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TILLERSON LAMENTS HUMANITARIAN COST OF BLOCKADE

US, EU back Kuwait Gulf mediation
Please forgive ... omit
By Aziz Mamuji

P lease Forgive/Please Omit. A polite plea that is a

source of much good natured mirth at my expense. I
used to write these words boldly across the page whenev-
er I crossed something out in my notebook at school. Our
blessed teacher found this habit mockingly amusing; and to
this day, whenever we meet, my Class of 66 mates still take
the mickey out of me. But for me this was just good man-
ners, and I also always felt better for having asked to be
excused.
My good feeling, it turns out, was not a myth. There is
scientific evidence to back this up. Dr Fred Luskin of the
University of Stanford, and author of Learning to Forgive,
has undertaken extensive research and
offers experimental validation that
those who forgive are less stressed out
and healthier than those nurturing and
retaining resentments.Forgiveness, as
Pope Francis explains, is the sepsis of
the soul, the cleansing of the mind and
the liberation of the heart.
There is no shame in seeking forgive-
ness. And while it is powerful in itself, in
truth it is a psychological release for both
Mamuji the forgiver and the one being pardoned.
The forgiver achieves self-fulllment
through the unburdening of bottled-up grudge or rage that is
eating away at his or her peace of mind; and after expressing
genuine remorse for a regretful act, there is for the absolved a
welcome feeling of elation. Whether voluntary or sought, clem- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives to speak in the Treaty Room of the US Department of State on June 9, in Washington, DC. Tillerson urged Saudi Arabia
ency is indeed an act of compassion, and ultimately an honour- and its regional allies on Friday to ease their blockade of Qatar, warning it is harming the regional struggle against extremism. Tillerson said Qatar must do more to
able and humble thing to do. crack down on support for terrorism but that the crisis must not disrupt action against the Islamic State group. (AFP)
History, and the world today, are replete with stories of de-
stroyed lives. Warring nations unwilling to compromise; com-
munal and family feuds; and siblings, parents and children Crisis hinders US military actions
pitting against each other, all nursing seemingly intransigent
disagreements. And why? Because there is too much dogged WASHINGTON, June 10, (Agencies): The US supports me- Yes, well support these mediation efforts, along with the (His Highness)
pride involved, with neither side willing to either seek or offer Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Tillerson said
respite from the pain and misery that sometimes has been sim- diation efforts of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait to bring in remarks at the State Department.
mering for decades. Not many are comfortable admitting guilt about a peaceful resolution to the Gulf Cooperation Council Three weeks ago, President Donald Trump joined members of the GCC in a
or apparently losing ground, and the longer this stubbornness (GCC) dispute with Qatar, as well as progress toward elimi- strong show of partnership, repudiation of extremism and a plan to defeat terrorism
lasts the more difcult it becomes to resolve issues, or to ab- nating all forms of support for terrorism military, nan- of all kinds in the region and around the world, Tillerson said. Now the situation
solve the wrongdoer. in the Arabian Gulf over the last few days is troubling to the United States, the
cial, moral or ideological, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson region and to many people who are directly affected.
Forgiveness
said on Friday. The US wishes to reafrm its commitment to the spirit of the summit held last
All world religions embrace forgiveness, with a clear distinc- month in Riyadh, he said.
tion between the divine signicance of seeking exoneration As we combine efforts to
from the Almighty; and the more mundane forgiving occurring
in the day to day interactions between human beings. The Holy
Fees questioned Terror-list 3 defeat the military, nancial
and ideological support of ter-
Quran repeatedly emphasizes the need for reconciliation and re-
MP queries family visa policy under watch rorists, we expect to see prog-
pentance. Allah forgives, but asks for a sincere commitment that ress in the Arab world toward
the violator is willing to stay on the right path. We are urged to greater political expression, he
overlook, show mercy, enjoin what is good and to ignore those KUWAIT CITY, June 10: said. An important pathway to
By Abubakar A. Ibrahim He asked if the population control mech- Three Kuwaitis Hajaj Al- attack Islamic extremism and to
who do not know better. But while divine forgiveness is our anism applies to the expatriate elderly or
salvation, it is intangible. What is perceivable, however, is the Arab Times Staff Ajmi, Hakim Al-Mutairi, and prevent political activism from
those with special needs who have been Hamed Al-Ali who are escalating into violence is to
direct impact that forgiving has on us. It commences with the KUWAIT CITY, June 10: MP Adnan in this humanitarian country for decades, placed on the list of terrorists allow marginalized voices op-
offender accepting responsibility and courageously asking for Abdul-Samad has forwarded questions to pointing out some of them were born in by the Kingdom of Saudi Ara- portunities for political expres-
understanding. The nal reconciliation then inevitably brings Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of In- Kuwait and do not know any other coun- bia, Egypt, the United Arab sion. But this process requires
sheer relief to both. terior Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah on the non- try as they were forced by circumstances to Emirates and the Kingdom of regional and global consensus,
Hurt for sure stirs feelings of wanting revenge. Psychia- renewal of family visas (Article 22) issued stay with their children or siblings who are Bahrain have been put under and mutual understanding, he
trists, however, tell us that forgiveness is a deliberate pro- to parents and siblings of expatriates resid- working here alongside the national man- strict surveillance since a long said. The GCC Summit cre-
cess by which a victim has a change in attitude regarding ing in the country. power. time, their passports have been ates a platform to achieve this
an offence, and forgoes thoughts of vengeance. Magnanim- He wants to know the justications for He also inquired about the annual fees conscated and a travel ban has consensus and understanding,
ity is indeed greatly satisfying, but being merciful requires this decision, if there is a study in this re- charged by the Ministry of the Interior for been slapped against them, re- he added.
confidence, particularly when we firmly believe that we are gard, number of those covered by the deci- the renewal of their residency and the total ports Al-Qabas daily. We call for calm and
not at fault. sion, if it is part of the plan to control the fees collected last year. A well-informed source said thoughtful dialogue with clear
Sometimes, however, forgiving is impossible. No faith, nor population, and action taken against those In another development, the Criminal the decision to put the men on expectations and accountability
any sensible individual, can willingly condone the ruthlessness who violated the Residency Law, marginal Section in the Court of Appeals, headed the list of terrorists is linked to among the parties in order to
and brutality perpetuated by the misguided in the name of re- workers and visa traders. Continued on Page 4 political issues and according strengthen relationships, Til-
ligion, or in the hope of some glorious after life. Here, in this to the Kuwaiti Constitution a lerson said. We ask that there
life, there is neither any justication for taking innocent lives, citizen cannot be arrested with- be no further escalation by the
nor room for any humane soft-heartedness to accept such despi- out evidence. parties in the region.
On the issue of extradition,
cable behaviour. Other Voices We call on Qatar to be re-
the source said: The Kuwaiti sponsive to the concerns of its
It is claimed that those who nd forgiving difcult are emo- Constitution prohibits the ex- neighbors, he said. Qatar has
tionally and spiritually feeble. What better encouragement can tradition of any Kuwaiti citizen a history of supporting groups
they have than Allahs promise to reward those who do so and
reconcile, especially when He also elegantly reminds us that
good believers are those who spend in charity during ease and
Britain must fight fire with fire to another country.
Interrogation
that have spanned the spectrum
of political expression, from
activism to violence. The
hardship, restrain their anger, and are willing to pardon. By Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor times. I do not know which god they worship or In the meantime, the security
Amir of Qatar has made prog-
Forgiveness is the attribute of strength, said Mahatma Gan- religion they follow. I do know it is not mine. sources said the State Security ress in halting nancial support
UAE Businessman
dhi. I am convinced that it frees us from troublesome internal They are cultish blasphemers hiding under Is- will summon the three men, who and expelling terrorist elements
shackles that we put ourselves into by not quickly clearing the WHEN news of the terrorist attack in Man- lam when their deity is death. are classied as hardliners, for in-
from his country, but he must
air when we run into issues with each other. More importantly, chester rst broke, I experienced feelings of The Holy Quran forbids the killing of women terrogation especially since they do more, and he must do it
it is the noble and right thing to do. sorrow. England, where I have a country home, and children even during war and states that the have been placed on the list of
more quickly, Tillerson said.
This Ramadan, and always, please forgive someone, or has always held a special place in my heart. But killing of one innocent person is like killing terrorists by the four countries. Others must also continue to
since soulless ends murdered innocent people all of humanity. These sick individuals are not The sources pointed out, Al-
everyone. Then enjoy the inner peace that you will surely create Ajmi was subjected to interro- eliminate factions of support
for yourself. in London out enjoying a lovely summers eve- only robbing human life all over the world, they for violent organizations within
ning, my sorrow has turned to rage. are waging war against everything my tolerant, gation on charges of traveling their own borders, he said.
Be blessed. peaceful faith, the religion of Islam, stands for. to Syria and other countries to
Eyewitnesses say the killers shouted This is Again, that was a commit-
for Allah during their indiscriminate stabbing Prime Minister Theresa May said enough is take part in jihad.
He is also subjected to in- ment made by all at the sum-
amamuji@gmail.com rampage. One woman was stabbed up to 14 Continued on Page 37
ternational sanctions and his mit, he said. We call on the
assets have been frozen and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the
his bank accounts have been United Arab Emirates, Bahrain
More arrests in Iran Newswatch placed under control. and Egypt to ease the blockade
The sources pointed out the against Qatar. There are hu-
over Tehran attacks Kuwaiti security authorities will manitarian consequences to the
DUBAI, June 10, (RTRS): Iranian au- ask their counterparts in Saudi blockade, Tillerson said.
Arabia and other countries for Were seeing shortages of
thorities have arrested seven people it BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities have
suspects of helping militants involved detained seven militants linked to latest information on sleeper cells food, families are being forc-
in this weeks attacks in the capital
Islamic State, dismantling their net- spotted recently in the region to ibly separated, and children
work and preventing several mass preempt sabotage operations. are being pulled out of school,
Tehran, a judiciary ofcial said on Sat-
urday.
attacks, Lebanons main security In the meantime, the Al-Anba he said. We believe these are
Islamic State claimed responsibility
agency said on Friday. daily quoting knowledgeable se- unintended consequences, es-
for the suicide bombings and gun at-
The suspects include Yemeni, Pal- curity sources said preparations pecially during this holy month
tacks on parliament and the mausoleum
estinian and Syrian nationals, who
confessed to planning attacks and are underway to secure the land, of Ramadan, but they can be
suicide bombings against civilians air and sea borders of Kuwait to Continued on Page 37
of the Islamic Republics founder, Aya-
tollah Ruhollah Khomeini, that killed and armed forces, it said. keep pace with the current events
17 people on Wednesday. The operation deterred the de- unfolding in the region and in Index
Ahmad Fazelian, a provincial judi- tained terrorists and others who anticipation the terrorists might
Page
ciary ofcial, said the seven, suspected fled from executing their criminal plan to launch attacks against this Qatar could defend
plans on Lebanese soil, the state- peace loving country. currency for years ......... 30
of providing support for the terrorist ment from the General Security
team, were detained in Fardis, about Continued on Page 4 UAE blacklist likely to
directorate said. Authorities also squeeze liquidity of
50 kms (31 miles) west of Tehran, the found an explosive belt with one
judiciarys online news agency Mizan Qatari banks .................. 30
suspect.
reported. The alleged attacks intended to hit Ramadan Timings Energy exports a lifeline
for boycott-hit Qatar ...... 30
On Friday, authorities announced Smoke billows following a reported air strike on a rebel-held area in the southern Iftar ......... Sunday......... 18:47 Negative rating actions
Continued on Page 37
Continued on Page 4 Syrian city of Daraa early on June 9. (AFP) See Page 37 Imsak ...... Monday ........ 03:03 taken on Qatari banks ... 30

LOCAL
KU admin devises different methods to overcome admission crisis
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: The ad-
ministration of Kuwait University
is dedicated to nding solutions to
avail adequate number of seats for
students in order to solve the admis-
sion crisis, reports Al Qabas daily
quoting sources.
They said, despite the drop in the
Hike in health charges for expats
inching closer for implementation
MoH to deposit June salaries for pay-for-work system staff on 15th
Top & above: some photos from the event.
Ahmadi governor holds Yaum Al-Wafa for people with special needs
Under the patronage of Ahmadi
Governor Sheikh Fawaz Khalid
Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Ahmadi Gov-
ernorate Thursday organized an
event titled Yaum Al-Wafa (Day of
Fulllment) for people with special
needs at the Kuwait Oil Company
(KOC) camp in Ahmadi area.
Honorary President of the Disa-
bled Club Sheikha Shaikha Al-
Abdullah and Director General of
Public Authority for the Disabled
Dr Shaqa Al-Awadhi were present
at the event along with several of-
University forced to accept high number of students: sources
number of secondary-level gradu-
ates this year compared to previous
years, the university is forced to ac-
cept high number of students.
The sources revealed that the uni-
versity administration has devised
different methods to overcome the ad-
mission crisis and increase the num-
cials from NGOs, representatives
from civil societies and dignitaries
from various social and humanitar-
ian organizations.
On this occasion, the governor
extolled the virtues of Ramadan
and the atmosphere of love, broth-
erhood and closeness to the people
with special needs.
He paid tribute to the works car-
ried out by the gallant people of cat-
egory over the years in developing
the country, stressing on the need
to open more opportunities in all as-
ber of students such as by reducing
the budget and the additional classes
for faculty stuff as the university is
not able to pay their allowances.
They explained that those con-
cerned with university administra-
tion suggested raising the minimum
in each academic division based on
Photos by Rizk Tauq
pects for them.
On her part, the honorary presi-
dent of the Disabled Club Sheikha
Shaikha Al-Abdullah thanked the
governor for putting happiness in
the hearts of people with special
needs and others.
On her part, Dr Al-Awadhi thanked
the governor for his efforts to organize
this festival and invite all bodies con-
cerned with the affairs of people with
special needs, afrming that her au-
thority focuses its efforts to offer best
services for this category of people.
studies to be held prior to presenting a
detailed report to the Supreme Coun-
cil. They also proposed increasing
the maximum number of students in
some academic divisions by ten es-
pecially in the rst-level and second-
level courses, as the pressure faced in
registration therein is much higher.
KUWAIT CITY, June
10: The increase in
health charges for ex-
patriates is inching
closer towards imple-
mentation after be-
ing postponed from its
mid-February dead-
line, reports Al-Rai
daily.
Minister of Health Dr Jamal
Al-Harbi said he will meet the
Council of Undersecretaries
of the ministry immediately
after the Eid Al-Fitr holidays
to discuss the issue.
Al-Harbi conrmed the meet-
ing and subsequent meetings will
lead to a gradual increase in fees.
First, the ministry will target the
visitors and gradually the expa-
triate residents.
Al-Harbi said the increase is
inevitable, and that the fees on
services will be brought on par
with the private hospitals.
The increase in fees was ap-
proved based on a study under-
taken by the ministry to review
the charges for services provided
by the state to visiting expatriates
and added, the fees even after
the increase shall be 20 percent
less than charged by the private
hospitals.
Fees
The study has approved in-
creasing fees for radiation and
services of medical laboratories,
which are calculated at 20 per-
cent less than charged by the pri-
vate hospitals.
For devices and radiation
which are not available at private
hospitals, such as nuclear radia-
tion, the expatriates shall have to
pay 50 percent of the operating
costs.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of
Health will deposit the June
salaries of its Kuwaiti and ex-
patriate employees under the
pay-for-work system to their
bank accounts on June 15
before the Eid Al-Fitr holi-
days, reports Al-Anba daily
quoting sources.
Sources conrmed the Finan-
cial Affairs Sector in the ministry
has addressed all assistant under-
secretaries, health districts, cen-
tral departments and payroll de-
partments regarding the payment
of June salaries to these employ-
ees on the aforementioned date.
Sources said the sector has re-
quested for the names of nearly
3,000 employees under the pay-
for-work system to process dis-
bursement of their salaries along
with other ministry staff within
this week.
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Kuwaits Awqaf team distributing relief aid in Lebanon.
KUNA photos
(Al-Najaf Charitable) Kuwait distributes Iftar meals to Syrian refugees in Jordan.
See Page 3
Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Bridge
62 pc of project for design,
construction is completed
until Doha area. The 14.4 kilometer-
By Mohammad Ghanem
Al-Seyassah Staff causeway will link with Doha Express
Road.
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Assistant Un- He stressed that the success and
dersecretary of Road Engineering Sector
achievements of the sector in the cur-
at Ministry of Public Works Eng Ah- rent project would not have happened
mad Al-Hassan revealed that 62 percent without the support of Ministry of
of the project for design, construction, Public Works headed by its Minister
completion and maintenance of Sheikh Eng Abdulrahman Al-Mutawa and
Jaber Al-Ahmad Bridge (Doha Link) his rm belief on the importance of
has been completed. big developmental projects which can
In a statement issued on Saturday,
achieve a quantum leap to the road
he afrmed that the project execution network across the country.
is moving towards the completion and
handing over phase by end of 2018
based on the contractual time schedule The Public Relations Department of
without facing any delays, thanks to the Commercial Bank of Kuwait or-
the efforts exerted by those working ganized a visit to the childrens ward
on the project to complete the project. of Amiri Hospital to share with them
He said the project will also link the
the joy of Girgian and spend happy
southern areas of the country with the moments with them by distributing
northern areas, in line with the devel- presents to mark one of the Kuwaiti
opment plan for the next few years. Ramadan traditions. This humani-
Eng Al-Hassan explained that the tarian initiative is part of the banks
project, which is worth KD 165.708 commitment to visiting patients in
million, includes construction of a hospitals and people living in vari-
causeway that starts from Shuwaikh ous welfare homes in order to instill
Port and Kuwait Free Trade Zone, joy in them during happy occasions
crossing the Kuwait Bay in west and including Girgian during the month
passing through Umm Al-Naml Island of Ramadan.
News in Brief
Bid to ensure completion of treatment: Minis-
try of Health intends to issue a decision to allow three-
month automatic extension of treatment for cancer and
organ transplant patients without the need for visiting
the overseas treatment department, reports Al-Shahed
daily quoting sources.
They said the move is aimed to ensure completion of
their treatment without any delays or waiting, reveal-
ing that the decision covers the patients who are sent
to Saudi Arabia or any other country where surgeries
for organ transplants are carried out but there are no
special health ofces for overseas treatment.
Move tied to irregularities: Kuwait Municipality
has approved the request of Environment Public Au-
thority (EPA) to remove the bird shops in the Friday
Market to pave way for renovation of the area, reports
Al-Anba daily.
Speaking to the daily, Coordinator of National Liaison
for SAITIS Agreement in EPA Sheriffa Al-Salem ex-
plained the authority made the request after receiving com-
plaints on irregularities and encroachments in the area.
Visit CBK branches for new bank notes: The
Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) has announced com-
pletion of the process of providing all local banks with
new Kuwaiti currency notes of various denominations
to meet the needs of citizens and residents on the occa-
sion of Eid Al-Fitr, reports Aljarida daily.
In a press statement issued on recently, CBK stated
that those wishing to obtain new notes of the Kuwaiti
currency should visit their branches during the ofcial
working hours.
CBK congratulated all citizens and residents on the
occasion of the month of Ramadan, asking the Al-
mighty Allah to bestow His blessings and peace on
Kuwait and the Islamic world.
Retirement crisis could be solved: Interior
Ministry Undersecretary Lieutenant General Mahmoud
Al-Dousari recently met 14 out of 16 ofcers who were
forced to retire without prior notice, reports Al-Rai
daily quoting sources.
Sources pointed out there are indicators that the cri-
sis will be solved soon, indicating the ofcers were not
willing to retire.
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LOCAL 3

CIK strives to showcase culture, values of Canadian societies

Canadians in Kuwait hold their annual get together

KUWAIT CITY, June 10: A social,
membership-based organization
of Canadian identity is composed
Govt tries to expand
of and supported by Canadians in economic activities
Kuwait. CIK strives to showcase
the culture and values of Canadian for non-oil sectors
societies in Kuwait combining the KUWAIT CITY, June 10: The
talents and contributions of Cana-
dians who live across Kuwait. In government is striving towards
line with its objectives of promot- expanding its economic activi-
ing friendship and bonds among ties for the non-oil sectors with
Canadians the CIK this year too the aim of covering the nancial
held their grandeur annual gather- decit. This is in consideration
ing. CIKs active role in portraying of the retrogression of the nan-
varieties of Canadian culture in cial situation and the slow fall of
the past have earned the respect of the real GDP for non-oil sectors
wide spectrum of Kuwaiti society from 5 to 3.5 percent, under ex-
and other expatriate communities pectations for improvement to
in Kuwait. 3.6 and 4 percent this year and
The President of CIK Ishtiaq the next through execution of
Malik, in his opening remarks wel- projects that are part of the ve-
comed the members and the guests year development plan, reports
and thanked all the members for Al-Shahed daily.
continued support and contribu-
tions that nurture and strengthen Controlling
CIK. According to sources, the gov-
Annual get together 2017 ernment is working on control-
was held at the residence of Sri ling the nancial situation in a
Lanka Ambassador who is an ac- gradual manner with increase in
tive member of CIK with his deep
rooted bonds in Canada. investment support through ex-
The gala evening also witnessed ecution of the development plan
celebrations of the wedding an- and by investing about KD 34
niversary of Reza and Ariata the billion by the year 2020 between
two long serving members of the the public and private sectors.
CIK governing board. Anniversary This is aimed to refresh econom-
cake-cutting was followed by pres- ic diversication and reduce de-
entation of a plaque to the couple Paul Jensen - Embassy of Canada with CiK Members pendence on the oil sector as the
by CIK, in recognition of their main source of revenue, in addi-
untint support and commitment. tion to contribute in covering the
The CIK also honored Moly fallback.
Hinh, one of the Board Members The sources indicated that
of the CIK. The President appre- the financial deficit of Kuwait
ciated Molys immense contri- continues for the third consecu-
butions to the membership drive tive year due to the fall of oil
undertook by CIK that substan- prices, stressing that the pres-
tially expanded CIK membership. sure on the financial situation is
Ambassador Candie presented a
Portrait of Moly Hinh in appre- expected to ease by the end of
ciation of her dedicated service to this year.
the CIK, on behalf of the members. They said, The rate of econo-
The gathering also discussed in an my growth doubled during 2016
informal setting, CIKs agenda for to reach 2.4 percent as compared
the upcoming year. to 1.1 percent in 2015. The eco-
The well attended CIK gathering nomic growth rate will reach
that lasted until the wee hours was about 2.8 percent this year, and
lled with indelible memories of 3.3 percent in the next two years
joy and enetertainment. Reza and Ariata cutting the cake of their wedding anniversary. Ambassador of Sri Lanka presented a plaque to Moly Hinh. 2018 and 2019.

Type 1 diabetes in children high

KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Kuwait is
third in the world with a high number of
children suffering from type 1 diabetes,
eat healthy food to prevent diabetes.
He said the awareness program is aimed
at informing the public about the symp-
Kuwait continues to offer help to
needy people around the globe
reports Al-Rai daily quoting Director Gen- toms and ways to deal with the disease. He
eral of Dasman Diabetes Institute Dr Qais explained the disease could be genetic or
Al-Dowairi. it could be due to poor nutrition and inac-
Speaking to reporters on the sideline of tive lifestyle. He revealed the institute will
the ghabka that the institute organized launch several initiatives in the coming
recently, Al-Dowairi stressed the need for period, in cooperation with other related
children to engage in sports activities and institutions in Europe or North America. KRCS delivers 4,000 food parcels to Iraqi evacuees
KUWAIT CITY, June 10, (KUNA): Kuwait continues A total of 750 parcels have been delivered in Al-Yarmouk district, in the
Kuwait Today western part of Mosul, and the remaining will be distributed in the coming three
this week to offer help to needy people and the less for- days.
Prayer Timings Umm Al-Maradem 37 30 - 4ft SE tunate around the globe. The delivery was supervised by Kuwait Embassy in Baghdad and the crisis
Sea Island Buoy - - - - - On Thursday, KRCS in cooperation with the United Iraqi Medical management center of the Iraqi prime ministers ofce, he added.
Fajr .................................................... 03:13 Salmiyah 42 33 - 4ft SE Al-Haity expressed gratitude to the State of Kuwait under His Highness the
Sunrise ............................................... 04:48 Society (UIMS) started delivering a new consignment of food relief Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown
Zohr .................................................... 11:47 4 days forecast - Marine
Asr ........................................................15:21 in the holy month of Ramadan to evacuees from the conict-ravaged Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime
Maghrib ............................................. 18:47 Sunday, June 11 Mosul city, north Iraq.
Isha .................................................... 20:19 Expected weather ......................................Very hot Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, for the generous aid to the
Sea state ...................................Slight to moderate The assistance includes 4,000 food parcels donated by KRCS as part of Ku- internally displaced persons in Iraq.
Weather Wave height....................................................1-3 ft wait is by your side campaign, UIMS Chairman Ahmad Al-Haity said. Also on Thursday, Kuwait has agreed to provide $4 million to the Palestin-
Expected weather for the next 24 hours: Max Temp.........................................................49C
Min Temp..........................................................31C ian authority for supporting the industrial
By Night: Relatively hot with light to moderate
north westerly wind, with speed of 08-32 km/h. Wind Direction ..........................................VRB-NW and agricultural sectors, said Minister
By Day: Very hot with light to moderate fresh- Wind Speed .......................................... 08-32 km/h Public Works Mud Al-Hasaynah.
ening at times north westerly wind, with speed of Monday, June 12 The minister, in a statement broadcast
12-45 km/h with a chance for rising dust especially Expected weather ...... Very hot + with a chance for
over open areas. rising dust over open areas by the ofcial Palestinian news agency,
Station Max Min Sea state ...................................Slight to moderate WAFA, said it had been agreed upon to
Exp Rec Wave height....................................................2-5 ft allocate USD four million for the Palestin-
Kuwait City 46 35 Max Temp.........................................................48C ian authority as part of the Kuwaiti grant
Kuwait Airport 49 29 Min Temp..........................................................30C
Abdaly 48 28 Wind Direction .............................................. N-NW to rebuild Gaza, divided into $3.5 million
Bubyan 47 28 Wind Speed .......................................... 15-45 km/h in support of industrial installations, in ad-
Jahra 49 31 Tuesday, June 13 dition to USD half million that would be
Failaka Island 46 29 Expected weather ......................................Very hot disbursed for the agricultural sector.
Salmiyah 42 33 Sea state ..................... Slight to moderate at times
Ahmadi 43 35 Wave height....................................................2-5 ft He indicated that the new installment
Nuwaisib 46 31 Max Temp.........................................................50C would be disbursed as soon as possible.
Wafra 47 30 Min Temp..........................................................31C
Salmy 47 27 Wind Direction ..........................................NW-VRB Assistance
Wind Speed .......................................... 08-38 km/h
4 days forecast - Weather Wednesday, June 14 The assistance is part of the $200 mil-
Sunday, June 11 Expected weather ......................................Very hot lion grant, declared at the donors confer-
Expected weather ......................................Very hot Sea state ................................. Slight to msoderate ence in Cairo in 2014. On Monday, Presi-
Max Temp.........................................................49C Wave height....................................................1-3 ft New Executive Committee Members dent of the United Republic of Tanzania,
Min Temp..........................................................31C Max Temp.........................................................50C
Wind Direction ..........................................VRB-NW Min Temp..........................................................33C John Magufuli praised Kuwaits role in
Wind Speed .......................................... 08-32 km/h Wind Direction ..........................................VRB-NW supporting his countrys vital humanitar-
Monday, June 12 Wind Speed .......................................... 08-32 km/h ian and infrastructural projects.
Expected weather ...... Very hot + with a chance for President Magufuli made the remarks
rising dust over open areas Tide times at Shuwaikh Port
Max Temp.........................................................48C
during his reception of Kuwait Ambas-
1st high tide: .................................................. 11:40
Min Temp..........................................................30C 2nd high tide: ................................................. 01:52 sador to Tanzania Jassem Al-Najem, said
Wind Direction .............................................. N-NW 1st low tide:.................................................... 19:25 an embassy statement received by KUNA.
Wind Speed .......................................... 15-45 km/h 2nd low tide: .................................................. 06:50 The Tanzanian President added that
Tuesday, June 13 Sunrise: ......................................................... 04:48
Expected weather ......................................Very hot Kuwaits efforts were deeply recognized
Sunset: .......................................................... 18:47
Max Temp.........................................................50C through providing urgent humanitarian
Min Temp..........................................................31C Recorded yesterday at Kuwait Airport aid and digging 27 wells in the capital Do-
Wind Direction ..........................................NW-VRB doma in face of the drought season that
Wind Speed .......................................... 08-38 km/h Max temp ..........................................................47C
Wednesday, June 14 Min temp ...........................................................28C swept through the African continent.
Expected weather ......................................Very hot Max Rh ............................................................22% Acknowledging the signicant role
Max Temp.........................................................50C Min Rh .............................................................07% played by Kuwait Fund for Arab Eco-
Min Temp..........................................................33C Max Wind................................................N 50 km/h Ambassador welcomes the members.
Wind Direction ..........................................VRB-NW Total Rainfall in 24 hrs ................................... 0 mm nomic Development (KFAED), Magu-
Wind Speed .......................................... 08-32 km/h fuli invited the Fund to visit Tanzania and
Recorded yesterday at South Dolphin consider supporting and nancing a num-
Marine Forecast Min/Max/ Air Temp ......................................30/41C ber of infrastructural projects, especially
Station Max Min Sea Todays Min/Max Rel Hum .......................................15/60% the new highway project in Dodoma.
Rec Exp Surf Waves Wind Direction/Wind Speed....................N/44 km/h
Ht Dirn Prev Wave Dir/Max Wave Ht ..........................N/2 ft He pledged to name the highway after
South Dolphin 41 31 28 4ft SE Min/Max Sea Surface Temp ............................ -/- C His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-
Umm Mudayrah 38 30 - 4ft SE Sea Current..............................................Upwelling Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Beacon M28 - - - 4ft SE Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Last March, Tanzania signed a
Beacon N6 43 30 - 4ft SE
Qaruh Island 38 29 - 4ft SE Meteorological Dept. $-51-million loan agreement with
KFAED. The loan agreement aims to
deaths nance Nyahua-Chaya Road project,
Husein Sultan Ali Al Sultan Al Samhan, 58 years old, buried on Saturday. Condolences: (Men) Mubarak which links Tanzania to Rwanda and Bu-
Al Kabeer, Block 8, Street 26, House 33, Tel: 55828252 (Women) Adan. Block 3, Street 36, House 34 rundi, to increase commercial movement
Tel:67037807; Baraak Mohammad Abdul Aziz Al Baraak, 67 years old, buried on Saturday. Condo- along 85 kilometers.
lences: (Men) Abdullah Al Salem, Block 3, Ibn Abbas Street House 31, Tel: 22544661 (Women) Abdullah Registration in progress. AGM Reception
Al Salem, Block 1, Nisef Al Yousef Street. Avenue 17, House 9, Tel: 22550112; Fatma Fahad Al Kehaidi, On his part, Ambassador Al-Najem
92 years old, widow of Aydah Al Kehaidi, buried on Saturday. Condolences: (Men) Qasser, Block 1, Street said Kuwait would continue to play a
3, Avenue 2, House 5, Tel: 55011100 (Women) Qasser, Block 1, Street 6, House 8; Noora Fwaizan Al Canadian Business Council holds Annual General Meeting 2017 leading role in humanitarian aid region-
Mutairi, 78 years old, widow of Hawas Kmaikh Al Dehani, buried on Saturday. Condolences: (Men) Es-
hbeliya, of Mohammad Bin Al Qasem Street, Tel: 99965544 (Women) Rabiya, Block 4, Street 11, House ally and in the international arena.
Canadian Business Council one and assured quorum to pro- the year 2016-2017. All were The ambassador also praised efforts ex-
16, Tel: 55722955; Ruqaya Abdul Rahman Ghloom Husein, 66 years old, widow of Husein Ali Atalah
Mubarak, buried on Saturday. Condolences: (Men) Jabriya, Block 11, Huseiniyat Al Baloch Tel: 99922394 CBC held its Annual General ceed with the AGM. Minutes of satisfied with the funds available
Meeting 2017 at the official resi- meeting of AGM 2016 was for the commencing year. erted by KFAED and other Kuwaiti enti-
(Women) Rumaithiya, Block 7, Heraa Street, Avenue 72, House 5, Tel: 60797404; Hamad Bajad Hamad ties in providing assistant to Tanzania and
Al Hajri, 71 years old, buried on Saturday. Condolences: (Men) Fahaheel, Block 10, Bin Rabeia Street, dence of the Ambassador of approved. The new executive committee
House 22, Tel: 99711105 (Women) Jaber Al Ali, Block 1, Street 11, House 57; Maryam Ali Haydar, 72 Canada. Ishtiaq Malik President of of CBC involves Ishtiaq Malik, Dr its people.
years old, widow of Abdullah Ali Tarakma, buried on Saturday. Condolence: (Men) Bayan, Al Imam Al The Ambassador H.E. Martine CBC presented annual report Dave McHardy, Dr Christian The relief committee of Lebanons
Hasan Mosque, Tel: 66629922-99775729 (Women) Bayan, Block 10, Street 1, Avenue 6, House 17, Tel: Dar Al-Fatwa (Fatwa House) on Tuesday
99719500; Mohammad Zaid Abdullah Al Kehailan, 85 years old, buried on Saturday. Condolences: ( Moreau welcomed CBC mem- and also thanked H.E. Martine. Awaraji, Dr Andrew Gillam, Bill
Men) Mansouriya, Block 1, Street 14, House 24, Tel: 97988882-97825226 (Women) Yarmouk, Block 1, bers and guests. Moreau - Ambassador, Tammy Carroll , Laurent Levac and Dr announced a project to provide food aid
Street 1, Avenue 1, House 18, Tel: 99831808-99914722; Fawziyz Khaled Salem Al Arbeed, 66 years The AGM was presided by Ames Commercial Counselor Awad Julian. during the fasting month of Ramadan,
old, buried on Saturday. Condolences: (Men) Zahra, Block 5, Sulaiman Ibrahim Al Musalam Street, House Tammy Ames Commercial for their support to CBC. Honorary members from the nanced by the Kuwait Awqaf Public
49, Tel: 99832224-99532224 (Women) Thaher, Block 5, Street 6, Avenue 1, House 4, Tel: 55166955. Counselor at Embassy of Treasurer Jacinthe Lemay Embassy of Canada are the Foundation (KAPF), and under supervi-
June 10, 2017 Canada. She welcomed every- presented the financial report of Ambassador and Commercial sion of Kuwaits Zakat House.
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Requests made to refer nine

co-ops to Public Prosecution
Ministry decides to dissolve 5 board councils: Al-Adwani
A group photo from the awarding of the certificate to the company.
Al-Sour Oil Marketing Company obtains HSEQ
Al-Sour Oil Marketing Company
has obtained leadership classifi-
cation certificate HSEQ in imple-
menting quality, environmental,
safety and security integrated
system conditions laid down by
the monitoring authority Kuwait
Issue causing problems among visitors, employees
Errors detected on PAM website tied to fees
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Some
errors have been detected on the
website of the Public Authority for
Manpower concerning the fee for
first time work permits and
transfer from one sponsor to
another.
The fee published on the web-
site as KD 50 turned out to be KD
60, according to the ministerial
decision of 2016, reports
Al-Shahed daily.
An informed source said the
issue has become a major source
of misunderstanding causing prob-
National Petroleum Company
(KNPC).
KNPC Deputy Board Chairman
and Executive Director Talal
Ahmad Al-Khars awarded the cer-
tificate to the company, saying it
has exemplified pioneering spirit
lems among visitors and employ-
ees of the authority with contradic-
tions noticed every now and then,
especially after the fee was offi-
cially published at website.
They blamed concerned offi-
cials for dereliction of duty over
failure to follow-up circulars and
decisions for necessary amend-
ment.
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) is
preparing to submit a tender for
installation of new gas desalina-
tion (processing) at reinforcement
in its fuel stations and various
administrations.
He said the company performs
well such that it can compete with
its counterparts globally in the
fields of quality, environment,
safety and security.
station 171 in West Kuwait,
reports Al-Rai daily quoting
sources.
Sources disclosed KOC has
called for exclusion of Indian
company Dodsal from the tender
for delaying the engineering, pur-
chase and construction procedures
in the execution of two projects
affiliated to the company.
Accordingly, the Central
Tenders Committee approved
KOCs request to submit the
aforementioned tender and exclu-
sion of Dodsal.
KUWAIT CITY, June 10:
Assistant Undersecretary
for Cooperative Sector
Affairs in the Ministry of
Social Affairs Sheikha
Al-Adwani received
requests to refer nine
cooperative societies to
the Public Prosecution
since the start of 2016 due
to financial and adminis-
tration violations uncov-
ered by committees tasked
to review the operations
and accounts of these
cooperatives, reports
Al-Jarida daily.
In her interview with the daily,
Al-Adwani explained the minis-
try decided to dissolve five board
councils and dismiss nine mem-
bers in four cooperative societies.
The number of committees
formed to review the operations
and accounts of cooperative soci-
eties reached 18 16 of them
were formed in 2016 and two
committees were formed this
year in Kaifan and Jahra.
Al-Adwani disclosed that after
the activation of the automated sys-
tem, editing of names and clearing
double registration of members, the
number of real stakeholders regis-
tered in cooperative societies totaled
363,000 a manifestation that the
ministry has successfully dealt with
the double membership issue with
the help of the Public Authority for
Civil Information (PACI). She
added the ministry laid down in
April a plan to solve the dead and
spoilt stock issue, affirming the plan
was successful as they managed to
reduce the total amount by almost
half a million Kuwaiti dinars.
She went on to say the total num-
ber of cooperative societies in dif-
ferent parts of the country reached
67, while eight cooperative societies
rity measures are being applied at the
were inaugurated recently six in
2016: Mangaf, Jaber Al-Ahmad,
Naeem, Sadeeq, Abu Fatira and
Fahad Al-Ahmad; and two in the
current year: Egaila and Gharnata.
Al-Babtain Diwaniya organized a Ramadan Ghabqa dinner at its headquarters
in Nuzha area where a huge number of Ramadan well-wishers including the
National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim, several MPs and officials
attended. They were received by Saoud Abdulaziz Al-Babtain, MP Abdulwahab
Al-Babtain and other members of Al-Babtain family.
MP queries
Continued from Page 1
by Judge Ibrahim Al-Obaid, post-
poned until June 21 the announcement
of its verdict on a case filed by the
Public Prosecution against those who
stormed the Parliament building a
total of 70 persons including 11 for-
mer and current MPs to give the
defense panel a chance to present their
argument.
The prosecution charged these indi-
viduals with entering the Parliament
building without permission, assault-
ing securitymen, and damaging some
properties inside building. The defen-
dants denied all the accusations.
Earlier, the Criminal Court acquit-
ted the accused citing contradictory
testimonies but the prosecution sub-
mitted a petition against the decision
to the higher court.
Terror-list 3
Continued from Page 1
The same sources said these mea-
sures are part of an integrated strategy
given the unstable security situation in
this part of the world.
The sources added the Kuwaiti forc-
es have secured the southern and
northern parts of the country with
aerial support by military helicopters
which are conducting a comprehen-
sive survey around the clock along the
borders, the Kuwaiti islands and bor-
der posts.
The sources stressed that strict secu-
and 22 people were killed, he said.
land, sea and air entry and exit points
to foil would be attempts by vested
interests to tamper with the security of
the country during this critical period.
Photo by Mahmoud Jadeed
The sources stressed the intelligence
wing of the Interior Ministry in coop-
eration with the security services is
constantly in touch with its GCC
counterparts for exchange of informa-
tion to ward off any terrorist act.
More arrests
Continued from Page 1
the arrests of 41 suspects in connec-
tion with the twin Tehran attacks.
Separately, the head of the judiciary
in Fars province said seven people
were detained in the southern Larestan
area for possible ties to Islamic State,
Irans ISNA news agency reported on
Saturday.
Tehran police said the car the
attackers used for both attacks was
discovered on Saturday in the city
centre.
The terrorists first went by the car
to the mausoleum and after dropping
two of them, went to the city centre to
attack the parliament, the police said
in a statement published on state
media.
Fighting between rival tribesmen in
southern Iran left 22 people dead on
Friday night, an Iranian lawmaker
was quoted by ILNA news agency as
saying on Saturday.
The incident last night in
Ramhormoz county (in Khuzestan
province) is rooted in an old tribal
conflict, the lawmaker, Hedayatollah
Khademi, said.
Unfortunately in last nights clash,
advanced military weapons were used
Tribal fighting is common in south-
ern Iran, where gun battles can break
out, sometimes motivated by notions
of traditional tribal justice.
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KUNA photos
Ramadan in Kuwait has a different flavor with its own set of customs and rituals that have been observed by generations and evoke the past with all its beautiful details.

Kuwaitis maintain old Ramadan traditions

KUWAIT CITY, June 10,
(KUNA): Alongside the
religious obligations,
Ramadan in Kuwait has a
different flavor with its
own set of customs and rit-
uals that have been
observed by generations
and evoke the past with all
its beautiful details.
Like elsewhere in the Muslim
world, people in Kuwait fast from
dawn to sunset throughout the
month. Ramadan in Kuwait is a
time of prayer, charity and height-
ened piety.
Ranging from traditional cos-
tumes and dishes to special
Ramadan celebrations, Kuwaiti
families continue to revive authen-
tic traditions and restore social val-
ues that promote harmony among
members of society.
Despite of the progress of life and
civilization, Ramadan-related cus-
toms such as Graish, Gergean,
Ghabgah, and Iftar cannon maintain
their inherent traditional color.
In Kuwait, Ramadan gathers peo-
ple more through shared meals and
other communal activities, and
among these social customs is
Graish, a traditional pre-Rama-
dan feast when family members and
friends gather to celebrate the last
day of the month of Shaaban and to
prepare for Ramadan fasting.
The holy months social activities
primarily include the Ghabgah
gathering; it is a dinner party
between the Iftar meal at sunset and
the suhoor meal at dawn, comprised
of sharing food, stories and jokes
with family and friends.
Since Ramadan is considered to be
the most joyful month of the whole
year, children also have their share of
fun through a well rooted tradition
called Gergean, which is a festive
heritage usually takes place between
the 13th and 15th nights of the holy
month of Ramadan.
Dressing up in their finest tradi-
tional clothes, boys and girls stroll
Alongside religious obligations
MoE interviews over 500 candidates for supervisory posts
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: The Ministry of Education
interviewed more than 500 candidates to supervisory
posts including 300 school principals, 60 supervisors
for various educational levels and 42 services super-
visors; in addition to several others in technical units,
libraries, exams and student affairs, reports Al-Anba
around their neighborhoods, singing happy songs
as they knock on their neighbors doors seeking
treats and candy in exchange for a song.
Another significant Ramadan tradition that has
stood the passage of time is the Iftar Cannon
stationed at the beautifully restored Naif Palace
in Kuwait. When the cannon sounds, it announc-
es that it is time for breaking the fast.
Even though times have changed, and the tra-
Canon shot announces its time for breaking the fast.
daily quoting sources.
Sources added the ministry will interview 35
potential supervisors in human resources depart-
ments and 20 in social and psychological services
units.
resume work as soon as possible.
dition is quite old, the firing of the cannon
attracts droves of children and families daily, a
single shot announces the end of a fast, while two
shots announce the beginning of the Holy Month
of Ramadan, and Eid Al-Fitr.
The Holy Month of Ramadan is an interesting
blend of piety and festivity, it creates a lifestyle
in which the coffee houses and restaurants are
jammed in the evening, television viewership
Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and State
Minister for Municipality Affairs Mohammad
Al-Jabriya underwent appendix removal surgery
recently, reports Al-Jarida daily.
The daily wishes the minister speedy recovery to
top position with a capital
greatly increases to include new entertainment
programs, and more enjoyable social gatherings
are organized.
Although many of the customs and traditions
have changed over the years, and almost all of
the forms of these activities have become mod-
ified and reinterpreted to fit modern life styles,
the spirit of Ramadan in Kuwait continues to
thrive.
Congestion at centers
100,000 electronic
passports disbursed
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: With
the commencement of the second
half of Ramadan and the advent
of Eid al-Fitr as well as start of
summer holidays after the end of
the academic year, the number of
electronic passports disbursed so
far reached 100,000 in all six
governorates, reports Al-Shahed
daily.
According to a reliable source,
the various distribution centers
across the country have started
witnessing the expected conges-
tion, as most people in Kuwait
are eager to travel abroad.
A recent study revealed that
the total capital base of local
banks is valued at KD 61 bil-
lion 25 percent increase
(KD15.3 billion) compared to
KD 45.7 in 2010, reports
Al-Shahed daily.
The study indicated the total
capital base for foreign banks in
the Central Bank of Kuwait
(CBK) is KD 9.5 billion 1.27
percent increase, while the rate
of increase since beginning of
this year is 0.7 percent.
The study added that one of
the local banks occupies the
base of KD 24.1 billion cover-
ing 39.5 percent of the total
capital base. An Islamic bank
is in second position with a
capital base of KD 16.4 billion
(26.8 percent) and 12th in
GCC countries. Kuwaiti banks
are rated among the best in the
GCC in terms of capital base
in the current year.

News in Brief

Ex-MoD staff arrested: A former military employ-

ee of Ministry of Defense was arrested in Riqqa area
in possession of a cigarette rolled with hashish and
drug paraphernalia.
According to security sources, Ahmadi security-
men were patrolling Riqqa area when they suspect-
ed a vehicle that was parked in front of a cooperative
society.
They checked the details of the driver to dis-
cover he is a Kuwaiti citizen who used to work
for the Ministry of Defense as a military offi-
cer.
They checked him to find a cigarette rolled with
hashish and drug paraphernalia on him.
He was arrested and referred with the confiscated
items to the Drugs Control General Department for
investigations.
Meanwhile, an Egyptian expatriate who is wanted
by law for a drug-related case was arrested and
referred to the concerned authorities for necessary
legal action.

Securitymen settle quarrel between youths:
Jahra securitymen settled a quarrel between two
youths inside Jahra hospital.
A source said the hospitals security guards noti-
fied the Operations Room of the Interior Ministry
about a fight between two youths at the hospital
premises, and support security operatives were
deployed to the scene to deal with the situation. One
member of the feuding party escaped the scene after
the incident.
A case was registered.

Police arrest 2 for begging: The Farwaniya police
have arrested two women an Asian and an Arab
for begging for alms in front of a cooperative
society, reports Al-Rai daily.
Police found with the beggars KD 300.
They have been handed over to the concerned
authorities to prepare their deportation.

LOCAL
Kuwait role in resolving DIWANIYA
Arab issues win praise
KRCS distributes aid to 5,000 families
BIKFAYA, Lebanon, June 10, (KUNA): sidelines of the two-state solution conference held in
Lebanese and Palestinian politicians hailed Lebanon.
Kuwaits vital role in supporting the Pal- to He hoped Kuwait would continue paying further attention
estinian Cause and resolving issues facing end the crisis.
Arab countries.
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-
Jaber Al-Sabah exerted great efforts to bring peace to
Arab states on many occasions, former Lebanese Pres-
ident Amine Gemayel told KUNA on Saturday, on the
News in Brief
Drifters arrested: Securitymen,
during a campaign they launched
against reckless drivers in Kabad area,
arrested 12 street stunt performers and
seized their vehicles, says Al-Seyassah.
According to security sources, when
Public Security Sector of Ministry of
Interior received information about a
large crowd that gathered in Kabad area
to watch stunt performances by some
young reckless drivers during daytime
(which clearly indicated they are not
fasting), patrol teams were dispatched
to the location. They arrested 12 reck-
less drivers and seized their vehicles.
The sources afrmed that such
campaigns against reckless drivers will
continue, as they put the lives of decent
people at risk through their activities.
Meanwhile, security sources revealed
that Sulaibiya securitymen launched
an extensive security campaign during
which they arrested a number of wanted
individuals and violators of law includ-
ing residency law, as well as seized
seven vehicles and issued 43 trafc
citations.
These securitymen carried out the
campaign at the entries and exits of the
area, and arrested 19 individuals who
did not have their civil IDs or any other
identication documents, 14 violators
of residency law, three hawkers, nine
expatriates with expired residencies and
an absconding individual. They also
seized seven wanted vehicles and issued
43 trafc citations.
The arrested individuals were
the Palestinian Cause in the light of the US initiative to
On his part, former Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Sin-
iora stressed the need of joint-Arab cooperation to face the
growing threat of Israeli settlement expansion.
Meanwhile, Palestinian Minister of Public Works and
Housing Mohammad Shtayyeh said the Palestinian revolu-
referred to the concerned authorities for
necessary legal action.
KD 2 embarrassment: Citizens
and employees from some institutions,
including senior ofcials complained of
embarrassment caused to them by the
Ministry of Justice, reports Al-Qabas
daily.
They say they are being prevented
from travelling for failure to pay money
to the state even if the amount is as
small as KD 2.
A number of jurists have said the
ministry must set a ceiling which can
bar a citizen from travelling.
They said a person who owes KD 2
to the state cannot be treated the same
as those who steal millions of dinars.
No casualties: Fire engulfed a
building serving as laborer accommoda-
tion opposite Souk Mubarakiya, says
Al-Seyassah.
A re source said the Operations
Room of the Fire Department received
report about a re in the third oor of a
building near Mubarakiya market serv-
ing as a laborer accommodation.
Acting on information, a team of
remen was deployed to the scene and
they managed to evacuate the building
and also prevented the re from spread-
ing. No human casualty was registered
and the cause of re wasnt immedi-
ately known. A case was registered for
investigation.
tion started from Kuwait.
The country had gathered
Palestinian leadership from
all over the Arab World, he
added.
Shtayyeh noted that Ku-
wait was home for some
400,000 Palestinians at
some point. He added that
Kuwaits Ministry of Edu-
cation and Higher Educa-
tion has recently signed
contracts with 67 Palestin-
ian teachers in Ramallah.
Meanwhile, the Ku-
wait Red Crescent Society
(KRCS), in collaboration
with the Lebanese Red
Cross, on Friday doled out
food aid to 5,000 Palestin-
ian families staying at refu-
gee camps.
The aid was delivered
to the families, in the pres-
ence of Kuwaiti embassys
acting charge daffaires to
Lebanon Mohammed Al-
Wagayan and Palestinian
embassys representative
Hassan Sheshniya.
Statement
In a statement to KUNA,
Al-Wagayan said the aid is
part of the continued hu-
manitarian support provid-
ed by the State of Kuwait to
the international community
generally and Palestinian
refugees in Lebanon par-
ticularly. He expressed his
gratitude to Lebanon, as it
has spared no effort to host
both Palestinian and Syr-
ian refugees. He also com-
mended efforts by KRCS in
Lebanon, in cooperationn
wit the Lebanese Red Cross,
through carrying out effec-
tive activities and projects
aiming to alleviate suffering
of vulnerable people.
For his part, Sheshniya
thanked the State of Ku-
wait, His Highness the
Amir, government and Ku-
waitis for this humanitarian
initiative allocated to Pal-
estinians in Lebanon. He
noted that Kuwait has been
backing Palestinian people
for many years, referring
to Kuwaits contribution
to reconstructing the Gaza
Strip. He voiced his hope
that Kuwait would con-
tinue to buttress Palestinian
people and their issue.
According to the United
Nations Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East
(UNRWA), the number of
Palestinian people in Leba-
non is estimated at 480,000
staying at 12 refugee camps
in several areas across the
country.
A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION
Grudge, hatred brewing against Iran
Make peace with neighbours
THE Iranian spiritual leader Al-Sayed Ali Khame-
nei was recently quoted as saying the situation in
Iran is different because Iran is a big country and it is
stable in the context of comparison between what is
currently taking place in the Arab countries unrest
and turmoil, columnist and former Kuwaiti ambas-
sador Ahmad Al-Dawas wrote for Al-Seyassah daily.
But it is a well-known fact that Iran shares big
borders with both Afghanistan and Iraq and these two
countries are unstable where all sorts of weapons are
freely available. In this context, since Iran shares a
big border with Afghanistan, we will not be surprised
if weapons are smuggled into Tehran from Kabul.
On Wednesday June 7, 2017 some people were
visiting the shrine of the leader of the Iranian revo-
lution Ayatollah Al-Khomeini alongside the tomb
of the former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani. The place was the scene of a suicide at-
tack by a female bomber in which eight people were
killed.
At the same time, Iran was the victim of another
attack on the Iranian Shura Council (parliament)
which was carried out by an unknown person which
killed seven people and injured several others. The
attackers also took some people hostage but the Ira-
nians following these attacks started wondering what
happened and why the concerned authorities failed to
prevent the two incidents from happening.
Nonetheless, what happened recently in Iran can
be summed up as huge attacks on two major Iranian
symbols the shrine of Khomeini and the Shura
Council. These attacks represent a strong message
to the symbols of the Iranian revolution, and can be
translated as tremendous pressure or a challenge for
the Iranian government.
As a matter of fact, the
concerned Iranian authorities
were also proud of tight secu-
rity measures in Tehran. How-
ever, while the Islamic Jihadist
movements were seemingly
planning to keep attacks on Iran
as their priority, we were sur-
prised to see the Islamic State
organization or the so-called
DAESH taking responsibility
Al-Dawas
for the two attacks in the same
tone as it earlier claimed respon-
sibility for attacks in Europe and bombings in both
Turkey and the Philippines.
It seems Iran had read well what happened to
Denmark and Sweden. The history of the two coun-
tries show many wars were fought between these two
countries, but by time, Denmark found out the wars
had incurred exorbitant material and human losses
and this had resulted in Copenhagen also discovering
its policy at the military and political level when
dealing with Sweden was wrong and decided it was
time to reconcile with it and give up military suprem-
acy for the sake of its development.
In the wake of this development, however, the
two countries saw a better change and all restric-
tions that were in place including travel between both
countries were canceled and now both these countries
are currently members of the European Union mov-
ing freely within their countries without passports
and without even identity cards.
This happened post a destructive war between the
two countries, because both Denmark and Sweden
had come to a conviction that the relations among the
countries could no longer be based on a logic that I
have to win and you have to lose, rather these rela-
tions could only be based on win-win principle.
It is apparent Iran has yet to learn from the lessons
in history but instead it was involved in promoting
sectarian tendencies in the region since the very be-
ginning of its 1979 revolution.
In this context, we just ponder how Iran over the
past years had interfered in the internal affairs of four
Arab countries a behavior that is rejected by the
international community because it violates interna-
tional law.
To add insult to injury, Iran has rejected to make
any concessions although many people have been
killed in those Arab countries due to Tehrans in-
tervention as a result of which the crises aggravated
because Iran always wanted to portray itself as an in-
fallible cavalier and others a mistaken lot.
The former director of Western Asia Affairs De-
partment at the Iranian Foreign Ministry Mir Mah-
moud Mousavi during an interview to the Iranian Al-
Shaq newspaper in mid-December 2016 said I am
pessimistic at the moment and I am afraid about the
future of internal front of Iran.
He went on to say, hundreds of thousands of Syr-
ians have been killed, millions have been displaced
and this shall result in millions of Syrians harboring
grudge and hatred against Iran.
For this there should be peace in Syria, Iraq and
Afghanistan if Iran wants to get the slice of the same
peace and prosperity because unless there is security
and stability in these countries Irans security shall be
under threat. Moreover, progress and luxury shall be
something unachievable.
It is needless to say Iran is currently in a position
to benet from the precious advice of Sayed Mousavi
and from the Danish/Swedish lesson if it wants to be-
come the Singapore of the Gulf instead of following
an aggressive policy similar to that of Denmark dur-
ing the Middle Ages. This can eventually transform
the Arab region into a market for products.
Also:
The crisis and severing of relations between the
four Arab countries the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of
Bahrain and the Republic of Egypt on one hand
and the State of Qatar on the other is not surprising at
all, rather the only surprise is it happened a bit late,
columnist Talal Abdulkarim Al-Arab wrote for Al-
Qabas daily.
I think it is no secret that the tension between Qa-
tar and many sisterly countries surfaced more than 20
years ago and we have been repeatedly hearing about
the intentions to sever ties with Doha, but the Kuwaiti
good ofces had played its role to hold off the boy-
cott, which we hope will not last long.
What currently saddens us is to see the Gulf Co-
operation Council currently facing some upheavals
while the member States still strive to confront the
Iranian interventions and this is a threat to the stabil-
ity of the entire region, particularly since we know
the Arab coalition is currently involved in fending off
armed attacks from Yemen against the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.
We hope neither to lose Qatar nor to see Doha
moving away from the Gulf and Arab fold. We also
dont want to see the Qataris incurring heavy politi-
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6
cal burdens irrespective of the sources and reasons
behind it, rather we hope this current crisis will end
peacefully, but certainly the Amir of Humanity the
Amir of Kuwait HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ah-
mad will lead successfully the relevant task.
In conclusion, we pray to Almighty Allah to pro-
tect our Arab Gulf region and our Arab nation from
every devilish action.
Kuwait has always been a land of peace and Ku-
waitis have never waged a war on anyone. Its not
because of cowardice but due to their conviction
of the principles of peace. Nonetheless, Kuwaitis
have emerged victorious in all their defensive wars
throughout their history; they are a people who wish
other nations well, columnist Mustafa Al-Sarraf
wrote for Al-Qabas daily.
Despite the blazing atmosphere in the region; in
terms of armed war or media war Kuwait refuses
to have a part in it and chooses to be a peace me-
diator or peace messenger in the region and globally.
Kuwaits principles of peace coupled with the wise
political approach of its leaders have made a huge
impact on countries in the world, and this continues
to be its theme.
Unfortunately, there are people who are trying to
take advantage of Kuwaits neness. For instance,
the remnants of those who deserted the so-called
DAESH ready to return to their countries to con-
tinue serving as sleeper cells until they receive de-
struction orders. Kuwait is expecting several of them.
The region, especially the Gulf region is cur-
rently prone to chaos and tumult, unless the security
agencies take the maximum security precautions and
acquire cutting edge means of uncovering clandes-
tine operations, especially those related to security.
Moreover, the regional security agencies should not
forget that Zionist security agencies are always look-
ing for an opportunity to launch indirect strike, which
no country in the region should feel comfortable in
dealing with for fear of deception.
The 2015 statistic on the rate of home refuse in-
dicates a high increase compared to previous years,
putting the quantity of excess waste at around 1.5
million tons annually, Dr Yaqoub Al-Sharrah wrote
for Al-Rai daily.
According to the statistic, per capita wastage is
360 kilograms per annum, which is an average of
one kilogram per day. From the total home wastes
dumped in the garbage bins, 45 percent is excess food
items. This is almost half of a kilogram per day.
As we are saying this, we all know that the rate
at which food is wasted, especially during the month
of Ramadan, including the derived negative implica-
tions. The effects could be related to health, material,
social and religious aspects.
Despite the fact that the objective of fasting dur-
ing Ramadan is related to worship, patience, strength
for endurance, health, and empathy for the weak and
poor, the reality on ground does not reect that pur-
pose. The phenomenon is related to wastage of food
and drink, and spending time on varieties of food and
drinks.
People of the Gulf region were shocked by what
they have been seeing and hearing lately. Hysteria
has struck some Twitter users, Gulf media and many
people. They failed to verify the reason behind this
media tsunami that has impacted the Gulf relations,
Mubarak Fahad Al Duwaila wrote for Al-Qabas
daily.
We have been hearing several analyses concern-
ing this troubling phenomenon, which has exposed
our nudity, as Gulf citizens, to others, and proven to
all that the statement Our Gulf region and destiny
are one is just a big trick in our lives! Maybe these
kinds of people are targeted by the antagonists of
stability in the Gulf region and by enemies of Gulf
unity to ensure failure of the Gulf coherence and to
frustrate the idea of Gulf Union for GCC countries.
Yes, these pens could have been hired and paid
to do that. An overwhelming majority of Gulf people
may also refuse this way of handling the Gulf affairs
but they stay silent without nding a good opportu-
nity to express their viewpoints.
There is no doubt that the situation today is un-
precedentedly bad to the extent that some of those
who we though have their own opinions, followed
the calls for sedition and participated in the slap-
ping game. Today, GCC should give the banner to
His Highness the Amir of humanity who has long
record in settling disputes among the brothers. He
is the most capable in settling this crack and taking
the GCC countries to the land of safety, provided no
foreign agendas are imposed by those who advocate
dividing the GCC countries for the sake of satisfying
our antagonists.
In a recent article published by Qabas daily, Mr
Ahmad Al-Sarraf drew our attention to the decision
of Interior Ministry to ban the renewal of family vi-
sas for parents, siblings and other relatives living in
Kuwait, columnist Yusuf Al-Jassem wrote for Al-
Jarida daily.
The decision restricts the issuance of family visa
to the wife and children, while other members of the
family are required to modify their status within 3
months or leave Kuwait forever. The decision was
taken under the pretext of amending the demographic
disorder!
I agree with Brother Ahmad Al-Sarraf on the im-
portance of amending the demographic disorder due
to its dangerous consequences on society but the so-
lution is not with deportation of fathers, mothers and
brothers of expatriates who served Kuwait for many
years and made the country their second home.
In my opinion, the rst step to resolving the issue
is to sweep the remnants of illegal residency trade
represented by marginal labors loitering streets in
many places such as Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and promot-
ing criminal activities.
We need to study Americans and civil society and
the Judiciary on their response to the executive orders
issued by President Donald Trump to prevent the citi-
zens of some eight Muslim majority countries from
entering the US.
We also need to remember the steps taken by
Britain to receive Kurds who ed the aggression of
Saddam Hussein after his invasion of Kuwait, as part
of the requirements of a major country. For this rea-
son, we need to take note of the requirements of hu-
manitarianism and not slogans.
Compiled by Zaki Taleb
 ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017

LOCAL 7

Photos from the function

Kuwait Airways Engineering Department bids farewell to colleagues

Aircraft Maintenance Staff at En- Kumar. The function was organ- Aircraft Maintenance Section. Mechanic Faud, while Engineers A memento was also presented to Sethu, R. Murthy, M. Nassif and
gineering Department, Hangar ized at Kuwait Continental Hotel in The event was presided by En- Raju, Mohan Menon, Khawar and Salman and Manoj at the function. staff at Hangar Department. The
conducted a farewell function for Kuwait City on May 19, 2017. It was gineer Khaleel. The welcome ad- Wassy Ali reminisced their associa- The event was also attended farewell ended with a vote of thanks
colleagues Salman Arif and Manoj coordinated by the colleagues at dress was given by Leading Hand tion with the departing colleagues. by other Lead Hand Mechanic K. to all the guests and organizers.

Panel to discuss nationality

issue raised in Parliament
Pay attention to streets during Guirgian celebration
KUWAIT CITY, June
10: The Interior and
Defense Committee in
the Parliament will dis-
cuss on Sunday the na-
tionality issues raised
during the parliamen-
tary session on April
11, reports Al-Shahid
daily. The committee
will also deliberate on
the DNA draft law and
many other proposals in
the presence of Deputy
Premier and Interior
Minister Sheikh Khalid
Al-Jarrah.
Meanwhile, the Public Rela-
tions and Security Media Gen-
eral Department in the Interior
Ministry has advised citizens
and expatriates to pay attention
to the streets during Guirgian
celebrations in order to protect
their children, indicating the
parents should not rely on do-
mestic workers and they must
strictly comply with security Some participants pose for a photograph.
and trafc regulations, reports
Al-Shahid daily. KFSD concludes its 1st Ramadan Futsal Tourney
The department stressed the
Photos from the event need for drivers to focus on the Kuwait Fire Service Directo- the tournament after defeating matches were attended by
roads and avoid driving beyond rate (KFSD) concluded its First Ahmadi team in the nal match several ofcials and personnel
the speed limit, especially on Ramadan Futsal Tournament, of the tournament. of KFSD.
Several Arab dignitaries attended the internal roads, to guarantee which was organized under the According to a press release, Lieutenant General Khaled
auspices of the Director Gener- the two-day tournament, which Al-Mikrad handed the winning
the safety of all road users. al of KFSD Lieutenant General was held at Kuwait Sports trophy to the winners as well as
Iraqi embassy organizes It also afrmed that the min- Khaled Al-Mikrad. The Capital
team emerged champions of
Club, involved 16 teams from
various sections of KFSD. The
several commemoration gifts to
the organizers and sponsors.

Ramadan Ghabqa dinner istry has prepared a comprehen-

KUWAIT CITY, June 10: The Iraqi
Embassy in Kuwait Friday organized
a Ramadan Ghabqa dinner the rst
being hosted by Ambassador Alaa
Al-Hashimi since taking ofce on
March 14 and taking advantage of
this beautiful Kuwaiti tradition which
has social and brotherly dimensions
for enhancing relationships.
The Ghabqa dinner was attended
by the Dean of Diplomatic Corps and
Senegalese Ambassador to Kuwait
Abdul-Lahad Mbacke, ambassadors
of various Arab, Islamic and foreign
countries in addition to dignitaries
from different segments of the Ku-
waiti society.
The political situation of the region
dominated most of the journalists
questions to the Ambassador Alaa
Al-Hashimi. In response, he afrmed
that the steps taken by His Highness
the Amir to mediate between the
brotherly countries are considered
blessed especially in this holy month
of Ramadan.
He denied rumors of an Iraqi-
Turkish-Iranian coalition to solve the
GCC crises, insisting that such a coa-
lition does not exist.
sive security plan for the holy
month of Ramadan, indicating
several security patrols are as-
signed in all governorates to en-
sure the safety of everyone.
Furthermore, Minister of Pub-
lic Works Abdulrahman Al-Mu-
tawa has been subjected to parlia-
mentary pressure in an attempt to
cover up results of investigation
into the Mangaf Bridge submer-
gence which proved the negli-
gence of certain ofcials, reports
Al-Shahid daily quoting sources.
Sources disclosed the inves-
Al-Mutawa tigative panel ended the inves-
tigation more than two weeks
ago but the results were not an-
nounced in order to pacify the
angry citizens as the cover up is
considered evidence of corrup-
tion in the ministry.
Prominent poet Sheikh Duaij
Al-Khalifa has conrmed the
completion of his theater
Duaij Al-Khalifa Theater,
afrming it is ready to receive
the audience during Eid Al-Fitr
holidays, reports Al-Rai daily.
Speaking to the daily, Sheikh
Duaij disclosed the theater is
located in Sharq and it has a
capacity of 800 with four bal-
conies. He said the theater will
feature two plays Laila and
the Wolf with Hanadi Al-
Kandari, Luluwa Al-Mullah
and AbdulMohsen Al-Omar
as performers, and His Excel-
lency the Ambassador to be
performed by Dawood Hussein.
Sheikh Duaij conrmed the
theater is available throughout
the year for anyone who in-
tends to organize plays, con-
certs or graduation ceremonies,
indicating part of the theaters
revenues will go to cancer pa-
tients.

LOCAL
Other Voices
Its a matter of survival
The learned plumber
By Yousef Awadh Al-Azmi
Mr. Plumber
What is most important; to live
or pretend to have lived? Brazilian
lyricist Paulo Coelho
M ANY people may look down on
the profession of xing sanitary
ware popularly known as plumbing,
to the point of considering it a menial
job. Its widely believed that people
taking up such jobs had an unfortunate
academic life.
Several years ago, I was introduced
to a plumber from
an unnamed Arab
country under
certain circum-
stances, and after
several days of
renovation work
which required
no less than 10
days to complete,
I noticed he wasnt
an uneducated per- Al-Azmi
son due to the way
in which he was doing the job.
In fact, I came to know that he holds
a Masters degree in Arabic language
and related literature from a renowned
university in the Arab world. I even
sought his assistance more than once in
correcting my articles and learnt his way
of writing, which continues to impress
me to this day it was distinctively
wonderful!
With time, I came to know that Mr.
Plumber corrected and reviewed sev-
eral specialized researches and even
had connection with some bureaus for
literature studies and research. In fact,
he used to review post graduate disser-
tations. Inside his humble house was
an old computer which he used for his
work that generated suitable income.
Naturally, I had to ask him why hes
into plumbing and his answer was: I
make more money in plumbing than
correcting theses or researches, and
being educated does not put bread on
ones table.
Four years in the plumbing business,
Army chief decorates a newly-promoted ofcer.
Army officers promoted
Kuwait Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant
General Mohammad Khaled Al-Khadher
promoted several military ofcers to the
rank of brigadier, in line with the decree
issued His Highness the Amir and the Su-
preme Commander of the Armed Force
Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-
Sabah.
In his speech, Al-Khadher conveyed
appreciation and gratitude messages
News in Brief
Indian dies in mishap: An Indian
expatriate died on the spot when his ve-
hicle toppled on Kabad Motorway, says
Al-Seyassah.
A security source said the Operations
Room of the Interior Ministry received
information about the incident and
deployed a rescue team to the scene.
The victim had already succumbed to
injuries before their arrival. The remains
were deposited to Forensics by Criminal
Evidences Men.
Meanwhile, two Kuwaitis sustained
various degrees of injuries in a two-
vehicle collision on Jahra Motorway.
They were taken to Jahra Hospital for
treatment.
Asian held with pot: An Asian
expatriate was arrested at Kuwait Inter-
national Airport in possession of four
rolls of marijuana, says Al-Seyassah.
According to sources, customs ofcers
became suspicious when they noticed the
nervousness of an Asian passenger. They
checked his luggage to nd four well-
hidden rolls of marijuana.
He was arrested and referred with the
drug to the concerned authorities for
investigations.
Meanwhile, an African woman was
also arrested at the airport for attempting
to smuggle four packs of betel leaves.
When questioned, she confessed that she
was planning to sell them in Kuwait.
Necessary action was taken.
interrogation.
Wife assaulted: An Egyptian woman
has led a complaint with the Salmiya
Police Station accusing her husband of
assaulting her and submitted a medical
report to substantiate her claim, reports
Al-Rai daily.
The wife said she was sleeping and
was late in preparing food to break the
fast. The husband reportedly got furious
and brutally assaulted her.
The husband will be summoned for
his portfolio has developed to the point
of receiving plumbing contracts for plots
and buildings with excellent returns, and
the proceeds from a single plumbing
deal amount to the annual wage related
to his academic qualications.
I was surprised about his situation
in view of the fact that a person with
high academic qualication from a
reputable university opted out of a job
related to his specialty and academic
attainment for a vocation that has no
admiration of many people. Why did
he go through the stress of studying for
his Masters?
I asked him few questions and our
discussion went on for many days rather
than hours. Through him, I discovered
that money is the mainstay of life and
making money to earn a decent living
is more important, although acquiring
civilization is important. We can never
benet from our knowledge and certi-
cate without money.
Mr. Plumber has accomplished suc-
cesses beyond expectation due to his
vocation. He started as an apprentice
to a master plumber under serious pres-
sure for survival. He learnt the vocation
and excelled in it, and even got his own
clients. Glory be to Allah who changes
situation and transforms life!
I am writing these words, although
with mixed feelings. Are you surprised
with the way he held on to life through
constant efforts, which made him sac-
rice the dream of becoming a great
personality in society? I may be wrong
in saying he moved against the cur-
rent since his actions were illogical and
lacked objectivity, as he dumped his
lofty certicates in the safe instead of
beneting from it.
This is a hardworking knowledge
seeker who attained academic excel-
lence and opted for a vocation, which
many people deem a menial job. This
scenario depicts the situation of many
people who ended up in different elds
far from their areas of expertise! Dear
friend, it is about ghting for survival!
KUWAIT CITY, June
Twitter@alzmi1969
MoI photo
from the supreme military leadership to
the newly promoted ofcers. He prayed to
Almighty Allah for more security and sta-
bility in the country under the wise leader-
ship of HH the Amir.
Present at the ceremony were Deputy
Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Abdul-
lah Al-Nawwaf, members of the Defense
Military Council and several senior military
ofcials.
dent and dispatched a rescue team to
The General Trafc Department has
warned motorists to be cautious af-
ter a cement block fell from the top
of one of the bridges on the Jahra
Road, reports Al-Anba daily. The
daily added, the Ministry of Public
Works has been informed of the in-
cident to determine the cause of the
incident.
youth Zaid Al-Khabbaz lost 16,000
Cops violating rules: A security
source said the Ministry of Interior has
opened an investigation into a video
clip that has gone viral on social media
showing policemen breaking the fasting
rule during Ramadan, reports Al-Anba
daily.
The clip shows the two policemen on
duty and one of them taking a bite from a
piece of pizza.
A ock of amingo birds in a lake in the northern Kuwait reserve. Ghazi Qafaf KUNA
Govt probes breach of export
rules, maltreatment of sheep
Hunt for hit and run motorist; Maid kills herself
By Munaif Nayef, Mishal Al-
Sanousi
Al-Seyassah Staff and
Agencies
10: The Federal Depart-
ment of Agriculture said
it was investigating a
breach in export rules af-
ter live sheep were lmed
being sold from backyard
markets and stuffed in
car boots in the midst of
scorching heat at the no-
torious Al Rai livestock
market, reports Al-Rai
daily.
Live export activists Animals
Australia said its investigators
had counted at least 600 Austral-
ian sheep at the market being sold
in possible breach of the so-called
ESCAS (Exporter Supply Chain
Assurance System) regulations.
Kuwait and other Gulf nations are
in the midst of the holy month of Ra-
madan, which will conclude with the
breaking of the feast, known as Eid al
Fitr, at the end of the month.
Footage in 2010 of animals being
maltreated at the market was a fac-
tor in the government drawing up
its ESCAS scheme, which demands
Australian-based exporters ensure
they deliver to properly accredited
slaughterhouses.
Breaches can lead to sanctions or
bans on exports to certain markets
and a spokeswoman for the Agricul-
ture Department said ofcials had
already imposed additional require-
ments on Australian exporters as a
result of previous breaches.
It is understood the Department
has contacted a WA-based live ex-
porter in connection with this latest
investigation. Kuwait received about
37 per cent of all sheep exported in
2015-16.
sors house in Jaber Al-Ali Area.
20 sheep stolen: Police are looking
for an unidentied person for break-
ing into a farm in Wafra and stealing
20 sheep, reports Al-Anba daily.
Personnel from the Criminal Evi-
dences Department lifted ngerprints
from the area to identify the thieves.
dences Men referred the remains to
Child killed: Criminal Security Men
have started an investigation to arrest
a motorist who hit and killed a Ku-
waiti child in Northwest Sulaibikhat
area and ed the scene.
A security source said the Opera-
tions Room of the Interior Ministry
received information about the inci-
the scene. Paramedics upon arrival
examined the child and pronounced
him dead. Criminal Evidences Men
have been checking CCTV cameras
installed at neighboring mosques to
trail the suspect.
Apparently, the child was on the
way to a mosque for Fajr prayer when
Lost cash reached destination before owner
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Kuwaiti
He dropped his cloth, wallet and en-
Saudi Riyals in Madina while per-
forming the minor pilgrimage (Um-
rah) with his family in Saudi but the
money reached Makkah in full be-
fore the owner, reports Al-Seyassah
daily.
Al-Khabbaz explained that his
family went straight to Miqaat (the
location where pilgrims change into
ihram to get ready for the rites of the
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8
KFSD photo
The injured reman is looked after by paramedics.
Fireman injured at work
rst oor of the empty building and extended 1,500
By Mishal Al-Sanousi
Al-Seyassah Staff square/meters but the ofcers managed to control the
ames from spreading and extinguished it within a re-
A reman was injured in the left foot during an opera- cord time.
tion at an abandoned building in Shuwaikh Industrial Initial investigation revealed that several gas cylin-
ders were stored inside the building. The reman who
Area.
A re source said, the Operations Room of the Fire sustained injury was referred to Razi Hospital for treat-
Department received information about a re in an ment.
abandoned building and deployed a team of remen High ranking remen were present at the scene to
to the location. Apparently, the re had started in the supervise the operation. A case was registered.
he met his fate. A case was regis- expatriate with a quarter kilogram a company owned by the three sus-
tered. of Qat hidden in his clothes. He was pects a Kuwaiti, a bedoun and
referred to concerned authorities for an Egyptian. She later discovered
Maid kills herself: A Nepali
necessary action.
the trio is serving time inside the
Central Prison for cheating people
housemaid hanged herself with a to the tune of hundreds of thousands
piece of cloth tied to the ceiling of Account shut down: The
of Kuwaiti dinars.
her room on the rooftop of her spon- Criminal Investigation Department
(CID) has successfully shut down the
The sponsor notied the Opera- account (jesscambpell477) operated Smuggling bid foiled: Customs
tions Room of the Interior Ministry by a Jamaican fraudster on Instagram, ofcers at the Kuwait International
reports Al-Anba daily.
that his Nepali housemaid had com- Airport recently foiled the attempt
The swindler reportedly invited
mitted suicide and a team of rescue of an African woman to smuggle
men went to the location. Upon ar- people to invest money through him four polyethylene bags of qat one
in a stock exchange in return for
rival, they discovered the maid was of the most common forms of drug
already dead, and Criminal Evi- handsome returns. use and abuse in many East African
He was reportedly targeting un-
nations which involves chewing
suspecting clients, mostly Asians.
Forensics for autopsy. He promised quick returns and said parts of the qat plant hidden inside
bread, reports Al-Anba daily.
KD 200 can fetch KD 2,500 in a few
days. The same inspectors foiled an-
Drug pills seized: Customs of- other attempt of an Asian man to
cers at Abdali border exit foiled an According to an informed source,
the CID contacted the Instagram ad- smuggle 4 wraps of marijuana.
attempt by an Arab trucker to smug- The contraband and the two sus-
gle 14000 pills of Captagon from Iraq ministration and closed the account.
pects have been referred to the Gen-
into the country.
Sources said customs ofcers at
eral Department of Drug Control.
Kuwaiti woman cheated: A Ku-
the checkpoint found illicit drugs waiti woman who dreamt of owning
carefully hidden inside the cushion a house in the United States did not Thefts on rise: The Interior Min-
of the vehicle during routine check. know she had been cheated, reports istry sectors including the State Se-
He admitted ownership of the con- Al-Anba daily. curity has stressed on the need to
traband and told the ofcers he was She told the Rawdah Police Sta- tighten security along highways and
smuggling it for sale. He was re- tion three people posted an adver- in the desert following the increase
ferred for further investigation. tisement for the sale of apartment in in theft of power cables, reports Al-
Meanwhile, customs men at Ku- the United States Anba daily according to reports sent
wait airport arrested a Sri Lankan The woman paid KD 27,342 to by the Ministry of Electricity.
Eve-teaser taught lesson in mall
pilgrimage) upon reaching Madina. On the second day, he was sur- waiti, reports Al-Anba daily.
prised when ofcials of Miqaat The Jordanian said the Kuwaiti
velope containing 16,000 Saudi Ri- Trust notied him they found the was harassing a girl and he just told
yals to help an old man adjust his ih- missing belongings and sent every- him that his behavior was not favor-
ram, and eventually forgot the items. thing to him. able.
To his surprise, he could not nd The Jordanian said the Kuwaiti
the money and other items when Eve-teaser trashed: Police rushed got angry and attempted to assault
it was time to pay the driver who him but he taught him an unforget-
to a commercial complex at an un-
transported them to Makkah. The identied area after someone in- table lesson.
driver then called his brother in Ma- formed the Operations Room of the The Kuwaiti denied the story and
dina to look for the money but he Interior Ministry of a ght between told police to see the CCTV footage
only found other stuff. two youths -- a Jordanian and a Ku- of a camera installed in the area.
 ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017

LOCAL/GULF 9

Save people from falling victims to scammers

Sharjah police authorities warn of counterfeit money

SHARJAH, June 10: Authorities are
warning the public to be wary of coun-
terfeit money that is still making its
way into the tills of local businesses
and unwitting consumers pockets,
Gulf News reported.
A top police ofcial has advised the
public to report any counterfeit curren-
cy to police in order to reach criminals
in a short time and save people from
falling victims to scammers.
Colonel Ebrahim Al Ajel, direc-
tor of the Criminal and Investigation
Department of Sharjah Police, told
Gulf News: It is difcult for people
to distinguish between a genuine and
counterfeit note because counterfeiters
make the fake currency look as close
to the real bills as possible. Thats
why we always aim to keep ourselves
updated on the latest technologies in-
troduced in the world, especially those
used in currency printing, inks and
special features, he said.
He noted that modern technologies
benet counterfeiters as well.
Col Al Ajel said Sharjah Police
have a special division to deal with
fake currencies and have sophisticated
machines to detect them, he said.
Sharjah Police have dealt with three
cases of fake currencies so far this year
and handled 12-14 such cases in 2016.
Col Al Ajel said: The simplest
way to detect a fake banknote is by
touch. Feel the quality of the banknote.
Counterfeit bank notes will always be
slightly thicker than the real bank note.
The counterfeit bank note will feel like
a photocopied paper. On a genuine
bank note, you would feel the smooth
and embossed texture of the note due
to intaglio printing.
Col Al Ajel said all recorded cases
with Sharjah Police were referred by
money exchange houses and banks in
the emirate during money transfer or
exchange transactions.
We are working on preventive
measures to avoid the occurrence of
the crime, he said.
Col Al Ajel said Sharjah Polices
online patrols operate round the clock
to monitor all types of cybercrimes as
well as monitor currency transactions
[if anyone displays currency for sell-
ing or buying] and nab people who
misuse social media and blackmail
victims.
The police have closed a number of
suspicious accounts and sites and ar-
rested their owners in cooperation with
the telecommunications authority.
The largest seizure of its kind in
Sharjah was in 2016 when Sharjah
Police foiled a gangs attempt to dis-
tribute counterfeit money amounting
to $20 million.
The gang of three members from the
African continent was arrested and the
fake $20 million in their possession
seized.
Col Al Ajel said that the gang used
the fake dollars to convince people
that they could double their money and
make them rich in a short time.
How to identify fake currency
When examining the bill, pay at-
tention to the design. If it is fake, you
would notice that the portrait on it is
looking dull or blurred. The portrait
and other design are well dened in a
genuine bill and appear to be sharp,
said Col Al Ajel.
Another detail to watch out for is the
watermark, a security feature that dis-
tinguishes a fake bill from a real one.
The banknote needs to be held up
against the light to check for the water-
mark. Whether it is genuine or coun-
terfeit can be determined depending on
whether the watermark bears exactly
the same image of the person whose
portrait is on the bill.
[Also] tilt the banknote to view the
colour shifting security feature that is
seen on certain banknotes, he said.
While holding the bill up against
the light, look for the security thread,
which runs from the top to the bottom
of the note and its either embedded or
threaded through the paper. KUNA photo
You will have to hold the banknote Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi meets with King Hamad Essa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain. Bahrain and Egyptian ofcials attend the meeting.
up against the light to see the strip and
printing on it. An ultraviolet light will Egypt, Bahrain discuss Gulf crises
be required to look at certain embed-
ded security threads, he said. Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Yousef during the bilateral meet- establishing ties among the Arab keen interest in improving the bilat-
What to do if you receive counter- el-Sisi and King of Bahrain His ing held by both leaders at Egypts countries based on the principle of eral ties in all aspects.
feit money? Highness Hamad Essa Al-Khalifa Federation Palace. mutual respect and staying away The president also praised the
If you have been offered a counter- unanimously afrmed the impor- This meeting was followed by from interfering in the internal af- role played by Bahrain and its ef-
feit money during a transaction, you tance of consolidating the interna- another with the delegations from fairs of other countries. forts in enhancing joint Arab work.
must refuse the notes and explain that tional communitys efforts to nd both countries. President el-Sisi praised the Ambassador Yousef revealed
you suspect that they may be coun- political solutions to the crises wit- Ambassador Yousef explained continuous coordination between that Bahrains king, in his role, ex-
terfeit. If you suspect that a banknote nessed in some countries of the that the two sides agreed on en- the two countries on various mat- pressed appreciation for the sup-
is counterfeit after a transaction, you region. hancing joint Arab efforts in the ters of mutual concern. porting stances of Egypt towards
have to report it to the nearest police This was mentioned in the state- interest of Arab countries and its He highlighted the characteris- his country, afrming that Egypt will
station. Write down the details of the ment issued by Egypts presidential people. tics and distinction of EgyptBah- always play a pivotal role in the re-
circumstances of how you came into spokesperson Ambassador Alaa They afrmed the importance of rain relations and commended the gion particularly for Arab security.
possession of the counterfeit note to
help the police investigation.

Dubai plans for World Green

Many children participated

Kuwait Downs Syndrome

Society organises Girgian Economy Summit in October
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Kuwait
Downs syndrome Society organized
its 20th Girgian festival under the
auspices of Sheikha Anisa Al-Salem
and Sheikh Duaij Al-Khalifa, with the
cooperation of Kuwait Finance House,
reports Al-Qabas daily.
A huge number of children who
suffer from Downs syndrome had
participated in various competitions
of festival as well as the exhibition of
handicraft works.
Head of Kuwait Downs syndrome
Society Hissa Al-Baloul revealed that
there are 3,200
cases of Downs
syndrome in Ku-
wait among both
Kuwaitis and non-
Kuwaitis.
She explained
that Kuwait Down
syndrome Soci-
ety accepts only
500 cases due to
its limited space. Sheikha Anisa
Those afliated to
the society receive academic education,
and a rehabilitation workshop is orga-
nized for the older patients.
Al-Baloul indicated, The govern-
ment focuses more on movement and
sensory disability, and neglects difcult
mental disability.
She requested more support for the
society in order to enable it to expand
its services to reach more needy peo-
ple, indicating that the increase in the
Downs syndrome cases, especially
among the grown-ups who are receiv-
News in Brief
Amir congrats Portugal: His
Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah
Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent
Saturday a cable to Portuguese
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,
congratulating him on his countrys
national day.
His Highness the Crown Prince
Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah and His Highness the
Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-
Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent
similar cables. (KUNA)
Speaker congrats Portugal: Na-
tional Assembly Speaker Marzouq
Al-Ghanim sent a cable on Saturday
to President of the Assembly of the
Republic of Portugal Eduardo Ferro
Rodrigues, congratulating him on his
countrys national day. (KUNA)
individuals or entities designated as
Kuwait charity gives food: The
Kuwait-based Al-Najat Charitable
Society continues to hand out food
parcels to Syrian families living in
several areas across Turkey, said
Thamer Al-Seheeb, a senior ofcial
at the society, on Saturday.
Speajing to KUNA in a state-
ment, he added that the move aims
to alleviate suffering of Syrians
particularly during the Muslim holy
month of Ramadan.
A lot of Iftar (fast-breaking) meals
were delivered to Syrian families in
the areas of Reyhanli, Kirkikhan,
ing the necessary health and social care,
contributed in making people adopt a
healthier lifestyle. She added that the
oldest patient suffering from Downs
syndrome is 55 years old.
Al-Baloul said the older patients are
in need of sports clubs, especially dur-
ing the summer season, but unfortu-
nately they do not nd a sporting facil-
ity that accepts them.
She revealed that the societys pro-
gram for this year will offer swimming
lessons in coordination with Jumeirah
Messila Hotel, and it will organize re-
habilitation workshops and activities
such as carpentry and dcor.
In her role, the Deputy Director for
following up cases of the disabled in
Kuwait Downs Syndrome Society
Khaloud Al-Ali said people who suffer
from Downs syndrome can be effec-
tive members of the Kuwaiti society,
such that, instead of being regarded as a
burden on the society, they can become
a part of the society.
However, she added, this can only be
achieved if the necessary services and
care are provided for them in order to
enable improvement of their skills in an
ideal manner.
Al-Ali praised the services which
have been incorporated in law No
8/2010 for those who suffer from
Downs syndrome.
She afrmed the keenness of the so-
ciety to celebrate all occasions with its
members for making them happy, add-
ing, The least you can offer them is
your participation in order to celebrate
the occasions with them.
Sanliurfa and others to make those
needy people happy, he noted.
The meals cover all family
members during Ramadan and the
society held other meals for orphans
in Kirkikhan, he said, adding that the
society supports up to 2000 Syrian
orphans.
The society also is keen on
educating those orphans to be a
scientic and cultural wealth to
both the Arab and Islamic world,
he said, indicating that there are
some schools for Syrian children.
tion is not an intellectual luxury or
(KUNA)
Freeze accounts: Banks and
other nancial institutions operating
in the UAE have been instructed to
search for and freeze any accounts
or deposits or investments held by
terrorists or terrorist organisations
stated on Thursdays Cabinet Reso-
lution, according to a circular issued
by the Central Bank of the UAE.
In another circular, the Central
Bank advised banks and other
nancial institutions operating in the
UAE to apply enhanced customer
due diligence for any accounts they
hold belonging to six Qatari banks.
A bank press statement said the
two circulars were issued based upon
UAE Cabinet Resolution 18/2017
designating fty-nine (59) individu-
als and twelve (12) entities as terror-
ists or terrorist organizations.
WGES 2017 expected to attract 3,000 participants
DUBAI, UAE, June 10: The
organising committee of the
fourth World Green Econ-
omy Summit WGES 2017,
which will be held under the
patronage of HH Sheikh Mo-
hammed Bin Rashid Al Mak-
toum, Vice President and
Prime Minister of the UAE
and Ruler of Dubai, organ-
ised by Dubai Electricity and
Water Authority (DEWA),
and the World Green Econ-
omy Organisation (WGEO)
in collaboration with global
partners, has announced that
WGES 2017 will be held on
Oct 24-25 at Dubai Interna-
tional Convention and Exhi-
bition Centre.
The fourth edition of WGES will
be held under the theme Driving in-
novation, Leading change. The sum-
mit will adopt innovation as its main
theme, since it plays a pivotal role to
boost sustainable development solu-
tions which thereby lead the change
to a green economy.
WGES 2017 is expected to attract
more than 3,000 participants making
it the largest in the MENA region.
The summit will be held in conjunc-
tion with the 19th edition of Water,
Energy, Technology and Energy Ex-
hibition WETEX 2017 and the 2nd
edition of Dubai Solar Show 2017,
as part of the Green Week activities
in Dubai.
In line with UAE Green Develop-
ment Strategy launched by HH Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
and Ruler of Dubai to build green
economy in the UAE under the theme
Green Economy For Sustainable De-
velopment, and inspired by a quote
of His Highness, who said Innova-
propaganda but the secret behind the
Saeed Mohammed Al-Tayer
Arab Museum Modern Art
Student art exhibition at Mathaf
DOHA, June 10: The annual and
much anticipated Mathaf Student
Art Competition and Exhibi-
tion (SAC&E) is celebrating the
completion of its fourth season
with a student art exhibition at
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern
Art. More than 120 students from
four schools across the country
took part in the competition for a
chance to showcase their artworks
at the museum.
Presented by Qatar Museums
under the leadership of its Chair-
person, HE Sheikha Al Mayassa
bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani,
the exhibition, titled Urban Lights,
presents a selection of 20 unique
artworks that will be on show until
July 10 2017.
Commenting on the project,
Maral J. Bedoyan, Deputy Di-
rector of Learning and Outreach,
said: We are very proud of the
success of this competition, which
is an original Mathaf educational
programme that supports QMs
commitment for art education and
creativity.
Through this initiative, we aim
to nurture talent and engage chil-
dren from a young age to teach
them to appreciate art.
governments existence, DEWA
organises the World Green Econ-
omy Summit (WGES 2017), in
collaboration with the World
Green Economy Organisation
(WGEO), which was launched
by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin
Rashid Al Maktoum in October
2016 and supported by the United
Nations Development Programme
(UNDP). WGEOs main role is to
reduce the investment risks in the
green economy sector, as well as
support the global collaboration.
WGEO operates through seven
platforms - countries, smart &
sustainable cities sector, private
sector, academia, organisations
and civil society, youth sector and
nancial sector, said HE Saeed
Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chair-
man of the Dubai Supreme Coun-
cil of Energy in Dubai, Managing
Director and CEO of DEWA, and
Chairman of WGES.
The World Green Economy
Organisation has a pivotal role
in tackling climate change and
nding innovative solutions for
sustainable energy, water and en-
vironmental challenges. This role
integrates with WGES efforts as
well as Dubais instrumental role
Involving an artist mentor in
the project expanded the creative
process for both art teachers and
the students, reinforcing the Mu-
seums mission to connect art his-
torical narratives to daily life, and
art education to creative learning.
She added: We are truly happy
with the results from the students
who took part in the competition
this year, including The American
School of Doha, Doha College,
Iqra English School for Boys and
Lycee Bonaparte Doha. We con-
gratulate them and their teachers
for being an integral part of the
exhibition and we thank them for
collaborating with the Mathaf Ed-
ucation team.
This years competition, titled
Urban Lights, invited students
to imagine their future city. The
theme was designed to urge stu-
dents to think of their surroundings
and the city they consider home,
in addition to exploring the idea of
light in art and architecture.
During the competition, stu-
dents were encouraged to push
their boundaries by experiment-
ing with and exploring new tools
and materials. The theme gave
students numerous possibilities
to enhance and implement the
principles of green economy, as
part of our wise leadership vision,
and to reconrm the Emirates
leading position as a global hub
for nance, business, tourism and
innovation, added HE Saeed Mo-
hammed Al Tayer.
We are responsible to maintain
and increase the success of the
previous three editions of WGES,
to reconrm once more that Dubai
is the worlds capital of green
economy, concluded Al Tayer.
Over two days, the Summit will
discuss varied new technologies
and solutions that will not only
provide renewable and alterna-
tive resources of energy, but also
offer several ways to tap produc-
tive and eco-friendly technolo-
gies. The Summit will witness
participation of top-notch experts
in various sectors such as admin-
istrations, partnerships, nancing,
innovation, and global markets.
WGES 2017 is a world leading
event focusing on green economy
globally. The Summit aims to cre-
ate sustainable future for human-
ity, and aims to adapt a shift to a
greener economy.
WGES attracts thousands of
that allowed them to create their
proposed future city. They were
guided to experiment with a multi-
disciplinary approach, including
installations, light sculptures, and
more.
To further enrich this years
programme, the Mathaf Educa-
tion team collaborated with art-
ist, Rima Kaddissi, who shared
her expertise and mentored the
art teachers and students through
their creative process. Kaddissis
role involved leading one-on-one
sessions with the participants and
helping them develop new tech-
niques.
SAC&E encourages students
aged between 6 to 18, along with
teachers and parents, to explore
modern and contemporary art by
experiencing Mathafs permanent
collection.
This initiative comes as part of
Mathafs commitment to teach art
history, increase knowledge of the
museums collection and advo-
cate for art education and creative
learning. Mathafs yearlong edu-
cational programmes are designed
to stimulate creativity, inquiry and
an appreciation of modern and
contemporary art in the region.
participants including decision
makers, green economy pioneers,
CEOs from public and private sec-
tors, governmental ofcials and
green economy experts. This year,
the Summit will focus on support-
ing partnerships and collaboration
between governments and organ-
isations from public and private
sectors.
The fourth cycle of WGES is
timely, particularly as the world
is facing the threat of climate
change and the increasing need to
move to green economy. WGES
2017 shares the same values with
United Nations Framework Con-
vention on Climate Change (UN-
FCCC), Paris Climate Agreement
2015, COP22 in Marrakech, the
upcoming COP23 in Bonn and
Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) 2030.Supported by many
international organisations such
as The International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA), United
Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and United Nations
Framework Convention on Cli-
mate Change (UNFCCC), WGES
aims to create a sustainable future
for the current and future genera-
tions.

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World News Roundup
This photo provided by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network shows Claudia Rueda, fourth from right in black jacket, and her attorney Monika Langarica, white shirt at center, after Ruedas release from the Otay Mesa
Detention Center in San Diego on June 9. A judge on Friday ordered the release of Rueda while the government seeks to deport her to Mexico, rejecting arguments that two arrests while demonstrating in support of people in
Intelligence
Lawmakers caught off guard
Agency backtracks on
sharing sweep estimate
WASHINGTON, June 10, (Agencies): For more than
a year, US intelligence ofcials reassured lawmakers
they were working to calculate and reveal roughly
how many Americans have their digital communica-
tions vacuumed up under a warrant-less surveillance
law intended to target foreigners overseas.
This week, the Trump administration backtracked,
catching lawmakers off guard and alarming civil liber-
ties advocates who say it is critical to know as Con-
gress weighs changes to a law expiring at the end of
the year that permits some of the National Security
Agencys most sweeping espionage.
The NSA has made Herculean, extensive efforts
to devise a counting strategy that would be accurate,
Dan Coats, a career Republican politician appointed
by Republican President Don-
ald Trump as the top US intel-
ligence ofcial, testied to a
Senate panel on Wednesday.
Coats said it remains in-
feasible to generate an exact,
accurate, meaningful, and re-
sponsive methodology that can
count how often a US persons
communications may be col-
lected under the law known
as Section 702 of the Foreign
Coats Intelligence Surveillance Act.
He told the Senate Intelligence Committee that
even if he dedicated more resources the NSA would
not be able to calculate an estimate, which privacy ex-
perts have said could be in the millions.
The statement ran counter to what senior intelli-
gence ofcials had previously promised both publicly
and in private briengs during the previous adminis-
tration of President Barack Obama, a Democrat, law-
makers and congressional staffers working on drafting
reforms to Section 702 said.
Representative John Conyers, the top Democrat in
the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee,
said that for many months intelligence agencies ex-
pressly promised members of both parties to deliver
the estimated number to them.
Senior intelligence ofcials had also previously
said an estimate could be delivered. In March, then
NSA deputy director Rick Ledgett, said yes when
asked by a Reuters reporter if an estimate would be
provided this year.
Were working on that with the Congress and
well come to a satisfactory resolution, because we
have to, said Ledgett, who has since retired from
public service.
Also:
WASHINGTON: A 25-year-old intelligence contractor
accused of leaking a top secret report on Russian med-
dling in last years US election wrote in a note that she
wanted to burn the White House down, prosecutors
said.
Reality Winner appeared in federal court Thurs-
day in Georgia and pleaded not guilty to a charge of
willful retention and transmission of national defense
information, ABC News reported.
Winners is the latest in a string of cases involv-
ing breaches at the National Security Agency, a
code-breaking agency still smarting from Edward
Snowdens 2013 disclosures of its global surveillance
programs.
The former Air Force linguist was arrested last Sat-
urday for allegedly giving a document to news website
The Intercept that detailed attempts by hackers from
Russian military intelligence to penetrate a company
that sells voter registration software as well as local
election ofcials.
Assistant US Attorney Jennifer Solari said agents
searching Winners home found handwritten notes in
several languages, including one that said, I want to
burn the White House down, ABC News and The
Augusta Chronicle reported.
the United States illegally justied requiring that she wear a monitoring device. (AP)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCo-
nnell (R-KY) speaks during the Faith
and Freedom Coalition 2017 annual
conference at the Omni Shoreham
hotel on June 9, in Washington, DC.
(AFP)
America
Jackpot climbs to $435 mln: An was
estimated $435 million Powerball jackpot
is up for grabs on Saturday evening after
19 straight drawings failed to produce a
winner and pushed the grand prize in the
multi-state US lottery to its highest level
in months.
The last Powerball drawing to produce
a jackpot winner was on April 1, said Cali-
fornia Lottery spokesman Mike Bond. Cali-
fornia is one of 44 states, plus Washington,
DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands,
that participate in Powerball.
Saturdays jackpot, the eighth largest
in Powerball history, falls just short of the
$435.3 million won by a ticket buyer in
Indiana in a Feb 22 drawing.
That anonymous winner, described by
his spokeswoman as a manufacturing plant
worker who graduated from Purdue Uni-
versity, chose the lump-sum cash option
of $263.5 million when he came forward
in March.
The odds of winning Saturdays grand
prize are 1 in 292 million.
Powerballs jackpot hit a record $1.6 bil-
lion in January 2016, when three winning
tickets were sold in Florida, California and
Tennessee. (RTRS)
Man accused of hate crime: A man
accused in a bar shooting in suburban
Kansas City that left one Indian national
dead and another wounded was indicted by
a federal grand jury on hate crime charges,
the US Justice Department announced
Friday.
The indictment against Adam Purinton,
52, of Olathe, Kansas, comes after a Feb
22 shooting at Austins Bar and Grill
in Olathe, Kansas. Witnesses have said
Purinton, who is white, yelled get out of
my country at two 32-year-old Indian
nationals, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and
Alok Madasani, before he began shoot-
ing. Kuchibhotla died and Madasani was
injured. A third man, Ian Grillot, was
wounded when he tried to intervene.
The shooting raised fears of more attacks
on immigrants following President Donald
Trumps election and his push for a ban on
immigrants from some countries. Ofcials
in India also expressed concern about their
citizens safety in the US, where many
work in technology and other industries.
An afdavit released in March said
Madasani told detectives that the gunman
asked if their status was legal before he
opened re.
The indictment announced Friday al-
leges Purinton shot the two Indian men
Immigration
Tennessee gov signs law enhancing immigrant sentences
ICE shutters detention alternative
HOUSTON, June 10, (AP): The Trump
administration is shutting down the least
restrictive alternative to detention avail-
able to asylum-seekers who have entered
the US illegally, The Associated Press
has learned.
Immigration activists consider the
move a callous insult to migrants eeing
traumatic violence and poverty nearly
all the programs participants are Central
American mothers and children by a
White House that has prioritized depor-
tations that break up families over as-
similating refugees.
This is a clear attempt to punish
mothers who are trying to save their chil-
drens lives by seeking protection in the
United States, said Michelle Brane of
the nonprot Womens Refugee Com-
mission. I think its crazy they are shut-
ting down a program that is so incredibly
successful.
The overwhelming majority of
asylum-seekers that US Immigration
and Customs Enforcement spares con-
nement at family detention centers
about 70,000 have been placed
in an intrusive intensive supervision
program as they await court hearings on
whether they can stay in the US
GPS ankle monitors are strapped
on three in seven. The wearers, mostly
women, complain of bruises and public
ostracism.
The Family Case Management Pro-
gram that is being shuttered had 630
families enrolled as of April 19. Essen-
tially a counseling service, it has oper-
ated in Chicago, Miami, New York, Los
Angeles and Baltimore/Washington,
DC, since January 2016. Social workers
help participants nd lawyers, navigate
the overburdened immigration court
system, get housing and health care, and
enroll the kids in school.
Women who previously would have
been eligible can now expect to be put
on ankle monitors, said Lilian Alba,
program manager at the International
Institute of Los Angeles, one of the
because of their actual and perceived
race, color, religion and national origin.
The indictment also alleges Purinton com-
mitted the crimes after premeditation and
planning, attempted to kill more than one
person and created a grave risk of death to
others at the scene. The indictment also ac-
cuses Purinton of violating federal rearms
laws. (AP)
US arrests Hezbollah operatives:
Two naturalized Americans from New
York and Michigan have been charged with
terrorism, accused of operating on behalf
of Shiite militant group Hezbollah in the
United States, Panama and Thailand, US
ofcials announced Thursday.
Ali Kourani, 32, and Samer el Debek,
37, were arrested on June 1 in the Bronx
and just outside Detroit, respectively, US
ofcials said. They appeared before US
magistrates separately.
Both were hit with a raft of charges
that include providing material support to
Hezbollah -- which Israel and the West
consider a terror group -- weapons offenses
and receiving military-type training from
group.
community-based agencies running the
program. It will end June 20, according
to a letter signed by Ann M. Schlarb, an
executive with GEO Group Inc., the for-
prot Boca Raton, Florida, prison com-
pany that operated the program under
contract with ICE.
Dated Thursday, the letter was
emailed to members of an advisory
group and provided to the AP by Brane,
who received it at the end of business
hours.
The programs director at GEO
Group, Mary Loiselle, referred all ques-
tions to ICE, which was reached by
email but had no immediate comment.
Schlarb did not explain in the letter
why ICE decided to shutter the program,
whose contract had been renewed in
September for a year.
The families have thrived, wrote
Schlarb, president of the GEO Group
division that also manages the com-
panys electronic-monitoring business.
She noted that 99 percent of participants
successfully attended their court ap-
pearances and ICE check-ins. That in-
cludes more than a dozen families who
were ultimately deported, added Brane,
a member of a DHS advisory panel on
family detention.
A Mexican woman was released from
custody Friday while the US government
seeks to deport her after a judge rejected
arguments she should wear a monitoring
device because she was arrested twice
while demonstrating in support of people
in the country illegally.
Claudia Rueda, 22, plans to apply
for Deferred Action for Childhood Ar-
rivals, a program started in 2012 under
President Barack Obama that shields im-
migrants who came to the US as young
children from being deported. Her case
has drawn attention because she has no
criminal record and is an immigration
activist.
The immigration judge, Annie S.
Garcy, said holding Rueda without bond
If convicted they could spend decades in
a US prison.
Debek, on Hezbollahs payroll for years,
conducted surveillance in Panama, where
he scoped out the US and Israeli embassies
and assessed vulnerabilities of the Panama
Canal and ships passing through it, US
ofcials said.
Kourani allegedly monitored potential
targets in the United States, including mili-
tary bases in New York, acting Manhattan
US Attorney Joon Kim said.
Hezbollah is the most powerful armed
group in Lebanon. Although blacklisted
as a terror group in the West, it enjoys
Purinton Srinivas
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was unduly severe and allowed her to
be released on her own recognizance.
She noted Ruedas academic and other
achievements and was incredulous when
a government attorney asked that Rueda
be required to wear a monitoring device.
Tennessee judges will have the au-
thority to enhance sentences for defend-
ants in the country illegally at the time
of their crimes, under a bill the governor
has signed into law.
According to the General Assemblys
website, Republican Gov Bill Haslam
signed the bill on Friday. He had previ-
ously declined to say whether he had any
concerns about the bill, which was spon-
sored by Republican Rep Ron Gant of
Rossville and Senate Majority Leader
Mark Norris of Collierville.
Senate Minority Leader Lee Har-
ris says hes disappointed the governor
signed the bill. The Memphis Democrat
says the measure will treat criminal de-
fendants convicted of the same crime
differently depending on where they
were born. Harris said similar measures
have been struck down by the courts in
other states.
Lawmakers wrestled Friday with a
proposal to sharply limit cooperation be-
tween federal immigration ofcials and
state and local law enforcement agen-
cies.
While some say the bill would make
Massachusetts a so-called sanctuary
state, backers including the American
Civil Liberties Union argue the meas-
ure dubbed the Safe Communities Act
would not violate federal law nor pre-
vent Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment ofcials from doing their jobs.
Hundreds of supporters and oppo-
nents of the measure crowded a public
hearing, amid heightened concerns in
some immigrant communities about
Republican President Donald Trumps
deportation policies.
widespread support in Lebanon because of
its resistance to Israel and social welfare
programs.
US ofcials said Kourani received weap-
ons training from Hezbollah as a teenager
in Lebanon before moving to the United
States legally in 2003, to obtain degrees
in biomedical engineering and business
administration.
They alleged that he was recruited into
Hezbollahs operations unit Islamic Jihad
in 2008, and the following year became a
naturalized US citizen.
He communicated with his handler
through coded emails, and received bouts
of weapons training and drills on tactics in
Lebanon, US prosecutors said.
In the United States, he allegedly
scoured for rearms suppliers, Israeli mili-
tary personnel, airport security information
and surveilled US military and law enforce-
ment facilities in New York, sending
information back to Hezbollah.
US ofcials say Debek visited Thailand
in May 2009 on his US passport, tasked
with cleaning up explosive precursors in a
Bangkok house that had been abandoned
by others because they were under surveil-
lance. (AFP)

INTERNATIONAL
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis during a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 9, in Washington. (AP)
Budget
Jordan sounds off warning
GOP stuck on budget,
threat to tax overhaul
WASHINGTON, June 10, (Agencies): An inuential
House conservative said Friday that Republicans are
simply stuck and unable to pass a budget, which would
imperil President Donald Trump and the GOPs plans
for an overhaul of the tax code.
Rep Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sounded the warning at a
gathering of conservatives in Washington as the GOP-
led Congress faces a busy list of legislative agenda
items and a dwindling amount
of time to do them.
Under Washingtons convo-
luted budget process, Congress
passes an overall budget that
sets goals, followed by mea-
sures including the 12 agency
spending bills or special legis-
lation that would only require a
simple majority in the Senate.
GOP leaders say they want
to use the two-step budget pro-
Jordan
cess to pass such a libuster-
proof bill, called a reconcili-
ation measure in Washington jargon.
You cant get tax reform if you dont have rec-
onciliation instructions. You cant get reconciliation
instructions if you dont pass a budget, and right now a
budget cannot pass in the House of Representatives,
Jordan said. It cant.
But Jordan said House Republicans are split into
three camps on spending: defense hawks who want
even more money for the military than proposed by
Trump; pragmatists who are defenders of domestic
programs; and conservatives such as himself who
agree with Trumps plan to cut domestic agencies and
deliver the proceeds to the Pentagon.
Until you get an agreement on that, Jordan said.
Nothing moves forward. And thats what we have to
focus on. What unlocks it all is this budget agreement.
Jordan, a founder of the hard-right House Freedom
Caucus, told a Heritage Foundation forum that conser-
vatives might agree to additional spending sought by
other GOP factions if they could win curbs includ-
ing work requirements on benet programs such as
food stamps and welfare.
Under Washingtons timetable, Congress should
have passed a budget by now and already be debat-
ing follow-up spending bills. Instead, Republicans are
stuck.
A GOP leadership aide said the House may not turn
to the budget until the fall. The aide required anonym-
ity to speak frankly about leadership strategies.
Its all problematic and its a very difcult needle
to thread, particularly in the wind of the political en-
vironment that were in right now, said Rep. Steve
Womack, R-Ark, a member of the Budget Committee.
We have differing viewpoints about budget caps and
about adding to defense and cuts to nondefense ... all
the while knowing that this is the vehicle we need to
move tax reform with, so were under a lot of pres-
sure.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration and top Re-
publicans in US Congress are within a few weeks of
agreeing on central aspects of a tax overhaul plan that
will determine the contours of legislation now ex-
pected in September, an administration ofcial told
Reuters this week.
Under pressure from business groups and rank-and-
le Republicans, Trump ofcials and congressional
leaders still need to decide how much to slash tax rates
and if the package should increase the federal budget
decit, administration and congressional sources said.
The future of a border adjustment tax, or BAT, pro-
posal from House of Representatives Republicans,
meant to boost exports and discourage imports, could
also be decided within the next two to three weeks, the
administration ofcial said.
President Trump has pledged to make a tax over-
haul a priority. But after 20 weeks in power and nu-
merous distractions, he has yet to offer a tax bill to
Congress. Expectations for legislation have slipped
repeatedly, from spring to summer and now after the
US Labor Day holiday.
This image provided by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows
a wanted poster for Eric Christopher
Conn. The FBI is circulating a wanted
poster for Conn, a fugitive Kentucky
lawyer as authorities search for the
ringleader in a $550 million Social Se-
curity fraud case. Conn disappeared
last week, a month before his sen-
tencing. The FBI said on June 9, that
Conns electronic monitoring device
was found in Lexington, Kentucky, on
June 2 in a backpack near Exit 115
along Interstate 75. (AP)
Trump Gowdy
America
Trump holds fundraiser: President
Donald Trump is holding a major
fundraiser for a Republican New Jersey
congressman who helped revive the GOP
push to dismantle the healthcare law.
US Rep Tom MacArthur said Sundays
event at Trumps New Jersey golf club is
the rst personal fundraiser the president has
hosted for a member of Congress and his
campaign expects it to be their single biggest
ever, topping a previous record of $100,000.
MacArthur is embracing Trump even
after a bruising week that saw former FBI
Director James Comey testify to the US
Senate Intelligence Committee that he
believed the president was telling him to
end an investigation into former National
Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Trumps
lawyer has denied the charge. (AP)
Director receives warning: White
House social media director Dan Scavino
violated the law when he used an ofcial-
looking Twitter account for campaign
purposes, the US Ofce of Special Counsel
has concluded, issuing Scavino a letter of
admonishment.
The agency also warned that if Scavino
engages in prohibited political activity
again, it will be considered a willful and
knowing violation of the law, which could
result in further action.
The agency concluded that Scavino, one
of Trumps most trusted aides, violated
the Hatch Act, which bars most executive
branch ofcials from using their govern-
ment positions to inuence elections.
The decision came in response to a com-
plaint from the good-government group
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
Washington over a tweet from Scavino
calling for the defeat of Rep. Justin Amash
in a GOP primary. (AP)
Politics
Many in GOP unshaken by Comeys testimony
Trump willing to testify under oath
WASHINGTON, June 10, (AP):
Punching back a day after his red FBI
directors damaging testimony, Presi-
dent Donald Trump accused James
Comey of lying to Congress and said
he was 100 percent willing to testify
under oath about their conversations.
Trump cryptically refused to say
whether those private exchanges were
taped a matter at the heart of the con-
icting accounts of what passed between
them at a time when Comey was leading
an FBI investigation into Russias inter-
ference in the presidential election and its
ties to the Trump campaign.
He asserted that nothing in Comeys
testimony to the Senate pointed to col-
lusion with Russia or obstruction of
justice. Yesterday showed no collu-
sion, no obstruction, Trump said.
He further denied ever asking
Comey for his loyalty, contradict-
ing Comeys detailed sworn testimony
about a private dinner the two men had
in the White House.
No I didnt say that, Trump stated
abruptly, taking questions Friday at a
joint press conference with Romanian
President Klaus Iohannis in the Rose
Garden. Asked if he would make that
denial under oath, he said, 100 percent.
Trumps aides have dodged ques-
tions about whether conversations rel-
evant to the Russia investigation have
been recorded, and so did the presi-
dent, in a series of teases.
Well, Ill tell you about that maybe
sometime in the very near future,
Trump said. Pressed on the issue, he
insisted he wasnt hinting anything,
before adding, Oh youre going to be
very disappointed when you hear the
answer, dont worry.
The House intelligence commit-
tee sent a letter Friday asking White
House counsel Don McGahn whether
any tape recordings or memos of Com-
eys conversations with the president
exist now or had existed in the past.
The committee also sent a letter to
Trump to nominate Sales: US Presi-
dent Donald Trump intends to nominate
Nathan Sales, a former Homeland Security
ofcial, as State Departments coordinator
Customers at R Public House watch as former FBI Director James Comey testi-
es before the Senate intelligence committee on June 8, in Chicago, Illinois. The
bar opened ve hours early today to offer its customers a place to gather, watch
and discuss the testimony. (AFP)
Comey asking for any notes or memos
in his possession about the discus-
sions he had with Trump before being
abruptly red last month. The commit-
tee is seeking the materials by June 23.
Comey told the Senate intelligence
committee Thursday about several
one-on-one interactions with the presi-
dent, during which he said Trump
pressed him to show loyalty, to back
off on the FBI investigation of his for-
mer national security adviser, Michael
Flynn, and to disclose that Trump him-
self was not under investigation.
Comey said he refused on all points,
told senators of the detailed memos
he had written after his conversations
with Trump and said he hoped those
conversations were taped because he is
condent of their veracity.
Commitment
Standing with the president of Ro-
mania, a NATO partner, Trump at last
conrmed his commitment to the alli-
ances mutual defense pact, Article 5,
uttering words he deliberately did not
say when he spoke at NATOs gather-
ing in Belgium last month. On Friday
he said he was committing the United
States to Article 5.
He also accused Qatar, a key US
military partner, of funding terrorism
at a very high level, and said solv-
ing the problem in the tiny Arabian
Gulf nation could be the beginning of
the end of terrorism. It was a force-
ful endorsement of this weeks move
by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and
the United Arab Emirates to cut off
ties to Qatar, but a very different mes-
sage from the one delivered just an
hour before by Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson. Tillerson had called on the
Arab nations to immediately ease their
blockade on Qatar.
Meanwhile, the FBI chief he red
called the president a liar, but the re-
sponse from many Republicans was a
collective shrug. The GOP still needs
for counterterrorism, the White House said
on Friday.
Sales is a professor at Syracuse Univer-
sity College of Law, and previously served
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Donald Trump if it has any hope of
accomplishing its legislative agenda
and winning elections, and its going
to take more than James Comeys tes-
timony to shake them.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc-
Connell on Friday boasted of the
GOPs accomplishments under Trump
thus far, and promised more to come,
making no mention of Comey in a
speech. A group of House conserva-
tives discussed taxes and the budget,
with no reference to Comey or the fed-
eral investigations into Russias elec-
tion meddling and possible collusion
with the Trump campaign.
Elsewhere, there were few outward
signs of concern from the top Repub-
lican ofcials, donors and business
leaders who gathered largely behind
closed doors in Park City, Utah, for a
conference hosted by former presiden-
tial candidate Mitt Romney.
The people in this room, who give
money to the Republican Party and
who are focused on helping get Repub-
licans elected, they do it because they
believe in an agenda, Spencer Zwick,
House Speaker Paul Ryans fundrais-
ing chief, said in an interview. As for
the Comey testimony, theres nothing
we can do about it, Zwick said.
It all underscored whats become a
hardening dynamic of the Trump pres-
idency: Republicans on Capitol Hill
and off are mostly sticking with the
president despite the mounting scan-
dals and seemingly endless crises that
surround him.
Though some are privately con-
cerned, and frustration is regularly
voiced about the presidents undisci-
plined administration and the distrac-
tions he creates, Republicans have
scant incentive to abandon him now.
Trumps signature remains key to the
still-nascent GOP agenda, and he has
the ability to appoint judges to lifetime
appointments, a thrilling prospect for
conservatives.
as deputy assistant secretary for policy at
the Department of Homeland Security and
as senior counsel in the Ofce of Legal
Policy at the Department of Justice, the
White House said in a statement. (RTRS)
Gowdy targets Trump: Rep Trey
Gowdy is known as a dogged investigator
of Hillary Clinton. Now Democrats wonder
whether the South Carolina Republican
will pursue President Donald Trump with
the same vigor that he used when going
after the Democratic presidential candidate.
Gowdy led a two-year investigation
into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi,
Libya, focusing heavily on Clintons role
as secretary of state.
Later this month, Gowdy, 52, is set to
become chairman of the powerful House
Oversight and Government Reform Com-
mittee, where he will lead ofcial scrutiny
of the Trump administration, including a
budding investigation into possible ties
between Russia and Trumps campaign.
House Speaker Paul Ryan and other
Republicans say the four-term lawmaker
and former federal prosecutor is the right
man for the job.
Democrats are not convinced.
When push gets to shove, I think Treys
a reliable partisan and thats why Ryan
picked him, said Rep. Gerald Connolly,
D-Va. (RTRS)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
Britain
Is London safe?
Chief of police on
attacks & threats
LONDON, June 10, (RTRS): The following are
comments by Metropolitan Police Commission-
er Cressida Dick about how police are dealing
with the threat to the United Kingdom.
Dick spoke in an interview with Reuters. Fol-
lowing are the highlights:
Question: Is London safe?
Answer: I know people will be concerned
about whats happened in the UK over the past
12 weeks including the two ghastly attacks in
London, but London is a wonderful internation-
al city and we attract visitors from all over the
world all the time and we love it because it is so
diverse. London is open.
People are going about
their business.
London is a safe city
and we will do everything
we can in our power to
keep you safe.
We wont let them win
and London will carry
on.
Q: How can the police
and security services de-
Dick fend against what Prime
Minister Theresa May has
called a new breed of crude copycat militants?
A: This threat that we now face is a global
phenomenon and in this respect London is simi-
lar to other cities in the Western world. Sadly
we have seen such attacks elsewhere. We need
to continue to learn and adapt as a nation and
indeed as a police service.
But some of the things that we have always
done are very important in this situation. We
have excellent relationships with our communi-
ties and we need people to give us information
more than they ever have done.
We have a fantastic relationship with the in-
telligence agencies and a great ability to analyse
intelligence. We need to do that ever more and
ever better.
We need people to be really alert. As an ex-
ample in this particular attack, we know that the
attackers hired a vehicle that very day. So we
need, for example, people who are hiring vans
and lorries out to just think about who these peo-
ple are and if you have any concerns at all to
contact us on the anti-terrorist hotline.
Q: In the London Bridge attack, armed police
shot dead the three attackers just eight minutes
after the rst phone call from the public. How
prepared are the police?
A: Ever since the appalling attacks in Mum-
bai there have been other similar, what we would
call, marauding terrorist attacks, we have tried to
build up our capability, skill and understanding
of how to tackle them.
At any one time we have a large number of
highly trained specialist rearms ofcers who
are very mobile and strategically placed. They
are able to respond exceptionally quickly and
with great professionalism and efciency and as
you saw there with great courage.
Q: Can we expect more such attacks and how
is it possible to defend against such crude at-
tacks?
A: We have been doing everything we can
to nd out who was behind these attacks. We
believe that those three people planned and ex-
ecuted the attack. We are still investigating to
nd out whether anyone else knew about it or
supported it in any way.
We are highly effective at preventing attacks
in this country and we will step up a gear and do
our level best to stop any further attacks. But as
you point out, highly volatile people who are in-
tent on doing something absolutely terrible and
who are quite happy maybe even pleased
to kill themselves and to use a low tech methods
these are difcult things to defend against.
Q: Islamic State claimed responsibility for the
attack on London Bridge, so is this a domestic or
international threat?
A: My observation is that in relation to the
threat that we have been facing most recently
and the attacks that have been successful and
those that have been unsuccessful, the major-
ity of them have a domestic focus if I can put it
that way, a domestic centre of gravity. However
there are international connections and links in
many of them.
On the Islamic State claim:
This is quite common. On occasion DAESH
[DAESH is an Arabic acronym for Islamic
State] and other organisations will claim respon-
sibility when long and careful investigations by
intelligence agencies here and overseas and a so-
ber assessment would subsequently say actually
not at all. But it may be that some individuals
who were not directed, not trained by an over-
seas organisation have of course been inspired
by them.
Q: Does the Metropolitan Police need more
resources?
A: I agree with the Prime Minister when she
said that we do need to review across the board
how we are tackling terrorism, in terms of our
powers, in terms of how we are working with
our communities and what is happening in our
communities, in terms of the internet, in terms
of our equipment, in terms of our computers and
so forth.
I am quite condent that we will be review-
ing our resources and I am expecting to have
conversations with colleagues across the police
service about what we think we need to face this
changing and emerging threat. And we will of
course be talking to government.
I am quite sure that I will be saying that I
can lead a police service which in the future can
make even further savings as we have all had to
do but that we will want more resources to help
us and I am sure the same will be being said in
the intelligence agencies.
I am not going to put a quantum on it. I think
it would be ridiculous to just pluck a gure out
of the air or to say I need more of this or that. But
obviously we will be reviewing, for example the
number of armed ofcers we have and how they
work, and a whole host of other things that is
likely, from my point of view, to take more re-
sources and I will be asking for them.
Protesters hold up a banner that reads London-Irish Abortion rights Campaign as they protest in Parliament Square in front of the Houses of Parliament in central
British Prime Minister The-
resa May and her husband
Philip stand on the doorstep
of 10 Downing Street, Lon-
don, after addressing the
press on June 9, following an
audience with Britains Queen
Elizabeth II at Buckingham
Palace where she asked to
form a government. (AP)
Zaghba Butt
Britain
Stash of Molotov cocktails:
The assailants behind a terror at-
tack in London last week had also
prepared a stash of Molotov cocktails
and initially tried to hire a truck rather
than a van to mow down pedestrians,
British police said on Saturday.
In a statement, the Metropoli-
tan Police said forensic ofcers
examining the white rental van
found 13 wine bottles with rags
wrapped around them and believed
to be lled with a ammable liq-
uid, as well as two blowtorches.
The three attackers struck
pedestrians with the van and then
went on a stabbing spree wearing
fake suicide vests last Saturday in
the London Bridge area, a popular
nightlife district.
Eight people were killed before
the assailants Khuram Shazad
Butt, Rachid Redouane and
Youssef Zaghba were shot
dead by police. Forty-eight people
were injured.
Police also said Butt had tried to
hire a 7.5-tonne lorry hours before
carrying out the attack, but was
turned down because the payment
failed.
Because of the fact his pay-
ment method failed he couldnt
get hold of that lorry, Counter-
Terrorism Command chief Dean
Haydon told reporters.
Haydon went on to say that its
feasible when you look at their
actions, they were still fairly close
to the van, there is a possibility
they could have come back to the
van. (AFP)
Cleric influence probed:
Investigators are looking into
whether or not the Islamist mili-
tants who attacked civilians with
a truck and knives in London last
Saturday may have been inspired
in part by a US cleric, European
and US government ofcials said.
The cleric, Ahmad Musa Jebril,
who had been living in the Detroit
area for some years, is one of
several described by authorities as
online propagandists who could
have inuenced the three attack-
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London on June 10, against the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). (AP)
Britain
Election shock complicates Brexit talks
British PM May fights for survival
LONDON, June 10, (Agencies): British Prime Minister Theresa ters. You will have a very fractious parliament. It is far from guar-
May was ghting for survival on Saturday after a failed election anteed to vote the deal through.
gamble undermined her authority and plunged the country into a A failure to get legislation through parliament could eventually
major political crisis, days before the start of talks to leave the result in the need for another election.
European Union. Party insiders are placing bets on how long May will last, less
Mays bet that she could strengthen her hand by crushing what than a year after Britains surprise referendum decision propelled
she believed to be a weak opposition Labour Party backred spec- her into Downing Street.
tacularly on Thursday as voters stripped her Conservative Party of Theresa May is certainly the strongest leader that we have at
a parliamentary majority. the moment, lawmaker David Jones told the BBC.
The stunning outcome leaves May battling to unite different fac- When asked about her future, senior Conservative lawmaker
tions in her party and reliant on a handful of Northern Irish parlia- Owen Paterson said Lets see how it pans out.
mentarians just nine days before Britain starts the tortuous process The Times newspapers front page declared May stares into the
of negotiating its departure from the EU. abyss. It said Britain was effectively leaderless and the coun-
Mays two top aides, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, announced try all but ungovernable. Its cartoon depicted May in a cofn
they had quit on Saturday, following sustained criticism of the with her feet sticking out and a speech bubble saying Nothing has
campaign within the party. changed, a line she repeated several times as she reversed a key
Britains typically pro-Conservative press savaged May on Sat- policy on social care during the campaign.
urday and questioned whether she could remain in power, only
two months after she started the clock ticking on the two-year EU System
divorce process. The Conservatives have not yet broken the British system of
democracy, but through their hubris and incompetence they have
The best-selling Sun newspaper said senior members of the
party had vowed to get rid of May, but would wait at least six managed to make a mockery of it, it said in an editorial. The task
months because they feared a leadership contest could propel La- of restoring orderly government in order to make sense of Brexit is
bour leader Jeremy Corbyn into power. now a national emergency, and it falls to them.
Shes staying, for now, one Conservative Party source told The Telegraph newspaper said senior Conservatives including
Reuters. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, interior minister Amber Rudd
The outcome risks upsetting the political balance in Northern and Brexit minister David Davis were taking soundings over
Ireland by aligning London more closely with the pro-British side whether to replace May.
in the divided province, and increases the chance that Britain will After conrming on Friday that her top ve ministers, includ-
fall out of the EU in 2019 without a deal. ing nance minister Philip Hammond, would keep their jobs, May
May called the snap election to win a clear mandate for her plan must name the rest of her team, who will take on one of the most
to take Britain out of the EUs single market and customs union, so demanding jobs in recent British history.
she could slash immigration. She said Brexit talks would begin on June 19 as scheduled, the
But her party is deeply divided over what it wants from Brexit same day as the formal reopening of parliament.
To govern, she will need the support of the socially conserva-
and the result means British businesses still have no idea what trad-
ing rules they can expect in the coming years. tive, pro-Brexit Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which won 10
seats in Northern Ireland. A senior Conservative lawmaker, Gavin
Tumbled Williamson, was in Belfast for talks with the party on Saturday, a
The British pound tumbled against the US dollar and the euro after spokeswoman for Mays ofce said.
the election result. The two parties are broadly politically aligned, but it remains to
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she assumed Britain be seen what price the DUP will demand for its support.
still wanted to leave the European Union and that talks must start One DUP lawmaker suggested support for May could come vote
quickly. by vote, making the job of governing fraught with risk.
But Elmar Brok, a German conservative and the European Par- The Conservatives won 318 seats in Thursdays vote, down
liaments top Brexit expert, told the Ruhr Nachrichten newspaper from 331 in 2015, falling short of an overall majority in the 650-
the talks would now be more complicated. seat House of Commons after the opposition Labour Party, led by
May wont be able to make any compromises because she lacks socialist stalwart Jeremy Corbyn, scored hefty gains.
a broad parliamentary majority, he said. The DUP, which won 10 seats, said it is ready to talk with May
If she is to succeed in delivering the wishes of 52 percent of the about supporting her government, although such an alliance would
public and take Britain out of the EU, she must nd a way to secure be far from straight forward.
the full support of her party to pass legislation preparing for and Londons neutrality in Northern Ireland is key to the delicate
enacting the departure. balance of power in the province once plagued by decades of un-
Anand Menon, professor of politics at Kings College London, rest.
said her lack of a majority made it far more likely that Britain But the Protestant DUP was founded to defend Northern Ire-
would leave the EU without a deal. lands place in Britain against demands by Catholic republicans
Imagine she survives until autumn of next year, he told Reu- for a united Ireland.
ers, said the ofcials, speaking on listened to Jebrils sermons posted calls to a Dearborn, Michigan tigation and the US Attorneys
condition of anonymity. on the internet. telephone number listed for ofce in Detroit had no comment
Jebril was rst identied on anti-terrorism hotline to report Jebril and it did not accept voice on Jebrils activity.
Islamic State claimed respon-
Sunday as a possible inspiration what he had heard and seen. mail messages. A lawyer who
for the London attacks when the Several attempts by Reuters to represented Jebril in an insurance sibility for the attack by men who
drove a truck into pedestrians on
British Broadcasting Corpora- nd Jebril to obtain comment were fraud criminal case has retired London Bridge and then stabbed
tion ran an interview by its Asian unsuccessful. Jebril is a US citizen and could not be reached for
revelers in nearby pubs, kill-
Network with a former friend of of Palestinian descent. comment.
ing seven people and wounding
one of the attackers, whom he said Nobody answered several The Federal Bureau of Inves- dozens. Police shot dead three
attackers. (RTRS)
Skateboard hero Knifeman hold hostages: A
awarded a medal man armed with a knife is holding
employees hostage at a job centre
MADRID, June 10, (AFP): in Newcastle in northeast England,
A Spanish man hailed as a police said Friday.
skateboard hero after he died Specialist negotiators are at the
trying to defend a woman from scene, Northumbria Police said in
one of the assailants in last a statement, adding that there were
weekends London attack has no reports of injuries.
been awarded a posthumous Police said student accommoda-
medal, Madrid said Friday. tion nearby had been evacuated
and a metro station closed as a
Ignacio Echeverria, an precaution.
HSBC expert in ghting
Ofcers have attended and
money-laundering who lived found a man armed with a knife
in London, was one of eight
had entered the premises and it is
killed in Saturdays attack believed that several members of
that saw three men mow staff are being held there. (AFP)
An undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police, down people in a van before It is believed the man responsible
London, and made available on June 10, of items next to the van going on a stabbing spree in is known to the Job Centre and this is
used in the London Bridge attacks of June 3 which killed several the Borough market area. being treated as an isolated incident
people and wounded dozens more. (AP) at this stage, police said. (AFP)

INTERNATIONAL
Italian President Sergio Mattarella (right), listens to Pope Francis deliver his message on the occasion of the pontiffs visit at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome on June 10. (AP)
Basic values give Italy cause to hope despite woes: Pope
Pope Francis has paid a call on Italys Francis spoke of young Italians dif-
president and encouraged Italians to cling ficulties in finding stable and dignified
to hope despite economic woes, espe- work, saying that fuels distrust in the
cially the lack of jobs for young people. future and doesnt favor the birth of
France
Remember past wars
Macrons party is set
for parliament assault
PARIS, June 10, (Agencies): The year-old centrist
party of French President Emmanuel Macron pre-
pared Saturday for the first round of parliamentary
elections looking set to grab the lead in the race for a
clear majority.
Macron swept away far-right candidate Marine Le
Pen to win the presidency on May 7, but has only
achieved half the job.
Macrons Republique en Marche (Republic on the
Move, REM) party, which he only founded in April
2016 as a platform for his presidential bid, now needs
a commanding majority in the National Assembly for
him to implement the reforms he promised on the
campaign trail.
A host of opinion polls show Macrons party could
take around 30 percent of the first-round vote on
Sunday, which would put it in
pole position to secure an
absolute majority in the second
round a week later.
That could equate to as
many as 400 seats in the 577-
seat chamber.
A wave or a tsunami?
asked the front page of the lef-
twing daily Liberation on
Saturday.
REM has already had a
Macron
boost after its candidates came
first in 10 of the 11 French overseas constituencies
that have already voted.
The legislative elections are, like the presidential
contest, held over two rounds.
If no candidate wins over 50 percent in the first
round, the two top-placed go into the second round
as well as any candidate who won the votes of over
12.5 percent of the electorate.
Merkel said there were events recently
World War II massacre marked: French President
Emmanuel Macron has called on young people to
remember past wars and use democratic means to
fight against todays barbarities during a commemora-
tion at the site of the deadliest massacre in Nazi-
occupied France.
Macron told 500 children aged 12 to 16 in Oradour-
sur-Glane in western France that we would like to be
able to say that from now on this happens away from
home or that it no longer happens.
But Rwanda or Yugoslavia yesterday, Syria today.
They are only a few hours by plane.
changed his name to Fjotolf Hansen, his
Voter on trial for helping a migrant: She may
once have voted for Frances anti-immigrant National
Front, but now she faces possible jail time for helping
the Iranian refugee she fell in love with.
Beatrice Huret insists she has no regrets and
believes she has done nothing wrong.
On June 27 however, she goes on trial for offering
aid to a foreigner and in theory at least, faces a jail
term of up to 10 years.
It has been a long journey for someone who used
to leaflet for the National Front, the far-right party
that campaigns on a fiercely anti-immigrant plat-
form.
Huret, a dark-haired woman of 44, lives in the
Calais area of northern France, where in recent years
thousands of migrants have gathered awaiting their
chance to cross the Channel to England legally or
illegally.
the coast of Libya during the past 48 hours
Air Cocaine smuggler transferred: A Fren-
Wchman sentenced to 20 years jail in the Dominican
Republic over a plot to smuggle a planeload of drugs
has been transferred to France for health reasons, his
lawyer said.
Alain Castany, one of four Frenchmen convicted in
the so-called Air Cocaine case, arrived in France on
Friday morning for medical treatment, lawyer Karim
Beylouni told AFP.
Castany, 70, has been hospitalised after a motor-
cycle knocked him over while he was out on bail.
new families and children. But he said
holding to fundamental values of
human and family dignity helps pre-
serve hope.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov (right), and Qatari Foreign
Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin
Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani
enter a hall during their meeting in
Moscow, Russia on June 10. (AP)
Breivik Merkel
Europe
Merkel seeks to ease tensions:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is
praising the countrys army as indispens-
able amid friction between military and
government over the handling of a series
of scandals in the Bundeswehr.
It is under scrutiny over allegations of
abuse, the discovery of suspected far-right
extremists in its ranks and questions over
its ability to fulfil its missions.
In a pre-recorded video Saturday,
that deserved to be criticized.
But she insisted that the vast majority
of soldiers are performing an invaluable
service.
Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen
angered some in the military with her
sweeping criticism while investigations
into alleged wrongdoing were still under-
way. (AP)
Thursday.
Breivik changes name: Norwegian
mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, who
murdered 77 people in 2011, has officially
person we arrived too late. (AFP)
lawyer said on Friday.
Oeystein Storrvik declined to give
Breiviks reasons for adopting Hansen, one
of Norways most common surnames, or
the extremely rare Fjotolf.
He told me some reasons but I dont
want to talk about what he told me,
Storrvik told Reuters, confirming
Norwegian media reports of the name
change.
In Norway, citizens can freely change
their names in the official register but are
not allowed to pick words that are likely to
cause offence to others or harm the indi-
vidual. It was unclear when he made the
change. (RTRS)
Over 900 migrants rescued: More
than 900 migrants have been rescued off
while trying to reach Italy, the Italian
coastguard said Friday.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said
that it saved 716 of the migrants, and had
found one body.
Around 800 people were rescued today
(Friday) during eight separate operations
in the Mediterranean, said a spokesman for
the coastguard, which is coordinating the
operations.
The migrants were on eight boats,
including two inflatables, he said.
Some 130 others were rescued on
ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017
13
President Sergio Mattarella and school- had been driven across town from the
children visiting from earthquake-devas- Vatican midday Saturday morning, right
tated towns in central Italy greeted past city buses and drawing waves from
Francis. Francis, in his simple Ford car, surprised tourists. (AP)
Defense
Europe can no longer outsource protection
US backs NATO mutual defense
WASHINGTON, June 10, (Agencies): formed amid a budding Cold War with defense commitment was a crucial part
US President Donald Trump said communist states -- particularly the of a defense against an aggressive
Friday that the United States remained Soviet Union -- in 1949. Russia.
committed to NATOs mutual defense It has only been invoked once -- in In my opinion, we have to be very
pledge, after he failed to endorse it in support of the United States, after the clear, very simple, very straightfor-
a speech in Brussels last month. September 11, 2001 attacks. ward if we talk about Russia, and with
Amid worries by Washingtons On Thursday, Democrats on the Russia, he said.
European partners that the US leader House Armed Services Committee had
had not fully bought into the Atlantic called on Trump to declare his support Also:
alliance, Trump told reporters: Im for Article Five. PRAGUE: Europe has to take care of
committing the United States to Article Trumps pledge on Friday came its defence given the shift in US poli-
Five. Certainly we are there to pro- shortly before the White House cy, European Commission chief Jean-
tect. announced that he would travel to Claude Juncker said Friday, promot-
Thats one of the reasons that I NATO ally Poland ahead of the Group ing a hefty defence fund announced by
want people to make sure we have a of 20 summit in early July. Brussels.
very, very strong force, by paying the The visit will reaffirm Americas The protection of Europe can no
kinds of money necessary to have that steadfast commitment to one of our longer be outsourced, Juncker told a
force, Trump told a joint press con- closest European allies and emphasize defence conference in Prague.
ference with visiting Romanian the administrations priority of Over the past decade, it has become
President Klaus Iohannis. strengthening NATOs collective crystal clear that our American part-
The US president stunned Europes defense, the White House said. ners consider that they are shouldering
leaders at a summit in Brussels on Speaking beside Iohannis, Trump too much of the burden for their
May 25 when he failed to publicly suggested his pressure on other NATO wealthy European allies, he said.
back the now 29-member blocs members had had an effect. On Wednesday, the EU unveiled an
founding mutual defense guarantee. As you know, I have been an advo- unprecedented plan to set up a 5.5-bil-
Instead he castigated the allies for cate for strengthening our NATO alli- lion-euro ($6.15-billion) a year fund,
failing to pay their way with contribu- ance through greater responsibility and following a Franco-German led bid to
tions to NATO forces, singling out burden sharing among member focus on security and defence to pro-
especially Germany. nations, he said. vide a new sense of purpose after last
According to Politico, Trumps Because of our actions, money is years Brexit vote shook Europe.
defense and security advisors included starting to pour in to NATO.... Other
in his prepared speech a clear endorse- countries are starting to realize that its
BERLIN: Germany and France are
ment of the mutual defense pledge, but time to pay up. And theyre doing that.
Trump himself struck it out just before Very proud of that fact. working out specific proposals for a
European Union defence fund ahead
speaking. Because together we can confront
Doubts have remained since then, the common security challenges facing of a bilateral ministerial meeting on
July 13, German Defence Minister
despite US diplomats and military the world, he added.
Ursula von der Leyen said in an
leaders themselves restating the Trump praised Iohannis for boost-
pledge. ing his countrys defense spending. interview published on Saturday.
Just days before his January 20 Romania joined the NATO alliance in Joint work on drones, military trans-
inauguration, Trump rocked the post- 2004. ports and combined efforts to stabilise
World War II western alliance by call- We hope our other NATO allies the African Sahel region were projects
ing NATO obsolete. will follow Romanias lead, Trump that could be funded by the new plan,
Article Five has been the core of the said. she told the Funke Mediengruppe
NATO treatys strength since it was Iohannis said NATOs mutual newspaper chain.
Catalonia calls Oct referendum: and must not take place.
MSF tweeted that it had completed the Catalonia will hold a referendum on split- Previous secessionist challenges in
Catalonia a populous and wealthy
5th rescue (operation) and now have 716 ting from Spain on Oct 1, the head of the
region in northeastern Spain which has
people onboard. Unfortunately, for one region said on Friday, ratcheting up a con- its own language and Barcelona as its
frontation with the central government in capital were blocked by Spains con-
Madrid which says such a vote is illegal servative government and the
Constitutional Court.
The question will be: Do you want
Catalonia to become an independent state
in the form of a republic, Carles
Puigdemont, the head of the regional gov-
ernment, said. (RTRS)
EU seeks online checks: EU coun-
tries on Friday backed a proposal to adopt
new security checks for Europes border-
less Schengen area, in which visa-exempt
travellers will be screened online prior to
arrival.
Dubbed ETIAS, the proposal is based
on a US system that would allow EU
countries to quickly cross check identity
documents and other details from visa-
exempt travellers with a host of data
bases.
Nationals from nearly 60 countries cur-
rently do not need to have visas to travel
the Schengen zone, including those from
the United States, Canada, Australia,
Japan, Taiwan, Brazil, Chile, Argentina as
well as European neighbours like Albania
and Bosnia.
Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jussi Halla- The proposal, agreed to on Friday by
aho (left), is congratulated by Chairman candidates Sampo Terho (right), after the interior ministers of EU member
he was elected to become the new chairman for the Finns Party at the partys countries, still needs to be approved by
congress in Jyvaeskylae, Finland on June 10. Jussi Halla-aho, 46, an euroscep- the European Parliament, but supporters
tic convicted of hate speech, replaced foreign minister and the moderate Timo hope to have it in place as early as 2020.
Soini, a long-time leader of the Finns Party. (AFP) (AFP)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
Turkey
French scribe freed
Local Amnesty
chief Kilic jailed
ANKARA, June 10, (Agencies): Turkish authorities
jailed the local chairman of Amnesty International
pending trial over charges of membership of a terror-
ist organisation, as part a crackdown following last
Julys failed coup attempt, the rights group said.
Taner Kilic, along with 22 other lawyers in the
Aegean coastal province of Izmir, was detained on
Tuesday for suspected links to the network of Muslim
cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara blames for last
years failed coup.
The Turkish prosecutions decision to charge Tan-
er Kilic ... with membership of a terrorist organisa-
tion is a mockery of justice, and highlights the dev-
astating impact of the Turkish authorities crackdown
following the failed coup attempt in July last year,
Amnesty said in a statement on
Friday.
It said he was being charged
with using ByLock, an en-
crypted messaging app the
government says was used by
Gulens followers, but Amnes-
ty said he had denied using the
app in his testimony.
Salil Shetty, head of Am-
nesty International, said the
charges were without merit and
Gulen not an indication of a criminal
act, while the arrests were a
disregard of human rights and an attempt to silence all
those who defend them.
The charges ... show just how arbitrary, just how
sweeping, the Turkish governments frenzied pursuit
of its perceived enemies and critics has become,
Shetty said. He demanded his immediate release with
all charges against him dropped.
Remanded
Amnesty also said eight of the 22 lawyers had been
remanded in custody, six remained in detention and
seven were awaiting court rulings. Only one had been
released, it said.
Since the July coup attempt, authorities have arrest-
ed 50,000 people and sacked or suspended 150,000,
including soldiers, police, teachers and public serv-
ants, over alleged links with terrorist groups, includ-
ing Gulens network which Ankara deems a terrorist
organisation.
Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Penn-
sylvania since 1999, has denied involvement in the
coup and condemned it.
The scope of the purges, which have also seen more
than 130 media outlets shut down and some 150 jour-
nalists jailed, has unnerved rights groups and Turkeys
Western allies, who say President Tayyip Erdogan is
using the coup as a pretext to muzzle dissent and purge
opponents.
Turkish authorities were not immediately available
for comment, but ofcials have said the crackdown is
necessary due to the gravity of the coup attempt, in
which 240 people were killed on July 15.
French photographer freed: French photojournal-
ist Mathias Depardon, who was held for a month in
Turkey, said on his return to France Friday night that
Ankara wanted to send a strong message to report-
ers wishing to go to the southeast of the country.
Depardon, who was detained near the Syrian bor-
der while on assignment for National Geographic
magazine, said he was happy to be in Paris, to be in
France as he was met by government ofcials at Par-
is Charles de Gaulle airport. Im ne, the 37-year-
old told reporters, smiling but visibly tired.
Depardon said he was accused of terrorist propa-
ganda and supporting terrorist groups, namely the
Kurdish separatist PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party),
over some photographs he had taken in recent years.
I think the idea was to send a strong message to
foreign and Turkish journalists who are intending to
cover news in southeast Turkey, he said.
The southeast has been battered by renewed ght-
ing between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forc-
es since a fragile truce collapsed in 2015.
Depardon said he had very little contact with other
detainees and did not know long he was going to be
held. I knew that legally I could be detained up to a
year, he said.
The photographer was deported a day after receiv-
ing a visit from his mother for the rst time at the de-
tention centre in Gaziantep.
President Emmanuel Macron had announced De-
pardons arrival on Twitter after asking his Turkish
counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan last weekend to
ensure the journalists return to France as soon as
possible.
Macron had welcomed his release, saying in a state-
ment: France is committed to freedom of the press
and the protection of journalists everywhere.
Detained
Depardon was detained on May 8 while on assign-
ment in Hasankeyf in Turkeys southeastern Batman
province. He went on hunger strike two weeks after
his detention, stopping almost a week later when he
learned that a consular visit would be allowed.
Depardon was accused of working without a press
card, which was in the process of being renewed.
He was also detained over propaganda for a ter-
ror group a reference to outlawed Kurdish mili-
tants which could lead to a judicial investigation,
according to Turkish authorities.
the past six years. A collection of Islamist-
1 killed, 4 hurt in gunfire: Two suspected Kurdish
rebels on Friday opened re on a car belonging to a
local mayor, then blew up their vehicle near a military
police station in southeast Turkey, ofcials said.
One person was killed and four people were wound-
ed in the attacks and one of the assailants was killed,
ofcials said.
The governors ofce in the mainly Kurdish prov-
ince of Batman said the attackers missed the vehicle
of the mayor of Kozluk, but hit another car, killing a
teacher and slightly wounding another passenger.
The assailants then drove their stolen car toward a
military police station and detonated a car bomb at a
nearby roadblock, injuring two soldiers and a civilian,
the governors ofce said. One of the attackers also
was killed.
In a related incident, suspected Kurdish militants
red rockets at a military helicopter in Hakkari prov-
ince, near the border with Iraq, forcing the Sikorsky to
make an emergency landing, Turkeys military said.
No one was hurt in the attack.
The Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, has waged
a three-decade long insurgency in southeast Turkey.
Tens of thousands were killed in the conict.
A Palestinian Muslim worshipper attends the second Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in front of the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalems al-Aqsa
Palestinians attend a rally in support
of Qatar, at the Qatari-funded housing
project in the southern Gaza Strip city
of Khan Yunis on June 9. (AFP)
Haftar Zefza
Mideast
Libya air power boosted: Emirati assis-
tance that violates a UN arms embargo has
signicantly boosted air power for forces
loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar,
a report by UN investigators published on
Friday said.
Air power has helped Haftars eastern-
based Libyan National Army (LNA) gain
the upper hand since last year in Libyas
conict between rival groups vying for
power.
The panel of experts which reports on
violations of UN sanctions across Libya said
Haftars forces had received aircraft as well
as military vehicles from the United Arab
Emirates, and had built up an air base at Al
Khadim.
The annual UN report provides rare detail
on the level of outside intervention in Libya,
where foreign backing for rival armed
camps is widely seen as having exacerbated
conict.
Fridays report said there had been a
general increase in direct foreign support
to armed factions in Libya, breaching a UN
arms embargo imposed during the countrys
2011 uprising and tightened in 2014.
Much of the section on recent transfers of
materiel or other assistance was taken up by
the development of the LNA air force and
reports of UAE assistance.
The United Arab Emirates have been
providing both material support and direct
support to the LNA, which have signi-
cantly increased the air support available to
the LNA, it said.
The panel said its requests for information
from the UAE had received no response.
Competition for power and wealth be-
tween broad and shifting coalitions of armed
groups has thrown Libya into turmoil over
leaning militias took control of the capital,
Tripoli, in 2014, installing a self-declared
government as their opponents set up a rival
administration in the east. (RTRS)
Protesters and police clash: Protesters
clashed with security forces in Moroccos
Al-Hoceima early on Saturday, an AFP cor-
respondent reported, after more than a week
of protests in the northern province.
The violence broke out in the town of Im-
zouren after police tried to stop demonstra-
tors from gathering, activists said.
Dozens of youths wearing balacla-
vas threw stones at security forces, who
responded with tear gas, the correspondent
said. The clashes ended before dawn, with
the police deploying around 50 vehicles in
the area.
There were no immediate reports of any
casualties.
Last Saturday, both sides had also clashed
in the town, some 15 kilometres (nine miles)
from the city of Al-Hoceima, a centre of
social unrest since the gruesome death of a
shmonger there last year.
mosque compound on June 9. (AFP)
Mideast
Hamas denies tunnels under UN schools
Palestinian brings music to refugees
JERUSALEM, June 10, (AFP): As a
boy, Ramzi Aburedwan found himself
caught up in the rst Palestinian upris-
ing, a well-known photo at the time
showing him holding stones to throw at
Israeli soldiers.
He has since become a respected mu-
sician and composer, who gives back to
children from Palestinian refugee camps,
like himself.
Today, he provides musical training to
around 2,000 of them through his project
called Al-Kamandjati, or The Violinist,
in Arabic.
Aburedwan, now 38 and who grew up
in Al-Amari camp in the occupied West
Banks Ramallah area, says he hopes to
create a strong future generation capa-
ble of expressing itself through such
projects.
Expensive
He launched Al-Kamandjati in 2002,
wanting to offer youngsters from the
camps and other poor children access to
expensive musical instruments and mu-
sic theory classes.
The violinist, who studied music in
Angers in western France, began by col-
lecting instruments donated by various
institutions across Europe.
On his return to Ramallah, he extend-
ed the project in 2008 to Beiruts Shatila
refugee camp as well as the Bourj el-
Barajneh camp in Lebanon.
Aburedwans project now counts
eight music schools and more than 2,000
students aged between ve and 18. In
March, Palestinian ofcials named him
cultural gure of the year.
The composer, with a neatly trimmed
beard, thinks back with pride to the old
photo of himself as a child in a red jacket
with stones in hand, taken in 1988.
At the time, we had to protect our
camp from the soldiers, he said of Al-
Amari, one of the refugee camps set up
to house Palestinians displaced by the
creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
With another mass exodus caused by
the Six-Day War of 1967, almost eight
million Palestinians are considered refu-
gees, with most of them living in camps
across the Middle East.
The future is bleak for many who
grow up in poverty, and that could have
been the case for Aburedwan had fortune
Mouhcine Fikri, 31, was crushed to death
in a rubbish truck in October as he tried to
prevent the destruction of swordsh which
had been conscated because it was caught
Protesters stand off before police during a demonstration against corruption, re-
pression and unemployment in Al Hoseima, Morocco on June 10. The neglected
Rif region has been rocked by social unrest since the death in October of a
shmonger. Mouhcine Fikri 31, was crushed in a rubbish truck as he protested
against the seizure of swordsh caught out of season and his death ha sparked
fury and triggered nationwide protests. The demonstrations have snowballed,
giving way to a wider protest movement. (AFP)
not smiled upon him.
As a teenager, he worked odd jobs to
earn money where he could, hawking
newspapers and doing gardening work
for families in Ramallah.
One of the women who hired him
heard something about a scholarship to
learn music in France, he said.
She proposed my name and I landed
in France, where I learned music before
starting Al-Kamandjati, said Abured-
wan.
Recently, a group of music students
from the Qalandia refugee camp, north
of Jerusalem, were training along with
musicians teaching violin and cello as
part of Aburedwans programme. I spokesman Christopher Gunness said
started to learn music in the Qalandia
camp with the Kamandjati group when
I was seven, said Tayib al-Hamouz, 16.
Teacher Montasser Jibreen, 25, start-
ed to learn music in 2005 with Kaman-
djati.
I played clarinet and after I nished
school I got a grant for music at Angers
University and was the conductor in the
orchestra, he said.
Beyond teaching music, Aburedwan
decided to spend this year inviting musi-
cians from abroad to perform for Pales-
tinians.
Performances have been planned for
camps, auditoriums, the ruins of ancient
palaces in the West Bank, the blockaded
Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.
Dozens of performances were held
over 18 days at the ruins of Hishams
Palace in the West Bank city of Jericho,
including Rajasthan gypsy dancers with
their colourful dresses.
Dervish
At the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem,
the Jerusalem holy site that includes the
Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the
Dome of the Rock, whirling dervish
dancers performed.
However, Su music and dance did
not please everyone: Aburedwan and
other artists were escorted away from the
site by offended worshippers.
But it takes more than that to discour-
age the kid from the refugee camp.
A few hours later, dozens of people
applauded the Turkish dancers at another
location on the outskirts of Jerusalems
Old City.
out of season.
Calls for justice in Moroccos neglected
Rif region have since snowballed into a
grassroots movement demanding jobs and
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14
Palestinian Islamist movement Ha-
mas has denied that it or any other mili-
tant group built a tunnel under two UN
schools in Gaza after its discovery drew
a strong UN protest.
Over the years, Gazas Hamas rulers
have built a labyrinth of tunnels, some
passing under the border into Israel
which they used to launch attacks during
their last conict in 2014.
On June 1, the UN agency for Pal-
estinian refugees (UNRWA) found
part of a tunnel that passes under two
adjacent agency schools in the Mag-
hazi camp during construction work,
on Friday.
Hamas strongly condemned the
UNRWA statement, saying it would be
exploited by Israel to justify its crimes.
Hamas had claried the issue with
all factions and resistance forces, who
clearly stated they had no actions related
to the resistance in the said location, the
movement said, adding that it respected
UNRWAs work.
Isolated
The discovery of this terror tunnel
operating directly under the classrooms
of young children is not an isolated inci-
dent, but rather the latest of deeply con-
cerning attempts by Hamas terrorists to
systematically exploit the organs of the
UN, he said.
The latest nding veries once
again that the Hamas cruelty knows no
limits including endangering centres of
education and using children as human
shields, Danon said.
A Palestinian was killed by Israeli
gunre during clashes in the northern
Gaza Strip on Friday, said the health
ministry of the Islamist movement Ha-
mas which runs the territory.
Aeid Jumaa, 35, was killed and six
other Palestinians were wounded during
clashes along the Gaza border (with Is-
rael) north of Jabalia, ministry spokes-
man Ashraf al-Qudra said.
The radical Palestinian group Islamic
Jihad in Gaza issued a statement saying
that Jumaa was one of its members and
was in fact aged 22.
an end to corruption, dubbed Al-Hirak
Al-Shaabi, or Popular Movement. Protesters
have rallied nightly in Al-Hoceima since the
arrest on May 29 of Al-Hirak leader Nasser
Zefza and the subsequent detention of
dozens of other activists.
Late Friday, more than 1,000 demonstra-
tors mostly young men and women, some
with children gathered in Al-Hoceima
under a heavy police presence to call for
Zefza and fellow activists to be freed.
Participants cleaned the streets as the pro-
test came to an end shortly before midnight
(2400 GMT). (AFP)
Gay Pride in Israel: Tens of thousands of
revellers from Israel and abroad packed the
streets of Tel Aviv on Friday for the citys
annual Gay Pride march, billed as the Mid-
dle Easts biggest.
Police said they were expecting around
100,000 people, while organisers put the g-
ure at closer to 200,000, with an estimated
30,000 of them from overseas.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said
that security forces would be keeping a close
eye on the event.
Hundreds of police have closed off the
area and are carrying out security measures,
he told AFP. Police units and border police
units and undercover units are in the area.
A 2015 Gay Pride parade in conservative
Jerusalem ended in tragedy when an ultra-
Orthodox Jewish man got among the march-
ers, stabbing a 16-year-old girl to death and
wounding ve others. (AFP)

INTERNATIONAL
Members of Japans upper house of parliament cast their ballots for a bill during the plenary session in Tokyo on June 9. Japans parliament passed a law that clears the way for its ageing Emperor Akihito (inset) to step down,
Japan
Accident kills driver, hurts 45
Japan clears way for
emperor abdication
TOKYO, June 10, (Agencies): Japans parliament
passed a law Friday that clears the way for its ageing
Emperor Akihito to step down, in what would be the
rst imperial abdication in more than two centuries.
The popular 83-year-old monarch shocked the
country last summer when he signalled his desire
to take a back seat after nearly three decades on the
Chrysanthemum Throne, citing his age and health
problems.
The unexpected move presented a challenge since
there was no law to deal with an emperor retiring from
what is usually a job for life
and it reignited debate about
allowing women to ascend the
male-only throne.
The one-off rule was passed
in the last-stage upper house on
Friday in a unanimous decision
after the lower chamber gave
its stamp of approval last week.
The abdication must take
place within three years and
it only applies to Akihito.
Prince Naruhito
Tokyo is eyeing the end of
2018 as a likely timeline for his retirement, Japanese
media said.
The status of the emperor is sensitive in Japan given
its 20th century history of war waged in the name of
Akihitos father Hirohito, who died in 1989.
Some worried that changing the law to allow any
emperor to abdicate could put Japans future mon-
archs at risk of being subject to political manipulation.
Akihito, who has been treated for prostate cancer
and had heart surgery, is expected to step aside in fa-
vour of his eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, 57.
There have been abdications in Japans long impe-
rial history, but the last one was more than 200 years
ago, so politicians had to craft new legislation to make
it possible.
The one-off law is a result of political compromis-
es, but it will become a precedent for future abdica-
tions, said Setsu Kobayashi, a constitutional expert
and professor emeritus at Japans Keio University.
Akihito was born in 1933 just as Japan was embark-
ing on its militaristic sweep across Asia, and was 11
when the war ended in defeat.
His father was allowed to remain on the throne after
Japans defeat, but his status was downgraded from
semi-devine sovereign to a gurehead with no politi-
cal power.
domestic measure to ensure a democratic
Accident kills driver, injures 45: A passenger vehicle
swerved and ipped across a Japanese highway Saturday
and crashed into a bus in the oncoming lane, killing the
cars driver and injuring 45 people in the bus.
A camera mounted on the bus captured dramatic
footage of the car soaring from the other side of the
highway and slamming against its windshield.
Police were investigating the cause of the accident,
which killed the 62-year-old man who was driving the
car alone.
Most of the 47 passengers on the bus received slight
injuries with six people sustaining fractures, said a
spokesman for the local highway police.
They are all non-life threatening injuries, he told
AFP.
far-reaching radar, which China worries
Japanese businessman rescued: Thai police said
they rescued a Japanese businessman who was held
captive and tortured for days at a Bangkok apartment,
and arrested three suspected compatriots believed to
be responsible.
Thai media published images of the Friday police
raid on the apartment where the victim was held cap-
tive with multiple leg wounds and apparently tied to a
bed with electrical wire.
Pol Maj Gen Suthee Nanekanthee, deputy chief of
the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said Friday that three
Japanese men suspected to be involved have been ar-
rested.
Suthee said the suspects and the victim had known
each other before entering Thailand and that the ordeal
may have been business related. He said the case was
still under investigation.
in what would be the rst imperial abdication in more than two centuries. (AFP)
The mother (right) of Abdillah Masid,
15, cries beside her sons dead body
inside the Camp Ranao Mosque in
Barangay Saber in Marawi, on the
southern Philippine island of Mind-
anao on June 9. Abdillah died after a
stray bullet hit him in the neck during
afternoon prayers inside the mosque.
More than 200,000 people displaced
after Islamist militants attacked a
southern Philippine city are facing
deadly health risks, relief groups said
Friday after a eeing mother told AFP
her baby died because of a lack of
medical care. (AFP)
Moon Trump
Asia
Seoul doesnt aim to change deal:
South Korea does not aim to change its
agreement on the deployment of a US an-
ti-missile system to protect against North
Korea, in spite of a decision to delay its
full installation, Seouls top national se-
curity adviser said on Friday.
Chung Eui-yong called the decision to
delay installation of remaining launch-
ers of the Terminal High Altitude Area
Defense (THAAD) system, pending a
review of its environmental impact, a
process.
The decision to introduce THAAD
was made to protect South Korea and the
US forces in South Korea from a grow-
ing threat from the North. We wont take
this decision lightly, Chung told a news
brieng.
He said South Korea would discuss
ways to strengthen the joint defence
against North Koreas weapons programs
during a summit between new South Ko-
rean President Moon Jae-in and US Pres-
ident Donald Trump in late June.
Two launchers of a full six-launcher
THAAD battery, as well as the systems
could upset the regional security balance,
have already been installed on an old golf
course in South Koreas southeastern city
of Seongju.
Moons ofce said on Wednesday that
deployment of the four remaining launch-
ers would be halted for the environmental
assessment, which may take well over a
year, according to a senior administration
ofcial. (RTRS)
Korean Air flight lands safely: A Ko-
rean Air ight carrying more than 150
passengers landed safely at a Japanese
airport Friday shortly after pilots report-
ed seeing smoke in the cockpit, ofcials
said.
The crew on the Boeing 737, which had
Philippines
13 Philippine marines killed
US backs Filipino troops
MARAWI, Philippines, June 10,
(AFP): United States special forces
are providing support to the Philip-
pine military battling to dislodge
Islamist militants in a southern city,
the US embassy said Saturday, as 13
Filipino marines were killed in fresh
ghting.
Philippine troops are struggling to
defeat hundreds of ghters, who ram-
paged through Marawi on May 23 y-
ing black ags of the Islamic State (IS)
group, and have used civilians as hu-
man shields, bomb-proof tunnels and
anti-tank weapons to fortify their posi-
tions.
Fridays ferocious, street-to-street
gunbattles with the militants saw 13
troops killed, in a dramatic surge in
the toll from the conict, Philippine
military spokesmen said.
A 15-year-old boy was also killed
by a stray bullet as he took part in Fri-
day prayers at a mosque in Marawi as
the skirmishes raged outside, an AFP
video journalist said.
It was among the heaviest ghting
seen in mainly Muslim Marawi as
the air force battered parts of the city
with strikes to support ground troops.
Some 40 marines were wounded in
the gunbattles that lasted 14 hours,
according to military spokesman
Colonel Edgardo Arevalo.
As the conict intensied, the US
embassy in Manila said American
forces were providing assistance to
the Filipino troops, although it de-
clined to give details for security
reasons.
At the request of the government
of the Philippines, US special opera-
tions forces are assisting the (Philip-
pine military) with ongoing opera-
tions in Marawi, the embassy said in
a statement.
Marawi-based military spokesman
Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera
conrmed the US help, adding that
the special forces were not ghting,
but providing technical support.
left the Korean port city of Busan earlier in
the day, noticed smoke coming out of cock-
pit panels just minutes before a scheduled
landing at Fukuoka airport in southwestern
Japan, an airport ofcial said.
Korean Air said the pilots noticed
smoke at the cockpit about ve minutes
Crew members of the Taiwan Coast Guard perform on a shing boat during an
offshore anti-terrorism drill outside Keelung Harbor in New Taipei City, Taiwan
on June 10. The drill aims to test the ability of local law enforcement agencies in
preventing a potential terrorist attack. (AP)
He told AFP Fridays deaths
amounted to the militarys biggest
single-day loss in the campaign.
There were intense reghts,
house-to-house gunbattles, Herrera
said at a news conference in Marawi
earlier, adding that the total number
of government troops killed in the
conict was 58.
Over 20 civilians have been con-
rmed killed due to the ghting, ac-
cording to the government, but the
true number is likely to be higher
with authorities yet to fully assess the
roughly 10 percent of Marawi still
being held by the militants.
Tens of thousands have ed Mara-
wi, which is the Catholic countrys
most important Muslim city, as the
ghting ripped through residential
neighbourhoods, with more than
200,000 displaced people now living
in precarious conditions and vulner-
able to deadly health risks, the Inter-
national Committee of the Red Cross
warned Friday.
About 2,000 people are also be-
lieved to still be trapped in militant-
held areas as insurgents continue to
entrench themselves in the city two
weeks ito the conict, which saw
them take a Catholic priest hostage,
open up two jails and destroy many
buildings.
Meanwhile, the Philippine military
on Friday asked Facebook to close
dozens of accounts linked to Islam-
ist militants who attacked a southern
city, saying they were being used for
propaganda.
Military spokesman Lieutenant
Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said the armed
forces social media unit uncovered
63 Facebook accounts belonging to
the jihadists and their supporters.
These 63 accounts are spreading
malicious information and misinfor-
mation that affect the information
landscape and the mindset of every
Filipino, Herrera told a news confer-
ence in the southern city of Marawi.
before landing.
The crew contacted airport authorities
to ask for reghting crews to be ready
but there was no actual re.
The cause of the smell and the smoke
is currently being investigated, a Korean
Air spokesman told AFP in Seoul.
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15
All of the 151 passengers on board
left the plane safely and without any in-
cident. (AFP)
Chinese firm stands trial: Three execu-
tives of a Chinese investment rm linked
to outspoken Communist Party critic Guo
Wengui confessed
to fraud on Friday, as
the billionaire prop-
erty tycoon lobs cor-
ruption allegations at
high-level ofcials
from abroad.
Appearing in
Dalian Xigang Peo-
ples Court in north-
eastern Liaoning
province, the de-
Guo fendants Lu Tao,
Xie Honglin and Yang Ying admitted
to fraud involving 3.2 billion yuan ($470
million) in loans from the Agricultural
Bank of China.
Xie and Lu also confessed to fraudu-
lently obtaining foreign currency.
All three held management positions
at Beijing Pangu Investment and said in
court that Guo was Pangus actual con-
trolling shareholder, testifying that they
did not have any decision-making power.
Under Guos direction, Lu told the court,
he privately engraved an ofcial seal for
use on their loan applications.(AFP)
Thai army officers charged: Several
Thai army ofcers were charged Friday
over an online weapons market that saw
soldiers sell grenades and bullets over
social media, in a country where military
weapons routinely turn up on the streets.
Three soldiers pilfered M67 hand gre-
nades and bullets from a stockpile at a
Bangkok army base and sold them over
the LINE messaging app, police allege.
They smuggled out the weapons and
grenades and put them on sale in a pri-
vate social media group, according to
Santi Chainiramai, deputy commander of
Crime Suppression Division Police.
Four other army ofcers, a policeman
and nine civilians were charged with
arms buying, he added.
Police are working out the size of the
network, whose dealings emerged last week
when postal workers found two packages
containing grenades and bullets. (AFP)
Thai man jailed for 35 years: A Thai
man was jailed for 35 years on Friday for
Facebook posts deemed insulting to the
royal family, a watchdog said, in one of
the harshest sentences handed down for a
crime that insulates Thailands ultra-rich
monarchy from criticism.
A Bangkok military court convicted
the 34-year-old of 10 counts of lese
majeste for posting pictures, videos and
comments concerning the royal family on
a Facebook account that purported to be-
long to a different user.
Wichai, whose last name was withheld
to protect his relatives from ostracisation,
was accused of using the account to slan-
der a former friend, said iLaw, a group
that tracks royal defamation cases. (AFP)
Aussie charge with spying: An Aus-
tralian lmmaker in Cambodia was
charged with espionage Friday after be-
ing arrested for ying a camera drone
over an opposition party campaign rally.
James Ricketson was charged with col-
lecting information prejudicial to national
defense, which is punishable by ve to 10
years in prison, Phnom Penh Municipal
Court spokesman Ly Sophana said.
Ricketson, 68, was arrested on June 3
after lming the last day of campaigning
for local elections a day earlier. The rul-
ing party of long-serving Prime Minister
Hun Sen won a majority of the commune
council seats. (AP)

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World News Roundup
Russia
Pakistans population booms
US airstrike kills 3
Afghan policemen
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, June 10, (Agencies):
At least three Afghan policemen were killed and two
wounded when an American military aircraft opened
re during an operation in southern Afghanistan, of-
cials said on Saturday.
The so-called friendly re incident occurred
overnight, during a raid in Afghanistans restive Hel-
mand province, the US mili-
tary command in Kabul said in
a statement.
The ofcers, members of the
Afghan Border Police, were
killed when a US aircraft re-
turned re during the opera-
tion, which included Afghan
and American special forces, a
military spokesman said.
Taleban insurgents have
made widespread gains in
Trump Helmand, seizing many of the
provinces districts and threat-
ening the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.
Hundreds of US Marines recently arrived in Helmand
to take over an advising mission as part of the NATO-led
coalition training and assisting Afghan forces.
American troops, including special forces, also car-
ry out separate counterterrorism missions.
Airstrikes by American warplanes have greatly
increased in recent months, as US President Donald
Trump considers requests from military commanders
for thousands more international troops.
Pakistans population booms: Three men who
have fathered nearly 100 children among them are do-
ing their bit for Pakistans skyrocketing population,
which is being counted for the rst time in 19 years.
But in a country where experts warn the surging
populace is gouging into hard-won economic gains
and social services, the three patriarchs are uncon-
cerned. Allah, they say, will provide.
Pakistan has the highest birth rate in South Asia at
around three children per woman, according to the
World Bank and government gures, and the census
is expected to show that growth remains high.
Tribal enmity is another factor in the northwest,
where the 57-year-old lives in the city of Bannu with
his third wife, who is pregnant.
Gunmen attack mosque, killing 3: The Interior Min-
istry says at least three civilians have been shot and killed
by gunmen inside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
In a statement released Saturday the ministry says
that nine others were wounded in the attack Friday
night in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province.
The ministry strongly condemned the attack and
called it an act against Islam and humanity. It said the
civilians were attacked while praying.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but the
Taleban and Haqqani network are active in Paktia and
neighboring provinces and often target government of-
cials as well as Afghan security forces in the region. (AP)
plenty of political life.
Indian soldiers kill 5 in Kashmir: Indian soldiers
killed ve suspected rebels Friday in a shoot-out near
the de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir with
Pakistan, the army said.
Troops deployed along the heavily militarised fron-
tier known as the Line of Control (LOC) shot and
killed the suspected ghters when they tried to cross
into Indian-administered Kashmir.
An operation to counter the inltration bid was still un-
derway in Uri, some 100 kms (60 miles) northwest of the
summer capital of Kashmir, the army said in a statement.
The deaths came a day after Indian soldiers killed
three suspected rebels in an exchange of re, which
also killed one soldier.
deadly political struggle after a similar
Bikini killer to have heart surgery: A notori-
ous French criminal who earned the nickname bikini
killer for a string of murders throughout Asia in the
1970s, was in a Nepali hospital Friday, where he is
expected to undergo open heart surgery, sources said.
Charles Sobhraj, 73, who is currently serving a life
sentence, was taken to hospital for tests, his lawyer
and mother-in-law Sakuntala Thapa told AFP.
The ageing conman who has been implicated
in more than 20 killings needs to have one of the
valves in his heart replaced, said Jyotendra Sharma,
director of Sahid Gangalal National Heart Centre,
where the surgery will take place.
People carry a cofn during a funeral service in Dawei on June 9. Heavy rains and churning seas hampered search efforts
for victims of a military plane crash off Myanmars southern coast, as hopes faded of nding survivors after 31 bodies were
pulled from the water. (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
(left), and Mexican President Enrique
Pena Nieto are pictured during the
welcoming ceremony at the Palacio
Nacional in Mexico City on June 9.
Merkel is in Mexico on a two-day of-
cial visit. (AFP)
Lat/Am
Temer keeps power for now: Brazilian
President Michel Temer deed predictions
of his imminent political demise when a
court acquitted him on charges of having
won election thanks to dirty money.
And after Fridays vote in the Supreme
Electoral Tribunal (TSE) he promptly went
on the offensive in his battle to survive ad-
ditional corruption accusations.
Despite being branded by opponents a
political zombie and likened to charac-
ters from The Walking Dead television
series, the scandal-plagued presidents
acquittal in the TSE showed he still has
The TSE judges voted 4-3 against strip-
ping Temer of his mandate on the grounds
that the 2014 presidential election was
contaminated by undeclared campaign do-
nations and bribes. That clears him to serve
out the rest of his term to the end of 2018.
Dissenting judges painted a grim picture
of the way Brazilian corporations seek to
buy politicians in Latin Americas biggest
country. (AFP)
blocked by riot police vans.
Venezuela opp backs AG: Venezuelan
opposition lawmakers led fresh court
cases Friday against planned crisis reforms,
raising pressure on the government in a
tors calling for Maduro to quit over an
challenge by a senior ofcial.
The opposition on Friday led a case
with prosecutors alleging that the govern-
ment, judges and electoral ofcials were
conspiring to violently change the consti-
tution, lawmaker Tomas Guanipa said.
The move came after Attorney General
Luisa Ortega on Thursday mounted a
separate challenge in the Supreme Court
against President Nicolas Maduros efforts
to rewrite the constitution, in a sign of divi-
sion within the government camp.
Various opponents of Maduro also
went to the court on Friday to try to add
their names to the list of plaintiffs in that
Myanmar
Ships scour crash site
Mass funeral held
DAWEI, Myanmar, June 10, (Agen-
cies): Myanmar navy ships battled
high winds on Saturday as they
scoured the storm-whipped Anda-
man sea for wreckage from a military
plane crash, bringing another body to
shore as scores remained missing.
The Chinese-made Shaanxi Y8
aircraft was carrying 122 people, in-
cluding children and other relatives
of servicemen, when it disappeared
while ying along Myanmars south-
ern coast on Wednesday.
Navy vessels and local shing
trawlers have fought erce monsoon
weather as they search for bodies and
traces of the plane.
A military vessel pulled another
corpse from the waves on Saturday
morning, bringing the number of re-
trieved dead to 33 as the search effort
stretched into a fourth day.
A military ship retrieved a new
dead body, the army chiefs ofce
said in a statement.
One mans remains were also found
late Friday while most of the other bod-
ies were brought to shore on Thursday
before severe monsoon weather set in,
hampering search efforts.
Hundreds of distraught relatives
have ocked to Dawei for mass cre-
mation ceremonies, with desperate
families waiting for news of those
still unaccounted for, as hopes fade
of nding survivors.
There has been no ofcial explanation
for the cause of the crash, one of several
deadly incidents involving Myanmar
military aircraft in recent years.
lawsuit, but found the tribunal closed and
Opposition lawmaker Delsa Solorzano
told reporters that armed government sup-
porters beat her group as it was leaving.
Clashes at daily protests by demonstra-
Temer Maduro
While monsoon season brings an-
nual bouts of rainy weather, there
were no reports of major storms
along the planes ight path when
it disappeared while ying from the
southern city of Myeik to Yangon,
Myanmars commercial hub.
China, as a friendly neighbour,
shares Myanmars sorrow over the
incident, President Xi Jinping told his
counterpart U Htin Kyaw in a condo-
lence message, state news agency Xi-
nhua said late on Friday.
Xi mourned the dead and extend-
ed sincere sympathy to the govern-
ment and people of Myanmar, espe-
cially the families of the victims, the
agency added.
Earlier, heartbroken relatives gath-
ered Friday for the funeral rites of the
rst victims of a military plane crash
off Myanmars southern coast, as
search teams battled heavy rains and
churning waves to nd scores more southwestern city of Baidoa, where tens
people presumed lost at sea.
Most of the dead retrieved from the
Andaman Sea so far have been wom-
en and children after a fraught search
by navy ships, planes and helicopters
hampered by sweeping rains.
Hundreds gathered in a cemetery
outside Dawei town on Friday after-
noon to bid goodbye to loved ones
whose bodies had been pulled from
the water the previous day on San
Hlan beach, a two hour drive away.
Chanting from Buddhist monks
lled a hall used for the ceremonies
as 10 imsy wooden cofns were laid
out.
economic crisis have left 66 people dead
since April 1, prosecutors say. (AFP)
Mexico attack kills 6: A four-month-
old baby and a 17-year-old boy were
among six people shot dead Friday at a
house near the Mexican resort of Acapulco,
authorities said.
Gunmen burst into the house in the small
southern town of San Pedro Cacahuatepec
and riddled it with gunre, according to
emergency ofcials.
Three women and a man were also killed
in the hail of bullets. Three children were
wounded ages one, eight and 11.
Local media reports said some of the
victims were from the same family.
Some witnesses blamed the attack on a
vigilante group called the Union of Towns
and Organizations of Guerrero State, or
UPOEG. (AFP)
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16
Africa
US opposes UN resolution: The United
States is opposing a French-drafted UN
resolution that would authorize military ac-
tion by ve countries in Africas vast Sahel
region against extremist groups.
Frances UN Ambassador Francois
Delattre says the African Union and the
ve countries Mali, Burkina Faso,
Mauritania, Niger and Chad have asked
for Security Council authorization for the
force. He said this would be the best tool
to combat extrem-
ism in the region.
France circu-
lated a revised
council resolution
Friday that would
authorize the force
from the so-called
Group of Five or
G5, and wants a
vote, hopefully
next week.
But a US ofcial
says that while the Delattre
Trump administration supports the force
in principle as a potentially important
example of African efforts to ght extrem-
ism, it doesnt believe a Security Council
resolution is legally necessary for its
deployment. (AP)
Ghana fears mob justice: An off-
duty soldier in Ghana who was lynched
while out running was laid to rest with full
state honours on Friday, in a case that has
sparked fears about the growing menace
of mob justice.
Maxwell Mahama was beaten and burnt
to death near the central city of Kumasi on
May 29, after locals mistook him for a rob-
ber because he was wearing sports clothing
and carrying a pistol.
The brutal attack on the 31-year-old
described as a heinous crime by Presi-
dent Nana Akufo-Addo was captured
on lm and the horric images and video
shared on social media. (AFP)
3 UN peacekeepers killed: Militants
on Thursday killed three United Nations
peacekeepers in an attack outside their base
in Kidal in northern Mali, the UN said in a
statement on Friday.
UN soldiers face frequent attacks from
desert fighters who have regrouped since
a French-led military operation in 2013
to drive them out of Malis northern
towns.
More than 100 peacekeepers have died
in recent months, making it the most deadly
UN mission to date. (RTRS)
14 killed in Somalia: At least 14
people, most of them civilians, were
killed Friday as soldiers clashed over
food aid in drought-ravaged Somalias
of thousands of people have streamed in
seeking assistance.
The ghting broke out at a distribution
site after some soldiers tried to steal food
sacks meant for displaced people and other
soldiers guarding the aid stopped them,
said police Col Isaq Hassan.
At least 20 people were injured. Some
were in critical condition, a nurse at
Baidoas main hospital, Mohamed Ahmed,
told The Associated Press. (AP)
Villagers throats slit: Boko Haram
have slit the throats of four Nigerian vil-
lagers in revenge for the arrest of a senior
member of the jihadist group, residents told
AFP on Friday.
Ten gunmen on motorbikes stormed the
northeastern Cameroonian border village of
Hambagda near Gwoza, once the capital of
Boko Harams self-announced caliphate,
on Thursday before kidnapping six people
and killing four others.
They asked people to assemble but ev-
eryone started running towards the bush,
said local resident Usman Buba. (AFP)
Graft charges against Zuma: South
Africas leftist opposition party on Friday
laid graft charges against President Jacob
Zuma and his new nance minister over the
acquisition of locomotives by the state rail
company ve years ago.
Economic Freedom Fighters Party
(EFF) leader Julius Malema opened the
case against minister Malusi Gigaba at
a Johannesburg police station, alleging
corruption in the purchase of locomo-
tives for the state rail firm Transnet in
2012. (AFP)

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World News Roundup
An Emergency Intervention Team specialised in marine pollution, place an absorbent boom to prevent water pollution, on a beach of Assinie, on June 9, during a simulation of an oil spill, as part of the World Oceans Day. (AFP)
Energy
Indias green in doubt
Solar power price
slump a bad news
NEW DELHI, June 10, (AFP): Solar power prices in
India have hit rock bottom, but it is not all good news
for the electricity-starved country as the phenomenon has
hit investor condence and threatens the countrys effort
to push its green credentials. Cut-throat competition has
driven prices down to unsustainable levels, undermining
the booming sectors viability, according to experts.
After the United States withdrew from the Paris cli-
mate deal last week, India said
it would stick to its huge renew-
able energy programme.
India is the headquarters of
an international solar energy al-
liance and Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi is keen to reinforce
the notoriously polluted coun-
trys green credentials.
But the price slump could
hinder Indias efforts to meet
its solar energy goals and limit
temperature-raising emissions.
Modi Delays in generating more
electricity also mean that nearly 250 million Indians
without power will remain in darkness, analysts said. In-
dian authorities hold regular auctions for power supply
companies and the most recent, in May, saw a bid of 2.44
rupees less than four US cents per kilowatt hour.
That was a record low for India at a fth of the price at
the start of the decade and energy minister Piyush Goyal
called it a step to a green future.
The price is cheaper than for coal-powered electricity,
which overwhelmingly dominates the power grid.
However, the effect of the falling cost of solar mod-
ules, cheaper nancing, aggressive competition and a
surplus power supply in some states has been to unleash
chaos, with companies and state governments clamour-
ing for suppliers to match the new, low prices.
Prices have come down too much, too soon and that
doesnt bode well for the overall health of the sector,
said Vinay Rustagi, managing director of renewable en-
ergy consultancy Bridge to India.
In the past 17 months, tariffs are down nearly 50 per-
cent and this is leading to buyers remorse for projects
already built and under development, he added.
Chance
Theres a reasonable chance that these projects will
face some trouble in the future.
Modi turned to renewable energy to meet the vast
needs of an economy that grew by 7.1 percent last year.
The government has set an ambitious target of har-
vesting 100,000 megawatts of solar power by 2022
but has installed just 12,500 MW so far.
Of Indias 329,000 MW of installed capacity, 67 per-
cent comes from coal and gas. The rest is a combination
of nuclear and renewables including, hydro, wind and
solar. India is the fastest growing of the worlds major
economies and needs uninterrupted electricity to main-
tain its expansion.
It also needs renewable energy to meet its 2015 Paris
commitment to reduce emissions relative to gross do-
mestic product by up to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005
levels.
The state governments of Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh
and Haryana have refused to sign purchase agreements
to buy power at the rates of 4-5.50 rupees a unit reached
at auction over the past year, hoping to secure a cheaper
deal.
This is creating uncertainty, said Rustagi.
Ethically we shouldnt do that, said Sanjay Sharma,
general manager at the state-run Solar Energy Corpora-
tion of India which conducted the latest auctions.
He warned that the government could lose the con-
dence of the foreign bidder who is investing in India.
Critics also question if the new contract winners can
provide low price electricity and remain viable.
A day after India saw its new cheap solar prices, Am-
plus Solar founder Sanjeev Aggarwal was bombarded by
clients asking him to slash rates to match the new prices.
People are falling over each other to grab a piece of
the pie, but the question is if they can ever deliver at these
rates, Aggarwal told AFP.
In this le photograph taken on May
16, 2017, Indian labourers install so-
lar panels at a site in Greater Noida,
some 45 kms east of the capital New
Delhi. Solar power prices in India
have hit rock bottom, but it is not all
good news for the electricity-starved
country as the phenomenon has hit
investor condence and threatens the
countrys effort to push its green cre-
dentials. (AFP)
Merkel Trump
Discovery
Mushroom fossil discovered: Scien-
tists have discovered a rare 115-million-
year-old mushroom fossil that sprouted
during the era of the dinosaurs, the oldest
such specimen found by far.
The two-inch (ve-centimeter) fungus,
similar to its distant contemporary descend-
ants, was found in Brazil, then part of the
supercontinent Gondwana.
The enormous landmass later broke up
to form South America, Africa, Antarctica,
India and Australia.
Studying the fossil under an electron mi-
croscope, scientists found that the ancient
mushroom had gills under its cap as well as
spores, which help identify fungus species,
said Sam Heads, a paleontologist with the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
who co-authored the study in the June 7
issue of the journal PLOS One.
The scientists called the specimen
Gondwanagaricites magnicus in a nod cate of the Paris accord, must stay true to
to its place of origin.
After falling into a river possibly dur-
ing a ood, the fungus was carried into a
lagoon where it was buried under sediment
and fossilized, a scenario backed up by fos-
sils of insects and plants found at the same
location. (AFP)
Merkel mustering G20 supports:
Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking to
bolster support among G20 members for
tackling climate change ahead of a summit
in Hamburg next month, while trying to
avoid giving the impression she is rallying
an anti-U.S. alliance, German government
sources say.
Merkel is ready for dissent at the meet-
ing, however, after U.S. President Donald
Trumps withdrawal from a global climate
change agreement, they said.
Merkel told an audience in Argentina on
Friday that as host of the G20, she would
have to be up front about differences if all
20 highly industrialised countries failed to
see eye to eye on climate and other issues,
as the nal communique requires unani-
mous consent.
There will be issues where not every-
one gets what we want, Merkel said, a
Environment
Trump wages fight against regulations, not climate change
US backs UN call to protect oceans
UNITED NATIONS, June 10, (AP):
The 193 UN member nations issued an
urgent call for action Friday to reverse
the decline in the health and productiv-
ity of the worlds oceans with the
United States backing the action plan
but rejecting its support for the Paris
agreement to tackle climate change.
Ministers and diplomats burst into
applause as the nal document was
gaveled to approval by consensus at
the end of the rst-ever UN conference
on oceans.
It recognizes the critical importance
of the worlds seas to the future of
the planet: Covering three-quarter of
the Earth, they supply nearly half the
oxygen that we breathe, absorb over a
quarter of the carbon dioxide we pro-
duce, provide food, and play key roles
in water cycles and the climate system.
The government leaders called on
people and organizations everywhere
to take action to reverse the threats
from plastic garbage, illegal and exces-
sive shing, rising sea levels that could
wipe out small islands, and increasing
acidity of ocean water that is killing
marine life.
While the call for action was
unanimously approved, countries are
allowed to express reservations af-
terward. Egypt and Russia also disso-
ciated their governments from specic
provisions, but the United States was
the only country to oppose the Paris
accord. And when France and the Eu-
ropean Union spoke after the US and
urged implementation of the climate
deal, they received loud applause.
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State David Balton, who is in charge
of oceans and sheries, noted Presi-
dent Donald Trumps announcement
on June 1 that the United States will
withdraw from the Paris agreement or
renegotiate US participation, which
has already been rejected by other
countries.
clear nod to Trumps move to pull out of
the 2015 Paris accord to combat climate
change days after refusing to endorse it at
summits in Europe.
At the same time, Merkel, a strong advo-
change, trade and other issues.
her views at home, where she is seeking a
fourth term in ofce in September national
Police removes environmental activists blocking logging machines to stop cut-
ting the trees of the Bialowieza forest in Czerlonka, Poland on June 8. (AFP)
But Balton said the US remains
committed to work inside and outside
the UN to address threats to the ocean
and to promote its conservation and
sustainable management for this and
future generations.
General Assembly President Peter
Thomson, a veteran diplomat from
Fiji, said his goal for the ve-day con-
ference was to start the reversal of the
decline of the oceans.
I am 100 percent satised, he said.
From this point onward nobody can
say they are unaware. The bar has been
raised on global consciousness and
awareness.
Thomson stressed when asked why
there was no serious ghting over the
call for action that the ocean is the
common heritage of mankind and re-
storing its health is a great challenge
of our time.
Dying
If its dying, its dying on all of
us, he said. When it comes to the
ocean theres no them and us. Its all
of us or nothing.
The call for action, while not legally
binding, urges all stakeholders to
take a series of urgent actions to heal
the oceans.
Meanwhile, while President Donald
Trumps beliefs about global warming
remain something of a mystery, his ac-
tions make one thing clear: He doesnt
consider it a problem for the federal
government to solve.
Trumps recent decision to pull out
of the Paris climate deal was just his
latest rapid-re move to weaken or dis-
mantle federal initiatives to reduce car-
bon emissions, which scientists say are
heating the planet to levels that could
have disastrous consequences.
Trump is waging war against efforts
to curb US dependence on fossil fu-
els. Hes done that through executive
orders targeting climate change pro-
elections and where Trump remains deeply
unpopular.
During visits to Argentina and Mexico,
Merkel highlighted her shared views with
the leaders of both countries on climate
Germany is looking for allies on issues
that are important to us, Merkel said
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grams and regulations, massive pro-
posed spending cuts and key appoint-
ments such as Scott Pruitt as chief of
the Environmental Protection Agency.
To what degree Trump will succeed
remains to be seen. Despite the fanfare
of his Paris announcement, including a
pledge that his administration will halt
all work on it, formally removing the
US from the accord could take more
than three years. Rescinding the Clean
Power Plan, president Barack Obamas
signature measure to curb emissions
from coal-red power plants, likely
would require three years. Trumps
budget, which would slash funding
for climate research and assistance to
cities preparing for weather-related
calamities, needs approval from Con-
gress, where resistance is strong.
Still, the sharp change in course
is being felt in ways large and small,
down to the scrubbing of climate
change information from federal
agency websites. Environmentalists
are predictably outraged. Even some
Republicans are taken aback.
This is a repudiation of 45 years
of steady improvement in the enforce-
ment and rigor of laws to protect the
environment in the US, said William
K. Reilly, who led the EPA under
president George H.W. Bush and is
chairman emeritus of the World Wild-
life Fund.
Trumps administration reversed
Obamas moratorium on leasing fed-
eral lands for coal mining, joined with
Congress to kill protections of streams
from coal mining waste, stopped track-
ing the federal governments carbon
emissions and withdrew a requirement
for more emissions data from oil and
gas facilities. A rollback of automobile
fuel-economy standards is under con-
sideration. His proposed 2018 budget
would cut climate and energy research
spending in numerous agencies, in-
cluding a two-thirds reduction at EPA.
after a meeting with Argentine President
Mauricio Macri.
German magazine Der Spiegel reported
on Saturday that her staff have drawn up
a 13-page paper for the July G20 summit
that includes specic references to the 2015
Paris agreement - setting up a potential
showdown with Trump.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
has suggested striking out the references to
enable Trump to sign the communique, the
magazine reported. (RTRS)
3 detained over waste dumped:
China has detained three people suspected
to be responsible for the discharge into a
river of industrial waste water containing
180 times the maximum safe amount of
zinc, state news agency Xinhua said on
Saturday.
The detentions of a factory owner and
two managers followed an inspection in
Linhai city, in the eastern coastal province
of Zhejiang, that revealed the dumping of
unprocessed waste water by a plant making
auto repair tools, Xinhua said.
It cited an unnamed city ofcial as say-
ing the water, used for metal polishing and
surface treatment, showed excessive levels
of zinc, bronze and nickel, with the zinc
content at more than 180 times the limit.
The three suspects face charges of
polluting the environment, and could be
jailed for up to seven years if convicted, the
agency added. (RTRS)
 Chinese animation gets Annecy fest tribute

Hwood seeks to scare new gen with shark thriller

LOS ANGELES, June 10, (Agencies): More than 40 years ago, Ameri-
cans were afraid to go into the water as Jaws scared the daylights out
of a generation of ocean swimmers. Hollywood is hoping for a repeat
this summer with the movie 47 Meters Down.
There have been more than 50 shark movies since Steven Spielberg
made cinematic history with Jaws in 1975.
This years shark movie, which will open in the US on June 16, takes
place almost entirely under water.
Sisters Lisa and Kate played by Mandy Moore and Claire Holt
are on vacation in the Gulf of California, and it becomes clear that
they should avoid climbing aboard a imsy boat belonging to Taylor
Film
other boys on the boat, he said.
Imagine if in Gravity, you kept cutting to ground control. It would
have killed the movie, he said, referring to the 2013 Oscar-winning
lm about astronauts stranded in space.
Deep
For the lm, Moore and Holt therefore spent eight hours a day for
eight weeks inside a six-meter deep water tank.
47 Meters Down was lmed mainly in sun-deprived Britain, far
from Mexicos bright Pacic coast. A few scenes were made in the
Dominican Republic.
hippo than attacked by a shark, said Modine, who has been diving
since he was a teenager.
The chances of being attacked by a shark are nearly one in four mil-
lion, according to the International Wildlife Museum based in Tucson,
Arizona.
And yet, a large mouthful of sharp teeth and fear of the deep sea add
up to shark bait for Hollywood producers.
Also:
LOS ANGELES: The Annecy Intl Animation Film Festival (June 12-17)
will this year honor China, featuring a program of modern and histori-

(Matthew Modine).
They also probably should not get inside Taylors rusty shark cage to
plunge into the water and observe the predators up close.
Modines character attracts the sharks by pouring blood into the water
before the cage breaks away from the boat and drops to the ocean oor.
The two young women with little diving experience nd themselves
in the dark with less than an hour of air in their oxygen tanks sur-
rounded, of course, by hungry sharks.
What I found far more terrifying is the prospect and premise of
drowning, of running out of air, Moore told reporters.
Thats my biggest fear. Thats far more terrifying than sharks,
which are terrifying enough.
Director Johannes Roberts decided that once the women plunged
into the ocean there was no need for scenes on the surface.
I had no interest in going back to reaction shots with Taylor and the
We didnt realize how physically taxing it was going to be, all that
time under water, Moore said.
In that sense we were kind of Guinea pigs because no one knew
what effect eight weeks everyday under water would have.
An especially large diving mask was designed so viewers could bet-
ter see Moore and Holts facial reactions.
The actresses could communicate via a special radio set, but communi-
cation with the rest of the lm crew was via hand signs, while the directors
instructions were delivered through a speaker inside the water tank.
I was pretty nervous, said Holt. But we had great people taking
care of us.
Last year, just 81 unprovoked shark attacks were reported world-
wide, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF).
None were reported in Mexico.
We have a better chance of getting hit by lightning or eaten by a
cal Chinese shorts and features and hosting a delegation led by China
Media Capital. The timing of the tribute is apt, coming at a potential
inection point for the Chinese industry, as the rst output emerges
from a pack of newly formed feature animation ventures.
Despite Chinas ongoing transition from outsourcing destination to
original creator over the past decade, when domestic live-action lms
accelerated into box ofce overdrive in 2012, the storytelling decien-
cies, low production values and childish content that characterized
much of Chinas animation in the manufacturing years, still lingered.
For ambitious studios and creators, though, solving the quality is-
sues and winning over a skeptical audience was merely a speed bump
in the road to riches. A burgeoning middle class, mushrooming theat-
ers, digital platforms and theme parks, a highly integrated e-commerce
ecosystem and a dearth of domestic IP were presenting unprecedented
opportunities to create, distribute and monetize content.

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This image released by A24 shows Janet McTeer in a scene from The Exception released in US theatres on June 2. (AP)

Film

Palme dOr winner Ostlund unveils new project

LOS ANGELES: Tom Cruises
The Mummy unwrapped $2.7
million on Thursday night at 3,015
sites in North America.
The Mummy expands to 4,034
domestic locations on Friday amid
Beatriz gives voice to immigrants
expectations in the range of $35
million to $40 million in its opening LOS ANGELES, June 10, (Agencies): The culture Girl and Enlightened) knew when he came up with the smooth exit out of the fashion biz.
weekend. Its momentum heading clash drama Beatriz at Dinner wasnt written about idea. They went straight to Hayek with it. The two protagonists face different complications:
into the weekend has been slowed Donald Trump, but Salma Hayek understands why you Salmas personality is so perfect for portraying what The male model suddenly starts balding and sees his
by a slew of negative reviews in might think it was. its like to be an immigrant. She has a huge heart, shes prospects shrink, while the female model is a lesbian
recent days, earning it a Rotten To- In the lm, Hayek plays a Mexican healer who nds extremely intelligent and hardworking and she is not and spurns rich mens lavish offers.
matoes score of just 20% and only herself at an intimate dinner party with her wealthy cli- afraid to tell the truth. Her personality really matched In the modeling industry, people start looking for an
9% among top critics. ents and their wealthier friends including a ruthless Beatriz, Arteta said. We are hardworking, smart and exit at a very young age, but for men its harder to use
Alex Kurtzman directed real estate developer played by John Lithgow. They compassionate people as a whole. And she has all of their looks to secure a stable nancial future. Female
The Mummy and Cruise plays clash over the environment, hunting, immigration, that in droves. models, meanwhile, often have the option to marry
SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017

a freelance treasure hunter who
resurrects an ancient, evil Egyp-
tian princess, portrayed by Soa
Boutella. She wreaks destruction
via her vast supernatural powers
with sandstorms and an army of
the undead in Iraq and London.
Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson,
Courtney B. Vance, and Russell
Crowe also star. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: Sundance Selects
has bought US rights to Jeff Un-
ays documentary and directorial
feature debut The Cage Fighter,
Variety has learned exclusively.
The mixed martial arts lm pre-
miered in April at the San Francisco
International Film Festival as one of
the ve movies in its new Launch
section, selected with the intention
of helping the titles nd distribution.
Unay directed from his own
script and shot The Cage
Fighter. James Orara produced
and Andrea Meditch served as
the executive producer.
The lm focuses on Joe Carman,
a blue-collar Washington State
boilermaker and master plumber, a
loving father and husband who is
unable to cope with stresses at home
and an ongoing custody battle. He
escapes back into the ghting cage
to heal himself and come to terms
with his past. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: Chinese
moviegoers have offered a warm
welcome to Tom Cruises horror-
actioner The Mummy.
The movie opened to $18.7 mil-
lion on Friday the biggest rst
day for a Cruise movie in China.
The Mummy generated
$20.5 million from more than 33
international markets that opened
on Wednesday and Thursday. It de-
buted in Russia to $1.6 million and
a 62% market share on Thursday for
the biggest Cruise opening day ever.
It launched in Brazil with
$526,000 on Thursday also the
biggest Cruise debut day in that
money, greed rst politely, and then not so.
Remember, this script was written before Trump,
Hayek said recently. But the genius of (screenwriter)
Mike White is that in his astute observation of human-
ity, he borders on fortune teller.
When the lm premiered at the Sundance Film Festi-
val in January, amid the Womens March and the Inau-
guration, no headline could resist the Trump-ian com-
parison, either in direct reference to Lithgows Doug
Strutt, a bullish capitalist who mistakes Beatriz for the
help and then doubles down on the insults, or just the
general tone of unease and divide at this dinner table.
Its now playing in limited release.
Although Donald Trump wasnt president when the
script was conceived, he was emerging on the national
stage. White wrote it in the summer of 2015.
It was an amalgamation of things that were frustrat-
ing (White). It was around the time when the dentist
killed that lion in Africa and the same time that Donald
Trump decided to run and said those awful things about
Mexicans, said director Miguel Arteta. It was born
from the idea of being at a dinner party where some-
body was going to say, Im going to go kill a rare ani-
mal. How would I handle that?
That Trump went from candidate to commander in
chief by the time the lm was nished and happens to
embody some of the qualities of the main antagonist
is, Arteta thinks, a sign of the times, although he and
White did want to make sure to give all characters a
fair voice.
(Lithgows) character really believes in what hes
doing, Arteta said. The tragedy in life is everyone has
good reasons for what they do, even the people who are
abusing power.
Arteta, who is from Puerto Rico, wanted to represent
the feeling of being an outsider, or an immigrant, em-
bodied in Beatriz. He and Hayek had been trying to work
together for years, which is something White (who has
collaborated with Arteta on Chuck & Buck, The Good
market.
With a $125 million budget,
The Mummy will need to
perform strongly overseas to see
a prot. Its launching in 63 inter-
national markets this weekend and
already saw a record opening in
Korea on Monday. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: Perhaps no living Cruise
a very rich guy, unless theyre not into men, like our
Unconcerned female protagonist, said Ostlund, who acknowledged
Hayek was excited about her character and how un- that he was alerted to the topic by his girlfriend, a fash-
concerned she is with the class divide (while everyone ion photographer.
else at the dinner table ranges from falsely ingratiating Ostlund told Variety that the new lm will use satire
to downright rude). to create a warm portrait of people trying to deal with a
Shes really trying to look at them and gure out who
cynical industry and show the extent to which econom-
they are. And theyre not interested in seeing her, said ics are connected with looks in our society.
Hayek. I think that many immigrants will feel very close The fashion industry is the epitome of this trend -
to this. You come from a country and you try to commu- models are becoming their own brand, Ostlund said.
nicate, to participate, to understand, to absorb and many The bulk of the lm will take place in a luxurious
times you feel like they do not want you there. yacht hotel and other international locations. Like The
Its a performance that has been earning Hayek raves, Square, Triangle of Sadness will partly be shot in
and even some early Oscar buzz. Arteta just hopes that English. Ostlund said he was keeping his options open
audiences see how wonderful Salma is. to cast the best actors regardless of their nationalities.
Its a sign of our very bad times that she doesnt No matter how famous you are, no one will get a part
get more leading roles, he added. Shes a wonderful without doing a test lming, he said.
actress. The director, who is represented by WME, will again
be producing via his own Goteborg-based outt Plat-
The lm can be an uncomfortable squirm-fest at times,
as the wine keeps owing and conversations get more tform Produktion. Erik Hemmendorff, co-founder of
tense and urgent. But that crisis feeling is intentional. Plattform, will be producing the lm. Ostlund said he
We dont want to offer solutions to ponticate or was also looking forward to re-teaming with Philippe
not make you feel not so bad, Arteta said. We wanted Bober at the Coproduction Ofce for co-production
to make a movie that says, Dont you sometimes feel and international sales.
hopeless and frustrated with all the evidence of how we The Square will be released in US by Magnolia,
are destroying our childrens future? and just leave it which will orchestrate the lms awards campaign in
at that. And you can say, Yeah I feel that way too. the States. The failure of Ostlunds Force Majeure to
score an Oscar nomination two years ago was so devas-
Also: tating to him that he decided to make a video capturing
LOS ANGELES: After winning the Palme dOr at last his and Hemmendorffs disappointment, which he has
months Cannes Film Festival with The Square, just released, Ostlund told Variety.
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund is turning his atten- He has now also created a short video called What
tion to Triangle of Sadness, a satire set against the Its Like to Win the Palme dOr, which was lmed
backdrop of the fashion world. with cellphones throughout the day and evening of the
Triangle of Sadness which Ostlund says refers awards ceremony in Cannes.
to a term used by plastic surgeons to x a wrinkle be- Reecting on the award, Ostlund said he was particu-
tween the eyes with Botox in 15 minutes follows larly happy that the Cannes jury acknowledged a lm
two high-prole models who are approaching the twi- that dealt with serious topics through dark humor rather
light of their modeling careers and are searching for a than conventional drama.
actress possesses more cinematic an uptight playwright who captures funny is because shes unvain,
cool than Diane Keaton. From the affection of perennial bachelor says Amanda Peet, who played
her iconic Oscar-winning turn Jack Nicholson in Nancy Meyers Keatons daughter in Somethings
as Woody Allens ditsy shikse Somethings Gotta Give, Keaton, Gotta Give. I dont think she was
conquest in Annie Hall, trilling who was honored with an AFI Life ever interested in being cool even
la-di-da and inspiring an entire Achievement Award on June 8 at though, probably to her dismay,
generation of women to don khaki Hollywoods Dolby Theatre, is this made her the coolest. Its hard
trousers and mens neckties, to sharp-witted, self-deprecating, neu- to say which I admire the most: her
playing a snooty journalist with a rotic and insightful. In short, Keaton fashion sense, or her acting. On top
disdain for Ingmar Bergman in is the thinking persons movie star. of everything else, shes also kind.
Keaton Allens Manhattan, to her role as Part of the reason shes so (RTRS)

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Heyman dead
Versatile actress
Headly dies at 62
LOS ANGELES, June 10, (Agencies): Emmy-nomi-
nated actress Glenne Headly has died at age 62, Va-
riety has conrmed.
It is with deep sorrow that we conrm the passing
of Glenne Headly, her reps said in a statement. We
ask that her familys privacy be respected in this dif-
cult time.
The lm, television actress, and theater actress was
known for starring alongside Warren Beatty in 1990s
Dick Tracy as Tess Trueheart. She was nominat-
ed for an Emmy for her role in the 1989 miniseries
Lonesome Dove, as well as the 1996 Showtime lm
adaptation of Carolina. She was in production on
the Seth Rogen-Evan Goldberg produced Hulu com-
edy series Future Man at the
time of her death.
Future Man producer Sony
Pictures Television said Head-
lys role would not be recast
but that she would remain in the
episodes completed so far. The
series revolves around a jani-
tor and gamer by night who is
recruited by mysterious visitors
to travel through time in order to
prevent the extinction of human-
Headly ity. Future Man, which stars
Ed Begley Jr., Eliza Coupe and
Josh Hutcherson, is now lensing in Los Angeles.
We are saddened by the sudden loss of Glenne
Headly. Our deepest condolences go out to her family
and friends. She was an incredible talent and will be
missed, Sony said in a statement.
Headlys career began on the stage, when she was
an originating member of Chicagos renowned Step-
penwolf Theatre Company. She went on to marry
fellow ensemble member John Malkovich in 1982,
though the pair divorced in 1988. She made her fea-
ture lm debut in the 1981 dramedy Four Friends. In
2016, she appeared in Stage Kiss at the Geffen Play-
house in Los Angeles; her other theater performances
included Arms and the Man, with Malkovich direct-
ing and Aunt Dan and Lemon, directed by Wallace
Shawn in London.
She followed that role up with appearances in lms
like Doctor Detroit, Fandango, and Woody Allens
The Purple Rose of Cairo. In 1988, she landed a star-
ring role in the comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels oppo-
site Steve Martin and Michael Caine. She would partner
with Martin again in the 1996 comedy Sgt. Bilko. She
also starred in the Oscar-nominated drama Mr. Hol-
lands Opus as the wife of Richard Dreyfuss titular
character and played Lindsay Lohans mother in Con-
fessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.
On the television side, she played Dr. Abby Keaton
in Season 3 of ER, and had a starring role in the
short-lived NBC comedy series Encore! Encore!
Recently, she appeared in the HBO miniseries The
Night Of, as well as the feature drama The Circle
along with Emma Watson and Tom Hanks.
She is survived by her husband Byron McCulloch
and son Stirling.
Headly was a versatile, very serious actress with a
gift for comedy. Thats how Anna D. Shapiro, artistic
director of Chicagos Steppenwolf Theatre Co., re-
membered the theaters longtime ensemble member,
who died Friday at the age of 62.
Film producer and nancier John Heyman, who
founded inuential British agency International Artists
and the World Group Companies, died Friday in New
York, his family told Variety via statement. He was 84.
John Heyman passed away in his sleep today, Fri-
day the 9th of June, the statement read.
His son, David Heyman, is the producer of the
Harry Potter lms, among many others.
Heymans World Film Sales pioneered the foreign
pre-sales of lms on a territory by territory basis.
John Heyman produced lms including The Go-
Between (1971), family sci- lm D.A.R.Y.L.
(1985) and The Jesus Film (1979). He was also an
uncredited executive producer on David Leans 1984
E.M. Forster adaptation A Passage to India.
Over the course of his career he arranged nancing
of more than $3 billion to co-nance lms including
Awakenings and The Odessa File (at Columbia),
Edward Scissorhands, Home Alone and The
Rocky Horror Picture Show (Fox), Victor/Victo-
ria and Trail of the Pink Panther (MGM), Black
Rain, Chinatown, Grease, Heaven Can Wait, still evaluating whether to have him take
Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Marathon Man, Sat-
urday Night Fever and Star Trek: The Motion Pic-
ture (Paramount), Greystoke: The Legend of Tar-
zan, Lord of the Apes (Warner Bros.) and The Man
Who Would Be King (Allied Artists).
Heymans International Artists Agency, at the time
the largest independent artists agency outside the US,
repped top talent including Elizabeth Taylor and
Richard Burton, but in 1961 IAA launched the sub-
sidiary World Film Sales, which ushered in a hugely
important innovation for the movie industry when it
became the rst company to pre-sell and license lms
territory by territory.
Heyman pioneered structured nancing in 1962 be-
cause, while vehicles for Elizabeth Taylor were easy
to set up, he needed money for lms that would fea-
ture working actors like Trevor Howard and Jack
Hawkins.
World Film Sales was sold to ITC in 1973. Eventu-
ally Heyman built up what would be called the World
Group of Companies Limited, through which, over the
span of more than four decades, he served as producer,
co-producer, packager, co-nancier, and/or distributor
of numerous lms that have grossed a total of more
than $7 billion.
Cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp, who won
an Oscar for The Towering Inferno and was also
nominated for shooting Patton and Islands in the
Stream, died May 31.
His daughter Kathy Guyitt and the American Soci-
ety of Cinematographers conrmed his death.
Both Patton and Islands in the Stream were di-
rected by Franklin J. Schaffner, for whom he also
shot Papillon and later Yes, Giorgio.
His work included memorable lms of the 1970s
such as Billy Jack, Beyond the Valley of the
Dolls, Kansas City Bomber, Uptown Saturday
Night, and The Amityville Horror.
Koenekamp received the Lifetime Achievement
Award from the ASC in 2005.
He was born in Los Angeles, where his father, Hans
F. Koenekamp, was a Hollywood cinematographer
and special effects expert. After starting out as a lm
loader at RKO, he moved up through the ranks and
eventually became director of photography for several
seasons of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Chloe Sevigny (from left), Salma Hayek, John Lithgow and Connie Britton attend a Beatriz at Dinner screening, hosted by The Cinema Society and Gucci, at
Actress Kristin Chenoweth (left), and
actress/singer Jennifer Hudson at-
tend the Hairspray Live! FYC Event
at the Television Academy on June 9
in North Hollywood, California. (AFP)
Polanski Franklin
Variety
NORRISTOWN, Pa: Entertainer Bill Cos-
by didnt answer when asked the question
so many want to know, but his spokesman
dangled the possibility.
Cosby might testify at his sexual assault
trial. Spokesman Andrew Wyatt told
reporters on Friday that Cosbys team was
livelihood he knows is making char-
the witness stand.
Legal experts, however, say putting
the 79-year-old on the stand would be
an enormous risk as he ghts charges he
drugged and violated Andrea Constand
at his suburban Philadelphia home in
2004. Cosby has said the encounter was
consensual. (AP)
LOS ANGELES: Roman Polanskis sexual
assault victim made an impassioned plea
Friday to end the fugitive directors four-
decade legal saga, saying she felt more
abused by the legal justice system than by
the man who she said drugged, raped her
when she was 13.
The trauma of the ordeal that followed
was so great that, you know, the brief
encounter with him that evening that was
unpleasant just faded and paled, Saman-
tha Geimer said outside a courtroom in
Los Angeles Superior Court. It just wasnt
as traumatic for me as everybody would
like to believe it was. (AP)
DETROIT: Aretha Franklins hometown
of Detroit has named a street after her.
A section of Madison Street, between
Brush and Witherell, was named Aretha
Franklin Way for The Queen of Soul on
Thursday. The area is at the heart of a
performing arts district that includes the
Detroit Opera House.
Franklin told a crowd gathered at the
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
that she knew she would get weepy by
the honor.
The 75-year-old Franklin thanked the
Detroit City Council for the honor, which
she called magnicent. She went on to
recall her youthful days skating at the
Arcadia Ballroom and singing at the Flame
Show Bar. (AP)
NEW YORK: Ed Victor, an A-list liter-
ary agent whose colorful personality was
well-matched by such clients as Keith
Richards, Eric Clapton and Andrew
Lloyd Webber, has died.
Metrograph in New York. (AP)
Film
Hero sums up Elliotts life
Makala depicts back-breaking labor
By Maggie Lee
Sdepicting
implicity is the key to the somber
beauty of Makala, a documentary
a Congolese charcoal-maker
doing his utmost to raise his family
under penurious conditions. French
helmer-lenser Emmanuel Gras cam-
era embraces the subjects every move
with such rapt intimacy and cinematic
poetry its easy to forget this is not a
ctional drama. Reportedly the rst
documentary selected by Cannes Crit-
ics Week sidebar, the lm snatched the
Grand Prize, which should open doors
to a few select theaters, on top of its
long fest legs.
The title of the documentary lm-
makers third feature means char-
coal in Swahili, one of four major lo-
cal languages in Democratic Republic
of the Congo. Over the course of the
lm, one will get to see where that
charcoal comes from, how its made
and eventually sold. But the process is
not presented in an informative man-
ner as a National Geographic program
would. Instead, its evoked as a Hercu-
lean struggle, as in the stark cinematic
opening when Kabwita Kasongo is
seen felling a colossal tree. Gras makes
it look like a task as heroic as battling
a hydra. This is followed by a moment
of downcast musing, as if primordial
Nature is mourning the rape of a wood
nymph.
Kasongo is a 28-year-old who lives
in the town of Kolwezi in the south-
ern province of Katanga. His ambi-
tions are as basic as they are universal
to build a house for his wife Lydie
and three daughters, surrounded by
enough land to raise livestock and do
some subsistence farming. The only
by hard-nosed people throughout the
coal from chopped and slowly amed lm, and his determination seems to
rewood, a back-breaking task that
Gras observes with hallowed silence,
devoid of any superuous effects or
exposition.
By the time Kasongo stuffs the char-
coal into giant sacks and loads them
onto his bicycle to take to town, Gras
cinematography enters the realm of the
symbolic. Through a gray and ochre
cloud of dust and smog, Kasongo
pushes the bicycle uphill, a veritable
embodiment of Sisyphus. The vehicle,
keeling over under the weight, looks
Victor died Wednesday in London of a
heart attack, according to Charlie Broth-
erstone, an agent at Ed Victor Ltd. Victor
was 77 and had been battling leukemia.
A self-described shark in the water,
Victor negotiated multimillion dollar deals
Jeremy Scott, Stella Maxwell and Presley Gerber (from left), are seen at the
Moschino fashion show at MADE Fashion Festival in Los Angeles. (AP)
like the titular beast of burden in The
Turin Horse.
Incidentally, Gras use of steadi-
cam and even the plangent cello solos
composed by Gasper Claus are akin to
Belas Tarrs style in his last lm. On
this almost wordless 30-mile walk, the
camera gets so close it magnies the
pearls of sweat that glisten and dangle
from the handsome mans eyelashes.
Only once do we get a wider perspec-
tive, when the lens is pulled back to re-
veal he is not alone but among a line of
others pushing their charcoal-stacked
bicycles.
Abstract
The abstract quality of these images
is partly redressed by a humane scene
when Kasongo makes a stopover at his
sister-in-laws house to bring a pair of
new sandals for his daughter, Divine,
whos lodging there. He displays stren-
uous self-control in choosing to call on
them after his little girl has gone to
sleep, and refusing to spend the night
because he couldnt bear to see her
cry when he takes leave in the morn-
ing. That emotional strength contrasts
warmly with an earlier scene, when
he whines like a baby while Lydie ex-
tracts a splinter from his foot.
Although DRC is rich in natural
resources like diamonds and coal, dec-
ades of war have led the populous cen-
tral African countrys level of human
development to be ranked 176 out of
187 nations. Makala consciously es-
chews hard facts or gures and avoids
making any social commentary, but
the barbecued rats that make it onto
the familys dinner plate speak vol-
umes about the depleted food chain.
Yet, even as Kasongois is confronted
not getting roles anymore (only
voiceover work), is estranged from his
waver toward the end of his trip, au-
diences will come away believing that
he and his lot are not bereft of hope.
Ultimately, the lm proves its worth
by betraying a minimum of condescen-
sion or intrusiveness.
In spite of a lean budget, craft con-
tributions boast a distinct style that
benets from well-planned shoots and
clean, chronological editing by Karen
Benainous. Of particular note are night
scenes lit with a soft icker that trans-
ports the viewer to an evocative pre-
for memoirs by Richards and Clapton and
also found publishers for such top sellers as
Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to
the Galaxy series and Johanna Basfords
adult coloring books. Other client include
Pete Townshend, U2, Carl Bernstein and
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electric milieu.
Sam Elliott is thinking about the
old days. About when he was just start-
ing out in Hollywood in the late 60s
as a contract player for 20th Century
Fox, getting paid $85 a week and pay-
ing $85 a month for a little bachelor
apartment near the studio gate. About
how William Holden once took him
to get a French Dip sandwich to calm
his nerves after he froze up in a scene.
About working with Jimmy Stewart
and Slim Pickens and Ben Johnson.
Theyre stories hes told before, and
will tell again, but theres something
else going on behind that all-too-fa-
miliar baritone.
As Elliott goes down the list of the
people who helped the Saturday mati-
nee obsessed kid get his start in Holly-
wood there comes a pause after every
name and a sentence that will be re-
peated often. Who is now deceased,
the 72-year-old says matter-of-factly.
Its not that its a surprise for a man
whose career has spanned 50 years.
But this moment is different.
Blame it on The Hero.
All of these people in my past at
that period of time are gone. And I re-
ally wish they were here particular-
ly right now, Elliott says on a recent
afternoon in a sunny booth at the art
deco Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Mon-
ica. Theres something about The
Hero that sums it all up for me. If I
never worked again after this movie,
Id be good with it.
The Hero, out in limited release
Friday, is a lm that was made, liter-
ally, for Elliott. He plays Lee Hayden,
a past-his-prime Western icon, whos
adult daughter (Krysten Ritter) and
spends his days smoking weed with a
friend (Nick Offerman). Then he gets
the call he has cancer.
Its the rst time anyone has written
an entire script for Elliott, who has at-
tained icon status in his half century of
work playing strong and silent West-
ern types, and send-ups of those men,
from Virgil Earp in Tombstone to
The Stranger in The Big Lebows-
ki. And he doesnt expect that itll
ever happen again. (Agencies)
Candice Bergen. (AP)
NEW ORLEANS: Violinist and restaurant
owner Henry Helyong Lee, whose now
shuttered Korean restaurant in New Orleans
was known for operatic waiters and perfor-
mances by Lee and other musicians, is dead
at age 76.
Lee died Wednesday of heart failure.
A memorial service is planned at 5 p.m.
Saturday at Jacob Schoen and Son , funeral
director Kevin Hasson said Thursday.
For 28 years, Lee ran New Orleans rst
Korean restaurant, called Genghis Khan,
which closed in 2004. (AP)
LOS ANGELES: Moschinos modern
showgirl cant leave home without her se-
quined denim, studded platforms or feather
headdress.
Designer Jeremy Scott looked to the
iconic performer for his splashy Las
Vegas-themed collection presented Thurs-
day in Los Angeles.
Its the idea of a showgirl off-duty kind
of going home from the casino, Scott said
in an interview before his mens spring and
womens resort show. She may be just in
her jeans, but still has part of her costume
on and shes running, maybe to go get
something to eat between shows. I kind of
wanted to play with this idea and its all
with a little bit of glamour and love. (AP)

NEWS/FEATURES
Music
Hockey, country collide
U2 make their first
US fest appearance
MANCHESTER, Tenn, June 10, (Agencies): U2
turned their rst headlining appearance at a US music
festival into Bono-roo.
The Irish rockers performed a two-hour set on Fri-
day night at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in
Manchester, Tennessee, as part of their world tour cel-
ebrating the 30th anniversary of their Grammy-win-
ning The Joshua Tree album.
They played the full album,
as well as some of their other
hits, including New Years
Day and Beautiful Day,
to tens of thousands of music
fans.
Toward the end of the per-
formance, lead singer Bono
asked if they had made a mis-
take in not coming to the fes-
tival sooner, and later added,
Bono Thanks for naming it after
me.
The band kicked off their tour last month in Canada,
which hits the United Kingdom, Europe and Central
America through Oct 19.
The band has previously played the Glastonbury
Festival, but their appearance on the Bonnaroo lineup
this year was a huge get for the 16-year-old music fes-
tival.
Prior to their set, U2 guitarist The Edge received the
Les Paul Spirit Award in a presentation from the Les
Paul Foundation on the festival grounds. The Edge,
whose name is David Evans, called Paul an inventor
and innovator who pioneered advances in electric gui-
tars and recording.
I owe him a great debt of gratitude not only for the
contributions he made to music, but in terms of his
contributions to the technology, Evans said.
Hours before the band took to the stage, fans lined
up to get a place close to the stage. Many held signs
detailing the rst time they had seen U2 play.
The political nature of the album, which was in-
spired by the bands fascination with America, was
reected on the giant screens behind the band. The
screens showed images of female activists, scenes of
the American desert and poems from American writ-
ers. Often Bono would stop singing to let the chorus of
voices from fans complete the song.
As he ended the performance with their hit, One,
he called it a night we will never forget.
The Nashville Predators improbable run to the
Stanley Cup Finals has blurred the dividing line be-
tween music and sports, a convergence thats expect-
ed to hit a crescendo in Tennessees capital city this
weekend.
The thousands of fans in town to celebrate the an-
nual CMA Music Festival have joined with thousands
more hockey fans celebrating in the streets and hon-
key-tonks of Music City.
Nashville is a hockey town; they are crazy about
the Preds here, said country artist Darius Rucker, the
former frontman of Hootie and the Blowsh.
Its great for hockey for a Southern town to be that
much into the team and into the sport.
Anticipation
Anticipation has grown with each game over which
country music legend will sing the national anthem.
Will it be Carrie Underwood, whose husband, Mike
Fisher, is the Predators captain? Tim McGraw and/
or Faith Hill, one of Nashvilles power couples?
Maybe even Dolly Parton?
The Predators host Game 6 of the NHL Finals on
Sunday evening as the country music fest holds its
closing concert, headlined by Keith Urban and Brad
Paisley. The entertainment district between the two
venues will be packed: City ofcials expect 100,000
people to throng the downtown streets.
Country music fan Darlene Dye, who planned her
trip from Dayton, Ohio, months before the Predators
playoff run, said shes enjoyed seeing the team em-
braced by country stars.
Even the artists are like, Go Preds! And theyre
wearing their jerseys, she said. I think its a blast.
The live bands in the lower Broadway bars have
had to work their sets around game action, and Preda-
tors goals have been met with enormous cheers roar-
ing through the citys main commercial thoroughfare
from fans watching on big screens.
Ive never seen anything like this, said John Et-
tinger, a hockey fan who moved to Nashville from
New York, has been to two previous NHL Finals, and
will attend Sundays game.
The Predators have won both home games so far
but dropped all three on the Pittsburgh Penguins
home ice. Fans hope their energy can help the Preda-
tors tie up the series and set up a decisive Game 7.
Cowboy Troy, who performs with country duo Big
& Rich, said hes condent Nashville can handle the
descending on downtown Sunday.
Nashville is equipped for this, he said. Nashville
is ready for all the energy that is going on down here.
City ofcials say theyre ready, too.
Our job should be to convert the 40,000 to 45,000
out-of-towners to become Preds fans before they
leave, and the Preds fans to become CMA fans, said
Butch Spyridon, president of the Nashville Conven-
tion and Visitors Corp. This is an incredible oppor-
tunity.
Spyridon noted that the downtown events combined
with the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival about 60
miles outside Nashville require scores of support
workers, stage hands, and video and sound techni-
cians.
Sheila E. is booked. The Grammy-nominated per-
former is keeping busy by recording two albums, per-
forming shows around the country and working on a
documentary.
She recently spoke to The Associated Press on a
number of topics, including her late mentor Prince
and her show at The Apollo Theater in New York City
on Monday.
A year after the death of her mentor, Prince, Sheila
E. said its been hard to move on.
I try to celebrate his life. ... He would not want
us to mourn him, hed want us to celebrate. But its
easier said than done, absolutely. With the support of
my family and the fans and my friends, its been bet-
ter, time does heal. But there are some days when I go,
This doesnt even make sense, she recalled.
Sheila E. was engaged to The Purple One and they
worked on a number of memorable songs, including
the funky 80s hit The Glamorous Life.
She said it felt strange recording the song Ameri-
ca without Prince beside her.
I kind of broke down during that session, like,
This is weird, strange. There are those moments, and
some days Im OK, she said.
The Edge (left), and Bono of U2 perform at the Bonnaroo Music and Art Festival on June 9, in Manchester, Tenn. (AP)
Singer-songwriter Eric Church per-
forms onstage during day 2 of the
2017 CMA Music Festival on June 9
in Nashville, Tennessee. (AFP)
Swift Collins
Variety
LOS ANGELES: Taylor Swift got back to-
gether with Spotify on Friday, returning her
music to streaming services almost three
years after complaining publicly they did
not pay artists enough, and on the same day
rival Katy Perry released a new album.
Swift, one of the worlds best-selling
pop stars, also made her music available on
Pandora, Amazon.com and Tidal streaming
services, her management team said. Her
catalog had previously only been available
on Apple Incs Music service. (RTRS)
NEW YORK: Satellite radio network
SiriusXM said Friday it will invest $480
million in internet radio leader Pandora,
forging a union between two companies
that have operated on parallel tracks.
The move comes amid rapid changes in
the music business as Pandora, which has
seen its model lose ground to on-demand
online platforms such as Spotify, last
month appealed for buyers.
Pandora separately announced that it
was selling Tickety, a ticketing company
popular with independent rock venues, for
$200 million to event management site
Eventbrite.
The sale marks a signicant loss as
Pandora bought Tickety less than two years
ago for $450 million, seeing it as a new way
to broaden its reach, although Pandora said
it still had plans in ticketing through future
collaboration with Eventbrite. (RTRS)
Tonight postponed shows scheduled
MONTPELLIER, France: Cuban jazz
musician and big band orchestra conductor
Ernesto Tito Puentes died Thursday at
the age of 88, his manager said.
A trumpet virtuoso with more than
200 albums, Puentes died in the southern
French city of Montpellier, Jean-Louis
Perrier said in a statement.
Born on Nov 7, 1928 in Havana, Pu-
entes started out his career in his native city
with two trumpet-playing uncles, becoming
well-known in the local music scene in
the 1940s before rising to international
acclaim. (AFP)
NEW YORK: Pop veteran Phil Collins on
Thursday put off dates on a long-awaited
comeback tour after he fell in his hotel
room and required hospital care.
The pop singer, who recently opened
in his native England his rst tour in a
decade, said he slipped and hit his head on
a chair when he got up at night to use the
toilet at his hotel.
He was taken to hospital where he had
stitches for a severe gash on his head close
to his eye and is recovering well. He will
be kept under observation for 24 hours, he
said in a statement on his Facebook page.
The 66-year-old singer known
Music
White, Nas, Lobos cover American standards
Struggle real for Perrys Witness
By Mesfin Fekadu
aty Perry, Witness (Capitol)
K She once roared. But now, well
just call it meowing.
Katy Perry, one of the top voices in
contemporary pop over the last decade,
limps into her fourth album with a col-
lection of songs that dont have a co-
hesive feel or message. Its a random
hodgepodge of tracks that dont spark
or shine; some of the tunes are cute,
but most are forgettable.
Witness doesnt offer a fresh, or
refreshed, Perry the only thing new
about her is that haircut.
Vocally, she doesnt sound inspired
or inspiring. And while Witness isnt
expected to be the years best album,
what was expected was some fun, kill-
er pop hits.
Lead single, Chained to the
Rhythm, is watered-down reggae pop
without any real reggae avor, and
current single, the Nicki Minaj-assist-
ed Swish Swish, is a miss-miss.
Witness is Perrys rst album come from Janet Jackson, while rising
without mega-producer Dr Luke, who
is currently at war with pop singer Ke-
sha over sexual abuse claims (he de-
nies her allegations). Max Martin, Dr
Lukes former mentor, is still present
though, along with big names like Sia,
Jeff Bhasker and DJ Mustard.
But none of them come to Perrys
rescue. The beginning of Hey Hey
Hey sounds like Dark Horse, Per-
rys last No. 1 hit, and the hook ech-
oes Avril Lavigne. Bigger Than Me
comes off like a leftover track from
her 2013 album, Prism. And the title
track is a bore.
Perry nds the right momentum on
the dreamy Tsunami, produced by
Mike WiLL-Made It; Bon Appetit,
chosen as the ofcial second single for
mere minutes, is upbeat and catchy;
and Power, with little lyrics, is a
shining effort thanks to multi-instru-
mentalist Jack Garratts layered, ex-
perimental sound.
But overall, Witness falls short.
The albums songs are almost as awk-
ward as Perrys recent actions, from
the weird dancing onstage with rap
group Migos to her joke about com-
paring her hair to former US president
Barack Obama. It is also the rst time
Perry is launching an album without a
monster hit behind her.
Swish swish bish/Another one in
the basket, she sings. Witness is lm, recording and publishing project
more like an air-ball.
Now 32, the pop superstar has dis-
covered adulthood. On a new album,
for a string of hits in the 1980s includ-
ing Against All Odds and In the Air
Thursday and Friday at Londons Royal
French Minister of Culture Francoise Nyssen (left) visits Midem 2017, the music
worlds largest annual trade fair in Cannes. (AFP)
her sound is sultry and her experiences
are anything but chaste.
Witness, which released Friday,
marks Perrys rst album since 2013
and comes after the artist largely re-
treated for a year following the block-
buster success of her Prism album
and tour.
Dominated
Perry, released of hits have dominat-
ed mainstream radio and teenage girls
playlists for the past decade, evidently
has had her ll of producing anthemic
synth-pop.
On Witness, few of the songs
easily lend themselves to arena singa-
longs.
Perry brings a retro disco energy to
rst single Chained to the Rhythm,
but the song is an outlier, with Perry
incorporating the robust beats of R&B
and hip-hop to toughen her pop style.
Hip-hop powerhouse Nicki Minaj
shares her rhymes into Swish Swish,
whose urban, funky rhythm could have
trap trio Migos make Bon Appetit
even saucier.
On Roulette, the most classic
Perry song on the album with an infec-
tious dance-pop beat, the more mature
Perry describes her new taste for ro-
mantic danger Take the safety off
for a minute.
Perry also allows more space for
her own voice, showing her talent for
gliding from a gentle rasp to smooth
higher ranges. Over understated elec-
tronica, she lets her vocals carry the
songs Miss You More and Into Me
You See.
In a nod to its rap style, Swish
Swish comes off as a diss track as
in Europe dazzling and detailed in
Perry the worlds most followed
person on Twitter with nearly 100 mil-
lion followers warns: Funny my
The biggest songs arrive like confetti
name keeps coming out yo mouth /
Cause I stay winnin.
Various artists, American Epic:
The Sessions (Columbia Records)
Jack White, Nas, Elton John, Los
Lobos, Bettye LaVette and Willie Nel-
son are part of a stellar cast perform-
ing a wide range of blues, country and
other American songs and styles using
vintage gear on American Epic: The
Sessions.
The double album is part of a wider
Seabrooks excellent book The Song
rooted in the 1920s boom of record-
ings made with musicians across the
country as record companies sought
Albert Hall. (AFP)
three days in a critical condition in intensive
care following an apparent drugs overdose.
SEOUL: South Korean pop star T.O.P
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to expand their audiences and counter
the rising popularity of radio. It was
the era of Jimmie Rodgers, the Carter
Family and Charley Patton, among
many others.
Others on the two-disc, 32-song
collections include Taj Mahal, Pokey
LaFarge and Rhiannon Giddens, mu-
sicians already grounded in that pio-
neering era who sound right at home
recording on reconstructed 1920s
equipment using a single microphone
and cutting straight to disc.
Most of the repertoire consists of
covers of decades-old tunes, although
Elton John wrote 2 Fingers with
Bernie Taupin and Nas, after a spot-
on version of the Memphis Jug Bands
On the Road Again, makes his own
One Mic (from his 2002 album
Stillmatic) sound almost ancient.
A ve-disc, 100-song box set called
American Epic: The Collection, also
excellent, has some of the sonically re-
stored originals of songs like The Coo
Coo Bird covered here by Steve
Martin and Edie Brickell and Mal
Hombre, Ana Gabriel versioning the
truly fascinating Lydia Mendoza.
Produced mostly by White and T
Bone Burnett, the time capsule aspect
of the recordings does not feel gim-
micky but gives the sounds of Ala-
bama Shakes, Ashley Monroe or The
Hawaiians a veneer that resonates
across the ages.
Phoenix, Ti Amo (Glassnote)
Phoenixs music is a towering,
grand and grandiose pop confection,
like some elaborate tiered cake or
dollhouse or 18th century princess
wedding gown youd see on vacation
its craft and execution, reveling in its
artice yet very serious about its art.
blasts, with pulsating beats, intricately
crafted hooks, sparkling synthesiz-
ers and haunting choruses. Even the
song titles sound like coffee avors
or expensive chocolates: Tuttifrutti,
Fleur de Lys, Fior Di Latte (which
is actually a kind of cheese), Via
Veneto.
Yet none of that is to say its frivo-
lous: The songwriting and production
are intelligent, elaborate and aimed
directly at the sweet spot in the brain
that craves quality pop music (see John
Machine for more on that concept)
and inspires music critics to engage in
equally owery metaphors. (Agencies)
regained consciousness Friday after spending
The 29-year-old rapper from K-pop boy
band Big Bang was found unconscious at
a police station where he was undertaking
mandatory military service, and rushed to a
Seoul hospital on Tuesday.
Im sorry, the singer, whose real name
is Choi Seung-Hyun, told reporters Friday
as he emerged from the hospitals intensive
care unit in a wheelchair.
Choi was to be transferred to a different
hospital, his family said, without giving
further details. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: Lionel Richie is ready
to hit the road with Mariah Carey for
his All the Hits North American tour
after a knee injury in March forced him to
postpone the venture.
Richie and Carey are joining forces for
the rst time on tour, kicking off on July 21
in Oakland, California.
I must tell you, I was so happy when
she (Carey) said yes. My next thing was,
Really? Its going to be one of those
evenings where you are going to just ...
its going to be pretty fun, the All Night
Long singer said.
Richie was coy when asked if he and
Carey would duet on the tour and if so,
which song they would choose. (RTRS)

Contemporary art exhibition documenta 14 opens in Germany
BERLIN, June 10, (AP): A building of books
and a curtain made from reindeer skulls are
two of the installations on show at this years
documenta exhibition of contemporary art.
The 14th edition of the 100-day show opens
Saturday in Kassel, Germany, with a million
visitors expected by Sept. 17.
Curated by Adam Szymczyk, the exhibition
has a twin show this year in Athens that runs
until July 16.
One of the most striking installations, the
Parthenon of Books by Argentine artist Marta
Minujin, is a work in progress. Visitors are
invited to contribute to its construction by do-
nating formerly or currently forbidden books.
Also:
TIRANA, Albania: Edward Lear, the Eng-
lish artist now known mainly for The Owl
and the Pussy-cat and other literary nonsense,
has been selected by Albanian authorities to
promote tourism along the ancient Via Egnatia
linking East to West.
The National Coastline Agency recently
opened an exhibition of sketches made by Lear
during an 1848 visit to Albania.
Agency head Auron Tare said they were
seeking to revitalize the Via Egnatia, con-
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Bangladesh embassy notice: The Embas-
sy of the Peoples Republica of Bangladesh in
Kuwait will follow the following ofce hours
during the Holy month of Ramadan. Sunday to
Thursday 09:30 am to 3:30 pm; Friday and
Saturday Weekly holidays.
Chess coaching, round robin: Registra-
tions are open for chess coaching and the sum-
mer round robin Challenger Series. Send your
name Civil ID no., mobile number, age, rating
to saviosgomes@gmail.com with CCR in the
e-mail subject. No entry fee.
Invitation to Grand Mosque: The Visits
Department is pleased to invite you to visit the
Grand Mosque, which is one of Kuwaits most
treasured religious and cultural landmarks to
discover the beauty of Islamic arts and archi-
tecture. Free guided tours are available all year
round on ofcial working days between (9-11
am) and (5-7 pm), within a special tour pro-
gram designed to cater to the needs of different
age groups. The program is as follows:
Reception; Auditorium show; (according to
age group); Touring the Mosque; Q & A; Art
workshops; (according to age group between
5 and 18 years old); Snack break; Distribution
of the Grand Mosque publications and souve-
nirs; End of tour.
According to these age groups:
Age group: 5 to 9 years old: Morning: 60
visitors max; Evening: 20; 10 to 15 years:
Morning: 100 visitors max; Evening: 45; 16
and above: Morning: 140 visitors max, Even-
ing: 105:
Tour language: Arabic- English- French;
Arabic (English upon prior request); Arabic-
English- French; Arabic (English upon prior
request); Arabic- English- French: Arabic
(English upon prior request)
Rules and Regulations:
Please arrive in time for your visit.
All visitors are kindly required to abide by
the mosques dress code. Male visitors should
wear long pants. Shorts and sleeveless shirts
are not allowed. Female visitors: should wear
head cover and long loose clothing (available
at the mosque).
Foods and drinks are not allowed inside the
prayer halls.
For school visits, teachers are responsible
for their students and are required to cooperate
with the staff members of the Grand Mosque.
Photography is allowed inside the Grand
Mosque (please note that disrespectful poses
are strictly prohibited).
If you would like to book a tour, please
contact us:
Tel: 22980813/ 22980815/ 22980812
Email: gmvisits@gmail.com
Fax: 22473708
June 14
SonForce summer camp: Get ready for an
out-of-this-world adventure!
SonForce Kids Special Agents is a summer
camp conducted by the Lighthouse Church.
The SonForce Kids headquarters is located
on a satellite orbiting high above the earth. In
this hi-tech command center, SonForce agents
gather to prepare for their ve Daily Missions:
Trust! Unite! Train! Follow! Lead! Throughout
the summer camp, the students will have the
opportunity to grow and develop many skills as
they advance from Level 1 to Level 5 agents.
The summer camp held from June 14-20 is
open to kids aged 4 to 14; registration details
can be found at tlckuwait.com/vbs. June 9th
is the last day for transport registration. For
more info contact 22407195 ext 310 or email
setapart@tlckuwait.com.
Albania promotes Via Egnatia with Lears sketches
A visitor walks in front of the ceramic pipe installation When We Were Exhaling Images
(2017) by Iraq born artist Hiwa K. during the press preview of the Documenta 14, the
worlds most signicant exhibition of contemporary art, in Kassel, Germany. (AP)
structed by the Romans in the 2nd century
B.C. The ancient route crosses territory that is
now part of Albania, Macedonia, Greece and
European Turkey.
Art
A view of the Parthenon of Books created by Argentinian artist Marta Minujin is pictured at the Documenta 14 art exhibition in Kassel, central Germany. (AFP)
Books
Collection of more than 2,700 books spans US presidency
Eisenstadt ends long hiatus as novelist
NEW YORK, June 10, (AP): Before she could
nally complete that third novel, Jill Eisen-
stadt had to break a self-imposed rule: no more
books set in her native Queens.
Blame it in part on a Columbia University
professor who told the author of From Rocka-
way and Kiss Out that she was the voice
of the outer boroughs of Manhattan.
He meant this in a kind way, but to me it
sounded so ugly at the time, says Eisenstadt,
53, whose novel Swell is her rst in 26
years. I had just published two novels in the
outer boroughs Brooklyn wasnt even cool
yet, let alone Queens. There was no way I
was going to become this one-note, provincial
author.
Her new book is not only set in the Rocka-
way section of Queens, it even features a key
From Rockaway character who has aged in
time from the 1987 novel. Swell combines
comedy and tragedy, chaos and a longing for
order. It begins in 1993 with a murder an
elderly woman named Rose kills her son
and continues nine years later with Rose
returning to the Rockaway house she had
since moved from. The new occupants are the
Glassmans, a family of four that moved out of
Manhattan after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Swell was a homecoming on the page and
during the writing process. Once Eisenstadt
had given in to another Queens narrative,
it just kind of poured out of me. So many
threads of attempted works came together in
Swell that she thought of the manuscript
as a collage in need of the proper framing.
Eisenstadt readers might nd her book familiar
in other ways. People often are gathered and
in conversation, the talk itself not a means to
action but action itself.
Its partly because I really enjoy writing
dialogue, says the author, interviewed in the
kitchen of her Brooklyn brownstone, where
she lives with husband and fellow author Mi-
June 16
TMCA Iftar banquet: Were pleased to
invite everyone of you with your friends and
family to Tamilnadu Muslim Cultural Associa-
tion (TMCA) Kuwait Grand Iftar banquet
on Friday, June 16, 2017 at our new venue,
Qadsiya indoor stadium.
Moulvi Abdul Basith Buhari, our special
Lear was the last of the big names to travel
along the Via Egnatia to see the inuence of
Albania dating back to ancient times, said
Tare.
poetry in high school, but she progressed no-
This cover image released by Lee Bou-
dreaux Books shows, Swell, a novel by Jill Janowitz. They were called the Brat Pack,
Eisenstadt. (AP)
chael Drinkard. Overall, I wish I could write
novels that are just dialogue. Describing things
are work to me. I love describing what people
are thinking about, what they are saying. The
sound of people talking, the rhythm of people
talking, just motivates me somehow.
Eisenstadt, the daughter of a businessman
and an artist/calligrapher, devoured and
somewhat indiscriminately enjoyed the books
she came upon around the house. She read the
scary science ction paperbacks favored
by her dad and the more demanding works
guest, will deliver lecture in Tamil on current
situation, immediately after Asr prayer. His
Excellency, Shri Sunil Jain, our Chief Guest
will felicitate the event at 6 pm. All are cor-
dially invited to attend and adorn the event.
July 1
IMA summer classes: Indian Muslim As-
Lears sketches are preserved at Harvard
Universitys Houghton Library of rare works.
They depict scenes Lear witnessed in towns
such as Manastir and Ohrid in Macedonia, or
Elbasan and Tirana, 72 years before it became
Albanias capital.
They also show central and eastern Alba-
nias rugged mountains and form an important
record of folk costumes worn at the time in
Albania.
Abaz Hado, a painter and art manager, said
Lears works are of documentary and artistic
value, giving views of the period that have
since been transformed or no longer exist.
From an artistic point of view, they present
clear lines and accurate depictions of the 19th-
century way of life.
Promoting tourism from the coastline to the
mountains has been a top priority of post-
communist Albanias governments.
Auction includes Capones platinum and
PHILADELPHIA: Granite from a Philadelphia
park that was a skateboarding hub, though
for a long stretch an illegal one, is being put
to new use at a skate park being built nearly
4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) away.
Slabs from the citys famed LOVE Park,
her mother brought home, whether Virginia
Woolfs To the Lighthouse to the poems of
Wallace Stevens.
Terrible
She remembered writing tons of terrible
ticeably at Bennington College, where friends
included Donna Tartt and Bret Easton Ellis.
A story Tartt told one night about a tornado
inspired what became the opening line of Far
Rockaway, a coming-of-age story: Once,
when Timmy was a baby, his ears bled.
Eisenstadts rst book was published by
Alfred A. Knopf and edited by Terry Adams.
Author and editor were reunited for Swell,
released by Little, Brown and Co, where
Adams now works.
Shes so good at embracing absurdity,
Adams says. I remember when Pat Strachan
(editor of Tom Wolfe and others) told me
one time, Theres good writing and theres
good writing thats funny. And if you can nd
someone whos funny and also a good writer,
then go for it.
Readers of the 1980s and 1990s often saw
her name mentioned in news stories and gossip
items alongside those of such contemporaries
as Ellis, Tartt, Jay McInerney and Tama
scholarly tomes as well as what Young consid-
the supposed literary version of young actors
such as Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy. A Vanity
Fair piece from 1986 was titled, The Young
and the Wasted, and labeled Eisenstadt
among those too numb to feel, too cool to
care, a description that neither Eisenstadt nor
her friends thought applied to her or her work.
The media created it (the Brat Pack), then
the media condemned it, she says.
Ellis, during a recent telephone interview,
said that Eisenstadt had never been comfort-
able with promoting herself and agreed that the
idea of a roving, jaded clique of young writers
was a myth. He remembered meeting her in
sociation (IMA) announces its much awaited
Summer Islamic classes this year immediately
after Eid ul Fitr.
The classes were launched in 1994 when it was
widely felt by the parents that there was a need to
impart fuller knowledge to students when com-
pared to that imparted in their regular schools
This year IMA (Indian Muslim Association,
Kuwait) with the coordination of IPC, opens the
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named for Robert Indianas LOVE sculp-
ture, are being shipped to the city of Malmo,
Sweden.
Malmos skateboarding coordinator told
KYW-TV that the granite will be used for a
project he says will rock the skateboarding
world.
The park adjacent to Philadelphias City
Hall was long a popular destination for
skateboarders. It was featured in a Tony
Hawk video game and partly credited for
bringing the X Games to Philadelphia in
2001 and 2002.
BOSTON: Jewelry that belonged to Al Ca-
pone and Bonnie and Clyde and legal docu-
ments pertaining to the infamous gangsters are
on the auction block.
The Gangsters, Outlaws and Lawmen
auction being handled by Boston-based RR
diamond pocket watch that demonstrates his
desire to be perceived not as a criminal but as
an elegant gentleman. The rounded triangular
watch includes 72 cut diamonds on the front,
a platinum face and the initials A.C. on the
reverse.
writing class at Bennington, and being taken
by her massive mane of bright, ery red hair
(the re burns more calmly now) and by a
prose style that was fuller and more approach-
able than the minimalist approach in fashion
at the time.
There was a casual, conversational
elegance to her prose, he said. She was
certainly not a minimalist; she had a much
looser vibe.
Also:
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire: The New
Hampshire Political Library doesnt include
any books about President Donald Trump,
but even he likely would agree its new collec-
tion of presidential biographies, memoirs and
monographs is huge.
Arthur Young of Manchester spent 25
years collecting 2,744 books on the presiden-
cy, the founding fathers and other people and
events related to the nations highest ofce.
He donated them to the New Hampshire
Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College,
where staff spent the last six months catalogu-
ing them and building custom glass-front
display cabinets to hold them.
The collection spans from George Wash-
ington to Barack Obama, and includes
ers fun works, such as a book about Teddy
Roosevelt written by his valet.
A book itself is an object of art, from its
binding to its font, Young said at a dedica-
tion ceremony Friday. Important ideas and
skillful writing are enduring treasures of our
culture.
Young, 76, is a former director of libraries
at the University of Rhode Island, Univer-
sity of South Carolina and Northern Illinois
University. He said he grew up in a home with
thousands of books and has spent his life dedi-
cated to the care, preservation and dissemina-
tion of books.
doors of its well-known 2-month long, Summer
Islamic Classes program to students in Kuwait
from LKG up to 12th standard. Offering a syl-
labus with a wide range of Islamic subjects such
as Quran reading/understanding/memorization,
Prophets Life and Day to day Jurisprudence.
Apart from this, teachers work on Personality
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Internet enabled so much, empowered so many

Apple CEO to MIT grads: Tech without values worthless

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 10, (AP): Science
is worthless if it isnt motivated by basic
human values and the desire to help people,
Apple CEO Tim Cook told graduates of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Fri-
day, urging them to use their powers for good.
In a commencement address, Cook who
as Apples chief executive since 2011 has
overseen the rollout of the iPhone 7 and the
Apple Watch said his own company is con-
stantly looking for ways to combine tech with
a sense of humanity and compassion.
Whatever you do in your life, and whatever
we do at Apple, we must infuse it with the hu-
manity that we are born with, said Cook, who
previously served as chief operating ofcer
and headed the Macintosh division.
That responsibility is immense. But so is
the opportunity, he said.
Cook said Apple wants to make products
that help people. As examples, he cited iPhone
technology that can help a blind athlete run a
marathon, and an iPad that connects an autistic
child connect to the world around them.
When you keep people at the center of
what you do, it can impact, he said.
Cook said he isnt worried about articial
intelligence giving computers the ability to
think like humans.
Im more concerned about people thinking
like computers without values or compassion
or concern for the consequences, he said.
That is what we need you to help us guard
against. Because if science is a search in the
darkness, then the humanities are a candle that
shows us where we have been and the danger
that lies ahead.
The internet enabled so much and empow-
ered so many, but it can also be a place where
basic rules of decency are suspended and pet-
tiness and negativity thrive, he said. Dont
let that noise knock you off course. Dont get
caught up in the trivial aspects of life. Dont
listen to trolls and dont become one. Measure
impact in humanity not in the likes, but the lives
you touch and the people you serve.
Also:
LOS ANGELES: Eric Feng, the founding
chief technology ofcer of Hulu and former
CTO of Flipboard, is launching a new ven-
ture: Packagd, which is angling to use popu-
lar YouTube videos to sell merchandise in a
format akin to decades-old home-shopping
cable networks.
Packagd is introducing its rst app, Un-
boxed, which offers curated, hosted shows
of consumer-technology products being,
well, taken out of their boxes and shown off
to viewers with accompanying commentary.
The company was incubated at venture-cap-
ital rm Kleiner Perkins Caueld & Byers,
where Feng is a general partner. Feng said
hes been mulling the concept of an internet-
based video shopping service over the last
10 years.
Using video to drive commerce is not a
new concept, Feng said. But Packagd has
the opportunity to bring this user experience
to a new generation of mobile consumers.
Packagd recently closed $6 million in Series
A funding led by Forerunner Ventures and GV
In this image released by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Apple CEO Tim (formerly Google Ventures), bringing the com-
Cook delivers his commencement address to graduates at MIT on June 9, in Cambridge, panys total funding to $7.5 million following
Massachusetts. (AFP) its initial seed round led by KPCB.

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Development of the students and also
engage them in various activities includ-
ing eld visits. Competitions are held on
Islamic Quiz, Recitation of Quran and
Elocution Date: July 1 to Aug 24; Tim-
ings: 4:00 to 6:30 pm; Venue: Indian
Community School, Junior Branch;
Salmiya, Kuwait.
General
Share your story with Amricani:
Do you or any of your family mem-
bers, acquaintances or friends happen
to have a story with the American
Missionary hospital in Kuwait
(Mustashfa Lemraicani) during the
years from 1914-1967, the ofcial
period of offering medical services
in Kuwait? Please share with us your
story or your memory during those old
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Your story will be part of a new
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KIFF anti-drugs campaign: As
part of the Fraternity fest, Kuwait India
Fraternity Forum (KIFF) is conducting
Anti-Drugs Campaign among Indians
living in Kuwait. According to the avail-
able statistics of Indian Embassy, 60% of
the convicted Indians in Kuwaiti Jails are
arrested on drug-related cases. The recent
cases of death and captives of Indian drug
abusers is a threatening news. To defend
and to campaign against such social
crisis by protecting individuals as well
as the society has become obligatory.
In this current situation, Kuwait India
Fraternity Forum is conducting campaign
by distributing handouts, conducting
counseling, seminars etc. to educate the
Indians living in Kuwait informed Presi-
dent Saifudheen Nalakath in a press re-
lease. For more details contact: 55062071
or email at kiffkuwait@gmail.com.
NYF offers free yoga classes: NYF
Kuwait offers free yoga, breathing,
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Emerging Trends in Dentistry

Indian Dentists Alliance in Kuwait conducts 2nd Intl Symposium

KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Indian
Dentists Alliance in Kuwait (IDAK)
in association with the Kuwait Dental
Association (KDA) and the Faculty
of Dentistry of Kuwait University,
conducted the 2nd IDAK International
Symposium on the theme Emerg-
ing Trends in Dentistry, on May 12,
2017. This Symposium was organized
in Health Sciences Center Auditorium
of the Kuwait University at Jabriya.
The Symposium was organized
in 3 sessions, from 9:00 am to 7:30
pm, and featured ve speakers of
international repute, three from India,
one from Australia and one speaker
from Kuwait.
The speakers were Dr Sherry Peter,
Lead Consultant in Cranio-Maxil-
lofacial surgery in Aster Medcity,
Ernakulam, India, Dr Soni Stephen,
Specialist Paediatric Dentist and
Senior Clinical Lecturer, University
of Sydney, Australia, Dr Mohammad
Abdulwahab, Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait Univer-
sity, Dr Vijaysinh More, Professor,
Department of Prosthodontics and
Implantology, at Bharati Vidyapeeth
Dental College and Hospital, Pune,
India, and Dr Vivek Hegde, Professor
and Head, Conservative Dentistry &
Endodontics of M.A. Rangoonwala
College of Dental Sciences and Re-
search Centre, Pune, India & Faculty
at University of Vienna, Austria.
The eminent speakers covered a
wide range of topics of clinical inter-
est such as Behaviour and Pain Man-
agement in Children, French Bone
Volumetric Classication, Distrac-
tion Osteogenesis, Newer Concepts
in Endodontics, Recent Advances
in Pulp Therapy, Management of
Failed Dental Anaesthesia, Implant
Occlusion, Treatment Options for
Separated Instruments and Es-
thetic Reconstruction in Maxillofacial
Surgery.
More than 300 dentists attended Photos from the event.
this event, including several heads
of dental departments of the various
centers of the Ministry of Health, Ku-
wait, and at the Faculty of Dentistry,
Kuwait University, Jabriya. ESF
The event was sponsored by some
of the leading companies in Kuwait
such as Al Sayafe Medical and
Pharma Company, Advanced Tech-
nology Company, Commercial Bank
of Kuwait, GUM company, German
Board of Oral Implantology, Eternity
Travels, Logident, Naseej and Caesars
Confectionary. Indian Dentists Al-
liance in Kuwait (IDAK) wishes to
express its gratitude to all the valued
sponsors. IDAK also expresses its
gratitude to the Kuwait Dental As-
sociation (KDA) and the Faculty of
Dentistry of Kuwait University for all
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experienced female yoga teacher for all age
groups. Classes are given on the basis of
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99315825.

Leadership Excellence Course:
The Leadership Excellence Course
(LEC) is a course modeled on the
Seerah of Rasoolullah who is the best
model of leadership for all mankind.
The LEC focuses on the lessons that we
can learn from the Seerah of
Rasoolullah and see how we can apply
them in our lives to become winners in
this world and the next.
The objectives of the course are 1.
Understand what leadership is from
the Seerah of Rasoolullah and how to
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learn to live that purpose with con-
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of connecting to Allah and learn how
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your strengths and overcome weak-
nesses 5. Understand how to articulate
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AWL registration: If you would
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ESF marks 49 years of excellence
or 94067999 or email: kuwaitawl@ KUWAIT CITY, June 10: English Baqsami along with Chairperson Mrs presented the International Student the piano and the outstanding Robert
yahoo.com. All American women and School Fahaheels 49th Annual Shuhaiber presented prizes to the Award to Year 12 student Kwangmin Hao sang Somewhere over the
wives of Americans are welcomed. graduates followed by speeches by the Nam.
Graduation and Sixth Form Prize- Rainbow.
giving was once again held with Head Principal Russel Dunlop, Upper One of the highlights of the evening The Head Principal and Upper
Ugandans register with UIK: Are great fanfare at the Grand Hashemi School Principal Stephen Dickens. was the musical interludes performed School Principal both spoke during
you a Ugandan living and working Ballroom at the Radisson Blu Hotel. Lower School Principal Claire Oraby by Year 13 student Kung mi Lee on the event of the outstanding principal
in Kuwait? Would you like to get in available at Salmiya for all age groups Graduates and hundreds of guests Stephen Dickens in their speeches.
touch with other Ugandans in Kuwait from beginners to advanced by a well thoroughly enjoyed an evening that Dickens also elaborated on the high
both socially and professionally? experienced drum teacher. For more saw prizes handed out by the Chief percentage pass rates at ESF.
Then please get in touch with us. We details: 94974295. Guest, renowned Kuwaiti artist and A special prize was then awarded
would like to invite you to register writer Thuraya Al Baqsami accom- to the Head Boy All Majlesi and Head
with the Ugandans in Kuwait (UIK) panied by School Chairperson Mrs Girl Sara Shuhaiber by His Excel-
association, an informal organization Indian Embassy SPDC notice:
of Ugandans living and working in Attention of all Indian associations/ Jasmine Shuhaiber. lency The Indian Ambassador to the
Kuwait. The purpose of this exercise Indian schools in Kuwait is once again The evening was also attended by State of Kuwait Sunil Jain.
is to get together as Ugandans and drawn to Scholarship Programme for many special guests and parents. The A special French Prize was
to consider taking the rst steps to Diaspora Children (SPDC) which was evening commenced with the entry of awarded by Mrs Fredrique Asfar to
establishing a more formal organisa- introduced by Government of India the class of 2017 to a huge round of the most deserving French language
tion. This association is voluntary. in the academic year 2006-2007 with applause from the parents and guests. student Hagar Ghoneim.
It is designed to create a forum for the objective to make higher education The Chairperson Mrs Shuhaiber This years International Student
Ugandans in Kuwait to foster a sense in India accessible to the children of spoke about the progress the school Award was presented to Fatima Al
of community, to communicate more overseas Indians and promote India as has made and made a special tribute Handal.
effectively with each other and to a centre for higher studies.
Under the scheme, 100 PIO/NRI to the late Chairman Ibrahim Shu- The evening concluded with a
encourage Ugandans out here to haiber. A special souvenir was made photo opportunity for the graduates
work together. We are also planning students were awarded scholarship
of up to US$ 4,000 per annum for to for Shuhaiber as well as a special and parents followed by a sumptuous
a celebration to mark 50 years of
Ugandans Independence this year. undergraduate courses in Engineering, lm shown during the event. Mrs dinner buffet for the guests.
If you have any questions regarding Technology, Humanities, Liberal Arts,
this association or if you are interested Commerce, Management, Journal- The Scheme was revamped and Check Required (ECR) countries. Kuwait). (ii) A Grade institutions ac-
in registering, then please send us an ism, Hotel Management, Agriculture, launched in July 2016. Under the The Scheme is now applicable to four (iv) Children of Indian workers in credited by National Assessment and
email at ugandansinkuwait@gmail. Animal Husbandry and some other revamped Scheme, number of categories of applicants: ECR countries - studying in India
courses. Accreditation Council (NAAC) and
com. We hope to hear from you soon. scholarships has been enhanced from (i) Persons of Indian Origin The institutions that are covered
The scheme is open to NRIs/PIOs recognised by University Grants Com-
100 to 150 with introduction of 50 (ii) Non-Resident Indians under this Scheme are:
from over 40 countries (including mission (UGC).
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Japans godfather of art? Billionaire Maezawa rings in new era
TOKYO, June 10, (Agencies): With a single
post on Instagram, Yusaku Maezawa an-
nounced not only his purchase of an $110.5
million Basquiat masterpiece, and his place in
auction history, but arguably signalled a new
era for art in Japan.
The price, a record for the artist, is reminis-
cent of 1980s Japan when corporate big-spend-
ers splashed out on Impressionist art along
with foreign property and businesses in an
asset-buying spree.
But billionaire Maezawa insists he is just an
ordinary collector despite his extraordi-
nary bank balance. His purchases are born out
of love and driven by gut instinct, rather than
the instructions of any art advisor.
I buy simply because they are beautiful.
Thats all. I enjoy classics together with the
history and stories behind them, but possessing
classics is not the purpose of my purchase, he
told AFP.
Rather than squirrel away his latest purchase
Jean-Michel Basquiats 1982 Untitled, a
skull-like head in oil-stick, acrylic and spray
paint on a giant canvas he plans to loan it
out to galleries worldwide.
I hope it brings as much joy to others as
it does to me, and that this masterpiece by
the 21-year-old Basquiat inspires our future
Travel
This May 4, 2004 le photo shows Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wrights 600-acre Wisconsin home, in Spring Green, Wis., on June 8, marked the 150th anniversary of Wrights birth. (AP)
Wright, born 150 yrs ago, still fascinates
NEW YORK, June 10, (AP): Its been 150
years since the birth of Americas best-known
architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. But his innova-
tive designs continue to fascinate the public,
from New Yorks Guggenheim Museum,
where the circular building itself is a sculptural
work of art, to the Fallingwater house built
over a waterfall in the Pennsylvania woods, to
his modernist home on the Wisconsin prairie,
Taliesin, which served as a laboratory for his
ideas.
Some of Wrights buildings, now historic
sites, marked his birthday milestone Thursday
with parties and $1.50 tours. Other exhibits
and events are being offered into the summer
and fall, including a major show opening Mon-
day at New Yorks Museum of Modern Art
called Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpack-
ing the Archive. The exhibition, which runs
through Oct 1, showcases Wrights drawings,
3-D models, furniture and other material from
an archive the museum jointly owns with
Columbia University.
One of the remarkable things about Wrights
enduring legacy is how popular his buildings
remain as pilgrimage sites for his fans. In all,
about 380 Wright structures are still standing,
and those that are open to the public often sell
out their tours weeks in advance, even in rela-
tively out-of-the-way places like Taliesin, in
rural Spring Green, Wisconsin, and at the Price
Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, at 19 stories
tall the only skyscraper Wright ever built.
Wright is the only architect more popular
with the general public than he is with practic-
ing architects, said Barry Bergdoll, MOMAs
architecture curator.
Accessible
Jeffrey Chusid, a professor at Cornell
Universitys College of Architecture, Art and
Planning, agreed, saying Wright was always
doing what he wanted in his own style, and
that style was often more accessible to popular
taste than it was to academic taste. For
example, the MOMA show explores Wrights
frequent use of color, pattern and ornamenta-
tion, which Chusid said essentially marked
him as a 19th century architect, putting him
at odds with the stripped-down minimalism
generally associated with modernism.
The MOMA exhibition also demonstrates
Wrights adept use of publicity to enhance his
reputation. Displays include Wrights photo
on the cover of Time magazine in 1938, and
videos of his 1950s TV appearances, including
the Whats My Line? game show where
blindfolded celebrity contestants guessed
Wrights identity by asking questions.
Czech architect puts tree house on a pedestal
generations, he said after the New York sale
last month.
The 41-year-olds style is a step change
from the corporate image of Japans traditional
art collectors who possess paintings as invest-
ment tools or to cement their social status.
Paper tycoon Ryoei Saito, who bought
Vincent Van Goghs Portrait of Dr Gachet in
1990 for $82.5 million a then record and
Pierre-Auguste Renoirs Bal du Moulin de la
Galette for $78.1 million famously trig-
gered outrage when he said he would have the
canvases put in his cofn and cremated with
him when he died. He later recanted.
Many Japanese rushed to buy paintings for
investment during the bubble economy, said
Shinji Hasada, an ofcial at Shinwa Art Auc-
tion, of the 1980s and 1990s boom period
Customs gures showed works of art valued
at $246 million were imported in 1985, but the
gure shot up to $3.4 billion in 1990.
But many of the bubble-era masterpieces
were sold off in a re sale when the Japanese for decades but Maezawa wants to engage a
economy collapsed. Today Japans art collec-
tion market has shrunk to around one-twenti-
eth of its peak, Hasada explained.
And while collectors such as former chair-
man of publisher Benesse Soichiro Fukutake,
who helped transform a remote island into
Franks Phoenix home given to architecture school
This Aug 23, 2007 le photo shows a six-sided skylight at the residence, Kentuck Knob,
a high-end Usonian home designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in Chalk
Hill, Pa. (AP)
Wrights sensational personal life contrib-
uted to his notoriety. He was married three
times, and his longtime mistress was murdered
at Taliesin by a house employee who also
killed six others and set re to the house.
But a large part of Wrights appeal also
seems rooted in the notion that he was an ar-
rogant genius who wouldnt be dissuaded from
the purity of his philosophy. According to one
much-told tale, when a client complained that
a Wright-built roof was leaking on his desk,
Wright retorted, Move the desk!
Those famous leaking roofs are among
many structural issues that make Wrights
buildings challenging to preserve, Chusid said.
Wright would build things that a moments
thought would have suggested would never
work, he added. But the thing is he also was
making architecture and spaces and build-
ings that were passionate and astonishing to
experience. He earned his fame not only as
the dramatic gure with the cowboy image,
the lone architect against the world, but it was
the fact that he created such fantastic buildings
so often. Trust for Historic Preservation in partnership
In addition to Taliesin, the Guggenheim
and Price Tower, other Wright sites worth
an art haven, have bolstered interest, Hasada
believes Maezawa could inject new life into
the sector.
In all eras of history, patrons have come
out to boost the art world, and in that sense he
is the modern one we have been waiting for,
Hasada said.
An aspiring rock star as a teen, he moved
on to selling music merchandise via mail order
and then online. In 1998 Maezawa founded
Start Today, which operates the nations larg-
est online fashion mall, ZOZOTOWN.
Today, he is 11th richest person in Japan
with a fortune of $3.5 billion, according to
business magazine Forbes.
His Instagram feed, where he proclaimed to
the world that he was the one who purchased
Basquiats painting, is peppered with shots of
his luxury living including private jets, yachts
and designer watches, but also his beloved art.
Many traditional collectors are more secretive
Untitled had previously not been seen in public
new generation with his passion some 73,000
people follow his posts.
Also:
PRAGUE: Balancing on one narrow concrete
leg on a slope in a Prague orchard stands
a visit include Kentuck Knob, in Chalkhill,
Pennsylvania; the Duncan House, Acme,
Pennsylvania; the Stockman House and Park
Inn, Mason City, Iowa; and the SC Johnson
Co site in Racine, Wisconsin, known for
tree-shaped columns supporting the struc-
tures Great Workroom, and a research tower
with windows made from 7,000 glass tubes.
The Zimmerman House, in Manchester, New
Hampshire, is an example of Wrights modest
Usonian homes and the only Wright house
open to the public in New England. Oak Park,
Illinois, has the largest concentration of Wright
buildings in the world, including his home and
studio, according to the Frank Lloyd Wright
Building Conservancy.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conser-
vancy lists all public Wright sites on its web-
site along with the 150th events . Exhibitions
on view this summer include Frank Lloyd
Wrights Journey to the Prairie exhibition at
the Price Tower, through Aug 27, and Build-
ings for the Prairie at the Milwaukee Art
Museum, July 28-Oct 15. And the National
with the geographic mapping company ESRI
has launched a digital story map of Wright
burgh, is in Iraq photographing the ongoing
This undated handout picture provided on
May 27, 2017 by the Contemporary Art
Foundation shows 41-year-old tech billion-
aire Yusaku Maezawa at an undisclosed
location. (AFP)
buildings .
Wrights knack for publicity and egocentric
insistence on the rectitude of his philosophy
and designs all contributed to the staying
power of his larger-than-life reputation. But at
the end of the day, its the buildings them-
selves that prove irresistible and not just
because the technical details were way ahead
of their time, said Joel Hoglund of the Frank
Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.
Theres this intangible thing when youre
in one of his buildings that youre in the
middle of something special, he said. People
come from all over the world to experience
that because theres not a lot of architecture
that gives people that feeling.
Also:
PHOENIX: A Frank Lloyd Wright house in
Phoenix that the famous architect designed for
his son and was saved from demolition by its
current owner was donated Thursday to the
architecture school that Wright founded.
Owner Zach Rawling announced that he is
giving the David and Gladys Wright House to
the School of Architecture at Taliesin, former-
ly known as the Frank Lloyd Wright School of
Architecture. The announcement came on the
iconic architects 150th birthday.
Nestled at the base of Camelback Mountain,
the house is constructed in the form of a spiral
that appears to rise from the ground and offers
360 degree views of Camelback and other
mountains that loom over the city.
The house completed in 1952 is regarded as the
precursor to the Guggenheim Museum in New
York City, said Aaron Betsky, the schools dean.
The Guggenheim Museum is one of Wrights
most revered works. The architect designed over
1,000 architectural works, 532 which were built,
and he is regarded by many as one of Americas
best architects.
Betsky said the donation will allow us to
use that great legacy to be a living laboratory
in which we will gure out how to use what
Frank Lloyd Wright taught us about living in
the desert Southwest, to make the life in this
desert and in this community even better in the
future.
Rawling bought the Phoenix home in 2012
for $2.4 million to save it from being demol-
ished by its previous owners.
He had plans to restore it and turn it into
a museum, but neighbors complained doing
so would generate excessive trafc in the
well-heeled residential Arcadia area where the
house is located. He said he hopes the donation
will engage the community and continue the
schools mission.
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a uniquely shaped grey house designed by
Czech architect Jan Sepka for a eco-friendly
friend.
The 80-square metre home, with a misshap-
en round base that tapers off as you get to the
third storey, is an eye-catching sight among
the conventional houses in the residential Kyje
quarter in the north east of the Czech capital.
Building work on The House in the Or-
chard, made predominantly from wood and
accessible by a metal bridge which also helps
with the stability, nished last year after nearly
ve years of planning.
PITTSBURGH: Pictures of young refuges
from the war-torn countries of Syria and Iraq
have been defaced by spray paint at Pitts-
burghs Three Rivers Arts Festival, though
organizers believe the vandalism was random
and not politically motivated.
Photographer Maranie Staab, of Pitts-
crisis there in Mosul. But she posted a picture
of the defaced images, and a message for the
vandal or vandals on Facebook: If the person
that did this happens to see this, I would
welcome the opportunity to speak to you about
these kids.
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(iii) Other institutions covered under Direct
Admission of Students Abroad (DASA)
scheme.
Income criteria will be applicable to all four
categories. Applicants will seek scholarships
after they obtain admission in the approved list
of educational institutions.
Applications are required to be submitted
online at SPDC portal - http://spdcindia.gov.
in/login/index.php. Last date for submission
of applications was extended till Oct 14, 2016.
Nodal ofcer for SPDC is P. Bharadwaj, Depu-
ty Secretary (OIA-II), Ministry of External
Affairs, New Delhi, Tel: 00-91-11-24197952,
Email: dsoia2@mea.gov.in
TIES Center classes: TIES Center is con-
ducting a series of classes about some of the
Prophets and Messengers of God who strove
very hard to spread monotheism and teach
their respective peoples how to worship God.
Their message was not only spiritual; they also
taught people how to conduct their daily lives
and develop the living conditions on earth.
In this series, we will focus on the following
prophets: Adam, Nouh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abra-
ham), Ayoub (Job), Yousuf (Joseph), Mousa
(Moses), and Eisa (Jesus) may peace, mercy
and blessings of Allah (to Whom all might and
majesty is ascribed) be upon them all.
We will not only focus on historical facts,
but will also deduce some important lessons
whose application in our daily interactions and
chores determine our success and salvation.
Join us every Thursday at 7 pm to learn
about the life and times of those messengers of
rm resolve.
The TIES Center is the social and educa-
tional hub for English Speaking Muslims in
Kuwait. For more information, please call
25231015 or e-mail info@tiescenter.net or visit
www.tiescenter.net.
Scrabble sessions are back: Scrabble
sessions are back for all to come, learn and
play with us at Better Books, Salmiyah, Bldg
19, next to Badur Travel, opposite the Ministry
of Private Education, on Friday afternoons
from 2:30-5:30 pm. Inviting all kids aged 8 and
above to join me and play competitively with
me Rohaina. Classes are held every Saturday
from 12-1.30 pm. Bknelled, Euphuize, Waqf,
Zooeae are some of the lovely words and there
are 200,000 more you can learn with us. But
the fun part is playing this wonderful game
competitively. So come and see us and call me
@66634224, Rohaina Tanweer.
Experience Science for Adults: Regis-
tration is now open for Experience Science for
Adults.
Why should kids have all the fun?!
The ve week programme will be held on
Saturday from 10:00 am-11:30 am at the Yar-
mouk Cultural Centre.
Registration is limited to 16. You may
register at either the Amricani Cultural Centre,
Sunday to Thursday 10:00-3:00 or the Yar-
mouk Cultural Centre, Sunday to Thursday
10:00-6:00.
For more information, please
email:education@darmuseum.org.kw
Sports
Chess Round Robin Challenge: Regis-
trations are open for chess coaching and the
Annual Round Robin Challenger Series. Send
your name, Civil ID No., mobile number, age,
rating to saviosgomes@gmail.com with CCR
in the e-mail subject. No entry fee.
Kwt-Brits football supporters: A new foot-
ball supporters website for British expats living
and working in Kuwait has been set up by an
Everton supporter, Trevor Powell. The Kuwait
Brits Football Supporters Association (KBFSA)
site aims to provide contact information for sup-
porters of each others whereabouts and also in
the future hopes to organise social events such as
quizzes and even five-a-side matches on a home
international teams basis. We need expats to reg-
ister their support and hence we can then start to
cast around for a suitable meeting venue. The
site can be accessed at www.kbfsa.co.uk.
Free fitness classes: Free tness classes
at B.FIT studio in Salmiya! Classes include
Zumba, Masala Bhangra workout, aerobics,
toning & much more. Contact +965-65077062
for further information. Hurry and enroll now!
FBC tournament: Filipino Badminton Com-
mittee (FBC) is inviting all badminton enthu-
siast in Kuwait to join their regular badminton
tournament being held every Friday from 8 am
to 7 pm at Kuwait Disabled Sports Club, Bin
Khaldoun Hawalli. Over 10 badminton courts
are now available for badminton practices and
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Gulf Bank partners with Saveco to donate foodstuff boxes
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: On the
occasion of the Holy Month of
Ramadan, Gulf Bank is carrying
out a series of Ramadan activities to
engage with the people of Kuwait
during this blessed month. The rst
of these initiatives is distributing
maachla foodstuff boxes to families
in need across Kuwait.
This is the second year Gulf Bank
partners with Saveco and LoYAC in
this initiative, and this year we are
pleased to also be working with the
Kuwait Food Bank. The foodstuff
boxes, assembled by teams from
Saveco and Gulf Bank, include es-
sential non-perishable food items,
sufcient enough to cover each fam-
ilys needs for approximately one
week. Distribution of the boxes will
be carried out by the Kuwait Food
Bank and LoYACs community ser-
vice program to previously identied
families around the country.
Khaled Al-Otaibi, Manager,
Corporate Communications at Gulf
Bank said: After the positive impact
of last years Ramadan initiative, we
were pleased to again partner with
Saveco in this charitable activity. By
working with the newly established
Kuwait Food Bank, in addition
to LoYACs community service
program, we were able to broaden
the reach of the food distribution and
engage with additional community
partners. We extend our gratitude
and appreciation to all our partners
in this initiative and look forward
working together again in the future.
Mrs Noor Al Qatami, CEO of
Saveco stated: We are proud to
partner with Gulf Bank on this
project as it brings smiles to a lot of
families every year. Both companies
are committed to social responsibil-
ity in Kuwait by continuously giving
back to the community.
Salem Al Hamar, Kuwait Food
Bank Society Secretary General,
commented: Our aim at the Kuwait
Food Bank is to provide the under-
privileged with basic food stuff and
ultimately reduce food waste. This
Holy Month, we were able to put this
plan into action by providing those
in need with food supplies, through
this cooperation with Gulf Bank. We
look forward to taking this to the
next level and to more similar col-
laborations in the very near future.
During the Holy Month of Ra-
madan, Gulf Bank will be support-
ing and conducting several other
activities. The Bank is sponsoring
the Women Football Tournament
which has already kicked off. The
tournament encourages women
to lead a t and healthy lifestyle
with sports activity being a key
component. The bank will also be
visiting several hospitals to celebrate
Girgian with children and partici- casion of the Holy month of Ramadan,
pating in girgian celebrations with
other Kuwaiti institutions.
Saveco is an all-inclusive mega
market in Kuwait that has quickly
grown to be known for its wide
range of products and its award-win-
ning customer service. The Kuwait
Food Bank is a charity established to
provide food to the needy in Kuwait
and to spread awareness about
the importance of reducing food
waste. LoYAC is the Lothan Youth
Achievement Center, a non-prot
organization for empowering youth.
To learn more about of Gulf
Banks CSR activities, products and
services, visit one of Gulf Banks 56
branches, call the Customer Contact
Center on 1805805, or log on to
www.e-gulfbank.com , Gulf Banks
bilingual website, or see its social
media channels.
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tournament and it is open for all
nationalities and from different
badminton organizations. Exclusive-
private court are also available on per
hour rental. For more information,
please contact Dr Chie Umandap
97197268
More surprises to come at Al Roudhan Tournament: Zain
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Zain, the
Diamond sponsor of the 38th edition
of Al Roudhan Ramadan Football
Tournament, announced the continu-
ation of its daily participation in the
events many activities and programs.
Zain is organizing a number of com-
petitions with valuable prizes for the
attending thrill-seeking crowds on a
daily basis in Martyr Fahad Al Ahmad
Hall in Daiya Area.
Al Roudhan Ramadan Football
Tournament, sponsored by Zain
for the second consecutive year, is
considered the most prominent sport-
ing event in Kuwait during the Holy
Month of Ramadan of every year.
Football fans in Kuwait look forward
to it with great passion, given the fact
that it witnesses high levels of profes-
sionalism through both the competing
local teams as well as the international
football stars hosted.
Zain is present at Al Roudhan
Tournament on a daily basis, where it
interacts with the attending audiences
through various competitions, activi-
ties, and entertainment programs. The
company also distributes valuable
prizes and holds daily challenges and
competitions on its ofcial social
media channels and more.
Kuwait Food Bank and LoYAC to distribute boxes
Gulf Bank team and Saveco team
Gulf Bank team
LoYAC team
NBK shares a traditional Gergean
moment at NBK Childrens Hospital
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: On the oc- community. NBK believes that help-
ing the children and their families is
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) held an integral part of the banks culture
its annual Gergean event at NBK Hos- and practices that reect its deep
pital, Sabah Medical district, to share commitment to its corporate social
with the children the happy moments responsibility. This was the main rea-
of Gergean and present them with treat son that led NBK to build its children
bags and gifts. hospital at Sabah Medical district
The event was attended by NBK many years ago.
Public Relations Team and a number NBK Familys visit to the hospital
of NBK Staff members. was emotional and overwhelming for
The visit to NBK Hospital comes both the children and the team. It is a
as part of an extensive social out- well rooted tradition that has been car-
reach program specically mapped ried out by NBK each year in its efforts
out and implemented by NBK to to continuously have an active role in
show the banks commitment to the the Kuwaiti society.
Photo from the event.
Every year, Al Roudhan Tourna- company supporting this major
ments most anticipated programs Kuwaiti sporting event, did not miss
include the participation of inter- the chance to include the traditional
national football legends that have aspect into the event. The company
millions of fans around the world. organized a Gergiaan activity where
The tournament already hosted Wales it distributed gifts and candy while
and Manchester United legend Ryan hosting a traditional performance. The
Giggs, and the upcoming days will company also participated in a special
see more star players including Spain friendly match between ministers and
and Barcelona legend Andrs Iniesta, members of the parliament, which
Spain and former Real Madrid legend was held under the patronage of His
Iker Casillas, as well as Egypt and Al Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh
Ahli legend Mohammed Abutrika. Jaber Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah.
Zain, being a leading National Zains support to this unique event
Ryan Giggs at Al Roudhan tournament.
3 scents expressing new Bulgari ideal
Wahran Trading introduces Splendida
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Wahran
Trading Company and Bulgari intro-
duce the new Splendida collection.
Three scents expressing a new Bulgari
ideal, now interpreted by Master
Perfumer Sophie Labb: IrisdOr, Rose
Rose and Jasmin Noir.
This unique fragrance collection
unveils the most precious facets of the
iris, the rose and of jasmine.
The Splendida Woman
The Splendida Woman has the
mysterious and sensual radiance that
gemstones and precious essences have
in common.
The perfumer-jeweller seeks out the
exception everywhere on the planet in
order to offer Bulgari woman who loves
the noblest of owers the splendor of an
ideal garden.
Splendida Diva
During the sixties, the Dolce Vita,
the universal model of nonchalant chic,
was born, crystallizing a style for which
Rome became the epicenter. Hollywood
set re to Cinecitt. It took one lm,
Cleopatra, for Bulgari to become at
No. 10 Via Condotti the annexe of the
dream factory.
The Roman jeweller was transform-
ing new-look divas-stars into muses
for which new attributes needed to be
created.
Bulgari offers his own denition
of Glamour: juxtaposition of colored
gemstones and unusual cuts, opulent
volumes and yellow gold.
Precious stones collected from all
over the world are transformed into bold
mineral ctions with dazzling chromatic
effects.
Bulgari caters women who reinvent
the codes of elegance in creative
freedom of anti-conformist luxury.
Bulgari creations have acted in more
than 40 lms and walked all the red
carpets from Cannes to Venice and Los
Angeles. From Elizabeth Taylor, to
Anna Magnani, to Sharon Stone, Nicole
Kidman.
Gems Of Nature
Gemstones and rare essences have
always been the two facets of a same
quest that has led the Roman perfumer-
jeweller to the four corners of the world,
which he has turned into a kind of giant
workshop. The Splendida collection
dives into the heart of the Bulgaris
DNA.
The Florentine majesty of the iris is
pushed to its ultimate degree of pre-
ciousness in Iris dOr.
The eternal femininity of a Damask
rose is literally multiplied in Rose Rose.
The unprecedented duality of Indian
sambac jasmine stars in Jasmin Noir.
These owers considered as the most
beautiful in the world of perfumery,
have the particularity of being true
perfumes in themselves.
Polished like exceptional gems, they
shine here in a superlative manner exalt-
ing the splendida diva.
Splendida Iris Dor
In 1994 Bulgari launched its rst
jewel essencePour Femme, a sophis-
ticated oral bouquet and powdery fra-
grance. The unique powdery signature
of Bulgari was unlike any other and
was to become an iconic and timeless
fragrance. Splendida Iris dOr exalts
today in a sunny and radiant jus with a
highly distinctive character. Its name
evokes the preciousness of iris pallida
and its rhizome, considered as blue gold
in perfumery.
is in line with the companys belief
in the importance of supporting the
youth and sports sectors and encour-
aging the various sporting initiatives
that cater to young people in Kuwait.
The event witnesses impressive par-
ticipation of football enthusiasts from
across Kuwait and the GCC, and Zain
will remain committed to supporting
and sponsoring sports, emphasizing its
dedication to the elevation of Kuwaiti
youth and sports.
Zain stressed that it has always
been keen to organize a number of
social and humanitarian initiatives
during Ramadan to support the vari-
ous sectors of the Kuwaiti society,
and the company is keen on reecting
the religious as well as traditional
humanitarian values and principles to
enrich the art of giving and to increase
bonding between individuals.
The company further afrmed its
Corporate Sustainability and Social Re-
sponsibility campaign during the Holy
Month of Ramadan, which includes an
extensive array of programs that cover
different areas. The initiatives and pro-
grams include humanitarian, voluntary,
cultural, religious, sports, and recre-
ational activities to cater to the different
segments of society.
ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017
LoYAC team
Splendida collection
Iris dOr
In this new olfactory approach, Mas-
ter Perfumer Sophie Labb has careful
kept the star ingredients that contributed
to the success of the fragrance but has
interpreted them in new ways, sculpting
them with cutting-edge techniques
while also increasing their concentra-
tion.
She has literally bathed Splendida
Iris dOr in noble and natural substances
in an arrangement that didnt exist in
the original version. Next to the iris the
absolutes of violet leaf and of mimosa
are found alongside the naturalness of
Australian sandalwood. This iris
violet-mimosa trio delicately lays its
veil of powdery silk that distinguishes
the fragrance. Rejuvenated and embel-
lished, Splendida Iris dOr has a mod-
ernized appearance and distils a golden
and luxurious aura.
Priceless Beauty
Known as blue gold, Iris pallida
or the garden iris is one of the most
noble, and one of the most expensive,
in perfumery. It takes 6 years before the
only part of the ower can be used in
perfumery: three years before they can
be harvested, and another three drying
in a cave before the intensity of their ol-
factory concentrate, known as irone can
be extracted. Its creamy essence known
as iris butter or concrete has a beautiful,
tender and soft scent. Once it is distilled,
the concrete becomes an absolute with
a powdery aroma. It takes 40,000 irises
to produce one kilogram, or 8 tons of
fresh rhizomes ... This makes it the most
expensive raw ingredient in perfum-
ery up to 100,000 euros for a kg of
absolute just behind oud. The best
Iris pallida rhizomes grow in the golden
triangle Siena-Florence-Arezzo.
Top notes: Absolutes of Violet Leaf
Raspberry Heliotrope; Green
Crunchy Sunny; The fragrance has
green, crunch, acidic headnotes.
Hearth notes: Mimosa Absolute
Iris Absolute; Floral Powdery
Velvety
Base notes: Tonka Bean Absolute
Hear t of Vetiver Essence of San-
dalwood; Balsamic Soft Woody
Unctuous
Splendida Rose Rose
Dedicated to the most celebrated
ower in the world, Bulgari created in
2006 an extremely oral perfume called
Rose Essentielle. A decade later, Sophie
Labb has written a new interpretation
of Rose Essentielle, Splendida Rose
Rose.
The new fragrance with intensied
dosages is a oral bouquet with striking
naturalness, embellished with the ultra-
feminine notes of a novel duet: Turkish
rose absolute and unique essential oil of
rose petals capturing the full uniqueness
of this mythical ower.
Bulgaris Splendida Rose Rose is
worn like a necklace of 45 fresh roses,
those contained in its 100 ml bottle.
The ne and fragile Damask Rose
belongs to the class of ancient roses.
Its highly volatile essence is the most
prized of roses in perfumery.
Delicately hand-picked, its beauty
is harvested at dawn as soon as it blos-
soms, before dew burns off.
Its pure pink owers have a sweet,
naturally sensual and opulent scent. It
seduces through its beauty and its oral,
woody and honeyed perfume. The
secret of its beauty is well preserved; its
complex structure combining more than
300 molecules protects its naturalness
from synthetic reproduction. Nearly 4
tons of petals are needed to make a litre
of essential rose oil, and 700 kg for a
litre of absolute.
Top notes
White Mulberry Essence of
Mandarin
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Jasmin Noir
Rose Rose
Citrusy Fresh Succulent
Colourful
The fragrance opens on very spar-
kling fruity and citrusy freshness. A
radiant opening, underlined by the soft
and musky accents of white mulberry.
Hearth notes
Rose Essential Oil Rose Absolute
Voluptuous Sensual Velvety
An intensely rosy oral heart com-
bining the freshness of rose petals with
the sensuality of the absolute and the
essential oil of Damask Rose.
Base notes
Sandalwood Heart of Vetiver
Heart of Patchouli Essence of Gaiac
Wood Musk
Sensual Woody Powdery
A sillage with white chypre notes,
imbued with the precious woody notes
of heart of patchouli and sandalwood.
Splendida Jasmin Noir
Introduced in 2008 Jasmin Noir
broke all the codes of perfumery by
signing the meeting of a pure and
opulent oral quality and a very dry
woodiness. Today, the New Splendida
Jasmin Noir revisits these luminous
and mysterious, elegant and addictive
accords. Sophie Labb conrms the
ultra-sensual character of the jasmine
by overdosing the formula with Indian
Sambac Jasmine absolute. This para-
doxically honeyed and slightly orangey
variety loved by perfumers is consid-
ered as an olfactory giant.
Fragile, ne and precious, but with
great olfactory power, the Sambac
jasmine are hand-picked before dawn
when they exhale the richest in dole
molecule. Picking the owers requires
innite gentleness and great speed, to
ensure the quality of the extraction.
They produce a very small quantity of
essence. It takes 1,800 hours to harvest
7.5 million owers weighing
approximately 600kg needed to
produce 1kg of Jasmine absolute.
The Splendida Jasmin Noir Woman
The Splendida Jasmin Noir
Woman has a dual unpredictable
and unabashed nature: discrete and
condent,determined and intuitive, she
has intense charisma. Wherever she is,
this diva by nature captivates and leaves
a sparkling trail, like star dust, magical
and mysterious. Everywhere she goes,
she is aware of peoples eyes on her.
She reconciles seduction, sensuality and
fragility.
Top notes: Green Sap Gardenia:
Luminous Vivid Green
The fragrance opens with luminous
accents of green and vivid notes outlin-
ing the rst oral hint of jasmine.
Hearth notes: Sambac Jasmine
Absolute Satin Almond: Voluptuous
Hypnotic Balsamic
A oral heart with immaculate ac-
cents of jasmine and milky accents of
satin almond.
Sensuous, opulent
Base notes
Heart of Patchouli Cashmeran
Tonka Bean Absolute; Woody
Amber Mysterious
The intensity of patchouli, the reso-
nance of blond woods and the addiction
of Tonka. Bean Absolute impress an
aura of mystery and sign a powdery and
warm sillage.
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h o
By Jacqueline Bigar
Happy birthday for Sunday, June 11,
2017: This year you flip back and forth
between your light and airy self to a more seri-
ous and practical person. Often these changes
surprise those around you. If you are single,
someone you meet might have difficulty han-
dling both sides of your personality. The per-
son who accepts you for everything you are
will be the right choice for you. If you are
attached, the two of you often jump from situa-
tion to situation quickly. Your versatility
makes your bond even stronger. You could find
CAPRICORN boring.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day Youll
Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average;
2-So-so; 1-Difficult
Capricorn - (Dec 22 - Jan 19)
**** You probably need to juggle different
concerns. You are willing to make changes, but
if you hesitate or take your time, the situation
might not play out exactly as youd like. Tune
in to your sixth sense when making a decision.
Tonight: Have a nice dinner near water.
r o
This Week: Make a money decision only
after you have all the facts.
Aquarius - (Jan 20 - Feb 18)
*** You might want to do some reflecting.
You love spending time with your friends, but
youll need to take care of other matters first. Get
some feedback if you have a very strong reaction
to a higher-up or to a situation involving a control
game. Tonight: Get some extra zzzs.
This Week: You feel as if you can do no
wrong.
Pisces - (Feb 19 - Mar 20)
**** Join a friend for brunch and enjoy
catching up on news. Remain sensitive toward
a loved one who means a lot to you. This per-
son counts on your caring perspective and lis-
tens to your feedback. Join a friend for a movie
or an art show. Tonight: Be near great music.
This Week: Postpone any important matter
until Thursday.
Aries - (Mar 21 - Apr 19)
s c
**** Many of your loved ones have the
expectation that you will take the lead if a
problem ensues. A family member will express
how relieved he or she is when you pitch in and
do your best to handle these matters, as will be
the case right now. Tonight: You are on the
right path.
This Week: Emphasize friendship and
important meetings through Wednesday.
Taurus - (Apr 20 - May 20)
***** You have a lot to listen to. You could
have a strong reaction to what people say.
Detach; only then will you be able to gain a
broader perspective. A friend triggers your
imagination as you make plans. Do what you
have been putting off. Tonight: Where the
action is.
This Week: You have a strong way of deal-
ing with others.
Gemini - (May 21 - June 20)
**** One-on-one relating remains fulfilling.
Someone around you, perhaps an older person,
inspires you to take a leap of faith. A new
friend cant seem to get enough of you. Get in
touch with what you are feeling. Setting bound-
aries will be important. Tonight: Dinner for
two.
This Week: Look at the big picture.
Cancer - (June 21 - July 22)
**** Defer to a loved one, and share more
of what you are feeling. This person could be
more serious than you are, but he or she has the
same bottom line. You simply have different
solutions. Respect your differences. You can
both be right. Tonight: Make it OK to change
plans.
This Week: A key person might be more
important to you than you were aware.
Leo - (July 23 - Aug 22)
**** You might need to add more relax-
ation to your day. You throw yourself into
whatever you do 100 percent. Every so often, it
is wise to take a day off from the hectic pace.
Your creativity emerges when dealing with an
imaginative friend. Tonight: At a favorite place
o p
with friends.
This Week: A bevy of people seem to seek
you out.
Virgo - (Aug 23 - Sept 22):
**** Your imagination emerges and
delights those around you. A loved one makes
it clear that he or she cant get enough of you.
You willingly make an adjustment to spend
more time with a child. Others let you know
what a difference you make. Tonight: In the
whirlwind of living.
This Week: Get as much exercise as possi-
ble in order to handle stress.
Libra - (Sept 23 - Oct 22)
**** You will feel best when youre at
home. Invite a friend or loved one over. The
two of you always find something to do. You
might have a special piece of news to share,
which is likely to catch this person off guard.
Tonight: You naturally take on the role of
leader of the group.
This Week: You come up with answers.
e
Scorpio - (Oct 23 - Nov 21)
**** Your words make a difference to others.
You are willing to be more direct. A child or
loved one puts you on a pedestal, and vice versa.
Be careful -- one of you easily could fall off.
Meanwhile, share a spontaneous moment or two,
especially with plans. Tonight: Live it up.
This Week: Stay focused on a domestic
issue or a discussion about property.
Sagittarius - (Nov 22 - Dec 21)
*** Be aware of the costs of continuing as you
have been. You easily could deceive yourself
about some of the risks of taking action. You have
someone in your life who can be difficult, yet he
or she knows how to anchor you in reality.
Tonight: Be more aware of your budget.
This Week: Speak your mind, and others
will listen.
Born today: Football player Joe Montana
(1956), actor Shia LaBeouf (1986), actor Peter
Dinklage (1969)

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dine in style
The bright and white ethos carries into the homes
dining room, where junking delights abound. Chairs
from Craigslist and a retail coffee table topped with
a wood plank prove that nds scooped up from a
variety of sources can come together to create one
stunning room. New white paint and skirted cush-
ions showcase the chairs graceful lines. The crys-
tal chandelier and trumeau mirror give a nod to the
homes vintage decorating style.
philodendrons
They come in all shapes and sizes, but philoden-
drons share a few common characteristics. They
want to be watered and fed moderately, says
Moore. You can either place them in a terrarium,
as shown, or give them something to climb on (they
will wrap around an entire room on a beam or a
wire) to show off their shapely leaves.
Keep in a room with average warmth, a mini-
mum of 55 Fahrenheit in winter, and with indirect
sunlight.
In the winter, keep the soil just a touch moist.
During spring, summer and fall, mist the leaves and
water regularly and thoroughly.
Every few years, transfer to a larger pot at
springtime.
egg to get thicker hair
Regular protein treatment is essential to enjoy
stronger and thicker hair. For a protein hair treat-
ment the best ingredient to use is egg. Take one or
two eggs according to the length of your hair and
beat it properly. Now apply this egg on to your wet
hair and allow it for sit for ve to ten minutes. Finally
wash your hair with lukewarm water and your favor-
ite shampoo. You can go for this protein treatment
three to four times a week. Another option is to mix
together the yolk of one egg with one tablespoon
of any kind of hair oil and two tablespoon of water
properly. Use this mixture to massage your scalp
thoroughly. Follow this remedy once a week to en-
joy thicker hair.
honey beet salad
Ingredients: 4 large beets, 1/4 cup water, 3 table-
spoons balsamic vinegar, 1 tablespoon honey, 1/4
teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/4 cup chopped
sweet onion, 1/4 cup chopped walnuts ,
1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese, 2 table-
spoons chopped fresh parsley, salt to taste.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400F (200C).
Arrange beets in a baking dish and pour in wa-
ter; cover with aluminum foil.
Bake in the preheated oven until beets are ten-
der, about 1 hour. Allow beets to cool overnight;
remove outer skin and chop beets into bite size
pieces.
Whisk balsamic vinegar, honey, and black
pepper together in a bowl. Stir beets, onion, and
walnuts into vinegar dressing. Sprinkle with blue
cheese, parsley, and salt to serve.

Dear Abby
Woman now ready
to start a new life
By Abigail Van Buren
Dear Abby: I am 55 now. Between the ages of 18 and
26, I was married four times to three different men. I was
stupid. I had no direction in life and thought marriage was
the answer. At 27, I went back to college, graduated and
became a CPA.
I married again at 34. My husband was abusive, and
the marriage was rocky, to say the
least. He hit me, shoved me, kicked
me, drank too much, passed out in the
street and was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Photos from the event.
Hyde to live with. I hung in with him
for 20 years because I was desperate
to make a marriage work and avoid KTS holds 12th year inaugural event
further shame.
I nally left him last year. I feel
damaged, empty and ashamed, and I 12th Year inaugural function of Kuwait Tamil Sangam 2017-18 to the audience and the team honoured Dr the audience.
dont know how to start over at this (KTS) Kuwait was held at Fintas Marriage Hall, Kuwait. Pukalendran for his achievement of his doctorate con- While chief guest addressed the audience on one
Distinguished guests from various congregations at- ferred by World Tamil University in the eld of Social side, the other side, Magic show was showcased by
Abigail Van Buren point. I have been ghting a chronic tended the function and the function was inaugurated services in last year. the famous magician Vinod Thodupuzha, especially
illness for eight years, which contrib-
utes to my feelings of hopelessness. with lighting of Kuthuvilakku by KTS ladies and the The famous Arabic Tanoura Dance was performed for the children in a separate hall. At the end of the
Have you any advice about where I can turn to start a Chief Guest Dr Jayanthasree Balakrishnan, followed by the Egyptian dancers was applauded by the audi- event, Karaoke Light music was performed by the
new life? Please dont suggest counseling. I have already by Thamizh Thai Vazhthu by KTS kids. ence. Sruthilaya Music Band.
done that and gotten as much healing from it as possible. Dr Pukalendran, KTS President welcomed the Honorary Speaker of the event, Dr Jayanthasree Ganeshkumar, Vice-President of KTS gave vote of
Now I need to know how to move forward. guests & members and briefed about the KTS activi- Balakrishnan delivered an enthralling speech on the thanks and the event was concluded with nice dinner
ties and semi classical dance was performed by KTS theme of Role of Parenting (Kulanthai Valarpil Petro- served by A2B Restaurant. The event was well an-
Shamed but not stupid children. Radhakrishan, General Secretary of KTS rin Pangu) which was very much important today, ex- chored by KTS committee member Mrs Vijayapriya
Dear shamed: Your new life began the mo- introduced the KTS committee member for the year plained in an interesting way and well appreciated by Ramanan.
ment you walked out the door and left your
abuser behind. I have often asked, If marriage is

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the answer, what is the question? Now that you
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Couch slouch
CNN drops Reza Aslan

Afghans find truth

in Laughter Network
KABUL, June 10, (Agencies): They are a
thorn in the side of abusive Afghan warlords,
corrupt policemen and double-dealing politi-
cians, skewering them on television with
laughter.
Comedy can be a dangerous business
in Afghanistan, but the stars of TV show
Shabak-e-Khanda or Laughter Network
are unabashed even in the face of threats
of violence.
Their skits calling out wrongdoing and
incompetence with tongue-in-cheek noncha-
lance have garnered an avid following since
the series rst launched on Tolo Television.
A recent episode took a swipe at a senior
minister who had a reputation for drifting off
to sleep in ofcial meetings.
Wazir sahib, when should I wake you up
to defend the country? the anchor crooned
to a broken harmonium, reecting public
frustration over growing insecurity in Af-
ghanistan.
You were sleeping when suicide bombers
came to attack us, he joked.
Another episode parodied a military com-
mander who bet and lost a government
humvee in a gambling spree.
And another lampooned a policeman
who was dismissed for bacha bazi, the
entrenched practice of sexual slavery and
abuse.
Through comedy we show the reality of
life in Afghanistan, said the shows 27-year-
old producer Ra Tabee.
Comedy is funnier when there is truth
to it. In a country full of tragedies, we make
people laugh.
The show is a rare uncensored voice that
has built a reputation for poking the bear in
the eye and speaking truth to power.
And it appears to be getting more daring
with each episode.
Another audience favourite was a skit
showing Afghanistans president trying to
coax another former warlord over the phone
not to engage in celebratory shellre after
signing a government peace accord.
No celebratory re is like making Kabuli
pilaf without rice, reasons the stubborn
warlord, anked by a rocket launcher.
The line between satire and reality blurred
to the point of vanishing when the show
parodied a powerful MP whose electricity
was cut off for not paying his utility bills.
If you dont switch it back on, I will switch
you off, the MP is shown threatening a power
company ofcial. In reality, the lawmaker
got away with not paying, the way inuential
strongmen in Afghanistan usually do.
But sometimes the humour cuts too close to
the bone. In Afghanistans hypermasculine so-
ciety, being laughed at is the cultural equivalent
of being emasculated, the ultimate humiliation
that can easily devolve into violence.
Supporters of President Ashraf Ghani also
warned another star of the show, Ibrahim
Abed, against mocking him. He has gained
popularity for near-perfect mimicry of the
mercurial leaders sudden nger-jabbing
outbursts.
But such is the power of outraged mockery
that ordinary Afghans have started courting
Shabake Khandas crew to expose wrongdo-
ings and shame inept ofcials.
Humour is also a source of solace and
escapism in a country where hope is fast
receding, amid a worsening conict, rising
unemployment and political dysfunction.
CNN no longer believes in Believer,
the non-ction series it launched earlier this
year with Reza Aslan, the Iranian-American
author and religious scholar.
CNN has decided to not move forward
with production on the acquired series Be-
liever with Reza Aslan, the network said in
a statement. We wish Reza and his produc-
tion team all the best.
Aslan came under re earlier this month
after using profanity to describe President
Donald Trump in the wake of remarks the
President made about the terrorist attacks on
London. In the tweet, Aslan called Trump
a piece of and expressed dismay at
Trumps use of the tragedy to promote
his desire for a so-called travel ban on
certain kinds of people hailing from specic
countries in the Middle East. The author
later apologized, saying, I should have used
better language to express my shock and
frustration at the presidents lack of decorum
and sympathy for the victims of London. I
apologize for my choice of words.
Believer would have entered a second
season if it had been picked up.
Obviously I am very disappointed in this
decision. Believer means a great deal to me
and to the countless viewers its reached. Its
message of religious tolerance and explora-
tion is extremely important right now. I am
deeply grateful to CNN for giving me the op-
portunity to launch the show and to amplify
my voice on their network. I am especially
grateful to the legion of people within the
Turner organization who worked so hard to
make the show a hit series, said Aslan, in
a prepared statement. However, in these
politically charged times, the tenor of our
nations discourse has become complicated,
and I recognize that CNN needs to protect its
brand as an unbiased news outlet. Similarly, I
need to honor my voice. I am not a journalist.
I am a social commentator and scholar. And
so I agree with CNN that it is best that we
part ways. I look forward to partnering with
another platform in the future to continue
to spread my message. I wish CNN all the
best.
last week with Sen Ben Sasse (R-Neb). In the
An Indian social business has launched
the countrys rst solar satellite television
service, bringing clean energy powered
entertainment to households and businesses
through a pay-as-you-go payment scheme.
Simpa Networks, which began operations
in 2011, is one of thousands of social enter-
prises in India tapping into the renewable
energy market in a country where one-fth
of the 1.3 billion population has no access to
electricity.
With the majority of those without power
from poor communities in countryside, the
company focuses on selling solar powered
products such as LED lights, phone charging
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even faster than supply, said Simpa Net-
work CEO Piyush Mathur in a statement.
Rooftop solar has a role to play in both
off-grid and on-grid areas. In many cases its
the fastest and least expensive way to get
power into the homes and businesses in rural
areas.
Simpa Magic TV provides over 100
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the same as a non-solar equivalent.
In this image released by HBO, host Bill Maher (left), appears with actor-rapper Ice Cube during a broadcast of Real Time with Bill Maher,
Bill apologizes again for using slur
I did a bad thing, says Real Time host Maher
LOS ANGELES, June 10, (RTRS): Bill Maher
on Friday again apologized for his use of
the N-word on HBOs Real Time with Bill
Maher last week, engaging in an extended
conversation about race with author and aca-
demic Michael Eric Dyson.
I want you to school me. I did a bad thing,
Maher said at the start of the interview with
Dyson, adding that it was a word that has
caused pain among African-Americans.
It came minutes after Maher opened to-
nights edition of Real Time, which airs live,
by thanking the audience for letting a sinner
in your midst, a reference to his use of the
N-word on last weeks show. Some audience
members yelled, We love you Bill as he took
the stage.
This was Mahers rst Real Time episode
since using the racial slur during an interview
interview, the senator invited Maher to come
to Nebraska and work in the elds. Maher
replied, Work in the elds? Im a house n---. He argued with Grifns contention that her
HBO issued a statement condemning the
remark, and Maher issued an apology the next
day.HBO said the remark would be edited out
of future airings of the episode.
In the conversation with Dyson, Maher
noted that there was a lot of apology in Amer-
ica. I am against that. But he said that in this
case, the apology for the use of the N-word
was appropriate.
He said that Sasses comment about work-
ing in the elds had struck him as a weird
thing.
The comic mind goes to a weird place,
he said. That is why I apologize freely and I
reiterate it tonight. That is sincere.
Dyson, an African-American, said that he
took a lot of heat for agreeing to come on
Mahers show on the notion that it would seem
to excuse his remark. But Dyson suggested
that his use of the word was an unconscious
reex that comes out of a culture of white
privilege, even among caucasians who dont
have any history of making racist remarks.
We have to grapple with how deeply rooted
that is, Dyson said.
Maher seemed to agree, but said that it is
not like I have made a career of this. It is not
like I went out there last Friday and said, Hey,
we are going to break new ground tonight. white privilege, and white indifference to
Dyson did credit Maher for calling out rac-
on June 9, in Los Angeles. (AP)
ism in the past, noting that the comedian had
said that denying racism is the new racism.
He said that Maher was on the front line in
pointing that out.
He said that people dont think Bill Maher
is a racist, but his point was that if even Bill
Maher can capitulate in a level of unconscious
privilege, then the rest of us are in a serious
spot.
Maher responded, I just dont want to
pretend this is more of a race thing than a co-
median thing. Comedians are a special kind of
monkey. We are a trained thing that just tried
to get a laugh.
He noted that comedian Kathy Grifn, who
was under re last week for posing in a photo
with a fake head of Trump, owes me a fruit
basket for getting me off the front page. But
he pointed to her case and his as examples of
where comedians went too far.
Still, Maher suggested that such mistakes
shouldnt mean the end of a persons career.
used as a weapon by white people. We are not
career was sidelined, telling her, You made a
mistake. You didnt have to go away.
Recounted
Dyson did note, however, that there are
lines that you do not cross. He recounted a
scene from HBOs Curb Your Enthusiasm,
created by and starring Larry David, in which
a black man comes up to and says, Hey, you
my n---r? He says, Are you my caucasian?
What understood was that is a line that
he cannot cross and even his comedy cannot
cross, Dyson said.
Maher said that his use of the word cost me
a little bit of political capital. He noted that he
has a history of challenging the orthodoxy on
the right and the left.
Every quarterback throws and intercep-
tion, I try to squeeze them in more than most,
Maher said, adding, this was just a dumb
interception.
In the wake of the furor over Mahers
remark, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) canceled
his appearance on the show. In his place,
Real Time booked Dyson. In the days af-
ter Maher made the remark, Dyson came to
the hosts defense, tweeting that Maher has
bravely, and relentlessly, pilloried racism,
the black plight.
Dyson further credited Maher for having
used his platform to highlight black faces,
and amplify black voices, that might otherwise
have never been given such a prominent perch
to tell their truths.
Other guests on Fridays show included
rapper and actor Ice Cube, with the roundtable
consisting of David Gregory, former Rep.
David Jolly (R-Fla.), and activist Symone
Sanders.
After he sat down at Mahers desk, Ice Cube
quipped to him, I knew you were going to
sooner or later.
He then got serious and asked Maher,
What made you think it was cool to say that?
There was no thought put into it. Obvi-
ously I told Dr. Dyson, comedians they react.
It was wrong and I apologized. More than that,
I cant do, Maher said.
I accept your apology, Ice Cube respond-
ed. I still think we need to get to the root of
the psyche. He noted that the word has been
going to let that happen again.
Jolly said to Maher, The GOP handbook
says, Dont agree with Bill Maher. But I want
to say something to you. You apologized. At
some point, America has to accept apolo-
gies. And more importantly, lets focus on the
people who speak irreverent words and refuse
to apologize, because that is where the hatred
in the heart is.
Maher started his HBO show Friday night
by thanking the audience for letting a sinner
in your midst, a reference to his use of the
n-word on last weeks show.
This was Mahers rst show since using
the racial slur during an interview last week
with Sen Ben Sasse (R-Neb). HBO issued a
statement condemning the remark, and Maher
issued an apology the next day.
Friday nights are always my worst night of
sleep because Im up reecting on the things
I should or shouldnt have said on my live
show, he said in the statement. Last night
was a particularly long night as I regret the
word I used in the banter of a live moment.
The word was offensive and I regret saying it
and am very sorry.
But it did not stop the fallout. Sen Al Fran-
ken (D-Minn.) canceled his appearance on the
show. Instead, Real Time booked academic
and author Dyson, an African-American.

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HEALTH
Syria polio outbreak hits global effort to eradicate virus
GENEVA, June 10, (Agencies): Three
cases of polio have been conrmed in
Syrias Deir al-Zor governorate, the
rst re-emergence of the virus in Syria
since 2014, the Global Polio Eradica-
tion Initiative has said.
It said two cases of a paralysing
strain were found in early May in peo-
ple who had started to become become
paralysed, and as one in a healthy
child.
The strain of the virus was vaccine-
derived poliovirus type 2. Vaccine-
dervied polioviruses are mutations of
polio strains used in the oral polio vac-
cine, and can cause outbreaks in places
where where vaccine coverage is poor.
The original wild type 2 has not
been detected anywhere since 1999,
but other types of wild poliovirus have
caused three cases in Afghanistan and
two in Pakistan this year, and there
have also been four vaccine-derived
cases in Congo.
In Syria, a wild poliovirus type 1
outbreak caused 36 cases in 2013-
2014, before being successfully
stopped. There were two vaccination
campaigns in Deir al-Zor in March and
April this year but only limited cover-
age was possible, since access Zor is
compromised by security problems,
the group said in a statement said.
However, detection of the cases did
demonstrate that disease surveillance
systems were functional in Syria, it
added.
On May 29 a World Health Organi-
zation spokeswoman told Reuters that
there had been 50 cases of acute accid
paralysis in the governorate since the
start of 2017, but no stool samples had
yet tested positive for polio.
A Yemeni mother holds her child suspected of being infected with cholera
at a makeshift hospital in Sanaa on June 9. (AFP)
Insecurity continues to severely
hamper access in Deir Ez-Zor and
other parts of Syria. This not only ad-
versely affects vaccination, but also
the transportation of stool samples to
polio labs to be tested for poliovirus-
es, she said.
The virus, which invades the ner-
vous system and can cause irreversible
paralysis within hours, spreads rapidly
among children, especially in unsani-
tary conditions in war-torn regions,
refugee camps and areas where health-
care is limited.
The Global Polio Eradication Ini-
tiative, launched in 1988, originally
aimed to end all transmission of the
disease by 2000.
Success would make polio only the
second human disease to be eradicated
789 deaths in Yemen in past month: WHO
since smallpox was banished in 1980.
Also:
GENEVA: A cholera outbreak of more
than 100,000 cases has erupted in war-
ravaged Yemen, killing nearly 800
people, in just over a month, the World
Health Organization said Thursday.
The UN health agency said that
since the end of April, 101,820 sus-
pected cholera cases had been reg-
istered across 19 of the countrys 21
governorates, including 789 deaths.
WHO has warned that a quarter of
a million people could fall sick with
cholera by the end of the year in Ye-
men, a country where two-thirds of the
population are on the brink of famine.
British charity Oxfam also voiced
alarm at what it described as a run-
Tumor-agnostic cancer drugs boosting genetic tests
Singapore confirms two new Zika virus cases
SINGAPORE, June 10, (RTRS):
Singapore on Friday conrmed two
cases of locally transmitted infec-
tions of the mosquito-borne Zika
virus, bringing the total number of
reported cases in the city-state this
year to eight.
The viral disease carried by mos-
quitoes has spread to more than 60
countries since an outbreak was
identied in Brazil in 2015, raising
alarm over its link to microcephaly,
a rare birth defect.
The National Environment Agen-
cy (NEA) said it had begun inspec-
tions and spraying with insecticide
in some parts of the city.
Residents are urged to maintain
vigilance and continue to eliminate
mosquito breeding habitats, as
there could still be asymptomatic
or mild, undiagnosed cases which
might result in further transmission
of the virus, the agency said in a
statement.
Most people who are infected
away cholera epidemic in Yemen,
pointing out that the disease is cur-
rently killing nearly one person every
hour.
Cholera is a highly contagious bac-
terial infection spread through contam-
inated food or water.
Reining in the disease is particularly
complicated in Yemen, where two
ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017
with Zika have mild symptoms but
infections in pregnant women have
been linked to microcephaly and
other brain abnormalities in babies.
In adults, Zika infections have
also been linked to a rare neurolog-
ical syndrome, known as Guillain-
Barre, that can cause paralysis.
The NEA has urged citizens to
take precautions against mosqui-
toes in the coming summer months,
usually the peak season for another
mosquito-borne disease, dengue
fever, media reported.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, the
main carrier of dengue, also trans-
mits the Zika virus. Singapore has
now reported eight Zika cases this
year, government data shows. Last
year, more than 400 people became
infected with the virus, following dis-
covery of the rst case in August.
Also:
CHICAGO: New cancer drugs that
target genetic mutations regard-
years of devastating war between the
Huthis and government forces backed
by a Saudi-led Arab military coalition
has left more than half the countrys
medical facilities out of service.
Yemens conict has killed more
than 8,000 people and wounded
around 45,000 since March 2015, ac-
cording to the WHO.
29
less of where the tumor is growing
should expand the practice of test-
ing patients for such glitches, on-
cology experts say.
Such tumor-agnostic drugs
from companies including Merck &
Co and Loxo Oncology may help
overcome misgivings by health in-
surers, who have balked at cover-
ing large-scale tests looking for ge-
netic mutations in tumors, and quell
concerns of some top cancer doc-
tors who question whether enough
patients benet from such tests.
Last month, Mercks immuno-
therapy Keytruda became the rst
cancer treatment ever to win US
approval based on whether the tu-
mor carried a specic genetic glitch,
irrespective of the tumors location.
More recently, Loxo showed that
its drug larotrectinib helped shrink
tumors in 76 percent of patients
with a wide variety of advanced
cancers who carried a specic ge-
netic defect.
Yemen is on the edge of an abyss.
Lives hang in the balance, Sajjad
Mohammed Sajid, Oxfams Yemen
country director, said in a statement.
Cholera is simple to treat and pre-
vent but while the ghting continues
the task is made doubly difcult, he
said, insisting that a massive aid ef-
fort is needed now.

Irans Aseman Airlines has finalised an agreement to
buy 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets for $3.0 billion, the com-
pany said Saturday, with an option to buy 30 more.
The deal, announced in April, was signed at a cer-
emony in Tehran and the first 30 planes are due for
delivery between 2022 and 2024.
Im glad that we can... upgrade the air fleet in an
appropriate manner so they can take over regional
markets, said Labour Minister Ali Rabii at the sign-
ing, according to the ISNA news agency.
However, the deal could be scuppered if US
President Donald Trump goes ahead with threats to
reimpose sanctions on Iran.
The White House is in the midst of a 90-day review
to decide if it will stick by the 2015 deal between Iran
and world powers, in which Tehran agreed curb on
its nuclear programme in exchange for an easing of
sanctions.
Washington must renew sanctions waivers every
few months to keep the deal alive, and another set of
renewals is due in the coming days.
Even if Trump sticks by the nuclear deal, the
Boeing sale must be cleared by the US Office of
Foreign Assets (OFAC).
We have finalised the deal and now we are wait-
ing for OFAC permission within the next month,
Boeing and Irans Aseman finalise $3bn deal for 30 jets
Aseman spokesman Amir Reza Mostafavi told AFP.
He said Aseman would pay five percent of the
contract in cash, with the remainder paid through a
financing deal organised by Boeing.
Boeing, which is also building 80 planes for nation-
al carrier Iran Air, faces heavy criticism from US
lawmakers who say Iranian airlines have been used
to ship weapons and troops to Syria and other con-
flict zones.
The aerospace giant has therefore emphasised
the employment potential of the deals, saying in April
that the Aseman contract creates or sustains
approximately 18,000 jobs in the United States.
Iran has been desperate to renew its ageing fleet
of planes, but was largely blocked from dealing with
major aircraft manufacturers until the 2015 nuclear
accord.
The US has maintained its own sanctions, which
block almost all trade with Iran, but plane manufac-
turers were given a specific exemption under the
nuclear deal.
OFAC approved the sale of the 80 Boeing as well
as 100 Airbus planes to Iran Air. The first few Airbus
jets have already arrived in Tehran.
Aseman currently has a fleet of 36 planes -- half of
them the 105-seat Dutch Fokker 100s. (AFP)

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Lenders will have to pay a premium for funding from elsewhere

UAE blacklist likely to squeeze liquidity of Qatari banks

DUBAI, June 10, (RTRS): A move by
four Arab states to blacklist dozens of
figures with alleged links to Qatar
could squeeze liquidity at Qatari banks
which get a significant amount of their
funding from the region.
Qatari banks have around 60 billion
riyals ($16 billion) in funding in the
form of customer and interbank depos-
its from other Gulf states, Chiradeep
Ghosh, banking analyst at SICO
Bahrain, said.
All types of deposits at banks in
Qatar totalled 753 billion riyals at the
end of March, according to central
bank data.
But the United Arab Emirates cen-
tral bank has ordered local banks to
stop dealing with the 59 individuals
and 12 entities with alleged links to
Qatar and to freeze their assets, state
news agency WAM reported late on
Friday.
It has also told them to apply
enhanced due diligence for any
accounts they hold with six Qatari
banks, including Qatar National Bank
(QNB) which is the Middle East and
Africas largest bank, WAM said in its
report
The six banks QNB, Qatar
Islamic Bank, Qatar International
Islamic Bank, Barwa Bank, Masraf Al
Rayan and Doha Bank did not
respond immediately to requests for
comment.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and
Bahrain had earlier branded as terror-
ists the same individuals, including
Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader
Yousef al-Qaradawi, and entities
including Qatari-funded charities
Qatar Charity and Eid Charity.
The move followed the isolation of
Qatar by the four states, which have
cut all diplomatic and transport links.
This pressure is likely to constrain
the funding Qatari banks would be
able to raise from Saudi Arabia, the
UAE and Bahrain, one banker in the
region told Reuters.
All Qatari banks will struggle for
liquidity and will have to pay a pre-
mium for funding from elsewhere out-
side these four countries, SICO
Bahrains Ghosh said.
Qatari banks, like their Gulf neigh-
bours, have been struggling against a
backdrop of lower oil prices, which
has pushed up funding costs and raised
non-performing loans.
It is especially challenging as
theyre not very liquid as their loan to
deposit ratios are already above 100
percent, Ghosh said.
Qatar could defend currency for years
DUBAI/LONDON, June
10, (RTRS): Qatar could
defend its currency for
years in the face of eco-
nomic sanctions by other
Gulf states, the countrys
balance sheet suggests, so
the riyals peg to the US
dollar is unlikely to fall vic-
tim to the regions diplo-
matic crisis.
The decision by Saudi Arabia,
the United Arab Emirates,
Baharain and Egypt to cut diplo-
matic and transport ties this week
threatens to hurt Qatars trade bal-
ance, suck deposits from its banks
and push out foreign investment.
Reflecting this threat, the riyal fell
on Friday in the offshore forwards
market to its lowest level against the
dollar since December 2015, when
low oil and gas prices raised concern
about all the Gulf economies.
But the worlds top liquefied natural
gas exporter is so rich that it could
offset the threatened capital outflows
by liquidating just a portion of its
financial reserves. And as long as it
can keep exporting gas, its current
account balance is unlikely to go deep
into the red.
That means the riyals spot market
peg of 3.64 to the dollar is probably
safe for the foreseeable future. Any
decision to change the peg would
essentially be political rather than eco-
nomic.
At their lowest on Friday, forwards
prices implied riyal depreciation of
under 2 percent over the next 12
months.
Many economists at financial insti-
tutions in the Gulf decline to discuss
Qatar publicly because of the political
tensions, but privately they say they
expect Qatar to defend its currency
successfully.
We are not looking for the Qatari
peg to break, wrote Chris Turner,
Extended diplomatic crisis could force major capital outflows
global head of strategy at Europes
ING, though he called the pressure on
the riyal unprecedented and said other
countries experience in the past 25
years indicated that if the peg did
break, the riyal could fall at least 20
percent.
Cutting Qatars credit rating to AA-
this week, Standard & Poors put the
governments liquid external assets at
170 percent of gross domestic product,
or about $295 billion, based on the
International Monetary Funds esti-
mate of Qatari GDP.
Capital outflows could come in sev-
eral forms. Foreign investors have
already started to sell Qatari equities; a
complete pull-out could mean an out-
flow of nearly 10 percent of the stock
market, or about $15 billion.
Qatari banks had 451 billion riyals
($124 billion) of foreign liabilities in
March, most in the form of loans and
deposits from foreign banks. Less than
half that is from banks in other Gulf
states.
Exposure
Some Saudi, UAE and Bahraini
banks have already started to cut their
exposure to Qatar, and they could cut
aggressively if the diplomatic crisis
continues and their governments order
them to do so. Riyadh may also try to
force foreign banks to choose between
the Saudi and Qatari markets.
If foreign banks cut two-thirds of
their exposure to Qatar in coming
months, that could mean an outflow of
over $80 billion.
Then there is the current account
balance. Before the crisis, the IMF
predicted firm oil and gas prices would
help Qatar run a surplus of $1.2 billion
this year, rising gradually to $4.7 bil-
lion in 2020, against a deficit of $3.5
billion last year.
Ten percent of Qatars exports,
which the IMF has estimated at $70
billion this year, are to countries that
have blocked trade, S&P calculated;
import costs are likely to rise because
of the closure of the land border with
Saudi Arabia.
Funding or liquidity profile may weaken amid diplomatic row
Negative rating actions taken on Qatari banks
DUBAI, June 10: S&P Global
Ratings today lowered its long-
term counterparty credit rating on
Qatar National Bank S.A.Q (QNB)
to A from A+. At the same time, side risks to the ratings as a con-
we placed the ratings on QNB,
Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C.)
(CBQ), Doha Bank Q.S.C., and
Qatar Islamic Bank (S.A.Q) (QIB)
on CreditWatch with negative
implications.
These rating actions reflect our
recent action on the sovereign rat-
ing on Qatar. They also reflect our
view that Qatari banks funding or
liquidity profile might weaken as a
result of recent developments.
On June 5, 2017, a group of
states--including Saudi Arabia,
the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, and
Yemen--moved to cut diplomatic
ties and trade and transport links
with Qatar. The measures
imposed include a blockade of
land, sea, and air access and the
expulsion of Qatari officials, resi-
dents, and visitors from the group
of states. We consider that this
will exacerbate Qatars external
vulnerabilities and could put pres-
sure on economic growth and fis-
cal metrics. We have therefore
downgraded the long-term sover-
eign rating on the State of Qatar
Costs may also rise as Qatars isola-
tion forces it to pay higher wages to
the foreign professionals and workers
who make up the vast majority of the
population of about 2.6 million.
The result could be a current account
deficit of several billion dollars annu-
ally while the crisis lasts - a drain on
resources, but not a decisive one con-
sidering Dohas assets. mist at Capital Economics in London,
to AA- from AA and placed it on grade, we now incorporate three
CreditWatch negative.
The CreditWatch placement
encompasses numerous down-
the rating on QNB to A from A+.
sequence of recent events. At this
stage, we note that it is unclear
how Qatar will respond and the
extent to which these measures
will be enforced, or for how long.
As further details emerge, we
expect to review these aspects
and their potential impact on our
projections. The next scheduled
review of the sovereign rating is
due on Aug. 25, 2017.
We regard CBQ, Doha Bank,
and QIB as systemically important
banks in Qatar and the Qatari
authorities as being highly support-
ive of the banking system. The rat-
ings on these three banks include
three notches of support above
their respective stand-alone credit
profiles (SACPs). We have there-
fore placed the long- and short-
term ratings on these banks on
CreditWatch negative as a further
lowering of the sovereign rating
would be likely to affect them.
We classify QNB as a govern-
ment-related entity that has a very
high likelihood of extraordinary
support, in case of need. As a
result of the sovereign down-
Because of its small size and the
fact that many major banks have links
to the government, Qatar would prob-
ably find it easier than most countries
to impose capital controls if that
became necessary to prevent residents
from sending large amounts of money
abroad.
Jason Tuvey, Middle East econo-
about other dollar pegs in the region.
notches of support in our long-
term rating on QNB, rather than
four, and have therefore lowered
Again, our long- and short- term
ratings on QNB have been placed
on CreditWatch negative because
a further lowering of the sovereign
rating would be likely to affect it.
Moreover, we have previously
identified Qatari banks increasing
dependence on external funding
as a potential source of tail risk in
the event that these funds sud-
denly dry up. The Qatari banking
systems total net external debt
stood at about Qatari riyal 182 bil-
lion on April 30, 2017.
The majority of these funds are
from Asia and Europe. We con-
sider that recent events have the
potential to reduce external fund-
ing sources. Although we do not
expect this to pose an immediate
significant risk to Qatari banks, it
could mean that government sup-
port could be needed to offset a
potential major outflow. Should
we observe a significant deterio-
ration in the funding or liquidity
profiles of Qatari banks, their
SACPs and ratings would come
under pressure.
Continued on Page 31
said he did not expect the riyals peg to
break. Even Riyadh, which also fixes
its currency to the dollar to maintain
investor confidence and limit volatility
in its oil revenues, might want to avoid
driving Qatar to take that step.
After all, if Qatar is forced to
devalue, fresh concerns may be raised

Economic blockade threatening food imports, hitting aviation sector hard

Current rate ineffective, not workable

Energy exports a lifeline for boycott-hit Qatar Oil markets in need of

KUWAIT CITY, June 10, (AFP): A
Saudi-led diplomatic and economic
blockade against Qatar may threaten
food imports, but the tiny emirate still
has a lifeline through its gas and oil
exports, experts said Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt,
Bahrain and Yemen have suspended
all diplomatic ties to gas-rich Qatar,
halting flights to and from the country
and ordering Qatari citizens to leave
within 14 days.
Riyadh on Monday also cut off the
Qatari peninsulas only land border,
threatening the import of both fresh
food and raw material needed to com-
plete $200 billion worth of infrastruc-
ture projects for the controversial 2022
World Cup.
An estimated 40 percent of all of
Qatars food supplies are transported
across Qatars land border with Saudi
Arabia, said Anthony Skinner of the
UK-based global risk consultancy
Verisk Maplecroft.
Its closure will force the Qatari
authorities to increasingly rely on sea
and air freight, thereby increasing
costs and inflation, Skinner said in a
report.
The economic impact of the diplo-
matic boycott was immediately visible
Monday, as shoppers flocked to
Qatars main supermarkets to stock up
on staples despite assurances by the
government that there would be no
food shortages.
Qatars only viable alternative for
food imports is via Iran and the Gulf
state of Oman by sea, and via Turkey,
Europe and south Asia by air.
The head of Irans agricultural prod-
ucts export union said Tehran was
ready to fend off potential food short-
ages with exports to Qatar by sea.
Also hit by the economic measures
is the bustling aviation sector in the
Gulf.
Saudi Arabia and its allies have
banned flights to and from Qatar.
Skinner said the move would force
Qatar Airways, already hit this year by
US President Donald Trumps elec-
tronics ban, to change multiple routes,
thus incurring even more costs.
An employee is seen filling shelves at the al-Meera market in the Qatari capital Doha on June 10. Saudi Arabia,
Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain announced on June 5, they were cutting diplomatic ties and closing air, sea and land
links with Qatar, giving Qataris within their borders two weeks to leave. (AFP)
And although Qatar has limited
trade with Gulf states, its exports to
Saudi Arabia estimated at $896
million (796 million euros) by the UN
are now expected to evaporate.
Qatar is one of the smallest Arab
nations with a population of 2.4 mil-
lion, only 10 percent of whom are
Qatari.
But the emirate has one of the larg-
est per capita incomes in the world at
over $100,000.
The closure of Qatars land border
will likely leave contractors with no
choice but to import building materials
by sea, driving up prices and poten-
tially delaying the projects, Skinner
said.
But Qatars energy supplies will
remain unaffected with secured export
routes through the Strait of Hormuz to
Japan and southeast Asia.
Qatar is the worlds leading LNG
exporter and supplies 80 million
tonnes annually by sea. Only 10 per-
cent of its gas exports go to Middle
East states, including the UAE and
Egypt.
The emirate also pumps over
600,000 barrels of oil.
I dont see any threat to Qatars
energy export routes. They will con-
tinue to its main Far East customers,
Kuwaiti oil expert Kamel al-Harami
told AFP.
Qatar also has around $350 billion
of foreign assets invested in major
international companies, including a
17-percent stake in Volkswagen.
But Qatars banking sector could
still feel the heat of the diplomatic
crisis.
Non-resident deposits made up 24
percent of deposits in the countrys 18
lenders in April, according to Qatars
central bank.
Qatari banks, already struggling
with declining cash reserves and high-
er interest rates, could be hard hit if
Saudi Arabia and UAE opt to with-
draw their foreign deposits, said
James Dorsey, senior fellow at the S.
Rajaratnam School of International
Studies in Singapore.
deeper production cuts
By Kamel Al-Harami
Independent Oil Analyst
Iextend
mmediately after the OPEC and
non-OPEC producers agreed to
the period of current oil
production cuts by another three
months until the end of the first
quarter of next year, the oil prices
hit a low of below $50 per barrel.
The main rea-
son for this
unexpected
decline is that
the oil pro-
ducers did not
opt for cuts
higher than
the current
1.8 million
barrels per
day.
O P E C Al-Harami
along with
Russia must go for higher genuine
oil reductions, as the current
reduction rate is ineffective and
not workable. Moreover, all oil
producing countries must stick to
the reduced oil production rate.
Frankly, it is a hard task to
monitor the production cuts and
the volume of each OPEC and
non-OPEC member like Russia.
Do we really know whether
200,000 barrels per day.
Russia is reducing its production
rate by 300,000 barrels per day or
if all OPEC members are reduc-
ing their production rates fully to
ensure 1.2 million barrels of
reduced volume are achieved?
There is no doubt that Kuwait
by all means has been adhering to
reductions.
the agreed reduction rate. It could
perhaps be mostly due to the
operational problems related to
shutting down of Shuaiba
Refinery which had production
capacity of 200,000 barrels, as
well as decrease by possibly
300,000-350,000 barrels due to
upgrade operations in two refiner-
ies Mina Ahmadi and Mina
Abdullah.
Saudi Arabia has also been
reducing its exports. However, rest
of the producers has been reducing
their production by a very small
rate such that the total reduced vol-
ume may not reach the agreed vol-
ume of 1.2 million barrels.
The other factors that have
been weakening the oil prices and
causing them to reach the current
level of below $48 per barrel
include the high oil stock. All
producing countries have been
selling from their overseas stocks
which had been building up until
January 2017.
Of course, the surge in the USA
shale oil production is a huge fac-
tor in the lowering of oil prices. In
fact, the oil prices stabilizing
close to $50 per barrel has given
life to shale oil.
Since shale oil is getting out of
control but is here to stay while
the world crude oil inventory is
still high, the only solution for the
oil organization is to increase its
crude oil production by another
The total cuts of 2 million bar-
rels will only be effective if all oil
producing countries fully adhere
to the decision of reduced produc-
tion and actually implement it.
This is because the oil markets are
in need of a good order for further
e-mail: naftikuwaiti@yahoo.
com
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Sirius to invest $480 mln in Pandora
Sirius XM Holdings Inc said on ing content. The relationship could
Friday it will invest $480 million give Sirius expertise in expanding
in Pandora Media Inc, giving its listening base outside of the car.
the satellite radio company bet- We believe there are future
ter exposure to internet music opportunities to accelerate Pan-
streaming while providing nan- doras growth and further in-
cial footing to Pandora. crease stockholder value, Sirius
While Sirius XM has a strong XM Chief Executive Ofcer Jim
presence in the auto market, where Meyer said in a statement.
its channels are offered in most While the companies did not
new cars in the United States, it provide details about how they
has trailed Pandora and other mu- would work together, Barclays an-
sic providers in mobile and stream- alyst Kannan Venkateshwar said
Sirius XM could bundle Pandora
services to its customers, similar
to how Amazon sells HBO and
Showtime subscriptions.
Pandora CEO Tim Westergren
said the investment infuses re-
sources to help Pandora contin-
ue to grow and innovate.
Pandoras shares have lost
more than 30 percent over the
past 12 months, and the com-
pany has never turned a prot on
an annual basis. (RTRS)
Netflix burning cash in its shift to originals
Netix got a lot of attention last
year by declaring its intent to
spend $6 billion on content in
2017. But thats not a true reec-
tion of the cash the company is
actually shelling out.
Through about 2011, the
money Netflix spent on con-
tent each year was roughly
equal to the amount the com-
pany expenses each quarter in
its profit-and-loss statement.
However, that changed start-
ing in late 2012 with Netflixs
spending on original content,
which is very different from
the way it pays for licensed
content.
With licensed content, the
streaming company has gen-
erally been able to arrange to
pay in a manner that aligns with
the way it accounts for content
costs in its P&L statement a
little bit at a time over the life
of the content. But with original
content, Netix has to fund the
whole expense out of pocket
from day one, meaning that
almost all of the cash cost is
incurred before the content is
even available.
As a result, whereas Netixs
cash outlay on content was once
considerably less than its total
cost of revenue specied in the
companys income statement, it
is 25% to 30% higher as of the
last few quarters. (RTRS)

Ratings firms eye fallout from UK election

British shock election sparks more economic uncertainty

LONDON, June 10, (Agencies): Fi-
nancial markets dislike uncertainty but
were handed a hugely clouded outlook
Friday after the Conservative party of
Prime Minister Theresa May lost its
parliamentary majority in Britains
snap general election.
Traders and analysts in the City of
London nancial district spoke about
feeling jaded, not just because they were
up all night awaiting the results but be-
cause the UKs second shock election re-
sult in a year throws the nature of Brexit
talks into yet more doubt.
For the wider British economy, Fri-
days result refocuses attention on the
uncertain path lying ahead for Lon-
dons key nancial sector as well as
for businesses generally with close EU
links.
This is a serious moment for the
UK economy, Carolyn Fairbairn, di-
rector-general of Britains main busi-
ness lobby group the CBI, said follow-
ing the election outcome.
The priority must be for politicians
to get their house in order and form a
functioning government, reassure the
markets and protect our resilient econ-
omy, she said in a statement.
Politicians must act responsibly,
putting the interests of the country rst
and showing the world that the UK re-
mains a safe destination for business,
she added.
The initial reaction to the general
election result has been to send the
pound plunging.
However this in turn propelled
the London stock market higher as a
weaker pound boosts the FTSE 100s
numerous multinational companies
that earn in currencies other than ster-
ling.
Everyone is a bit tired, said Neil
Wilson, senior market analyst at trad-
ing group ETX Capital.
There are a lot of uncertainties, he
told AFP from his companys ofces
soon after the start of London trading.
While the Conservative party came
rst in Thursdays vote, it lost its par-
liamentary majority, and is now hop-
ing to secure the support of Northern
Irelands Democratic Unionist Party
and its 10 seats to push it over the line.
May called the election in April
to try and extend her majority and
strengthen her Brexit-negotiating posi-
tion, but her gamble backred spectac-
ularly and triggered widespread con-
cern among leading business gures.
The City of London would wish
to see an effective and secure govern-
ment formed as soon as possible, said
the bodys policy chairman Catherine
McGuinness said Friday.
Markets do not like instability. It
is also important for the prospect of
successful Brexit negotiations that we
have certainty in the political system,
she added in a statement.
Leftist opposition leader Jeremy Cor-
byn, whose Labour party surged from 20
points behind in the opinion polls, has
told May to quit after she lost votes, lost
support and lost condence.
Massive
I think Corbyn was underestimated
massively, Kevin Hector, a fty-year-
old worker at Swiss bank UBS, told
AFP on Friday. The question now is
Theresa Mays future (and) obviously
it looks like rejection of a hard Brexit.
A so-called hard Brexit would
see Britains departure from the single
market or tariff-free zone, while also
ending the free movement of people.
We might (now) have a softer ver-
sion of Brexit, a smoother transition,
noted Wilson at ETX.
The past year has seen plenty of
surprises in Western politics follow-
ing presidential victories for Donald
Trump and Emmanuel Macron in the
United States and France, respective-
ly, while it is almost 12 months since
Britain voted in favour of exiting the
European Union.
The British economy has actually
held up remarkably well over the last
12 months after the Brexit vote, Andy
Baldwin, a senior partner at nancial
group EY told AFP on Friday.
That growth has been driven by
consumer spending and borrowing.
That has now reduced as we have seen
ination rise and we have seen imports
increasing in price therefore the
growth going forward really needs to
be driven by business investment and
condence.
Meanwhile, the agencies responsi-
ble for Britains credit rating said on
Friday that inconclusive national elec-
tions could impact Brexit negotiations,
lead to another snap poll and change
the future path of economic policy.
The three biggest rms Fitch,
Moodys and S&P Global all have
a negative outlook on their respective
ratings for Britain. Ratings inuence
at what cost a government can borrow
money in nancial markets.
While no agency changed their rat-
ing on Friday, they all issued state-
ments warning of the risks the new
political questions pose on Britain, the
worlds fth biggest economy.
The UK general election result cre-
ates uncertainty over the policy plat-
form, political cohesion and longevity
of the next UK government, Fitch
said in a statement. This will have
implications for Brexit and potentially
scal policy.
Fitch added that the hung parliament
increased the range of possible out-
comes to British talks on leaving the
European Union including a dis-
orderly exit and potentially a softer
deal.
S&P Global said the election wont
immediately affect the countrys credit
ratings but warned it could create fur-
ther uncertainty by potentially delay-
ing Brexit negotiations.
In our view, the lack of a majority
for any party is likely to delay Brexit
negotiations, scheduled to start very
soon, S&P Global said in an emailed
statement.
Furthermore, we do not exclude
the possibility of another snap elec-
tion. These considerations are reected
in our current negative outlook on the
long-term ratings.
S&P Global and Fitch downgraded
the sovereign to AA immediately after
a vote last June by the country to leave
the European Union.
Global FDI flows rebound,
set to rise further in 2018
Flow to stay below peak seen 10 years ago: UN
GENEVA, June 10, gested by preliminary figures in Latin America and the Caribbean,
because of their uncertain macroeco-
(RTRS): Global foreign February.
FDI is a bellwether of globalisation nomic and policy outlook, it said.
direct investment (FDI) and a potential sign of the growth of The United States remained the
fell by less than previously corporate supply chains and future top FDI recipient in 2016, with in-
thought in 2016 and will trade ties. ows increasing 12 percent to $391
This year it is expected to grow billion, followed by Britain, which
rise this year and in 2018, thanks to higher economic growth was pushed up into second position
although its ow will stay expectations, a resumption of trade by several mega-deals and welcomed
below the peak seen 10 growth, and increasing corporate $254 billion of FDI in total.
years ago, the United Na- prots, the United Nations trade and China was in third position but
development agency UNCTAD said. slipped 1 percent from 2016 to $134
tions said on Wednesday. Policy uncertainty and geopoliti- billion.
FDI, which largely comprises cal risks could hamper the recovery, FDI ows have repeatedly under-
cross-border mergers and acqui- and tax policy changes could sig- shot forecasts because of the stutter-
sitions (M&A) and investment in nicantly affect cross-border invest- ing recovery after the global nancial
start-up projects abroad, slipped ment, UNCTAD said in a report. crisis. In 2007, FDI ows hit an es-
by 2 percent in 2016, much less The outlook was cautiously opti- timated $1.9 trillion, the highest on
than the 13 percent fall sug- mistic for most regions, except for record.
Canada jobless rate rises to 6.6%
OTTAWA, June 10, (AFP): Canadas But the impact was not reected in health care and social assistance, the
unemployment rate rose 0.1 percent- the unemployment rate, which was government agency said.
age points to 6.6 percent in May, pushed up by a ood of Canadians Meanwhile, fewer people were
despite a surge in full-time work, starting to look for work. working in nance, insurance, real
the government statistical agency an- Statistics Canada said profes- estate, rental and leasing, as well as
nounced Friday. sional, scientific and technical ser- information, culture and recreation,
There was a net 54,500 new jobs vices as well as manufacturing led and public administration.
created in the month, including the gains in employment the lat- The month of May saw an uptick in
77,000 full-time jobs beating ana- ter seeing a reversal of a downward employment of youths and men.
lysts expectations, which were ve trend in 2016. The gains were spread mostly in
times lower, after a near-decade low There were smaller increases in Ontario, British Columbia, Manito-
unemployment rate was posted the transportation and warehousing, ba and Prince Edward Island prov-
previous month. wholesale and retail trade, as well as inces.

German lender says will not disclose Trump family data

Deutsche Bank snubs US demand

Amazon creating discounting wars
Shoppers fixated with discounts
pose huge challenge for stores
NEW YORK, June 10, (AP):
Shoppers who got addicted to
sales during the last recession
have more tools than ever to cross-
check prices and nd bargains,
creating a race to the bottom
particularly on clothes.
While retailers are trying to of-
fer more exclusive products and
improve the experience shoppers
have in stores, online leader Ama-
zon is expanding quickly into ap-
parel, creating more discounting
wars. Off-price stores and new dis-
count chains keep the pressure on.
There is not a lot that I would pay
full price for, said Sara Scoggins,
a 30-year-old Los Angeles resident
who uses apps like Hafta Have for
scanning items and tracking deals
and Honey for coupons and promo
codes. There is always a deal. You
are a sucker not to get a deal.
The bargain-hunting started in
earnest during the Great Reces-
sion, when stores plied shoppers
with discounts upon discounts to
rid themselves of mounds of mer-
chandise after consumer spending
tanked. But even as the economy
has perked up, Americans havent
let go of the search for deals.
Weve conditioned consumers
especially coming out of the reces-
sion for promotions and discount-
ing, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief
economist at the National Retail
Federation trade group.
Shoppers have time and technol-
ogy on their side. An ever-growing
number of apps, websites and
browser extensions will search for
shipping deals, sales and coupons.
And for some shoppers, theres a
thrill in outwitting the stores.
Marc Phillips, 26, who works in
digital strategies and lives in Man-
hattan, says he mostly buys clothes
at the end of the season and shops
at outlets like Nordstrom Rack.
I have found some nice deals,
like nice designer names, he said.
I consider myself brand-savvy
and price-savvy. I understand the
types of tricks that stores play.
The cycle feeds itself. People got
used to getting great deals, retailers
who tried to raise prices saw sales
suffer, and shoppers got more bar-
gains. Moreover, as shoppers gravi-
tate toward services or experiences,
demand for stuff like clothing has
waned meaning stores have an
even harder time raising prices.
Department store and mall-based
clothing retailers have wrestled with
the biggest challenges. Even luxury
names like Michael Kors and Ralph
Lauren have struggled to get shop-
pers to buy without discounts. And
experts expect the discounting to
increase as Amazon becomes more
aggressive in clothing sales.
Amazon has made a big push to
expand its offerings under private
labels like Lark & Ro designed to
be as stylish as recognizable na-
tional brands. So shoppers looking
for a skirt or pants are automati-
cally shown that brand compared
to a well-known label.
A Lark & Ro skirt could be 50
percent below a similar item from
a national brand, says Michelle
Ai, manager of marketing at Boo-
merang Commerce, a startup that
helps retailers use data to make
price adjustments.
Amazon is poised to surpass
Macys this year as the largest US
clothing seller, according to Cowen
& Co analysts. They forecast that
Amazons share of the US clothing
market will increase from 6.6 percent
last year to 16.2 percent by 2021 as
it gains more Prime members and in-
creases its clothing selection.
And in the meantime, US retail-
ers are facing new competition
from low-price international ri-
vals, including the Primark chain
that has started opening stores in
the Eastern US It offers jeans as
low as $7 and tops for $4.
BERLIN, June 10, (AFP): Germanys
Deutsche Bank said Friday it would
not disclose any information on its
links to US President Donald Trump
and his family, rejecting a request
from US lawmakers.
Democratic members of the
House Financial Services Com-
mittee had written to the bank in
May to ask for documents which
they said could help shed light on
whether loans Deutsche Bank
made to President Trump were
guaranteed by the Russian Govern-
ment, or were in any way connect-
ed to Russia.
But the bank rejected the demand
in a written reply published on its
website, arguing that divulging such
information constituted a violation
of privacy.
Federal law requires that finan-
cial institutions such as Deutsche
Bank maintain the privacy of their
customers and the confidentiality
of information relating to those cus-
tomers, said the bank.
This is true even if the indi-
vidual is a government official or
well-known person, and even in
circumstances where the individual
has made some disclosure regarding
their relationship with their banking
institution, it added.
The law only provides for disclo-
sure of such information for law en-
forcement or regulatory purposes or
in connection with duly-authorised
investigations, it noted.
Accordingly, Deutsche Bank, like
other financial institutions, is not
permitted to disclose details related
to its customers, it said.
Among information sought by
the lawmakers are any document,
record, memo, correspondence, or
other communication related to
the 2011 Russian mirror trading
scheme, as well as details of any
loans and guarantees made to Trump
or his family members.
The demand for information from
the bank was the latest twist in the
high-stakes investigation of Trumps
relations with Moscow, including
into whether there was any collusion
between his campaign and an alleged
Russian bid to tilt the US election in
the Republicans favour.

The CreditWatch placement encom- CreditWatch and afrm them if we

Negative rating
Continued from Page 30
Finally, our assessment of the Qa-
tari banks creditworthiness would be
revised downward if a deterioration of
their operating environment had an im-
pact on their nancial prole, especial-
ly their asset quality or capitalization.
passes downside risks to our ratings on the
banks as a consequence of recent events.
We will review these as further details
emerge. Specically, we could lower the
ratings on these banks if we were to take
similar action on the sovereign ratings.
We could also lower the ratings on these
banks if we saw a signicant deterioration
in their funding or liquidity proles.
We could remove the ratings from
were to take the same action on the sov-
ereign rating. In such a case, we would
expect the embargo to be short-lived
or that Qatar had responded in a way
that would maintain its credit metrics
in line with our current expectations.
At the same time, we would not expect
to observe a signicant deterioration in
Qatari banks funding and liquidity pro-
les or operating environment.
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Jeep hits pothole even as Fiat counts on expanding sales

The iconic Jeep brand is the cornerstone of Fiat
Chryslers strategy to bolster its position in the global
auto industry, but the brands US sales have hit a pot-
hole. FCA chief Sergio Marchionne has mused about
spinning off the Jeep just as he spun off Ferrari to
raise additional capital, but instead the Italian-Ameri-
can automaker is counting on a steady expansion of
Jeep sales in the years to come.
But after a long period of steady growth, Jeeps US
sales dropped 18 percent in May and have fallen 13
percent so far this year.
Todd Goyer, Jeep spokesman, said the setback is
temporary. It is due to a deliberate reduction in eet
sales, and the transition from the previous Compass
and Patriot (models) to the ramp-up of the all-new
Compass, he said in an email.
In addition, he noted that Global Jeep sales are up
six percent in 2017 through May.
Even as it ramps up production at a plant in Mex-
ico, the model changes cited by Goyer have forced
FCA to halt Jeep production temporarily at plants in
Belvidere, Illinois and Toledo, Ohio and the transition
will not be completed until late this year.
While sales of vehicles such as the popular Jeep
Grand Cherokee remain robust, climbing 11 percent
in May, other factors could be hobbling Jeeps expan-
sion plans, analysts said. Fiat Chrysler vehicles have
consistently ranked at or near the bottom of a num-
ber of product quality charts, said Michelle Krebs, an
analyst with Autotrader.
And the company seems unable to turn it around
while competitors race ahead with improvements,
she said, which could be putting the brakes on sales.
Meanwhile, the competition is increasing and put-
ting more pressure on the brand. Just this week, Hon-
da began building its Acura MDX, a direct competitor
of the Grand Cherokee at a second plant in Ohio to
keep up with demand.
Karl Brauer, executive publisher of Kelley Blue
Book, noted that Jeep has been cashing in on the
American craze for SUVs from the beginning, while
other brands are still rolling out new models to take
advantage of the insatiable demand.
That makes it easier for those brands to grow while
Jeep has nowhere to go but down, especially while
two (Jeep) compact models are phased out while a
single one comes in to replace it, Brauer said.
John Murphy, an analyst with Bank of America
Merrill Lynch, noted that European carmakers Volk-
swagen AG, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, are introduc-
ing new luxury utility vehicles, challenging Jeep in a
segment where it had been dominant. (AFP)

Al-Thani says proud of everyones achievements and of volunteer program for third consecutive year

Ooredoo employees enjoy annual ghabga gathering

KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Ooredoo,
Kuwaits fastest network, held its annual
ghabga in Jumeirah Hotel on Monday
evening under the traditional Kuwaiti
theme Sanduq Embayyat. The event
was attended by employees of Ooredoo
Kuwait and its subsidiaries, as well as
the companys CEO and General Man-
ager Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah
Al Thani and members of the executive
management.
Kuwaiti Heritage
The event started a traditional musi-
cal performance Janadriya Band, and
was followed by a number of activities
around the Kuwaiti-themed entrance
hall which included a counter for sell-
ing traditional artifacts such as miniature
dhow ships and wooden chests, known
colloquially as Sanduq Embayyat.
These boxes were used in the 18th and
19th century in most homes of people
from the Arabian Gulf, to store jewelry
and valuables. Visitors to the booth were
able to engrave their names on their
boxes, before enjoying traditional Ara-
bic coffee, dates and sweets in Gahwat
Bu Shamel, a play on the name of tradi-
tional Kuwaiti coffee shop names such
as Gahwat Bu Nashi, with Shamel be-
ing Ooredoos biggest postpaid plan for
employees. Visitors have also enjoyed
instant photos taken with a traditional
Kuwait heritage backdrop.
Thanks and Appreciation
During his opening speech at the event,
Ooredoo Kuwaits General Manager and
CEO Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah
Al Thani expressed his thanks and grati-
tude to all employees for their continued
dedication and hard work, urging them
to continue with the pace despite market
challenges and high competition.
He added: Were proud to have start-
ed the Holy Month of Ramadan with a
series of activities focused on humanitar-
ian aid, through our award-winning vol-
unteer program which we launched for
the third consecutive year. Personally,
I am happy to see the big participation
whether in our Iftar tent or the Ooredoo
Truck, which distributes meals in key
locations across Kuwait. Its a reason to
be proud when you see young men and
women across Kuwait racing to partici-
pate in this program, including a number
of our own employees.
Competitions and Prizes
During the event, attending employ-
ees enjoyed a number of activities and
competitions presented by the famous
radio personality Osama Fouda. The
event was also attended by a number of
social media inuencers such as Bibi Al-
abdulmohsen and Alexanderos Kasimis,
who participated in Ooredoos Ramadan
television commercial for this year.
Token of Appreciation
On behalf of all the employees in the
company, Ooredoo Kuwaits Chief Cor-
porate Legal and Regulatory Affairs Of-
cer Dr. Yusuf Al-Selili handed a trophy
of appreciation to the companys CEO and
General Manager Sheikh Mohammed bin
Abdullah Al Thani. The award comes to
show gratitude and appreciation from all
Ooredoo Kuwaits staff to their companys
general manager for all his efforts and ded-
ication to the company throughout the past
three years since he took ofce.
Continued Success
During his speech, Ooredoo Kuwaits
Corporate Communications Senior Di-
rector Mijbil Alayoub highlighted a
number of activities since the beginning
of the year, thanking all staff behind
these achievements for their efforts.
Since the beginning of the year, Ooredoo
sponsored a number of outdoor markets
that focus on entrepreneurs and small
and business enterprises, such as Murouj
Market and Festum Festival for youth.
Ooredoo has also kicked off its third
football tournament for employees,
which is one of the biggest and most an-
ticipated internal activities of the year. It
took place on Hassan Abul Sports Center
in Dasma and saw a big attendance from
employees of all departments. The event
comes in line with the companys com-
mitment towards cultivating a healthy
environment for all employees.
Alayoub also noted In line with our Photos from Ooredoos annual ghabga at Jumeirah Hotel.
ongoing commitment to being the big- kicked off its Ramadan program of ac- nect with the families and children in ad- with different entities, such as the Ku- food and distribute it on the needy and
gest supporter of youth in Kuwait, we the launch of its newly revamped No-
tivities, with distributing meals to the dition to the staff of the center during this wait Foundation for the Advancement poor families and individuals. joom rewards program which offers its
have sponsored a number of activities needy in Ooredoos Iftar tent, strategi- holy month. of Science and the non-prot organiza- Products and Services
and initiatives in cooperation with the customers the best exclusive discounts.
cally located across the head ofce of Ooredoo stated that supporting vol- tion Spread the Passion which have put Ooredoo proudly launched a state-of- Accessible to all Ooredoo customers, the
Ministry of State for Youth Affairs. This
includes sponsoring The Arab Youth the company on Soor Street. Ooredoos unteer work stems from its deep-rooted together a training program for youth, the-art data center, further reiterating the program offers members free upgrades,
Capital 2017 initiative, which is one of volunteer program this year is also using values of caring, connecting and chal- with lectures and workshops delivered companys commitment to being one of vouchers and discounts from a large va-
the biggest initiatives for youth region- a truck to deliver meals to those in need lenging, noting that this support comes by people with expertise in the eld of the leading companies in information riety of partners, ranging from service
ally. Were also proud of sponsoring in different locations across Kuwait. The to foster an environment that supports volunteer work. technology solutions, and the company providers, retailers and hotels, and air-
Kuwaits biggest volunteer program in volunteer activities are in collaboration volunteer work and giving selessly to Ooredoo Kuwait also proudly par- of choice for prospective clients search- line companies.
Kuwait for the third consecutive year, with Spread the Passion, which is col- help others, noting that this is especially ticipated in Boubyan Banks initiative ing for ICT solutions, catering especially In addition, customers use their No-
which managed to attract hundreds of laborating with Ooredoo for the third true during the holy month of Ramadan Mashrouk, by donating the excess for the needs of corporates and busi- joom points to buy products from the
participants from across Kuwait. consecutive year. Additionally, Ooredoo which instills the values of caring for food from its ghabga to the banks nesses Nojoom Online Rewards Store. More
Volunteer Activities held an iftar feast for the children at the others. initiative. Ooredoos Nojoom information about the program can be
Ooredoo, Kuwaits fastest network, Kuwait Down Syndrome Center, to con- Ooredoo is also proud to be working The initiative aims to preserve excess Ooredoo has also recently announced found on nojoom.ooredoo.com.kw

BUSINESS
Santander, the eurozones larg-
est bank, is expected to come out
stronger from its rescue of smaller
Spanish rival Banco Popular,
though job cuts, toxic assets and
legal challenges by disgruntled
shareholders may make the pro-
cess bumpy, analysts say.
By paying just a symbolic euro
for Popular, Santander becomes
Spains biggest bank in terms of
market share, said its president
Ana Botin on Wednesday.
French reform, British uproar and Fed hike
Brexit talks may be delayed
DUBLIN/LONDON, June
10, (RTRS): When British
Prime Minister Theresa
May called a snap election
in April, then-French pres-
idential candidate Emma-
nuel Macron was the one
supposedly set to struggle
to govern effectively with a
parliamentary majority.
Seven weeks later, May has lost
her majority and a novice party
created by Macron looks set to win
the biggest parliamentary major-
ity for a French president since
Charles de Gaulles 1968 land-
slide.
European Union leaders fear
Mays dramatic electoral miscue
will delay Brexit talks due to start
this month and so raise the risk of
negotiations failing, and the fallout
will doubtless continue to domi-
nate headlines in the coming week.
So will the US Federal Reserves
meeting, which is expected to bring
a rise in interest rates.
But just as signicant for Europe
is the fact that the week is bookend-
ed by Frances two rounds of leg-
islative elections, this Sunday and
on June 18.
Predictions can go wrong, of
course. Just ask May. But if Ma-
cron does succeed in stomping on
the opposition as polls suggest,
he will be starting his tenure with
Market to double in 20 yrs: Airbus
WTO largely backs Boeing
in trade row with Airbus
GENEVA, June 10, (Agencies):
The World Trade Organization
largely cleared the United States
of maintaining unfair support for
Boeing Co, but said it had failed
to withdraw a tax break in its main
planemaking state that continues
to cause trade reworks.
The ruling added another page to
an exhausting 13-year-old battle be-
tween the transatlantic plane giants
just as a US tribunal agreed sepa-
rately to investigate Boeings con-
cerns about alleged price-dumping
by Canadas Bombardier.
The WTO said the United States
had failed to remove aid for Boe-
ing, as alleged in a trade complaint
brought by the European Union,
but ruled that few of the subsidies
hurt EU interests.
It found that one US subsidy
programme, a business tax rate re-
duction in the state of Washington,
where Boeing builds most of its air-
craft, had adverse effects, involv-
ing customers from the United Arab
Emirates, Canada and Iceland.
Both sides claimed victory after
the ruling, which is about whether
Boeing complied with a 2012 de-
cision that it had received billions
of dollars of subsidies including
aid from space agency NASA and
tax breaks from Washington State.
The panel found only one
state-level program, which had an
average value of $100-110 mil-
lion in the 2013-2015 period, to
be contrary to WTO rules. The
United States disagrees and plans
to appeal this limited nding, the
ofce of the US Trade Representa-
tive said.
Complied
European planemaker Airbus
insisted the United States had not
complied with the WTOs earlier
decisions in the case and claimed it
had suffered $100 billion of harm
when combined with a follow-up
complaint.
The amount of money involved
completely distorts trade ... and the
WTO should make it clear that no
government or company can escape
from their international responsibili-
ties, Airbus Chief Executive Tom
Enders said in a statement.
The WTO said Boeing had
failed to comply with part of the
earlier 2012 ruling relating to tax
breaks in Washington state.
Those tax breaks are now the
subject of a new case, having been
extended to cover Boeings newest
wide-body jet.
In November, the WTO dened
the tax break to help Boeing devel-
op its new 777X jet as a prohibited
subsidy.
That decision, contested by the
United States, is now working its
way through the WTOs appeals
tribunal.
The ruling is part of a series of
tit-for-tat transatlantic complaints
about aircraft subsidies that to-
That day, the European Central
Bank (ECB) announced Banco
Popular was failing or likely to fail
and would be sold to Santander
the rst time such a decision has
been taken since the ECB took
over the role of Europes banking
supervisory authority in 2014.
Santander may have been the
eurozones rst bank in market
capitalisation and may have made
a six-billion-euro ($6.7-billion)
prot last year, but it was still only
clout to steer an economy in need
of a bit of help.
French economic growth has
been accelerating. The central bank
said on Friday it now expected it
to rise 1.4 percent this year, a tad
above earlier projections.
Although that is the most since
2011, it is hardly robust and reects
what critics say is a rather sclerotic
economic system which Ma-
cron is promising to x. This was
underlined by industrial output un-
expectedly slumping 0.5 percent in
April.
The central bank also said France
was again in danger of exceeding
European Union budget decit
targets with a projected cap of 3.1
percent versus the EUs 3.0 percent
and the previous governments 2.8
percent target.
There is an audit due next month.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe
says he is concerned the old gov-
ernment may have let things slip.
In the middle of Britains ex-
pected week of political question,
meanwhile, comes one of the bits
of post-Brexit-vote economic data
that UK citizens have actually felt
ination.
It has risen sharply, mainly as a
result of the pounds dive against
the dollar and euro that followed
the referendum.
Economists polled by Reuters
expect annual ination to come in
unchanged in May at 2.7 percent.
gether make up the worlds larg-
est trade dispute, involving mutual
accusations of support for Airbus
and Boeing.
Bickering over nancing for the
$120 billion a year civil aerospace
industry has widened in recent
months as Brazil took Bombardier
to the WTO and Boeing asked a
faster US tribunal to deal with its
pricing complaint against the same
company.
Meanwhile, Airbus Friday said
it expects the market for large pas-
senger planes to more than dou-
ble in the next 20 years driven by
growth from Asian markets.
Raising its previous forecasts
for the next two decades, the Eu-
ropean aircraft maker also said a
slowdown in orders over the past
several months did not signal a
drop in the market.
Trend
The trend is positive, said
Airbus chief executive Fabrice
Bregier.
Airbus last week had warned it
expects slow orders this year and
perhaps next year, too, but said it
was a normal part of the business
cycle.
The planemaker predicts the
need for 35,000 new planes worth
$5.3 trillion over the next two dec-
ades, an increase from last years
estimates.
Air travel is remarkably resil-
ient to external shocks and doubles
every 15 years, said its chief op-
erating ofcer for customer rela-
tions, John Leahy.
Asia Pacic continues to be an
engine for growth, with domestic
China to become the worlds larg-
est market.
The numbers released Friday, as
the industry gears up for the Paris
Air Show later this month, show
a six percent increase from last
years forecasts in terms of num-
bers of aircraft and a two percent
increase in value.
Airbus last year already raised
its 20 year forecasts, which it pub-
lishes each year, as does its US
rival Boeing.
The number of aircraft world-
wide that count over 100 seats
should reach more than 40,000
while airline trafc will increase
by 4.4 percent per year over the
time period, according to the Air-
bus estimates released Friday.
This means hundreds of thou-
sands of new jobs, the planemak-
er said, estimating the need for
530,000 more pilots and 550,000
new maintenance engineers.
The planemaker Friday cited
more rst time yers and rising
disposable income for air travel as
other reasons for its forecast.
Emerging markets in China
and India as well as other parts of
Asia and Latin America are grow-
ing nearly twice as fast as North
America and Western Europe.
the third lender in its own country
in terms of market share.
Its main markets are Brazil and
the United Kingdom.
But the buyout of Popular allows
Santander to gain close to 20 per-
cent of the loan and deposit market
in Spain. It also becomes the big-
gest private bank in Portugal, where
its rival was established.
Popular is also liked by small and
medium-sized companies, which
means Santander will now control a
Macron seen launching privatisation drive with airports
PARIS, June 10, (RTRS): The
government of new French Pres-
ident Emmanuel Macron looks
likely to start a planned privati-
sation programme with airports
operator ADP, according to three
nancial industry sources with
knowledge of the matter.
Macron said before he won
the presidency on May 7 that
he wanted privatisations to help
fund a 10 billion euro ($11.2 bil-
lion) government drive to boost
industry and innovation.
If he gets the parliamentary
majority pollsters expect on June
18, he could go for a quick rst
deal that could raise funds for ail-
ing French nuclear group Areva.
Shares in ADP, which runs
Charles de Gaulle and Orly air-
ports outside Paris, are trading
near record highs, and the gov-
ernments 50.6 percent stake,
worth nearly 7 billion euros,
could be put on the block by state
investment group APE within
weeks or months of the election,
the sources said.
We think that APE have made
plans so that ADP is on top of
the stack for the government,
said one of the sources who has
previously been involved in deals
It will not, of course, reect the
pounds falls related to the election
result.
Pay growth is meanwhile seen
falling to 2 percent in the three
months to April, excluding bo-
nuses less than ination and
Italian bond yields hits 3-month low
Kuwait legal counsel to dealers, joint lead managers
ASAR plays role in NBKs GMTN programme
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: ASAR
Al Ruwayeh & Partners
(ASAR), Kuwaits leading and
most prominent corporate law rm,
and one of the regions top tier law
rms, is pleased to have acted as
Kuwait law counsel to Citigroup
Global Markets Limited, First Abu
Dhabi Bank PJSC, HSBC Bank
plc, J.P. Morgan Securities plc,
Standard Chartered Bank, and Wa-
tani Investment Co K.S.C.C. (who
collectively acted as dealers and
joint lead managers), on the estab-
lishment of a US$3 billion Global
Medium Term Note (GMTN)
programme (the Programme) by
NBK SPC Ltd and its inaugural
Rule 144A/Regulation S interna-
tional debt capital markets issu-
ance thereunder. The Programme
is unconditionally guaranteed by
National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P.
(NBK).
The inaugural offering com-
prised US$750 million 2.75%
notes due 2022, issued on 30 May
2017 and admitted to trading on the
Irish Stock Exchange. The offering
constituted the rst bonds to be of-
fered and sold to qualied institu-
tional buyers in the United States of
America in reliance on Rule 144A
and Regulation S from a GCC -
nancial institution. The offering of
Santander stronger after buyout but toxic assets threaten
quarter of a market that is just lifting
off again after the nancial crisis,
with three percent growth expected
in Spain this year.
That is why Botin promised
her shareholders that the buyout
would be good for them, sug-
gesting a 13 to 14 percent return
on investment from 2020 and
conrming other, previously-an-
nounced nancial targets in the
coming years.
For now, investors appear to be
involving the French state.
None of the sources could say
for sure the government would
sell ADP soon, nor whether all
or part of the stake would be up
for auction. But a second source
said APE had very likely organ-
ised things for ADP to be the
rst privatisation.
ADP, the nance ministry, the
presidents ofce and the APE all
declined to comment.
Despite its strong recent share
price performance, ADP has an
enterprise value (equity plus
debt) of about 13 times forecast
earnings before interest, tax,
depreciation and amortisation
(EBITDA), below an average of
around 16 times for recent sector
transactions.
The 2015 sell-off of Nice and
Lyon airports, overseen by Ma-
cron himself as economy minister
at the time, achieved multiples of
23 and 19 times respectively.
European and Chinese inves-
tors are interested in ADP, a
banking source said. However,
French infrastructure group Vinci
, which already holds 8 percent
and has made airport operation
a core business, is seen as the
most serious candidate, sources
underscoring why many voters are
unhappy.
May retail sales, on Thursday, are
also expected to show some post-
referendum blues, with a fall 0.8
percent month-on-month predicted,
for a year-on-year rise of 1.4 percent
Biggest weekly fall of 2017
Ibrahim Sattout, Rob Little, John Cunha
the notes was well received and at-
tracted considerable demand from
global investors, with the global
order book closing at US$2.2 bil-
lion resulting in an oversubscription
rate of approximately 2.9 times. US
based invested dominated the sub-
scription with a 57% share of the
notes issuance, followed by inves-
tors in the MENA region (26%),
the EU investors (13%) and Asian
investors (4%).
Rob Little Counsel at ASAR
noted that: We are delighted to
have been involved in the estab-
lishment of NBKs GMTN Pro-
gramme and its inaugural issuance
thereunder. We have a long and
established history of acting as
Kuwait law counsel in high quality
debt capital market transactions,
and this transaction issuance yet
again no exception.
Ibrahim Sattout Partner at
ASAR noted that: The success-
ful conclusion of this transaction is
the result of the hard work of all
parties involved in this landmark
transaction for NBK, and is a tes-
tament to our rms capability as
a leading specialist in providing
legal counsel in the debt capital
markets space
Also commenting on the trans-
action, John Cunha Partner at
ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017
convinced.
Shares in Santander rose more
than ve percent late Thursday af-
ternoon on Spains main Ibex 35
index, all but ignoring the fact that
the bank will have to issue seven
billion euros worth of new shares
to nance the operation.
While Santander is only pay-
ing one euro for Popular, it will
need billions to clean up the failed
banks balance sheet.
Its a good operation nancially
and analysts said.
Aside from the two Paris hubs,
ADP manages or has stakes in
23 airports around the world, in-
cluding in Belgium, Georgia, Tur-
key, Saudi Arabia, and Chile.
It said on Friday it would in-
crease its stake in Turkish airport
operator TAV Airports to 46 per-
cent for $160 million and expand
with TAV in the EMEA (Europe,
Middle East and Africa) and Cen-
tral Asia regions.
Through public bank Caisse des
Depots and holding companies
Bpifrance and APE, the state has
stakes in some 1,750 French com-
panies with a combined value of
nearly 100 billion euros, of which
shares worth about 77.4 billion
euros were listed on the stock ex-
change at the end of 2016.
Investment bankers expect
the sale of the states corporate
holdings to be spread over time
and that it may not be a smooth
process under Macron, given his
interventionist approach during
previous negotiations over deals
involving state.
These include the governments
surprise move to increase its stake
in carmaker Renault in 2015 and
a stand-off between Macron and
versus Aprils 4 percent.
As for the Fed, its rate rise is
pretty much expected, although
recent weaker ination data has
added a bit of a question mark to
what may come next.
There are also some expectations
ASAR noted that: This has been a
landmark transaction for NBK and
we are particularly happy to see that
it was so well received by global
investors. We are very happy with
the success of NBKs debut issu-
ance under its GMTN programme;
it is a testament to the efcient and
hard work of all parties involved in
the transaction. ASAR has a long
established history of acting on prec-
edent setting note issuance transac-
tions and this current transaction is
no exception
With dedicated ofces in Kuwait
and Bahrain coupled with its as-
sociated ofces and relationships,
ASAR provides clients across an
extensive range of industry sec-
tors with bespoke, practical legal
advice and support for their busi-
ness activities in Kuwait, Bahrain,
across the GCC and beyond.
The rm has been consistently
rated as the leading corporate and
commercial law rm in Kuwait
by reputable legal guides such as
the International Financial Law
Review (IFLR), Chambers Global
Guide, and the Legal 500. In 2016,
ASAR was awarded with the IFLR
National Law Firm of the Year
Award; an award which ASAR has
been delighted to receive for the
8th consecutive year.
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and strategically for Santander,
according to analysts at Link Se-
curities.
But they warned against the
challenges involved in the absorp-
tion process, including keeping the
clients of Popular, whose brand will
eventually disappear entirely.
To keep its promises to share-
holders, Santander is banking on
economies of scale and the op-
timisation of the network of (bank)
branches. (AFP)
business tycoon Martin Bouygues
during talks between Orange and
Bouygues in 2016.
Macron will no doubt be more
authoritarian, and will not hesi-
tate to intervene in certain indus-
trial situations, a Paris-based
investment banker said.
We will not have a wave of
erce liberalism. But we will
certainly have a more business-
friendly government than the pre-
vious one.
Macron has gathered a team
around him that has experi-
ence in managing state portfo-
lios. Alexis Kohler, appointed
secretary general of the Elysee
palace, the most powerful role
among presidential staff, spent a
part of his career at APE.
In the government, Antoine
Saintoyant, who also worked at
APE, has been named economy,
nance and industry adviser to
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.
Yes, it will be a fairly business-
friendly government, but I am not
sure that discussions on the next
deal involving a move of head-
quarters out of France would be
easier than they have been in the
past. On the contrary! another
banker said.
that the Fed may announce how it
will reduce its balance sheet -- all
those things it has bought during
periods of stimulus -- as it seeks to
normalise policy nearly a decade
after the global nancial crisis be-
gan.
LONDON, June 10, (RTRS): Ital-
ian government bond yields tum-
bled to three-month lows and ended
Friday with their biggest weekly
fall this year as a failure to reach an
agreement on a new electoral law
was seen reducing the chances of
early parliamentary elections.
Across the eurozone, safe-hav-
en bond yields were pinned near
multi-month lows after Thursdays
snap election in Britain left the rul-
ing Conservative party without a
majority in parliament just as talks
to exit the European Union loom.
In contrast, the prospect of early
elections and political uncertainty
in Italy the eurozones third big-
gest economy appear to have
ebbed this week, boosting senti-
ment towards Italian assets.
The head of the countrys ruling
Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi,
said he was pessimistic over the
chances of reaching a new cross-
party pact on a reform of the elec-
toral law. That came a day after a
deal between Italys top four par-
ties unravelled in parliament.
President Sergio Mattarella, the
only gure with the power to dis-
solve parliament, has demanded
new voting rules be drawn up be-
cause at present there is too much
divergence between the systems for
electing members in the upper and
lower chambers.
There has been a lot of pressure
on Italian bonds over the last few
weeks because the idea of going
to elections this year was not wel-
come for investors, said UniCredit
strategist Luca Cazzulani in Milan.
Because this is now being put un-
der question, the move is retrac-
ing.
Italys 10-year government bond
yield tumbled over 8 basis points
(bps) to a three-month low of 2.085
percent , adding to a 12 bps fall on
Thursday.
That meant yields fell almost 17
bps in the week, 20 bps on Thurs-
day and Friday the biggest two-
day slide since October 2015.
The gap between Italian and Ger-
man bonds yields, a gauge of how
investors view relative risks, nar-
rowed to around 183 bps. Thats
down from more than 200 bps ear-
lier this week.
Signs this week of progress in
addressing weakness in Italian
banks and comfort that the Euro-
pean Central Bank shunned talk of
unwinding its stimulus scheme at
a policy meeting on Thursday also
lifted sentiment towards Italian as-
sets.
Weve had some good news
on the banking sector this week, a
shrinking likelihood of snap elec-
tions and a positive ECB meeting,
so all of this is helping BTPs, said
DZ Bank strategist Christian Lenk.
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SoftBank buys Boston Dynamics
Japanese internet, solar and technol-
ogy company SoftBank Group Corp
is buying robotics pioneer Boston Dy-
namics from Alphabet Inc, Googles
parent.
Terms of the deal, announced Fri-
day, were not disclosed.
SoftBank, which offers the Pepper
companion robot, said the purchase
underlines how robotics is a key part of
its business.
Boston Dynamics makes various ro-
bots, including Big Dog and Spot, com-
plex machines that walk and trot on
four legs, as well as Atlas, which walks
on two legs like a human. Atlas has
arms and can open doors and lift items.
Under Fridays deal, SoftBank is
also buying from Alphabet a company
called Schaft that develops humanoids
and came out of the University of To-
kyo.
SoftBank bought British semicon-
ductor company ARM Holdings, an in-
novator in the internet of things, last
year. (AP)
Toshiba to pay $3.68 billion for Westinghouse reactors in US
Money-losing Japanese nuclear and
electronics company Toshiba Corp will
pay $3.68 billion toward the construction
of two reactors in Georgia by its US unit
Westinghouse, which has led for bank-
ruptcy protection.
Tokyo-based Toshiba said Saturday
the payment, under agreement with the
operator of the Vogtle plant, will be made
from October through January 2021.
Toshiba said the expense has already
been gured in its earnings. Toshiba re-
ported a 950 billion yen ($8.6 billion) loss
for the scal year ended March.
Paul Bowers, chief executive of Geor-
gia Power, the utility working with West-
inghouse to expand Vogtle, welcomed the
deal.
We are pleased with todays positive
developments with Toshiba and West-
inghouse that allow momentum to con-
tinue at the site while we transition pro-
ject management from Westinghouse to
Southern Nuclear and Georgia Power,
he said referring to his company and its
parent.
Costs in the nuclear industry have bal-
looned since the March 2011 nuclear
disaster in northeastern Japan, as safety
requirements get tougher and the con-
struction of the Westinghouse reactors
has fallen behind schedule. Toshiba is
still in similar talks over a South Carolina
plant about such payments.
Toshibas shouldering Westinghouses
costs was part of the initial 2008 reactor
construction deal, and the latest agree-
ment sets the maximum for the payment,
according to Toshiba. (AP)

China factory gate inflation slows to 5.5% in May

BEIJING, June 10, (AFP):
Prices for goods at the fac-
tory gate in China missed
expectations in May, the
government said Friday, in
a possible sign of weaken-
ing demand for the worlds
second-largest economy.
The producer price index (PPI)
rose 5.5 percent year-on-year, ac-
cording to the National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS), slightly lower
than economists expectation of a
5.6 percent increase in a Bloomb-
erg News survey and down from a
6.4 percent gain in April.
The PPI is expected to hover around
the current level for a while before fall-
ing further in the year, Tommy Xie of
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. told
Bloomberg.
For years the world economy has
been mired in tepid ination or dea-
tion which, if persistent, tends to be bad
for industrial prospects and economic
growth because customers delay pur-
chases in hopes of getting cheaper deals
in the future, starving companies of
business and funds.
Chinas consumer price index (CPI),
a main gauge of retail ination, rose 1.5
percent year-on-year in the month, up
from a 1.2 percent increase in April, ac-
cording to the NBS.
The pick-up was entirely driven
by an increase in food price ination,
Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Eco-
nomics said in a note.
Beijing has said it wants to reorient
the economy away from relying on debt-
fuelled investment and towards a con-
sumer-driven model, but the transition
has proven challenging, leading to the
slower growth readings in recent years.
Chinas economy, a vital engine of
EU slaps China with new steel anti-dumping
global growth, expanded 6.7 percent for
all of last year, the slowest rate in a quar-
ter of a century. But a slight uptick in the
last three months of 2016 provided signs
of stabilisation.
China posted a strong reading in
foreign trade in May, but data has also
showed contraction in manufacturing,
hinting at deteriorating conditions for
producers in the country.
Also:
BRUSSELS: The European Union im-
posed new anti-dumping duties on steel
products from China on Friday, as it
broadens its campaign to protect strug-
gling steel manufacturers in Europe.
The EU took the latest action against
China, which makes more than half the
worlds steel, for allegedly ooding
global markets in violation of interna-
tional trade agreements.
The European Commission, the EU
executive, said it imposed duties of up to
35.9 percent on Chinese hot-rolled at
steel used in shipbuilding, gas contain-
ers, pressure vessels, tubes and energy
pipelines.
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia
Malmstroem said the commission is
trying to level the playing eld with
China and stop the damage to European
producers. We are continuing to act,
when necessary, against unfair trad-
ing conditions in the steel sector, and
against foreign dumping, Malmstroem
said in a statement.
In January, the commission slapped
anti-dumping duties on stainless steel
tube and pipe butt-welding ttings,
which are used to join steel pipes and
tubes. They are commonly used in in-
dustries such as food processing and
shipbuilding as well as energy and con-
struction.
The EU has had a series of trade
disputes with China, its second-largest
trading partner, but is also seeking to re-
solve the stand-off over steel with Bei-
How Verizon hopes to grab digital ad dollars with Yahoo
NEW YORK, June 10, (AP): Ve-
rizon has a simple goal in buying
Yahoo: It wants to challenge Google
and Facebook in the huge and lucra-
tive eld of digital advertising. But
Verizon faces its own challenge in
doing so, given that it will be compet-
ing against a slew of other companies
also looking to break in.
Verizon wants to become a strong
third choice for advertisers by add-
ing Yahoos popular sites and bil-
lion users worldwide to its own me-
dia business, which includes AOL
and Verizons home-grown go90
video service. It can place ads on
those sites, and can also combine
data from visitors to those sites with
AOLs ad technologies and sales
teams, and possibly also personal
data from Verizon mobile custom-
ers such as location and other infor-
mation, in order to better target ads
at individuals.
The company did not reply to
questions on how it might integrate
mobile-customer data with the ad
business.
jing through the OECD, the Paris-based
group of developed economies.
The commission said its investigation
found that Chinese industry benets accusing the EUs executive of making
from preferential lending, tax rebates
and other nancial help that allow for
exports to the 28-nation bloc at arti-
cially low prices.
Brussels now has more than 100 trade
defence measures in place, 40 of them
targeting unfair imports of steel prod-
ucts of which 15 are Chinese.
Yahoos shareholders on Thursday Zino. The ad business would be a
approved the $4.5 billion sale of its big deal for Verizon if it goes well,
key businesses to Verizon. The deal he said.
is expected to close by June 13. The Tim Armstrong, the former Google
combination of AOL and Yahoo will executive who joined AOL as CEO
cut 15 percent of its 14,000-person in 2009, has for years wanted to com-
workforce, or about 2,100 jobs, said bine AOL with the long-declining
a person familiar with the matter who Yahoo. Although AOL has big-name
didnt want to be identied. properties such as HuffPost and En-
Yahoo and AOL are positioned to gadget, AOL hasnt been as big of an
do better together than apart, Pivotal online destination as Yahoos mail,
Research Group analyst Brian Wi- nance, sports and other properties.
eser said. The combined business, to be
But he is setting the bar low. called Oath, will expand its news,
While Verizon talks of growth from sports, entertainment, nance and
the deal, Wieser said not declining lifestyle coverage. Like everyone
would be a success. Five years from else, Oath will focus on video and
now, if the combined entity were the mobile, where consumers increas-
same size as it is today, I would con- ingly spend their time online.
sider that to be successful. Armstrong says he wants Oath
Verizon sees online ads par- properties to be a place consumers
ticularly targeted ads based on user come and visit every day and pre-
data as a potential new source of dicts users growing to 2 billion from
growth as the wireless industry ghts 1.3 billion by 2020, with annual reve-
for US users with lower prices and nue of $10 billion to $20 billion from
other discounts. Verizon has essen- roughly $7 billion today.
tially turned into a no-growth busi- Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam
ness, said CFRA Researchs Angelo teased last month that this could set
China has condemned the European to claim that Chinas hot-rolled at steel
Commission for imposing new anti- products threaten to damage industry in
dumping duties on its steel products, the EU when that is mere speculation
with little bearing on reality, Chinese
China an industrial scapegoat. commerce ministry ofcial Wang He-
China said the blocs action stemmed jun said in a statement Friday.
from a misunderstanding of Chinas - China strongly questions the legiti-
nancial loan system and trade trends. macy and legality of the European Com-
The European Commission ignores missions ruling. In January, the Com-
the fact that Chinas steel exports to mission imposed anti-dumping duties
Europe clearly declined in 2016, using on Chinas stainless steel tube and pipe
Chinas steel overcapacity as an excuse butt-welding ttings.
the stage for a new streaming video
service, competing with the slew
of internet-TV services already out
there. Verizon already has a free mo-
bile video service, go90, that isnt
well known.
Facebook and Google together
draw about half the worlds spending
on digital ads, and in the US, theyre
even more dominant. Theyre also
where the majority of mobile-ad dol-
lars go, eMarketer data show.
The sway Facebook and Google
hold for advertisers isnt expected to
change in the next few years. They
had a head start on mobile. Yahoo
has poured billions into acquisitions
that have helped Yahoo make some
leeway in mobile but not enough.
Its gotten better at doing mobile ads,
but it has had no major hit apps.
Still, AOL and Yahoo together
provide a much-smaller No. 3 in the
US for advertisers looking to reach
lots of people. But even if Verizons
goal is to just be happy at No. 3, there
are several much smaller players that
also draw advertisers.
Like hot-rolled at steel, the products
are commonly used in shipbuilding as
well as energy and construction.
Wang noted that China has not only
refrained from subsidising steel exports,
but also adopted several measures to
control them.
It is biased and unfair for Europe to
blame China for its own industrial is-
sues, he said. Unjustied accusations
and reckless trade rescue measures will
not help to solve the problem.

Country had sluggish growth for years, high unemployment

Farmers seek loan waivers

Supply glut could worsen
woes of Indian farmers
MUMBAI, June 10, (RTRS):
Bountiful monsoon rains are un-
likely to lift Indias rural economy
this year, and may instead com-
pound the woes of millions of
debt-ridden farmers who are strug-
gling with low prices amid a glut
of produce such as lentils, oilseeds
and cereals.
The South Asian nation is still
carrying a huge inventory of food
grains from last years record har-
vest as exports were hit by an ap-
preciating rupee, falling global
prices and restrictions on overseas
shipments.
Another bumper harvest could
accelerate the price slide and stoke
discontent among farmers that has
triggered protests in the big agrar-
ian states of Maharashtra and Mad-
hya Pradesh, where police shot
dead ve protesting farmers this
week.
Three years into his term, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi remains
popular and has no credible chal-
lenger. Yet unrest has ared in
states ruled by his Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP), catching regional
leaders at-footed and providing a
reality check on Modis promise to
double farmers incomes over the
next ve years.
The next year will be challeng-
ing for the government in ensuring
farmers get decent realisation,
said Harish Galipelli, head of com-
modities and currencies at Indi-
trade Derivatives & Commodities
in Mumbai.
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh and
Maharashtra are demanding better
prices for their produce and bil-
lions of dollars in debt relief after
the new BJP government in Indias
most populous state, Uttar Pradesh,
recently announced a $5.6 billion
loan write-off for farmers.
Yet experts say such loan
waivers amount to quick xes
that cannot compensate for aws
in farm policies, which have en-
couraged higher production of
crops previously in short supply
but offered scant protection on
prices.
Many farm commodities are
trading below support prices set by
the government. That is because
the government only commits seri-
ous sums to buying wheat and rice,
but not other crops that enrich the
diet of Indias 1.3 billion people.
Prices will fall further unless
exports are revived, said Galipelli,
adding production has jumped but
local demand hasnt risen in the
same proportion. Ample world
supply is likely to persist, predicts
agribusiness giant Cargill Inc.
There is no export parity right
now. Even after the recent cor-
rection in oilmeal prices, Indian
supplies are expensive, said B.V.
Mehta, executive director of the
Solvent Extractors Association
(SEA), a Mumbai-based trade
body.
Indian grains production reached
an all-time high of 273.38 million
tonnes in the latest crop year, on re-
cord output of rice, wheat, oilseeds
and pulses. But exports failed to
revive, depressing local prices of
corn, wheat, soybean and turmeric.
Exports of key farm commodi-
ties fell by a quarter in 2015/16 to
$16.07 billion due to drought, and
failed to revive in 2016/17 despite
the recovery in output.
A rising population, shrinking
farm plots and increasing indebt-
edness among farmers have all
hit Indias vast rural hinterlands.
Farming accounts for 14 percent
of gross domestic product down
from 47 percent at independence
70 years ago.
Nearly a third of rural house-
holds are in debt, owing an aver-
age of more than 100,000 rupees
($1,560). Many farmers lack ac-
cess to formal credit, forcing them
to borrow dearly from money lend-
ers or relatives.
To mitigate this distress, state
and central governments have
ramped up purchases of red chilli,
turmeric, corn, onion, sunower,
pigeon peas and groundnut from
farmers.
Still, farmers such as Sanjay
Shinde from Maharashtras Na-
shik district are unhappy. If Ut-
tar Pradesh can waive all farmers
debts, then why not Maharashtra?
he asked.
Reserve Bank of India Governor
Urjit Patel has warned that such
loan waivers forecast by BofA
Merrill Lynch to reach $40 billion
would weaken already-strained
state nances. It is a path that we
need to tread very carefully, he
said this week.
Analysts and traders say good
monsoon rains forecast at 98
percent of the long-term average
will only complicate matters
unless supplies are adequately
managed.
There is an urgent need to re-
strict imports and promote exports.
Thats how one can bring down
the inventory level of food grains,
says Nitin Kalantri, a miller at La-
tur in Maharashtra.
Otherwise in the next season
we will have much a bigger prob-
lem. And much bigger farmers
protests.
Moodys cuts S. Africa on growth, political worries
JOHANNESBURG, June 10,
(AFP): Credit ratings agency
Moodys on Friday said it had
downgraded South Africa a notch
over gloomy growth prospects and
the political instability unleashed
by corruption scandals engulng
President Jacob Zuma.
Africas most advanced econo-
my was knocked down from Baa2
to Baa3 one notch above junk
status with a negative outlook,
Moodys said in a statement.
Fitch and Standard and Poors,
the other two main global ratings
agencies, already downgraded
South Africa to junk status after
Zumas shock purge of critical min-
isters in March, including respected
nance minister Pravin Gordhan.
The decision outraged the op-
position and part of Zumas own
ruling African National Congress
(ANC), with tens of thousands
taking to the streets to demand the
presidents resignation.
Moodys had delayed its decision
but nally announced the down-
grade Friday citing the weaken-
ing of South Africas institutional
framework as well as worsening This photo provided by American Honda Motor Co, Inc shows the next generation Honda Accord. Honda says its
growth prospects and rising public Accord midsize car will be offered only with four-cylinder or gas-electric hybrid engines when an all-new version
debt, according to the agencys vice comes out later in 2017. The company says the smaller engines are sufcient for what its customers want. (AP)
president Zuzana Brixiova.
The downgrade came after of- Honda to roll out all-new Accord with no V6 option
cial statistics released Tuesday
showed South Africa entering its
Honda said Friday that its Accord others already have eliminated V-6 The 1.5-liter turbo engine already
rst recession since 2009 after the midsize car will be offered only with options in their midsize cars. is in the smaller Honda Civic, where
economy unexpectedly contracted four-cylinder or gas-electric hybrid Honda released some details of it produces 174 horsepower and
engines when an all-new version the 2018 Accord on Friday. The car gets 36 miles per gallon in com-
by 0.7 percent in the rst quarter.
comes out later this year. will come standard with a 1.5-liter bined city and highway driving.
South Africa has had sluggish The company said the smaller turbocharged four-cylinder engine Honda said the new design has a
growth for years, with record unem- engines are sufcient for what its or a more powerful 2-liter turbo- more aggressive stance than previ-
ployment of more than 27 percent. customers want. Only 14 percent of charged four-cylinder. A hybrid pow- ous Accords, although the company
The urgent priority is reignit- buyers in 2016 bought V-6 Accords. ertrain with is optional. The smaller only released pictures of the car in
ing condence as well as reclaim- Hondas move away from the V6 engine will get a continuously vari- camouage. Horsepower, price, gas
ing and maintaining the investment is part of a trend toward replacing able transmission, while the larger mileage and other details will be an-
larger engines with turbocharged one will get a new 10-speed auto- nounced closer to when the car hits
grade ratings, the Treasury depart- smaller ones that can nearly match matic transmission. Manual trans- showrooms in late summer or early
ment said in a statement, vowing to
V6 power. Chevrolet, Hyundai and missions also are available. fall. (AP)
improve investor and consumer
condence through faster reforms.
David Maynier, a lawmaker with
the main opposition Democratic EU mulls bill to penalise tax dodgers advisors
Alliance party, described the an- BRUSSELS, June 10, (RTRS): Tax ad- revelations of widespread tax avoidance risdictions where they would be taxed at
nouncement as more bad news, in visers in the European Union will be pe- by wealthy individuals and big rms much lower rates.
a string of bad news, and is a clear nalised for helping companies to set up through carefully constructed plans. If there is no intermediary, or the tax
vote of no condence in Finance schemes to cut their tax bills excessively The draft law, expected to be pub- adviser is located outside the EU, the ob-
Minister Malusi Gigaba and Presi- by shifting prots to low-tax countries, lished in June, dictates effective, pro- ligation of disclosure would fall on the
dent Jacob Zuma. under a draft law seen by Reuters. portionate and dissuasive penalties for taxpayer using the arrangement.
The ANC is due to elect a new The measure, prepared by the EU non-compliance, but leaves EU states The draft law does not dene aggres-
leader in December when Zuma, executive, the European Commis- free to decide sanctions or nes at na- sive tax planning, because any deni-
sion, and still subject to changes, tional level. tion would risk being overtaken by ever-
who took ofce in 2009, steps
down. would force accounting rms such Tax advisers will have to disclose evolving avoidance schemes.
as PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC), cross-border tax schemes deemed to be But a list of red ags, or hallmarks,
The party which Nelson Man- KPMG, Ernst & Young and Deloitte, too aggressive to tax authorities in will be drafted to spot arrangements
dela led to power in the 1994 post- banks and other tax advisers to inform the countries where they operate. The that present a strong indication of tax
apartheid elections is hoping authorities about potentially aggressive information should then be automati- avoidance or abuse, the draft law says.
that a proposed judicial inquiry into tax planning arrangements set up for cally shared among EU countries ad- The list will be regularly updated by the
persistent graft allegations against their clients. ministrations. This requirement for an European Commission. The Commis-
Zuma will help salvage its cred- The move is part of a set of measures early warning is intended to discourage sions legislative proposal will need the
ibility ahead of the 2019 national adopted by the European Union after the transfer of corporate prots taxable approval of the European Parliament and
elections. last years Panama Papers and other in one EU state to other countries or ju- all EU states to become law.
 ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017
BUSINESS 35

Enbridge eyes market share as competitors pipes in limbo
Canadas Enbridge Inc will take customers still seek capacity amid
advantage of the uncertainty fac- the lingering uncertainty around
ing competitors pipelines to gain when and even if competing pipe-
market share, including starting lines will ever come online.
early discussions on a new tolling An election in the Canadian
agreement after 2022, a senior province of British Columbia last
executive said. month has complicated Kinder
Speaking at an investors event Morgan Incs Trans Mountain
in Toronto, Enbridge Executive pipeline expansion, with the two
Vice President Guy Jarvis did not parties set to take power vowing
name the rivals, saying only that to block the project.
TransCanadas Keystone XL
pipeline project through the United
States has presidential approval,
but still needs permission from the
state of Nebraska. The companys
Energy East project to Canadas
Atlantic coast had been mired in
controversy, its regulatory review
process suspended.
We see a window of opportunity
emerging now to start early discus-
sions with our customers on a post-
CTS tolling agreement, said Jarvis,
referring to Enbridges 10-year
competitive tolling settlement for its
Mainline system reached in 2011.
Enbridge, North Americas
largest energy infrastructure
company, has forecast a rise in
adjusted earnings this year fol-
lowing its purchase of Spectra
Energy Corp. (RTRS)
Repsol makes big gas find
Spanish energy company Repsol
and London-based BP say they
have found a gas eld in the Car-
ibbean containing an estimated
two trillion cubic feet of natural
gas equivalent to two years of
Spanish demand.
Repsol says it is the largest vol-
ume of gas it has discovered in the
last ve years and the most signi-
cant in a decade for Trinidad and
Tobago. Repsol holds a 30 per-
cent stake in the exploration con-
sortium, with the rest held by BP.
A Repsol statement Monday
says drilling is expected to begin
in the second half of next year.
The company says about 65
percent of its production and 75
percent of its reserves are gas, a
key fuel in the transition to a low-
carbon economy. (AP)

Boursa Kuwait weekly report

Bayan Investment Co

Boursa ends in red, sheds KD 395 mln in value

B oursa Kuwait ended last week
in the red zone. The Price Index
closed at 6,783.42 points, down by
0.44% from the week before clos-
ing, the Weighted Index decreased by
1.45% after closing at 400.23 points,
whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at
906.77 points declining by 1.30%.
Furthermore, last weeks average daily
turnover decreased by 36.63%, com-
pared to the preceding week, reaching
K.D 6.91 million, whereas trading vol-
ume average was 37.19 million shares,
recording a drop of 37.79%.
Boursa Kuwait ended last weeks
trading with mixed losses to the three
indices compared to its closing in a
week earlier, in light of the selling
trend that the market witnessed dur-
ing most of the daily sessions of the
week, which included many listed
stocks headed by the leading and the
heavy ones, and had a noticeable ef-
fect on the Weighted and KSX-15 in-
dices in particular, the most declining
indices by the end of the week. Also,
the boursa recorded its losses in par-
allel with the noticeable decrease in
the trading activity, where the total
cash liquidity declined during the
ve sessions of the week to reach
K.D. 34.53 million only, and the vol-
ume dropped to 185.98 million stock
during the week.
Moreover, the Boursa lost around
K.D. 395 million during the last ve
sessions, whereas the market capitali-
zation reached by the end of the last
week K.D. 26.60 billion, down by
1.46% compared to its level in a week
earlier, where it was K.D. 26.99 bil-
lion. On an annual level, the market
cap for the listed companies in the
market recorded growth of 4.69%
from its value at end of 2016, where it
reached then about K.D. 25.41 billion.
As far as the daily sessions of the
week, the Boursa initiated its rst ses-
sion with mixed closing for its three
indices, as only the Price Index was
able to increase, beneting from the
purchasing powers that targeted some
idle small-cap stocks that are being
traded below its book and nominal
values; while the Weighted and KSX-
15 indices dropped affected by the
prot collection operations executed
on some leading stocks, especially af-
ter the increases such stocks realized
during the previous weeks trading.
On the next session, the market was
subject to the selling pressures that
included many stocks of leading or
small-cap, which negatively reected
on the three indices performance to
end the session in the red zone.
On the mid-week session, the
three indices returned to uctuate
once again, where the Weighted and
KSX-15 indices were able to record
limited increases supported by the
return of the purchasing operations
to lead once again, and concentrated
on some heavy stocks of previous de-
creases which reached tempting pur-
chasing levels, while the Price Index
remained in the red zone affected by
the continued prot collection opera-
tionss on the small-cap stocks. On
Wednesdays session, the market
witnessed a continued uctuated
closing, whereas the Price Index was
able to return to the green zone once
again supported by the collection op-
erations on some stocks, especially in
the Technology and Oil & Gas sec-
tors, while the Weighted and KSX-
15 indices declined by the end of the
session affected by the prot collec-
tion operations executed on a number
of leading and operational stocks.
The last session of the week wit-
nessed a red zone closing for the
Price and Weighted indices, while
the KSX--15 Index was able to end
the sessions trading with good in-
crease. The market realized such
performance amid a decline in the
trading activity, for both the value
and volume, where the volume
dropped by 20.46% compared to the
previous session, and the value de-
creased by 20.85%.
For the annual performance, the
Price Index ended last week record-
ing 18.01% annual gain compared to
its closing in 2016, while the Weight-
ed Index increased by 5.30%, and the
KSX-15 recorded 2.46% growth.
Sectors Indices
Eight of B Boursa Kuwaits sectors
ended last week in the red zone, while
the other three recorded increases.
whereas the Health Care sectors in-
dex closed with no change from the
week before. The Consumer Goods
sector headed the losers list as its
index declined by 2.57% to end the
weeks activity at 1,126.73 points.
The Telecommunications sector was
second on the losers list, which index
declined by 2.01%, closing at 601.70
points, followed by the Industrial sec-
tor, as its index closed at 1,813.13
points at a loss of 1.97%. The Real
Estate sector was the least declining
as its index closed at 949.00 points
with a 0.61% decrease.
On the other hand, last weeks The Financial Services sector in terms of value; with a turnover
highest gainer was the Consumer dominated a total trade volume of of around K.D 14.11 million or
Services sector, achieving 10.61% around 55.23 million shares changing
growth rate as its index closed at 40.85% of last weeks total market
hands during last week, representing trading value. The Industrial sector
1,122.71 points. Whereas, in the sec- 29.69% of the total market trading
ond place, the Basic Materials sec- took the second place as the sectors
volume. The Banks sector was sec- last week turnover was approx. K.D
tors index closed at 1,309.60 points ond in terms of trading volume as the
recording 0.85% increase. The Tech- 5.73 million representing 16.60%
sectors traded shares were 23.96% of
nology sector came in third as its in- of the total market trading value.
last weeks total trading volume, with
dex achieved 0.01% growth, ending
the week at 704.01 points. a total of around 44.56 million shares.
On the other hand, the Banks sec- For more information, please visit
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National Bank of Kuwait Global Investment House

Money Market Funds
Watani KD Money Market Fund II NBK Capital Weekly May 23, 2017 KD 1.026 1.024 April 11, 2017 Index Funds GCC Large Cap Index Fund Global Weekly May 25, 2017 KD 1.150 1.152 April 26, 2017
Watani USD Money Market Fund NBK Global Asset Management Co. Ltd. Weekly March 23, 2017 USD 10.210 10.202 April 11, 2017 Equity Funds Al-Mamoun Fund A Global Weekly May 25, 2017 KD 0.633 0.635 April 26, 2017
Watani KD Money Market Fund (Acc Al-Mamoun Fund B Global Weekly May 25, 2017 KD 0.633 0.635 April 26, 2017
to Islamic Shariah principles) II NBK Global Asset Management Co. Ltd. Weekly March 23, 2017 KD 1.024 1.023 April 11, 2017 GCC Large Cap Fund Global Bi-weekly May 23, 2017 USD 145.650 144.980 April 25, 2017
Watani USD Money Market Fund (Acc Global Saudi Equity Fund Global Bi-weekly May 23, 2017 SAR 208.490 206.000 April 25, 2017
to Islamic Shariah principles) II NBK Global Asset Management Co. Ltd. Weekly March 23, 2017 USD 10.070 10.070 April 11, 2017 Sectoral Funds EPADI Fund Global Weekly May 23, 2017 USD 106.710 107.150 April 25, 2017
NBK Kuwait Equity Fund Watani Investment Co. Weekly March 18, 2017 KD 0.644 0.670 March 23, 2017 Islamic Funds Global GCC Islamic Fund Global Weekly May 23, 2017 USD 98.540 98.360 April 25, 2017
Gulf Equity Investment Fund Watani Investment Co. Weekly March 18, 2017 USD 11.080 10.105 March 23, 2017 Al-Durra Islamic Fund Global Monthly May 25, 2017 KD 1.170 1.169 April 26, 2017

Gulf Bank Kuwait Finance & Investment Co (KFIC)
Al Wasm Fund KFIC Weekly March 16, 2017 KD 0.420 0.421 Feb 15, 2017
Al Bashaer GCC Equity Fund Kwt. Fin. & Inv. Co. & Gulf Fin. House Monthly April 30, 2017 USD 6.973 7.037 March 28, 2017
Al Bashaer GCC Equity Fund KFIC Monthly Feb 28, 2017 USD 7.073 6.853 Dec 31, 2016
Coast Fund Coast Investment & Dev. Co. Monthly May 5, 2017 KD 0.648 0.666 March 28, 2017
Sanaya Dow Jones Kuwait Index Fund Industrial & Financial Investment Co. Weekly Jan 26, 2017 KD 0.561 0.561 Dec 30, 2016
Markaz Capital Preservation Program 1 Monthly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.912 0.917 Dec 31, 2016 KAMCO
Markaz Capital Preservation Program 2 Monthly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.942 0.945 Dec 31, 2016 KAMCO Investment Fund KAMCO Monthly Jan 31, 2017 KD 1.065 0.889 Nov 30, 2016
Markaz Gulf Real Estate Fund Bi-annual May 31, 2017 KD 1.413 1.007 April 30, 2017 KAMCO GCC Opportunities Fund KAMCO Monthly July 31, 2016 USD 115.890 114.380 Feb 29, 2016
KAMCO MENA Plus Fixed Income Fund KAMCO March 31, 2017 USD 11.840 12.551 Jan 31, 2017
Al Ahli Bank KAMCO Real Estate Yield Fund KAMCO April 30, 2017 USD 10.220 10.320 March 31, 2017
Al Ahli Gulf Fund Al Ahli Bank Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.901 0.894 March 31, 2017 Kuwait Education Fund KAMCO Quartely Sept 30, 2016 KD 1.457
Al Ahli Kuwaiti Fund Al Ahli Bank Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.802 0.812 March 31, 2017
Wafra International Investment Co.
Burgan Bank Wafra Equity Fund Wafra Co. Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.891 0.902 Feb 28, 2017
Burgan Equity Fund Burgan Bank Monthly May 28, 2017 KD 1.758 1.772 April 23, 2017 Wafra Bond Fund Wafra Co. Monthly March 30, 2017 KD 1.037 1.034 Feb 28, 2017
Masaref Investment Fund ISKAN Weekly April 30, 2017 KD 0.817 0.816 Feb 28, 2017
Fajir Islamic Fund Wafra Co. Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.659 0.675 Feb 28, 2017
Boubyan Bank
Boubyan KD Money Market Fund Boubyan Bank Weekly June 6, 2017 KD 1.063 1.062 May 2, 2017
Boubyan KD Money Market Fund II Boubyan Bank Weekly June 6, 2017 KD 1.009 1.008 May 2, 2017 Shuaa Capital Co.
Emirates Gateway Fund Shuaa Capital Weekly Feb 7, 2017 AED 15.110 15.070 Jan 31, 2017
The Arab Gateway Fund Shuaa Capital Weekly Feb 7, 2017 USD 28.160 29.040 Jan 31, 2017

Boubyan Capital Investment Co.
Boubyan USD Liquidity Fund Boubyan Capital Investment Co June 6, 2017 USD 10.210 10.200 May 2, 2017 Al Aman Investment
Boubyan Multi-Asset Holding Fund Boubyan Bank April 30, 2017 USD 10.530 10.530 April 25, 2017 Al Aman Islamic Fund Al Aman Investment Weekly April 30, 2017 KD 0.341 0.342 Dec 31, 2016

Kuwait Investment Co. Tharwa Investment Co.
Local Fund Al Raed Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly June 1, 2017 KD 0.994 0.995 May 31, 2017 Tharwa Investment Fund Tharwa Investment Co Weekly May 5, 2017 KD 1.391 1.379 March 13, 2017
Kuwait Investment Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 31, 2017 KD 0.702 0.688 April 30, 2017 Tharwa Arab Investment Fund Tharwa Investment Co Bi-weekly July 31, 2016 USD 1.977 2.251 June 30, 2016
Al Hilal Fund Kuwait Investment Co Monthly May 31, 2017 KD 0.540 0.540 April 30, 2017 Tharwa World Fund Tharwa Investment Co Monthly March 31, 2016 USD 1.024 0.986 March 15, 2016
Al Atheer Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 31, 2017 KD 1.083 1.095 April 30, 2017 Tharwa Islamic Fund Tharwa Investment Co Monthly May 5, 2017 KD 0.573 0.571 March 13, 2017
International Global Bond Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 24, 2017 USD 25.030 24.050 May 17, 2017
Diversified Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 24, 2017 USD 19.490 19.370 May 17, 2017
European Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly April 28, 2017 Euro 21.530 20.800 April 26, 2017
Bank Al-Bilad
Al Seef Fund Bank Al-Bilad Daily June 4, 2017 KD 0.412 0.400 May 21, 2017
Pacific Equity Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 24, 2017 USD 30.580 30.650 May 17, 2017

North American Equity Fund Kuwait Investment Co Tw. Monthly April 28, 2017 USD 18.370 18.260 March 31, 2017
Commercial International Bank
National Investment Co. (NIC) CIB Money Market Fund (Osoul) CI Asset Management Weekly June 6, 2017 EGP 292.030 291.050 May 31, 2017
Al-Wataniya Fund NIC Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.604 0.613 Feb 28, 2017 CIB II Equity (Isthethmar) CI Asset Management Weekly June 6, 2017 EGP 147.050 145.350 May 31, 2017
Al-Darij Fund NIC Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.353 0.355 Feb 28, 2017 CIB and Faisal Islamic Al Aman CI Asset Management Weekly June 6, 2017 EGP 81.870 81.440 May 31, 2017
Mawarid Fund NIC Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.506 0.513 Feb 28, 2017 Hemaya CI Asset Management Weekly June 1, 2017 EGP 176.390 172.900 May 2, 2017
Zajil Fund NIC Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.752 0.744 Feb 28, 2017 Thabat CI Asset Management Weekly June 6, 2017 EGP 172.060 172.900 May 31, 2017
Al Mada Investment Fund NIC Weekly April 30, 2017 USD 0.766 0.773 Feb 28, 2017 Takamol CI Asset Management Weekly June 6, 2017 EGP 140.710 139.630 May 31, 2017
Misr El Mostakbel CI Asset Management Weekly June 4, 2017 EGP 25.140 24.580 May 28, 2017

Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz)
Mumtaz Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly May 18, 2017 KD 3 .912 4.045 April 13, 2017 Noor Financial Investment Co.
MIDAF Kuwait Financial Center Weekly May 18, 2017 KD 2.993 3.086 April 13, 2017 Noor Islamic Fund Noor Financial Investment Co Monthly Feb 29, 2016 KD 0.613 0.645 Dec 31, 2015
Islamic Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly May 18, 2017 KD 1.547 1.596 April 13, 2017
Markaz Arabian Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly Nov 10, 2016 KD 2.990 2.920 Nov 3, 2016 Al Zumorroda Investment Co.
FORSA Financial Fund Kuwait Financial Center Monthly March 31, 2017 KD 0.954 0.972 Feb 28, 2017 Zumorroda GCC Fund Al Zumorroda Investment Co Monthly Jan 31, 2016 KD 0.481 0.543 Dec 31, 2015
Real Estate Fund Kuwait Financial Center Monthly March 31, 2017 KD 1.415 1.412 April 13, 2017
Markaz Fixed Income Fund Kuwait Financial Center Monthly May 18, 2017 USD 11.570 10.970 April 13, 2017
Mawazeen International Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly March 26, 2017 USD 9.050 9.140 March 19, 2017 KFH Capital Investment Co.
Markaz MENA Islamic Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly May 18, 2017 USD 10.660 10.640 April 13, 2017 Muthanna Islamic Index Fund (MUDX) KFH Capital Investment Company Daily Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.357 0.354 Jan 31, 2017
Muthanna GCC Islamic Banks Fund KFH Capital Investment Company Daily Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.683 0.673 Jan 31, 2017
Baitak GCC Fund KFH Capital Investment Company Weekly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.916 0.957 Jan 31, 2017
Kuwait & Middle East Financial & Inv. Co.
Al Rouyah Fund KMEFIC Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 1.371 1.386 March 31, 2017
Gulf Gate Fund KMEFIC Monthly Oct 31, 2016 KD 0.944 0.918 Sept 30, 2016 CapCorp Investment Co.
CapCorp Local Fund CapCorp Investment Company Weekly March 30, 2017 KD 0.926 0.941 Feb 28, 2017
 ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017

BUSINESS 36

Brazil police raid JBS on insider trade probe
Brazils federal police on Friday
raided the ofces of JBS SA to
investigate the alleged use of in-
sider information in nancial mar-
ket dealings, pushing shares in the
embattled meatpacker to a two-
week low.
Police said there were indica-
tions that JBS and controlling
shareholder FB Participacoes SA
gained an unfair advantage in trad-
ing stocks, currency futures and
forwards in April and May.
There is evidence these deal-
ings occurred with the use of
privileged information, generating
undue advantages in capital mar-
kets in a context in which almost
all investors incurred nancial loss-
es, the police said in an emailed
statement.
JBS and its parent company J&F
Investimentos have denied any
wrongdoing.
The police operation follows
several investigations by securi-
ties regulator CVM on trades made
before the revelation of a plea deal
investigators search Felda Globals head office
by top JBS executives, which trig- Malaysian investigators spent cial ofcer and two other execu- Lumpur to collect supporting
gered a nancial market selloff last nearly eight hours at the head- tives earlier this week. documents following a meeting
month. quarters of Felda Global Ventures An FGV source said MACC in- with FGV Chief Executive Zakaria
In the plea testimony, the Batista Holdings (FGV) on Thursday, col- vestigators visited various ofces Arshad on Wednesday.
brothers, Joesley and Wesley, said lecting documents and interview- in the building, including the legal, The investigators could seize
President Michel Temer received ing company ofcials following al- nance, procurement and supplier laptops and computers as well, he
15 million reais in JBS bribes, ex- legations of corruption and abuse departments, but was not able to said, declining to give details on
acerbating a scandal that threat- of power at the worlds third-largest provide details on which company what was discussed with Zakaria.
ens to oust him from government. palm oil operator. ofcials were interviewed. The in- The FGV crisis unfolded on
On Friday, police served three The Malaysian Anti-Corruption vestigators declined to comment Tuesday when a letter was leaked
search warrants at the ofces of Commission (MACC) is looking on their way out of the building. from Zakaria to Chairman Mohd
JBS and FB in Sao Paulo, and also into several ofcials at FGV, fol- An MACC spokesman had said Isa Abdul Samad in which he re-
detained four unnamed people for lowing the suspension of the rms earlier on Thursday that the agen- fused to step down as instructed by
questioning. (RTRS) chief executive ofcer, chief nan- cy was at FGVs ofces in Kuala the chairman. (RTRS)

Commodities Weekly Wall Street pares back early gains;

Gold retreats 1 percent
Crude prices fall stalls
despite inventories glut
LONDON, June 10, (RTRS):
Oil prices steadied on Friday af-
ter steep falls earlier in the week
under pressure from widespread
evidence of a fuel glut despite ef-
forts led by OPEC to tighten the
market.
Brent crude oil was up 5 cents at
$47.91 a barrel by 1315 GMT, but
still 12 percent below its opening
level on May 25, when an OPEC
promise to restrict production was
extended into 2018. US crude was
5 cents higher at $45.69.
The Organization of the Pe-
troleum Exporting Countries and
other big producers have agreed
to pump almost 1.8 million bar-
rels per day (bpd) less than they
supplied at the end of last year,
and hold output there until the rst
quarter of 2018.
But world markets are still
awash with oil.
The challenge OPEC is facing
is bigger than anyone thought a
few weeks ago, said Tamas Var-
ga, analyst at London brokerage
PVM Oil Associates.
US data this week showed a
surprise 3.3-million-barrel build
in commercial crude oil stocks to
513.2 million.
Inventories of rened products
were also up, despite the start of
the peak-demand summer season.
Crude oil prices are testing
lows last seen in (the fourth quar-
ter of) 2016, analysts at US bank
Jefferies wrote, pointing to the
United States as the main pressure
on prices.
Slowdown
US rened oil product invento-
ries are now back above 2016 levels
and well above their ve-year range,
reecting an unexpected slowdown
in US demand for gasoline and dis-
tillate fuels, Jefferies said.
Asian markets are also oversup-
plied, with traders putting excess
crude into oating storage, an in-
dicator of a glut.
The Brent forward curve shows
a clear contango shape, with oil
for use now at deep discounts to
future prices. This typically indi-
cates a well-supplied market.
Brent for January 2018 is worth
around $1.50 a barrel more than
Brent for August 2017, making it
protable for some traders to put
oil into tankers and wait for a later
sale.
Thomson Reuters Eikon ship-
ping gures show at least 25 su-
pertankers sitting in the Strait of
Malacca and the Singapore Strait,
holding unsold fuel.
Those are similar amounts to
May and April, indicating that
even in Asia, with its strong de-
mand growth, traders are strug-
gling to clear inventories.
And more production is com-
ing. Libyas 270,000-bpd Sharara
oileld has reopened after a work-
ers protest and should return to
normal production within three
days, the National Oil Corp said
on Friday.
Meanwhile, Palladium leapt
more than 7 percent on Friday
to its highest in over 16 years,
as a surge in speculative demand
forced industrial users to close out
short positions, traders said, push-
ing the metal through long-term
chart resistance.
The backwardation in the mar-
ket a formation in the forward
curve in which the price of metal
for future delivery is below the
spot price, can suggest a near-term
shortage of metal and has recently
steepened, prompting a wave of
buying.
Trendline
That pushed prices through
the 16-year declining trendline
at $868 an ounce, triggering a
further surge that took them to
their highest since early 2001 at
$914.70 an ounce. Spot palladium
was at $884.60 an ounce at 1345
GMT, up 3.7 percent.
The background for palladium
is for good industrial demand
and likely a signicant market
decit this year, and on top of
course youve got this specula-
tive squeeze, Mitsubishi analyst
Jonathan Butler said.
The backwardation has got a
lot steeper in the last day.
Metal for immediate delivery
is very tight, and that is being
reected in those forward rates
moving into an even steeper
backwardation. Traders reported
a reluctance to lend the metal,
suggesting tightness in near-term
supply. Chart patterns indicate
that the metal is vulnerable to a
sell-off from these elevated levels,
however, technical analysts said.
Gold fell for a third day, mean-
while, after British elections
failed to deliver a clear majority
for Prime Minister Theresa May,
knocking the pound sharply lower
and helping lift the dollar index to
its highest since late May.
Spot gold was down 1 percent
at $1,265.91 an ounce, while U.S.
gold futures for August delivery
were $10.90 an ounce lower at
$1,268.60.
Sterling-denominated gold
rose to a near two-month high of
1,007.98 pounds an ounce as the
British currency fell as much as
2.5 percent. Along with a drop in
the euro, that helped lift the dollar
half a percent versus a currency
basket.
sterling pound hits two-month low
Dollar climbs to 10-day high against peers
NEW YORK, June 10,
(RTRS): The British pound
fell to a seven-week low on
Friday after a shock elec-
tion result cast doubt on
Britains talks to leave the
European Union, but key
indices hit fresh record
highs before tumbling tech-
nology shares drove the
Nasdaq and S&P 500 lower.
British Prime Minister Theresa
May said she would form a govern-
ment backed by a small Northern
Irish party after her Conservative
Party lost its parliamentary major-
ity in a vote on Thursday just days
before the EU departure talks begin.
The benchmark FTSE 100 index of
large British multinationals fed off ster-
lings decline, as earnings from abroad
will be worth more from a weaker cur-
rency and gained 1 percent.
But some sectors seen as particu-
larly sensitive to Brexit instability saw
heavy losses, such as homebuilders and
real estate investment trusts, which are
seen as a barometer of Brexit sentiment
due to their holdings of London ofce
space.
After an initial plunge, sterling pared
losses against the dollar and euro, while
the dollar gained. Safe-haven gold and
prices of US Treasuries drifted lower.
The impact of the British election on
the US markets was muted. The three
major US indices hit fresh intra-day
highs before tumbling shares of Face-
book, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and
Google parent Alphabet slammed the
Nasdaq and S&P 500.
Tech has been on a tear for a very,
very long period of time, said John
Praveen, managing director for Pruden-
tial International Investments Advisers
in Newark, New Jersey.
A research note from Goldman Sachs
on this years surge in technology
shares has evoked unhappy memories
for some investors of the euphoria be-
fore the tech bubble burst in 2000.
Amazon, Apple Facebook had
surged year-to-date about 30 percent
before Fridays selloff, while Microsoft
and Google had gained a bit less. They
all fell more than 3 percent, except for
Microsoft, which slid 2.3 percent.
Investors have relied on almost $2
trillion that central banks, including
the Federal Reserve, have pumped into
capital markets over the past 12 months,
which has driven up asset prices, said
Jack Ablin, chief investment ofcer at
BMO Private Bank in Chicago.
If theres one metric that Im go-
ing track, to determine whether or not I
want to stay engaged in risk-taking, its
going to be that liquidity, Ablin said.
If I get a sense the Fed or other cen-
tral banks will start to close up shop on
that, were going to reduce risk.
European shares closed higher, eras-
ing early choppiness. Britains FTSE
100 index rose 1 percent, and the pan-
Wall Street Week Ahead
Some investors see bargains in lower valuations
Regional banks shares may keep lagging
NEW YORK, June 10, (RTRS): A
rough few months for most US bank
stocks has been particularly unkind to
regional banks, and thats not likely to
change soon as hopes dim for higher
long-term interest rates and timely poli-
cy relief from Washington.
While some investors see bargains
in lower valuations of regional banks
shares, few can point with any con-
dence to near-term catalysts for a turna-
round in their fortunes.
After outperforming larger banks
in the wake of the Nov. 8 US Presi-
dential election, the S&P 600 index of
small cap banks are down 8.1 percent
so far this year, data through Thurs-
day showed, while the S&P 500 index
of the biggest US banks is unchanged.
The full S&P 500, meanwhile, is up 8.7
percent.
Last year, investors bet heavily that
smaller, entirely US-focused banks
would benet most from Donald
Trumps promises of tax cuts, deregula-
tion and economic stimulus.
But those hopes dwindled dramati-
cally as it became clear that President
Trump would have difculty gaining
enough support to deliver on any of his
pro-growth proposals.
I would expect (smaller banks) to
continue to underperform as long as
we dont get some of these policy de-
cisions to move through, said Stephen
Scouten, banking analyst for Sandler
ONeill in Atlanta.
regional FTSEurorst 300 index of
leading European shares rose 0.37 per-
cent to 1,534.39.
MSCIs all-country stock world
stock index slid 0.04 percent as much
of Wall Street retreated. Earlier, Ger-
manys DAX index rose 0.8 percent
and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained
0.52 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average
closed up 89.44 points, or 0.42 percent,
to 21,271.97. The S&P 500 lost 2.02
points, or 0.08 percent, to 2,431.77
and the Nasdaq Composite fell 113.85
points, or 1.8 percent, to 6,207.92.
The pound shed more than 2 percent
against the dollar, dropping as low as
$1.2636 before trimming losses.
The dollar rose to a 10-day high
against a basket of currencies. The dol-
lar index, which tracks the greenback
against six major rivals, was up 0.36
percent at 97.269.
The euro was down 0.16 percent to
$1.1194 against the dollar, a day after
the European Central Bank closed the
door on more interest rate cuts.
Oil prices rose after a pipeline stop-
Fading hopes for an economic boost
from Trumps agenda has compressed
the gap between short- and long-term
interest rates, putting pressure on bank
loan prot margins. This is a bigger is-
sue for regionals which have a greater
dependence on lending for their prots
than bigger, more diversied banks.
Also, commercial and industrial
loan growth has slowed this year after
climbing steadily since late 2010. The
Federal Reserves latest Senior Loan
Ofcer Opinion Survey, released May
8, showed domestic banks reporting
weaker commercial and industrial loan
demand from rms of all sizes in the
rst quarter.
Part of the problem is that compa-
nies are waiting for clarity on economic
growth prospects and tax rates before
making borrowing decisions, according
to investors and analysts.
Eventually, for the smaller banks to
outperform, concerns about the over-
all economy need to dissipate. Better
economic growth usually leads to bet-
ter lending growth and in that environ-
ment the yield curve steepens as well,
said Brian Kleinhanzl, analyst at Keefe,
Bruyette & Woods in New York.
Short selling has decreased in most
regional and diversied banking sec-
tors so far this year. But short interest
in both the SPDR S&P Bank Exchange
Traded Fund and SPDR S&P Regional
Banking ETF increased as short sellers
may be replacing exposure to individual
page in Nigeria, but crude ended the
week down nearly 4 percent on per-
sistent worries about global oversup-
ply.
Brent crude oil settled 29 cents high-
er at $48.15 a barrel, and US crude rose
19 cents to settle at $45.83.
US Treasury long-dated yields
rose to one-week highs ahead of next
weeks government debt auctions and
a widely expected interest rate increase
by the Fed. US short-term yields also
advanced, with two-year Treasuries
touching a four-week peak.
Investors largely shrugged off the
British election, as well as scathing
congressional testimony on Thursday
by former Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion director James Comey.
Comey accused President Donald
Trump of ring him to try to undermine
the bureaus investigation into possible
collusion between his 2016 presidential
campaign team and Russia.
The dollar rose to a 10-day high
against a basket of currencies on Friday,
boosted by a weaker British pound after
Prime Minister Theresa Mays Con-
banks with short bets on the sector.
Short interest in the S&P bank ETF
is up 36 percent for the year while it
is up 23 percent in the regional bank-
ing ETF.
While tax cuts are viewed as one of
the biggest boosts for regional banks of
all Trumps policy proposals, investors
are skeptical it will come any time soon.
JPMorgan analysts on Thursday scaled
back their forecast on the size of possi-
ble US tax cuts and pushed out the tim-
ing to the second quarter of 2018 from
the third quarter of 2017.
White House economic adviser Gary
Cohn has said he expects US Congress
to get tax reform done this year. But
investors say 2018 would likely be the
earliest this could happen.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
is expected this month to unveil plans
for regulating the US banking sector in-
cluding a relaxation of regulations for
community banks, which have strug-
gled with rules imposed after the 2007
to 2009 nancial crisis.
While investors expect the adminis-
tration to have trouble winning congres-
sional support for legislative changes to
regulations such as Dodd-Frank, some
are hoping Trump will be able to ap-
point people to key regulatory posi-
tions.
If Trump can replace the Federal
Reserves head of banking supervision,
this might at least help slow the pace of
regulation, said investment managers.
servative Party lost its parliamentary
majority in national elections.
The dollar index, which tracks the
greenback against six major rivals, was
up 0.46 percent at 97.364.
The index had fallen to a seven-
month low midweek on caution ahead
of U.S. Senate testimony by former FBI
Director James Comey and the Brit-
ish election. But on Friday, it added to
gains from the previous session.
Comey on Thursday accused Presi-
dent Donald Trump of ring him to try
to undermine the bureaus investigation
of possible collusion between his 2016
presidential campaign team and Russia,
but did not say whether he thought the
president sought to obstruct justice.
The euro was down 0.24 percent to
$1.1185 against the dollar, a day after
the European Central Bank closed the
door on more interest rate cuts.
The overall sentiment is that regard-
less of what is going on elsewhere, the
U.S. is a safe haven for investors and
traders, said Minh Trang, senior cur-
rency trader at Silicon Valley Bank in
Santa Clara, California.

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Britain must
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enough. She has nally admitted that
the United Kingdom has been too tol-
erant of extremism. What took her so
long to reach that conclusion? It is one
that I came to many years ago when
DAESH was touting for followers in
the centre of London under the eyes
of the police and its ags were seen
uttering over one of the capitals sub-
urbs.
In December 2014, I wrote in an
article headed The UK, an extrem-
ists Utopia that evidence is pointing
to Britain becoming a safe haven for
terrorist organizations. I went on to
cite the Trojan Horse scandal, where
state-run schools in Bradford were
found pursuing an extremist agenda,
and the freedom given to Al Mu-
hajiroon whose radical leader Anjem
Choudary was recruiting for DAESH.
It amazes me that one of the Lon-
don attackers, Khuram Butt, was a
Choudary sympathiser who had been
on MI5s radar since 2015. Another
had been agged by Italy. The killer
who murdered four people last March
in Westminster had also been investi-
gated by MI5 only to be written off as
harmless. There seems to be a pattern
here. What is the point of tracking sus-
pects when they are free to embark on
bloody rampages at will? It is a similar
story in France and Belgium.
Britain has even put out a wel-
come mat for the Muslim Brother-
hood. When I read a message on the
Home Ofces (Ministry of Interior)
own website actually inviting high
prole or politically active Brother-
hood members to apply for asylum in
the UK, I was incredulous. The father
of the terrorists ideology was one of
the Brotherhoods own leading lights
Sayyid Qutb.
The UKs politically correct cul-
ture has gone to ridiculous extremes.
The police hesitated to arrest Pakistani
gangs that were sexually abusing 1,400
children in the
town of Rother-
ham because of
not wanting to
rock the multi-
cultural commu-
nity boat, as one
Member of Parlia-
ment quoted by
Forbes magazine
explained. This is
utter madness. It
is nothing short of
Al Habtoor
appeasement. It is
beyond my com-
prehension why it took three attacks in
two months for Britains government
to open its eyes.
Stripped down to its bare bones, the
situation now is this. Britain has to deal
with a ruthless enemy within. Accord-
ing to a recent report in the Daily Mail,
MI5 struggles to deal with 500 terror-
ism probes at any time and has foiled
ve plots in the past ve months.
Britains newspapers have been warn-
ing of a wave of jihadist returnees
from Syria and Iraq where DAESHs
enclaves are being pummelled.
The security services are currently
monitoring 23,000 terrorist suspects,
including hundreds who returned
home from Syria.
There are only around 124,000
full-time police ofcers in the entire
country. They are not all on duty at the
same time. How can they be expected
to secure every single soft target from
an assault? Most are unarmed. The
contingent of specially trained coun-
ter-terrorism police is relatively small.
Mrs May seems to think regulating
the internet by co-opting social media
providers to assist governments in de-
crypting suspect messages and taking
down sites where extremists dissemi-
nate their ideology and plot terrorist
acts is the answer. That is an important
step, but it is long-term and dedicated
mass murderers will always nd alter-
native methods of communication.
I strongly believe that Number Ten
should take another more effective ap-
proach bearing in mind that the rst
human right is the right to life. The
right to life of peaceful citizens should
always come before any rights claimed
by people who are on the path to hell.
Realistically, 23,000 suspected plot-
ters and haters cannot be watched 24
hours a day and their encrypted mes-
sages cannot be deciphered. In this
case, there is only one solution that
would save lives.
British passport holders currently
being monitored should be locked up
in detention camps, preferably sited on
an uninhabited island. In fact, one of
Scotland Yards Assistant Commis-
sioners has called for radical extrem-
ists to be interned. Good idea. Lock
them up and throw away the key.
Others with dual nationality and
non-Britons should be immediately
deported without any right of appeal,
their les transmitted to their home
countries to enable ofcials to deal
with them as they see t.
The UK and other targeted Euro-
pean states should stop doling out
passports to all and sundry. So many
recipients are without any loyalty to
the country. So many second and third
generation Britons, French and Bel-
gians have viciously turned against the
land which gave their grateful parents
or grand-parents sanctuary from war or
poverty. The practice of giving nation-
ality to babies of foreign parents who
happen to be born on UK soil should
also be stopped.
Moreover Britain, the European
Union and the United States should
resolve to get tough on states such as
Iran and Qatar, known to have funded
or armed terrorist or extremist organi-
zations; their assets should be frozen.
Countries that wilfully turn a blind
eye because they hunger for foreign
investment are complicit by default
and should be held to account by their
people.
I was caught by surprise when the
Eiffel Tower went dark following the
attacks on Tehrans Parliament and
Khomeinis mausoleum. The capital
stands in solidarity with Iran Tweet-
ed the Mayor of Paris. Of course, all
our hearts go out to the victims of ter-
rorism no matter their nationality, but
US-backed force pierces into
IS bastion from west Mosul
BEIRUT, June 10, (Agen-
cies): US-backed Syr-
ian ghters broke into the
western part of the Islamic
State groups stronghold
Raqqa on Saturday, they
and a monitor said, open-
ing up a second front inside
the northern Syrian city.
The Syrian Democratic Forces
alliance of Kurdish and Arab ght-
ers has spent months tightening the
noose on IS-held Raqqa and en-
tered the city for the rst time ear-
lier this week from the east, backed
by US-led coalition air strikes.
On Saturday, they pierced into
Raqqa from the west, according to the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
monitoring group.
The SDF captured the western half
of the Al-Sabahiya neighbourhood and
are reinforcing their positions there,
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rah-
man said.
The forces then advanced north into
the adjacent district of Al-Romaniya
and seized part of it in the evening,
Abdel Rahman told AFP.
Earlier, a statement from SDFs Op-
eration Wrath of the Euphrates said its
ghters entered Al-Romaniya on Sat-
urday and were locked in erce ght-
ing inside the district.
Held by IS since 2014, Raqqa
emerged as a key hub for the jihadists
operations in Syria, neighbouring Iraq,
and beyond.
The SDF, which was formed in
2015, launched its campaign to capture
Raqqa in November and chipped away
at IS territory around the citys north,
west, and east.
In addition to holding part of Al-Sa-
bahiya and Al-Romaniya, the alliance
also controls Raqqas eastern neigh-
bourhood of Al-Meshleb.
But the force has struggled to ad-
vance from the citys north, where IS
holds a military complex known as
Division 17.
Advance
IS has reinforced the northern ap-
proach to Raqqa much more, think-
ing thats how the SDF would try to
advance on the city, Abdel Rahman
said. place in the early evening.
The western and eastern entrances
to the city were much less fortied,
he said.
The offensive has been backed by
the US-led coalition with air strikes,
special forces advisers, weapons, and
equipment.
Coalition strikes on the city through-
out the day on Saturday killed at least
13 civilians, according to the Observa-
tory.
Abdel Rahman said the recent raids
brought the civilian death toll in co-
alition raids to 47 since the battle for
Raqqa city was launched on June 6.
Reports of civilian casualties in the
air campaign have swelled in recent
weeks, but the coalition says it takes
every measure to avoid hitting non-
combattants.
An estimated 300,000 civilians were
believed to have been living under IS
rule in Raqqa, including 80,000 dis-
placed from other parts of Syria.
Thousands have ed in recent
months, and the UN humanitarian of-
ce estimates about 160,000 people
remain in the city.
On Saturday, displaced families
could be seen arriving at a makeshift
camp in Ain Issa, 50 kms (30 miles)
north of Raqqa.
Children sprayed each other with
water from large red water tanks, try-
ing to cool off under the beating sum-
mer sun.
Last month a camp administra-
tor said more than 20,000 people had
sought refuge in Ain Issa, and ap-
pealed for additional assistance.
The Pentagon credited Russia on
Friday for helping calm tensions in
southern Syria after a US jet shot down
a pro-regime combat drone that had
red at coalition forces.
In the rst incident of its type, the
pro-regime drone on Thursday red
what turned out to be a dud bomb at
US-led coalition forces close to the
coalitions At-Tanaf garrison near the
is this not a stretch too far?
Is the Mayor not aware that Teh-
ran is the biggest sponsor of terrorism
and has abetted the Bashar Al Assad
regime in the slaughter of hundreds
of thousands of Syrians? The image
of the Iranian President Hassan Rou-
hani basking in a royal welcome at the
Elyse Palace while bearing a lucrative
shopping list still rankles with me.
To be frank, I have doubts about the
entire incident. Strangely Irans law-
makers continued their session amid the
backdrop of gunre; strange that the me-
dia was forbidden to take photographs of
the presumably damaged shrine.
The attackers were allegedly Irani-
an. DAESH opportunistically claimed
responsibility. Yet, Iran was quick to
blame its nemesis Saudi Arabia with-
out any shred of proof. The timing was
very convenient.
I would not be surprised if this was
a false ag operation organized by
the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to
fool the international community into
believing Iran is a target rather than a
state which funds, arms or cooperates
with a host of terror organizations, in-
cluding DAESH and al Qaeda.
Analysts are always opining on
where all their hatred comes from. At
this point, that is nothing but a workout
Pentagon praises very helpful Russia
Displaced Syrians queue at a Kurdish controlled checkpoint between the rebel-held town of Azaz in northern Syria
and the city of Afrin, along Syrias northern border with Turkey, as they attempt to cross on June 9. (AFP)
Suicide bomber kills at least 31
Iraq repels IS offensive south of Mosul
TIRKIT, Iraq, June 10, (Agencies):
Iraqi forces repelled an offensive
launched in the early hours of Sat-
urday by Islamic State on the Sunni
town of Shirqat, south of Mosul, dur-
ing which more than 30 military and
civilians were killed and 40 more
wounded, security sources said.
About a dozen Islamic State ght-
ers were also killed in the ghting,
which ended around midday, the
sources said.
About half the dead in the city
were civilians and the rest members
of the Iraqi armed forces and Sunni
tribal ghters. A curfew was still in
Islamic State lost Shirqat to US-
backed Iraqi government forces and
tribal ghters last year. Its fall paved
the way for the offensive on Mosul,
the militants de-facto capital in Iraq.
Eight months into the U.S-backed
offensive to take back Mosul, all of
the city has been retaken by Iraqi
government forces except an en-
clave by the western bank of the
Tigris river.
The militants continue to control
pockets south and west of Mosul,
as well as swathes of territory near
the border with Syria and inside
Syria.
Meanwhile, a woman suicide
bomber killed at least 31 people and
wounded 35 in a crowded market in
the town of Musayab, 80 km (50
miles) south of Baghdad, on Friday,
security sources said.
Islamic State claimed the attack,
as well as one at the main bus sta-
tion in the Shiite holy city of Ker-
bala, just west of Musayab, which
killed three people and wounded
15.
Jordanian border.
The Pentagon has not said who was
operating the drone or where it came
from, but the At-Tanaf area has seen a
surge in activity of Iran-backed troops
loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-
Assad, and Iran makes an armed drone
similar in description to the one shot
down. Russia is ghting for Assad and
has considerable sway over the various
forces on the battleeld.
Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain
Jeff Davis said any escalation in hostil-
ities between the coalition and the pro-
regime forces had been avoided thanks
mainly to Russias inuence.
Russia has been very helpful and
I think that the calm we see today is
largely due to their efforts, Davis said.
They are trying to get the other par-
ties, the pro-regime, the Iranian-backed
militias to do the right thing and to pre-
for the brain. When someone has can-
cer, their doctors do not spend months
or years debating what caused the dis-
ease; they work to cure it.
Britains leadership should shrug off
the old ways of thinking. The UK must
face up to the painful reality that the
country confronts the greatest emer-
gency since World War II. At least the
Nazis were separated by the Channel,
not hiding in every town and city bid-
ing their time.
I salute the people of Manchester
and London for their spirit of deance
and unity. I salute Londons police
force for their rapid response to the
unfolding tragedy, the rst responders
who risked their own lives to help the
injured and I admire the heroic deeds
of so many ordinary people who surely
wanted to run from danger, but instead
stopped to give comfort to the dying.
These are the heroes and they deserve
a decisive response from their govern-
ment so that they and their compatriots
never have to suffer such trauma again.
Attitudes need changing, the PC cul-
ture railroaded and human rights laws
revised. Until the cure is as radical as
the disease, there will be many more
messages of condolence, many more
minutes of silence and many more
ower-laden graves.
A security ofcer said the bomber
in Musayab was a woman and had
hidden the bomb under her full-
body veil.
Islamic States statements identi-
ed both bombers as men.
The hardline Sunni Muslim insur-
gents declared a self-styled caliph-
ate over parts of Syria and Iraq
three years ago but are now on the
brink of losing Mosul, their de-facto
capital in Iraq, to a US-backed Iraqi
offensive launched in October.
They are also on the back foot
in Syria, retreating in the face of
a US-backed, Kurdish-led military
coalition attacking Raqqa, Islamic
States urban redoubt there.
Turkey on Friday warned that an
irresponsible decision by Iraqs lar move within its territory.
autonomous Kurdish region to
hold an independence referendum
would be a grave mistake.
Split
Iraqs Kurdish region, with which
Turkey has forged close trade ties,
announced this week that it would
vote on whether to split from the
rest of Iraq and form an indepen-
dent region.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali
Yildirim called the decision ir-
responsible, adding that Ankara
championed Iraqs territorial integ-
rity.
We have enough problems in
our region. We believe it is not cor-
rect to create a new area of con-
ict, the premier told reporters.
We believe this is a decision that
has been made irresponsibly.
In a statement, the Turkish for-
eign ministry said to preserve Iraqs
territorial integrity and political unity
vent them from taking actions that are
destabilizing.
It was an unusual statement for the
Pentagon, which in the past has roundly
criticized Russian operations in Syria.
The Russian and US militaries have
set up a special hotline to communicate
about troop and plane movements over
a crowded battle space, and the two
sides regularly talk to avoid mishaps
and ensure they are not operating in
each others space.
Davis said there had been multiple
military contacts over the At-Tanaf
situation, both on the hotline and at
senior military levels.
The Russians have helped to pass
messages and calm the situation there,
and we hope that continues, he said.
Tensions around the At-Tanaf garri-
son, where US and British commandos
train local forces ghting the Islamic
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addressed immediately. The blockade
is also impairing US and other interna-
tional business activities in the region,
Tillerson said. It has created a hardship
on the people of Qatar, and the people
whose livelihoods depend on com-
merce with Qatar, he added.
The blockade is hindering US mili-
tary actions in the region and the cam-
paign against ISIS, he said, referring
to the so-called Islamic State.
In the last few days Ive spoken to
many leaders in the region, and as Ive
said to all of them, we know youre
stronger together, Tillerson said.
It is clear to me based on these con-
versations that the elements of a solu-
tion are available, he said. The GCC
must emerge united and stronger to
show the world the GCCs resolve in
its ght against violence and terrorism,
and its commitment to countering the
threat from terrorism.
Our expectation is that these coun-
tries will immediately take steps to de-
escalate the situation, and put forth a
good-faith effort to resolve their griev-
ances they have with each other, he
ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017
echoing an allegation the Saudi-led
was one of Turkeys fundamental
Iraq policies.
We believe that the announce-
ment by the (Iraqi Kurdish region) to
hold an independence referendum
on Sept 25 ... will constitute a grave
mistake, it added.
Kurds are touted as the worlds
largest stateless people, after be-
ing denied their own country in
the wake of World War I, and are
spread between Iraq, Iran, Syria
and Turkey.
Turkey has a large Kurdish minor-
ity with which the government has
been engaged in a multi-decade
armed conict, and Ankara fears
that Iraqi Kurdish independence
could fuel increased calls for a simi-
and fear being suffered by potentially
The foreign ministry also said the
major issue faced by Iraq is the ght
against the Islamic State (IS) group
and the need to rebuild the country
after the conict there.
The solidarity shown in the ght
against IS should be pursued in the
post-DAESH period and the issues
that concern the future of the coun-
try should be tackled with interna-
tional and constitutional legitimacy,
the foreign ministry said, using an
alternative Arabic name for Islamic
State.
It is clear that under those ex-
traordinary conditions, a referen-
dum on regions whose status are
disputed will be far from reecting
the peoples will.
A six-year old Iraqi Christian girl,
kidnapped by Islamic State when
she was three, was reunited with
her family on Friday, and getting
used to saying mum and dad children from parents and husbands
once more.
State group, have surged as pro-regime
troops look to expand their inuence.
Apart from the drone shootdown,
the US has in recent weeks conducted
three strikes against pro-regime forces
it deemed to be threatening At-Tanaf.
But Davis said the coalitions single
goal was defeating IS and it sought to
avoid getting drawn into the broader
Syria conict.
We are only going to take action if
we see things that they are doing that
threaten us, he said.
Our only role there is to ght ISIS
and thats what we are doing.
Supported by crutches and a fellow
Islamic State jihadi, Abu Shuaib al-
Maslawi hopped on his left leg toward
the explosives-laden black SUV that he
would minutes later plow into a group
of Iraqi troops in the northern city of
Mosul.
added.
EU High Representative Federica
Mogherini expressed, meanwhile, the
European Unions full support to me-
diation efforts by His Highness the
Amir to defuse tensions in the Gulf
region.
Speaking to reporters after a meet-
ing with Qatari foreign minister Sheikh
Mohammad Al-Thani in Brussels Fri-
day evening, she said the EU has two
main messages for the Gulf countries.
One is avoid any further escala-
tion and second engage in a political
dialogue in particular taking advantage
of the mediation efforts that Kuwait is
putting in place, she said.
We do not want to multiply me-
diation efforts. For us it is clear that
there is one mediation effort in place
that is the one which succeeded dur-
ing a similar but less dramatic crisis
in 2014. We believe that the Kuwait
effort can be the one succeeding. We
support their work and we have put the
EU help and support at their disposal
to accompany it in the best possible
manner, she stressed.
Mogherini said she had a long tele-
phone conversation with the Kuwaiti
First Deputy Prime Minister and For-
eign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled
Al-Sabah yesterday, and just before to-
37
days meeting Mogherini had a second
phone call in 24 hours with the Saudi
foreign minister Adel Al Jubeir.
Mogherini said she will continue
contact with the parties in the coming
days always with one purpose to sup-
port the work that Kuwait is doing.
She said she had a very long, substan-
tial and good meeting with the Qatari
foreign minister who arrived in Brus-
sels from Berlin and departed for Mos-
cow. He did not make any statements
to the press.
Mogherini said the EU has good re-
lations with all the Gulf Cooperation
Council countries and we will keep
good relations will all countries in the
Gulf.
We also believe that regional co-
operation in the Gulf and around the
Gulf is key to have an effective work
on counter terrorism, she said.
We have a direct EU interest be-
cause of the work on security. We
are together in the coalition against
DAESH we are together in our efforts
to nd a way out of Syrian crisis be-
sides economic and trade interests,
she noted.
Pressure
US President Donald Trump is,
meanwhile, ramping up pressure on
Qatar to stop what he calls a high
level of nancial support of terror-
ism, even as Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson tries to calm the worst dip-
lomatic crisis in the Arabian Gulf in
years.
Trumps demand that there be no
more funding by Qatar for extremists
groups contradicted the message deliv-
ered Friday by Tillerson, who had urged
Qatars neighbors to ease their blockade
while calling for calm and thoughtful
dialogue. Only an hour later, Tillerson
sat in the front row in the Rose Garden
as Trump enthusiastically embraced the
move by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and others
to punish Qatar.
The nation of Qatar, unfortunately,
has historically been a funder of terror-
ism at a very high level, Trump said,
group has used to justify cutting diplo-
matic ties to the tiny gas-rich country.
We have to stop the funding of ter-
rorism.
Despite Tillersons plea for no fur-
ther escalation, Trumps sharp com-
ments were likely to further embolden
Saudi Arabia and the others in their
bid to isolate Qatar. The State Depart-
ment had said the US learned only at
the last minute about the Arab nations
plan to cut ties. But Trump said that
he, Tillerson and military leaders had
decided during Trumps trip to Saudi
Arabia last month that a public rebuke
was needed.
The time had come to call on Qatar
to end its funding they have to end
that funding and its extremist ideol-
ogy in terms of funding, Trump said.
Though the president said others, too,
were guilty of supporting terrorism, he
said he would not name them.
Amnesty
Meanwhile, Amnesty International
warned Saturday of the heartbreak
thousands of ordinary individuals be-
cause of the political dispute in the
Gulf that has isolated Qatar.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the
United Arab Emirates are toying with
the lives of thousands of Gulf residents
as part of their dispute with Qatar,
splitting up families and destroying
peoples livelihoods and education,
the London-based human rights watch-
dog said.
For potentially thousands of
people across the Gulf, the effect of
the steps imposed in the wake of this
political dispute is suffering, heart-
break and fear, said James Lynch,
deputy director of Amnestys Global
Issues Programme, who was in Doha
last week.
These drastic measures are al-
ready having a brutal effect, splitting
from wives, said Amnesty after its
researchers interviewed dozens of peo-
ple affected by the crisis.
People from across the region ...
risk losing jobs and having their edu-
cation disrupted.
Newswatch
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different parts of the country, in-
cluding the Ain el-Hilweh refu-
gee camp, the southern suburbs
of Beirut, and the northern city
of Tripoli. (RTRS)
JALALABAD: An Afghan com-
mando Saturday killed two
American soldiers and wounded
two others during a joint op-
eration in eastern Nangarhar
province, an ofcial said, in the
latest so-called insider attack on
international forces.
The Taleban claimed respon-
sibility for the attack in the vola-
tile district of Achin, a strong-
hold of Islamic State jihadists,
saying it was carried out by an
inltrator. (AFP)
TUNIS: Tribal clashes on Satur-
day in southern Tunisia over a
land dispute injured 78 people,
including one seriously, a re-
gional governor said.
The two tribes used hunting
ries, stones and blunt objects,
requiring police to intervene and
use tear gas to disperse them
and end the violence, Sami El
Ghabi told AFP. (AFP)
BOSASO: The number of dead
from an attack on a military base
in Somalias semi-autonomous
Puntland region has risen to 59
from an earlier reported 38, a
military ofcer said on Satur-
day.
In the attack on Thursday al-
Qaeda-linked al Shebab ghters
overran the base in Af Urur, a
town about 100 kms (60 miles)
south of Bosaso. (RTRS)
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LEISURE 38

Shermans Lagoon By J.P. Toomey

N E W Y O R K T I M E S CROSSWORD

Mutts By Patrick McDonnell

Drinks

Hagar The Horrible By Chris Browne

mount

Beetle Bailey By Mort Walker

Scratch pad

odds n ends
NEW YORK: Chimpanzees do
not deserve the same rights
as people, a New York state
appeals court unanimously
concluded on Thursday, as it
refused to order the release of
two of the animals to a primate
Garfield By Jim Davis sanctuary.
The 5-0 decision by the Ap-
pellate Division in Manhattan
is the latest defeat for the Non-
human Rights Project and its
lawyer Steven Wise in a long
debate over whether caged
chimpanzees are actually legal
persons entitled like humans
to bodily liberty.
Tommy and Kiko, the chim-
panzees in question, are held
by private owners in upstate
New York.
Citing experts like British
primatologist Jane Goodall,
the Nonhuman Rights Project
said chimpanzees and hu-
mans share many behavioral,
cognitive and social capabili-
Baby Blues By Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott ties.
It said this entitled chim-
panzees to many of the same
rights, including against improp-
er detention, and sought habe-
as corpus relief to win freedom
for Tommy and Kiko.
But the shared capabilities
do not translate to a chimpan-
zees capacity or ability, like
humans, to bear legal duties, or
to be held legally accountable
for their actions, Justice Troy
Webber wrote for the appeals
court.
While petitioners avowed
mission is certainly laudable,
the according of any funda-
mental legal rights to animals,
including entitlement to habeas
Conceptis Sudoku Challenger relief, is an issue better suited
to the legislative process,
Webber wrote.
A black-winged stilt wades through water at the LIPU Stork Centre in Racconigi,
The grid must be so completed that every row, column near Cuneo, northwestern Italy on June 9. (AFP) Thursdays decision upheld
rulings by state Supreme Court
and 3x3 box has every digit from 1 to 9 inclusive Justice Barbara Jaffe in Man-
hattan.
DIRECTIONS:
Fill each square
contract bridge The Nonhuman
Project was not immediately
available for comment. Wise
Rights

with a number, one By Steve Becker previously also tried to win the
through nine. release of Hercules and Leo,
Horizontal chimpanzees held by the State
University of New York at Stony
squares should Brook. (RTRS)
add to totals on
right.
Vertical squares CINCINNATI: Part of an ex-
panded gorilla exhibit has
should add to opened at the Cincinnati Zoo,
totals on bottom. about a year after a 3-year-
Diagonal old boy fell into the enclosure,
squares through leading the zoo to kill an endan-
center should add gered gorilla named Harambe
Yesterdays solution (huh-RAHM-bay).
to total in upper
WXIX-TV reports the renova-
and lower right. tions started in the fall but had
been in the works since before
THERE MAY BE the gorillas death.
MORE THAN ONE The outdoor portion of the
SOLUTION. enclosure is now open. Work
continues on a new indoor en-
closure that will allow visitors to
Todays Challenge see the apes year-round.
Time 10 Minutes Harambe was killed May 28,
Answer to yesterdays puzzle 51 Seconds 2016, after the zoo determined
Your Working he was a threat to the boy who
Time __ Minutes fell into the habitat. Shortly af-
ter that, taller barriers were in-
__ Seconds stalled. (AP)

Word by Word

Longest Atwal
The longest day has an end.
Le atwal al ayam nehaya.

Numbers

7579 Seven thousand five hundred

seventy seven
Sabat alaf wa khamso maah
wa tesah wa saboun
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SPORTS 39

Swedes end Japan challenge

Sweden to face Kiwis in

AmCup Challenger final
HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 10,
(RTRS): Swedens Artemis Racing
secured an Americas Cup Challenger
showdown against Emirates Team
New Zealand by knocking out Soft-
bank Team Japan in their semi-nal on
Friday.
Were absolutely stoked, that was
a tough race, Artemis Racing skipper
Nathan Outteridge said on BT Sport
immediately after
clinching the se-
ries 5-3.
The rst-to-
ve playoff nal
begins on Satur-
day in Bermudas
Great Sound.
The winner will
challenge hold-
ers Oracle Team
USA for the old- Outteridge
est trophy in in-
ternational sport in the Louis Vuitton
Americas Cup Match starting on June
17.
Artemis Racings billionaire backer
Torbjorn Tornqvist leapt aboard the
state-of-the art blue and yellow cata-
maran to congratulate Outteridge and
the six-man crew following their de-
ciding win over SoftBank Team Japan.
Were really happy to take it
through to the next round ... Its a big
family team here, Outteridge said.
way the race unfolded in high winds
and choppy seas.
Although Barker, who was skipper
of the losing New Zealand Americas
Cup crew in San Francisco in 2013,
tried everything he could to catch Swe-
den, he was unable to close the gap
in time and Artemis Racing romped
home with a comfortable lead.
We are disappointed not to be go-
ing into the nal, but we are very proud
of what we have achieved, Barker
said in a live television interview on
board SoftBank Team Japans sleek
black 50-foot (15 metre) catamaran.
SAILING
Sponsor SoftBank has said it wants
to bring the Auld Mug to Japan and
teamed up with holders Oracle Team
USA, buying a design package to save
costs on building its multi-million dol-
lar craft.
We have been very fortunate with
our relationship with Oracle, Barker
said.
While SoftBank Team Japan is new
to the Americas Cup, Artemis Racing
is one of the most established teams,
backed nancially by Tornqvist, the
Swedish co-founder of oil trading gi-
ant Gunvor. Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez (left), tags out Colorado Rockies Charlie Blackmon during the second inning of a baseball game on June 9, in Chi-
Meanwhile, the Canadian military cago. (AP)
launched a rescue mission on Friday to

Rockies escape late jam, top

Fridays race against the Japanese reach several sailing vessels in distress
crew was tight, hinging on a tactical in the mid-Atlantic after high seas and
mistake by their skipper Dean Barker hurricane-strength winds disrupted a
who was forced to a standstill by Out- race from Britain to the United States.
teridge when he tried to get past them The defense ministry said it was
in the middle of their head-to-head en- responding to distress calls from mul-
counter.
That was obviously the key mo-
ment, an elated Outteridge said of the
tiple sailing vessels, coordinating ef-
forts with marine rescue centers from
the United States, Portugal and Britain. Cubs 5-3 for sixth win in row
Swanson hustles double, Ruiz lifts Braves past Mets
CHICAGO, June 10, (AP): The Rockies posted their National
League-leading 40th win this season
Rockies closer Greg Hol- and have their longest winning streak NFL Roundup
land walked the bases loaded since 2014.
in the ninth inning before Chris Rusin (3-0) won in relief. Seth
escaping as Colorado held Frankoff (0-1) lost in his major league
debut.
Decker sidelined
off the Chicago Cubs 5-3 in Cubs shortstop Addison Russell re-
Major League Baseball on turned to the team a day after the club told 49ers sign Foster
him not to come to Wrigley Field while
Friday for their season-high Major League Baseball investigates a do- to four-year deal
sixth win in a row. mestic abuse claim. Russell, who didnt SAN FRANCISCO, June 10,
After three straight one-out walks, play, had been accused of hitting his wife (RTRS): The San Francisco
Holland retired Ben Zobrist on a short in a social media post that has since been 49ers signed linebacker Reuben
In this photo provided by the Americas Cup Event Authority, SoftBank deleted. Russell denied the allegation.
Team Japan and Swedens Artemis Racing compete during Americas yball and struck out Jason Heyward Foster to a four-year contract on
Braves 3, Mets 2 Friday.
Cup Challenger seminals on the Great Sound in Bermuda on June 8. for his major league-best 23rd save. In Atlanta, Dansby Swanson turned a With Foster under contract,
normal grounder up the middle into a hus- the 49ers have signed eight of
tle double, then dashed home on a single the teams 10 picks from the
MLB Scoreboard by pinch-hitter Rio Ruiz in the ninth in- Reliever Matt Bowman #67 of the 2017 draft.
ning to lift Atlanta over New York. St Louis Cardinals delivers a pitch San Francisco traded back
With one out in the ninth, Swanson hit against the Philadelphia Phillies in into the rst round to selected
WASHINGTON, June 10, (Agencies): Results Seattle 001 000 21x-4 7 0 Tampa Bay, 3; Sanchez, Chicago, 3; 19 tied a bouncer through the ineld and ran hard the seventh inning at Busch Sta- the 23-year-old Foster with the
from the MLB games on Friday. Biagini, Loup (8), Leone (8) and Martin; at 2. out of the batters box. As center elder dium on June 9, in St Louis, Mis- 31st overall selection in Aprils
Minnesota 4 San Francisco 0 Gaviglio, Cloyd (7), Vincent (8), Diaz (9) and HOME RUNS: Judge, New York, 18; Da- Curtis Granderson took a casual approach souri. (AFP) draft. The 49ers dealt their sec-
LA Dodgers 7 Cincinnati 2 Zunino. W-Cloyd 1-0. L-Biagini 1-5. Sv-Diaz vis, Oakland, 17; Gallo, Texas, 17; Smoak,
San Diego 6 Kansas City 3 (10). HRs-Toronto, Bautista. to the ball, Swanson never let up as he ond-round pick (No. 34 overall)
Toronto, 17; Alonso, Oakland, 16; Morrison, York over Baltimore. and a fourth-rounder acquired
Seattle 4 Toronto 2 Interleague Tampa Bay, 16; Springer, Houston, 16; Trout,
Milwaukee 8 Arizona 6 Texas 001 021 100-5 13 0 Starlin Castro also connected for the from the Chicago Bears earlier
St Louis 3 Philadelphia 2 Washington 000 001 001-2 9 3 Los Angeles, 16; Moustakas, Kansas City, 15; BASEBALL American League East leaders, who won in the night (No. 111 overall) to
LA Angels 9 Houston 4 Cashner, Claudio (8), Kela (9), Bush (9) 2 tied at 14.
STOLEN BASES: Andrus, Texas, 14; their third straight. The Yankees have out- the Seattle Seahawks for pick
NY Yankees 8 Baltimore 2 and Lucroy; Roark, Romero (7), J. Turner (8), rounded rst base and slid head-rst into scored rivals Boston and Baltimore 25-3 No. 31.
Atlanta 3 NY Mets 2 Treinen (9) and Wieters. W-Cashner 3-5. L- Dyson, Seattle, 14; Maybin, Los Angeles, 13;
Cain, Kansas City, 12; Altuve, Houston, 11;
second. over the last three nights. Foster fell in the draft after
Cleveland 7 Chicago W Sox 3 Roark 6-3. Sv-Bush (7). HRs-Texas, Lucroy,
Boston 5 Detroit 3 Odor. DeShields, Texas, 10; Trout, Los Angeles, 10; Josh Edgin then relieved Fernando Sa- Red Sox 5, Tigers 3 reports surfaced that his medi-
Tampa Bay 13 Oakland 4 Minnesota 001 300 000-4 8 0 4 tied at 9. las (0-2), and Ruiz followed with a single In Boston, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two- cal recheck revealed concerns
Miami 12 Pittsburgh 7 San Francisco 000 000 000-0 4 0 PITCHING: Keuchel, Houston, 9-0; Var- to left. Swanson skipped out of the way
Texas 5 Washington 2 E. Santana and J. Castro; M. Moore, Gear- run homer in the eighth inning to lift Bos- about his right shoulder. He un-
gas, Kansas City, 8-3; Sabathia, New York, of the ball, sped home and slid in safely.
Colorado 5 Chicago Cubs 3 rin (7), Kontos (9) and Posey. W-E. Santana 7-2; Sale, Boston, 7-2; ESantana, Minnesota, ton over Detroit. derwent surgery for a rotator cuff
MLB Standings 8-3. L-M. Moore 2-7. 7-3; 8 tied at 6-4.
Marlins 12, Pirates 7 The Red Sox rallied for three runs in problem in February.
American League Kansas City 000 020 001-3 7 0 ERA: Keuchel, Houston, 1.67; Vargas, In Pittsburgh, Giancarlo Stanton the inning, capped by Bradleys two-out
Eastern Division San Diego 110 000 13x-6 14 0 smashed a home run over the batters
W L PCT GB Skoglund, Alexander (2), Strahm (5), Moy- Kansas City, 2.18; ESantana, Minnesota, shot off Alex Wilson (1-3).
2.44; McCullers, Houston, 2.71; Sale, Boston, eye at PNC Park, Tyler Moore went deep Detroit Lions left tackle Tay-
NY Yankees 35 23 .603 - lan (7), Young (8) and S. Perez; Chacin, Hand
2.89; Severino, New York, 2.90; Bundy, Bal-
Matt Barnes (4-2) pitched one inning lor Decker is expected to be
Boston 33 27 .550 3 (8), Buchter (9), Maurer (9) and Hedges. W- twice as Miami pounded reeling Pitts- and Craig Kimbrel picked up his 18th
Baltimore 31 28 .525 4-1/2 Chacin 5-5. L-Strahm 1-3. Sv-Maurer (10). timore, 2.94; Fulmer, Detroit, 3.00; Darvish, burgh. sidelined four to six months after
Tampa Bay 32 31 .508 5-1/2 HRs-Kansas City, Perez. San Diego, Szczur. Texas, 3.18; Stroman, Toronto, 3.25; 1 tied save. The Tigers have lost three straight. undergoing surgery earlier this
Toronto 29 32 .475 7-1/2 National League at 3.27. Moore hit a two-run homer off Tyler Angels 9, Astros 4
Glasnow (2-6) in the second and took week on his shoulder.
Central Division Colorado 020 020 100-5 10 2 STRIKEOUTS: Sale, Boston, 119; Arch- In Houston, Cameron Maybin starred
W L PCT GB Chicago 200 010 000-3 3 1 reliever Dovydas Neverauskas deep over The teams rst-round pick
er, Tampa Bay, 106; Estrada, Toronto, 90; in his return from the disabled list, nish-
Minnesota 31 26 .544 - Marquez, Rusin (4), Dunn (6), Oberg (7), last year and anchor of the Li-
Cleveland 30 28 .517 1-1/2 Ottavino (8), Holland (9) and Hanigan; M.
Darvish, Texas, 89; McCullers, Houston, 81; the left eld wall in the seventh. ing with three hits and a career-high four ons offensive line this season
Porcello, Boston, 78; Salazar, Cleveland, 77; Dustin McGowan (4-0) won in relief.
Detroit 29 31 .483 3-1/2 Montgomery, Frankoff (5), Edwards (7), Ue- Bauer, Cleveland, 76; Severino, New York, 76; steals to help Los Angeles beat Houston. suffered a torn labrum last week
Kansas City 26 34 .433 6-1/2 hara (8), W. Davis (9) and Montero, Contreras.
2 tied at 71.
The Marlins have won 11 of 15, the Pi- Maybin missed nine games with an during organized team activities.
Chicago White Sox 25 34 .424 7 W-Rusin 3-0. L-Frankoff 0-1. Sv-Holland (23). rates have lost four straight to drop into
Western Division HRs-Colorado, Hanigan, Blackmon. National League oblique injury. He doubled, had two in- He underwent surgery on Mon-
W L PCT GB Miami 023 203 110-12 18 1 BATTING: Zimmerman, Washington, .365; last in the NL Central division. eld singles and scored four times while day.
Houston 43 19 .694 - Pittsburgh 101 200 012-7 13 1 Posey, San Francisco, .348; Cozart, Cincin- Rangers 5, Nationals 2 moving into rst place in the American With a recovery timetable of
LA Angels 32 32 .500 12 Worley, McGowan (4), Barraclough (6), nati, .347; Murphy, Washington, .339; Black- In Washington, Andrew Cashner quiet- four to six months according to
Seattle 31 31 .500 12 Garcia (8), Ellington (9), Wittgren (9) and El- mon, Colorado, .336; Kemp, Atlanta, .333; League with 17 steals.
Texas 28 32 .467 14 lis; Glasnow, LeBlanc (5), Neverauskas (7), Ozuna, Miami, .328; Harper, Washington,
ed the National Leagues top-hitting line- Indians 7, White Sox 3 NFL Networks Ian Rapoport re-
Oakland 26 34 .433 16 Watson (9) and Stallings. W-McGowan 4-0. .323; Gyorko, St Louis, .312; Goldschmidt, up, Jonathan Lucroy and Rougned Odor In Cleveland, Edwin Encarnacion hit ported, Decker could be a can-
National League L-Glasnow 2-6. HRs-Miami, Stanton, Moore 2. Arizona, .310; 1 tied at .308. homered, and Texas topped Washington. a go-ahead, two-run homer and Corey didate to start the season on the
Eastern Division New York 001 000 100-2 5 0 RUNS: Goldschmidt, Arizona, 53; Black- The Rangers advantage of three errors physically unable to perform list.
W L PCT GB Atlanta 000 002 001-3 9 0 mon, Colorado, 48; Harper, Washington, 48;
Kluber won his second straight start since
Washington 38 22 .633 - Harvey, Sewald (6), Blevins (7), Salas (8), and won for just the fourth time in 15 coming off the disabled list as Cleveland
Atlanta 27 32 .458 10-1/2 Edgin (9) and dArnaud; Teheran, OFlaherty Thames, Milwaukee, 45; Votto, Cincinnati, 45; games.
Miami 27 33 .450 11 (7), Motte (7), Krol (7), J. Ramirez (8), J. John- Arenado, Colorado, 42; Seager, Los Angeles, beat Chicago. The New England Patriots
41; Zimmerman, Washington, 41; 4 tied at 40. Cashner (3-5) allowed one run and six Encarnacion had three hits.
NY Mets 25 33 .431 12 son (9) and K. Suzuki. W-J. Johnson 4-1.
hits in seven innings. Matt Bush got two signed their 2017 third-round
Philadelphia 21 38 .356 16-1/2 L-Salas 0-2. HRs-New York, Granderson, RBI: Lamb, Arizona, 53; Blackmon, Colo- Chicago slugger Jose Abreu left in the pick, defensive end Derek Riv-
Central Division dArnaud. rado, 52; Reynolds, Colorado, 51; Zimmer- outs for his seventh save. Tanner Roark seventh inning after being hit on the left ers.
W L PCT GB Philadelphia 002 000 000-2 7 0 man, Washington, 49; Votto, Cincinnati, 48; (6-3) took the loss. leg by Andrew Millers pitch. Abreu fell Rivers, 22, was selected 83rd
Milwaukee 33 29 .532 - St Louis 002 010 00x-3 11 1 Duvall, Cincinnati, 46; Goldschmidt, Arizona, Cardinals 3, Phillies 2
Chicago Cubs 30 30 .500 2 Hellickson, Fien (7) and Knapp; Wacha, 46; Harper, Washington, 46; Arenado, Colo- to the ground and couldnt put any weight overall out of Youngstown State.
Cincinnati 29 31 .483 3 Bowman (7), Rosenthal (8), Oh (9) and Fryer. rado, 43; 2 tied at 42.
In St Louis, Aledmys Diaz hit a solo on his leg while being helped to the dug- He was a two-time All-Amer-
St Louis 27 32 .458 4-1/2 W-Wacha 3-3. L-Hellickson 5-4. Sv-Oh (14). HITS: Blackmon, Colorado, 86; Zimmer- home run and Michael Wacha pitched six out. ican and three-time All-Missouri
Pittsburgh 26 35 .426 6-1/2 HRs-St Louis, Diaz. strong innings as St. Louis ended a seven-
Western Division Cincinnati 010 000 001-2 5 1
man, Washington, 77; Inciarte, Atlanta, 76; Rays 13, Athletics 4 Valley Conference selection,
W L PCT GB Los Angeles 202 200 01x-7 9 1
Ozuna, Miami, 76; Murphy, Washington, 75; game losing streak. Earlier in the day, the In St Peterburg, Florida, Tampa Bay nishing his career with 173 total
Colorado 40 23 .635 - Garrett, Buchanan (2), Wood (4), Storen Arenado, Colorado, 70; Harrison, Pittsburgh, Cardinals reassigned some members of tackles and a school-record 41
69; Kemp, Atlanta, 69; 3 tied at 68. tied a season-high with ve home runs
LA Dodgers 37 25 .597 2-1/2 (7), Cingrani (8) and Barnhart; R. Hill, Maeda
DOUBLES: Herrera, Philadelphia, 22; Are-
the coaching staff and released veteran and Alex Cobb went six strong innings in sack.s
Arizona 37 26 .587 3 (6) and A. Barnes. W-R. Hill 3-2. L-Garrett 3-5. inelder Jhonny Peralta.
San Francisco 25 38 .397 15 Sv-Maeda (1). HRs-Cincinnati, Votto. Los An- nado, Colorado, 20; Zimmerman, Washington, a win over Oakland.
San Diego 24 38 .387 15-1/2 geles, Turner, Hernandez. 19; Kemp, Atlanta, 18; Shaw, Milwaukee, 17; Philadelphia lost its third straight game. Steven Souza Jr., Mallex Smith, Logan two-run homer in his rst at-bat off the
MLB Linescores Milwaukee 300 012 200-8 14 1 Blackmon, Colorado, 16; Diaz, St Louis, 16; Yankees 8, Orioles 2 Morrison, Tim Beckham and Corey Dick- disabled list, Enrique Hernandez added a
American League Arizona 300 010 200-6 8 2 Murphy, Washington, 16; 6 tied at 15. In New York, Aaron Hicks homered
Chicago 002 010 000-3 9 0 Davies, Hughes (6), Drake (7), J. Barnes TRIPLES: Blackmon, Colorado, 8; Cozart, erson all homered for the Rays. solo shot and Rich Hill and Kenta Mae-
Cleveland 100 120 03x-7 10 0 (7), Torres (8), Knebel (8) and Pina, Bandy; twice and rookie Jordan Montgomery Cobb (5-5), coming off a start Saturday da combined on a ve-hitter to lead the
Cincinnati, 5; Fowler, St Louis, 4; Gordon, Mi-
M. Gonzalez, Jennings (5), Petricka (8) and Delgado, McFarland (6), Wilhelmsen (7), ami, 4; Hamilton, Cincinnati, 4; Turner, Wash- pitched seven stellar innings to lead New at Seattle in which he allowed nine runs Dodgers to a victory over the Reds.
Narvaez, K. Smith; Kluber, Miller (7), Allen (9) Chan (8), Bracho (9) and Mathis, Herrmann. ington, 4; 10 tied at 3.
and Gomes. W-Kluber 5-2. L-M. Gonzalez 4-7. W-Davies 7-3. L-McFarland 3-1. Sv-Knebel and 14 hits over ve innings, gave up one Reds starting pitcher Amir Garrett (3-
HOME RUNS: Schebler, Cincinnati, 17; run and four hits.
HRs-Cleveland, Encarnacion. (8). HRs-Milwaukee, Perez. Arizona, Lamb.
Zimmerman, Washington, 17; Bour, Miami,
5) left the game in the second inning after
Baltimore 020 000 000-2 5 1 MLB Leaders Twins 4, Giants 0 taking a shot to his bare left hand.
New York 020 001 32x-8 11 0 American League 16; Reynolds, Colorado, 16; Stanton, Miami,
Bundy, Jackson (7), Crichton (7) and C. Jo- BATTING: Segura, Seattle, .341; Trout, 16; Thames, Milwaukee, 16; Votto, Cincinnati, In San Francisco, Ervin Santana Hill (3-2) started and went ve innings
seph; J. Montgomery, Clippard (8), Holder (9) Los Angeles, .337; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 16; 4 tied at 15. pitched a four-hitter for his third shutout for the Dodgers, holding the Reds to one
and Romine. W-J. Montgomery 4-4. L-Bundy .336; Garcia, Chicago, .327; Altuve, Houston, STOLEN BASES: Hamilton, Cincinnati, of the season and hit a three-run double run on two hits. He walked three and
6-5. HRs-Baltimore, Schoop. New York, Hicks .326; Bogaerts, Boston, .324; Judge, New 28; Gordon, Miami, 21; Turner, Washington, to lead Minnesota to a victory over the struck out ve.
2, Castro. York, .321; Hicks, New York, .319; Castro, 21; Nunez, San Francisco, 16; Peraza, Cincin-
Oakland 000 001 120-4 6 0 New York, .317; Hosmer, Kansas City, .309; nati, 14; Villar, Milwaukee, 14; Goldschmidt,
Giants. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 2
Tampa Bay 311 350 00x-13 15 0 1 tied at .307. Arizona, 13; Pollock, Arizona, 11; Broxton, Santana (8-3) recovered from a seven- In Seattle, Danny Valencia and Jarrod
Triggs, Neal (4) and Vogt; Cobb, Garton RUNS: Springer, Houston, 45; Judge, New Milwaukee, 10; Inciarte, Atlanta, 10; 1 tied at 9. run shelling last Saturday against the Dyson had RBI singles as part of Seattles
(7), Farquhar (9) and Sucre. W-Cobb 5-5. L- York, 44; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 43; Castro,
Triggs 5-6. HRs-Oakland, Vogt. Tampa Bay, New York, 40; Gardner, New York, 40; Altuve, PITCHING: Greinke, Arizona, 8-3; Ker- Angels to shut down the Giants in an ef- seventh-inning rally, and the Mariners
Dickerson, Souza Jr, Morrison, Beckham, Houston, 39; Correa, Houston, 39; Bautista, shaw, Los Angeles, 8-2; Senzatela, Colorado, cient 91-pitch outing. He struck out ve, beat the Blue Jays for their 10th win in
Smith. Toronto, 38; 4 tied at 37. 8-2; Freeland, Colorado, 7-3; Scherzer, Wash-
ington, 7-3; Strasburg, Washington, 7-2; 7 tied
walked one and started 26 of the 31 bat- 12 games.
Detroit 200 100 000-3 11 2 RBI: Cruz, Seattle, 46; Sano, Minnesota, The Mariners rallied with two runs in
Boston 000 200 03x-5 11 0 43; Pujols, Los Angeles, 42; Smoak, Toronto, at 6-3. ters he faced with rst-pitch strikes.
Zimmermann, Greene (7), Wilson (8), 42; Judge, New York, 41; Correa, Houston, ERA: Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.20; Scher- Brewers 8, Diamondbacks 6 the seventh after struggling to get any-
Stumpf (8) and J. McCann; B. Johnson, Hem- 40; Garcia, Chicago, 39; 4 tied at 38. zer, Washington, 2.35; Leake, St Louis, 2.70; In Phoenix, Manny Pina had three hits thing started all night against Toronto
bree (5), Kelly (7), M. Barnes (8), Kimbrel (9) HITS: Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 79; Altuve, Strasburg, Washington, 2.80; Ray, Arizona, two doubles and two RBIs and the Brew- starter Joe Biagini (1-5).
and Leon. W-M. Barnes 4-2. L-Wilson 1-3. Houston, 74; Castro, New York, 72; Andrus, 2.86; Lynn, St Louis, 2.88; Anderson, Milwau-
Sv-Kimbrel (18). HRs-Detroit, Castellanos, Texas, 70; Garcia, Chicago, 69; Hosmer, Kan- ers ended Arizonas nine-game home win Padres 6, Royals 3
kee, 2.94; Gonzalez, Washington, 3.03; Nova,
Mahtook. Boston, Bradley Jr, Moreland. sas City, 69; Bogaerts, Boston, 68; Correa, Pittsburgh, 3.04; Greinke, Arizona, 3.20; 1 tied streak. In San Diego, pinch-hitter Matt Szczur
Los Angeles 121 101 210-9 13 0 Houston, 65; 3 tied at 63. at 3.21. Jake Lamb hit a three-run homer for the hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh in-
Houston 020 000 200-4 8 1 DOUBLES: Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 19;
STRIKEOUTS: Scherzer, Washington, Marcell Ozuna #13 of the Miami Diamondbacks, losers at home for only ning and the Padres beat the Royals to end
Shoemaker, Hernandez (8), Alvarez (9) Lowrie, Oakland, 18; Schoop, Baltimore, 18; Marlins singles to center eld in
and Maldonado; Peacock, Hoyt (4), Martes Travis, Toronto, 18; Betts, Boston, 17; Lindor, 114; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 101; Greinke, Ari- the ninth time in 33 games this season. a ve-game losing streak.
(5), Sipp (8) and B. McCann. W-Shoemaker Cleveland, 16; Moreland, Boston, 16; CSan- zona, 100; Ray, Arizona, 95; Samardzija, San the eighth inning during the game David Peralta added three hits and an Szczur was pinch-hitting for starter
6-3. L-Peacock 3-1. HRs-Los Angeles, Mal- tana, Cleveland, 16; 3 tied at 15. Francisco, 94; deGrom, New York, 94; Stras- against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Jhoulys Chacin (5-5), who had given up
donado. Houston, Bregman. TRIPLES: Bogaerts, Boston, 4; Castel- burg, Washington, 89; Martinez, St Louis, 88; PNC Park on June 9, in Pittsburgh, RBI.
Toronto 011 000 000-2 10 0 lanos, Detroit, 3; Garcia, Chicago, 3; Miller, Cueto, San Francisco, 81; 2 tied at 76. Pennsylvania. (AFP) Dodgers 7, Reds 2 a tying two-run homer to Salvador Perez
In Los angeles, Justin Turner hit a in the fth.
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SPORTS 40

Silverstone winners Buemi, Davidson and Nakajima extend drivers World Championship lead

Toyota claims one-two finish in WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Toyota GA-
ZOO Racing took its second consecu-
tive victory of the 2017 FIA World En-
durance Championship (WEC) season
with a one-two in the 6 Hours of Spa-
Francorchamps. Silverstone winners
Sbastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson
and Kazuki Nakajima, in the #8 TS050
Hybrid, again took top step of the po-
dium to extend their lead in the driv-
ers World Championship to 17 points.
In a dramatic race, the #7 of Mike
Conway and Kamui Kobayashi n-
ished just 1.992 seconds behind in sec-
ond place, for the teams rst one-two
since Shanghai in 2014. That moves
Toyota into a lead of 8.5 points in the
manufacturers World Championship.
The #9 crew of Stphane Sarrazin,
Yuji Kunimoto and Nicolas Lapierre,
competing together for the rst time,
completed a trouble-free race to n-
ish fth and gather valuable experi-
ence with the low-downforce TS050
Hybrid.
Takayuki Yoshitsugu, Chief Repre-
sentative, Middle East and North Afri-
ca Representative Ofce, Toyota Mo-
tor Corporation, said, I congratulate
the teams on this superb performance,
which gives Toyota the lead in both
the drivers and manufacturers cham-
pionships. For Toyota, one of the goals
of our participation in motorsports ac-
tivities is to rene our cars and people
under various types of extremely
challenging road conditions and feed-
back the results to mass-production
vehicles that will help us create ever-
better cars. The FIA World Endurance
Championship provides an excellent
platform for us to put this strategy into
action. As always, the fan support was
amazing and I extend my thanks to all
those who cheered our team on.
On this occasion, Toshio Sato,
Team President, said, This was a dra-
matic race; I hope the fans enjoyed it.
The #7 was unlucky with the two full-
course yellows. These things can hap-
pen in endurance racing but its really
frustrating for Mike, Kamui and the
car crew. They had the quickest car in
the race and didnt make any mistakes.
Well done to the #8 car; they never
gave up and got their reward. Its also
been a very productive weekend from
a technical point of view; having the
chance to get data on the low-down-
force package with the #9 is helpful for
our Le Mans preparations. Le Mans is
our big target and we will now make
the nal push to be ready.
Right from the start, the Toyota ve-
hicles were challenging for the win,
with rst Sbastien then Mike putting
#8 in second. But the race soon took
a signicant turn with two full-course
yellow periods. The #7 was unlucky
to be already in the pits on both occa-
sions. Other cars pitted after the yellow
ags and therefore conceded far less
time due to the 80 km/h limit around
the lap. Mike, whose stops were made
when the competitors were driving at
racing speeds, lost around one minute.
Kazuki initially took the lead during
the rst full-course yellow then ex-
tended it signicantly during the sec-
ond. Mike, meanwhile, found himself
dropping to third. Accident repairs to
a competitor car meant Sbastien held
a half-minute lead going into the nal
hour over Kamui, now second in the
#7.
Kamui closed the gap but held posi-
tion in the last laps, crossing the line
just behind Sbastien, who took Toy-
Toyota #8 TS050 Hybrid in action during the 2017 FIA World Endurance otas 13th win since its WEC debut in
Championship (WEC) season with a one-two in the 6 Hours of Spa-Fran- 2012. Nicolas completed a clean run
corchamps. for the #9 car, taking the ag in fth,
two laps behind.
the pole-position competitor car under throughout his two stints to navigate The 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
pressure. On the 10th lap, Mike took safely through the lapped trafc a this season was the rst time that
the lead, while Sbastien took sec- key stage in his acclimatization to Toyota GAZOO Racing elded three
ond three laps later. At the rst driver WEC racing. TS050 Hybrid cars in a race. To en-
changes, Yuji took over the #9 in fth Kamui was consistently building a hance its preparations for Le Mans,
for his rst-ever racing laps at Spa. lead for the #7 as the race passed the the #9 TS050 Hybrid featuring
He showed consistency and maturity halfway point, with Anthony in the Stphane Sarrazin, Yuji Kunimoto
and Nicolas Lapierre used a low-
downforce conguration which is op-
timized for the long straights which
characterize the Circuit de la Sarthe.
Both the #7 and #8 crews, meanwhile,
drove their TS050 Hybrid cars with a
high-downforce conguration, which
concedes top speed in favor of more
grip around corners.
Toyota GAZOO Racing now makes
the short journey back to Cologne to
accelerate preparations for the Le
Mans 24 Hours on 17-18 June. Before
that, all teams participate in the ofcial
Le Mans test day on 4 June.
Race Notes:
TS050 Hybrid#8 (Sbastien Bue-
mi, Anthony Davidson, Kazuki Naka-
jima)
Race: 1st, 173 laps, 7 pit stops
Grid: 4th
Fastest lap: 1min 57.722secs
TS050 Hybrid#7 (Mike Conway,
Kamui Kobayashi)
Race: 2nd, 173 laps, 7 pit stops
Grid: 2nd
Fastest lap: 1min 58.039secs
TS050 Hybrid#9 (Stphane Sar-
razin, Yuji Kunimoto, Nicolas Lapi-
erre)
Race: 5th, 171 laps, 7 pit stops
Grid: 3rd
Fastest lap: 1min 58.020secs

Kazma qualify as RAR crush Al-Zamel team

BMW blank Ministry of Electricity

KUWAIT CITY, June 10: The teams of
BMW, Kazma and RAR have qualied
for the next round of the Late Abdullah
Meshari Al-Rawdhan Futsal Tourna-
ment 2017 after winning the matches
held on the 14th day of the tournament.
In the rst match, BMW team did not
face any difculty in passing the third
test of the rst-round matches. They
achieved their third win after defeating
the team of Ministry of Electricity with
a great score of 5-0.
The Kazma team became the second
team in the group to qualify for the next
round after their match with Qatars Tri-
ple O team ended in a draw of one goal

FUTSAL
Toyota GAZOO Racing take part in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship.
each.

Porte punishes Froome,

In the third match, RAR team proved
their eminence by delivering a crashing
defeat for Al-Zamel Rehab Center team
by a score of 8-3.
Today, four matches will be held. The
Late Ali Karam team will play against

Kennaugh claims stage

Fuglsang stands 3rd
LALPE DHUEZ, France,
June 10, (AFP): Australian
Richie Porte of the BMC team
turned the screws on Chris
Froome in Saturdays sev-
enth stage of the Criterium du
Dauphine won by the latters
Team Sky teammate Peter
Kennaugh.
With just one stage to go on Sun-
day, Porte spurted at the end of a
gruelling days racing to gain valu-
able seconds on direct rivals for the
overall race victory, putting a further
CYCLING
23sec between himself and former
teammate Froome, in second at 1min
02sec.
Defending champion Froome, a
three-time winner of the Tour de
France, couldnt stick with Portes
acceleration on the last 2km of the
168km ride from Aosta to the epic
LAlpe dHuez climb and summit n-
ish via the Col de Sarenne.
Attack was the best form of de-
fence in the nale, said Porte.
My team just incredibly covered
the moves of the best riders before-
hand. They did a fantastic job.
But we cant be complacent. I ex-
pect reworks tomorrow. Itll be a
short stage. Its not over until its over,
but my team is incredibly strong so I
want to nish it off for them.
Astanas Danish rider Jakob Fugl-
sang, a silver medallist in the road race
event at last years Rio Olympics, did
manage to tail Porte and now stands
third in the overall classication, at
1min 15sec.
Froomes Team Sky teammate Ken-
naugh, who won gold as part of the
British team pursuit team at the 2012
Olympics, soloed to the stage win after
pulling away from British compatriot
Ben Swift (UAE Team Emirates) in
the nal 3 kms.
Kennaugh described his victory as
incredible.
Its always hard to win a mountain
stage but I have good form ahead of
July, the Manxman said in reference
to the Tour de France.
It took us a while to make the
break, but once the front group was es-
tablished I knew I had a good chance. I
targeted the top of col de Sarenne.
Hats off to Ben Swift for having
stayed with me up there. Initially he
was gonna help (Diego) Ulissi. Weve
known each other since we were nine
years old so I knew hes someone able
to climb. I wasnt condent I was go-
ing to beat him in a sprint. I had to get
rid of him, which I did.
To win at LAlpe dHuez is better
than being an Olympic champion.
Sundays eighth and nal stage is
another testing mountain ride, 115km
long over three cols (Saisies, Aravis,
Colombiere) before a nal climb to the
nish line at the Plateau de Solaison,
Lorenzo, Petrucci in front row
Pedrosa on pole as title
rivals stumble in Catalonia
Repsol Honda Teams Spanish rid-
er Dani Pedrosa competes during
the MotoGP qualifying session of
the Moto Grand Prix de Catalunya
at the Circuit de Catalunya on June
10, in Montmelo on the outskirts of
Barcelona. (AFP)
Stage winner Great Britains Pe-
ter Kennaugh celebrates on the
podium after winning the 168 kms
seventh stage of the 69th edition of
the Criterium du Dauphine cycling
race on June 10, between Aoste
and LAlpe dHuez. (AFP)
high in the Alps.
Standings
Stage
1. Peter Kennaugh (GBR/SKY) 4hr
43min 59sec, 2. Ben Swift (GBR/EAU) at
13sec, 3. Jesus Herrada (ESP/MOV) 1:11,
4. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/LOT) 1:13, 5. Ro-
main Bardet (FRA/ALM) 1:14, 6. Richie
Porte (AUS/BMC) 1:56, 7. Jakob Fugl-
sang (DEN/AST) 1:56, 8. Andrew Talan-
sky (USA/CAN) 2:04, 9. Alberto Contador
(ESP/TRE) 2:04, 10. Fabio Aru (ITA/AST)
2:13
Selected
15. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 2:19.
20. Esteban Chaves (COL/ORI) 2:42.
Overall
1. Richie Porte (AUS/BMC) 25hr 38min
29sec, 2. Christopher Froome (GBR/SKY)
at 1min 02sec, 3. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/
AST) 1:15, 4. Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) 1:41,
5. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 1:43, 6.
Alberto Contador (ESP/TRE) 1:55, 7. Ro-
main Bardet (FRA/ALM) 2:07, 8. Dan Mar-
tin (IRL/QST) 2:31, 9. Emanuel Buchmann
(GER/BOR) 2:53, 10. Andrew Talansky
(USA/CAN) 3:43
MONTMEL, Spain, June 10, (AFP):
Dani Pedrosa claimed pole position
for Sundays Catalan MotoGP after a
qualifying session to forget for leading
championship contenders Maverick
Vinales, Valentino Rossi and Marc
Marquez on Saturday.
Pedrosa banked his second pole of
the season with a best time of 1min
43.870 to start ahead of Ducati pair
Jorge Lorenzo and Danilo Petrucci on
the front row.
I am very happy today because
normally in qualifying I struggle a
lot, said Pedrosa, who is fth in the
championship standings despite failing
to nish two of the six races so far this
season.
We were trying a lot of things to-
day because it was an important day
and the heat was very high, testing
tyres and testing settings.
We manage to improve, but we
hope tomorrow the bike is well for the
race.
At the moment very happy. Second
MOTOR CYCLING
pole of the year is super.
Pedrosas Honda teammate Mar-
quez endured a far more difcult day
as he struggled for grip under the bak-
ing Spanish sun with track tempera-
tures close to 50 degrees Celsius.
However, the three time world
champion still managed to salvage the
fourth best time despite crashing twice
in qualifying and four times overall on
Saturday.
Championship leader Vinales starts
down in ninth after having to edge out
Yamaha teammate Rossi by fourth
hundredths of a second just to qualify
for the second session.
That left Rossi 13th fastest as he
continues to battle back from chest and
stomach injuries that saw him hospi-
talised in a motocross training accident
last month.
Andrea Dovizioso, Vinaless clos-
est challenger for the title after his win
at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend,
starts from seventh.
The Yamahas struggles opened the
door for Lorenzo to have a rare good
day since he controversially left Ya-
maha behind to join Ducati.
Lorenzo has been outperformed by
teammate Dovizioso so far this season
as he languishes down in eight in the
title race. However, he is condent of
delivering his rst win for the Italian
team after qualifying on the front row
of the grid for the rst time this season.
Today is the rst front row with
Ducati so I am satised, said Lorenzo.
I think nally we improve the bike
a lot in the free practice four so we
have great pace for the race tomorrow.
the Blues team, the Jahra Club team will
face the team of Gulf Cables, Al-Taresh
Perfume team will face Holiday Inn
team, and the nal match of the day will
be between the teams of the Late Ahmed
Al-Roumi and Kuwait Credit Bank.
The Blues team are seeking their third
win in order to top their group. On the
other hand, there is no room for mis-
takes for the teams of Jahra Club and
the Gulf Cables in their second encoun-
ter, as Jahra Club team need at least a
draw to qualify for the next round while
the Gulf Cables team need a win to get
through.
Similar situation applies to the teams
of Al-Taresh Perfume and Holiday Inn.
The Holiday Inn team only need a draw
but the Al-Taresh Perfume team require
three points in order to qualify for the
second round.
The same importance of the match
applies for the teams of the Late Ahmed
Al-Roumi and Kuwait Credit Bank. The
latter need a win to get through but the
Late Ahmed Al-Roumi team can com-
fortably settle for a draw in order to
qualify.
Meanwhile, committee member for Top and above: Photos taken from the event.
Futsal in the Bahraini Football Associa-
tion Ahmad Al-Aamir afrmed that the the participants and their performance. defeated Yarmouk (B) team by 1-0. The
association follows up several Futsal A testimony to that is the Kuwaits na- Barazoka team trounced Al-Hilal (A)
tournaments and even attends them. tional team winning the Gulf champion- team by ve goals to nil.
He stressed that the Late Abdullah ship and always qualifying for the Asian In todays amateur matches which
Meshari Al-Rawdhan Futsal Tourna- nals. will determine the last qualifying
ment is special and the association has In the amateur category, Hassan Abul teams for the best of 16, Khalaf Al-
been following the tournament for years. Center team managed to defeat Jahra Enezi team will meet Tactic team, the
Al-Aamir explained that the tourna- Stars team by 2-0, qualifying them for team of Sadan Academy will face the
ment has played a big role in promoting the second round of the tournament. Late Ahmad Abul team, and the nal
indoor football in the region by involv- The teams of Al-Ameed (Kuwait Sports match of the day will be between the
ing elite football players in the world. Club) and Barazoka also qualied for teams of Al-Falah and the late Sheikh
This has made a positive impact on the next round after Al-Ameed team Khaled Al-Yousef.
Left to right: Players receiving awards from the organizers.
Catalan Grand Prix Starting Grids
MONTMEL, Spain, June 10, (AFP): Starting grids for 1. Alex Marquez (ESP/Kalex) 1:49.408, 2. Mattia
Sundays Catalan Grand Prix in Montmelo after qualify- Pasini (ITA/Kalex) at 0.107, 3. Lorenzo Baldassarri (ITA/
ing on Saturday: Kalex) 0.644
MotoGP 2nd row:
1st row: 4. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Kalex) 0.793, 5. Thom-
1. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 1min 43.870, 2. Jorge
as Luthi (SWI/Kalex) 0.798, 6. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/
Lorenzo (ESP/Ducati) at 0.331, 3. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/ Kalex) 0.863
Ducati) 0.350
3rd row:
2nd row: 7. Miguel Oliveira (POR/KTM) 0.868, 8. Jorge Nav-
4. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 0.450, 5. Aleix Es- arro (ESP/Kalex) 0.938, 9. Alex Pons (ESP/Kalex) 1.007
pargaro (ESP/Aprilla) 0.478, 6. Hector Barbera (ESP/
Moto3
Ducati) 0.511
1st row:
3rd row:
7. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 0.581, 8. Jonas 1. Jorge Martin (ESP/Honda) 1:53.368, 2. Aron Canet
Folger (GER/Yamaha Tech3) 0.730, 9. Maverick Vina- (ESP/Honda) at 0.627, 3. Juanfran Guevara (ESP/KTM)
0.659
les (ESP/Yamaha) 0.750
4th row: 2nd row:
4. Romano Fenati (ITA/Honda) 0.663, 5. Joan Mir
10. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Ducati) 0.870, 11. Scott
Redding (GBR/Ducati) 0.982, 12. Andrea Iannone (ITA/ (ESP/Honda) 0.668, 6. Marcos Ramirez (ESP/KTM)
Suzuki) 1.058 0.758
Selected others: 3rd row:
13. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 7. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Honda) 0.783, 8. Fabio di Gi-
annantonio (ITA/Honda) 0.833, 9. Tatsuki Suzuki (JPN/
Moto2
1st row: Honda) 0.948

SPORTS
Al-Qassem All Stars demolish Mangaf Strikers, reclaim top
By Michelle Fe Santiago
Arab Times Staff
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: Al Qassem
All Stars reclaimed its top spot after de-
molishing the less rated Mangaf team,
2952- 2657 while Nile River Strikers
although it won the game against the
equally favorite team Asian Air Safari,
2831-2758, slid to second place and
Fiery Dragons got closer to the holder
of the Magic 6 last seat in the penul-
timate game of the Philippine Bowling
Association in Kuwait 2017 Philip-
pine Independence Bowling Cup 10th
elimination round held at the COZMO
Bowling Centre in Kheifan. Other teams
that registered victories were Original
Pin Killers, Swooping Eagles and J3RC.
Al Qassem All Stars trampled on the
Mangaf Strikers in its rst two games
1040- 857, 988- 826 (2028- 1683) and
slowed down in the third game and sur-
prised when Mangaf boys outscored the
team with the score of 949- 899. All
Stars prolic scorers were Ibrahim Al
Jadi (602), Abdulaziz Al Aslawi (588),
Ali Jawli (576), Fadel Al Qassem (549)
assisted by a Hanadi Mezaiel (331) and
Hassan Al Qassem (134) while Mangaf
5-man team were Norlan Balasan (497),
Jason Gamba (471), Neng Cervantes
(467), Adolfo Prena (452) and Alex
Cervantes (442). With the loss, Mangaf
Strikers dropped from seventh to eight
place.
With one win each in the rst two
games, Fiery Dragons outscored COZ-
MO 1924- 1844 with 80 points advan-
tage. In the nal game the Dragons
became more furious and controlled
the tempo 984- 885 with Camilo Baker
lll (614) at the helm followed by Eddie
Pena (573), Joe Tizon (524), Mandy
Manalo (430) and Maria Perly Virly
(415) while COZMO team, the top
scorer was Ronell Valencia (578) sup-
ported by Ruben Cervantes (531), Gani
dela Cruz (523), Noe Mahayag, Lito Mi-
chael, Faisal Al Saleem and Abdul Wa-
hab Ali. With the win the Fiery Dragons
grabbed the seventh position closer to
NUSANTARA holder of the last ticket
to team nals.
Considered no bearing game, the
match-up between Nile River Strik-
ers and Asian Air Safari was worthy
to consider. After the rst two games
NR Strikers won with just a point over
Asian Air Safari 1871-1870. In the last
game Nile River outscored the jetliner
936- 887 with nal score of 2831- 2758
with Mostafa Dardara (553) as the top
scorer supported by Ibrahim Al Busa
(461), Rani Skeik (398), Farid Gabril
(373), Neveen Wasel (349), Habeeb
Reda (302) and Rudy de Lima (147).
Asian Safari high scorer was Saleh
Khaled (593), assisted by Waleed Al
Gharib (546), Nasser Hajras (533), So-
Shakib stars, Bdesh win by 5 wkts
Bangladesh stun NZ
CARDIFF, United Kingdom, June
10, (AFP): Shakib Al Hasan and
Mahmudullah both made superb
centuries as Bangladesh completed a
stunning ve-wicket win over New
Zealand that kept alive their hopes
of reaching the Champions Trophy
semi-nals.
Bangladesh collapsed to 33 for
four chasing a modest 265 for vic-
tory after Tim Southee removed all
their top three batsmen.
But left-hander Shakib (114) and
Mahmudullah (102) turned the tide
with a stand of 224 -- Bangladeshs
highest one-day international part-
nership for any wicket, with this
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result ending New Zealands bid to
reach the last four.
Now Bangladesh must hope that
tournament hosts England beat Aus-
tralia in the nal Group A match at
Edgbaston on Saturday if they are to
go through to the semi-nals.
A win for Australia would see
them join already-qualied England
in the last four and knock out Ban-
gladesh.
But if Saturdays match, as has
happened twice to Australia already
this tournament, ends in a no result
washout it will be Bangladesh who
go into the semi-nals.
Earlier, Ross Taylor (63) and New
Zealand captain Kane Williamson
added 83 for the third wicket before
the Blackcaps suffered a middle-or-
Bessaguet, Mazzetti claim silver and bronze respectively
Dominant Reitz secures 11th gold, equals world record
GABALA, June 10: At 30 years old,
Rapid Fire Pistol shooter Christian
Reitz has already won 22 ISSF World
Cup medals, placing 7th in the overall
Pistol ranking led by German legend-
ary shooter Ralf Schumann, who used
to compete in the same event.
At the ISSF World Cup Stage 5
in Gabala, Reitz secured the 11th
Gold of his career, basically domi-
nating the nal from the very start.
After nailing a 3-hit series in his
rst round, indeed, he hit three per-
fect ones in a row, taking the lead
and distancing himself from the
other nalists, also equalling the
World Record of 35 hits.
The only shooter who tried to
keep up with his pace was Frances
26-year-old Clement Bessaguet, who
also nailed three perfect series in a
row midway through the match, but
closed with a disappointing 1 in his
Fiery Dragons move up in 2017 PBAK Independence Bowling Cup
nia Mathews (428 and Hermie Saliba
(428). The collision between Swooping
Eagles and Indian Bowling was also a
non-bearing game as both were outside
the elite group and no possibility to join
the top six.
NUSANTARA suffered another lose
as considered crucial against Original
Pin Killers 2724-2907 nearing to its
downfall as cliffhanger for the past two
weeks. Original Pin Killers was safe,
keeping the fourth place with the prolic
triumvirate of Ali Arqoub (570), Ishaaq
Al Waahid (557) and Rashid Aker Ali
(545) assisted by Christopher Bush
(481) and Ahmad Fadi Karam (466).
The Indonesian team bowlers were Fa-
had Ragheeb (556), Ahnad Fahmi (520),
Saleh Al Faraj (465), Benyamin Hasan
(417), Abel Nitikusumo and Erlisa Gan-
BOWLING
tosori. Finally at lane 11 nd 12 the tail
enders J3RC and INC-K met where
the former slammed the neophyte team
2803- 2213.
Meanwhile, in the team best, Nile
River Strikers still hold the Team High
Game and Team High Series. In the in-
dividual best, there were no changes in
the holders of Individual High Game
while in the Individual High Average
Mens; Class A, Aseel Al Roumi
snatched from Fadel Al Qassem of All
Star Strikers; MensClass B - Saleh
Khaled of Asian Air Safari, Mens
Class C - Ali Jawli of Al Qassem Strik-
ers, Ladies Class A - Neveen Wasel of
Nile River Strikers and Class B - Nadine
Diaz of Indian Bowling League bested
their previous records.
Category Name
Mens A Ibrahim Al Jadi
Mens B Saleh Faraj
Mens C Ahmad Fahmi
Ladies A Neveen Wasel
Ladies B Nadine Diaz
Team High Game (Scratch)
Nile River Strikers
Name
Aseel Al Roumi
Saleh Khaled
Ali Jawli
Neveen Wasel
Nadine Diaz
Team High Series (Scratch + Handicap)
Nile River Strikers
Weekly High Series:
1. Al Qassem Strikers
2. Asian Air Safari
3. NUSANTARA
4. Al Qassem Strikers
5. Al Qassem Strikers
6. Nile River Strikers
7. Asian Air Safari
8. Nile River Strikers
9. Nile River Strikers
10. Al Qassem Strikers
Tenth round results: 1. Al Qassem Strikers
(28576); 2. Nile River Strikers (28511); 3. Asian Air
Safari (28132); 4. Original Pin Killers (28123); 5. COZ-
MO (27406); 6. NUSANTARA (27309); 7. Fiery Drag-
ons (27096); 8. Mangaf Strikers (27031); 9. Swooping
Eagles (26805); 10. Indian Bowling League (26355);
11. J3RC (25291) and 12. INC- Kuwait (22076).
Bangladeshs Shakib Al Hasan
plays a shot during the ICC Cham-
pions Trophy match between New
Zealand and Bangladesh in Cardiff
on June 9. (AFP)
der collapse.
Off-spinner Mosaddek Hossain
justied his recall with three for
13 in three overs while placeman
Taskin Ahmed, also brought back
for this match, took two for 43 in
eight overs.
Brief scores:
New Zealand: 265-8, 50 overs (R
Taylor 63 K Williamson 57; Mosad-
dek Hossain 3-13)
Bangladesh 268-5, 47.2 overs
(Shakib Al Hasan 114, Mahmudul-
lah 102 no; T Southee 3-45)
Result: Bangladesh won by ve
wickets
last round.
The French shooter closed with 29
hits, earning himself the rst World
Cup medal of his career.
Today has been great, com-
mented Reitz. Being the rst after
the qualication gave me even more
condence, and the nal was great as
well. Im pretty satised with shoot-
SHOOTING
ing today.
The third step of the podium was
taken by Italys 33-year-old Ric-
cardo Mazzetti, current holder of
the World Record, who concluded
with 25 hits and the Bronze medal
around his neck. Its the third ca-
reer World Cup medal for Mazzetti,
who set the record three years ago
in Beijing (CHN).
The Gold medalist of last months
Mixed athletics, swimming relays approved for 2020
IOC recommends awarding two Oly Games at same time
LAUSANNE, June 10, (RTRS): The
hosting rights for both the 2024 and
2028 Olympic Games should be award-
ed at the same time, the International
Olympic Committees executive board
recommended on Friday.
Paris and Los Angeles are the only
candidates left in the race for 2024 and,
if passed, the recommendation would
almost certainly mean that each would
host one of the next two summer Games,
with only the order still to be decided.
IOC president Thomas Bach said the
recommendation would be put to an
extraordinary IOC session in Lausanne
in July. There is a further IOC session
in Lima in September which was origi-
nally scheduled to choose the 2024 hosts
and may now decide whether Paris or
Los Angeles go rst.
Having two such great cities, two
such great countries, two candidates
who are really enthusiastic and pro-
moting the Olympic Games and the
Olympic spirit... this represents a golden
opportunity for the Olympic Games,
Bach told reporters.
It is a win-win-win situation.
Bach heavily implied that, if the rec-
ommendation was passed, there would
be no chance for other candidates to en-
ter the race for 2028. He also denied that
getting the 2028 would be a consolation
Individual
High Game
England knock Australia
269
245
245
249
192
1006
Individual
High Average
out of Champions Trophy
192.91
189.95
177.40
174.25
154.00
2960
2901
2907
2854 Stokes and Morgan shines as Poms win by 40 runs
28995
2818
2822
2809
BIRMINGHAM, United
3065 Kingdom, June 10, (AFP):
2943
2877 Ben Stokes hit a career-
best 102 not out and cap-
tain Eoin Morgan 87 as
England knocked Austral-
ia out of the Champions
Trophy with a 40-run win
over their arch-rivals at
Edgbaston on Saturday.
England collapsed to 35 for three
chasing 278 for victory before left-
handers Morgan and Stokes changed
the course of the game with a fourth-
wicket partnership of 159 off 158
balls.
Stokess third one-day international
century was his highest score at this
level after the all-rounder had twice
made 101.
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When a second downpour nally
saw play abandoned for the day, Eng-
land were 240 for four off 40.2 overs
well ahead of the 200 they needed
for victory at that stage on the Duck-
worth-Lewis-Stern method for rain-
affected limited-overs matches.
World Cup champions Australia
had to win this match to join already-
qualied England in the semi-nals
of a tournament featuring the worlds
leading eight ODI teams after no result
washouts in their previous two Group
A xtures.
But this defeat saw Bangladesh,
who beat New Zealand by ve wickets
in Cardiff on Friday, into the last four
instead.
England opener Jason Roys miser-
able run continued when he was lbw
for four to left-arm quick Mitchell
Starc.
Roys review proved fruitless and
this score meant hed managed just 51
runs in eight ODI innings this season.
Fellow opener Alex Hales fell for a
duck when he edged Josh Hazlewood
low to Aaron Finch at rst slip, with
Hazlewood following up to have Joe
Root (15) caught behind.
That left England 35 for three before
a brief rain break halted Australias
charge, with Morgan dropped on 12
when wicket-keeper Matthew Wade
failed to hold a tough diving legside
World Cup stage in Munich, Frances
second nalist Jean Quiquampoix
(21), placed just outside of the podium
positions, nailing 21 hits and placing
4th. He was followed by the current
ISSF World Champion, Kim Junhong
German shooter Christian Reitz.
prize.
It is a fascinating race to have Paris
and Los Angeles striving for the Olym-
pic Games, it is hard to imagine some-
thing better and it is a very strong sign of
stability, he said.
Bach praised
both cities for
including a high
number of exist-
ing venues in their
plans, saying this
would lead to
signicant cost
reductions in the
organisation of the
Games and make Bach
them more sustain-
able and more feasible.
The Paris and Los Angeles organis-
ing committees both welcomed the an-
nouncement.
The Olympic Games, once perceived
as the hottest of sports properties, is now
seen by many cities as a liability that
can potentially drag an entire countrys
economy down.
Rome, Budapest, Hamburg and Bos-
ton all pulled out of bidding for 2024.
Bach said the board had proposed the
same 28 sports for 2024 which featured
in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, provided
they comply with the Olympic charter
Englands Ben Stokes plays a shot during the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Australia at
Edgbaston in Birmingham, central England on June 10. (AFP)
England vs Australia Champions Trophy Scoreboard
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, June
10, (AFP): Completed scoreboard in the
Champions Trophy Group A match be-
tween England and Australia at Edgbaston
on Saturday:
AUSTRALIA
D. Warner c Buttler b Wood................... 21
A. Finch c Morgan b Stokes .................. 68
S. Smith c Plunkett b Wood ................... 56
M. Henriques c Plunkett b Rashid ......... 17
T. Head not out ...................................... 71
G. Maxwell c Roy b Wood ..................... 20
M. Wade c and b Rashid ......................... 2
M. Starc c Root b Rashid......................... 0
P. Cummins c and b Rashid .................... 4
A. Zampa b Wood.................................... 0
J. Hazlewood not out ............................... 1
Extras (lb8, w8, nb1).............................. 17
Total (9 wkts, 50 overs) ....................... 277
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Warner), 2-136
(Finch), 3-161 (Henriques), 4-181 (Smith),
5-239 (Maxwell), 6-245 (Wade), 7-245
chance off Hazlewood 14 not out
and Stokes yet to get off the mark.
Morgan and Stokes then counter-
attacked, with the pair particularly
severe on rst-change Pat Cummins
(none for 55 in eight overs).
of the Republic of Korea, who n-
ished in 5th position with 15 hits.
United States 42-year-old Keith
Sanderson only scored 1-hit in his
fourth series, being eliminated in 6h
place with 10 total hits.
The ISSF World Cup Stage 5 in
Gabala (AZE) will continue tomor-
row with three more nals: the 50m
Rie Prone Men scheduled at 10:15
am (UTC+4:00), the 10m Air Pistol
Women at 11:45 am, and the 10m Air
Pistol Men at 4:15 pm.
The three nals will be streamed
live on the ISSF ofcial Facebook
page, on issf-sports.org and on its
Livestream channel.
News and updates about the com-
petition will be available on www.
issf-sports.org and on all the social
media platforms of the ISSF: Face-
book, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube,
Weibo and Youku.
ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017
and this includes the world anti-doping
code.
But he said there was an extra con-
dition for weightlifting, which has been
plagued by doping with numerous par-
ticipants testing positive in re-tests of
samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olym-
pics. The International Weightlifting
Federation (IWF) has until December
OLYMPICS
2017 to deliver a satisfactory report to
the IOC on how they will address the
massive doping problem this sport is
facing, he said.
He added that the IOC had already
sent a warning to the IWF by reducing
the number of athletes for the 2020 To-
kyo Games from 260 to 196.
Meanwhile mixed relays in athletics
and swimming and three-a-side basket-
ball were among new events approved
on Friday by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) for inclusion in the
2020 Tokyo Games.
The IOCs executive board also
agreed to add mixed doubles in table
tennis, mixed team events in judo,
shooting and archery and a mixed team
triathlon.
IOC President Thomas Bach said the
(Starc), 8-253 (Cummins), 9-254 (Zampa)
Bowling: Ball 9-1-61-0 (1w); Wood 10-1-
33-4; Plunkett 8-0-49-0 (1nb, 1w); Stokes
8-0-61-1 (4w); Rashid 10-1-41-4; Ali 5-0-
24-0 (2w);
ENGLAND
J. Roy lbw b Starc.................................... 4
A. Hales c Finch b Hazlewood................. 0
J. Root c Wade b Hazlewood ................ 15
E. Morgan run out (Zampa) ................... 87
B. Stokes not out ................................. 102
J. Buttler not out .................................... 29
Extras (lb2, w1)........................................ 3
Total (4 wickets, 40.2 overs)................ 240
Did not bat: M Ali, A Rashid, L Plunkett,
M Wood, J Ball
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Roy), 2-6 (Hales),
3-35 (Root), 4-194 (Morgan)
Bowling: Starc 10-0-52-1; Hazlewood
9-0-50-2; Cummins 8-1-55-0; Head 2-0-9-
0; Henriques 1-0-6-0; Zampa 8.2-0-52-0
(1w); Maxwell 2-0-14-0;
Rashid takes 7 wickets for
Afghans in ODI against WI
GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia, June 10,
(Agencies): Afghanistan teenage leg-
spinner Rashid Khan recorded the fourth
best bowling gures in one-day interna-
tional history, taking seven for 18 as the
visitors thrashed West Indies by 63 runs
in St Lucia on Friday.
Rashid wasted no time weaving his
magic, picking up wickets with his rst
two balls, Jason Mohammed edging to
rst slip before Roston Chase was de-
ceived by a googly and trapped plum leg
before for a golden duck.
The 18-year-old from Nangarhar then
delivered an encore in his next over,
sending two more West Indies batsmen
packing with consecutive balls as the
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home team collapsed to 70 for six wick-
ets. Sri Lanka paceman Chaminda Vaas
is the only bowler to take more than sev-
en wickets in an ODI. He took eight for
19 against Zimbabwe in 2001.
West Indies eventually were dis-
missed for 149 after 44.4 overs, after Af-
ghanistan had compiled 212 for six from
their 50 overs. Javed Ahmadi top scored
for Afghanistan with 81, but the night
belonged to Rashid, who dedicated his
Man of the Match award to the victims
41
new disciplines would make the games
more youthful, more urban and will in-
clude more women.
An IOC statement said Tokyo would
include a 4 x 400 mixed relay in athlet-
ics and a 4 x 100 medley mixed relay
in swimming. Swimming would also in-
clude two further new events - a mens
800 metres and womens 1500 metres
freestyle race.
The IOC said the numbers of athletes
in some sports would be cut with ath-
letics (105 fewer athletes), weightlift-
ing (64) and wrestling (56) the main
casualties. On the other hand, basketball
would have 64 extra participants.
The world athletics body (IAAF)
said it was delighted at the inclusion of
mixed relays but disappointed in the re-
duction in its athletes quota.
It said mixed relays had been hugely
successful and appealing for athletes
and spectators alike.
Pitching teams of two men and two
women together with the added dimen-
sion of team tactics, make this a vibrant,
youthful and exciting competition.
But it added: Whilst we understand
the need to be rm on numbers and ap-
plaud the IOCs stance on gender equal-
ity in all sports, reducing the quota will
inevitably have an impact on our joint
goals of universality.
Result: England won by 40 runs (DLS)
Man-of-the-match: Ben Stokes (ENG)
Toss: England
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZL), Kumar
Dharmasena (SRI)
TV umpire: S Ravi (IND)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
Champions Trophy Tables
Group A
P W L T NR Pts NRR
England 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.06
Bangladesh 3 1 1 0 1 3 0.00
Australia 3 0 1 0 2 2 -0.99
New Zealand 3 0 2 0 1 1 -1.05
Group B
P W L T NR Pts NRR
India 2 1 1 0 0 2 +1.27
South Africa 2 1 1 0 0 2 +1.00
Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.87
Pakistan 2 1 1 0 0 2 -1.54
Note: Tables read as played, won, lost, tied, no results,
points and net run-rates.
of the recent Kabul bomb blast.
Scoreboard
AFGHANISTAN
Noor Ali Zadran c wkpr Hope b Holder .................... 5
J. Ahmadi c wkpr Hope b Cummins ...................... 81
R. Shah c Carter b Gabriel .................................... 17
A. Stanikzai lbw Nurse............................................. 2
S. Shenwari c Holder b Nurse ............................... 22
M. Nabi not out ...................................................... 27
A. Zazai c Chase b Joseph.................................... 13
G. Naib not out ...................................................... 41
Extras (w-4) ............................................................. 4
Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) ....................................... 212
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Noor Ali Zadran), 2-68
(Shah), 3-87 (Stanikzai), 4-131 (Ahmadi), 5-131
(Shenwari), 6-154 (Zazai)
Did not bat: R. Khan, A. Hamza, D. Zadran.
Bowling: S. Gabriel 8-2-21-1, J. Holder 10-0-65-
1, M. Cummins 10-1-32-1 (3w), A. Joseph 10-0-52-1
(1w), A. Nurse 10-1-34-2, R. Chase 2-0-8-0
WEST INDIES
E. Lewis c Hamza b Naib ...................................... 21
K. Powell lbw Dawlat Zadran ................................... 2
S. Hope c Nabi b Khan .......................................... 35
J. Mohammed c Nabi b Khan .................................. 7
R. Chase lbw Khan .................................................. 0
J. Carter c sub (Shaqullah) b Dawlat Zadran....... 19
A. Nurse lbw Khan ................................................. 12
A. Joseph lbw Khan ............................................... 27
M. Cummins b Khan ................................................ 5
S. Gabriel not out..................................................... 2
Extras (lb-2, w-17) ................................................. 19
Total (all out, 44.4 overs) ..................................... 149
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Powell), 2-41 (Lewis), 3-68 (Mo-
hammed), 4-68 (Chase), 5-70 (Hope), 6-70 (Holder),
7-90 (Nurse), 8-135 (Carter), 9-144 (Joseph)
Bowling: D. Zadran 8-1-25-2 (3w), M. Nabi 10-0-34-0
(3w), A. Hamza 9-0-28-0 (1w), G. Naib 8-0-31-1 (4w),
S. Shenwari 1-0-11-0 (1w), R. Khan 8.4-1-18-7 (3w)
Result: Afghanistan won by 63 runs
Toss: Afghanistan
 ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017

SPORTS 42

Australia open new season with dominating win

Farrell shows class in Lions victory over Crusaders

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, June 10, (Agencies):
England yhalf Owen Farrell has provided a selection co-
nundrum for British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland
with his versatile display on Saturday in the tourists 12-3
win over the Christchurch-based Crusaders.
Farrell scored all of the Lions points from penalties, land-
ing three goals in the rst half and one for the only points
of the second. His fth attempt was agged away but was
shown by TV replays to have been successful.
The Saracens pivot played his part in the Lions outstand-
ing defensive performance which denied a try to the Crusad-
ers who had been averaging ve tries per game this season
on their way to a club-record run of 14 consecutive wins.
Farrells tactical kicking was sound and he distributed the
ball well to the tourists powerful ball carriers. But Farrell
also gave Gatland cause for thought by the way he slotted in
elsewhere in the backline when the Lions lost Wales center
Jonathan Davies to a head knock in the rst half.
Farrell started the match in a halfback combination with
Irelands Conor Murray which seemed the likely combina-
tion the Lions will take into the test series against New
Zealand, starting June 24. But he later yielded the yhalf
role to Jonathan Sexton when the Irishman took the eld as
a replacement after the loss of Davies and fullback Stuart
Hogg.
Farrell still kept some of the duties of rst receiver, shar-
ing those with Sexton and giving Gatland a preview of an-
other possible test backline alignment with the Irish pair
of Murray and Sexton maintaining their established combi-
nation and Farrell taking a role in mideld.
Gatland also has to nd ways to accommodate Irelands
Robbie Henshaw or Englands Ben Teo in mideld but Far-
rell showed he has a wide range of options.
It was great to get a win tonight, Farrell said. We had a
great feeling out there. We really wanted to attack in every-
thing we did and I thought that showed for the full 80 min-
utes.
Farrell said the Lions were able to put the Crusaders un-
der pressure with the accuracy of their kicking game, their
strong chase and the reliability of their lineout.
Weve got some good wingers who can get after the ball
and tonight, even though it was dry, it was greasy so to play
in the right part of the eld was crucial, he said.
I thought in defense we were aggressive. We really got
RUGBY
off the line no matter where we were on the eld, so I think
its a step in the right direction for us.
Fullback Israel Folau ended a year-long scoring drought
in test matches with two tries as Australia beat Fiji 37-14 on
Saturday in the home sides 2017 rugby season opener.
The Wallabies have often had difculty in season-opening
matches, losing to Samoa in 2011 and Scotland in 2012 at
home. But they made no mistakes in this match, dominating
from the outset when Folau scored his rst try in the third
minute and winger Henry Speight added another seven min-
utes later his rst of two on the day to give Australia
an 18-0 lead at halftime.
Folaus second try came in the 55th minute. Replacement
hooker and regular captain Stephen Moore scored the other
British and Irish Lions inside centre Ben Teo runs past
Canterbury Crusaders Jordan Taufua during their match
in Christchurch, New Zealand, on June 10. (AP)
Wallabies try.
Vereniki Goneva and Timoci Nagusa scored second-half
tries for Fiji.
The last time 28-year-old Folau crossed for a try for the
Wallabies was last June against England.
Australia got off to a fast start with Folau scoring after Ber-
nard Foley nailed a cross-eld kick. However, the Wallabies
lost their edge when Folau was yellow-carded for an acciden-
tal high shot on Fiji anker Naulia Dawai in the 20th minute.
Australia prevented the Fijians from scoring, but didnt
manage to cross themselves again until Folaus second try
15 minutes into the second half.
Fiji created plenty of chances, with lock Leone Nakarawa,
who was part of its gold medal-winning Olympics sevens
team, causing plenty of opportunities. But too often a pushed
pass and some scrambling defense from the Wallabies saw
an attacking raid fall short.
Moores try came after a Wallaby maul from a lineout ve
meters from the touchline, while Speight grabbed his second
try after the full-time siren sounded.
Really happy with the guys, the intent was really strong
but it was a performance that was indicative of a six-day
preparation, Australia captain Michael Hooper said. We
probably left two or three (tries) out there. The Fijians of-
oad game was pretty hard to deal with at times.
I was really impressed with some of our defense in the
rst half, keeping them to zero was pleasing.
Karmichael Hunt, who has played 11 rugby league tests
for Australia and also two seasons in Australian Rules foot-
ball, made his rugby debut for Australia.
Playing out of position at inside center, Hunt played
strongly and his tackle count was second-best among the
Wallabies on the night.
Australia next plays Scotland in Sydney next Saturday
and Italy in Brisbane on June 24.
Meanwhile, Scotland helped new coach Gregor Townsend
get off to a perfect start by easing to a comprehensive 34-13
victory over an inexperienced Italy side in the rst test of their
June tour at the Singapore National Stadium on Saturday.
The Scots made light of losing three experienced players
to British and Irish Lions duty in New Zealand with hooker
Ross Ford leading the way with a brace of tries after the
break as Singapore hosted a Tier One test match for the rst
time.

Novice 1 Winners Novice 3 Winners Novice 1 Player

FBC 83rd Ramadan Cup enters second week elimination
By Michelle Fe Santiago
Arab Times Staff
KUWAIT CITY, June 10: The Fili-
pino Badminton Committee in Kuwait
(FBC) 83rd Ramadan Badminton Cup
entered its second week as games went
off to a running start with several thrill-
ing matches. The elimination games
continued to heat up on Friday at the
Kuwait Disabled Sports Club in Hawal-
ly with veteran and amateur badminton
players participating in the event. Play-
ers smashed and swooshed their rackets
as they battled it out to reach the nals.
Meanwhile, there was a huge turn-
out of Novice 1 and 3 players in the
Winner-Take-All event and here are the
winners in the WTA-Novice 1 and 3:
Novice 1 Champion: Hari
Lawati & Jolly Ni
Runner-up: Gigi Imperialde &
Medo Abboud.
Novice 3 Champion:
Edrick Estrera & Cherry Hondinero
Runner-up: Ryan Patrimonio & Jen-
nifer Torres
FBC President Jimmy Carandang is
inviting all badminton enthusiasts to
join every Friday in the regular tour-
nament from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm that
Japan stand firm to hold off Romania
KYUSHU, June 10, (RTRS):
World Cup hosts Japan opened
their mid-year internationals with
a morale-boosting 33-21 vic-
tory over Romania in Kyushu on
Saturday, the Brave Blossoms
staving off a furious second half
comeback after looking imperi-
ous for 50 minutes.
Utilising their pace, move-
ment and coach Jamie Josephs
expansive tactics to perfection,
Japan scored three tries to Ro-
manias two as yhalf Jumpei
Ogura tallied 18 points from sev-
en kicks in an impressive display
of all-round rugby. The teams are
separated by just ve places in
the rankings but world number
11 Japan looked a class above
their opponents for much of the
contest until Romania slowed
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the game down and fought back
gamely in the latter stages.
The visitors started well,
however, and dominated the
early exchanges by keeping
the ball in the hands of their
hulking forwards to force two
penalties that Florin Vlaicu
slotted over for a 6-0 lead with-
in six minutes.
The Brave Blossoms rallied
from the early onslaught with
winger Akihito Yamada respond-
ing in emphatic fashion with a
brilliant solo try after 13 minutes
when Romania lost possession in
the tackle in mideld.
Ogura added the extras and
another three penalties, with
Vlaicu slotting home another in
between, before winger Kenki
Fukuoka touched down in the
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corner on the stroke of halftime
after a sweeping cross-eld
move by the home side.
Ogura stepped up to send over
a tricky conversion in the corner to
give the home side a deserved 23-9
halftime lead at a packed Umakana
Yokana Stadium in Kumamoto.
Japan pulled further clear im-
mediately after the break as Wai-
kato Chiefs back rower Michael
Leitch burst through a gaping
hole in the Romania defence to
touch down unopposed and Ogu-
ra added another penalty on 50
minutes for a 33-9 lead.
Romania were looking weary
but their forwards nally got their
hands on the ball to shove num-
ber eight Mihai Macovei over the
line from a driving maul following
a lineout in the corner.
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Best of the Rest
Aguilar retains 2-stroke lead:
Chilean golfer Felipe Aguilar
retained a two-stroke lead after the
third round of the Lyoness Open on
Saturday. Leading from the opening
day, the 399th-ranked Aguilar is
chasing his third European Tour title
after winning the Indonesia Open
in 2008 and The Championship at
Laguna National three years ago.
Aguilar had a three-stroke
advantage but dropped a shot on the
18th to nish level par and remain
9-under for the tournament. Johan
Carlsson of Sweden, Dylan Frittelli
of South Africa and Sepp Straka of
Austria followed on 7-under each.
A group of four players, who were
one stroke further back, included
Mikko Korhonen of Finland. Ko-
rhonen had a 66 for the lowest score
of the day. (AP)
Penrith beat Raiders: Australias
National Rugby League moved out-
side its traditional home venues on
Saturday from Bathurst in central
New South Wales state to Darwin
in the Top End of the Northern Ter-
ritory.
At Bathurst, in the central
tablelands of the state about 200
kilometers (120 miles) northwest of
Sydney, two Matt Moylan try assists
in the nal three minutes led Penrith
to a 24-20 comeback win over Can-
berra at the 10,000-seat Carrington
Park stadium.
The Panthers trailed by eight
points when Moylan put Corey
Harawira-Naera over before the
captain sent Tyrone Peachey across
on the nal play of the match.
In the tropical northern city of
Darwin, the North Queensland Cow-
boys outclassed Parramatta 32-6.
The game marked the return of
Cowboys star Johnathan Thurston,
who scored a try after a month away
with a shoulder injury.
Its a little bit sore, I had a couple
of late hits, but its come through
unscathed so Im pleased, Thurston
said after the match. (AP)
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SPORTS 43

Winners of the 21st Jabriya Martyrs Futsal Tournament Martyr Ahmad Qabazard players celebrate on the podium.

Qabazard crowned champs of Jabriya Martyrs Futsal tourney

Martyr Ahmad Qabazard team were crowned winners
of the 21st Jabriya Martyrs Futsal Tournament following
their victory over the Martyr Ahmad Kumbar team by
3-1 in an exciting nal match of the tournament, which
was organized by Jabriya Cooperative Society at Mo-
hammed Ismail Al-Ghanim School Hall.
Board Chairman of Jabriya Cooperative Society Hus-
sain Mahmoud Dashti crowned the champions in the
presence of the board members of the cooperative
society. He gave the awards for the best player and
honored the referees of the tournament Abdulaziz Al-
Sarraf, Abdulaziz Aman, Abdullah Murad and Mahoud
Al-Baloushi. He also honored the chairman of the or-
ganizing committee Sadiq Safar and general coordina-
tor Mohammed Essa and rest of the organizing commit-
tees for earning the praise of everyone for the beautiful
way the tournament was organized.
Before the nal match began, a friendly match was
held between the old players of Jabriya area who were
separated into two teams Green and Yellow. The
spectators were delighted by the match especially since
the teams consisted of former international players and
board members of Jabriya Cooperative Society. The
match had ended in a draw of 1-1.
The nal match was exciting, as both teams were
eager to showcase their talents. Ali Dashti, Ahmad
Haidar, Ali Al-Shiraz and the Egyptian player Islam
Mohammed showed class in the ranks of Martyr Ah-
mad Qabazard team, while Martyr Ahmad Kumbar
team had the likes of Abdullah Al-Majadi, Mohammed
Jafar and Nasser Al-Sarraf entertaining the huge
crowd.
Martyr Ahmad Qabazard teams rst goal was scored
by Islam Mohammed in the rst half. The team had a
very good goalkeeper who managed a number of su-
perb saves, as the Martyr Ahmad Kumbar team were in
a very dangerous attack more.
Martyr Ahmad Kumbar teams performance waned
in the second half, which was capitalized by the Mar-
tyr Ahmad Qabazard team. Islam Mohammed scored
his second goal to consolidate their victory but the
Martyr Ahmad Kumbar team responded with one goal
score by Daher to bring the score to 2-1. However,
Martyr Ahmad Qabazard team were determined to
win and they kept on pushing until they scored one
more goal through Ghareeb to achieve a score of 3-1
and be crowned the champions of the 21st Jabriya
Martyrs Futsal Tournament.

Briton given Senna helmet

Hamilton takes pole for Canadian GP Cavaliers end Warriors

MONTREAL, June 10, (AFP): Lewis Hamilton reeled off It was Hamiltons third pole this year, his sixth in Canada
a stunning set of record-breaking laps on Saturday to claim equalling the record of German Michael Schumacher
pole position for Sundays Canadian Grand Prix and draw and the 65th of his career, equalling the record set by Brazil-
level with his hero Ayrton Sennas total. ian legend Senna.
The three-time champion Briton steered his Mercedes Four-time champion Vettel did his best to grab pole, but
to a fastest time of one minute and 11.459 seconds to out- had to settle for second ahead of Finn Valtteri Bottas in the
pace nearest rival and second Mercedes and his compatriot Kimi Raikkonen in the
MOTOR RACING world championship second Ferrari.
leading German Se- Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One victory in
bastian Vettel of Ferrari by 0.330 seconds. Montreal 10 years earlier in 2007 and will be racing for his
Both men clocked the rst-ever times recorded at under sixth win at the circuit in Sundays race.
one minute and 12 seconds at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. To mark his success in equalling Sennas record leav-
France complicate path to Russia
CR7 fires Portugal to
3-0 victory over Latvia
PARIS, June 10, (AFP): France World Cup winner in 1998 as a
complicated their task of ensuring player with France.
automatic qualication to next years Im not going to heap blame on
World Cup in Russia after falling to a Hugo, he has often been decisive
dramatic 2-1 defeat in Sweden. for us, but it cost us.
Sweden snatched victory with an The coach added that the draw
Ola Toivonen goal from the half- was not the ideal result but would
way line in extra time after a poor have been a good point, which
clearance from France goalkeeper would have allowed us to keep
Hugo Lloris. Sweden behind.
The freak goal sent the massed For Deschampss side it was the
ranks of yellow clad fans in Stock- rst defeat in qualifying and they
holm into a wild frenzy, but more next face a tough test against the
importantly with four games to go Netherlands in Paris.
it sent Sweden top of Group A, lev- Veterans Arjen Robben (21)
el on 13 points with France. and Wesley Sneijder (34) laid the
Only the winners of each group groundwork for a Dutch victory in
are guaranteed a place at next years coach Dick Advocaats rst game
nals in Russia, with the eight best in charge.
second-placed sides competing in In the second half Georginio
the play-offs. Wijnaldum (62) and Quincy
The French will now play a cru- Promes (70) scored with Vincent
cial tie on Aug 31 against the Neth- Janssen, adding a penalty six min-
erlands, who remain in the running utes from time.
after thrashing Luxembourg 5-0, We have the means to cause
while Cristiano Ronaldo led Portu- a surprise in Paris, the group has
gals 3-0 triumph in Latvia. found a positive dynamic, we will
France had pulled ahead through go there to win against the Bleus,
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud after said a deant Robben.
37 minutes, but the Scandinavians Advocaat, who started his third
levelled before the break thanks to stint as Oranje coach this week,
Jimmy Durmaz (43).
And after more than three minutes
was also condent.
Of course we are capable of win-
of regular time Toivonen took advan-
tage of a poor clearance from France
ning in France, the players will be
ready, I have a good feeling, he said.
captain Lloris with a soaring shot In Group B, Switzerland remain
into the back of an empty net.
It was a catastrophic scenario,
said coach Didier Deschamps, a SOCCER
top after beating the Faroe Islands
2-0, thanks to their stars Granit Shaka
(36) and Xerdan Shaqiri (59), and are
three points ahead of Portugal, the
reigning European champions, who
beat Latvia thanks to another Ron-
aldo goal scoring display.
In keeping with his great season
nale, the Real Madrid star was de-
cisive with two goals (41 and 63)
and an assist for Andr Silva to
score the third (67).
Ronaldo has scored 18 goals in his
last eleven matches and after guiding
Real Madrid to the Liga-Champions
League double will try to extend his
trophy collection with the Confed-
erations Cup from June 17 to July 2.
The surprise result of the group
was the defeat of Hungary against
modest Andorra (1-0), leaving the
Swedens midelder Sebastian Central European side virtually
Larsson (left), vies with Frances outside the World Cup.
forward Kylian Mbappe during Switzerland and Portugal will
the FIFA World Cup 2018 quali- play the rst place of the group,
cation football match between which qualies directly for Rus-
Sweden and France in Solna, sia-2018, and the second will have
Sweden, on June 9. (AFP) settle for a playoff.
ing only Schumachers record 68 poles
to beat Hamilton was presented
with one of Sennas helmets after the
session, on behalf of the Senna family.
An emotional Hamilton said: I am
shaken.
Dutch teenager Max Verstappen
was fth fastest ahead of his Red Bull
team-mate Australian Daniel Ric-
ciardo, Brazilian Felipe Massa of Wil-
liams, Mexican Sergio Perez and his
Force India team-mate Frenchman Es-
teban Ocon, and German Nico Hulk-
enberg of Renault.
1st row added 31 points, 10 rebounds and
Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari)
2nd row
Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes)
Kimi Rikknen (FIN/Ferrari)
3rd row
Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull)
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull)
4th row
Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams-Mercedes)
Sergio Prez (MEX/Force India-Mer-
cedes)
5th row
Esteban Ocon (FRA/Force India-Mer-
cedes)
Nico Hlkenberg (GER/Renault)
6th row
Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Toro Rosso-Renault)
Fernando Alonso (ESP/McLaren-Honda)
7th row
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Toro Rosso-Re-
nault)
Romain Grosjean (FRA/Haas-Ferrari)
8th row
Jolyon Palmer (GBR/Renault)
Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL/McLaren-Honda)
9th row
Lance Stroll (CAN/Williams-Mercedes)
Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari)
10th row
Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Sauber-Ferrari)
Pascal Wehrlein (GER/Sauber-Ferrari)
LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers attempts a shot defended by Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State
Warriors in Game 4 of the 2017 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 9, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AFP)
run to keep series alive
Irving, James unleash historic scoring spectacle
CLEVELAND, June 10,
(AFP): Kyrie Irving and
LeBron James unleashed
a historic scoring spectacle
Friday to power defending
champion Cleveland over
Golden State 137-116 in
the NBA Finals, ending the
Warriors bid for a perfect
playoff run.
Irving scored 40 points, hitting
15-of-27 shots from the oor and
7-of-12 3-pointers, while James
11 assists to pull the Cavaliers
within 3-1 in the best-of-seven
championship series.
The magnitude of the game, it hit me
in a very deep place, Irving said. You
want to play extremely well and you un-
derstand thats a do-or-die game.
No team has escaped a 3-0 decit
to win an NBA playoff series in 126
tries and the Warriors can claim the
crown by winning Game Five at home
on Monday in Oakland, California, but
the Cavs made the greatest NBA Finals
comeback last year from 3-1 down to
beat the Warriors.
The job is still far from over, Ir-
ving said. Were still in a hole. But
this is a good start.
Opening the game with the highest-
scoring quarter and half in NBA Finals
history, the Cavaliers became the rst -
nals team trailing 3-0 to force a fth game
since the 1996 Seattle SuperSonics.
At the end of the day weve just
got some resilient guys, James said.
Kyrie Irving #2 of the Cleveland Cava-
liers reacts after a play in the fourth
quarter against the Golden State
Warriors in Game 4 of the 2017 NBA
Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on
June 9, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AFP)
Were battle tested, theyre battle
tested. And getting swept is something
that you never want to have happen.
You hate to get swept, lose two games
on your home oor. So I think a lot of
guys had that in their mind today, and
they came out and played like it.
The defending champion Cavaliers
snapped Golden States NBA-record
post-season win streak at 15 games.
The Cavaliers shot 24-of-45 from
3-point range, setting a nals record
for 3-pointers and ending one shy of
matching the leagues all-time record.
We were in attack mode, James
said. Its going to be even tougher in
game ve. But we look forward to the
challenge.
The ninth career NBA Finals triple-
double by James broke the all-time re-
cord he shared with Los Angeles Lak-
ers legend Magic Johnson. No one else
has more than two.
Kevin Durant led Golden State with
35 points while Draymond Green added
16 points and 14 rebounds and Stephen
Curry had 14 points, but the Warriors
who never led could not manage the
ninth sweep in nals history.
BASKETBALL
It would have (been special), War-
riors guard Klay Thompson said. You
cant hold on to it. Its gone. Its over
with 16-1 sounds pretty damn good
anyway. Forget about that undefeated
talk. Its time to put on a show for our
fans.
Cleveland led 49-33 after the rst
quarter and 86-68 at half-time, the
Cavaliers setting scoring records for
any half or quarter in nals history. Ir-
ving had 28 points at half-time with 22
from James and 17 from Love.
The old mark of 81 points in a half
was set by the 1982 Philadelphia 76ers.
A physical third quarter featured ve
of the games seven technical fouls, two
from heated talk between Durant and
James after Love fouled Durant, another
on Green that appeared to see him ejected
before it was revealed that an earlier tech-
nical on him had instead been issued to
Warriors coach Steve Kerr.
Whalen becomes
winningest player
WASHINGTON, June 10, (AP): Lind-
say Whalen became the winningest
player in WNBA history as the Min-
nesota Lynx eased by the short-hand-
ed Washington Mystics 98-73 in the
WNBA on Friday.
Whalen moved past Swin Cash with
her 295th win in 13 seasons.
Sylvia Fowles had 21 points and 11
rebounds and Rebekkah Brunson and
Maya Moore each added 17 points for
Minnesota (8-0).
Minnesota scored 33 points in
the first quarter and cruised to a 58-
39 halftime lead behind Fowles 17
points. She had her sixth 20-plus-
point game and fifth double-dou-
ble.
Elena Delle Donne (left groin) and
Emma Meesseman did not play for
Washington.
Fever 83, Storm 80
In Indianapolis, Erica Wheeler
scored 19 points and Candice Dupree
added her rst double-double of the
season with 16 points and 12 rebounds
to help Indiana rally to beat Seattle.
Natalie Achonwa scored a career-
high 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting for
Indiana.
Loyd nished with 25 points and
Stewart scored 23 with nine rebounds
for the Storm.
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Ostapenko claims stunning French title

Historic win
PARIS, June 10, (RTRS):
Maiden grand slam nals
are meant to be suffocating
experiences but Jelena Os-
tapenko laid waste to that
theory as she blasted past
Simona Halep to win the
French Open in audacious
fashion on Saturday.
In only her 18th match in one of the
four majors, the
20-year-old Lat-
vian fought back
from a set and
3-0 down to blaze
past the experi-
enced Romanian
4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and
become her coun-
trys rst grand
slam champion.
Not only that
Halep but she is the rst
unseeded woman
to win the Suzanne Lenglen trophy
since 1933 and she emulated the great
Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten by claim-
ing her rst title of any kind on the hal-
lowed Parisian claycourts.
Kuertens 1997 victory came on the
day Ostapenko was born.
Ostapenko had promised to stick to her
uncomplicated routine of attack-attack-
attack before the nal and was true to her
word as she walloped 54 clean winners
and 54 unforced errors. It was clay-
court tennis, but not as we know it. Third
seed Halep buckled under strain of fend-
ing off the missiles being launched off
Ostapenkos lime green racket.
Yet for much of the contest, hanging
into rallies by her ngernails, it seemed
Haleps steady approach would see her
Latvias Jelena Ostapenko celebrates with her trophy after winning her nal tennis match against Romanias Simona Halep at the Roland Garros 2017
become only the second Romanian
woman to win a grand slam title after
her manager Virginia Ruzicis 1978
Roland Garros win.
It was not to be though.
To make it a doubly difcult day for
French Open on June 10, in Paris. (AFP)
the 25-year-old, the defeat meant she
also missed out on becoming world
number one on Monday.
I felt like a spectator out there at
times, Halep, who had points to lead
4-0 in the second set and was also 3-1
ahead in the decider, told reporters af-
ter her second runner-up nish here.
She only has one game, either I
cant touch it or it ies one metre out.
Ostapenko, who had the Parisian
crowd roaring her on, reeled off the
last ve games to claim the title and
become the youngest female rst-time
grand slam champion since Russian
Svetlana Kuznetsova won the 2004 US
Open. Fittingly she thumped a back-
hand winner past Halep to seal victory,
before tossing her distinctive green
headband into the crowd with a look
of disbelief.
Ostapenko, who turned 20 on
Thursday when she beat Swiss Timea
Bacsinszky, will rocket to 12th in the
rankings.
I mean I cant believe Im champi-
on at 20, Ostapenko, the rst woman
to win the title from a set down since
Jennifer Capriati in 2001, said on
court.
I knew that Gustavo Kuerten won
his rst Roland Garros the day I was
born, I have no words.
TENNIS
There were a couple of games
when everything went my way and I
was ready to ght for every point.
In baking sunshine Ostapenko be-
gan the match by breaking Haleps
serve with three clean winners.
It was a sign of things to come.
Halep, with cheers of Simona ring-
ing out from her fans slowly roasting
in the upper tiers of Philippe Chatrier
Court, hit back though and broke three
times to take the opener as Ostapen-
kos error count soared to 23.
Ostapenko seemed to be unravelling
in the second set as a series of shots ei-
ther netted or ying long allowed Ha-
lep to move 3-0 ahead. The Romanian
then had break points to make it 4-0
but Ostapenko held to massive cheers.
Back on the attack Ostapenko
surged 4-3 ahead only for more errors
to allow Halep to break back for 4-4.
Halep was suffering though and
Ostapenko broke to love before lev-
elling the match with a sublime fore-
hand winner. Even when Halep went
3-1 ahead in the decider, she never
seemed in control and once Ostapen-
kos charge began she was powerless
as ball after ball ew by.

Kane hits stoppage-time equaliser

England deny Scotland famous victory

GLASGOW, June 10,
(AFP): Harry Kane marked
his rst game as captain
with a stoppage-time equal-
iser as England denied Scot-
land a famous victory in
Saturdays 2-2 World Cup
qualifying draw in Glasgow.
England were heading
for a rst qualifying defeat
since October 2009 after
SOCCER
Leigh Grifths struck two
ne late free-kicks to wipe
out substitute Alex Oxlade-
Chamberlains 70th-minute
opener.
But in a breathless de-
nouement, Tottenham Hot-
spur striker Kane dispatched
a deep cross at the back
post to preserve Englands
unbeaten record in Group
F and deny Scotland a rst
win since 1999 over their
oldest rivals.
Gareth Southgates Eng-
land remain top of their
qualifying pool, but Slove-
nia have trimmed their ad-
vantage to three points and
Slovakia could cut it down
to two if they win in Lithu-
ania later in the day.
Kanes strike, his sixth
in 18 England games, was
a sucker-punch for Scotland
manager Gordon Strachan,
whose side remain in fourth
place, three points off a pos-
sible play-off berth.
But after Marchs last-
gasp 1-0 win over Slovenia,
this was another display to
nourish hope of a rst ma-
jor tournament appearance
since the 1998 World Cup.
England were left in no
Englands Harry Kane (left), vies for the ball next to Scot-
lands Charlie Tierney during the World Cup Group F
qualifying soccer match between Scotland and England
at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland on June 10. (AP)
doubt as to what kind of
afternoon awaited them
before kick-off when God
Save the Queen, the Eng-
lish national anthem, was
drowned out by a volley of
Scottish boos.
The tone was the same
on the pitch, with Scotland
captain Scott Brown booked
inside three minutes for tak-
ing out England danger man
Dele Alli from behind.
Urged on by the Hamp-
den Park faithful, Scotland
started on the front foot,
Grifths sending a shot
down Joe Harts throat in
the early stages.
Scotlands deep-lying
5-4-1 system starved Eng-
lands creative players of
space, but gradually cracks
began to appear.
After a risky sortie by
Scotland goalkeeper Craig
Gordon, Kane saw a lob
headed off the line by Ki-
ernan Tierney, with Gordon
scampering back to divert
Marcus Rashfords follow-
up behind.
Gordon was tested again
twice before half-time, tip-
ping Adam Lallanas drive
into the side-netting and
unconvincingly sting a
Jake Livermore effort over
the bar.
Livermore went even
closer early in the second
half with a low shot that
was deected against the
base of Gordons left-hand
post.
But Scotland posed a
threat on the break, Andrew
Robertson spurning a sight
of goal by slicing over from
Grifthss cut-back and
Stuart Armstrong curling
off-target.
Southgate reacted by
sending on Oxlade-Cham-
berlain for Rashford in the
65th minute and ve min-
utes later, the Arsenal man
put England ahead.

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