SUBSCRIPTION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 THULQADA 28, 1436 AH No: 16638 Premier meets Kuwait signs Pennetta stuns Italian PM, MoU to buy 28 Halep to president3 Eurofighters4 reach48 final 87 dead as crane crashes in Makkah Grand Mosque Min 28º 150 Fils Amir sends cable of condolences to Saudi King Max 45º HOLY MAKKAH: In this image released by the Saudi Interior Ministry’s General Directorate of Civil Defense, an area is cordoned off at the Grand Mosque in holy Makkah after a crane collapsed killing dozens yesterday. (inset) Civil Defense personnel inspect the damage at the Grand Mosque. — AP RIYADH: At least 87 people were killed when a dolences over the death of the worshippers and Al-Faisal has ordered an investigation into the in a statement that by yesterday, almost 800,000 crane crashed in Holy Makkah’s Grand Mosque wished speedy recovery for the injured. incident. A massive project is currently underway pilgrims had arrived into the kingdom for Hajj. yesterday, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense authority His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf to increase the area of the mosque by 400,000 Currently, there are 15 civil defense teams said, in an accident that came just weeks before Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a message of square metres (4.3 million square feet), allowing it side-by-side with the Saudi search and rescue annual Haj pilgrimage. condolences to King Salman over the casualties to accommodate up to 2.2 million people at team, Red Crescent, and health affairs rescuing The civil defense said on its Twitter account caused by the crane collapse. HH the Crown once. The mosque is surrounded by a number of and providing first aid within the Holy Mosque’s 184 people were also injured in the accident. Al- Prince wished speedy recovery for the injured. cranes. vicinity, the civil defense added in the statement. Arabiya television earlier said the crane had fall- National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Pictures circulating on social media showed Meanwhile, Saudi health sectors announced max- en because of strong storms - western Saudi Ghanim expressed sorrow at the high number of pilgrims in bloodied robes and masses of debris imum alert in all of the Kingdom’s hospitals to Arabia has been hit by strong sandi storms in deaths caused by the crane collapse in the Holy from a part of the crane that seemed to have receive the injured. the last few days. Mosque. In a cable to speaker of the Saudi Shura crashed through a ceiling. Saudi authorities go to Saudi authorities have spent vast sums to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Council Abdullah bin Mohammad Al-Sheikh, Al- great lengths to prepare for the millions of wor- expand the main Hajj sites and improve Makkah’s Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of condo- Ghanim expressed heartfelt sorrow over the trag- shippers who converge on Makkah to perform transportation system in an effort to prevent dis- lences to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz after ic accident. His Highness the Prime Minister the sacred pilgrimage. Last year, it reduced the asters. Security services often ring Islam’s sacred scores of people were killed and injured in the Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah also numbers permitted to perform Hajj for safety rea- city with checkpoints and other measures to pre- giant crane collapse in Makkah’s Holy Mosque sent a similar message. sons because of construction work to enlarge the vent people arriving for the pilgrimage without yesterday. HH the Amir expressed deepest con- The governor of Makkah region, Prince Khaled Grand Mosque. The official SPA news agency said authorization. — Agencies LOCAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 Amir condemns acts of terror in Bahrain KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- in Bahrain. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh demning the terrorist assault on a police station in Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable yesterday to Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Belad Al-Arab village in Bahrain. In his cable, Al- Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa in which he Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Ghanim expressed full support and solidarity with condemned the terrorist act against a police station Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar cables to the Bahraini people in countering terror acts that in a town southwest of the Bahraini capital Manama. the Bahraini Monarch. aim to destabilize the Gulf country. He prayed to HH the Amir expressed solidarity with the The National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- the Almighty God to protect Bahrain and other Bahraini leadership and people, affirming Kuwait’s Ghanim yesterday sent a cable to his Bahraini Gulf countries and their people from malicious stance against acts threatening security and stability counterpart Ahmad bin Ibrahim Al-Mulla con- schemes. — KUNA ROME: Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino with His Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah during the exhibition entitled, “Art of Islamic Civilization”, organized by Kuwait’s Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyah (DAI) in Scuderie del Quirinale museum in Rome on Thursday. — KUNA Kuwait PM’s visit solidifies cultural ties: Rome mayor ROME: Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino on Marino made the statement to KUNA on The mayor of Rome hailed His Highness Thursday underscored the significance of His the occasion of His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak’s visit as serving to KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al- Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Mubarak’s visit to an exhibition entitled, “Art bolster long-standing bilateral ties. Marino Mubarak visits an exhibition entitled, “Art of Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah’s visit to of Islamic Civilization”, organized by Kuwait’s also lauded Kuwaiti efforts in encouraging Islamic Civilization” organized by Kuwait’s Rome in promoting ties between the West Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyah (DAI) in Scuderie inter-cultural harmony through art exhibi- Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyah (DAI) in Scuderie and the Arab and Islamic worlds. del Quirinale museum in the Italian capital. tions. — KUNA del Quirinale museum in Rome. — KUNA Blogger, lawyer and Kuwaiti researcher offers media figure jailed Expo Milano 2015 project MILAN: A Kuwaiti researcher has offered Expo Milano 2015 a project for making good use of KUWAIT: The public prosecutor’s office both and interrogated. The sources electronic waste (e-waste), through the coun- recently ordered jailing of a lawyer and a added that the blogger’s mobile phone try’s pavilion there. The project is likely to help media figure for 10 days pending investi- contained messages he exchanged with exploit the “huge wealth” of e-waste as well as gations in a state security case accusing the media figure through which they providing a safe method for authorized ridding them of promoting tumults, disturbing agreed that the latter would pay the for- of secrets that could be stored on old comput- domestic security, slandering some pub- mer in return for posting some informa- ers, for instance, Salem Al-Hebeit, from Al- lic figures through ‘political matches’ on tion through his twitter account. Mubader (Initiator), a national project supported their twitter accounts. Informed legal The three suspects are jointly facing by the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs, told sources said that during interrogations, charges of promoting rumors and false KUNA on Friday. the blogger claimed that he had been news, promoting tumults, violating the He noted that such waste is a source of high toxicity, constituting a horrible hazard to the directed and financed by a lawyer and a national unity law, slandering the environment. Recycling old computers and TVs media figure to post his slanderous authority and questioning judiciary MILAN: Salem Al-Hebeit, from Al-Mubader is likely to produce scores of kilograms of pre- (Initiator), a national project supported by tweets, which called for arresting them decisions. — Annahar cious metals, he said. The universal six-month the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs in Expo was launched on 1 May. — KUNA Milan. — KUNA LOCAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2015 ROME: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (right) and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- ROME: Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella (left) and HH the Prime Hamad Al-Sabah review a military honor guard during a welcoming ceremony ahead of their meeting yesterday, Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah prior to their 2015 at Villa Pamphili in Rome. — AFP photos meeting in Rome. PM’s meeting with Pope ‘another milestone in ties’ Sheikh Jaber meets Italian President, PM VATICAN CITY: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber signing of several memoranda of understanding on the foreign friendly Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella in the Quirinal Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah’s meeting with Pope Francis relations level. Kuwait was the first GCC nation to establish Palace. was “another milestone in Kuwait-Vatican relations”, said a diplomatic ties with the Vatican in 1969. The Premier handed over to Mattarella during the meeting a statement by the Kuwaiti Embassy in the Vatican yesterday. The letter from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- statement came after the conclusion of His Highness Sheikh Italian counterpart Jaber Al-Sabah tackling the distinct bilateral relations and ways Jaber Al-Mubarak’s visit which saw him also meeting with the HH the Prime Minister held talks with Italian Prime Minister of strengthening the frameworks of mutual cooperation Vatican’s Cardinal Secretary of State Archbishop Pietro Parolin. Matteo Renzi yesterday in the Italian capital Rome. The candid between the two friendly countries in various fields.