 15:50 Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 10:00 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 05:50 Mouk 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 21:00 Giuliana & Bill 13:40 Sandwich King 16:20 Eat Street 10:50 Hotel Secrets With Richard E 06:00 Jessie 22:50 Shake It Up 22:00 Fashion Police 14:05 Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook 16:45 Meat V Veg Grant 06:25 Liv And Maddie 23:10 Wolfblood 22:30 E! News Off 17:15 Grandma’s Boy 11:35 The Weakest Link 06:50 Dog With A Blog 23:35 Wolfblood 23:30 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 14:55 Recipes That Rock 17:40 Get Stuffed 12:20 Absolutely Fabulous 07:15 I Didn’t Do It 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 18:10 Food Lover’s Guide To The 12:50 Walk On The Wild Side 07:40 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Teenage 15:45 Chopped SA Planet 13:20 Eastenders Witch 16:35 Street Eats 18:35 Food School 13:50 Doctors 08:05 Win, Lose Or Draw 17:25 Jenny Morris Cooks Morocco 19:05 Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 14:25 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 08:30 Good Luck Charlie 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:30 David Rocco’s Dolce India 00:30 Keeping Up With The 15:10 Hotel Secrets With Richard E 08:55 Good Luck Charlie 00:05 Sweet Genius 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 20:00 Valentine Warner’s Wild Table Kardashians Grant 09:20 Sonny With A Chance 00:55 Marion’s Thailand 18:40 Siba’s Table 20:25 Eat Street 01:25 THS 16:00 Gates 09:45 Sonny With A Chance 01:20 Recipes That Rock 19:05 Marion’s Thailand 20:50 Meat V Veg 02:20 E! News 16:25 The Weakest Link 10:10 Suite Life On Deck 01:45 Marion’s Thailand 19:30 Sandwich King 21:15 Grandma’s Boy 17:10 The Impressions Show With 19:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 21:40 Get Stuffed Culshaw... 20:20 Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook 22:05 Food Lover’s Guide To The 17:40 Doctors Off Planet 18:10 Jack The Ripper: Prime Suspect 21:10 Chopped SA 22:30 Food School 19:00 Friday Night Dinner 22:00 All You Can Meat 22:55 Dog Whisperer 19:30 Hotel Secrets With Richard E 22:25 All You Can Meat 23:45 Eat Street Grant 22:50 Pizza Cuz 20:15 Watson & Oliver 23:15 Pizza Cuz 20:45 Hebburn 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 21:15 Live At The Apollo 22:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 22:50 Way To Go 23:20 The Weakest Link 00:20 World’s Deadliest Animals 01:10 Caught in the Act 02:00 Pythonathon 00:00 Swamp Men 02:50 David Attenborough’s Rise of 01:00 Alaska Wing Men Animals 02:00 Breakout 03:45 Monster Fish 03:00 Close Quarter Battle 00:20 Americarna 04:40 Africa’s Deadliest 03:30 Close Quarter Battle 00:45 Americarna 05:35 Pythonathon 04:00 Time Scanners 01:10 Amish Mafia 06:30 David Attenborough’s Rise of 05:00 Animal Autopsy 02:00 Fast N’ Loud Animals 06:00 Shark Men 07:25 Monster Fish 02:50 Storage Hunters 07:00 Saved By The Lioness 03:15 American Diggers 08:20 Wild Hawaii 08:00 Swamp Men 09:15 Orangutan Rescue 03:40 Storage Hunters 09:00 Alaska Wing Men 10:10 Zambezi 04:05 How It’s Made 10:00 Breakout 11:05 The Living Edens 04:30 How Do They Do It? 11:00 Animal Autopsy 12:00 Alaska Fish Wars 05:00 Gold Divers 12:00 World’s Deadliest Animals 12:55 World’s Deadliest Animals 06:00 Extreme Car Hoarders 13:00 The Border 13:50 David Attenborough’s Rise of 06:50 Deadliest Catch: Toughest 14:00 Animal Intervention Animals Moments 15:00 Ultimate Airport Dubai 14:45 Monster Fish 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 16:00 Megastructures 15:40 Wild Hawaii 08:30 Storage Hunters 17:00 Swamp Men 16:35 Panda’s Wild Move 08:55 American Diggers 18:00 Wild Russia 17:30 Zambezi 09:20 Storage Hunters 19:00 Ultimate Airport Dubai 18:25 World’s Weirdest 09:45 How It’s Made 20:00 Megastructures 19:20 Monster Fish 10:10 How Do They Do It? 21:00 Swamp Men 20:10 Wild Hawaii 10:35 Hardcore Heroes 22:00 Wild Russia 21:00 Panda’s Wild Move 11:25 Sons Of Guns 23:00 Animal Autopsy 21:50 Zambezi 12:15 Sons Of Guns 22:40 World’s Weirdest 13:05 Storage Hunters 23:30 Alaska Fish Wars 13:30 American Diggers 13:55 Storage Hunters 14:20 Deadliest Catch: Greenhorns 00:10 Eat Street 15:10 Extreme Car Hoarders 00:35 Market Values 16:00 Fast N’ Loud 01:00 Dog Whisperer 16:50 How It’s Made 01:50 Eat Street 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 17:15 How Do They Do It? 02:15 Eat Street Stewart 17:40 Gold Divers 02:40 Chefs Run Wild 01:00 The Colbert Report 18:30 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 03:05 Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 01:30 Louie 19:20 Wheeler Dealers 03:30 David Rocco’s Dolce India 02:00 Sean Saves The World 20:10 American Diggers 03:55 Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 02:30 The League 20:35 Storage Hunters 04:20 Eat Street 03:00 Parks And Recreation 21:00 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 04:45 My Sri Lanka With Peter Kuruvita 03:30 Community 21:50 Wheeler Dealers 05:10 Grandma’s Boy 04:00 Til Death 22:40 Bike Battles 05:35 Get Stuffed 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 23:30 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up THIEF ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 06:00 Food Lover’s Guide To The Jimmy Fallon TV listings SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

05:30 Seinfeld Wonderland 04:00 Lovestruck: The Musical-PG15 07:15 Knucklehead 17:45 Iron Man 3-PG15 06:00 My Boys 17:00 Chicago Fire 06:00 The Croods-PG 09:00 Big Fish 20:00 The Marine-PG15 06:30 Men At Work 18:00 Bones 08:00 The Trial-PG15 11:00 A Good Night To Die 22:00 The Cold Light Of Day-PG15 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 01:00 Top Gear (US) 19:00 Once Upon A Time In 10:00 Snowflake , The White Gorilla- 12:45 War Horse 08:00 Til Death 02:00 Survivor: San Juan Del Sur Wonderland PG 15:15 The Whole Ten Yards 08:30 Seinfeld 03:00 American Horror Story: Coven 20:00 Chicago Fire 12:00 Gambit-PG15 17:00 Masked And Anonymous 09:00 Parks And Recreation 07:00 The Carrie Diaries 21:00 Bones 00:00 House Party: Tonight’s The 14:00 Disturbia-PG15 18:45 Stepmom 09:30 Mystery Girls 08:00 Castle 22:00 The Bachelor Night-18 16:00 The Trial-PG15 21:00 The Aviator 10:00 About A Boy 12:00 Emmerdale 23:00 Nip/Tuck 02:00 It’s A Disaster-PG15 18:00 The Worricker: Turks & Caicos- 23:45 Once Upon A Time In Mexico 10:30 Men At Work 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 04:00 Ghostbusters II-PG PG15 20:00 Colombiana-PG15 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 14:00 Castle 06:00 Romy And Michelle’s High 22:00 The Call-PG15 Jimmy Fallon 16:00 Emmerdale School Reunion-PG15 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 12:00 My Boys 00:00 The Marine 08:00 Bean-PG15 18:00 Castle 12:30 Til Death 02:00 Skyline 10:00 Men At Work-PG15 19:00 C.S.I. 12:00 Mr. 3000-PG 13:00 Seinfeld 04:00 Flight Of The Intruder 00:00 Private Practice 20:00 Grey’s Anatomy 14:00 King Ralph-PG15 13:30 Men At Work 06:00 Maximum Conviction 00:00 WWE NXT 01:00 According To Jim 21:00 Devious Maids 16:00 Bean-PG15 14:00 Community 08:00 Skyline 01:00 WWE Main Event 01:30 MasterChef Australia 22:00 Crisis 18:00 Life Happens-PG15 14:30 Mystery Girls 09:45 Waterworld 02:00 Sydney Darts Masters 02:30 Private Practice 23:00 Breaking Bad 20:00 Pineapple Express-18 15:00 About A Boy 12:00 The Marine 05:00 NRL Premiership 03:30 According To Jim 22:00 Dude, Where’s My Car?-PG15 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 14:00 The Grandmaster 07:00 Golfing World 03:55 According To Jim Stewart 16:00 Skyline 08:00 European tour weekly 04:30 Greek 16:00 The Colbert Report 18:00 Summoned 08:30 Ryder Cup Opening Ceremony 05:30 Private Practice 16:30 My Boys 19:45 Waterworld 09:30 Live Ryder Cup 06:30 The Listener 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 22:00 Haywire 20:30 Golfing World 07:30 According To Jim 18:00 Parks And Recreation 00:00 Bones 21:30 NFL Gameday 07:55 According To Jim 18:30 Community 01:00 Good Morning America 01:00 The Music Never Stopped-PG15 22:00 Live top 14 08:30 Greek 19:00 Friends With Better Lives 03:00 The Bachelor 03:00 Ain’t Them Bodies Saints-PG15 09:30 Private Practice 19:30 About A Boy 04:00 Nip/Tuck 05:00 Centre Place-PG15 10:30 Private Practice 05:00 Good Morning America 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 07:00 Grand Piano-PG15 11:30 According To Jim 07:00 Emmerdale Jimmy Fallon 00:00 Nothing Left To Fear-18 09:00 Darling Companion-PG15 00:00 Indycar Highlights 11:55 According To Jim 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 01:45 Thief-PG15 11:00 Centre Place-PG15 01:00 Currie Cup 12:30 Cougar Town 09:00 Once Upon A Time In 04:00 Lakeview Terrace-PG15 Stewart 13:00 Grand Piano-PG15 02:00 World Match Racing Tour 12:55 Cougar Town Wonderland 06:00 Superman: Unbound-PG 13:30 MasterChef Australia - Catch Up 21:30 The Colbert Report 15:00 Someday This Pain Will Be 03:00 World Match Racing Tour 10:00 Emmerdale 07:30 Iron Man 3-PG15 Useful To You-PG15 04:00 World Match Racing Tour Marathon 22:00 Mixology 12:00 Chicago Fire 10:00 Legendary Amazons-PG15 17:00 Darling Companion-PG15 05:00 V8 Supercars Highlights 17:30 The Simpsons - Catch Up 22:30 Sean Saves The World 13:00 Bones 12:00 Lakeview Terrace-PG15 18:45 Silver Linings Playbook-PG15 06:00 V8 Supercars Highlights Marathon 23:00 The League 14:00 Live Good Morning America 14:00 Superman: Unbound-PG 21:00 End Of Watch-18 07:00 Super League 20:00 Happy Endings 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 16:00 Once Upon A Time In 15:45 Terminal Velocity-PG15 23:00 Hick-PG15 09:00 ICC Cricket 360 20:25 Happy Endings 09:30 TOP 14 21:00 Scrubs 10:00 Total Rugby 21:25 Scrubs 10:30 Live ITM Cup 22:00 Cops 12:30 Live NRL Premiership 22:30 Cops 00:00 Passion Fish-18 23:00 According To Jim 02:30 Cocktail-PG15 23:25 According To Jim 04:30 Emperor-PG15 06:30 Mud-PG15 09:00 Blackfish-PG15 10:30 Meet Joe Black-PG15 13:30 Mud-PG15 00:30 Champions League T20 15:45 Veronica Guerin-PG15 Highlights 00:10 Hoarding: Buried Alive 17:30 Blackfish-PG15 01:30 ICC Cricket 360 01:00 Oprah’s Master Class 19:00 Wrecked-PG15 02:00 England Women v South African 01:50 Oprah’s Next Chapter 20:45 The Firm-PG15 Women T20I Highlights 23:30 Prisoners-PG15 03:00 England Women v South African 02:40 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant Women T20I Highlights 03:05 Secretly Pregnant 04:00 England Women v South African 03:55 Long Island Medium Women T20I Highlights 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress 05:00 Caribbean Premier Leaue 04:45 Say Yes To The Dress 01:30 The Colony-PG15 Highlights 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 03:15 G.I. 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Joe: Retaliation-PG15 08:15 Cake Boss 08:00 Champions League T20 12:45 The Wolverine-PG15 08:40 Cake Boss Highlights 15:00 Battle Of The Year-PG15 09:00 Champions League T20 09:05 Cake Boss 17:00 Superman: Unbound-PG Highlights 09:30 Hoarding: Buried Alive 18:30 The Lone Ranger-PG15 10:00 ICC Cricket 360 10:20 Secret Eaters 21:00 Frozen-PG 10:30 Champions League T20 11:10 Brides Of Beverly Hills 22:45 About Time-PG15 Highlights 11:35 Brides Of Beverly Hills 11:30 Champions League T20 12:00 Brides Of Beverly Hills Highlights 12:25 Brides Of Beverly Hills 12:30 Champions League T20 12:50 Brides Of Beverly Hills Highlights 01:15 Cher Ami 13:15 Oprah’s Master Class 13:30 Live Champions League T20 02:45 Marvel’s Ultimate Avengers II 14:05 Oprah’s Next Chapter 17:00 ICC Cricket 360 04:15 The Missing Lynx 14:55 Little People, Big World 17:30 Live Champions League T20 06:00 Shark Bait 15:20 Little People, Big World 21:00 ICC Cricket 360 08:00 Barbie As The Island Princess 21:30 Champions League T20 15:45 Little People, Big World 10:00 Madagascar Highlights 16:10 Little People, Big World 11:30 Lego Batman: The Movie - DC 22:30 Champions League T20 16:35 Little People, Big World Super Heroes Unite Highlights 17:00 The Next Great Baker 12:45 Back To The Sea 23:30 Champions League T20 17:50 17 Kids And Counting 14:30 The Ugly Duckling And Me Highlights 18:15 17 Kids And Counting 16:00 Open Season 18:00 Madagascar 18:40 17 Kids And Counting 20:00 Home Alone: The Holiday Heist 19:10 17 Kids And Counting 22:00 The Ugly Duckling And Me 19:40 Here Comes Honey Boo Boo 23:30 Open Season 21:00 Little People, Big World: Big Changes 21:55 Alaskan Women Looking For 00:30 Masked And Anonymous Love 02:15 Struck By Lightning 22:50 Long Island Medium 00:15 Phantom-PG15 03:45 The Whole Ten Yards 23:15 Secretly Pregnant LIFE HAPPENS ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD 02:00 Gambit-PG15 05:30 Masked And Anonymous

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Kuwait National English School, UK Math’s Challenge

he UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT) aims to advance the demic year Kuwait National English School pupils took part 9 participated in the Junior challenge and achieved 11 Teducation of children and young people in mathe- in the two individual challenges which are the UK’s biggest gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze certificates. Kuwait National matics. The UKMT organizes national mathematics national Maths competitions. Pupils from Years 10 and 11 English School high performing students have also proudly competitions and other mathematical enrichment activi- took part in the Intermediate challenge and achieved 14 qualified to the follow-on International Mathematical ties for 11-18 year old UK school pupils. During last aca- gold, 1silver and 1 bronze certificate. Pupils from Years 7 to Olympiad round.

New measures South African Embassy hosts Nelson Mandela Cricket Cup he South African Embassy will host the Nelson Mandela tions to isolate the apartheid regime and the utilization by for PIO CARD TCricket Cup for youth development in collaboration with Nelson Mandela of sport to bring about social cohesion and Kuwait Cricket, the official governing body of Cricket in the national reconciliation in South Africa’s democratic transition he Government of India has implemented the following State of Kuwait. This one day cricket carnival will feature many remain important milestones in the country’s history”. Tmeasures with immediate effect with regard to Persons school teams and top young cricketers. It is scheduled to take By hosting the Nelson Mandela Cup aimed at the further of Indian origin (PIO) card: place on 29 November 2014 at the Sulaibiya Cricket ground. development of this great game among Kuwait’s youth. We also 1) A PIO Card issued to an applicant shall be valid for According to South Africa’s Ambassador in Kuwait Delarey wish to pay tribute to HH the Amir of the State of Kuwait for his his/her lifetime, provided that such an applicant has a valid Van Tonder, the Nelson Mandela Cup is aimed at honoring the high recognition by the United Nations as a Global Humanitarian passport. positive international legacy of Nelson Mandela in accordance Leader and in particular the constructive efforts by the Minister of 2) Similarly, a PIO Card, which has been issued previously, with resolutions of the United Nations and in support of the role Information and State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman shall be deemed to be valid for his/her lifetime from the date of the youth in celebrating South Africa’s first twenty years of Sabah Salim Al-Hamud Al-Sabah in actively promoting the link- of issue, provided that such an applicant has a valid passport; freedom and democracy. ages between sport and youth development in Kuwait”. “Cricket and In this regard, Ambassador Van Tonder remarked “South is one of the fastest developing sports in Kuwait and it’s participa- Africa is a Good Story. Throughout South Africa’s history, sport tion at the Asian Games is an historic event, given the fact that 3) PIO Card holders henceforth will be exempted from the has played a very important role. The international sport sanc- Kuwait is the first Arab nation to achieve this milestone. registration with Ministry of Home Affairs.

Activist honored

angaf-based drama activist Babu Chakkola was Mhonored by Indian film star and Member of Parliament Innocent during the Angamali Pravasi Association program in Kuwait recently. HEALTH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

Toilets alone won’t fix India sanitation NEW DELHI: Building toilets in rural India, where hun- doors. For the study, Indian and US researchers looked into Comfortable and convenient dreds of millions are still defecating outdoors, will not be the effects of a 2011 government sanitation campaign in Experts note that many of the 640 million Indians enough to improve public health, according to a study 100 villages in the eastern state of Orissa. still defecating in the open might opt not to use a published yesterday. India is considered to have the They found almost no improvement in childhood rates toilet, even if they had one at home, thanks to wide- world’s worst sanitation record despite spending some $3 of diarrhea, parasitic worm infections and other public spread preferences for going outside. billion since 1986 on sanitation programs, according to health scourges that experts say contribute to childhood Another unrelated study looking at attitudes government figures. The country is now gearing up to stunting, malnutrition and some $54 billion in lost produc- toward sanitation in five Indian states - Bihar, spend 10 times that amount, as new Prime Minister tivity each year, according to the World Bank. The program Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Narendra Modi makes garbage and sanitation troubles a was “effective in building latrines, but not all households Pradesh - found that 40 percent of homes that had key issue for his first year in office. participate,” lead author Prof. Thomas Clasen of Emory toilets also had at least one household member who However, the new study - published yesterday in the University in Atlanta said in a statement. Poor hygiene openly defecated. Most said that was because it was Lancet medical journal - suggests India needs to look practices, water contamination and unsafe disposal of “pleasurable, comfortable and convenient,” accord- beyond building toilet infrastructure and focus also on baby poop also likely contributed to the problem, he said, ing to the paper titled “Revealed Preference for Open educating the masses and changing centuries-old habits though the researchers said more work was needed to Defecation,” published last month in Economic and and people’s preferences for doing their business out- understand the complex problem and how to fix it. Political Weekly.—AP Liberia bans journalists from Ebola centres

MONROVIA: Liberia said yesterday it was banning journalists from Ebola clinics, defying media rights campaigners who have warned panicked African governments against “muzzling” reporters. Government spokesman Isaac Jackson made the announcement as he was questioned on a radio phone-in show about reporters being barred from covering a strike at a Monrovia Ebola treatment unit (ETU). “Journalists are no longer allowed to enter ETUs. These jour- nalists enter the ETUs and cross red lines,” Jackson, the deputy information minister, told listeners to commercial station Sky FM. “They violate people’s privacy, take pictures that they will sell to international institutions. We are putting an end to that.” Journalists had earlier been denied access to the Island Clinic in Monrovia to cover a nationwide “go slow” day of action by healthcare workers demanding risk bonuses for treating Ebola. The minister told the Monrovia-based station he would insist that journalists report his statements from now on rather than MADRID: Health workers gather outside the Carlos III hospital in Madrid yesterday where 12 people are in quarantine as a precau- what they saw for themselves. Sources from global aid agency tion following the admission of Spanish nurse Teresa Romero infected with the ebola virus. Romero was fighting for her life yes- Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, Doctors Without Borders), which terday. — AFP runs a unit of around 250 beds in Monrovia, said it would be writ- ing to the government to ask to be excluded from the ban. Liberia is ranked 89th out of 180 countries in the 2014 press Ebola panic fears grow as freedom index produced by Reporters Without Borders. Ebola-hit Sierra Leone is 72nd while Guinea is ranked 102nd. Spanish nurse fights for life ‘Quarantining journalists’ The media rights campaign group warned that panicked gov- MADRID: A Madrid nurse infected with Ebola fought for her life yes- on Friday. One of the nurses caring for Romero, Charly Manuel Torres, ernments fighting the epidemic were “quarantining” reporters to terday as authorities worldwide tightened screening of travellers and told AFP: “There are fewer staff signing up to help” by providing vol- prevent them covering the crisis. “Combatting the epidemic struggled to prevent public panic over the spread of west African con- untary extra cover at the hospital. needs good media reporting but panicked governments are tagion. Scare stories proliferated as international airport hubs includ- “We are very stressed. We are working under a lot of pressure.” muzzling journalists,” the organisation, known by its French ini- ing London and Washington stepped up screening for the disease tials RSF, said in a statement. Liberia’s announcement came after that has killed nearly 4,000 people, roughly half of all those infected. Alerts abound soldiers prevented the media in Guinea from investigating the People from Australia to Zimbabwe, and from Macedonia to In France a public building was briefly evacuated in a Paris suburb murders in September of eight people, including three journal- Spain, who exhibited signs of fever or had recent contact with Ebola on Thursday after a false alert was triggered when an African man felt ists, during an Ebola education visit.—AFP victims, were whisked into isolation units or ordered to stay in their ill. Earlier, the arrival of a group of schoolchildren from Guinea trig- homes to sit out a 21-day incubation period for the virus. gered panic at a French school. Authorities warned against hoaxes that could trigger dangerous Prime Minister Manuel Valls Friday responded by urging people to public panic as one man did on a US commercial flight Thursday, avoid triggering hysteria. “We must be cautious. This caution applies announcing to fellow travellers he was sick with Ebola. to authorities as well as to the press, so that we do not trigger public The United Nations and leaders of the Ebola-stricken nations of panic like [the cases] we have witnessed,” he told journalists. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, however, urged world powers to Spain’s police force warned in a Twitter message against Ebola turn their attention back to the African frontline, where a huge hoaxes, following false reports of infections. “Seek information from increase in aid was needed to stem the lethal tide. trustworthy media and do not spread panic,” it said. The deputy prime minister announced the creation Friday of a ‘Stressed’ hospital staff “special committee” to handle the Ebola crisis. In Liberia, which has Doctors took in seven more patients for observation late Thursday seen more than 2,000 Ebola deaths including nearly 100 healthcare at Madrid’s Carlos III hospital, where nurse Teresa Romero, the first workers, the government said Friday it had banned journalists from person to be infected with Ebola outside Africa, was reported to be in Ebola clinics, arguing it was to protect patients’ privacy. a “serious but stable” condition. A day earlier Romero, who caught the The move came as nurses at the largest government Ebola clinic in haemorrhagic fever while caring for two infected missionaries back Monrovia staged a “go slow” work protest to demand hazard pay, from Africa, was described as at “serious risk” of dying by Madrid’s defying a request by UN health authorities to hold back on industrial regional leader. action during the crisis. MANILA: Shin Young-soo (R), regional director of World Health Her husband and 12 other people, most of them medical staff, In other Ebola alerts, Macedonia quarantined people who had Organization (WHO) for western pacific gestures as he speaks were also under observation, while a male nurse had been dis- come into contact with a Briton who died Thursday after exhibiting during a press conference with Philippine health secretary charged, the hospital said in a statement. Ebola-like symptoms of haemorrhaging vomiting. Australia said it had Enrique Ona in Manila yesterday. The Philippines is considering But in a sign of the stress at the ward, where media were camped tested 11 people including a Red Cross nurse returned from Sierra deploying substantial numbers of health workers to West out awaiting news of Romero, 44, some staff did not show up for work Leone, who does not have the disease.—AFP Africa amid a global appeal to deal with the Ebola virus. — AFP HEALTH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Airline cleanup crews walk off job in NY over Ebola

NEW YORK: About 200 airline cabin cleaners walked off the job at Ebola just last week.” The walkout involved Delta Air Lines Inc flights, cleanup crews and reduced the time allotted to clean an entire New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Thursday to protest what they say and airline staffers normally assigned to other jobs at the terminal plane to as little as five minutes instead of up to 45 minutes. is insufficient protection from exposure to Ebola for workers whose ended up cleaning up the planes, according to Delta spokeswoman Later the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which jobs include cleaning up vomit and bathrooms. Elizabeth Wolf. No flights were delayed or canceled, she said. operates the area’s airports, said it would consider the issues raised Picket lines were set up overnight by non-unionized Air Serv The striking Air Serv workers said they have not had adequate during the one-day strike. cleaners outside Terminal D at LaGuardia for a one-day strike training to protect themselves and are not provided with durable “The Port Authority has agreed to review the concerns raised prompted by fears about the deadly virus, forcing airline crews to gloves or face masks to use when cleaning with strong chemicals. today by AirServ’s cleaning personnel at LaGuardia Airport and is clean the planes themselves. Some signs read “Air Serv exposes us They said in a statement their employer has halved the size of pleased they will be returning to their jobs,” it said. — Reuters to vomit, blood and feces without protection” and “Air Serv puts worker safety at risk.” The workers, who are trying to join Service Employees International Union, the largest service workers union in the United States, briefly left the strike line to attend an infectious disease train- ing session organized by the union. The minimal training lasted less than an hour and focused on removing contaminated gloves and washing up properly after potential exposure. It was attended by workers from LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airport, who fumbled with putting on and taking off bright blue and green latex gloves, which they said were thicker and better quality than the ones supplied by their employer. “The bottom line is, I don’t want to die,” said Shareeka Elliott, 27, a terminal cleaner at JFK who said she attended the train- ing out of a fear of contracting Ebola at work. Cabin cleaner Marisa Collado, 46, said in Spanish: “When we clean toilets we don’t know if they are infected with Ebola.” Another airline cabin cleaner, Kenny Gangji, 27, said despite his Ebola concerns, he plans to keep his job. “I have to work, I have no choice,” said Gangji, noting that “sometimes when I pick up garbage, my gloves will break.”

Protective equipment US officials this week announced tighter screening of travelers arriving from West Africa, where Ebola has killed almost 4,000 peo- ple, at five major airports, including JFK. LaGuardia, which serves only US Canadian and Caribbean destinations, is not among them. The federal government took that step after Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola on US soil, died at a Dallas hospital on Wednesday. Air Serv’s owner, ABM Industries Inc, said in a statement that it trains cabin cleaners to deal with blood-borne pathogens and other problems, provides them with protective equipment and continual- LOS ANGELES: An airport worker wears a protective face mask in the arrivals area of the Los Angeles International ly updates its procedures, “including an update on protocols for Airport as the US announced increased passenger screenings against the Ebola Virus yesterday. — AFP information SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Kuwait

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Penguins sink Ducks NHL results/standings Columbus 3, Buffalo 1; New Jersey 6, Philadelphia 4; Pittsburgh 6, Anaheim 4; Montreal 2, Washington 1 (SO); Detroit 2, Boston 1; Tampa Bay 3, Florida 2 (OT); NY Rangers 3, St. Louis 2; Nashville 3, Ottawa 2; Chicago 3, Dallas 2 (SO); Minnesota 5, Colorado 0; Calgary 5, Edmonton 2; Winnipeg 6, Arizona 2. Western Conference Pacific Division W L OTL GF GA PTS San Jose 1 0 0 4 0 2 Vancouver 1 0 0 4 2 2 Calgary 1 1 0 7 6 2 Anaheim 0 1 0 4 6 0 Edmonton 0 1 0 2 5 0 Los Angeles 0 1 0 0 4 0 Arizona 0 1 0 2 6 0

Central Division Minnesota 1 0 0 5 0 2 Winnipeg 1 0 0 6 2 2 Nashville 1 0 0 3 2 2 Chicago 1 0 0 3 2 2 Dallas 0 0 1 2 3 1 St. Louis 0 1 0 2 3 0 Colorado 0 1 0 0 5 0

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Montreal 2 0 0 6 4 4 Detroit 1 0 0 2 1 2 Tampa Bay 1 0 0 3 2 2 Boston 1 1 0 3 3 2 Florida 0 0 1 2 3 1 Toronto 0 1 0 3 4 0 Ottawa 0 1 0 2 3 0 Buffalo 0 1 0 1 3 0

ST. LOUIS: Joshie takes the ice before an NHL hockey game against the New York Yangers. —AP Metropolitan Division Columbus 1 0 0 3 1 2 PITTSBURGH: NHL MVP Sidney Crosby scored twice and added an assist WILD 5, AVALANCHE 0 New Jersey 1 0 0 6 4 2 as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-4 Thursday night in Zach Parise scored one of Minnesota’s four goals in the second period Pittsburgh 1 0 0 6 4 2 the season opener for both teams. and assisted on two others, helping the Wild overwhelm Semyon NY Rangers 1 0 0 3 2 2 Washington 0 0 1 1 2 1 Pascal Dupuis added a goal and three assists in his return from knee Varlamov and Colorado in the season opener. Philadelphia 0 2 0 5 8 0 surgery for the Penguins, who rolled to victory in new coach Mike Jason Pominville scored in the first period on one of Mikael Granlund’s Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnston’s debut. Patrick Hornqvist, Blake Comeau and Brandon Sutter two assists and helped set up a goal by Jared Spurgeon in the second. NY Islanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 also scored for Pittsburgh. Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves. Nino Niederreiter and Ryan Suter scored, too. Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings Corey Perry had a hat trick for the Ducks, who collapsed after erasing Varlamov, who gave up five goals on 38 shots, was replaced by Reto and are not included in the loss column (L). an early three-goal deficit. Ryan Kesler added a goal in his debut with Berra for the third period. The Wild finished with 48 shots on goal, setting a Anaheim. John Gibson struggled while making his first start in his home- team record for the 14-year-old franchise. They had 47 in a loss at Colorado Washington and new coach Barry Trotz. town, stopping 33 of 39 shots. The Penguins underwent a massive over- on Dec. 21, 2002. Brendan Gallagher scored the decisive goal in the fifth round of the haul following a fifth straight spring that ended without a trip to the Darcy Kuemper made 16 saves for the Wild in his fourth career shutout, shootout, which did not feature Capitals star and three-time NHL MVP Stanley Cup Finals. Pittsburgh fired coach Dan Bylsma and general manag- including one in the playoffs last spring against the Avalanche. Minnesota Alex Ovechkin until the fourth round. er Ray Shero and brought in former Carolina Hurricanes executive Jim improved to 12-0-2 in home openers. Dustin Tokarski made 29 saves for the Canadiens, getting the start Rutherford, who hired the well-traveled Johnston. after Carey Price worked the 4-3 win over Toronto on Wednesday. DEVILS 6, FLYERS 4 The Canadiens let the Capitals have the first 14 shots and trailed 1-0 RANGERS 3, BLUES 2 Dainus Zubrus scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and early, but Montreal pinned Washington on its heels in the third period Rick Nash had two goals and an assist, including the tiebreaking score Michael Cammalleri had two goals to lead New Jersey over Philadelphia. with one goal that counted and two that didn’t. late in the third period, and New York beat St. Louis in the first game of the Michael Ryder, Adam Henrique and Patrick Elias also scored for the Devils. Nineteen-year-old rookie Andre Burakovsky, the Capitals’ latest experi- season for both teams. Claude Giroux had a goal and Wayne Simmonds scored twice to help the ment at second-line center, scored his first NHL goal in the first period. Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist for the Eastern Conference cham- Flyers rally from a three-goal deficit. Vincent Lecavalier also scored for the pions, and Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves. Jaden Schwartz led the Blues Flyers, who lost 2-1 in their season opener Wednesday night against LIGHTNING 3, PANTHERS 2 with a goal and an assist. Paul Stastny also scored, and Brian Elliott Boston. Victor Hedman scored a power-play goal 1:11 into overtime and stopped 22 shots. Cory Schneider won his first game in goal since taking over full-time for Tampa Bay beat Florida in their season opener. Hedman took a pass from After a fortunate carom off the glass, Nash scored the go-ahead goal Martin Brodeur and signing a $42 million, seven-year contract last sum- goalie Ben Bishop at the offensive blue line, skated in and beat Roberto with 1:50 remaining off a behind-the-back pass from Martin St. Louis in mer. Luongo from the left circle. front of the net. Rangers newcomer Dan Boyle broke his hand while block- The Lightning also got goals from Tyler Johnson and Ryan Callahan. ing a shot. The veteran defenseman is expected to miss four to six weeks. PREDATORS 3, SENATORS 2 Valtteri Filppula had two assists. Erik Gudbranson and Jonathan Craig Smith, Shea Weber and Eric Nystrom all scored in the third peri- Huberdeau scored for Florida in Gerard Gallant’s first game as Panthers BLACKHAWKS 3, STARS 2 od, and Nashville beat Ottawa to give coach Peter Laviolette a win in his coach. Bishop made 19 saves in his first regular-season game since dislo- Patrick Sharp scored the tying goal in the third period, and Patrick Kane Predators debut. cating his elbow late last season. had the only goal in the shootout to lift Chicago over Dallas. Smith tied it at 1 with his goal 1:36 into the third. Weber, a three-time The Stars had turned away several good scoring chances for the high- Norris Trophy finalist, skated around the net before flipping a backhander JETS 6, COYOTES 2 scoring duo of Kane and Jonathan Toews before Sharp, who had 10 points over a diving Craig Anderson for the lead. Nystrom scored at 10:20. Filip Blake Wheeler scored twice in 15 seconds, Bryan Little also had two in five games against Dallas last season, beat Kari Lehtonen 11:10 into the Forsberg and Paul Gaustad each had two assists. Pekka Rinne made 18 goals and the Winnipeg Jets spoiled the season opener at home for the third. Corey Crawford made 32 saves and stopped Dallas tries from Tyler saves for Nashville. Kyle Turris and Alex Chiasson scored for Ottawa. newly named Arizona Coyotes. Seguin and newcomers Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky in the shootout. Anderson stopped 34 shots. Wheeler keyed a four-goal first period for the Jets, who were in control Spezza and Hemsky assisted on a tying goal by Trevor Daley. Cody almost from the start as Arizona goalie Mike Smith struggled early. Eakin gave the Stars a 2-1 lead. Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith, BLUE JACKETS 3, SABRES 1 Wheeler also added an assist, his pass to Dustin Byfuglien for a tap-in coming off his second Norris Trophy, opened the scoring. Cam Atkinson scored the tiebreaking goal on a third-period power from right in front at 12:31 of the second period to give Winnipeg a four- play, and Columbus beat Buffalo in the season opener for both teams. goal lead. The Jets, also playing their opener, put 16 shots on net in the RED WINGS 2, BRUINS 1 Artem Anisimov and Jack Skille also scored for the Blue Jackets, who first period to eight for the Coyotes. Little opened the scoring 7 minutes in Gustav Nyquist’s power-play goal in the second period lifted Detroit got 21 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky. Atkinson snapped a 1-all tie with 7:15 on a 2-on-1 break, taking a pass from Andrew Ladd and shooting the puck over Boston in the Red Wings’ season opener. Justin Abdelkader also remaining. Zemgus Girgensons scored for Buffalo, and Jhonas Enroth past Smith. scored for Detroit, which lost to the Bruins in the first round of last season’s made 37 saves. playoffs. Patrice Bergeron scored Boston’s only goal in this one. FLAMES 5, OILERS 2 Jimmy Howard made 16 saves for the Red Wings. Detroit was without CANADIENS 2, CAPITALS 1 Mason Raymond scored three goals and the Calgary Flames spoiled star forward Pavel Datsyuk, recovering from a separated shoulder. Tuukka Tomas Plekanec scored his third goal of the young season, and the season opener for their provincial rivals, beating the Edmonton Rask made 22 saves for the Bruins. Montreal recovered from a slow start for a 2-1 shootout win over Oilers. —AP SPORTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

Colts see off Texans NFL standings American Football Conference AFC East HOUSTON: Indianapolis raced to a 24-0 lead after one quarter and held After a dreadful first quarter where Houston managed just 2 yards, W L T OTL PF PA PCT on against a fast-finishing Houston, beating the Texans 33-28 in the Texans’ offense finally got going in the second. They kicked a field Buffalo 3 2 0 0 96 89 .600 Thursday’s NFL game. goal on fourth-and-5, but a penalty gave Houston a new set of downs. New England 3 2 0 0 123 107 .600 Miami 2 2 0 0 96 97 .500 The Texans were driving with less than five minutes remaining when They took advantage of the opportunity when, two plays later, NY Jets 1 4 0 0 79 127 .200 Andre Johnson caught a 13-yard pass but then fumbled. Fitzpatrick found Johnson in the corner of the end zone and he managed On Houston’s final drive, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was sacked by to get both feet in bounds for a 4-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 24- AFC North Bjoern Werner, who stripped the ball and D’Qwell Jackson recovered to 7. Cincinnati 3 1 0 0 97 76 .750 snuff out the Texans’ last chance. Houston got the ball back when Jared Crick tipped a pass by Luck Baltimore 3 2 0 0 116 80 .600 Colts quarterback Andrew Luck finished with 370 yards passing and that was intercepted by Justin Tuggle and the Texans closed to 24-14 Pittsburgh 3 2 0 0 114 108 .600 three touchdowns, while T.Y. Hilton had a career-high 223 yards receiv- when Foster scored on a 12-yard run. Cleveland 2 2 0 0 103 105 .500 ing with a touchdown as Indianapolis took over first place in the AFC The Colts added a field goal to make it 27-14. In the third quarter, AFC South South division. For Houston, Fitzpatrick threw for 212 yards and a touch- Houston’s Foster had a 34-yard run before Johnson grabbed a 26-yard down and Arian Foster had 109 yards rushing with two scores. reception to get the Texans to the 2-yard line. Foster ran wide before cut- Indianapolis 4 2 0 0 189 136 .667 Houston 3 3 0 1 132 120 .500 ting back inside and into the end zone untouched on the next play to Tennessee 1 4 0 0 88 139 .200 make it Indianapolis 27, Houston 21. Jacksonville 0 5 0 0 67 169 0 The home team had the momentum but the Colts managed to pad their diminishing lead when Luck, who was under heavy pressure, threw AFC West a 33-yard touchdown pass to Hilton. The 2-point conversion failed, leav- San Diego 4 1 0 0 133 63 .800 ing Indianapolis up 33-21. Denver 3 1 0 1 116 87 .750 The Texans cut the deficit to five points early in the fourth quarter Kansas City 2 3 0 0 119 101 .400 when Luck fumbled and Watt recovered it and returned it 45 yards for a Oakland 0 4 0 0 51 103 0 touchdown, but that was as close as Houston could get. National Football Conference Meanwhile, even though the Pegulas just bought the Buffalo Bills, NFC East everyone knows who really owns them: The New England Patriots. Philadelphia 4 1 0 0 156 132 .800 New England has won 20 of the past 21 matchups, and when it jour- Dallas 4 1 0 0 135 103 .800 neys to Buffalo on Sunday, it will face a festive atmosphere. Buffalo folk NY Giants 3 2 0 0 133 111 .600 have been busy celebrating the $1.4 billion sale of the NFL franchise to Washington 1 4 0 0 112 136 .200 Terry and Kim Pegula, who also own the NHL’s Sabres. The Pegulas are keeping the team in the area. NFC North “It would be big for them being their first game as new owners, but it Detroit 3 2 0 0 99 79 .600 would be better for us,” Bills running back Fred Jackson said. “If we don’t Green Bay 3 2 0 0 134 106 .600 handle business, we’ll all feel rather sour.” Minnesota 2 3 0 0 101 126 .400 Buffalo is off to a better-than-expected start, and riding momentum Chicago 2 3 0 1 116 131 .400 following a come-from-behind 17-14 win at Detroit. NFC South There are questions about whether New England’s decade-plus run Carolina 3 2 0 0 104 120 .600 of divisional dominance is showing signs of decay. The Patriots were Atlanta 2 3 0 0 151 143 .400 blown out 41-14 at Kansas City two weeks ago before rebounding with a New Orleans 2 3 0 1 132 141 .400 43-17 win over Cincinnati. Which are the real Patriots? Tampa Bay 1 4 0 1 103 156 .200 “We’re really past that now,” coach Bill Belichick said. “I don’t think that has anything to do with this week.” What the Dallas Cowboys have NFC West done, to win four successive games, especially with a banged-up defense Arizona 3 1 0 0 86 86 .750 minus any star players, has been impressive. Beating the defending Seattle 3 1 0 0 110 83 .750 NASHVILLE: In this July 31, 2014 file photo, Tennessee Super Bowl champs in Seattle would be stupendous - and stamp Dallas San Francisco 3 2 0 0 110 106 .600 St. Louis 1 3 0 0 84 119 .250 Titans quarterback Charlie Whitehurst warms up in front as a surprise title contender. of a large speaker during NFL football training The Cowboys have defied expectations thanks to the running of camp.Teams use speakers deliver loud music or noise to DeMarco Murray, just the third running back in league history - and first The Eagles have been dynamic on special teams, with four touchdowns, make it harder for players on both sides of the ball to com- since OJ Simpson in 1975 - to start the season with five straight 100-yard and also have three defensive touchdowns. municate and force them to concentrate harder. —AP games. Elsewhere on Sunday, it’s Denver at the New York Jets, San Diego at A sixth against the Seahawks’ stingy and physical defense that leads Oakland, Green Bay at Miami, Carolina at Cincinnati, Baltimore at Tampa After an early field goal by the Colts, their first touchdown came on a the NFL in stopping the run would be another huge achievement. Bay, Pittsburgh at Cleveland, Washington at Arizona, Chicago at Atlanta, two-play drive which was instigated by Luck’s 49-yard pass to Hilton, Seattle is coming off a short week following a 27-17 win on Monday Detroit at Minnesota, and Jacksonville at Tennessee. who fell but got up and continued into the endzone. night in Washington thanks to the wizardry of Russell Wilson. It’s now On Monday, San Francisco is at St. Louis. The action began on It was initially ruled a touchdown but a review found Hilton was accepted that Wilson is going to pull off a trick or two, but his big night Thursday with Indianapolis taking sole possession of first place in the touched when he was down at the 5-yard line. It was only a temporary could have been part of a blowout win if not for Seattle’s penalty issues. AFC South by beating Houston 33-28. The Colts won their fourth straight setback, as the Colts immediately scored the touchdown as Trent The New York Giants are at Philadelphia in the primetime matchup by building a 24-0 lead and holding on. Richardson ran in from the 5. late Sunday. After dropping their first two games, the Giants stopped Colts passer Andrew Luck threw for 370 yards and three touchdowns, The Colts pushed the lead to 17-0 when Ahmad Bradshaw scored on being so generous turning over the ball, and began grasping the offense with TY Hilton making nine receptions for 223 yards with one touch- a 5-yard pass from Luck with about seven minutes left in the first quarter. new coordinator Ben McAdoo brought from Green Bay. This is the first of down. That was enough to beat Houston, even though defensive end JJ Luck capped a long drive with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Coby six successive games against teams with winning records for New York. Watt scored his third touchdown of the season, returning a fumble 45 Fleener at the end of the first quarter to extend the lead to 24-0. This is also Eli Month: Giants quarterback Manning is 30-7 in October. yards. —AP Costs and bidding process scare off European hopefuls

BERLIN: What do European cities Stockholm, Oslo, For 2018 the Winter Olympics will travel to South Krakow, Lviv, St Moritz and Munich have in com- Korea’s Pyeongchang, with Kazakhstan’s Almaty and mon? They have all turned down or pulled out of Beijing in China the only candidates left for 2022. bidding for the Winter Olympics in 2022 and trig- Whether scared off by what potential bidders see gered alarm bells at the International Olympic as massive costs, like Sochi’s $51 billion price tag, Committee. The withdrawals, with Oslo pulling out doubtful financial returns or strong local opposition, as recently as last week, have highlighted the need Europe has been turned off the winter Games for for what IOC President Thomas Bach has said was an now at least. “Norway’s Lillehammer in 1994 staged overhaul of the bidding process. the most successful winter Games ever,” sports mar- But as it stands now, the Alps, Europe’s traditional keting expert Michael Payne, the IOC’s former long- winter sports hub, will be without the Games for at time marketing chief, told Reuters. least a generation, until 2026 at the earliest. “If Lillehammer had to go through the existing Italy’s Turin hosted the event in 2006 before the bid process, it would have scared them off immedi- CHEBOKSARY: Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre) poses with Games went to Vancouver in Canada for 2010 and ately and you would not have had those Games,” he the winners of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing during Russia’s Sochi in the Caucasus mountains this year. said. —Reuters his visit to Youth Olympic School in Cheboksary on October 9. —AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Hamilton clocks fastest in Russian practice

SOCHI: Nico Rosberg made history as the first pion, is chasing his ninth win of the season. totalling 1,100 euros ($1,391.72) for pitlane speed- The only Russian regular, Toro Rosso’s 20-year- Formula One driver to set a timed lap at the inau- McLaren’s Jenson Button was the early paceset- ing and was sixth fastest in the second session. old rookie Daniil Kvyat, was seventh in the morn- gural Russian Grand Prix yesterday but champi- ter as drivers got to grips with a layout compared Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was fourth and third ing and then eighth. That was still ahead of both onship leading Mercedes team mate Lewis to the former Valencia street circuit and Singapore, in the two sessions, with Danish rookie Kevin Red Bulls, his 2015 employers, with four times Hamilton still ended up on top. Rosberg set a best with the 2009 champion ending the morning as Magnussen, Button’s team mate, fifth and then champion Sebastian Vettel only ninth. time of one minute 42.311 seconds around the the third fastest. He also collected two fines second in the afternoon. Kvyat was joined for the first session by 19- Sochi circuit, which snakes past some of the land- year-old compatriot Sergey Sirotkin, making his mark venues used at this year’s Winter Olympics, in debut at a race weekend in the Sauber usually driv- a sunny morning session with Hamilton second. en by Mexican Esteban Gutierrez. The Briton, who leads Rosberg by 10 points Williams had a disrupted opening session when after winning the last three races, went top of the a problem with a tyre blanket damaged a set of timesheets in an interrupted afternoon session Valtteri Bottas’s tyres. with a best of 1:39.630. All drivers took to the track with stickers of sup- “I like the new circuit; it’s got really good grip port for Jules Bianchi, Marussia’s French driver who and great corners, with a lot at medium speed. It’s was severely injured in a crash in Japan last Sunday good fun,” said Hamilton. and remains critical. “The car has been feeling really good today. “After what happened in Japan, you try and do McLaren look close which is great for everyone as the best you can. I would be lying if I said other it should make for a decent race. We’ve got quite a things weren’t on my mind, but you do what you good balance with the car so there are a lot of box- can to make sure you’re 100 percent committed to es ticked but we still have work to do.” driving,” said Ricciardo. Rosberg said he went down a different setup Marussia will have only one car running this route to Hamilton in the afternoon and would weekend, with Bianchi’s left in the garage as a revert to a more conservative one for Saturday. mark of respect. Chilton ended the first session The red flag came out eight minutes from the with the slowest time but picked up speed in the end when Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull afternoon. had a power unit failure. “I don’t know how to put into words how truly Mercedes are expected to wrap up the con- devastated I am by what has happened to Jules,” structors’ championship on Sunday with three SOCHI: Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton takes part in the second free practice session he said. “It is going to be a very emotional week- races to spare, having won 12 of the 15 so far with of the inaugural Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom. — AP end for the whole team, but we will try to get eight one-two finishes. Hamilton, the 2008 cham- through it and keep praying for Jules.” — Reuters Singapore wants to Arch-rivals clash for host British Irish Lions, tests and sevens Super League title SINGAPORE: Singapore is in discussions on staging a British and Irish Lions tour match, international tests and a leg of MANCHESTER: English rugby league’s fiercest rivals will clash This time around season-ending injuries to a handful of influen- the rugby sevens series at its new $1 billion Sports Hub as once again when St Helens face defending champions Wigan in tial players, including former Penrith Panthers half-back Luke part of efforts to become a ‘home away from home’ for the the Super League Grand Final at Manchester United’s Old Trafford Walsh, had threatened to derail their campaign. sport’s biggest names. ground today. But they duly clinched the League Leaders’ Shield and International Rugby Board officials gathered in the There are barely eight miles between the two Lancashire towns Auckland-born second row Sia Soliola, who makes his final St wealthy Southeast Asian city-state this week for their annual making this weekend’s clash not just a matter of deciding the Helens appearance on Saturday before joining the Canberra meeting, with IRB President Bernard Lapasset leading the Super League champions but a contest for local pride. Raiders, is in high spirits. praise of Singapore’s new 55,000 National Stadium. For the players involved, and especially those from overseas, it “If you think of all the injuries we’ve had, the chance of us going The facility, which can host cricket, rugby, soccer and ath- can be all a bit overwhelming but Wigan full-back Matty Bowen to Old Trafford probably looked slim,” said Soliola. But we held letics events, is the centrepiece of a project which Singapore hopes his previous experience will stand him in good stead. together and full credit to the boys, everyone came together really, hopes can transform it into a sporting capital. Bowen arrived in Europe earlier this year with big boots to fill, really well. The Brazilian football team will play Japan in a glamour replacing 2012 Man of Steel Sam Tomkins after the latter’s switch “We’ve used it as motivation, but at the same time I think we’ve friendly here on Tuesday, while the top eight women’s tennis to the NRL and New Zealand Warriors. tried to prove it more to ourselves than anybody else. We’ve had to players will compete in Singapore at the WTA Finals for the After more than a decade with North Queensland Cowboys adjust roles and positions, and create a new playing style. first time later this month. Bowen endeared himself to the supporters and earned internation- “The boys have done a really good job, and we’re now just 80 Rugby also wants a piece of the pie. “Our role now is to al acclaim, but no NRL titles. The 32-year-old called time on that minutes away from making all those critics disappear, because win- open the door for Asia, with more expansion for rugby,” quest and went in search of the Super League crown instead-now ning just takes care of everything doesn’t it? “I’ve been there twice Lapasset told a small group of reporters this week. just St Helens stand in his way. and not made it over the line yet, so it’d be nice to finish off that “Singapore is a fantastic city and they already have a lot of And Bowen, who lost the 2005 NRL Grand Final with the way.” — AFP big events and rugby should be a part of that. Cowboys to Wests Tigers, knows the magnitude of Saturday’s “Whether it’s the Sevens World Series, Olympic qualifiers showdown as Wigan, who also won the Challenge Cup last season, or World Cup warm-up games, there are many opportunities go on the hunt for silverware once again. in the coming years for Singapore to be a major player in the “Some players are different but for me I try and relax,” said rugby world.” Bowen. “If you get too excited at the start of the week you can go Singapore and Japan will find out next month who has into a game drained out. Chances like this don’t come around been selected to become the 18th team to join Super Rugby, often, so I’m going to take it with both hands. with the IRB “very excited” that two Asian bids are being con- “I’ve had messages from back home, they’re getting up early in sidered by the competition’s governing body, SANZAR. the morning to watch it. “I’m looking forward to it. I just want to Japan appears to be ahead in the race after making a con- play well this weekend for the Wigan fans and for ourselves. “This is cession to host some matches in Singapore should they win why I came over (to Europe), to play in the big games and we’ve the bid.. got a chance this weekend. But that willingness to share does not extend to the 2019 “The last time I played in a Grand Final was nine years ago. I’ve rugby World Cup, IRB CEO Brett Gosper said, dampening waited a long time for a chance to do it again. Hopefully we get a speculation that Singapore or Hong Kong could host games better result than I did last time. when Japan stages rugby’s biggest tournament. “The season has gone quick, it does when you’re enjoying your- “It would have been nice on a number of levels but it’s self. Hopefully I can finish on a high. I’ve really enjoyed it. “I just love been brought back into being an all-Japan operation ... but I how the fans sing the whole time-hopefully we can give them would say its a terrific destination for warm-up matches something to cheer about this weekend,” he added. ahead of 2019,” the Australian said. Singapore will showcase itself as a destination next month when it hosts a fixture GRAND FINAL HURT SYDNEY: Astralian rugby union coach Ewen McKenzie looks between the Asia Pacific Dragons and the New Zealand Unlike Bowen, St Helens have had no shortage of Grand Final at the team list during a press conference for the announce- Maori.—Reuters appearances in recent years, losing five on the bounce immediately ment of his 32-man squad to face the New Zealand All Blacks after they last lifted the trophy in 2006. in the third Bledisloe, in Sydney. — AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 American Biles retains world all-around title

NANNING: American Simone Biles retained her world women’s world all-around titles with Shannon Miller trailing the blaze in all-around gymnastics title yesterday fighting off a late challenge 1993 and 1994. from Romania’s Larisa Andreea Iordache. Bunched in an elite rotational group of top six qualifiers, Biles The 17-year-old Biles finished the four-apparatus final at took a 0.700-lead after her first apparatus, vault. But the cushion 60.231 points, 0.466 better than Iordache at 59.765. Fellow wore off with China’s Yao Jinnan topping the table on uneven American Kyla Ross, the 2013 runner-up to Biles, finished third at bars and Iordache dominated balance beam by landing safely on 58.232 in the final at the 4,000-seat Guangxi Gymnasium in the padded beam after a twisted back salto. Biles stood just 0.133 Nanning, China. points clear of the 18-year-old Romanian going into the final Biles had a capacity crowd behind her as they roared each event, floor exercise. But Iordache stepped out of bounds after time she made four dynamic tumbling passes on the floor in her one of her dynamic tumbling passes for a 0.1-point deduction to final rotation to beat the Romanian. score 14.733. “It means the world to me,” Biles said of the excitement she Biles, the defending world floor champion, performed last on gets from each competition. “It’s one of my favourite things to do the night. she soared high and landed clean in an overwhelming is compete for a crowd. It’s just really fun for me.” performance which left the crowd assured of her victory before The 145-centimetre (4ft 9in) gymnast admitted she was not her score of 15.066 was put on the board. immune to the pressure of being a defending champion. She won It was her second gold at these championships as she led her back-to-back US championships this year. 16-year-old and 17-year-old teammates to a second straight “Pressure from other people, but then I don’t take it, so it’s women’s team title on Wednesday. okay. But there’s a little bit.” There were scary moments on balance beam when Biles saved Iordache, the European floor champion, finished in the herself from the verge of falling. She lost her balance momentari- medals, climbing up from her fourth place finish last year. “I am ly after a triple back salto and after another back flip. quite pleased with what I did today, but that does not mean I can “I don’t really know. I don’t get nervous for it, but I try not to not do even better,” she said, insisting she could even catch Biles fall and then I end up almost falling,” she recalled. Ross, who turns any day now. “Everything is possible at any one competition. 18 at the end of this month, fought through the barrier pain as Today I did not get gold but next time there is always a chance.” she hurt her hip and thigh at a US training camp. Biles became the first female gymnast since Russia’s Svetlana “I wasn’t really sure how I would be able to compete at the NANNING: Simone Biles of the US performs on the uneven Khorkina in 2003 to win a second straight all-around world crown. world championships, but I was able to push through and I was bars during the women’s all-around final at the gymnastics She is also the second US woman to ever win back-to-back really proud of myself for that.” — AFP world championships. — AFP

Djokovic and Federer to Bekele, Kipchoge clash in Shanghai semis set for Chicago showdown SHANGHAI: World number one Novak Djokovic and 17-times his opponent in the second to finish with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-0 score- Grand Slam winner Roger Federer will battle for a place in the line. Federer, the third seed in Shanghai, last faced Djokovic in CHICAGO: Ethiopia’s three-time Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Shanghai Masters final after they powered through their quar- the epic Wimbledon final. The Swiss player is marginally ahead Bekele will take on a formidable Kenyan challenge spearheaded by ter-final matches yesterday. Gilles Simon of France and Spaniard in their previous meetings, winning 18 times, compared to 17 Eliud Kipchoge in tomorrow’s Chicago Marathon, with a course Feliciano Lopez will also meet in today’s semi-finals as the tour- for seven-times Grand Slam winner Djokovic. record in their sights. nament reaches its dramatic climax. “I think every time we play against each other, it’s a thriller,” Kenyan Dennis Kimetto set the Chicago Marathon record of 2hrs Federer won his evening match against Julien Benneteau of Shanghai top seed Djokovic said. “It’s really a big challenge for 03.45sec in winning last year, but he won’t be back to defend his title France, taking the first set at the tie-break, before demolishing both of us. We need to take the best out of us. We need to bring after a scintillating performance in last month’s Berlin Marathon, our ‘A game’ in order to win.” Federer has been in stunning form where his world record time of 2:02.57 made him the first person to this season, and is set to overtake world number two Rafael break 2:03 over 26.2 miles. Nadal in the rankings on the back of his run in Shanghai. Even without Kimetto the men’s elite field boasts plenty of fire- But both players are some distance behind Djokovic. “I think power, with five entrants who have run under 2:06. That includes we always play tough against each other,” Federer said on his Bekele, the 5,000m and 10,000m world record-holder who made his semi-final opponent. “We’ll see how much he can actually do, marathon debut in Paris in April and blitzed the field in 2:05:04. how much he can neutralise me, and how much I can do with Kipchoge is another track to road convert and has three impres- him.” sive marathon times on his resume, including a 2:04.05 which is the fastest personal best of anyone in the field. ‘GIVEN A SCARE’ Bekele has got the better of the Kenyan in a majority of their on- Djokovic marched into the semi-finals by overcoming David track duels, but Kipchoge’s greater marathon experience and his suc- Ferrer 6-4, 6-2 as he vies for his third successive title. cess at translating his sub-12:50 5,000m speed to the marathon dis- The Serb broke the Spaniard’s serve in the first game, but tance could give him the edge on the streets of Chicago. was given a scare as he was serving to take the first set with the Kipchoge has made no secret of the fact that the marathon world score at 5-4 in his favour. Ferrer, who dumped out Britain’s Andy record is something he’d like to achieve, but he says he won’t be put- Murray in the quarters, saved three set-points against the reign- ting pressure on himself to achieve the aim just yet. ing champion in Shanghai before earning two break points. “It is something we are not dwelling on so much since this is my But Djokovic snuffed out the challenge and finally closed the fourth marathon,” he said. “It is also my first time in the USA.” marathon 12-minute game at the net, pumping his fists with Kipchoge is joined in the field by fellow Kenyans Sammy Kitawara- relief as the crowd roared. running in Chicago for the third time-Dickson Chumba and Bernard He was more dominant in the second set, breaking fifth seed Koech, who was runner-up to Kipchoge in Rotterdam this year. Ferrer again at his first attempt before gaining a 5-2 lead with his Ethiopia’s Tadese Tola-with a personal best of 2:04:49 — and next break and closing out the match in one hour 24 minutes. Feyisa Lilesa (2:04:52) add further depth to the field. Meanwhile, Simon continued his great run in Shanghai, over- Tola has reportedly been training hard since a runner-up finish in whelming Tomas Berdych in a scintillating final set to claim his Tokyo in February and a victory in the Orlen Warsaw Marathon in second top-10 scalp in three days. April. On the Women’s side, Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo returns to defend her The world number 29 won 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-0 to enter his sec- title, hoping to add it to the Boston Marathon crown she captured in ond successive semi-final, after also making the last four in April with a course record of 2:18:57. Tokyo last week where he lost to Milos Raonic. That was a second faster than the 2:19:57 she produced in win- SHANGHAI: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hits a return against Simon is yet to win a Masters title but he is in a rich vein of ning in Chicago last year. Now Jeptoo could become only the third David Ferrer of Spain in the men’s singles quarterfinal form and overpowered Australian Open champion Stan woman in marathon history to have three sub-2:20 marathons-a feat match at the Shanghai Masters 1000 tennis tournament Wawrinka on Wednesday in Shanghai. —AFP not seen since former Chicago champions and world record-holders held in the Qizhong Tennis Stadium. — AP Paula Radcliffe of Britain and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya exchanged world records at London and Chicago in 2002 and 2003.—AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 England whip San Marino LONDON: England made it two wins from two in Euro 2016 qualifying with a routine 5-0 defeat of perennial whipping boys San Marino at a subdued Wembley Stadium on Thursday. Wayne Rooney took his international goal tally to 42 and forced Alessandro Della Valle into a late own goal, while Phil Jagielka, Danny Welbeck and substitute Andros Townsend also found the target. Against a country classed 208th and joint-last in the current FIFA ranking, it was a game from which Roy Hodgson will have learnt little, but Switzerland’s unexpected loss to Slovenia gave the England manager reason to cheer. “Job well done,” said Hodgson. “The crowd were fantastic. They’ve had an enjoyable night. We could have had more, but I can’t fault the players. I’m really pleased. “At 5-0 when we lost the ball, we had three or four players sprinting back to win the ball back. That type of desire is very commendable.” Having won 2-0 away to Switzerland in their Group E opener, England have now prevailed in what are likely to be their hard- est and easiest fixtures of the qualifying campaign. They play away to Estonia on Sunday. The mismatch told in the Wembley atmosphere, which resembled the polite chatter of a tennis match as England set about dismantling their stubbornly unad- venturous opponents in front of a modest crowd of 55,990. Visiting goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini provided an early moment of novelty by conceding an indirect free-kick for the rare offence of handling the ball twice, but he atoned by parry- ing Rooney’s shot. Simoncini repelled further efforts from Rooney and Raheem ZILINA: Spain's Paco Alcacer, watched by Slovakia's Martin Skrtel (R) scores to 1-1 during Euro 2016 qualif- Sterling, only to trip over one of his own team-mates as he came ing football match between Slovakia and Spain in northern Slovak town of Zilina on October 9, 2014. for a James Milner corner in the 18th minute, allowing Everton defender Jagielka to head England in front. LALLANA DENIED Slovakia stun Spain Matteo Vitaioli gave the hosts a scare by cutting in from the left and shooting wide, but Rooney made it 2-0 shortly before half-time with a penalty after he had been caught by a high boot from Andy Selva. The Manchester United striker now stands two ZILINA: Former Chelsea midfielder Miroslav Stoch struck three minutes out of the way before getting only a faint touch as it flew down the mid- goals behind third-placed Jimmy Greaves in the all-time from time as Slovakia stunned defending champions Spain 2-1 in a Euro dle of the goal. That sparked a reaction from Spain as Cesc Fabregas’s England scoring chart, with leader Bobby Charlton seven goals 2016 qualifier in Zilina on Thursday. corner broke to Raul Albiol on edge of the six-yard box, but despite ahead of him on 49. The central European minnows now top qualifying Group C after this being given two bites at the cherry he ended up prodding the ball high Hodgson sent on Adam Lallana and Alex Oxlade- famous victory, although Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque won’t be too and wide. The champions were almost made to pay as Mak played a Chamberlain at half-time and within five minutes the latter had concerned with qualification a near certainty. one-two with Hamsik and fired in a left-footed shot that might have created England’s third goal, charging down a clearance and It was Spain’s first qualifying defeat since 2006. “I definitely didn’t been going wide, but Casillas took no chances and helped it around the crossing for Arsenal team-mate Welbeck to poke home. expect this result, it was unexpected,” said Del Bosque, who refused to post. On the stroke of half-time Spain were within a whisker of equalising It should have been the precursor to an avalanche but, initial- blame his players. but Slovak goalkeeper Matus Kozacik made a brilliant double save to ly, San Marino resisted. Simoncini denied Rooney three times “We should have scored more goals but we got hit with a deadly beat out Diego Costa’s header from another Fabregas corner and then and saved headers from Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere, counter. “This is football, we can’t reproach the players. We were patient react quickly to save Sergio Busquets’s acrobatic volley from the follow- while Lallana was wrongly denied his first England goal by a late but we didn’t manage to finish it off and their goalkeeper was outstand- up. offside flag after Oxlade-Chamberlain’s crisp shot flicked off him ing.” He added: “It’s our first defeat in 28 qualifying matches. We drew Spain started the second period brightly and produced an identical and into the net. level but then couldn’t respond to their last move. move to Slovakia’s at the start of the game, this time Kozacik saving one- Townsend was introduced shortly after and he added a “I think we deserved at least a draw, I don’t think we’re in a negative handed from Fabregas. fourth goal in the 72nd minute, cutting in from the right flank dynamic.” Having trailed for 65 minutes of this encounter after Juraj Moments later Costa ran purposefully at goal and unleashed a low and whipping a low shot inside the post from 20 yards. Kucka’s free-kick, they had appeared to salvage a draw through Paco strike that forced Kozacik into another stop. Della Valle inadvertently diverted Rooney’s cross past Alcacer’s strike eight minutes from time. Spain seemed to be running out of steam when suddenly, with eight Simoncini six minutes later but despite the stadium announcer Yet Al Ain’s Stoch-now plying his trade in Abu Dhabi having fallen a minutes left, they equalised. crediting the goal to the United striker, Greaves’s lead was not long way since his heady Premier League days-had the last word. There was more than a suspicion of offside about it but substitute eroded further. —AFP Slovakia showed no early fear against their illustrious opponents and Alcacer controlled Jorge Alba’s ball over the top and fired confidently could have taken the lead after 11 minutes. Captain Marek Hamsik past Kozacik with the Slovakian defence desperately looking at the lines- played right-back Peter Pekarik into space and his cross was met on the man. Moments later Costa teed up Fabregas on the edge of the area but volley by Robert Mak, but Iker Casillas made a stunning save one-handed the Chelsea playmaker blazed over the bar. to deny him. But with just three minutes left Slovakia launched a classic, rapier The reprieve was short, though, as Real Madrid’s Casillas quickly went counter-attack as Hamsik played substitute Michal Duris down the inside from hero to villain. Slovakia went in front on 17 minutes as Kucka’s free- right channel to cross for fellow replacement Stoch to head home at the kick, which admittedly swerved, deceived Casillas, who seemed to move back post with Spain’s rearguard stretched. —AFP

Toivonen rescues point for Sweden against Russia

STOCKHOLM: Ola Toivonen scored a second-half equaliser to hand “Sweden also had chances especially in the dead-ball situations but Sweden a 1-1 draw with Russia in their Euro 2016 Group G qualifier at we were much closer to a victory.” The hosts, who were sorely missing Solna on Thursday. injured striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, started in lively fashion but the 23- The Rennes forward cancelled out Dynamo Moscow forward year-old Kokorin silenced the packed Friends Arena with a goal in the Alexander Kokorin’s first-half opener as Sweden drew for the second 10th minute. time in as many group matches. Alexander Samedov found Kokorin and he worked his way into the Meanwhile, Russia joined Montenegro and Austria in a share of top box before shooting low past the outstretched hands of Sweden goal- LONDON: England’s forward Wayne Rooney (right) spot on four points. However, it could have been different but for keeper Andreas Isaksson. vies for the ball against San Marino’s Adolfo Jose Sweden missing a first half penalty. “It was an interesting match,” Sweden were awarded a penalty after Igor Smolnikov fouled Hirsch during a Euro 2016 Qualifier football match Russia’s manager Fabio Capello said. “We played really well today and Jimmy Durmaz in the area. But Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeyev con- between England and San Marino at Wembley created more scoring opportunities than our rivals. Unfortunately the fidently parried Sunderland midfielder Sebastian Larsson’s spotkick in result didn’t fit our expectations. the 13th minute. —AFP Stadium. —AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 Japan edge Jamaica, Aussies held in UAE

PARIS: Asian champions Japan gave Javier half while Trent Sainsbury missed Australia’s Aguirre his first win with a labored 1-0 victory best chance late in the game after being teed- over Jamaica yestrday while Australia strug- up by Tim Cahill. gled to a 0-0 draw in sweltering Abu Dhabi. In Wuhan, China’s build-up for the Asian Japan, like Australia, building towards the Cup continued with a 3-0 over Thailand Asian Cup in January, squandered several thanks to a second-half own-goal from Thai chances against Jamaica in Niigata but an goalkeeper Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool, own goal from Nyron Nosworthy in the 16th Sun Ke and Yang Xu. minute proved decisive. Japan were beaten 2- In Muscat, World Cup quarter-finalists 0 by Uruguay and were held 2-2 by Venezuela Costa Rica edged Oman 4-3 with Alvaro last month in their first two games under Saborio, John Jairo Ruiz, Juan Bustos and Mexican coach Aguirre, who took charge fol- David Ramirez on target while Saleh Raed, lowing the side’s World Cup flop in Brazil. “I Mohammed al-Seyabi and Emad al-Hosani feel calm, relaxed as always. We created five replied for the Gulf state. or six more chances to score, which was Uli Stielike’s first game as South Korea pleasing,” said Aguirre. coach saw a 2-0 win over Paraguay in Japan will need to improve before a glam- Cheonan with goals from Kim Min-Woo and our friendly against Brazil in Singapore on Nam Tae-Hee in the space of five first-half Tuesday. “We won’t get as many opportuni- minutes. ties against Brazil as we did today,” added Later Friday, Luis Suarez plays his first Aguirre. “We will have to be more clinical international for Uruguay since his competi- when chances come our way.” In humid Abu tive ban was imposed for biting Italy’s Giorgio Dhabi, Australia were held 0-0 by fellow Asian Chiellini at the World Cup. Cup finalists United Arab Emirates. Suarez, 27, is allowed to play friendly Alex Wilkinson needed to clear Ali Ahmed matches and is expected to feature against Mabkhout’s attempt off the line in the first Saudi Arabia in Jeddah. —AFP Gundogan shines for Dortmund

BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund’s Ilkay Gundogan celebrated his comeback with a goal yesterday after a 14 months (422 days) lay off with a back injury. The 23-year-old last played in August 2013, turning out for Germany’s 3-3 friendly draw with Paraguay, before suffering an inflamed nerve in the back which needed an operation in June. But on Friday the midfielder played 45 minutes of a friendly for Dortmund’s reserves against VfL Bochum and scored his team’s second goal in a 2-0 win. Germany attacking midfielder Marco Reus also featured in the friendly as he returns from IIkay Gundogan in action in this file photo an ankle injury. “They both looked good on the look to get back to winning ways. pitch, especially when you consider that Ilkay Having won the Bundesliga title in both was out for so long,” said Dortmund’s director 2011 and 2012, Dortmund have had a poor of sport Michael Zorc. “He was already very start to the current campaign and are 13th in comfortable on the ball, but we shouldn’t over- the table having failed to win any of their last estimate it as he only played a half.” Both four league games. But they are top of Group D ADELAIDE: In this Sept. 23, 2000, file photo, USA’s Landon Donovan (bottom right) Gundogan and Reus could now be included in looks on as Japan’s Hidetoshi Nakata (front) and the USA’s Pete Vagenas jump for in the Champions League ahead of Arsenal the Dortmund squad for their next Bundesliga having beaten the Gunners 2-0 in Dortmund the ball at Hindmarsh Stadium . —AP match against Cologne on October 18 as they and Anderlecht 3-0 away. —AFP Poland chase historic victory

WARSAW: Poland are chasing an historic first win over matches and have not lost any of their last 33 qualifiers World Cup. Maybe they will oversleep a little and we will world champions Germany in Warsaw today with top since a 3-0 home defeat to the Czech Republic in be able to take advantage,” Lewandowski, who has spot in their Euro 2016 qualifying group at stake. October 2007. plied his trade in the Bundesliga with Borussia Adam Nawalka’s Poland top Group D on goal differ- Staggeringly, Germany’s last away defeat in a quali- Dortmund, then Bayern, told UEFA.com. ence by virtue of their 7-0 rout of minnows Gibraltar in fying match was a 3-0 loss against Portugal in June “We know their qualities, but we will not park a bus their opening match. 2000. Poland have scored just once in their six competi- in our penalty area.” Germany have targeted six points But Joachim Loew’s Germany are hard on their heels tive meetings against either Germany or West Germany, from their next two games including next Tuesday’s after seeing off Scotland 2-1 in their opener in but the visitors are taking nothing for granted. visit by the Republic of Ireland to Gelsenkirchen, but the Dortmund last month. “Poland are the sort of team who will put up a fight, hosts are dreaming of an upset. Poland are searching for a maiden win over their they have good technical players, they have evolved “If we beat Germany, we will write new chapter in neighbours at the 19th attempt, while the Germans are and are more compact,” said Germany’s assistant coach Polish football history as we have never beaten them,” rebuilding after several key retirements in the wake of Thomas Schneider. “They are certainly a team who will said Poland defender Kamil Glik. “Matches against their World Cup triumph and a host of injuries. demand a lot from us.” Bayern Munich striker Robert Germany are always special. We are full of adrenaline.” Both veteran defenders Philipp Lahm and Per Lewandowski is hoping to trouble Germany’s goal- With Khedira and Schweinsteiger out, Loew is set to Mertesacker have retired, while Loew has a mounting keeper and stand-in captain Manuel Neuer, his team- name Christoph Kramer in the defensive midfield and injury list to contend with including new captain Bastian mate at the Bavarian giants. Bayer Leverkusen’s Karim Bellarabi is set to complete his Schweinsteiger, plus Sami Khedira, Marco Reus, Mesut The Polish hot-shot wants the hosts to catch their fairytale rise with his first international appearance. Ozil and Mario Gomez. powerful guests cold after he scored four goals in last The 24-year-old attacking midfielder spent last sea- Germany still boast an impressive recent interna- month’s rout of Gibraltar. son on loan at relegated Eintracht Braunschweig, but is tional record. They are unbeaten in 18 competitive “Maybe they will be too confident after winning the now leading the Leverkusen attack. —AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014

New league hopes to wake ‘sleeping’ soccer giant India

MUMBAI: India’s new soccer league with its cast “Nothing great was happening and we were not Madrid, and Mumbai City FC is expected to draw of celebrity owners, experienced foreign managers progressing at the desirable rate. We have been hov- more than 100,000 people at Salt Lake Stadium, the and a sprinkling of high-profile players will kick off on ering between 140 and 160 in rankings for many world’s second-largest by capacity at 120,000. Sunday, igniting hopes of waking the country from years now and we needed something big to push us The tournament, to be played in a round-robin its football slumber. forward. “We at the AIFF felt that an explosion is format, will then move around the country to the sev- Italian World Cup winners Alessandro Del Piero needed in Indian football. We felt the ISL would give en other cities. The top four sides will qualify for the and Marco Materazzi, Spain’s Joan Capdevila and Luis the necessary push to Indian football, it would make semi-finals, which will be played over two legs, with Garcia, and French stars David Trezeguet and Robert a difference.” the winners advancing to a one-off final. Pires have all signed up to play in the Indian Super While the inaugural season will have a novelty fac- League. Cricket-obsessed India, with its population of GLAMOUR, ENTERTAINMENT tor and has all the ingredients to be a commercial 1.2 billion, is ranked 158th in the world, leading FIFA Bankrolled by India’s Reliance Industries, Rupert success, critics believe it will be the quality and inten- President Sepp Blatter to call it the ‘sleeping giant’ of Murdoch’s Star India and sports management group sity of play that will be crucial in sustaining the world football. IMG, the ISL has welcomed former cricket greats appeal. The national league has failed to inspire young- Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, as well as cur- Promoters and teams have promised to make an sters to take up the sport, which remains popular rent captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, among the team investment towards developing standards in India only in certain areas of the country, while the owners. and according to Spain’s Capdevila, who will line up appetite to watch televised games is restricted to the In addition to the veteran players, the competition for North East United FC, that is exactly what the English Premier League or Spain’s La Liga. will also see former international coaches Zico, Peter country needs to make a significant difference. Modelled on cricket’s popular Indian Premier Reid and Ricki Herbert in a managerial capacity. “The ISL is a good start,” said the defender, who League, the ISL, with its franchise-based model, slick In its inaugural season, the ISL will feature eight was part of Spain’s Euro 2008 and 2010 World Cup promotion and branding, and the presence of stars city-based franchises taking part in the Oct. 12-Dec. winning sides. “Two and half months is not enough from cricket and the country’s film industry, is aiming 20 tournament. There will be lots of glamour and time so it will be better if the period of the league is to change all that. entertainment on display during Sunday’s opening increased to like nine months in future,” he told “Indian football had somewhat stagnated,” All ceremony in Kolkata. Reuters last month. “It’s a new baby but what India India Football Federation (AIFF) Vice President The match between Atletico de Kolkata, owned by needs is grass-roots development to grow into a Subrata Dutta told Reuters recently. a consortium including Spanish champions Atletico footballing power.”—Reuters

El-Nenny goal steers Egypt to crucial win JOHANNESBURG: An unstoppable Mohamed El-Nenny shot set up Egypt for a crucial 2-0 away win over Botswana yesterday in a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. The midfielder from Swiss club Basel unleashed a 35- metre drive on 55 minutes that flew high into the corner of the net over goalkeeper Kabelo Dambe. Chelsea striker Mohamed Salah added a second six minutes later with a low curling shot from just outside the penalty area. It was a must-win Group G matchday 3 clash for the Pharaohs after losses away to Senegal and at home to Tunisia during September. Egypt host Botswana in Cairo Wednesday and another victory would give them hope of a top-two finish. A deserved success on a poor National Stadium pitch in the Botswana capital brought some relief to Egypt coach Shawky Gharib. National football association president Gamal Allam this week told Gharib that he would be sacked if Egypt fail to reach the 2015 Cup of Nations in Morocco. The Pharaohs won a record three consecutive African titles between 2006 and 2010, then failed to qualify for the next two tournaments. Lesotho and Angola drew 0-0 in a mediocre Maseru match-a result that did the Group C chances of both teams little good. Burkina Faso, runners-up to Nigeria in the 2013 Cup of Nations, top the table with six points followed by Gabon with four, Lesotho two and Angola one. JEDDAH: Uruguay's Luis Suarez (left) and Jose Gimenez (right) go for the ball during the international friendly soccer Gabon host Burkina Faso in Libreville Saturday and they match between Saudi Arabia and Uruguay at King Abdullah stadium yesterday. — AP are the countries looking likely to qualify for the 16-nation finals next January and February. The Angolan Black Antelopes created more chances on a cool, windy night at Setsoto Stadium, but the Lesotho Uruguay hold Saudi Crocodiles came close to snatching a stoppage-time win- ner off a corner. — AFP JEDDAH: Luis Suarez set up Uruguay’s goal in a 1-1 draw with just before coming off as he pounced on a dreadful back pass, Saudi Arabia in Jeddah yesterday in his first appearance in the sky but with only goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah to beat, he tried to blue shirt since his disgraceful exit from the World Cup for biting dribble past the shot-stopper and was tackled. Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini. The Barcelona striker’s shot from an angle It was his last meaningful contribution before being substitut- on 47 minutes came back off the far post before hitting the unfor- ed for Abel Hernandez . But he had created the opening goal as tunate Hassan Muath Fallatah before going in for an own goal. he met Nicolas Lodeiro’s free-kick in a clever set-piece move on Suarez was replaced with 20 minutes to go but his hopes of a the full volley. His shot beat Abdullah but came back off the winning international return were ruined by Naif Hazazi’s last upright and into the danger zone, where Hazazi could do nothing minute equaliser for the hosts. as it hit him and went in. Although still serving a nine-match competitive international By then, the hosts had already hit the post themselves ban, Suarez is allowed to play in friendlies. He scored two goals through Yahya Al-Shehri on 29 minutes. Just as Uruguay looked for his club’s reserves in a friendly against an Indonesia under-19 set to welcome back Suarez with a win, Saudi Arabia struck with team last month as his additional four-month ban from playing the full 90 minutes almost up. Fallatah went some way to making football anywhere likewise does not include friendlies. In an up for his earlier error by crossing from wide on the right for entertaining game, Suarez could, and probably should, have Hazazi to rise highest in the box and send a downward header El- Nenney scored inside the far post. — AFP Penguins sink Ducks SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014 11, OCTOBER SATURDAY, SportsSports 41

DUBAI: Pakistani batsman Ahmed Shehzad (left) hits the ball during the second one day international match between Australia and Pakistan. —AP Australia thump Pakistan to seal ODI

DUBAI: Australia continued their dominance over was a pretty challenging pitch but we’re happy that we brilliant throw from the covers by Maxwell after mak- innings with Pakistan managing just 29 runs in the final Pakistan with a hard fought five-wicket win in the second dragged them to 215 and then Glenn played a wonder- ing just 15. Pakistan couldn’t recover as Asad Shafiq (29) ten slog overs. The third and final match will be played in day-night international, taking an unbeatable 2-0 lead in ful knock.” and Fawad Alam (20 not out) laboured through their Abu Dhabi tomorrow. —AFP the three-match series. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq blamed a poor total Pakistan squandered an opening stand of 126 for the loss. “I think it was a poor display of batting in the between openers Sarfraz Ahmed (65) and Ahmed last 15 overs,” said Misbah. “It would have been a 250- SCOREBOARD Shahzad (61) and were bowled out for 215 in 49.3 overs plus total but irresponsible shots and my run out didn’t with paceman Mitchell Johnson taking 3-40. help us.” Asked was he under pressure to relinquish the DUBAI: Scoreboard of the second day-night international between Pakistan and Australia Glenn Maxwell then punished the sloppy Pakistan captaincy, Misbah said: “I will fight on. We need to played at Dubai stadium yesterday: fielding with an 81-ball 76 as Australia reached their tar- improve things before the World Cup-if not, it will be Pakistan get in 43.2 overs for their fourth consecutive one-day trouble.” It was Johnson who derailed Pakistan’s innings 10-0-44-1, Faulkner 7-0-27-1, Lyon 10-0-40- series win over Pakistan. with some fiery bowling. Ahmed and Shahzad put on 126 Ahmed Shahzad c Smith b Doherty 61 1 (1w), Maxwell 3-0-19-0 Maxwell added an invaluable 85 for the fourth wicket for the opening wicket but Australia hit back to take the Sarfraz Ahmed c Maxwell b Johnson 65 Australia with skipper George Bailey (28), steadying the chase after last nine wickets for a mere 89 runs. Asad Shafiq c Johnson b Lyon 29 Pakistan dismissed Aaron Finch (14), David Warner (29) Johnson, who took 3-24 in Australia’s 93-run win in Misbah-ul Haq run out 15 D. Warner c Irfan b Hasan 29 and Steven Smith (12) to leave Australia wobbling at 72-3. the first one-dayer, put the brakes on the innings dismiss- Umar Akmal c Smith b Johnson 5 A. Finch c Ahmed b Irfan 14 But Pakistan spurned a good chance of dismissing the ing Ahmed, Umar Akmal (five) and Shahid Afridi (two) in a Fawad Alam not out 20 S. Smith c Ahmed b Babar 12 dangerous Maxwell on five when Umar Akmal dropped destructive 10-over spell. Pakistan, who won the toss Shahid Afridi c Smith b Johnson 2 G. Bailey run out 28 him in the slips off debutant Raza Hasan. and batted, cruised to their first century stand in 44 Wahab Riaz b Richardson 2 G. Maxwell c Shafiq b Babar 76 Hasan was also unlucky in the early overs when innings as Ahmed and Shahzad batted with authority Raza Hasan run out 0 J. Faulkner not out 26 Fawad Alam let off Warner on ten, making Pakistan’s against a spin-cum-pace attack. Zulfiqar Babar c Maxwell b Faulkner 6 B. Haddin not out 17 defence of a modest target even tougher. Ahmed, promoted to open the innings in this series, Mohammad Irfan run out 0 Extras (lb3, w12) 15 Maxwell took advantage of the let off, reaching his reached his maiden half-century off 60 balls while Extras (lb2, w8) 10 Total (for five wkts; 43.2 overs) 217 eighth half-century off 56 deliveries. Maxwell continued Shahzad needed 63 balls for his eighth 50. Ahmed hit five Total (all out, 49.3 overs) 215 Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Finch), 2-39 (Smith), 3- to punish the bowlers after Bailey was run out. With 38 boundaries and a six off 72 balls while Shahzad hit five Fall of wickets: 1-126 (Shahzad), 2-130 72 (Warner), 4-157 (Bailey), 5-178 (Maxwell) needed off 81 balls, he holed out off Zulfiqar Babar after boundaries in his 82-ball knock. Pakistan’s last opening (Sarfraz), 3-159 (Misbah), 4-168 Bowling: Hasan 10-0-68-1 (2w), Irfan 9.2-0- hitting nine boundaries and a six. century stand in a one-dayer was between Mohammad (Akmal), 5-185 (Shafiq), 6-199 (Afridi), 7-203 42-1, Babar 10-1-52-2 (7w), Afridi 10-0-36-0 James Faulkner (26 not out) and Brad Haddin (17 not Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed against India at Kolkata in (Riaz), 8-204 (Hasan) (2w), Riaz 2.2-0-7-0 (1w), Shahzad 1.4-0-9-0 Result: out) ensured Australia secured the win. “I am satisfied,” January 2013. As Pakistan tried to build on the opening Bowling: Johnson 10-0-40-3 (3w), Australia win by five wickets Toss: said Bailey, standing in for the injured Michael Clarke. “It stand, out-of-form skipper Misbah was run out by a Richardson 9.3-0-43-1 (4w), Doherty Pakistan