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Kuwait, Britain urge GCC dialogue

Italy voices confidence in Amir
LONDON, June 29, (Agencies): Britain and Kuwait on Thurs-
day urged parties of the Gulf crisis to activate dialogue among
Iraq notes end of DAESH state
member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council and act for safe- BAGHDAD, June 29, (Agen-
cies): The recapture of the Mo-
guarding solidarity among the GCC countries. sul mosque where Islamic State
The joint call came after a meeting between British Foreign Secretary Boris group chief Abu Bakr al-Bagh-
Johnson and the visiting Kuwaiti Minister for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Informa- dadi made his only known pub-
tion Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. lic appearance marks the end
The UK Foreign Ofce afrmed in a statement Londons support for the Kuwaiti of the jihadists state, Iraqs
mediation to resolve the Gulf prime minister said Thursday.
crisis, emphasizing its commit- We are seeing the end of the
ment to coordinate and cooper- fake DAESH state, Haider al-
ate with the State of Kuwait to Abadi said in an English state-
de-escalate tension in the Ara- ment on his Twitter account,
bian Gulf. using an Arabic acronym for
They also urged all parties to IS.
strengthen their efforts to ght After eight months of grind-
terrorism and extremism, includ- ing urban warfare, Iraqi gov-
ing work to counter terrorists ernment troops on Thursday
nancing and reduce support for captured the ruined mosque at
extremist groups, building on the heart of Islamic States de
progress already made. facto capital Mosul, and the
Sheikh Mohammed Al-Ab- prime minister declared the
dullah on Tuesday held talks groups self-styled caliphate at
with the US Secretary of State an end.
in Washington, discussing is- Iraqi authorities expect the
sues of common concern and long battle for Mosul to end in
the GCC affairs. coming days as remaining Is-
France, meanwhile, extolled lamic State ghters are bottled
efforts by His Highness the up in just a handful of neigh-
Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad borhoods of the Old City.
Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to resolve The seizure of the nearly
the Gulf crisis, urging all par- 850-year-old Grand al-Nuri
ties to reduce tension and hold Mosque from where Islamic
KUNA photo dialogue. State proclaimed the caliphate
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson meets This came during a meeting nearly three years ago to the
with visiting Kuwaiti Minister of Cabinet Affairs held between Kuwaits Min- day is a huge symbolic vic-
and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Moham- tory.
med Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. ister of State for Cabinet Af-
fairs and Acting Minister of End
Information Sheikh Moham-
mad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak The return of al-Nuri
Al-Sabah, and French Foreign Mosque and al-Hadba minaret
Other Voices Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, to the fold of the nation marks
the end of the DAESH state
Kuwait Embassy said in a state-
ment today. of falsehood, Prime Minister
Haider al-Abadi said in a state-
Surge in diplomacy, The two sides also discussed
some issues of common con- ment, referring to the hardline
Sunni Mulsim group by an Ara-
cern, it added.
action in mediation The French minister stressed
his countrys support for His
bic acronym.
The fall of Mosul would in
Highness the Amirs efforts effect mark the end of the Ira-
Article by HE Mevlt avusoglu, Foreign Minis- qi half of the IS caliphate, al-
ter of the Republic of Turkey regarding the Fourth for healing the Gulf rift and re-
ducing tension in the region, it though the group still controls
Edition of the Istanbul Conference On Mediation.
noted. territory west and south of the
city, ruling over hundreds of
He called for containing the
By Mevlt avusoglu crisis within the framework of thousands of people.
the GCC member states. Its stronghold in Syria,
THE Fourth Edition of the Istanbul Conference on The visit by Sheikh Moham- Raqqa, is also close to falling.
Mediation will take place on June 30, 2017 with the mad Al-Abdullah is part of a A US-backed Kurdish-led
theme of Surge in Diplomacy, Action in Media- tour that included the United coalition besieging Raqqa on
tion. Experts, diplomats, practitioners and schol- States and Britain and aimed to Thursday fully encircled it after
ars from around the world will explore ways and discuss the latest developments closing the militants last way
means to promote mediation as a prominent con- towards the current crisis, it out from the south, the Syrian
ict prevention and resolution method. pointed out. Observatory for Human Rights
The prole of mediation has been rising glob- monitoring group said.
ally since Turkey and Finland led the way at the Qatari minister to Turkey These setbacks have reduced
United Nations through the Mediation for Peace The defence minister of Qa- Islamic States territory by
initiative. The initiative culminated in the estab- tar is to visit its ally Turkey on 60 percent from its peak two
lishment of the Group of Friends of Mediation. Friday, state media reported, as years ago and its revenue by 80
The Group now has 53 members, including 48 Ankara resists pressure to shut- percent, to just $16 million a
states and 5 international organizations. There has ter a military base in the emir- month, said IHS Markit.
also been substantial improvement in international ates unresolved row with Gulf Their ctitious state has
capacity for preventive diplomacy and mediation neighbours. A picture taken on June 29, 2017, shows the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul, during the fallen, an Iraqi military
within the UN, regional and sub-regional organiza- Hamad bin Ali al-Attiyah ongoing offensive to retake the area from Islamic State (IS) group ghters. (AFP) spokesman, Brigadier General
tions and civil society. The Group has become the will meet with Turkish De- Yahya Rasool, told state TV.
leading platform at the UN to promote mediation. fence Minister Fikri Isik at the However, it still occupies an
It has initiated the adoption of four UN General defence ministry in Ankara, the
Assembly Resolutions, which lay the ground for state-run news agency Anadolu
the development of the normative and conceptual said on Thursday.
Newswatch Tighter rules on entry, area as big as Belgium, across
Iraq and Syria, according to
IHS Markit, an analytics rm.
framework of mediation. The Group has also con- Turkey has provided food Islamic State ghters blew
tributed to the 2012 United
Nations Guidance for Effec-
tive Mediation, a fundamen-
and other aid via hundreds of
planes and a cargo ship, al-
though Ankaras attempts to
ADEN: Six soldiers were killed
in Yemen on Thursday, a mili-
tary source said, as government
airline security to US up the medieval mosque and its
famed leaning minaret a week
ago as US-backed Iraqi forces
tal document for those who mediate between the sides have forces seek to cement their con- WASHINGTON, June 29, (Agen- sibling already in the United States started a push in its direction.
practice and study mediation so far come to nothing. trol over Marib province, east cies): After months of wrangling, to be eligible. The same requirement, Their black ag had been ying
worldwide. Crucially, Ankara is also set- of the rebel-held capital. tighter restrictions on travel to the US with some exceptions, holds for from al-Hadba (The Hunch-
UN Secretary General An- ting up a military base on the The source said 14 Shiite from six mostly Muslim nations take would-be refugees from all nations back) minaret since June 2014.
tonio Guterres has expressed emirate that is set to give Tur- rebels were also killed over the effect Thursday evening after the Su- who are still awaiting approval. Much of the mosque and
his willingness to further de- key a new foothold in the Gulf. past 24 hours in intense ght- preme Court gave its go-ahead for a Grandparents, grandchildren, brickwork minaret was reduced
velop UNs mediation sup- A bill was fast-tracked ing for Sarwah, the last dis- limited version of President Donald aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, Continued on Page 9
port capacity. His efforts are through the Turkish parliament trict in the mainly Sunni prov-
ince still held by the rebels. Trumps plans for a ban. Visa appli- cousins, brothers-in-law and sisters-
most commendable. We call avusoglu this month as the crisis broke cants from the six countries and all in-law, ancees or other extended
on all UN member states to out giving Ankara a mandate
The
battling
government
since last
has
year
been
to re- refugees will need to show close family members are not considered US$/KD 0.30295/05
support UNSG Guterres broad vision and efforts to send up to several thousand family or business ties to the United to be close relations, according to
to prevent and solve todays conicts. Turkey has troops to the base. take the mountainous district
which commands the main States. the guidelines that were issued in a Euro/KD 0.3470
been doing her part. Turkey is situated next to a vast An initial contingent of 23 road to the capital Sanaa. Visas that have already been ap- cable sent to all US embassies and
region where acute active and frozen conicts per- soldiers and ve armoured ve- Despite the military in- proved will not be revoked, and that consulates late on Wednesday. The Yen/KD 0.0027
sist. Prevention and peaceful resolution of conicts hicles arrived in Qatar on June ter-vention of a Saudi-led should help avert the kind of chaos new rules take effect at 8:00 pm
is a central feature of Turkeys enterprising and 22. coalition in March 2015, the at airports around the world that sur- Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday British /KD 0.3943
humanitarian foreign policy. Turkey undertakes rounded an initial travel ban ordered (0000GMT on Friday), according to
various efforts in a wide geography from Africa to Continued on Page 3 Continued on Page 9
shortly after Trump took ofce. In the cable, which was obtained by The KSE -6.24 pts at closing June 29
the Middle East, the Balkans and the Caucasus. She that case, some travelers with previ- Associated Press. See Page 35
sees peacemaking in a humanitarian-development ously approved visas were kept off As far as business or professional
nexus. This year, Turkey has again become the ights or barred entry on arrival in links are concerned, the State De- Dow -185.35 pts at 21:15 June 29
most generous nation in the world in terms of per the US. See Page 36
capita humanitarian assistance. partment said, a legitimate relation-
There were no major problems re- ship must be formal, documented
Turkey has been hosting the Istanbul Confer- ported in the rst hours after the new and formed in the ordinary course Nasdaq -120.85 pts at 21:15 June 29
ences on Mediation since 2012. These landmark guidelines were issued. The Middle rather than for the purpose of evad-
conferences are designed to bring together numer-
ous practitioners and scholars in the eld of conict
Easts biggest airline said its ights ing the ban. Journalists, students,
to the United States were operating workers or lecturers who have valid
FTSE -37.48 pts at closing June 29
prevention and mediation activities. The aim of normally. However, Dubai-based invitations or employment contracts
these conferences is to promote synergies between
theory and practice and help increase scope, reach
Emirates reminded passengers that in the US would be exempt from the Nikkei +89.39 pts at closing June 29
they must possess the appropriate
and effectiveness of the international communitys ban. The exemption does not apply
travel documents, including a valid
mediation efforts. I must pay tribute to the efforts US entry visa, in order to travel. to those who seek a relationship with Gold $1,243.50 per oz (London)
of mediators engaging daily in conicts word wide. The new instructions issued by the an American business or educational
This year the conference will explore how State Department will affect visa ap- institution purely for the purpose of NYMEX crude $44.92 pb
mediation methodology and practice can take better plicants from Syria, Sudan, Somalia, avoiding the rules. A hotel reserva-
account of the needs of the day. In this regard, two Opposition ghters re a heavy machine gun during clashes with Libya, Iran and Yemen. An applicant tion or car rental contract, even if Brent crude $47.44 pb
questions in particular would be scrutinized. One is government forces for the control of the city of al-Baath in Syrias must prove a relationship with a par- pre-paid, would also not count.
the potential of mediation in all stages of a conict southwestern Quneitra province on June 28. (AFP) ent, spouse, child, adult son or daugh- Consular ofcers may grant other 3-month $ LIBOR rate 1.29639%
Continued on Page 9 See Page 9 ter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or Continued on Page 9
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LOCAL 2

Kuwait wins 2-yr IOC-UNESCOs

executive council membership
Dr Hayat attends 29th Session of IOC Assembly
PARIS, June 29,
(KUNA): Kuwait won
Wednesday a two-year
membership in the ex-
ecutive council of the
Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Com-
mission of UNESCO
(IOC-UNESCO) dur-
ing the 29th Session of
IOC Assembly, which
kicked off on June 21.
Electing Kuwait as a
member in the IOC-UN-
ESCOs executive council
is an international appreci-
ation and recognition of its
pioneering role in Ocean-
ography, Kuwaits Perma-
nent Delegate to UNESCO
Dr Mishal Hayat, told
KUNA.
The Kuwaiti scientic in-
KUNA photo
stitutes, most notably Kuwait
Kuwaits Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Dr Mishal Hayat attends the 29th Session of IOC Assembly. Institute for Scientic Re-
search (KISR) and Kuwait
Foundation for the Advance-
ment of Science (KFAS),
Kuwait Today have contributed signicantly
in bolstering national and re-
gional capabilities in preserv-
Prayer Timings Sea Island Buoy - - - - - Min Temp....................................................29C
ing and protecting environ-
Salmiyah 45 35 - 6ft SE Wind Direction ...................................... NW-SE
Fajr ....................................................................03:16 Wind Speed .................................... 15-38 km/h ments and marine habitats,
Sunrise...............................................................04:51 4 days forecast Marine Hayat added.
Zohr....................................................................11:51
Friday, June 30 Tide times at Shuwaikh Port
Asr......................................................................15:25
Expected weatherVery hot + causing rising dust 1st high tide: ............................................ 14:59 Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti dip-
Maghrib .............................................................18:51
Isha ....................................................................20:24 over open areas 2nd high tide: ........................................... 04:57 lomat afrmed, in his speech
Sea state ............... Moderate to rough at times 1st low tide:.............................................. 09:38
Wave height.............................................. 3-6 ft 2nd low tide: ............................................ 22:22 at the session, his countrys
Weather Max Temp...................................................48C Sunrise: ................................................... 04:51 keenness on strengthening the
Expected weather for the next 24 hours: Min Temp....................................................32C Sunset: .................................................... 18:51
By Night: Relatively hot with light to Wind Direction ............................................ NW
potentials of marine science
moderate freshening at times north west- Wind Speed .................................... 20-40 km/h Recorded yesterday at Kuwait programs on regional and in-
erly wind, with speed of 15-45 km/h caus- Saturday, July 1 ternational levels.
ing rising dust. Expected weather ................................ Very hot
Airport
By Day: Very hot with moderate fresh Sea state ............................. Slight to moderate Max temp ....................................................50C Hosted
north westerly wind, with speed of 20-50 Wave height.............................................. 1-4 ft Min temp .....................................................30C
km/h causing rising dust. Max Temp...................................................49C Max Rh ...................................................... 20% Recently, Kuwait has host-
Station Max Min Min Temp....................................................31C Min Rh ....................................................... 06%
Exp Rec Wind Direction ....................................NW-VRB Max Wind.......................................NW 39 km/h ed two international meetings
Kuwait City 49 36 Wind Speed .................................... 08-28 km/h Total Rainfall in 24 hrs ............................. 0 mm on Oceanography with par-
Kuwait Airport 50 35 Sunday, July 2
Abdaly 50 33 Expected weather ................................ Very hot Recorded yesterday at South ticipation of several experts
Bubyan 41 29 Sea state ............................. Slight to moderate Dolphin from around the world, Hayat
Jahra 50 36 Wave height.............................................. 2-4 ft pointed out.
Failaka Island 45 29 Max Temp...................................................48C Min/Max/ Air Temp ................................32/45C
Salmiyah 45 35 Min Temp....................................................29C Min/Max Rel Hum ................................. 09/78% The two events discussed
Ahmadi 42 35 Wind Direction ..................................... VRB-SE Wind Direction/Wind Speed...........NW/34 km/h regional cooperation in facing
Nuwaisib 49 31 Prev Wave Dir/Max Wave Ht ....................N/2 ft Photos by Mahmoud Jadeed
Wind Speed .................................... 08-30 km/h hazards endangering the Cen-
Wafra 49 35 Monday, July 3 Min/Max Sea Surface Temp ...................... -/- C Above: People crossing the streets at different places while covering their heads
Salmy 49 34 Expected weather ................................ Very hot Sea Current ................. Beginning of Downdraft tral Indian Ocean region such due to the high temperature.
4 days forecast - Weather
Sea state ............................. Slight to moderate Directorate General of Civil as increase in acidity, in addi-
Wave height.............................................. 2-5 ft
Friday, June 30
Expected weatherVery hot + causing rising dust
Max Temp...................................................49C Aviation, Meteorological Dept. tion to boosting risk control
systems in facing disasters
Temperature soars up to 51C
over open areas
Max Temp.................................................. 48C
deaths threatening marine areas such
Min Temp................................................... 32C
Wind Direction ............................................NW
Wind Speed ....................................20-40 km/h
Mishal Mashhoor Al Tayar Al Enzi, 43 years old , buried on Thursday. Condolences:
(Men) Naseem, behind Naseem ballroom, Tel 25316173 (Women) Yarmouk, Block
1, Street 2, Avenue 1, House 36, Tel 55569020 (Women) Waha, Block 1, Street
as cyclones and tsunamis.
Established in 1960, IOC Hot weather continues during
House 19, Tel 97322860; Shaha Fahed Fehaid Al Azemi, 97 years old, widow of is a body with functional au-
Saturday, July 1
Expected weather ............................... Very hot
Max Temp.................................................. 49C
Min Temp................................................... 31C
Nasser Abdullah Al Medej, buried on Thursday. Condolences: (Men) Salwa, Block
5, Street 8, House 8, Tel 99714557 (Women) Jaber Al Ali, Block 2, Street 17, House
32; Rashed Humoud Al Luqmani Al Hajri, 55 years old, buried on Thursday. Con-
tonomy within UNESCO and
the only competent organiza-
the weekend in Kuwait: expert
Wind Direction ................................... NW-VRB dolences: Fahaheel, Block 4, Street 2, House 150, Tel 55736379-66979779; Abdul tion for marine science within KUWAIT CITY, June 29, (KUNA): Fridays weather will be very hot
Wind Speed ....................................08-28 km/h Rahim Mohammad Abdul Rahim Al Kandari, 87 years old, buried on Thursday.
Sunday, July 2 Condolences: (Men) Shaab, Diwan Al Kanadrah, Tel 90055058; Ahmad Ali Abdul the UN system, according to Hot weather will prevail during the with moderate to fresh northwest-
Expected weather ............................... Very hot Rahman Al Amir, 74 years old, buried on Thursday. Condolences: (Men) Rawda, IOC-UNESCOs website. weekend in Kuwait with tempera- erly wind at speed of 20-40 kph dur-
Block 5, Street 35, House 7, Tel 99447717 (Women) Adailiya, Block 3, Abdul Rahman
Max Temp.................................................. 48C
Al Asousi Street, Avenue 33, House 22, Tel 22545040; Amina Yaqoub Abdullah Al The Commission promotes tures soaring up to around 51 degrees ing the day, the same case during
Min Temp................................................... 29C
Wind Direction .................................... VRB-SE Foudri, 69 years old, widow of Ahmad Mohammad Ali Husein Mohammad, buried on international cooperation Celsius, said Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi, the evening with light to moderate
Thursday. Condolences: (Men) Rabiya, Block 1, Street 35, House 7, Tel 99447717
Wind Speed ....................................08-30 km/h
(Women) Shuhada, Block 3, Street 311, House 10; Fahaad Mitlaq Abudllah Al Aze- and coordinates programs weather forecaster at Kuwait Mete- northwesterly wind with speed of
Monday, July 3
Expected weather ............................... Very hot mi, buried on Thursday. Condolences: (Men) Qosour, Block 5, Street 7, House 45, in research, services, and orological Center, Thursday. 12- 32 kph, said Al-Qarawi, adding
Tel 99960460 (Women) Qortuba, Block 3, Street 1, House 58, Tel 99021441; Mo- capacity-building in order to
Max Temp.................................................. 49C
Min Temp................................................... 29C
hammad Ahmad Abdullah Al Enzi, 74 years old, buried on Thursday. Condolences: Speaking to KUNA, Al-Qarawi that the minimum and maximum
(Men) Sulaibikhat, Block 1, Street 102, Avenue 2, House 10, Tel 99660632 (Women) learn more about nature and
Wind Direction ......................................NW-SE Ardiya, Block 10, Street 1, Avenue 2, House 28; Enaiza Fathi Rasheed, 74 years old, resources of the ocean and said that Thursdays highest tem- temperatures will be at 32 to 49 de-
Wind Speed ....................................15-38 km/h widow of Nassar Bin Fajri Al Azemi buried on Thursday. Condolences: (Men) Mangaf,
coastal areas. perature reached around 50 degree grees Celsius respectively.
4 days forecast - Marine Block 4, Street 35, House 27, Tel 67744410 (Women) Sabahiya, Block 4, Street 13
House 79; Abdullah Mohammad Khalaf, 79 years old, buried on Thursday. Condo- It also apply that knowl- Celsius with the lowest being around Al-Qarawi said that Saturdays
Station Max Min Sea Todays lences: (Men) West Mishref, Block 3, Street 312, House 14, Tel 99018299 (Women) 35 degrees. Wind speed was at 20-50 minimum and maximum tempera-
Exp Rec Surf Waves Rumaithiya, Block 1, Street 17, House 22, Tel 25611257; Sami Yaqoub Al Ali, 55 edge for the improvement of
Ht Direction
years old, to be buried on Friday after Asr prayers. Condolences: (Men) Shaab, Di- management, sustainable de- kilometers per hour (kph), causing tures would be at 31 to 49 degrees
South Dolphin 45 32 29 6ft SE
Umm Mudayrah 42 31 - 6ft SE
wan Al Kanadra Tel 99881208 (Women) Qurain, Block 2, Street 17, House 1, Tel
velopment, protection of the dust, said Al-Qarawi. Celsius respectively. Weather will
99871171; Faisal Ibrahim Taher Abdullah, 70 years old, to be buried on Friday
Beacon M28 - - - 6ft SE after Asr prayers. Condolences: (Men) Rawda, Block 1, Haneen Street House 19 Tel marine environment, and the Status of the sea moderate to be hot with wind speed of 6-22 kph.
Beacon N6 41 30 - 6ft SE
Qaruh Island 39 31 - 6ft SE
67007802 (Women) Mishref, Block 6, Street 7, House 6 Tel 97141771. decision-making processes of rough during the day and evening The status of the sea will be normal
Umm Al-Maradem 38 31 - 6ft SE June 29, 2017 its member-states. with waves reaching 3-6 feet. with waves reaching 1 to 2 feet.

News in Brief

Bid to study conditions of bridges: Assistant

Undersecretary for Road Engineering Sector at
Ministry of Public Works Eng Ahmad Al-Hissan
revealed about the execution of an agreement to
determine and study the engineering and construc-
tional conditions of bridges in the country.
In a press statement, Eng Al-Hissan explained
that an international consultant is implementing
this agreement, which consists of a comprehensive
study on the conditions of bridges and its differ-
ent types, in order to determine whether they are in
need of maintenance or not. He will also provide a
new blueprint for them and determine the locations
based on Global Positioning System (GPS), as well
as establish codes and databanks for these bridges.
He revealed that there are 162 intersections with
370 bridges for vehicles and 102 pedestrian bridg-
es. Eng Al-Hissan said the consultant, immediately
after he completes the execution of the agreement
through a comprehensive study of the bridges in
Kuwait, will provide necessary recommendations.
The results of the study will be implemented ac-
cordingly in order to upgrade the bridge system in
the country, and increase its operational compe-
tence and the safety level, as these bridges are used
almost every minute by the public.

Move to cash employees leave days: The Inte-
rior Ministry recently issued a decision allowing
employees with not less than 25 years of service
to receive the cash equivalent of 90 leave days and
60 days for those who have been in service for ve
years or 15 years, reports Al-Anba daily quoting
sources.
Sources said those who will cash their leave days
will be allowed to go on periodic leave only af-
ter six months from the date of receiving the cash
equivalent and not less than two months for those
who intend to take administrative leave days.
Another condition for cashing leave days is
for ofcers to have excellent rating in the latest
condential report on their performance or status
paper for civilians and non-commissioned ofcers,
sources added.
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LOCAL 3

MoE plans to grant employees in secondary school depts off days until July 6

Employees who applied for emergency leave on June 28, 29 to be punished

KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Employ-
ees, who were absent on June 28
and June 29, will not be penalized
provided they followed procedures
for taking leave days as stipulated in
the Labor Law which allows three
types of leave days emergency,
periodic and sick leaves, reports Al-
Anba daily quoting sources.
Sources explained the employees
are not allowed to take emergency
leave for two days because the Civil
Service Law grants only one day for
this type of leave, considering the
employee cannot inform his superi-
or about the leave due to the urgent
situation. Therefore, employees
who applied for emergency leave
on June 28 and June 29 will be pun-
ished accordingly, sources added.
Sources said employees are also
entitled to periodic leave provided
they obtain prior approval irre-
spective of the number of leave
days. Sources pointed out that if
the employees took the third type
of leave sick leave, they will not
be punished as long as they ful-
filled all the conditions such as in-
forming the workplace on the first
day they got sick. These employ-
ees must also obtain an official
sick leave form accredited by the
clinic affiliated to the workplace
and the residential district. Em-
ployees are allowed to have their
sick leave form certified by a pri-
vate medical center, depending on
the work authority while the num-
ber of leave days does not exceed
seven days, sources added.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Edu-
cation intends to grant permission
to employees in secondary school
departments not to report for work
next week until July 6, 2017 be-
cause there is no need for them to
stay in their workplaces before this
day, reports Al-Anba daily quoting
sources.
Sources revealed several de-
partments in secondary schools
had earlier asked Minister of Edu-
cation and Higher Education Dr
Mohammad Al-Fares and Under-
secretary Dr Haitham Al-Athari
to grant them off days like their
counterparts in other academic
levels who started their summer
break some weeks ago.

MP Al-Fadel queries about Kuwaiti,

A full moon viewed from a Mosque minaret. (Ahmad Suror KUNA)
Kuwait, Britain
Continued from Page 1
Last week Riyadh and its allies issued
13 demands to Qatar, including the shut-
down of the Turkish military base, or face
further sanctions.
Erdogan hit back at the Saudi-led de-
mands, calling the sweeping demands
against international law and saying
that asking for the withdrawal of Turk-
ish troops from Qatar was a disrespect
to Turkey.
Yet Ankara has also been careful not
to directly criticise Riyadh and previous-
ly urged the kingdom to lead attempts to
solve the crisis.
Group to hire Swiss firm
A Qatari human rights group is hiring a
Swiss law rm to help seek compensation
for citizens affected by sanctions imposed
by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states,
two sources familiar with the matter said
on Thursday.
Lalive, a law rm with ofces in Ge-
neva, Zurich and Doha, is nalising an
agreement with Qatars government-ap-
pointed National Human Rights Commis-
sion (QNHRC) that will be announced on
Saturday, the sources said.
The plan is to help Qataris pursue le-
gal action against Saudi Arabia, the Unit-
ed Arab Emirates and Bahrain, which cut
ties with Qatar this month, said one of
the sources, declining to be named under
brieng rules.
Representatives of the Qatari, Saudi,
UAE and Bahraini governments could
not immediately be reached for comment.
Qataris are the wealthiest citizens in
the world per capita enjoying wealth pro-
duced by the worlds largest exports of
liqueed natural gas.
Many own assets worth millions of
dollars in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and
the United Arab Emirates, including ho-
tels, real estate and farmland.
Others have cancelled travel plans and
scrapped import deals with UAE-based
rms since the countries cut ties with Qatar
on June 5 and imposed economic sanctions,
accusing it of funding militants.
It was not immediately clear under
what jurisdictional basis the legal claims
would be made and whether governments
involved would have to rst agree to ar-
bitration.
Ali al-Marri, chairman of QNHRC,
told reporters on Wednesday that his
organisation would pursue compensa-
tion claims in courts in Saudi Arabia, the
UAE, Bahrain as well as in Europe. He
did not elaborate.
Some cases will be led in courts in
those three countries and in some courts
that have international jurisdictions, like in
Europe, related to compensation, he said.
Dispute at WTO
Qatar will raise its dispute with four
other Arab states at the World Trade Or-
ganization on Friday.
The issue will be debated at the WTOs
Council on the Trade in Goods, where the
WTOs 164 members can weigh in on ma-
jor areas of trade friction. Airing such con-
cerns is not a complaint in itself, but often
signals that a legal dispute is on the way.
The row in the Gulf erupted this
month when Saudi Arabia, the United
Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt
broke off ties with Qatar, accusing it of
supporting terrorism and being an ally
of regional foe Iran.
The row has not yet been raised at the
WTO, where Qatar and its allies in the Gulf
Cooperation Council, which includes Saudi
Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE, have ap-
peared to work together as usual.
In the WTO agenda, Qatar merely said
it wanted to discuss trade restrictive
measures by certain members.
Italy confident in Amir
Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Al-
fano on Wednesday afrmed his countrys
condence in efforts exerted by His High-
ness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-
Jaber Al-Sabah to heal the Gulf rift.
The minister expressed his hope that
the Gulf parties would return soon to
dialogue so as to nd a resolution to the
crisis, Italys foreign ministry said in a
statement on Wednesday.
This came during a meeting between
Alfano and his Iranian counterpart Moham-
mad Javad Zarif, the statement added.
It noted that the Gulf crisis, the path
of implementing the nuclear agreement
between Iran and the P5+1 as well as
bilateral and international issues of com-
mon concern featured high on talks held
between Alfano and Zarif.
Regarding the agreement, Alfano
urged the Iranian side to continue imple-
menting the provisions of the deal and the
UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
He expressed his countrys support for
reintegrating Iran into the global nancial
system.
The Italian ofcial invited Zarif to at-
tend the third session of the 2017 Medi-
terranean dialogue conference due in
Italy next November.
Qatar open for dialogue
Qatar is ready to discuss legitimate is-
sues with Arab states to end a regional
crisis, but it said a list presented by them
last week contained some demands that
were impossible to be met because they
were not true.
The feud erupted this month when
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,
Bahrain and Egypt broke off ties with
Qatar, accusing it of supporting terror-
ism and being an ally of regional foe Iran.
Severing diplomatic and travel links set
off one of the worst rifts in years between
the US allies.
The four countries have sent Doha a
list of 13 demands, including closing the
state-funded Al Jazeera television and re-
ducing ties to Iran, an ofcial of one of
the four countries said, and gave Doha 10
days to comply.
The deadline is expected to expire on
Sunday.
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mo-
hammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said
on Thursday that Doha was interested in
negotiating legitimate issues concerning
fellow Gulf states, but said some of the
demands were not reasonable.
We cannot sever links with so-
called Islamic State, al-Qaeda and
Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbol-
lah because no such links exist, he
said in a statement. And we cannot
expel any members of Irans Revolu-
tionary Guard because there are none
in Qatar.
The UAE ambassador to Russia has
said Qatar could face fresh sanctions if
it does not comply with the demands.
The Gulf states could ask their trading
partners to choose between working with
them or Doha, he said in a newspaper in-
terview.
Sheikh Mohammed said that since it
was impossible for Doha to stop doing
things it had never been doing, we are
left to conclude that the purpose of the
ultimatum was not to address the issues
listed, but to pressure Qatar to surrender
its sovereignty. This is something we will
not do.
Bedoun, expat teachers in schools
Preparation for 4th State structural scheme ongoing
By Abubakar A. Ibrahim
Arab Time Staff
KUWAIT CITY, June
29: MP Ahmed Al-Fadel
has submitted queries to
Minister of Education and
Higher Education Mo-
hammed Al-Fares about
the teachers in kindergar-
ten, primary, middle and
secondary schools.
He wants to know the number
of Kuwaiti, Bedoun and expatri-
ate male and female teachers in
each of these schools; in each
subject and in each academic
level.
He also asked about the number
of male and female teachers in the
manpower structure of the minis-
try for academic years 2017/2018
and 2018/2019, plan to reach its
target number of teachers, plan
to open new schools if any, and
the annual educational plan for
academic years 2017/2018 and
2018/2019.
Preparation
Meanwhile, State Minister for
Municipality Affairs Mohammed
Al-Jabri has conrmed that prepa-
ration for the fourth State struc-
tural scheme is ongoing.
In response to a parliamentary
question, Al-Jabri revealed the
scheme includes allocation of
new residential sites for the Pub-
lic Authority for Housing Welfare
(PAHW).
He also affirmed preparation
of documentation for the Work-
ers Residential City in South-
west Jahra which aims to pro-
vide accommodation to 20,000
workers; indicating the project
will be assigned to the private
sector this year in cooperation
with the Private-Public Partner-
ship Authority (PPPA). He said
this is the first project that will
be implemented according to the
public-private partnership sys-
tem.
He added the project also con-
sists of a special transportation
system for workers to and from
the residential city, as well as se-
curity and health facilities. He
pointed out that if this project suc-
ceeds, it will be used as a model
for the implementation of other
workers residential cities.
On another issue, MP Hamoud
Al-Khudair asserted the proposed
amendments to the Private Sector
Labor Law should encourage Ku-
waitis to work in the private sector.
Prioritize
He urged the government to pri-
oritize Kuwaitis in the recruitment
process in public and private sec-
tors and to strictly implement the
Kuwaitization policy as a way of
solving the unemployment prob- Photos by Mohammad Morse
lem.
Moreover, he believes the Leg- Top and above: Illegal markets put up outside mosques on Fridays in different areas in Kuwait.
islative Affairs Committees ap-
proval of his proposal to prioritize Municipality needs to take urgent action
Kuwaitis, who were laid off from
the private sector, in the recruit-
ment process is a message of re-
assurance from the Parliament to
Number of citizens, residents decry the
the citizens that the lawmakers
will not abandon them and will presence of hawkers in front of mosques
not hesitate in protecting their in-
terests. By Najeh Bilal A Kuwaiti citizen Mohammed that the problem is related to the
He added the proposal to amend Al-Seyassah Staff Al-Enezi lamented that the absence fact that spoiled items are being
the National Manpower Support of monitoring by concerned au- sold at these makeshift markets
KUWAIT CITY, June 29: A num- thorities has been encouraging this outside the mosques on Fridays.
Law is aimed at implementing a ber of citizens and residents ex-
new system for citizens who were random trade in a way that does not He indicated that the items sold
pressed anger and resentment over bet the sanctity of the houses of usually do not carry expiry dates
laid off from the public and pri- the rampant widespread of hawkers
vate sectors including the theatre worship. like rice, sugar, cooking oil and
in front of mosques and houses of He insisted that it is high time dates, etc.
workers. He claried the new sys- worship after Friday prayers every
tem shall take into consideration for Kuwait Municipality, with the Abdulnasser added, This is a
week. The hawkers and vendors cooperation of Ministry of Awqaf health catastrophe. The houses of
the age, qualication and experi- have turned the yards surrounding and Islamic Affairs, to take urgent Allah are sacred and should be re-
ence of these citizens. mosques into black markets to sell stern measures to prevent the nega- spected.
spoilt food items that are unt for tive aspects rampant in most of the Ali Al-Sayed explained that the
human consumption and can lead mosques in the country. hawkers bring spoiled and decayed
to several diseases as well as used Adel Mahmoud claried that he fruits and vegetables which they
clothes. has nothing against the trade of usually pick from the trash bins
During interviews with the daily, goods outside mosques especially of cooperative societies and add
they called for Kuwait Municipal- after Jumaa prayers, as most of the to their stock. Unfortunately those
ity to take an urgent action in co- goods are sold at paltry prices. He with limited incomes become vic-
ordination with Ministry of Awqaf is happy that he can afford to buy a tims and end up buying these fruits
and Islamic Affairs to launch regu-
tin of subsidized milk at KD 2.750, and vegetables at cheap prices.
lar campaigns for preventing this
which is usually sold only to citi- Hosni Jamal stressed the need for
farce which does not bet the sanc- zens. concerned authorities to take strict
tity of the houses of worship. Bandar Al-Mutairi expressed move to bring down these random
They explained that people with disappointment over the fact that markets, afrming that most of the
limited incomes are forced to buy the yards of most of the mosques items sold there are expired and can
such spoiled and rotten food items across Kuwait have turned into have adverse effects on health.
and other commodities due to their Souk Jumaa where everything He revealed that he once bought
prices which are cheaper compared is being sold from used clothing to a carton of eggplants for 250 ls
to the prices of the same in coop- other items. only to realize later that the egg-
Ahmed Al-Fadel erative societies. Mansour Abdulnasser stressed plants were full of worms.
 ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
LOCAL 4

Some state institutions aspire

for commercial, financial leap
Ministry prepares official documents
KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Concerned state institutions market by activating new investment tools in the current bourse, allow
are aspiring for a commercial and nancial leap in the the establishment and operation of special bourses for attracting re-
gional and international companies, invite regional and international
country which is due to happen soon as revealed by the nancial brokers to open their bureaus in Kuwait and operate in the
ofcial documents prepared by Ministry of Finance, local market, and increase the number of clearing companies and en-
reports Al-Nahar daily. courage competition among them.
The documents revealed an intention to develop the local nancial The ofcial documents also revealed an inclination to enhance competition
and open the way for the foreign
banks operating in Kuwait to
provide personal nancing ser-
vices and open competition op-
portunities in the foreign market Governor Sheikh Faisal being gifted a painting of Kuwaiti leaders by an expat guest.
in accordance with the principle
of reciprocity as well as steepen
the nancial services to include
Farwaniya governor receives guests
real estate mortgage after the
amendment of obstructing laws. Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Al- recreational activities that will enhance
Since the state is striving to Hamoud Al-Malik Al-Sabah Thursday their self condence and keep them
develop the commercial environ- received several guests including Ali away from waywardness. Sheikh Faisal
ment, the concerned bodies re- Hamadi from Sharjah Governors Diwan- declared that the youths are the leaders
iya, Sheikh Faisal Al-Hamoud Moham- of tomorrow who will be responsible for
cently adopted several policies to mad Bin Salal Al-Rabean from Saudi nation building, development and growth.
promote the aspect of attracting Arabia and Ahmad Al-Jarya, reports Al- He stressed that investing the capabili-
investors through joint efforts for Seyassah daily. ties of youths is a form of sustainable de-
simplifying mechanisms for regis- The governor was gifted a painting of velopment of the country which is in pur-
tration of companies and reducing Kuwaiti leaders by an expatriate guest. suit for growth and progress. This can be
the time required for the purpose. In a press statement, he afrmed the achieved by creating young generations
The documents also revealed signicance of investing the leisure time that are capable of taking the society to
high governmental recommen- of youths during the summer vacation in the next level.
dations for simplifying transit
procedures and ensuring smooth
passage of goods through the
border as well as increasing e-
MoD rejects request to move camps
commerce services. Such an ef-
The National Guard Ofcers Club organized a family entertainment festival on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr and
offered a variety of special activities and sessions with the aim of making children happy during the gracious
fort came from the establishment
of Kuwait Business Center under
the umbrella of Ministry of Com-
Campaign about achievements
occasion. Director of Moral Guidance Directorate in the National Guard Lieutenant General Abdullah Nizal said
the club is accustomed to preparing such events as part of National Guards strategic document of 2020 to
solidify family bond among its personnel, and to reduce work pressure.
merce and Industry, which has
removed many obstacles and re-
duced the time period for estab-
of CSRSIR to cost KD 200,000
lishing a business from 60 days KUWAIT CITY, June 29: The campaign to of camps from southwest Abdullah Al-
to a handful of days. raise awareness about the achievements of Mubarak area. Parliaments Utilities Com-
Appointment of public attorneys under In this regard, Kuwait is striv-
ing to diversify its sources of in-
the Central System for Remedying Status of
Illegal Residents (CSRSIR) in the previous
mittee had stated in a memo that the min-
istry is in a dire need of the camps, reports
come through various means. One phase will cost KD 200,000 in the current Al-Rai daily.
authority of Supreme Judicial Council of them is to review prices of some
energy products, impose selective
scal year, reports Al-Rai daily.
An ofcial document titled The Media
Chairman of the parliamentary commit-
tee MP Abdullah Fuhad declared that it ap-
taxes and conduct price review of Campaign Project for the Central System proved a proposal for converting Abu Hu-
KUWAIT CITY, June 29: In re- of judges and members of the Public tion is done with the knowledge of several services which the govern- for Remedying Status of Illegal Residents
sponse to some parliamentary ques- Prosecution. Ministry of Justice, and the decision laifah amusement project into a residential
ment offers at reduced prices so for the Financial Year 2017/2018, which area in order to expand Abu Hulaifah Hous-
tions presented by MPs regarding the He added that the right to these ap- to appoint is issued by Ministry of that they can be reprised in a man- was issued by Ministry of Finance to the
prevailing rules and regulations relat- pointments is considered to be one of Justice. These do not exceed the fact ing Project.
ner that reects their actual value General Secretariat of the Council of Min-
ed to the position of public attorneys, the pillars of the judiciary indepen- that administrative decisions are and enhances non-oil revenues. He said Ministry of Defenses refusal
isters, stated that the secretariat requested to vacate southwest Abdullah Al-Mubarak
Minister of Justice and State Minister dence is in line with Article No. 163 being executed based on the deci- Other ways by which Kuwait approval in April to increase the budget of
for National Assembly Affairs Dr of the Constitution. sions taken by the Supreme Judicial is nding opportunities to diver- area requires further consultation with the
the Council of Ministers by KD 200,000, ministry to reach an acceptable agreement.
Faleh Al-Azeb says the questions are Meanwhile, Chairman of the Su- Council. sify its income sources is through indicating that this amount will cover the
considered as direct interference in preme Judicial Council Judge Yousef Judge Al-Mutawa said, Selection comprehensive review of the MP Fuhad revealed that the committee has
costs of the awareness campaign related to agreed to stop disconnection of electricity
the affairs of judicial authority, re- Al-Mutawa pointed out the letter sent of public attorneys is under the man- charges of the services it pro- the achievements of CSRSIR in the previ-
ports Al-Wasat daily. by Minister Dr Al-Azeb during his date of the Supreme Judicial Council. vides and the assets it rents out without a court verdict based on a report from
ous period to address the situation of illegal
The minister indicated that the is- response to the parliamentary ques- The parliamentary questions con- in order to diversify non-tax rev- residents in Kuwait. Minister of Electricity and Water Essam Al-
sue concerning the appointment of tion presented by MP Khaleel Al- cerning its practices are considered to enues. It will also introduce prot Marzouq in which he afrmed there will not
public attorneys is under the author- Saleh. be direct interference in issues which be any disconnection of electricity without a
taxes in the local companies as
ity of the Supreme Judicial Council, This is because the process in are regarded as exclusive affairs of prot taxes are currently applied Ministry of Defense has rejected the par- judicial verdict in that regard. However, pay-
which is in charge of the appointment advertising the public attorney posi- the judiciary. only on foreign companies. liamentary recommendation for movement ment of water bill is mandatory.
 ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017

LOCAL 5

KFA forms special panel to tackle this phenomenon

Ending betting in sports needs collective efforts

KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Minister
of Commerce and Industry and State
Minister for Youth Affairs Khaled
Al-Roudhan afrmed that putting an
end to the phenomenon of betting in
sports needs collective efforts from
all concerned state bodies such as
Ministry of Communication, Min-
istry of Interior, Ministry of Infor-
mation and Ministry of Awqaf and
Islamic Affairs, reports Al-Wasat
daily.
He indicated that the board of
Kuwait Football Association has
formed a special committee in this
regard to take necessary measures.
The minister said this in response
to a parliamentary question present-
ed by MP Osama Al-Shaheen.
He explained that the government
understood the importance of crimi-
nalizing the phenomenon of betting
in local sports activities. It therefore
presented an article in this regard in
its new sports bill, which has been
referred to the parliament in accord-
ance to the Decree No. 7/2017.
Al-Roudhan followed his re-
sponse with a letter from the Public
Authority for Sports, which high-
lighted the need for collective efforts
from relevant state bodies to ght
this phenomenon in the local sports
activities.
The need for collective efforts is
based on the fact that Ministry of
Communication is the regulator of
social media, Ministry of Interior is
in charge of preserving public order,
Ministry of Information is in charge
of spreading awareness to the public
about the risks involved in the bet-
ting phenomenon and Ministry of
Awqaf and Islamic Affairs can ex-
plain the aspect of betting from the
Islamic perspective.
The minister said social media and
the Internet are not governed by the
Public Authority for Sports for it to
be able to monitor any betting op-
erations. Therefore, other concerned
bodies are required to exert collec-
tive efforts in stamping down this
dangerous norm in the society.

Fourth structural plan underway,

Emergency Team of the Farwaniya Municipality recently issued 58 warnings
against encroachments by private buildings within the governorate, reports
Al-Seyassah daily. See Page 7
Kuwaiti artist works on sensitive subjects
Farid contemplates failure of
museum that never opened
PARIS, June 29: Galerie Imane Fares
maintains a conspicuous and valuable niche
within the Paris art scene, showcasing con-
temporary art from West Asia and southern
Africa. Madame Fares strikes again with
her show of artist-researcher Alia Farid,
who is based in Kuwait (historically a gate-
way between East and West) and Puerto
Rico, reports hyperallergic.com. Farids en-
quiry-heavy works act from the peripheral
and tilt towards the post-conceptual, post-
colonial and autobiographical. Specically,
Between Dig and Display, her rst show in
Paris, scrutinizes the connotation of display
within aniconic societies.
Generally, Farid works on the sensitive
subject of unreconciled values. To ad-
dress this issue she functions as cultural
arbitrageur; creating acts of interpolation
and assemblage, such as her Monument
to the Creative, Local, Informal Economy
(2008), a work of sculpture, video, and
Islamic prayer rugs embroidered with im-
ages of Caribbean mosques.
In this show she uses the graphic look
of conceptual art to fashion an installation
that explores a museums failure. The in-
stallation, taken as a whole, probes a selec-
tion of material and documentation found
in storage of the never-completed Kuwait
National Museum. Bombed and plundered
during the Iraqi invasion of 1990, the de-
serted, unnished museum lost many of its
historic and contemporary artifacts: Meso-
potamian sculptures, slippers, coins, earth-
en pitchers, and such. Farids show draws
from the archival ruins and records of this
kitty: for example, with the image of a clay
mother goddess (an image-concept that is
problematic within Islamic fundamental-
ism) called Untitled (2017).
Record
It is essentially a 1985 record of two
Assyrian goddess artifacts with severed
limbs and head unearthed at Failaka Island
made poignant in light of recent ISIS be-
headings. Such images contain a black and
white rod set alongside the unearthed mat-
ter that provides the reader with a sense of
scale. This rod has been recreated by the
artist and placed throughout the installa-
tion to good effect, recalling to mind the
baton that the insouciant French concep-
tual artist Andre Cadere ubiquitously uti-
lized in the 1970s. The conceptual point of
Between Dig and Display, is that culture is
born out of exchanges and thrives on per-
ceived differences. So a Kuwaiti national
culture (or any national culture) is a self-
contradiction. On the other hand, multi-
culturalism is a redundant pleonasm. The
end of any culture lies in self-obsession
and isolationism. So living cultures always
require something between (and beyond)
these two polar ideals.
Farids betweenness stems from her
working in the gap between art, architec-
ture, and urban anthropology with an eye
for demonstrating how informal networks
are forced to make up for lack of formal
structures. Thus, her work, as she is her-
self, is much harder to pin down, and it and
she join in what Brazilian anthropologist
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro calls in Can-
nibal Metaphysics the permanent exercise
in the decolonization of thought.
Born of a Puerto Rican architect mother
and Kuwaiti architect father in 1985, Farid
merce and Industry (KCCI) Ab-
obtained a Master in Visual Studies degree
from M.I.T. and one in museum studies
from the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Barcelona. So, her cerebral chops are un-
impeachable. She boldly mixes in narcis-
sism-free autobiographical material here
like the white, cotton net-bag embracing a
pale ceramic reproduction of Gumby, one
of the artists childhood toys. This is hung
over a photograph of where she lived in
Kuwait during her childhood. The addition
of such personal detail woven seamlessly
into the installation sets up a situation in
which the mind vacillates between state
narratives based on objective records and
self-portraiture. Such vacillation opens up
her life to unexpected, and novel creative
potencies and territories.
Disparate
Her show assembles disparate things
and images, yet hangs together beauti-
fully: unied in predominantly post-con-
ceptual palette of black, white and gray.
This unity of tone allows the artist to mix
boldly ancient artifacts and new things,
illustrating the ongoing melee within
the social fabric of Kuwait. One of the
best examples of this fracas is the hydra-
spouted Porcelain Teapot (2017) painted
with owers and images of a mother and
her child, with the mothers face excluded.
This exclusion alludes to the history of
Persian miniature painting, where in order
to sidestep the prohibition against actually
depicting Mohammed, artists in Muslim
societies sometimes showed him with his
face blank. This way, it could be claimed
that they never actually drew Mohammed
only his clothes. In that history is found
faceless Mohammeds who originally had
faces which were later scratched out. This
restriction on showing face was the pref-
erence of one of Farids female relatives,
whose face has been removed on her re-
quest from Untitled (2017), a family pho-
tograph placed next to Porcelain Teapot
that depicts Farids father having his hair
shorn. Another semiotically rich work is
the limestone sculpture Lovely Gift from
Blessed Land (2017) that looks like a gas
can, but is in fact a replica of a portable
container of holy water. Also there are
multiple versions of the silkscreen 3 Bur-
qas (2017) that haunts and amuses. The
menacing but madcap imagery of free
oating burqas struck something deep in
me that may have to do with my juvenile
passion for Mad magazine and recent
events around Jesuis Charlie.
In the basement gallery one can dip into
Theatre of Operations (The Gulf War seen
from Puerto Rico) (2017) (excerpted here),
a gurgling and wobbling four-hour video
of unadulterated footage from 1990 and
1991 the period when Farids family es-
caped the Gulf War in Kuwait and ed to
Puerto Rico. In Puerto Rico, news report-
ers closely followed the familys lives and
the effect the vertiginous whirl of war had
on them, turning their intense experiences
into a proto-reality TV show something
along the lines of An American Family.
This spin of media attention paralleled the
media attention that the Gulf War itself
received: a war waged by coalition forces
from 35 nations led by the United States
against Iraq in response to Iraqs invasion
and annexation of Kuwait.
never suspended, says Al-Jabri
Labour city project to host 20,000 labourers
KUWAIT CITY, June 29:
State Minister for Munici-
pal Affairs Mohammed
Al-Jabri has disclosed
that the process to set up
the fourth structural plan
is underway and was nev-
er suspended, reports Al-
Nahar daily.
Al-Jabri revealed that the struc-
tural plan includes allocation of
new residential sites to the Public
Authority for Housing Welfare
(PAHW).
He explained that prepara-
tion of the necessary documents
to oat a tender for a labour city
project in South West Jahra along
Salmi Road is underway. The
labour city project will have the
capacity to host 20,000 labourers.
Al-Jabri indicated that the ten-
der will be oated to the private
sector through the public-private
partnership (PPP) in coopera-
tion with the Kuwait Authority
for Partnership Projects within a
year.
Meanwhile, second Vice Chair-
man of Kuwait Chamber of Com-
dulwahab Al-Wazzan afrmed
that the economic reform docu-
ment is consistently improving
without experiencing any stag-
nancy, reports Al-Nahar daily.
He indicated about the constant
consultation with KCCI concern-
ing the document and other sig-
nicant economic issues being
planned by the government.
Al-Wazzan stated that the
document contains massive posi-
tive aspects, while there are some
aspects that require agreement
with government partners in the
National Assembly regarding
growth and care for the private
sector.
He declared that this is the cru-
cial point that should be worked
on and executed, because we
have heard that statement re-
peatedly since words are being
repeated and decision is getting
delayed.
As per Kuwaits developmen-
tal plan and New Vision 2035,
Al-Wazzan indicated the vision is
on the right track, but implemen-
tation is the decisive factor.
He stressed that the country
needs to have the symbols at the
right locations, afrming that
some ministers, especially Min-
ister of Finance and Minister
of Economic Affairs, as well as
Minister of Oil, need help so that
Devastation caused by the re
they can reach out to the people
about the economic reform con- Fire erupts in building causing no casualties
cept.
Fire erupted in a building in Far- the directorate received report on containing and extinguishing the
waniya without causing injuries or the re incident so remen from re completely.
The Ministry of Finance has casualties. Farwaniya Fire Station rushed to No injuries or casualties were
approved the proposal of its According to sources from the scene. reported and investigations are
Awqaf and Islamic Affairs coun- Kuwait Fire Service Directorate The remen helped the resi- ongoing to determine the cause
terpart to open a bank account (KFSD), the Operations Unit of dents vacate the building before of re.
for the collection of donations
to build mosques and for imams
and muezzins to benet from the Cabinet mandates PAHW to cordinate with relevant authorities
endowment house, reports Al-Rai
daily quoting sources.
Sources disclosed the Minis-
Council deliberated on recommendation from CSC
try of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Deputy on May 29 deliberated on a recom- He stated the Cabinet issued
based its proposal on Circular No. Secretary General of the Council mendation from the General Ser- a decision mandating the Public
2/2005 about the opening of ac- of Ministers Advisor Wael Al- vices Committee (CSC) concern- Authority for Housing Welfare
counts in the Central Bank of Ku-
Asousi has addressed the Minis- ing the above-stated subject. He (PAHW) to coordinate with rel-
wait and other local banks. ter of Municipality Affairs on a noted the State Minister for Hous- evant authorities to take appro-
Sources said Awqaf Ministry request submitted by the Public ing Affairs requested to move priate steps in that regard. He
Undersecretary Fareed Emadi, Authority for Housing Welfare the proposed site from Oyoun to said the steps should be taken
Assistant Undersecretary for to move the proposed project site South Mutlaa. The minister men- after thorough study in all realis-
Mosques Affairs Waleed Al- of the Ministries Complex from tioned certain advantages such as tic, technical and legal ramica-
Shuaib, and Budget and Ac- Oyoun, Jahra Governorate to the location of the Government Area tions. Authorities involved are the
counts Monitor Mutlaq Al- Government Area in South Mutlaa at the heart of South Mutla Resi- Ministries of Public Works and
Rasheedi are the only officials Residential City, reports Al-Qabas dential Area, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Finance, Kuwait Municipality,
authorized to sign payment daily. Residential City and Jahra City, Central Tenders Committee, and
Al-Asousi explained the Coun- indicating it will serve residents of Department of Fatwa and Legisla-
orders issued through the dona-
tions account. cil of Ministers at a meeting held the areas adequately. tion.
Young entrepreneurs suffering from rent hike
KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Chairman of the the vacuum in those two sectors.
Kuwaiti Association for Small and Me- He afrmed that the board of direc-
dium Enterprises Daoud Marae disclosed tors of the association will conduct visits
that young entrepreneurs are suffering to government agencies concerned with
from increasing rents, as about 60 percent small and medium enterprises in line with
of their total expenditures are rents, reports a series of steps aimed at supporting en-
Al-Qabas daily. trepreneurs.
Marae stressed that the Kuwaiti market Marae said these visits will focus on the
is hungry for light industries and agricul- need for the establishment of special de-
tural projects, highlighting the availability partments within these agencies to provide
of initiatives to direct Kuwaiti youths to ll services exclusively to entrepreneurs.
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DIWANIYA
A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION

New moves to end ME crisis in offing

Peace but at what cost?

THE talk about the Arab/Israeli Peace or the Gulf/
Israeli Peace, is nothing new, columnist, Professor at
Kuwait University Political Science Department and
the Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs at the
Ministry of Information Dr Haila Hamad Al-Mekaimi
wrote for Annahar daily.
This Arab initiative was launched during the reign
The arrivals hall at the Kuwait International Airport wears a deserted look as the usual rush of relatives and friends of the former Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat fol-
who throng the airport to receive their loved ones after the holidays is missing. lowed by the Madrid Agreement and then the Oslo
Pact.
With regard to the Gulf overtures in this connection,
Al-Nour Bastaki as commercial secretary.
In other words, Nair spent his childhood in Iraq and
spoke Arabic fluently. In Bahrain, he received good
hospitality and treatment. But later he left Bastaki and
worked as a teacher in one of the Bahraini high schools.
It is needless to say Nair was not Muslim but he was
well conversant with various aspects of Islam and he
went on to embrace this religion and married teacher in
Bahrain Wafiqa Tabbarah who later became the head-
mistress in one of the Bahraini schools for girls in
Moharraq, Bahrain.

No chaos as travelers these also are not new which began in 2002 initiated by
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which later came to be
known as the Arab Peace Initiative, because the Saudi
initiative was adopted by all Arab countries due to the
fact that this initiative talked about a total peaceful
vision aimed at solving the Palestinian cause because it
For his part, Nair spent his life in Bahrain and died
in 1951 while undergoing an operation. He left behind
his daughter Gilnar who completed her studies in
Bahrain before obtaining her BA and MA from the
American University of Beirut (AUB)
In light of the above, we observe how the father of

praise airport workers

Health rules set for Hajj caravans
This file photo taken on March 23, 2017 shows Kuwaiti social media activist Thamer
al-Dakheel Bourashed putting his laptop inside his suitcase at Kuwait International
Airport in Kuwait City before boarding a flight to the United States. The US
announced on June 28, 2017, it would implement tough new security rules for all
airlines flying into the country, but held off from a threatened expansion of its carry
on laptop ban. US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly said evolving terror
threats made it imperative to raise security standards for airlines from all countries,
rather than take a piecemeal approach on personal electronics. (AFP)
News in Brief
Poet honoured: Sterling University
of Scotland has decided to confer
renowned Kuwaiti poet Abdulaziz
Saud Babtain with a honorary doctor-
ate degree in appreciation of his sci-
entific and humanitarian efforts as
well as his support for cultural and
peace talks across the world, reports
Al-Anba daily quoting an informed
source.
He explained that the conferment
will be held on Friday in presence of
the universitys Vice Chancellor Jerry
McCormac during an elaborate gradu-
ation ceremony inside the school
premises. He has been chosen to
deliver the speech on behalf of other
graduands.
Al-Babtain is the first Arab person-
ality to be honored in this manner by
Sterling University, which is one of
the most reputable institutions in
Scotland. It was founded in the mid
1960s and several notable personali-
ties from various parts of the world
have graduated from there.
It is noteworthy that this is the 14th
honorary doctorate degree conferred
to the Chairman of Saud Al-Babtain
Cultural Institution by different Arab
and foreign universities.
The institution has organized a
series of seminars, conferences and
training programs around the world
for discussing culture-related issues.
Those functions attracted numerous
philosophers, academics and elites
with the intention of spreading the
culture of peace, wiping out wars and
conflicts, and consolidating principles
of peaceful co-existence among peo-
ple of different nationalities.
Capital increased: Indias AU
Small Finance Bank has increased its
capital by about $87 million from a
group of key investors including sov-
ereign wealth funds in Singapore and
Kuwait before its IPO, reports Al-Rai
daily.
Gulf Investment Corporation
(GIC), Kuwait Investment Authority
(KIA) and a US-based private equity
firm East Bridge Capital bought about
541,000 shares of the bank, according
to a report on the website of
VCCircle.
Other investors are buying shares
of the bank such as Master Trust
Bank of Japan, Singapore hedge fund
Amansa Holdings, Nomura
Investment Funds, Wells Fargo and
HSBC.
Tallest flagstaff: Assistant
Undersecretary for Engineering
Affairs at the Amiri Diwan Eng
Niyazi Khajah has unveiled a plan to
establish the tallest flagstaff in the
world, reports Al-Qabas daily,
Khajah asked the Kuwait
Municipality to allocate the seaside in
front of Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad
Cultural Center for this project; indi-
cating the area will include gardens,
platforms for celebrations and games
for children.
KUWAIT CITY,
June 29: After a
few days of hustle
and bustle, the
arrival lounge as
well as rest of
Kuwait Internati-
onal Airport was
quiet on Wednesday
contrary to expec-
tations of the first
working day after
Eid Al-Fitr, reports
Al-Rai daily.
The roads leading to
the airport as well as the
parking lots were almost
empty without the usual
sight of relatives and
friends who throng the
airport awaiting their
beloved ones.
The morning arrival
flights between 9 and 11 am
were from Sharjah, Doha,
Iran, Dubai, Bahrain, Beirut
and Sohag, and majority of
the passengers were citizens
of those countries returning
after spending their regular
leave during that period of
the year.
A number of arriving
passengers affirmed that
their arrival procedures
took only a few minutes for
completion and their exit
was smooth. They praised
the speed at which their
procedures were completed
by the adequate number of
immigration staff.
Majority of these passen-
gers had expected the air-
port to be in a state of con-
gestion and chaos, as is the
usual case after Eid Al-Fitr
holidays every year.
Health
The Ministry of Health
has adopted health regula-
tions for Hajj caravans,
reports Al-Anba daily quot-
ing sources.
Sources said the Hajj
caravans with less than 110
pilgrims should have one
doctor and a nurse while
those with higher number of
pilgrims should abide by
the rules on providing travel
tickets, appropriate accom-
modation and payment of
visa fees if required. They
explained the medical staff
must be treated like the pil-
grims in terms of travel,
accommodation and basic
life needs.
Sources added an unli-
censed medical staff should
not be allowed to provide
treatment to pilgrims,
affirming that medical
workers in Kuwaiti cara-
vans are responsible for the
medical care of pilgrims
only in the caravans
assigned to them.
Meanwhile, the Public
Authority for Manpower
(PAM) issued several deci-
sions related to the applica-
tion of organizational regu-
lations for owners of small
and medium enterprises
(SMEs) in accordance with
ministerial resolution num-
ber 9/2016, reports Al-Anba
daily.
Acting Director General of
the authority Ahmad
Al-Mussa disclosed the regu-
lations include allowing the
SME owner to register maxi-
mum of five companies and
branches, the owner should
not be more than 45 years old
or a retiree or a student, the
managers share in the capi-
tal of the enterprise should
not be less than 15 percent
and that of the foreign partner
should not be more than 20
percent, workers registered
under SMEs can transfer to
another employer after three
years in service, and submit-
ting proof of rental relations
continuation to the Labor
Department every six
months.
forms the basis of the Arab/Israeli conflict.
These days it looks like something new is in the
offing, but the question is, can these indications be
crowned with concrete outcomes?
During the past week, the Israeli Defense Minister
Avigdor Lieberman has called for the conclusion of a
regional accord between Israel and what he called the
moderate Sunni states.
He hinted this is the only way to reach a solution to
the Arab/Israeli struggle. He added the settlement
between the Palestinians and the Israelis will be part
and parcel of an integrated regional accord to be con-
cluded with all moderate Sunni states including Kuwait
and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
He added, if this happened, then the accord between
the Palestinians and the Israelis will result in natural
outcome of a regional accord and the latter shall result
in Israel making an estimated $45 billion a year but he
didnt elucidate how Israel will gain this money follow-
ing the settlement suggested by him.
Lieberman also emphasized his rejection of the
Oslo Accord that was concluded between the
Palestinians and the Israelis in 1993. He singled out the
Land For Peace principle calling it a mistake
because it would have been better to get this accord
done on the principle of land and people for peace.
In other words, the Israelis are seeking guarantees
from the Arab countries in a prelude to achieve a settle-
ment between the Palestinians and the Israelis, but the
Arab countries say these guaran-
tees will be translated into a reali-
ty if the Palestinians obtain their
legitimate rights that will help cre-
ate a state of peace and peaceful
coexistence between the
Palestinians and the Israelis.
However, for their part, the
Palestinian parties in general and
Islamic Resistance Movement
Hamas in particular, have
recently shown some kind of resil-
ience over the possibility of con- Al-Mekaimi
cluding a peaceful accord with Israel. In other words,
Hamas has seemingly relinquished the language of
convulsion towards Israel.
For its part, Israel has responded to Hamas resil- tries are involved in wars which have made thousands
ience by criticizing the policies of the president of the
Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas
saying the policies of Abbas are aimed at getting
Hamas involved in a new war with Israel by putting
more pressures on the former because according to his
policies in the financial assistance given by the PNA to
the Gaza Strip has been curtailed.
Moreover, the government of Abbas has refrained
from paying the stipends of Palestinian employees who
are working in the Gaza Strip. This action taken by the
PNA is related to the suspension of fuel supply to the
Gaza Strip, given the fact the above actions were taken
by the PNA without any coordination with Egypt and
Israel.
The hour looks pregnant with astonishments and
regional changes, but the peace issue shall remain one
of the most significant forthcoming changes. The ques-
tion here is: What about the fate of the two States
Palestine and Israel State and East Jerusalem? And
what does the term the land and people for peace
mean? What about the return of the Palestinian refu-
gees to their homeland and what is the price of this
prospective settlement between the Arabs and Israelis?
However, the answers to the above question will
certainly define the nature of peace between both par-
ties. But will this be permanent or just a provisional
peace that will eventually lead to more violence and
extremism?
Likewise, the answer to this question will define the
forthcoming Israeli role in terms of what is termed by
Lieberman as The New Axis.
Also:
Globalization means we are steadily approaching
coexistence in a unified world, columnist and
Professor Dr Hesham Al-Awadhi wrote for Al-Qabas
daily.
As a matter of fact, the globalization represents a
new term that was not known 30 years ago, for
instance, but I do believe that some kind of globaliza-
tion already existed before this time, but this was not
called globalization by us during that time.
In other words, globalization as a system under
which individuals, groups and nations depend on each
other was something known for many decades but this
dependence at present will be based at an accelerating
pace by virtue of the current developed telecommunica-
tion technology.
In his book The History of Education in Kuwait
and the Gulf during the Past Time, the late Saleh
Jassem Shihab talks about one of his teachers from
Bahrain whose name was Sunny Nair. Nair was teach-
ing English language at one of the Bahraini schools.
Nair was from India, but he was born in Iraq
because his father was working for the then British
army which came from India to occupy Iraq during the
World War I that had erupted in 1914. The British army
depended on the Indians during its battles and the
Britons used the Indians for forced labor because of the
British imperialistic tendencies including the construc-
tion of roads, building of factories and military bar-
racks.
However, during that time, some Indians fled after
abandoning the British army after they found the
British army was striving to get them involved in unfair
wars and killing innocent people who fought for free-
dom.
Anyway, Nairs father was one of these soldiers
who left the service in the British army and worked for
the then Iraqi Customs Department for many years.
During his stay in Iraq he married an Iraqi woman
and Sunny was born. He was the only son born to the
couple. Sunnys mother died in Iraq while Sunnys
father remained in Iraq and went on to become a senior
officer in the Iraqi Railway Corporation until he died
and was buried in Iraq.
However, Sunny Nair spent all his study phases in
Iraq and graduated from the Faculty of Arts, English
Language Department. In 1940s, Nair left Iraq for
Bahrain and worked for one merchant called Abdu
Sunny Nair came from India to Iraq and his son left for
Bahrain and embraced a new religion and learnt a new
language. His daughter studied in Beirut and gained a
new culture and experience. Given the above, who says
that globalization is just a new phenomenon.
The appointment of Prince Mohammad Bin Salman
Bin Abdul-Aziz as Crown Prince by the monarchy is
meant to push toward accomplishing Saudis Vision
2030 with a team of youth capable of bringing change
and massive transformation at all levels, trends and
ramifications, Abdul-Aziz Khuraebit wrote for
Al-Shahed daily.
The order is a defining moment that reflects posi-
tively in the region, and shows Arabian Gulf youth are
capable of holding responsibility and facing challenges
with all determination, tenacity and strength required in
different situation and decision-making.
The Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman repre-
sents the new generation that desire a stable nation with
a bright future, taking into account his antecedents of
superlative performance and achievements.
Mohammad Bin Salman is a model of capabilities
filled with aspirations, hope and lofty dreams to trans-
form the clear vision of present and future into reality.
For this reason, we congratulate the Custodian of the
Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz on
the appointment of Prince Mohammad Bin Salman as
Crown Prince.
We pray Allah the Almighty to guide your steps in
the topmost assignment for further accomplishments
toward the development of your nation and gaining
unique status among peers in the international commu-
nity. May Allah the Almighty protect citizens under the
leadership of King Salman Bin Abdul-Aziz.
The month of blessing the month of Ramadan is
just gone by and we need to draw lessons from this
great month of reward and forgiveness, the month of
patience and understanding the sufferings of others,
columnist Abdul Rahman Al Awwad wrote for
Al-Sabah daily.
And because the world around us has become a hot
spot and an explosive volcano where surrounding coun-
of people homeless and pushed others on the brink of
famine, everyone has to stand and be counted and sup-
port those in need and relieve the pain of the injured.
As for Kuwait, thank God, the country is the center
of humanitarian work and has an honorable record in
charity work but our brothers in Yemen are on the
verge of a huge disaster following the spread of cholera
epidemic.
Some humanitarian organizations have confirmed
that more than 300,000 are infected with this epidemic
and are suffering from lack of food and potable water.
As we have emerged from the month of mercy and
forgiveness and tasted the pain of hunger and thirst dur-
ing the fasting month, we must stand and feel the plight
of our brothers in Yemen and help them to overcome
their ordeal.
How much do we need to develop the curricula and
make the education system focus on building a worthy
human? The process of rebuilding and improving the
educational outputs should first of all take into consid-
eration the purpose of our very existence in life so that
we have a clear vision of the educational process,
columnist Rabee Al-Shammari wrote for Al-Kuwaitiah
daily.
We need to produce a human that is qualified to
become a good person before his work, during his work
and after the completion of his work. And therefore the
need of the hour is patience, perseverance, support and
cooperation between home, school and the society.
We need to review and redesign the curricula and
educational programs, to suit our values and ethics and
our vision derived from the Book of God and the
Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
We need to understand the causes of backwardness
in our education system, because we have been suffer-
ing and complaining about this blind tradition of the
West with good and evil, which put the lives of students
in a conflict of thought and material with himself and
with his dealings with others.
Kuwaits strategic geographical location in the
midst of the ancient continents of Asia, Europe and
Africa makes it a center point for world trade between
the East and West. Its strategic geographical location
makes Kuwait the gateway to the northern part of the
Arabian Gulf, Wasmiya Al-Musallam wrote for
Al-Anba daily.
The harsh climatic conditions, scarcity of water and
extreme drought during the pre-oil times drove inhabit-
ants to the sea in search for sustenance. They mastered
sea diving, pearl searching, fishing, and trading with
India and the coastal region of East Africa among oth-
ers. This is a cherished past of the country when our
fathers and forefathers struggled to make ends meet.
Kuwait has flourished in all fields following the
discovery of oil. However, relying on one economic
resource such as oil comes with a lot of risks. About 95
percent of Kuwaits oil resources have an impact on its
economy due to which it is necessary to diversify
sources of income to get rid of oil dependency amid
fluctuating prices. We have to solve the lopsided popu-
lation problem as well as unemployment issue in order
to achieve the desire and vision of His Highness the
Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad in making Kuwait a
financial hub economically and globally as per New
Kuwait 2035.
There is a need to develop the islands of Warba,
Boubyan etc due to the importance of these islands and
their proximity to ancient civilizations. All the unin-
habited islands should be improved to make them vital
areas for investment, economic, cultural, social, recre-
ational, and tourism purposes. Hence, these and other
development projects must be given utmost importance
to rectify the current economic conditions so that the
country is not at the mercy of fluctuating oil prices and
depletion.
Compiled by Zaki Taleb

LOCAL
Crime Briefs
Drunk duo teasing girls
Kuwaiti citizen jumps to
death from house rooftop
By Munaif Nayef
Al-Seyassah Staff
and Agencies
KUWAIT CITY, June 29: A
33-year-old Kuwaiti citizen with
psychological disorder jumped to
his death from the rooftop of his
house in Jahra area.
The Operations Room of the In-
terior Ministry was notied about
the episode and a team of rescue
men went to the scene. Paramedics
examined the body and declared he
was already dead. The body was
referred to Forensics.
Relatives of the deceased man
said during investigation that he
was psychologically ill and had a
le with the Psychological Hospi-
tal. A case was registered.
member gang specialized in theft
Eve-teasers held: Ofcers from
the Hawalli Security Directorate
referred a deranged 19-year-old
Kuwaiti and 18-year-old Bedoun
who were teasing girls and acting
in an abnormal manner inside a
commercial complex in Salmiya to
the area police station.
A security source said the of-
cers smelt liquor in the breath of
the two youths upon arrest.
Meanwhile, Jahra securitymen
apprehended a Nepali expatriate
in Qasser area for dancing on the
road. He was referred to concerned
authorities.
inside the vehicle of the rst sus-
Indian caught drunk: An Indi-
an expatriate was arrested for con-
Top and above: The Minister of Defence Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-
Sabah during his visit to the hospital.
Minister visits Jaber Hospital
Deputy Prime Minister and Minis-
ter of Defense Sheikh Mohammad
Al-Khalid Al-Sabah Thursday vis-
ited the Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital
for Armed Forces along with the
Chief of General Staff Lieutenant
General Mohammad Khalid Al-
Khader.
They were received at the hos-
pital by the Director of the Depart-
ment of Overseas Medical Treat-
ment Brigadier Emad Sultan and
News in Brief
Officer assaulted: A rst lieu-
tenant working at Naeem police
station lodged a complaint against
a Syrian lady who verbally abused
and physically assaulted him in
the course of duty. He provided
medical report to support injuries
he sustained in the attack, says
Al-Seyassah.
A security source said the Syrian
lady assaulted the ofcer inside the
police station when he told her the
complaint she was ling wasnt
related to Naeem police station. The
woman is said to have pulled the
ofcer by the left hand, causing him
injuries, and abused him verbally. A
case was registered.
Meanwhile, Medical Emer-
gency Men referred a 28-year old
citizen to Mubarak Hospital to be
treated for an overdose of drugs
after he was found unconscious on
the ground in Rumaithiya area.
A security source said the
citizen after gaining consciousness
told the police that his mother had
chased him out of the family home
and couldnt sleep for 10 days, so
he decided to take drugs. A case
was registered.
Warnings issued: Emergency
suming alcohol and dancing inside
his vehicle while driving in Jabriya
area in a manner that was danger-
ous not only to his life but also the
lives of others.
According to security sources,
when securitymen received infor-
mation about an Asian expatriate
dancing inside his vehicle and driv-
ing erratically in Jabriya area, they
rushed to the location and ordered
the suspect to pull over. When they
asked him for his documents, they
detected the smell of alcohol com-
ing from him. They discovered he
is an Indian expatriate.
He was arrested and referred to
Jabriya Police Station for investi-
gations and necessary legal action.
Robbers nabbed: An eight-
was arrested in a livestock pen at
Wafra by ofcers from the Crimi-
nal Security Sector.
In a statement, the Public Rela-
tions and Security Media Depart-
ment of Interior Ministry said the
gang of six Kuwaitis and two GCC
nationals was apprehended upon a
tip-off concerning their illegal ac-
tivities in Wafra area.
It added a team of detectives
embarked conrmed validity of
the report and raided the hideout
where they found a pile of stolen
items plus illicit drugs and related
tools. They also recovered an un-
specied quantity of illicit drugs
pect. They were referred with the
contraband to relevant authorities.
KUNA photos
Director of the hospital Colonel
Waleed Mandani Malallah as well
as several military ofcers.
The aim of the visit was to convey
Eid Al-Fitr greetings to the military
personnel who have been admit-
ted and those working in the hos-
pital as well as to ensure patients
are receiving proper medical care
and are provided with all necessary
means of comfort as they undergo
treatment.
Team of the Farwaniya Municipal-
ity recently issued 58 warnings
against encroachments by private
buildings within the governorate,
reports Al-Seyassah daily.
Team Leader Khalid Al-Rodhan
said the ofcers embarked on the
campaign after detecting viola-
tions; the most notable among
them metal fence, diwaniyas, maid
rooms and metal diwaniyas.
He urged concerned landlords
to remove encroachments by
themselves before the end of
ultimatum. He also urged them to
abide by the rules and regulations
of the municipality.
and refused to go out with him say-
Process on hold: Assistant
Undersecretary for External Media
Sector in the Information Ministry
Faisal Al-Motalaqem said the
committee tasked to choose media
attachs for Kuwaiti embassies
abroad has postponed the selection
process for further study, reports
Al-Jarida daily.
Speaking to the daily, Al-Mot-
alaqem disclosed the committee is
chaired by the undersecretary of
the ministry; adding the committee
has interviewed the applicants and
reviewed their les.
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KFSD photo
The vehicle belonging to the family who lost two children in the accident.
Two Kuwaiti children die in accident
By Munaif Nayef when their family car crashed into received report about the incident Meanwhile, a Kuwaiti born in
a heavy-duty vehicle on Kabad Mo- and deployed a team of paramed- 1999 died when his vehicle toppled
Al-Seyassah Staff
torway. The remains were referred ics and securitymen to the scene to on the Fahaheel Expressway. The
Two Kuwaiti children 9 and 10 years to Forensics and a case registered. deal with the situation. The injured body was deposited to Forensics
A security source said the Opera- child was taken to the Farwaniya by Criminal Evidences Men. A case
old respectively perished, and a
third child sustained serious injury tions Room of the Interior Ministry Hospital for treatment. was registered.
Man cheats newly-wed wife
to have fun with other women
Almost 32,000 sick leaves granted: report
KUWAIT CITY, June 29:
A newly married Kuwaiti
woman has led a com-
plaint with the police ac-
cusing her husband of two
months of swindling her,
reports Al-Rai daily.
In her complaint to the police
the duped wife said her husband
bullied her into buying a chalet on
KD 150 monthly installment. She
went on to say she gave the man
KD 20,000 down payment towards
the purchase because she liked the
idea of paying the rest of the mon-
ey in installment.
She added, she was so overjoyed
that she took some of her close
friends to the same real estate from
where her husband had bought the
chalet and was shocked to learn
there was no chalet in the name of
her husband.
The deceived wife then began
to follow her husband wherever he
goes and nally saw him entering a
residential building in Nugra.
When asked, the watchman of the
building said the Kuwaiti has rented
an apartment in the building and he
uses the apartment for having fun
with Asian women.
When confronted, the husband
admitted to the charge but refused
to return the money. He will be sum-
moned for interrogation.
Sick leaves granted: The number
of regular and sick leaves availed
by government employees until 11
oclock Wednesday afternoon ex-
ceeded 31,320 out of total 341,353
employees according to the Civil
Service Commission, reports Al-
Jarida daily. Top and above: People throng the makeshift market set up in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh streets where all kinds of items
The sources explained a large
number of sick leaves are always
old and new are put on sale.
granted before the holidays.
Loot sale in Jleeb streets
Thirst kills man: Personnel from Marginal workers, unlicensed It looks like these areas are free areas are infested with singles, a
the Criminal Evidences Department shops, sale of foodstuffs unt for for all where the hands of security majority of whom are violators or
have referred the corpse of 43-year- human consumption are doing cannot reach because on most oc- residence and labor laws.
old GCC citizen to Forensics after he brisk business in open areas in casions than not chaos rules. The entire area looks like a
died allegedly of thirst in a desert in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, reports Al- All sorts of violations are commit- dumping ground and risks are too
Salmi, reports Al-Anba daily. Qabas daily. ted in these areas because these many.
The victim reportedly died after
paying a visit to one of his relatives. identify the cause of the accident. 70,000 electronic passports have
A case has been registered at the looking for three unidentied per-
Taima Police Station. been issued to Kuwaitis from the be- sons for stealing the car of an Indian,
The daily added the corpse of the ginning of January 2017 until yester- reports Al-Rai daily.
Bid to solve mystery: Personnel day, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting
victim was found by an Asian. from the Criminal Investigations According to the complaint led
A reliable source said the man was senior department sources. by the Indian with the Operations
Department are working around the The Farwaniya Governorate is in
suffering from psychological disor- clock to uncover the mystery behind Room of the Ministry of Interior,
ders and prior to his death he visited the death of a young Kuwaiti whose the forefront of submitting the ap- the suspects posing as policemen
one of his relatives at a livestock pen burned remains were found about plications. stopped him, ordered him out of the
200 meters away from his vehicle, The sources said a large number car, beat him and drove off with his
of passports was completed under car.
ing he preferred to stay alone. reports Al-Rai daily.
The victim reportedly left the live- According to police sources, the the direction of Assistant Undersec- A case has been registered.
stock pen and walked for about six Operations Room of the Ministry of retary for Nationality Affairs Major-
kilometers and seems to have died Interior received information about General Mazen Al-Jarrah and the
Director-General of Nationality and Suicide bid foiled: Police and re-
of thirst. the corpse which was three kilome- men acting on information rushed to
Travel Documents, Brigadier Yousef
ters away from the Nuwaiseeb petrol a building in Ahmadi and rescued a
station. Al-Sanein and Director of the Pass-
One dead in mishap: A GCC citi- Kuwaiti, believed to be in his 50s,
It is reported the back tire of the ports Department, Colonel Abdullah
zen died in a trafc accident in Ha- vehicle was also burnt which arouses Al-Amhouj. after he threatened to end his life, re-
walli following a ve-vehicle colli- ports Al-Rai daily.
police suspicions. A passport is delivered within
sion, reports Al-Rai daily. three working days from the date of According to security sources,
Two expatriates a Syrian, and the man was armed with a knife and
application.
an Egyptian who sustained inju- 70,000 docus issued: The General threatened to kill himself.
ries were taken to a hospital. Department for Nationality, Pass- He has been handed over to the
Investigations are underway to ports and Travel Documents said Indians car stolen: Police are Psychological Medicine Hospital.

LOCAL/GULF
KAC mulls new US route to gain competitive edge
A Kuwait Airways plane in ight.
Workers at Sulaibiya purication plant
No Sulaibiya plant waste discharged into sea
The ofcial spokesperson for the As-
sistant Undersecretary of Health Engi-
neering Sector and for Ministry of Pub-
lic Works Eng. Abdulmohsen Al-Enezi
stressed that the drainage system of
Sulaibiya purication plant does not
discharge its sewage water into the
sea contrary to the widespread reports
and the video that went viral on social
media.
Al-Enezi explained that the water
Gulf vulnerable to lethal heat waves
Climate change may make
Middle East uninhabitable
DUBAI, June 29: Dr Benjamin Cook,
a NASA scientist at the Goddard In-
stitute for Space Studies, told Middle
East Eye that the region is particularly
vulnerable to climate change.
The MENA region and the Medi-
terranean can expect reduced rainfall,
increased intensity and occurrence of
droughts, and much more severe heat
extremes, he said.
The whole region is already high-
ly sensitive to drought because of the
limited water resources, and this area
is a place where we really expect the
drought-related impacts of climate
change to be particularly important.
Sea level rise is likely to have a big
impact anywhere along the coast, es-
pecially on cities and settlements that
are right at sea level, he added.
Cook warned that the further we
move into the future, and the stronger
the warming, the clearer and stronger
all of these impacts will be.
Global food security in peril
On Monday, the think-tank
Chatham House published a report
on how climate change imperils
global food security by pressur-
ing a small number of Middle East
chokepoints or critical trade route
locations.
These chokepoints the Suez Canal,
Turkish Straits, Strait of Hormuz and
Strait of Bab al-Mandbab all provide
major shipping ports for global food
markets.
Climate change will further wid-
en the gap between food surpluses
in centres of supply and decits
in centres of demand, spurring the
movement of larger volumes of food
around the world, it read.
This area is a place where we really
expect the drought-related impacts of
climate change to be particularly im-
portant
If climate change disrupts these
ports through increased frequency of
severe storms and rising sea levels
and extreme heat waves, then global
food prices are likely to spike and
vulnerable areas, such as Yemen, will
suffer from supply shortages.
The study said the MENA region is
particularly prone to the effects of cli-
mate change. The region is the most
food import-dependent in the world
and more than one-third of all basic
foods travel through one of those
chokepoints.
MENA countries rely on grain ex-
ports from the Black Sea, transported
via Russian and Ukrainian railways
and ports and on through the Turkish
Straits, the study said.
Kuwait Airways was most successful airline in Gulf before Iraqi invasion
discharged is brine water resultant
from reverse osmosis (RO) process
that is carried out to treat sewage
water. It is water with salinity. He af-
rmed about an agreement and the
coordination with Environment Public
Authority (EPA) for disposing this wa-
ter into the sea based on the stand-
ards and regulations that are veried
periodically by joint teams from Health
Engineering Sector and EPA.
If one of those areas shuts down for
whatever reason, it said, no alterna-
tive routes exist, resulting in an im-
balance of market access for many
countries in the region.
Historical links between food in-
security and political/social instabili-
ty make the regions extreme exposure
to chokepoints risk a particular cause
for concern, it added.
Countries along the Strait of Hor-
muz, a gateway into the Gulf, are par-
ticularly vulnerable, the study said.
Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab
Emirates rely on it for more than 80
percent of their wheat imports.
Deadly heat waves
The Gulf is also particularly vul-
nerable to an increased frequency of
lethal heat waves as a result of cli-
mate change.
A team of scientists at MIT pub-
lished a study in 2015 saying for the
rst time that global warming in-
creases the likelihood of deadly heat
waves in the coming decades along
the Gulf.
Dr Elfatih Eltahir, an MIT profes-
sor of civil and environmental en-
gineering and one of the authors of
the study, told Middle East Eye that
through climate simulation models,
scientists found that several areas in
the Gulf could become inhabitable in
the coming decades.
We studied predictions of tem-
perature conditions towards the end
of the century, he said.
Instead of using regular tempera-
ture that everyone is familiar with, we
used a variable called wet-bulb tem-
perature, which is a temperature that
measures a combination of tempera-
ture and humidity.
And when we look at things from
the lens of that variable we nd the
Persian Gulf area during summer
reaches very high values values
higher than any other region in the
world.
Eltahir added that projections show
temperatures could reach dangerous
levels for human survivability.
He emphasised that this threshold
is 35 degrees centigrade, adding that
it only applies for the most able-bod-
ied people. This means that people
with health problems, children and
the elderly have a lower threshold for
survivability.
The wet-bulb temperature thresh-
old means that people are not able to
cool off by sweat alone, adding that
peoples survivability is in peril when
they are outside for about six hours in
those conditions.
KUWAIT CITY, June 29, (Agen-
cies): Kuwait Airways Corpora-
tion (KAC) intends to add a ight
to Washington or Chicago, USA in
order to gain a competitive edge in
the region.
In a recent interview, KAC
Chairman Sami Al-Rushaid hint-
ed as well on additional ights
to Seoul, Manchester, Sarajevo,
China, Morocco and Saudi Ara-
bia. He pointed out this is part
of the corporations strategy to
earn more prots and attract more
high-end customers, indicating
some routes may start as early as
this year.
Apparently, deliberations on
these additional ights will not
stop in spite of the reinstatement
of a US travel ban on people enter-
ing the country from six predomi-
nantly Muslim nations. We will
continue with our expansion plans
Intl businesses are caught in
crossfire of Qatars blockade
Global companies face transport, trade barriers
DUBAI/DOHA, June 29,
(RTRS): Internation-
al businesses are being
caught in the crossre of
Qatars dispute with its
Arab neighbours as it de-
lays shipments, lengthens
travel times and prompts
contingency plans in case
the crisis deepens.
The feud between Arab pow-
ers threatens to undermine the
regions progress in positioning
itself as business friendly and
raises concerns that some rms
may be forced to pick sides.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut dip-
lomatic ties with Qatar on June 5 and
imposed economic sanctions, accus-
ing it of funding terrorism, a claim
Qatar rejects.
Many multinational businesses,
from builders to law rms and banks,
have a base in Dubai from where they
serve the region, including Qatar.
Qatar is a valuable market for us
and we want to continue here but it
has become difcult and if theres
no improvement we will have to re-
view our strategy, said a commercial
manager at a European construction
services company with a regional
head ofce in UAE.
Forced
The company may be forced to
stop bidding for new contracts in
Qatar or wind down its operations
altogether if sanctions intensify, the
manager, who declined to be named
because of the sensitivity of the mat-
ter, said.
Global banks are also in a bind.
Some have joined lenders from the
UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in
curtailing new business in Qatar,
while others including a few large
Asian, European and US banks are
still providing nancing.
Many of the big international
banks have strong relations with
both Qatar and Saudi Arabia. HSBC,
JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank were
involved in sovereign bond issues
by both Qatar and Saudi Arabia last
year. The three banks declined to
comment on how they are respond-
ing to the crisis.
Suspended land, sea and air links
with Qatar have had the most imme-
diate impact on businesses.
For William Grieve, a Bahrain-
based businessman with consult-
ing work in Manama and Doha, his
weekly 40-minute ight to Qatar is
now a 10-hour journey via Kuwait.
When two elephants ght, it is the
grass that suffers and thats whats the regional rivals.
happening now, said Grieve.
A Doha-based executive at an in-
ternational engineering rm said the
situation had already forced his com-
pany to delay some projects.
As a satellite ofce in Qatar state television reported without
we rely on being able to bring staff
across from UAE regularly. Several
jobs have had to be postponed due to
building materials being held up in
Jebel Ali port (in UAE), he said.
Where necessary, employees
have had to travel for seven hours via
Oman to get to Qatar.
Bypass
One construction rm in Doha has
been forced to bypass the port of Je-
bel Ali and import raw materials ei-
ther directly or via Oman and dis-
covered that it has actually lowered
costs in doing so, a sales manager at
the rm said.
Risks to businesses, however,
could increase as the four countries
that cut ties with Qatar are now step-
ping up pressure. Last week they is-
sued 13 demands to Doha, including
closing Al Jazeera television, curb-
ing relations with Iran and shutting a
Turkish military base.
Qatar is reviewing the list but has
said the demands are not reasonable
or actionable.
Governments dominate the com-
mercial landscape of the region but
they have worked hard to cultivate a
business friendly image and are keen
to attract foreign capital.
regardless, Al-Rushaid stressed.
KAC was one of the most suc-
cessful airlines in the Gulf before
the 1990 Iraqi invasion destroyed
many of its aircraft and it has been
trying to counter the growth of
its bigger rivals Emirates and
Etihad Airways for years. Its
ambitions are being hampered
by some of the toughest business
conditions in decades, with chal-
lenges ranging from US travel
restrictions to reduced spending
power in the region due to low oil
prices.
To compete more effectively,
KAC has been aiming for privati-
zation since the Parliament author-
ized a sale in 2008. This plan was
delayed again after a parliamenta-
ry committee called for the corpo-
ration to remain under government
ownership in June. If a full sale
does not push through, the carrier
Majid Al Futtaim buys Geant franchise
One of the leading retail conglom-
erates in the UAE has acquired
the franchise owner of a popular
French hypermarket brand that
has nearly 30 outlets in the region.
The eponymous Majid Al Fut-
taim, which owns a number of
shopping malls, communities, re-
tail and leisure establishments in
the Middle East, Africa and Asia,
announced on Thursday the ac-
quisition of Retail Arabia.
The new deal will see the Geant
brand replaced by its French
competitor, Carrefour and further
strengthen Majid Al Futtaims retail
presence in the region.
The acquisition was agreed be-
tween the conglomerate and Re-
tail Arabias parent company, BMA
International. Majid Al Futtaim said
Detainees arrested over a year ago
Saudi releases seven Iranian fishermen
ANKARA, June 29, (RTRS): Irani-
an state TV said on Thursday seven
Iranian shermen detained by Saudi
Arabias coastguard over a year ago
had been returned to the country
amid heightened tension between
Yemen and Iraq.
Seven Iranian shermen who
were arrested by Saudi Arabia bor-
der security guards over a year ago
have been returned to the country,
elaborating.
The circumstances of the sher-
men being detained were not clear.
Saudi authorities could not immedi-
ately be reached for comment and
the release was not mentioned in the
Saudi media. Irans Foreign Minis-
try declined to comment beyond
Qatar attracted 133 billion riyals
($36 billion) in foreign investment in
2015, the latest available gure. Op-
portunities in the region include oil
giant Saudi Aramcos planned initial
public offering in 2018, potentially
the worlds biggest IPO ever; the
2022 World Cup in Qatar; and the
Dubai World Expo 2020.
A Qatari ofcial downplayed con-
cerns about the rift making life harder
for businesses and said it was an op-
portunity for new rms to enter a lu-
crative market.
Dont believe all the hype about
business being affected. Qatar can
weather the storm. It is business as
usual for us here, said the ofcial
who declined to be named under gov-
ernment brieng rules.
Still, the CEO of the Qatar Stock
Exchange, Rashid al-Mansoori, said
the bourse may look to Asia or Eu-
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may decide to sell individual units
such as cargo and ground handling
instead, Al-Rushaid explained.
He is currently revising the
carriers restructuring plan and
expects it to post a prot by the
2020/2021 scal year. Kuwait Air-
ways previously targeted prot-
ability in 2019.
KAC plans to focus on improv-
ing its service and nancial perfor-
mance by adding more lucrative
routes. In recent years, the corpo-
ration introduced a new rst-class
cabin on its Boeing 777 and added
a premium economy class. Its ex-
pansion comes as established car-
riers have been trying to make up
for slowing growth by charging
extra fees and cutting jobs.
Kuwait Airways, which com-
petes on short-haul ights with Ja-
zeera Airways, currently ies to 38
destinations, including the biggest
Geant store at Dragon Mart
that with the acquisition, all the
Geant hypermarkets, supermar-
kets and convenience stores will
be rebranded and carry the Car-
refour name.
Retail Arabia is the franchise
owner of 26 Geant stores spread
across the UAE, Bahrain and Ku-
wait, as well as four Gulfmart su-
permarkets in Bahrain.
Only recently, Carrefour had re-
placed the Hyperpanda supermar-
ket in Dubai Festival City.
According to a statement, the
acquisition will also see Carrefour
strengthen its position in the UAE,
with its store count expected to in-
crease from 67 to 80.
In Bahrain and Kuwait, the num-
ber of Carrefour stores will conse-
quently increase to 11 and eight,
conrming the release.
Shiite dominated Iran and Sunni
Saudi Arabia accuse each other of
fomenting tension in the Middle
East, where the two arch rivals back
opposite sides in conicts in Syria,
Tense
Relations between the two are at
their most tense in years. Riyadh,
along with other Arab governments,
has severed ties with Qatar, citing
its support of Iran as one of the
main reasons for the move.
Iran has blamed Saudi Arabia for
being behind deadly twin attacks
on June 7 in Tehran, which was
claimed by Sunni group Islamic
State. Riyadh has denied that.
rope for new consultants as transport
costs for its current Dubai-based ad-
visers have soared.
And the dispute has left some com-
panies worried about the political
risks attached to commercial deals.
On June 20, Attorney General Ali
al-Marri said Qatar would pursue le-
gal action against rms and individu-
als that caused harm to Qatar.
Nobody is being asked to pick
sides and I dont know if it will come
to that, but if it did there would be
some uncomfortable and potentially
costly decisions to be made, said an
Australian businessman working for a
multinational with interests in Doha,
Dubai and Riyadh.
Some companies are already turn-
ing down business for fear of being
accused of a conict of interest.
Law rms, for example, are be-
ing approached by Qatari individuals
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European hubs and southern Asian
cities such as Mumbai and Bang-
kok. Its longest route serves New
York via Shannon, Ireland.
The carriers new long-haul
routes would be served by Boeing
777 planes that it already owns or
has on order. It expects delivery
of three more 777-300ER models
including the nal one in August.
It will nance the deals through an
initial sale and leaseback agree-
ment signed this month with Avia-
tion Lease and Finance Company
(ALAFCO).
Al-Rushaid added the corpora-
tion also expects delivery of 15
Airbus SE A320neo planes and
10 A350-900s which will most
probably be nanced through bank
loans and leasing. Aircraft deliver-
ies should be completed sometime
in 2021 and there are no plans for
any more orders.
respectively. With the acquisition,
all the employees under Retail
Arabia will be retained by Majid Al
Futtaim.
This acquisition is a major mile-
stone for Majid Al Futtaim, one
which further cements Carrefours
position as the largest and most
successful grocery retailer in the
region and beyond, Alain Bejjani,
Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO) at
Majid Al Futtaim, said.
We are open to further pros-
pects through both organic growth
and opportunistic acquisitions, and
will pursue these in line with our
disciplined strategic and nancial
approach. Our ambition is to ex-
pand our physical as well as our
digital presence, and reinforce our
omni-channel offering.
Iranian media reported earlier
this month that, in a separate in-
cident, Saudi border guards had
opened re on Iranian shing boats
in the Gulf, killing a sherman and
arresting three others.
Iran has urged Saudi Arabia to re-
lease the trio, who Tehran said had
legal documents but lost their way.
The Saudi Information Ministry
said it had intercepted the boat in
Saudi waters on June 16 and three
members of Irans elite Revolution-
ary Guards had been detained in the
incident.
It said the seized vessel was car-
rying explosives and those captured
intended to conduct a terrorist act
in Saudi territorial waters. Iran has
denied the allegation.
and businesses about potential class
action law suits in the United States
relating to the embargo.
We have been approached to rep-
resent those who have been damaged
by the crisis but we are not in a posi-
tion to accept as we are conicted,
one lawyer said.
Although we have business in Qa-
tar, we also have clients in UAE and
Saudi Arabia. All the law rms do.
For businesses the drying up of
nancial ows between Qatar and
its neighbours has made it trickier to
make payments.
One executive at a global engi-
neering company, with a regional
headquarters in Dubai, said his rm
was making contingency plans to pay
Qatar-based staff salaries through its
European ofce if the dispute stops
payments being made between Doha
and Dubai.

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continuum, namely from prevention
to resolution and all the way to peace
agreement implementation. The sec-
ond key question would be the models
for greater employment of mediation
as a preventive tool in contexts where
political, ethnic, religious biases create
an environment of hostility.
The latter is especially pertinent
since we have come to sadly witness
extreme tendencies in various forms
of political, social and religious ani-
mosities. The rise in attacks in Europe
against Muslims and migrants is a case
in point. Prevention is key. However,
prevention would be possible only
when societies recognize and learn to
respect differences and engage in gen-
uine dialogue and interaction. I believe
that mediators who are well-equipped
with the cultural codes of conduct in
a given conict situation can reach
remarkable success. For that, we need
to train more mediators including at
youth while encouraging more women
mediators and equip them with the
right tools.
Our challenges to make peace the
overwhelming reality on a global level
are immense. However, we should be
able to see the opportunities within
those challenges. The readiness and
willingness of the international com-
munity to build capacity in peaceful
resolution of conicts including medi-
ation must be a priority. As we prepare
to welcome participants of the Fourth
Istanbul Mediation Conference, I call
on the international community to take
action in mediation.
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to rubble, said a Reuters TV reporter
who went to the site with the elite units
that captured it.
Only the stump of the Hunchback
remained, and a green dome of the
mosque supported by a few pillars
which resisted the blast, he said.
The mosque grounds were off limits
as the insurgents are suspected to have
planted booby traps.
Abadi issued instructions to bring
the battle to its conclusion, by captur-
ing the remaining parts of the Old City,
his ofce said.
The cost of the ghting has been
enormous. In addition to military casu-
alties, thousands of civilians are esti-
mated to have been killed.
About 900,000 people, nearly half
the pre-war population of the northern
city, have ed, mostly taking refuge in
camps or with relatives and friends, ac-
cording to aid groups.
Those trapped in the city suffered
hunger, deprivation and IS oppression
as well as death or injury, and many
buildings have been ruined.
Counter Terrorism Service (CTS)
troops captured the al-Nuri Mosques
ground in a lightning operation on
Thursday, a commander of the US-
trained elite units told state TV.
CTS units are now in control of the
mosque area and the al-Hadba and Sir-
jkhana neighborhoods and they are still
advancing, a military statement said.
Other government units, from the
army and police, were closing in from
other directions.
An elite Interior Ministry unit said
it freed about 20 children believed to
belong to Yazidi and other minorities
persecuted by the jihadists in a quar-
ter north of the Old City which houses
Mosuls main hospitals.
A US-led international coalition is
providing air and ground support to
the Iraqi forces ghting through the
Old Citys maze of narrow alleyways.
But the advance remains arduous as
IS ghters are dug in the middle of ci-
vilians, using mortar re, snipers, boo-
by traps and suicide bombers to defend
their last redoubt.
The military estimated up to 350
militants were still in the Old City last
week but many have been killed since.
They are besieged in one sq km (0.4
square mile) making up less than 40
percent of the Old City and less than
one percent of the total area of Mosul,
the largest urban centre over which
they held sway in both Iraq and Syria.
Those residents who have escaped
the Old City say many of the civil-
ians trapped behind IS lines put last
week at 50,000 by the Iraqi military
are in a desperate situation with little
food, water or medicines.
Boys and girls who have man-
aged to escape show signs of moderate
malnutrition and carry psychosocial
scars, the United Nations Childrens
Fund UNICEF said in a statement.
Thousands of children remain at risk
in Mosul, it said.
IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
proclaimed himself ruler of all Mus-
lims from the Grand al-Nuri Mosques
pulpit on July 4, 2014, after the in-
surgents overran swathes of Iraq and
Syria.
His speech from the mosque was
the rst time he revealed himself to the
world and the footage broadcast then is
to this day the only video recording of
him as caliph.
He has left the ghting in Mosul to
local commanders and is believed to
be hiding in the border area between
Iraq and Syria, according to US and
Iraqi military sources.
The mosque was named after Nu-
ruddin al-Zanki, a noble who fought
the early Crusaders from a efdom
that covered territory in modern-day
Turkey, Syria and Iraq. It was built in
1172-73, shortly before his death, and
housed an Islamic school.
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exemptions to applicants from the six
nations if they have previously es-
tablished signicant contacts with the
United States; signicant business ban if they could prove a bona de
or professional obligations in the US;
if they are infants, adopted children or
in need of urgent medical care; if they
IS has lost 60% of territory
and 80% revenue: analysts
US-backed forces cut off Raqqa escape route
BEIRUT, June 29, (Agen-
cies): The Islamic State
group has lost more than
60 percent of its territory
and 80 percent of its rev-
enue, an analysis rm said
Thursday, as the jihadist
caliphate turns three.
The group declared its self-
styled caliphate across swathes
of Iraq and Syria on June 29, 2014,
prompting the formation of a US-
led coalition in a bid to halt its ad-
vance.
In January 2015, IS jihadists con-
trolled about 90,800 square kilome-
tres, but by June 2017, that number
dropped to 36,200, said IHS Markit.
The biggest fall was in the rst six
months of 2017, when IS lost around
24,000 square kilometres of territory.
The Islamic States rise and fall
has been characterised by rapid ina-
tion, followed by steady decline, said
Columb Strack, senior Middle East
analyst at IHS Markit.
Three years after the caliph-
ate was declared, it is evident that
the groups governance project has
failed, Strack said.
IS is facing swelling pressure from
coalition-backed assaults on its twin
capitals: Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in
neighbouring Iraq.
On Thursday, Iraqi forces said
they had retaken control of the iconic
mosque in Mosul where IS chief Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only pub-
lic appearance.
With forces also bearing down on
Raqqa in Syria, the remaining parts
of ISs so-called caliphate are un-
likely to survive the end of the year,
IHS said.
The sharp decline in territory has
also damaged ISs ability to col-
lect revenue from oil production and
smuggling, taxation, conscation, and
other similar activities.
Revenue
IHS Markit said ISs average
monthly revenue has plummeted by 80
percent, from $81 million in the sec-
ond quarter of 2015 to just $16 million
in the second quarter of 2017.
Losing control of the heavily popu-
lated Iraqi city of Mosul, and oil rich
areas in the Syrian provinces of Raqqa
and Homs, has had a particularly signif-
icant impact on the groups ability to
generate revenue, said senior analyst
Ludovico Carlino.
As a result, IS was likely to shift its
funding structure towards a future
insurgency through a real-war econo-
my.
US-backed forces cut off the last es-
cape route for the Islamic State group
from Raqqa on Thursday, a monitor
said, trapping the besieged jihadists in-
side their de facto Syrian capital.
Fighters with the Syrian Democratic
Forces captured two villages on the
southern bank of the Euphrates River
the jihadists had been passing through
to withdraw from the city, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said.
It was the latest setback for IS,
which declared its caliphate strad-
dling Syria and Iraq three years ago
but has since lost most of the territory
it once controlled.
It came too as Iraqi forces an-
nounced the recapture of an iconic
mosque in ISs last major Iraqi bastion
Mosul, prompting Iraqi Prime Min-
ister Haider al-Abadi to declare the
end of the fake jihadist state.
The SDF, an alliance of Kurdish
and Arab forces backed by the US-led
anti-IS coalition, broke into Raqqa on
June 6 after spending months chipping
away at jihadist territory around the
city.
Its ghters have since captured two
eastern and two western districts of the
city and are pushing towards the city
centre, where IS ghters are holding
tens of thousands of civilians.
The SDF had surrounded the jihad-
ists from the north, east and west but
they were still able to escape across the
Euphrates, which forms the southern
border of the city.
Thursdays advance saw SDF ght-
ers capture the villages of Kasrat Af-
nan and Kasab on the southern bank of
the Euphrates, cutting off the route the
jihadists were using to withdraw to ter-
ritory IS controls in the Syrian desert
and in Deir Ezzor province.
The SDF has been able to com-
pletely encircle Raqqa, said Rami
Abdel Rahman, the head of the Brit-
ain-based Observatory, which moni-
tors Syrias conict through a network known lines in the areas near Alep-
of sources on the ground.
IS overran Raqqa in mid-2014 as
part of the offensive that saw it seize
control of large parts of Syria and Iraq.
The city became infamous as the
scene of some of the groups worst
atrocities, including public behead-
ings, and is thought to have been a hub
for planning attacks overseas.
are traveling for business with a rec-
ognized international organization or
the US government or if they are legal
residents of Canada who apply for vi-
sas in Canada, according to the cable.
On Monday, the Supreme Court
partially lifted lower court injunctions
against Trumps executive order that
had temporarily banned visas for citi-
zens of the six countries. The justices
ruling exempted applicants from the
the US from terrorists, but opponents
relationship with a US person or en-
tity, but the court offered only broad
guidelines suggesting they would
Brett McGurk (2nd-right), US special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter IS, and Rupert Jones
(left), deputy commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), arrive for a
meeting with the Tabqa Civil Council in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometres (35 miles) west of Raqqa city on
Children lead way as families escape jihadists
Syria Christians take on DAESH
RAQQA, Syria, June 29, (AFP): An
ivory-coloured rosary swings from the
rearview mirror of Abboud Seryans
pickup truck as he speeds through Syr-
ias Raqqa, inspecting the positions of
fellow Christian ghters taking on the
Islamic State group.
Lively music blasts through the
car speakers while the thin 23-year-
old, wearing a military-style cap
and a revolver tucked into his waist,
waves to comrades in the western
district of Al-Romaniya.
IS was ousted from the neigh-
bourhood earlier this month as part
of the US-backed offensive to de-
feat the jihadists in their northern
Syrian bastion.
The ground assault is being car-
ried out by the Syrian Democratic
Forces, a majority Kurdish and
Arab alliance, but dozens of Chris-
tians from the Syriac sect have also
joined the ght.
Were participating in the lib-
eration of Raqqa in the name of
all Syrians. Theres no difference
between Syriacs, Kurds, or Arabs.
Were all brothers, Seryan says.
The jihadists blew up Raqqas
churches and forced Christians to
convert to Islam. This is also why
were participating in this battle.
Thousands of Syriac Christians
once lived in Raqqa alongside Ar-
menians, Kurds and the citys mainly
Sunni Arab population, but many ed
when IS overran the city in 2014.
On June 29 of that year, IS de-
clared the establishment of a self-
styled Islamic caliphate strad-
dling areas under its control in Syria
and neighbouring Iraq.
Christians could remain in Raqqa
if they paid a special tax called the
jizya or converted to Islam but
many of them chose to ee.
As the ghtback against IS inten-
sied the Syriac Military Council
(SMC) formed in 2013 to defend
the community during Syrias civil
war joined with the SDF.
After a months-long operation to
encircle Raqqa, the SDF burst into
the city on June 6 and are chipping
The United Nations estimates some
100,000 civilians remain in the city,
with the jihadists accused of using
them as human shields.
Meanwhile, the US-backed Syrian
Democratic Forces warned on Thurs-
day of the prospect of erce confron-
tation with the Turkish army in north-
western Syria if it attacks SDF areas,
and said this would undermine the as-
sault on Islamic State at Raqqa.
Naser Haj Mansour, a senior SDF
ofcial, told Reuters the SDF had
taken a decision to confront Turkish
forces if they try to go beyond the
Azaz in what it said was a response to
po where the sides exchanged re on
Wednesday.
Certainly there is a big possibility
of open and erce confrontations in
this area, particularly given that the
SDF is equipped and prepared, he
said. If it (the Turkish army)attacks
we will defend, and if it attacks there
will be clashes.
include a relative, job offer or invita-
tion to lecture in the US as to how
that should be dened.
The new guidance rules remain in
place at least until the Supreme Court
hears arguments on the case in the fall
and then issues a nal ruling.
Shortly after taking ofce, Trump
ordered the refugee ban and a travel
ban affecting the six countries, plus
Iraq. He said it was needed to protect
that randomly awards 50,000 green
said it was unfairly harsh and was in-
tended to meet his campaign promise
to keep Muslims out of the United
June 29. (AFP)
away at jihadist-held districts, with
help from heavy US-led coalition
air strikes.
Now the SMCs ghters are bat-
tling jihadists on the frontline in
Raqqa, some proudly wearing their
religion on their sleeves literally.
Many ghters have tattoos of ro-
saries inked around their wrists and
the word JESUS printed down
their forearms.
From an SMC position in Al-Ro-
maniya, its ghters look out over a
landscape of buildings perforated with
gaping holes, collapsed rooftops and
concrete walls spilling into the streets.
The coalition air force carried
out intense strikes ... This is why
theres a lot of destruction in this
neighbourhood, Seryan says.
Aleksan Chmou, a Syriac ghter
in a beige cap, says Syriac ghters
coordinate closely with the SDFs
other factions.
He says he is driven to ght by IS
atrocities against Syrias minorities.
Sacrificing
Im sacricing for what they
did to our people, our sects, for the
churches they blew up. For all these
things, Chmou says.
Our Messiah Jesus Christ has a
saying: if anyone slaps you on your
right cheek, turn your left cheek to
him, the 28-year-old says.
But for me, if someone slaps me
on my right cheek, Im going to put
a bullet in his head.
Most Syriac ghters in Raqqa are
young, like 23-year-old Fadi.
In some neighbourhoods, we are
on the front lines of the ght, he
says, squinting in the sun as beads
of sweat form on his temples.
We received military training
and put on this uniform to ght
Daesh, liberate our people and all
the peoples of this region, he says,
using the Arabic acronym for IS.
His fellow militiamen have taken
up position in a house overlooking
IS-held neighbourhoods.
As sniper re and explosions
echo around them, some Syriac
Turkey has recently deployed rein-
forcements into the area, according to
Turkey-backed rebel groups, prompt-
ing SDF concern that Ankara is plan-
ning to attack nearby areas that are
under SDF control.
The SDF is an alliance of Kurdish
and Arab groups spearheaded by the
YPG militia which Turkey views as
an extension of the Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK), which has waged a three-
decade insurgency in Turkey.
The Turkish military said on
Wednesday it had red artillery at
YPG positions south of the town of
the YPGs targeting of Turkey-backed
rebels. Mansour said the SDF had re-
sponded to Turkish shelling.
On Thursday, Turkeys deputy
prime minister, Numan Kurtulmus,
said it would retaliate against any
cross-border gunre from the YPG
and not remain silent in the face of an-
ti-Turkey activities by terrorist groups
States.
After a federal judge struck down
the bans, Trump signed a revised order
intended to overcome legal hurdles.
That was also struck down by lower
courts, but the Supreme Courts action
partially reinstated it.
The new rules will also affect
would-be immigrants from the six
countries who win visas in the govern-
ments diversity lottery a program
in an eligible county and have com-
cards annually to people from coun-
tries with low rates of immigration to
the United States. They will also have
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
ghters take a short break to sip tea,
drag on cigarettes, or disassemble
and clean their weapons.
The SMC has even attracted for-
eign volunteers, with a Briton and
an American serving in this unit.
The American a blue-eyed,
blond sniper aims his rie out of
a window at nearby IS posts as the
British ghter behind him looks out
with binoculars.
The snipers arms and neck are
covered in tattoos. The motto of
a regiment of the French foreign
legion Rien nempeche, or
Nothing will stop me is inked
above his right eyebrow. After a
breathless moment, he res.
Good, good! a Syriac ghter
behind him says in English as the
sniper pumps his hand into the air
and breaks out into a grin.
Meanwhile, trapped in their
homes in Raqqa and running out of
supplies, Ahmad Shaabu, his family
and their neighbours were increas-
ingly desperate. It was the children
who nally helped them to escape.
Shaabu was among some 20 ci-
vilians who managed this week to
ee the northern Syrian city, which
a US-backed alliance of Kurdish
and Arab forces are battling to take
from the Islamic State group.
Tens of thousands of civilians are
believed to remain in Raqqa, seized
by IS three years ago and turned
into the jihadist groups de facto
Syrian capital.
The alliance, known as the Syr-
ian Democratic Forces (SDF),
broke into Raqqa on June 6 after a
months-long operation to surround
it and have since seized about a
quarter of the city.
Fighting has been erce but
residents like Shaabu have been
stopped from leaving by IS, which
has been accused of using civilians
as human shields.
We couldnt get out ... They
wouldnt let us, Shaabu, 35, told
AFP in Jazra, a western suburb of
Raqqa, after nally escaping on
Tuesday.
abroad.
Kurtulmus also reiterated Ankaras
opposition to the US arming of YPG
combatants and said US ofcials
would understand this was the wrong
path.
Mansour said an attack on SDF-con-
trolled areas would do great harm to
the US-backed Raqqa assault by draw-
ing some SDF ghters away from front
lines.
The SDF launched a long-antic-
ipated assault on Raqqa city earlier
this month. Mansour said SDF forces
would soon completely besiege the
city by closing the last remaining way
out from the south. There is a plan to
impose a complete siege, but if this
will take a day or two days, I cant
say, he said.
Later the Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights, a war monitor, said the
SDF had fully encircled the city after
closing the militants last way out from
the south.
to prove they have a bona de rela-
tionship with a person or entity in the
US or that they are eligible for another
waiver. If they cant they face being
banned for at least 90 days.
That may be a difcult hurdle, as
many visa lottery winners dont have
relatives in the US or jobs in advance
of arriving in the country.
Generally, winners in the diversity
lottery only need prove they were born
against the Ashtar Brigade in the
pleted high school or have at least two
years of work experience in an occu-
pation that requires at least two other
9
years of training or experience.
Airline security
In a related development, the United
States on Wednesday unveiled en-
hanced security measures for ights
to the country designed to prevent ex-
panding an in-cabin ban on laptops, but
an airline trade group said the changes
might cause more disruptions.
The measures, which European and
US ofcials said would begin taking
effect within three weeks, could re-
quire additional time to screen passen-
gers and personal electronic devices
for possible explosives.
The measures would affect
325,000 airline passengers on about
2,000 commercial flights arriving
daily in the United States, on 180
airlines from 280 airports in 105
countries.
The United States in March banned
laptops on ights to the United States
originating at 10 airports in eight coun-
tries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey, to address
fears that bombs could be concealed
in electronic devices taken aboard air-
craft.
Britain quickly followed suit with a
similar set of restrictions.
The decision not to impose new lap-
top restrictions eases US and European
airlines concern that expanding the
ban to Europe or other locations could
cause major logistical problems and
deter travel.
Inaction is not an option, US
Homeland Security Secretary John
Kelly told a news brieng, adding that
he believed airlines would comply
with the new screening. But he said
the measures were not the last step to
tighten security.
US carriers said they would follow
the new security directive, but indus-
try trade group Airlines for America
(A4A), criticized Homeland Secu-
rity for not working more closely with
them on the new policies.
The development of the security
directive should have been subject to
a greater degree of collaboration and
coordination to avoid the significant
operational disruptions and unnec-
essarily frustrating consequences
for the traveling public that appear
likely to happen, A4A Chief Ex-
ecutive Nicholas E. Calio said in a
statement.
Kelly had been saying since April he
thought an expansion of the laptop ban
was likely. He said in late May the
government could potentially expand
the ban worldwide.
Homeland Security ofcials told
reporters they expected more than 99
percent of airlines would comply, a
move that would effectively end the
controversial electronics ban.
Newswatch
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governments writ is still
largely conned to the south
and areas along the Saudi bor-
der. (AFP)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark:
The foreign ministers of Swe-
den and the Netherlands have
expressed their shock at the
latest reports of suspected chol-
era cases in Yemen that has ex-
ceeded 200,000 people with an
estimated 5,000 new cases daily.
Swedens Margot Wall-
strom and her Dutch counter-
part Bert Koenders say the
speed with which the epidemic
is spreading is particularly wor-
risome. (AP)
BRUSSELS: British Airways
will use Qatar Airways planes
and crew to y all its passen-
gers to their destinations during
a planned two-week strike by
some cabin crew, Willie Walsh,
head of BAs parent company,
said on Thursday.
The strike by BAs mixed
eet cabin crew those who
work on both long and short-
haul ights is due to begin on
Saturday. (RTRS)
TORONTO: Canada is extend-
ing its military mission against
the Islamic State group in Iraq
for another two years.
Defense Minister Harjit Saj-
jan said Thursday that Canada is
renewing its contribution to the
Global Coalition until March 31,
2019.
Canada has about 200 spe-
cial forces soldiers operating
in northern Iraq supported by
a combat hospital, a helicop-
ter detachment, a surveillance
plane and an air-to-air refueling
aircraft. The government calls it
an advise-and-assist mission to
help train local forces, but oppo-
sition parties say Canada is in-
volved in combat. They pointed
to word that a Canadian special
forces sniper, supporting Iraqi
forces, killed an Islamic State
ghter from 3,540 meters away,
in what the Canadian military
said is a world record. (AP)
SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram
on Thursday said it is using ar-
ticial intelligence to lter nasty
comments and spam at the popu-
lar Facebook-owned photo-shar-
ing service.
The move comes as Facebook
and other internet companies
work to curb trolls, hate speech
and the spread of violent ideol-
ogy on their platforms. (AFP)
DUBAI, United Arab Emir-
ates: Authorities in Bahrain
say they have seized explosives
and detained several suspects as
part of a raid targetting a Shiite
militant group in the Gulf island
nation.
The Ministry of Interior an-
nounced details of the operation
northeastern village of al-Dair on
Thursday. (AP)
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INTERNATIONAL 10

World News Roundup

A wildre burns near Mayer, Arizona on June 28, as seen from Prescott Valley, Arizona. The re about 100 miles north of Phoenix has forced the evacuation of Mayer and parts of Dewey-Humboldt along with several other
communities. Some areas and subdivisions are under pre-evacuation notices. (AP)

Residents leave homes as wildfires sweep through US West

Jill Baker grabbed her dogs and took refuge
at a high school after a raging re forced her
northern Arizona town to evacuate.
Baker was one of nearly 2,000 people
who ed a wildre that has charred 32
square miles (83 sq kms) of dense shrub-
bery over the same area devastated by a
blaze that killed 19 reghters four years
ago.
It looked like ve res, Baker said. We
were probably 7 miles from the actual re and
it was pretty scary. Baker, a Mayer resident,
got word of the evacuation while lling up at
a gas station. She said that as she left, with a
huge plume of smoke darkening the sky, resi-
dents were pulling onto the side of the road
and discussing what to do about their belong-
ings, pets and horses.
More than 600 reghters were battling
the blaze burning in communities around
Prescott, a mountain city about 100 miles
(160.9 kilometers) north of Phoenix that
draws a mix of desert dwellers escaping the
heat, retirees and visitors to its famed Old
West-themed Whiskey Row.
Yavapai County spokesman David McA-
tee said Wednesday about 3,400 people in
the area have been affected by the re and
roughly 3,000 structures in the evacuated ar-
eas were at risk but ofcials were not imme-
diately sure how many are homes. Residents
of Mayer, Dewey-Humboldt and several other
communities took ight. Dewey-Humboldt
has about 4,000 residents. Mayer has about
1,400. (AP)

Hate Immigration

Racial bias cited Trumps order takes effect

Over half of hate What comes next with travel ban?

crimes unreported
WASHINGTON, June 29, (AP): The majority of hate
crimes experienced by US residents over a 12-year
period were not reported to police, according to a new
federal report released Thursday that stoked advocates
concerns about ongoing tensions between law enforce-
ment and black and Latino communities.
More than half of the 250,000 hate crimes that took
place each year between 2004 and 2015 went unreport-
ed to law enforcement for a variety of reasons, accord-
ing to a special report on hate
crimes from the Bureau of Jus-
tice Statistics. Hate crimes were
most often not reported because
they were handled some other
way, the report said. But peo-
ple also did not come forward
because they didnt feel it was
important or that police would
help, according to the report.
Based on a survey of house-
holds, the report is one of sev-
eral studies that aim to quantify
Session hate crimes. Its release comes as
the Justice Department convenes a meeting on Thurs-
day with local law enforcement ofcials and experts to
discuss hate crimes, including a lack of solid data on the
problem nationwide. Attorney General Jeff Session is
scheduled to speak.
The new survey shows the limits of hate crime re-
porting, said Brian Levin, director of the Center for the
Study of Hate and Extremism, California State Univer-
sity.
Many victims dont report hate crimes because of
personal and institutional reasons, Levin said. For ex-
ample, some Latino immigrants may be reluctant to call
police after an apparent hate crime for fear of deporta-
tion, he said.
Advocates fear that problem is worsening as the
Trump administration ramps up immigration enforce-
ment.
Victimized
The report says Hispanics were victimized at the
highest rate, followed by blacks.
I think this report shows the kind of fear that is go-
ing on in our communities, said Patricia Montes, exec-
utive director of the Boston-based immigrant advocacy
group Centro Presente. She worries Latinos will even
be more reluctant to report hate crimes in the future.
The new report said there was no signicant increase
in the number of hate crimes between 2004 and 2015.
It cites racial bias as the top motivation, representing
more than 48 percent of the cases between 2011 and
2015. Hate crimes motivated by ethnicity accounted for
about 35 percent of those cases, and sexual orientation
represented about 22 percent. Almost all of those sur-
veyed said they felt they were experiencing a hate crime
because of something the perpetrator said.
Law enforcement ofcials have long grappled with
how to catalog hate crimes. While some victims dis-
trust of police keeps them from coming forward, Levin
said, some LGBT victims may opt not to report a hate
crime for fear of losing a job or being outed to family.
In this Oct 13, 2016 le photo, Khaled
Almilaji, who coordinated a campaign
that vaccinated 1.4 million Syrian chil-
dren and risked his life to provide med-
ical care during the countrys civil war,
stands for a portrait at Brown Univer-
sity in Providence, Rhode Island. Almi-
laji says he wont return to the United
States to nish his studies at Brown
because of the Trump administrations
travel ban. He was recently awarded
a medal for meritorious service from
Queen Elizabeth II. (AP)
America
Man sentenced for laundering: A
Pakistani man has been sentenced to four
years in prison for laundering nearly $20
million as part of an international computer
and telephone hacking scheme.
Muhammad Sohail Qasmani, formerly
of Bangkok, Thailand, had pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
He was sentenced to four years in prison
on Wednesday by a federal judge in New
Jersey, along with two years of supervised
release and ordered to pay nearly $72 mil-
lion in restitution.
Prosecutors say he laundered the
money as part of a scheme where hackers
reprogrammed unused telephone extensions
from businesses to make calls to premium
telephone numbers. (AP)
Iraqi pleads guilty to fraud: An Iraqi
refugee living in Virginia who was accused
of hiding her ties to the kidnapper of a US
contractor has pleaded guilty to an unrelated
fraud charge.
The case against Enas Ibrahim, 32, of Vien-
na is the last of three cases brought by prosecu-
tors earlier this year alleging that Ibrahim, her
husband and her husbands brother engaged
in visa fraud by failing to disclose on their
refugee applications their family ties to Majid
Al Mashhandani, who admitted participating
in the 2004 kidnapping of US contractor Roy
Hallums. Family members said they worried
that disclosing the relationship would make it
impossible to gain refugee status.
Hallums spent nearly a year in captivity
before being rescued in a military operation.
At Wednesdays plea hearing, though,
Ibrahim pleaded guilty not to visa fraud, but
to wire fraud. Specically, she admitted that
she overstated her income on a $30,000 loan
application for a Nissan Pathnder.
The loan itself was paid back in full.
During the plea hearing, US District Judge
Leonie Brinkema questioned whether
Ibrahim really wanted to plead guilty,
WASHINGTON, June 29, (AFP): The
US Supreme Courts partial reinstate-
ment of President Donald Trumps con-
troversial travel ban has immigration
lawyers and travelers trying to unpack
how exactly the ban will be implement-
ed when it took effect Thursday.
The court ruled that the presidents
executive order targeting citizens from
six mainly Muslim countries could go
into partial effect. But the court eased
its punch by saying the measure could
only be applied to travelers from those
targeted countries who lack any bona
de relationship with a person or entity
in the United States.
Though Trump has claimed the Su-
preme Courts decision a national secu-
rity win, the partial ban is narrower in
scope than the presidents rst two ver-
sions. Heres what we know about what
the ruling means:
The restrictions target visitors from
six countries: Syria, Sudan, Iran, Soma-
lia, Libya and Yemen.
Of travelers from those countries, the
nations highest court said those who
lack any bona de relationship with a
person or entity in the United States
cannot enter -- meaning US citizens and
people with familial ties to the US can.
Emphasized
The court also said students accepted
to attend university stateside or who had
been hired by a US employer would be
able to come -- but emphasized that es-
tablishing such a connection just to gain
entry would not be allowed.
But the Supreme Court justices did
not clarify how distant the family mem-
ber can be, or what happens to those
who have applied to school or jobs and
are awaiting a response. And decisions
over whose claims are tangible turn even
murkier when it comes to short-term vis-
itors. It is unclear how enforcement will
differ for travelers coming specically to
see family and those traveling for tour-
ism or medical treatment, for example.
The ruling permits Trump to reinstate
a 120 day ban on refugees -- though
given that there was no actual harm and it
was questionable whether Ibrahim had any
criminal intent when she submitted her loan
application. (AP)
Death not sought for inmate: Prosecu-
tors are not seeking the death penalty against
a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of
orchestrating the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub
bombings in Indonesia and other attacks, a
Syrian doc caught in ban
gives up, moves to Canada
ROVIDENCE, RI, (AP): A Syrian
doctor says he wont return to the
United States to nish his studies
at Brown University because of the
Trump administrations travel ban.
Khaled Almilaji said Wednesday
theres too much uncertainty, even
though he possibly could get a stu-
dent visa under the scaled-back
version of the ban, which could go
into effect as early as Thursday.
President Donald Trump rst
ordered a refugee and travel ban
aimed at seven Muslim-majority
nations, including Syria, shortly
after taking ofce in January. After
a federal judge struck it down, he
issued a revised order, which was
also blocked. The Supreme Court
will take up the legality of the ban in
October, and in the meantime said
this week a limited version could go
into effect.
Almilaji, 35, had gone to Turkey
for a brief trip after the fall semester
at Brown and was caught in travel
limbo after Trumps order. His preg-
nant wife remained in the U.S.
He chose to move to Canada this
the Trump administration has already
slashed the number of refugees it will
admit annually to 50,000, a threshold the
State Department anticipates hitting in a
couple of weeks.
Earlier this month Trump signed a
memorandum informing agencies to be-
gin enforcing the measure 72 hours after
lower court freezes were lifted, and it is
set to take effect Thursday.
Bloomberg News reported that im-
plementation was to begin at 8 pm EST
(1200 GMT), in order to provide embas-
sies and consulates around the globe pri-
Qasmani Hallums
month to pursue his masters de-
gree at the University of Torontos
Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
He had to decide whether to attend
before the Supreme Court ruled on
the ban. Almilaji said its unfortu-
nate he withdrew from Brown, but
bad things happen and you have
to adapt. He was reunited with his
wife in Toronto and they are ex-
pecting a baby girl in August.
Also:
CAIRO: Dozens of Sudanese ac-
tivists living in Egypt as refugees,
many of whom ed fundamental-
ist Islamic militias and were close
to approval for resettlement in the
United States, now face legal
limbo after the Supreme Court par-
tially reinstated President Donald
Trumps travel ban on six Muslim
nations, including Sudan.
Many said they are not safe in
Egypt because Sudanese agents
operating in the country under tacit
Egyptian approval regularly threat-
en them and their families, some-
times targeting them with violence.
or guidance on how to enforce the ban.
Both the State Department and the
Department of Homeland Security said
they were waiting for clarication from
the Justice Department on the meaning
of bona de, to make sure authorities
are clear on how to carry out the order.
Ofcials in the administration as
well as in airports are hoping to avoid
the chaos sparked by Trumps original
executive order, which was unveiled in
January to massive protests and confu-
sion at border control points as well as a
urry of legal challenges.
US military ofcial said Wednesday.
The detainee known by the single name
Hambali was notied last week that prosecu-
tors are preparing to try him before a military
commission at the US base in Cuba on
charges that include terrorism and murder in
violation of the law of war.
He is accused of conspiring with leaders of
al-Qaeda in a series of attacks, including the
bombings in Bali in October 2002 that killed
202 people. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting to urge the passage of bills to enforce federal laws on immigration in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 28. (AFP)
Probe
Ties with Russia alarming
Sens seek military ban
on Kaspersky products
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, June 29, (RTRS): US
senators sought on Wednesday to ban Moscow-based
cyber security firm Kaspersky Labs products from
use by the military because of fears the company is
vulnerable to Russian government influence, a day
after the FBI interviewed several of its US employees
as part of a probe into its operations.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents visited the
homes of Kaspersky employees late on Tuesday in
multiple US cities, although no search warrants were
served, according to two sources, who spoke on con-
dition of anonymity because
they were not authorized to
discuss the FBI probe.
Kaspersky Lab confirmed in
a statement on Wednesday that
FBI agents have had brief
interactions with some of its
US employees, discussions
that the company described as
due diligence chats. The FBI
declined to comment.
The interviews were fol-
lowed on Wednesday by the
Shaheen release of a defense spending
policy bill passed by the Senate Armed Services
Committee, which would prohibit the US Defense
Department from using Kaspersky software platforms
because the company might be vulnerable to Russian
government influence, according to a summary of
the legislation.
Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who amend-
ed the spending bill to include the Kaspersky lan-
guage, said in a statement that ties between Kaspersky
Lab and the Kremlin are very alarming.
A consensus in Congress and among Trump admin-
istration officials believed Kaspersky cannot be
trusted to protect critical infrastructure, particularly
computer systems vital to our nations security,
Shaheen said.
The bill would need to pass the full Senate and
House of Representatives and be signed by President
Donald Trump in order to become law.
Last month, senior US intelligence officials said in
testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee
that they were reviewing government use of software
from Kaspersky Lab.
Election
Lawmakers raised concerns that Moscow might use
the firms products to attack American computer net-
works, a particularly sensitive issue given allegations
by US intelligence agencies that Russia hacked and
leaked emails of Democratic Party political groups to
interfere in the 2016 presidential election campaign.
Russia denies the allegations.
It was unclear whether the probe into Kaspersky
Lab was related to an investigation led by special
counsel Robert Mueller into Russian election med-
dling and possible collusion with associates of then-
Republican Party candidate Donald Trump.
In response to US lawmakers concerns,
Kaspersky founder and Chief Executive Eugene
Kaspersky had said during a question-and-answer
session on Reddit that he would be willing to
appear before the Senate to dispel any concerns
about his companys products.
Kasperskys anti-virus software is popular in the
United States and around the world, though US offi-
cials have long been suspicious that the company may
have ties to Russian intelligence agencies.
Kaspersky has said repeatedly it has no ties to any
government and that allegations about its products
being used to support Russian espionage are unfound-
ed.
In a separate statement on Wednesday, the compa-
ny said, Kaspersky Lab believes it is completely
unacceptable that the company is being unjustly
accused without any hard evidence to back up these
false allegations. It said that in its 20-year history,
the company has abided by the highest ethical busi-
ness practices.
US Capitol Police arrest a protester
demonstrating against the US Senate
Republican health care bill, outside
the office of US Senator Patrick
Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania,
on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC,
June 28. (AFP)
Wynn Putin
America
Trump cheers wins at fundraiser:
Repub-lican donors paid $35,000 apiece to
hear familiar a message from President
Donald Trump: The media, particularly
CNN, keep trying to take him down, and
yet Republicans just keep on winning elec-
tions. He noted with pride that his party
had won four special elections this year.
The president was whisked a few
blocks from the White House to the
Trump International Hotel, his name-
branded Washington venue, for an eve-
ning of hobnobbing behind closed doors
Wednesday with major party financiers,
including Las Vegas casino mogul Steve
Wynn.
One attendee stood out: Nevada Sen.
Dean Heller, part of a small group of
Republicans whose objections just a day
earlier had doomed at least for now
the Senates effort to repeal and replace
President Barack Obamas health care
law.
Trump did not single out Heller, but
Wynn, the lead fundraiser for the
Republican National Committee, gently
jabbed him by urging all Republicans to
come together to support the presidents
agenda. (AP)
House leads military rebuilding:
President Donald Trump made rebuilding
the US armed forces a signature promise
during the presidential campaign, but its
the GOP-controlled Congress thats lead-
ing the way by adding tens of billions of
dollars to the annual defense policy bill to
pay for active-duty troops, combat aircraft,
and ships that he didnt request.
The House Armed Services Committee
approved its version of a $696 billion bill
for 2018 just before midnight Wednesday
by a 60-1 vote. Hours earlier, the Senate
Armed Services Committee unveiled a
$700 billion blueprint to revive a military
that lawmakers say is long overdue for an
overhaul. Both committees described
Trumps budget request for the fiscal year
that begins Oct. 1 as insufficient to undo
HealthCare
Struggle seen jeopardizing tax overhaul
GOP senators seek path forward
WASHINGTON, June 29, (Agencies):
The top US Senate Republican strug-
gled on Wednesday to salvage major
healthcare legislation sought by
President Donald Trump, meeting pri-
vately with a parade of skeptical sena-
tors as critics within the party urged
substantial changes.
Republican leaders hope to agree on
changes to the legislation by Friday so
lawmakers can take it up after next
weeks Independence Day recess..
Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell on Tuesday abandoned
plans to seek passage of it this week
because Republicans did not have 50
votes to pass the bill.
For seven years, Republicans have
led a quest to undo the 2010 law
known as Obamacare, Democratic for-
mer president Barack Obamas signa-
ture legislative achievement.
Trump made dismantling it a top
campaign promise during last years
presidential campaign but policy dif-
ferences within the party have raised
doubts Republicans can achieve a
repeal.
Democrats have unified against the
bill and Republicans control the Senate
by a slim 52-48 margin, which means
McConnell can afford to lose only two
Republicans. So far at least 10
including moderates and hard-line
conservatives have expressed oppo-
sition to the current bill, although
some indicated they would vote for it
with certain changes.
McConnell, with his reputation as a
strategist on the line, met with a pro-
cession of Republican senators in his
office on Wednesday. John Cornyn,
the No. 2 Senate Republican, said
party leaders will talk to every
Republican senator who has concerns
about the bill or is undecided.
The House of Representatives
passed its healthcare bill last month,
the damage caused by spending too little
on a fighting force thats been at continu-
ous combat for almost a decade and a half.
For six years, we have been just getting
by cutting resources as the world
becomes more dangerous, asking more and
South Korean President Moon Jae-in (left), with his wife Kim Jung-sook, bow
their heads after placing a wreath at the Chosin Few Battle Monument, at the
National Museum of the Marine Corps on June 28 in Triangle, Virginia. (AP)
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
only after striking a balance between
the center of the party and the right
wing. Now McConnell must find a
similar sweet spot.
During a lunch meeting on
Wednesday Republicans made presen-
tations on potential fixes. Senator
Rand Paul called for jettisoning more
parts of Obamacare to get conserva-
tives on board.
Senator Mike Rounds suggested
keeping a 3.8 percent Obamacare tax on
high earners investment income, which
the current bill would eliminate. Rounds
said the tax could pay for more
Americans to receive the tax credits that
help pay for health insurance.
Plans
Senator Bob Corker, who also sup-
ports keeping the tax, said one of the
issues he was focused on was helping
lower-income Americans pay for
health plans.
My sense is theres a good chance
that issue and other issues people are
trying to get addressed can be
addressed, Corker told reporters.
Trump said the bill was moving
along well and predicted a great,
great surprise but did not elaborate.
Maine Senator Susan Collins, a
moderate, said it would be very dif-
ficult to reach agreement by Friday.
Collins and other centrists were put off
by the nonpartisan Congressional
Budget Offices projection on Monday
that 22 million people would lose
medical insurance under the existing
bill.
Finishing the legislations revisions
by Friday would be optimal, Cornyn
said, so the CBO can analyze the new
version.
Also:
WASHINGTON: Senate Republicans
struggle to pass a health care bill is
more of those who serve, and putting off
the tough choices, said Rep. Mac
Thornberry, R-Texas, the committees
chairman.
But a frequently polarized Congress
may be its own worst enemy when it
Crimea region and supporting pro-Russian
11
jeopardizing another one of President
Donald Trumps top priorities: over-
hauling Americas tax system.
A day after Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky,
delayed a vote on a bill to scrap much
of Democrat Barack Obamas health
law, questions lingered about whether
congressional Republicans could pass
big, complicated pieces of legislation.
The whole idea is to do health care
first because you gain an advantage
there to go on and do tax reform, said
Sen Pat Roberts, R-Kansas. Weve
sort of bollixed that up, but Im
encouraged.
Senators were still struggling
Wednesday to reach an agreement on
key parts of the health bill before they
leave Washington for a week-long
recess. Moderates complained that too
many people would lose coverage
while conservatives said the bill
wouldnt do enough to lower insur-
ance premiums.
It is important for Congress to
resolve the health bill before moving
on to a tax overhaul.
Heres why: The health bill pro-
vides nearly $1 trillion in tax cuts that
wont add to the nations mounting
debt. Republicans are counting on
those tax cuts to help them write a new
tax code that raises less money.
Also, Republicans are using a com-
plicated rule that enables the Senate to
pass both a health bill and a tax pack-
age with a simple majority, preventing
Senate Democrats from blocking the
legislation. Under the rule, Congress
has to resolve health care by either
passing a bill or killing it before
lawmakers can pass a tax package.
They need to resolve health care
one way or another before they do tax
reform, said Rohit Kumar, a former
tax counsel for McConnell who is now
with PwC.
comes to getting their proposals for the
extra money across the finish line.
Lawmakers will have to agree to roll back
a 2011 law that set strict limits on military
spending. (AP)
US urging regime change: Kremlin
leaders are convinced America is intent on
regime change in Russia, a fear that is
feeding rising tension and military compe-
tition between the former Cold War foes,
the Pentagons intelligence arm has
assessed.
The unclassified report by the Defense
Intelligence Agency, which will be public-
ly released later Wednesday, portrays
Russia as increasingly wary of the United
States. It cites Moscows deep and abid-
ing distrust of US efforts to promote
democracy around the world and what it
perceives as a US campaign to impose a
single set of global values.
The Kremlin is convinced the United
States is laying the groundwork for regime
change in Russia, a conviction further rein-
forced by the events in Ukraine, the report
says, referencing the claims by President
Vladimir Putins government that the US
engineered the popular uprising that ousted
Ukraines Russia-friendly president, Viktor
Yanukovich, in 2014.
Russia responded by annexing Ukraines
separatists in eastern Ukraine. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
A view of Stormont castle, seat of the Northern Ireland assembly in Belfast on June 29. The prospects of reviving a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland, a cornerstone of its peace process, appears bleak with parties
Britain
Legislative plans on spotlight
Struggling British PM
faces confidence vote
LONDON, June 29, (AFP): British Prime Minister
Theresa Mays government was facing a vote of con-
dence on Thursday, three weeks after a disastrous
election left her authority in tatters and her Brexit
strategy in doubt.
Members of the House of Commons was to vote
on the Conservative leaders legislative plans the
Queens Speech in a key test of whether she can stay
in power.
The government should pass its programme after
forming a deal with Northern Irelands Democratic
Unionist Party (DUP), whose 10 MPs will vote with
the 317 Conservatives in the 650-seat chamber.
But Mays personal authority has been deeply dam-
aged by the election, which she called three years ear-
ly expecting to win a landslide only to nd herself
hanging on by a thread.
The majority of the bills in the Queens Speech
concern Britains departure from the European Union,
on which the rst formal negotiations took place last
week.
But Mays Brexit plan is under scrutiny as many
saw the election as a rebuke to her move to pull Brit-
ain out of Europes single market its largest trading
market to prioritise cutting EU immigration.
The government is also dealing with the fall-out of
a string of terror attacks and
the blaze at the Grenfell Tower
block in London, which left at
least 80 people presumed dead
and saw May accused of taking
too long to respond.
The prime minister is cutting
short a trip to Berlin Thurs-
day with other European al-
lies ahead of the G20 summit
next week, to ensure she will
be back for the early evening
Commons vote.
May
Calls to prioritise jobs and
growth during the Brexit process are growing, includ-
ing from nance minister Philip Hammond, whom
May was expected to sack after the election but has
stayed on.
Cabinet tensions have also seen Hammond take a
swipe at eurosceptic Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
over his claim that Britain could have its cake and eat
it in the negotiations.
I try to discourage talk of cake amongst my col-
leagues, the nance minister said during a speech in
Berlin.
Empasised
Hammond emphasised the need for transitional
deals to avoid a damaging cliff-edge when Britain
leaves, but in London, Brexit minister David Davis
slapped him down, saying his views were not quite
consistent.
Mays spokeswoman insisted that everybody is on
the same page, and nothing had changed.
However, when European Commission President
Jean-Claude Juncker was asked at a summit last week
whether he was clear on Britains position on Brexit,
he replied: No.
Whatever May and Davis are saying in public,
Brexit policy is in fact in ux, said Charles Grant of
the Centre for European Reform.
He noted the increased inuence of Hammond and
the Scottish Conservatives, who did well in the elec-
tion and have also emphasised maintaining trade ties
with the EU.
Meanwhile Labour, which won 262 seats, has ac-
cepted that Britain will be leaving the single market
but wants full tariff-free access to protect jobs.
The easiest thing for May to do is to press ahead
with the Brexit that her right-wing desires. But that is
probably not sustainable in the long term, Grant said.
He added: If May doesnt reinvent herself as a
soft-Brexiteer, she is likely to be defeated in parlia-
ment.
still bickering on the nal day of negotiations. (AFP)
Pallbearers carry the cofn of Grenfell
tower re victim Anthony Disson for a
funeral service in North Kensington
on June 29. (AFP)
Prince William Prince Harry
Britain
Sons to attend Bday service: Prince
William, his wife, Kate, and Prince Harry
will attend a private service at the late
Princess Dianas grave on what would have
been her 56th birthday.
In a brief statement, Kensington Palace
said Wednesday that the July 1 service will
be conducted by the Archbishop of Canter-
bury and attended by Dianas family.
The service comes several weeks before
the 20th anniversary of her in August 1997
death in a Paris car crash.
Diana is buried on the grounds of
Althorp estate, her familys ancestral home
in the countryside near Northampton in
central England.
William and Harry, who were 15 and
12 years old when their mother died, are
marking the anniversary by commission-
ing a statue of Diana that will stand in the
public gardens of Kensington Palace in
London. (AP)
May names chair of inquiry: British
Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a
retired judge Thursday to chair a public
inquiry into the devastating west London
re that killed at least 80 people, as more
high rises across the country failed re-
safety tests.
May chose Martin Moore-Bick, a retired
court of appeal judge, to head the investiga-
tion into the June 14 Grenfell Tower blaze.
I am determined that there will be
justice for all the victims of this terrible
tragedy and for their families who have
suffered so terribly, May said.
Fire safety experts have expressed shock
at how quickly the public housing tower
block became engulfed in ames after a
blaze began in a refrigerator. Attention has
focused on aluminum cladding installed
during recent renovations, and authorities
want answers fast because thousands of
other buildings are affected. (AP)
Border solution difficult: Irish Prime
Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday
it will be practically and legally extremely
difcult to nd ways to maintain an open said on June 28, that the July 1 service will be conducted by the Archbishop of
border with Northern Ireland after Brexit,
Britain
UK eyes options if N. Ireland power-sharing talks fail
Parties wont meet deadline: DUP
DUBLIN, June 29, (Agencies): A
breakthrough between Northern Irish
politicians will not be possible before
a 1500 GMT deadline to restore the
provinces power-sharing government,
the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
said on Thursday.
Britains Northern Ireland minister
said earlier on Thursday that a num-
ber of issues remained outstanding
between the two sides and called for a
solution as soon as possible, without
explicitly extending the deadline.
There is not going to be a break-
through which will lead to nominations
taking place today, DUP assembly
member Edwin Poots told reporters,
referring to the scheduled nominations
of new ministers.
Talks will continue. We can con-
clude this within days but that is not
in our gift.
The British government will con-
sider its options if Northern Irish poli-
ticians are unable to restore the British
provinces power-sharing executive by
a deadline set for later on Thursday,
Prime Minister Theresa Mays spokes-
man said.
If, despite our collective efforts, it
proves impossible to re-establish the
executive we will need to consider the
options to ensure Northern Ireland has
the political stability that it needs, a
spokesman told reporters, declining to
outline those options.
The spokesman also said that 137
high-rise buildings had failed safety
tests after a devastating re killed at
least 80 people in an apartment block
in west London.
Northern Irelands political future
hangs in the balance as its quibbling
parties look set to miss Thursdays
even with the sympathy and goodwill of
the European Union behind it.
The border between the Irish Republic,
an EU member, and the British province
of Northern Ireland will be the only land
frontier between the United Kingdom and
the EU once Britain leaves the bloc in early
This Sept 5, 1997 aerial photo taken from les of the island where Princess
Diana is buried in the grounds of the Spencer family estate in Althorp, England,
near Northampton north of London. Prince William, his wife, Kate, and Prince
Harry will attend a private service at the late Princess Dianas grave on what
would have been her 56th birthday. In a brief statement, Kensington Palace
Canterbury and attended by Dianas family. (AP)
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
deadline for forming a government,
despite a huge cash incentive.
After three months of negotiations
to put a power-sharing administration
in place the squabbling was still going
on just hours ahead of deadline.
If the parties cannot agree to form
a semi-autonomous government in
Belfast, Northern Ireland will likely be
fully governed from London, although
a last-ditch arrangement might yet be
possible.
Britains Northern Ireland Secre-
tary James Brokenshire has said there
would be profound and serious impli-
cations in missing the deadline.
Cornerstone
The power-sharing Northern Ireland
Assembly is a cornerstone of a peace
process that ended three decades of vi-
olent conict in the province, broadly
split between Protestant British union-
ists and Catholic Irish nationalists.
The assembly has powers over mat-
ters such as health, education, justice
and the provinces economy.
Tensions between the two main par-
ties boiled over in January and the Irish
republican Sinn Fein pulled out of the
executive.
That triggered a March 2 snap elec-
tion in which the conservative Demo-
cratic Unionist Party (DUP) saw its
lead over Sinn Fein slashed.
But the DUP is feeling emboldened
since Monday when it agreed a deal in
the British parliament with Prime Min-
ister Mays Conservative Party to prop
up her minority government.
In return, the DUP secured an extra
1.0 billion ($1.3 billion, 1.1 billion
euros) for Northern Ireland out of the
UK coffers over the next two years.
2019.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has
said she wants the border to be as seamless
as possible, and EU negotiating guidelines
call for the avoidance of a hard border.
But with the exact nature of Britains
future ties with the bloc unclear, solutions
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However, without an executive in
Belfast, it could be London ministers
and civil servants who decide how the
cash boost is spent.
The Belfast Telegraph, the prov-
inces biggest-selling newspaper,
suggested Thursday that the UK par-
liament deal had switched the momen-
tum from Sinn Fein to the equally-en-
trenched DUP.
Sinn Fein has given itself little
wriggle room, it said, while the DUP
now has the direct ear of the prime
minister and, more importantly, inu-
ence.
DUP negotiator Edwin Poots said
the party was happy to get an execu-
tive in place, then continue with talks
on the sticking points.
It is up to Sinn Fein if they wish
to do that, or if they want to break
through the deadline that is a matter
for them, but we are happy to nominate
ministers, he said.
A Sinn Fein source told AFP there
had been no movement so far Thurs-
day.
The major sticking point is Sinn
Feins demands for greater recognition
of the Irish language, which the 2011
census found four percent in Northern
Ireland could speak, read and write.
Sinn Feins former education min-
ister John ODowd urged London and
Dublin to zz up the talks in the nal
few hours.
The DUP have not moved to ad-
dress the issues of rights, equality and
respect which caused the collapse of
the assembly, he said.
There is an onus on the two gov-
ernments to inject the necessary ur-
gency and momentum to bring this ne-
gotiation to a successful conclusion.
to the border issue have yet to be proposed.
From my meetings in Brussels and
elsewhere, there is a real understanding
of the issues that are unique to Ireland, a
sympathy for us and a lot of goodwill,
Varadkar told a conference.
But turning those into practical solu-
tions that will be written in law is going to
be extremely difcult... The Irish issues,
including avoiding an economic border,
will not be easy to solve. (RTRS)
Officer tells fighting attackers: A
British Transport Police ofcer who fought
off three extremists in Londons Borough
Market with only a baton thought he was
going to die after being stabbed multiple
times.
Wayne Marques told Britains Press
Association on Wednesday that he heard
screams on June 3 and thought a ght
had broken out at a pub. Marques, 38, ran
toward it, baton extended.
I took a deep breath and I just charged
the rst one (attacker), he said As I got
near him I swung at him with everything
I had as hard as I could, straight through
his head, trying to go for like a knockout
blow.
Marques heard the attacker yelp in
pain.
Even in a country where police ofcers
rarely carry guns, the story of Marques and
his baton has stood out among the many
reports of people attempting to ght off
attackers Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane
and Youssef Zaghba. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
Migrants
Integrate migrants: OECD
Bloc backs more
support for Italy
ROME, June 29, (Agencies): The European Unions
foreign minister says the bloc supports Italys stance
that it can no longer handle the ood of migrants
alone, and she insists other EU countries share the
burden.
Federica Mogherini told reporters in Brussels
Thursday that the EU is willing to boost nancial
support to Italy. On Wednesday, Rome threatened to
close its ports to aid groups ferrying in thousands of
rescued migrants. Mogherini said EU interior minis-
ters will discuss the crisis next week.
Mogherini said: We need more internal solidar-
ity in our Union, and this is in the member states
hands. Some EU Eastern European nations have
refused to take migrants from
Italy.
Thousands rescued in the
Mediterranean arrived in Italy
Thursday.
Italys government is con-
sidering banning migrants
aboard private rescue ships
from disembarking.
Meanwhile, Italy on
Wednesday appealed to the
Mogherini
European Union for help in
taking in African migrants,
even raising the possibility of closing its ports to
humanitarian rescue ships to pressure EU partners,
sources familiar with the matter said.
Romes EU ambassador, Maurizio Massari, met
EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopou-
los and told him that the situation we are facing is
serious and Europe cannot turn its back, an Italian
government source said.
The idea of blocking humanitarian ships ying
foreign ags from returning to Italian ports has been
discussed, another Italian government source told
Reuters.
Charities
That may force EU partners to take them instead
because many of the charities that operate rescue
ships are based in other EU countries, including
Malta and Germany, the source said.
Italy has reached saturation point, he said, add-
ing that Rome had planned for 200,000 beds for asy-
lum-seekers and those were almost all taken.
Italy has brought in over half a million boat mi-
grants since 2014, and a record 181,000 came last
year. This year arrivals are up about 14 percent on
the same period last year to 75,000.
Italy is the main point of arrival for mostly Afri-
can migrants to European shores this year, and more
boats are sent out almost daily. All of those rescued
off the coast of Libya are brought to Italy, often by
private charities.
Meanwhile, Italys neighbours have closed their
borders to try to keep migrants from moving north
as they did in the past, and some EU partners such as
Poland and Hungary have refused to host some asy-
lum-seekers to ease the burden on Italy and Greece,
another frontline country.
At the weekend, voters punished Italys ruling
Democratic Party in local elections, opting instead
for centre-right rivals led by the anti-immigrant
Northern League and four-time former Prime Min-
ister Silvio Berlusconi, who want Italy to take a
tougher stance on migration.
While EU members have been at loggerheads for
two years now about moving asylum-seekers from
Italy and Greece, the blocs 28 leaders agreed last
week the two southern states should get more help
to manage arrivals.
The blocs executive European Commission will
give more emergency funding to Italy and wants EU
states to put up more money to assist African coun-
tries, an EU ofcial said, hoping that better condi-
tions at home will keep people from leaving.
At a meeting in Tallin next week, EU migration
ministers will discuss Romes request to have EU
peers let some of the boats arriving with migrants
disembark in their ports, the ofcial said.
Since Saturday, some 11,000 migrants have been
pulled from unsafe and overcrowded boats, but over-
all numbers for the month of June are in line with
last year and the year before, according to Flavio Di
Giacomo, spokesman for the International Organiza-
tion for Migration in Rome.
The number of June arrivals is normal. They are
high, but they should not be worrying, Di Giacomo
said.
Crisis
In related news, the peak of the migrant crisis in
Europe has passed but many of those who came are
here to stay and governments must focus on helping
them integrate, the OECD said Thursday.
In the rst six months of this year, about 72,000
migrants landed on Europes shores, around 12
times fewer than in the second half of 2015 when the
crisis peaked, the Paris-based body said in its annual
report on international migration.
But many of those who came, eeing war or per-
secution, are likely to stay for some time, at least
until their home countries are safe again, said Ste-
fano Scarpetta, OECD Director for Employment,
Labour and Social Affairs, in the report.
The countries who took in migrants should focus
on helping refugees who are likely to stay in the host
country settle and integrate in the labour market and
society, he said.
This calls for a rethinking of both domestic poli-
cies and international cooperation, Scarpetta added.
Despite numbers coming to Europe tailing off, in
2016, around ve million people still migrated to
OECD countries, mainly eeing war in three coun-
tries: Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.
The gure compared to 4.7 million entries in
2015, making in the third successive year of rising
arrivals.
Turkey alone is currently providing temporary
protection for three million Syrians.
OECD countries registered more than 1.6 million
asylum requests, with at least two-thirds in European
states, and 1.5 million were granted.
For the fourth year running, Germany received
most of the applications in 2016 with 675,000 re-
quests, even though most of those lodging the ap-
plications had arrived in the waves of migrants of
2015.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (front), followed by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (left), attends a meeting with graduates of military and police academies at the
Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on June 28. Putin has pledged to continue efforts to beef up the Russian military and law-enforcement agencies. (AP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
gives a speech at the Bundestag (low-
er house of parliament) on June 29 in
Berlin. Ahead of a G20 summit to take
place from July 7 to 8 in Germany,
Merkel warned against protectionism
and isolationism at a time when the
world faces global problems including
climate change and the threat of ter-
rorism. (AFP)
Macron Fallon
Europe
Macron to address parliament:
French President Emmanuel Macron will
address a parliamentary session for both
houses next Monday, a rare event which
opponents said signalled his intent to con-
centrate power in the presidency.
Such a joint session of parliament is
known as a Congress and takes place
at Versailles, the sumptuous palace of
Frances former monarchy built outside
Paris by Louis XIV the Sun King to
symbolise absolute power.
Macrons aides say he wants to set the
tone and the direction of his ve-year
mandate in a ceremony that bets the ofce
of the president.
His rivals said the 39-year-old was
Americanising the role of president.
It is Emmanuel Macrons role to
explain the world we live in, what the na-
tions challenges are at the onset of the 21st
century, and how our institutions work, a
source close to Macron said.
Former conservative President Nicolas
Sarkozy addressed a Congress at the
17th-century palace in 2009, at the height
of the global nancial and banking crisis.
Sarkozys successor, Francois Hollande,
did the same in November 2015 after
militant Islamists attacked Paris, declaring
France is at war. (RTRS)
Spains population rises: The Spanish
population rose for the rst time since 2011
last year as immigrants poured back in to
the country and fewer Spaniards left in the
midst of an economic recovery, ofcial
data showed on Thursday.
Spains population has dropped every
year since 2011 after a burst property bub-
ble in 2008 led to a near ve-year recession
and unemployment soared to 27 percent,
dissuading migrants looking for work and
sending Spaniards abroad.
The total Spanish population rose to 46.5
million, or by 88,867 people, INE said.
In 2016, 354,461 foreign migrants
moved to Spain the highest number
since 2011 up 22.5 percent from a
year earlier, while 23,540 more Spaniards
moved back to the country than left it, the
National Statistics Institute (INE) said.
Most immigrants came from Romania,
followed by Morocco then Britain, the data
showed.
Spains economy is expected to increase
its pace of expansion in the second quarter
from a quarter earlier, the Bank of Spain
said on Thursday, on stronger domestic
demand and rising employment. (RTRS)
British carrier convenient target:
Russia on Thursday mocked Britains
Summit
Paris accord irreversible, not negotiable
Merkel seeks united European front
BERLIN, June 29, (Agencies): German
Chancellor Angela Merkel huddles with
western European allies Thursday to
draw up a battle strategy a week before
she hosts what is expected to be the most
fractious G20 summit in years.
With US President Donald Trump
preaching America First and dismiss-
ing climate change, Western allies are
struggling to nd a common front at
the gathering unlike previous sum-
mits when differences were drawn along
global north-south and east-west lines.
With Russian President Vladimir Pu-
tin, Turkeys Recep Tayyip Erdogan and
Saudi King Salman in the volatile mix
for the July 7-8 power meet, the list of
potential mineeld issues include the
Syrian war, the Ukraine conict and the
diplomatic shut-out of Qatar.
Trumps anti-immigration stance has
also emboldened many of the EUs east-
ern ex-communist members which have
obstinately opposed Merkels pleas to
accept larger shares of the refugees who
have ocked to Europe.
Merkel has called a summit between
Europeans because there is a problem
with the relationship with Trump, said
a diplomatic source, speaking on condi-
tion of anonymity.
Its necessary to ensure European
cohesion because within the G20, its
complicated.
Besides the transatlantic faultline,
there is also a new European division
growing between east and west, noted
Jean-Dominique Giuliani, president of
Paris-based think-tank Fondation Robert
Schuman.
The differences were buried when
wealthier EU members supported the
east, at a time of nancial ows towards
central and eastern Europe, he said,
adding that they are reappearing again
on the question of refugees.
Threatening to deepen divisions,
Trump will head to Warsaw for a sum-
mit of central and eastern European lead-
ers, likely including Hungarys hardline
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a day
ahead of the G20.
European affairs journal Eurativ
asked: How strongly do all these coun-
tries from Central and Eastern Europe
brand new HMS Elizabeth II aircraft car-
rier, saying it was above all a convenient
target for Moscows forces.
The Russian defence ministry described
as arrogant comments by British defence
minister Michael Fallon, who labelled
Russias only aircraft carrier the Admiral
Kuznetsov as dilapidated and said Mos-
cow would look at the UKs new vessel
with a little bit of envy.
Fallons comments prove a clear lack
of naval knowledge, ministry spokesman
Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
Unlike the Admiral Kuznetsov, which
is equipped with anti-aircraft and anti-
submarine missiles and especially Granit
missiles to hit ships, the British aircraft car-
rier is nothing but a big, convenient target
A boy cries as a column of Belarus Army tanks rolls along a street during a
military parade rehearsal for the upcoming Independence Day in Minsk on June
28. (AFP)
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feel about Trump? Its difcult to say.
But as some EU countries shun him
and others welcome him with open arms,
Trump could become the wedge that
drives the Union apart.
Europe is more determined than
ever to make the Paris climate accord
a success, Merkel said, and insisted that
the deal is not negotiable while predict-
ing difcult talks on the issue at next
weeks Group of 20 summit.
Merkel also said she hopes for a clear
signal in favor of free markets and the
multilateral trading system from the
July 7-8 meeting in Hamburg, arguing
anew that protectionism cant solve the
worlds problems.
The European Union will implement
swiftly its commitments under that deal,
Merkel said. Since the decision by the
United States of America to leave the
Paris climate accord, we are more de-
termined than ever to lead it to success,
she added.
Declared
She declared that the Paris agreement
is irreversible and it is not negotiable.
We cannot expect easy talks in Ham-
burg on the matter, Merkel said. The
disagreement is obvious, and it would be
dishonest to gloss over it. I wont do that,
in any case.
As the G-20, we cannot ignore the
challenge that climate change poses to
all of us in the world, she said, adding
that leaders must bear in mind the con-
cerns of countries such as island nations
most at risk from rising sea levels.
Meanwhile, Germany will reject a
request by Turkish President Tayyip Er-
dogan to address Turkish citizens while
attending the G20 summit in Germany
next week, the German foreign minister
said on Wednesday, in another blow to
the troubled ties of the allies.
Sigmar Gabriel said Ankara had sub-
mitted a formal request on Wednesday
for Erdogan to speak to Turkish citizens
in Germany on the sidelines of the July
7-8 summit of leading economies. He
said Turkey had ignored his express ad-
vice not to do so.
A spokesman for German Chancellor
Angela Merkel conrmed that Erdog-
in the sea, he added.
With this in mind, it is in the interest
of the British Royal Navy not to show
off the beauty of its aircraft carrier in
open waters any closer than from several
hundred miles.
HMS Queen Elizabeth, a 280-metre
(919-foot), 65,000-tonne vessel, is the larg-
est and most powerful ship ever built for
the Royal Navy and set off for its rst sea
trial on Monday. (AFP)
Real progress at Cyprus talks:
Peace talks aimed at resolving the decades-
old Cyprus conict have made real
progress, the UNs political affairs chief
Jeffrey Feltman said, as the islands rival
13
ans request to speak at a non-G20 event
would be denied.
Gabriel said such appearances by Er-
dogan, who has addressed Turks in Ger-
many before, would be inappropriate.
Germany did not want to play host to the
domestic problems of another country,
the minister told reporters during a visit
to Russia.
He also cited security concerns for Er-
dogans request being rejected.
We dont have the police forces
available to ensure security, given the
G20. Gabriel said. But I also told them
openly that such an appearance was not
appropriate given the conict situation
that exists with Turkey, and that it would
not t into the political landscape at this
time.
In Moscow, Gabriel told reporters that
Germany was under no obligation to al-
low such appearances and it did not vio-
late democratic principles.
Ties between Germany and Turkey
have soured due to disagreements over
a range of political and security issues,
worsening signicantly in the past year
due to Turkeys jailing of a German-
Turkish journalist, Ankaras refusal to
let German lawmakers visit German
troops at a Turkish air base.
Among other grievances, Erdogan has
decried as Nazi era tactics decisions by
local German authorities to ban rallies by
Turkish politicians before it held a refer-
endum in April which widened presiden-
tial powers.
Erdogan has previously been permitted
to address Turkish citizens living in Ger-
many, home to an estimated 1.4 million
eligible Turkish voters and around 3 mil-
lion people with a Turkish background.
But Gabriel said he wanted to change that
policy for all non-EU countries, given the
experiences of the last months, and had
discussed the issue with Merkel.
We should tell all non-EU countries
not just Turkey that we dont al-
low campaign appearances that serve
to import domestic conicts from other
country to Germany.
Asked if Turkey could plan an event
for Erdogan in its embassy or consulates
in Germany, Gabriel said that this was
up to Ankara.
leaders resumed negotiations on Thursday.
In an interview with AFP, Feltman, who
is attending the talks in the Swiss Alpine
resort of Crans-Montana, said that Greek-
and Turkish-Cypriot factions had made
unprecedented progress on the crucial issue
of security.
We know that the issues that the leaders
and the guarantor powers are discussing are
quite difcult and security is a concern to
both communities on Cyprus, he said.
There is a lot that was discussed at the
political level that has not been discussed
before at these talks.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974,
after Turkish troops invaded the Mediter-
ranean island following an Athens-inspired
coup attempt seeking union with Greece.
The northern third of the island later de-
clared itself a separate territory in a move
only ever recognised by Ankara.
Turkey maintains more than 35,000
troops on the island and any prospects of
reunifying Cyprus rest largely on a drastic
reduction of Turkeys military presence.
A diplomatic source told AFP before the
latest round of talks opened on Wednesday
that Ankara was prepared to slash its troop
numbers by as much as 80 percent.
As well as the leaders of Cyprus
Greek- and Turkish-speaking communities,
the Crans-Montana conference is being
attended by delegations from the islands
so-called guarantor powers Greece, Turkey
and former colonial power Britain.
The guarantor states retain the right to
intervene militarily and so their assent will
be crucial to any security settlement.
The United Nations, which has 950
peacekeepers serving in Cyprus, could have
some oversight role to implement the new
security arrangements.
Other outstanding areas of dispute
including the potential resettlement of and
compensation for the thousands of families
who ed their homes in 1974 are also
intrinsically linked to security. (AFP)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
Libya
Foreign doctors in Benghazi
Medics give children
life-saving surgery
BENGHAZI, LIBYA, June 29, (Agencies): A team of
foreign doctors has arrived the war-torn Libyan city
of Benghazi to carry out heart surgery on at least 30
young children during a month-long ying visit to a
country where healthcare is in tatters.
The treatment is almost impossible for Libyan fam-
ilies to obtain due to the collapse of the health system
and an economic crisis that makes sending patients
abroad unaffordable.
The doctors have been visiting eastern Libya since
2012, but did not go to Benghazi for two years be-
cause of ghting that has destroyed parts of the city
and is still raging in one downtown neighborhood.
This time they hope to operate on 30-40 children,
though the nal number will depend on the complex-
ity of childrens defects. Most
are under three years old. Some
could die within weeks without
the treatment.
Khaled al-Fellahs 19-month
old daughter Zahra was among
the rst to receive the surgery.
Her heart problem was dis-
covered the day of her birth ...
We received basic treatment to
maintain the condition as there
were no possibilities (for medi-
Novick cal care), he said.
The diagnosis was wrong
many times. When the diagnosis was correct a surgery
had to be performed. We should have had this surgery
10 months ago.
The team is led by William Novick, an American
doctor who set up a foundation that has treated chil-
dren with heart disease in more than 30 developing
countries. They train local staff as they work.
Initially the trips to Libya were paid for by Libyan
public funds, but these dried up and they now depend
on private donations.
Rival
For the past three years rival alliances have been
battling for power in Libya, setting up competing
governments in Tripoli and the east. Benghazi, where
forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar have been ghting Is-
lamists and other opponents, has seen some of the
heaviest violence.
A UN-backed government has been trying to es-
tablish itself in Tripoli since last March, but Haftar
and the eastern government have rejected it. Across
the country, public services have continued a slow
decline.
The health sector, which was heavily dependent
on foreign staff before Libyas 2011 revolution, has
been crippled by their departure in the turmoil that fol-
lowed. Medical supplies and equipment are in short
supply, and many hospitals are shut or barely func-
tional.
Conditions at the Benghazi Medical Center have
got worse, Novick said.
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bird u outbreak-minister
AstraZeneca, Chi-Med take kidney cancer drug into
nal testing
The staff is gone. The maintenance of the hospital
is low, he said. Ive found that the situation has very
much deteriorated since 2012.
Reida El Oakley, the health minister for the eastern
government, said a private clinic in Tripoli is the only
medical facility in the country that offers heart opera-
tions.
The 28,000 Libyan dinar ($20,000) cost is prohibi-
tive for Libyans who go bankrupt to treat their chil-
dren but struggle to withdraw even a few hundred
dinars from the bank because of a liquidity crisis.
Trips by Novicks teams have been delayed because
of funding shortages. Lives have been lost because of
a lack of treatment, said Oakley.
We have more than 300 kids waiting for open
heart surgery, maybe 400, he said. (The doctors)
need to be here full time.
In another development, Gunmen attacked a UN
convoy near Libyas capital and abducted seven staff
members on Wednesday before releasing them un-
harmed, a top security ofcial in the conict-wracked
country said.
General Najmi al-Nakoua of the presidential guard
service said the attack on the convoy took place near
Zawiyah, about 50 kms (30 miles) west of the capital
Tripoli.
They have been released, they are all safe, after
an ordeal lasting only a few hours, he told AFP.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UN-
SMIL) conrmed the incident, saying a UN convoy
was hit today travelling between Surman and Tripoli
and added that it was later able to contact them and
nd out they were safe.
Release
Lawmaker Abdallah al-La, who was involved in
the negotiations leading to the release of the UN per-
sonnel, said they were all in good health.
But he said they were still with him at a police sta-
tion in Surman, about 70 kilometres west of Tripoli,
awaiting their transfer to the capital.
La said the UN convoy was made up of ve men
including one from Malaysia, another from Roma-
nia and three Libyans and two women, an Egyptian
and a Palestinian.
The assailants, he said, had abducted them in order
to negotiate the release of relatives detained in Tripoli.
But we were able to convince them to release the
UN staff before any negotiations, he added.
Libya has been wracked by chaos since the 2011
uprising that toppled and killed longtime dictator
Muammer Gadda, with rival authorities and militias
battling for control of the oil-rich country.
The North African country has rival administra-
tions, with the authorities in the east not recognis-
ing the UN-backed Government of National Accord
(GNA) based in the capital.
In its statement, the UN mission to Libya said it had
made contact with the staff concerned. There are no
reports of casualties among UN staff.
UNSMIL thanks the Government of National Ac-
cord, House of Representative Members from Zawi-
yah and local authorities for their help in ensuring the
safety of UN staff and is looking forward to their safe
return to Tripoli.
The UN remains committed to Libya and to sup-
porting Libyans on their path to peace and stability,
it added.
The British ambassador to Libya, Peter Millett, had
expressed concern for the UN staffers on his Twitter
account.
Disturbed by attack on @UNSMILibya convoy.
Hope all safe. UN staff represent international com-
munitys commitment to help #Libya-n people, he
tweeted before the news of their release.
Palestinians mourn as they carry the body of Eyad Gheith, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers following a reported attack the day before in the occupied West
This le photo taken on Sept 24, 2012
shows former Israeli prime minister
Ehud Olmert speaking to the press
following a sentence hearing in his
corruption case at Jerusalems District
Court. A parole committee has de-
cided to grant early release to Israeli
ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert, who
is serving a 27-month prison sentence
for corruption, his lawyer said on June
29. (AFP)
Al-Sadat Ashour
Mideast
Sadats nephew mulls election run:
The nephew of assassinated Egyptian
president Anwar al-Sadat says the current
leadership has stied freedom of expres-
sion so tightly the only way to criticise the
government and address the countrys ills is
to run for president.
Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat, 62, an erst-
while supporter of President Abdel Fattah
el-Sisi, is considering running against him
in next years election when the former
armed forces chief is widely expected to
stand and win.
Sisi came to power in 2014, a year after
he led the military in ousting elected but
unpopular Islamist President Mohamed
Mursi. Rights groups say Sisi has since led
an unprecedented crackdown on political
opponents, activists and critical media.
All (critical) television channels have
been shut down and so has any free voice,
but as a candidate its your right to get a
chance to speak to the media, Sadat told
Reuters in an interview.
Standing for the Egyptian presidency in
troubled times, with severe ination, wors-
ening militant violence and a loss of foreign
tourism, would be bold for anyone but more
so for Sadat, whose uncle was assassinated
in 1981 and who himself was kicked out
of parliament this year for criticizing the
government. Sadat doesnt even believe he
would win because he says it will not be a
fair election. I know that I will lose, but
I would still like to lose with honour, he
said.
Sadat said he is not seeking to make
enemies or even necessarily an election
victory, but rather to open a channel for dia-
logue about the challenges besetting Egypt.
He said he was waiting to see whether there
would be a more level political playing eld
before deciding whether to run.
Sisi launched the toughest clampdown
on Islamists in Egypts modern history after
overthrowing Mursi. Hundreds of Egyptian
soldiers and police have been killed in
ghting with militants. But critics say his
security campaign has also resulted in the
jailing of liberal opponents and activists.
He doesnt listen to anyone, Sadat said.
He just releases the security apparatus
and they treat people unjustly, torturing and
imprisoning them in the name of combating
terrorism. He is just doing this to achieve
his personal glory. (RTRS)
Bank city of Hebron, during his funeral in the city on June 29. (AFP)
Israel
Prosecutors can appeal the decision
Ex-PM Olmert wins early prison release
JERUSALEM, June 29, (Agencies):
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert
was granted early release Thursday
from a 27-month prison sentence for
corruption scandals that rocked Israeli
politics and made him the rst ex-pre-
mier to serve jail time.
A six-person parole board overruled
the state attorney ofces objections and
ordered the early release of the pris-
oner, its decision said.
The 71-year-old Olmert, premier be-
tween 2006 and 2009, was convicted
of graft and entered prison in February
2016.
His release, scheduled for Sunday,
would be after he completes two-thirds
of his sentence. Prosecutors can how-
ever appeal the decision.
While Olmerts crimes were se-
vere, he was punished for his deeds
and paid a heavy price, the parole
board said.
The inmate underwent a signicant
rehabilitation process in prison and
displays motivation to continue it, it
added.
All this signicantly diminishes the
risk he will deviate again from honest
practice.
Olmerts lawyer Shani Illouz said the
former prime minister was happy but
still concerned about fresh allegations
against him involving a book he is writ-
ing. The committee accepted all our ar-
guments, Illouz told public radio after
the decision was read out in the Maasi-
yahu prison in central Israel.
As of now, Olmert will be released
on Sunday.
Olmert is Israels rst former premier
to serve jail time.
He resigned as prime minister in Sep-
tember 2008 after police recommended
he be indicted for graft, but remained
in ofce until March 2009, when right-
wing Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu
was sworn in to the post, which he has
held ever since.
Olmert won international acclaim for
relaunching peace efforts with the Pal-
Gunmen release 2 UN staffers: The
deputy interior minister of Libyas inter-
nationally recognized government says a
UN convoy was attacked by bandits on the
road from Tunis to Tripoli, and that two UN
staffers were briey detained.
Abdel-Salem Ashour says the two
staffers, whose nationalities were unknown,
were captured Wednesday, after the bandits
chased their convoy and red on it with
small arms, causing one of the vehicles to
stop. He said the groups had no political or
ideological background.
Libya descended into chaos following the
2011 civil war that toppled and killed dicta-
A bulldozer removes sand hills to create a buffer zone along the Egyptian bor-
der with the Gaza Strip near smuggling tunnels (center left), in Rafah on June
28. The Hamas-run Interior Ministry said Wednesday the creation of a 12-km-
long (7.5-mile) corridor 100 meters (330 feet) wide was agreed upon in recent
face-to-face negotiations with Egyptian ofcials and is part of the Islamic militant
groups efforts to combat extremists and improve ties with Cairo. (AP)
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
estinians at the Annapolis conference in
the United States in 2007, but they failed
to bear fruit and the corruption charges
against him have come to dene his
legacy.
The parole committees decision
comes after Olmert was rushed to hos-
pital after experiencing chest pains in
prison last week.
The former premier underwent ex-
aminations which determined he was
healthy and he returned to prison after a
number of days.
A picture of a gaunt Olmert in hos-
pital robes eating from plastic utensils
found its way to social media, evoking
a wave of sympathy from the public as
well as politicians calling for his early
release.
Release
Even with his impending release,
Olmert could still face new criminal
charges.
Earlier this month, the state attor-
neys ofce instructed police to inves-
tigate suspicions Olmert had smuggled
a chapter of a book he was writing out
of prison, an act that would constitute a
felony due to the secretive content, the price for some of them today, perhaps
justice ministry said.
Police had raided the ofce of the
Yediot Aharonot publisher and seized
Olmerts manuscript as well as other
materials out of fears their dissemina-
tion prior to the mandatory censor-
ship they would be subject to could
cause severe security damage, the jus-
tice ministry said.
The investigation was ongoing, with
the state attorneys ofce expected to
announce in the coming days whether
they would seek to press fresh charges
against Olmert over his conduct around
the book.
The parole board had in its Thursday
decision addressed the issue, reject-
ing the state attorneys argument that
it displayed a pattern of ongoing dis-
honesty and maintaining instead that it
was a disciplinary offence that did not tions and arrests suspects.
tor Muammar Gadda. The oil-rich nation
is now split between rival governments and
militias. (AP)
Pay as you like bookstore saved: launched by two friends.
For years, Hamzeh AlMaaytah nurtured
a community of book lovers in Jordan,
keeping his bookstore in Ammans old
center open around the clock, encouraging
customers to linger over rare treasures and
often allowing them to set the price for a
purchase.
His supporters recently had a chance to
repay him when the local landmark was
14
reect Olmerts largely impeccable
behaviour.
Olmerts original 27-month prison
term was comprised of 18 months for
taking bribes in the early 2000s in con-
nection with the construction of Jeru-
salems massive Holyland residential
complex, eight months for a separate
case of fraud and corruption, and anoth-
er month for obstructing justice.
The main convictions against him
dated to before his time as prime minis-
ter, to the years when he served as may-
or of Jerusalem and economy minister,
among other positions.
In a video message released just be-
fore he began his sentence, Olmert, a
debonair man reputed to have a taste for
ne cigars, maintained his innocence.
You can imagine how painful and
strange this change is to me, my family,
loved ones and supporters, said Olm-
ert, looking haggard and downcast. I
totally deny all the bribe charges attrib-
uted to me.
He added that over the course of my
extensive career I also made mistakes,
though none of them were criminal by
nature in my opinion. Im paying a dear
too dear. With a very heavy heart, Im
accepting my sentence today. Nobody is
above the law.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops on
Wednesday shot and killed a Palestin-
ian gunman who red at them during a
raid to uncover an arms cache in the oc-
cupied West Bank town of Hebron, the
Israeli military said.
The Palestinian health ministry con-
rmed the death of the man but did not
immediately release details of his iden-
tity.
The military released a photo of a
makeshift automatic weapon lying on
the ground that it said belonged to the
gunman.
The Israeli military frequently carries
out patrols and searches in Palestinian
areas looking for suspects and muni-
threatened with closure, following a sudden
illness that sidelined him for several months
as bills were piling up. By April, 330 people
from more than 20 countries had contrib-
uted $18,000 in a crowd-funding campaign
The money allows AlMaaytah to reno-
vate his small, cramped space and expand to
an adjacent storefront where he hopes to set
up a literary salon, a display of rare books
and a reading corner. Up to now, much of
the stores activity has taken place outdoors,
with books laid out under an awning on the
sidewalk.
Despite the recent nancial scare, the
36-year-old shopkeeper is sticking to his
pay as you please business model, applied
to most books. Customers can also pay a
nominal fee to borrow books or read rare
editions in the store.
Its risky. But its also an adventure,
said AlMaaytah, wiping the leather spine
of a book while wearing gloves. You
would be surprised what putting your trust
in people can do. It doesnt just make
more room for generosity. They also want
to come back for more. More books, more
conversations.
His family has been in the book business
for more than a century. They opened the
rst bookstore in Jerusalem in the 1890s
and moved the business to Jordans capital
following the 1948 war over Israels crea-
tion. The family now owns three stores in
Ammans old center, run by AlMaaytah and
his brothers.
AlMaaytah recently renamed his branch
Mahall al-Maa, loosely translated as
Source of Water, to reect his belief that
books like water are a necessity and
should be accessible to all. (AP)
Such access has been a problem in
Jordan, which lacks government-funded
community libraries, forcing readers to buy
expensive books or go to university librar-
ies, said Sara Qudah, the culture editor of
the Al-Rai newspaper. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
Hong Kong
Lockdown reflects concern
Chinas Xi arrives in
divided Hong Kong
HONG KONG, June 29, (Agencies): President Xi
Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark
20 years since its return to China by Britain, with
activists under arrest as authorities sought to avoid
embarrassment during anniversary celebrations.
A huge security operation shut down large parts of
the normally throbbing city, with thousands of police
deployed to keep away demonstrators angry at
Beijings tightening grip on the freedoms of nearly
eight million people.
The lockdown reflects Beijings concern that noth-
ing should be allowed to taint the high-profile visit,
ahead of a key Communist
Party congress later this year
which is expected to cement
Xis position as the most pow-
erful Chinese leader in a gen-
eration.
More than 20 activists
including Joshua Wong and
young legislator Nathan Law
remained in custody
Thursday evening after being
arrested for causing a public
Xi nuisance during a Wednesday
night protest.
The three-day visit is Xis first since becoming
leader in 2013, and comes three years after huge pro-
democracy protests crippled the semi-autonomous
city for months as Umbrella Movement campaign-
ers camped out on thoroughfares.
Xis carefully choreographed trip began with his
arrival at Chek Lap Kok airport on an Air China
plane, where he emerged holding hands with his wife,
singer Peng Liyuan, to be welcomed by a marching
band and flag-waving children.
Speech
After nine years I am once again stepping on Hong
Kong soil. I feel very happy. Hong Kong has always
had a place in my heart, a smiling Xi said in a brief
speech on the tarmac.
He added that China would support Hong Kongs
development and improve peoples livelihoods as it
always has but suggested he felt the city could be
doing better by saying he sincerely wishes Hong
Kong can once again achieve splendour.
Xi said he wanted to ensure Hong Kongs one
country, two systems set-up, which is enshrined in
the handover deal and gives it rights unseen on the
mainland, is on a stable, longlasting path.
Pro-democracy campaigners say the system is
being eroded as Beijing interferes in a range of areas,
from politics to education and media.
One reporter shouted to Xi on the airport tarmac,
asking whether he would free cancer-stricken Chinese
dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was granted medical parole
earlier this week. The question was ignored.
Xi later met unpopular city leader Leung Chun-
ying and praised him for his firm handling of the
city and dealing with what he called accumulated
problems.
He went on to visit the new West Kowloon Cultural
District where children performed Chinese opera and
Xi oversaw the signing of an agreement on the devel-
opment of a local branch of Chinas National Palace
Museum.
That project has sparked accusations of cultural
brainwashing and a lack of transparency as Hong
Kong residents were not consulted.
Xi and his entourage have taken over two hotels
near the convention centre on Hong Kong Islands
famed waterfront, which will be the scene of many
celebratory events over the coming 48 hours.
The area has been cordoned off by giant water-
filled barricades and police have said they are taking
counter terrorism security measures to ensure Xis
safety.
Animosity towards Beijing has grown in recent
years, particularly among young people.
The failure of mass rallies in 2014 to win democratic
reform has sparked a new wave of localist activists,
keen to emphasise Hong Kongs own identity, with
some calling for a full split from the mainland.
But some residents were jubilant.
Stages
Female dance troupes took to public stages near the
convention centre, some performing military-inspired
routines in camouflage and red berets.
The zones were decorated with cartoon images of
the president and his nickname Xi Dada which
translates as Big Daddy Xi used as an affection-
ate term by the mainland Chinese public and in propa-
ganda videos.
It should be an honour to get the number one per-
son in China to come to a very small city, said one
38-year-old man at a celebratory gathering, who gave
his name as Mr Fan, adding that things were better
than under British rule.
Xis visit will culminate in the inauguration of new
city leader Carrie Lam, who was appointed by a pro-
China committee and is already being cast as a
Beijing stooge by critics.
Lam has said she wants to focus on livelihood
issues instead of politics, in a city where the wealth
gap is at a record high and many cannot afford decent
housing, fuelling tensions.
In related news, Beijing has promised Hong Kongs
capitalist system will remain unchanged for at least
50 years until 2047, but it has not clarified what hap-
pens after that.
Hong Kong has always tugged at my heartstrings,
Xi said on arrival at Hong Kong airport for the hando-
ver anniversary in front of flag-waving crowds at the
start of a three-day visit.
... We are willing, together with different sectors
of Hong Kong society, to look back on Hong Kongs
unusual course in the past 20 years, draw conclusions
from the experience, look into the future and to ensure
one country, two systems is stable and has a far-
reaching future.
Xis message was consistent with those of other
senior Chinese leaders visiting Hong Kong in the past,
that Beijing would safeguard the citys development,
prosperity and peoples livelihoods.
Modern-day Hong Kong is best known for its
sprawl of skyscrapers, a bustling financial hub off the
southern coast of mainland China and a regional con-
duit for trade.
But the territory was once a quiet backwater of
rural hamlets and fishing communities, where moun-
tainous terrain dominated sparse human settlement.
Twenty years since the city was handed back to
China by colonial power Britain here are key points in
its evolution:
Remnants of burial grounds and early rock carvings
show human life in Hong Kong as far back as the
Stone Age.
Chinas President Xi Jinping (center), speaks upon his arrival at Hong Kongs international airport on June 29, as Hong
Kongs outgoing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (3rd left), and incoming leader, Carrie Lam (2nd left), look on. Xi
arrived in Hong Kong on June 29 to mark 20 years since it was handed back to China by Britain, with leading democracy
activists already in police custody after a protest in the politically divided city. (AFP)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left), speaks to Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) secretary Alan Peter
Cayetano (right), during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on June 29. (AFP)
A video clip shows Chinas jailed
Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo
lying on a bed receiving medical treat-
ment at a hospital on a computer
screen in Beijing on June 29. An
online video without clear provenance
but certainly shot by Chinese authori-
ties has shown Liu thanking wardens
for taking care of his health, in an
apparent response to criticisms that
Beijing has failed to provide sufficient
health care to Chinas most prominent
political prisoner. (AP)
Asia
Secret donations denied: An ally
of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
denied on Thursday receiving secret politi-
cal donations from an educational institu-
tion at the core of a scandal over suspected
favouritism that has sliced Abes support
ratings ahead of a key local poll.
Former education minister Hakubun
Shimomura, who heads the Tokyo chapter
of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
(LDP), made the comments at a hastily
called news conference just days before
Sundays election for the Tokyo
Metropolitan assembly.
The July 2 vote in the nations capital is
on the surface a referendum on Governor
Yuriko Koikes first year in office, but it is
also shaping up as a chance for voters in
the capital to express their views on Abes
administration.
Abes support slumped in surveys
released last week on voter concerns about
suspicions that he helped a friend get per-
mission to open a veterinary school in a
special economic zone and criticism his
ruling bloc rammed a contentious bill
body.
through parliament and ended the session
to close off debate.
Abe and his aides have repeatedly
denied any wrongdoing in the approval
process for the new school to be run by
Kake Gakuen (Kake Educational
Institution).
Shimomura said an article in the weekly
magazine Shukan Bunshun that his politi-
cal support group had received 2 million
yen ($17,812.61) in unreported donations
from Kake Gakuen (Kake Educational
Institution) was completely false and that
the timing of the article was an attempt to
affect the Tokyo poll. (RTRS)
Liu wants treatment abroad:
Terminally-ill Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
wants Chinese authorities to let him get
treatment abroad, friends say, as officials
Diplomacy
China vows assistance to Manila
Ties enter golden period
BEIJING, June 29, (Agencies):
Relations between China and the
Philippines have entered a golden
period of fast development, Chinese
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on
Thursday, touting growth in trade
and their efforts to settle disputes in
the South China Sea.
Philippine President Rodrigo
Duterte has opted to court China for
its business and investment and avoid
the rows over maritime sovereignty
that dogged his predecessors.
Duterte has faced criticism at
home for being what some people see
as too soft on China over the long-
running territorial dispute, but he
considers his approach to be prag-
matic and says challenging China
risks triggering war.
Wang, speaking to reporters after
meeting Philippine Foreign Minister
Alan Peter Cayetano in Beijing, said
the two countries had signed 22
cooperation agreements in less than
six months and China had become
the Philippines biggest trading part-
ner for the first time.
Issue
Our two countries have set up a
bilateral consultation mechanism on
the South China Sea issue and also a
mechanism for cooperation between
the coast guards, Wang said.
If anyone wants to reverse the
current progress it will harm the
interests of the Philippine people and
that is not what we would like to
see, he said.
Cayetano said peace and stability
in the East and South China Seas, as
well as the whole region, were a tan-
gible outcome of recent improvement
in relations with China.
He also praised Chinese President
Xi Jinpings Belt and Road initiative
to link countries through infrastruc-
ture development as a big idea in a
world that is searching and wanting
said his cancer has spread throughout his
Prominent Chinese dissident writer Liao
Yiwu told AFP that Lius wife sent a for-
mal request to Chinas state security minis-
try requesting permission for the couple
and her brother to leave the country.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was
Shimomura Abe
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for big ideas.
In related news, Chinas foreign
minister told his Philippine counterpart
Thursday that Beijing is ready to pro-
vide more aid to the Southeast Asian
country, as ties between the former
antagonists continue to improve.
The relationship has increasingly
overshadowed the Philippines long-
standing ties with the United States.
Beijing this week donated emergency
aid, sniper rifles and other weaponry
to help the Philippine military drive
out Muslim rebels who overran the
southern city of Marawi.
Trust
At a news conference Thursday in
Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister
Wang Yi said the sides would con-
tinue to improve our mutual trust and
control our differences so as to main-
tain the peace and stability of the
South China Sea.
Yesterday the first batch of emer-
gency assistance was delivered to the
Philippines, Wang told a joint news
conference in Beijing.
In the future, in keeping with the
Philippines needs, we will continue
to provide necessary assistance and
help.
The small shipment of assault and
sniper rifles and ammunition is the
first example of Chinese military aid
since Duterte threatened to move
away from Manilas traditional ally
America and seek Beijings support.
The weapons shipment, worth
some 50 million yuan ($7.35 million)
highlights the dawn of a new era in
Philippine-Chinese relations,
Duterte said.
The US embassy said earlier this
month that special forces were also
assisting the Philippine military,
although Duterte has said recently he
had no knowledge about US techni-
cal assistance to the troops fighting in
Marawi.
sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 for
subversion after calling for democratic
reforms, was released on medical parole
after being diagnosed with terminal liver
cancer last month, his lawyer said this
week.
His wife, Liu Xia, sent the request
before the diagnosis, but family friends say
the couple wants the 61-year-old democra-
cy campaigner to be treated abroad.
I learned two weeks ago that Liu
Xiaobo said that if he dies, he wants to die
in the West, Liao, a family friend who
lives in Germany, said in a phone inter-
view.
Another friend, who requested anonymi-
ty out of fear of persecution, told AFP he
had received similar information from fam-
ily sources.
Amnesty International China researcher
Patrick Poon, citing people close to the
family, said: Liu Xia indeed wants Liu
15
Xiaobo to get medical care abroad. But
the rights watchdog was unable to verify if
the Nobel winner laureate himself has
expressed those wishes. (AFP)
Australia spying on embassy:
Australia has been spying on Chinas
embassy and harassing Chinese people
to provide intelligence, an influential state-
run newspaper said on Thursday, citing a
security source.
China and Australia have close business
and economic ties,
but Beijing is deeply
suspicious of
Canberras defence
relationship with
Washington.
Quoting an uniden-
tified official with
Chinas national
security department,
the Global Times tab-
loid said the
Australian govern-
ment was spying on Kang
China and monitoring Chinese people in
Australia.
The national security department staff-
er said Australias agents in disguise would
get close to Chinese people working or liv-
ing overseas to collect information or even
encourage them to subvert China, the
report said.
Chinese authorities have found many
eavesdropping devices at the embassy,
which had forced the government to reno-
vate it, the employee told the newspaper,
which is published by the official Peoples
Daily.
We are highly vigilant against any
country that attempts to endanger Chinas
safety and will take the necessary steps in
response, Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesman Lu Kang said when asked
about the Global Times article.
Lu did not confirm the accuracy of the
report, but said: Recently some Australian
media reports have hyped so-called
Chinese spies in Australia. I am interested
to hear what those media think about the
Global Times article. (RTRS)
Pakistan base talk speculation:
China said on Thursday that talk the coun-
try was building a military base in Pakistan
was pure speculation, after a Pentagon
report earlier this month singled out
Pakistan as a possible location for a future
Chinese military base.
The Pentagon forecast that Beijing
would likely build more bases overseas
after establishing a facility in the African
nation of Djibouti.
Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman
Wu Qian was asked at a regular monthly
news briefing if China would build a naval
base in the Chinese-invested Pakistani port
city of Gwadar.
Talk that China is building a military
base in Pakistan is pure guesswork, Wu
said, without elaborating.
Djiboutis position on the northwestern
edge of the Indian Ocean has fuelled wor-
ries in India that it would become another
of Chinas string of pearls of military
alliances and assets ringing India, includ-
ing Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and
Sri Lanka.
China has repeatedly downplayed
expectations it could be about to embark
on a plan to build military bases around the
world, even as it ramps up an impressive
military modernisation programme.
(RTRS)
S. Korea to offer North treaty:
South Koreas new government will seek
to sign a peace treaty with the North if it
abandons its nuclear weapons, a minister
said Thursday.
Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-
Sungs comments came hours before South
Koreas new leader Moon Jae-In who
backs engagement with Pyongyang was
set to hold his first summit with US
President Donald Trump, with the Norths
growing nuclear and missile threats casting
a long shadow.
The two Koreas are still technically at
war because a peace treaty was never
agreed to replace the 1953 armistice that
ended the conflict on the peninsula.
The US the Souths security guaran-
tor has 28,500 troops stationed in the
country to protect it from its neighbour,
and a treaty could entail their withdrawal,
which has long been demanded by
Pyongyang.
We have to get over the current unsta-
ble system of armistice and put an end to
the war on the Korean peninsula that has
not yet ended, Chun said in a keynote
speech at a seminar.
But a treaty could only be signed at the
stage of complete denuclearisation of the
North, he added at the event organised by
the Yonhap news agency.
The previous conservative governments
of ousted president Park Geun-Hye and her
predecessor Lee Myung-Bak shied away
from referring to a peace treaty.
Signing a peace treaty with the United
States used to be the Norths standing
demand in return for dismantling its nucle-
ar programmes. (AFP)
Execute Park N. Korea: North
Korea said on Wednesday it has issued a
standing order for the execution of former
South Korean President Park Geun-hye
and her spy chief for what it said was a
plot to assassinate its leader, and it
demanded that the South hand the pair
over.
The Norths official KCNA said reve-
lation showed Park had masterminded a
plot to execute its supreme leadership in
2015 and it was imposing the death penal-
ty on traitor Park Geun-hye and her spy
chief, Lee Byung-ho.
KCNA did not disclose the source of the
revelation, but a Japanese newspaper
reported this week that Park in 2015
approved a plan to overturn the North
Korean regime of leader Kim Jong Un.
Park was ousted in March over a corrup-
tion scandal and is in detention in South
Korea while on trial.
South Koreas National Intelligence
Agency (NIS) said it was unpardonable
that North Korea made threats against its
citizens and said the news report of a plot
to kill Kim Jong Un had no grounds.
Japans Asahi Shimbun newspaper
reported on Monday, citing sources famil-
iar with Parks North Korea policy, that
Park had signed off on a plot to remove the
Norths leader in 2015 and the plan was
orchestrated by the Souths spy agency.
(RTRS)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
A crewman aboard a US Marine MV-22B Osprey Aircraft looks out over the deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship off the coast of Sydney on June 29 marking
the start of Talisman Saber 2017, a biennial joint military exercise between the United States and Australia. (AFP)
Australia, US begin their biggest joint military exercise
Australia and the United States began their over Chinas more assertive activity, par-
biggest ever joint military exercises on ticularly in the disputed South China Sea,
Thursday, a show of force, largely at sea, has raised fears of confrontation.
aimed at sending a message both to allies Admiral Harry Harris, head of the US
and potential foes, including China. Pacic Command, asked how he thought
The exercises involving 33,000 US and China would view the exercises, said the
Australian troops on board battleships size of the deployment was intended as a
equipped with strike jets, comes as tension signal.
Asia
Obama on temple sojourn
US OKs Thai purchase
of Black Hawk copters
BANGKOK, June 29, (Agencies): The United States
plans to sell four Black Hawk helicopters to Thailand
after initially suspending their sale following a 2014
military coup.
The United States government has approved our
purchase order for the four helicopters, army chief
General Chalermchai Sitthisart told reporters on
Thursday, adding that the army already had 12 Black
Hawk helicopters.
The matter will now be forwarded to Congress for
approval, he said.
The US embassy in Bangkok conrmed the plan to sell
the four helicopters, adding that Thailand and the United
States had a long-standing security relationship.
Thailands military, which has a long history of in-
tervention in politics, ousted a democratically elected
government in May 2014 saying it had to step in to
end a period of political turmoil.
Several Western countries including the United
States criticised the takeover.
In response, the United
States downgraded military
and diplomatic ties with Thai-
land, its oldest ally in Asia,
suspending arms sales and
scaling back military exercises
and training.
Thailand, in turn, increasingly
looked to other countries, in
particular China, for its defence
purchases. In April it approved
Sitthisart
a plan to purchase Chinese sub-
marines worth $393 million.
That same month, Thailands cabinet approved the
purchase of 10 Chinese tanks worth $58 million to re-
place an old US model.
But relations between the United States and Thai-
land appear to have improved under US President
Donald Trump. Trump last month spoke with the
junta chief, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, by
telephone and invited him to visit the White House.
Mali for a regional heads of state meeting
Obama on temple sojourn: Barack Obama took his
wife and daughters to the ancient Borobudur temple on
Java on Wednesday on a family vacation to Indonesia,
where the former US president spent part of his childhood.
The Obamas arrived in the city of Yogyakarta
in central Java and headed straight to explore the
Borobudur, an ancient Buddhist temple built in the
8th and 9th centuries.
Obama is fascinated by Borobudur, and he remem-
bers that he has seen this temple when he was a child,
said Edy Setijono, head of the temple management
complex, who accompanied the family at the site.
Obama spent four years in Indonesia in the late
1960s in the then-sleepy capital Jakarta after his moth-
er married an Indonesian man, following the end of
her marriage to his Kenyan father.
detained on June 21 trying to cross to
Vietnam monastery sealed off: A Catholic monk
said Thursday that he and others were blocked from
leaving their monastery in Vietnam after violent
clashes over land rights, the latest standoff over the
ashpoint issue in the fast-growing nation.
All land is owned by the state in communist Vi-
etnam, where property disputes are common and
often turn violent as authorities scoop up valuable
acreage, especially near rapidly-expanding cities.
The latest clashes erupted Wednesday when about 100
men and women stormed a Catholic monastery in central
Thua Thien Hue province and tried to tear down a statue
of Jesus on a cross, injuring some ve people, monk Jo-
seph Marie Chu Manh Cuong told AFP.
Im pleased about that message it the Pacic, encapsulated by Beijings arti-
sends our friends, allies, partners and po-
tential adversaries, Harris told reporters
on board the USS Bonhomme Richard.
Relations between the United States trillion in ship-borne trade passes every
and China have soured in recent months
as the United States seeks to counter what
it perceives as Chinese assertiveness in
Philippines
No quick win in drug war
Dont fear civilian deaths
MANILA, Philippines, June 29,
(Agencies): Philippine President
Rodrigo Duterte assured troops on
Wednesday that he would protect
them from any legal action if they
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accidently kill civilians while bat-
tries his hands on a spinning wheel tling militants who have besieged a
during his visit to Gandhi Ashram or southern city.
Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmadabad, Duterte ordered the army to de-
India on June 29. Modi attended the
stroy the militants aligned with the
centenary year celebrations of the Islamic State group who attacked
ashram, one of the residences of Ma-
Marawi on May 23, sparking ghting
hatma Gandhi. (AP) that has left more than 400 combat-
ants and civilians dead. On Wednes-
day, retrieval teams recovered 17
more bodies believed to be those of
Africa villagers killed by the militants in an
area of Marawi that has returned to
government control.
Unblock Mali imposse: French Presi- Duterte said in a televised speech
dent Emmanuel Macron contacted his
that troops dont intend to kill civil-
Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteika ians, but they should not hesitate to
on Wednesday over nding ways to restart
engage just because there are civil-
a stalled peace process for Mali, said a ians. It is the duty of the civilians to
source from Macrons camp.
The accord, brokered by Algeria in 2015, ee or seek cover.
was meant to draw a line under a separatist He assured the troops that he
conict that has destabilized Mali, with would ght to keep them out of pris-
nomadic Tuaregs in the desert north pitted on for accidental deaths.
against a government seated in the south. We will face charges, sometimes
However, the agreement has yet to be massacre, you know a bullet hits
fully implemented and Mali is struggling to through and through, one squeeze
of the Armalite (rie), it bursts out
contain militant movements in the north of
the country, where rival militias frequently about three, four. Keep on pressing
clash and Islamist groups carry out attacks it, Duterte said.
on civilians, Malian soldiers, UN peace- Duterte declared martial law in
keepers and French forces there. the southern Philippines to deal
The source, who declined to be identied, with the Marawi crisis, in which
said on Thursday that Macron had proposed hundreds of militants stormed into
concrete measures over the situation in the predominantly Muslim city,
Mali. He gave no precise details. occupied buildings, took a Roman
Like other actors and ourselves, Algeria Catholic priest and others hostage
wants things to go more quickly, and for and hoisted Islamic State group-
the milestones it set to be met, the source style black flags.
told reporters ahead of Macrons visit to
He warned Wednesday that if mili-
tants gather elsewhere, he would con-
on Sunday which will discuss the security sider taking more emergency steps,
situation in the area. (RTRS) including empowering law enforcers
to make warrantless arrests.
S.Sudan deports 3 Americans: South
Sudan has deported three US citizens, two
Killings
of whom served in the military and a third Such remarks have alarmed human
who deserted, US and South Sudanese of- rights groups, which have already ex-
cials said on Wednesday, another chapter pressed concern over the killings of
in an unusual tale of unofcial foreign thousands of suspected drug dealers
interventions in the country. and users under a crackdown on ille-
Social media accounts and a magazine gal drugs that Duterte launched after
interview in the names of two of the men taking ofce last June.
suggested they had recently been ghting US-based Human Rights Watch
pro-Russian forces in Ukraine. described Dutertes rst year in pow-
Craig Austin Lang, William Wright- er as a human rights calamity.
Martinovich and Alex Zwiefelhofer were Meanwhile, meth addict Reyjin is
still able to score on the frontlines
South Sudan from Kenya, said Lieutenant of the Philippines drug war, living
Colonel Joe Buccino from Americas 82nd
Airborne Unit.
They were deported to Kenya, he added.
Private First Class Zwiefelhofer was ab-
sent from the 82nd without leave, he said.
We are working with US authorities in
the area to return Private First Class Alex
Zwiefelhofer to US military control. They
are in Kenya, he said in an email.. (RTRS)
Suit against French bank BNP:
Three non-governmental associations said
Thursday that they had led a lawsuit
against BNP Paribas accusing the bank of
complicity in the 1994 genocide of the Macron Bouteika
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
Senate Armed Services Committee ap-
cial island building in the South China Sea.
China claims most of the resource-rich
South China Sea, through which about $5
year. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vi-
etnam and Taiwan also have claims on the
waterway. (RTRS)
proof that a year of fear has failed
to kill the illegal narcotics trade as
promised.
President Duterte swept to an
election victory last year largely on
a pledge to wipe out his nations il-
legal drugs trade within three to six
months, saying he would do so by
killing thousands of people.
Duterte fullled his vow on the
death toll, drawing condemnation
from rights groups who warned he
may be orchestrating a crime against
humanity as police and unknown as-
sassins lled slums with bullet-ridden
corpses.
But, as the president marks a year
in ofce on Friday, the drug trade
continues and hopes of a quick end to
the war have long faded.
Reyjin, a high school dropout and
part-time construction worker, said
the meth supply tightened in the rst
three months of the crackdown and
the price doubled to 200 pesos (about
$4) a pop.
But meth ooded back in around
October, although the quality went
down, according to Reyjin, who
asked his real name not be used for
security reasons.
Still, the price of the lower-quality
shabu has remained steady since Octo-
ber at 150 pesos, according to Reyjin.
Also:
MANILA: A Philippine casino that
was shut down after an armed attack-
er set re to gambling rooms claim-
ing the lives of 37 people reopened
Thursday with enhanced security,
authorities said.
Resorts World Manila (RWM) was
allowed to resume operations after
agreeing to implement tighter secu-
rity and safety measures, regulator
Philippine Amusement and Gaming
Corporation (Pagcor) said.
The operators licence had been
suspended with Pagcor saying in the
wake of the re that serious security
lapses and deciencies contributed
to the loss of life.
The victims died after gambling
addict Jessie Javier Carlos, who po-
lice said later committed suicide by
setting himself on re, entered the
casino and hotel complex on June 2
with an M4 automatic rie and bot-
tles of petrol.
He torched the gambling rooms
and many casino employees and pa-
trons were trapped in the blaze.
Tutsi minority in Rwanda.
The groups accuse the French bank of
nancing the purchase of 80 tonnes of
arms used to carry out genocide by the
Hutu regime, even though the bank had to
have known the genocidal intentions of the
countrys authorities.
BNP authorised the transfer of $1.3
million (1.1 million euros at current rates)
to the regime in June 1994, one month after
the United Nations had placed an embargo
on weapons deliveries to Rwanda, the
groups said in a statement. (AFP)
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Subcontinent
4 officers killed
NATO to boost its
Afghanistan troops
BRUSSELS, June 29, (Agencies):
NATO will increase troop numbers
in Afghanistan to help train local
forces facing a resurgent Taleban
but will not return to a combat role,
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
said Thursday.
The alliance ended its longest-ev-
er military operation in 2014 when
it handed over
post-9/11 front-
line duties to the
Afghan military
and took on an
advice and train-
ing mission.
But NATO
commanders
have asked for
more troops fol-
lowing recent
Taliban gains, Stoltenberg
stoking fears
that NATO could get sucked back
into the conict just as it faces a host
of new threats including Russia, ter-
rorism and cyberattacks.
I can conrm we will increase our
presence in Afghanistan, Stoltenberg
said as he arrived for a defence minis-
ters meeting at the 29-nation alliances
headquarters in Brussels.
An increase of up to 3,000 troops
from the current gure of 13,500
soldiers is under consideration, dip-
lomatic sources said, though Stolten-
berg did not give a precise gure.
He said 15 countries had already
pledged more contributions and he
hoped for more.
More US visas for Afghans: The US
proved 4,000 more visas for Afghans
who worked for US forces as interpret-
ers or support staff on Wednesday, an
effort to preserve a program that had
been at risk of shutting down.
The committee included the ad-
ditional visas in its version of the
annual National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act (NDAA), a must-pass piece
of legislation that sets priorities for
the Department of Defense budget
for scal 2018, which will be about
$650 billion.
The Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives are currently working
on separate versions of the legisla-
tion, which must be reconciled and
passed by both chambers and signed
by President Donald Trump before it
can become law.
The Afghan Special Immigrant
Visa (SIV) program allows Afghans
who worked for the US government,
often risking their lives, to move to
the United States after a rigorous
vetting process.
4 police officers killed: An Afghan
ofcial says that two policewomen
have been killed by gunmen in north-
eastern Badakhshan province.
Abdullah Naziri, head of the
Badakhshan provincial council, said
Wednesday that both victims were
sisters who were returning to their
jobs after Eid holidays.
Meanwhile Jelani Farahi, the
deputy police chief for southern
Zabul province, said two police-
men were killed when their check-
point came under insurgent attack.
Farahi said two insurgents were
also killed in the attack late Tues-
day night in Qalat, the provincial
capital.
No one has immediately claimed
responsibility for the attacks, but
Taliban insurgents have increased
their attacks against Afghan security
forces across the country.
10 die as cable car plunges:
A Pakistani rescue ofcial says a
cable car lift installed by local vil-
lagers to a popular mountain resort
has snapped off and plunged into a
ravine, killing at least 10 and injur-
ing two others.
The ofcial, Qamar Niaz, says the
accident took place on Thursday in
Murree, a mountain resort outside
the capital, Islamabad. He says the
single chairlift fell into a ravine hun-
dreds of feet deep.
Niaz says that apparently the ca-
bles of the chairlift were not prop-
erly maintained, but that a police
investigation is underway. The 12
villagers were using the cable car,
which can usually carry up to 15, to
get to the resort.
Killing not acceptable: Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
condemned on Thursday a string of
murders targeting minorities under
the pretext of protecting cows, which
are considered sacred by many Hin-
dus, after critics accused the govern-
ment of turning a blind eye.
Modis remarks his rst on
vigilantism in nearly a year come
just days after a Muslim teenager
was stabbed to death on a train after
being accused of carrying beef.
Killing people in the name of
Gau Bhakti (cow worship) is not
acceptable. This not something
Mahatma Gandhi would approve,
Modi said.
India has been reeling from a
spate of vigilante murders in recent
months, targeting Muslims and low
caste Hindus accused of killing cows
or consuming beef.

INTERNATIONAL
Lat/Am
Venezuela vows to fend off coup:
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowed
Wednesday to fend off what he called a coup
attempt after a rogue cop allegedly dropped
grenades from a helicopter in an attack the op-
position and analysts said could be a hoax.
The socialist president put the military on
alert after the attack, a potentially dramatic
escalation of the violence gripping the oil-rich
South American country.0
The death toll rose by two more Wednesday
to 79 in three months of daily street protests
against Maduro, blamed for a crisis marked by
shortages of food, medicine and other basics.
Maduro blamed the chopper attack on Oscar
Perez, a police pilot-turned-actor who appeared
in a video online claiming that he and other
ofcers were launching an aerial deployment
to push Maduro to quit.
Beyond his police work, Perez has acted in
a Venezuelan action lm, Suspended Death,
and has posted photographs on social media of
himself posing with weapons.
We are a coalition of military, police and
civilian public servants... opposed to this
transitional, criminal government, said Perez,
anked by four masked gures in black, two of
them holding ries.
Maduro has for months been fending off
calls for elections to replace him, from oppo-
nents who blame him for a desperate economic
crisis that has sparked hunger and deadly
violence.
He so far retains the public backing of the
military high command a factor that analysts
This photo released by Noticias Argentinas shows members of civil society organiza-
tions being arrested by police as they block trafc at the intersection of 9 de Julio and
Belgrano Avenues in Buenos Aires in a protest held to demand a meeting with the Min-
ister of Social Development, Carolina Stanley, on June 28. (AFP)
say is decisive if he is to remain in power.
Meanwhile, Venezuelas Supreme Court
slapped an asset freeze and travel ban Wednes-
day on Attorney General Luisa Ortega, a top
critic of President Nicolas Maduro, after she ac-
cused him of creating a climate of terror. (AFP)
Charge vs Temer sent to Congress: A
Brazilian Supreme Court justice sent a corrup-
tion charge against President Michel Temer to
Congress on Wednesday, advancing the process
under which the center-right leader could be
removed from ofce to face trial for graft.
The justice, Edson Fachin, rejected an argu-
ment made by Brazils top federal prosecutor
that the Supreme Court should hear preliminary
arguments on the charge and its merits for 15
days, before deciding whether to send it to the
lower house of Congress.
Under Brazilian law, it is now up to the
House of Deputies to decide whether to allow
the Supreme Court to try Temer, who replaced
impeached leftist President Dilma Rousseff last
year. Two-thirds of the lower house must vote
against Temer for his trial to occur.
The president was charged this week with
arranging to receive 38 million reais ($11.55
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
million) in bribes from executives at JBS SA,
the worlds largest meat processor.
Temer branded the charge a ction in
a nationally televised address on Tuesday,
even as he acknowledged that it could hurt
the economy and hamper his governments
plans for far-reaching reforms to help lift Latin
Americas biggest country out of a historic
recession. (AFP)
Genetic bank turns 30: Martin Ogando and
his 91-year-old grandmother, Delia Giovanola,
ip through a stack of photos until they reach
an image of a man Ogando never saw in life:
his father.
The two share similar skin tone and blue eyes
products of the same genetics that nally
allowed Ogando to discover his birth identity
through DNA tests in November 2015.
The tests showed that hes the biological son
of Jorge Ogando and Stella Maris Montesano, a
child born in captivity in a clandestine detention
center and taken away from parents who were
forcibly disappeared in 1976 during Argentinas
dictatorship.
I found out the truth about my life, Ogando
said of the tests that also reunited him with his
grandmother. A beautiful, but heavy truth.
During the 1976-1983 dictatorship, Argen-
tinas military rulers systematically stole babies
born to political prisoners, most of whom were
then killed. Some 30,000 people died or were
disappeared for political reasons during the
dictatorship, according to human rights groups.
The search for those children spearheaded
by the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo human
rights group, led to breakthrough advancements
in DNA identication.
The group emerged from gatherings of
17
grandmothers who marched every week in front
of the main square in Buenos Aires to demand
the missing children. They also traveled around
the globe in search of experts to nd out if it
was possible to determine the parenthood of
the stolen babies, perhaps from blood samples.
(AP)
14 newborns die in hospital: A medi-
cal association in the Dominican Republic on
Wednesday demanded improvements at one of
the countrys main public hospitals, where at
least 14 newborns died over the weekend.
Waldo Ariel Suero, president of the Do-
minican Medical Association, has said the
alleged the deaths occurred because of patient
overcrowding, lack of equipment and bad con-
ditions. He said that the Our Lady of Altagracia
Maternity Hospital in Santo Domingo does not
have enough incubators and that only three of
10 operating rooms are in use.
The hospital has been undergoing renova-
tions since 2014, and the association said it
should be temporarily closed, with patients and
doctors transferred to other hospitals.
Dominican health ofcials said late Tues-
day that the deaths were simply a result of
complicated pregnancies and denied Sueros
allegations.
Nelson Rodriguez, director of the National
Health Service, said some of the babies were
born prematurely, had respiratory or neurologi-
cal problems or congenital cardiac malforma-
tions. He said Dominican Republic still has a
high infant mortality rate, with 80 percent of
deaths blamed on premature births.
It is the second time ofcials raised concerns
about a string of hospital deaths in the Domini-
can Republic. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
AI-based robot fish known as MIRO (Marine Intelligent Robot), developed by South Korean company AIRO, are seen swimming in a pool during a demonstration at the Advanced Content Technology Expo in Tokyo
Environment
Location stirs fears
Lebanon plans dam
in earthquake zone
BISRI, Lebanon, June 29, (AFP): Lebanons
government says a dam planned for a valley near
Beirut is vital to tackle chronic water shortages,
but the location on a seismic fault line has raised
fears among residents. How can you build a dam
in an earthquake zone? We
dont even have houses
that are earthquake-proof,
said Amer Meshmushi, a
resident of Bisri Valley,
35 kms (20 miles) south of
Beirut.
He grew up hearing about
the last major earthquake
on the Roum fault, in 1956,
which killed 135 people and
damaged thousands of hous-
Noujaim es including his family home
in Basaba village.
My brother was still little, and they had to drag
him out from under the rubble, the 50-year-old
recalled his parents telling him as a child.
Lebanons government and the World Bank say
the Bisri dam is desperately needed to address wa-
ter shortages aficting greater Beiruts 1.6 million
residents.
They insist the structure will be safe and say
measures will be taken to mitigate seismic risks.
But Meshmushis concerns are shared by local
activists, including Raja Noujaim, head of the As-
sociation for the Protection of the Lebanese Heritage.
When we look at the regions history and ge-
ography, we see that all of its valleys are the result
of the fact that it is a seismic zone, he told AFP.
Activists say an earthquake could cause the
dam to burst and that the structure and its reser-
voir would put pressure on the fault line and in-
crease seismic activity.
The World Bank and Lebanons Council for
Development and Reconstruction (CDR), a gov-
ernment agency that supervises major infrastruc-
ture projects, identied the valley as a prime loca-
tion for a dam thanks to its abundant water, wide
basin and proximity to Beirut.
Panel
In a report, the World Bank said a panel of four
internationally recognised experts recruited by
the CDR had reviewed safety studies, adding that
the dams design was consistent with interna-
tional best practice.
The World Bank told AFP that tests showed
the dam had a resistance to shocks above the one
provoked by the 1956 earthquake, which mea-
sured a six on the Richter scale similar to the
strength of the quakes that devastated central Italy
last year.
Eli Mussali, the CDR engineer overseeing the
project, said the dam could withstand earth-
quakes up to eight on the Richter scale, which is a
very high degree.
He also downplayed the possibility that the
structure could provoke seismic activity, saying
there was no evidence for such a phenomenon.
And he noted the countrys largest dam, in the
eastern region of Qaraoun, is situated atop the ma-
jor Yammouneh fault line.
It is geologically normal for faults to run be-
tween mountains, where rivers run and dams are
built, he said.
At present, Lebanon stores just six percent of its
water in reservoirs. Many people rely on illegally
drilled wells that are increasingly over-exploited
and produce water of dubious quality.
Construction of the Bisri dam is expected to be-
gin later this year with a $617-million (544-mil-
lion-euro) price tag, mostly covered by a World
Bank loan.
It will take nine years to nish and will be the
countrys second-largest dam, with a capacity of
125 million cubic metres (4.4 billion cubic feet)
in a reservoir covering 450 hectares (1,100 acres).
on June 29. (AFP)
An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from
the French Guiana Space
Center (Europe spaceport)
with HS3-IS and GSAT-17
satellites onboard. (AFP)
Trump Bloomberg
Discovery
Cut emissions by 2020:
Humanity must put carbon dioxide
emissions on a downward slope
by 2020 to have a realistic shot at
capping global warming at well
under two degrees Celsius, the
bedrock goal of the Paris climate
accord, experts said Wednesday.
A world that heats up beyond
that threshold will face a cre-
scendo of devastating impacts
ranging from deadly heat waves to
mass migration caused by rising
seas, the experts warned in a com-
mentary published in the science
journal Nature.
With 1.0 degree Celsius (1.8
degrees Fahrenheit) of warming
so far, ice sheets that could lift
oceans by a dozen metres are melt-
ing more quickly, coral reefs are
dying from heat stress, and ever
more damaging storm surges are
hammering coastal communities.
The transition to cleaner energy
sources is well underway and is
backed by broad consensus on
the need to beat back the threat of
climate change with the notable
exception of the United States
under President Donald Trump.
After rising for decades, global
emissions of carbon dioxide driven
by the burning of fossil fuels have
levelled off during the last two
years at about 41 billion tonnes per
year. (AFP)
Carnegie Center gets $7.5m:
The Carnegie Science Center has
received its largest gift, a $7.5
million donation from PPG and its
corporate foundation for the inter-
active museum in Pittsburgh.
The gift is part of more than
$42.5 million being spent on a
new 37,000-square-foot wing that
will be known as the PPG Science
Pavilion for at least 20 years.
Ann Metzger, who co-directs
the science center, says the new
wing will enable the museum to
host blockbuster exhibits the
center is now too small to accom-
modate.
The 36-year-old science center
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18
Tech
Machine versus machine in arms race
Artificial intel takes on ransomware
NEW YORK, June 29, (AP): Twice in the space of six weeks, the MACHINE VS. MACHINE
world has suffered major attacks of ransomware malicious soft- Still, two or three characteristics might not properly distinguish
ware that locks up photos and other les stored on your computer, malware from legitimate software. But how about dozens? Or hun-
then demands money to release them. dreds? Or even thousands?
Its clear that the world needs better defenses, and fortunately For that, security researchers turn to machine learning, a form
those are starting to emerge, if slowly and in patchwork fashion. of articial intelligence. The security system analyzes samples of
When they arrive, we may have articial intelligence to thank. good and bad software and gures out what combination of factors
Ransomware isnt necessary trickier or more dangerous than is likely to be present in malware.
other malware that sneaks onto your computer, but it can be much
Encounters
more aggravating, and at times devastating. Most such infections
dont get in your face about taking your digital stuff away from As it encounters new software, the system calculates the proba-
you the way ransomware does, nor do they shake you down for bility that its malware, and rejects those that score above a certain
hundreds of dollars or more. Despite those risks, many people just threshold. When something gets through, its a matter of tweaking
arent good at keeping up with security software updates. Both the calculations or adjusting the threshold. Now and then, research-
recent ransomware attacks walloped those who failed to install a ers see a new behavior to teach the machine.
Windows update released a few months earlier. AN ARMS RACE
Watchdog security software has its problems, too. With this On the ip side, malware writers can obtain these security tools
weeks ransomware attack , only two of about 60 security services and tweak their code to see if they can evade detection. Some web-
tested caught it at rst, according to security researchers. sites already offer to test software against leading security systems.
A lot of normal applications, especially on Windows, behave Eventually, malware authors may start creating their own machine-
like malware, and its hard to tell them apart, said Ryan Kalem- learning models to defeat security-focused articial intelligence.
ber, an expert at the California security vendor Proofpoint. Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and chief technology ofcer at the
HOW TO FIND MALWARE California vendor CrowdStrike, said that even if a particular system of-
In the early days, identifying malicious programs such as vi- fers 99 percent protection, its just a math problem of how many times
ruses involved matching their code against a database of known you have to deviate your attack to get that 1 percent.
malware. But this technique was only as good as the database; new Still, security companies employing machine learning have
malware variants could easily slip through. claimed success in blocking most malware, not just ransomware.
SentinelOne even offers a $1 million guarantee against ransom-
So security companies started characterizing malware by its
behavior. In the case of ransomware, software could look for re- ware; it hasnt had to pay it yet.
peated attempts to lock les by encrypting them. But that can ag A FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE
ordinary computer behavior such as le compression. So why was ransomware still able to spread in recent weeks?
Garden-variety anti-virus software even some of the free ver-
Combinations sions can help block new forms of malware, as many are also
Newer techniques involve looking for combinations of behaviors. incorporating behavioral-detection and machine-learning tech-
For instance, a program that starts encrypting les without showing a niques. But such software still relies on malware databases that
progress bar on the screen could be agged for surreptitious activity, users arent typically good at keeping up to date.
said Fabian Wosar, chief technology ofcer at the New Zealand secu- Next-generation services such as CrowdStrike, SentinelOne and
rity company Emsisoft. But that also risks identifying harmful software Cylance tend to ditch databases completely in favor of machine
too late, after some les have already been locked up. learning.
An even better approach identies malware using observable But these services focus on corporate customers, charging $40
characteristics usually associated with malicious intent for in- to $50 a year per computer. Smaller businesses often dont have
stance, by quarantining a program disguised with a PDF icon to the budget or the focus on security for that kind of protection.
hide its true nature. And forget consumers; these security companies arent selling
This sort of malware proling wouldnt rely on exact code to them yet. Though Cylance plans to release a consumer version
matches, so it couldnt be easily evaded. And such checks could in July, it says itll be a tough sell at least until someone gets
be made well before potentially dangerous programs start running. attacked personally or knows a friend or family member who has.
also hopes to create new science, $25 trillion in assets pledged on Disclosures should help shareholders why a framework around climate-
technology, engineering and math Thursday to follow new guidelines determine if businesses are aligned related disclosures is so important,
or STEM programs with the for disclosing exposure to climate with the global shift toward a low- Bloomberg said in a statement.
expansion. (AP) change risk in both operations and carbon economy, and not unduly The Task Force brings that
investments. burdened with assets that could be framework to the table.
Financial and insurance compa-
Spearheaded by former New stranded during that transition.
Cos vow transparency: York mayor Michael Bloomberg, Climate change present global nies whose CEOs have endorsed
Multinationals worth $3.5 trillion recommendations by the Task markets with risks and opportuni- the recommendations, laid out in
a 75-page report, include Bank of
and nancial institutions managing Force on Climate-related Financial ties that cannot be ignored, which is America, Barclays, AXA Group,
Allianz SE, and Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China.
Industrial powerhouses such as
Prehistoric fish Unilever, Dow Chemical Com-
pany, Tata Steel and PepsiCo have
trap discovered also backed the move towards
climate transparency, along with
KODIAK, Alaska, June 29, the Big Four professional ser-
(AP): Archaeologists have vices giants, and ratings agencies
discovered a prehistoric Moodys and S&P Global.
sh trap constructed of rock Royal Dutch Shell is, so far, the
walls near the mouth of a only oil and gas company to tender
salmon stream on Alaskas its support. The fossil fuel industry
Kodiak Island. is especially vulnerable to ques-
Archaeologists at the tions about climate risk as the race
Alutiiq Museum in the city to decarbonise the world economy
gathers pace.
of Kodiak identied the A report released earlier this
trap. Salmon at high tide
week found that, on average, 30
could swim into the stream, percent of investments planned by
This undated photo provided by the Alutiiq Museum shows rock and when the tide receded, 69 oil and gas majors over the next
alignments, the remains of a prehistoric intertidal sh trap on Kodiak sh would be stranded in decade worth more than $2 tril-
Island, Alaska. Archaeologists based on the island at the museum one of two corrals, said lion (two trillion euros) could
made the discovery during a survey of Afognak Native Corporation Patrick Saltonstall, the mu- be wasted if the world economy
land. When the tide would come in, the trap would be submerged, al- seums curator of archaeol- retools to cap global warming at
lowing salmon to swim over it. The water would eventually fall below ogy. two degrees Celsius, researchers
the corrals at low tide, stranding sh inside. (AP) warned Wednesday. (AFP)
 Film overflowing with stellar talent

Holland, cast delight in Spider-Man: Homecoming

By Lindsey Bahr
O ne thing is certain: Culture has not been lacking in takes on Spider-
Man for the past 15 years. First there was Tobey Maguire, who
under the direction of Sam Raimi for three lms ushered in the modern
superhero era, and then there was Andrew Gareld whose two lms
with Marc Webb were immediately forgettable. And now, like all obe-
dient franchises, theyre trying to start all over again, this time with the
much more age-appropriate Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecom-
ing.
And you know what? Superhero cynicism aside, Spider-Man:
Homecoming is really fun. Director Jon Watts, whose only previous
Film
the whole adventure and ever since has been thirsting for more Aveng-
ers action. He tries, endearingly, to prove his mettle on his own as he
waits idly in Queens for a call from Tony Stark giving directions to
the elderly, retrieving stolen bikes and doing ips on command.
Emerging
What he doesnt know is that for eight years, there has been a su-
pervillain emerging in his town in the form of a wronged construction
worker, Adrian (Michael Keaton), who decided to break bad after los-
ing a job to a government crew that clears post-superhero ght disaster
areas. Peter, with his true-blue heart and naivete and eagerness to prove
includes Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Cernus. Even Spider-
Mans suit has an Oscar winner behind its voice (Jennifer Connelly).
Then of course there is Holland, a terric actor since The Impossi-
ble, who is the perfect amount of empathetic, excitable and clueless to
make Peter Parker work now and for years to come. For the most part,
Homecoming is a joy. Its light-hearted, smart, a little meta and the
rst Marvel lm to really consider what it might be like for kids living
in a world where superheroes are real.
My only quibble with Spider-Man: Homecoming is that for all
of its charming and infectious realism about race, high school life and
class issues, it has a bit of a woman problem. Simply: every signicant

feature lm credit is the indie thriller Cop Car, has condently put
his stamp on the friendly neighborhood web-slinger by making one
bold move: actually casting teenagers to play teenagers.
Yes, after two lms with late 20-somethings donning the Spidey suit
and getting bitten by that pesky spider, Spider-Man nally gets to be
a kid (and we get to skip over the whole origin/ Uncle Ben story).
Instead, Watts lm, which is upsettingly credited to six screenwriters,
picks up with Peter Parker (Holland) right before, during and after the
events of Captain America: Civil War, which introduced Hollands
Spider-Man in that epic airport Avengers battle.
Instead of a last week in Marvel segment to catch up, were given
a refresher via Peters perspective. Hes just an excited kid who lmed
himself, of course takes on more than he can handle, while also try-
ing to navigate high school, homework, crushes and the awkwardness
of just being a teenager. Time passes easily and just when you might
worry that you dont actually care about any of the characters, the story
throws a great curveball that carries interest to the end.
The lm is overowing with stellar talent, even in the smallest of
roles and not counting the Marvel loaners in Robert Downey Jr (who
oozes charisma and charm even when phoning it in for a handful of
scenes) and Jon Favreau. In the high school alone, theres the too-cool
Michelle (Zendaya), the crush Liz (Laura Harrier) and the adorable
breakout best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon). Hannibal Buress and Mar-
tin Starr are there, too, to add reliable laughs. Adrians bad-guy crew
and semi-signicant female character looks like a model. It wouldnt
be an issue were the lm not so spot-on with casting such a realistic
variety of men and teenage boys, or if it were less concerned with ham-
mering down on the Aunt May is hot bit that goes a little too far, but
when taken together you start to wonder if maybe things would have
been different if just one of the six screenwriters was a woman.
But just as Peter has some growing up to do, so does this young
franchise.
Spider-Man: Homecoming, a Sony Pictures release, is rated PG-
13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sci- action vio-
lence, some language and brief suggestive comments. Running time:
133 minutes. Three stars out of four. (AP)

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This image released by Columbia Pictures shows Tom Holland in a scene from Spider-Man: Homecoming. (AP)

Film

Dangal sets new benchmarks for success abroad

LOS ANGELES: Ouija director
Stiles White has come on board
the supernatural thriller Forgotten
for LD Entertainment, Variety has
learned.
Fewer ideas in Despicable Me 3
White will team with his spouse
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017

and writing partner Juliet Snowden
to pen the script. Snowden is also
executive producing.
Forgotten is an English-lan-
guage adaptation of the 2012 Ger-
man supernatural thriller Du Hast
Es Versprochen, set on a remote
island where two women reunite at
a childhood vacation home. It ex-
plores themes of fear and friendship
as the pair nd themselves haunted
by the ghost of a girl from their past.
LD Entertainment will be
nancing. Producers are Mickey
Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, and Jen-
nifer Monroe of LD Entertainment
alongside Alison Rosenzweig and
Michael Gaeta of Gaeta Rosenz-
weig Films. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: Production for
Deadpool 2 is ofcially under-
way, and Josh Brolin is ready for
his closeup.
The actor posted a photo on Insta-
gram with a mold being taken of his
face in transformation to become
Cable, a time-traveling soldier.
Insanity on the brink, he
captioned the picture. Face is
morphing into something machine,
erce, hair sliced, arm machined,
bulged. Where is Deadpool?!?
Looking. Looking. All I got are
these two ... molding me, prodding,
turning me into something hard.
Ryan Reynolds also shared a
new photo from set Wednesday
with Hunt for the Wilderpeoples
Julian Dennison on his back, who
joins the cast for the superhero
sequel. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: Thor, Captain
America, Wonder Woman and
Betty White have been invited to
join the lm academy.
The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences revealed its latest
invitees on Wednesday, which in-
clude several artists from the worlds
of action and comedy.
We are looking in areas that his-
torically we hadnt, lm academy
president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said
in an interview. The organization
invited 774 new members to join its
ranks the largest class ever.
Chris Hemsworth, Chris
By Jocelyn Noveck
O ne of the many and we mean many subplots
in Despicable Me 3 is about a girls obsession
with nding a unicorn. The adorable tot spends her
waking hours wishing and hoping and dreaming, and
she comes close but in the end what she nds is a
sweet little goat. Its very cute, and it does the trick
but its still, you know, a goat.
One could say that this third installment in Illumina-
tions Despicable Me series, directed by Pierre Cof-
n and Kyle Balda, shares something with that little
goat. When Despicable Me rst came out in 2010,
introducing the world to those squishy, chattering Min-
ions and the gloriously weird pseudo-Slavic deadpan of
Steve Carell, it was a unicorn: fresh, inventive, unique.
But this third one, leaning on an endless litany of 80s
pop culture references to entertain parents and a whole
lot of noisy, forgettable action to please the kids, feels
more like that goat. It still does the trick for now. But
it aint no unicorn.
Luckily, Despicable still has its core characters,
especially the invaluable Carell as turtlenecked, spin-
dly-legged Gru, a villain gone straight. Indeed, the lm-
makers have found a way to double their key assets
contribution by introducing Grus heretofore unknown
twin brother, Dru, also voiced by Carell of course.
But rst, we learn that things are going quite well
on the personal front for Gru since we last left him, at
the end of Despicable Me 2, in newly found marital
bliss with the formidable Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig),
whos thrilled to become a mother to the three girls (or
goruls, as Gru pronounces it) that Gru adopted under
nefarious pretenses in the rst lm. Now, of course, Gru
is a doting dad, and Lucy makes ve.
But professionally? Not so much. Theres a new boss
at the Anti-Villain League, and she immediately res
Gru for his failure to nab the new villain in town: Bal-
thazar Bratt (Trey Parker), an aging, disgruntled 80s
child star. Bratt is bitter that his fans all deserted him
when he hit puberty. Now hes bent on revenge against
the industry that betrayed him and determined to
dance-ght his way to world destruction.
Hes also stuck in an 80s time warp, which is quite
Evans, Gal Gadot, all famous for
their superhero roles, were invited to
join the actors branch. Other actors
receiving invites include White,
Dwayne Johnson, Riz Ahmed,
Terry Crews, Chris Pratt, Anna
Faris, Priyanka Chopra, Donald
Glover and Zoe Kravitz. Several
Saturday Night Live alumnae
were also invited: Amy Poehler,
Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph Brolin
amusing if you lived through them (which none of the by the Motion Picture Association of America for ac-
kids watching this lm have, but we know thats noth- tion and rude humor. Running time: 90 minutes. Two
ing new in kids entertainment kids and parents just
watch parallel movies). So he has shoulder pads, and a
stars out of four.
MPAA denition of PG: Parental guidance sug-
long, mullet-style hairdo with an ungainly bald patch. gested.
His favorite toy is a Rubiks cube, and he wears of
course shoulder pads. He loves to moonwalk, and Also:
his personal soundtrack is a trip down memory lane: MUMBAI: Bollywood star Aamir Khans hit wrestling
Bad, Into the Groove, Take On Me and 99 movie Dangal has become the rst Indian lm to
Luftballons, to name a few. make 20 billion rupees, analysts said Wednesday, as it
With Bratt winning the opening round, Gru and Lucy takes Chinas cinemas by storm.
come home jobless. At least they have Margo, Edith The Hindi movies record-breaking run has set a new
and little Agnes, who does thoughtful things like cook and previously unthought of box ofce benchmark for
them gummy bear-and-meat soup for dinner. She even Bollywood lms abroad while also highlighting the
sells her dear stuffed unicorn to help her parents out. value of the Chinese audience to Indian lmmakers.
Dangal has crossed the 2,000 crore mark (20 billion
Departs
rupees or $310 million) which has never been done be-
Then, unexpected news: Gru has a twin brother. So fore, Indian lm trade analyst Ramesh Bala told AFP,
the family departs for Freedonia (not an 80s reference, pointing out that previous top Bollywood grosser PK
but a Marx Brothers one), where Dru richer and made just $120 million.
more successful than Gru, of course lives on a farm. Even 1,000 crore was a distant dream just a few
But he also owns some really cool stuff, and wants Gru months back. The bar has now been set very high, he
to teach him how to be a villain. Meanwhile, the wom- added.
enfolk are exploring downtown Freedonia, which looks Dangal, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, is based on the
suspiciously like Monaco, and experiencing the unique true story of wrestling coach Mahavir Singh Phogat,
ritual of its cheese festival. who dees the odds by raising his daughters Geeta and
And what, you ask, about the Minions? Well, Babita Phogat to become champion wrestlers.
theyre in prison, having invaded a talent contest. If Geeta won a gold medal for India at the 2010 Com-
that sounds confusing, it is. They still do produce the monwealth Games while her sister topped the podium
occasional, reliable fart joke but its hard not to at the same event in 2014.
think that there was some difficulty finding them a Dangal is a Hindi word used to describe a wres-
useful role here. As for Dr Nefario, he sits this one tling competition.
out, encased in carbonite. The movie was released in India on Dec 23 last year
Given that the main theme of the previous lms has and quickly became the highest-grossing Bollywood
to do with crime and redemption, good and evil, its not lm of all time, beating the 2014 science ction lm
a stretch to imagine that this lm, too, will present Gru PK, which also stars Khan.
with that crucial identity issue once again is he a vil- Gender discrimination and strict parenting are among
lain, or a good guy? Luckily, thanks to Carells talent, the lms themes. The issues appear to have struck an
we still care. emotional response with Chinese viewers, who have
But one gets the sinking feeling that the ideas are alone contributed around $190 million to Dangals
starting to slowly run out. When Despicable Me 4 ar- takings, said Bala.
rives a few years hence, lets hope its regained a bit of Dangal has become the highest-grossing non-
that unicorn magic. Hollywood foreign lm released in China, the analyst
Despicable Me 3, a Universal release, is rated PG added. (Agencies)
and current stars Kate McKinnon Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Sarandon, Christine Baranski and
and Leslie Jones. (AP) and then portrays the trio attempting Cheryl Hines as the mothers of the
to deal with the holiday frenzy. bad moms who all seem to have
I feel like a giant stress ball, arrived without prior notice to their
LOS ANGELES: Mila Kunis, Kath- muses Kunis as she grabs a beer with daughters. Baranski portrays the
ryn Hahn and Kristen Bell return as her female buddies at a shopping mall mother of Kunis Amy character;
under-appreciated and overburdened thats dominated by holiday decora- Hines is Bells mom and Sarandon
women in the rst trailer for STXs tions and music. Remember when is Hahns mother.
A Bad Moms Christmas. the holidays were fun? When Kunis expresses a desire to
The trailer launches to the strains Adding exponentially more cut back on her holiday efforts, her
Kunis of Andy Williamss song Its the anxiety to the holiday are Susan mom sets her straight. (RTRS)

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People & Places
Music
Unique career
Nick Lowe talks on
being an indie icon
LOS ANGELES, June 29, (RTRS): Nick Lowe, who
was honored earlier this month with the American As-
sociation of Independent Musics Icon Award, is one
of the most low-key (sorry) icons youll ever meet.
Yet his 40-plus-year-long musical career is one of the
most varied and diverse of the past half-century. Hes
written songs like Whats So
Funny About Peace, Love and
Understanding, Breaking
Glass and his biggest-charting
US hit, Cruel to Be Kind. He
produced Elvis Costellos clas-
sic rst ve albums, as well as
the Pretenders breakthrough
debut single Stop Your Sob-
bing and albums by Graham
Parker and many others; as
house producer of Stiff Re-
Lowe cords, arguably the rst mod-
ern independent label, he was
an early architect of the sound of punk rock, producing
The Damneds rst album and loads of other artists
from the era. He was a founding member, with Dave
Edmunds, of the legendary rockabilly-tinged band
Rockpile, and, as husband of singer Carlene Carter
from 1979 until 1990, he was the son-in-law of Johnny
Cash and June Carter Cash.
In his characteristically unassuming way, his inu-
ence has been as slow-creeping but as ubiquitous as
the unlikely rise of his paean to a disillusioned hip-
pie, Peace Love and Understanding, which went
from being a non-hit 1974 single from his early band
Brinsley Schwartz to the Elvis Costello-sung B-side
of one of Lowes solo singles, credited to Nick Lowe
and His Sound. That latter version, which was added
to the US edition of Costellos 1979 Armed Forces
album, has gone on to become a standard, covered
hundreds of times, most lucratively in a version by
Curtis Stigers that appeared on the biggest-selling
movie soundtrack of all time, the 1992 Whitney Hou-
ston vehicle The Bodyguard. It was even sung in
karaoke by Bill Murray in Lost in Translation. Over
the years, Lowe has enjoyed a steady solo career, eas-
ing down from his late 70s chart success with a solid
string of solo albums several of which from the
80s were recently reissued by Yep Roc and the oc-
casional tribute from admiring inuencees like Wilco,
who had Lowe open a tour for them in 2011. After
receiving the A2IM Icon Award, he toured the US this
month, including three sold-out nights at New Yorks
City Winery.
Yet all of that nearly never came to be. A large part
of the reason for Lowes low-key approach to his ca-
reer occurred in April 1970, when Brinsley Schwartz
were the subjects of a now-infamous case of record
company overhype: Their label ew a planeload of
British journalists to New York for a showcase by
the band at the legendary Fillmore East. But due to
travel problems, both the band and the journalists ar-
rived late, the band played an uneven set on unfamiliar
equipment, and the group was lambasted by the press
so savagely that it nearly killed their career. Yet the
group persevered and became leading lights of the un-
assuming mid-70s British Pub Rock scene, which
evolved directly into punk rock. Unexpectedly, thats
where this 45-minute-long chat on a sunny morning in
New Yorks Bryant Park, which touched on many but
not all aspects of Lowes unique career and features
the priceless term hapless ninnies, began.
Question: Was that ill-fated Fillmore show your
rst visit to New York?
Answer: Yeah. We were such hapless ninnies! It
was such an awful experience for a kid like me I
was so ambitious and so up for it and I swanked away
to my friends and boasted to them, Were off to the
States! Playing the Fillmore, you know! And when
it all fell to bits and we were laughing stocks, it was
so utterly humiliating that I remember thinking, how
could you have been such a fool? But for some reason
we didnt break up, I do not know why we sort of
clung to each other because we were so mortied by
this terrible experience. And now Ive got so much
to thank it for: my idea of what it was to be famous
and how to deal with it changed immediately, and I
learned to treat being in the entertainment business
with a lot more respect. I realized that I wanted to
tread this ne line between being a cool unknown per-
son and someone who could just stick my head above
the parapet every so often and let the public know Ive
got new product. Its a very ne line to tread but thats
what I decided to do and largely Ive managed to do it.
Q: Youve been honored by A2IM with its icon
award. Do you feel like an icon?
A: Sometimes I do, rather. Mainly because Ive
gone out of my way to avoid preaching to my old
audience I know some people who do that, and
theyre expected to behave like they did when they
were young, and I made up my mind that I wasnt
going to do that. I was going to try and present my-
self in a way that I can use getting older to my ad-
vantage instead of something to be embarrassed by.
And in that way I thought younger people might dig
it, Hey this guys alright, because Im not trying to
get down with the kids. Im very interested in young
people and what they think but Im not interested in
trying to curry favor with them. I thought in that way
I could conceivably attract their attention and thats
whats sort of happened, especially here with bands
like Wilco. I toured with them and started attracting
a newer, younger audience. Now I nd myself talk-
ing to younger people after shows and I feel a bit like
Howlin Wolf, Oh yeah, kids, in my day I kind of
enjoy that aspect of it, but as long as it is like that, and
not like some old git who wont get out of the way.
Q: Stiff Records was one of the rst modern inde-
pendent rock label, and it really relaunched your ca-
reer in the mid-70s. But indie labels werent a thing
yet what gave you the condence to move in that
direction?
A: I had a manager, Jake Riviera [also Costellos
early manager], who co-founded Stiff. He was quite a
character, and I started spending more and more time
sleeping on the oor of his at because the Brinsleys
had run their course and I could tell the writing was on
the wall I knew that something was about to chan, I
didnt know what it was but I knew something really,
really big was about to happen, and so did Jake. So the
two of us naturally spent more and more time plotting
how we could be in on this together. We had a lot of
luck in that at the time the British music press was
very widely read there were ve weekly papers, the
NME, Sounds, Melody Maker, Disc, and another one
and they all had a massive readership. There was
a handful of respected writers and we all knew each
other, we all used to drink in the same three pubs and
one club, Dingwalls. So all Jake and I had to do was
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This April 24, 2016 le photo shows the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland. (AP)
Robert Downey Jr attends the pre-
miere of Columbia Pictures Spider-
Man: Homecoming at TCL Chinese
Theatre on June 28 in Hollywood,
California. (AFP)
Bridges Berry
Variety
LOS ANGELES: Jeff Bridges played a
president in The Contender, a political
ick released nearly two decades ago in
the wake of president Bill Clintons White
House scandals. But when it comes to criti-
quing the role of todays real-life president,
Bridges is a lot more laid back than some
of his fellow celebrities. How would The
Dude, the character he played in The Big
Lebowski, handle things?
He likely wouldnt be dangling a severed
head in the likeness of President Donald
Trump, as comedian Kathy Grifn came
under re for. Neither would The Dude
joke about killing the president as Johnny
Depp recently did. Grifn and Depp later
apologized.
Everybody has something different
and unique to contribute to society and
with different ways of doing it, Bridges
said in an interview Wednesday with The
Associated Press, after taking part on a
panel focused on child hunger at a meeting
of the Western Governors Association in
Whitesh, Montana. (AP)
structures were destroyed, San Luis Obispo
LOS ANGELES: Halle Berry, the only
black woman to ever win a best actress
Oscar, said her 2002 win turned out to be
meaningless, and Fast and Furious star
Michelle Rodriguez warned she may quit
the action movie franchise unless lmmak-
ers show some love for women.
Their comments proved a reality check for
women in Hollywood on Wednesday even
as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences said it invited 298 more women to
join its ranks in a bid to improve diversity at
the organization behind the Oscars.
Berry in 2002 won the best actress Oscar
for Monsters Ball becoming the rst
black woman to do so. Fifteen years on, she
remains the only woman of color to get the
honor. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: A ranch belonging to Big
Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki has
burned down in a California wildre but
the actor said living in the area was worth it
despite the risk of res.
Galecki, 42, who plays nerdy experimen-
tal physicist Leonard Hofstadter in the
hit TV comedy series, was not at home on
Monday when the brush re consumed his
ranch in countryside near San Luis Obispo
in central California.
The fast-moving re scorched some
1,600 acres (650 hectares) and forced about
Music
Fans to get taste of what its like to be a star
Hall to open Power of Rock exhibit
CLEVELAND, June 29, (AP): Rock
n roll fans can get a taste of what its
like to be a star inducted at the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame beginning this
weekend.
The museum is opening a $15 mil-
lion exhibit called Power of Rock,
featuring lm clips, laser lights, con-
cert smoke, under-seat speakers and
recorded stories by Hall of Fame in-
ductees, including former Deep Purple
bassist Glenn Hughes.
Fans will be able to enter an inter-
active booth and listen to Hughes re-
counting how a Rolling Stones concert
he attended as a teenager ignited his
passion for rock.
When I saw all the hoopla and what
was going on on the stage, I go, Ill
have some of this, Mother? May I have
a real electric guitar? Hughes says.
The exhibit, presented to The As-
sociated Press on Wednesday, opens
to the public on Saturday. It will
bring to life more than 30 years of the
Halls legendary induction ceremonies
through a pre-show, a short lm and a
post-lm exhibition. It will feature a
12-minute reel of ceremony highlights
by Academy Award-winning director
Jonathan Demme, played on ve mov-
ing screens.
Rock disciples also will see a Prince
outt, a Talking Heads bass guitar and
other memorabilia from induction cer-
emonies.
Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley
were among the Halls rst inductees
in 1986, and 802 artists have been in-
ducted so far.
Visitors starting their tour of the
exhibit will wait several minutes on a
bridge suspended three stories above
the Halls atrium and listen via a
stretch of gold and black speakers to
the names of Hall inductees in a roll
call shout-out.
Then 130 people at a time can le
into a theater to watch the highlight
reel spliced together by Demme, who
won an Academy Award for The Si-
lence of the Lambs and died in April.
A lot of excitement, a lot of speak-
ers Make it loud is what hed al-
250 people to evacuate their homes. Three
re ofcials said on Tuesday. (RTRS)
In this March 4, 2015 le photo, Kelly Clarkson poses for a portrait in New York.
After releasing a best-selling childrens book, Clarkson is back for an encore.
HarperCollins publishers announced on June 28 that the Grammy winners Riv-
er Rose and the Magical Christmas is coming out Oct 24. (AP)
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
Surging demand for retro music
Sony to start spinning vinyl again
TOKYO, June 29, (AFP): Three
decades after it abandoned vinyl
production, Sony says it will start
making records again on the back
of surging demand for the retro mu-
sic format.
A factory southwest of Tokyo will
be churning out freshly pressed
records by March next year, Sony
Music Entertainment said Thurs-
day.
The Japanese giant stopped mak-
ing vinyl records in 1989, a company
spokesman said, as consumers
ocked to compact discs and other
emerging music technology.
Major music market Japan pro-
duced nearly 200 million records a
year in the mid-seventies, accord-
ing to the countrys recording in-
dustry association.
Sony was a major global player
in the development of CDs, which
have since taken a back seat to
downloads and music streaming.
Vinyl has been making a global
comeback as it attracts not only
nostalgic older consumers but also
younger generations.
ways say, said Demmes producer,
Rocco Caruso.
With laser lights, concert smoke
and sliding screens, audience members
will be quaking in their seats literally
with bass speakers booming be-
neath them.
You not only feel it in your chest,
you feel it in your feet, said Christian
Lachel, one of the theaters designers.
The lm races through ceremony
highlights of more than 100 artists,
from Bob Dylan to Metallica, begin-
ning with classic R&B singer Ruth
Brown, known in the 1950s as Miss
Rhythm, and ending with Princes
2004 rendition of the Beatles song
LOS ANGELES: Its a boy for model-
actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and
her anc, Jason Statham.
Huntington-Whiteley wrote in an Insta-
20
Japans sole record maker
Toyokasei is struggling to keep
up with the resurgence in vinyl de-
mand, the inuential Nikkei news-
paper reported.
Sony is now scrambling to nd
older engineers familiar with how to
make records, it added.
Panasonic relaunched its leg-
endary Technics SL-1200 turntable
several years ago as the market
picked up.
Sony did not say what music it
will release in record format. The
Nikkei said the lineup will include
popular Japanese songs from the
past, including Sony-owned titles,
as well as chart-topping contempo-
rary albums.
Global vinyl revenue will top $1.0
billion this year while sales of CDs
and digital downloads continue to
fall, according to estimates from
consulting rm Deloitte.
In Britain, where vinyls rebirth
has been particularly pronounced,
records generated more revenue
than advertising-backed tiers of
streaming platforms last year.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Princes black and red suit that night
will be in a special showcase, along
with the blue bass guitar Tina Wey-
mouth played when the Talking Heads
were inducted in 2002.
Hughes told the AP he hopes that
by telling his story in the Power of
Rock he may inspire the next gen-
eration of musicians who feel the same
stirring he did that night in the 1960s,
listening to the Rolling Stones.
The artist is suffering. Its difcult
to make a living, Hughes said. But I
see the same endeavor, the same hun-
ger, as when I started out, and thats all
that really matters.
gram post Wednesday that son Jack Oscar
Statham was born on Saturday weighing
8.8 pounds.
She included a photo of a tiny hand
holding her nger.
A publicist for the former Victorias
Secret model did not immediately respond
to a request for comment.
Huntington-Whiteley also used Insta-
gram to reveal her pregnancy in February.
She and Statham announced their engage-
ment in January of 2016. This is their rst
child.
Huntington-Whiteley appeared in Mad
Max: Fury Road and Transformers: Dark
of the Moon. Stathams recent lm credits
include The Fate of the Furious and
Spy. (AP)
LOS ANGELES: Hamilton creator Lin-
Manuel Miranda on Wednesday released
a video for the Immigrants track from
the Hamilton Mixtape collection. The
six-minute lm makes a strong statement
about the state of immigration policy in
the US and features Riz Ahmed (aka Riz
MC), Hamilton alum Daveed Diggs and
rappers Knaan, Residente and Snow Tha
Product.
The video features contemporary scenes
of immigrants working in sweatshops, as
farm laborers and other physically chal-
lenging jobs, as well as scenes of federal
immigration raids. (RTRS)

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Music
Be yourself
I avoid preaching
to old audience
Continued from Page 20
say Weve got this idea and it was in the paper the
next week. It was like our own personal broadcast to
the nation. It wasnt underhanded, it was because they
knew we were onto something and we knew they were
onto something. So that gave us an enormous advan-
tage over the straight record
labels and their press depart-
ments, where it would take a
month to arrange an interview:
We could talk over a pint of
beer at the Lamb and Flag and
it would be in the paper, in
front of that huge readership,
in a week.
Q: Where do you feel the
80s albums that are being
reissued t into your body of
Cash work?
A: That was a tough period
for me, because Id had a couple of pop hits but,
as inevitably happens, the public were tiring of my
schtick and looking elsewhere for fresh talent. I
didnt have either the talent or the energy to stick
with it like an Elton John or Neil Diamond or Cher
(laughing). I knew I wasnt one of those people, so
I was drinking and taking too many drugs in a bid
to try and get inspired, but tastes were changing and
the phone wasnt answered quite so rapidly when
I called people up. So I thought, Right, enough is
enough, its time to take stock. First of all, Ive got-
ta get myself cleaned up and then have a think about
how Im going to carry on. Thats when I decided
to explore what I was just saying about trying to use
the fact that I was getting older as an advantage. At
that time the business had no use for people in their
40s, let alone their 50s and 60s.
Q: And that helped turn things around?
A: That, and ... Its so hard to put into words, but
Johnny Cash once said to me, Nick, you know
what the secret is? The secret is: Youve got to be
yourself. And I thought, Man, is that the best you
can do? Be yourself?! Every clapped-out old has-
been in show business says that! But the older I
get, that tired old cliche is actually true. Once you
realize that you dont have to try to hide your flaws,
its much easier if you admit you are who you
are instead of trying to be ... you know, I always
thought People dont want to see me, they want to
see something magnificent so I have to be that
and its exhausting keeping that up. So I suppose
that was it. The 80s was when one world stopped
and another world started.
Q: You must have spent a lot of time with Johnny
Cash. What do you remember best about him?
A: He was absolutely great, I miss him still and
June, she was an absolute darling. They were so kind
to me. And one of the things I liked about John was
that he was sort of hopeless he was quite a awed
person, but awed like my best friends are awed.
My best friends all the time, theyll let you down
occasionally and you row and then everythings ne.
And thats one reason I liked him so much. Hes por-
trayed as a rather stern, father-of-the-nation type, and
I never saw him like that at all. When I knew him he
was on prescription drugs and drinking, we used to
get sloshed together, but he was under an enormous
amount of pressure because he was lugging around
this enormous sort of Johnny Cash revue with a huge
cast of characters, and it was really past its sell-by
date. It was extremely square and he knew it, and it
was costing him fortune, but the poor chap was sup-
porting all these families and if he stopped then these
families were really going to suffer, so he had to keep
going. He was revered but was being taken for grant-
ed. And he was in a lot of pain, certainly physical pain
and probably emotional pain.
We used to listen to records together, hed be like
Oh listen to this, listen to this! Wait, its not that
track, THAT one! Sh-sh-shh! Listen to this! Most of
the stuff he played Id never heard of lots of old
folk stuff, but also Waylon Jennings and Kris Krist-
offerson. Hed pick a guitar up and be like Do you
know this song by so-and-so? It was unbelievable,
wed be sitting in this little house [Lowe and Carlene
Carter] had in a not-very-nice part of London he
and June used to come and stay there with us. They
did their best to be unobtrusive which of course
they couldnt possibly be. Id get up in the morning,
go down to get a cup of coffee and there hed be, sit-
ting in his pajamas with his guitar in this little tiny
kitchen! It was absolutely brilliant. Its always a bit
odd when a persons mother and father-in-law come to
stay, but because it was Johnny and June ....
Q: Each one of the albums you did with Elvis Cos-
tello sounds very different from the one that came be-
fore it. How did you keep that up?
A: Well I was also a real music fan, and because I
had listened to a lot of records, I could make a guess
at how to achieve a sound. So when Elvis said I want
to get this rattley old Stax Records sound or some
garage-rock thing, Id say Okay, well take all these
microphones off the drums and so on and so forth.
Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didnt.
Q: Do you own the publishing on Peace Love and
Understanding?
A: Were not involved with each other anymore
but Jake really was a fantastic manager, and one
thing he did was to make sure I owned my pub-
lishing and my recordings. With Peace Love and
Understanding, Id signed a publishing deal in a
sort of haze of marijuana smoke at the age about 20,
and the company was owned by a guy who wasnt
a publisher at all, he pioneered the transmission of
boxing matches to cinemas around the world. Any-
way, our manager went to America to raise money
for the groups he managed [and came back with this
deal]. But because he wasnt a real publisher these
songs sat in a file cabinet, he never worked them or
anything, and when I grew up a bit, that deal ran out
and I got another publisher. By this time my for-
tunes had changed, Id had a few hits, and my new
publisher said, weve gotta get those songs back. I
said theres some really awful songs in there, how
much is this gonna cost? He said it depends on how
much he wants to fight, it could cost a lot but itll
be worth it. I said theyre not that great I dont
know how much I want to spend. He said I think
you should. Anyway, it was very hard and it cost me
a six-figure sum, but we got our day in court and I
got all of my songs back and the songs from our
former managers other groups and the only one
that was worth anything was Peace Love and Un-
derstanding. And after that, Elvis recorded it and
the rest is history.
The song is a standard. Whenever I hear people do
it now its almost like I had nothing to do with it!
Guitar player The Edge and singer Bono of the band U2 perform during U2 Joshua Tree Tour 2017 at MetLife Stadium on June 28 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
This 2017 photo provided by Pro-
les in History shows an R2-D2 droid
pieced together over serveral years
from different props used in the rst
ve Star Wars movies. The droid has
sold at auction for $2.6 million. (AP)
Adele Prince
Variety
LOS ANGELES: London native Adele has
been a visible supporter of the relief efforts
around the disastrous Grenfell Tower res
that killed an estimated 80 people and at
the rst of a four-night stand at Londons
Wembley Stadium on Wednesday night,
she announced to the crowd that she is using
the shows to raise money for Grenfell relief
efforts. She dedicated her song Hometown
Glory to the victims of the re.
The singer is asking fans to donate 5
pounds to Unite for Grenfell relief efforts.
Its been two weeks since the re, and
still the people who were affected by it
are homeless, she said in a video mes-
sage before the show. I promise that the
money we raise together will go directly
to the people who are living in that block.
(RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: Dave Rosser, guitarist
for the Afghan Whigs, died Tuesday. He
was 50.
It is with great sadness that we say
goodbye to our friend, brother and inspira-
tion, the band conrmed on Facebook.
Dave Rosser passed away peacefully last
evening surrounded by love. Thank you
to all who kept him in their hearts. He is
forever in ours. Rossers death follows a
battle with colon cancer.
While not a founding member of the band,
Rosser joined the Afghan Whigs on their
2014 album Do to the Beast after the depar-
ture of original guitarist Rick McCollum.
The album marked the bands rst material
in 16 years and a return to the Sub Pop roster.
(RTRS)
NEW YORK: One of Elvis Presleys
biggest hits is the latest song to be turned
into a picture book, and part of an effort to
introduce the King to a new generation.
Dial Books for Young Readers told The
Associated Press on Wednesday that a
book based on Love Me Tender is com-
ing out Nov 13. Elvis Presleys Love Me
Tender will be illustrated by Stephanie
Graegin and include an endnote by Pres-
leys widow, Priscilla Presley.
Dial Books is calling the new release
a heartwarming ode to the parent-child
bond. Presley died 40 years ago this sum-
mer, and representatives for his estate are
planning a merchandise program for infants
(AFP)
Music
Country outlaw turned Renaissance man
Steve Earle refinds his roots
NEW YORK, June 29, (Agencies):
Steve Earle is a country rocker who
has distinguished himself far beyond
music, a Texan who long ago left the
state, and an artist whose passions
drive him to left-wing activism.
Yet for his rst album since the
shock of President Donald Trumps
election, the now 62-year-old singer
and guitarist has returned to Texas,
and, for now, is keeping down the vol-
ume on politics.
His 16th studio album, So You
Wanna Be An Outlaw, reaches into
country roots with stripped-back guitar
and storytelling, while still preserving
Earles characteristic hard edge.
The album marks the rst time Earle
has recorded in Austin, Texass capital
and now a major music hub. He moved
to Nashville a longtime top country
music center at 19 and later settled
in New York.
Austin just seemed too close to
home as I was from San Antonio. The
girls were too pretty, the dope was too
cheap, and I knew I would never get
anything done there, the seven-times-
married Earle told AFP with a laugh.
Earle headed to Austin in part to
commune with local legend Willie
Nelson, the most visible face of outlaw
country the subgenre known for
its lyrical introspection, unvarnished
production and strong-willed person-
alities.
Nelson sings with Earle on the title
track of So You Wanna Be an Out-
law, although, in a scheduling quirk,
they recorded not in Texas but in Nel-
sons other home base in Hawaii.
Earle dedicated the album to late
Texas-born outlaw and mentor Way-
lon Jennings, whom Earle channels by
playing an old Fender Telecaster gui-
tar, known for its clear, steely sound.
Outlaw country is about a moment
when Willie Nelson and Waylon Jen-
nings had discovered that rock acts had
freedom they didnt have, Earle said.
Thats why they were called out-
laws. It didnt have anything to do with
lifestyle.
The most powerful pieces on the al-
bum include News from Colorado,
and toddlers. (AP)
NEW YORK: A new song from Princes
late father, produced at Paisley Park, is
being released Thursday to celebrate what
This le photo taken on March 23, 2015 Steve Earle performing during The
Music Of David Byrne & Talking Heads at Carnegie Hall in New York City. (AFP)
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a morose tale written with Earles
daughter Emily about the struggles to
turn the page on hardship, and Good-
bye Michelangelo, a metaphor-rich
tribute to another late Texan singer,
Guy Clark.
References
Fixin to Die, which references the
song by blues great Bukka White that
was covered by Bob Dylan, evokes a
prisoner condemned for shooting a
lover in a hotel.
Im a post-Bob Dylan songwriter.
I write songs that are intended to be a
form of literature, Earle said.
As for Dylan winning the Nobel
Prize for Literature, Earle said he was
surprised, but I think he absolutely
deserved it.
Earle is spending late June running
his latest camp in New Yorks Cat-
skills for emerging songwriters before
he starts a tour, in Texas, on Saturday.
The salt-and-pepper bearded artist
won fame with his 1986 album Gui-
tar Town and Copperhead Road
two years later, but has increasingly
branched out.
His works include a novel that
delves into abortion, a play on capital
punishment of which he is an ada-
mant opponent and acting credits
from Broadway to the popular televi-
sion series The Wire.
Im a way better songwriter than I
was because of the other stuff I do. It
just gives you other tools, he said.
And as a performer, since Ive been
acting, Im way better at connecting
with audiences.
Initially a supporter of left-wing
candidate Bernie Sanders, Earle like so
many others expected Hillary Clinton
to defeat Trump.
I went on stage that night in Ot-
tawa, Ontario, believing I was going to
come off to the rst female president
of the United States. And I came off
and its the rst orangutan president of
the United States, he quipped.
Earle recorded So You Wanna Be
an Outlaw weeks after the election and
initially thought to rewrite up to half the
album to reect the political moment.
He decided to keep the album as is,
would have been his 101st birthday.
Princes half-sister, Sharon Nelson,
produced the jazzy Heart of Mine by
John L. Nelson and said it is the rst
single from the album, Dont Play With
Love, The John L. Nelson Project, to be
21
considering it something that I per-
sonally and musically wanted to say
and declaring he had the best back-up
band of his career.
But he also wants more conversa-
tion. Earle fears the left is failing to
make its case to its working-class tar-
get audience.
These folks voted for Donald
Trump because they felt no one was
listening to them, he said. Im going
to listen rather than just talk as I write
this next album.
I imagine the next album will be
just as country as this and way more
political.
Also:
LOS ANGELES: BANG! The Bert
Berns Story, the documentary about
Twist and Shout songwriter, pro-
ducer and label pioneer Bert Berns
and the music industrys early entan-
glements with the mob, is headed to
Apple Music in the fall. Brett Berns,
the director and Bert Berns son, cred-
its the platform with having always
been fair to the artist, in announcing
the exclusive pick-up.
Narrated by longtime Bruce
Springsteen guitarist and Sopranos
star and Steven Van Zandt, Bang!
explores Berns close relationships
with New York City wiseguys Car-
mine Wassel DeNoia and Tommy
Eboli. The lm features Van Morri-
son, Paul McCartney, Keith Rich-
ards, Ben E. King, Solomon Burke,
and many more.
As Variety wrote in April, It was a
long time coming, but after a book, a
musical, and a 2016 induction into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the story
of Bert Berns genius songwriter,
skilled producer and record label hon-
cho was a documentary that simply
needed to be made.
A global offering by iTunes Movies
is slated to hit after an exclusive stream
on Apple Music. The lm, which ex-
ecutive produced by Sid Ganis and
co-directed with Bob Sarles, who also
edited, was released by Abramorama
for theatrical audiences during and af-
ter a North American Film Festival run
in the spring.
released Oct 27.
The new song will be available for
streaming and for sale at digital retailers on
Thursday. (AP)
NEW YORK: Edward James Olmos has
a message for pet owners on the Fourth of
July: Stay home.
Noisy reworks on Americas birthday
can startle animals and cause them to run
away. Olmos has teamed up with People
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to
urge owners to comfort their pets or at
least leave a TV or radio set on to mask the
blasts so they dont get as scared.
Many animals have actually broken
through glass windows and doors to get out
of the house, the veteran actor told The As-
sociated Press in a recent interview. (AP)
LOS ANGELES: Queen and Adam Lam-
bert, who recently kicked off their US tour
and played two nights at the Hollywood
Bowl, will offer fans a virtual reality con-
cert experience.
The band has teamed up with VRTGO,
Universal Music Groups VR platform, for
VR The Champions, a 360-degree 3-D
performance, the footage for which was
lmed at Barcelonas Palau Sant Jordi in
May 2016, and includes the Queen classics
Radio Ga Ga, We Will Rock You and
We Are the Champions. (RTRS)

Strawberry-rhubarb crisp makes a tasty summer treat
By Elizabeth Karmel
T he crisp, cobbler, crumble, grunt, slump
or buckle. What do these all have in
common? They all are fruit desserts baked
with a sweet pastry topping.
Theyre also the epitome of a fresh sum-
mer dessert although I have been known
to turn apples and pears into crisps in the
fall. Still, a hot summer fruit dessert topped
with vanilla ice cream is the essence of
summer.
I am partial to a crisp that is fruit topped
with a combination of crisp oatmeal,
our, butter and sugar and sometimes nuts.
The topping ranges from streusel to granola
and completely covers the fruit. Since the
topping is everyones favorite part of the
dessert, I add pecans to make the crisp top-
ping even more crunchy and substantial. I
think of it as the dessert version of granola.
The crisp sometimes is referred to as a
crumble or a buckle when a more classic
streusel topping is used.
No matter how it is topped, I love to grill
this dessert. Even though the process is
similar to baking it in the oven, it is much
more dramatic, and you surely will impress
your friends and family.
In the summer, I make a crisp almost
every week. Right now, I am making it
with strawberries and rhubarb, but it is
good with whatever fruit you find at the
Food
3 melon soup a summer showstopper
By Sara Moulton
T hree Melon Soup, a real showstopper, is
as much fun to look at as it is refresh-
ing to eat. The key, though, is to start with
the ripest and most fragrant fruits available.
In the case of cantaloupes and honeydews,
the rst move is to smell the stem end to
make sure it smells strongly of melon. With
watermelon, begin by searching for a large
yellow spot on the outside a sign that
the melon ripened for a good long time in
the sun. (Watermelons dont rotate as they
ripen; the yellow spot marks the part never
exposed to the sun. The larger the spot, the
longer it ripened.)
Given its natural sweetness, melon cries
out for an acidic counterpoint. Citrus is the
best choice. Here we use orange, lemon and
lime, one for each of the three melons
although lemon or lime will work for the
group of them if youd prefer not to buy
all three types. Also, the amount of citrus
prescribed is given as a range because an
individual melon may need more or less
acid depending on its sweetness. Start with
the smallest amount, adding more until its
no longer at.
This soups blazing good looks a kalei-
doscope of red, yellow and green result
from the fact that each of the three purees
keeps to itself. And you dont need to be a
professional food stylist to pull off this trick
just spoon the purees into separate parts
of the bowl.
I offer this recipe in two versions: plain
or fancy. The former is garnished with sour
cream or yogurt, strawberries and mint. The
latter boasts a savory garnish: salty cheese,
tortilla strips and sliced chiles. All of the pu-
rees can be prepared several days ahead of
time, and you can double or triple the recipe
with no problem, which makes it a perfect
candidate for a large backyard party.
Enhance the dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
This May 24, 2017 photo shows a strawberry-rhubarb crisp at the Institute of Culinary
Education in New York. (AP)
market. Make sure the fruit is ripe, and
mix it with a little bit of sugar, citrus and
cinnamon.
When you toss the fruit with the sugar
This June 16, 2017 photo shows a three melon soup in New York. (AP)
Corn gazpacho is a great starter for party
Three melon soup
Start to nish: 3 hours, 50 minutes (50
active)
Servings: 4
3 cups coarsely chopped honeydew
melon, plus 1/2 cup small cubes honeydew
melon; 2 to 4 tablespoons fresh lime juice;
3 cups coarsely chopped seedless water-
melon, plus 1/2 cup small cubes watermel-
on; 2 to 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 3
cups coarsely chopped cantaloupe melon,
plus 1/2 cup small cubes cantaloupe mel-
on; 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons orange juice
Traditional garnishes:
1/2 cup chopped strawberries; 1/4 cup
sour cream; Fresh mint leaves
Savory garnishes:
1/2 cup crushed tortilla chips; 1/3 cup
crumbled feta cheese; 1 small serrano,
sliced thin crosswise
In a blender combine the coarsely
chopped honeydew with 2 tablespoons of
the lime juice and blend until nely pureed.
Taste and add more lime juice if necessary.
Transfer to a bowl, rinse out the blender
and add the coarsely chopped watermelon
and 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice. Blend
until nely pureed; taste and add more
lemon juice if necessary. Transfer to a bowl,
rinse out the blender and add the coarsely
chopped cantaloupe, orange juice and 1
tablespoon lemon juice. Blend until nely
pureed; taste and add more lemon juice if
necessary. Transfer to a bowl. Chill all three
melon purees for at least 3 hours.
To serve: Remove the purees from the
refrigerator and stir each one (the water in
the melon will separate out as it sits). Spoon
or pour equal amounts of each puree into
each of four bowls and garnish with either
the traditional or savory garnishes.
coarsely chopped peeled English cu-
Simple and delicious straight out of the
garden, abundant corn on the cob is one of
and cornstarch, be sure to mix well and let
the fruit sit for 5 minutes to bring out the
natural juices and mix again. When baking,
make sure you bake long enough for the
the great things about summer. You boil it
up, spread on a little butter, dig in and thank
your lucky stars. But even perfection gets
boring after a while. This cold refreshing
soup is a way to have your corn and spoon
it, too.
I was inspired by the classic Spanish gaz-
pacho, but swapped out the tomato broth for
corn liquid. Of course, any pureed vegetable
will thicken a soup, but corn contains starch,
which adds a seductive creaminess. (Its
cornstarch in a box thats used to thicken
Chinese dishes.)
The supporting ingredients are the usual
gazpacho players tomatoes, cucumbers,
peppers and garlic supplemented by a
lineup of some Mexican cousins: chile, lime
juice and garlic croutons avored with chile
powder.
A bowl of this cold corn soup is the
perfect starter for a Fourth of July party,
but simply adding some protein boiled
shrimp, say, or shredded rotisserie chicken
will turn it into the persuasive main
course of any summer meal.
This dish is pretty quick to make, but you
can make it even more quickly by losing
the garlic croutons in favor of some crushed
tortilla chips. And, happily, it improves in
avor if you prepare it a few hours or
a few days ahead of time. Doing so in
anticipation of the Fourth would allow
you to check it off your list well before the
reworks begin.
Corn gazpacho with garlic croutons
Start to nish: 2 hours 55 minutes (55
active)
Servings: 4
For the soup:
4 cups fresh corn kernels; 1 1/2 cups
cumber plus 1 cup diced peeled Eng-
lish cucumber; 1 garlic clove, smashed
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cornstarch and fruit juices to bubble up and
turn opaque or your crisp will taste slightly
raw and gritty instead of silky smooth and
fruit tart.
The dessert is made for easy entertain-
ing since you can assemble it early in the
day and bake it just before you want to eat
it and serve it hot-off-the grill, or bake it in
advance and serve it at room temperature.
If I am baking it while we eat, I put the
crisp on the grill over indirect medium heat
when I take the meat off the grill. That way,
it is bubbling and hot when everyone is
ready for dessert. I love the drama of lifting
the lid of the grill in front of my guests and
seeing their eyes light up with the thought
of a grilled fruit crisp. Either way, it is
enhanced by a scoop of best-quality vanilla
ice cream.
Strawberry-rhubarb crisp with pecan
topping
Servings: 10
Start to nish: 110 minutes (20 minutes
active)
Topping:
1 cup packed light brown sugar; 1
cup all-purpose our; 1 cup regular or
quick-cooking oatmeal (not instant); 1
cup coarsely chopped pecans; 1 tea-
spoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon
kosher salt; 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted
butter, softened, cut into small pieces
and peeled; 1/4 cup lime juice; 2
tablespoons vegetable oil, preferably
grapeseed; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt;
1 cup halved or quartered cherry to-
matoes; 1 cup diced red bell pepper; 1
tablespoon minced serrano chile with
the seeds; Shredded fresh basil for
garnish
For the croutons:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, preferably
grapeseed; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 1/2
teaspoon chile powder; 1/8 teaspoon ko-
sher salt; 3 ounces (about 3 slices) rm
white bread, crusts removed and cut into
1/2-inch dice (you should have about 2
cups)
Make the soup:
Bring a medium saucepan of water to a
boil, add the corn and boil for 1 minute.
Drain the corn into a colander and run
cold water over it to cool it down. Set
aside 1 cup of the kernels and in a blender
combine the remaining corn kernels, the
coarsely chopped cucumber, garlic, lime
juice, oil and salt and puree until very
smooth.
Transfer the puree to a bowl and stir in
the remaining corn kernels, diced cucumber,
tomatoes, red bell pepper and chile. Taste
and adjust seasoning and chill for at least
2 hours and up to two days ahead before
serving.
Make the croutons:
Preheat the oven to 300 F. In a bowl com-
bine the oil, garlic, chile powder and salt,
add the bread cubes and toss well.
Spread the croutons out on a parchment-
lined rimmed sheet pan and bake them on
the middle shelf of the oven for 15 to 20
minutes, or until the bread squares are crisp
and beginning to brown. Let cool.
To serve: Divide the soup among 4 bowls
and top each portion with the croutons and
some shredded basil. (AP)
22
Filling:
3 pounds strawberries, cleaned and
halved (about 5 generous cups); 2 cups
chopped rhubarb, about 3 stalks; 1/3 cup
granulated white sugar; 1 orange, zested
and juiced (about 1/2 cup total); 1 lemon,
zested and juiced (about 1/2 cup total); 2/3
cup sugar in the raw; 1/4 cup cornstarch; 1
teaspoon ground cinnamon.
Build a charcoal re or preheat a gas grill.
Or preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Make the topping: In a large bowl,
combine all the topping ingredients except
the butter. Work in the butter with a pastry
blender or fork until the mixture resembles
large, coarse bread crumbs. Set aside.
Make the lling: In another large bowl,
place the strawberries. In a smaller bowl,
toss the chopped rhubarb. Add the orange
juice, lemon juice, orange and lemon zests,
sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon; mix
lightly. Set aside for 5 minutes.
Place the fruit mixture in a deep round
baking dish or soufe dish. Top it evenly
with the streusel mixture.
In a grill, place the dish in the center of
the cooking grate over indirect medium
heat, cover the grill, and bake.
In the oven, set the dish on a sheet pan
and place in the center of the oven. Bake
for 60-90 minutes, or until the juices bubble
over the baking dish, and are clear, and the
top is browned. (AP)
Obit
Visionary & rebel
Chef Senderens
dies at age of 77
PARIS, June 29, (AP): French chef Alain
Senderens, who rejected his Michelin
stars and was acclaimed as a visionary,
rebel and a force in the development of
nouvelle cuisine, has died. He was 77.
Senderens was being cremated
Wednesday in the central Correze region
after his death Sunday, according to the
town hall of his village of Saint-Setiers.
Senderens was regarded by his peers
as a visionary and a cerebral chef who
helped open the way to new approaches
to gastronomy.
He was among the chefs who pushed
forward the lighter nouvelle cuisine that
captures the a-
vors of regional
products. And he
pared down in
other areas, too,
including prices.
In 2005, he
transformed the
Parisian temple
of gastronomy
Lucas Carton,
which he took
over in 1985, into
a lower-priced es- Senderens
tablishment. That
was after he tried to give back his years
of three star-ratings, only to win two stars
the following year.
I wanted to make another style of
restaurant, Senderens told The Associ-
ated Press in 2006, after winning the two
stars. I didnt want the stars anymore,
but I cant do anything. Michelin says
they give stars to whomever they want.
Senderens was fed up with the rigors
of the star system and the competition in
the kitchen, and the inaccessible prices
for his creations. Senderens said in 2005
that after 27 years of being listed in the
guide, he wanted to make a break, and
make dining more affordable by cutting
costs. When he reopened under a new
name Senderens prices fell to the
$80 range, without wine about a quar-
ter of the average price at the time of Mi-
chelin establishments.
He told the newsmagazine LExpress
in 2012 that he was ashamed by this
excess of luxury.
Creative
Asian-inspired dishes that he was
known for continued, such as pigeon
with crab and vermicelli, and Javanese
lamb curry with citronella and mango.
His signature dish through the decades
was Canard Apicius, a duck dish based
on a recipe from Roman times.
Wine propelled Senderens creative
talents. Among chefs emphasizing the
need for harmony between a wine and
the food on the plate, he took it a step
further, creating dishes around particular
wines.
Senderens sold his restaurant in 2013
and it reverted to the name of Lucas Car-
ton.
Born Dec 2, 1939, in Hyeres, on the
Cote dAzur, Senderens went to Paris in
1962, working in top restaurants, includ-
ing Lucas Carton which he took over
three decades later honing his skills in
various roles in the kitchen brigade.
Top chefs voiced high praise for the
loss of a trend-setter in the kitchen.
Celebrated French chef Paul Bocuse,
now 91, paid hommage to Senderens in
a Facebook post as a giant of a chef
with innite talent. The Paul Bocuse
restaurant outside Lyon, in southeastern
France, noted that Monsieur Bocuse
had presented Senderens with the insig-
nia of Ofcer of the Legion of Honor
several years ago.
A great chef indeed, said Thomas
Keller, one of Americas top chefs, best
known for his Napa Valley restaurant
The French Laundry.
Alain Passard recalled his mentor as a
man of remarkable sensibility.
We knew we had before us some-
thing other than a cook, Passard was
quoted as saying in the daily Le Figaro.
He wanted us to enter a world where no
one else had been.

Mystery abounds in Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
By Christina Ledbetter
Midnight at the Bright Ideas
Bookstore (Scribner), by Matthew
Sullivan
Matthew Sullivans Midnight
at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
is shocking, charming and thrill-
ing from the opening scene. Lydia
Smith, a compassionate bookstore
clerk, is horried one night when
she nds her favorite customer, the
young Joey Molina, has commit-
ted suicide in the Western history
section. Things turn eerier when
Lydia spies a picture of herself as a
child poking out of the dead mans
pocket. However, it is when Lydia
learns that Joey has left all of his
meager possessions to her (includ-
ing an assortment of books he has
meticulously defaced in efforts to
convey a message of sorts) that the
bookseller has a mystery on her
hands.
While she attempts to decipher
Joeys message, readers will begin
to wonder what Lydia is hiding. She
brushes off a postcard from a homi-
cide detective who recognized her
photo in the newspaper; shed rather
not think about a villain dubbed the
Hammerman lurking in her childhood
(and possibly the streets today); and
she refuses to speak to her father. The
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and Lydias childhood, and Sullivan
navigates the transitions elegantly.
The narrative remains consistently
suspenseful, yet smooth.
With compelling characters and
rich descriptions, Sullivans writing
is spot-on. Raj, a chubby, jumpsuit-
sporting boy befriends Lydia as
a child and offers her doughnuts
from his parents gas station. David,
Lydias boyfriend, with his mangled
ngers resembling a knot of bread
dough in his palm, disassembles
VCRs and wipes crumbs from the
kitchen counter. BookFrogs, a cast of
local eccentrics who regularly ll the
bookstore, roam Bright Ideas aisles
and nap in armchairs.
Sullivan nails it, delivering a cap-
tivating conict plus masterfully ex-
ecuted prose. To boot, the bookstore
setting will charm even those who
devour this read electronically.
House of Names: a Novel
(Scribner), by Colm Toibin
In the days before the gods
lost interest in human folly, King
Agamemnon summoned his daugh-
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wife, Clytemnestra, believed his
ruse and led their young daughter to
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House of Names family drama on mythic stage
a blood sacrifice on the eve of the
Trojan War.
In House of Names, Colm Toibin
reimagines Greek myth through the
eyes of vengeance-seeking Clytem-
nestra and her surviving children,
Electra and Orestes. He lays out their
interlocking crimes at a steady pace
in strong, simple words as if he were
setting a table for a family meal.
A rusty blade, an old cloth, dark
whispers and a hollow look these
are the stones from which he builds a
tower of atrocities.
Fans of Game of Thrones will
recognize the material and thrill to
it. Lies, secrets and betrayals lead to
kidnapping, imprisonment, rape and
murder death by poisoning, death
by knife.
Bloody yet somehow never gar-
ish, Toibins novel should appeal
to many readers. Classicists will
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My)
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At her heaviest, Roxane Gay
weighed 577 pounds. In her power-
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got that way and what its like to
live trapped in a cage of her own
making.
Its the story of a carefree young
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until she was gang-raped by a boy
I thought I loved and a group of his
friends. Then she ate and ate and
ate to build my body into a fortress,
which comforted her in the moment
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loneliness inside me that I have spent
my whole life trying to ll.
On one level Hunger is a
straight-up memoir, the story of a shy,
studious girl, the beloved daughter of
Haitian immigrants, who endures a
humiliating adolescence, an emotional
breakdown in college and the lost
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of my waking hours online, talking to
strangers.
There she nds forums for rape and
sexual abuse survivors, as well as cha-
age, submission and sadomasochism).
Next comes a series of dead-end jobs,
a return to school and eventual suc-
cess as a writer. (AP)
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Other Lives

Residents face daily stresses akin to those in war zone

Rising violence takes psychological toll in Rio favelas

By Yesica Fisch and Leo Correa
A lmir Arruda rode his bicycle quickly
across the City of slum in Rio de
Janeiro when he heard there was shootout
between drug trafckers and police near his
4-year-old daughters preschool.
Arruda, a 43-year-old unemployed construc-
tion worker, arrived to nd children and teach-
ers lying on the oor to protect themselves as
the pounding of bullets continued nearby. He
scooped up daughter Jamile, who look terri-
ed, and they rode the bike a few blocks until
Arruda stopped to wait out the shooting and
started crying.
If it hits me I dont care, but what if it hits
her? Arruda said, talking about stray bullets
through tears and over the sounds of gunshots
close by. I feel like a prisoner in the com-
munity.
Amid a sharp increase in violence in fave-
las, or slums, millions of Rio residents are
facing daily stresses akin to those in a war
zone. Heavily armed drug trafckers battle
for control of many favelas, and violent
police operations add to the death toll and
sense of fear. Last year, 920 people died
during police raids or patrols in Rio state,
more than double the 413 in 2013, according
to Rios Public Security Institute. And this
In this June 5 photo, boys embrace on as
they take a time-out from their Copeira
class, assigned to them as a punishment for
arguing, at a community center in the slum
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)
years gure is up by almost 60 percent over
2016.
To document the psychological impact of
the violence on favela residents, an Associated
Press team spent eight days with two families
in the City of , a slum of about 50,000
residents made famous by the 2002 Oscar-
nominated lm of the same name and visited
six years ago by then U.S. President Barack
Obama.
While there, the AP witnessed children,
even toddlers, talking about violence in their
community, mothers forcing their children
to take cover during police patrols and a
man recovering after being shot. The roar of
gunre was often present, prompting residents
to break up activities when they believed the
skirmish to be particularly close.
Different than hundreds of other Rio favelas
that grew out of squatter communities, City of
was built in the 1960s as a housing project
for people who had been forced out of other
favelas. It sits just a few miles from the Olym-
pic Park in upscale Barra da Tijuca. Despite
proximity to wealth, government services are
practically non-existent. Parts of the slum are
covered with garbage and the stench of sewage
permeates the air.
While teeming with residents, even during
the day the streets are often empty because
violence can erupt at any moment residents
even complain that police operations happen
while children are in school.
When residents leave the slum to go to
work, relatives and friends stay in touch via
texts. They let them know if there has been
a shooting, in which case they have to wait
until its over to return. Fogo Cruzado, or
Crossre, is a free app created by Amnesty
International Brazil that helps Rio residents
track shootings in real time by combining
crowd-sourcing data and monitoring social
media.
On a recent Friday evening, a military po-
lice tank suddenly appeared. Shouting to alert
her family, Thaisa da Silva Ribeiro grabbed
4-year-old Isaac, who was playing in the door
of their building, and brought him inside.
Isaacs sister, 2-year-old Isadora, looked ter-
ried.
Its not possible to get used to this, but
unfortunately this is the routine in City of ,
said Ribeiro, who is pregnant.
Minutes later, Isaac cried about the incident
while Isadora hugged her brother and tried to
calm him down.
In war zones, children and adults can suf-
fer post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety,
nightmares, insomnia and other psychological
disorders.
Many of those symptoms are being ob-
served in residents of slums, particularly chil-
dren, according to health experts at Fiocruz,
one of Brazils top research institutes, which
is conducting a large study on health issues
related to urban violence in Rio.
Leonardo Bueno, one of the researchers,
says that anxiety and depression from the vio-
lence are compounded by the feeling the state
has abandoned poor areas.
All of that increases the level of illness in
an area, he said.
Fueling the tension is a widespread belief
among favela residents that police see them all
as criminals and will be quick to rough them
up without cause.
Like Ribeiro, 45 percent of favela resi-
dents fear that police will confuse them with
criminals and 75 percent believe the police
act more violently in favelas than in wealthier
areas, according to a survey by the Center for
the Study of Safety and Citizenship at Rios
Candido Mendes University.
Alexandre Henrique da Cruz Correia, a
29-year old father of three, was recently shot
while walking from his grandmothers home
to his own.
I passed by the police, and by the time I got
to the end of the street I had been shot twice,
said Correia, showing where one of the bullets
was still lodged in back of his left hip. I have
no idea where it came from. (AP)

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A model demonstrates Tetras Captureroid motion capture technology, making it possible to control movements in real time from whole body to facial expressions with a computerised issued to him/her.
graphic character, at the VR/AR World Exhibition as part of the Advanced Content Technology Expo in Tokyo on June 29. (AFP)
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The company showed off its high-tech romance gear at ployee Tomoyuki Takahashi. The system, Tsuji said, could be used by retailers who Grand Mosque, which is one of Kuwaits most
the three-day Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality exhibi- But in this case, you feel the real sensation as if you want to interact with customers by having the cutesy char- treasured religious and cultural landmarks to
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At FutureLeaps booth, a young model kneels on a uffy he said. character remains out of sight. tecture. Free guided tours are available all year
carpet as she tosses balloons in the air, blows bubbles and This type of realistic sensation will become the main With this system you can have animated characters talk- round on ofcial working days between (9-11
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Kenyas Ngugi dumps Swedish book fair Reception; Auditorium show; (according to
age group); Touring the Mosque; Q & A; Art
workshops; (according to age group between
5 and 18 years old); Snack break; Distribution

20 yrs later, new generation of Potter fans
NEW YORK, June 29, (Agencies): Klyssa
Moore wasnt that much older than the
elementary school students she now teaches
when she rst fell in love with Harry Potter
soon after the books rst started coming out.
The 28-year-old reads at least part of
the rst book to her classes, and isnt at all
surprised when they fall under the spell of the
boy wizard, just like she did, and are endlessly
curious about what happens next, just like she
was. But the similarity ends there, since they
have something she didnt all seven books
at their disposal.
As the 20th anniversary of the initial
publishing of the rst Harry Potter book is
celebrated this week, another generation is
being introduced to Harry, Hogwarts and all
the rest of the magical world created by author
J.K. Rowling.
For some of their rst-generation-fan
parents and other adults often doing the
introducing, theres a little bit of wistful-
ness that their kids wont get to experience
the midnight book release parties and other
hoopla that surrounded the Harry Potter
publishing phenomenon. For others, though,
theres the slightest bit of (cheerful) envy
that their kids wont have to wait to nd out
what happens next.
Moore is rmly in the rst camp.
Part of it, the fun of being a fan when the
books were coming out, you were living it as
Harry and all the characters were living it,
the Lubbock, Texas, resident said. The wait
between books was kind of like the summers
they had in-between school when Harry was
disconnected from the (magical) world. You
do miss out on getting to make up your own
theories and getting to guess what you think is
going to happen because you can pick up the
book and nd out right away.
Chloe Galkin is pretty sure she could
probably live with that. The 41-year-old from
Maplewood, New Jersey, has seen her 8-year-
old son Theo tear through the entire series. I
think I would have loved to have them all, just
the way he does, she said. Well nish one,
he cant wait to start the next one. I think thats
almost better in a way that you can read them
continuously.
The rst book in the Harry Potter series
was published in Britain on June 26, 1997.
Its since sold more than 450 million copies
globally, in 79 languages. It took 10 years for
all the books to come out, with multi-year gaps
between offerings.
And remember, the discussions and events
and fan theories were there because people
needed to nd ways to pass the time, pointed
out Erin Pyne, 40, of Orlando, Florida. She
should know her immersion in all things
Harry Potter led her to working with Universal
Studios on its massively popular Harry Potter
themed park attraction.
This Harry Potter generation, which
includes her 6-year-old son, Rowan, is so
lucky, because they dont have to wait, she
said. We had to wait and wait and WAIT.
Emma Joanisse cant imagine that. The
10-year-old read the series starting with one of
the numerous copies of the rst book owned
by her stepmother, Josee Leblanc.
Im glad that I didnt have to wait because
I could just read them all and not have to
stop, said Joanisse, of Montreal, through
Leblancs translation. She admitted the idea of
midnight book release parties and other events
had a certain appeal, though. It sounded like
fun, being all together, she said.
Envious or not, sharing the Harry Potter
love with a new generation has been a joy and
beautiful and controlled ... I think that they
a testament to the staying power of the books,
said Clayton Lord, 36, who has read the rst
which will be represented at the fair.
Theo Galkin, 8, poses for a picture with his
set of Harry Potter books at his home in
South Orange, NJ on June 28. (AP)
four with his husband and their 6-year-old
daughter, Cici. Prior to starting that effort last
year, he hadnt re-read the rst books in the
series in many years.
There are things that you read when
youre younger and then you get back to
them and you realize theyre not all you
thought they were, said Lord, of Edge-
water, Maryland. When it comes to Harry
Potter, even after many years, theyre
very very well-crafted, the writing is really
wear long pants. Shorts and sleeveless shirts
hold up incredibly well.
Also:
STOCKHOLM: Kenyan literary icon Ngugi
wa Thiongo, often tipped for the Nobel litera-
ture prize, has pulled out of an annual Swedish
book fair in protest at the presence of a right-
wing extremist newspaper, his publisher said
Wednesday.
The 75-year-old author of A Grain of
Wheat (1967) and Petals of Blood (1975),
wrote an e-mail to his Swedish publisher
Modernista informing them he would cancel
his attendance at the Gothenburg Book Fair
in solidarity with the writers withdrawing and
of course with the concerns behind their with-
drawal, referring to the newspaper Nya Tider,
We can conrm that Ngugi wa Thiongo
has cancelled his attendance at the book fair
in Gothenburg in the autumn, Kristofer An-
dersson, development director at Modernista,
told AFP.
of the Grand Mosque publications and souve-
nirs; End of tour.
According to these age groups:
Age group: 5 to 9 years old: Morning: 60 visi-
tors max; Evening: 20; 10 to 15 years: Morning:
100 visitors max; Evening: 45; 16 and above:
Morning: 140 visitors max, Evening: 105:
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English- French; Arabic (English upon prior
request); Arabic- English- French: Arabic
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Please arrive in time for your visit.
All visitors are kindly required to abide by
the mosques dress code. Male visitors should
are not allowed. Female visitors: should wear
head cover and long loose clothing (available
at the mosque).
Foods and drinks are not allowed inside the
prayer halls.
For school visits, teachers are responsible
for their students and are required to cooperate
with the staff members of the Grand Mosque.
Photography is allowed inside the Grand
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Plane crazy: from China coin-thrower to dancer
SHANGHAI, June 29, (AFP): An 80-year-old
Chinese woman delayed a domestic ight from
Shanghai this week for nearly six hours after
throwing coins into an engine of the plane sup-
posedly for good luck.
Shanghai police later said they would take
no further action against the woman said
to be a Buddhist due to her age, although
Chinese Internet users were far less forgiving.
AFP looks at ights across the world that
were delayed or failed to reach their destina-
tions for unusual reasons.
Passengers rebel against drunk pilot
Passengers in Moscow demanded that the
pilot for their Aeroot ight to New York be
removed because he was drunk. The rst sign
of trouble came when the pilot slurred his
words during the pre-ight announcement, The
Moscow Times said in February 2009. At a
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KIFF anti-drugs campaign: As part of the
Fraternity fest, Kuwait India Fraternity Forum
(KIFF) is conducting Anti-Drugs Campaign
among Indians living in Kuwait. According
to the available statistics of Indian Embassy,
60% of the convicted Indians in Kuwaiti Jails
are arrested on drug-related cases. The recent
cases of death and captives of Indian drug
abusers is a threatening news. To defend and
to campaign against such social crisis by pro-
tecting individuals as well as the society has
become obligatory. In this current situation,
Kuwait India Fraternity Forum is conducting
campaign by distributing handouts, conduct-
ing counseling, seminars etc. to educate the
Indians living in Kuwait informed President
Saifudheen Nalakath in a press release. For
more details contact: 55062071 or email at
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there. So I like the good weather and the liveli-
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Bee delays passenger plane for 4 hours
time when Aeroots reputation was already at
rock-bottom due to a series of safety incidents,
one passenger told the newspaper: The rst
thought that occurred to me was, This guy
is drunk. His speech was so slurred it was
hard to tell what language he was speaking.
The pilot emerged from the cockpit of the
Boeing 767 red-faced with bloodshot eyes and
appeared unsteady on his feet. The crew was
replaced and the ight later departed safely.
Fiery curry powder sparks smoke alert
An Air India passenger jet heading to
Frankfurt was forced to return to Mumbai after
a bag of curry powder set off smoke and re
alarms. Pilots on the Boeing 747 activated re
extinguishers after receiving a cockpit warning
about a re in the cargo hold in June 2009.
But on the planes return to India engineers
said the alert had been triggered by a leaking
Tourist river boats sail on the River Seine, with a view of the Notre-Dame Cathedral (center), in Paris on June 28. (AFP)
Summer travel tips to handle crowds, heat
By Beth J. Harpaz
Speakummer travel can be crowded, hot and
expensive, especially in Europe, where its
tourist season. Travel expert Rick Steves
, the guidebook writer, public radio and TV
show host, offered these tips in an interview
taped for The Associated Press podcast series
Get Outta Here! on how to get the most out
of your summer trip.
Steves says most lines at tourist sites arent
to get inside, but to buy tickets. The solu-
tion: Buy tickets ahead, online, or look for
combination tickets that can be purchased at
less popular spots where there are no lines. For
example, one ticket covers Romes Palatine
Hill and the Colosseum, so buy tickets at the
Palatine Hill where there are no crowds. Then
you can walk right into the Colosseum without
waiting on the ticket-buying line there.
If youre waiting in line, youre probably
messing up, Steves said.
Steves says the greatest congestion at
pm Thats when tour buses bring groups. If an
attraction opens earlier or later, be there and
its all yours. On a recent visit to Versailles,
Steves said, I came late and I had the Hall of
Mirrors to myself.
Steves also thinks travelers overreact to ter-
rorism, and thats cut crowds in some places:
Those people who have a grip and dont con-
fuse fear with risk can visit Paris or Greece
or even Egypt and be all alone at the pyramids
of Giza.
But summer crowds arent always bad. For
most of Europe north of the Alps, believe it or
not, I want crowds, Steves said. Norway is
boring when theres no crowds. Ireland shuts
down when theres no crowds. Crowds enliven
medieval banquets in Wales. The tourist ofce
is open in Cornwall when there are people
ness that comes with peak season travel in the
north of Europe, along with long hours of
daylight.
Heat
Handle summer heat like local people do,
whether its taking an afternoon siesta or eat-
bag containing curry powder. The bag was
removed before the plane took off again after a
12-hour delay.
Passengers stung by delay
Snakes, rats, mice and scorpions have all
prevented planes from taking off, but in Janu-
ary last year a bee delayed an Indonesian pas-
senger plane for four hours after getting stuck
in vital equipment and causing a problem with
the aircraft controls. The ight, operated by
Indonesian ag carrier Garuda, was scheduled
to take off from the western island of Sumatra
and head for Jakarta. But the pilot of the Boe-
ing 737, which was carrying 156 passengers,
decided not to take off after noticing a problem
with the controls. The airline did not say
whether the bee survived the ordeal.
dancer forces ight back at Belfast City Airport from Birmingham in
Sleepy early-morning passengers on a ight
Spend less and experience more
ing dinner at 9 pm when its cooler. In Turkey,
he said, people believe in drinking hot liquids
as a way to stay hydrated.
The smart traveler is like a cultural chame-
leon, he added.
Steves also advises getting a hotel in the
center of town so you have a refuge, where
you can take a little break and not carry around
so much stuff. And you can venture out early
and you can venture out late.
On a trip to Venice, Steves walked across
town early each morning. It was cool, it was
empty, the light was warm and mellow, he
said. I loved my two hours in Venice before
the cruise ship people got there. After the
evening rush hour, by 6 oclock, Venice takes
on a different personality. The local people
come and reclaim their squares.
Experience
Steves doesnt obsess about budgets or
deals. Instead he saves money by becoming a
In this Nov 17, 2015 le photo, visitors pose inside the Hall of Mirrors in the Versailles
Castle in Versailles, west of Paris. (AP)
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from Moscow to London may have thought
they were dreaming when a drunken Russian
woman staged dances on the plane in Au-
gust 2011. But the ight crew decided to return
to Moscow as the woman, 39, was deemed to
be causing an inconvenience to passengers, the
RIA Novosti news agency said. The woman
was in a state of insobriety, inconveniencing
the passengers, taking off their glasses and
dancing dances, a spokesman for transport
police said, quoted by the news agency. The
woman was arrested on arrival.
Pilot loses articial arm & control
A pilot for a British budget airline briey
lost control of a ight after his articial arm
came loose during landing. The Flybe plane
carrying 47 passengers was coming in to land
described the incident as quite unusual but
February 2014 when the pilots prosthetic
temporary local.
The less you spend, the more you experi-
ence, he said.
He does research and uses public transporta-
tion instead of taking guided tours. He eats
in mom-and-pop restaurants, and says all his
favorite eateries in Paris have a similar set-up,
with eight or 10 tables, the owner onsite, hand-
written menus in one language, with dishes
that change seasonally. And he immerses
himself in local culture.
Another tip: Visit second cities that are
less expensive and less crowded. In Portugal,
consider Porto instead of Lisbon; in France,
Marseille instead of Paris; in Germany, Ham-
burg instead of Munich or Berlin; in Ireland,
Belfast instead of Dublin.
Steves travels with two credit cards so he
has a backup but he mostly uses cash when
abroad. He heads straight to a bank ATM for
money, avoiding the terrible conversion rates
and high fees charged by currency exchange
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forearm became detached from a special clamp
tted to the planes yoke. This caused the
plane to land with a bounce, but no one was
injured. Flybe said it was proud to be an equal
opportunity employer. The captain pledged to
be more careful in future about checking the
attachment on his articial limb.
Im not qualied to land plane
Another British passenger plane was forced
to turn back minutes before landing in Paris in
2008 because the pilot of 30 years experi-
ence was not qualied to land in fog. Speaking
over the address system as the Flybe ight
approached Charles de Gaulle airport, the
pilot announced to startled passengers I am
not qualied to land the plane and turned
back to Cardiff. The Civil Aviation Authority
probably not unheard of.
kiosks and hotel desks. Because theres a at
fee per ATM withdrawal, instead of getting
$100 in euros every day, he suggests getting
$300 every three days.
I travel so inexpensively that the fact that I
didnt get a deal on the ight doesnt really oc-
cur to me so much, he said. A lot of people
say, Where is the dollar strong? I would
say the best value is, Where are your travel
dreams taking you?
Also:
HAVANA: Cuba earned more than $3 billion
from tourism in 2016 and expects to better that
this year despite President Donald Trumps
tightening of restrictions on US travel to the
Caribbean island, a government ofcial said
on Wednesday.
In 2016, revenue reached more than $3
billion in all activity linked to tourism in
the country, Jose Alonso, the Tourism
Ministrys business director, told state-run
media.
We think that, given the growth the coun-
try is seeing at the moment, we will beat that
gure this year, Alonso said.
Tourism revenue totaled $2.6 billion in
2015.
The number of foreign visitors to Cuba
was up 22 percent in the rst half of 2017
compared with the same period last year, ac-
cording to Alonso, who said that put it on track
to reach its target for a record 4.2 million visits
this year.
Tourism has been one of the few bright
spots recently in Cubas economy, as it
struggles with a decline in exports and
subsidized oil shipments from its key ally
Venezuela.
A surge in American visitors has helped
boost the sector since the 2014 US-Cuban
detente under the Obama administration
and its easing of US travel restrictions,
even as a longtime ban on tourism remained
in effect.
But Trump earlier this month ordered a
renewed tightening of travel restrictions, say-
ing he was canceling former president Barack
Obamas terrible and misguided deal with
Havana. (Agencies)

Malindo Air appoints Caesars Intl Travel as GSA in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Malindo Air, recent
winner of CAPAs 2016 Asia Pacic Regional
Airline of the Year, has appointed Caesars
Intl Travel Co, a leading travel service pro-
vider in Kuwait, as the General Sales Agent
(GSA) in Kuwait, with immediate effect.
This is the second appointment of GSA in
the Middle East for Malindo Air, in line with
the airlines commitment to expand its pres-
ence to the international network, by allowing
easy access to Malindo Air product & services
to the Kuwait market through Caesars Intl
Travel Co.
Chandran Rama Muthy, Malindo Airs CEO
said, We have strived to build stronger mar-
ket presence and enhance the accessibility of
travelers through our network. We are happy
to partner with Caesars Intl Travel Co to pro-
mote Malindo Air in Kuwait and we welcome
more passengers from Kuwait to enjoy our
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other problems by different techniques. Contact:
99315825.
Leadership Excellence Course: The
Leadership Excellence Course (LEC) is a course
modeled on the Seerah of Rasoolullah who is the
best model of leadership for all mankind. The
LEC focuses on the lessons that we can learn
from the Seerah of Rasoolullah and see how we
can apply them in our lives to become winners in
this world and the next.
The objectives of the course are 1. Under-
stand what leadership is from the Seerah of
Rasoolullah and how to apply it in our lives
today 2. Understand the purpose of our lives
and learn to live that purpose with condence
3. Understand the importance of connecting
to Allah and learn how to do it 4. Understand
how to leverage your strengths and overcome
weaknesses 5. Understand how to articulate
your life goal and create a road map to achieve
it.
For more information please visit www.
leckuwait.com or call 99514995 / 66363310.
to ensure further success and prosperity to the
AWL registration: If you would like to join
the American Womens League (AWL), please
call 99039723 or 94067999 or email: kuwait-
awl@yahoo.com. All American women and
wives of Americans are welcomed.
and help them perform fasting perfectly.
Ugandans register with UIK: Are you
a Ugandan living and working in Kuwait?
Would you like to get in touch with other
Ugandans in Kuwait both socially and profes-
sionally? Then please get in touch with us.
We would like to invite you to register with
the Ugandans in Kuwait (UIK) association,
an informal organization of Ugandans living
and working in Kuwait. The purpose of this
exercise is to get together as Ugandans and to
consider taking the rst steps to establishing
a more formal organisation. This association
is voluntary. It is designed to create a forum
for Ugandans in Kuwait to foster a sense of
community, to communicate more effectively
with each other and to encourage Ugandans out
here to work together. We are also planning
a celebration to mark 50 years of Ugandans
Independence this year. If you have any ques-
tions regarding this association or if you are
interested in registering, then please send us an
email at ugandansinkuwait@gmail.com. We
hope to hear from you soon.
for children of Indian workers employed in the
Free drum music classes: Free profes-
sional drum music classes are available at
Salmiya for all age groups from beginners to
advanced by a well experienced drum teacher.
For more details: 94974295.
ECR countries (including Kuwait).
Indian Embassy SPDC notice: Attention
of all Indian associations/Indian schools in Ku-
wait is once again drawn to Scholarship Pro-
gramme for Diaspora Children (SPDC) which
We aim to boost travel related industries in the region
airlines premium services and connectivity
through our network.
Our partnership with the various leading
Middle Eastern carriers will serve the market
Photos from the event.
ABK spreads the joy of Eid Al-Fitr
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) celebrated Eid Al-Fitr with the children
at the Amiri Hospital, spreading the joy of the holiday among the
young patients. The Banks initiative comes in line with the series of
Ramadan activities it held throughout the holy month.
A group of staff members from ABK volunteered to participate in
the visit to the young patients, where they distributed gifts across
Dr Al-Tabtabae to share insights throughout the year
KFH launches Ramadan awareness program
KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Kuwait Finance
House (KFH) launched comprehensive Ra-
madan awareness program on its accounts on
social media. The program that encompassed
several videos, tips and messages related to
Ramadan, witnessed remarkable interaction
and positive feedback from followers and
customers.
The program was presented by the Chair-
man of Fatwa and Sharia Supervisory Board of
KFH Group Dr Sayyed Mohammad Al-Sayyed
Abdul Razzaq Al-Tabtabae.
Al-Tabtabae presents different religious
and awareness programs to the employees and
the public throughout the year. He spares no
efforts in serving the Islamic nance while
emphasizing the full compliance with Sharia
principles in all the banks transaction in order
Islamic nance industry.
The program included several subjects on
Ramadan its rituals and duties, etc. These
topics were posted on KFH accounts on social
media in efforts to benet the fasting people
Moreover, the program reassures KFHs
ongoing commitment towards assuming the
social responsibility while participating in the
was introduced by Government of India in the
academic year 2006-2007 with the objective to
make higher education in India accessible to
the children of overseas Indians and promote
India as a centre for higher studies.
Under the scheme, 100 PIO/NRI students
were awarded scholarship of up to US$ 4,000
per annum for undergraduate courses in Engi-
neering, Technology, Humanities, Liberal Arts,
Commerce, Management, Journalism, Hotel
Management, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry
and some other courses.
The scheme is open to NRIs/PIOs from
over 40 countries (including Kuwait) having
substantial Indian Diaspora population.
The Scheme was revamped and launched in
July 2016. Under the revamped Scheme, num-
ber of scholarships has been enhanced from
100 to 150 with introduction of 50 scholarships
Affairs, New Delhi, Tel: 00-91-11-24197952,
Emigration Check Required (ECR) countries.
The Scheme is now applicable to four catego-
ries of applicants:
(i) Persons of Indian Origin
(ii) Non-Resident Indians
(iii) Children of Indian workers working in
(iv) Children of Indian workers in ECR
countries - studying in India
The institutions that are covered under this
Scheme are:
for leisure, business, travel and more. We aim
to boost the travel related industries in the
region, with Caesars Intl Travel Co onboard,
he added.
the childrens wards and engaged them in an enjoyable atmo-
sphere.
ABK will continue to be an active member of the community and
share the joys of the religious holidays with all segments of society.
For more information about ABK please visit eahli.com or contact
an ABK customer service agent via Ahlan Ahli at 1899899.
Dr Al-Tabtabae
religious and national activities and events.
The program came as part of the banks
Ramadan program that included various
social and humanitarian events and activi-
(i) NITs, IIITs, Schools of Planning and
Architecture
(ii) A Grade institutions accredited by Na-
tional Assessment and Accreditation Council
(NAAC) and recognised by University Grants
Commission (UGC).
(iii) Other institutions covered under Direct
Admission of Students Abroad (DASA)
scheme.
Income criteria will be applicable to all four
categories. Applicants will seek scholarships
after they obtain admission in the approved list
of educational institutions.
Applications are required to be submitted
online at SPDC portal - http://spdcindia.gov.
in/login/index.php. Last date for submission
of applications was extended till Oct 14, 2016.
Nodal ofcer for SPDC is P. Bharadwaj, Depu-
ty Secretary (OIA-II), Ministry of External
Email: dsoia2@mea.gov.in
Experience Science for Adults: Regis-
tration is now open for Experience Science for
Adults.
Why should kids have all the fun?!
The ve week programme will be held on
Saturday from 10:00 am-11:30 am at the Yar-
mouk Cultural Centre.
Registration is limited to 16. You may
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
By partnering with Malindo Air as a GSA
in Kuwait, we are opening a new window
for traveling to our valued clients with the
Malindos exciting network. We are going
to introduce this growing airline for our pas-
sengers in Kuwait for the inow of leisure,
business to their network, said P.N.J. Kumar,
CEO Caesars Travel Group. The GSA of-
ce of Malindo Air is located in Crystal Tower
(25th Floor) with contact numbers: 22970241,
E-mail: malindoair@caesarstravel.com.
Caesars Travel Group, the parent organiza-
tion of Caesars Intl Travel Company is one of
the leading travel groups in Kuwait part of
Caesars Group of Companies, was established
in 1992, aims to provide quality travel services
to both leisure and business travelers. Despite
having built up a reliable reputation among the
travel arena in Kuwait, Caesars Travel Group
thought of a change in the fast moving world
ties stemming from the banks endeavors to
solidify its commitment towards the society,
while supporting all social and humanitarian
initiatives.
register at either the Amricani Cultural Centre,
Sunday to Thursday 10:00-3:00 or the Yar-
mouk Cultural Centre, Sunday to Thursday
10:00-6:00. For more information, please
email:education@darmuseum.org.kw
TIES Center events: TIES Center announc-
es following events Tajweed and Recitation:
Learn and practice the art of reciting the Holy
Quran (tajweed). The instructor will also
answer questions related to the meaning of the
Arabic words and verses.
Every Sunday & Tuesday @ 10 11:30am;
every Monday @ 5-6:30pm.
The TIES Center is the social and education-
al hub for English Speaking expats in Kuwait.
For more information, please call 25231015
or e-mail info@tiescenter.net or visit www.
tiescenter.net.
Bridge game: Bridge tournament is being held
every Sunday and Wednesday at 20:00 hours,
played at the Graduates Club, next to Kuwait
Engineering Society. Interested Bridge pairs or
individual players please contact Mohammed
Merchant, Tel: 24815622, 24841158, 99612287.
TIES Center classes: TIES Center is con-
ducting a series of classes about some of the
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of travel by stretching their wings to all travel
ancillaries under a travel umbrella and today,
apart from the travel agency services, Caesars
Travel Group has introduced various airline
representations in Kuwait, Holiday division,
Cargo, Cruises and other many ancillary
products.
The four-year old premium airline, Malindo
Air is offering baggage allowance of 30kg for
Economy Class and 40 kg for Business Class.
Passengers on board will enjoy in-ight enter-
tainment, in-ight meal, spacious legroom and
optional Wi-Fi (for selected ights). Currently,
Malindo Air has 800 ights travelling weekly
to 45 destinations. For updates on Malindo
Airs latest activities and promotions, please
connect with us via Twitter (https://twitter.
com/malindoair), Facebook (facebook.com/
MalindoAirMalaysia) or Instagram (instagram.
com/malindoair).
Prophets and Messengers of God who strove
very hard to spread monotheism and teach
their respective peoples how to worship God.
Their message was not only spiritual; they also
taught people how to conduct their daily lives
and develop the living conditions on earth.
In this series, we will focus on the following
prophets: Adam, Nouh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abra-
ham), Ayoub (Job), Yousuf (Joseph), Mousa
(Moses), and Eisa (Jesus) may peace, mercy
and blessings of Allah (to Whom all might and
majesty is ascribed) be upon them all.
We will not only focus on historical facts,
but will also deduce some important lessons
whose application in our daily interactions and
chores determine our success and salvation.
Join us every Thursday at 7 pm to learn
about the life and times of those messengers of
rm resolve.
The TIES Center is the social and educa-
tional hub for English Speaking Muslims in
Kuwait. For more information, please call
25231015 or e-mail info@tiescenter.net or visit
www.tiescenter.net.
Sports
Chess Round Robin Challenge: Regis-
trations are open for chess coaching and the
Annual Round Robin Challenger Series. Send
your name, Civil ID No., mobile number, age,
rating to saviosgomes@gmail.com with CCR
in the e-mail subject. No entry fee.
Kwt-Brits football supporters: A new foot-
ball supporters website for British expats living
and working in Kuwait has been set up by an
Everton supporter, Trevor Powell. The Kuwait
Brits Football Supporters Association (KBFSA)
site aims to provide contact information for sup-
porters of each others whereabouts and also in
the future hopes to organise social events such as
quizzes and even five-a-side matches on a home
international teams basis. We need expats to reg-
ister their support and hence we can then start to
cast around for a suitable meeting venue. The
site can be accessed at www.kbfsa.co.uk.
Free fitness classes: Free tness classes
at B.FIT studio in Salmiya! Classes include
Zumba, Masala Bhangra workout, aerobics,
toning & much more. Contact +965-65077062
for further information. Hurry and enroll now!
Courses
Islamic and Arabic courses: Islamic and
Arabic courses are being offered at the
Enlightenment into Islam Center starting from
5:00-7:00 pm.
Registrations can be done at the main ofce
Womens Committee in Qurtoba.
For more information contact: 24322684,
25362693, 97743327 and 25362681.
IPC Arabic Course: IPC Rawdah Ladies
Section will commence the Arabic Conversa-
tion Course. The students must have success-
fully completed at least 3 levels of Arabic.
Placement test will be taken by those who took
Arabic class outside IPC.
Class is every Friday from 9-11 am.
IPC Rawdah-22512257
PC Islamic Courses: Say: O my Lord,
let me grow in knowledge. IPC is offering
Islamic courses in English (for ladies only).
Muslims and non-Muslims are welcome.
1. Tilawa Surah Ar-Rad and Surah Ibrahim
Sundays at 5:30-7:00 pm; 2. Principles
of Tafsir (part 2) - Sundays at 7:00-8:30 pm;
3. Tajweed 3 - Tuesday, at 5:30-7:00 pm; 4.
Jesus in Surah Mariam (part 2) - Tuesdays at
7:00-8:30 pm.
Instructor: Sr Zeinab Hassan Ashry
Place: IPC - Women Section Al-Rawdah,
Area 3, Street 30, House 12, opp 4th Ring
Road.
Email: ipc_sch@yahoo.com, Telephone:
22512257.
Islamic classes in French: The Enlight-
enment into Islam is offering Islamic Classes
in French for ladies. Timings 4:30 to 7 pm.
Every Wednesday. Please register at the ofce
(Womens Section), 2nd oor. For more informa-
tion please contact us. Telephone 25362684,
99789954, 99507076, 97743327. Fax 25342573
(attention Enlightenment into Islam)
Embassies
Chinese Embassy notice: Documents
issued in Kuwait and to be used in China
mainland shall rst be notarized and legalised
by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kuwait,
and then be legalised by Chinese Embassy in
Kuwait. Specic requirements and information
for document legalisation, please refer to the
website of Chinese Embassy in Kuwait.
For documents issued by member countries
of the Apostille Convention*, after getting
Apostilles from the competent authorities, they
can be used in Hong Kong SAR and Macao
SAR of China directly.
*Refer to the Convention of Abolishing the
Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public
Documents
Chinese Embassy notice: Please be noted
that effective starting today, the photo used in
a Chinese visa application must meet the re-
quirements (For details, please visit the website
of Chinese embassy http://kw.chineseembassy.
org/eng/). Application with non-compliant
photos will not be processed.
Thank you for your attention and coopera-
tion.
Indian Embassy notice: India has further
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h o
By Jacqueline Bigar
Happy birthday for Friday, June 30, 2017:
you cant change what is happening. Tonight:
Stay on top of what is happening wherever you
are.
This year you open up to more possibilities.
Dont worry -- your priorities and your involve-
ment with your home and family will not Aquarius - (Jan
change. If you are single, you might long for
**** You might be on top of a situation,
someone to share your life with. Fortunately,
but someone in your immediate environment
you will honor your feelings and wait until you
meet the right person. If you are attached, the wants to test your ideas to see whether they are
two of you will focus on the quality of your workable. Be open to constructive criticism,
and youll have a better outcome. Demonstrate
home life. You might opt to purchase a new
home or remodel your current one. LIBRA that you are not always rigid. Tonight: Take off
ASAP.
expresses a certain type of sensitivity.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day Youll
Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average;
2-So-so; 1-Difcult
Pisces - (Feb 19 - Mar 20)
***** A friend comes through for you and
Capricorn - (Dec 22 - Jan 19) makes your day. You cant seem to thank him
or her enough. You have several people in your
life who prove to be very supportive. A child
**** A respected loved one is likely to
request your presence at a get-together. You or new friend might steal your attention from
wont be able to say no, but you might wish to more boring tasks. Tonight: Welcome more
be free to do other things. Let go of concerns, as romance.
home decor
be flexible
Living in a small home often means combining mul-
tiple functions into one space, so choose furniture
thats up to all the required tasks. In the main liv-
ing/dining space of this apartment, the coffee table
rises on its metal base, becoming a dining-height
table or even a bar when needed. Its on casters, so
it can be wheeled anywhere in the room. Footstools
can also become seating for a crowd.
Dear Abby
Suicide rate among older
men overlooked tragedy
By Abigail Van Buren
Dear Abby: My elderly fathers dearest friend com-
mitted suicide yesterday. He shot himself in the head.
The family wasnt even aware that he was depressed.
Dad has lost three wonderful friends this way in recent
years. Hes heartbroken thinking that his buddies were
secretly suffering.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the rate
of suicide for men 70 and older in the U.S. is more than
double the overall suicide rate. Yet,
with all of our suicide prevention ef-
forts, this high-risk group seems to
be ignored.
How can we help prevent these
tragedies? What are the signs of de-
pression in older men? And what can
families do if they suspect depres-
sion in Dad, Gramps or Uncle
John? Thank you for any help you
can provide.
Abigail Van Buren
Van in Massachusetts
Dear Van: Please convey to your father how
sorry I am for his loss. I think the rst thing peo-
ple have to remember is that men in general do
not manifest depression the way women do be-
cause women are more open about sharing their
feelings. Men, particularly older men, were not
raised to do that because they were taught that
expressing emotion was weak, so they stay
silent. And men who were once breadwinners,
active and vital, can become depressed when
they retire.
Among the risk factors are:
Having lost a wife or signicant other;
Being alone and isolated;
Concern about being a burden;
Substance abuse (alcohol or prescription
drugs);
Firearms in the house.
Signs to look for include:
Lack of energy;
Lack of motivation;
Less interest in eating or getting out of the
house;
Loss of interest in activities the person once
enjoyed.
A common mistake people make is thinking
these things are happening because a person
is old. If you observe a change in someones
behavior, it is all right to ask the person whats
going on. Keep in mind that people who feel
connected are less likely to harm themselves.
Isolation is the enemy. Visit them, or take them
out so they wont feel alone.
Its also important to help seniors meet others
they can relate to, particularly if their friends are
dying off. A senior center can provide a place
to socialize and meet new people. Exercise is
important, too, and many senior centers provide
exercise facilities.
Equally important is volunteering. Older men
are valuable assets to the community and
should be encouraged to regard themselves that
way. They have a lifetime of experience to offer,
which should not be wasted. By helping these
men get and stay connected, you could actually
be saving a life.
A nal thought: As people age, they often
have physical problems that are associated with
depression. (Heart disease is one.) If you need
advice about how to approach someone about
your worries, an excellent resource is the Na-
tional Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The toll-free
number is 880-273-8255.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by
her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los
Angeles, CA 90069.
(Source: Universal Uclick)
r o
Aries - (Mar 21 - Apr 19)
**** You might be focused on your re-
20 - Feb 18)
sponsibilities, whereas a friend is busy making
plans for the coming weekend. Do not criticize
this person; instead, try to clear out as much as
you can in order to join him or her. Youll be
much happier as a result. Tonight: Celebrate the
weekend!
Taurus - (Apr 20 - May 20)
**** Your imagination triggers others
caring. Anger might seem to stem from
nothing, but know that there is a cause, even
if you cant identify its source. You can gain
a different perspective through detachment.
Walk in someone elses shoes. Tonight: Let
the fun begin.
Gemini - (May 21 - June 20)
indoor gardening
sansevieria zeylanica
Resembling the more common Sansevieria tri-
fasciata and useful in the same way, this species
has a different range of leaf patterns. Sansevie-
ria zeylanica is an erect plant with long, leathery,
sword-shaped leaves emerging in clumps from un-
derground rhizomes. The leaves are strongly var-
iegated and can be up to 1 m long. Small, simple,
fragrant white owers are produced, but these are
seldom noticeable. Sansevieria zeylanica is one of
approximately seventy species of Sansevieria.
whats on today
Site for checking travel ban www.kuwaitcourts.gov.kw/mojweb/NGeneral/Main.jsp
FRIDAY
FBC tournament: Filipino Badmin-
ton Committee (FBC) is inviting all
badminton enthusiast in Kuwait to join
their regular badminton tournament
being held every Friday from 8 am to
7 pm at Kuwait Disabled Sports Club,
Bin Khaldoun Hawalli. Over 10 bad-
minton courts are now available for
badminton practices and tournament
and it is open for all nationalities and
from different badminton organiza-
tions. Exclusive-private court are also
available on per hour rental. For more
information, please contact Dr Chie
Umandap 97197268
Arnis/Eskrima training: Eskrima-
dor-Kuwait a member of Cacoy Doce
Pares World Federation now opens a
new batch of training. Learn the Phil-
ippine national sports, which is Arnis/
Eskrima with the authentic style and
techniques. Training schedule will be
every Friday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
@ Kaifan Sports Complex-Karate Gym.
Text or call #50292148-Herms.
Free IFRA coaching classes: Indian
Football Referees Association (IFRA)
will be starting free refresher/coach-
ing classes for existing referees, new
recruits, those aspiring to be referees
and even those who would like to learn
about the laws of the game at IEAS
Salmiya (Don Bosco).
Classes will be from 9:00 am to 12:00
pm every Friday.
Those interested may call 99519439
or get in touch with any IFRA member
for registration.
Tagalog Khutba for Filipinos: The
Ministry of Awqaf, Islam Presentation
Committee, & Kuwait Philippine Cultural
Center (KPC Center) invites all Filipino
Muslim & Muslima to hear Khutba
(Sermon) in Tagalog every Friday at
Marzouq Al-Badr Mosque, Abu Bakr
Al-Siddeeq St (at the back of
Ambassador Supermarket and SM
Supermarket, near Salhiya Police
Station & Kuwait Airways Bldg) in
Kuwait City. There will be a community
started and lunch after Friday prayers at
KPC Center in Farwaniya. For further
information, please call KPC Center,
davidq8@gmail.com
Happy birthday Aminji Azad. Best wish-
es from Yaroo K. Yaar.
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
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s c o p e
**** You could be deep into your social and
romantic life, at least in your head. You might
to discuss this issue or not. Keep communica-
tion owing, and make no intense commit- Scorpio - (Oct 23 - Nov 21)
have difculty being present in the moment. ments just yet. Give yourself time. Tonight: In
The best solution would be to call it a day early. the limelight. *** You have a reputation for being discreet,
Return a friends call before formalizing your
plans. Tonight: By all means, let your hair Virgo - (Aug 23 - Sept 22):
which is probably why so many people conde in
you. Youll hear news that you know to not be true
because of being a condant of one of the people
down. involved. Figure out what you need to do in this
**** Take a hard look at your budget situation. Tonight: Play it low-key.
Cancer - (June 21 - July 22) before heading out the door. You might be
**** Follow through on your priorities,
having company over or want to fuss over
an area in your home that needs updating.
Sagittarius - (Nov 22 - Dec 21)
and dont allow others to distract you. All the
recent talk about your weekend plans might
Knowing your limits will be necessary. Oth-
ers seek you out en mass. Tonight: In the
**** Emphasize the positives of being as
busy as you are. During the day and at work,
be on your mind and could be distracting you whirlwind of living. you not only have support of those who can
from certain tasks. Clear out as much as you
need to. Tonight: Meet a friend out, but head Libra - (Sept 23 - Oct 22) give you feedback, but you also have company
for anything you might decide to do. Let others
home early. know they are appreciated. Tonight: Greet the
Leo - (July 23 - Aug 22)
***** The Moon in your sign adds to your
radiance and appeal. You could feel as if some-
weekend well!
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Couch slouch
Late to test summer Friday format

MTV News creates Video,

targets younger audience
LOS ANGELES, June 29, (RTRS): MTV
News is being restructured with an eye toward
creating more video and short-form content for
a younger audience, Variety has learned.
The move comes seven months after Chris
McCarthy was named president of MTV,
and on the heels of a reorganization of the
networks linear-programming department.
The transition will see resources shift from
long-form journalism to the development of
short-form video pieces.
Among the most signicant changes
MTV has reached an agreement with the Writ-
ers Guild of America East to represent MTV
News staff members. As part of that agree-
ment, MTV News is parting ways with fewer
than a dozen staffers and several freelancers.
The news division is in the process of hiring
additional personnel to focus on video and
short-form content.
Plans to reorganize the news division had
been in the works prior to February, when the
WGA East notied MTV that it would seek a
contract on behalf of MTV News employees.
MTV alerted the WGA East prior to beginning
negotiations that it had already initiated plans
to reorganize the news division. Severance for
the departing staff members was negotiated by
the WGA East.
MTV News had, since late 2015 and the
addition of several writers and editors who had
previously worked at the website Grantland,
pursued a strategy designed to age up its
digital audience. That strategy focused on the
sort of long-form journalism that had drawn
Grantland a devoted following and praise in
media circles, with many article ranging from
4,000 to 6,000 words long.
But since 2015, according to network
insiders, overall trafc for MTV News digital
content has declined 64%, with time spent
down 59%. Trafc for editorial video streams
is down 97%.
Former editorial chief Dan Fierman, who
had been editorial director at Grantland, de-
parted MTV News in April.
MTV is one of six agship brands identi-
ed in February by Viacom CEO Bob Bakish
as the focus of an overhaul of the companys
cable division. McCarthy has worked quickly
since adding MTV to a portfolio that already
included VH1 and Logo to revamp the chan-
nels executive team in linear programming
and marketing. The rehab effort has included
a move away from scripted programming
with the cancellation of low-rated series such
as Sweet/Vicious, Mary and Jane, and
Loosely Exactly Nicole the latter set to
be revived by Facebook as its rst original
television-style series. MTV has pivoted
toward the sort of unscripted shows that had
long been staples for the channel with new
series Promposal and reboots of My Super
Sweet 16 and Fear Factor.
In average viewers 18-34, MTV is up 3% in
June from the same month last year, accord-
ing to Nielsen live-plus-same day numbers
the rst time the network has experienced
year-over-year gains in its target demo since
2011. Promposal and My Super Sweet
16 have signicantly outperformed MTV
original-series averages among women 18-24
as the network attempt to grow its audience in
younger demos.
Stephen Colbert will test a new way of
greeting the weekend.
Producers at CBS Late Show will this
week experiment with the programs Friday
broadcast by running a new opening and
monologue, then using the rest of the hour to
call attention to highlights and segments from
earlier in the week. A spokeswoman for the
program called the maneuver an experiment
and suggested the show could well go back to
running an entirely new broadcast on Friday
if circumstances warranted, or if the news of
the day was compelling enough to require ad-
ditional material.
Late Show typically tapes two episodes
on Thursday afternoons, giving Colbert and
his staff a little breathing room on Fridays. The
spokeswoman, Lauren Kamm, said the same
audience was likely to watch both tapings.
The effort should not come as a surprise
to veteran Late Show observers. In recent
months, Colbert and his team have updated
repeats with new segments and fresh material.
In April, staffers paired new opening sketches,
monologues and some guest interviews with
encore presentations of past sit-downs between
Colbert and visiting celebrities.
Oliver Stones televised interviews with
Vladimir Putin will be seen in the Russian
presidents homeland and in other countries
around the world where broadcasters have
snapped up the four-part series.
The Putin Interviews went out on Show-
time in the U.S. earlier this month over four
nights and was simulcast on Sky in Britain and
Germany. National Geographic has now taken
rights across Southeast Asia and the Middle
East, as well as for Belgium and the Nether-
lands. Channel One will show the interviews
in Russia.
IM Global Television is distributing the se-
ries and has also sold it to SBS in Australia. In
Europe, DR has it in Denmark, ITI in Poland,
and FTV in Czech Republic. In Spain, it will
air on pay-TV, on the Movistar+ platform.
Melanie Lynskey has been cast in the
upcoming Hulu Stephen King series Castle
Rock.
Lynskey will play Molly Strand, a woman
with a rare medical condition whos barely
scraping by as a real estate agent in a town
where every third property is the site of some-
ones worst nightmare.
Lynskey recently appeared in the Netix se-
ries Girlboss and starred in HBOs Duplass
Brothers series Togetherness. She also had a
recurring role on Two and a Half Men as the
deranged neighbor Rose. She is repped by The
Gersh Agency.
Lynskey is the latest casting addition to
Castle Rock, which will also star Andre
Holland, Sissy Spacek, and Jane Levy. The
series is described as a psychological-horror
drama set in the Stephen King multiverse,
centered around the inhabitants of the ctional
Maine town of Castle Rock, which gured
prominently in several of Kings works.
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liberalized grant of visas to nationals of USA,
Canada and Japan. Fee structure is as below:
1. Visa fee for USA nationals:
(a) Tourist visa: Multiple Entry of ten years
duration KD 36; (b) Business visa: Multiple
Entry of one year duration KD 51; (c) Busi-
ness visa: Multiple Entry of ten years duration
KD 76.
2. Visa fee for Canadian and Japanese
nationals:
(a) Tourist visa: Multiple Entry of six
months duration KD 14; (b) Tourist visa:
Multiple Entry of one year duration KD 22;
(c) Tourist visa: Multiple Entry of ten years
duration KD 42; (d) Business visa: Multiple
Entry of one year duration KD 39; (e) Busi-
ness visa: Multiple Entry of ten years duration
KD 64
3. Visa fee for Kuwaiti nationals:
(a) Tourist visa: Multiple Entry of six
months duration KD 14; (b) Business visa:
Multiple Entry of One year duration KD 39; services, visit the website http://www.
(c) Business visa: Multiple Entry of Five years
duration KD 64.
All applicants may visit Passport and Visa
Centres of CKGS at (a) 17 Floor, Behbehani
Building, Sharq, Kuwait : Tel. No. 22440392
(e-mail: indiavisa.kuwait@ckgs.com) or ;
(b) Complex Kais Alghanim, 4 Floor, Mecca
Street, in front of Annod Complex, Fahaheel,
Kuwait: Tel. No. 22909229 (e-mail: indiavisa.
kuwait@ckgs.com). (c) Jleeb Al Shuyoukh
(Abbasiya) 2nd Floor, Jleeb Al Shuyoukh
Block 1, Street 1, Xcite Building, Kuwait Tel.
No. 24342428) (e-mail: indiavisa.kuwait@
ckgs.com). CKGSs website is http://www.
kw.ckgs.in.
In emergency cases, Indian Embassy accepts
visa applications directly at its Visa Wing from
applicants.
Indian Embassy notice: All Indian
nationals in Kuwait holding hand written
passports are advised once again to apply for
urgent re-issuance of new passports, in lieu
of handwritten passports, under the following
circumstances:
The International Civil Aviation Organi-
sation (ICAO) had set a deadline of Nov 24,
2015 for globally phasing out of all non-
Machine Readable Passports. From Nov 25,
2015 onwards, foreign Governments may deny
Visa or entry to any person travelling on a non-
Machine Readable Passport.
The Government of India has been issuing
Machine Readable Passports since 2001. The
Passports, however, issued before 2001 and
particularly those issued during mid 1990s
with a validity of 20 years will fall in the cat-
egory of non-MRPs. All handwritten passports
with pasted photographs are also considered
non-MRPs.
Indians living in Kuwait holding hand-
written passports as explained in Para (b)
above, are advised to apply urgently for re-
issue of their passports well before the deadline
in order to avoid any inconvenience in obtain-
ing valid visa for international travel.
For more details related to passport
yoga professionals which will evaluate four
indembkwt.org/Pages/Passport.aspx or call
Tribhuvan Kumar, Assistant Consular Ofcer
at Tel:. 22530600, Extn-261 or Shri. K.K.
Pahel, First Secretary (Consular) on Mob:
97229948.
ECI registration of NRIs: The Election
Commission of India (ECI) is in the process of
registration of NRIs as overseas electors. The
present number of overseas electors is insig-
nicant in comparison to the number of NRIs.
Overseas/NRI electors can submit their details
in NVSP (National Voters Services Portal)
for inclusion of their names in the State Level
Electoral roll which should furnish full details
of address in the country outside India where
A yer of the event.
they are currently residing.
An Overseas Indian (NRI) can get registered/
enrolled in the electoral roll by ling an applica-
tion in prescribed Form 6A before the Electoral
Registration Ofcer or Assistant Electoral Reg-
istration Ofcer of the constituency at the place
of residence of the applicant in India according
to the address given in his/her passport. For
any queries (including FAQs) in this regard, all
concerned may contact the following telephone
numbers which are given below: Telephone:
0091-11-23717391-98; Fax 0091-11-23713412.
For more details please log on to www.eci.
nic.in
Indian Embassy notice: At the initiative
of the Honble Prime Minister, a scheme for
Voluntary Certication of Yoga Professionals
has been launched by the Ministry of AYUSH
(Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturuopathy, Unani, Sidha &
Homeopathy) to spread the traditional knowledge
of India by assuring quality of Yoga Practices
across the world. The Ministry of AYUSH in the
wake of declaration of International Day of Yoga
has identied Quality Council of India (QCI) to
develop a scheme for Voluntary Certication of
Yoga Professionals since QCI has expertise in
developing such quality based on the best inter-
national practices.
The objective of the scheme is to certify
levels of competence ie: yoga instructor, yoga
teacher, yoga master and yoga acharya. The
scheme is being launched by the Ministry of
AYUSH and implemented by Quality Council
of India. Yoga stands for harmony & peace.
The aim of the scheme is to specify the compe-
tence requirements in terms of knowledge and
skills to be complied by the Yoga profession-
als in the form of Competence Standard. It
also aims to dene the process of evaluation
and certication in laying down requirements
for competence and operation of assessment
of bodies through Accredition after creating
awareness about the launch of the scheme by
the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
For further details about the scheme please
log on to yogacertication.qci.org.in

tv highlights
Cinema
Cinema programme from Thursday 29/06/2017 to Wednesday 05/07/2017

The Mummy 14:30, 17:30, 20:30, 23:30 360 12 12:15 (No Fri) 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, Al-Kout 2 13:00 (No Fri) Tuesday
360 13 12:30 (No Fri) 15:15, 18:15, 21:00, 23:45 21:00, 23:00, 01:00 18:30, 21:15
Sharqia 1 11:45 (No Fri) Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am
15:30, 18:30, 21:30, 00:30 360 15 22:00 360 9 11:30 (No Fri) Bairaq 3 15:15, 20:00
22:30, 00:45 Journey to Space 3D 10:30 am
Al-Kout 3 13:45, 19:00, 00:15 Al-Kout 1 21:45, 00:30 20:45, 22:45
Muhalab 1 16:30, 21:30 Al-Kout 2 15:45 Mr Frog 04:30 pm
Al-Kout 2 13:45 (Fri)
Fanar 1 16:30, 21:45 Despicable Me 3 Al-Kout 4 13:30 Al-Kout 4 11:30 (No Fri) Fanar 3 11:30 (No Fri)
Flying Monsters 3D 11:30 am
Fanar 5 12:30 (No Fri) Bairaq 2 21:30, 00:15 09:30 pm
Sharqia 2 12:00 (No Fri) 16:30, 18:45, 20:45, Fanar 5 17:00
14:45, 00:30 Laila 15:45 A Beautiful Planet 3D 12:30 pm, 02:30 pm,
14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00 22:45, 00:45 Avenues 7 13:30, 17:30
Marina 2 11:30 (No Fri) 05:30 pm, 08:30 pm
Muhalab 3 11:30 (No Fri) Bairaq 3 13:15 (No Fri) 360 2 18:30, 20:30
16:15 13:30, 15:30, 17:30, 19:30 Tisbah Ala Khair (Arabic Film) Kenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 01:30 pm
Marina 3 22:45, 01:00 18:00, 22:45, 00:45
Fanar 1 11:30 (No Fri) Sharqia 3 12:30 (No Fri) Laila 20:30
Overdrive Humpback Whales 3D 03:30 pm, 06:30 pm
Avenues 2 22:15 Fanar 4 12:00 (No Fri) 15:00, 19:45, 00:30 Secret Ocean 3D 07:30 pm
Avenues 7 11:30 (No Fri)
Avenues 5 16:45, 00:45
Avenues 6 11:30 (No Fri)
14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00 Muhalab 1 11:45 (No Fri) Khammis & Jumma 15:30, 19:30, 00:30 Wednesday
Marina 3 12:45 (No Fri) Muhalab 2 12:30 (No Fri) (Horoob Ejbary) Arabic Film 360 5 13:00 (Thu, Sat)
16:30, 18:45, 21:15, 23:30 14:45, 16:45, 18:45, 20:45 17:15, 22:00 Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am
Sharqia 3 21:45 15:00 (Thu, Fri, Sat)
Avenues 11 01:15 Avenues 2 11:30 (No Fri) Fanar 2 11:45 (No Fri) Flying Monsters 3D 10:30 am
17:00 (No Mon)
360 2 01:15 13:30, 15:30, 17:30 16:30, 18:30, 20:30, Muhalab 2 14:30, 19:15, 00:05 05:30 pm
19:00, 21:00, 23:00, 01:00
360 10 15:00, 22:45, 01:00 Avenues 4 12:45 (No Fri) 22:30, 00:45 Fanar 5 19:00, 21:45 A Beautiful Planet 3D 11:30 am
360 7 11:30 (No Fri)
360 11 13:15 (No Fri) 19:30 Marina 1 12:15 (No Fri) Marina 1 14:15, 19:00 06:30 pm, 09:30 pm
15:30, 17:45, 20:00, Avenues 8 11:45 (No Fri) 17:00, 21:45 Avenues 4 14:45, 21:30 Puthan Panam (Malayalam Film) Humpback Whales 3D 12:30 pm
22:15, 00:30 13:45, 15:45, 17:45, Avenues 3 12:00 (No Fri) Avenues 10 12:15 (No Fri) Kenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 07:30 pm
Ajial 2 15:30, 18:30
360 15 17:45, 00:45 19:45, 21:45 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 18:00, 20:45, 23:30 Journey to Space 3D 08:30 pm
Al-Kout 2 00:05 Avenues 11 12:30 (No Fri) 20:00, 22:00, 00:05 360 2 13:00 (No Fri) Anbanavan Asarathavan
Al-Kout 3 11:30 (No Fri) 15:45 Thursday
14:30, 16:30, 18:30, 20:30 Avenues 4 17:30, 00:15 Adangathavan (Tamil Film)
16:45, 22:00 360 1 11:30 (No Fri) 360 6 18:15, 20:15, 22:15, 00:15 360 7 16:30, 19:15, 22:00, 00:45 Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am
Bairaq 1 01:00 Ajial 2 21:30
13:30, 15:30, 17:30, 360 8 13:00 (No Fri) 360 9 16:00 A Beautiful Planet 3D 10:30 am
Bairaq 2 16:30 19:30, 21:30, 23:30 360 14 20:45, 23:30 Vanamagan (Tamil Film) 07:30 pm
Laila 22:30 360 9 14:00, 18:45 Flying Monsters 3D 11:30 am
Ajial 4 15:45
360 14 12:45 (Thu, Sat) 06:30 pm, 09:30 pm
Tubelight (Hindi Film) 14:45, 16:45, 18:45
How to find us Kenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 12:30 pm
Duvvada Jagannadham (DJ)
Sharqia 1 14:00, 19:45 360 15 11:45 (No Fri) 1. 360 Zahraa Area, South Surra, 6th Ring Road, corner of Journey to Space 3D 05:30 pm
Muhalab 1 13:45, 18:45
(Telugu Film)
13:45, 15:45, 20:00 King Faisal Highway Humpback Whales 3D 08:30 pm
Fanar 2 13:45 Al-Kout 1 11:45 (No Fri) Ajial 4 18:30
2. Ajial Ajial Complex, Fahaheel Friday
Fanar 3 21:30, 00:30 13:45, 15:45, 17:45, 19:45 3. Al Bairaq
Avenues 1 13:00 (No Fri)
Between Jaber Al Ali East & Al Agalia West Lakshyam (Malayalam Film)
Bairaq 1 13:00 (No Fri) 4. Al Fanar Al Fanar Complex, Salem Al Mubarak Street, near A Beautiful Planet 3D 02:30 pm, 06:30 pm,
15:45, 18:30, 21:15, 00:05 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, Ajial 4 21:15 09:30 pm
Sultan Center, Salmiya
Avenues 5 14:00, 19:00 21:00, 23:00 Journey to Space 3D 03:30 pm
5. Al Kout Al-Kout Complex, at the end of the Coastal Road,
Avenues 10 15:00 Bairaq 2 11:45 (No Fri)
Fahaheel IMAX Humpback Whales 3D 04:30 pm
360 2 22:30 Laila 18:30 Imax film programme at The Scientific Secret Ocean 3D 05:30 pm
360 3 12:00 (No Fri) 6. Al Muhalab Al Muhalab Complex, Behind Hawally Clinic, Hawally
Center Kenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 07:30 pm
14:45, 17:45, 20:45, 23:45 Pirates Of The Caribbean: 7. Al Sharqiya Arabian Gulf Street, Souq Sharq, near the Amiri Hospital
Flying Monsters 3D 08:30 pm
360 6 12:45 (No Fri) Dead Men Tell No Tales 8. Laila Gallery Salem Al Mubarak Street, near Sultan Center, Salmiya Sunday
15:30 Sharqia 2 22:00, 00:45
9. Marina Marina Mall, Between Salem Al Mubarak Street & Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am Saturday
360 10 12:15 (No Fri) Sharqia 3 17:00 Arabian Gulf Street, Salmiya Flying Monsters 3D 10:30 am Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am
17:15 Muhalab 3 21:30, 00:15 10. Metro Metro Complex, Farwaniya, near Crowne Plaza Hotel & 07:30 pm Flying Monsters 3D 10:30 am
Bairaq 2 13:45, 18:45 Fanar 3 13:30, 16:15, 18:45 Farwaniya Garden A Beautiful Planet 3D 11:30 am 05:30 pm, 07:30 pm
Plaza 16:00, 18:45, 21:45 Fanar 4 22:00, 00:45 11. Plaza Salem Al Mubarak Street, near Sultan Center, Salmiya 06:30 pm, 09:30 pm A Beautiful Planet 3D 11:30 am
Ajial 1 16:15, 19:00, 21:45 Marina 2 13:45, 18:30, 00:15 12. The Avenues The Avenues Mall, Al Reggai near Al Rai, 5th Ring Journey to Space 3D 12:30 pm 03:30 pm, 08:30 pm
Ajial 3 15:30, 18:15, 21:00 Avenues 2 19:30, 00:30 Road & Ghazali Road Intersection Humpback Whales 3D 05:30 pm Journey to Space 3D 12:30 pm, 06:30 pm,
Avenues 5 11:30 (No Fri) NB: Friday no show before 1:30 pm Kenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 08:30 pm 09:30 pm
Transformers: The Last Knight 22:00 Humpback Whales 3D 01:30 pm
Regular show KD3:000; 3D-Digital KD3.500; VIP show Monday
Sharqia 1 16:45 Avenues 6 13:45 KD6.000. On Monday, price is KD1.500 except Digital movies. Kenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 02:30 pm
Muhalab 1 23:45 Avenues 7 21:30 Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am Secret Ocean 3D 04:30 pm
Fanar 1 13:30, 18:45, 00:05 Avenues 8 23:45
Cinescape cinema movies inquiries and Fax Back hotline 1803456 A Beautiful Planet 3D 10:30 am Notes: All lms are in Arabic.
Marina 1 23:45 Avenues 9 18:30 13. The Scientific Center IMAX Opp Holiday Inn, Salmiya, Gulf Road 05:30 pm, 07:30 pm For English, headsets are avail-
Marina 2 21:15 Avenues 11 22:30
14. Grand Al-Hamra Grand Al-Hamra, tel: 22270333, www.grand cinemas.com Humpback Whales 3D 11:30 am able upon request. Film schedule is
Avenues 9 12:30 (No Fri) 360 7 13:45 09:30 pm subject to changes without notice.
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HEALTH 29

Suspected diarrhoea kills 38 Sudanese in 1 month

Experts find protein that regulates skin cancer spread

PARIS, June 29, (AFP): Scientists
have pinpointed a cancer protein
which controls the diseases spread
from the skin to other organs, and pro-
posed Wednesday that blocking it may
be an effective treatment.
Working with mice genetically en-
gineered to develop human skin can-
cers, the team discovered that the pro-
tein plays a key role promoting or
inhibiting metastasis, the spread of
cancer from one area or organ to an-
other.
Dubbed MIDKINE, the protein is
secreted by melanomas the most
serious type of skin cancer before
travelling to a different part of the
mouse body to kickstart cancer forma-
tion, they said.
In subsequent observations in hu-
mans, high levels of MIDKINE in
the lymph nodes of skin cancer pa-
tients were predictive of signicantly
worse outcomes, the team reported in
the science journal Nature.
This was the case even if there were
no tumour cells in the lymph nodes.
In MIDKINE we have found a pos-
sible strategy that merits consideration
for drug development, said Marisol
Soengas of the Spanish National Can-
cer Research Centre in Madrid, a co-
author of the study.
Early detection is important in mela-
noma. After it starts spreading, patient
prognosis is usually poor.
It was long thought that melanoma
prepares the organs it intends to colo-
nise by activating the growth of uid-
transporting lymph vessels rst in
and around the primary tumour, then
the surrounding lymph nodes, and so
on.
People run behind a vehicle spraying insecticide during a mosquito-control
operation led by Ivory Coasts National Public and Health Institute in Bin-
gerville, new Abidjan while several cases of dengue fever were reported on
June 27. (AFP)
However, removing lymph nodes
next to a melanoma tumour does not
prevent metastases, meaning there is
something missing in our under-
standing of the spread mechanism, said
the researchers.
The new study offers a possible an-
swer.
When these tumours are aggres-
sive, they act at a distance much ear-
lier than previously thought, said the
authors.
MIDKINE travelled directly to the
new cancer site irrespective of lymph
vessel formation around the original
tumour.
When MIDKINE was inhibited
in mouse tumours, metastasis was
blocked as well, said the team.
These results indicate a change of
paradigm in the study of melanoma
metastasis, according to Soengas.
The team used special mice to track
metastasis through a luminescent pro-
tein that lights up when a new area of
the body is affected by cancer forma-
tion.
What is not known is whether MID-
KINE is transported in the blood, in
lymph, or both.
Many in poor countries lack resources, facilities
67 mn unwanted pregnancies could be avoided
LONDON, June 29, (RTRS): More
than 200 million women who do not
want to get pregnant use no con-
traceptives at all or rely on risky
methods to avoid pregnancy, often
due to a lack of access, money or
information in the poor countries
they call home, a study found on
Thursday.
The report said if the women had
reliable contraceptives, there would
be a sharp drop in the number of
unwanted pregnancies, down from
about 89 million a year to 22 mil-
lion.
Meeting the sexual and repro-
ductive health needs of women in
developing regions is an achiev-
able and affordable goal, said Ann
Starrs, whose Guttmacher Institute
produced the report.
Many women in Africa, Asia and
Latin America lack the resources
In a comment, also published by Na-
ture, Ayuko Hoshino and David Lyden
of the Weill Cornell Medicine, a uni-
versity in New York, said the study
provided much-needed insights for
the prediction of metastatic risk.
Also:
KHARTOUM: Suspected acute diar-
rhoea has killed 38 Sudanese in the
past month and 317 since August
2016, the UN said Wednesday, warn-
and facilities to get hold of modern
contraceptives, according to the
U.S.-based research group.
Additionally, when they do get
pregnant, millions of women do not
receive the care they need, the re-
port added.
Here are some facts about con-
traception and maternal health in
the worlds poor regions:
214 million women who want
to avoid pregnancy are not using
a modern contraceptive method.
This includes condoms, pills and
implants. Of these, 155 million use
nothing, while the rest use unreli-
able birth control such as with-
drawal.
Almost half of pregnancies in
the developing world are unintend-
ed, coming too soon or to women
who do not want babies.
Sub-Saharan Africa and
ing the outbreak could worsen ahead
of the rainy season.
The UN childrens agency or
UNICEF said cases of suspected
acute diarrhoea were reported across
12 of the North African countrys 18
states during this period.
Over 16,600 cases of acute watery
diarrhoea in the past 10 months alone
were reported with 317 deaths, which
is a rate double than the alert level,
UNICEF said, raising a previous death
Southern Asia are home to almost
60 percent of the women who want
to avoid pregnancy but cannot ac-
cess proper contraception.
Globally, 21.6 million women
have unsafe abortions each year,
nine out of 10 of which take place
in developing countries, according
the World Health Organization.
Many women do not use con-
traceptives for fear of side effects or
because they do not think they are
at risk of getting pregnant if they
dont have sex often.
Some 35 million women giv-
ing birth in 2017 will not deliver in
a health facility, according to the
Institute.
In 2017, an estimated 300,000
women in poor countries will die
from pregnancy-related causes
and 2.7 million babies will die in the
rst month of life, the report said.
toll of 279 reported by UN agencies in
late May.
The central state of White Nile was
the most affected, UNICEF said in a
statement, with more than 5,800 re-
ported cases.
In the White Nile state, with al-
most 100,000 refugees living mostly
in camps, the situation could worsen as
the rainy season begins, the statement
quoted UNICEF Sudan representative
Abdullah Fadil as saying.
 Ghanas to hit 200,000 bpd
Ghanas oil production is likely
to average around 200,000
barrels per day (bpd) this year
despite a shutdown of up to 60
days on a key oil facility in the
autumn, the countrys deputy
minister of energy told Reu-
ters.
Mohammed Amin Adam,
deputy minister of energy with
responsibility for the petro-
leum sector, said the Jubilee
oating, production, storage
and ofoading (FPSO), cur-
rently the countrys largest oil-
eld, would shut down in Sep-
tember and October to nalise
repairs related to a damaged
turret.
Jubilee, operated by Tullow ,
was closed for nearly the whole
month of April last year due to
a technical problem on the pro-
duction vessel. (RTRS)
Turkish confidence dips
Turkeys index of economic con-
dence fell 1.6 percent to 98.9 in
June, the Turkish Statistics Insti-
tute said on Thursday, after ris-
ing for four consecutive months.
The index had tumbled to
record lows in December and
January. It indicates an opti-
mistic economic outlook when
above 100 and a pessimistic
one when below 100.
Meanwhile, the number of
foreign visitors arriving in Tur-
key climbed 16.27 percent in
May to 2.89 million, data from
Turkeys Ministry of Culture and
Tourism showed on Thursday,
having risen for the rst time in
nearly two years in April.
The rise was driven primar-
ily by a surge in the number of
Russian tourists to 608,472 in
May from 41,004 a year earlier,
the data showed. (RTRS)
Kuwait oil rises
The price of Kuwaiti oil bar-
rel rose 24 cents to reach USD
43.11 per barrel on Wednesday,
compared with USD 42.87 pb on
Tuesday, said Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation (KPC) on Thursday.
Oil prices in international
markets went up Wednesday
as buyers were encouraged by
a drop in US crude production,
shrugging off an unexpected
rise in US crude stocks to
118,000 barrels last week.
The Brent crude oil rose 66
cents reaching USD 47.31 per
barrel upon settlement and West
Texas Intermediate went up 50
cents to reach USD 44.74 pb.
Meanwhile, OPEC daily bas-
ket price stood at USD 44.48 per
barrel (pb) on Wednesday, com-
pared with USD 44.23 pb last
Tuesday, said the international
organization Thursday. (KUNA)

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FedEx unit TNT significantly affected by virus

Global firms scramble to recover from wave of cyberattacks

KIEV, June 29, (Agencies): Thousands
of computer users across the globe
scrambled to reboot on Wednesday
after a wave of ransomware cyberat-
tacks spread from Ukraine and Russia
through Europe to the United States.
The virus, which demanded a pay-
ment worth $300 as it locked up les
at companies and government agen-
cies including the Chernobyl nuclear
site, appeared similar to the WannaCry
ransomware that swept the world last
month, hitting more than 200,000 users
in more than 150 countries.
But the new attack appeared much
smaller in scale, with global cybersecu-
rity rm Kaspersky Lab estimating the
number of victims at 2,000. There was
no immediate indication of who was
responsible.
Some IT specialists identied the new-
comer as Petrwrap, a modied version
of ransomware called Petya which circu-
lated last year. But Kaspersky described
it as a new form of ransomware.
The government of Ukraine, where
the attacks were rst reported and ap-
peared most severe, said the attack had
been halted, but key organisations were
still reporting problems.
Maersk, the Danish container and
shipping giant crippled by a global
cyberattack this week, said Thursday
most of its operations were now up and
running again.
We are able to accept bookings
again, the company said on its website.
In addition, the majority of our termi-
nals are now operational. Some of these
terminals are operating slower than usual
or with limited functionality.
Maersk said on Wednesday that a
number of its 76 container terminals
were affected by the cyberattack and
were forced to run on manual systems,
but would not specify which sites.
We continue to assess the situation.
Until this analysis is complete, we can-
not be specic about how many sites
and locations are affected or when nor-
mal business operations are restored,
Thursdays statement said.
Maersks two terminals in Rotter-
dam, Europes biggest port, were af-
fected on Wednesday, as was a termi-
nal run by Maersk at the Mumbai port,
the largest in India.
When the systems are down, we
have to manage on a manual basis ...
Its difcult for people in the terminals
to tell the people on the ground the
longshoremen which containers to
unload, Maersk chief operating ofcer
Vincent Clerc said Wednesday.
Maersks statement Thursday
stressed that all of its vessels continue
to be under control, employees are safe
and communication to crew and man-
agement onboard is functioning.
In New York, shipping giant FedEx
said Wednesday that deliveries were
slowed at its Dutch unit TNT Express
after the rm was hit by the latest major
computer virus attack.
Trading in FedEx shares was halted
for nearly an hour Wednesday ahead of
the announcement, although operations
of the parent company and other units
were not impacted.
FedEx said TNTs operations were
signicantly affected by the infor-
mation system virus, which was caus-
ing delays at TNT Express domestic,
regional and inter-continental services.
While TNT Express operations and
communications systems have been dis-
rupted, no data breach is known to have
occurred, FedEx said in a statement.
Remediation steps and contingency
plans are being implemented as quickly
as possible.
The hacking did not affect FedEx
operations, and the company said it
could not yet estimate the nancial im-
pact of the disruption, but said it could
be material.
Thousands of computer users across
the globe scrambled to reboot on
Wednesday after a fresh wave of ransom-
ware cyberattacks spread from Ukraine
and Russia worldwide on Tuesday.
Besides TNT, others hit included
Russian oil giant Rosneft, global ship- Ofcers of Ukrainian Cyberpolice Department work in an ofce in the department building in Kiev on June 29. The
ping rm Maersk, British advertising EU must boost its defences against cyberattacks, which have fallen behind the modern worlds reliance on the
giant WPP, and US drug giant Merck. internet and mobile devices, the blocs security chief warned June 29.(AFP)
Meanwhile, the EU must boost its
defences against cyberattacks, which following this weeks massive global Our current dependence on the systems across the world as the so-
have fallen behind the modern worlds cyberattack, Security Commissioner internet and connected devices and called Petya virus spread to western
reliance on the internet and mobile de- Julian King said. technology is at the moment currently Europe and across the Atlantic.
vices, the blocs security chief warned Were living through an attack right greater than our ability to protect our- The British commissioner to the
Thursday. now. That attack, the recent WannaCry selves, and we need to do something European Union said that cyberat-
Brussels will give 10.8 million eu- attack and other recent attacks serve about that, King said. tacks were becoming more strategic
ros ($12 million) to 14 EU countries graphically to illustrate that the cyber The latest series of cyberattacks because they endanger critical infra-
to boost their cyber response teams threats we face are growing very seri- began in Ukraine on Tuesday, hitting structure and indeed our democratic
ously King told reporters. government and corporate computer processes.

Turn bearish on Egypt

ME fund managers are less

negative on Qatar markets
DUBAI, June 29, (RTRS): Mid-
dle East fund managers have be-
come slightly less bearish towards
Qatars stock market despite the
diplomatic crisis surrounding that
country, while they have turned
negative on balance on Egyptian
equities, a monthly Reuters poll
showed.
Thirty-eight percent of manag-
ers expect to reduce their alloca-
tions to Qatari stocks over the
next three months while 8 percent
anticipate raising allocations, the
poll of 13 leading regional funds
found. It was conducted over the
past week.
In last months poll - which
was conducted before Saudi
Arabia and three other Arab na-
tions cut diplomatic and trade
links with Doha on June 5, ac-
cusing it of supporting terror-
ism - 54 percent expected to cut
Qatari allocations and none to
raise them.
Many managers had been bear-
ish on Qatar even before the dip-
lomatic crisis erupted because eq-
uity valuations were higher than in
most of the region, and in emerg-
ing markets around the world.
The market was trading at a
relatively demanding valuation...
We were underweight Qatar
before some of its Gulf Coop-
eration Council neighbours and
Egypt severed ties with it, said
one manager, who declined to be
named because of political sen-
sitivities.
The Qatar stock indexs 9 per-
cent plunge in response to the
crisis has in one way made Doha
more attractive, by making valua-
tions more reasonable. The index
is now at a 12-month forward
price-to-earnings ratio of about 13
times, against 15 times for Saudi
Arabia - though it is still well
above Dubais 9.5 times.
Buy
Many fund managers say
they will not buy Qatari stocks
until there is more clarity on
how the crisis will be resolved,
and in particular, on whether
the Saudi and UAE govern-
ments will tighten sanctions by,
for example, prohibiting their
companies from owning Qatari
assets.
But many think Qatars huge
external reserves and status as
the worlds top liqueed natural
gas exporter mean its economy
will not be crippled by the cur-
rent sanctions in place. So if the
dispute is eventually settled, some
Qatari stocks could look very at-
tractive.
The biggest change from last
months poll is that funds have
turned negative towards Egyptian
shares for the rst time since Feb-
ruary.
Thirty-one percent said they
planned to reduce their allocations
to Egypt and only 23 percent to
raise them; last month, the balance
was 8 percent (reduce) and 46 per-
cent (raise).
Cairos index of blue chips hit
an all-time high in June but that
left prices looking toppy, one
fund manager said, adding that a
pull-back could not be ruled out
until there was a fresh stimulus for
the market.
The latest poll showed funds
remained positive towards Saudi
Arabia, with 46 percent saying
they planned to raise their al-
locations and none to cut them,
unchanged from the previous
months results.
On June 20, index compiler
MSCI said it would add Riyadh to
a watch list for possible upgrade
to emerging market status, though
the actual upgrade - if its decision
is positive - would only occur in
2019.
The Saudi market beneted
hugely from being put on the
MSCI emerging markets watch
list for 2018. We expect that trend
to continue in the summer, said
Mohammed Ali Yasin, chief ex-
ecutive of NBAD Securities in
Abu Dhabi.
The Saudi stock index is up 6.8
percent since June 20.
Poll
1) Do you expect to increase/
decrease/keep the same your
overall equity allocation to the
Middle East in the next three
months?
Increase - 4 Decrease - 1 Same - 8
2) Do you expect to increase/
decrease/keep the same your
overall xed income allocation to
the Middle East in the next three
months?
Increase - 3 Decrease - 2 Same
-8
3) Do you expect to increase/de-
crease/keep the same your equity
allocations to the following coun-
tries in the next three months?
a) United Arab Emirates
Increase - 3 Decrease - 4 Same - 6
b) Qatar
Increase - 1 Decrease - 5 Same - 7
c) Saudi Arabia
Increase - 6 Decrease - 0 Same - 7
d) Egypt
Increase - 3 Decrease - 4 Same - 6
e) Turkey
Increase - 0 Decrease - 2 Same
- 11
f) Kuwait
Increase - 3 Decrease - 2 Same - 8
Note: Institutions taking
part in the survey are: Al Mal
Capital; Al Rayan Investment
LLC; Amwal Qatar; Arqaam
Capital; Emirates NBD; Global
Investment House; Invest AD;
National Bank of Abu Dhabi;
NBK Capital; Rasmala Invest-
ment Bank; Schroders Middle
East; The National Investor;
Waha Capital.
Egypt raises fuel prices by upto
50 percent under IMF agreement
Soaring living costs test Sisis popularity
CAIRO, June 29, (Agencies): Egypt on Thursday hiked Government ofcials say spending cuts will help revive an economy where sub-
sidies have accounted for about a quarter of state expenditures. But austerity car-
fuel prices by up to 50 percent to help meet the terms of ries risks for Sisi as ination and a contested deal to hand two Red Sea islands to
a $12 billion IMF loan deal, a sharper rise than expected Saudi Arabia have eroded his public standing.
by many struggling with soaring living costs and a further Prime Minister Sherif Ismail told reporters after the announcement that ofcials
would monitor market prices, adding:
test of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisis popularity. We will not allow any greed and exploitation of our citizens.
Fuel price increases had been widely anticipated as part of Egypts loan Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla told Reuters the price of 92-octane gasoline
accord with the International Monetary Fund and Thursdays measures had been put up by more than 40 percent to 5 Egyptian pounds ($0.2767) from 3.5
were the second rise since the government oated the pound currency in pounds per litre. Diesel and 80-octane - the most commonly used fuel categories -
November. rose more than 50 percent to 3.65 pounds per litre from 2.35 pounds.
The government also increased the
price of cooking gas cylinders - used
mostly by poorer Egyptians - by 100
percent to 30 pounds ($1.66) from 15
pounds per cylinder.
Molla said the total subsidies for pe-
troleum products in 2017-2018 would
fall to 110 billion Egyptian pounds
($6.09 billion) from 145 billion pounds
($8.02 billion).
Fuel oil prices to cement factories
will rise by 40 percent to 3,500 Egyp-
tian pounds per tonne from 2,500
pounds a tonne, but gas prices to the
industrial sector will remain stable,
Molla said.
Last year, the government embarked
on an ambitious reform programme to
revive the economy that includes lift-
ing subsidies, raising taxes and loosen-
ing capital controls as part of a three-
year IMF agreement.
Egypt has been struggling since a
2011 uprising drove foreign investors
and tourists away, and many Egyptians
have been hit hard by record ination
and a local currency that has lost half its
value since it was oated in November.
In December, Sisi said that tough
economic conditions in Egypt would
Drivers refuel their vehicles at a gasoline station in Cairo, Egypt, June 29. Egypt raised the prices of fuel by up to
improve in six months. But for many
55 percent on Thursday, the second such increase since the local currency was oated seven months ago, as the
country struggles with an array of economic woes including a double-digit ination rate. (AP) Egyptians, conditions have deterio-
rated.
Its completely the wrong timing.
Kurdistan says buyers not taking oil to US People cant take it anymore, all prices
will increase, Cairo taxi driver Ehab
Labib said of the fuel hike. I will sell
No talks about further OPEC cuts: UAE this taxi, what else am I going to do?
Government officials say short-
term austerity under the IMF plan
PARIS, June 29, (RTRS): There is coming from several producers is But the central government has
no talk of further oil output cuts by prolonging the recovery but I think eased its opposition to Kurdish crude will free up more financing for in-
frastructure and help draw foreign
the Organization of the Petroleum that is rather short-term. We hope to exports over the past year as Baghdad
Exporting Countries and its allies investment to help create jobs and
see more recovery in the third and and Erbil fought jointly against Is- economic growth.
despite only a slow drawdown in in- fourth quarters, he said. lamic State militants. Egypt is expected to receive the sec-
ventories, the United Arab Emirates There has been a correction, yes, I have made inquiries with our ond IMF loan instalment of $1.25 bil-
energy minister said on Thursday. the correction is a little bit slower than crude buyers and was assured that lion within the coming few weeks.
I think OPEC countries and non- expected. We are at the bottom of the no cargo with crude is going to the The central bank oated the pound
OPEC countries who joined us have second quarter and it is always a low- United States, Kurdistans natural last November as part of reforms
done their part. We are looking at the demand quarter. Third and fourth quar- resources minister Ashti Hawrami agreed with the IMF. At that time, the
others to do their part as well. We are ters, we will have a pick-up in demand told Reuters, following media reports government increased fuel prices by as
not worried about the market recov- and hopefully reach a more balanced Kurdish crude was en route to the US much as 46 percent.
ery, Suhail bin Mohammed al-Maz- market, Mazroui said. market for the rst time since 2014. Egyptian businessmen worry that
roui told journalists on the sidelines Meanwhile, Iraqi Kurdistan said on Erbil sells oil in Europe and Asia they will have to bear the extra costs
of a conference in Paris. Thursday its crude buyers had told it via trading houses as well as directly of Thursdays move and say they have
OPEC and allied non-OPEC pro- they were not taking oil to the United to Russias Rosneft although none not yet fully recovered from the impact
ducers agreed on May 25 to extend States as the semi-autonomous region of its crude has reached the United of austerity measures taken over the
an existing supply curb into 2018, but seeks to avoid tensions with the cen- States, a core export market for past eight months.
oil prices have fallen on rising pro- tral government in Baghdad. Baghdad. My expectation is costs will go
duction from the United States and Baghdad has long opposed inde- When the tanker Neverland sailed up between 3-5 percent, said Hani
from Nigeria and Libya, two OPEC pendent Kurdish oil sales and man- through Gibraltar last week with Berzi, Edita Food Industries chair-
members exempt from cutting output. aged to block tankers destined for the Kurdish crude aboard, it appeared to man, one of the countrys largest
Of course additional production US market several years ago. be heading across the Atlantic. food producers.
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BUSINESS 31

World Bank raises $500 mn with pandemic bonds
The World Bank raised $500 mil-
lion to finance rapid response to
disease outbreaks, including
through sale of its first-ever
pandemic bonds, the bank
announced Wednesday.
Drawing on the slow response
to the 2013 Ebola outbreak in
Africa in which thousands died,
the World Bank designed the
Pandemic Emergency Financing
Facility (PEF), to channel surge
funding to developing countries
facing the risk of a pandemic.
With this new facility, we have
taken a momentous step that
has the potential to save millions
of lives and entire economies
from one of the greatest sys-
temic threats we face, World
Bank Group President Jim Yong
Kim said in a statement.
We are moving away from the
cycle of panic and neglect that
has characterized so much of
our approach to pandemics.
The fund will provide $500 mil-
lion over the next five years
through a combination of sales of
the bonds and derivatives, cash
and future commitments from
donor countries, the World Bank
said in a statement. Germany
provide an initial cash injection of
50 million euros. The PEF,
announced in May 2016 at the
Group of 20 finance ministers
meeting in Japan, was oversub-
scribed by 200 percent. (AFP)
Court asks Google to block search results
Canadas top court on
Wednesday ordered Google to
remove a website from its
worldwide search results, in
what some experts are calling a
landmark international copy-
right protection case.
The original injunction, which
the Supreme Court upheld, had
been requested by Canadian
telecommunications equipment
manufacturer Equustek
Solutions, which successfully
sued another company for rela-
beling its products and passing
them off as their own.
Following that lower court rul-
ing, Google de-indexed 345
webpages associated with the
offending firm in Canada.
But the company fled the
country and continued to mar-
ket the counterfeit products
from an unknown location.
Google balked when
Equustek asked it to go further
and de-index all mentions of the
offending company worldwide.
The US-based tech giant
argued in court that it was not a
party to the dispute, that such a
measure was overreach, and
that there are freedom of
expression concerns that should
have tipped the balance against
granting the order. (AFP)

Poland hopes for reassurance on NATO, investment

Trumps visit to Poland could stir Western Europe unease

WARSAW, June 29, (RTRS): A trip
to Poland by US President Donald
Trump next week may feel like a dip-
lomatic coup for the right-wing gov-
ernment, but western European nations
are uneasy it will encourage Warsaws
defiance towards Brussels.
Trump visits Poland for one day
en route to a G20 summit in Hamburg,
Germany to take part in a gathering
of leaders from central Europe, Baltic
states and the Balkans, an event con-
vened by Poland to bolster regional
trade and infrastructure.
Brussels diplomats view the July 6
gathering, dubbed the Three Seas sum-
mit because the countries involved
border the Baltic, Black and Adriatic
seas, as a Polish bid to carve out influ-
ence outside the European Union with
which the nationalist government has
repeatedly clashed.
Trump plans to promote US natural
gas exports to the leaders from central
and eastern Europe, a region heavily
reliant on Russian supplies, his top
economic adviser said. Poland
received its first shipment of US lique-
fied natural gas (LNG) this month.
Most diplomats in Brussels dismiss
the importance of the Three Seas proj-
ect, co-hosted by Croatia, but are wary
over Trumps high-profile visit to par-
ticipate in a project one senior EU
official called Polands push towards
self-ghettoisation.
One cannot but feel a bit suspi-
cious if it isnt an attempt to break up
European unity, another EU diplomat
said about the Three Seas project.
Polands ruling Law and Justice
(PiS) party has played a major role in
fuelling a deepening rift between ex-
communist and Western members of
the European Union, at a time when
the bloc is struggling with the after-
math of Britains decision to leave.
Since winning a parliamentary
election in 2015, the PiS has angered
France over a cancelled army pro-
curement deal, brought relations
with Germany to their worst in near-
ly a decade, and is facing EU action
over what critics call its authoritari-
an tilt.
Poland is one of the leading voices
in the region against migration, a view
it shares with Trump alongside a disre-
gard for climate change and suspicion
of international bodies.
Underscoring Warsaws mistrust
towards the EU, Prime Minister Beata
Szydlo recently called an EU quotas
policy for relocation of refugees from
the Middle East a madness of
Brussels elites, in a speech in parlia-
ment.
In turn, EU leaders delivered a snub
to Polands government by steam-
rolling its objections and reappointing
former Polish premier Donald Tusk to
chair summits. Szydlo, acting on
orders from party boss and long-time
Tusk adversary Jaroslaw Kaczynski,
had vowed to stop him securing a sec-
ond 30-month term.
Warsaw portrayed the issue as one
of fundamental principle, in which
vital national interests had been
ignored by a Brussels machine domi-
nated by German diktat. Its crushing
Average US mortgage rates flat to lower; 30-year at new low
WASHINGTON, June 29, (AP):
Long-term US mortgage rates were
unchanged to lower this week, as
the benchmark 30-year rate
reached a new low for the year.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac
said Thursday the 30-year fixed-
rate mortgage averaged 3.88 per-
cent, down from 3.90 percent last
week. The rate stood at 3.48 per-
cent a year ago and averaged a
record low 3.65 percent in 2016.
The 15-year, fixed-rate home
loan, popular with homeowners
defeat showed how far the biggest of
the ex-communist states that joined the
EU after the Cold War appears isolat-
ed, even in Eastern Europe.
Deeply distrustful of Moscow,
Poland hopes Trump, who once called
NATO obsolete, will reconfirm his
commitment to the alliances military
build-up in eastern Europe, a deter-
seeking to refinance their mortgag-
es, was unchanged last week at
3.17 percent.
Mortgage rates have remained
low even though the Federal
Reserve has been raising short-
term interest rates.
The Fed has increased its key
rate by a quarter-point three times
since December, most recently this
month, to a range of 1 to 1.25 per-
cent.
At the same time, would-be
home buyers are facing higher pric-
rence policy against Russia, and pos-
sibly promise more.
The United States has about 900
troops on Polish soil as part of a rotat-
ing NATO contingent in eastern
Europe.
But Western diplomats are wary
that Trump could use his trip to
Warsaw to repeat criticism of Europes
es and fewer options. Sales listings
have plunged 8.4 percent over the
past 12 months to 1.96 million. The
median sales price in May rose 5.8
percent from a year ago to
$252,800.
Data issued Wednesday by the
National Association of Realtors
showed that Americans signed
fewer contracts to buy homes in
May, the third straight monthly
decline and evidence that a short-
age of homes for sale has sup-
pressed purchases.
low defence spending, which has irri-
tated many Western leaders.
Trump denounced some NATO
members failure to meet a joint target
of two percent of economic output, at
a meeting of alliance leaders in
Brussels last month. Poland, alongside
the United States, is one of the few
members who meet the goal.

Firms pass annual stress tests US Q1 economic growth revised up

US Fed approves 34 large
banks investor payout plans
NEW YORK, June 29, (Agencies):
The Federal Reserve gave the
green light on Wednesday to plans
by all 34 large banks seeking to
provide big payouts to sharehold-
ers after the firms passed the annu-
al stress tests.
It is the first time since the rig-
orous tests were instituted in 2009
the Fed did not object to the banks
capital plans.
The decision reflects the indus-
trys improved resilience after
years of building up capital in the
aftermath of the 2008 financial
crisis, Fed officials said. The US
central bank required just one
bank, Capital One Financial, to
submit a new capital plan by the
end of the year, but did not oppose
shareholder payouts under the pro-
gram, the Comprehensive Capital
Analysis and Review (CCAR).
Im pleased that the CCAR
process has motivated all of the
largest banks to achieve healthy
capital levels and most to substan-
tially improve their capital plan-
ning processes, Fed Governor
Jerome Powell said in a statement.
The Fed results were swiftly
followed by a barrage of generous
payout announcements the major
banks.
While the payouts are popular
with investors, some analysts have
criticized banks for returning huge
sums to shareholders instead of
investing in their core businesses
or increasing lending.
Bank of America boosted its divi-
dend by 60 percent to 12 cents per
share, and said it planned up to $12
billion in share buybacks over the
next year, plus another $900 million
to offset shares awarded under exec-
utive compensation plans.
JPMorgan Chase increased its
dividend by six cents to 56 cents
per share and said it could spend
up to $19.4 billion in share repur-
chases.
Scandal
Meanwhile, Wells Fargo, which
has been hammered by a fake
accounts scandal, was cleared to
boost its dividend by a penny to 39
cents per share and spend up to
$11.5 billion on share repurchases.
We are pleased by todays
CCAR result, which demonstrates
the strength of our diversified
business model, strong capital
position, and our continued focus
on risk management, said Wells
Fargo chief executive Tim Sloan.
The stress test is designed to
examine how large US banks
would handle a financial crisis
similar in severity to the one in
2008.
The first phase of the test,
released last week, showed all 34
banks could withstand a downturn
in which US unemployment
soared to 10 percent and commer-
cial real estate prices plummeted
35 percent.
The second phase of the results
followed qualitative and quantita-
tive examinations of large banks.
The industrys strong perfor-
mance in the tests likely will
embolden the bank lobby to push
for an easing of regulations
imposed in the wake of the crisis,
an initiative that has strong sup-
port from President Donald Trump
and his administration.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen on
Tuesday warned that memories
tend to fade about the 2008 crisis,
hinting of risks in a big regulatory
retreat.
The regulations and processes
put in place in the years since the
start of the crisis mean banks now
have much stronger capital and are
able to withstand enormous
shocks, she said.
In the case of Capital One,
despite getting approval for its
payouts, the bank still exhibited
material weaknesses in its capital
planning practices, the Fed said.
It cited concerns about planning
in one of its most material busi-
nesses and issues with internal
controls.
A senior Fed official said it
could block Capital One from
making capital distributions down
the road if it does not meet expec-
tations.
Capital One held its dividend at
40 cents a share and said its board
authorized it to spend up to $1.9
billion for share buybacks, a rela-
tively modest sum compared with
other banks.
We will resubmit our capital
plan and are fully committed to
addressing the Federal Reserves
concerns with our capital planning
process in a timely manner, said
Capital One chief executive
Richard Fairbank.
Projected
American Express (AmEx) ini-
tially was projected to have insuf-
ficient capital under the stressed
scenario, but later cleared the hur-
dle after submitting an adjusted
capital payout plan, the Fed said.
AmEx boosted its quarterly
dividend by nine percent to 35
cents per share, and said it would
repurchase up to $4.4 billion in
stock, up from the $3.3 billion
authorization over the prior 12
months.
The second part of the seventh
yearly check-up tested the banks to
determine if their current plans for
paying out capital to shareholders
would still allow them to keep
lending if hit by another financial
crisis and severe recession.
With the 34 banks holding more
than three-quarters of total assets
of all US financial companies, the
results showed strength in an
industry that nearly toppled the
financial system and has recov-
ered handily nearly nine years on
from the 2008-09 crisis. Banks
large and small across the US
received hundreds of billions in
taxpayer funds to prop them up
during the financial meltdown.
Now the banks have a total of
about $1.2 trillion in capital reserves
as of the fourth quarter of last year,
an increase of $750 billion over the
beginning of 2009, in the depths of
the crisis, according to the Fed.
They are expected to pay out to
shareholders nearly 100 percent of
their net revenue over the next four
quarters, compared with 65 percent
in the same period last year.
They can now more freely pay
out dividends and buy back stock
without worrying whether they are
resilient in a financial crisis, said
David Wright, a managing direc-
tor at Deloitte who formerly
worked on bank supervision at the
Fed.
The results may not be an
explicit seal of approval for the
banks by the Fed, but thats the
conclusion that can be drawn,
Wright said.
I dont think they (the Fed) are
quite ready to declare victory,
though, he added. Some of the
smaller firms still struggled to
identify risks and there is more
work to be done.
on increase in consumer spending
GDP rises at 1.4 pct annual rate, beats expectations
instead of the 1.2 percent reported last month, the Commerce Department
WASHINGTON, June 29, (RTRS): The US economy
slowed less sharply in the first quarter than initially esti- said in its final assessment for the period on Thursday.
Although the reading was the worst since the second quarter of 2016, it eased
mated due to higher consumer spending and a jump in fears the economy had become hobbled at the start of this year. The governments
exports, beating expectations and providing a slightly first estimate in April pegged first-quarter GDP growth at a paltry 0.7 percent.
more encouraging outlook for growth this year. The upward revision occurred even with a downward revision to the inven-
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased at a 1.4 percent annual rate tory data, which has favorable implications for the adding up of second-quarter
growth, said Daniel Silver, an econo-
mist at J.P. Morgan.
Economists polled by Reuters had
expected GDP growth to be unrevised at
1.2 percent in the first quarter. The
economy tends to underperform in that
period relative to the rest of the year due
to perennial issues with the calculation
of the data. The government has said it
is working to resolve those issues.
The US dollar briefly edged up after
the release of the data before retracing
earlier losses against a basket of cur-
rencies. Prices of US Treasuries were
trading lower and stocks on Wall
Street fell.
First-quarter economic growth was
boosted by an upward revision to con-
sumer spending, which accounts for
more than two-thirds of US economic
activity. Consumer spending rose at a
1.1 percent pace, the weakest reading
since the second quarter of 2013 but
almost double the 0.6 percent reported
last month.
Despite the upward revision to
GDP, the Trump administrations stat-
ed target of swiftly boosting annual
US economic growth to 3 percent
remains a challenge.
A sustained average growth rate of
3 percent has not been achieved in the
United States since the 1990s. The US
economy has grown an average 2 per-
File photo shows a customer enters a Citibank branch, in New York. On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, the Federal cent since 2000 and it expanded only
Reserve gave the green light to all 34 of the biggest banks in the US to raise their dividends and buy back shares, 1.6 percent in 2016, which was the
judging their financial foundations sturdy enough to withstand a major economic downturn. Those allowed to raise weakest growth in five years.
dividends or repurchase shares include the four biggest US banks: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup President Donald Trumps econom-
and Wells Fargo. (AP) ic program of tax cuts, regulatory roll-
backs and infrastructure spending has
yet to get off the ground five months
Steep rent increases in New Orleans into his presidency.
Details of the White Houses tax
plan remain sparse as Trump advisers
Low-income residents losing homes attempt to win over fiscally conserva-
tive Republicans in Congress who
want any changes to ultimately be
revenue-neutral.
NEW ORLEANS, June 29, (AP): income-qualify for a new place and including bonds and grants. In return,
Lower-income renters in New Orleans with just under $700 in Social Security, developer HRI Properties had to keep Initial signs that economic growth
re-accelerated sharply in the second
are facing the loss of their homes and thats not easy. at least 20 percent of the 268 units at
uncertain futures as affordable-hous- For several weeks, she said, shes affordable rates when the property quarter have also faltered in the face of
recent disappointing data on retail
ing subsidies start to expire in a city been packing up her 600-square-foot opened a year later.
that already has experienced steep rent (55-square-meter) home of three years In 2013, HRI Properties sold the sales, manufacturing production and
inflation. Housing data has also been
increases and stagnant wage growth. in order to be out by Saturday and get complex to Georgia-based Audubon
Michael Esnault, a 69-year-old dis- the larger of the buyout incentives Communities Management. Attorneys mixed.
The Atlanta Federal Reserve is cur-
abled veteran, says he searched for negotiated with the apartment complex for the complex didnt respond to a
about three months before finding a when the subsidies expire. request for comment. rently forecasting annualized growth
of 2.9 percent in the second quarter.
new place after the management at his I could live in an efficiency, but I The lower rents expired in March,
former complex, American Can havent been able to find anything. Its but the complex is allowing those Other data on Thursday showed the
job market was still flashing a green
Apartments, told him his rent would just not good how they treat you. You affected to stay until the end of
light.
double to $1,400. He was one of doz- pay your rent, cause no trouble. They October at the reduced rates, said The Labor Department reported that
ens at the complex affected by the loss should just let us stay. Hannah Adams, an attorney with the number of Americans filing for
of the subsidies. Housing advocates say Hortons Southeast Louisiana Legal Services unemployment benefits last week rose
We looked at a place not too far and Esnaults plight is indicative of a who worked with Esnault. slightly, but the underlying trend
from here, a two-bedroom shotgun, wider problem facing tenants across The length of subsidies in New remained consistent with a tight labor
he said, referring to a long, narrow the city. Orleans varies from development to market. The unemployment rate fell to
home found in many New Orleans American Can is just the tip of the development, ranging from as little as a 16-year low in May.
neighborhoods. They were asking iceberg, said Breonne Deducker, a five years to 15 years or more, said US exporters also flexed more mus-
$1,900 a month. I cant afford that. I program manager for Janes Place Ellen Lee, director of housing policy cle in the first quarter. Exports for the
know many more who cant, either. Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative, and community development for period were revised to show a 7.0
Carolyn Horton, 74, said she has yet a nonprofit that works to increase Mayor Mitch Landrieus administra- percent rate of growth from the previ-
to find a new place and plans to tem- affordable housing options for low- tion. ously reported 5.8 percent. Exports in
porarily move into her grandsons and moderate-income residents. Affordable-housing subsidies for the fourth quarter fell at a rate of 4.5
home in New Orleans. She said shell Cashauna Hill, executive director of about 1,200 units will expire in 2021 percent.
probably end up moving in with her the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing with another estimated 5,000 sched- Business spending on equipment
son and his family in Denver. Action Center, described the situation uled to expire 10 years later, she said. was revised to show it increasing at a
Getting old aint fun, Horton said. as a very-large-scale problem that Since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, rate of 7.8 percent in the January-
Im an independent girl, still kind of will affect the city for years. rents in New Orleans have increased March period rather than the 7.2 per-
healthy, but no one wants to hire Trans formed by about 50 percent, while wages have cent previously estimated.
someone my age. Everywhere Ive A former can manufacturing plant only risen by about 2 percent, Hill Businesses accumulated inventories
looked has just been awful. My rent was transformed into the American said. Three out of five renters spend at a rate of $2.6 billion in the first
was $810, but they want to raise it to Can Apartments in 2000 with the help more than 30 percent of their income quarter, rather than the $4.3 billion
$1,100 or $1,200. Now I have to of $39 million in public resources, on housing costs, she said. reported last month.
 ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017

BUSINESS 32

Rio shareholders back mines sale McDonalds shuts 41 Delhi restaurants

Rio Tinto shareholders Thursday
overwhelmingly supported the
sale of most of the mining giants
Australian coal assets to China-
backed Yancoal, paving the way
for the completion of the deal.
Shareholders for the worlds
second-largest miner, which is
dual-listed in Britain and Austral-
ia, voted 97.2 percent in favour of
the US$2.45 billion offer at their
respective annual general meet-
ings, Rio said in a statement.
Shares in Rio were trading
3.28 percent higher at Aus$63.35
late afternoon in Sydney.
The decision came days af-
ter Rios board said it favoured
Yancoal over two bids for the as-
sets in New South Wales state
from Swiss commodities giant
Glencore, which were more than
US$100 million higher.
Rio had added that the Yan-
coal deal was expected to be
completed faster due to greater
funding and regulatory certainty.
Yancoal has already been given
the green light by Australias For-
eign Investment Review Board,
while the Glencore plan would be
subject to regulatory approval.
Rio, which in February report-
ed a surge in annual net prot
thanks to improving commodity
prices, is selling Coal & Allied in
a divestment drive that analysts
expect will lead to a complete
exit from the sector. (AFP)
McDonalds India said on Thurs-
day it has temporarily closed 41
restaurants in Delhi due to ex-
pired licenses in a major blow to
the brands ambitions in the fast-
growing Indian market.
The American fast-food giant
said it has temporarily suspend-
ed operations at 41 of its 55 Mc-
Donalds restaurants across the
Indian capital after they failed
to renew their eating house li-
censes a police registration to
operate a place of public enter-
tainment.
The decision follows a long-
running legal dispute between
Connaught Plaza Restaurants
Private Limited (CPRL), an In-
dian franchisee rm that runs the
restaurants in Delhi, and McDon-
alds, according to local media
reports.
The Eating House Licenses
of a number of McDonalds res-
taurants in Delhi have expired ...
Pending this, CRPL is temporar-
ily suspending the operations of
the affected restaurants, Mc-
Donalds said in a statement,
without providing further details.
More than 1,500 employees
will reportedly lose their jobs
but McDonalds told AFP that
its franchisee is retaining the
employees of affected restau-
rants and will pay them their
salary during the period of sus-
pension. (AFP)

Passengers shift to UberMoto or GrabBikes

Ride-hailing services transform Vietnams transport culture

HANOI, Vietnam, June 29, (AP): Nguy-
en Kim Lan used to make a decent living
shuttling customers around town on his
Honda motorbike. But his clientele has
dwindled as young and tech-savvy Vi-
etnamese increasingly use ride-hailing
apps like Uber and Grab to summon
cheaper, safer motorbike taxis.
The expansion of the ride-hailing
services across Southeast Asia is shak-
ing up traditional motorcycle taxi ser-
vices that are a key source of informal
work for people like Lan. In some cas-
es, the Xe Om, or motorbike taxi, driv-
ers are venting their anger in attacks on
the new competitors.
Lan is just frustrated. He says his in-
come has fallen to just 20 percent to 30
percent of what it used to be.
Nowadays, my frequent custom-
ers have all booked Grab and Uber, so
they dont come here anymore, said
Lan, 62, as he waited for customers at
an intersection in downtown Hanoi.
Before, ofce workers would come
here after work. Now they just sit in
their ofces and get picked up at the
door, he said.
As elsewhere in the region, mo-
torbikes are Vietnams main form of
transportation, especially in the capital
Hanoi and the southern commercial
hub of Ho Chi Minh City. They can
maneuver through crowded, narrow
city streets more easily than cars and
are less expensive to buy and run.
Having invaded the conventional
taxi market, ride hailing apps like Uber
Vietnam economy bounces back in second quarter
HANOI, June 29, (AFP): Vietnams
economy bounced back in the sec-
ond quarter posting a 6.17 percent
growth rate, according to ofcial
gures Thursday, a boost driven by
gains in the industrial and services
sectors.
The export-driven economy saw
growth slow last year as the country
struggled to recover from a major
drought and mass sh kill along its
central coast.
Growth in the rst three months
of this year hit a three-year low of
5.15 percent thanks to a slump in
exports from Samsung, the coun-
trys leading investor.
But GDP growth rates from April
In this June 21, 2017 photo, two traditional motorbike taxi drivers wait for to June jumped to 6.17 percent, ac-
customers at an intersection in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnams motorbike taxis
are seeing their business dry up as customers increasingly opt for ride hail- that they will not be cheated by the drivers.
ing services like Uber and Grab-Taxi. (AP) But Tuan Anh said he knows of
more than 100 cases where GrabBike
and Malaysia-based Grab are now el- to get online.
bowing aside the Xe Om with their Nguyen Tuan Anh, chairman of Grab drivers were attacked in the past year,
UberMoto and GrabBike services. Vietnam, said the number of GrabBike often by Xe Om drivers worried about
Vietnam, a communist-ruled coun- drivers has jumped from 100 when they losing business.
try of 93 million, has about 45 mil- rst launched in late 2014 to more than Bus stations, hospitals and schools
lion motorbikes, the highest rate of 50,000, with hundreds joining every day. are hotspots for conict. In one case,
motorcycle ownership per capita in The growth of passengers is explo- a GrabBike driver was stabbed in the
Southeast Asia. Some 3.1 million new sive, he said. Many Vietnamese now lung. In another, police red warning
motorbikes were sold last year. prefer to use ride hailing apps, viewing their shots to disperse crowds of Xe Om and
Practically everyone has mobile services as safer and cheaper, Tuan Anh GrabBike drivers who were battling
phones, and cheap Internet access has said. GrabBike brings transparency and near a bus station in Ho Chi Minh City.
enabled most Vietnamese city dwellers thats why customers love it. They know Similar problems have been reported
cording to the General Statistics Of-
ce (GSO).
The surge was driven by growth
in the industrial and services sec-
tors, though the mining sector
dragged growth slightly, the ofce
said.
GSO general director Nguyen
Bich Lam said the surge between
quarter one and two was the biggest
jump since 2011, according to state-
controlled Vietnamnet news site.
Analysts were buoyed by the
bounceback and predicted strong
growth ahead even if the ofcial
growth target of 6.7 percent is not
met.
The latest numbers are very
positive ... I think Vietnam can man-
in Thailand and Indonesia. Tuan Anh
said GrabBike tells its drivers to be cau-
tious and to seek help from police.
Many Vietnamese seem keen to use
such services despite the potential for
conict. Tran Thuc Anh, a 21-year-
old video games designer, says she
switched to using GrabBike to com-
mute from bus stations to and from her
ofce about six months ago.
It costs her half as much as using Xe
Om did, she says.
I just need to be online to book a
bike without going around to look for
age about 6.5 percent growth this
year, said Luong Hoang from Viet
Capital Securities.
Communist Vietnam has enjoyed
a reputation as one of the best per-
forming economies in Southeast
Asia in recent years, with growth
hitting more than six percent over
the past two years, though the
2016 gures were down from the
previous year.
Overall growth for the rst half of
2017 is at 5.73 percent, up from the
same period last year as exports
surged 18.9 percent compared to
the rst half of 2016.
Growth has been mostly driven
by exports of cheaply made goods,
from Nike shoes to smartphones.
a traditional Xe Om, so its very con-
venient, Thuc Anh said.
Many GrabBike drivers originally
worked as Xe Om, but not all are will-
ing to sign up. Older motorbike taxi
drivers say they dont know how to
use online apps or lack the cash to buy
smart phones. Others are put off by the
cheaper fares GrabBike charges.
But Nguyen Quang Trung, a 30-year-
old salesman who began moonlighting
for GrabBike six months ago, said Xe
Om drivers who try to overcharge their
customers are nished.

Customer complains of 1,658 cars
Chinas problems force into
global recall of Aston Martin
BEIJING, June 29, (RTRS): Brit-
ish sports car maker Aston Martin
Lagonda Ltd is ordering a global
recall of 1,658 Vantage cars after
problems with a routine transmis-
sion software update led to inci-
dents in China in which some cars
stalled and lost power, its CEO
told Reuters.
Chief executive Andy Palmer
said the decision was taken after
a team of Aston Martin engineers
went to China in May to investi-
gate a problem that several cus-
tomers there had been complain-
ing about since 2014.
Normally (recalls) start in
America. I dont think it is the
only example, but its interesting
that it started from China and be-
comes a global recall, Palmer told
Reuters by telephone.
It demonstrates the importance
of China, the sophistication of the
customer and the diligence of the
authority there.
The luxury carmaker, famous
for making the car driven by secret
agent James Bond, sold 3,259 cars
globally last year, nearly 8 percent
of them in China.
Aston Martins plan was con-
veyed on Tuesday to Chinese regu-
latory agencies that had taken up
the issue after dissatised custom-
ers complained. Formal documents
would be submitted by the end of
the European day, Palmer said.
Chinese authorities did not re-
spond to a request for comment.
The global recall will be un-
welcome publicity for a company
that has said for years it wants to
go public. It reported its rst Q1
prot in a decade in May.
Palmer did not say how much the
recall would cost, but knowledge-
able people close to the company
estimated the total cost at around
300,000 pounds ($380,760).
Recall
The recall will cover 1,658
Vantage cars built between June
2010 and September 2013 with the
Sportshift I and Sportshift II auto-
mated manual transmission gear-
boxes, including 113 that were
sold in China. The Vantage is the
only Aston Martin model with a
semi-manual shift.
Palmer said the problem occurred
because some dealerships in China
failed to reset the clutch position af-
ter software updates to the automatic
transmission system.
In the normal course of events,
when you make a software change,
you have to re-teach the engagement
position of the clutch. And most of
our dealers around the world auto-
matically did that, he said.
If the clutch is not re-taught the
biting point - the point when the
clutch plate engages with the en-
gine plate - its possible that a car
could initially stall while in opera-
tion, he said.
Aston Martin sent its engineers
to China after it tried and failed
to replicate the stalling problem
in its own engineering laborato-
ries. When they arrived, they dis-
covered that some cars suffered
unusual noise and vibration, and
in worst cases an engine stall, after
the new software was installed.
The stalling caused a complete
loss of power in some cases, shut-
ting off the engine and power to
the electrically-assisted steering
and brakes, making it extremely
difcult for a driver to guide the
car safely to a stop.
Given that dealers and custom-
ers in China may have less expe-
rience operating and maintaining
supercars like Aston Martins,
Palmer said the company should
have spelt out to dealerships what
they needed to do.
I blame us, Palmer said. Ba-
sically we should have explicitly
said within the service action for
the software that we should re-
teach the clutch. We didnt explic-
itly say that. Therefore we take
responsibility for xing it.
Palmer, who joined Aston Mar-
tin from Nissan Motor Co in late
2014, said the company knows of
21 instances of potential sudden
engine stall, all in China.
Replaced
The fuel pipe connectors on the
gearboxes would also be replaced
during the recall, he said.
Three years ago Aston Martin
recalled most of the cars sold in
China that had been built since
2007 after discovering a problem
with defective brake pads, which it
blamed on Chinese subcontractors
using counterfeit plastic material.
The Beijing branch of Chinas
product quality watchdog - the
General Administration of Qual-
ity Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine (AQSIQ) - in January
last year asked the company to in-
vestigate the issue and report back.
AQSIQs Defective Product Ad-
ministrative Center opened its own
investigation in April. Also in April,
Chinas Consumers Association is-
sued a statement saying that there
were enough incidents of the Van-
tage stalling to warrant a recall.
Carson Guo and his brother
James lost their licensed dealer-
ship with Aston Martin in Beijing
in December 2016 after elding
complaints from customers about
stalling cars. Of the eight cus-
tomers who complained, six had
bought Vantages.
Carson Guo told Reuters sev-
eral customers waged a campaign
against the British carmaker via
Weibo, Chinas answer to Twitter,
and at least two received a refund.
One of the knowledgeable indi-
viduals close to Aston Martin said
the Guos contract was terminated
due to a signicant reduction in
sales through that outlet.
Zhang Jiaao, a 32-year-old
partner at a Beijing-based venture
capital rm, did not get a refund.
He told Reuters he bought his
Vantage S coupe from the Guo
dealership for 2.35 million yuan
($344,287) in 2013, and sold it 11
months later to a used-car dealer for
1.23 million yuan ($180,201) after a
series of stalls, some at high speed.
On one occasion, following a
complete loss of power, Zhang
only managed to slow the car
down by repeatedly bumping the
tires against the kerb, he said.
Modi set to launch Indias biggest tax
on goods and services amid protests
Small businesses unhappy at extra demands
NEW DELHI, June 29, (Agencies): At midnight on Friday, Modi, a Hindu nationalist politician who swept to power in 2014 promising re-
forms to get Indias lumbering economy moving, will use the occasion to make a
India will introduce nationwide Goods and Services Tax landmark speech.
(GST) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking centre- Somewhat predictably, not everyone in the worlds largest democracy is happy.
stage in Parliament for what will be the countrys biggest Even though the Congress Party first proposed the tax reform before it fell from
tax reform in the 70 years since independence from British power three years ago, it has been left wringing its hands over whether to join the
parliamentary applause for a tax that should make India a far easier place to do
colonial rule. business.
The GST will replace about 20 federal and state taxes such as factory- Mamata Banerjee, the firebrand leader of All India Trinamool Congress, cer-
gate duties, service and local taxes while unifying $2 trillion economy and tainly wont be clapping.
1.3 billion people into a single market. The firebrand leader of the regional party governing West Bengal intends to boy-
cott the event, saying the ill-planned
launch will hurt small enterprises
across the country.
A chaotic situation may arise in our
vast economy, Banerjee told reporters
in Kolkata, adding millions of small
businesses were not yet ready to file
multiple tax returns, and it could take
up to six months to smoothly imple-
ment the legislation.
Thousands of textile mills and retail-
ers across the country went on strike
this week to protest the tax. Small busi-
nesses in particular are unhappy at the
extra demands made of them to be tax
compliant during the change-over.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has
given businesses two months leeway
to file late returns during the switch to
GST.
A massive media campaign has been
launched by the government to create
awareness, with telephone help lines
opened to address public concerns.
So far, more than three-quarters of
the 8.1 million firms registered with
the federal and state tax departments
have enrolled with the GST Network,
a massive IT back-end that will process
up to 5 billion invoices a month.
Millions of small businesses, outside
the tax net earlier, still have to join the
An Indian labourer unloads goods at a wholesale market in Kolkata on June 29. India is bracing for its most signi- network, and an umbrella organisa-
cant reform in a generation as the worlds fastest growing major economy is unied into a single market for the rst tion pleaded for them to be given more
time with the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1. (AFP) time.
For a seamless implementation of
the law, the government should relax
S. Korea to buy American gas rules against traders for procedural
lapses for six to nine months, Praveen
Japan, EU to hold talks on trade deal: FM Khandelwal, Secretary General of the
Confederation of All India Traders,
said.
TOKYO, June 29, (Agencies): Japans for- Wed like to make the maximum jor South Korean companies had pro- About a third of associations 60 mil-
eign minister said he will hold two days use out of the time weve got. posed a slew of new investments ahead lion members lack a computer to regis-
of talks with the EU trade commissioner A European source told AFP that of President Moon Jae-ins meetings Fri- ter under the new tax regime.
in Tokyo Friday, as the two sides look to Malmstrom and Hogans visit suggests day with President Donald Trump. The government promises the new
ink a long-awaited agreement. there are still some political issues to South Korean businesses are high- regime will not just simplify trade by
The comments from Fumio Kishida work through. lighting investments and other plans replacing more than a dozen levies
Thursday come after four years of talks If theyre going to Tokyo its an im- that will help create jobs in the US as the with one tax, but combat corruption
aimed at hammering out a free-trade portant signal but it doesnt mean a Asian country fends off criticism over a and enrich state coffers by bringing the
agreement, with negotiators working deal is imminent, the source added. growing trade imbalance in its favor. informal economy into the digital era.
toward signing a deal at a G20 meeting Tariffs on European cheese have Electronics conglomerate Samsung Most economists agree the reform
in Hamburg next week. been a key sticking point. Electronics said earlier this week it plans first proposed in 2006 is neces-
Clinching a deal would be a victory Brussels wants Japan to eliminate to spend $380 million to build a new sary and long overdue, but warn the
for free-trade advocates after US Presi- its 30 percent tariffs on some EU- home appliance factory in South Caro- initial shock to the economy is likely to
dent Donald Trump pulled the United made cheese, while Tokyo wants du- lina. It also will spend $1.5 billion on its drag, rather than stoke, growth in the
States out of the Trans-Pacific Partner- ties cut on cars which it exports to the semiconductor plant in Texas. LG Elec- short term as businesses adjust.
ship this year, dealing a possibly fatal 28-member bloc. tronics said it will put $250 million into There are already signs the transition
blow to the mooted 12-nation deal. Any deal they reach would cover building a new washing machine plant could be rocky.
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia some 28 percent of global GDP. in Tennessee and $300 million on a new Industries are on strike, others are
Malmstrom and agriculture commis- building in New Jersey. facing an avalanche of paperwork,
sioner Phil Hogan will visit the Japa- Also: SK Group signed a preliminary while some retailers remain unclear
nese capital from Friday, Kishida said. SEOUL: South Korean companies an- agreement with GE and Continental about what to charge just days before
Id like to hold final discussions nounced Thursday plans to import Resources earlier this week to jointly the taxes take effect.
with Malmstrom for a broad agree- more American shale gas and build develop US shale gas. The group, which There are different rates for a mo-
ment on the Japan-EU trade deal, he new factories in the US as the two owns South Koreas largest mobile car- bile set, charger and headphones
told reporters. countries leaders prepare to hold sum- rier and the countrys second-largest all of which come in one box, said
I think theyre going to be very tough mit talks in Washington where trade is semiconductor company, said it will Praveen Khandelwal, secretary general
and difficult negotiations, Kishida added. expected to be a key issue. import American liquefied natural of Confederation of All India Traders,
Its not yet decided when well reach The Korea Chamber of Commerce gas and liquefied petroleum gas start- pointing to one such example.
a conclusion or how long well be ne- and Industry, South Koreas largest busi- ing in 2020 to help diversify its energy What tax rate will be applicable in
gotiating. ness association, said Thursday that ma- imports. such a scenario? We dont know yet.

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Murdochs Sky takeover faces threat of in-depth probe
Britain signalled Thursday that it
wants a takeover of pan-Europe-
an satellite TV giant Sky by Ru-
pert Murdochs 21st Century Fox
entertainment group to undergo
an in-depth competition investi-
gation.
The government had an-
nounced in March that 21st Cen-
tury Foxs 11.4-billion ($14.7-bil-
lion, 12.9-billion euro) bid for Sky
would face an initial probe by me-
dia watchdog Ofcom.
Market fits highlight central bankers difficult task
FRANKFURT, Germany, June 29,
(AP): Sharp moves in bond and
foreign exchange markets have
underlined the challenge that Eu-
ropes top central bankers face as
they prepare investors for the day
when they will start to phase out
policies that have supported the
economy through nancial crises
and political uncertainty.
European Central Bank head
Mario Draghis statements this
week about a rming and broad-
ening economic recovery and
a prudent and gradual with-
drawal of stimulus were taken as a
sign the bank was going to phase
out its measures faster than expect-
ed. It sent the euro and bond yields
suddenly higher for two days, an
indication investors expect higher
rates.
Similar market jitters surround-
ed comments by Bank of England
Governor Mark Carney the day
after, and on Thursday the euro,
pound and bond markets were still
broadly buoyant.
The euro was up 0.2 percent at
$1.1401, the highest in 14 months
and up more than 2 cents since the
start of the week. The pound has
gained almost 3 cents this week,
to trade at $1.2977. And the yield
on the 10-year German govern-
ment bond at 0.44 percent is up
sharply from 0.24 percent last
week, though below levels seen in
March.
The market volatility recalled
Station F: Silicon-on-Seine
Worlds biggest start-up
incubator opens in Paris
PARIS, June 29, (AFP): Paris
takes a step closer Thursday
to fullling its ambition of be-
coming Europes technology
capital when President Em-
manuel Macron inaugurates
Station F, the worlds largest
start-up incubator on the banks
of the Seine.
The 34,000 square-metre
(366,000 square-foot) facility
which entirely lls an old rail-
way depot is being bankrolled
by billionaire Xavier Niel, who
revolutionised the French in-
ternet and mobile market with
his low-cost Free service and is
now on a crusade to put French
technology on the map.
The cavernous concrete and
glass hub, which aims to house
up to 1,000 start-ups, will be a
very visible place that creates
a strong image for Paris, Niel
told AFP.
The idea is to create a place
that acts like a beacon and helps
others, he added.
Station F is situated in the
fast-changing 13th district
an airy neighbourhood of mod-
ern high-rises, shops and cine-
mas that is home to the national
library.
The space has been designed
to create the feel of an Ameri-
can college campus, with en-
trepreneurs paying 195 euros
($221) a month for a spot in
the hub, which is divided into
three areas: create, share
and chill.
Technology
The incubator is the biggest
of around 40 that have sprung
up in the French capital, which
is competing with London and
Berlin for the title of Europes
technology leader.
The 39-year-old Macron,
who won election at the head of
a liberal grassroots movement
often likened to a startup, has
pledged to promote entrepre-
neurship and quash perceptions
that France is unfriendly to
business.
I want France to be a start-
up nation. A nation that thinks
and moves like a start-up, he
said earlier this month at a tech
conference in Paris, where he
announced the creation of a
10-billion-euros ($11.3-billion)
fund for innovation.
This is the place to be!, he
declared.
Facebook, Amazon and Mi-
crosoft have already come on-
board Station F, to mentor the
The blockbuster takeover
has already been approved by
regulators in Austria, Germany,
Ireland and Italy, as well as the
European Union, but not yet in
Britain.
Karen Bradley, the Conserva-
tive governments minister for
culture, media and sport, told
parliament Thursday that she
was minded to refer the bid for
a phase two investigation by the
Competition and Markets Au-
Euro, pound and bond markets still broadly buoyant
the so-called taper tantrum
of 2013, when markets reacted
sharply to remarks by US Fed
Chairman Ben Bernanke about the
eventual reduction, or tapering, of
a stimulus program involving the
purchase of government bonds us-
ing newly printed money. The Fed
eventually did end its bond pur-
chases and moved to raise its key
interest rate. But that took a long
time the rst hike came only
in December, 2015, after which it
waited an entire year before mov-
ing again, such was the markets
sensitivity to higher rates.
The ECBs stimulus involves a
similar program to that of the Fed,
purchasing 60 billion euros ($68
billion) per month in bonds.
The market moves underline
the wide-ranging effects that an
eventual end to bond-buying by
the ECB will have, as would an
interest rate increase in the UK
An end to bond purchases should
send bond prices down, as a major
buyer, the ECB, exits the market.
Longer-term borrowing costs
for governments, for instance, or
for people with new mortgages
would rise. Stocks and other riskier
investments might become less at-
tractive relative to safer holdings
such as bank CDs.
Analyst Carsten Brzeski at ING-
DiBa said Draghis remarks did not
contain a major shift in the banks
stance. This is not a taper tantrum
yet. I think markets got slightly
startups.
The entrepreneurs will also
partner on-site with top French
universities and venture capital
funds.
Niel, who launched a no-fees
school for computer coders in
Paris in 2013 that broke the ed-
ucational mould, has invested
250 million euros of his own
money in Station F.
He envisages a day when
people from the world over
will come to create their startup
in Paris.
Currently, London has the
lead in luring international tal-
ent.
Hoping
The French are hoping the
pendulum will swing across the
Channel when Britain leaves
the EU.
In the rst half of 2016,
France squeaked by Britain for
the number of start-up nanc-
ing operations, the EY consul-
tancy found.
By the amount raised, how-
ever, Britain was far in the lead
at 34 percent, with France in
second place at 16 percent, al-
though that was still over one
billion euros.
Among those to have re-
ceived huge capital injections
from US investors are BlaBlaC-
ar valued at over 1.0 billion
euros, making it what is known
in the tech sector as a unicorn on the month.
and online advertising rm
Criteo.
The dinner table conver-
sation has gone from French
bashing to French tech, ac-
cording to 29-year-old Remy
Rousset.
Roussets start-up Wivaldy,
which helps consumers control
their electricity consumption, is
one of the companies that will
occupy a berth in Station F.
Its good to be part of an
ecosystem, where everyone is
in the same mindset and wants
to grow very, very fast, he
said.
An engineer by training,
Rousset said the business cli-
mate for entrepreneurs in
France had changed enor-
mously since he graduated in
2009, thanks to the growing
network of incubators.
Back then many dreamed
of one thing: going abroad and
working for a big group. Now,
when you talk to students they
want to stay in France and join
a startup. Its a golden age!
thority regulator.
She cited Ofcoms assess-
ment that the deal would hand
Murdoch increased inuence
over the Britains news agenda
and the political process.
However, Bradley said she did
not have concerns over Foxs
genuine commitment to broad-
casting standards. The minister
added she would reach a nal
decision after considering further
representations. (AFP)
Carney says BoE will debate rate rise in coming months
SINTRA, Portugal, June 29,
(RTRS): A rise in British interest
rates is likely to be needed as the
economy comes closer to running
at full capacity and the Bank of Eng-
land will debate when to do so in
the coming months, BoE Governor
Mark Carney said on Wednesday.
In a noticeable shift in emphasis
since his last speech on June 20,
Carney did not repeat his phrase
from then that now was not the time
to raise rates. Markets immediately
priced in a greater chance of an
early rate rise.
The pound rose to its highest
level since Britains June 8 election
after the BoE released Carneys
remarks. Gilt yields jumped as one
measure of rate hike expectations
rose to its highest since last years
vote to leave the European Union.
Addressing the European Cen-
tral Bank conference in Sintra, Por-
tugal, Carney said policymakers
would need to look at the extent to
carried away with themselves.
But he said the sudden euro
jump was a warning to the ECB
that preparing markets is a hard job
to do.
Analysts think that the ECB will
give a clearer idea about its plans
to ease off its bond-buying stimu-
lus at its Sept 7 meeting, start re-
ducing the purchases in January,
and end them before or at the end
of 2018. They say the benchmark
interest rate, which is at zero to
German & Spanish inflation
gives ECB food for thought
France will meet EU deficit target in 2017: PM
BERLIN/MADRID, June
29, (Agencies): German
and Spanish consumer
prices rose more than ex-
pected in June, giving the
European Central Bank
fresh food for thought as
euro zone ination moves
closer to its target and mar-
kets price in a tightening
shift in monetary policy.
The surprisingly strong ina-
tion gures released on Thursday
come only days after ECB head
Mario Draghi suggested the central
banks asset-purchase programme
would become less accommoda-
tive going into 2018 after regional
growth has gained pace and ina-
tion trends returned following a
period of falling prices.
German consumer prices, harmo-
nised to compare with other European
countries, rose by 1.5 percent on the
year after an increase of 1.4 percent in
the previous month, the Federal Statis-
tics Ofce said. On the month, prices
rose 0.2 percent.
Both gures came in stronger than
expected, with a Reuters poll having
pointed to an increase of 1.3 percent
on the year and an unchanged reading
ECB will have to decide in the third
In Spain, EU-harmonised consumer quarter whether to extend or wind
prices rose by 1.6 percent year-on-year
in June, ash data from the National
Statistics Institute (INE) showed. This
compared with a Reuters poll of 1.5
percent and previous reading of 2.0
percent.
A breakdown of the German non-
harmonised data showed energy costs
were unchanged in June while food
and services ination clearly picked
up, suggesting that Germanys eco-
nomic upswing is slowly pushing up
EU moots new pension product to boost private savings
BRUSSELS, June 29, (RTRS): The
European Commission on Thursday
proposed establishing a pan-European
pension product to increase private
savings and boost the growth of a Eu-
ropean Union industry currently worth
about 700 billion euros ($800 billion).
The measure is part of policy efforts
to defuse a demographic time bomb
that could hit the ageing continent over
the next 50 years when the ratio of
retirees to working-age people is esti-
mated to double.
As EU states stretched public -
nances are struggling to cover current
levels of pensions, the European Com-
mission is trying to encourage personal
German consumer morale at highest level since Oct 2001
The mood among German con-
sumers rose to its highest level
in almost 16 years heading into
July, a survey showed on Thurs-
day, supporting expectations that
private consumption will contrib-
ute strongly to growth this year.
The consumer sentiment indi-
cator, published by the Nurem-
berg-based GfK institute and
based on a survey of around
2,000 Germans, rose to 10.6
going into July, the highest level
which stronger business investment
offset a slowdown in consumption,
as well as growth in wages and la-
bour costs.
These are some of the issues
that the MPC (Monetary Policy
Committee) will debate in the com-
ing months, Carney said. Some re-
moval of monetary stimulus is likely
to become necessary if the trade-off
facing the MPC continues to lessen
and the policy decision accordingly
becomes more conventional.
The MPC split 5-3 earlier this
month on whether it was time to
start to raise British interest rates
from a record-low 0.25 percent.
As spare capacity erodes, the ...
(MPCs) tolerance for above-target
ination falls, Carney said.
Britain was the fastest-growing
major advanced economy last year,
but quarterly economic growth
slowed to just 0.2 percent in the
rst three months of 2017. How-
ever, last month the BoE still fore-
help make lending cheap, will be
raised only after that, meaning not
until sometime in 2019.
Jane Foley, head of foreign-
exchange strategy at Rabobank,
said the sudden jump in the euro
may also reect more positive
sentiment about the eurozones
political and economic prospects
relative to the United States. Ear-
lier in 2017, the euro was plagued
by fears that anti-euro, right-wing
populists such as Frances Ma-
This le photo shows a TGV high speed train passing on the East-European LGV line during a test on Sept 28,
2016 in Gougenheim, eastern France. (AFP)
underlying price pressures.
With its 2.3-trillion-euro asset buys
running until the end of the year, the
said. The Court of Auditors said earlier
Thursday that in the absence of strong
down the purchases, reconciling an ap-
parent contradiction between healthy
growth and still modest ination.
Also:
PARIS: France will meet the EU de-
cit limit of 3.0 percent of GDP in 2017,
the prime minister insisted Thursday,
after the public accounts watchdog
said it would miss the mark unless it
took urgent action.
We commit to rein in the decit to
savings to make up for lower pensions.
The proposed Pan-European Person-
al Pension Product (PEPP), if approved
by EU states and the European Parlia-
ment, will give consumers a new sav-
ings option and is expected to increase
the number of people subscribing to a
personal pension, the Commission said.
Only 27 percent of working-age EU
citizens have bought personal pen-
sions, which complement occupational
and state-funded pensions, setting aside
700 billion euros managed by banks,
pension funds or insurances.
The industry is expected to dou-
ble its size in the EU by 2030, but the
Commission said that, with PEPP, as-
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
since October 2001. A Reuters
poll had expected an unchanged
reading of 10.4, from last month,
also a near 16-year high.
GfK linked the high reading to
income expectations reaching
their highest level since reuni-
cation in 1990 as Germanys
robust labour market continues
to fuel consumption and growth.
The positive outlook for in-
come growth among consumers
is primarily based on the excel-
cast that growth this year would be
only slightly below Britains long-run
trend at around 1.9 percent.
British ination hit its highest in
nearly four years at 2.9 percent last
month, well above its 2 percent tar-
get, prompted by the pounds post-
Brexit vote tumble.
Policymakers are unsure about
how much of the slowdown in con-
sumer spending will be offset by
stronger exports and investment.
Moreover, wage growth -- which -- will lift exports and spur business
some policymakers see as a key
gauge of medium-term domestic in-
ation pressures -- is slowing, and
the impact of political uncertainty
since the June 8 election and the
start of Brexit talks is hard to pre-
dict.
Different members of the MPC
will understandably have different
views about the outlook and there-
fore the potential timing of any Bank
Rate increase. But all expect that
any changes would be limited in
rine Le Pen might come to power,
while the dollar was boosted by ex-
pectations that new US President
Donald Trump would engage in
more infrastructure spending and
tax cuts. Those expectations have
shifted in the euros favor after Le
Pen was defeated for president by
pro-euro Emmanuel Macron, and
after hopes that Trump might act
quickly have faded.
Draghis remarks about a
strengthening recovery werent in
3.0 percent this year: we will do it not
by raising taxes, we will do it through
making savings, Edouard Philippe
currently 8.0 billion euros ($9 billion)
adjustment measures the gap between
spending and revenue would reach 3.2
percent of GDP, exceeding the euro-
zone limit of 3.0 percent of GDP.
It was seen as a warning to new
President Emmanuel Macron, who
will produce his rst budget in the au-
tumn.
The previous Socialist government
had said it expected the decit to fall
from 3.4 percent last year to 2.8 per-
cent this year, which would have
sets under management could reach 2.1
trillion euros.
This is expected to benet countries
where there is virtually no market for
personal pension products, particularly
in eastern Europe. The Commission
said only in Germany, Austria, Slove-
nia, Spain and Sweden 15 percent or
more of eligible consumers made such
investments.
Mobile workers, who build their
pension in several EU states, could also
show interest, although they may face
costs for merging the capital accumu-
lated in different countries.
EU countries will remain free to set
their tax treatment of PEPP, although
33
lent condition of the labor mar-
ket, GfK researcher Rolf Buerkl
said in a statement. Employ-
ment is still growing noticeably.
The number of people in employ-
ment is expected to rise by more
than half a million this year.
Consumers also held very pos-
itive expectations of the econo-
my, with a sub-index measuring
their economic outlook reaching
its highest level in almost three
years. (RTRS)
scope and gradual, Carney said.
BoE chief economist Andy Hal-
dane -- who less than a year ago
defended a sledgehammer pack-
age of measures to tackle the risk
of a post-referendum slowdown
-- surprised many observers last
week by saying he expected to vote
for higher rates this year.
In part this reects the BoEs ex-
pectation that strong global growth
-- combined with sterlings big fall
investment.
Carney also noted on Wednes-
day that strong world growth would
push up global equilibrium interest
rates and potentially make British
monetary policy more accommoda-
tive in comparison.
ING economists said Carneys
speech was a a signicant shift in
policy bias, but not all economists
were convinced his comments
implied he would back a rate rise
soon.
any way or form outwardly hawk-
ish ... and yet that was the markets
interpretation. And that suggests to
me there is a lot of bias out there
for the euro ... partly because of the
improved political backdrop in Eu-
rope but its also disappointment
with the dollar.
Markets were already leaning
in favor of the euro and probably
read a little more into Draghis
comments than he intended to
say, she said.
brought France in line with EU rules
for the rst time in a decade.
But the auditors said France was
off the target and accused the Social-
ists of insincerities in their forecasts,
saying they routinely underestimated
spending.
Philippe called the Socialist govern-
ments estimations unacceptable.
Its as if the previous government
drew up a budget and forgot all about
the justice ministrys budget, Philippe
complained. Macron himself served
in Frances Socialist administration
as economy minister under Francois
Hollande between 2014 and 2016.
the Commission urged them to grant
PEPP the same tax relief applied to na-
tional products.
PEPP providers will need authorisa-
tion from the EU pension regulator, the
European Insurance and Occupational
Pensions Authority (EIOPA).
Managers of PEPP assets will be free
to invest in all assets, including deriva-
tives, as long as they respect consum-
ers choices when they opt for prudent
investment.
InsuranceEurope, which represents
the sectors national associations, wel-
comed at rst sight some of PEPPs
features but said more time was needed
to assess the added value of the proposal.
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-6.07%
over the Japanese companys plan to sell its computer Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Investment Sector AMIC June 29, 2017 51.91 51.47 0.86% 1.36% -6.53% 10.51% 10.03% -14.89%
memory business. & Investment Co. Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Insurance Sector AMIC June 29, 2017 23.08 23.08 0.00% 0.00% 0.08% 46.36% 44.62% -15.29%
In response to Toshibas announcement a day earlier Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Real Estate Sector AMIC June 29, 2017 47.66 47.36 0.65% -3.26% -9.19% -2.22% 5.18% -12.64%
that it was suing Western Digital, seeking 120 billion yen Description: Index of Sharia Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Industrial Sector AMIC June 29, 2017 95.20 95.18 0.03% -33.68% -37.20% -21.45% -18.25% -32.55%
Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Services Sector AMIC June 29, 2017 360.96 367.79 -1.86% 56.90% 72.11% 82.84% 108.13% 85.23%
($1.1 billion) in damages, Western Digital said Toshibas compatible companies traded Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Food Sector AMIC June 29, 2017 18.28 18.28 0.00% -94.89% -94.98% -95.19% -94.96% -95.39%
complaints over its objections to the sale of the memory Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Islamic Sector AMIC June 29, 2017 262.92 249.37 5.43% 99.12% 90.05% 103.80% 136.61% 82.07%
Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Non Kuwaiti Sector AMIC June 29, 2017 1,935.13 1,943.89 -0.45% 321.20% 260.96% 336.47% 589.25% 545.03%
unit and accusations of misuse of trade secrets were on the KSE Kuwait Stock Exchange Index - Price KWSEIDX June 29, 2017 6,762.82 6,769.06 -0.09% -0.14% -3.79% 17.65% 25.83% 9.15%
frivolous and without merit and would hurt customers S&P 500 SPX June 28, 2017 2,440.69 2,438.30 0.10% 0.21% 3.07% 9.02% 19.87% 16.14%
and stakeholders. (AP) Website: www.almadar-fi.com DJ Islamic Index. DJIM June 28, 2017 3,302.29 3,297.41 0.15% 0.12% 5.68% 13.62% 18.91% 12.17%

3 still facing uncertain future

Activists who probed Ivanka
firm released on bail in China
GANZHOU, China, June 29, (AP):
After a month behind bars, three
Chinese investigators who went
undercover at a factory that made
Ivanka Trump shoes walked free-
ly out of the local police station
Wednesday. But they still face an
uncertain future and the threat of a
trial.
Chinese authorities released the
three, who have been accused of
breaking the law by using secret
cameras and listening devices.
They were freed on bail, which is
extremely rare for individuals who
have been detained for alleged
crimes, a possible sign they wont
be formally charged and put on trial.
But theyre not in the clear yet.
Political dissidents and other activ-
ists who are released in China typi-
cally face restrictions on what they
can do and say including com-
ments to the media.
This is a way of keeping people
under pressure, under police con-
trol, without subjecting them to ac-
tual connement, said Jerome Co-
hen, a law professor at New York
University and a Chinese human
rights expert. Whether they are
prosecuted depends on how they
behave.
Relieved
One of the activists, Hua
Haifeng, was clearly relieved as he
held his 3-year-old son outside the
police station in Ganzhou, a city in
southeastern Jiangxi province.
I appreciate the media follow-
ing my case the last month, Hua
told The Associated Press, but Im
not ready to speak yet.
When they disappeared in late
May, Hua, Su Heng and Li Zhao of
the labor rights group China Labor
Watch were preparing to publish a
report alleging low pay, excessive
overtime, crude verbal abuse and
possible misuse of student labor
at Huajian Group factories. Some
of the factories produced Ivanka
Trump shoes, among other brands.
Huajian Group has denied al-
legations of excessive overtime
and low wages. It says it stopped
producing Ivanka Trump shoes
months ago. Abigail Klem, presi-
dent of the Ivanka Trump brands
company, said that its products had
not been produced at a factory in
Ganzhou since March but the in-
tegrity of our supply chain is a top
priority and we take all allegations
very seriously.
NYUs Cohen said he suspects
the case now may follow the pat-
tern of the one against Ai Weiwei,
the dissident artist who was re-
leased on bail in 2011 and never
faced trial.
I think this is face-saving way
to get rid of the case, Cohen
said. Formally, the case will ex-
ist for another year, then it will be
dropped unless these people misbe-
have.
Factory
Li Qiang, founder of China Labor
Watch, said the Huajians factory in
Ganzhou was among the worst he
has seen in nearly two decades in-
vestigating labor abuses. His group
says pay can be as low as a dollar
an hour, in violation of Chinas la-
bor laws. According to China Labor
Watch investigators, until recently
workers might get only two days off
or less per month.
China Labor Watch alleges the
company forced workers to sign
fake pay stubs with inated sal-
ary numbers and threatened to re
them if they didnt ll in question-
naires about working conditions
with pre-approved answers.
Separately, the AP recently
spoke to three workers at the Gan-
zhou factory one current and
two former employees who
conrmed some of what the labor
group has reported.
The three workers told the AP
that beatings were not unheard of
and that they had each witnessed
a particularly gruesome scene one
day: A worker with blood dripping
from his head after an angry man-
ager had hit him with a high-heeled
shoe.
There was a lot of blood. He
went to the factorys nurse station,
passing by me, said one of the for-
mer workers, who said he quit his
job at the Huajian factory because
of the long hours and low pay.
All three workers spoke to the
AP on condition of anonymity, for
fear of retribution or arrest.
The detention of the three activ-
ists prompted the US State Depart-
ment to call for their immediate re-
lease. At the time, Hua Chunying,
spokeswoman for Chinas Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, said the men
had been accused of using secret
recording devices to disrupt normal
commercial operations and would
be dealt with under Chinese law.
Other nations have no right to
interfere in our judicial sovereignty
and independence, she said, add-
ing, the police found these people
illegally possessed secret cameras,
secret listening devices and other
illegal monitoring devices.
20 years on, scars from Asia
financial meltdown continue
Most in Thailand recovered, now stronger
BANGKOK, June 29, (AP):
Its been 20 years since a -
nancial meltdown spread
through much of Asia, wreck-
ing economies and bringing
down governments.
Theyve long since recovered
and, analysts say, are now stronger
for the experience. But in Thailand
the epicenter of the crisis
the anniversary brings back pain-
ful memories for those who lived
through it, and lost everything.
It was like there was no way out
for many of us, said Supop Pava-
nan. Today he makes a comfortable
living selling Buddhist amulets at
his Bangkok shop and over the in-
ternet, but two decades ago he was
among millions of victims of the
great Asian crash.
Thailands boom of the mid-1990s,
fueled by unrestrained borrowing and
a corrupt, lax nance system, collapsed
on July 2, 1997, when the government
devalued the baht. The currency sank,
ruining companies and individuals al-
most overnight and starting a chain re-
action that spread across borders.
Soon, many of Asias tiger econo-
mies were skinned alive.
Recessions struck from South Ko-
rea to Indonesia and millions were
thrown out of work as investment and In this photo, former tour guide Supop Pavanan, who lost have recovered from the nancial meltdown that spread
real estate bubbles burst, roiling global his job in the 1997 massive nancial downturn, poses at a through much of Asia 20 years ago, but many people in
markets. shopping mall where he makes a comfortable living sell- Thailand, the epicenter of the crisis, recall painful memo-
Bangkok came to resemble a giant ing Buddhist amulets. Asian governments and economies ries of living through it and lost everything. (AP)
ea market. Wealthy Thais sold their
luxury goods at knock-down prices
in parking lots. Cars, jewelry, vintage
wine even personal aircraft all
China slams EU accusations of counterfeit goods
had to go. BEIJING, June 29, (RTRS): China de- The report is jointly issued by the for such products, namely the Euro-
The worst thing was not knowing nounced a Europol report on Thurs- European Union Intellectual Property pean Union, Japan and the United
day that accused China of being the ofce. States, were exported from China in
what would happen to you, said Su- main source of counterfeit goods in The reports accusations are ir- 2016.
pop, who had been an overseas tour
the European Union, calling it irre- responsible, Commerce Ministry Counterfeit goods were estimated
guide but was laid off. He ended up sponsible while vowing to continue spokesman Sun Jiwen told reporters to have amounted to approximately
selling sh balls from a street stall and the crackdown on intellectual property in Beijing. 12.5 percent of Chinas total exports
his income fell from $3,000 in a good right violations. The authenticity and objectivity of and over 1.5 percent of its gross do-
month to $200, if he was lucky. China remained by far the main the statistics presented by the report mestic product in 2016, it said.
He stuck at it for a year before be- country of provenance for counterfeit should be further studied. Sun said China would continue its
products in the EU, with Hong Kong The report cited statistics from a intense crackdown on intellectual
ginning a slow climb back out of the acting as a transit point for goods US Chamber of Commerce study property right violations, in particular
economic depths.
originally manufactured in China, Eu- which estimated that 72 percent of exports of health-related consumer
You couldnt apply for a job be- ropol, the European Unions law en- counterfeit goods in circulation in goods and materials for large-scale
cause no one would give you one, he forcement agency said. three of the worlds largest markets infrastructure investment.
said. You couldnt sell goods because
no one was buying. You couldnt get a An exhibition at Bangkoks Museum bankrupt boss had killed himself. how much it affected many aspects of
loan for an investment because no one Siam recalls those grim days. Artifacts I experienced it but wasnt severely life. It affected people very deeply.
was giving them. convey the pain of ordinary people: A affected because I was still in school, Today, Thailands banking and -
Anger grew as unemployment Buddha statue that a businessman con- said Taweesak Woraritruengaurai, the nance sector seems more secure. Ex-
soared. The government fell. Thailand ded in because he couldnt face telling exhibitions curator. But when I got perts say crucial lessons were learned in
ended up taking a bailout from the In- his family of his ruin. An ofce phone to see all these things that are full of 1997. The chances of a rerun, they say,
ternational Monetary Fund. over which a woman learned that her stories, I could feel how real it was and are slim.

investment funds

Funds Fund Manager Valuation Valued date Currency Net Asset Prev NAV Prev NAV Dated Funds Fund Manager Valuation Valued date Currency Net Asset Prev NAV Prev NAV Dated
Value (NAV) Value (NAV)

National Bank of Kuwait Global Investment House

Money Market Funds
Watani KD Money Market Fund II NBK Capital Weekly June 20, 2017 KD 1.027 1.026 May 30, 2017 Index Funds GCC Large Cap Index Fund Global Weekly June 15, 2017 KD 1.137 1.140 June 8, 2017
Watani USD Money Market Fund NBK Global Asset Management Co. Ltd. Weekly June 20, 2017 USD 10.220 10.216 May 30, 2017 Equity Funds Al-Mamoun Fund A Global Weekly June 15, 2017 KD 0.633 0.633 June 8, 2017
Watani KD Money Market Fund (Acc Al-Mamoun Fund B Global Weekly June 15, 2017 KD 0.633 0.633 June 8, 2017
to Islamic Shariah principles) II NBK Global Asset Management Co. Ltd. Weekly June 20, 2017 KD 1.020 1.025 May 30, 2017 GCC Large Cap Fund Global Bi-weekly June 15, 2017 USD 143.120 143.790 June 6, 2017
Watani USD Money Market Fund (Acc Global Saudi Equity Fund Global Bi-weekly June 15, 2017 SAR 205.630 208.330 June 6, 2017
to Islamic Shariah principles) II NBK Global Asset Management Co. Ltd. Weekly June 20, 2017 USD 10.081 10.078 May 30, 2017 Sectoral Funds EPADI Fund Global Weekly June 15, 2017 USD 102.290 103.830 June 6, 2017
NBK Kuwait Equity Fund Watani Investment Co. Weekly June 15, 2017 KD 0.626 0.637 May 25, 2017 Islamic Funds Global GCC Islamic Fund Global Weekly June 15, 2017 USD 97.230 97.030 June 6, 2017
Gulf Equity Investment Fund Watani Investment Co. Weekly June 15, 2017 USD 10.970 11.056 May 25, 2017 Al-Durra Islamic Fund Global Monthly June 15, 2017 KD 1.177 1.172 June 8, 2017

Gulf Bank Kuwait Finance & Investment Co (KFIC)
Al Wasm Fund KFIC Weekly June 7, 2017 KD 0.402 0.420 March 16, 2017
Al Bashaer GCC Equity Fund Kwt. Fin. & Inv. Co. & Gulf Fin. House Monthly June 15, 2017 USD 6.945 6.973 April 30, 2017 Al Bashaer GCC Equity Fund KFIC Monthly May 31, 2017 USD 6.940 7.073 Feb 28, 2017
Coast Fund Coast Investment & Dev. Co. Monthly May 5, 2017 KD 0.648 0.666 March 28, 2017
Sanaya Dow Jones Kuwait Index Fund Industrial & Financial Investment Co. Weekly Jan 26, 2017 KD 0.561 0.561 Dec 30, 2016
Markaz Capital Preservation Program 1 Monthly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.912 0.917 Dec 31, 2016 KAMCO
Markaz Capital Preservation Program 2 Monthly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.942 0.945 Dec 31, 2016 KAMCO Investment Fund KAMCO Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 1.066 1.065 Jan 31, 2017
Markaz Gulf Real Estate Fund Bi-annual May 31, 2017 KD 1.413 1.007 April 30, 2017 KAMCO GCC Opportunities Fund KAMCO Monthly July 31, 2016 USD 115.890 114.380 Feb 29, 2016
KAMCO MENA Plus Fixed Income Fund KAMCO March 31, 2017 USD 11.840 12.551 Jan 31, 2017
KAMCO Real Estate Yield Fund KAMCO April 30, 2017 USD 10.220 10.320 March 31, 2017
Al Ahli Bank Kuwait Education Fund KAMCO Quartely Sept 30, 2016 KD 1.457
Al Ahli Gulf Fund Al Ahli Bank Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 0.871 0.901 April 30, 2017

Al Ahli Kuwaiti Fund Al Ahli Bank Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 0.806 0.802 April 30, 2017
Wafra International Investment Co.
Wafra Equity Fund Wafra Co. Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 0.884 0.891 April 30, 2017
Burgan Bank Wafra Bond Fund Wafra Co. Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 1.042 1.037 March 30, 2017
Burgan Equity Fund Burgan Bank Monthly May 28, 2017 KD 1.758 1.772 April 23, 2017
Masaref Investment Fund ISKAN Weekly May 31, 2017 KD 0.819 0.817 April 30, 2017

Fajir Islamic Fund Wafra Co. Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 0.663 0.659 April 30, 2017
Boubyan Bank
Boubyan KD Money Market Fund Boubyan Bank Weekly June 20, 2017 KD 1.064 1.063 June 6, 2017 Shuaa Capital Co.
Boubyan KD Money Market Fund II Boubyan Bank Weekly June 20, 2017 KD 1.010 1.009 June 6, 2017 Emirates Gateway Fund Shuaa Capital Weekly Feb 7, 2017 AED 15.110 15.070 Jan 31, 2017
The Arab Gateway Fund Shuaa Capital Weekly Feb 7, 2017 USD 28.160 29.040 Jan 31, 2017
Boubyan Capital Investment Co.
Boubyan USD Liquidity Fund Boubyan Capital Investment Co June 20, 2017 USD 10.223 10.210 June 6, 2017 Al Aman Investment
Boubyan Multi-Asset Holding Fund Boubyan Bank April 30, 2017 USD 10.530 10.530 April 25, 2017 Al Aman Islamic Fund Al Aman Investment Weekly April 30, 2017 KD 0.341 0.342 Dec 31, 2016

Kuwait Investment Co. Tharwa Investment Co.
Local Fund Al Raed Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly June 22, 2017 KD 1.001 0.982 June 8, 2017 Tharwa Investment Fund Tharwa Investment Co Weekly June 8, 2017 KD 1.391 1.391 May 5, 2017
Kuwait Investment Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 31, 2017 KD 0.702 0.688 April 30, 2017 Tharwa Arab Investment Fund Tharwa Investment Co Bi-weekly July 31, 2016 USD 1.977 2.251 June 30, 2016
Al Hilal Fund Kuwait Investment Co Monthly June 26, 2017 KD 0.540 0.540 May 31, 2017
Tharwa World Fund Tharwa Investment Co Monthly March 31, 2016 USD 1.024 0.986 March 15, 2016
Al Atheer Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 31, 2017 KD 1.083 1.095 April 30, 2017
Tharwa Islamic Fund Tharwa Investment Co Monthly June 8, 2017 KD 0.586 0.573 May 5, 2017
International Global Bond Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly June 21, 2017 USD 25.330 25.130 June 7, 2017

Diversified Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly June 21, 2017 USD 19.670 19.700 June 7, 2017
European Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 31, 2017 Euro 21.780 21.530 April 28, 2017 Bank Al-Bilad
Pacific Equity Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly June 21, 2017 USD 31.120 31.240 June 7, 2017 Al Seef Fund Bank Al-Bilad Daily June 4, 2017 KD 0.412 0.400 May 21, 2017
North American Equity Fund Kuwait Investment Co Tw. Monthly May 31, 2017 USD 18.340 18.370 April 28, 2017
Commercial International Bank
National Investment Co. (NIC) CIB Money Market Fund (Osoul) CI Asset Management Weekly June 19, 2017 EGP 293.190 292.830 June 15, 2017
Al-Wataniya Fund NIC Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 0.599 0.604 April 30, 2017 CIB II Equity (Isthethmar) CI Asset Management Weekly June 19, 2017 EGP 147.960 149.310 June 15, 2017
Al-Darij Fund NIC Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 0.351 0.353 April 30, 2017 CIB and Faisal Islamic Al Aman CI Asset Management Weekly June 19, 2017 EGP 81.850 82.910 June 15, 2017
Mawarid Fund NIC Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 0.495 0.506 April 30, 2017 Hemaya CI Asset Management Weekly June 1, 2017 EGP 176.390 172.900 May 2, 2017
Zajil Fund NIC Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 0.748 0.752 April 30, 2017 Thabat CI Asset Management Weekly June 19, 2017 EGP 123.760 173.160 June 15, 2017
Al Mada Investment Fund NIC Weekly May 31, 2017 USD 0.759 0.766 April 30, 2017 Takamol CI Asset Management Weekly June 19, 2017 EGP 141.510 142.170 June 15, 2017
Misr El Mostakbel CI Asset Management Weekly June 18, 2017 EGP 25.080 25.390 June 12, 2017
Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz)
Mumtaz Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly June 15, 2017 KD 3.930 3.912 May 18, 2017 Noor Financial Investment Co.
MIDAF Kuwait Financial Center Weekly June 15, 2017 KD 3.013 2.993 May 18, 2017 Noor Islamic Fund Noor Financial Investment Co Monthly Feb 29, 2016 KD 0.613 0.645 Dec 31, 2015
Islamic Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly June 15, 2017 KD 1.543 1.547 May 18, 2017
Markaz Arabian Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly Nov 10, 2016 KD 2.990 2.920 Nov 3, 2016
FORSA Financial Fund Kuwait Financial Center Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.938 0.954 March 31, 2017
Al Zumorroda Investment Co.
Zumorroda GCC Fund Al Zumorroda Investment Co Monthly Jan 31, 2016 KD 0.481 0.543 Dec 31, 2015
Real Estate Fund Kuwait Financial Center Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 1.413 1.415 March 31, 2017

Markaz Fixed Income Fund Kuwait Financial Center Monthly June 15, 2017 USD 11.570 11.570 May 18, 2017
Mawazeen International Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly March 26, 2017 USD 9.050 9.140 March 19, 2017 KFH Capital Investment Co.
Markaz MENA Islamic Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly June 15, 2017 USD 10.530 10.660 May 18, 2017 Muthanna Islamic Index Fund (MUDX) KFH Capital Investment Company Daily Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.357 0.354 Jan 31, 2017
Muthanna GCC Islamic Banks Fund KFH Capital Investment Company Daily Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.683 0.673 Jan 31, 2017
Baitak GCC Fund KFH Capital Investment Company Weekly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.916 0.957 Jan 31, 2017
Kuwait & Middle East Financial & Inv. Co.

Al Rouyah Fund KMEFIC Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 1.371 1.386 March 31, 2017
Gulf Gate Fund KMEFIC Monthly Oct 31, 2016 KD 0.944 0.918 Sept 30, 2016 CapCorp Investment Co.
CapCorp Local Fund CapCorp Investment Company Weekly May 31, 2017 KD 0.906 0.926 March 30, 2017

BUSINESS
Morocco delays currency announcement
Moroccos central bank has post-
poned for a few days its an-
nouncement of the rst phase of
liberalising its dirham currency, a
key International Monetary Fund-
backed reform for the North Afri-
can kingdom.
The central bank sent an invita-
tion to reporters this week to say
the much-anticipated announce-
ment would take place on Thurs-
day at a news conference with
the central bank governor and
Kuwait index ends week
lower amid choppy trade
NBK dips 23 fils; Jazeera Airways gains
By John Mathews
Arab Times Staff
KUWAIT CITY, June 29:
Kuwait stocks pulled low-
er on Thursday to end the
holiday curtailed week on
a dour note. The bourse
slipped 6.24 points in chop-
py trade to 6,762.82 points
weighed by banks even as
the trading oor remained
largely mixed.
The KSX 15 gauge dipped
10.16 points to 910.1 pts taking
the months losses to 5 pts while
weighted index fell 2.82 points.
The volume turnover meanwhile
shrunk slightly to hit a two-week
low. 34.76 million shares changed
hands a 6.9 pct fall from the day
before.
The sectors closed mostly in red.
Telecommunications outshone the
rest with 2.4 pct gain whereas par-
allel market shed 1.46 percent, the
worst performer of the day. Volume
wise, nancial services clocked the
highest market share of 40.2 percent
while telecommunications trailed
with 18.6 pct contribution.
Among notable losers, National
Bank of Kuwait dipped 23 ls to
675 ls and Al Mutahed was down
10 ls at 410 ls. Mabanee Co rose
8 ls to 779 ls whereas KIPCO
stood pat at 336 ls after vacillating
in a tight range and is down 14 ls
so far during the month.
Zain fell 4 ls to 420 ls after
trading 1.4 million shares while
Ooredoo climbed 22 ls to KD
1.082. Kuwait Telecommunications
Co fell 4 ls to 816 ls and Agility
gave up 4 ls before settling at 820
ls.
Kuwait Finance House clipped 2
ls after trading 1.2 million shares
and Warba Bank paused at 258 ls.
The bank has posted a 296.3% jump
in its prots to KD 1.3 million for
the rst quarter of 2017 as against
the same period last year.
The market opened rm and
edged higher in early trade. The
main index seesawed and scaled the
days highest mark of 6,699.78 pts
before retreating as selling kicked
at select counters. It traded choppy
and bottomed at 6792.64 pts in nal
minutes before clawing back most
of the losses at close.
Top gainer of the day, Ekttitab
Holding rallied 19.4 pct to 43 ls
and Hits Telecom climbed 18.75
percent to stand next. Gulf Finance
Co tanked 18.75 percent, the steep-
Mideast Stocks
Real estate-linked shares most active in Dubai
Gulf mixed, banking shares fall
DUBAI, June 29, (RTRS): Gulf
stock markets were mixed on
Thursday, with banks in the United
Arab Emirates and Kuwait generally
weak despite a strong performance
by their global counterparts.
The prospect of higher interest
rates from central banks around the
world, including Britain and Canada,
bolstered banking stocks overnight
and helped the S&P 500 score its
biggest one-day percentage gain in
about two months on Wednesday.
Banks were also strong in Asia on
Thursday.
In Abu Dhabi, the only lender that
rose was Abu Dhabi Commercial
Bank, which added 0.1 percent.
Union National Bank fell 1.7 percent
and First Abu Dhabi Bank declined
1.4 percent, dragging the index 0.6
Majid Al Futtaim to expand Carrefour in Middle East
DUBAI, June 29 (RTRS): Dubais
Majid Al Futtaim , which operates the
franchise of French retailer Carrefour in
the Middle East, has acquired 26 Geant
hypermarket stores in the United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait from
BMA International.
Majid Al Futtaim, a holding company
which also owns and operates shopping
centres in the Middle East and North Af-
rica, said in a statement it had acquired
Geant franchise owner Retail Arabia
from BMA International.
nance minister. But the central
bank in a brief note to report-
ers said it had been delayed. A
nance ministry ofcial did not re-
spond to multiple requests about
why the announcement had been
pushed back, and central bank
ofcials declined to give a reason.
The announcement had been
delayed a few days, the central
bank said in an email to journal-
ists without giving any further
details.
est decliner of the day and Hits Tele-
com also topped the volume with
4.6 million shares.
Mirroring the days downtick, the
losers outnumbered the winners. 35
stocks advanced whereas 52 closed
lower. Of the 107 counters active on
Thursday, 20 closed at. 1888 deals
worth KD 6.73 million were trans-
acted a 7.5 percent drop in value
from the day before.
National Industries Group eased
1 l to 113 ls and Kuwait Cement
Co was down 10 ls at 460 ls.
Heavy Engineering Industries and
Shipbuilding Co was unchanged at
216 ls while Contracting and Ma-
rine Services Co took in 2 ls.
ACICO Industries fell 4 ls to
256 ls and Metal and Recycling
Co dialed down 2 ls. Boubyan Pet-
rochemical Co slipped 3 ls to 572
ls and Al Qurain Petrochemical Co
added 2 ls to close at 342 ls.
Rose
Jazeera Airways rose 4 ls to 474
ls and ALAFCO was unchanged
at 315 ls. Kuwait Cable Vision Co
and Humansoft Holding took in 1 l
each whereas Automated Systems
Co inched 1 l lower. Burgan Well
Drilling Co trimmed 2 ls to wind
up at 83 ls.
Yiaco Medical shed 30 ls and
Al Rai Media Group dialed up 2
ls. The company has posted 66.7%
drop in prots in the rst quarter of
2017 to KD 449,760. The net op-
erating prot dipped 64.9% to KD
495,540.
Equipment Holding edged 1.9 ls
up to 49 ls and Independent Petro-
leum Group climbed 11 ls to 360
ls. Educational Holding Co fell 4
ls to 373 ls and NAPESCO fol-
lowed suit to close at KD 1.353.
Combined Group Contracting Co
dipped 5 ls to 614 ls and Eyas
For Higher and Technical Educa-
tion slumped 50 ls. Zimah Holding
edged 0.9 l into green and Mezzan
Holding soared 37 ls to 948 ls.
In the banking sector, Gulf Bank
fell 1 l to 247 ls and Kuwait Inter-
national Bank gave up 2 ls to close
at 244 ls. Commercial Bank and Al
Ahli Bank were not traded during
the session. Burgan Bank slipped 5
ls to 325 ls and is down 20 ls
year-to-date while Boubyan Bank
dipped 5 ls to 405 ls.
KIPCO was at at 336 ls and Na-
tional Investment Co dialed down 1
l. International Financial Advisors
eased 0.5 l to 35.2 ls and Securi-
ties House Co inched 0.1 l down.
Coast Investment Co nudged 0.5 l
higher to 40.5 ls.
percent lower.
The Dubai index rose 0.4 percent
as real estate- related shares were the
most active. Builder Drake & Scull
was the most heavily traded stock
and it fell 1.1 percent, but its peer
Arabtec jumped 4.4 percent, recov-
ering from an 8.5 percent tumble on
Wednesday.
Daily traded volume in Dubai rose
by three-fifths from Wednesdays
low level.
When not much is going on in
terms of headline news, some active
fund managers start chasing the
alpha factor, by buying stock at a
low and aiming to sell them at a
high, a regional fund manager said.
Kuwaits index fell 0.1 percent
with National Bank of Kuwait drop-
ping 3.3 percent Boubyan Bank
The value of the deal, which also in-
cludes four Gulfmart supermarkets in
Bahrain, was not disclosed.
All 30 stores will be rebranded under
the Carrefour brand by the end of 2017
and existing employees will be retained.
The deal covered the stores only and did
not include Geant franchising rights.
Our strategy is to continue to lead in
the markets we are in; and the markets
where we dont have a leading position,
to build scale and a leading position,
Majid Al Futtaim Chief Executive Of-
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
35
The unexplained delay may
reinforce investor concerns about
transparency in the currency lib-
eralisation process after several
conicting statements about the
start date in the past few months.
The central bank late last year
said the rst stages of a gradual
move from currency controls to a
exible exchange rate would be
implemented in the second half
of 2017, along with other reforms
like ination targeting. (RTRS)
KMEFIC rose 2.4 ls to 29.8 ls
whereas KFIC trimmed 3.5 ls. The
company has posted a net prot of
KD 146,350 in the rst three months
of 2017. Operating income grew
76% year-on-year to reach KD 1.65
million.
KAMCO was unchanged at 80.5
ls and Noor Financial Investment
Co was up 1.9 ls at 50.4 ls. Al
Madina took in 1 l and RTamdeen
Investment Co stalled at 300 ls.
Bayan Investment Co easd 0.1 l to
49 ls.
Unted Real Estate Co dialed up
0.4 l and National Real Estate Co
gave up 1 l. Salhiya Real Estate
Co climbed 5 ls while Mazaya
Holding and Kuwait Real Estate
Co paused at 111 ls nd 55.1 ls
respectively.
The market was dull during the
week. The main index closed low-
er in both sessions and slipped 10
points week-on-week. It has retreat-
ed 26 points from start of the month
and is trading 17.65 pct higher year-
to-date. KSE, with 188 listed com-
panies, is the second largest bourse
in the region.
In the bourse related news, Ku-
wait Finance and Investment (KFIC)
rebounded to post a net prot of KD
146,350 in the rst three months of
2017, from KD 255,510 loss in rst
quarter of 2016. Operating income
grew 76% year-on-year to reach KD
1.65 million.
Aayan Real Estate has recorded a
164.7 percent jump in its prots to
KD 536,890 for the rst quarter of
2017 from same period in the year
before. During 2016, the prot saw
a 1.5% uptick to KD 2.75 million in
2016 from the previous year.
Ooredoo Kuwait has posted 26.6
pct jump in prots during the rst
quarter of 2017 to KD 12.93 mil-
lion from KD 10.21 million in same
period last year. It had recorded
a growth of 75% in prots to KD
46.67 million during 2016.
Mowasat Healthcare has regis-
tered a 40.2% increase in net prots
in the rst quarter of 2017, to reach
KD 1.92 million as compared to KD
1.37 million in the year before pe-
riod.
Al Ahleia Insurances rst quarter
net prot dropped by 14.5% in the
rst to KD 2.88 million from KD
3.37 million in Q1 of 2016. Opera-
tional income dipped 39.6 pct to KD
1.58 million
National Ranges Companys
(Mayadeen) losses shrank by 18.2
pct in the rst quarter of 2017 to KD
642,620 from about KD 785,610 in
same period of 2016
shedding 1.2 percent.
Markets in Riyadh and Doha are
closed for an Eid al-Fitr break and
will resume trade on July 2. Egypt
was also closed for a public holi-
day.
Dubai
The index added 0.4 percent to
3,392 points.
Abu Dhabi
The index fell 0.6 percent to
4,425 points.
Kuwait
The index declined 0.1 percent
to 6,763 points.
Bahrain
The index was flat at 1,310
points.
cer Alain Bejjani told Reuters by tele-
phone. The acquisition increases the
number of Majid Al Futtaim Carrefour-
operated outlets to 80 in the UAE, 11 in
Bahrain and 8 in Kuwait.
Perella Weinberg Partners advised
Majid Al Futtaim on the transaction.
Bejjani said further acquisitions were
being considered in retail, technology
and digital, and leisure entertainment
in markets where Majid Al Futtaim al-
ready has a presence. He did not provide
details.
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BUSINESS 36

EU appeals WTO ruling on Boeing subsidies dispute
The European Union Thursday appealed a
World Trade Organization ruling that reject-
ed signicant portions of a complaint from
the bloc over subsidies to Boeing, the WTO
said.
On 29 June the European Union led an
appeal regarding the panel report, the trade
body said in a short statement, referring to
a June 9 ruling from a WTO panel, without
providing further details.
This months ruling was the latest blow
in the decade-long clash between the titans
of the civil aircraft industry, which has seen
both Airbus and Boeing score points along
the way.
The WTO found in March 2012 that bil-
lions of dollars of subsidies to Boeing were
illegal and notied the United States to bring
them to an end.
But just a few months later, the European
Union led a new complaint with the global
trade body, alleging that Washington was
not complying with that order.
In the June 9 ruling, WTO said it had
concluded that the state of Washington
had continued to dish out subsidies totalling
Walgreens to buy half of Rite Aid stores
$325 million in the form of tax cuts to Boeing US pharmacy chain Walgreens announced a
between 2013 and 2015. new deal on Thursday to buy half of competi-
It agreed with Brussels that the United tor Rite Aids stores for nearly $5.2 billion after
States had not taken appropriate steps to canceling a two previous merger attempts.
remove the adverse effects or ... withdraw The Walgreens Boots Alliance announced
the subsidy. merger plans with Rite Aid Corporation in
But it also rejected signicant portions October 2015 and revised the deal in Janu-
of the EU complaint, nding that Brussels ary with a plan for Rite Aid to sell some of its
had failed to demonstrate that US subsi- stores to Freds, Inc -- a third pharmacy chain
dies after 2012 to Boeings research and -- but the plans continued to face opposition
development programmes were harming from antitrust regulators.
EU interests through lost sales and price Under the new deal, Walgreens will pur-
cuts. (AFP) chase 2,186 stores and three distribution
centers from Rite Aid.
Like the frustrated merger deals, the pur-
chase is subject to approval by regulators.
We believe this new transaction ad-
dresses competitive concerns previously
raised with respect to the prior transaction,
Walgreens CEO Stefano Pessina said in a
statement . This new transaction extends
our growth strategy and offers additional op-
erational and nancial benets. It will allow us
to expand and optimize our retail pharmacy
network in key markets in the US, including
the Northeast. (AFP)

the bottomline Global stock markets still on

STOCKHOLM: Swedish clothing gi-
ant Hennes and Mauritz (H&M) on
Thursday announced a stronger than
expected prot in the second quarter
thanks to the opening of new stores
and better cost control.
Net prot for the period between
March and May stood at 5.9 billion
kronor (606 million euros, $691 mil-
lion), up by 10 percent, while turnover
also rose 10 percent (ve percent in
local currencies), to 59.5 billion.
Operating prot was 7.6 billion,
signicantly higher than market expec-
tations averaging 7.0 billion, according
to the nancial agency SME Direkt.
The prot increase in the second
quarter is mostly explained by contin-
ued expansion and tight cost control,
the Swedish group said in a statement.
H&M continues to open physical
stores around the world to compensate
for the downturn, and even decline, in
its protability, amid erce competi-
tion from online sales platforms. (AFP)
ing partners such as the United States,
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: German
prosecutors said Thursday they were
investigating three employees of car
parts maker Bosch over involvement in
Volkswagens diesel emissions cheat-
ing scandal.
The probes focus on initial suspicion
of aiding and abetting fraud in connec-
tion with possible manipulation of emis-
sions treatment in Volkswagen vehicles,
said a spokesman for prosecutors in
Stuttgart, southwest Germany.
All of the accused are managers,
with the highest-ranking of the three a
member of Boschs middle manage-
ment, he added. (AFP)
demand at home and abroad was
LONDON: Oileld services company
John Wood Group Plc said fewer pro-
jects and modications work, particu-
larly in the North Sea region, weighed
on its rst half, while impact of a
tougher pricing environment would
result in a reduction in the rst-half
margin. The company, which provides
services to oil producers including BP
Plc, said it was cautious about its full-
year outlook, but anticipated a stronger
second half.
First half performance is down on
2016 and weaker than anticipated,
John Wood Group said in a statement
on Thursday. (RTRS)
embroiled in a contract dispute.
THE HAGUE: Dutch competition
authorities slapped the national rail
operator with a multi-million-euro ne
Thursday for breaking the law dur-
ing a 2014 tender process to provide
regional rail services.
National Rail (NS) abused its
position of power in a bid to win
a contract in the southern Limburg
province, the Authority for Consum-
ers and Markets said, handing down a
41-million-euro ($46.8-million) ne.
The NS made a loss-making
bid... in which the costs would have
been higher than the income the NS
expected to generate through regional
transport services in Limburg, the
ACM said in a statement. (AFP)
replace the reactor cover by 2024 at the
BUCHAREST, Romania: The
Canadian mining company Gabriel
Resources said Thursday it would sue
Romania for $4.4 billion in alleged
losses over a gold mine that Romanias
government decided not to approve
following protests.
The company said the lawsuit would
be led Friday with a World Bank
tribunal, arguing that Romania had
violated the investment treaty ... by
licensing and then blocking the imple-
mentation of projects without due
process and without compensation.
Jonathan Henry, Gabriels CEO,
said the company had operated in
good faith and.... complied with all
applicable Romanian and European
Union legal and regulatory require-
ments, to obtain permits for the mine.
It was granted an exploration license
in 1999 for the Rosia Montanta Min-
ing project in which Gabriel owns an
80.69 percent share, and a Romanian
state-owned mining company 19.31
percent. (AP)
the end of this year, with
SOFIA: Eight international business
organisations on Thursday urged the
Bulgarian government to overhaul
its corruption-prone and inefcient
judiciary to spur growth and attract
investment into the European Unions
poorest member state.
The organisations, representing trad-
Canada, France, Austria and Italy
urged swift and deep reforms to ensure
judges and prosecutors are independent
and free from political bias.
Despite the stable macroeconomic
framework here, there are other factors
that prevent investors from choosing
Bulgaria, said Venislav Iotov, First
Vice-President of the American Cham-
ber of Commerce in Bulgaria. (RTRS)
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany:
The industry body for Germanys
powerful machine tool sector on
Thursday tripled its growth forecast for
2017, saying stronger than expected
boosting production. Based on strong
growth in production so far this year,
the Mechanical Engineering Industry
Association (VDMA) lifted its growth
forecast from 1.0 to 3.0 percent for the
full 12 months.
The mood among rms is markedly
good. Everything is in place for a new
upturn, said VDMA chief economist
Ralph Wiechers in a statement. (AFP)
ATHENS: Ever-mounting piles of
rubbish were festering in the streets
of Greek cities Thursday as municipal
workers staged a second strike in a
week in solidarity with refuse workers
Refuse collectors demanding the
renewal of their work contracts have
been off the job for the past ten days,
leaving mounds of trash to pile up in
soaring temperatures in Athens and
several other cities.
More than 1,000 people descended
on central Athens to attend a demon-
stration called by a municipal workers
union, according to police, who were
expecting the protest to grow in
advance of an afternoon rally outside
parliament. (AFP)
PARIS: EDFs Flamanville 3 nuclear
reactor being built in northwest France
is t for service despite weak spots
in its steel, but the utility will have to
latest, nuclear regulator ASN said.
The ASNs provisional ruling -
which will be followed by a nal
ruling in October after consultation of
the public - is in line with recommen-
dations in a report by its technical arm
IRSN, which says Flamanville can
start up safely but will need constant
extra monitoring over its lifetime and
will need to replace its reactor cover
after a few years of operation. (RTRS)
a roll driven by Europe, Asia
BENGALURU/LONDON,
June 29, (Agencies): Glob-
al stock market indexes
are set for more gains by
three major indexes on track to post
notable optimism in the
latest Reuters poll driven
by an economic revival in
Europe as well as bright
prospects for much of Asia.
All but one of the 21 indexes
polled on from Toronto to Tokyo
are expected to climb by varying
degrees, although concerns are
building about rising interest rates
and how expensive shares look af-
ter spending most of the past dec-
ade going up.
Still, the latest consensus is an
upgrade to forecasts made just three
months ago, and also compared
with December last year, just after
Donald Trump was elected into the
White House.
At least 16 of 21 stock indexes
polled on have already breached the
mid-2017 predictions made in March
and December.
Many of those indexes are also
close to passing even the end-2017
expectations.
Emerging market stocks broadly
are expected to outperform, although
the outlook for Europe, too, is particu-
larly bright, standing out from previ-
ous global surveys of strategists and
fund managers in recent years where
it tended to be a laggard.
Over the past ve years, all Eu-
ropean indexes barring the German
DAX have lagged the S&P 500 index;
however, expectations are for that to
ip, with the European indexes now
predicted to outperform Wall Street.
But the poll of around 300 nancial
professionals around the globe was
taken at the cusp of what appears to
be a notable turn in sentiment in -
nancial markets where the US dollar,
ascendant for the past several years, is
in retreat.
In recent days, economic policy-
makers appear to be leaning together
in word if not yet in deed away
from policies of the recent past, de-
spite the fact ination has made no de-
cisive move higher and even appears
to be in a lull.
That was reected in the latest Reu-
ters poll of bond market strategists,
which showed that optimism about a
global ination pickup has at best pla-
teaued.
Asian stock market indexes ex-
pected to perform the best from now
until the end of the year are those in
India, China, South Korea, Japan and
Australia.
Indias Sensex index, up 15 percent
already this year, is forecast to hit a re-
cord high by year-end.
In Latin America, Mexican stocks
are likely to reach a record high by
year-end, outshining Brazilian shares
Oil prices rise to two-week high
as fears over rising trade barriers from
the United States abate.
US
Wall Street extended losses in early
afternoon trading on Thursday with all
manager at Anthilia Capital in Milan.
their biggest one-day drop in a month
as a selloff in technology stocks deep-
ened.
Tech stocks, which have led the S&P
500s record run this year, pulled back
recently after some investors ques-
tioned the sectors high valuations and
shifted to defensive sectors.
The S&P tech index led the laggards
among the 11 sectors, with the index on
track to post its biggest monthly loss in
a year.
Apple, which fell 1.8 percent, was
the biggest drag on all the three major
indexes, while Alphabet, Microsoft
and Amazon were among the top three
drags on the Nasdaq and the S&P.
The CBOE Volatility index, or Wall
Streets fear gauge, hit more than a
one-month high of 12.38 points.
The nancial sector, which rose as
much as 2.02 percent, before paring
gains to trade up 0.31 percent, was one
of the only two gainers.
Shares of the top six US banks rose
after the Federal Reserve cleared them
in the second part of its annual stress
test, allowing them to raise dividend
payouts and share buybacks.
The nancial index has grown about
6 percent this year, underperforming
the 8.1 percent rise in the S&P.
At 12:41 P.m. ET (1641 GMT),
the Dow Jones Industrial Average
was down 166.04 points, or 0.77 per-
cent, at 21,288.57, the S&P 500 was
down 21.49 points, or 0.88 percent, at
2,419.2.
The Nasdaq Composite index was
down 100.77 points, or 1.62 percent,
at 6,133.65, on track to post a month-
ly loss after seven straight months of
gains.
Earlier in the day, data showed the
US economy slowed less sharply in
the rst quarter than initially estimated
due to unexpectedly higher consumer
spending and a bigger jump in exports.
Europe
European shares logged their big-
gest one-day loss in nine months on
Thursday as interest rate-sensitive sec-
tors were hit by a rising hawkish chorus
from central banks globally.
The pan-European STOXX 600 in-
dex ended 1.3 percent lower, extending
falls just before the US market open,
while European blue chips fell 1.8 per-
cent.
Signals that central bankers are be-
coming more hawkish sent bond yields
rising, which weighed on defensive,
dividend-paying sectors including Eu-
ropes personal and household goods
sector , health care and food and bev-
erages, which were all down 2 percent
or more.
Utilities were also down 1.8 percent,
led lower by Germanys RWE and Uni-
per, which both fell around 3 percent.
These sectors suffer as growing ex-
pectations of rate hikes make their con-
stant dividend ows less attractive.
The fact is that rising rates put
at risk the global carry trade and fuel
volatility, said Giuseppe Sersale, fund
recent weeks, I believe that especially
On Tuesday European Central Bank
President Mario Draghi indicated that
the central bank could begin to tighten
monetary policy, though sources said
on Wednesday that Draghi had been
overinterpreted by markets.
Likewise Bank of England Governor
Mark Carney said on Wednesday that a
rise in British interest rates is likely to
be needed as the economy comes closer
to running at full capacity.
A potential turn towards a tighten-
ing in policy has also seen investors
begin to favour cyclical stocks once
more, with broker UBS downgrading
European utilities, saying that valua-
tions of cyclicals looked more attrac-
tive again.
Only two sectors, banks and basic
resources made any gains, up 0.5 per-
cent and 0.4 percent respectively.
Banks rose for a fourth straight
session after the US Federal Reserve
cleared capital return plans from big
banks.
Among banks given the Fed green
light were also US units of Deutsche
Bank, HSBC and Santander .
Asia
Asian equities markets followed
Wall Street up, boosted by a recov-
ery in technology rms and a rally in
banks after the Federal Reserve agreed
to plans by all 34 large US lenders
seeking to provide big payouts to
shareholders after passing stress tests.
Tokyo ended 0.5 percent higher,
Hong Kong added 1.1 percent, with
banking giant HSBC surging more
than six percent.
Shanghai was 0.5 percent higher
and Sydney jumped 1.1 percent. Seoul
was 0.8 percent higher and Singapore
jumped 1.2 percent, while Wellington
and Taipei also posted strong gains.
Key gures around 0820 GMT
Dollar/yen: Down at 112.40 yen
from 112.32 yen
Tokyo Nikkei 225: Up 0.5 per-
cent at 20,220.30 (close)
Hong Kong Hang Seng: Up 1.1
percent at 25,965.42 (close)
Shanghai Composite: Up 0.5
percent at 3,188.06 (close)
Oil
Oil prices rose to a two-week high
on Thursday, extending a rally into a
sixth straight session after a decline in
weekly US production eased concerns
about deepening oversupply.
Crude prices slipped to the low-
est in 10 months last week but have
since rebounded more than 7 percent,
stretching their bull-run to the longest
since April.
Global benchmark Brent crude
futures were up 43 cents at $47.74 a
barrel at 1321 GMT, having touched
a two-week high of $47.98 earlier in
the session.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
crude was up 40 cents at $45.14 a bar-
rel. It registered an intraday high of
$45.38, also a two-week peak.
After the steep drop in oil prices of
hedge funds saw nice buying mo-
mentum and lower US crude produc-
tion was the trigger to act, said Hans
van Cleef, senior energy economist at
ABN Amro.
US government data showed on
Wednesday that domestic crude pro-
duction dropped by 100,000 barrels
per day (bpd) to 9.3 million bpd last
week, the steepest weekly fall since
July 2016.
Some analysts and traders said the
decline was related to temporary fac-
tors such as production shutdowns
in the Gulf of Mexico due to Tropi-
cal Storm Cindy and maintenance in
Alaska.
Gold
Gold prices fell on Thursday as
signs that central banks may scale
back their ultra-loose monetary policy
pushed bond yields higher on both
sides of the Atlantic, though a decline
in the dollar to its lows for the year
lent support.
Gold is highly sensitive to rising
interest rates, which increase the op-
portunity cost of holding non-yielding
bullion.
However, gains in the dollar, in
which it is priced, are offsetting the
impact of higher yields to keep gold
rangebound.
Spot gold was down 0.4 percent
at $1,244.45 an ounce at 1415 GMT,
while US gold futures for August de-
livery were $4.90 an ounce lower at
$1,244.20.
It is a battle between US dollar
weakness and expectations of central
banks removing monetary stimulus
US dollar weakness is supportive
but the latter not, ABN Amro analyst
Georgette Boele said.
Thats why were staying close to
$1,250.
A raft of hawkish comments from
central banks this week signalled the
era of easy money, which helped gold
hit record highs at $1,920.30 an ounce
in 2011, might be coming to an end in
more than just the United States.
Benchmark US Treasury yields and
German 10-year government bond
yields hit ve-week highs and the euro
a 14-month peak as investors geared
up for the prospect of the European
Central Bank scaling back its mon-
etary stimulus programme.
Comments from ECB chief Mario
Draghi on Tuesday were seen as
opening the door to monetary policy
tweaks, while Bank of England Gov-
ernor Mark Carney also raised the
prospect of a UK interest rate hike in
coming months this week.
Comments from two top Bank of
Canada policymakers have fuelled
speculation too of a rate hike next
month.

exchange rates June 29

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BEC Buy .041735 .417347 .417347 .004275 .046612 .046612 .002714 .028670 .028670 .001608 .019479 .019479 .003385 .037303 .037303 .006030 .056860 .056860 .221302 .219301 .219301 .037117 .036434 .036434 .214630 .215629 .215629 .423764 .423349 .423349 .013995 .016303 .016303
Sell .043735 .467347 .467347 .004963 .047372 .047372 .003004 .028990 .028990 .002188 .019890 .019890 .003959 .037743 .037743 .006330 .061530 .061530 .233302 .232301 .232301 .039867 .039534 .039534 .224630 .221629 .221629 .432764 .430849 .430849 .019903 .017142 .017142
Muzaini Sell .004730 .004730 .002898 .002898 .001986 .001986 .003763 .003763 .006146 .006146 .038994 .038994 .221080 .221080 .428910 .428910 .019700 .016737 .016737
Dollarco Sell .004760 .004737 .004737 .003050 .002916 .002916 .002270 .002014 .002014 .004000 .003819 .003819 .006350 .006158 .006158 .433500 .431140 .431140 .020000 .017031 .017031
Commercial Bank Buy .045511 .045511 .000400 .002000 .005000 .227000 .227527 .227527 .038736 .038736 .218486 .218486 .420000 .012000
Sell .046053 .046053 .006500 .004759 .004759 .002921 .002921 .003500 .002003 .002003 .003794 .003794 .007900 .006195 .006195 .236000 .230238 .230238 .039198 .039198 .221089 .221089 .436000 .431688 .431688 .020000 .017419 .017419
Gulf Bank Buy .004554 .004554 .004554 .022824 .022824 .022824 .003860 .003860 .003860 .021885 .021885 .021885
Sell .004613 .004613 .004613 .000480 .000480 .000480 .000294 .000294 .000294 .000202 .000202 .000202 .000382 .000382 .000382 .000623 .000623 .000623 .023124 .023124 .023124 .003938 .003938 .003938 .022133 .022133 .022133 .043282 .043282 .043282 .001714 .001714 .001714
NBK Buy .045070 .045070 .004690 .004690 .001940 .001940 .005930 .005930 .222040 .222040 .217140 .217140 .042546 .042546 .016610 .016610
Sell .045910 .045910 .004731 .004731 .002950 .002950 .002020 .002020 .006110 .006110 .230730 .230730 .219840 .219840 .043286 .043286 .017780 .017780
Burgan Bank Buy .447841 .447841 .046091 .046091 .028267 .028267 .019415 .019415 .036660 .036660 .059870 .059870 .225160 .225160 .215322 .215322 .418061 .418061 .015754 .015754
Sell .472469 .472469 .048907 .048907 .030008 .030008 .020540 .020540 .038947 .038947 .063517 .063517 .237591 .237591 .227191 .227191 .442094 .442094 .017985 .017985
ABK Buy .045090 .045090 .045090 .045090 .228470 .228470 .038760 .038760 .219040 .219040 .426230 .426230
Sell .047290 .047290 .047290 .047290 .004668 .004668 .002119 .002119 .006648 .006648 .231670 .231670 .039210 .039210 .221570 .221570 .433470 .433470 .018190 .018190
KFH Buy .045227 .045227 .004632 .004632 .002858 .002858 .001970 .001970 .003691 .003691 .006001 .006001 .221648 .221648 .216846 .216846 .424364 .424364 .001654 .001654
Sell .046253 .046253 .004790 .004790 .002931 .002931 .002011 .002011 .003824 .003824 .006251 .006251 .236245 .236245 .222348 .222348 .430295 .430295 .016834 .016834
KBE Sell .004694 .004694 .004694 .004694 .001984 .001984 .003778 .003778 .006060 .006060 .016990 .016990
Cyprus pound Yemeni riyal Thai baht South African rand Korean won Syrian pound Iranian Riyal Lebanese pound Malaysian ringgit Indonesian rupiah New Zealand dollar
Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer Cash Draft Transfer
BEC Buy .000989 .011636 .011636 .008585 .008507 .008507 .017675 .000261 .001290 .004991 .004991 .000084 .000156 .001863 .001863 .067137 .661723 .661723 .000018 .000176 .000176 .213285 .211284 .211284
Sell .001069 .012635 .012635 .009135 .008922 .008922 .026175 .000276 .001510 .007191 .007191 .000085 .000258 .002063 .002063 .073137 .731723 .731723 .000024 .000246 .000246 .222785 .222284 .222284
Muzaini Sell .001222 .001222 .008991 .008991 .002169 .002169 .002026 .002026 .068879 .068879
Dollarco Sell .695000 .168730 .168730 .009000 .009820 .009820 .000750 .002425 .002425 .069800 .069775 .069775
Gulf Bank Buy .021752 .021752 .021752
Sell .002415 .002415 .002415 .000020 .000020 .000020 .022204 .022204 .022204
ABK Buy .218390 .218390
Sell .222010 .222010
KFH Buy .001196 .001196 .008762 .008762 .000197 .000197 .070132 .070132
Sell .000123 .000123 .009122 .009122 .000206 .000206 .072246 .072246
KBE Sell .001550 .001550 .002395 .002395

travellers cheques US dollar Sterling Euro local gold Gold 999 kg Gold 999 10 tola Gold ounce Gold gm 22k Gold gm 21k Gold gm 18k 100 gm 999 10 gm 999
BEC .3043000 .3916634 .3431946 BEC All rates in KD per unit of
Commercial Bank .3055500 .3892860 .3406880 Muzaini Exchange 12,488.420 1,476.315 398.880 11.460 10.940 9.380 131.71
.3048000 .3901200 .3427700
foreign currency
Gulf Bank
Al-Ahli Bank .3045500 .3958900 .3485700
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finger tips Emergency 112 37

Fire Brigade 100, 105 Traffic violation inquiry 198 Consumer protection hotline 24820281/25720252 Labour complaints hotline 24344954 Fax: 24347562 The Scientific Center 1848888

Awqaf & Islamic Affairs 22480000 Qurain 25423772 THEATERS Salmiya, Salem Al Mubarak St., (beside Layla Gallery) Burundi 257 +2
Commerce & Industry 22480000 Rabiah 24742160 Name and address Tel. No. Al-Thuraya Complex Lazord 22420837 Cameroon 237 +1
Communications 24819033 Rawda 22560058 Abdulaziz Hussein Cultural Center 1804500 Teatro 23725500 Kuwait City, Salhiya Complex Canada+ 1 5
Defense 24848300 Riqqa 23941958 Mishref, beside Co-op Hilton Kuwait Resort Ext 7309 Jamaicablue 25747686 Cent. African Rep 236 +1
Education 24817702 Rumaithiya 25624123 Al Dasma Theater 22521059 Jamaica Blue 25747686 Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Cape Verde 238 1
Health 24877422 Sabah Al-Salem 25517229 Al Dasma, Al-Qahera Street, Block 4 Salmiya, Salem Al Mubarak St., Fanar Complex Cayman Islands 1345 5
Higher Education 22401300 Sabahiya 23615619 Al-Shameia Theater 24845737 Marina Mall Jamaicablue 22412114 Chad 235 +1
Electricity & Water 25371000 Salhiya (Kuwait City) 22427157 Shamiya, in front of Shamiya Union Co-op Water Lemon 22244797 Sharq, Souk Sharq Chile 56 4
Finance 22480000 Salmi 24576576 Al-Tahreer Theater, Kaifan, Block 1 24813376 Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Milano Plaza 25727172 China 86 +8
Foreign Affairs 22425141 Salmiya 25726950 Kuwait Public Theater 24816222 Marina Mall Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Colombia 57 5
Housing 25301000 Salwa 25626950 South Shuwaikh, Bl 7, Str 71, House 43 Richoux 22244815 Plaza Complex Comoros 269 +3
Information 22415301 Shamiya 24845953 Kuwait Elizabethans (Eng. lang.) 25631725 Salmiya, Salem Al Mubarak St., Chateau Cafe 22426802 Congo 242 +1
Justice, Legal & Admin. Affairs 22480000 Sharq 22442466 Salwa Marina Mall Sharq, Souk Sharq, front of Sultan Center Cook Islands 682 10-1/2
Energy 22415201 Sulaiba Ind. Area 23261789 Kuwait Players (Eng. lang.) 25625316 Bays 24610033 Zahra Cafe 25717064
Movenpick Hotel Costa Rica 506 6
Planning 22428200 Shuwaikh 24813726/24844842 Rumaithiya Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St.,
Social Affairs & Labour 22480000 Sulaibekhat 24876555 The Little Theater (Eng. lang.) 23982680 Lebresserie 22455550 Zahra Complex Croatia 385
Public Works 25385520 Sulaibiya 24670672 Ahmadi J.W. Marriott Chocolate Bar 22244880 Cuba 53 5
IMMIGRATION OFFICES Sulaibiya Ind. Area 24672728 Shaab Theater 25613777 Avenue Restaurant 1844444 Marina Mall Crescent Side Cyprus 357 +2
Farwaniya 24341770 Surra 25312220 Shaab Leisure Park ext. 228 Kempinski Julaia Resort, Linas Cafe 22244966 Czech Republic 420 +1
Shuwaikh 24839380, 24839607 Taymaa 24571700 Kuwait Theater 25720983 King Fahad Highway, Road 245 Marina Mall Crescent Side Dahomey 229
Hawalli 25712637/25712635 Wafra 23810412 Salmiya, Block 5, Street No. 3 Sea Shell 1844444 Cafe Blanc 22244644 Denmark 45 +1
Jahra 24555600 Waha 24557902 THE BEST RESTAURANTS & CAFS Kempinski Julaia Resort, Marina Mall Crescent Side Diego Garcia +5
Ahmadi 23986761 Zour 23950160 JAPANESE CUISINE King Fahad Highway, Road 245 Shay W Nanaa 22452055 Djibouti 253 +3
Mubarak Al-Kabeer 25415071 CAR RENTALS Name and address Tel. No. Teatro 23725500 Sharq, Arabian Gulf St., Dominican Republic 1809 4
MEDICAL SERVICES Europcar 24842988 Bonsai Japanese Restaurant 22510999 Hilton Kuwait Resort Ext 7309 in front of Seif Palace EIRE (Irish Rep) 353 GMT
Central .......... 4722000 Al-Mulla 22421660 Le Mridien Kuwait Hotel, Gulf Rd. Astra Lounge 22629779 Columbus Cafe 25720186 Ecuador 593 5
Ambulance Avis 22465082 Kei 22422650 Shaab, Behind Abha Complex Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Egypt 20 +2
Central Adan 23940600/23941455 Budget 24810844 J. W. Marriott La Marina 22426672 Al-Fanar Complex El Salvador 503 6
Amiri Hospital 22422366 Al-Sayer 22441425 Kei 22244630 Sharq, Arabian Gulf St., Souk Sharq Danish Cafe 1805544 Ethiopia 251 +3
Daiya 22510854 Rent a Honda 24838470 Marina Crescent Al Bustan 25673000 Kuwait City, Sour St., beside NBK Falkland Islands 500 4
Fahaheel 23919098 Hertz 24319326 Edo 22659590 Radisson Blu Hotel, Kuwait Tea Lounge 24610033 Fiji 679 +12
Farwaniya 24883000 Sanbouk 22446297 Shaab, Block 8, Str. 80, Villa 5 Flavors Restaurant 25455555 Movenpick Hotel Finland 358 +2
Farwaniya 24725149 Autoleas 24846999 Kamikaze 1824060 Al Aqeelah Beach Seashore 209 The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 25714174 France 33 +1
Jahra 24570583 United Hospitality For Limousine 22407777 The Palms Beach Hotel & Spa CASUAL CUISINE Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., French Polynesia 689
Mubarak Al Kabir 25311437 National 24343139 Maki 25733561 Hard Rock Cafe 25710004/5 beside Al-Fanar Complex Gabon Republic 241 +1
Sabah 24815000 Internaitonal Car Rental Co . 22453827 Salmiya, Plajat Str. Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Street, Astra Lounge 22629779 Gambia 220 GMT
Salmiya 25739011 Al-Zamel Auto Est. 24832626 Sushi Club 25712144 Opp. Sultan Center Shaab, Arabian Gulf St., Abha Complex Germany 49 +1
Shuaiba 23261927 FOREIGN EMBASSIES & Salmiya, Plajat Str., Al Saraf Complex Chilis 22452200 Hangout Lounge 25755588 Ghana 233 GMT
Public Hospitals CONSULATES Wasabi 22494000 Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Gibraltar 350 +1
Adan 23940600 Tel. Fax Kuwait City, Al Mashoora Tower Beside Kuwait Towers Galleria 2000 Gilbert Islands 686
Allergy 24849252 Afghanistan 25329461 25326274 Hashi 22996414/5 Johnny Rockets 25754040 Caf Supreme 25758858
Kuwait City, Salhiya Plaza Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St. Greece 30 +2
Amiri 22450005 Algeria 22519220 22519497 Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Greenland 299 2
Amiri Casualty 22450005 Argentina 25379211 25379212 THAI CUISINE Fuddruckers 22407103 Al Bustan Mall
Blue Elephant Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, Grenada 1473 4
Blood Bank 25336538 Australia 22322422 22322430 Arabic Cafs
Burns Centre 24840300 Austria 22552532 22563052 Royal Thai Cuisine 23716113 Beside Kuwait Towers Latino Cafe 25652770 Guatemala 502 6
Cancer Control Centre 24849100 Bahrain 25318530 25330882 Hilton Kuwait Resort TGI Fridays 22544300 Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Road, Guinea 224 GMT
Chest Diseases 24838990/24849400 Bangladesh 25316042/3 25316041 Thai Chi 22253120/1 Bneid Al-Gar, Arabian Gulf Street beside Sultan Centre Rest. Guinea-Bissau 245 GMT
Drug Control 24837245 Belgium 25384582 25384583 Al-Bedaa, next to Regency Hotel Applebees 22407536 Puerto Banus Cafe & Restaurant 22456650 Guyana 592 3
Farwaniya 24883000/24888000 Bhutan 22516640/50 22516550 PIZZA RESTAURANTS Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, Haiti 1509 5
Ibn Sina 24840300 Bosnia 25392637 25392106 Dominos Pizza 1800800 Beside Kuwait Towers beside Souq Sharq Honduras 504 +6
Infectious Diseases 24870351 Brazil 25328610 25328613 Sbarq 25743180 Buffalos Caf 25728989 Port Cafe 22456651 Hong Kong 852 +8
Islamic Medicine Centre 24849000 Bulgaria 25314458 25321453 Salmiya, Salem Al Mubarak Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Road, Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, Hungary 36 +1
Jahra 24575300 Canada 22563025 22564167 Str., opp. Al Fanar Complex opp. Scientific Center beside Souk Sharq Iceland 354 GMT
Kidney Centre 24840027 China 25333340 25333341 Prego 25737500 Ruby Tuesday 24444454 Classical Cafe & Restaurant 25740055 India 91 +5-1/2
Maternity 24848067 Cuba 22549361 22549360 Salmiya, Salem Al Mubarak Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, Salmiya, beside Marina Mall Indonesia 62 +7
Military 24729911 Cyprus 22433075 22402971 Str., opp. Al Rabea Bldg. Beside Aqua Park Balbak Cafe & Restaurant 25750588 Iran 98 +3-1/2
Mubarak Al Kabir 25312700/ 9 Czech 22529018 22529021 Pizza Express 23719866 Subway 25748974 Salmiya, beside Marina Mall Iraq 964 +3
Opthalmology 24840300 Denmark 25341005 25341007 Mangaf, Hilton Resort Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St. Veranda Cafe & Restaurant 25727120 Ireland 353 GMT
Psychiatric Centre 24843900 Egypt 22519956 22563877 Villa Pizza 25715452 Opp Land Mark Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Road, Italy 390 +1
Quarantine 24873272 Ethiopia 25334291 25331179 Salmiya, Salem Al Mubarak Str. Burger Boutique 22997775 behind Showbiz Ivory Coast 225 GMT
Razi 24846000 Eritrea 25317426 25317429 Peppes Pizza 25744442 Sharq, Al-Raya Complex, 2nd Floor HOME DELIVERY Jamaica 1876 5
Sabah 24812000/5000 Finland 25312890 25324198 Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Str., The Burger Hub 22464818 Burger King 1844466 Japan 81 +9
Sulabikhat Orthopedic 24874240 France 22582020 22582055 Beside Holiday Inn Hotel. Kuwait City, Arabian Gulf St., Dominos Pizza 1800800 Jordan 962 +2
Transplant Centre 24840300 Georgia 25352909 25354707 The Pizza Company 1800400 Opp Al-Seif Palace Hardees 1888333 Kazakhstan 7
Private Hospitals Germany 22520827 22520763 Salmiya, Souk Salmiya Chit Chat Restaurant & Cafe 25455555 KFC 1888666 Kenya 254 +3
Ahmadi 23985174 Greece 24817101 24817103 Pizza Inn 24924400 Al Aqeelah Beach Seashore 209 Kebabjee 1861616 Kiribati 686 +12
Dar Al Shifa 22423151 Hungary 25323901 25323904 Salmiya, Al-Rai, Fintas STEAK HOUSE Little Ceasars Pizza 1888855
The Gaucho Grill 25667370 Kuwait 965 +3
Hadi 25312555 India 22530600 22571192 GREEK CUISINE Piza Hut 1815050
Zorbas Green Taverna 25715124 The Palms Beach Hotel & Spa Laos 856 +7
Mowasat 25711533 Indonesia 24839927 24819250 Shrimpy 1802662 Latvia 371 +2
Rashed 25624000 Iran 22560694 22529868 Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Street Terrace Grill 22455550 Chicken Tikka 1822833
MEXICAN CUISINE J.W. Marriott Lebanon 961 +2
Salam 22533177/3254 Italy 25356011 25356030 Turkish Grill 25654402 Leeward Islands 1
Hadi Japan 25312870 25326168 Chi-Chis 25625811 Le Entrecote 25729600 Zaatar W Zeit 1800333
Private Clinics Kenya 25353314 25353316 Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Str., Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Hotels in Kuwait Lesotho 266 +2
International Clinic 25745111 Korea 25339601 25312459 Sultan Center Restaurant Al-Fanar Mall Name & Website/Address Tel. No. Liberia 231 GMT
Kuwait Clinic 25739277 Lebanon 22562103 22572182 Castello 1806666 Ponderosa 23983113 Hilton Kuwait Resort 22256222 Libya 218 +2
Maidan 22450001 Libya 22575183 22575182 Fintas, Restaurants Str. Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Fax: 2256292 Lithuania 370 +2
Soor Center 22901677 Malaysia 22550394/5/6 22550384 Burrito 22552233 Beside Marina Mall www.hilton.com Luxembourg 352 +1
DOCTORS & DENTISTS IN Mauritania 25312943 25327245 Bneid Al Qar, 2nd Road, Cascade Restaurant Steaks & Grills 1831831 Kempinski Julaia Hotel & Resort 1844444 Macau 853 +8
PRIVATE PRACTICE Morocco 25312980/1 25317423 Behind Al-Salam Hospital Le Mridien Tower Kuwait www.kempinski-kuwait.com Madagascar 261 +3
Andrology, Male Infertility and Impotence Netherlands 25312650 25326334 SPANISH CUISINE ARABIAN CUISINE Sheraton Hotel 1835555 Malawi 265 +2
Specialist Niger 25652943 25640478 Viva Espanole 25755668 Berdawni Palace 25661117 www.luxurycollection.com Malaysia 60 +7-1/2
Abdullatif A. Al Salim 25334438 Nigeria 25320794 25320834 Salmiya, Salem Al Mubarak Salmiya, Al-Khalid Complex Radisson Blu Hotel, Kuwait 25673000 Mali 223 GMT
Dentists & Oral Surgeons Oman 22561956 22561963 Str., Al Thuraya Complex, Mezzanine Al-Saraya Palace 25711101 Fax: 25750155 Malta 356 +1
Ahmed Al Balool 22622211 Pakistan 25327651 25328013 INDIAN CUISINE Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Street Sales.Kuwait@Radissonblu.com Martinique 596 4
Badri K. Al Rayes 25742557 Philippines 25329316/8 25329319 Caesars 22411711 Mais Al Ghanim 22460456 www.radissonblu.com/hotel-kuwait Mauritania 222 GMT
Duha Al Shaqan 22644614 Poland 25311571 25311576 Kuwait City, behind Sheraton Hotel Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, JW Marriott Hotel Kuwait City 22455550 Mauritius 230 +4
Ebraheem Behbehani 25730000 Qatar 22513606 22513604 Mughal Mahal 22425131/2 Opp. Kuwait Towers www.marriott.com Mexico 52 6
Farida Al Herz 22573883 Romania 24845079 24848929 Sharq, opp. Khaleejia Bldg. Villa Fayrouz 22652030 Costa Del Sol Hotel 1830083 Monaco 377 +1
Maria Blanaru 25730000 Russia 22560427 22524969 Dawat 22411685 Shaab, Bl 8, St., 80, Bld 1 Fax: 22662972 Mongolia 976 +8
Najat Essa-Bahman 22624595 Saudi Arabia 22400250 22420654 Bneid Al Gar, beside Al Kazmi Tower Al-Bustan 25652589 www.costadelsolhotels.net Montserrat 1664 4
Najeeb Kassim 25739277 Senegal 22573477 22542044 Ashas 2244502/3 Shaab, Arabian Gulf Street Crowne Plaza 24742000 Morocco 212 GMT
Salwa A. Abdulsalam 25730000 Slovakia 25353893/5 25353894 Marina Mall, Crescent Side Classical Cafe & Restaurant 25740077 wwwkuwait.crowneplaza.com Mozambique 258 +2
Kuwait Medical Center 25759044/5 Somalia 25394795 25394829 Rangoli 25673000 Salmiya, beside Marina Mall Sakura, Layla Gallery 25744447 Myanmar 951 +6-1/2
Endrocrinologists South Africa 25617988 25617917 Radisson Blu Hotel, Kuwait Yaldez Palace 22455212 Noukhaza, Abu Halifa 23733377
Winners 25739954 Kuwait City, Al-Shohada St., Namibia 264 +2
Latifa Al Dowaisan 25728004 Spain 25325829 25325826 Sakura, Abu Halifa 23733388 Nepal 977 +5-1/2
Kamal Abdulaziz Al Shome 25329924 Sri Lanka 25339140 25339154 Salmiya, Hamad Al-Mubarak, Beside Marriott Hotel Ruby Tuesday, Abu Halifa 23734440
Al-Tahreer Complex Palm Palace 25715283 Netherlands 31 +1
Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeons Switzerland 25340172/5 25340176 Ruby Tuesday, Sharq 22444454 New Caledonia 687 +11
Hossam Eldin Abdulfattah 25745056 Syria 25396560 25396509 TAAL 22253142/3 Salmiya, Hamad Al-Mubarak St. Ruby Tuesday, Salmiya 25711171
Al-Bidaa, Gulf Road Veranda Cafe & Restaurant 25727120 New Herbrides 678 +12
Abdulmohsen Mousa Jafar 25655535 Thailand 25317530 25317532 Peppes Pizza, Hawally 22665550 New Zealand 64 +12
Dermatologist & Venereologists Tunisia 22526261 22528995 ITALIAN CUISINE Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Road, Peppes Pizza, Salmiya 25744442
Johnny Carinos Kitchen 22663050 Behind Showbiz Nicaragua 505 6
Fahad I. Al Othman 22665166 Turkey 22531785 22560653 The Palms Beach Hotel &
Taibah M. Almonayes 25737477 United Arab Emirates 22528544 22526382 Shaab, Arabian Gulf Street Burj Al-Hamam 22529095 Spa Kuwait 1824060 Niger 227 +1
Dr. Mohamed Bo Hamra 22665166 United Kingdom 22594320 2 Nino 22541900 Arabian Gulf Street wwwthepalms.com.kw Nigeria 234 +1
Gastroenterologist Chancery 22594339 Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street Kababji 22550964 Kuwait Palace Hotel 22571030 Norway 47 +1
Mohamed A. Al Shimali 5322030/2639955 Commercial Section 22594368 Pizza Express 22560273 Al-Adeiliya, Beside Kazma Swiss Inn Plaza Hotel Kuwait 22436686 North Korea 850
Eurologist Management Section 22594352 Al-Bedaa, next to Regency Hotel Sport Club www.swissinkuwait.com Oman 968 +4
Fawzi Taher Abul 25650064 Visa Section 22594361 Piano Piano 22533993 Zaatar W Zeit 22244944 Four Points Sheraton Kuwait 22242205 Pakistan 92 +5
Ali Yousef Mehdi 25333501 Foreign & Commonwealth Office website: Mansuriyah, Mansuriyah Co-op Society Marina Mall Crescent Side Courtyard by Marriott Hotel 22997000 Palestinian Territories 970
General Practitioner www.fco.gov.uk Loranzo 22400747 Sarai 22253180/1 Safir Heritage Village, Failaka 1881118 Panama 507 5
Dina Al Rifai 25333501/25333502 Ukraine 25318507 Kuwait City, Beside Sheraton Hotel Al-Bedaa, next to Regency Hotel Safir International Hotel Kuwait 22530000 Paraguay 595 4
Obstetricians & Gynecologists USA 22591001 Ciros Pomodoro 22424004 Awtar 22244815 www.safirhotels.com Peru 51 5
Samira Al Awadi 25738055 Venezuela 25324367 25324368 Kuwait City, Al-Watiah, Behbehani House Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Marina Hotel Kuwait 22230030 Philippines 63 +8
Maasouma Maksheed 25731275 Vietnam 25311450 25351592 La Piazza 22426639 Beside Marina Mall Fax: 22244972 Poland 48 +1
Mohamed Gamal 25349077 Yugoslavia 25327548 25327568 Kuwait City, Al-Watiah, Behbehani House Al-Safadi 25753555 www.marinahotel.com Portugal 351 GMT
Mai Al Snan 25321171 Zimbabwe 25621517 25621491 Biella 22244662 Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Mvenpick Hotel Kuwait 24610033 Puerto Rico 1787 4
Psychological and Sociological Services WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS Marina Mall Crescent Side Beside Marina Mall www.moevenpick-kuwait.com Qatar 974 +3
Fahad Mubarak & Nisirine Name & Website/Address Tel. No. Spago 1808060 Fircej Suweileh 25755991 Ramada Kuwait Hotel 1821111 Reunion 262 +4
Aboul-Hosn 25659800 Social Work Society of Kuwait 25375031 Sharq, Arabian Gulf, at Opp. Souk Sharq Salmiya, Beside Marina Mall Holiday Inn Down Town 1841000 Romania 40 +2
Al-Razi Counseling & Assessment (Human Rights Organization) Fax: 5375032 Tosca 1824060 Al Roshinah Restaurant 25455555 www.holidayinn.com Russia 7 +3
Center 25711411, 97656522 E-mail: Q8sws@q8sws.com; http://www,q8sws. The Palms Beach Hotel & Spa Al Aqeelah Beach Seashore 209 Holiday Inn Salmiya 1847777
SEA FOOD FRENCH CUISINE Rwanda 250 +2
Dr Kazem Abal, Ph.D., Clinical. 25737773 com www.holidayinn.com Sao Tome 239 GMT
Dr Vincenza A. Tiberia, Ph.D., CHARGES FOR EXPATRIATES Danah 25756284 Le Notre 1805050 Tang Chao, Ayman Zaman,
Salmiya, Arabian Gulf St., Paul 22244588 Saudi Arabia 966 +3
Licensed. 99816522 Visitors Residents La Roma Caf Senegal 221 GMT
Dr Samira Al Dehrab, Ph.D. 66169099 C.T. Scan KD 95 KD 70 Opp. Sheikha Complex Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Marina Mall Le Meridien Tower Kuwait 1831831
Al-Marsa 22510999 Dalloyau Paris 25712541 Seychelles 248 +4
Zainab Kahn, MA Clinical 25737773 Angiogram KD 140 KD 90 Fahed Al Salem Street, Kuwait City Sierra Leone 232 +GMT
Soor Center 22901677/22901688 I.V.P KD 55 KD 40 Le Meridien Hotel, Bneid Al-Gar Salmiya, Al-Fanar Complex www.towerkuwait.lemeridien.com
Totally Fish 22244960 PQ (Le Pain Quotidien) 25633684 Singapore 65 +7-1/2
Dr Naif Al-Mutawa, Ph.D. 22901677 MCUG KD 55 KD 40 Oasis Hotel 22465489 Solomon Islands 677 +11
Dr Jeremy Alford 22901677 Asc Urothrogram KD 55 KD 40 Marina Mall Crescent Side The Palms Beach Hotel & Spa www.OASIS.com.kw
Al Boom 25673000 PQ (Le Pain Quotidien) 22244941/2 Somalia 252 +3
Dr Sabahat Shah 22901677 Sinogram KD 40 KD 40 Imperial Hotel 22528766
Dr Siddiqa M. Hussain 22901677 Sialogram KD 40 KD 40 Radisson Blu Hotel, Kuwait Marina Mall, Crescent side Spring Continental Hotel 25742620 Slovakia 421 +1
Susannah Schuilenberg, MA 22901677 H.S.C. KD 40 KD 40 INTERNATIONAL CUISINE Cafs New Park Hotel 25634760 South Africa 27 +2
Amal Al-Shatti, MSc 22901677 Barium Enema KD 50 KD 35 Olas Restaurant 1830083 Starbucks Coffee 22409755 www.newpark-hotel.com South Korea 82 +9
LizNol Duncan, MSW 22901677 Barium Meal KD 45 KD 30 Costa Del Sol Hotel Sharq, Souk Sharq,Arabian Gulf Street Safir Airport Hotel 24722670 Spain 34 +1
Zaina Al-Zabin, MSc 22901677 O.C.G. KD 45 KD 30 The Jungle 25750647 Costa Coffee 25728199 www.safirhotels.com Sri Lanka 94 +5-1/2
Bonnie Robertson, MSc 22901677 Ultrasound KD 15 KD 10 Salmiya, Salem Al Mubarak St., Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Le Meridien Kuwait Hotel 22510999 Sudan 249 +2
Kevin Carrico, MA 22901677 Ultrasound destruct KD 130 KD 65 Landmark Store Galleria 2000 Arabian Gulf Rd., Bneid Al Gar Sweden 46 +1
William Schuilenberg, MPCP 22901677 M.R.I. KD 245 KD 180 Fresh 25625838 Second Cup 25731671 www.kuwaithotels.lemeridien.com Switzerland 41 +1
Ahmad Boustanji, BSc 22901677 Bed in Public Ward: KD 2 per day Salmiya, Al-Khalid Complex Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Royal Suite 22530700 Syria 963 +2
Dr Kazem Abal, Source: MPH Lamarine 22426672 Marina Mall Bneid Al-Gar, Gulf Str., Taiwan 886 +8
Al-Razi Center 25711411/25737773 LIBRARIES Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, Souk Sharq Song Bird Cafe 23725500 Sea Side Thailand 66 +7
Tiberia Psychology Center 22269330 Name and address Tel. No. Bait 7 22450724 Hilton Kuwait Resort Ext 7314 Ritz Sharq Boutique 22499911 Turkey 90 +2
Rheumatologist Kuwait National Public Library 22415181 Kuwait City, Al-Watiah, Behbehani House Casper & Gambinis 22430054/6 Sharq, Al-Shuhadaa Str. United Arab Emirates 971 +4
Dr Sukhbir Uppal, MD,FRCP (UK) 22232188/ Al-Mubarakia, Souk Al-Mubarakia Sultan Center Jeans 25625811 Kuwait City, Al-Watiah, Mvenpick Hotel & Resort Al Bidaa Kuwait United Kingdom 44 GMT
22232000 Ext 2189 Kuwait University Library 24816497 Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Street Old Arabic Houses 22253100 United States 1 5
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS Khaldiya Jeans Grill 22409846 Divas Restaurant & Cafe 25723083/4 Fax 22253101 Vatican City 39
TELEPHONE FOR TEST & Heritage Manuscripts & Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, Souk Sharq Salmiya, Blajat Street Website: www.moevenpick-albidaa-kuwait.
Cafe Rio 25732226 Venezuela 58 4
COMPLAINTS Documents Center 25320900 Bredz 22407707 com
Sharq, Arabian Gulf Street, Souk Sharq Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St., Yemen 967 +3
Jabriya (Surra) 25310000 Jabriya, Block 5, Street 3 Safir Hotel & Residences 25455555 Zaire (DRC) 243 +1
Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh 24310000 British Council 22515512 Square 22437681 Al-Fanar Complex www.safirhotels.com
Kuwait City, Al-Watiah, Behbehani House Numi Tea House 25725870 Zambia 260 +2
Old Jahra 24770000 Mansuriyah, Block 2, Street 2 Suites Zimbabwe 263 +2
New Jahra & Abdaly 24570000 Library of Gulf University 22645806 Ritz 25755668 Salmiya, Salem Al-Mubarak St. Refad Palace Suite Hotel 23908630 CONVERSION FACTORS
Hawally 22610000 Hawalli, Musa Bin Naseer Street Al-Fentas, Fahaheel Highway, Exit No. 209 Length
Ras Al-Salmiya 25710000 Al Ahmadi Public, Ahmadi 23987086 Ritz Salmiya Boutique 25711001 To convert
Al-Riqa 23940000 Al Daeah Public 22515686 Salmiya, Qatar St. Multiply by
Salmiya 25610000 Al Daeah, Block 4 METROPOLITAN AREA BUS ROUTES Corniche Suites 25740006 Inches to centimeters 2.540
Shuwaikh 24810000 Dahiyat Abdulla Al Salem Public 22548878 Bus No. Origin Destination Via Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Road Feet to meters 0.3048
Sabah Al-Salem (Messila) 25510000 Block 3, beside Co-op 11 Orthopaedic Sharq Shuwaikh Kuwait Continental 22527300
Sulaibiya 24670000 Al Dasma Public (Women), Dasma 22530842 wwwkcontl.net Yards to meters 0.9144
12 Orthopaedic Sharq 4th Ring Rd Miles to kilometers 1.6093
Sulaibikhat 24870000 Al-Faihaa Public 22540898 Carlton Tower 22452740
13 Kheitan* Mirgab Airport Rd Centimeters to inches 0.3937
South Sabahiya 23610000 Al-Faihaa, Block 5 Second Home 22532100
Fintas 23900000 Al Farwaneia Public 24720570 14 Messila Mirgab Ras Salmiyah Bneid Al Gar, Behind Safir Intl Meters to feet 3.2808
Zoor 23950000 Al-Farwaniya, behind Police Station 15 Salmiyah* Mirgab 4th Ring Rd Hotel Apartments Meters to yards 1.0936
Ahmadi 23980000 Al Fehaheel Public 23913810 16 Kheitan* Jahra Gate 4th Ring Rd Mirage Hotel Apartment 25750001 Kilometers to miles 0.6214
Ardiya 24880000 Fahaheel, in front of Post Office 17 Salmiyah Sharq Hawalli Salmiya Bahrain Str. Area
Fahaheel 23910000 Al Khaldia Public, Khaldia 24813331 18 Orthopaedic Mirgab Shuwaikh Royal Residence 25710057 To convert Multiply by
Farwaniya 24710000 Al Qadseia Public, Qadsia 22515298 20 Al-Jleeb Sharq Kheitan Salmiya Bahrain Str. Sq. inches to sq. cms. 6.4516
Kuwait City 22400000 Al Rumaitheia Public 25610399 21 Al-Jleeb* Mirgab Farwaniyah Safari House 22443136 Sq. feet to sq. meters 0.0929
Mishref 25380000 Rumaitheia, Block 7 22 Al-Jleeb Sharq 3rd Ring Rd Merqab, beside Merqab Post Office Sq. yards to sq. meters 0.8361
Manqaf 23710000 Al Shameia Public, Shameia 24818343 23 Kheitan Mirgab King Faisal Rd Farah Motel 22442104 Sq. miles to sq. kilometers 2.590
Nuzha 22510000 Al Sabaheia Public, Sabaheia 23619328 24 Salmiyah Mirgab Hawalli Hala Motel 22560927 Acres to hectares 0.4047
Umm Al Haiman & Wafra 23280000 Hawally Public 22644738 25 Jahra Gate Jabriya Hawalli Bneid Al Gar, behind Safir Intl Sq. cms to sq. inches 0.1550
Shuaiba 23260000 Hawalli, Tunis St., beside Gulf Bank 26 Sulaibiya Sharqq Andalus Motel Maha House 22523211 Sq. meters to sq. feet 10.76
TRAFFIC HOTLINE 1884141 Kaifan Public, Kaifan, Block 1 24815724 29 Al Jleeb Mirgab Shuwaikh Bneid Al Gar, behind Safir Intl Sq. meters to sq. yards 1.196
KAC BOOKINGS 171 Kheitan Public, Kheitan 24712691 31 Kheitan Sharq Shamiyah Safir Hotel & Residences 25455555 Sq. kilometers to sq. miles 0.3861
AIRPORT 180 Al-Babtain Central Library 22474010 32 Jabriya Sharq Nuzha www.safirhotels.com Hectares to acres 2.471
CIVIL ID 1889988 Gulf Road, Next to Ministry of Planning 34 Salmiyah Sharq Farwaniyah Country Code Time-GMT Volume
POLICE STATIONS MUSEUMS 36 Al-Jleeb Salmiyah Farwaniyah Afghanistan 93 +4-1/2 To convert Multiply by
Abu Halifa 23717656 Name and address Tel. No. 38 Messilah Jahra Gate Bayan Algeria 213 GMT Cu. inches to cu. cms 16.39
Ahmadi 23980304 Bait Al-Bader Est. 22429158 39 Kheitan Sharq Shuwaikh American Samoa 684 11 Cu. feet to cu. meters 0.02832
Ardiya 24881273 Kuwait City, beside National Museum 40 Fahaheel Sharq Suwaikh Angola 244 +1
41 Kheitan UN Al Rai Cu. yards to cu. meters 0.7646
Bayan 25387762 Kuwait House Museum 24846336 Antigua 1268 4 Cu. inches to liters 0.01639
Dahar 23830500 Shuwaikh, B17, Str 7, 51 Al Jleeb* Mirgab 6th Ring Rd Argentina 54 3
59* Al-Jleeb* Mirgab Al Hasawi Gallons to liters 4.5460
Dahiya 22560855 beside Public Theatre, Villa No. 32 Australia 61 +10 Cu. cms to cu. inches 0.06102
Dasma 22531917 Kuwait National Museum 22451195 66 Al-Jleeb Salmiya Farwaniya & Austria 43 +1
Hawally Cu. meters to cu. yards 1.308
Fahaheel 23912959 Gulf Road Bahamas 1242 5
99 Al-Jleeb Civil ID Shuwaikh & Cu. meters to cu. feet 35.31
Faiha 22552693 Mohd Al-Shaybani Museum 25320901 Bahrain 973 +3
Farwaniya 24711977 Jabriya, Block 5, Street No. 3 Farwaniya Bangladesh 880 +6 Liters to cu. inches 61.024
Ferdous 24890583 Tareq Rajab Museum 25339063 101 Fahaheel Mirgab Sabah Salem Barbados 246 4 Liters to gallons 0.21997
Fintas 23904388 Jabriya, Block 12, Street No. 5 102 Fahaheel Mirgab 3rd Ring Rd Belgium 32 +1 Weight
Hawalli 22641116 Educational Science Museum 22421268 103 Jahra Mirgab Jahra Rd Belize 1501 6 To convert Multiply by
Jabriya 25315855 Merqab, Abdullah Al Mubarak Str. 105 Fahaheel Al-Jleeb Shuwaikh Benin 229 +1 Grains to grams 0.0648
Jahra Ind. Area 24575565/24587392 Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyah 22400992 139 Jahra Gate Fahaheel UN Bermuda 1441 4 Ounces to grams 28.35
Jahra North 24552295 In Kuwait National Museum, Gulf Str. 501 Airport Mirgab Jahra Rd Bhutan 975 +5-1/2 Pounds to grams 453.59
Jleeb Al Shouyoukh 24311234 KOC Display Centre, Ahmadi 23982393 502 Fahaheel Mirgab Fahaheel Rd Bolivia 591 4 Pounds to kilograms 0.45359
Keifan 24832839 Sadu House 22432395 506 Al-Jleeb Jahra Gate Hawalli Botswana 267 +2 Long tons to Kilograms 1016.05
Kheitan 24722590 In Kuwait National Museum, Gulf Str. 507 Al-Jleeb Sharq Shuwaikh Brazil: Grams to grains 15.43
Mina Abdullah 23261144 Popular Traditional Museum 22429158 602 Fahaheel Fahaheel Ahmadi (Eastern & Coastal) 55 3 Grams to ounces 0.03527
Nugra 22616662 In Kuwait National Museum, Gulf Str. 999 Jahra Fahaheel Hawally Brunei 673 +8 Grams to pounds 0.0022046
Omariya 24742160 Bayt Al-Qurain 25430343 Bulgaria 359 +2 Kilograms to pounds 2.20462
Qadsiya 22574386 Al-Qurain, Block 4, Street 3, House 59 Burma 95 +6-1/2 Kilograms to long tons 0.0009842
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LEISURE 38

C 2012 The New

York Times, distrib-
uted by The New
Scratch pad York Times
Syndicate

odds n ends
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi zoo
showed off a rare white lion
cub to mark the animals rst
birthday this week, as ofcials
revealed that they hoped to
welcome another of the rare big
cats in the coming weeks.
The male lion was born in
Baghdads Al Zawra zoo, the
rst to be born in the country.
Ofcials said the lions mother
is pregnant again, and are
hopeful that the new arrival will
also be a white lion.
We expect that another birth
of a white lion or cub will occur
from this mother and father them-
selves, as they bear the same
genes which is whiteness, Seif
Tauq, a lion and tiger trainer at
the zoo said. (RTRS)

MELBOURNE, Fla: An aban-
doned baby kangaroo is back
with her mob after being hand-
raised by the staff at a Florida
zoo.
Brevard Zoo ofcials said in
a news release that Lilly, who
was born in August, was found
abandoned on the oor of the
zoos habitat Jan 23. Zookeep-
ers believe stress caused by a
severe storm the night before
likely caused her mother to
eject the baby from her pouch.
Florida Today reports zoo-
keepers werent able to reunite
the pair so the staff started tak-
ing care of Lilly. The baby kan-
garoo was so tiny she spent sev-
eral weeks in a temperature and
moisture-controlled incubator.
Zoo collection manager Lau-
ren Hinson became Lillys prima-
ry caretaker, bottle-feeding her
Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) receive ice cream to cool down in the Gyongyos Zoo in Gyongyos, 79 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary on June 28, which is expected to become the hottest six times a day, eventually taking
day of the year. In some part of the country amidst the heat wave, showers, even heavy thunderstorms are predicted. (AP) her home at night and wearing a
fabric pouch to carry her. (AP)

Conceptis Sudoku Challenger contract bridge JOHANNESBURG: Whale-
watching is a growing tourist
business in many parts of the
The grid must be so completed that every row, column By Steve Becker world, and delegates to an in-
and 3x3 box has every digit from 1 to 9 inclusive ternational whale conference in
South Africa say guidelines to
DIRECTIONS: protect the animals are increas-
ingly needed.
Fill each square Dylan Walker, CEO of the
with a number, one World Cetacean Alliance, says
through nine. 13 million people annually
Horizontal board boats to see whales or
dolphins, and that commercial
squares should operators offer the activity in
add to totals on some 120 countries and over-
right. seas territories. Walker says
Vertical squares more boat-licensing, monitoring
should add to and other efforts are required to
reduce stress to marine life that
totals on bottom. can be caused by approaching
Diagonal vessels. (AP)
squares through
center should add
to total in upper Yesterdays solution JAMESTOWN, NY: A New
York man has been cited for
and lower right. keeping a wild deer on the sec-
ond oor of his home.
State Department of Envi-
THERE MAY BE ronmental Conservation Ofcer
MORE THAN ONE Jerry Kinney says his ofce re-
SOLUTION. ceived a complaint that a neigh-
bor was harboring a wild animal
Todays Challenge in his Jamestown house.
Time 5 Minutes The resident told responding
Answer to yesterdays puzzle ofcers he believed it was legal
32 Seconds to keep the whitetail deer fawn
Your Working in his house for up to six weeks
Time __ Minutes before he had to release it. Of-
__ Seconds cers told him this was not true
and issued the resident a ticket
for illegal possession of protect-
ed wildlife. (AP)
Word by Word
PHILADELPHIA: A new baby
gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo
Poverty Faqr nally has a name and his
mother picked it out.
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies
out of the window. The zoo says keepers deco-
rated boxes with three name
Endama yadkhol al faqr men al bab yafer al choices and lled them with
hob men al nafetha.
treats.
Kira, the mom gorilla, went
Numbers straight to the box labeled Aja-
bu (ah-JAH-boo). The name
means miracle in Swahili.
The zoo partnered with the
7594 Seven thousand five hundred
ninety four
Gorilla Rehabilitation and Con-
servation Education Center
in the Democratic Republic
Sabat alaf wa khamso maah of Congo to generate a list of
wa arbaah wa tesoun names. (AP)
Sunday:
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SPORTS 39

Strasburg returns to form as

Nationals power past Cubs
Revere shines, Angels edge Dodgers 3-2
WASHINGTON, June 29,
(AP): Stephen Strasburg
struck out 13 in seven in-
US President Donald Trump speaks with Director of National Intelligence Dan
Coats as he meets with members of the Chicago Cubs baseball team in the nings, Bryce Harper had
Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC on June 28. (AFP) two doubles and two RBIs,
and the Washington Na-
Pretty cool life experience tionals beat the Chicago
Cubs 8-4 on Wednesday.
Cubs see Trump in 2nd WH Anthony Rendon and Matt Wi-
eters hit back-to-back homers
against John Lackey (5-9) during
trip since the World Series Washingtons four-run second in-
ning. After the Cubs pulled within
WASHINGTON, June 29, (AP): Presi- er said before the Cubs game against three at 6-3, Daniel Murphy went
dent Donald Trump welcomed manager the Washington Nationals. Regard- deep in the fth.
Joe Maddon and the Chicago Cubs into less of your politics, its a place that all It was a rough day for the Cubs, who
the Oval Ofce on Wednesday, their Americans should be impressed by. cut veteran catcher Miguel Montero af-
second visit to the White House in eight It is not every day you get to meet ter he criticized pitcher Jake Arrieta for
months since winning the World Series. the president of the United States, Al- his role in the Nationals seven steals
Trump entertained the Cubs in an in- mora said. To meet two in one calen- in Tuesdays 6-1 win over the World
formal visit Maddon said was set up by dar year, it was pretty special for me. Series champions. Then reigning NL
the teams owners, the Ricketts family, When Trump asked members of the MVP Kris Bryant departed in the sixth
which donated millions of dollars to Cubs how the Nationals were doing, Riz- with an apparent right ankle injury.
his campaign. The Cubs were honored zo invited him to the game Wednesday
as World Series champions by presi- night down the street at Nationals Park. Angels 3, Dodgers 2
dent Barack Obama in his last week in Todd Ricketts, who withdrew his name In Anaheim, California, Ben Revere
ofce in January. from consideration after being Trumps scored the winning run from second
This is a great team and they were pick as deputy commerce secretary, said, base on a passed ball and a throwing
actually here but they wanted to be Were going to run into these guys in the error by catcher Yasmani Grandal, and
here with Trump, right? Trump said. playoffs you come down and youll see the Los Angeles Angels blew a ninth-
I just want to thank and I want to con- them crumble. inning lead before beating the Dodg-
gratulate them. The division-leading Nationals have ers.
Along with Maddon and Tom and lost in the rst round of the playoffs in Cameron Maybin ended up with a
Todd Ricketts, several players made each of their three trips since 2012. The walk-off strikeout of sorts when Gran-
the trip to the White House, including Cubs entered the day one game above dal lost control of Pedro Baezs third
rst baseman Anthony Rizzo, pitcher .500, so Hoyer wasnt in the mood to strike and then put his throw over
Jon Lester, third baseman Kris Bry- add another bulletin-board quote. Chase Utleys head at rst, allowing
ant and outelder Albert Almora Jr. Weve got to worry about our own Revere to score in bizarre fashion.
Trump took photos with the World house right now, Hoyer said. Also in Grandal had just hit a tying homer
Series trophy and a Cubs jersey with the room for Trumps photo-op with the off Cam Bedrosian (2-0) with two outs
his name and No. 45 he is the 45th Cubs were Cleveland Cavaliers owner in the ninth for the Dodgers, but the
president in gold on the back. Dan Gilbert and National Intelligence Di- Angels rallied against Baez (2-1) to
Maddon said Trump was compli- rector Dan Coats, a former Indiana sena- send the NL leaders to just their third St Louis Cardinals Jedd Gyorko hits an RBI double against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the eighth inning of
mentary in their very, very quick tor who called himself a die-hard fan. loss in 20 games. a baseball game on June 28, in Phoenix. (AP)
visit and that the pictures will be en- Hoyer said there werent a lot of private Yankees 12, White Sox 3 pounded the White Sox. Twins 4, Red Sox 1
tertaining to show his grandchildren. moments like during Obamas visit. In Chicago, Miguel Andujar had
General manager Jed Hoyer called it a It was a different experience, three hits and four RBIs in his major
Andujar made a good impression af-
ter being called up from Triple-A with
In Boston, Adalberto Mejia pitched
5-2/3 innings in his second straight
Irving banned
pretty cool life experience. Rizzo said. I think we all had a good league debut, Aaron Judge added his
Its always an honor when you get time there. You get to go to the White major league-leading 27th homer and Matt Holliday going on the disabled scoreless start, Max Kepler hit a two-
asked to go to the White House, Hoy- House, its very special. the struggling New York Yankees list because of an illness. He gave New
York a 3-0 lead with a two-run single
run homer and Minnesota rebounded
from two consecutive losses against
Ex-Redskins Portis
against Carlos Rodon (0-1) in the rst.
He also singled in the third, walked in
Boston.
Kepler also had an RBI single, and
was ready to kill
MLB Scoreboard the eighth and drove in two more with Miguel Sano added an RBI double to WASHINGTON, June 29, (AFP):
a double in the ninth. help the Twins improve to 24-11 on Former NFL Washington Red-
Judges two-run drive capped a ve- the road. skins running back Clinton Portis
run sixth against reliever Jake Petricka, Mejia (3-3) allowed ve hits, struck told Sports Illustrated that he con-
WASHINGTON, June 29, (Agen- Interleague TRIPLES: Bogaerts, Boston, 4; Cas- breaking open a 3-2 game. And New out three and walked one. Brandon templated killing one of his former
cies): Results from the MLB games on Philadelphia 003 000 002-5 7 1 tellanos, Detroit, 4; Ramirez, Cleveland,
Wednesday. Seattle 100 210 000-4 11 0 4; Sanchez, Chicago, 4; 7 tied at 3. York came away with a lopsided win Kintzler got the nal three outs for his nancial managers after losing
San Diego 7 Atlanta 4 Leiter Jr. , Pinto (6), Neris (9) and HOME RUNS: Judge, New York, 27; after dropping 11 of 14. 21st save. millions of dollars in various invest-
LA Angels 3 LA Dodgers 2 Knapp; F. Hernandez, Pazos (7), Vin- Springer, Houston, 24; Morrison, Tam- ments.
St Louis 4 Arizona 3 cent (8), Diaz (9), Cishek (9) and Zu- pa Bay, 22; Davis, Oakland, 21; Smoak, Indians 5, Rangers 3 Royals 8, Tigers 2 The story revealed Wednesday
NY Yankees 12 Chicago White nino. W-Pinto 1-0. L-Diaz 2-3. Sv-Neris Toronto, 21; Gallo, Texas, 20; Mousta- In Cleveland, Trevor Bauer pitched In Detroit, Salvador Perez and Mike examined a night in 2013 where
Sox 3 (7). HRs-Philadelphia, Joseph, Kelly. kas, Kansas City, 20; Healy, Oakland, into the seventh inning, Michael Brant- Moustakas hit consecutive homers
Houston 11 Oakland 8 Seattle, Seager, Valencia, Cano. 19; Sano, Minnesota, 18; 4 tied at 17. Portis waited on a manager to exit
Kansas City 8 Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 101 000 000-2 10 1 STOLEN BASES: Maybin, Los An- ley drove in two runs and Cleveland during Kansas Citys four-run fourth a Washington building while he sat
Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 400 110 00x-6 6 0 geles, 24; Dyson, Seattle, 19; Andrus, got the win in manager Terry Fran- inning. in a parked car outside holding a
Minnesota 4 Boston 1 Snell, Farquhar (6), J. Diaz (7), E. Texas, 18; DeShields, Texas, 18; conas return to the team. Ian Kennedy (2-6) allowed two runs gun.
NY Mets 8 Miami 0 Ramirez (8) and Ramos; Nova, Hudson Altuve, Houston, 14; Cain, Kansas City,
Cleveland 5 Texas 3 (6), Watson (7), Nicasio (8), Rivero (9) 14; Buxton, Minnesota, 13; Simmons, Francona was cleared to come back and ve hits in seven innings for the It wasnt no beat up. It was kill,
Toronto 4 Baltimore 0 and E. Diaz. W-Nova 8-5. L-Snell 0-5. Los Angeles, 13; Betts, Boston, 12; Pil- after another health scare forced him to Royals, earning his second victory in Portis told Sports Illustrated of his
Washington 8 Chicago Cubs 4 HRs-Pittsburgh, Bell. lar, Toronto, 11; 4 tied at 10. leave Mondays game and miss Tues- three starts. He gave up solo homers intent on that night.
Pittsburgh 6 Tampa Bay 2 Los Angeles 000 000 011-2 4 2 PITCHING: Vargas, Kansas City, 11-
San Francisco 5 Colorado 3 Los Angeles 000 002 001-3 8 0 3; Sale, Boston, 10-3; Santana, Minne- days 2-1 loss to Texas. The 58-year- to Miguel Cabrera and Alex Avila, but
Philadelphia 5 Seattle 4 Ryu, Dayton (6), Stewart (7), P. Baez sota, 10-4; Keuchel, Houston, 9-0; Bun- old Francona has been tted with a only after Kansas City had jumped to FOOTBALL
MLB Standings (9) and Grandal; Meyer, Petit (7), Mid- dy, Baltimore, 8-6; Carrasco, Cleveland, heart monitor, but he said doctors have a 5-0 lead.
American League dleton (8), Bedrosian (9) and Maldona- 8-3; Stroman, Toronto, 8-4; 8 tied at 7. ruled out any serious health issues. Detroits Daniel Norris (4-6) per-
Eastern Division do. W-Bedrosian 2-0. L-P. Baez 2-1. ERA: Vargas, Kansas City, 2.29; Meanwhile, Dallas Cowboys de-
W L PCT GB HRs-Los Angeles, Thompson, Grandal. McCullers, Houston, 2.54; Sale, Bos- Bauer (7-6) allowed one run Rob- mitted ve runs and eight hits in 3 2/3
fensive end David Irving was sus-
NY Yankees 42 34 .553 - Los Angeles, Simmons. ton, 2.77; Santana, Minnesota, 2.80; inson Chirinos homer and four hits innings. Six of those hits came in the pended by the NFL on Wednesday
Boston 43 35 .551 - National League Darvish, Texas, 3.11; Severino, New in 6-1/3 innings. Brantley had RBI fourth.
Tampa Bay 41 39 .513 3 Colorado 200 001 000-3 8 1 York, 3.15; Fulmer, Detroit, 3.29; Stro- for the rst four games of the 2017
Baltimore 38 39 .494 4-1/2 San Francisco000 301 01x-5 7 2 man, Toronto, 3.41; Sabathia, New singles in the third and the seventh. Pirates 6, Rays 2 season for violating the leagues
Toronto 37 40 .481 5-1/2 Freeland, Ottavino (7), McGee (8), York, 3.47; Montgomery, New York, Astros 11, Athletics 8 In Pittsburgh, Jose Osuna doubled policy on performance-enhancing
Central Division Lyles (8) and T. Murphy; Blach, Kon- 3.53; 1 tied at 3.67.
W L PCT GB tos (7), Okert (8), Strickland (9) and STRIKEOUTS: Sale, Boston, 155; In Houston, Josh Reddick and twice and drove in two runs, rookie drugs.
Cleveland 41 36 .532 - Hundley. W-Blach 5-5. L-Freeland 8-6. Archer, Tampa Bay, 126; Darvish, George Springer had three hits apiece Josh Bell hit his 15th homer and Pitts- Under terms of the NFLs agree-
Minnesota 40 36 .526 0-1/2 Sv-Strickland (1). HRs-San Francisco, Texas, 115; Severino, New York, 107; and combined for ve RBIs, powering burgh jumped all over Tampa Bays ment with its players association,
Kansas City 38 38 .500 2-1/2 Hundley, Hwang. Estrada, Toronto, 102; Porcello, Bos- no drugs or details of the violation
Detroit 34 43 .442 7 Chicago 000 210 010-4 6 1 ton, 99; McCullers, Houston, 97; Bauer, Houston to the victory. Blake Snell.
C. White Sox 33 44 .429 8 Washington 141 011 00x-8 11 1 Cleveland, 96; Carrasco, Cleveland, 96; Michael Feliz (4-1) struck out two in Osunas ground-rule RBI double are disclosed.
Western Division Lackey, Duensing (6), Grimm (8) Quintana, Chicago, 94; 1 tied at 93. a scoreless fth for the win. Ken Giles sparked a four-run rally with two out Irving can participate in all off-
W L PCT GB and Contreras; Strasburg, Romero (8), National League struck out two in the ninth for his 18th in the rst. Bell led off the fourth with season and pre-season workouts
Houston 53 26 .671 - Albers (9) and Wieters. W-Strasburg BATTING: Posey, San Francisco, but will not be eligible to return to
LA Angels 42 40 .512 12-1/2 9-2. L-Lackey 5-9. HRs-Chicago, Rizzo, .344; Murphy, Washington, .339; Zim- save. a home run and Osuna added another the Dallas roster until Oct 2.
Texas 39 39 .500 13-1/2 Contreras. Washington, Wieters, Ren- merman, Washington, .338; Gold- RBI double in the fth.
Seattle 39 41 .488 14-1/2 don, Murphy. schmidt, Arizona, .323; Peralta, Ari- Snell (0-5) walked ve in ve in-
Oakland 35 43 .449 17-1/2 Milwaukee 011 000 010-3 8 0 zona, .321; Cozart, Cincinnati, .320; BASEBALL nings in his return to the starting rota-
National League Cincinnati 012 000 01x-4 4 0 Harper, Washington, .319; Ozuna, Mi- ve scoreless innings and Hunter Ren-
Eastern Division C. Anderson, Espino (2), Hader (5), ami, .315; Blackmon, Colorado, .314; tion after a stint in Triple-A. He was froe and Cory Spangenberg contribut-
W L PCT GB Drake (7), Knebel (8) and Vogt; Castillo, Kemp, Atlanta, .314; 1 tied at .309. The Astros jumped in front with ve charged with six runs and four hits. ed two RBIs apiece to lead San Diego.
Washington 47 31 .603 - W. Peralta (6), Cingrani (8), Storen (8), RUNS: Goldschmidt, Arizona, 68;
Atlanta 37 40 .481 9-1/2 R. Iglesias (9) and Barnhart. W-Storen Blackmon, Colorado, 63; Harper, Wash- runs in the third. Springer hit an RBI Cardinals 4, Diamondbacks 3 Carlos Asuaje and Erick Aybar had
Miami 35 41 .461 11 2-2. L-Knebel 0-1. Sv-R. Iglesias (14). ington, 58; Seager, Los Angeles, 56; double and scored on Reddicks base In Phoenix, Adam Wainwright three hits each for the Padres.
NY Mets 35 42 .455 11-1/2 HRs-Milwaukee, Braun, Shaw. Cincin- Votto, Cincinnati, 55; Turner, Washing- hit, helping Houston open a 9-5 lead. pitched into the seventh inning, Yadier Perdomo (3-4), winless after his
Philadelphia 26 51 .338 20-1/2 nati, Duvall, Gennett. ton, 53; Murphy, Washington, 52; Inci- Oakland right-hander Jesse Hahn
Central Division New York 300 000 320-8 10 0 arte, Atlanta, 51; 5 tied at 50. Molina and Jedd Gyorko each drove in rst 10 starts, won for the third time in
W L PCT GB Miami 000 000 000-0 7 0 RBI: Goldschmidt, Arizona, 65; was charged with six runs and nine hits two runs and St. Louis held on to beat his last four outings. The right-hander
Milwaukee 41 39 .513 - Matz, Edgin (8), Bradford (9) and Lamb, Arizona, 62; Arenado, Colorado, in two-plus innings. Arizona. went 5 1/3 innings and was charged
Chicago Cubs 39 39 .500 1 dArnaud; Locke, McGowan (6), Nicoli- 61; Zimmerman, Washington, 61; Reyn- with four runs and seven hits. He
St Louis 36 41 .468 3-1/2 no (7), Tazawa (8), Worley (9) and El- olds, Colorado, 60; Harper, Washing- Mets 8, Marlins 0 Wainwright (8-5) limited the Dia-
Pittsburgh 36 42 .462 4 lis. W-Matz 2-1. L-Locke 0-4. HRs-New ton, 58; Shaw, Milwaukee, 57; Bellinger, In Miami, Steven Matz pitched sev- mondbacks to two runs and eight hits struck out four and walked two.
Cincinnati 33 44 .429 6-1/2 York, Granderson, Cabrera. Los Angeles, 56; Blackmon, Colorado, en innings and two relievers completed over 6-1/3 innings He struck out eight. The Braves, who had won ve
Western Division St Louis 000 300 010-4 6 0 56; 2 tied at 55. straight over the Padres, chased Perdo-
W L PCT GB Arizona 000 100 101-3 9 0 HITS: Blackmon, Colorado, 102; In- a seven-hitter, helping the Mets to the Gyorkos RBI double in the eighth
LA Dodgers 52 28 .650 - Wainwright, Lyons (7), Cecil (8), ciarte, Atlanta, 101; Murphy, Washing- victory. pushed St. Louis lead to 4-2. mo in the sixth when they scored four
Arizona 50 29 .633 1-1/2 Rosenthal (9) and Molina; Godley, ton, 98; LeMahieu, Colorado, 96; Are- Asdrubal Cabrera and Curtis Grand- The Diamondbacks nearly tied it times. Earlier Perdomo was aided by
Colorado 47 34 .580 5-1/2 Shipley (8), McFarland (9) and Mathis, nado, Colorado, 93; Ozuna, Miami, 92; two double-play balls as Atlanta lost
San Diego 32 46 .410 19 Herrmann. W-Wainwright 8-5. L-Godley Goldschmidt, Arizona, 91; Zimmerman, erson each hit a two-run homer in sup- against Trevor Rosenthal in the ninth.
San Francisco 30 51 .370 22-1/2 3-2. Sv-Rosenthal (4). Washington, 90; Gordon, Miami, 87; 2 port of Matz (2-1), who allowed six Brandon Drury led off with a walk and for just the third time in 11 games.
MLB Linescores Atlanta 000 004 000-4 7 0 tied at 86. hits, all singles, and one walk while advanced to second on a wild pitch. One Brandon Maurer worked a perfect
American League San Diego 202 200 10x-7 12 0 DOUBLES: Arenado, Colorado, out later, Chris Herrmann walked and ninth for his 15th save.
Baltimore 000 000 000-0 5 1 Colon, Krol (5), Jackson (6), Free- 27; Herrera, Philadelphia, 25; Murphy, lowering his ERA to 2.67 in four starts
Toronto 100 300 00x-4 7 0 man (7), Motte (8) and Flowers, Su- Washington, 23; Zimmerman, Washing- this year. both runners advanced on pinch-hitter Phillies 5, Mariners 4
Miley, Asher (6) and C. Joseph; Stro- zuki; Perdomo, Maton (6), Buchter ton, 21; Duvall, Cincinnati, 20; Kemp, Matzs performance gave the rota- Gregor Blancos grounder. Drury then In Seattle, Tommy Joseph led off
man, D. Barnes (8), R. Osuna (9) and (7), Hand (8), Maurer (9) and Hedges. Atlanta, 20; Owings, Arizona, 20; Shaw, tion a welcome lift hours after right- scored on Rosenthals wild pitch, with
Martin. W-Stroman 8-4. L-Miley 3-6. W-Perdomo 3-4. L-Colon 2-8. Sv- Milwaukee, 20; 5 tied at 19. the ninth inning with his 13th homer
HRs-Toronto, Smoak, Bautista. Maurer (15). TRIPLES: Blackmon, Colorado, 10; hander Robert Gsellman became the Herrmann moving up to third. and Andrew Knapp added a two-out
Kansas City 001 400 012-8 14 0 MLB Leaders Cozart, Cincinnati, 5; Hamilton, Cincin- sixth Mets starting pitcher to go on Padres 7, Braves 4 RBI single, helping the Phillies rally
Detroit 000 101 000-2 7 0 American League nati, 5; 8 tied at 4. the disabled list this season. Gsellman
Kennedy, Soria (8), McCarthy (9) and BATTING: Dickerson, Tampa Bay, HOME RUNS: Bellinger, Los Ange- In San Diego, Luis Perdomo pitched for the road win.
S. Perez; Norris, Saupold (4), Wilson (9) .333; Judge, New York, .333; Altuve, les, 24; Votto, Cincinnati, 21; Bruce, strained his left hamstring Tuesday. Josephs drive to left on a 3-2 pitch
and Avila. W-Kennedy 2-6. L-Norris 4-6. Houston, .328; Ramirez, Cleveland, New York, 20; Ozuna, Miami, 20; Sche- Reds 4, Brewers 3 from Edwin Diaz (2-3) was Philadel-
HRs-Kansas City, Moustakas, Perez. .322; Garcia, Chicago, .318; Bogaerts, bler, Cincinnati, 20; Stanton, Miami, 20; phias rst hit since the third inning.
Detroit, Cabrera, Avila. Boston, .316; Castro, New York, .313; Thames, Milwaukee, 20; Reynolds, Col- In Cincinnati, Scooter Gennett hit
Texas 000 010 002-3 7 1 Hosmer, Kansas City, .306; Correa, orado, 19; Zimmerman, Washington, a two-run homer against the club that Diaz struck out the next two batters,
Cleveland 102 000 20x-5 11 0 Houston, .305; Reddick, Houston, .305; 19; 5 tied at 18. decided he no longer t its rebuilding but Cameron Perkins walked and ad-
Darvish, Frieri (7), Alvarez (7) and 1 tied at .301. STOLEN BASES: Hamilton, Cincin- vanced on a balk before Knapp lined
Lucroy; Bauer, Miller (7), Allen (9) and RUNS: Judge, New York, 70; Spring- nati, 33; Turner, Washington, 33; Gor- plans, and Billy Hamilton scored the
R. Perez. W-Bauer 7-6. L-Darvish 6-6. er, Houston, 62; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, don, Miami, 29; Nunez, San Francisco, tiebreaking run in the eighth inning for a 1-2 pitch into right eld to give the
HRs-Texas, Chirinos, Andrus. 59; Castro, New York, 52; Correa, Hou- 17; Peraza, Cincinnati, 15; Broxton, Cincinnati. Phillies the lead.
Minnesota 200 002 000-4 7 0 ston, 52; Ramirez, Cleveland, 52; Gard- Milwaukee, 14; Villar, Milwaukee, 14; The Brewers lost starter Chase An- Ricardo Pinto (1-0) pitched three in-
Boston 000 000 100-1 7 0 ner, New York, 51; Altuve, Houston, 50; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 13; Owings, Ari-
Mejia, Duffey (6), Rogers (7), Kintzler Bautista, Toronto, 49; Lowrie, Oakland, zona, 11; Pollock, Arizona, 11; 3 tied at derson to a strained oblique. Anderson nings of relief to get the win and Hec-
(9) and Castro; Porcello, Hembree (7), 49; 3 tied at 48. 10. hurt his left side while striking out in tor Neris got three outs for his seventh
Scott (8), M. Barnes (9) and Leon. W- RBI: Judge, New York, 62; Cruz, Se- PITCHING: Kershaw, Los Angeles, the top of the second inning, a notable save.
Mejia 3-3. L-Porcello 4-10. Sv-Kintzler attle, 59; Davis, Oakland, 54; Morrison, 11-2; Greinke, Arizona, 9-4; Scherzer,
(21). HRs-Minnesota, Kepler. Tampa Bay, 54; Sano, Minnesota, 53; Washington, 9-5; Senzatela, Colorado, setback to the NL Central leaders. He Giants 5, Rockies 3
Oakland 014 110 100-8 8 0 Cano, Seattle, 52; Springer, Houston, 9-3; Strasburg, Washington, 9-2; 6 tied is second on the club with six wins. In San Francisco, Jae-Gyun Hwang
Houston 225 001 10x-11 17 0 52; Abreu, Chicago, 51; Garcia, Chi- at 8.
Hahn, J. Smith (3), Coulombe (4), cago, 51; Pujols, Los Angeles, 51; 1 ERA: Scherzer, Washington, 2.06; Blue Jays 4, Orioles 0 homered in his major league debut,
Axford (6), Brady (7) and Maxwell; tied at 50. Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.47; Gonza- In Toronto, Marcus Stroman pitched a tiebreaking drive in the sixth in-
Paulino, Feliz (5), Sipp (6), Harris (7), HITS: Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 103; lez, Washington, 2.87; Ray, Arizona, ve-hit ball into the eighth inning for ning that helped the Giants extend the
Gregerson (8), Giles (9) and McCann. Altuve, Houston, 97; Bogaerts, Boston, 2.87; Martinez, St Louis, 2.88; An-
W-Feliz 4-1. L-Hahn 3-6. Sv-Giles (18). 93; Ramirez, Cleveland, 93; Andrus, derson, Milwaukee, 2.89; Greinke, Toronto, and Jose Bautista and Justin Rockies losing streak to a season-high
HRs-Oakland, Healy, Olson, Davis 2, Texas, 92; Castro, New York, 92; Gar- Arizona, 3.08; Nova, Pittsburgh, 3.08; Smoak homered. eight games.
Lowrie. Houston, Springer. cia, Chicago, 92; Abreu, Chicago, 90; Leake, St Louis, 3.12; Straily, Miami, Stroman (8-4) bounced back nicely The 29-year-old Hwang grounded out
New York 300 005 004-12 9 1 Judge, New York, 89; Hosmer, Kansas 3.44; 1 tied at 3.50.
Chicago 000 020 001- 3 8 City, 88; 1 tied at 86. STRIKEOUTS: Scherzer, Washing- from his worst start of the season, a in the second inning, hit a run-scoring
1 DOUBLES: Betts, Boston, 26; Low- ton, 151; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 123; seven-run outing at Texas last Thurs- grounder in the fourth that cut Colorados
Tanaka, Shreve (7), Green (7), Webb rie, Oakland, 25; Ramirez, Cleveland, Strasburg, Washington, 122; Martinez, day. The right-hander allowed ve lead to 2-1, and then broke a 3-3 tie when
(9) and G. Sanchez; Rodon, Petricka 24; Schoop, Baltimore, 23; Altuve, St Louis, 121; Ray, Arizona, 119; Sa- singles and struck out seven to win for Washington Nationals starting pitcher he homered against Kyle Freeland (8-6).
(6), Beck (7), Ynoa (9), Jennings (9) Houston, 22; Lindor, Cleveland, 21; mardzija, San Francisco, 117; Greinke,
and Narvaez. W-Tanaka 6-7. L-Rodon Bogaerts, Boston, 20; Dickerson, Tam- Arizona, 116; deGrom, New York, 113; the rst time since June 10 at Seattle. Stephen Strasburg throws during the Hwang was given a standing ovation
0-1. HRs-New York, Gregorius, Judge. pa Bay, 20; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 20; Lester, Chicago, 97; Gonzalez, Wash- Wade Miley (3-6) was charged with third inning of the teams baseball from fans as he rounded the bases and
Chicago, Engel. 3 tied at 19. ington, 95; 3 tied at 93. four runs, three earned, in ve innings. game against the Chicago Cubs on was mobbed by teammates when he got
The Orioles had won three in a row. June 28, in Washington. (AP) back to the dugout.

SPORTS
Kalexco / Brando Boys team
JCNETS Bad Bananas
Bolt fires to win, Kalexco/Brando sink Behbehani
Van Niekerk stars
Usain Bolt from Jamaica (center), competes with Yunier Perez from Cuba (left), and Jan Volko from Slovakia to win
the 100 meters mens event at the Golden Spike athletic meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on June 28. (AP)
Farah on form
OSTRAVA, Czech Repub-
lic, June 29, (AFP): Usain
Bolt racked up a straight-
forward 100m victory on the
European bow of his fare-
well season, but likely suc-
cessor Wayde van Niekerk
stole the headlines in Ostra-
va with a world record in the
little-run 300m.
Bolt struggled with a stiff back
and a pedestrian start to beat a
weak eld. For the briefest of
moments, Cuban Yunier Perez
thought he might have got the bet-
ter of the towering Jamaican.
But Bolt turned on the after-burners
to win in a modest 10.06sec, leaving
him another outing over 100m at next
ATHLETICS
months Monaco Diamond League
before his swansong at the August
4-13 World Athletics Championships
in London.
I have always loved coming to
Ostrava, Bolt said. The great fans
make this meeting a really unique
one. Bolt, 30, said his back had been
playing up as always. Its always an
issue.
My doctor told me over the years
that the older I get, the worse its going
to get, so I just have to really try to
keep in check which is why I need to
go and see him to make sure every-
things smooth because it feels a little
bit tight, but I didnt get injured so
thats a key thing, Im happy about
that.
The build-up to Bolts race was
nothing short of electric, with the
Jamaicans self-appointed successor
Van Niekerk making good on his
promise to get ridiculous by setting
a new best in the 300m.
The 24-year-old clocked an out-
standing 30.81 seconds, beating the
previous world record of 30.85sec set
at altitude in Pretoria in 2000 by
American Michael Johnson.
It was the second time the South
African has usurped Johnson, having
broken his 17-year-old 400m world
record when racing to victory at last
years Rio Olympics.
Its a real honour to twice beat
Johnsons records, said Van Niekerk.
I hope I can continue to make
babysteps to be better day by day.
Van Niekerks time also shattered
the meet record of 30.97sec -- previ-
ously the second fastest time ever run
-- set by Bolt in 2010.
Britains Mo Farah marked his last
circuit outing over 10,000m with vic-
tory in 27:12.09.
Since winning silver over 10k at the
2011 world champs in Daegu, Farah is
on an unbroken streak of nine global
Oly skier Corcoran dies,
founded popular ski resort
CONCORD, New Hampshire,
June 29, (AP): Tom Corcoran,
an Olympic skier who founded
the Waterville Valley ski resort
in New Hampshire that became
popular with racers and celebri-
ties, has died. He was 85.
Former assistant Jan Stearns
said Corcoran died Tuesday at
his home in Seabrook Island,
South Carolina, following a brief
illness. Republican Gov. Chris
Sununu, whose family bought
the resort in 2010, offered his
condolences Wednesday and
said he grew up skiing with Cor-
corans family. Tom wasnt just subtract very well despite our tu-
the founder of Waterville Valley,
he was the spirit that grew it into
one of the most storied destina-
tions in New England, he said.
In this Dec 31, 1966 le photo,
Waterville Valley ski area de-
veloper Tom Corcoran (far left),
and his wife Roberta, pose with
Se Edward Kennedy, D-Mass,
and Paul Pfosi (far right), a
Swiss skier who headed the ski
school at Waterville Valley, NH.
(AP)
final wins (the 5000m in 2011, and the
double at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics
and the 2013 and 2015 worlds).
But he will retire from the track to
focus on road racing after the world
champs on home soil in August.
The 34-year-old held off Kenyan
Mathew Kimeli for a smart win just
4sec off Abadi Hadis world leading
mark.
It was my last 10km race and I
enjoyed it, said Farah. I honestly
hoped I could run a bit faster but the
wind slowed me down even though we
ran quite a fast pace from the begin-
ning. There was, however, no joy for
David Rudisha, double world and
Olympic champion and world record
holder in the 800m, as he aimed to
break the meet record for the 1000m,
Papazaj team
Maranatha team
Corcoran was born Nov 16,
1931, and grew up in Canada,
where he attended an unconven-
tional school in St Jovite, Que-
bec, set up for the family than ran
a nearby resort.
We skied to school or rode
the runners of the garbage
sleigh, and skied every after-
noon on the rope-tow hill behind
the Gray Rocks Inn, Corcoran
told a ski industry group for a bi-
ography in 2003. At some point
in those early St Jovite years, my
parents realized that I could ski,
but couldnt read, write, add or
tors best efforts.
Corcoran was sent to New
Hampshire for high school and
graduated from Dartmouth Col-
lege in 1954. He competed in
the 1956 Olympics and again in
1960, when he placed fourth in
the Giant Slalom the best n-
ish for an American man in the
event until 2002, when Bode
Miller won a silver medal.
Corcoran also earned a mas-
ters degree from Harvard Busi-
ness School in 1959.
After time spent learning the
ski industry in Colorado, Corco-
ran returned to New Hampshire
and purchased the Waterville Inn
and 425 acres at the base of Mt
Tecumseh. He opened Water-
ville Valley Resort in the winter
of 1966-67, and quickly attracted
skiers from around the region, in-
cluding the Kennedy family.
According to the Waterville
Valley Resort Association, Cor-
coran became friends with Rob-
ert Kennedy while working on
his senatorial campaign and the
resort became a favorite for the
Kennedys and their children.
Bobbys Run was named for
Kennedy after his assassination
in 1969.
another little-run distance.
The Kenyan was beaten into fourth
as compatriot Nicholas Kipkoech held
off local hopes Jakub Holusa and Filip
Sasinek to win in 2:18.51.
Olympic champion Conseslus
Kiprutos bid for victory in the mens
3000m steeplechase floundered with a
fourth place finish behind fellow
Kenyan Benjamin Kigen, winner in
8:11.54.
American Christian Taylor claimed
victory in the triple jump with a best of
17.57 metres, while Anzhelika
Sidorova, the Russian who won
European gold in 2014 but is now com-
peting as an independent in the wake of
the doping scandal that has rocked the
country, romped to victory in the wom-
ens pole vault.
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
40
Patriates team
Triple STJ Logistics team
Papazaj outlast Al-Ghanim 74-70
By Kathrina Perea
Special to the Arab Times
KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Raven
Briones was unstoppable inside
the paint and beyond the arc,
pouring in 36 points to lead
Kalexco/Brando to a 94-85 vic-
tory over Behbehani at the
Hawally Disabled Sports Club
on Friday.
Briones performance raked
in contributions from Labatos
and Andal with 21 and 18
points, respectively. Gonzalez, Behbehani team
Cortez, and Player #25 com-
bined for 7 points, while
Maralit, Leuterio, and Allen
scored 4 points apiece.
Behbehani fought back with
four players scoring in double
figures, namely Licup (21
points), Pariscal (17 points),
Serdena (12 points), and De
Castro (11 points). Casas and
Player #10 added 4 points each,
while Dolor and Player #32 com-
BASKETBALL FIL-ASEAK team
bined for 3 points for the team.
Kalexco set a strong tone that
carried throughout the game as
they dominated on all fronts in
the first quarter. An early surge
by Briones inspired a laudable
team effort to lodge a 16-point
lead at the end of the quarter,
32-16.
Behbehani would then appear
to match the rival teams energy
in the second quarter behind the
tag-team of Licup and Pariscal,
but Briones had an answer to
every play and helped maintain a
comfortable lead at the end of the Tigers team
first half, 47-32.
The third quarter saw
Behbehani slowly chip away at
Kalexcos lead, scoring 29 team
points spurred by efforts from
Serdena and Licup. However,
this would only serve as a wake-
up call to Kalexco who would
make 30 team points in this quar-
ter to eclipse Behbehanis run.
Kalexco closed out the third
quarter with a 16-point lead,
77-61.
Heading into the final quarter,
Behbehani was poised to pull out
all the stops to turn things around
in their favor. Tapping their
reserves proved to be a good Pablik 2 Bros team
move as they outscored Kalexco
his Papazaj team outlasted Bad Bananas take control of
(24-17). However, Kalexco (still Al-Ghanim in a see-saw battle Mekeni (81-73) while Mandaragit
led by Briones) was able to con- (74-70); Ahmed Abdulaziz led dominated Hotshots (72-56).
nect on important shots which FIL-ASEAK to a victory against Non-Leaguers Maranatha and
allowed them to hold on to the MOD (72-68). Triple STJ Logistics also record a
lead and eventually come away The 58 Division A also pro- win each to wrap up Fridays
with the win, 94-85. gresses with Pablik and Patriates games.
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Vargas to defend crown on Cotto-Kamegai card
Champ Easter vows to KO Russian rival
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2015. Wednesday.
(Agencies): Unbeaten US home- Easter makes the second defense In the Aug 26 bout at suburban
town hero Robert Easter defends his of the crown he won with a split- Los Angeles, Mexicos Vargas,
International Boxing Federation decision victory last September
29-0 with 22 knockouts, will make
lightweight crown Friday against over Richard the first defense of the crown he
Russian southpaw Denis Shafikov Commey of won from Britains Gavin
in Toledo, Ohio. Ghana. In his McDonnell by majority decision in
Easter, 26, is 19-0 with 14 knock- first defense, February at Hull, England.
Easter won a
unanimous deci- Also:
BOXING
sion over Puerto DETROIT: Two-time Olympic box-
outs. He predicted a knockout vic- Ricos Luis Cruz ing champion Claressa Shields is
tory over Shafikov, something no last February. set to face unbeaten WBC super
rival has ever inflicted. Meanwhile, middleweight champion Nikki
Shafikov, 32, is 38-2 with one unbeaten Rey Adler on Aug. 4 in Detroit.
Easter
draw and 20 knockouts. His only Vargas will Shields, a Flint native, has won
losses came in his two prior fights defend his WBC super bantam- all three of her fights as a pro. Adler
for the same crown, unanimous weight title against Ronny Rios on will make a third defense of her
decision defeats at the hands of the undercard of a title bout between WBC 168-pound title. The vacant
Mexicos Miguel Vazquez in 2014 Miguel Cotto and Japans Yoshihiro IBF super middleweight champion-
and Cubas Rances Barthelemy in Kamegai, promoters announced ship also will be at stake.

SPORTS
Portugals Bruno Alves (left), jumps for the ball with Chiles Martin Rodriguez during the Confederations Cup, semi-
nal soccer match between Portugal and Chile, at the Kazan Arena, Russia on June 28. (AP)
French police raid PSG facilities
Short aborts attempts to
sell relegated Sunderland
LONDON, June 29, (Agencies):
Sunderland owner Ellis Short will
remain in control of the club after
proposed takeover talks collapsed,
the English Championship club said
on Thursday.
Sunderland, who were relegated
from the Premier League last season,
ended talks with one of the interested
groups, saying the proposed deal
would not be in the best interest of
the club.
A dened timeframe was placed
on discussions to ensure that the club
could move forward quickly and
decisively with its plans for the new
season should they not come to frui-
tion, Sunderland said in a statement.
We have concluded these talks
and have determined that this pro-
posed sale would not be in the best
interests of Sun-
derland AFC.
Ellis Short
will continue
his commit-
ment to the club,
both nancially
and personally,
moving for-
ward.
The Black
Cats, who had
not conrmed Short
the identity of
the interested buyers, also said they
SOCCER
have been granted permission to
speak to fellow Championship side
Preston North Ends Simon Grayson
to ll the vacant managerial position.
David Moyes stepped down as
Sunderland boss last month after the
club nished at the bottom of the top-
ight standings.
World Cup.
French police raided Paris Saint-
Germains soccer academy on
Thursday, acting on a request from
the body responsible for collecting
taxes.
A person with knowledge of the
case, who is not authorized to speak
publicly on the issue, told The As-
sociated Press that police ofcials
searched the facilities for about an
hour. According to the same person,
the investigation is targeting several
contractor rms linked to Paris Saint-
Germain.
The URSSAF, the agency for
collecting and distributing social se-
curity contributions, did not imme-
diately respond to an email seeking
comment.
In a separate case last month, po-
lice investigating suspected tax fraud
linked to the soccer industry raided
PSG headquarters and the homes of
players Angel Di Maria and Javier
Pastore.
The national nancial prosecutors
ofce opened an investigation in De-
cember after football leaks reports
allegedly detailed tax arrangements
by top players, coaches and clubs.
Championship team Leeds Unit-
ed have bought back Elland Road,
13 years after selling their home sta-
dium to reduce debts during a nan-
cial crisis, the Yorkshire club have
announced.
Elland Road has been Leeds
home ground since 1919 but the club
sold their stadium in 2004, signing
a 25-year lease with a buy-back op-
tion. The ground was then sold to
British Virgin Islands-based Teak
Trading Corporation in 2005.
Leeds chairman Andrea Radriz-
zani, who became the owner after
completing a takeover in May, an-
nounced his intention of buying
Elland Road soon after his appoint-
ment.
Coach Tite says it would have
been good for Brazil to be playing in
the Confederations Cup to give him-
self and his players more experience
going into the World Cup.
Tite made the comments before
watching Portugal play Chile in
Kazan in the seminals of the eight-
nation World Cup warm-up event on
Wednesday. He is in Russia to watch
the tournaments nal stages and
scout possible training bases for Bra-
zil during next years tournament.
Tite has only coached Brazil for
11 games as coach, with 10 wins and
a loss to Argentina in a friendly this
year.
Brazil was the rst team other than
host Russia to qualify for the 2018
Barcelona will play Brazilian side
Chapecoense, whose team was all
but wiped out in an air crash last
November, in a friendly match at the
Camp Nou on August 7.
The match will help pay tribute
to the 71 people who died in the ac-
cident on November 28th, 2016, as
well as their families, the Spanish
giants said on their website.
Barca hopes to help Chapecoense
rebuild institutionally and recover
the competitive level it had before
the tragedy, it added.
The winner of the match will
receive the Joan Gamper Trophy,
named after the Swiss founder of
Barcelona.
Nineteen Chapecoense players
and 24 club ofcials died on Novem-
ber 28 when the teams plane crashed
into a mountainside in Colombia.
European Soccer Transfer Roundup
Vet Defoe secures Bournemouth move
LONDON, June 29, (Agencies):
Bournemouth signed striker Jermain
Defoe from relegated Sunderland on a
three-year deal on Thursday.
Defoe will return to Bournemouth
16 years after his last game for the
club, having scored 18 goals while on
loan from West Ham United during the
2000-01 season.
Its great to be back and Im really
looking forward to this challenge, De-
foe said in a statement.
The Bournemouth fans know that
every time I pull the shirt on I will give
100 percent, and the one thing I can
guarantee is goals.
However, the 34-year-old England
internationals 15 goals in 37 league
appearances last season were not
enough to keep Sunderland in the Pre-
mier League.
His Sunderland form earned him an
England recall under manager Gareth
Southgate and he scored on his return
against Lithuania in a World Cup quali-
er in March.
Eddie Howes Bournemouth, who
nished ninth last season, begin their
new campaign at West Bromwich Al-
bion on Aug 12.
French international striker
Bafetimbi Gomis Thursday signed for
Turkish top ight side Galatasaray
from Swansea City of the English Pre-
mier League in a three year deal for a
2.5 million euro transfer fee.
Gomis, 31, who spent the past sea-
son on loan at Marseille, had the day
earlier received an ecstatic welcome in
Istanbul when he was mobbed by hun-
dreds of fans of the Lions and then
passed a medical.
Swansea will receive 2.5 million eu-
ros ($2.8 million) for the player, who
will get an annual wage of 3.35 million
euros ($3.8 million) excluding bonuses
for success in the Turkish Super Lig
and UEFA competitions in each of the
three seasons, Galatasaray said in a
statement.
I am ready to be a lion for Gal-
atasaray so that the club wins titles
and great victories against its rivals,
said Gomis as he signed the contract
alongside Galatasaray president Dur-
sun Ozbek.
Following a ve-year stint at Lyon,
Gomis signed for Swansea in 2014. He
did not make the hoped-for impact and
spent the 2016-2017 season on loan
to Marseille, scoring a career-best 20
Ligue 1 goals.
Galatasaray are on a summer spend-
ing spree after nishing fourth in the
Super Lig last season, well behind
champions and Istanbul rivals Besiktas.
The result was unacceptable for fans
of Galatasaray, which has won more
Turkish championships than any other
club.
The future of its Dutch midelder
Shootout hero Bravo
sends Chile into final
Ronaldo exits Confed Cup to meet newborn twins
KAZAN, Russia, June 29,
(AFP): Claudio Bravo was
Chiles hero as they beat
Portugal 3-0 in a penalty
shoot-out in the Confedera-
tions Cup seminals.
The Manchester City goalkeeper
saved all three penalties from Por-
tugals Ricardo Quaresma, Joao
Moutinho and Nani, while Arturo
Vidal, Charles Aranguiz and Alexis
Sanchez nailed their spot-kicks for
the South Americans.
We are satised with the result and
how we played, but we have still not
won anything, warned the 34-year-old
Bravo.
Chile progress to Sundays nal in
St Petersburg to face either Mexico or
Germany, who meet Thursday in Sochi
in the other seminal.
Im very proud of this team. Clau-
dio pulled off some good saves to keep
us in the game, said Chile coach Juan
Antonio Pizzi.
He had the ability to foresee where
their players would put their kicks. Now
it doesnt matter who we get, we just
need to recover for the nal.
Losers Portugal will contest Sun-
SOCCER
days third-place play-off in Moscow.
Chile almost settled Wednesdays
match in the dying stages of extra-time
when both Vidal and substitute Martin
Rodriguez hit the woodwork as Portu-
gal hung on to take the game to a shoot-
out.
The defeat in Kazan will be bitterly
disappointing for Portugals superstar
forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Real Madrid star, who is facing
doubts about his future in Spain as he
prepares to answer allegations of tax
evasion in a Madrid court next month,
had won man-of-the-match awards in
all three group matches.
Before kick-off in Kazan, Manches-
ter Citys new signing Bernardo Silva
shook off a foot injury he suffered in the
4-0 drubbing of New Zealand to make
Portugals starting line-up.
With Pepe suspended, Jose Fonte
Gomis ready to be lion for Gala after deal
Wesley Sneijder who has been
the fulcrum of the clubs attack since
joining in 2013 is uncertain while
German marksman Lukas Podolski is
leaving for Japans Vissel Kobe.
Galatasaray are also set to sign the
French-born Moroccan international
midelder Younes Belhanda from
Dynamo Kyiv of Ukraine who is due
to arrive in Istanbul later Thursday.
Galatasaray last week also signed
Brazilian central
defender Maicon
Pereira Roque
from Sao Paulo in
a deal reportedly
worth seven mil-
lion euros for the
Brazilian club.
French attack-
ing midelder
Mathieu Val-
buena meanwhile
Thursday signed
Gomis
for Galatasarays
arch Istanbul rivals Fenerbahce as they
seek to reinforce their attacking line.
Valbuena congratulated me yes- fect on the team ... the midelder told
terday, I said that we were friends but
from now on we would be playing for
rival clubs and I want to see him under
Galatasaray in the table, joked Gomis.
Watford defender Craig Cathcart
has signed a new four-year contract
that will keep him at the club till June
2021, the Premier League club said on
Wednesday.
The 28-year-old has made 84 ap-
pearance for the club since joining
from Blackpool in 2014.
Cathcart struggled with a hernia
injury and featured in only 15 league
Mexico forward Rodolfo Pizarro (15), and Ghana midelder Ebenezer
Ofori compete for possession during the second half of an international
friendly soccer match on June 28, in Houston. Mexico won 1-0. (AP)
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2017
Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo makes a save in the shoot-out of the Con-
federations Cup, seminal soccer match between Portugal and Chile, at
the Kazan Arena, Russia on June 28. (AP)
partnered Bruno Alves at centre-back.
Up front, AC Milans 21-year-old
striker Andre Silva partnered Ronaldo,
but the pair endured a frustrating night
at the hands of Chiles defence.
Chiles coach Juan Antonio Pizzi
named the same team which drew 1-1
with world champions Germany last
Thursday as centre-back Gary Medel
and midelder Aranguiz both shook off
knocks. The game got off to a frantic
start which demanded early saves from
both goalkeepers.
With just six minutes gone, Sanchez
put a superb pass in behind the defence,
which landed just in front of Eduardo
Vargas, but Portugals goalkeeper Rui
Patricio blocked the shot.
At the other end moments later, a low
Ronaldo cross put Andre Silva in space,
but Bravo smothered the effort at close
range.
Aranguiz twice went close with ef-
forts on the Portugal goal in the opening
half and it was end-to-end stuff again
after the break.
Chiles Vargas forced Patricio into
another reex save, while Ronaldo
red at Bravo when Portugal counter-
attacked immediately.
Then Vidals long-range effort went
screaming just high and wide of the
Portugal goal.
Ronaldo sent a free-kick just over
games last season but new Watford
manager Marco Silva, who replaced
Walter Mazzarri last month, opted to
tie down the long-term future of one of
his most experience players.
Watford also signed midelder
Will Hughes from Championship side
Derby County last weekend as Silva
prepares his side before they host Liv-
erpool in the opening league xture at
Vicarage Road on Aug 12.
Swansea City captain Leon Britton
has signed a new one-year deal at the
Premier League club, the Welsh team
have said.
The 34-year-old has made over 450
appearances for Swansea in two long-
term spells at the club starting in 2003,
with a six-month stint at Shefeld Unit-
ed in the 2010-11 campaign. Britton
played 16 league games last campaign
for the team who nished 15th.
Im 35 in September but I feel
there is plenty left in the tank for me
to play in the rst team and have an ef-
high.
the clubs website (www.swanseacity.
com).
My idea is to stay at the football
club. Ive spoken to the chairman and
manager about the time when I do n-
ish playing football and I can stay at the
club as a coach.
At the moment my main focus is as
a player and giving everything in that
respect.
The Englishmans new contract also
includes an option for a one-year con-
tract extension along with a guaranteed
coaching role at the club after his retire-
ment.
41
and had a shot blocked as both sides
attacked relentlessly, but the scores re-
mained goalless and the game went to
extra time.
There was no let up in the pace as
Portugals Andre Gomes went close
while Sanchez headed Mauricio Islas
cross from the left just wide of the post.
Joao Moutinho came on for Adrien
Silva, who had worked tirelessly in
mideld for Portugal, in the rst period
of extra time.
With time almost up, Chile had
a penalty appeal turned down when
substitute Francisco Silva appeared to
be fouled by Fonte in the area before
Vidal, then Rodriguez rattled Portugals
woodwork.
Meanwhile, Portugals superstar
captain Cristiano Ronaldo revealed
Thursday he will not play in the Con-
federations Cup third-place match this
weekend as he will nally meet his
newborn twin boys.
Ronaldo, 32, is believed to have fa-
thered the twins with a surrogate moth-
er in the United States and already has a
seven-year-old son, Cristiano Ronaldo
Jnr, from a previous relationship.
The Real Madrid forward says he
gave his body and soul for Portugal
in the seminal, which nished goalless
after extra time, even though my two
sons were born.
Senegalese international forward
Famara Diedhiou will lead second
tier Bristol Citys line next season af-
ter the Championship side paid a club
record 5.3million (5.9m euros, $6.8m)
to prise him away from French outt
Angers.
The 24-year-old who attracted
Citys attention after scoring nine times
in 36 Ligue 1 appearances for Angers
last term signed a four year contract
with the west country team who irted
with relegation last season.
His sale represents good business for
Angers, who signed him from Sochaux
last year for 1.36m.
Obviously its our record signing,
which is amazing, Bristol head coach
Lee Johnson told the clubs ofcial
website.
Thank you to (chairman) Steve
(Lansdown), the board and everybody
involved in making the decisions, par-
ticularly how well (chief operating of-
cer) Mark (Ashton) has done in this
process because its never easy to bring
in a player when the competition is so
Johnson who is having to ll
the sizeable vacuum left by Tammy
Abraham who on loan from Chelsea
scored 26 goals in all competitions but
has now moved on to Swansea be-
lieves the six-times capped forward
will justify the outlay.
Im absolutely delighted, Johnson
added. I think hes going to be a huge
player for us.
He ts the bill for us because hell
complement all of our strikers per-
fectly. Hes powerful, hes quick and I
think hes got the potential to get even
bigger and stronger physically.
Premier League Swansea City
have made Dutch goalkeeper Erwin
Mulder their rst summer signing on
a free transfer after the 28-year-old
turned down a new contract at Eredivi-
sie side Heerenveen.
Swansea said on their website
(www.swanseacity.com) that Mulder
had signed a three-year deal and will
compete with Polish international
Lukasz Fabianski and Swedish
keeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt for the
position.
Now the opportunity has come and
I have taken it with both hands, he
said. The Premier League is the big-
gest league in the world. As a player,
you want to be part of that.
Of course I want to challenge to
play here, but Lukasz Fabianski is here
and Kristoffer Nordfeldt is here, so it is
going to be difcult. But I am going to
do (my) best.
Mulder will join his new team mates
for pre-season training on Monday.
Swansea nished 15th last season
after a successful battle against relega-
tion.
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Great Britain denied second world title

Bachmann tames Larin to earn Germany 1st gold

SEOUL, June 29, (AFP): Germany picked up a rst gold
medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships on
Thursday as Alexander Bachmann defeated Vladislav La-
rin of Russia in the nal of the mens Under-87kg in Muju,
South Korea.
Bachmann, ranked fourth in the world, recorded a narrow
11-9 victory over Larin, a defeat that gives Russia a third
silver medal in the 23rd edition of this biennial tournament.
Host South Korea leads the medal rankings with four gold
medals but was denied number ve in the womens Under-
73kg category. Serbias Milica Mandic, ranked second in the
world, overcame the challenge of local star Oh Hye-ri 17-13.
It was Serbias second gold medal of the event that ends
Friday and leaves the country second in the standings.
Great Britain was denied a second gold. In the mens
Over-87kg category, Mahama Cho was defeated 9-4 by
2016 Olympic silver medallist Abdoul Issoufou of Niger.
Frances Dylan Chellamootoo, ranked 56 in the world,
made it to the round of 32 in the mens Under-63kg before
narrowly losing to Hakan Recber of Turkey.
The seminals will take place on Friday between Great
Britains Bradly Sinden and Zhao Shuai of China while
Azerbaijans Mahammad Mammadov meets Mirhashem
Hosseini of Iran.
South Korea has a chance of taking gold number ve on
Friday in the womens Under-57kg category but Lee Ah-
reum must defeat two-time Olympic gold medal winner Jade
TAEKWONDO
Jones of Great Britain to progress to the nal.
The winner will meet either Nikita Glasnovic of Sweden
or Turkeys Hatice Ilgun.
Results:
Finals (Men Under 87kg)
Alexander Bachmann (GER), Vladislav Larin (RUS), In Kyo-don
(KOR), Ivan Trajkovic (SLO)
Men (Over 87kg)
Abdoul Issoufou (NIGER), Mahama Cho (GBR), Anthony
Obame (GAB), Roman Kuznetsov (RUS).
Women (Under 73kg)
Milica Mandic (SER), Oh Hye-ri (KOR), Maria Espinoza (MEX),
Reshmie Oogink (NLD).

ATP must look beyond the big four

Federer backs Murray to recover for Wimbledon

In this Nov 17, 2016 file photo, Milos Raonic, of Canada, plays a return to Dominic Thiem, of Austria during their
ATP World Tour Finals match at O2 Arena in London. Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy
Murray have combined to win the past 14 Wimbledon mens titles. Raonic is one of those who could possibly break
that run of dominance at the All England Club, where play begins Monday. (AP)
Merckx record will fall to me one day: Cavendish
Porte unimpressed with Sky mind games
DSSELDORF, Germany, June 29,
(AFP): Australian Richie Porte on
Thursday dismissed talk of him being
the Tour de France favourite as mind
games by rival Chris Froomes Sky
team.
Three-time Tour winner Froome
had on Wednesday described Porte as
the man to beat after the Tasmani-
ans strong showing at the Criterium
du Dauphine earlier this month.
But BMCs Porte said he wasnt
fooled by Skys eulogies.
Thats just one of the games they
play. At the end of the day, behind
closed doors they think theyve got
the guy to do it, said Porte, 32.
Hes got the track record. Chris is
obviously the one with the biggest tar-
get on his back hes the defending
champion.
But I dont think its just going
to be between Chris and I, theres so
many brilliant bike riders here, you
CYCLING
cant just focus on two guys, its more
than a two-horse race.
Porte used to be a team-mate of
Froomes and helped him win the
2013 and 2015 Tours before mov-
ing to BMC, with whom he has just
signed a contract extension tying him
down for next season.
But having spent many years in
the shadow of Froome, and Bradley
Wiggins before that, Portes form at
the Criterium du Dauphine, where
he lost out on overall victory to Den-
marks Jakob Fuglsang after a tacti-
cal mistake on the nal day saw him
distanced on the penultimate climb,
emphasised his stature as one of the
best stage racers in the world.
And the experience of leading such
an important race as the Dauphine
gave Porte a hint of what will be
going to be faster than Hondas. Im
Peter Sagan of Slovakia waves
to spectators during the team
presentation of the Tour de
France cycling race in the center
of Duesseldorf, Germany on
June 29. (AP)
awaiting him if he manages to grasp
the Tours yellow jersey at any stage.
I got a little bit of a taste of that
at the Dauphine with having the jer-
sey you have to do the anti-doping
test and the protocol with the media
afterwards.
It does take away a little bit of
your recovery but it is manageable.
Yet Porte believes Froomes expe-
rience on this stage does set him apart
from most of his rivals.
Mark Cavendish is adamant he
will secure the ve Tour de France
stage wins to break legendary Bel-
gian Eddie Merckxs all-time record
of 34, but it may have to wait another
year.
The 32-year-old Isle of Man born
sprint ace who has 30 stage wins
to his name since 2008 heads into
this years race starting Saturday
having recovered from the debili-
tating Epstein-Barr virus (glandular
fever).
Cavendish, whose biggest stage
haul on one Tour de France was six
in 2009, told Thursdays edition of
The Times he is not yet ring on all
cylinders so despite it being a sprint-
er-friendly Tour with seven stages po-
tentially up for grabs Merckx mark
may be safe for the moment.
I truly believe that I am the best
sprinter on the planet, said Caven-
dish.
Without this illness, I would be
going in looking to pass the record
this year.
The competitive res are burning
but I have to be realistic.
Its like, you know, Ducatis are
not ring like a Ducati right now.
Cavendish, who has another year
remaining on his 2million plus
($2.6m, 2.3m euros) contract with the
Dimension Data team, admits he is
three, four weeks behind where he
would like to be but is intent on nish-
ing the gruelling race.
If I was planning on bailing after a
week, I wouldnt be going to the Tour
at all, he said.
Belgian rider Jan Bakelants was
forced into a humble apology after
making inappropriate and sexual
remarks about Tour de France host-
esses.
The 31-year-old, who won a stage
of the Tour in 2013, got himself into
hot water after giving what he thought
was a humourous reply to a question
about sexual abstention during the
three-week Tour.
After making a reference to por-
nographic movies, he added in an in-
terview in Wednesdays Het Laastse
Nieuws: There are also the podium
hostesses.
LONDON, June 29, (Agencies): Roger
Federer expects Andy Murray to defend
the Wimbledon title despite his hip inju-
ry scare, but he warned the world num-
ber one not to play through the pain if he
is seriously hurt.
Murrays tness has become a major
issue ahead of the start of Wimbledon on
Monday after the Scot was forced to pull
out of two grass-court exhibition match-
es at the Hurlingham Club this week.
The two-time Wimbledon winner
withdrew from facing Lucas Pouille on
Tuesday due to his sore hip, then opted
not to take part in his scheduled practice
session on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Murray revealed he
wouldnt play his second exhibition on
Friday because he wanted to continue
resting his hip.
With Wimbledon just days away,
Murrays tness woes have sparked
fears he might miss the tournament.
But as the defending champion, Mur-
ray has the honour of opening proceed-
ings on Wimbledons Centre Court next
week and Federer believes the 30-year-
old will be there for the start of the tour-
nament.
lieves ATP must focus on the long-term
TENNIS
Were talking like hes in hospital
almost. It seems like he cant walk no
more, Federer told reporters at a Laver
ian Bruno Soares, said the constant focus
Cup launch in Wimbledon on Thursday.
The way I know Andy, he is tough as
nails. I feel like he will be there on open-
ing Monday. There are injuries and
injuries. He would have to be seriously
injured not to play.
For me if he can be get through the
rst round and feel better after he should
eluded the quartet.
play. I expect him to play.
While Federer is condent top seed
Murray will be ready to feature at the All
England Club, the seven-time Wimble-
don champion acknowledged it would
be foolish to play if he doesnt believe
he is t enough to make it through the
gruelling two-week tournament.
You would need to feel like you
could play for 14 days, if you feel you
can only play one match it isnt good
enough, Federer said.
Going over the best-of-ve sets over
two weeks, only the tough ones will sur-
vive, it will ush you out.
You need to feel condent in your
body otherwise whats the point.
The world is watching, the defending
champion opening the court is a big deal.
Because its a big deal you want to
feel as close to 100 percent as possible.
Even if Murray is t enough to play,
he goes into Wimbledon desperately
short of time on grass after suffering a
shock Queens Club rst-round defeat
against Australian world number 90 Jor-
dan Thompson.
But Federer says Murray is expe-
rienced enough on grass to be able to
quickly adapt to the unique demands on
the surface.
Yes sure, its ideal is to win every-
thing beforehand and to feel great in
practice, but the most important thing
for him is to get through the rst week,
Federer said.
He is a great rst week player. He
doesnt mind the slippery grass, he
doesnt mind the bounce of the ball. He
might even thrive in these conditions.
Im not happy to hear he is struggling
with something. I hope its not serious. I
wish him the best.
American great John McEnroe, anoth-
er former Wimbledon champion, agrees
with Federer that it would take a serious
injury to keep Murray from appearing.
Rafael Nadal was the last male Wim-
bledon champion to miss out on defend-
ing his title back in 2009.
Everyone knows how nice that tradi-
tion is. Im sure it killed Rafa, McEnroe
said. I would be absolutely amazed if
Andy didnt do it.
That would denitely tell you its a
serious injury and he would be out for a
serious length of time.
Doubles specialist Jamie Murray be-
future of the game and not just promote
the big four of mens tennis that include
his brother Andy.
The 31-year-old Scot, who won the
Queens Club doubles title with Brazil-
on the top players was undermining the
quality of tennis the rest of the eld was
capable of producing on the tour.
The mens singles eld is dominated
by Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Rog-
er Federer and Rafa Nadal with only ve
of the last 40 grand slam crowns have
The ATP have pushed these four
guys (Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic,
(Left to right): US tennis legend John McEnroe, Swiss player Roger
Federer and Australian tennis legend Rod Laver pose with the Laver Cup
in Wimbledon, southwest London on June 29. The Laver Cup is a new
competition in mens tennis that pits European players against the rest of
the world. (AFP)
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal) which
means the problem is that anyone not in
the top ten isnt very good and thats not
true, Jamie told the Times.
Andy lost last week to Jordan
Thompson, who (was) 90 in the world,
and everyone says its the worst loss
ever, but the guy winning the US Open
golf could be 100th in the world and no
one says anything but well played.
When people think of tennis they
think of the four players at the top of
the game. The sport isnt promoted, the
players are and that will be a problem
when these guys stop playing.
McEnroe said he regretted recently
saying Serena Williams would be ranked
like 700 in the world if she had to play
on the mens circuit and said he was sur-
prised by the controversy his comments
ignited. McEnroe previously said that
Williams, a record 23-times grand slam
champion in the professional era, was
the best female player ever but then de-
clined to label her the best player overall,
prompting Williams to ask McEnroe for
respect.
It would have been better not to have
said it. I didnt realize it would create
something like this, he told reporters
on an ESPN conference call ahead of the
July 3 start of the Wimbledon champion-
ships, the third grand slam event of the
year.
It would have been easier to leave it.
Look, shes a great player and its apples
and oranges.
But McEnroe, a seven-times grand
slam winner and current ESPN broad-
caster, did not retract his earlier state-
ment about where Williams would rank
if she competed against men.
This is not something that has been
earth shattering, that I feel theres a dif-
ference in the level of the women and the
men, he said.

SPORTS
SAfricas Richards calls on De Villiers to quit captaincy
LONDON, June 29, (AFP): South
Africa great Barry Richards believes
AB de Villiers should give up the
Proteas one-day captaincy if he de-
cides to prolong his international
career.
One of the outstanding batsmen
of his generation, the 33-year-old de
Villiers headed home after captain-
ing the Proteas in a 19-run defeat
by England in Cardiff on Sunday
that saw them beaten 2-1 in a three-
match Twenty20 series.
They previously lost a one-day in-
ternational series to England by the
same scoreline and then suffered a
hugely disappointing rst-round exit
at the Champions Trophy.
But a Test series against England
is the centrepiece of a four-month
tour.
However, it has long been planned
that de Villiers would miss the four-
Test campaign to take a break from
the strain of being one of the worlds
leading players in all three interna-
tional formats.
The de Villiers thing has esca-
lated, said Richards, arguably the
worlds leading batsman in the early
Cricket Australia warn players
In this le photo dated March 29, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
vice president of the United Arab Emirates and Dubai ruler, attends the sum-
mit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea in Jordan. The Godolphin Cross vil-
lage in southwest England reached out to the Dubai ruler because his famous
Godolphin horseracing stables share the towns name, and now because of
a generous donation the village can purchase a former Methodist chapel for
the towns new community center building it is announced on June 29. (AP)
101-year-old racecourse had glittering past
Beiruts racetrack hopes
for winning streak again
BEIRUT, June 29, (RTRS): Bei-
ruts racecourse, which hosted
monarchs and movie stars in its
chic heyday and survived Leba-
nons civil war, is struggling to se-
cure its future after years of slow
decline.
The Hip-
podrome
marked its
centenary
last year. But
it has an ag-
ing clientele,
must fend of
private de-
velopers, and
has lost reve-
nue to illegal Yousef
gambling.
Now it is seeking a younger
crowd and new investment from
city authorities.
Its director general Nabil Nas-
rallah was on a recent day study-
ing the draft of an advertisment
for family-friendly night races, a
move he hopes will bring in more
youthful punters.
Would it be better to use the
phrase back a winner or guess a
winner? he wondered.
He proposes using what is rare
patch of green in Beiruts centre
as a park on days when there is
no racing, and hopes to restore the
racecourse to its past glories with
development projects.
The city authorities, which own
it, have not yet put in the money,
he said.
On white plastic chairs in the
concrete stands, amid the chatter
of conversation and the gurgle of
water pipes, most men watching
the horses one recent Sunday were
Best of the Rest
Fever keep Sky Winless:
Candice Dupree scored 17 points,
Briann January had 10 points and
seven assists, and the Indiana Fever
beat the Chicago Sky 82-75 on
Wednesday.
Chicago has lost seven straight
home games to begin the season,
tying a franchise record.
Erica Wheeler made three
3-pointers and scored 13 points for
Indiana (7-7). Tiffany Mitchell hit
her rst three free throws to break
her own franchise record with 43
straight. The streak ended in the
fourth quarter after missing her rst
free throw since May 17. (AP)
China out of Australian Open:
The powerful China mens table
In this le photo, South Africas AB
De Villiers hits a 6 over the stands
during the second T20 Blast match
at the Cooper Associates County
Ground, Taunton, England, on
June 23. (AP)
1970s, at a press conference staged
by Test series sponsors Investec in
London on Thursday.
Its become a bigger issue than
Pay row deadline looms
middle-aged or older.
Many had patronised the Hip-
podrome since its 1960s heyday,
when the city painted itself as the
Paris of the Middle East and rac-
es drew a glittering high-society
crowd.
All the presidents of republics
and ofcials visiting from abroad
used to come here, like the Shah
of Iran, (Saudi) King Abdulziz and
the king of Greece. It was one of
the most prestigious and beautiful
places in Beirut, Nasrallah said.
HORSE RACING
Back then the original elegant
grandstand was lled with specta-
tors and 15 horses ran each race,
instead of ve now.
The grandstand was smashed in
the ghting when Israel occupied
Beirut in 1982.
The Hippodrome was for years
on the Green Line, the front be-
tween Lebanons warring factions
in the 1970-1995 civil war, and
nearby city buildings still bear the
marks of bullets and shrapnel on
their ripped facades.
We had more than 10,000
people coming from east and
west, from the different sides, for
race meetings, said Nasrallah of
races during the war. Unlike other
crossing points on the frontline,
the racecourse was not a target for
snipers.
But the Gulf sheikhs who used
to race their thoroughbreds here
now have racecourses in their
own countries, although Islamic
law bars the gambling that attracts
many punters in Beirut.
tennis team on Thursday pulled out
of next weeks Australian Open
citing fatigue, deepening a crisis
sparked by the removal of their
popular head coach.
It comes days after the worlds top
three players -- Ma Long, Fan Zhen-
dong and Xu Xin -- failed to appear
for their second-round matches at the
prestigious China Open in protest at
the ousting of highly respected coach
Liu Guoliang. (AFP)
Kings ink Bogdanovic: Serbian
guard Bogdan Bogdanovic will be-
come the highest-paid rookie in NBA
history after agreeing to a three-year
deal worth $36 million with the Sac-
ramento Kings, the Sacramento Bee
reported Wednesday. (AFP)
Ball injury adds to England bowling concerns
Perera hopes to add Sri Lankan magic to T20 Blast
LONDON, June 29, (AFP): Sri
Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera
will be Gloucestershires second
overseas player for their T20 Blast
campaign, the English county an-
nounced on Thursday.
The 28-year-old, who has ac-
crued over 100 One-Day Interna-
tional and 50 Twenty20 appear-
ances for his country, replaces
Australias Andrew Tye, who in-
jured a shoulder in May.
I am hoping to bring a bit of Sri
it should have been. It should have
been managed a lot better a long time
ago, added Richards, who played
just four Tests but made two hun-
dreds and averaged over 72, before
South Africas apartheid-enforced
isolation ended his international ca-
reer
De Villiers was only leading the
Twenty20 side in place of Faf du
Plessis, who is back in South Africa
expecting the birth of his child.
Du Plessis is also South Africas
SYDNEY, June 29, (AFP): Cricket
Australia has sent a formal letter to
warring players ofcially informing
them they will be unemployed if a deal
is not reached this week in their pro-
tracted pay dispute.
Amid reports that Australias cricket-
ers will decide this weekend whether
their image rights are sold offshore, CA
high performance manager Pat Howard
has warned they must seek permission to
play in other Twenty20 leagues.
Months of bitter negotiations are
coming to a head before the current
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
expires on Friday with players to be un-
employed if there is no resolution.
Coming tours to Bangladesh and
India are also at risk along with Eng-
lands showpiece Ashes tour to Aus-
tralia later in the year.
With the increasing likelihood of no
agreement, media are reporting that
some players will seek employment
in foreign T20 leagues if they are left
without a contract.
CA has warned players that if they
sign with competing sponsors they will
not be offered new contracts, The Aus-
tralian newspaper said.
CRICKET
The more than 200 players who will
be out of contract were informed that
they would not be expected to train or
play and that they would not be paid
for that period even when a new con-
tract was signed, the CA email said.
The correspondence is seen as a
clear sign that CA intends to dig in if
players do not agree to its proposal to
modify the revenue-share arrangement
from previous agreements.
The Australian Cricketers Asso-
ciation has been staunchly opposed to
CAs plan to modify the existing MOU
that provides a at share of revenue for
the players.
CA has offered international mens
and womens players a share of surpluses
up to Aus$20 million ($15 million),
while increases in domestic players pay-
ments would be capped at 18 percent
(men) and 150 percent (women).
In the latest CA correspondence,
Howard told the players: If your con-
tract expires on 30 June, you will not
be an employee of CA, a State Asso-
ciation or a W/BBL Team from 1 July.
This means that you are not re-
quired to play, train, perform player
appearances or media commitments,
and you will not be paid a retainer un-
til such time as a MOU is agreed and
a player contract is agreed with you in
writing.
The players have established The
Cricketers Brand in anticipation of a
lockout but CA warned them they need
to be careful about new sponsors.
All players will be provided with a
list of protected sponsors for 2017/18,
Howard wrote.
Any player entering into unap-
proved endorsements during any un-
contracted period puts at risk future
endorsement arrangements with CA,
State and W/BBL partners, and puts
you at risk of not being able to enter
into a contract for the upcoming season
with CA, the State or W/BBL Team.
Caeleb Dressel celebrates after
winning the Mens 50 LC Meter
Buttery Final during the 2017 Phil-
lips 66 National Championships &
World Championship Trials at Indi-
ana University Natatorium on June
28, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (AFP)
Lankan magic
to Bristol and
Cheltenham,
and look for-
ward to en-
tertaining the
crowds, he
told the county
sides website.
I am delight-
ed to be joining
a talented and
ambitious side Perera
Test skipper but the imminent birth
of his child means the batsman is
also set to miss next weeks rst
Test at Lords, which starts on July
6, with Dean Elgar leading the side.
Richards said there was no reason
why du Plessis could not captain in
all three international formats.
I think AB is up to here with
cricket, said Richards, one of the
games pioneering globetrotters in a
career that saw him play in England
and Australia as well as South Af-
Katie Ledecky takes a breath on her way to winning the womens 200m freestyle at the US swimming national
championships in Indianapolis, on June 28. (AP)
Ledecky wins 200-meter
freestyle title at US meet
Dressel breaks Jones 50m butterfly mark
CHICAGO, June 29,
(AFP): Five-time Olympic
champion Katie Ledecky
won the 200-meter free-
style crown Wednesday at
the US Swim Champion-
ships, taking her second
title of the qualifying meet
for next months World
Championships.
Ledecky, who won the 800 free
Tuesday after nishing sixth in the
100 free, will swim for titles Fri-
day in the 400 free and Saturday in
the 1,500 free.
The 20-year-old reigning world and
Olympic 200m champion won in 1min
54.84secs, defeating Leah Smith by
1.84 seconds.
SWIMMING
She could swim in four individual
events and two relays at next months
World Championships in Budapest,
Hungary, with a strong showing at this
ve-day meet in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Ledecky captured 200, 400 and 800
free Olympic gold last year in Rio
defending the 800 crown she won in
London and helped the US womens
4x200 relay win as well. Ledecky won
the world 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyle
titles and shared in a 4x200 free relay win
in 2013 in Barcelona then defended those
crowns while adding the 200 world title
in 2015 at Russia.
Reigning Olympic 100 and 200
backstroke champion Ryan Murphy
won the 200 back crown in 1:54.30,
downing Rio Olympian Jacob Pebley
by .48 of a second.
Kathleen Baker, the 2016 Rio Olym-
pic 100 back runner-up, won the 200
back crown in 2:06.38 with 15-year-
old Regan Smith second in 2:08.55.
Caeleb Dressel won the 50 buttery
in a meet-record 23.05, breaking the
mark of 23.26 set by runner-up Cullen
Jones in qualifying. Jones swam 23.27
in the nal.
In the 200 breaststroke, Olympian
Kevin Cordes won his third national
crown in 2:07.41 while Lilly King took
the womens title in 2:21.83.
Townley Haas won the mens 200
free in 1:45.03 while Kelsi Worrell
took the womens 50 buttery in 25.69.
Results
Men
200 freestyle: 1. Townley Haas 1min
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for the T20 Blast.
Working alongside two excellent
coaches in Richard Dawson and Ian
Harvey, I am sure I will learn a lot
whilst at the same time adding to the
quality already within the group.
Perera was a member of Sri
Lankas Champions Trophy squad
earlier this month and joins Austral-
ian batsman Cameron Bancroft as
Gloucestershires overseas players
for the competition that runs from
July 7 to Sept 2.
ricas Natal province, while pointing
to his neck.
I think hed like to go the inde-
pendent contractor route, explained
Richards, who had a staggering av-
erage of nearly 80 in ve Supert-
est appearances for the World XI in
Kerry Packers rebel World Series
Cricket in Australia in the late 1970s
the forerunner for todays lucra-
tive Twenty20 leagues around the
world, where de Villiers is a player
in high demand.
Athletes completely abandoned
11 British sports bodies
call for funding changes
LONDON, June 29, (RTRS): The
national governing bodies of 11
Olympic and Paralympic sports is-
sued a joint statement on Thurs-
day calling for Britain to abandon
a two-class system of funding x-
ated on medal success.
The sports, which include ar-
chery, badminton, fencing and
weightlifting, have been left without
National Lottery and government
funding ahead of the 2020 Tokyo
Olympics.
Weve been thrown under a
bus, Adrian Christy, the Badmin-
ton England chief executive whose
sport came home from last years
Rio de Janeiro
Olympics with a
bronze medal,
told the BBC.
The Every
Sport Matters
joint manifesto
said the exist-
ing approach
had reaped
plenty of med-
als but disen-
franchised elite Christy
athletes with a
system that runs counter to Olym-
pic ideals.
Currently, athletes in sports de-
prived of Lottery funding will nd it
almost impossible to qualify for the
Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics,
it added.
Even athletes with recognised
medal potential created by Lottery
funding have now been completely
abandoned by the system.
UK Sports focus on medal po-
tential has produced record returns,
with Britain second in the Rio Olym-
45.03secs, 2. Blake Pieroni 1:46.30, 3.
Zane Grothe 1:46.39
200 backstroke: 1. Ryan Murphy
1:54.30, 2. Jacob Pebley 1:54.78, 3.
Robert Owen 1:57.17
200 breaststroke: 1. Kevin Cordes
2:07.41, 2. Nicolas Fink 2:08.63, 3.
Josh Prenot 2:08.72
50 buttery: 1. Caeleb Dressel
23.05, 2. Cullen Jones 23.27, 3. Tim
Phillips 23.37
Women
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Hes got a young family, hes
away (from home) a lot. If he wants
to continue playing (for South Africa
he should give away the captaincy.
Faf (du Plessis) has done a very
good job and I think he can do a
good job in all three formats.
If AB wants to carry on playing
he should give away the captaincy
and concentrate on his batting.
Hes a wonderful player but in
the last few months I dont think
weve seen the best of him.
Meanwhile, paceman Jake Ball
piled on the problems for Englands
bowling attack on Thursday when
he was ruled out of the rst Test
with South Africa because of a knee
strain.
The 26-year-old suffered the in-
jury playing for Nottinghamshire
in the County Championship this
week and joins fellow seamers Stu-
art Broad and Chris Woakes on the
sidelines ahead of next weeks rst
Test against the Proteas.
Balls injury is also a huge blow to
his countys hopes of beating Surrey
in Saturdays One-Day Cup nal at
Lords.
pic standings with 27 gold medals
and 67 in total. In 1996, Britain was
36th in the medals table with just
one gold among 15 medals.
However there has also been
criticism of the win-at-all-cost ap-
proach.
There is too much of a culture of
medal winners and non-medal win-
ners which is unhealthy and doesnt
speak well for us as a sporting so-
ciety, UK Athletics chairman Ed
Warner told reporters in May.
Thursdays manifesto urged
Katherine Grainger, the ve times
Olympic rowing medallist who
takes over as chair of UK Sport
next week, to instigate a thorough
review.
We urge UK Sport to recognise
that medal targets alone should not
be the sole criteria for its funding,
it said.
OLYMPICS
Grainger acknowledged the call
but indicated there could be no
quick x.
I will of course listen to these
sports concerns, and UK Sport will
go out to consultation again on its in-
vestment strategy for the 2024 cycle,
she said in a UK Sport statement.
But as things currently stand, as
ever with nite investment, we sim-
ply cannot reach the sports who are
furthest away from medal success.
UK Sport runs a lean operation
... so to take the approach these
sports are suggesting would mean
taking away funding or expertise
from athletes with greater chances
of medal success.
200 freestyle: 1. Katie Ledecky
1:54.84, 2. Leah Smith 1:56.68, 3.
Melanie Margalis 1:56.90
200 backstroke: 1. Kathleen Baker
2:06.38, 2. Regan Smith 2:08.55, 3.
Asia Seidt 2:08.99
200 breaststroke: 1. Lilly King
2:21.83, 2. Bethany Galat 2:22.24, 3.
Miranda Tucker 2:25.82
50 buttery: 1. Kelsi Worrell 25.69,
2. Hellen Moftt 26.19, 3. Kendyl
Stewart 26.24

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Waring takes early
French Open lead
LINES, France, June 29, (AFP):
Englishman Paul Waring red
an opening-round seven-under-
par 64 to take a two-shot lead
after the rst round of the French
Open at Golf National on Thurs-
day.
The world number 279 carded
seven birdies in his bogey-free
effort to sit atop the leaderboard,
with Belgian Ryder Cup star
Thomas Pieters in a three-way
tie for second
place.
Jon
Spaniard
Rahm
signed for a
one-under 70
as he looks
to boost his
chances of
playing in the
Ryder Cup at
Golf National
Waring next year,
while Tommy
Fleetwood, who challenged at
the US Open earlier this month,
is only three strokes off the lead.
The 32-year-old Waring had
GOLF
four birdies in ve holes on the
back nine on his way to the lead.
Waring, who is having the
best season of his career so far,
will play at a major championship
for the rst time since 2008 at
next months British Open.
Pieters, 25, is looking for his
rst title of the season after three
top-10 nishes, including at the
Masters in April.
The world number 28 poured
in three successive birdies on
the Albatros course on his way
to a round of 66, with a bogey on
the par-ve ninth his only blem-
ish.
Englands Fleetwood, who
reached a career-high ranking
of 21st by nishing fourth in the
US Open at Erin Hills, is another
who will be expecting to qualify
for Thomas Bjorns European
Ryder Cup team.
He hit 17 of 18 greens to get
off to a solid start in the tourna-
ment that has substantial Ryder
Cup points on offer as part of
the European Tours eight-event
Rolex Series.
The 22-year-old Rahm mixed
four birdies with a bogey and a
double bogey in his rst round
in a European Tour event that
isnt co-sanctioned with the PGA
Tour.
Britains Johanna Konta plays a shot against Latvias Jelena Ostapenko
during their womens singles third round tennis match at the ATP Aegon
International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, southern England on June
29. Konta won 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. (AFP)
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Djokovic battles past Young
Woz wins
EASTBOURNE, United
Kingdom, June 29, (AFP):
Novak Djokovic overcame
a spirited challenge from
Donald Young, beating the
American 6-2, 7-6 (11/9) on
Thursday to claim the rst
of the semi-nal places at
the Eastbourne pre-Wim-
bledon event.
The Serb top seed, competing
during the week before Wimble-
don for the rst time in seven years,
saved a pair of set points in the sec-
ond set before nally putting Young
away after a lengthy tie-break.
The rst set went my way and
I played good, I felt good on the
court, Djokovic said. It was very
close second set. Obviously could
have gone easily his way.
Im just glad the way I held my
composure, my nerves. This is the kind
of match situation that I was looking
forward to have, and Im glad it hap-
pened today and managed to over-
come it.
The former world number one is
rebuilding for Wimbledon after a poor
past year by his world-class standards
and is pointing toward the grass-court
major as an immediate goal.
Djokovic, who took a wild card into
the tournament on the English south
coast, is the second-highest-ranked
mens player ever to compete at
Eastbourne behind then-number two
Marcelo Rios in 1998.
There is always something that is
going on (around the sport). But we
are not robots. We are humans. We
have to deal with those things, said the
three-time Wimbledon champion.
Actually, those adversities that we
have to face on the court and chal-
lenges are actually there to be present-
ed as an opportunity for us to learn, to
get stronger, to grow from that experi-
ence.
With the rest of the field a round
behind after two days of rain interrup-
tions, organisers were playing catch up
ed Elena Vesnina 6-1, 6-2.
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FC Cincinnati defender Matt Bahner (left), and Chicago Fire forward Arturo Alvarez (right), vie for the ball in the rst half of a US Open Cup soccer match
on June 28 in Cincinnati. (AP)
and praying for better weather.
Fourth seed and title-holder Steve
Johnson finished off his contest with
Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano,
advancing 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
Second seed Gael Monfils dis-
patched Briton Cameron Norrie 6-3,
6-2 while number three John Isner
staged a comeback to defeat Dusan
Lajovic 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/4).
Australian Bernard Tomic surprised
sixth seed Mischa Zverev 6-3, 6-2 as
Richard Gasquet, seeded seventh, beat
Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-4.
Womens top seed Angelique Kerber
thrashed Lara Arruabarrena 6-2, 6-1 in
TENNIS
the first of her two matches on the day.
The German is clinging to her top
ranking under heavy pressure from
number two Simona Halep, who
defeated Tsvetana Pironkova 6-7 (6/8),
7-6 (7/4), 7-5.
Third seed Karolina Pliskova
advanced to the quarter-finals over
Chinas Peng Shuai 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 while
sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki defeat-
Double Grand Slam winner Svetlana
Kuznetsova overcame French ninth
seed Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
Vettel has been
punished enough
LONDON, June 29, (RTRS):
Ferraris Sebastian Vettel has
been punished enough for
driving into title rival Lewis
Hamilton in Azerbaijan last
Sunday and Formula One
should move on, according
to 2009 world champion
Jenson Button.
The governing International
Automobile Federation (FIA)
has said it will re-examine the
incident on Monday and
could take further action
ahead of next weeks Austrian
Grand Prix.
Azerbaijan GP was a pleas-
ure to watch, Button said on
Twitter on Thursday. Why?
because adrenaline and emo-
tions were high. What Vettel
did was silly but hes been pun-
ished. Move on.
The German, who leads
Mercedes driver Hamilton in
the championship by 14
points, was handed a 10 sec-
ond stop and go penalty dur-
ing the race for what many
saw as an act of road rage.
I dont think you can class
it as road rage when its not
on the road, Button added.
You cant compare racing
with driving on the road as
racing wouldnt exist.
Vettel hit the back of
Hamiltons Mercedes while
they were under safety car
conditions and then gesticu-
lated angrily before pulling
alongside and banging
wheels.
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