SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2014 MUHARRAM 9, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Thousands Alghanim Thousands join Wanderers hold of eagles Motors-Honda fifth annual off Hilal to win make rare opens new Beat Diabetes AFC Champions Kuwait4 stop showroom7 walkathon40 League20 Sisi: Kuwait-Egypt ties Max 33º Min 21º High Tide model for Arab states 01:50 & 16:10 Low Tide Egyptian president warns Gulf security a ‘red line’ 09:25 & 21:25 40 PAGES NO: 16330 150 FILS CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi affirmed that historic and solid relations between Egypt and MoI denies Kuwait would remain an example to be followed at the level of brotherly ties and joint destiny among Arab brothers. Sisi noted in an exclusive interview with warning on Kuwait News Agency’s chief that his meeting with HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was distinguished with an atmosphere of genuine brother- ‘lost’ kids hood, understanding and mutual keenness on bolster- ing and boosting bilateral relations, particularly in the By Hanan Al-Saadoun commercial, economic and investment sectors, where Kuwait ranks fifth among foreign states that invest in KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior yesterday denied Egypt and third among Arab countries. social media reports that a police officer warned “We will work together to support these investments against helping children who claim they are lost, and tackle any obstacles facing this approach for realiz- then steal from people who attempt to help them. ing Kuwaiti-Egyptian interests,” said Sisi, expressing These reports are “completely false and groundless”, gratitude for Kuwait’s political and economic support the ministry’s security media department said in a for Egypt since the June 30 revolution. “Such support statement yesterday. It said no ministry officer has affirms the two sides’ belief in joint destiny,” he said. Sisi affirmed that he was looking forward to visiting Kuwait issued such a warning and the ministry has nothing and meeting the Amir to discuss with him various issues to do with it. It urged social media users to verify of common interest at the regional and international these reports before spreading them, thus causing levels, as well as means of bolstering further the distinc- chaos. tive bilateral relations bonding the two countries. Separately, the security media department also Sisi also noted that Egyptian and Kuwaiti troops had said that incidents of fraud against citizens and fought side by side in the past and the blood of fallen expatriates have been detected by callers claiming martyrs had mingled. “I explicitly affirm that Gulf securi- they represent banks or telecommunication compa- ty is a red line, inseparable from Egyptian national secu- nies wishing to update the data of clients or hand rity,” he said, clarifying that Egypt’s bonds with the Gulf them prizes. The department warned against falling are solid and cooperation between the two sides consti- victim to such attempts, and urged all citizens and tutes a basis for bolstering joint Arab action. The expats not to respond to such calls that may be Egyptian president stressed on the necessity of solidari- from Kuwait or abroad, especially after receiving ty among Arab states in this critical period, rebuilding CAIRO: KUNA Chairman Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Sabah meets Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi at crises-ridden Arab countries and foiling schemes to several complaints. the Al-Ittihadiah Presidential Palace on Oct 29, 2014. — KUNA weaken others. — KUNA (Full interview on Page 3) Virgin spaceship crash kills pilot Branson says space dream lives on, vows safety Saudi women’s rights activist Shamari jailed DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has arrested a prominent cam- paigner for women’s rights for insulting Islam, activists said yesterday, accusing authorities of try- ing to crush all dissent. Suad Al-Shamari, a co- founder of a liberal human rights group, is being held in prison, according to two activists who did not want to be named. Shamari recently posted pic- BLOOMINGDALE, Illinois: John Spinello sits in front of merchandise from the tures on Twitter of a man kissing the hand of a long- This three image combo photo shows the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket game ‘Operation’ at his home on Friday. — AP bearded Islamic cleric. She commented on his beard and said: “Notice the vanity and pride on his separating from the carrier aircraft (left) prior to it exploding in the air (right) face when he finds a slave to kiss his hand.” during a test flight on Friday. — AP (See Page 28) Creator of Operation In another tweet last month, she said she had been called “immoral and an infidel because I criti- MOJAVE, United States: British tycoon certain that the dream lives on,” Branson cised their sheiks,” referring to religious or tribal Richard Branson insisted yesterday his told reporters. couldn’t afford own leaders. She recently appealed to King Abdullah dream of commercial space travel “We do understand the risks involved, and the interior minister over the case of two remained alive but warned his company and we’re not going to push on blindly,” BLOOMINGDALE, Illinois: The creator of for $500 to a toy inventor who later women who, she alleged, were arrested by religious would not “press on blindly” without he said. “To do so would be an insult to the board game Operation needed his licensed it to Milton Bradley. police for taking a taxi driven by a man. knowing what caused the spacecraft all those affected by this tragedy. Safety own operation, and it turned out he could- It went on to be very successful, with Ultraconservative Saudi Arabia strictly segregates crash that killed one pilot and seriously has always been our number one priori- n’t afford to pay for it. So John Spinello’s merchandise and different versions of the sexes and women are not allowed to drive, injured another. Speaking to reporters ty,” he added before heading off to rally friends decided to raise the money for him games sold worldwide. But because of the although many do use taxis with male drivers, with- after arriving in the California facility grieving Virgin Galactic staff. Branson’s online. Now, they’ve been able to raise deal he struck, he never got any royalties, out incident. which had been the hub of Virgin comments at the Mojave Air and Space enough money to help Spinello pay for the something that’s not unusual for game- In September a Saudi court upheld a sentence of Galactic’s space program, Branson said Port came as a team of federal investiga- surgery as well as some other bills. Spinello, makers unsure of how well a game might 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for Raef Badawi - safety remained his paramount concern. tors began probing the causes of Friday’s 77, of Bloomingdale, Illinois, invented the do. Fast forward decades later, and Spinello who co-founded the Saudi Liberal Network with “We owe it to our test pilots to find out accident, which dealt a devastating set- buzzing game of precision in the early and his wife ended up filing for bankruptcy Shamari - for insulting Islam. exactly what went wrong, and once back to the cause of commercial space 1960s as an industrial design student at the after their warehouse business went under Continued on Page 13 we’ve found out what went wrong, if we tourism. University of Illinois. He sold the concept Continued on Page 13 can overcome it, we’ll make absolutely Continued on Page 13 Egypt jails eight men over ‘gay marriage’ CAIRO: An Egyptian court jailed eight men for police, who had said they planned to monitor sex. “The medical test showed that the eight defen- three years yesterday over a video prosecutors social networking sites, could be using it to dants have not practised homosexuality recently or claimed was of a gay wedding, which went viral entrap gays. One of the defendants, prior to in the past,” Hesham Abdel Hamed had said. on the Internet. Homosexuality is not specifically their arrest, told a television talk show that the Rights groups have denounced the tests often banned under Egyptian law, so the men, arrest- video was recorded during a birthday party. performed in Egypt on men suspected of homo- ed in September, were convicted of broadcast- After the verdict, the defence again denied that sexuality. The New York-based group Human ing images that “violated public decency”. The the men were gay, as their relatives outside the Rights Watch also criticised the verdict. The ruling court also sentenced the eight to three years of court room yelled out in protest: “Our sons are “is the latest signal that the new government will probation once they have served their terms. being oppressed.” The relatives were kept out- prosecute anyone to try to bolster its support,” The video, filmed aboard a Nile riverboat, side the court room to protect the journalists said a statement quoting Graeme Reid, its shows what prosecutors said was a gay wed- inside. Several of them had tried to assault jour- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) ding ceremony, with two men in the centre kiss- nalists in past hearings, saying they did not want rights director. In the past, Egyptian homosexuals ing, exchanging rings and cutting a cake with further “scandal”. have been jailed on charges ranging from “scorn- their picture on it. The video went viral on social One defence attorney, Emad Sobhi, insisted that ing religion” to “sexual practices contrary to Islam,” media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and the court had caved in to popular pressure in the the country’s dominant religion.