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To honour Chut Wutty

May Titthara
EARLY two years have passed since Cambodias leading forestry activist, Chut Wutty, was gunned down in the Cardamom Mountains. After a long wait, more than 100 activists, supporters and monks will nally make the pilgrimage on Saturday to the spot where he was killed to pay their respects. Forestry activists will travel from far aeld to attend, joining monks from Koh Kong province offering prayers and blessings in remembrance of a
Pilgrimage planned to killing site

man many revere as a martyr who strove to protect Cambodias rapidly depleting forests from seemingly insatiable business interests. The family and those who love the forest will remember him in their heart forever, Chheuy Oddom Rasmey, Wuttys son, said. Wutty was fatally shot while investigating illegal logging in Mondul Seima districts Bak Khlang commune on April 26, 2012, in the company of two journalists working for a local newspaper. Charges against the man suspected of ring the fatal shots, In Rattana, were eventually dropped because both victim and suspect were dead Rattana having been shot shortly after Wutty. Timber Green employee Ran Borath was found guilty by Koh Kong Provincial Court in October 2012 of the accidental killing of Rattana,
but he would only serve six months of his two-year sentence. Government ofcials at the time put forward a series of explanations that rights groups called bizarre and contradictory following the shooting, before pinning the blame on Rattana. I will continue seeking justice for my doting father, even though the Cambodian court rejects his case, Rasmey said. After two years, Oddom Rasmey said he has been left with more questions Continues on page 2
A PHNOM Penh-based factory supplying uniforms for police officers and firefighters in the US city of Los Angeles continues to break Cambodian labour laws, a report to be publicly released today says. Kin Tai Garment factory, a supplier to 5.11 Tactical which sells the uniforms to the Los Angeles municipality has made little to no effort to address myriad violations the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) brought to the attention of the factory during an eight-month inquiry, the report says. The report from the inquiry, which ended in November, singled out three main areas of noncompliance: labour contracts, benefits and health and safety issues. Regrettably, aside from ending its practice of illegally denying maternity leave benefits to female workers and reducing the number of workers that the factory employs unlawfully under casual labor arrangements, Kin Tais management has not followed any of [our] recommendations. City officials commissioned the WRC audit of the Taiwanese-owned Meanchey district factory in keeping with LAs Sweat-Free Procurement Ordinance, the report says. The ordinance requires facilities that produce clothing and other goods supplying the public sector to adhere to a specific set of labour standards. A Kin Tai official listed on the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) website as the factorys contact person did not answer phone calls or an email yesterday. Despite a section in Cambodias Labour Law barring employers from signing employees who have served two years or more to short-term contracts, about 60 per cent of its work force during the time of the study were employed this way, the report says. Less than 3 per cent of Kin Tais roughly 800 employees worked on unlimitedterm contracts during the time of the WRC investigation. Since the investigation, the number of employees on illegal contracts has Continues on page 4
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Gates couple makes visit to Cambodia
Prayers in Chut Wuttys honour

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HE worlds wealthiest person, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, made a brief appearance in the border town of Pailin on Saturday, where their foundation funds projects to combat drug-resistant malaria. According to staff at the Memoria Palace & Resort, the philanthropists met with health ministry officials and employees from projects funded by their organisation at the hotel before jetting on to Siem Reap. Gates, the founder of Microsoft, launched his foundation in 1994 and has since donated over $28 billion to projects largely dedicated to improving health and alleviating poverty. A strain of malaria resistant to the anti-malarial drug artemisinin is most prevalent on the Cambodia-Thai border, particularly in Pailin and Battambang, according to the World Health Organization. The Gates Foundation, a donor to the Global Fund that has distributed over four million mosquito nets in the Kingdom, could not be reached for comment. KEVIN PONNIAH
than answers. He is preparing to le a case to the International Court of Justice, he added, as the Cambodian justice system has failed to properly investigate the killing. I want to seek justice for my father, whoever is behind the killing of my father, he said. The killing sent shockwaves through the activist community, with one prominent rights worker saying that it set a very chilling precedent for anyone who wants to speak out against the status quo in Cambodia. Chhum Yim, a forest activist who worked closely with Wutty, said he hoped the authorities would allow the commemoration to be held without obstruction. We are not afraid because, in the past, even though there were threats from the police, I and Chut Wutty still tried to curb forest crimes, he said. But despite the best efforts of activists such as Wutty and Yim, the depletion of Cambodias forests continues virtually unabated. About 42 per cent of the country was covered in dense forest in 1973, with only about 11 per cent remaining, maps
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Activist Chut Wutty in early 2012, just months before he was gunned down. His supporters plan to return to the site where he was shot to mark the second anniversary of his death. MATHIEU YOUNG
released by Open Development in December showed. In a particularly glaring example, the Snuol Wildlife Sanctuary has been 90 per cent deforested. Since 2009, about 60 per cent of the evergreen coverage in the sanctuary has been lost to vast government-sanctioned economic land concessions. Illegal loggers backed by big business have contin-
ued to nd new ways to circumvent bans and reinvent the industry. A Post investigation earlier this month revealed that the populations of whole districts in Preah Vihear province had been encouraged to fell trees on an industrial scale for tycoon Try Pheaps MDS Import Export Co, leading to anarchic logging on a scale that may be unprecedented in Cambodia.
Attendees at Saturdays no-doubt solemn ritual will mourn both the man Wutty was and the passing of a robust resistance to rampant illegal logging that has now waned, Yim said. If Chut Wutty was still alive, the forest destruction would not be as anarchic as it is now, he said. We also try to make a difference, but we are not as powerful as he was.
OUR people were killed and seven people critically injured early yesterday in a three-vehicle accident on National Road 5 in Battambang province, police said. Traffic official Men Borey said a van speeding from Pailin province to Phnom Penh collided with a black car, before a bus which was also speeding crashed into the van. We have concluded that the traffic accident was caused by a van; however, a [bus] ... must also take responsibility as it hit that van from behind, he said. The accident follows another deadly Khmer New Year on the roads. According to National Police figures released on Friday, from April 13 to 17, 48 people were killed on the roads and more than 400 injured. The average number of deaths per day during the holiday was double that of the national yearround average of five. According to the National Police, many of last weeks accidents were caused by speeding, drunk-driving, fatigue and carelessness.
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med students Sokha snubs China for US Angry threaten test boycott
AMBODIA National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha pledged his partys foreign policy allegiance to the United States over China in no uncertain terms to top ofcials in Washington, last week, according to a summary of his meetings posted online. A document released by the US-based Cambodia National Rescue Foundation over the weekend gives a rundown of Sokhas meetings with US State Department and Pentagon ofcials. CNRP public affairs head Mu Sochua said last night that the document could be regarded as legitimate. In a meeting on April 15 with the general principal director for South and Southeast Asia at the Pentagon, who is not named, Sokha stressed that Cambodia [had suffered] enough with the communist, the document says. So we dont want to be ally with the communist like Red China. We want to be a USA ally, he reportedly said. In response, the US Department of Defense ofcial said, according to the document: This is what we want to hear
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Kem Sokha, Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy president, speaks at a press conference late last year. Sokha pledged his partys support for the US during a visit to Washington last week. HENG CHIVOAN
and we will pass the message to our chain of command. In January, CNRP leader Sam Rainsy publicly said his party supported China in maritime disputes in the South China Sea. Though China is engaged in maritime disputes with numerous countries, Rainsy focused on Vietnam, which he accused of land grabbing, according to media reports. US ofcials recently have
more aggressively opposed Chinas actions in the South China Sea and particularly its unilaterally declared air defence identication zone, accusing it of fomenting instability in the region. Cambodia has long been regarded as one of Chinas top regional allies, beneting from huge loans, grants and investment projects. According to the document, Sokha also met with Daniel
Russell, US assistant secretary of state, on April 16, with Russell saying he was pleased the CNRP had held out on cutting a deal with the ruling Cambodian Peoples Party to end the political deadlock until serious reforms were promised. I am delighted to see that you did not make the deal just for the sake of a deal. All the deals have to benet Cambodia in [the] long run, Russell said.
ABOUT 180 medical and dentistry students will refuse to sit the first government-ordered national exams, set to begin on Saturday, in protest of what they say amounts to discrimination, representatives of the students said yesterday. Meng Hor, a representative of dentistry students, said the exams, which were approved by the Council of Ministers and Ministry of Health, discriminate against state university students as they are not compulsory for those studying at private institutions. If the exams are not cancelled, we will be willing to walk out ... We will boycott the national exams, Hor said. The national exams to be taken at the end of medical and dentistry degrees to determine whether students are qualified to practise were approved under a sub-decree in 2007, however this is the first year that they are actually being held. In a letter dated April 18, In Virak Cheat, secretary of state at the Council of Ministers, agreed to a proposal from
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng that students be required to join national exams between April 26 and May 3. Later that day, about 100 students protested in front of the University of Health Sciences on Phnom Penhs Monivong Boulevard, waving banners with slogans denouncing the lack of transparency and fairness in administrating national exams and calling for them to be cancelled. The seventh-year dentistry students and eighth-year medical students had already begun their courses before the subdecree was introduced and argue that it has been enacted too late to be a requirement. In reality, we are not afraid of the exams because we have finished our exams and theses. They have only just announced the national exams on April 7, allowing us only 10 days to register for them, Da Ngel, a representative for the medical students, said. Ngel appealed to Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday to intervene and scrap plans for the exams this year. Minister of Health Bun Heng could not be reached for comment yesterday.
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National A troubling factory is supplier to LAs nest

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Once again, Sochua denied

Alice Cuddy and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
OLLOWING a break over Khmer New Year, opposition lawmakerelect Mu Sochua continued her campaign to bring freedom to Freedom Park yesterday morning and was once again met with force, this time metres outside of the park. At about 8am yesterday, the Cambodia National Rescue Party member attempted, for the fth time, to enter the park to protest her right to democracy, equality and freedom of expression, but this time the park was an entire block out of her reach. [There were] security forces with shields and batons ... I couldnt even get close, she said. I went with a bunch of lotus owers to bring blessings ... They [security forces] took the owers and chopped the tops off of them. Despite the government having lifted the ban on assembly outside of Freedom Park which had been introduced in the wake of unrest earlier this year Sochua said she was met by multiple security forces. Ou Virak, chairman of the Cambodian Center for Human
Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua is once again confronted by helmeted security guards as she tries to enter Freedom Park in Phnom Penh yesterday. PHA LINA
Rights, said the incident is evidence that what is being said publicly has no resonance with what happens on the ground. But despite a mass security presence, which far outnumbered her supporters, Sochua said that orders to manhandle her were initially ignored. I sat down and orders were given to the security forces to pick me up but they didnt follow the orders. They called for re-enforcements and ordered them to lift me up. They ig-
nored [those orders] for a long time too. Sochua, who has used the campaign to address different rights issues, yesterday spoke in support of garment workers calls for a $160 monthly minimum wage. Anna Burger, former secretary-treasurer of the USbased Service Employees International Union, who was supporting Sochua yesterday, said she was shocked by the security turnout. We came
[in the spirit of ] freedom, with facts and owers. They came with helmets, shields and weapons. But City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said Sochua goaded forces into action. [She] is provoking our authorities ... to attract [local and international attention]. Sochua, who said she will return to the park today, said she will not be deterred in her campaign. They cant break the power of one.
dropped by half, employees reported to WRC researchers. Its a sad reflection on the garment industry in general that it really takes public censure to make any difference whatsoever, said Dave Welsh, country manager for labour rights group Solidarity Center. Management continues to fail at meeting the legal minimum for seniority bonuses, despite a 2010 decision by the Arbitration Council they pay appropriate bonuses plus back-pay and a finding the next year by the International Labour Organizations Better Factories Cambodia program saying they were not in compliance for the past four inspections, the report says. Employees who currently are entitled to such bonuses will not start to receive them until May . . . Even then, [they] will be paid less than the legally required amounts, the report says Employees at Kin Tai toil in extreme heat. During a site visit, inspectors recorded temperatures as high as 38 degrees Celsius, the report says. Employees told WRC staff temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius four days before the tour. Despite a 2010 decision from the Arbitra-
tion Council that the factory must install sprinklers on its roof as a cooling measure, none yet exist at Kin Tai, the report said. The most recent violation that sticks out to Moeun Tola, head of the labour program at the Community Legal Education Center, is Kin Tais firing of union officials who participated in an early-December to lateJanuary strike, he said. Management later agreed to hire the two officials back. I think Kin Tai is under a watch list, said Tola, who believes the factory is gaining notoriety. If Kin Tai doesnt show any real commitment to fix the issues, I think that would affect their business reputation. Neither Kevin James, of LAs Board of Public Works Commissioners, nor officials from 5.11 Tactical, which is supplied by Kin Tai, replied to emails. GMAC secretary-general Ken Loo could not be reached. The fact that the city went to WRC for the review indicates their seriousness in helping end unethical labour practices, Welsh said. Left to their own devices, the factories will never change, and GMAC will never force them.
Free market?
Arrests after vendors rally in Sisophon
Judiciary laws ready

Vong Sokheng
National State violence against reporters condemned

May Titthara
HREE people were arrested in Banteay Meanchey province on Friday during a protest in which more than 400 vendors rallied against orders to move to new market sites. In what authorities said was an effort to restore public order, police and military forces were deployed to the Sisophon market in the early morning to order the vendors to two new private markets. The vendors resisted and joined forces to block National Road 5, which connects Sisophon town with Poipet, and soon converged on town hall. Police arrested three people, who public official Kor Soum Saroen said were not vendors, but simply those trying to upset public order. Weve suggested that the vendors sell at the new markets for public order, he said. Vendor Sean Soung said the stall operators remained where they were an area known as the old market because they believed the new sites were not central enough and would not attract as many customers. sen david
HE Council of Ministers on Friday approved three draft laws on judicial reform, clearing the way for them to move into parliament and prompting calls from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) not to pass the legislation without the participation of the opposition. The laws which deal with the organisation and functioning of the courts and the Supreme Council of Magistracy, and with the roles of prosecutors and judges have languished for years without approval and drawn sharp criticism for a lack of transparency regarding their contents. In a statement yesterday, CCHR trial-monitoring project coordinator Duch Piseth expressed concern the laws have the potential to either enhance [the judiciarys] independence, efciency and transparency or, on the contrary, further strengthen the inuence of and control by the executive. The overall lack of transparency surrounding the laws makes me worry and wonder what the Royal Government of Cambodia is trying to hide, he added.
Union leader Ath Thorn and political analyst Kem Ley outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court. Draft laws dealing with the Kingdoms judicial system are headed for parliament. HENG CHIVOAN
Despite the call for opposition participation, senior ruling Cambodian Peoples Party lawmaker Cheam Yeap said yesterday that the National Assembly would move forward with the adoption process which he estimated would take about two months with or without the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which is still boycotting parliament. I and other legal experts from the CPP have enough experience in the National Assembly, therefore civil society must not take this opportunity to chain us up [and keep us] from functioning, Yeap said.
CNRP ofcials could not be reached for comment. Legal expert Sok Sam Oeun, who was one of the few to see earlier drafts of the three laws, said yesterday that he was unsurprised by Yeaps aversion to civil society input and warned that the drafts he saw would give the executive branch via the Ministry of Justice an inordinate amount of power. Its the same structure, he said, likening the draft laws to a fresh paint job on an old car. The driver is the same, the engine is the same, only its a new colour. So do you believe that its improved? ADDITIONAL
REPORTING BY STUART WHITE
THE Club of Cambodian Journalists has condemned the alleged beating by military police of three journalists while were covering illegal logging and called for the government to open an investigation and take legal action. In a statement published on Friday, the CCJ voiced its concern for the safety of reporters and the future of freedom of expression in the country. The activity of the authorities and traders [is] a serious threat against the spirit and safety of journalists who are fullling their duties professionally, the statement reads. The intention is to obstruct their freedom of expression as well as directly stymie the democratic process in Cambodia. Several recent cases have highlighted the risks journalists face when reporting on illegal logging. Sorn Mongkul, a journalist with the Kampuchea Thmey newspaper, was allegedly severely beaten on April 10 by deputy national military police commander Lay Sopheap and Kong Thearith, an assis-
tant to Preah Vihear provincial military police, according to reports. The following day, TV 9 reporter Hun Samun was allegedly beaten in custody while covering logging in Pursat province. On April 12, Chantak Khmer reporter Sem Bona was severely beaten by security forces. The club would like to condemn the perpetrators and call for law enforcement institutions concerned in Cambodia to look into the case and bring them to court to offer real justice for the victims, the CCJ said. Kheng Tito, spokesman for the military police, said he recognised that military police have, on occasion, used violence against journalists. But, he added, authorities would have to investigate these three cases in order to ascertain what happened. I am not denying [the military police might be in the wrong], he said. But I have to do an investigation. At least eight journalists have been killed in Cambodia since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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National Court ofcers shifted en masse by ministry

Meas Sokchea and Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
Uighurs arrested at border

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Faux poultry pilferers stoned by meat lovers
IN A dark field in Kampong Cham, the hunters became the hunted. Two men hoping to bring down some wildlife in Cheung Prey district on Friday became targets themselves when villagers began throwing stones at them and pummelling them with sticks. The villagers, who had noticed a spate of chicken thefts of late, saw the two men in the darkness and mistook them for poultry pilferers. Though one was badly injured, the hunters managed to flee before further injury was inflicted. nOkORWAt
GROUP of 14 ethnic minority Uighurs, including six children, eeing China were arrested on Saturday in the Thai border province of Sa Keo after Cambodian smugglers deserted them on Friday, Thai media reported yesterday. The ve men, three women and six children who were apprehended claim they were en route to Turkey, which shares ethnic links with Uighurs and is home to a large Uighur community, the report states. After searching the refugees, authorities found four cellphones with the data wiped clean and 1,027 yuan [about $165] and $42,950, according to Thailands The Nation. Violence between the mostly Muslim minority group and ethnic Han Chinese has been increasing in recent years, leading many Uighurs who say oppression perpetuated by the Chinese government is unliveable to ee. On March 23, a group of 15 Uighurs eeing China were also arrested in Sa Keo after being detained by authorities in Cambodia hours earlier, Human Rights Watch and an eyewitness source reported.
A Chinese paramilitary policeman watches two Uighurs pass the Grand Bazaar in Chinas Xinjiang province. AFP
Cambodian government ofcials at the time had denied or declined to comment on allegations that 15 foreigners had either been arrested or deported. So Channary, commander of the border police in Banteay Meanchey province, yesterday said he had heard no reports of Uighurs deported to Thailand. Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan and National Police spokesman Kirt Chantharith both said they
had no knowledge of Saturdays arrests. Thai authorities should immediately grant access to the UNHCR to assess whether these people wish to seek refugee status, and while any such claims for asylum are pending should not send them back to China, Phil Robertson, HRWs deputy Asia director, said. Vivian Tan, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ofce in Bangkok, said she had not heard about the arrests.
NEARLY 80 judges and prosecutors will be transferred to new jurisdictions today in a move that the Justice Ministry maintained would curb corruption, despite more sceptical assessments yesterday from legal observers and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. According to Sam Prachea Manith, chief of cabinet at the Ministry of Justice, 78 court ofcers will leave their current positions, with some advancing in the ranks and others moving laterally to similar positions in different provinces. Judges [and prosecutors] must not be allowed to stay anywhere for a long time because this can breed favouritism that makes it difcult for them to decide the case, Prachea Manith said. However, CNRP lawmakerelect Eng Chhay Eang expressed doubt that the movements would have any effect. The movement of judges from one place to another is not deep reform; it is a lie, Chhay Eang said. If we want to have deep reform, we must not allow court presidents and
judges to be involved in political parties. Legal expert Sok Sam Oeun also took a dim view of the moves, saying that changes to the actual structure of the courts would be a good reform. But if we reform by changing people from one place to another and the work system is still the same, it is not a reform. Meanwhile, 40 judges and prosecutors past the age of retirement were granted permission by King Norodom Sihamoni on April 6 to continue working, despite a 2005 royal decree requiring judges and prosecutors to retire at 60, an ofcial at the Justice Ministry has said. The reason why the ministry has requested the King allow them to continue performing their work is because they were good people, and have more work experience, the ofcial said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Oeun, the legal expert, said it was common practice in the developed world to allow judges to work on after reaching retirement age as long as they were t for service, but advised against allowing them to hold leadership positions.
Sword and sticks ruin a pagoda dance evening

THE array of weapons close by when drunken young men collide on Cambodias dance floors never ceases to amaze. In the latest instance of such violence, two men, aged 21 and 25, were beaten with sticks and slashed with a sword after bumping into a group of gangsters while getting down at a pagoda in Kampong Chhnang on Friday. The two victims are recovering in hospital. kOh SAntepheAp
Hacking hooligan loses himself on dance floor
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IN AnOtheR case of blood on the dance floor, police are on the hunt for a 25-year-old who as one does, it seems pulled a cleaver after an argument while dancing on Friday night and attacked a 20-yearold construction worker. Police said the incident, which occurred in Kandals Kien Svay district, was so bad that the victims arm was nearly severed and he had cuts to his head. The gangster escaped before police could intervene. kOh SAntepheAp
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A modern day thief or a master at regifting?
IF nOthinG else, he was a generous thief. A man, 46, was charged in Kandal on Friday over a string of break-ins that netted him more than $8,000 in property that he later sold to buy his siblings gifts. Police said the mans crime spree had also included stealing motorbikes. He was arrested after one of his victims complained. Authorities were hardly surprised when his record showed he had been imprisoned for auto theft in Phnom Penh in 2008.
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WHILE things on the dance floor can quickly get heated, travelling to the party can also be dangerous. One man, 19, found this out as he rode solo on his moto to a pagoda party in Pursat on Thursday night. On a dark, lonely road, three men, aged 19, 20 and 30, blocked the mans way before unleashing machetes and wooden sticks on him. Terrified, the man abandoned his moto and fled on foot. Still shaken, he went to the police the next day and the thugs were soon arrested.
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New Year sees tourism boom

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HE number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting historical sites and the Kingdoms coastal areas increased sharply during this years three-day Khmer New Year, according to provincial tourism departments. Data from Siem Reaps tourism department show 258,000 tourists visited the city of ancient temples, an increase of 44 per cent compared to the same period last year. Local tourists reached 240,000, up 46 per cent, while foreign tourists rose 17 per cent to 18,000. Chheuy Chhorn, director of the Siem Reap tourism department, said the increase was largely due to the Angkor Sangkran festival, which has now run for two years. This year, more people from provinces came to Siem Reap because they wanted to witness the Angkor Sangkran and the giant rice cake, he said, referring to the two-ton, $7000 rice cake which was on display in front of the Angkor Wat temple complex during the three-day festival. Chhorn said that all hotels and guesthouses in the province were fully booked and the crowds were as big as those seen at the annual water festival celebration in Phnom Penh. Minster for Tourism Thorng Khon said during the closing ceremony of the Angkor Sangkran on Wednesday that the festival had generated an estimated $28 million for Siem Reaps economy. Down south, meanwhile, Kampot province attracted 74,075 visitors during Khmer New Year. Soy Sinol, director of the Kampot province tourism department, said Bokor Mountain and Teuk Chhu remain the top destinations for
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Tourists explore Bayon Temple in Siem Reap. Khmer New Year tourist numbers to Siem Reap increased 44 per cent over last year.
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local tourists, while foreign visitors prefer more adventurous destinations such as Kampong Trach cave. Koh Kong, also on the coast but closer to the Thai border and home to the Cardamom Mountains, recorded more than 12,000 tourists over the three days. Youn Tean, deputy director for the Koh Kong tourism department, said tourists mostly headed to the four ecotourism based communities of Ta Tai, Trapang Rong, Chi Phat and Bangka Yak. Sok Seiha, an ofcial from the Sihanoukville tourism department, said more than 53,000 local and foreign tour-
ists ooded the province, a 5 per cent increase on last years gures. Seiha said that despite a notable increase in food and
guesthouse and transport operators from Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this month. If we charge the same as normal or only increase it a
We sent them a notice about price setting, but when there is more demand with less supply, it will result in higher price
accommodation prices, all Sihanoukville hotels and guesthouses were full during the Khmer New Year period. Reports of inated food and accommodation prices came despite warnings to hotel, little, we will get clients next year. But if we increase the price a lot, they will go to other places instead next time, he said on April 7. Som Chenda, the director of the tourism department in
Kep, where a reported 83,000 local and foreign tourists descended during the threeday New Year break, said that people should tolerate the increased price of food and accommodation during the holiday season. He said that despite requests to the service providers to keep prices reasonable, high demand and low supply of food and accommodation made price rises inevitable. We sent them [service providers] a notice about price setting, but when there is more demand with less supply, it will result in higher price. It is that simple, Chenda said.
SHAREHOLDERS in the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will receive a dividend payment of 54.75 riel per share on April 23, almost double the 2013 payout figure of 27.7 riel. PPWSA will pay out in total 4.7 billion riel ($1.17 million) to investors, according to a statement released last week. PPWSA also said that it expects a gross revenue increase of 14.1 per cent in 2014 and a net profit increase of 12.5 per cent. PPWSAs annual report, published on April 8, shows total revenue for the firm during 2013 totalled $37.9 million, up 12 per cent from $33.8 million a year earlier. Net profit for the water utility equaled $9.68 million, up 12.5 per cent from $8.6 million in 2012. Om Seng Bora, an independent director on the PPWSA board of directors, encouraged investors to think long-term and consider the companys 2013 results and the recent dividend announcement as good signs. If they think about short term, they are not happy, he said. The company can afford to double dividend distribution, so it can ensure longterm investment. PPWSA investor Sok Lak said he was not happy with the companys transparency, saying he could have received better returns from opening a long-term deposit account in a banking institution. Fellow investor Tann Sochan welcomed the shareholder updates. I think that it is appropriate and I am always thinking of the long-term investment, she said. I have never thought of selling out even if the dividend is small.
Business
Online takeout
Danes turn homes into restaurants

DANISH website is turning private homes into take-away restaurants by letting users advertise what they are cooking, when and for what price. Sometimes I only put one serving up for sale, sometimes up to 20. It depends on what Im making and how much time I have, Ana Teresa Salas, a 32-year-old consultant from Copenhagen, said. The website, Dinnersurfer. dk, is sometimes described as a restaurant version of the popular lodging site Airbnb, on which homeowners make their spare rooms or unoccupied dwellings available to paying lodgers for a fee. And just like on Airbnb, the cost to consumers is often considerably less than if they had used a professional service with the added benefit that many of the homemade dishes may be healthier than the greasy fare typically available at take-out counters. On most days Salas makes food inspired by her fathers Argentinian background, which she sells for 35 kroner ($6.50) per serving to her customers, most of whom are young and single. Since its launch in February, the website has attracted 2,900 members, of whom 460 are registered as cooks. Nearly all live in Denmark, but the sites founders are hoping it will go global after recently launching an English version. AFP
High-end cars retain their lustre in China

Julien Girault
HINAS desire for luxury cars remains undimmed by an economic slowdown and political austerity drive as the countrys growing band of wealthy motorists set their sights on high-end wheels. In a lavish event just off Tiananmen Square, ahead of the opening of the Beijing Auto Show yesterday, bejewelled models dressed in haute-couture graced the unveiling of Rolls-Royces Pinnacle Travel Phantom. The new edition of its agship luxury sedan, which comes in a two-tone dark red and silver, boasts intricate marquetry in its interior, customised to buyers requests, a reection of the expensive tastes of the countrys elite. Mainland China is already Rolls-Royces biggest market in terms of sales, representing 28 per cent of the rms revenue. Despite the slowing pace of overall economic growth in
China, the future still looks bright for the luxury brand, says the companys chief. If you compare to [RollsRoyce] growth gures we saw here two or three years ago, big double-digit numbers ... we see that growth is slowing down. But I am still optimistic about the Chinese market in the medium to long term, CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos said. The whole Chinese market has become a more mature car market and that was to be expected, Muller-Otvos said. Since becoming head of the Communist Party in November 2012 and Chinas president in March last year, Xi Jinping has mounted an austerity campaign among top ofcials and a highly publicised crackdown on corruption, designed to rein in spending. Chinas business community has also suffered as growth gures stagnate last month the country set an annual growth target of around 7.5 per cent, the lowest levels seen in nearly a quarter of a century after
years of breakneck expansion. The economic slowdown, austerity campaign and crackdown on corruption have already created negative impact on the sales of super-luxury vehicles, James Wu, auto expert at Ernst & Young, said. Bentley and Lamborghini reported [fewer] sales in China in 2013 year-on-year, he said. However, Wu said the more affordable luxury cars have outpaced the growth rate of the auto industry as a whole, with three German companies at the helm: BMW, Daimler (Mercedes) and Audi. The popular trio dominates the high-end Chinese market and enjoyed sales increases of 20 per cent (BMW), 18 per cent (Daimler) and 21 per cent (Audi) last year. Audi, the sector leader, sold nearly 492,000 cars in China its biggest market and will this year surpass half a million, according to Audi chairman Rupert Stadler. With ofcials bound by austerity measures, Audi can no
Models pose next to Fiat cars yesterday ahead of todays opening of the Beijing Auto Show at the China International Exhibition Center. AFP
FORD, fIAT TARgET CHINESE SUV MARKET
oRd Motor, the fastestgrowing major foreign automaker in China, will unveil a prototype of a seven-seater off-road SUV that will preview a model sold for the first time with Jiangling Motors Co. The midsize Ford Everest concept,
which will be shown at the Beijing Auto Show, will be produced for the Chinese market by Fords JMC joint venture, according to a statement. The news came as Fiat announced plans to make Jeeps in China, the largest
market for the brand outside the US, by late 2015 after reaching a deal with local partner Guangzhou Automobile Group Fiat and Guangzhou Auto will produce three new Jeep vehicles in the southern city of Guangzhou. BLOOMBERG
longer rely on the tinted-black window crowd, and is turning to younger drivers, women and those buying their cars for leisure purposes. In the past, our customers were very much associated with the government, we had a majority of senior management, Audis Chinese sales division chief Dominique Boesch said. Now, over 90 per cent of Audi customers are private ones, a third are women, and 70 per cent are younger than 40 years old.
The nations gilded youth is also the target of Japans Nissan, which has announced the introduction of a compact crossover model exclusively for the Chinese market. China was the leading market for Land Rover and Jaguar in 2013, group sales operations director Andy Goss said. Audi, as well as Land Rover and other luxury brands, is aiming to push beyond its traditional base on Chinas prosperous east coast to other more developing regions. AFP
Russia risks recession as Ukraine crisis scars economy

RUSSIA looks increasingly likely to sink into recession in 2014 as the knock-on effects of its standoff with the West over Ukraine further hurt an economy already plagued by structural problems. Data released over the last week showed that Russian is beginning to suffer the effects of the worst EastWest political crisis since the Cold War. The threat of economic sanctions from the European Union and the United States has already prompted a massive capital outflow from Russia in the first three months of the year. But even before the crisis erupted, Russian growth was starting to slow due to internal problems, such as slowing consumer spending, sagging investment and weakening demand for its energy exports. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov warned this week that Russias economy may not expand at all in 2014. His counterpart at the economy ministry, Alexei Ulyukaev, then problems, including a weak private sector in a state-dominated economy, low labour productivity and dangerous dependence on energy exports, which are now cruelly exposed. The economic situation has become even more strained and internal factors have been exacerbated by a high level of uncertainty on currency and financial markets, serious capital flight, an unreadiness by investors to take decisions in this acute international situation, Ulyukaev said. Capital Economics pointed to weakening growth in industrial production and retail sales in the first quarter, which they said paints an increasingly bleak outlook for the country. A slump in the Russian ruble, which plummeted to a record low against the dollar and euro on March 3 after Moscow voted to allow Putin to send troops into Ukraine, could also fuel inflation, they warned. Russias economy is not collapsing as some had feared. [But] with the crisis in Ukraine escalating, worse could be yet to come, Capital Economics said. The resilience of Russias economy to all of this is often overplayed. Looking ahead, investments are likely to remain under pressure while consumer resilience is unlikely to be sustained in an environment of slower income growth, they added. The biggest fear spooking investors is the prospect of sanctions that would badly hurt the Russian economy if they beyond the asset freezes and visa bans already announced to affect economic cooperation with the West. Russias entire budget depends on energy exports, mostly to the West, and even its formidable reserves can be eroded quickly if Europe stops buying Russian gas, Capital Economics said. Russia has also promised significant increases in salaries and pensions to Crimeas residents and the government plans to invest in the peninsulas infrastructure and the tourism industry ahead of the summer. AFP
Job seekers queue up to enter a job fair in Moscow.
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revealed that the Russian economy contracted around 0.5 per cent in the first three months of the year, compared with the fourth quarter of 2013. That makes it more likely that Russia will sink into recession this year, which is defined as two consecutive quarters of shrinking economic output. In an unusually frank public assessment from a Russian minister, Silu-
anov said Russia was facing the toughest economic conditions since 2009, when it went into a deep slowdown. The uncertainty created by the Ukraine crisis has prompted a further spike in Russias already haemorrhaging net capital outflows, which doubled from a year earlier to $50.6 billion in the first quarter. It also faces long-term structural
THE PHNOM PENH POST ApriL 21, 2014
Markets Business
Loan sought for Thai rice scheme
THaiLanDs Finance Ministry will soon seek approval from the Election Commission (EC) to borrow an additional 40 billion baht ($1.24 billion) from the central budget to pay farmers facing late payments under the ricepledging scheme, caretaker Deputy Finance Minister Tanusak Lek-uthai said. The move came after the Thai Farmers and Agriculturalists Association urged the caretaker government to request EC permission to borrow the funds. The EC recently gave the caretaker government the goahead to use 20 billion baht from the central budget on condition it was repaid by the end of next month. The scheme, introduced in October 2011, is months behind in payments to farmers, who are owed 90 billion baht. More than a million farmers pledged paddy worth about 190 billion baht for the 201314 main crop, but only about 100 billion has been paid. Efforts to borrow from nancial institutions and even state enterprises failed several times. BANGKOK POST
Eddie Morton
NagaCorp VIP program questioned

ITI Research, the strategy and analysis arm of Citigroup Inc, one of the worlds largest nancial rms, has questioned NagaCorps VIP junket program in a recent report that also cites cross-border competition and tourism failings as potential threats to the programs success. Citi Researchs analysis was published on NagaCorps website on April 8 in response to the casino rms unaudited rst-quarter results, which show a 14 per cent increase in VIP gambling during the rst three months of the year. Failure to attract tourists to Phnom Penh could cut trafc at the casino and lower gaming revenue. Another downside risk is the perceived weak control environment in Cambodia, giving rise to money laundering concerns, the eight-page report says, adding that NagaCorps unaudited VIP results were below estimates. Citi Research cautioned the company against investing in non-gambling ventures and said competition from Chinese gaming hub Macau, would also have a strong neg-
A pedestrians stroll past NagaWorld in Phnom Penh last August as it undergoes renovations.
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ative impact on NagaCorps junket program, as would the rise of any large-scale casino industry in Thailand or Vietnam. A sustained slowdown in Macau gaming would also threaten Nagas strategy of targeting the Poor Mans VIP as Macau junkets would be forced to act more competitively with regards to all segments of the VIP market, the
report states. The analysis of NagaCorps VIP junket scheme, which was launched in March 2013 and earned the rm more than $133.1 million last year, was partly backed by fellow multinational nancial services corporation Morgan Stanley. In a report also published on NagaCorps website on April 8, Morgan Stanley states that the gambling operators
rst-quarter VIP spending and junket gures were weaker than expected and that increasing competition from other ASEAN gaming markets especially the Philippines could pose a certain degree of competition. NagaCorp, owner of Phnom Penhs only casino, NagaWorld, reported a 16 per cent increase in revenue for the rst quarter of 2014, accord-
ing to the latest unaudited nancial statement. Gamblers played more than $115 million on public gaming oor tables during the rst three months of the year, up 24 per cent on 2013 gures. Electronic gambling machine players, meanwhile, spent $273 million, up 10 per cent. NagaCorp reported profits of more than $140 million in 2013, according to their February 12 annual nancial statement, which also detailed the rms plan to introduce regular chartered ights between Macau and Phnom Penh in an effort to bolster the VIP market. To cope with the expected increase in VIP headcount, the Group is completing level three of the hotel block and the rooftop of the pool wing to create additional VIP junket gaming areas that will potentially add up to 63 VIP gaming tables, which is targeted for completion in 2014, the statement said. A $369 million second Phnom Penh casino named Naga2 and a $350 million casino project in Russia were also outlined in the annual nancial statement. NagaWorld could not be contacted for comment.
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Business ushering in revolution

NINTENDOS trailblazing Game Boy marks its 25th anniversary today with the portable devices legacy living on in cutting-edge smartphone games and among legions of nostalgic fans. The Japanese rm released its 8-bit Game Boy on April 21, 1989 the same year Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan, the Chinese army violently cracked down on protesters in Tiananmen Square and the Berlin Wall fell. Billed as a handy game machine, few knew it would turn the console-based industry on its head, starting a revolution that did for portable gaming what Sonys Walkman had done for mobile music. It also helped turn Super Mario and Donkey Kong into global franchises, allowing users to change their favourite games on the go just by inserting small cartridges into the device. Kyoto-based Nintendo, which started life as a games card maker that morphed into a global video game giant, did not invent portable gaming. But Game Boys discount price and popular software blew away the competition. At one point, portable gaming was synonymous with the Game Boy, Serkan Toto, a Tokyo-based games industry consultant, said. It laid the foundation for what we call portable gaming today, regardless of whether it is console or smartphone games, because the basic concept is the same ... Thats the legacy of Game Boy. Mobility was crucial, remembers one 21-year-old Japanese man, if he wanted to escape his parents wrath. With a standing console I needed to play in the living room where my parents were watching television they got angry at me for playing it all the time, the man, who did not wish to give his name said as he browsed inside Super Potato, a Tokyo store dedicated to retro gaming gadgets. A quarter-century later, the companys nancial fortunes have suffered. Amazingly, Nintendo has no commemorative events planned for the Game Boy. The Game Boy was discontinued years ago, but in its heyday, Nintendo sold almost 119 million original Game Boy consoles and shifted another 81.5 million units of the next-generation Game Boy Advance series, which was launched in 2001. The original devices red buttons and cross-shaped directional pads may look clunky these days, but they evoke a sense of nostalgia for many fans, including Spaniard Jesus Mera, who was 12 years old when he began playing with his Game Boy Color. It was a revolution you could play video games anywhere, the 26-year-old Madrid native said during a visit to Tokyo. Recent games have become so complicated that you can be totally lost on what youre supposed to be doing, he said, admitting he sometimes feels nostalgic for simple games with black dots and horizontal scrolls. AFP
Game Boy Swiss to vote on record wage Nintendos marks 25 years since
Eric Balchunas
ASMIN Eicher has already axed her sole fulltime employee to keep aoat her shop selling cards, candles and paper in a Zurich suburb. If Switzerland approves what would be the worlds highest minimum wage next month, she says the only option would be to close her doors. The Swiss will vote in a national referendum on May 18 on whether to create a minimum wage of 22 francs ($25) per hour, or 4,000 francs a month. When adjusted for currency and purchasing power, it would be the highest minimum in the world. Of course I understand about people not earning enough, but not everyone is worth 4,000 francs. Here in Switzerland were already so well-off, she said. The chief backers of the proposal are Switzerlands biggest trade unions, which argue that pay levels need to reect the countrys prices. About 10 per cent of Switzerlands full-time workforce receive a pretax wage of less than 4,000 francs, according to a statistics ofce report for 2010. When adjusted for purchasing power, the Swiss proposed wage would amount to $14.01 an hour. Thats more than the minimum wages in Luxembourg and France, at $10.60, and Australia at $10.20, according to 2012 data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. With income inequality growing among developed economies, according to the OECD, minimum wages are on the table in other countries as well. In the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron has increased it to 6.50 ($10.88) per hour, the rst time it has been raised more than ination since 2008. In the US, President Barack Obama is pushing for an increase in the
The minimum wage in European countries

Gross monthly minimum wage in 2013
+ 1,000 euros 500-1,000 euros - 500 euros NETHERLANDS 1,469 BELGIUM 1,502 UNITED KINGDOM 1,264 GERMANY ESTONIA 320 LATVIA 287 LITHUANIA 290 POLAND 393 CZECH REP. 312 AUSTRIA 1,167 SLOVAKIA 338 HUNGARY 335 ROMANIA 180 (2014) BULGARIA 159 SLOVENIA 784 CROATIA 372 MALTA 697 PORTUGAL 485 (2014)
Source: Eurostat
IRELAND 1,462 LUXEMBOURG 1,921 (2014) FRANCE 1,445 SPAIN 753
8.5 /h in 2015
GREECE 580 (2014)
$7.25-an-hour federal minimum to $10.10, while German Chancellor Angela Merkels cabinet backed a national minimum of 8.50 ($11.75). George Sheldon, professor of economics at the University of Basel, said the Swiss proposal would be counterproductive. Unemployment among the unskilled is increasing, he said in a phone interview. The solution to their problem cant be to make them more expensive. However, the Swiss Federation of Labor Unions says a minimum wage wouldnt lead to higher unemployment because it would mostly affect domestically oriented sectors where outsourcing isnt possible. Paul Rechsteiner, a Social Democrat member of parliament says that in economic terms its short-sighted for the government to allow people to be poorly paid. Its just a bad situation if wages are being paid on which you cant live in Switzerland.
Despite being home to multinational corporations, such as KitKat, Nestle and drugmaker Novartis, Switzerland gets two-thirds of its employment from small and medium-sized enterprises. The Association of Swiss Cleaning Companies, Allpura, opposes the proposal, saying it would lead to job cuts and worse working conditions. State intervention in the liberal economic system also goes against the market economy principles of our society that have been so successful to date, Novartis spokesman Dermot Doherty said. At Nestle, the wages of all Swiss employees are above the proposed minimum, spokesman Philippe Aeschlimann said. A higher cost of labour would however affect companies in our supply chain and our Swiss customers, he said. But some see it as a positive thing. Im for it and Ill vote yes, said Cecile Steinemann, a 23-year-old student in Zurich. Youve got to live off some-
thing and having more than one job is just too tough. In Switzerland, the median gross wage paid to the least qualied workers was 4,627 francs per month in 2010, according to the statistics ofce report. That leaves little left over in a country where the average two-person household spent 2,643 francs a month on taxes, social insurance and health insurance, plus 5,498 francs on daily needs such as food, rent and clothing according to the statistics ofce. The multi-party federal government is opposed to the proposal, saying it will do more harm than good. A minimum wage wont stop poverty, Economy Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said in February. As for Eicher, she says if it passes and her shop folds, she could imagine working someplace else with a guaranteed minimum income. Itll be great to be an employee, she said. BLOOMBERG
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ffIcERs manning the stricken South Korean ferry that sank last week were hamstrung by indecision and communication problems at the critical moment when deciding whether to evacuate passengers, according to the full communications transcript released yesterday. The transcript, between the crew of the Sewol and trafc ofcials on the nearby island of Jindo reveals hesitation and uncertainty during a crucial phase in the disaster and is certain to add to anger felt by the relatives of the 250 missing passengers, most of them teenagers who were on a school trip. If this ferry evacuates passengers, will they be rescued right away? an unnamed crew member asked ofcials at Jindo vessel trafc services centre at 9:24am on Wednesday, about 30 minutes after the ship began listing, apparently after making a sharp turn in a stretch of water peppered with tiny islands and known for its strong currents. The initial delay in getting all 476 passengers, including 350 high school pupils and their teachers, off the ship made the task far harder. Ofcers on the bridge of the Sewol, which lies submerged in water off the southwest coast of South Korea, had already indicated that once the vessel was tilting heavily to one side, passengers increasingly found themselves unable to move. In another message, the bridge told ofcials on Jindo that it was impossible to broadcast instructions to passengers. Even if its impossible to broadcast, please go out and let the passengers wear life jackets and put on more clothing, an unidentied trafc ofcial said in response. The bridge then asked about the prospects of an immediate rescue effort. The unnamed ofcial on Jindo replied: The rescue of human lives on the Sewol ferry . . . the captain should make [his] own decision and evacuate them.
Crew crippled by indecision O
Rescuers search for missing passengers near buoys installed to mark the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol in waters off Jindo yesterday. AFP
We are not fully aware of the situation, so the captain should make the nal decision on whether youre going to evacuate passengers or not. The crew member replied: No, Im not talking about that. Im asking, if they evacuate now, can they be rescued right away? At this point there appears to have been a confused response from the trafc ofcial, who said rescue boats would arrive in 10 minutes, but failed to mention that a nearby civilian ship had already offered to help 10 minutes earlier. More evidence that human error may have been a key factor in the disaster the worst in South Korea for 20 years came as divers pulled bodies from inside the wreck for the rst time yesterday, bringing the number of conrmed dead to 58, with another 244 still missing. On Wednesday, 174 passengers, including 20 of the 30 crew members, were rescued in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.
The parents of missing children directed their anger towards the government and the police yesterday after they were prevented from travelling to the presidential Blue House in Seoul to make a personal appeal to the South Korean leader, Park Geunhye, for more action. Hundreds of relatives who have been camped out in a gymnasium on Jindo have denounced what they describe as the slow, and at times chaotic, ofcial response to the disaster. Many cannot comprehend how those responsible for safety were unable to save their children given that it took almost two hours for the ferry to sink. Yesterday, police blocked about 100 relatives from walking more than 400 kilometres north to Seoul, where they planned to take their grievances directly to Park. Scufes broke out after police prevented them from crossing a bridge connecting Jindo to the mainland. The parents, who yelled accusations that the government had killed their
children, staged a sit-in but turned back after being promised a meeting with the prime minister, Chung Hong-won. The families have also directed their anger towards the crew. On Saturday it was revealed that third mate Park Han-kyul, who was steering the vessel when disaster struck, was navigating the stretch of water for the rst time, while the captain, Lee Joon-seok, was absent from the bridge. Lee, Park and helmsman Cho Joonki, 55, were arrested on Saturday as investigators examined why they had delayed issuing an evacuation order for 30 minutes after the ferry began to list. Some survivors said they never heard orders to leave the ship over the public address system. Lee, 69, faces ve charges, including negligence and violations of maritime law, amid accusations he abandoned the stricken vessel while hundreds of passengers were still on board. Park, 25, was at the controls when the ship took a sharp right turn just before sending its rst distress signal, according to tracking data. Yang Jungjin, a senior prosecutor, said Park had just six months experience, adding that investigators did not yet know if the ship had been sailing too fast when she apparently executed the turn. After divers reported no visible damage to the vessels hull, speculation is mounting that the turn could have dislodged heavy cargo, causing it to list and sink. Five days after the accident, and with the chances of nding anyone alive looking increasingly slim, it now appears that the hundreds of divers initially brought in to rescue passengers are now involved in a grim recovery operation. Three vessels with cranes capable of hoisting the Sewol have arrived at the scene but will not be used without the parents permissions and until rescue workers are certain that there are no survivors, the South Korean coast guard said. THE GUARDIAN
Rebels want Russias help after battle

PRO-KREMLIN rebels in east Ukraine appealed yesterday for Russian peacekeepers to sweep in after a deadly gunght killed at least two of their militants, shattering an Easter truce and sparking outrage in Moscow. But the Western-backed authorities in Kiev claimed the violence was a set-up by Russia to create a pretext for it to send troops in. The attack, near the ashpoint town of Slavyansk, undermined an accord worked out in Geneva between Russia, Ukraine and Western powers on Thursday that demanded illegal armed groups surrender their weapons and cease occupations of public buildings. The deal was aimed at easing the crisis, but now appears to have stalled. Russia has tens of thousands of troops massed on Ukraines border in what NATO says is a state of readiness to invade, while the US, according to the Washington Post, is preparing to send ground troops to neighbouring Poland. Yesterdays gun battle occurred in the early hours in a village 18 kilometres (11 miles) west of Slavyansk. Vladimir, a masked 20-year-old pro-Russian rebel claimed to be at the scene of the shootout, said: Four cars pulled up to our roadblock around 1am (2200 GMT Saturday). We wanted to conduct a check, and then they opened re on us with automatic weapons. He said three of the militants were killed. The identity of the assailants, who escaped before militant reinforcements arrived, was not known. The leader of the separatist rebels in Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Continued on page 12
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RaNCe has information but no rm proof that Syrian President Bashar alAssads regime is still using chemical weapons, President Francois Hollande said yesterday. We have a few elements of information but I do not have the proof, Hollande said in a radio interview after he was asked about reports that Assad was currently using chemical weapons. What I do know is what we have seen from this regime is the horric methods it is capable of using and the rejection of any political transition, he told the Europe 1 radio station. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the same radio station there were indications, which have yet to be veried, that there have been recent chemical attacks. He said they were much less signicant than those in Damascus a few months ago but very deadly, and had taken place in the northwest of the country, near the Lebanese border. Under the terms of the US-Russia brokered deal reached last year, Syria has until the end of June to destroy its chemical weapons
Rebels want Russias Assad using chemical weapons: France help after gun battle
Continued from page 11 Ponomaryov, said he believed that two of the attackers were also killed. He declared a midnight-to6am (2100 GMT to 0300 GMT) curfew in Slavyansk and appealed for Russian President Vladimir Putin to send in Russian troops as peacekeepers to defend the population against the fascists. Putin has said he very much hopes he will not have to send his forces into Ukraine, but he insists he has a right to do so. Yesterday, Russias foreign ministry declared its outrage at the deadly attack, blaming the deaths of innocent civilians on ultra-nationalists who were at the vanguard of the street protests that forced the February ouster of Ukraines pro-Kremlin president Viktor Yanukovych. The ministry said locals had found the attackers cars containing weapons, satellite maps and business cards belonging to the ultra-nationalist group Right Sector. It demanded Kiev abide by the Geneva accord. But a Right Sector spokesman said that Russias claims were lies and propaganda designed to portray the east as ungovernable for Kievs leaders. Ukraines government, conrming three people were killed, described the latest violence as a cynical provocation by Russian-armed separatists. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said he was heading to the east to inspect troops in the region. Western-backed authorities in Kiev had announced they were suspending military operations to oust the rebels over Easter, which ends today, but the gunght ended days of relative calm. The last deadly clash was last Thursday, when three pro-Russian militants were killed by Ukrainian soldiers when they tried to attack a military base in the southeast port city of Mariupol. The stalled implementation of the Geneva agreement threatened to deepen the crisis. With pro-Kremlin rebels refusing to comply with its terms, Washington has been ratcheting up pressure on Moscow, which it sees as pulling the strings in the Ukrainian insurgency. AFP
A picture on the ofcial Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency uploaded yesterday shows President al-Assad during a visit to a monastery in the ancient Christian town of Maalula his troops recently recaptured. AFP
if it wants to ward off the threat of US air strikes. The agreement was reached after deadly chemical attacks outside Damascus last August that the West blamed on Assads regime. Last week the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the global chemical watchdog, said Syria had surrendered almost two thirds of its chemical weapons. Meanwhile, four French journalists who were taken
hostage in Syria arrived home yesterday to an emotional reunion with family and colleagues after spending 10 months in captivity in the worlds most dangerous country for the media. Looking thin and tired but overjoyed, the men hugged relatives and colleagues waiting at an air base southwest of Paris where they landed early yesterday after ying in from Turkey. It was a long haul, but we never lost hope, said radio
reporter Didier Francois, at 53 the eldest of the four, at the Villacoublay base where they were due to undergo medical checks. Francois said the conditions of their captivity had been tough. We stayed 10 whole months in basements without ever seeing daylight, all of us chained together, he said. Francois and photographer Edouard Elias, 23, were taken north of the main northern Syrian city of Aleppo on June 6. Nicolas Henin, a 37year-old reporter for Le Point magazine, and freelance photographer Pierre Torres, 29, were seized two weeks later also in the north of the country, at Raqqa. They were held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the most radical of Syrias jihadist groups, and the precise conditions of their release remain unclear. Hollande reiterated that France does not pay ransoms for hostages, and said all is done through negotiation and discussion. Turkish soldiers found the men abandoned in no-mans land on the border with Syria overnight Friday to Saturday, wearing blindfolds and with their hands bound. AFP
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Woman in Saudi dees driving ban

SAUDI woman defied the kingdoms ban on female driving, getting behind the wheel of her husbands car before police detained the couple and fined the man, a newspaper said yesterday. The 23-year-old woman was caught driving on Thursday in Eastern province, the Saudi Gazette said, adding that police forced the couple to sign a pledge not to do it again. They were released on bail and the traffic department fined her 28-year-old husband 900 riyals ($240) and impounded his car for seven days, it said. The woman also received a penalty for driving without a licence, a permit that she cannot apply for in the ultra-conservative kingdom because of its ban on female driving. Some women who challenge the ban post videos of themselves driving online. Few have been arrested. In addition to not being allowed to drive, Saudi women must cover themselves from head to toe and need permission from a male guardian to travel, work and marry. afp
Opposition chief forced to wait

aNGLaDESh opposition leader Khaleda Zia was given a short reprieve yesterday, with a court postponing a decision on whether to halt her embezzlement trial that could see her jailed for life if convicted. The former two-time premier lodged a last-minute legal bid to try to stop the trial that had been scheduled to start today, after she was indicted on charges of embezzling more than $650,000. The High Court in Dhaka had been expected to rule yesterday on whether the trial should proceed in a separate court. But instead it said it would announce its decision on Wednesday. We expected an order today. But the court heard arguments of both sides and has now set Wednesday for an order, deputy attorney general Mohammad Salim said. Zias lawyers called the charges politically motivated, aimed at keeping her out of politics and destroying her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which vowed to topple the government of archrival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Zia was indicted just weeks after Hasina was re-elected in a January 5 general election
Algerias president clinches a fourth term
BNP opposition leader and Khaleda Zia applauds at a rally organised by the party and allies in Dhaka in March 2012. AFP
which the centre-right BNP and its 18 allies boycotted and denounced as a farce. Police detained thousands of opposition ofcials and supporters and charged many more during and after the election, which was the bloodiest in the countrys short history. Zias lawyers argued in the High Court that she has been charged unlawfully and sought a court order to stop the trial, which was set to start in a special anti-corruption court in Dhaka. The anti-corruption court was now likely to delay the trial until the High
Court gave its ruling, according to lawyers. But defence lawyer Moudud Ahmed said he would still need to formally seek a stay of the trial today. Prosecutors say Zia and three of her co-accused siphoned off 31.5 million taka (about $406,000) from a charitable trust named after her late husband, Ziaur Rahman, a former president who was assassinated in 1981. She is also accused of leading a group of ve people, including her eldest son Tarique Rahman, who now is in London, in embezzling 21.5 mil-
lion taka funds meant to go to an orphanage set up in memory of her late husband. The charges date back to Zias last term as prime minister from 2001 to 2006 and can carry a life sentence, prosecutors have said. The BNP has threatened to hold nationwide protests if the trial against their leader goes ahead. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam rejected the defences claims of political motivation. Zia, who rst became premier in 1991, has a famously poisonous relationship with Hasina an enmity which dates back three decades. Zia was kept under de facto house arrest for more than a week ahead of Januarys polls. Hasina was overwhelmingly re-elected in what was effectively a one-horse race after the BNP and other opposition parties refused to eld candidates over rigging fears. Nearly 200 people died in violence in the run-up to the polls as the opposition and security forces fought pitched battles. Zia spent nearly two years behind bars in 2007-8 when both she and Hasina were detained by a military-backed government as part of a crackdown on corruption. Both women were eventually freed without charge. AFP
ALGERIaN President Abdelaziz Bouteflika claimed a fourth term on Friday, despite his poor health, winning a landslide victory in an election marred by low turnout and his rival alleging fraud. The 77-year-old incumbent who voted from a wheelchair on Thursday scooped 81.53 per cent of the votes, while his main rival, Ali Benflis, received 12.18 per cent, Interior Minister Tayeb Belaiz said. The people have chosen freely, in a climate that was transparent and neutral, Belaiz insisted. Benflis, who had already cited serious irregularities across the country on polling day, swiftly refused to recognise Bouteflikas re-election. AFP
Iraq attacks kill 10
AttaCKS in Iraq, including a suicide bombing at a university in north Baghdad, killed at least 10 people yesterday, security and medical officials said. The attacks took place less than two weeks before a parliamentary election that will be a major test for security forces. Officials gave varying accounts of the bombing of Baghdads Imam Kadhim University. A police colonel said a suicide attacker entered the university before setting off explosives, while another bomber and a gunman were killed by security forces. AFP
Chief Accountant
The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh is seeking an individual for the Chief Accountant position for the Ofce of Financial Management (OFM), USAID/Cambodia. The incumbent is responsible for providing expert advice on project nancing, budgeting, and the coordination and preparation of budgets and all report submissions. The incumbent is also responsible for the overall management and oversight of the operating expense and program accounting, program/project budgets, and voucher processing. The incumbent provides direct professional financial and technical advice, support to technical ofces, and analyses and advice on all nancial aspects of the design, implementation, and evaluation of USAID/ Cambodia development assistance projects. Salary: The annual salary range for this position is USD 24,277 37,628. Required Qualications 1. Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration is required. 2. Five years of progressively responsible experience in nancial management: accounting, auditing, budgeting, or vouchering with a minimum of three years experience in accounting. 3. Level IV (uent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English and Khmer are required. Language prociency will be tested. Application Procedure The application deadline is May 2, 2014. Interested candidates must submit applications by email to RecruitmentPHP@ state.gov using the Universal Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174) form. The application form and complete details on this position can be found at http://cambodia.usembassy.gov/ employment_opportunities.html. Note: All Ordinarily Resident (OR) applicants must have the required work and/or residency permits to be eligible for consideration.
Protocol Assistant
Funding Opportunities APS-442-14-000001 - USAID/Cambodias Civil Society Annual Program Statement
The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh is seeking an individual for the Protocol Assistant position for the Executive Ofce. The Protocol Assistant serves as the Embassys main point of contact for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Protocol Department, the Royal Palace and assists to coordinate U.S. government ofcials VIP visits to Cambodia. The incumbent serves as the personal assistant to the Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and/or their spouses on complex and sensitive protocol matters. Develops and maintains a large network of contacts with ofce directors in all government ofces in the country. Prepares and maintains biographic data of key ofcial gures. Reviews and revises guest lists for embassy functions and provides visiting delegations with protocol guidance and advice. As required, accompanies the Ambassador and senior U.S. ofcials to meetings. Coordinates with the household staff of the Ambassador and the DCM and arranges Embassy ofcial functions, and performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor. Salary: The annual salary range for this position is USD12,142 18,824. Required Qualications 1. Bachelors degree in English, Political Science, Management, Business Administration, Public Relations, or Education is required. 2. Five (5) years of experience in public affairs or event management, or as an executive secretary/protocol assistant, is required. 3. Level IV (uent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English and Khmer are required. Language prociency will be tested. 4. Must have good knowledge of all sections and departments of the Royal Government of Cambodia. Knowledge of ofcials holding key positions within the Royal Government and thorough knowledge of Cambodian customs and practices are required. 5. Must be able to use effectively the full range of Microsoft Ofce applications.Must have good interpersonal and communication skills. Application Procedure
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) represented by its Mission to Cambodia is issuing an Annual Program Statement (APS) for the purpose of strengthening civil society engagement in processes that promote democracy, government accountability, and an enhanced respect for human rights. Youth engagement and gender equality are cross-cutting themes that must be integrated into all program activities. USAID/Cambodia plans to fund multiple awards exclusively to local organizations through this APS. For detailed information regarding this APS, please refer to the full version of the APS and its amendments posted on: http://www.grants.gov/. Go to the section Find Grant Opportunities and search using the subject APS number. An Interested Applicants Conference will be held on April 23, 2014. In order to participate, all interested applicants must register at the email address provided and will be notied of the place and time of the conference. Interested applicants must register in advance by emailing CambodiaAPS@usaid.gov and must provide the name of the participants, their titles, e-mail addresses and the name of the organization they represent, not later than April 21, 2014 at 4.00 p.m. local Phnom Penh time. Attendance will be limited to no more than two individuals per organization. Any inquiries regarding this APS should be directed to CambodiaAPS@usaid.gov
The application deadline is May 2, 2014. Interested candidates must submit applications by email to RecruitmentPHP@state.gov using the Universal Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174) form. The application form and complete details on this position can be found at http://cambodia. usembassy.gov/employment_opportunities.html. Note: All Ordinarily Resident (OR) applicants must have the required work and/or residency permits to be eligible for consideration.
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Mass China rally after beatings by ofcials

ThouSaNDS took to the streets of a Chinese city to protest at the beating of a vendor and a passer-by who took photos of the incident, reports said yesterday. The incident at Lingxi city in Cangnan county in the eastern province of Zhejiang is the latest instance of public outrage triggered by the behaviour of Chinas chengguan, quasi-police ofcials who enforce local regulations and have a reputation for brutality. Five chengguan were injured in the protest, with two in critical condition, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported yesterday. The passerby, a man surnamed Huang, was in a stable condition. According to an account posted by the Cangnan government on its ofcial microblog on Saturday night, the incident began when several chengguan in Lingxi demanded that a vendor stop illegally selling gas stoves and other items, which they said were blocking the sidewalk. Huang, who happened to be passing by, began taking photos, and after the ofcers demanded he stop, to no avail, both sides clashed, the ofcial report said. Huang was injured in the altercation and taken to hospital, the Cangnan government said. The ofcial account stated that internet rumours about urban management workers beating a man to death began circulating in the afternoon, triggering a mass gathering of onlookers during which ve ofcers were besieged and beaten. A report in the Southern Metropolis Daily yesterday quoted several eyewitnesses who said Huang, 36, was beaten by more than a dozen ofcers, some uniformed and others in plainclothes. One local resident told the paper that the vendor who triggered the incident was a young woman and that her stoves were not blocking the road; she just placed them in front of the store. AFP
Just what the doctor ordered

A veterinary staff member of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme Centre conducts medical examinations on a 14-year-old male orangutan found with air gun metal pellets embedded in his body in Sibolangit district in northern Sumatra island last week. The orangutan was rescued by Indonesias Ministry of Forestry personnel and Orangutan Information Centre on Tuesday in nearby Langkat district in a small patch of forest and agricultural plantation. The centre has cared for over 280 orangutans rescued from palm oil plantations, poachers and pet owners and over 200 have been reintroduced in the wild. The critically endangered primates population is dwindling rapidly due to poaching and rapid destruction of their forest habitat that is being converted into palm oil plantations. AFP
Obama aiming to reinvigorate Asia strategy

RESIDENT Obamas bid to focus US attention on Asia has failed to meet the lofty expectations he set three years ago in a grand pronouncement that the new emphasis would become a pillar of his foreign policy. The result, as Obama prepares to travel to the region this week, has been a loss of condence among some US allies about the administrations commitment at a time of escalating regional tensions. Relations between Japan and South Korea are at one of the lowest points since World War II, and China has provoked both with aggressive actions at sea despite a personal plea to Beijing from Vice President Biden in December. Relations have gone from being generally positive at the strategic level among the great powers to extremely difcult, said Kurt M Campbell, a former assistant secretary of state who helped conceive the Asia strategy. Its a much more challenging strategic landscape. In a glitzy rollout in the autumn of 2011, Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the United States would pivot away from long, costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and ramp up engagement to meet Chinas rise. Instead, over the past year the administration has been drawn deeper into crises in traditional hotspots in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Congressional Democrats blocked Obamas bid to speed up talks on a 12-nation Pacic free-trade pact at the core of a policy that aims to
balance military realignment with economic initiatives. Obama also cancelled participation in two Asian summits because of the government shutdown last autumn. White House aides say they are condent the president will re-energise his Asia strategy by visiting seven countries this year Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines this week and China, Myanmar and Australia in the autumn. Obama met with the leader of China and, in a separate meeting, with the leaders of Japan and South Korea on the sidelines of a nuclear summit in Europe last month. Showing up matters a lot in Asia. The good news is that its pretty easily xable, said Benjamin Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser. We have the benet of knowing what success will look like and if we achieve it, people will think it was worth it. Despite that optimism, there is a feeling outside the administration that the energy and enthusiasm that marked the launch of the policy has been lost with the departures early last year of Clinton and national security adviser Thomas E Donilon. Their successors, John F Kerry and Susan Rice, respectively, have been focused foremost on conicts in Ukraine and Syria, a Middle East peace pact, and Irans nuclear program. For a lot of reasons, none egregiously negligent, it adds up to us not being there, said Michael OHanlon, a defence analyst at the Brookings Institution. Perceptions
are everything, and now the whole idea of the rebalance is at risk. A few days into her tenure as the nations most senior diplomat, Clinton held a dinner for her closest advisers on the ornate eighth oor of the State Department with some long-time Asia policy hands, including author Orville Schell. The message was clear: after a decade of war, there would be a new emphasis. It was a view in sync with Obamas thinking. The president had already instructed his national security staff to conduct a review of the militarys global footprint. The conclusion of the review, Donilon recalled, was that at the very same time that Asia was undergoing the most dramatic social and economic development in the history of the world, the United States was overwhelmingly focused on military efforts in the Middle East. For a president with roots in Hawaii and Indonesia, a turn to Asia made sense. In February 2009, Clintons rst trip as secretary of state was to Asia, and Obama welcomed Japans Taro Aso as his rst foreign leader to visit the White House. Underpinning the renewed focus on Asia was the realisation that China was moving to ll the vacuum of US inattention to the region. Chinas view in 2008 and 2009 was that an arrogant United States had been knocked down by the recession and theres a new sheriff in town and its China, said Campbell, Clintons top Asia strategist. On Obamas rst Asia trip, in No-
vember 2009, Chinese President Hu Jintao embarrassed the White House by rejecting the administrations demands on Chinas currency manipulation and refusing to allow questions at a joint news conference. It turned into a metaphor for us supposedly kowtowing to the Chinese, recalled Jeffrey Bader, director of Asia affairs for the National Security Council from 2009 to 2011. The White House was not going to let that narrative recur. Since then, China has become convinced that the US strategy is aimed primarily at containing its rising inuence. Obama, hoping for a fresh start with Chinas Xi Jinping, who succeeded Hu last year, invited him to the Sunnylands Estate in California in June a setting picked for its relaxed atmosphere. But in the autumn Beijing declared an air defence zone above contested waters in the East China Sea, provoking angry responses from Japan and South Korea. In the week before last, during a visit to Beijing, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel traded barbs with his Chinese counterpart, who declared that Chinas military can never be contained. The Pentagon announced in 2012 that it intended to have 60 per cent of its naval and Air Force assets in the Asia-Pacic region by 2020. And with Democrats slowing the trade pact amid election-year pushback from labour unions, a critical Senate Foreign Relations Committee report this week concluded that the administrations Asia strategy
has become viewed in the region as military-focused. The State Department devotes just 8 per cent of its diplomatic engagement budget to its Asia-Pacic bureaus and 4 per cent of aid money to a region which accounts for 33 per cent of the worlds population, the report found. Sweeping speeches and policy pronouncements unsupported by hard deliverables create a large gap between expectations and reality, according to the committees analysis. Administration ofcials point to new strategic partnerships with Indonesia and Vietnam and a deal with Japan on the contentious issue of relocating a Marine air base. But Bader, now at the Brookings Institution, said the administration still must make clear whether its strategy is about containing China, hedging against China, or is it about participating in and beneting from the most dynamic area of the world? The administration says the latter, but many argue for the former. The stakes are perhaps as high for Clinton as Obama. As she weighs a White House bid in 2016, her supporters have cited the Asia strategy as one of her most signicant accomplishments. On the wall of his ofce, Campbell keeps a framed photo of Obama and Clinton posing with their aides on Air Force One as they descend into Myanmar. The inscription, from the president, reads: Thanks for years of outstanding work on our pivot to Asia. THE WAShINGtON POSt
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hE effort to nd missing ight MH370 is at a very critical juncture, Malaysias transport minister said on Saturday as authorities mull whether to reassess a challenging search of the Indian Ocean seabed that has so far found nothing. The search for today and tomorrow is at a very critical juncture. So I appeal for everybody around the world to pray and pray hard that we nd something to work on, Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said. Malaysia was already in discussions with private companies on the possible use of more deep-sea vessels if the mini-submarine currently searching the ocean oor fails to make a breakthrough, Hishammuddin added. The Boeing 777, which vanished on March 8 carrying 239 people, is believed to have crashed in deep remote waters far off Western Australia, though no trace of it has been found. The Australian-led search effort is relying on a single US Navy submersible sonar scanning device to scour an uncharted seabed at depths of around 4,500 metres (15,000 feet) or more. Technical hitches, including the fact that the torpedoshaped Bluen-21 is operating at the extent of its depth
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Japans defence chief puzzled by Russian jets
JAPANS defence minister said yesterday that there have been an abnormal number of flights by Russian military aircraft close to Japanese islands in recent days. The countrys air defence force scrambled fighter jets for seven days in a row through Saturday after spotting Russian military planes flying along the Japanese archipelago, according to the defence ministry. On Friday, six Russian TU-95 bombers were seen flying two by two, with one pair moving around the Okinawan islands and then going north along Japans Pacific coast. The two other pairs flew over the Sea of Japan (East Sea). None of the flights intruded into Japanese airspace. They are continuing flights, which we deem as abnormal and were unseen even in the Cold War era, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said. We are closely monitoring the situation. AFP
Commander James Lybrand, Mission Commander of the ADV Ocean Shield (left), and Chris Sharkie Moore, Phoenix Team lead, watch the launch of the Artemis AUV on the Ocean Shield in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines ight MH370 in the Indian Ocean on Thursday. AFP
Unknown abductors free kidnapped engineer
limit, have made for a slowgoing operation. Launched from an Australian naval vessel, the device has so far made six deep-sea scanning runs but has detected nothing. Australias Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday set a one-week deadline to locate the plane using the sub. We have pursued every possible lead presented to us at this stage, and with every passing day the search has
become more difcult, Hishammuddin, who is heading up the Malaysian governments response to MH370, told reporters in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. As the search and rescue effort expected to be the costliest in aviation history wears on, authorities have indicated alternative methods may be needed, including deeperdiving devices. Hishammuddin reiterated this, saying adjustments may
include widening the scope of the search and adding the number of deep-sea sonar vessels from commercial entities such as oil companies. He stressed the search would not be abandoned. By [today] I feel we will be in a better position to see what needs to be done, he said. As for today and tomorrow, we will use the assets that are already available there and pray that something positive comes out. And if that happens, that
planning which I detailed to you, will not be required. On Saturday, up to 11 military aircraft and 12 ships were searching for the plane, Australias Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said, with a visual search being carried out over a total area of 50,200 (19,400) square kilometres. The Bluen-21 has so far scoured 133 square kilometres of the ocean oor and was carrying out its seventh mission, it added. AFP
Mental health problems plague poll hopefuls

HIS body shaking violently, Sofyan screamed loudly as a traditional healer sought to calm the Indonesian election candidate, one of a growing number seeking treatment for mental health problems after polls last week. Dont take my votes away. I have spent so much money, he shouted as the healer chanted softly and poured water mixed with flowers over his body. Many of the approximately 230,000 candidates running for seats in local and national legislatures across the worlds biggest archipelago nation invested huge amounts of their own money to fund campaigns, but some are now paying an even greater price. Some become depressed at the prospect of losing everything, while others appear to have suffered more severely, such as one who reportedly stole his neighbours sandals before taking refuge up a coconut tree. Thousands of candidates were treated for stress-related illnesses following the 2009 legislative elections, and reports in recent days suggest that the situation will be the same following the April 9 vote. While many of those who fall ill are the losers, that is not always the case as the stress and cost of running campaigns can be enormous, whatever the final outcome. They have lost their money, land, houses, and one candidate even lost his wife to another man because he was too busy campaigning, said Muhammad Muzakkin, from a traditional healing centre on the main Java island, who has treated 51 candidates for stress in the past week. Many are willing to take the risk, however, as the rewards from gaining office in Indonesia can be huge a businessman will find it is easier for his company to win contracts if he is also a politician, and there is ample opportunity to get rich by accepting bribes in a country with a notoriously corrupt political culture. The lack of campaign funding from parties means that people seeking to run for office in Indonesia generally have to provide money, a huge undertaking that many underestimate before launching their political careers. Sofyan, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, sold two motorcycles and took out loans to raise more than 300 million rupiah ($26,000) to fund his campaign for a local parliament seat in Cirebon district, in West Java province. This covered the cost of materials such as posters and also cash handouts for voters something that is common in Indonesia although it is officially illegal. Official results are not released until May but his political team believes he may be on course to win the seat for the Democratic Party of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Nevertheless, he is worried that something will go wrong and the prospect that such a huge sum of money could have gone to waste has sent him tumbling into an abyss of depression. I dont know what [I will] do if I lose, he said. Other candidates lose their tempers when they believe they have lost, with some storming polling stations and making off with ballot boxes while one angrily demanded the return of donations he had made to a local mosque. Psychiatric units at hospitals have said they are ready to treat depressed candidates but many seek help from traditional healers in a country where indigenous beliefs remain strong. Muzakkin from the clinic on Java said that healers there were using prayers to shoo away the genies plaguing depressed candidates, many of whom are at a very low ebb when they arrive. One man threw a tantrum and stripped himself naked so he had to be put in an isolation room, he said. The problem has started to concern the government to such a degree that it wants to amend legislation so that candidates are required to undergo a mental health check before they can run in elections. Eka Viora, the health ministrys director of mental health, said that the elections could be a disaster for candidates, particularly those who lose. They lose not only their assets and jobs but also their dignity, she said. However, political analyst Dodi Ambardi cautioned that it was also the responsibility of the individual candidate to assess whether they were up to it. Its a risky gamble. If they are clearly not up to the task, they really should not be overconfident and bother to run in the first place. AFP
SuSPected Islamic militants have freed a Filipino engineer they abducted in the southern Philippines 53 days ago, the military said yesterday. Bonifacio Salinas was seized by alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf group on the volatile southern island of Jolo in February along with his wife, Claire, who was freed a month later. Local military spokesman Captain Ryan Lacuesta said the gunmen released Salinas on a mountainous roadside on Saturday night. He said there is no information on whether a ransom was paid, or who the abductors were. Salinas could not be reached for comment. Kidnappings in the region have been largely blamed on the Abu Sayyaf, a small gang of selfstyled Islamic militants founded in the 1990s with seed money from al-Qaeda, according to the police and the military. The ragtag group of about 300 militants operates out of jungle terrain on Jolo and nearby islands. AFP
S Koreas state railway chief to visit the North
SOUTH Korea said yesterday it had approved a trip by the head of its state-run railway corporation to North Korea to attend an international conference. Korea Railway chief Choi Yeon-hye will visit the North from Thursday to April 28, said Seouls Unification Ministry which handles cross-border affairs. She was invited by the Organisation for Co-Operation between Railways to attend its meeting for railway chiefs to be held in the North Korean capital Pyongyang, it added. The rare visit to the North by a senior Seoul official follows a period of elevated military tension. AFP
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Japans military sharpens its eyes on China: reports

JaPaN bolstered its military surveillance capabilities in the southern island region of Okinawa over the weekend, reports said, as territorial tensions with China simmer. The nations armed forces, called the Self-Defence Forces, launched a squadron of four E-2C early warning planes at its air base in Naha on the main Okinawan island yesterday, the Jiji and Kyodo news agencies reported. This is the rst time such planes have been based on the island. At the inauguration ceremony in Naha, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said Japan faced a dangerous situation as Chinas continual attempts to change the status quo by force and threaten the rule of law could trigger emergencies, Kyodo News reported. The squadron was newly established to rmly defend our countrys territorial land, sea and air, he told reporters afterwards, according to Jiji Press. Japans air force possesses 13 E-2C airborne early warning planes at the Misawa base in northern Japan. Four of these have been transferred to the Naha base. The number of personnel there will be doubled to about 130 by March 2015. Japan scrambled ghter jets against approaching Chinese aircraft 415 times in the year to March 2014, up from 306 times in the preceding year, Jiji said citing defence ministry statistics. On Saturday, a ceremony was held to start building a radar surveillance unit on Yonaguni, Japans westernmost island, despite protests from islanders fearing the unit will trigger attacks, the reports said. Yonaguni lies about 150 kilometres (100 miles) southwest of the Tokyocontrolled Senkaku islands which China also claims and calls the Diaoyu islands. Chinese ships and planes have approached the disputed island group, repeatedly moving into its territorial waters and airspace, after Tokyo nationalised some of the Senkakus in September 2012, to confront Japanese patrols. Radar equipment will be installed at the ground force unit on Yonaguni to monitor ships and aircraft in the East China Sea, the reports said. About 150 personnel will be deployed at the radar unit by the end of March 2016. Its very important to take a solid surveillance posture on remote islands, Defence Minister Onodera said after attending the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, Kyodo reported. The unit will ll a void of Self-Defence Forces presence in Japans remote southwestern islands, he added. Both the main Okinawa island and Yonaguni are part of the island region of Okinawa. The surveillance boost comes at a time when Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing to recongure Japans role in the world, specically that of its armed forces. He wants to reinterpret a law to allow Japanese troops to take up arms to defend an ally under attack in socalled collective self-defence. AFP
Measles outbreak
Families whose children are suffering from measles attend a state-run hospital in Hanoi on Thursday. Vietnam is scrambling to contain a deadly outbreak of measles that has killed more than 100 people, mostly young children, and infected thousands more this year, the government said on Friday. At least 112 people the majority of them under 10 years old have died of the disease so far in 2014, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. It warned that the number of deaths could rise because of cross-infection, bad weather and overcrowding at pediatric hospitals in major cities where panicked parents are bringing their infected children. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Wednesday called for authorities to be more active in preventing the spread of the disease. The authorities are providing vaccines, stepping up surveillance of the disease and urging parents to seek treatment locally instead of at pediatric hospitals whose patients are vulnerable to infection. AFP
Everest search called off: Nepal Myanmar army says 22

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ePaL yesterday called off a search for local guides still missing after the deadliest accident on Mount Everest killed 13 colleagues, as climbers recalled the terrifying moments when the avalanche hit. Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 13 Sherpa guides and plucked another nine to safety since an ice and snow avalanche smashed into their expedition on Friday morning on the worlds highest peak. Authorities have ruled out any hope of nding more survivors, and with bad weather hampering efforts, they have now decided to end the search for the three guides thought still buried. We have decided to stop the search for the missing. We have been unable to identify the location of bodies and at this stage it is difcult to nd them in the snow, tourism ministry ofcial Dipendra Paudel said. The guides were among a
large party that left Everests base camp before dawn, carrying tents, food and ropes to prepare routes for international clients before the main climbing season starts later this month. The avalanche hit them at an altitude of about 5,800 metres (19,000 feet) in an area nicknamed the popcorn eld due to ice boulders on the route, which leads into the treacherous Khumbu Icefall. Dozens of guides were on the move when a huge block of ice broke off from a hanging glacier, before splitting into smaller chunks and barrelling down into the icefall, one of the most dangerous areas en route to the summit. A guide on the mountain recalled how, from just moments after the avalanche struck, he and others spent hours digging through snow, pulling out bodies and rescuing injured colleagues. We heard a roar and when we looked up we saw a massive ball of snow coming towards us, said Nam-
gyal Sherpa, who was climbing the icefall when the avalanche happened. My rst thought was we were all going to die, the 38year-old guide, who has summited the peak 11 times, said. Moments after climbers heard the sound of crashing ice, they sprang into action, calling helicopter companies for help and trudging through snow to rescue stranded colleagues. We could see hands, legs and bags above the snow, Sherpa said. Joe Kluberton, Everest Basecamp manager for Seattle-based Alpine Ascents International, said the local and foreign guides speedy response saved at least three lives. We got nine men off the mountain including three who were critically injured and needed immediate medical attention, said Kluberton, whose team lost four Sherpas in the accident with another still missing. Just 24 hours before the accident, Klubertons team had held a day-long prayer cer-
emony at base camp, asking priests to bless their climbing gear and putting up Buddhist ags, in line with local customs which consider Mount Everest to be sacred. We basically ask the mountain for permission to climb, we dont cross base camp until we nish the puja [prayer], he said. Two young members of the team, Nima Sherpa and Mingma Nuru Sherpam who lost their lives in the accident, had recently been promoted to climbing guides after spending four years working at base camp. They knew the risks, we are all familiar with the dangers of Everest, but it doesnt make it any easier to lose your friends, Kluberton said, his voice cracking with emotion. The disaster underscores the huge risks borne by local guides who ascend the icy slopes, often in pitch-dark and usually weighed down by tents, ropes and food for their foreign clients, who pays tens of thousands of dollars to climb the mountain. AFP
killed in rebel clashes

FIGHTING between the military and ethnic minority rebels in northern Myanmar has left at least 22 people dead this month, the army said yesterday, dimming hopes of a nationwide peace deal. Bloodshed in the state of Kachin, the scene of the last major active civil war in the former junta-ruled country, has uprooted tens of thousands of people and tempered optimism about sweeping political reforms. Eight government soldiers, including one ofcer, have been killed in clashes this month, according to a military statement carried by the army-owned Myawaddy newspaper. The military also retrieved the bodies of 14 Kachin Independence Army (KIA) ghters along with weapons, it added. There was no immediate comment from the KIA, one of the countrys largest rebel armies. Kachin sources said thousands of villagers were taking refuge along the border with China. According to the UN, about 100,000 people have been displaced in remote, resourcerich area since a 17-year cease-re between the government and the rebels broke down in June 2011. The total death toll from the conict is unknown. The military said ghting ared up earlier this month after one of its ofcers was killed in an ambush by the
KIA, prompting it to deploy troops to clear areas along supply lines. President Thein Seins reformist government has struck a series of tentative peace deals with major rebel groups in the country, which has been wracked by civil conict since independence from Britain in 1948. After numerous rounds of talks, the government and Kachin rebels signed a sevenpoint plan in May 2013 aimed at ending hostilities. At the time the agreement was hailed as a breakthrough by the government, which is now seeking to ink a nationwide cease-re with a coalition of rebel groups to burnish its reform credentials as it woos foreign donors and investors. Another round of peace talks is scheduled for early May although it could be delayed because of the fresh unrest, according to a person close to the talks who did not want to be named. Since decades of outright military rule ended three years ago, former general Thein Sein has won international praise by freeing hundreds of political prisoners, easing censorship and letting opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi enter parliament. But optimism has been marred by the Kachin conict, several outbreaks of deadly Buddhist-Muslim strife around the country and concerns about continued repressive laws. AFP
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Inside the Donetsk Peoples Republic

Luke Harding
T IS part Soviet theme park, part wacky antiWestern wonderland. Stuck to the barricades outside the Donetsk Peoples Republic are several caricatures of Barack Obama. There is Obama as Hitler, complete with moustache. There is Obama, Bonaparte and the Fuhrer, and the words: They all thought their nations were superior. And there is Obama as a monkey (the monkeyObama, visible on Friday, had disappeared by Saturday). Further inside, past a wall of tyres, activist Vitaly Akulov stood beneath a ag of Stalin. The Soviet leader had a Kalashnikov. Wasnt he responsible for the deaths of millions of Soviet citizens? Without a tough tsar who uses harsh methods you cant build an imperium, Akulov observed. Two weeks ago pro-Kremlin separatists seized Donetsks regional administration building. They have been there ever since, transforming the 11-storey block overlooking the green Pushkin boulevard into an improvised youth hostel and counterrevolutionary headquarters.
Pro-Russia activists stand guard inside Donetsks regional administration building that they seized in the eastern Ukrainian city on April 16. AFP
They are a bizarre group, including teenagers in balaclavas, some just 15 or 16, and bearded men in military jackets. But if Vladimir Putin has his way they will soon become the easts new government. On Thursday, Russia, Ukraine, the US and the EU hammered out a deal in Geneva to de-escalate the sixmonth-old Ukraine crisis. It was agreed that all illegal groups would end their occupation of ofcial buildings
and give up their weapons. Some 48 hours later, however, the separatists who have grabbed a string of municipal premises across the Donbass region, with the capital in Donetsk, had not budged. Of course were not leaving, said Alexey Kirolov, a 24year-old activist, munching his breakfast in the republics pop-up ground-oor cafeteria. But what about Geneva? Russia signed a bit of paper. Everybody knows they
didnt mean it, Kirolov said. Putins not going to give up on us. Were his people. On the 11th oor reached via a lot of stairs, since the lifts dont work the republic leadership was planning its next move. In what used to be the economics and legal departments, exhausted activists lolled on chairs listening to the radio. On Friday peoples governor Denis Pushilin, a neatly dressed local businessman apparently handpicked for the role, denounced the Geneva deal. He told journalists that his supporters wouldnt leave buildings before the illegal government in Kiev quit. A leaet bearing his name had been dumped outside Donetsks synagogue. It said all Jews in the city had to register, warning they would face a ne if they did not. Pushilin has denounced the leaet as a hoax and complete lie. Its provenance remains a mystery. Vladimir Markovich, Pushilins close colleague, said the usurping government in Kiev didnt have the right to sign anything: They are not legitimate. Ukraines democratically elected parliament, at least, had voted in the new government. Even members
of Viktor Yanukovychs Party of Regions had supported it. Had anyone actually voted for him? No, but local people from my area back me. Markovich described himself as the republics speaker. He said his activists had barricaded the building with tyres and razorwire because fascists might storm their camp at any moment. We have no weapons, weve never had them, he said. The protesters would continue until a referendum was held on the regions future status, he said. The separatists want this by 11 May. With the Geneva agreement already dead, two scenarios were now likely, according to Igor Todorov, a professor at Donetsks university. The rst was that Russia would annex the east of Ukraine, as it did with Crimea. The second was that Moscow would install a puppet regime analogous to the one in Trans-Dniester, the breakaway Moldovan region next to western Ukraine, he said. The Kremlin will decide at the last minute. Certainly Russia is treating the Donbass Peoples Republic as a dignied government-in-waiting. The separatists make no secret of
wanting to join Moscow. In the lobby of the occupied building is a large map of Donbass, with Russia scrawled on it. The US, EU and Kiev say there is overwhelming proof that the Kremlin is coordinating the armed uprising using undercover soldiers and FSB agents. Moscow denies this. Todorov a supporter of Ukrainian statehood said he was deeply pessimistic about his countrys future. He said he doubted presidential elections due to be held on 25 May would take place, at least not in the east. And in Kiev, he suggested, there was a growing feeling Ukraine would be better off dumping its troublesome eastern provinces and creating a modern European country without them. Last week, meanwhile, the Russian media reported that Yanukovych was planning to return to Ukraine on Easter Sunday. Yanukovychs imminent resurrection seems unlikely. But it is possible the Kremlin may deploy him at some point. I can see a scenario where Russia brings back Yanukovych and puts him on a tank in Kiev, Todorov said gloomily. THE OBSERVER
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HEN I met Rajina Aktar in February of last year, her eyes were still red and her memory still fuzzy from the toxic smoke that had knocked her unconscious three weeks earlier. The 15-year-old had been sewing pockets onto jackets when a fire broke out at Smart Export Garments, an illegal factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Walking through the ruins, I saw what appeared to be handprints and scratch marks on the walls of the stairwell where eight workers were crushed to death as 350 people tried to push through a single locked exit. Someone had managed to carry Aktar to safety. In the basement room where she lived, she told me that with four relatives to support, she expected to return to the assembly line as soon as she recovered. There is nothing else, she said. Fires in the factories of Bangladeshs $20 billion garment export industry were occurring an average of two to three times a week then. I wrote for the Washington Post that dangerous conditions werent likely to improve as long as major Western companies continued to send high-volume orders and consumers continued to demand the lowest possible prices. Then came Rana Plaza. When the eight-storey building collapsed on April 24, the scale of suffering 1,134 killed, 2,515 injured seemed too great for even the most apathetic companies to ignore. Indeed, a year later, Bangladeshs garment industry has improved. More than 150 mostly European companies have signed the legally binding Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, while 26 predominantly American companies, including WalMart, Sears and Gap, have joined a separate alliance that commits them to invest in safety upgrades. The factories they source from are gradually being upgraded, and monitoring is getting better. Meanwhile, foreign government pressure, including the suspension of US trade privileges for Bangladesh, helped lead to new labour laws that, at face value, protect workers by making it easier for them to organise. Emboldened workers are now speaking out against bad conditions, walking out if necessary. And their collective efforts have secured a minimum-wage increase that will provide some financial security. But wed be foolish to believe that the industry has cleaned up its act. Reports from independent factory inspections conducted late last year
Rajina Aktar, 15, in Savar, Bangladesh, in February 2013, was one of the survivors of the January 2013 blaze at Smart Export Garments in Dhaka. the washIngton post
painted a worrisome picture. Heavy storage loads sent cracks down walls and stressed support beams. In some cases, basic fire equipment was missing and exit routes didnt lead outside. One of the best factories in the country a client of Hugo Boss, Marks & Spencer and PVH, the parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger received multiple citations. And those are the front-line factories. The open secret in Bangladesh is that theres a underworld of off-thebooks operations that backstop the export industry. Sandwiched inside apartment buildings, in basements and on rooftops, overworked employees finish orders from larger companies under fierce pressure to stay apace with fast fashion. One afternoon last September, I snuck inside a signless Dhaka factory to see for myself. On a packed floor without windows, workers ironed T-shirts beneath fans and florescent lighting. In the corner, a man affixed tags to childrens jumpsuits. Though I had chosen the factory at random, the fire code violations were plenty: Evacuation maps were covered with fliers, hoses were missing from their hinges, stacks of boxes and piles of synthetic fabric blocked exits. It was not hard to imagine the worst.
A top garment producer admitted that unauthorised subcontracting remains standard. With so many variables to disrupt production political violence, strikes, electrical breakdowns he still farms out some work to meet deadlines. There will be subcontracting every day you cannot stop it, he told me in his posh headquarters. Officially, the brands will say No more that they are controlling it. But unofficially, it will always happen, and they know it. The US government is guilty of the same negligence. While President Barack Obama espouses workers rights, our military is sourcing clothing from sweatshops, according to a report from the International Labor Rights Forum. Military retail stores purchase millions of dollars worth of apparel from Bangladesh each year without vetting supply chains. Instead, they rely on companies with dubious track records to ensure safety compliance. That is why clothing designs bearing the Marine Corps logo were found among the ashes at Tazreen Fashions, where 112 workers died in a fire in November 2012. The Marines responded by mandating that all licensees sign the safety accord, but a legislative measure that would have required exchanges asso-
ciated with the other branches of the military to do the same was stripped out of the defence spending bill. Another sign of diminished Western concern: The companies that sourced from Rana Plaza have deposited only $17 million of a targeted $40 million into a relief fund to pay medical bills, lost wages and other compensation to the roughly 4,000 victims, including survivors of the factory collapse and the families of the dead. Late last summer, when I went to the site where the industrial building once stood, a swarm of victims relatives surrounded me, clutching posters of their missing, demanding answers and payment for their losses. My translator tried to explain that I was a reporter, but few could hear for the shouting. One of them was Lutfer Rahman, now a single father of two. His asthma had forced him to give up his job as a rickshaw driver. So his wife, Rina, had become the family breadwinner, working as a factory helper for $62 a month. It was the younger daughter, Arifa, 12, who scanned rows of bodies laid out at a nearby school and identified her mothers remains. With just $2,500 from a government fund, Lutfer needed to save money to raise his girls. How could a life could be worth so little, he asked. To date, none of Rana Plazas victims have received the full amount of promised compensation. The long-term welfare of garment workers and their families will ultimately depend on the follow-through of foreign brands whose buying power shapes the industry. If the past is any indication, for all the pledges and codes of conduct, profit-driven companies will get away with what they can when left to their own devices. Media coverage and consumer outrage in the wake of tragedy are a hedge against this. I still think of Rajina Aktar, the 15-year-old girl with bloodshot eyes. Before leaving Dhaka in September, I went back to her home to see how she was faring. The apartment block had been torn down. Had she left the capital or moved on to another factory? For two hours, I searched the neighbourhood without any luck, until I met another garment worker who said she knew her. But it turns out Rajina Aktar is a common name, and the person she described was not the same girl. There are scores more like her on the bleak margins of this industry. If Rana Plaza is to be a turning point, we must bear in mind the price of indifference every time we make a purchase. the washIngton post
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E N T U RI E S - O L D Vishnu and Buddha statues, including one still revered by villagers, are among the Cambodian national treasures on display at New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art. More than 150 artefacts have been loaned from the region for Lost Kingdoms: HinduBuddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, Fifth to Eighth Century. The exhibition, which opened last Monday, has been described as a monumental show in every sense of the word, by The Wall Street Journal. Displayed alongside the rst internationally exhibited Myanmar artefacts are 20 preAngkorian stone and bronze statues sent by the National Museum of Cambodia. We consider them our ambassadors, said Kong Vireak, director of the museum. The statues are mostly from the Kingdom of Funans later years in the fth to seventh centuries. With its power concentrated in southern Cambodia, Funan was the nations rst known civilisation to have been directly inuenced by India. Examples of both Buddhist and Hindu artefacts are present at the exhibit in New York. Among the most unusual objects to be sent to New York is a stone statue of Buddha recovered from Angkor Borei in Takeo province, which is
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PRINCE will return to Warner Bros Records for the first time in 18 years. The singer rejoins the label after a split that previously led him to write the word slave on his face and change his name to an unpronounceable symbol in an attempt to disrupt his contract. According to a press release, the deal will provide Prince with the rights to the master recordings of his classic albums in an exclusive global licensing partnership that covers every album released from 1978 into the 90s. Prince left the label in 1996 after a battle with the music industry convention in the name of artists rights. His decision to change his name to a symbol came about as a gambit to escape his contract and win back his mastertapes. aFp
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The entrance of the exhibit Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century in New York.
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thought to have been Funans centre of power. Unlike most artefacts that come to the museum, Vireak said this particular statue has been continuously worshipped by local inhabitants since it was sculpted in the fth or sixth century. Signs of lacquer from the 14th and 15th centuries are present, as is restoration work conducted in the 19th and 20th centuries. When we took it to the museum, the community asked us to make a copy, otherwise they could not allow us to take that statue to the museum because they continued to worship that statue, said Vireak.
Even today, sometimes villagers come to our museum to see that statue because they still believe the spirit of that statue will help to protect their community. While Vireak said he is pleased to see ancient Cambodian art shown abroad, there is a limit to what they can send. The air freight company dictates that they can only ship objects in a vertical position at a maximum height of two metres, excluding anything that must be stored horizontally unless the recipient museum is willing to pay for a charter ight. Vireak added that the museum will not put an object at risk if there
is any reasonable doubt of it surviving the transfer. The most precious national treasures, such as original statues of Jayavarman VII, founder of the Khmer Empire, are simply too important to leave the Kingdom. Some objects represent the soul of Cambodia, and it means those objects have to be in Cambodia, said Vireak. The exhibition, which runs until July 27, also features treasures from Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. Myanmar has also sent artefacts to the Met, which marks the rst time the former pariah state has lent its artefacts to museums abroad
since emerging from isolation. Nancy Beavan, a researcher with the University of Otago in New Zealand who is leading an investigation into ancient burial jars in the Cardamom Mountains, said the exhibit would help promote both the National Museum and Cambodian heritage abroad. I think that while a vast majority of Americans may have a better idea of what Egyptian and Chinese art . . . is, the Met exhibition and the pieces loaned by the National Museum will certainly help to raise the prole and appreciation of Khmer culture and history in the US, Beavan said.
COLOMBIA will pay special tribute to its late native son, the Nobel-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, with a solemn ceremony Tuesday. The memorial, to be led by President Juan Manuel Santos, will be held in Bogotas Primada Cathedral, the countrys Culture Ministry said. Garcia Marquez, who died on Thursday at the age of 87, was one of the worlds most popular Latin American novelists whose magical realism told epic stories of love, family and dictatorship. aFp
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Philippines oldest artworks under threat

ON a small rock wall a short drive from the Philippine capital, enigmatic carvings, believed to date back 5,000 years, are in danger of disappearing before their mysteries can be solved. The 127 engravings of people, animals and geometric shapes are the nations oldest known artworks, but urbanisation, vandals and the ravages of nature are growing threats. Eventually they will disappear . . . preservation is out of the question, veteran anthropologist Jesus Peralta, who did an extensive and widely respected study of the carvings in the 1970s, told AFP . The artworks have been declared a national treasure, regarded as the best proof that relatively sophisticated societies existed in the Philippines in the Stone Age. They show that in ancient times, the Philippines did have a complex culture. Its a recording of our ancestors, said Leo Batoon, a senior researcher at the National Museum. Museum scientists believe the carvings date back to 3,000 BC, based on tools and pottery shards discovered at the site, indicating they originated before the use of metal tools. This makes them far older than the countrys second-oldest known artworks, a series of geometric shapes in the mountainous northern Philippines that are believed to date to 1,500 BC. But museum workers say it is difficult to conclusively determine the age of the carvings scientifically referred to as petroglyphs due to technical and financial constraints. Most of our artefacts in the museum are sent abroad, and only if we have partners and proponents to spend for such dating, said Batoon. Little else is known about the figures, or the people who etched them. One clue is that many of the human carvings appear to be in a squatting position, which has led scientists to theorise that the area was a place of worship. The carvings were first documented by acclaimed Philippine artist Carlos Francisco in 1965 while he was leading a Boy Scout troop on a hike. Since then, they have been known as the Angono Petroglyphs, after Franciscos hometown nearby. The World Monuments Fund, a New York-based private group that works to protect historical sites, placed the Angono Petroglyphs on its list of endangered monuments in 1996 and has provided help in their preservation. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has also placed the petroglyphs on its tentative list of world heritage sites. But that has done little to stem the powerful tide of neglect. The carvings are in mountains about 90 minutes drive from Manila that only a few decades ago were entirely forested. But most of the trees have since been chopped down to make way for the countrys fast-growing population, with a holiday resort, a golf course and upper-class housing now surrounding the rock wall. A real estate developer owns the land on which the petroglyphs sit. aFp
TROUBLED pop star Justin Bieber has had high-profile run-ins with the law recently but the White House doesnt appear set to add to his growing catalogue of woes. Just under 275,000 people have added their names to a petition on the White House website calling for the Canadians deportation from the US, easily surpassing the threshold of 100,000 signatures required for presidential consideration. But the White House said Friday it would not comment, citing terms in its We the People program that allows it to decline certain petitions. AFP
Facebook rolls out nearby friends
Carvings on a rock wall in Binangonan east of Manila. aFp
FACEBOOK on Thursday began rolling out a feature allowing users of its mobile app to use smartphone location to discover friends near them. The optional nearby friends feature helps you discover which friends are nearby or on the go, said product manager Andrea Vaccari. If you turn on Nearby Friends, youll occasionally be notified when friends are nearby, so you can get in touch and meet up, Vaccari said. aFp
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8M 402 8M 401
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Flighs K6 721 PG 931 TG 580 PG 933 FD 3616 PG 935 TG 584 PG 937 CZ 323 QR 964 QR 966 CZ 6059 CZ 323 VN 841 QR 604 QR 966 VN 920 VN 3857 KA 208 KA 206 KA 206 KA 206 KE 689 OZ 739 AK 1474 MH 754 MH 762 AF 273 FM 833 MI 602 MI 622 3K 593 MI 608 2816 2816 2816 2816 BR 265 VN 841 QV 921 8M 401
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BANGKOK - PHNOM PENH
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PREAH SIHANOUK - SIEM REAP Flighs K6 130
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SIEM REAP - PREAH SIHANOUK
PHNOM PENH - GUANGZHOU 11:40 18:10 20:35 17:10 23:40 14:45 20:05 15:05 22:25 22:05 21:00 22:35 06:40 06:50 11:20 14:00 20:00 06:05 23:05
GUANGZHOU - PHNOM PENH
PHNOM PENH - HANOI PHNOM PENH - HO CHI MINH CITY
HANOI - PHNOM PENH HO CHI MINH CITY - PHNOM PENH
A view of Suleymaniye, Istanbuls largest mosque.
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PHNOM PENH - HONG KONG
HONG KONG - PHNOM PENH 1.2.4.6.7 08:50 3.5.7 1 2 Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 2 14:30 15:25 15:50 18:30 19:10 15:15 09:30 3:20 20:05
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PHNOM PENH- PARIS PHNOM PENH - SHANGHAI PHNOM PENH - SINGAPORE 09:30 12:30 12:20 15:25 15:25 18:10 16:40 09:10 14:50 13:20 12:45 17:30 17:50 13:30 11:45 15:20 18:20 18:10 21:10 19:40 12:00 17:50 16:10 17:05 18:50 19:10 14:55 12:30
PHNOM PENH - PARIS SHANGHAI - PHNOM PENH 2.3.4.5.7 19:30 1.3.5.6.7 07:40 2.4 Daily Daily 1.3 2.4.5 6 7 Daily Daily Daily 1.3.6 08:40 13:30 16:20 15:00 07:20 13:00 11:30 09:10 11:30 11:45 08:20 SINGAPORE - PHNOM PENH
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A bike tour of Istanbul C

OME on, lets catch up, urges Dario, as the others forge ahead, already disappearing out of sight up the hill. I hurriedly snap one last shot of the view, before putting the camera away to tackle the climb. Were heading towards Istanbuls largest mosque, Suleymaniye, perched on top of the citys tallest hill. In the distance, its minarets and bulbous curves poke out proudly behind rundown houses and neglected ruins. Just a kilometre west of central Istanbul, this is the scenic route through the historic neighbourhoods of Kumkapi and Fatih. Vendors are pushing carts of plump grapes along cobbled streets as grizzled men banter outside shop fronts that are piled high with cheap luggage and fast fashion. Kumkapi, historically the area where Armenian immigrants settled, may be a poor neighbourhood but the sense of communal life here feels a world away from the typical postcard scenes of Sultanahmet, or glossy Beyoglu, with its rooftop bars and art galleries. Few visitors get this far. And the only reason Im seeing it is because Im on a bike. On a bike, you get to see a side of Istanbul that youre not normally supposed to see if youre a tourist, says Dario, a guide leading our tour. In 2012, in order to satisfy customers wishes to see more of behind-the-scenes Istanbul, and to spend less time in trafc, local guide and sporting enthusiast Cem Balsun, came up with a simple answer: get off four wheels and on to two. Despite the obvious challenges Istanbuls combination of hilly terrain and trafc-choked streets remain the stuff of cyclists nightmares Istanbul On Bike started its rst tours in 2012. Istanbul has around 30 kilo-
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PHNOM PENH -TAIPEI PHNOM PENH - VIENTIANE
TAIPEI - PHNOM PENH VIENTIANE - PHNOM PENH
Dragon Air (KA) #168, Monireth, PP Tel: 023 424 300 Fax: 023 424 304 www.dragonair.com/kh
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YANGON - SIEM REAP
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SIEM REAP - BANGKOK Flighs

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BANGKOK - SIEM REAP Dep

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GUANGZHOU - SIEM REAP
SIEM REAP -HANOI VN 868 VN 842 VN 844 VN 800 VN 3818 VN 826 VN 3820 VN 828 VN 3822 KE 688 OZ 738 AK 281 MH 765 1.2.3.5.6 Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 3.5.7 12:40 18:05 19:45 21:00 11:10 13:30 17:45 18:20 21:35 23:15 23:40 08:35 14:15 15:35 19:45 21:25 22:40 12:30 14:40 18:45 19:20 22:35 06:10 07:10 11:35 17:25
HANOI - SIEM REAP VN 843 VN 845 VN 845 VN 801 VN 3809 VN 827 VN 3821 VN 829 VN 3823 KE 687 OZ 737 AK 280 MH 764 Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 3.5.7 15:25 17:05 17:45 18:20 09:15 11:35 15:55 16:20 19:45 18:30 19:20 06:50 12:10 17:10 18:50 19:30 20:00 10:35 12:35 16:55 17:40 20:45 22:15 22:40 07:50 13:15
2 calls/month BBK-SHV-BKK-(LZP)
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SIEM REAP - HO CHI MINH CITY
HO CHI MINH CITY - SIEM REAP
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INCHEON - SIEM REAP
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KUALA LUMPUR - SIEM REAP
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metres of bike lanes on each side of the city, and there are plans for more along the Golden Horn. Helmeted and suitably garbed, we plunge into commuter trafc at Sirkeci train station, cleaving to the kerb in single le and following Cem as he leads us along the main coastal road. Car horns toot, but my initial fears about erratic Turkish driving are unfounded: Istanbuls drivers give our convoy a wide berth. Freedom comes 10 minutes later, as were let loose in Gulhane Park, a welcome expanse of urban greenery. Stopping next to a small fountain, Cem points up at a high wall. This used to be part of the palace, he says, before whipping out a map to show that Topkapi Palace and Sultanahmet are directly behind. Istanbuls cultural heart is our next stop. The morning passes in a blur of stops and starts. Cem cheerfully serves up historical tidbits at each stop: the Hippodrome, Little Hagia Sophia, the Valens aqueduct. Along the way, our guides point out old Ottoman houses, given away by their protruding bay windows. On a stop for sweet tea and simit (rings of sweet bread with sesame) at a cafe beside Little Hagia Sophia we get into a discussion about Turkish politics and the recent election results. Then we make our way towards the Marmara coast, to be greeted by the smell of the sea and the sight of Kumkapis sh markets. At Suleymaniye, I take a wellearned breather after a strenuous spell in rst gear. Still, it was worth it for these views. The citys rooftops are spread beneath us like a carpet. When youre on a bike, youre right in the middle of the action, Dario says. Its so much better. Freewheeling downhill on the way back into the centre, I can only agree. THE GUARDIAN
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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier. City Mall: 11:15am, 1:05pm, 6:55pm, 9:30pm Toul Kork: 9:25am, 2:40pm, 5:25pm, 7:05pm NOAH A man is chosen by his worlds creator to undertake a momentous mission to rescue the innocent before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the wicked from the world. City Mall: 9:30pm Toul Kork: 11:25am DIVERGENT In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns shes Divergent and wont fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before its too late. Toul Kork: 12am RIO 2 Its a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after theyre hurtled Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-tobeak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law. City Mall: 9:15am, 1:50pm, 3:05pm, 5:50pm Toul Kork: 11:25am, 1:25pm, 6:10pm, 10pm TRANSCENDENCE As Dr Will Caster works toward his goal of creating an omniscient, sentient machine, a radical antitechnology organisation fights to prevent him from establishing a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain. City Mall: 7:50pm Toul Kork: 9:40pm LOST LOVES 2010 Cambodian film directed by Chhay Bora, following life under the Khmer Rouge regime. City Mall: 11:15am Toul Kork: 5:15pm
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Exhibition @ Hotel Sotel

As part of the three-month exhibition, Galerie Des Arts, launched in February, 31 artists from Cambodia and abroad exhibit more than 100 paintings, sculptures and more.
Hotel Sotel Phnom Penh Phokeethra, 25 old Auguste Site, Sothearos Blvd
Franglish @ Plantation
Are you a French or English speaker? Join a speed-talking evening at The Plantation. You will meet other native English and French speakers who will help you develop your language skills.
The Plantation #28 Street 184. 6:30pm
A painting by Thomas Pierre that is featured in an exhibition at Hotel Sotel. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Yoga @ Yoga PP
Get your week o to an invigorating start with Sweat and Samadhi, a vinyasa ow-style yoga class with an experienced teacher, from 8am to 9.30am.
TV PICKS
10:35am - JUST GO WITH IT: On a weekend trip to Hawaii, a plastic surgeon convinces his loyal assistant to pose as his soon-to-be-divorced wife in order to cover up a careless lie he told to his much-younger girlfriend. FOX MOVIES 4:10pm: TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES: A robotic warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to protect a 20-year old drifter and his future wife from an most advanced robotic assassin and to ensure they both survive a nuclear attack. FOX MOVIES 6pm - CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK: Five years after Pitch Black, the wanted criminal Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime, and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans. FOX MOVIES
Yoga Phnom Penh, #9 Street 21. 8am
Go club @ Mloup Snai

Go, or Baduk, is a board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago. The game is noted for being rich in strategy despite its simple rules.
Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler star in Just Go With It, tonight on Fox Movies. BLOOMBERG
Mloup Snai Restaurant, #91, Street 592. 10am
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1 Emporium 5 Slot-machine features 9 Visitor from another world 14 ... happily ___ after 15 Caesars 8 16 Merchandise in the hold 17 It takes time 20 All My Children diva 21 Strong coffee 22 Have a go at 25 Devonshire drink 26 Hindu music pieces 28 What little things mean? 32 Jamaica pepper 37 Spanish friend 38 Brazen crime 41 Rubber Capital of the World 42 Supermarket lines? 43 Cops territory 44 Limerick characteristic 46 Letters of credit 47 Emulate a demon 53 Make an enemy 58 Computer image element 59 Unfamiliar kin 62 Suffix with sect 63 Emerald Isle 64 Away from the wind, at sea 65 En ___ (as a big group) 66 Beyond recharging 67 Monthly payment
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Lifestyle
Socheata and Sontery Social Life Team
FCC Cambodia photo and painting tour @ The Mansion
Theary Uch, head of operations at BIMA.
Eang Sreypeou, administration ofcer at Opus, with Heng Sopagna, ofce and IT assistant at AAA.
Dina Chhan, artist.
Phillip Butler, Hal Fx, Lorna Cave.
FCC Cambodia opened an exhibition examining the history of housing in Phnom Penh on April 10. The Mansions heritage bar was the venue for the photos and paintings by artists Dina Chhan and Fani Llaurado, presented under the title The ReHousing of Non-Houses. Dinas work captured smiling families, energetic musicians, contemplative monks and labourers in the rice eld. Soft drinks and snacks were served as guests admired the walls. Entry is free and the work will be on show for two months. Photos by Chhim Sreyneang.
Jennie Taing
Lou Rullier, Elodie Rene.
Claire, Sara and Dustin Harrison.
Smart celebrates ve years in Cambodia @ Boulevard Club

On April 4, Smart Mobile celebrated the anniversary of its fth year in Cambodia. To mark the occasion, the company hosted a white-themed party at Phnom Penhs Boulevard Club. Guests were dressed in chic white outts and drank Royce energy drinks. Included at the event was a fashion show featuring nalists from the modelling competition Face of Hiruscar 2014, followed by a lot of drinking, dancing and merriment. Photos by Chhim Sreyneang.
Ami Guilfoyle, Sapor Rendall and Leila Hammoud.
Chin and Natacha Van, both designers.
Romyr Libo-on, Reynier Abello and Jets Pancho. Lanin Hak, Nara, a presenter from CTN and Sophea Touch.
Presenter Nara from CTN and Sarim Samphors.
Son Sonita, Chen and Sreyneang.
Sato Najac and Phann Kanary.
Legacy band.
Models from Sun agency pose together.
Taing Sokunpisith and Leakhena Nov.
Soum Channarath, Samrith Suong and Nix.
Chhim Sreyneang Social Life Manager
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Grand opening Kane Mochi @ Boeung Keng Kang
Vatanak Ly, Punnary So, Sreng Kanitha and Alex Chandra.
On April 10, Japanese dessert specialists Kane Mochi celebrated the grand opening of their new shop on Street 302. Cambodian and expat guests sampled mochi pounded sticky rice with an ice cream lling. Teenagers dressed in bright yellow posed for seles with the dessert. Photos by Chhim Sreyneang.
Bella, Chea Sovannarith.
Song Vannida, Khoy Chou.
Jen Sok, Lo Ang Soan.
Sreng Kanitha, Clayton Mok.
Kim Heang Tang, Jilaporn Sao.
Won Hye Seo, Aram Lee.
Flagship Subaru showroom inauguration and launch of the WRX STI vehicle type @ Manila Bay, the Philippines
Francis B Castillo, general manager at SuperGT Motor Sales and Services.
Qarlos Soriano, general manager at Subaru Alabang.
Russ Swift holds a Guinness World Record for parallel parking.
Tetsuo Fujinuki and Hajime Sasaki.
On April 7, Tan Chong International Limited (TCIL), the parent company of Subaru and Changan distributors opened a new multi-brand facility in Manila Bay, the Philippines. Subaru entered Singapore in 1986, and has since established vehicle sales and distribution networks all over Asia, including Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. The new Manila facility will house major Subaru models. On April 8, the new models, Subaru WRX and WRX STI, were launched. The Subaru WRX and WRX STI are scheduled to be available in Cambodia from June onwards.
Chourn Thou, presenting team leader CNC at Cambodian Broadcasting Service.
Launch of the Subaru WRX STI 2014.
Michael Luyun, general manager at Motor Image Pilipina.
Jodilly Pendre, Glenn Tan, executive director at Tan Chong International and Michael Luyun, general manager at Motor Image Pilipinas.
Hang David, sales and operations manager at Motor Image.
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Sport
Unbeaten Shawn Porter defends his world title
UNDEFEATED Shawn Porter stopped former world champion Paulie Malignaggi in the fourth round on Saturday to retain his International Boxing Federation welterweight crown. Porter improved to 24-0 with one draw by hammering Malignaggi before the allAmerican showdown was stopped 74 seconds into the fourth round, his 15th triumph inside the distance. I definitely needed this victory, Porter said. To get it like that, to beat this guy, meant a lot. Malignaggi, 33, fell to 33-6 in what might have been his final career bout. A really great fighter beat me, said Malignaggi. If this is my last fight, I lost to a great champion. AFP
Boston Marathon goes on

EFENdING champions Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia and Rita Jeptoo of Kenya are among a host of past winners in todays 118th Boston Marathon, all mindful of last years bombing tragedy. Two bombs hidden inside backpacks exploded near the nish line of last years race, killing three people and injuring more than 250 others, leading to tighter security at marathons worldwide. But it also sparked a Boston Strong movement, celebrating those who battled back from injuries and a citys determination to bounce back, a spirit to which baseballs Boston Red Sox dedicated their 2013 World Series crown. Runners, we get knocked down, we have to come back, said fourtime Boston Marathon winner Bill Rodgers. Its just like what happened with the bombing. You cant keep marathoners down. Rodgers will serve as the grand marshal of the event, although a hamstring strain suffered two weeks ago will keep him from running the 26.2 miles. After the bombing last year, I wanted to run Boston this year, he said. I was in pretty good shape for an old timer at 66. Other past Boston Marathon greats return to join this years eld of 36,000 runners, including 56-year-old Joan Benoit Samuelson, the 1979 and 1983 Boston womens winner and 1984 Olympic champion. Because of what happened last year and because its the 30th anniversary of [winning the] Olympic marathon, Im here for a myriad of reasons, she said. Im either going to run as hard as I possibly can or Ill run with my daughter or son. Amby Burfoot, 67 and the only man to win a Boston Marathon and Olympic Marathon, was unable to nish last years race due to the bombings but is back to nish this time. And then there are the elite runners, whose race last year was over before the explosions that brought shock and
Katsu becomes youngest Japan LPGA winner at 15

SCHOOLGiRL Minami Katsu became the youngest winner on Japans womens golf tour Sunday at the age of 15 years and 293 days. Going out one stroke off the pace, the amateur player rolled in five birdies against one bogey for a round of 68 to win the Japan LPGA Vantelin Ladies Open with a total of 11-under-par 205 in the southern city of Kumamoto. South Korean Lee Bo-mee finished second, one shot back. Katsu broke the Japanese record set by South Korean Kim Hyo-joo when she won the Suntory Ladies Open in 2012 at the age of 16 years and 332 days. AFP
A man runs through Boston Common on Saturday, two days before the 2014 Boston Marathon.
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Hit to head rocks Blues Backes in NHL play-offs
ST LOuis captain David Backes was dazed by a hit to the head that knocked him out of game two of the Blues NHL play-off series against Chicago on Saturday. Blackhawks defenceman Brent Seabrook delivered the hit in the third period of the Western Conference first-round contest, skating at near full speed and checking Backes in the face with his right shoulder. Backes hit the corner boards head-first, sparking a scrum between the teams as Backes tried to rise. Barret Jackman scored 5:50 into overtime to give St Louis the 4-3 victory and a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference series. AFP
horror but whose efforts set the pace this year for the determined thousands who will follow. Desisa, trying to be the rst repeat Boston mens winner since 2008, won last year in two hours, 10 minutes and 22 seconds, ve seconds ahead of runner-up Micah Kogo of Kenya and six ahead of countryman Gebre Gebremariam. Last years Dubai champion was second at the 2013 world championships last August in his only marathon since Boston, although he captured a halfmarathon triumph two months ago in the United Arab Emirates. Reigning Chicago Marathon champion Dennis Kimetto set a course record and personal best of 2:03:45 last year in the Windy City, but his best runs have
come on atter courses rather than the hilly layout Boston offers. Kogo was fourth at Chicago in addition to second at Boston last year and Gebremariam has not won since his 2010 New York triumph, his rst bid at the distance. Other hopefuls include Ethiopias Markos Geneti, the Dubai Marathon runner-up last Janaury in 2:05:13 who last won in his marathon debut at Los Angeles in 2011, and Kenyas Wilson Chebet, a three-time Amsterdam winner and former Rotterdam champion who was fth in 2012 in his only prior Boston start. On the womens side, Jeptoo, 33, won last year at Chicago as well, trimming her personal best to 2:19:57. Her training partner, compatriot Jemima
Sumgong, was second at Chicago last year and in Boston in 2012 by only two seconds and might be ready for victory this time around. Ethiopias Mare Dibaba, who went to China and won the Xiamen Marathon earlier this year for her rst title at the distance, and 2013 New York Marathon runner-up Buzunesh Deba of Ethiopia, gure to contend. Kenyas Sharon Cherop, the 2012 Boston winner, and compatriot Caroline Kilel, the 2011 Boston champion, could challenge once again. And Shalane Flanagan will try to become the rst American woman to win at Boston since Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 1985 after a fourth-place showing last year in her Boston debut. AFP
Friends plea to missing London Marathon star

ThE manager and colleagues of the Sierra Leonean runner who disappeared after completing the London Marathon on April 13 have urged her to return home to avoid jettisoning a career in which she could become an African and international superstar. Despite receiving no marathon or specialist coaching, Mamie Konneh Lahun was the 20th woman to cross the finish line, eclipsing her personal best time and setting a new national record. The 24-year-old then vanished almost immediately after the race. It has emerged since that Lahun deliberately absconded and is safe and well, although her whereabouts and with whom she is staying are still not known. Idrissa Kargbo, 22, Sierra Leones top male runner, who also competed in the race, received a phone call from his compatriot last week in which she said she wanted to return to Freetown, where she works as a police officer. Kargbo told the Observer: I was worried she was in a bad condition, but when she called she said she was OK and was coming back. I was so happy. But I dont know if she will come or not. If she comes, its good for her career. If she doesnt, her career is over. She will have to forget about running. Jo Dunlop, the missing runners manager, said Lahun had only 10 (about $17) and no change of clothes when she disappeared and, as far as she was aware, had no contacts in the UK, although she appears to have taken her passport. Lahun, she added, was one of the most naturally gifted athletes she had known and the best female marathon runner in a country still recovering from a brutal civil war and which remains among the poorest on the planet. Dunlop, an Australian living in Freetown, said: Its tragic, because her result was just so good. She doesnt know how good she is. I asked her before the race what her personal best was and she couldnt remember. She just runs. Having established that Lahun is safe, many worry that the West African country has lost a much-needed heroine for good. Dunlop said that one coach in Freetown told her last week that Sierra Leone should be devastated at having lost its best female athlete their number one. Lahun is the countrys fastest 5,000m and 10,000m runner and has previously won the Sierra Leonean and Liberian national marathons, an achievement amplified by the fact she has received minimal government backing and no professional training. There are no distance coaches in Sierra Leone, and even marathon runners are trained by local sprint coaches. Dunlop wonders how far Lahun could have gone, particularly if she received altitude training. Earlier this year Kargbo trained at the Iten Village training camp, high up in Kenyas Rift Valley, with Mo Farah, who finished eighth in last Sundays London Marathon. The last time Dunlop saw Lahun, she was striding past mile 21 (33.8km) of the course 15 minutes ahead of her expected time. She was absolutely killing it with no sign of slowing down and a look of grit and fortitude on her face. Its really sad thinking back to that last time, she said. Lahuns sub-elite time is likely to have opened up fresh opportunities, including probable entry to this years New York Marathon. Kargbos country of birth rendered him so newsworthy that the New York Times ran a feature on him before the November 2013 race. Dunlop added: I was completely inspired by her, as other Sierra Leoneans would have been. This is someone with no proper professional marathon coaching. Imagine what she could do with the right support. If she stays in England shell never run competitively again and will have given up the thing in life that makes her the happiest for a low-paid job. Those who arrived in the UK alongside Lahun insist that there was no sign she was planning to abscond and that they spent the week in Guildford, Surrey, mainly relaxing and watching television. If anything, Lahun seemed almost bored by life away from the sticky, tropical climate of West Africa and the trafficchoked streets of Freetown, according to Dunlop. When we visited London before the race, she was really uninterested in her surroundings. She didnt ask me for maps or about the tube or trains. She didnt seem like someone plotting an escape, she said. Following the marathon, the Sierra Leonean team had arranged to meet at Admiralty Arch, but quickly became anxious when Lahun failed to show up. After searching the surrounding area, including all the medical tents, Dunlop called the police at 10pm to report her missing. Dunlop spotted Lahuns potential after watching her train at Freetowns national stadium and then through her notfor-profit organisation, Global Fashpack, raised donations and sponsorship to enable Lahun to compete in London alongside Kargbo, who works in Freetown as a coffee deliverer. Kargbo partly blames the Sierra Leonean government for his colleagues disappearance, saying that it offers no support to athletes who struggle to survive in a country ranked 11th from bottom of the global human development index. However, he is determined to stay in his home country. If the government was sponsoring athletics, this would not happen, said Kargbo, who finished the marathon in 61st place. THE OBSERVER
Chinas Ye hopes to lift his game in Langkawi
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ECB go back to the future with coach Moores

ETER Moores has been given a second chance as England head coach, after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced his appointment on Saturday. The 51-year-old, the rst man to twice be appointed England coach, replaced Andy Flower after he stood down following the teams 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia. In a two-year spell from 2007 to 2009, Moores led England in seven Test series, starting with a 3-0 win over the West Indies, after replacing Duncan Fletcher. However, he was forced out in 2009 following a rift with Kevin Pietersen that cost the star batsman the England captaincy, although the ECB ended Pietersens international career after the recent Ashes debacle. Moores recall means there is no longer a position in the hierarchy for limited overs coach Ashley Giles after England decided they wanted one man in charge across all three formats.
Moores joined Lancashire in February 2009, having previously guided Sussex to the County Championship title in 2003. Lancashire had not won the championship outright since 1934 but their long wait ended in 2011. Moores, anked by England captain Alastair Cook and ECB managing director Paul Downton, told a news conference at Lords on Saturday: Its great to be back. I feel very excited, very proud to get this opportunity its a great chance to work with Alastair, an outstanding player and person and try to build something. Im very enthusiastic and want to get stuck into the challenge ahead. Coaches have to develop and I think Ive done that, and Im looking forward to bringing that back here. You learn from mistakes, you develop. Cook added: For me its a very exciting time. Ive been in limbo over the last couple of months, since Andy Flower stepped down. To nally get to the day where we
Newly appointed head coach of the England cricket team Peter Moores stands at Lords cricket ground in London on Saturday.
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have a new coach, we can start planning for the future. Downton hailed Moores as the outstanding coach of his generation. Moores said he wanted to create an environment where you are trying to make sure you help in a world where its hard for players to be themselves and help them be real people and have their own view. Former England wicketkeeper Downton then stepped in to say there would be no recall for a disengaged Pietersen. Moores added: The important point to make is I never fell out with
Kevin; Kevin fell out with me. Theres a notable difference. Current Sri Lanka coach Paul Farbrace, has been tipped to join the England set-up as Moores senior assistant. However, a coy Downton said: We are in advanced negotiations to appoint an assistant coach. But at this stage, with due respect to his current employers, were not going to make an announcement on that. I hope we will be able to do so soon. With regard to former England spinner Giles, Downton said that it had been a tough decision to make.
I would personally like to thank Ashley Giles for the job he did with the limited-overs squads in the last 18 months. It was a really difcult decision to make as we had an outstanding eld but the panel were unanimous in the choice of Peter. Flower remains in the ECB hierarchy, having been appointed to the newly created post of technical director of elite coaching last month. Englands next match is a one-day international against Scotland in Aberdeen on May 9 before Sri Lanka and India arrive for limited overs and Test series later in the season. AFP
Durant leads Thunder to play-off win over Grizzlies

KEViN Durant scored 33 points on Saturday to lead Oklahoma City to a 100-86 triumph over Memphis in game one of their NBA Western Conference playoff series. Durant connected on five of six shots from the field as he delivered 13 points in the fourth quarter, when the Thunder thwarted the Grizzlies comeback bid and took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Oklahoma City had dominated the first half and led by 22 at halftime. But their lead dwindled to just two points, 74-72, after Mike Millers three-pointer with 8:46 left in the game. Durant front-runner for the leagues Most Valuable Player award found Serge Ibaka under the basket for a threepoint play on the other end to spark a 13-1 scoring run that let the Thunder rebuild a more comfortable cushion. I just wanted to be aggressive, Durant said. They hit us pretty hard in that third quarter, so we needed some points. Russell Westbrook added 23 points, 10 rebounds and five assists and Ibaka had 17 points, nine rebounds and four blocks in the win. Zach Randolph led the Grizzlies with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Mike Conley and Marc Gasol finished with 16 points apiece. Its the third time in four seasons that the Thunder and Grizzlies are meeting in the play-offs. Oklahoma City ousted Memphis in the second round following the 2010-11 season, but the Grizzlies eliminated the Thunder in the Western Conference during the semi-finals stage last season. While the Thunder were able to hold off a Memphis team that nearly turned the tide with a 31-13 scoring edge in the third quarter, the Los Angeles Clippers couldnt do the same in their game against the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors overcame 21 turnovers to edge past the Clippers 109-105 in their series opener and snatch homecourt advantage. Klay Thompson scored 22 points and pulled down seven rebounds for the Oaklandbased Warriors. David Lee added 20 points for the Warriors and Stephen Curry added 20. Over in the East, the Atlanta Hawks surprised the top-seeded Indiana Pacers 101-93 in the opening game of their series. Atlantas Jeff Teague, an Indianapolis native, scored 28 points and handed out five assists to lead the Hawks to a victory and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. The other Eastern Conference game on the opening day of the post-season also saw the visitors come out on top. Paul Pierce found his form in the final minutes, sparking the Brooklyn Nets to a 94-87 victory over the Raptors in Toronto. The Pacers-Hawks game showcased two teams trending in opposite directions. Although Indiana garnered the best regular-season record in the East, they hobbled into the playoffs with a 4-6 record in their final 10 games. The Hawks, meanwhile, finished out the regular season 7-3 to secure the eighth and final play-off berth. AFP
Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder takes a shot during Game 1 of the teams play-off game against the Memphis Grizzlies. AFP
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Rio Games ramp up investment past London
BRAZIL will spend 24.1 billion reais ($10.8 billion) on infrastructure projects for the 2016 Rio Olympics in an effort to ensure South Americas first Games are delivered on time, organisers have announced. The figure will take the total projected spending for the Olympics to 36.7 billion reais, exceeding the $15 billion cost (at todays exchange rate) of the 2012 event in London. Last week, the International Olympic Committee drew up a list of urgent recommendations to revitalise flagging preparations after Francesco Ricci Bitti, the president of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, sounded the alarm over slow progress. In addition, visiting Rio on March 21, IOC executive director Gilbert Felli had expressed concern at the lack of a detailed budget. AFP
Kerber puts Germany into Fed Cup tennis final

ANgELIQUE Kerber helped Germany into their first Fed Cup final in 22 years with a fighting victory over Australias Samantha Stosur in the semifinal in Brisbane yesterday. World number seven Kerber fought back from dropping the opening set to beat former US Open champion Stosur 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 in two hours and 14 minutes to give Germany an unassailable 3-0 lead over Australia. Germany last won the competition in 1992 when Steffi Graf and Anke Huber starred in the team which defeated Spain. AFP
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French horse trainer Jean Francois Pignon performs with horses during the welcoming ceremony for the Longines FEI World Cup jumping and dressage nals at the Eurexpo Hall in Chassieu, near Lyon in central-eastern France, on Friday. The event concludes ve days of equine action today. AFP
Champion OSullivan eases into second round
DEfENdINg champion Ronnie OSullivan began his quest for a sixth world snooker title with a comfortable 10-4 first-round win over Finlands Robin Hull at Sheffields Crucible Theatre on Saturday. Im just pleased to have got through, OSullivan said. It was a tough match, I knew Id have to play decent snooker to win. Robins a good scorer and strong in the tactical game. I dont really see theres a massive expectation on me. Im just here to do a job and I go about it as professionally as I can. Theres one out of the way and I just move on to the next, OSullivan said. Lifting the world championship trophy for a sixth time would see The Rocket draw level with onetime mentor Ray Reardon and Steve Davis while leaving him one shy of Scottish great Stephen Hendrys record of seven world titles. AFP
Wie snatches victory to snap LPGA title drought

AmERIcAN Michelle Wie won her first LPGA title since 2010 on Saturday, firing five-under par 67 for a two-shot victory in the Lotte Championship in Hawaii. Wie had six birdies, and not even a three-putt bogey at the final hole at her home course, Ko Olina, could dim her joy at her third career LPGA crown. It feels good, said the 24-year-old, who erased a four-shot deficit to win with a 14-under par total of 274. Im just so happy right now I cant think straight, she said. AFP
ERNARD Hopkins, the oldest world champion in boxing history at age 49, became the oldest ghter to unify world titles on Saturday when he defeated Beibut Shumenov in a light-heavyweight showdown in Washington DC. Two judges gave ageless wonder Hopkins a split-decision victory by the same score, 116-111, while the out-voted third saw Shumenov as a 114113 winner. I had a great night, Hopkins said. Im special. Special is what it is. There is no denition for special. Hopkins, who knocked down his younger and larger foe in the 11th round, kept his International Boxing Federation crown and took the World Boxing Association title from Kazakhstans Shumenov. Now his aim is to add the World Boxing Council title and become an undisputed champion before turning 50 next January. My job is not to worry about the judges. My job is to get ready to unify the championship before 50, Hopkins said. Hopkins improved to 55-6 with two drawn and 32 knockouts while Shumenov fell to 14-2 before 6,823 at the DC Armory. I wasnt concerned with the scorecard. I was concerned with the ghting, Shumenov said. I chose the wrong strategy. Im quite angry. It didnt happen that I could get the victory but I am a true warrior. Hopkins used a left jab to set up a
Hopkins becomes oldest to unify world boxing titles B

repeatedly, but Hopkins then pressed the attack, nding ways to work inside his rivals longer reach. Boxing is a science, Hopkins said. If you dont have to get hit dont. You dont want anybody else counting your money. Hopkins would lure Shumenov into lowering his sts, although it often meant he had to take a good punch in the exchange before they clinched. In the fourth, Hopkins stuck out his tongue at Shumenov, disrespect that enticed the Kazak fighter into a hasty charge just as the crafty veteran desired. Hopkins stung Shumenov with a hard right to the head in the fth and landed an early combination in the sixth, then taunted Shumenov with quick tongue icks. Hopkins evaded and tied up to avoid Shumenovs attempts to land a powerful blow and was able to strike with quick single punches to keep the European guessing and frustrated, dancing to the Americans tune. Shumenov, who had been past the ninth round only once since 2010, began attacking and pulling back in the eighth round to better position himself for more punches and avoid clinches. Hopkins answered with counter attacks and worked inside more frequently in the later rounds, Shumenov at one moment looking annoyed at an evasive move and in the next nding himself in an exchange against the ropes that favored the wily Hopkins. AFP
Bernard Hopkins (right) of the US exchanges blows with Kazakhstans Beibut Shumenov during their WBA & IBA light-heavyweight title ght at the DC Armory. AFP
hard right that dropped Shumenov and summed up a masterful performance by Hopkins of wearing down a fellow champion physically and mentally. He ran right into it because he likes to spin into it, Hopkins said. It was there the whole ght. I nally clicked in there and got it. Fans chanted B-Hop, B-Hop in the nal round, when Hopkins dropped his hands, leaned toward Shumenov and smiled, then attacked after his rival showed frustration. Im a 15-round ghter, Hopkins screamed from the ring. Im a throwback. It was the second title defense
for Hopkins, who took the IBF title from Tavoris Cloud in March of last year. Hopkins decisioned Karo Murat last October. Hopkins defended his middleweight crown 20 times in his prime but has made his fame in recent years by defying Father Time. Hopkins wore a green alien mask when he walked into the ring, having nicknamed himself Alien due to his longevity. A tentative start saw each champion try to lure the other into mistakes and counter-attack with mixed results. In the third round Shumenov looked irritated as Hopkins backpedaled away
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Cavani at the double as PSG win League Cup title

aRIs Saint-Germain won Frances League Cup on Saturday, beating Lyon 2-1 in the nal at the Stade de France to secure the rst leg of a likely domestic double. Edinson Cavani was the match-winner for Laurent Blancs side, scoring a rst-half brace, one of which came from a controversial penalty, and while Alexandre Lacazette pulled a goal back in the second half, PSG proved just too strong for a Lyon outt who had beaten them in Ligue 1 just six days earlier. It is the second trophy won by the club from the French capital since their takeover by Qatar Sports Investments in 2011 and subsequent transformation into one of the wealthiest clubs in Europe, following their title triumph last season. And their League Cup victory their fourth in the 20-year history of the competition could be followed by another Ligue 1 crown as early as next Wednesday, depending on Monacos coming results. It is a privilege and an honour to play in a nal but you have to win it, and we won it, said Blanc. It was difcult because Lyon were very good, especially in the second half. Were having a good season but for people to remember it we had to win titles and thats the rst one. PSG had been in the doldrums following their Champions League quarter-nal exit at the hands of Chelsea at the start of the month and their 1-0 loss in Lyon last weekend
Canon triumph in first Sport for Health tourney
CANON FC blasted to the inaugural title of the Sport for Health seven-a-side football tournament, held at Veal Ponleu 2 field in Steng Meanchey district, by edging PPMC FC 9-8 on penalties in the final on Saturday. The teams had ended regulation time locked at 2-2. In the third place play-off held earlier at the same pitch, Starfish FC beat FMC FC 5-3. Canon collected $200 as winners of the 10-team fourmonth long competition, sponsored by AFB Sport, while the runners up went home with $100 and third placers got $50. Home Sport and Holy Spirit also contributed extra equipment prizes. The next campaign will be played in June and will expand to 12 sides, according to chief organiser Kul Phirom.
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Former greats set to play Jakarta exhibition
Paris Saint-Germains Thiago Silva holds the trophy next to team-mate Edinson Cavani (right) as they celebrate winning the French League Cup nal against Lyon on Saturday at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris. AFP
had heaped pressure on Blanc, even if it did little real damage to their championship aspirations. Two consecutive games without
scoring since the loss of 40-goal leading scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic to injury had also increased the pressure on misring record sign-
ing Cavani, but the Uruguayan produced a superb rst-half display in which he scored twice and could have had two more goals. AFP
Poyet shows sympathy Juve still on course

SuNDeRLaND boss Gus Poyet tried to console Jose Mourinho after Fabio Borinis controversial penalty condemned the Chelsea manager to a first home league defeat. The Chelsea bench and players were angry at the decision of referee Mike Dean to award a spot-kick at Stamford Bridge on Saturday when Sunderland substitute Jozy Altidore went down under a challenge from Cesar Azpilicueta. Frustrations boiled over with Mourinho and members of his staff forced to drag away assistant coach Rui Faria, who attempted to confront the match official. Borini converted to secure a 2-1 victory for the Premier Leagues bottom club, ending Mourinhos 77-game unbeaten run in the league at Stamford Bridge and delivering a major blow to London side Chelseas hopes of claiming the title. Afterwards Poyet, a former Chelsea player, admitted he too would also have been incensed had the decision gone against him. If it was against me, I would do the same, said the Uruguayan. Emotion, key moment in the season, it could be the key moment for the title, that one. When its for you, you feel you can see why he gave it. Especially the linesman: Azpilicueta going down. But if it was against me, in a situation like that, I would have been fuming, for sure. Poyet added: I saw it on the computer and I understand why they can be talking if it was [a penalty] or not. Its very difficult. I never, ever would expect to get a penalty here. Ever. Samuel Etoo put Chelsea ahead in the 12th minute, but Connor Wickham levelled six minutes later and Sunderland survived steady home pressure until Borini on a season-long loan from Liverpool settled the game. AFP
for Serie A record
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (right) pulls a face as referee Mike Dean (left) gestures during their EPL match against Sunderland. AFP
JuVeNtus remain on course for a record-breaking points haul as they closed in on the Serie A title with a 1-0 win over struggling Bologna on Saturday. A 64th minute goal from French starlet Paul Pogba was enough to deliver the Turin giants all three points and take them to 90 points for the season. With four matches remaining, and having lost only twice in the league all season, Juventus can reasonably expect to become the rst club to break the 100points barrier. It also moved them eight points clear of their only remaining title rivals, Roma, who won 1-0 at Fiorentina thanks to a 26th minute goal from Belgian midelder Radja Nainggolan. That was enough for Roma to secure second place and automatic qualication for the Champions League as third-place Napoli could only manage a 1-1 draw away at Udinese. We are certain of second place as well as a spot in the Champions League, but we still believe we can get rst place in the table, said Roma coach Rudi Garcia. I am happy and my happiness is also for the players as they deserve this.
But Napolis hold on the last Champions League spot is not yet under serious threat, despite Inter Milans 2-0 away win over Parma. Torino striker Ciro Immobile enhanced his claim for a place in Italys World Cup squad with his 20th goal of the season. But his last-minute effort was in vain as Lazio grabbed a point with the last kick of the game in the Olympic Stadium to secure a 3-3 draw. The point left Torino eighth, still in contention for a Europa League spot, but two behind AC Milan, who eased to a 3-0 victory at home to Livorno. Immobile must have imagined he had give Torino all three points and level with AC Milan as he put Torino ahead in the 89th minute, only for Antonio Candreva to grab his second of the game and salvage a point four minutes into stoppage time. Milan encountered little resistance from Livorno in the San Siro as they cruised to their fifth consecutive victory. Goals from Mario Balotelli, just before half-time, Moroccan Adel Taarabt, six minutes after the break, and Giampaolo Pazzini, six minutes from time, secured the points. AFP
A teAm of international legends coached by Dutch master Ruud Gullit will face a side of Indonesian superstars at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on May 10, according to a report on the ASEAN Football Federations official website (www. aseanfootball.org). The one-off exhibition match, entitled Battle of the Stars, will feature Brazilian icon Ronaldo, a winner of two World Cups and three FIFA World Player of the Year awards, Portugals Luis Figo, Italians Alessandro Del Piero, Marco Materazzi, Paolo Maldini and Francesco Toldo, Czech Republics Pavel Nedved, Ukraines Andriy Shevcenko, German keeper Jens Lehmann and Japans Hidetoshi Nakata. They will come up against host nation heroes such as Ismed Sofyan, Ponaryo Astaman, Bambang Pamungkas, Bima Sakti, Kurnia Sandy and Cristian Gonzales. Tickets start at $8.70 and go up to $175 for VIP seats.
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Osasuna 1 Valencia 1 Levante 0 Getafe 0 Real Sociedad 2 Espanyol 1 On Friday Atletico Madrid 2 Elche 0
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Bor Dortmund 4 Mainz 2 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 Bayern Munich 2 Augsburg 0 Hertha Berin 0 Freiburg 4 Bor Mgladbach 2 W Bremen 3 Hoffenheim 1 Hamburg 1 Wolfsburg 3 Atalanta 1 Verona 2 Catania 2 Sampdoria 1 Chievo 0 Sassuolo 1 Genoa 1 Cagliari 2 AC Milan 3 Livorno 0 Fiorentina 0 Roma 1
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Westwood captures a win in the East again
LEE Westwood marched to a convincing seven-stroke victory for his rst title in two years after a awless four-under-par 68 at the Maybank Malaysian Open yesterday. The Englishman completed his wire-to-wire win in style when he holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the last for an 18-under-par 270 winning total at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. Major champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa threatened briey by shooting four birdies in his rst seven holes but dropped shots around the turn saw his challenge zzle as he signed for to a 68, taking joint second place with Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Ryder Cup star Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium in the US$2.75 million event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour. EurAsia Cup star Anirban Lahiri of India, a three-time winner in the region, was the best placed Asian in tied 10th place after a closing 70 while Masahiro Kawamura of Japan, who won his rst Asian Tour title last year, nished a further shot back. Westwood, a winner in KL in 1997, reinforced his reputation as an Asian specialist after extending his career tally in Asia to 13 victories. The triumph came a week after the world number 36 nished seventh in the Masters Tournament last week. Yes this win has come at an important time. Ive started working with a new coach and Billy Foster came back on my bag at the end of last year. Im going back to what Ive done before because it works. It is starting to work already, smiled Westwood, who turns 41 next week.
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A Libyan using a water jetpack takes part in a local windsurng competition in the capital Tripoli on Saturday.
Hamilton triples up in China

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EwIs Hamiltons dominance of the 2014 Formula One season continued yesterday when he won the Chinese Grand Prix, his rst hat-trick of victories following his triumphs in Malaysia and Bahrain. It was his third victory out of four this season and the 25th of his career, passing Juan Manuel Fangio and drawing level with Jim Clark and Niki Lauda. He still trails his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the world championship because of his failure to nish the opening race in Australia. The gap, however, is now down to four points. Rosberg completed his own hat-trick of second places, while third place went to Fer-
nando Alonso with an improved Ferrari performance. But the most interesting aspect of the race was the battle for the spoils at Red Bull, with Daniel Ricciardo once again proving too fast for his teammate Sebastian Vettel, the four-time world champion. If this continues for much longer we may have to reassess the Germans greatness. But for his disqualication from second place in the opening race in his native Australia last month, Ricciardo would now be leading Vettel in the championship. The Australian has beaten him three times out of four in qualifying and consistently outpaced him in racing mode. However Red Bulls team principal, Christian Horner, looked a worried man when his two drivers came together
on the 25th lap. Vettel did not take kindly to being ordered to move over for the faster Ricciardo for the second time this season. Vettel wanted to know what tyres Ricciardo was on. He was told: Primes, but he stopped later than you. Vettel replied tough luck. A little later he did appear to let Ricciardo through, but he certainly made him battle for it. But the afternoon belonged to Hamilton, who streaked away from pole and beat the pursuing Rosberg by 18.6 seconds at the end. Rosbergs poor start from fourth on the grid was made worse when he clashed with the Williams of Valtteri Bottas and he dropped back to seventh. Hamilton, however, could view any mayhem in his rearview mirror. I cant believe how amazing the team
is, he said. I was racing myself. It feels great. Im so happy. Were going to keep pushing, keep moving forward. Hamilton said he was shown the checkered ag a lap early. It was very, very strange. But I kept going and it was good to do another lap. Rosberg said: The whole weekend went badly for me and I didnt have telemetry for the race. But Im leading the championship. With Hamilton racing himself, it was left to Rosberg to make the moves, which he did to go past Nico Hulkenberg and then Felipe Massa before overtaking the Red Bull pair, Ricciardo to go fourth and then Vettel to go third before accounting for Alonso. But Rosberg knows he has Hamilton right on his tail now. THE GUARDIAN
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai yesterday. AFP

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National Court ofcers shifted en masse by ministry

Uighurs arrested at border

Sword and sticks ruin a pagoda dance evening

Hacking hooligan loses himself on dance floor

Mekong River Commission

Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO)

A modern day thief or a master at regifting?

Party pre-gaming with machetes ends badly

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New Year sees tourism boom

Dividend doubles for PPWSA investors

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Danes turn homes into restaurants

High-end cars retain their lustre in China

FORD, fIAT TARgET CHINESE SUV MARKET

Russia risks recession as Ukraine crisis scars economy

Job seekers queue up to enter a job fair in Moscow.

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NagaCorp VIP program questioned

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Business ushering in revolution

The minimum wage in European countries

IRELAND 1,462 LUXEMBOURG 1,921 (2014) FRANCE 1,445 SPAIN 753

GREECE 580 (2014)

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Rebels want Russias help after battle

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