SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2014 SHAWWAL 10, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Rumors of Disgraced US announces Ecclestone Awqaf post Japan stem $14bn in new ends bribery for Hayef cell scientist investments at trial with refuted5 commits12 suicide Africa21 summit $100m20 payment Adasani blasts Assembly Max 47º Min 31º deposits probe as futile High Tide 05:10 & 18:52 Govt steps up curbs on Islamic charities Low Tide 12:27 40 PAGES NO: 16246 150 FILS By B Izzak and Agencies Assembly was scrapped on June 20. ment does not punish those responsible for illegally dis- Man held over The committee in this Assembly was formed on Nov tributing agricultural land. Nasef said that it seems offi- KUWAIT: Former MP Riyadh Al-Adasani, who resigned 13 last year and five of seven MPs who opposed its for- cials are counting on the passage of time for people to ‘bomb hoax’ on from the Assembly in May, yesterday strongly lashed out mation became members of the panel, Adasani said. forget the corruption case, adding that this will not hap- at the investigation being conducted by the Assembly Until the day Adasani quit on May 1, the committee had pen as he plans to keep pursuing the issue. flight to Britain over allegations that former lawmakers had accepted virtually done nothing, he said, adding that he protested In another development, Salafist Islamist MP millions in bribes. Adasani was a member of the commit- at the time-wasting tactics. Adasani’s comments came a Abdulrahman Al-Jeeran called for applying the law MANCHESTER: British police yesterday arrested a tee before resigning from the Assembly and was also a day after the committee held its last meeting in the cur- against those who insulted the companions of Prophet man suspected of making a hoax bomb threat member of the same committee in the 2012 Assembly rent term with the recommendation for an extension in Muhammad (PBUH) on Twitter. The lawmaker warned aboard a Qatar Airways plane that caused it to be that was scrapped by the court. the next term starting late October. that failure to apply the law could have serious conse- escorted down by a military fighter jet. A Royal Air Comparing between the two panels, Adasani said that Head of the committee MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji said on quences, especially that such disputes have sparked fires Force (RAF) Typhoon guided the plane, which was in the first Assembly, the probe panel was formed on Monday that the committee had a little cooperation from in neighbouring countries like Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. travelling from Doha with 282 people on board, to March 14, 2012 and it met the state security agency two the finance ministry but no cooperation from the min- The criminal court yesterday released three activists Manchester airport in northwest England. weeks later and the “inflated” accounts of the suspected istries of commerce and justice. Two weeks ago, Adasani on KD 500 bail each. The activists had been in detention Witnesses on board said armed police entered the 13 former MPs were identified. In early June 2012, the said he submitted the information he gathered on the for the past one month after they were arrested while aircraft and escorted the suspect off with his hands panel began investigating the suspected MPs’ real estate case to the Audit Bureau demanding an investigation. taking part in protests against the arrest of prominent on his head. ownership and had planned to ask the Assembly to Liberal MP Rakan Al-Nasef meanwhile warned yester- opposition leader Musallam Al-Barrak. “A 47-year-old man from the northwest (of extend its work. This could not be done because the day that he will use his constitutional tools if the govern- Continued on Page 13 England) has been arrested on suspicion of making a bomb hoax and remains in police custody for questioning,” said Chief Superintendent John O’Hare of Greater Manchester Police. “A full search Guns fall silent as Gaza truce begins of the aircraft has now finished and nothing suspi- cious was found. The incident arose when the pilot received information about a possible device on board the plane, having been handed a note from British Muslim a passenger.” Several emergency response vehicles could be seen parked around the plane. minister quits Continued on Page 13 over Gaza policy LONDON: A Foreign Office minister who was the Scrabblers first Muslim to sit in the British cabinet dramatically resigned yesterday over what she called the govern- ment’s “morally indefensible” policy on Gaza. The to rejoice surprise decision by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who also had responsibility for faith and communities, NEW YORK: To Scrabble fanatics, big gifts sometimes heaped pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron come in small packages. The word “te” as a variant of “ti”, to take a tougher line against Israel over its actions the seventh tone on the musical scale, is a hardworking in Gaza. little gem among 5,000 words added to “The Official The coalition government has faced sustained Scrabble Players Dictionary,” out Aug 11 from Merriam- criticism in recent days, led by the main opposition Webster. The dictionary’s last freshening up was a decade Labour party, that it has not spoken out strongly ago. Entries in the forthcoming book that include texter, enough over the con- vlog, bromance, hashtag, dubstep and selfie were mere flict. “Our approach... twinkles on the racks of recreational players. in Gaza is morally But it’s the addition of te and three other two-letter indefensible, is not in words - da, gi and po - that has Robin Pollock Daniel excit- Britain’s national inter- ed. Daniel, a clinical psychologist in Toronto, is a champi- est and will have a on of the North American Scrabble Players Association, long-term detrimen- which has a committee that tal impact on our rep- helps Merriam-Webster track utation international- down new, playable words of GAZA: Mohammed Al-Bakri brings the body of his 3-year-old son Kamal to the boy’s wounded mother Dua ly and domestically,” two to eight letters. “Being at Shifa Hospital yesterday. The boy was killed Monday along with two other relatives in an Israeli missile Warsi wrote to Cam- able to hook an ‘e’ under- strike on their home in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. — AP eron in her resigna- neath ‘t’ means that I can play tion letter. She said Sayeeda Warsi far more words,” explained GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Israel tary spokesman saying their main during the course of the truce. there was “great unease” in the Foreign Office, where Daniel, who practices withdrew ground forces from the goal of destroying cross-border infil- Hamas and Islamic Jihad also dis- Philip Hammond took over as foreign secretary from Scrabble two to four hours a Gaza Strip yesterday and started a tration tunnels dug by Islamist mili- patched representatives from Gaza. William Hague last month, about how recent policy day. “Sometimes you play 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas medi- tants had been completed. “Mission Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin decisions had been made. parallel to a word and you’re ated by Egypt as a first step towards accomplished,” the military tweeted. Netanyahu convened his decision- In his letter of response, Cameron expressed making two-letter words negotiations on a more enduring Troops and tanks will be “rede- making security cabinet to discuss regret that Warsi had not informed him of her deci- along the way. I call those the end to the month-old war. Minutes ployed in defensive positions out- the aftermath of the fighting, offi- sion to resign before announcing it on Twitter. “I amino acids of Scrabble. The before the truce began at 8 am side the Gaza Strip and we will cials said. In Gaza, where some half- understand your strength of feeling on the current more two-letter words we (0500 GMT), Hamas launched a sal- maintain those defensive positions”, million people have been displaced crisis in the Middle East - the situation in Gaza is have, the more possibilities a word will fit.” vo of rockets, calling them revenge spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel by a month of bloodshed, some res- intolerable,” the prime minister wrote. He added: “Of One woman’s te is another man’s “qajaq”, one of Peter for Israel’s “massacres”, while Israeli Peter Lerner said, reflecting Israeli idents, carrying mattresses and with course, we believe that Israel has the right to defend Sokolowski’s favorites among the new words. He’s a lexi- warplanes carried out at least five readiness to resume fighting if children in tow, left UN shelters to itself. But we have consistently made clear our grave cographer and editor at large for the Springfield, strikes on Gaza. Israel’s anti-missile attacked. Sami Abu Zuhri, a trek back to neighbourhoods where concerns about the heavy toll of civilian casualties Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster. Qajaq, he said in system shot down one rocket over spokesman for the Islamist Hamas whole blocks have been destroyed and have called on Israel to exercise restraint, and to a recent interview with Daniel, reflects the Inuit roots of Jerusalem, police said. Another hit a faction that rules Gaza, said Israel’s by Israeli shelling and the smell of find ways to bring this fighting to an end.” He kayak and would require a blank tile since Scrabble sets house in a town near Bethlehem in offensive in the densely populated, decomposing bodies fills the air. thanked Warsi for her service, saying she should take include just one Q. But it’s a rare word starting with “q” that the occupied West Bank.