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SAUDI TELECOM DENIES WANNACRY HIT SYSTEMS

Manhunt on for ransomware hackers
Threat rising, says Europol
LONDON, May 14,
(Agencies): Interna-
tional investigators
hunted Saturday for
those behind an un-
precedented cyber-
attack that affected
systems in dozens of
countries, including at
banks, hospitals and
government agencies,
as security experts
sought to contain the
fallout.
The assault, which began
Friday and was being de-
scribed as the biggest-ever
cyber ransom attack, struck
state agencies and major
companies around the world
-- from Russian banks and
British hospitals to FedEx and
European car factories.
The recent attack is at an
unprecedented level and will
require a complex international
investigation to identify the
culprits, said Europol, Eu-
ropes police agency.
Europol said a special task
Dhows participate in the al-Gaffal traditional long-distance dhow sailing race near the island of Sir Abu Nuayr towards Dubai on May 14. Over a hundred traditional force at its European Cyber-
dhow racing boats are taking part in al-Gaffal race from Sir Abu Nuayr Island to Dubai. (AFP) See Page 9 crime Centre was specially
designed to assist in such in-
vestigations and will play an
Opinion Ramadan on May 27 important role in supporting the
investigation.
The attacks used ransom-
KUWAIT CITY, May 14, (KUNA): The lunar ware that apparently exploited
Network cables are seen go-
ing into a server in an ofce
building in Washington, DC
on May 13. International in-
vestigators hunted on May 13
for those behind an unprec-
edented cyber-attack that af-
fected systems in dozens of
countries, including at banks,
hospitals and government
agencies, as security experts
sought to contain the fallout.
(AFP)
screens demanding payment
of $300 (275 euros) in Bitcoin,
saying: Ooops, your les have
been encrypted!
Payment is demanded within
three days or the price is dou-
bled, and if none is received
within seven days the les will
be deleted, according to the
screen message.
But experts and government
alike warn against ceding to the
hackers demands.

Suicidal revolutions of Arabs month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday,

By Ahmed Al-Jarallah
Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times
May 27, Meteorologist Adel Al-Saadoun told
KUNA Sunday.
The lunar calendar is the reference Muslims
use for marking religious occasions and
Amir congratulates Macron Continued on Page 37
a security aw in Microsoft
operating systems, locking us-
ers les unless they pay the at-
tackers a designated sum in the
virtual currency Bitcoin.
Images appeared on victims
Paying the ransom does
not guarantee the encrypted
les will be released, the US
Department of Homeland Se-
curitys computer emergency
Continued on Page 37

REVOLUTION to the last

cent, Soul and destruction of
the last house these words
could sum up todays situation
in the Arab world following the
complete destruction of coun-
tries that fell in the trap of the
so-called Arab Spring when
political forces were taken over
by zeal that led them to a point
of suicide and blinded them from
seeing the legacy of past revolu-
tions in various Arab countries.
What did Arabs benet from
that bloody Arab Spring?
The answer to this question
can be found in the statistics
on four countries Iraq, Libya,
Syria and Yemen released by
several Arab and international
research centers.
According to these statistics,
the infrastructural losses in these
four countries have reached $900
billion. More then 14 million cit-
izens of these countries became
refugees and were displaced out-
side their countries. It resulted in
eight million migrants, 1.5 mil-
lion cases of deaths and injuries
and unemployment of 30 million
citizens.
As per the United Nations, the
annual loss of the Arab GDP is $
640 billion, which is about $ 3.2
trillion for six years.
Continued on Page 37
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French newly elected President Em-
manuel Macron (right), poses with his
wife Brigitte Trogneux at the Elysee
Presidential Palace after the hando-
ver and prior to the inauguration cer-
emony on May 14, in Paris. (AFP)
Special Report
Photo shows Ali Al Hassan. Formed in
the summer of 2015 by Ali, Haitham,
Mahmoud and Hassan, Al Hassan
Brothers band and their music is in-
spired by a variety of musical back-
grounds. The bands music combines
Latin guitar and Rumba Flamenco
fused with Middle Eastern melodies,
creating a distinctive and contempo-
rary style. In this interview, Ali pro-
vides a glimpse of their journey.
See Pages 19 & 20
Newswatch
KUWAIT CITY: His Highness the
Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-
Jaber Al-Sabah sent Wednesday
a cable of condolences to Sudanese
President Omar Al-Bashir over the
martyrdom of ve Sudanese soldiers
and injury of several others as part of
Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen.
In the cable, His Highness the
Amir prayed that Allah Almighty
would bestow mercy and forgiveness
upon the martyrs, and wished the
swift recovery of the wounded.
Cables of similar sentiments were
sent to the Sudanese president by His
Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-
Sabah and His Highness the Prime
Continued on Page 37
KUWAIT CITY, May 14,
(Agencies): His Highness the
Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad
Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday
sent a congratulatory cable to
newly-elected French President
Emmanuel Macron on his inau-
guration.
In the cable, His Highness
the Amir hailed rm and dis-
tinguished relations between
Kuwait and France, saying he
looks forward to promoting
and bolstering bilateral ties in
various elds for the common
interest of both friendly coun-
tries.
His Highness the Amir
also wished the newly elected
French president best of luck
and wellbeing, and everlasting
development and prosperity
in France as well as a further
development of bilateral rela-
tions.
His Highness the Crown
Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ah-
mad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and
His Highness the Prime Min-
ister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-
Hamad Al-Sabah sent the new-
ly elected French president two
cables of similar sentiments.
Macron became president of
France on Sunday in a solemn
Elysee Palace ceremony and
vowed to work to heal divisions
in society a nod to the bitter
campaign he fought to defeat
the leader of the far right.
His inauguration marked a
rst for the worlds fth largest
economy and founding mem-
ber of the European Union, in-
stalling a 39-year-old newcom-
er unknown to the wider public
three years ago and outside any
traditional political grouping.
The former investment
banker becomes the youngest
post-war French leader and the
rst to be born after 1958 when
President Charles de Gaulle put
in place the countrys Fifth Re-
public.
In his rst word in ofce,
he addressed himself to the
fraught and ercely contested
election campaign in which he
overcame the National Fronts
Marine Le Pen but which was a
disappointment for almost half
of Frances 47 million voters.
Many people feel dispos-
sessed by globalisation as man-
ufacturing jobs move abroad
and as immigration and a fast-
changing world blur their sense
of a French identity.
The division and fractures
in our society must be over-
come. I know that the French
expect much from me. Nothing
will make me stop defending
the higher interests of France
Continued on Page 37

LOCAL
Ex-Indian minister Khurshid releases Part 20 book on Achievers
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: The
Indian FrontLiners (IFL), a
non-profit organization which
birthed in 1997 released Part
20 book on Achievers at the
hands of former Indian minister
Salman Khurshid at The Cam-
bridge English School, Man-
gaf.
The funds mobilized during
such functions are donated for
various causes in India such as
calamities, education for the
poor, orphanages, hospitals and
also helping the workers in dis-
tress in Kuwait.
Prominent and dynamic In-
dian personalities Salman
Khurshid, former Indian cabi-
net minister on external affairs,
India; D. Sivanandhan, former
director-general of police, Ma-
harashtra and the most popular
Rangaraj Pandey, Chief News
Editor, Thanthi TV made the
evening a meaningful.
Speaking to the gathering they
emphasized on how the young-
sters and their parents can help
India a better place and thanked
Kuwait for the opportunities
given.
The event was a great suc-
cess as hundreds of people who
attended the function saw how
the organization has grown
over the years, thanks to the
selfless and untiring work by
writer N.C. Mohandoss who
has been associated with Front-
liners since 1998.
TVS Group Chairman Hy-
der Ali rightly put it saying IFL
would not have achieved such
a success without Mohandoss,
whose services to mankind are
noteworthy.
The former Indian minister
Salman Khurshid (grandson of
former president of India Zakir
Hussain) urged the students and
the youth to go beyond them-
selves through hard work to
make the country proud.
Authority for partnership projects
invites SOQ for S. Jahra Labor City
Municipality to provide obstacle free project site
Nursing essential part of healthcare
KUWAIT CITY, May 14,
(KUNA): The nursing profes-
sion represents a focal point of
the healthcare sector, Minister of
Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi said
on Sunday.
Speaking to the press after
the fourth International Nursing
Conference, organized by the
Kuwait Nursing Association, Al-
Harbi said that the event aims to
boost efciency in the nursing
Funds raised during events donated for various causes in India and Kuwait
Thrilled to be a part of such an
excellent community in Kuwait,
he emphasized on the importance
of education because it elevates
Photos from the event.
profession.
On the two-day conference, he
noted that it coincides with In-
ternational Nurses Day, where
participants from across the Gulf
region have assembled to exam-
ine strategies to further develop
the profession.
Moreover, he encouraged na-
tionals to dabble in the eld of
nursing, given how crucial the
job is to ameliorate the health-
Photos from the IFL event held at The Cambridge English School, Mangaf
and transforms the young chil-
dren.
D. Sivanandhan, former di-
rector-general of police, Ma-
care sector.
The Kuwaiti minister also
spoke of the Ministry of Healths
commitment to propel healthcare
in the country to new heights.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Ku-
wait Nursing Association Bandar
Al-Enezi said that the conference
also provides an opportunity for
the exchange of facts and knowl-
edge germane to the nursing pro-
fession.
harastra gave a presentation for
the young teenagers and par-
ents with the hard facts gath-
ered from different walks of
KUWAIT, May 14,
(KUNA): Kuwait Au-
thority for Partnership
Projects in collaboration
with Kuwait Municipal-
ity has invited local and
international compa-
nies/consortia and the
companies listed in the
Kuwait Stock Exchange
to submit Statements
of Qualication (SOQ)
for South Jahra Labor
City in accordance to
Law No. 116 of 2014 Re-
garding Public Private
Partnerships and its by-
laws (PPP Law).
KAPP stated in an an-
nouncement published in the
ofcial gazette, on Sunday,
that Kuwait Municipality
(KM) will be responsible for
providing an obstacle free
project site, as well as being
responsible for providing all
infrastructure connections up
to the site boundaries includ-
ing water, electricity, sew-
age, and roads.
The project company will
handle all aspects of design, -
nance, build, operate, maintain
and eventually, the transfer of
the venture. KAPP also de-
clared that the project will be
procured based on a design, -
nance, build, operate, maintain
and transfer model in accor-
dance with the PPP Law. Thus
,a public joint stock company
is to be established for the ven-
ture (the Project Company)
as KM will be the contracting
Public Entity with the Project
Company.
KAPP added, the term of
the agreement with KM will
be 40 years including a maxi-
mum period of three years for
design, nance and construc-
tion of all infrastructure assets.
The Project Company will
be incorporated as a Public
Joint Stock Company in which
the investor will hold at least
26 percent of the shares.
South Jahra Labor City
Project will consist of several
integrated components includ-
ing residential areas, com-
mercial and neighborhood
services, community services,
and municipal and utilities ser-
vices ,with a total land area of
1,015,000m2. KAPP indicated
that the primary objectives of
the Project are to improve the
living conditions and standards
of low-income expatriates by
providing adequate and afford-
able housing for 20,000 male,
bachelor, expatriate laborers.
life.
He stressed on how the Inter-
net and social media are taking
the life away from us. He was
Kuwaiti doctor seen attending to a Syrian patient in Jordan.
Kuwaiti doctors treating refugees in Jordan
Al-Rahma International, an afliate of
Kuwaits Social Reforms Society, has
sent in a team of medical volunteers of
various specialties to treat Syrian refu-
gees in the Kingdom.
Walid Al-Suwailem, the head of the
charitys bureaus in Syria and Turkey
and chief of the team, told KUNA on
Sunday that the association had sent
in the team of medical personnel in
response to a request by the local Al-
Makased Hospital, which needed help
due to its limited medical resources.
The team, upon an understanding
Let them spend Ramadan with us drive
Zakat House raises nearly $4m
for release of Kuwaiti prisoners
KUWAIT CITY, May 14, (KUNA):
Zakat House has raised KD 1.205 mil-
lion (some $3.950) through the cam-
paign it launched on Saturday night for
the release of Kuwaiti prisoners con-
victed on nancial charges.
The campaign let them spend Ra-
madan with us was launched at Ku-
wait TV in the pres-
ence of Minister of
State for Cabinet
Affairs and Acting
Minister of Infor-
mation Sheikh Mo-
hammad Al-Abdul-
lah Al-Mubarak
Al-Sabah, Minister
of Justice and Min-
ister of State for Mohammad
National Assembly
Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azab, and Minis-
ter of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and
Minister of State for Municipal Affairs
Mohammad Al-Jabri.
Speaking to reporters, Sheikh Mo-
hammad said the Ministry of Informa-
tion backs all humanitarian and philan-
thropic initiatives in Kuwait.
Tonights campaign, the second
of its kind by Zakat House, material-
izes the humanitarian nature of Kuwait
which is known for pioneering role in
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insisting on hard work and dis-
cipline to make everyone suc-
cessful in their lives. The seven
mantras are the key success
factors, he said.
The achievements of IFL
over the past 20 years were
recognized by the chief guests
from India as a great service to
India.
The service by Mathi for
stopping the death sentence for
2 Indians with the involvement
of the Indian Embassy was
well applauded by the guests of
honor.
Earlier, the President of IFL
welcomed the gathering and
thanked all the sponsors for
their ongoing continuous sup-
port for the event. He also ex-
tended warm greetings to Raja,
Selladurai and to the entire or-
ganizing team.
The evening saw a variety of
Indian dances and songs which
instilled a sense of patriotism
among the budding young
schoolchildren.
The national integration was
well exhibited throughout the
four-hour event.
The guests were enthralled
with the show made by Jodi-
1 fame Mani and Fellina with
their flexible movements and
Kavipriya Anandan gave a
beautiful dance number.
The excitement reached its
pinnacle when Rangaraj Pandey
began his speech and Q&A ses-
sions.
The crowd was uncontrollable
with their variety of questions
and which was the limelight of
the event.
Indian FrontLiners (IFL), a
non-profit social organization
has been in existence since
1997 in Kuwait and has been
helping the needy and the less
privileged people and has been
participating in various volun-
tary works.
KUNA photo
with the hospital management, is pre-
sent at the hospital for ve days per
week for treating the Syrian refugees.
On the rst day of the mission which
has already begun, he said, up to 1,000
ill refugees were admitted seeking the
Kuwaiti medical aid for free. In only two
days, more than 50 surgeries were con-
ducted.
Saleh Al-Faqih, deputy chairman of
the hospital, said the team operates till
late hours, praising devotion and sincer-
ity of the Kuwaiti doctors and surgeons.
(KUNA)
responding to emergencies and help-
ing needy people around the globe, he
pointed out.
Sheikh Mohammad commended the
contributions of the private sector and
civil society institutions to such initia-
tives that have great impacts on the so-
ciety.
On his part, Al-Jabri said the new
fundraising campaign translates into
action the instructions of the political
leadership for alleviating the nancial
burdens on the citizens.
The strategy of the Ministry of
Awqaf aims to involve the civil society
in all activities relating to the enhance-
ment of family stability and social co-
hesion, the minister pointed out.
Meanwhile, Dr Al-Azab reafrmed
commitment of the Ministry of Justice
to helping the campaign succeed in set-
tling the debts of convicts and ensure
the release of the largest possible num-
ber of them ahead of the holy month of
Ramadan.
The campaign, organized in col-
laboration with the Ministry of Justice,
aims to release of deeply indebted pris-
oners after revision of their respective
les to make sure of their eligibility to
settlement of their debts and thereby
early release.
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LOCAL 3

Left to right: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber receives Speaker, Foreign Minister and Defense Minister.

KUNA photos
Left to right: HH the Crown Prince with Interior Minister, Finance Minister and Information Minister

His Highness Crown Prince receives top officials

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sa- Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sa- ister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and
bah met National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim at Bayan Palace bah, Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak
on Sunday. Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Al-Sabah and Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of State for
His Highness the Crown Prince also received separately Acting Prime Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah. He then met with Deputy Premier and Min- Service Affairs Yasser Abul. (KUNA)

Amir support on womens issues

His Highness the Crown Prince receives Yasser Abul at Bayan Palace.
Some universities suspended
MoE tender for uniforms approved
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Acting
Director of the Maintenance Depart-
ment at the Educational Construction
Sector Suzan Al-Satlan disclosed the
additional air conditioning units in-
cluded in the Amiri Grant that HH
the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad
Al-Jaber Al-Sabah launched last
year (14,000 air conditioning units)
are ready for installation, reports Al-
Rai daily.
Al-Satlan urged the director of the
Tenders Department at the Amiri
Diwan to contact a company which
pledged to supply the air condition-
ing units and carry out the required
maintenance works in the Capital
Educational District schools.
Meanwhile, Secretary-General of
the Central System for Public Ten-
ders Haya Al-Wadaani announced
the approval of the Ministry of Edu-
KUNA photo
cations request to settle the tender
for preparing, designing and making
uniforms of students who will par-
ticipate in the 56th National Day and
26th Liberation Day celebrations at
the lowest price. She added a com-
pany which makes military uniforms
won the tender for KD 98,000.
Meanwhile, the committee formed
by Ministry of Higher Education for
accreditation of universities has sub-
mitted its report to the Minister of
Education and Higher Education Dr
Mohammad Al-Fares, recommend-
ing suspension of accreditation of
several Arab and foreign universities
as well as some local private univer-
sities, reports Al-Shahed daily.
The report indicated that the af-
fected universities are academically
weak and are suspected of exploiting
many students nancially.
reflects appreciation of their role
By Suzan Nasser
Al-Seyassah Staff
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: A
number of Kuwaiti feminists
stressed that the patron-
age of HH the Amir Sheikh
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah of womens activi-
ties reects his keenness in
supporting womens issues
and appreciating their role
in society. The feminists dis-
closed this in a press state-
ment Saturday in prepara-
tion for Kuwaiti Womens
Day on May 16.
Head of Regional Ofce for
Motherhood and Childhood Dr
Suad Al-Suwaidan said the Kuwaiti
woman plays an outstanding role
in pushing the development wheels
forward, stressing the woman has al-
ways been a basic partner in sustain-
able development.
She explained that specifying May 16
as Kuwaiti Womens Day is an appre-
ciation of the role of Kuwaiti women by
the government and is considered one of
the achievements of the Woman Affairs
Committee in the Cabinet.
On the other hand, Director of Plan-
ning Directorate and Evaluating the
Environmental Feedback at the Environ-
Kuwaiti Womens Day today
Training courses to be held for English teachers
By Rana Salem
Al-Seyassah Staff
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: First In-
structor of English at Jahra Educa-
tional District Huda Al-Ammar has
unveiled a plan to launch training
courses for English teachers in co-
operation with TESOL (Teachers of
English to Speakers of Other Lan-
guages).
She disclosed TESOL recently or-
ganized training courses in different
institutions including the Arab Open
ment Public Authority (EPA) Eng Sami-
ra Al-Kandari praised the decision to
allocate a day for Kuwaiti women, point-
ing out she is so optimistic about the fu-
ture of women in Kuwait especially after
they obtained important rights including
parliamentary voting right that enabled
them to participate in lawmaking. She
highlighted the vital role of Kuwaiti
women especially during hard times
such as the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Global Quality Chancellor Jalila Al-
Hemdan expressed her happiness over
the achievements of Kuwaiti women
that proved their worth as a distinguished
housewife, mother, employee and em-
ployer.
President of Pioneers of Peace Initia-
tive Fatima Al-Agrouga asserted that de-
spite the deterioration of education and
University where a number of Eng-
lish teachers participated. She add-
ed the courses include lectures on
the importance of English in practi-
cal life and its relation to the ongoing
advancement in all elds.
On the other hand, TESOL Chair-
person Dr Elian Al-Zaid explained
the organization works in coordina-
tion with all ofcial bodies in the eld
of enhancing the learning of English
that reects on the entire society. He
said all sciences are taught in Eng-
lish so prociency in the language is
human resources in the country, Kuwaiti
women played a vital role although they
occupy only four percent of senior po-
sitions. She added the decision of HH
the Amir to allot May 16 as Kuwaiti
Womens Day reects his appreciation
of Kuwaiti women.
Agencies add, the Civil Service Com-
mission (CSC) will hold a meeting with
Ministry of Health in the coming days to
discuss the recruitment of 5,731 non-Ku-
waiti candidates to work in the ministry
in medical, technical and nursing jobs,
reports Al-Anba daily. This meeting was
decided after CSC received a letter from
the Ministry of Health to approve crea-
tion of 5,731 openings for non-Kuwaitis
in the ministry.
According to the letter, the candidates
will work on execution of 11 new pro-
important to everybody.
Head of the English Department
at Sulaibiya Preparatory School for
Girls Jamila Al-Azmi said she par-
ticipated in the informative lectures
on teaching English in order to ob-
tain the most recent information in
this eld. She pointed out the eld of
teaching English and methodology
is developing day after day; hence,
the need for teachers to follow up re-
cent researches so they will be up-
dated with the latest developments
in the eld of teaching.
jects which are expected to kickoff in
2018/2019 including in four hospitals
namely Sabah, Infectious Diseases, Can-
cer and Jahra hospitals as well as seven
new medical centers among other pro-
jects.
It was mentioned in the letter that the
ministry is aiming to cover the short-
age of staff in hospitals and specialized
health centers as well as carry out ex-
pansions and new openings mentioned
above for which skilled medical, tech-
nical and nursing staff are required for
operating them.
The positions for non-Kuwaitis re-
quested by Ministry of Health for ap-
proval from CSC include 2,000 positions
for doctors, 2,600 positions for nursing
staff, 161 for pharmacists and 610 for
technicians.

Kuwaitization policy violation

MoE planning to appoint
more expats in ministry
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Following reports of Un-
dersecretary of Ministry of Higher Educations refusal
to increase the salaries of several expatriate employees
of the ministry, it has been revealed that the same min-
istry is planning to appoint some expatriates. Such an
action is regarded as a violation of the Kuwaitization
policy, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
According to an informed source, the Assistant
Undersecretary for Administrative Affairs of the
ministry contacted the General Department of Crim-
inal Evidences afliated to Ministry of Interior, and
Ministry of Health to issue character certicates,
medical reports and certicates of physical tness
for several male and female expatriates as part of
completion of the procedures for their employment
in the ministry.
He said this action clearly violates the decision of
the Council of Ministers, which instructed the need
to prioritize Kuwaitis for appointments, followed by
non-Kuwaitis with Kuwaiti mothers.
Evaluation
The source explained that most of the vacant posi-
tions are in the section that handles evaluation of cer-
ticates, but the Council of Ministers clearly stated
that employing expatriates should be done in limited
and rare cases when the abovementioned categories of
candidates are unavailable.
He indicated that such a decision was considered
necessary when the government realized there were
too many expatriate employees in the public sector,
which was resulting in waste of public funds at the
expense of citizens.
Meanwhile, the ministry had formed the committee
with the aim of eradicating the phenomenon of fake
and bogus certicates, especially since there were sev-
eral complaints in that regard. It became evident that
Ministry of Higher Education approved certicates in
medicine and engineering from unaccredited and sus-
picious universities.
 ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017

LOCAL 4

Capital Markets Authority gains

admission to IOSCO officially
Al Jarallah with the chief of IOM Mission in Iraq Thomas Weiss.
Al-Jarallah meets Chief of IOM Mission in Iraq
Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minis-
ter Khaled Al-Jarallah met on
Sunday with visiting Chief of the
International Organization for
Migration (IOM) Mission in Iraq
Thomas Weiss.
Al-Harbi OKs proposal to set up contact center
Kuwait to sign MMoU on Tuesday
During the meeting, they con-
sidered the IOMs efforts and ex-
isting cooperation with the State
of Kuwait.
Weiss briefed the Kuwaiti of-
cial on the humanitarian projects
KUNA photo
carried out by the IOM through
Kuwaits humanitarian aid in
Iraq.
The meeting was attended by
Chief of the IOM Mission in Ku-
wait Iman Oreqat. (KUNA)
KUWAIT CITY, May
14, (KUNA): The Capi-
tal Markets Authority
of Kuwait (CMA) has
joined the Internation-
al Organization of Se-
curities Commissions
(IOSCO) as an ofcial
member, the CMA
Board of Commission-
ers Dr. Nayef Falah Al-
Hajraf announced on
Sunday.
Al-Hajraf added that Ku-
wait would sign the Mul-
tilateral Memorandum of
Understanding Concerning
Consultation and Cooperation
and the Exchange of Informa-
tion (MMoU) on Tuesday on
the sidelines of the IOSCOs
42nd Annual Conference to be
held in Jamaica for ve days.
Organized by the Financial
Services Commission (FSC)
of Jamaica, the conference is
themed The Role of Markets Top and above: Some photos of the event.
and Market Regulators in the
Post-Crisis World. The IOSCO
is the international body that College hosts 2nd symposium
brings together the worlds se-
curities regulators and is recog- The College of Comput- The symposium was from the Computing Sci-
nized as the global standard set- ing Sciences and Engi- aimed at showcasing the ences Department.
ter for the securities sector. neering at Kuwait Univer- researches of the staff in Acting Dean of the
It develops, implements and pro- sity recently hosted the order to encourage compe- College of Computing
motes adherence to internationally second symposium enti- tition and develop collective Sciences and Engineer-
recognized standards for securities tled, Eye on Researches researches. It included lec- ing Dr Mostafa Abdulbar
regulation, working intensively by the Staff of the College tures by Dr Hosam Abu Al- expressed his happiness
with the G20 and the Financial of Computing Sciences Fotouh, Dr Sapo Emanuel over the fruitful coopera-
Stability Board (FSB) on the global and Engineering. and Dr Yahya Yahyawi tion of the staff.
regulatory reform agenda.
The Kuwaiti CMA had had
contacts with the IOSCO since
2012 on the requirements and the 90 percent of Kuwaitis residing
conditions of membership, Al-

KUWAIT CITY, May 14:
Minister of Health Dr Jamal
Al-Harbi has approved the
proposed establishment of a
national contact center to deal
with international health regu-
lations in line with the recom-
mendations of World Health
Organization (WHO), while the
center will appoint a comptrol-
ler for the national contact, re-
ports Al-Anba daily.
Al-Harbi also approved allocat-
ing the Ports and Borders Depart-
ment, which is afliated to the Pub-
lic Health Sector, as the permanent
head ofce of the center.
He disclosed the center will be
in charge of implementing inter-
national health regulations. Its
duties shall cover application of
recommendations and decisions
issued by the Higher National
Committee for Follow-up of Im-
plementation of International
Health Regulations.
The center shall cooperate with
contact points of WHO which
will handle implementation of the
2005 international health regula-
tions. It will dispatch urgent let-
ters regarding implementation of
the regulations and letters among
the concerned authorities. It will
notify the WHO points of contact
about all incidents which could
become a public emergency lead-
ing to international concern in
Kuwait.
Hajraf said.
The CMA formed a task
force, led by the Vice Chairman
of the Board of Commissioners
Mishaal M. Al-Usaimi, to follow
up steps to full the relevant re-
quirements and the conditions to
be a member in the international
body, he added.
In addition, the authority
sought professional assistance
from a consultancy office that
revised all the legal commit-
ments of being an IOSCO
member.
overseas live in Saudi Arabia
KUWAIT CITY, May 13: A survey conduct-
ed on Kuwaitis residing overseas has revealed
that 90 percent of them live in Saudi Arabia
while 10 percent of them live in countries
that have strong ties with Kuwait such as the
GCC member states, Egypt, Lebanon, Tur-
key, Morocco, London, France, Germany,
USA, Thailand and the Philippines, reports
Al-Shahed daily quoting sources.
They expressed their surprise over the large
number of Kuwaiti residents in Saudi Arabia
who have not visited the country for some
time, which prove that they might be carrying
other nationalities other than Kuwaiti citizen-
ship or they could belong there and have no
relatives in Kuwait but could only be connect-
ed with Kuwait for financial benefits such as
housing, salaries, financial aids and commer-
cial licenses they are leasing.
The sources said about 100,000 dual citi-
zenship holders visit the country only dur-
ing occasions such as elections of parlia-
ment, municipal or cooperative societies or
when they are requested to report to Public
Authority for Social Security or any other
governmental agency.

Oct 6, 2016

LOCAL
legal clinic
PRO BONO LEGAL ADVICE
Passport
I am a South African male mar-
ried to a Filipino lady and we just
had our second child in Kuwait.
When applying for residency
they told me that my daughter has
to have the same passport as my-
self which is South African, how-
ever with my son (rst born) there
was no issue that he has a Filipino
passport. The reason why we
initially got the Filipino passport
is because my embassy takes 2
months and even more to obtain
a passport thus we want to avoid
the hefty ne.
Is there anything we could do
and will the ministry accept a NOC
from my embassy or do I have no
choice but to apply and wait for
a South African passport for my
daughter and start the whole pro-
cess again?
Hope you can help or guide me
please.
Name withheld
Answer: It is not uncommon for
two different ofcials to interpret a
rule on the same issue and arrive at
different conclusions as in your case.
Since you are the one legally permit-
ted to sponsor your child, we will
want to agree more with the second
ofcial who is demanding that your
child must have the same passport
as yours. We must point out that
our conclusion is premised on the
common sense approach and not on
any law which we must confess we
are not aware of. To prevent future
problems we advise that you begin
the process to get the South African
passport for the child. On the issue of
NOC from your embassy you could
also try that but remember also that if
the ofcial needed an NOC he would
have told you about that.
Temporary visa
Writing to inquire if I can trans-
fer my residence from Article 14
to 18. Any possibilities of doing
so, as some people told me it is
legally possible and can be done,
but only through my previous
company.
I was a local hire and had been
working with my previous compa-
ny for more than 2 years. Decided
to resign by myself due to per-
sonal reasons and was planning
on returning to my home country.
Served my notice period of 3
months and before a week from
my last due date, the company
Mandoub took me to Shoun and
cancelled my Article 18 and put
me on a temporary Article 14 also
took away my Civil ID. Told me I
had 1 month to settle any other
matters and leave the country.
Suddenly due to circumstances I
had a change of mind and decided
to stay back in Kuwait. Got hold of
a sponsor who asked me to seek
release from my previous company
where I was working. Was advised
to get release paper work signed
and bring it to the new sponsor for
transfer.
When I went to the previous
company, they denied saying
youre residency is cancelled and
we cannot give you release for
that matter and concluded saying
that you must leave the country.
Requesting you to advise on the
above matter and suggest options
I can opt to transfer my residence
from Article 14 to 18.
I am currently residing in Kuwait
still.
Thank you
Name withheld
Answer: Article 14 visa is issued
to people to preclude them from be-
ing classied as illegal residents
as they go through the processes of
rectifying their residence or work vi-
sas. It is also issued as in your case,
to people who are exiting Kuwait for
good, to enable them settle any other
matters before leaving the country. It
is therefore not possible to transfer
Visa 14 to 18 as your have been told.
As the Mandoub told you, your work
permit has been cancelled and you
have no choice but to leave Kuwait
on or before the last day of validity of
your Visa 14.
Dependent visa
Kindly let me know whether
professional with dependent visa
is permitted to work in contracting
or consultancy ofce?
Name withheld
Answer: Under the laws of Ku-
wait it is an offence to work while
you are on a dependent visa, no mat-
ter whether you are a professional or
not. However the same laws permit a
person on dependent visa to transfer
his/her residence to a work permit if
the applicant has been in Kuwait for
at least a year or she/he is a university
graduate.
Visa Transfer
I came to Kuwait on April, 2014
on a farm (agriculture) visa. I am a
masters degree holder in Market-
ing from United Kingdom. I came to
Kuwait on marketing manager post
with an accepted salary of KD 500
per month but my employer gave
me farm visa (electrician) and said
when you come to Kuwait we will
transfer it to company visa and also
will change the designation. Almost
three years done with him on farm
visa, and also not giving me accept-
ed salary. The Salary mentioned
in the Farm (electrician) Izne-amal
is KD 250 per month and he been
paying 250 for the past three years,
and i was tolerating him because
my passport is with him and playing
with my life. Now I want to transfer
my Iqama (residence) to a compa-
ny ... so please let me know wheth-
er I can transfer my Iqama because
I have been with a single sponsor
from last three years.
Please help me out with my is-
sue because I am suffering a lot.
Name withheld
Answer: We sympathise with you
for your predicament, a situation in
which many a worker has fallen into
in the hands of some unscrupulous
and lying employers. You can trans-
fer your Iqama since you have com-
pleted three years with the current
employer but the snag here is that
you can only transfer your current
visa into another farm visa but not to
a company visa.
Visit visa
I am working in Kuwait for the
past 20 years and my salary is
KD 600.000. My husband just re-
tired and went back to India. My
daughter who is 25 years old and
working in England wants to visit
Kuwait. Please advise whether I
can be able to get the visit visa for
my daughter for a month.
Name withheld
Answer: Yes, you will have no
problem in getting a visit visa for
your daughter since your salary is
more than enough to qualify you to
apply for such a visa.
Indemnity
I am really thankful to you, for
your guidance provided to all
through legal clinic.
I joined my company on
16/12/2013, directly from India
with a basic salary of KD 600 and
KD 100 for car allowance. Out
of which only KD 600 deposited
regularly in my salary account and
KD 100 given to me as cash every
month.
On 26/09/2016 my company
gave me termination letter in
which they mentioned that on
the strength of the notice pe-
riod my last working day will be
26/12/2016, which I agreed.
Then in between the notice pe-
riod on 18/10/2016 I was informed
by management that from tomor-
row no need to come to ofce and
I could search for a new job out-
side and my salary will be depos-
ited in my account till last working
date mentioned in the termination
letter that is 26/12/2016, and they
actually deposited my salary till
26/12/2016.
Now when I joined my new
company and transferred my
residency to the new sponsor, I
asked my old company to settle
my indemnity but they are ask-
ing me to refund the salary which
they deposited in my account af-
ter 18/10/2016 till 26/12/2016. As
upon their instructions I didnt go
to ofce after 18/10/2016 but they
are saying that 18/10/2016 will be
considered as last date to calcu-
late my indemnity and leave sal-
ary.
I joined my new company on
04/12/2016 please help me to un-
derstand the right way and proce-
dure to calculate the indemnity.
Name withheld
Answer: The management of your
old company have no business in asking
you to refund part of the salary deposit-
ed in your account during the notice pe-
riod. Indeed the stoppage of work after
18/10/2016 was not initiated by you but
to the contrary, they decided to forego
the remaining days of the notice period
and actually went ahead to pay you for
the period you did not work for them.
They cannot therefore make a u-turn
and ask you for a refund. They cannot
also calculate your indemnity from the
day that they asked you to stop work.
The calculation should be made up to
26/12/2016.
According to the Labour Law, in-
demnity has to be calculated on the
latest remuneration which means
the basic salary plus all allowances
received on a regular basis. This
means that all things being equal,
your indemnity must be calculated
on KD 700 and not KD 600 but in
your case all things are not equal be-
cause KD 600 was transferred regu-
larly into your bank account and KD
100 handed to you in cash. If your
employees decided to calculate the
indemnity using the KD 600, it will
be a tall order for you to insist on the
KD 700 since the additional KD 100
never reected in your bank account.
To be on the safer side we shall
calculate your indemnity using the
amount that was regularly transferred
into your account in this case KD
600. The calculation of the indemnity
will therefore be as follows:
Service 3.01 years
Salary KD 600
You are entitled to 15 days for
each of the service years = 3.01x15
= 45.15 days.
But these days must rst be divid-
ed by 26 working days in a month =
45.15 divided by 26 (working days in
a month) =1.736
Monthly salary = 1.736xKD 600 =
KD 816.
Your total indemnity will be the
whole KD 816 since you were red
by the company.
done in hospitals or surgery cen-
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ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
5
Panel okays proposal to regulate
electricity, water, fuel subsidies
Approval for govt agencies and their employees
By Abubakar A. Ibrahim
Arab Times Staff
KUWAIT CITY, May
14: The parliamentary
Legislative and Legal
Affairs Committee ap-
proved Sunday the
proposal to regulate
electricity, water and
fuel subsidies for gov-
ernment agencies and
their employees.
The committee also ap-
proved bills on inclusion of
the children of Kuwaiti wom-
en married to non-Kuwaitis
and Bedouns in the national
manpower support, address-
ing problems of Kuwaiti em-
ployees laid off from private
companies, and establishment
of two State universities one
in Mubarak Al-Kabir or Ah-
madi and another in Jahra.
Committee Chairman MP Mo-
hammed Al-Dalal disclosed the bill
on electricity, water and fuel sub-
sidies require government agencies
to fulll their nancial obligations
directly from their budgets.
He said the committee also ap-
proved the proposal to support
national employees in the oil sec-
tor, while it rejected the recom-
mendation to increase the social
allowance for children of Kuwaitis
working in the private sector as it
contravenes the Constitution.
He added the committee ap-
proved the proposals to exempt an
only child from mandatory military
service; double the year in civil
service for those who will render
compulsory military service; estab-
lish a development center for teach-
ers comprising of representatives
from the Ministry of Education and
Higher Education, Secretariat Gen-
eral of Awqaf and Teachers As-
sociation; amend the Pre-Marriage
Medical Examination Law such
that men who are planning to get
married will participate in a two-
week pre-marriage training course
to learn about their rights and ob- The executive committee of the Arab Media Forum Al-Sabah. Secretary General Madhi Al-Khamees
ligations if they wish to do so but (AMF) honored the parties that participated in the thanked the participants from various public sector
it is not mandatory; set water and success of the 14th Arab Media Forum which was institutions as well as the sponsors from the private
electricity charges; and establish held in Kuwait on April 23-24 under the patronage of sector for their contribution to the success of the fo-
a Kuwaiti shareholding company His Highness the Premier Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak rum.
to supply , install and operate an
automated system for reading elec-
tricity meters and to allow advance
payment of bills.
He added the committee de-
cided to submit these proposals
to the competent panels so the
next meeting will focus on the
Anti-Corruption Law, while it
postponed taking a decision on
the Small Enterprises Bill for
further study.
Meanwhile, Minister of Health
Dr Jamal Al-Harbi said the Min-
istry of Healths Licensing Com-
mittee found 18 medical errors
within three years (2014-2016)
and 79 investigations were con-
ducted in the same period.
This is in response to the
question of MP Mohammed Al-
Huwailah about medical errors in
private hospitals.
Al-Harbi conrmed the com-
mittee conducted investigations on
the treatment of patients in private
medical institutions in accordance
with Therapeutic Institutions Law
number 49/1960 and its amend-
ments, as well as decree number
25/1981 on dermatology, dental
and other supporting professions.
Upon receiving information or
complaint regarding medical errors
in private medical institutions, the
ministry usually requests for the
medical le of the concerned pa-
tient and then specialized medical
committees are formed. Depending
on the patients condition, the min-
istry looks into the technical and le-
gal aspects of the situation and the
case will be forwarded to the Medi-
cal Licensing Committee. If proven
that the doctors committed errors,
they will be punished as per Article
41 of the decree. Penalties include
warning which should be enforced
without summoning the offender to
appear before the Medical Licens-
ing Committee, suspension from
work for a period not exceeding
one year, cancellation of license to
practice the profession, and closure
of the clinic, the minister explained.
On cosmetic surgeries, Al-
Harbi disclosed the Health Per-
mits Department is in charge of
inspecting and supervising the
private medical sector to ensure
compliance with rules and regu-
lations, in addition to coordinat-
ing with quality management and
recognition bodies to apply qual-
ity standards in private hospitals
or to improve them in line with
global developments.
He asserted that operations,
such as cosmetic surgery, are
not permitted unless they are
ters for one day only in ac-
cordance with the regulations
set by the ministry. He added
medical errors in private medi-
cal institutions are part of the
responsibilities of the concerned
medical facility, not the ministry
whose role is limited to granting
permission to open treatment in-
stitutions and inspecting them as
per Article Two of Act 49/1960
on therapeutic institutions.

LOCAL
KRCS team members visiting some of the victims of Mosul fighting in a hospital.
Kuwaits med aid brings hopes
for victims of Mosul fighting
KRCS bears cost of medical treatment
IBRIL, May 14, (KUNA):
When Naufa Alwan decid-
ed to stay at home since the
start of the military opera-
tion in Al-Intisar neighbor-
hood in Mosul, she thought
she would be safe. But one
day, a rocket fired by the
so-called Islamic State mil-
itants hit her house.
When I tried to get out, one
of the walls collapsed on my leg,
I was later taken to the hospital
where doctors decided to ampu-
tate my leg, tearful Alwan told
KUNA.
The moment I lost my leg, all
hopes for the future have gone. I
even have thought about commit-
ting suicide to end my pains. But,
everything changed when the
Kuwait Red Crescent Society
(KRCS) team in Ibril approached
her and told her they would do their
best to help her walk again and get
back to normal life. The KRCS bore
the cost of her treatment and pro-
vided her with a prosthetic leg.
They have turned my depression
into hope, she told KUNA.
Alwan expressed gratitude to
Kuwaiti government and people for
their generous and desperately needed
life-saving medical aid to victims of
the Mosul military operations.
Injuries
Eight months of fierce fighting to
drive the so-called Islamic State (IS)
militants out of northern Iraqi city of
Mosul have left thousands of civil-
ians, especially women and chil-
dren, suffering from critical war-
related injuries.
Upon directives from His
Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah
Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,
Kuwait Red Crescent Society rushed
to offer life-saving medical aid and
treatment for hundreds of the Iraqi
war victims.
Among those who also benefited
from the KRCS aid, was three-year-
old Rawaa who lost her mother,
three sisters and two brothers when
a bomb hit their home in the Western
side of Mosul and turned it into
rubble. Her father is being treated
from trauma after the tragedy.
We received Rawaa who was
injured and lost her family in the
incident, Director of Ronahee
Foundation, an Irbil-based humani-
tarian organization, Jiyan Merani
told KUNA.
After examination, it was found
that she has burns in the face and her
stomach was bleeding, scares in dif-
ferent parts of her body caused by
shrapnel, Merani said, noting that
the girl was also suffering post-
traumatic disorder and wakes up
crying and shouting the names of
her siblings and parents.
After being informed about the
case, the KRCS representatives said
they would bear the cost of Rawaas
treatment at a well-equipped hospi-
tal in Irbil, Merani pointed out.
Top: A child is recuperating with the help of KRCS team, and (above),
Naufa Alwan walking with a prosthetic leg provided by KRCS.
Dr. Razkar Hamza, who is spe-
cialized in rehabilitating disabled
people, told KUNA that the KRCS
has financed surgeries and post-sur-
geries healthcare for a considerable
number of people who lost their
limbs in the ongoing military opera-
tions in Mosul.
The KRCS has also financed a
series of complicated surgery to
save the life of the 17-year-old
Yunis Qassem who severely injured
when a mortar shell exploded near
him.
Harmed
Yunis was in very bad condition
when he arrived at the hospital,
shrapnel has severely harmed his
backbone and spinal cord, Yuniss
doctor Amer Hashim told KUNA.
He added that Yunis has under-
gone several surgeries to treat his
backbone and spinal cord.
Now, his condition is improving
and he is feeling his limbs again,
Hashim said.
Yunis father Raad Qassem
described KRCS as mercy angels
who were sent by God to save the
life of his dear son.
God has sent His Angels to save
my son, grateful Qassem told
KUNA.
Similarly, the KRCS has financed
the treatment of Mohammad
Abdulqader who lost his legs and
his eyes were wounded. The KRCS
has treated Abdulqader eyes and
offered him prosthetic legs.
I feel as I have been born again,
he told KUNA.
I am grateful to Kuwaits Amir,
government and people. For his
part, Public Relations Officer at
Ronahee Foundation Saleh Mahdi
Yusuf lauded Kuwaits important
and unmatched medical aid and sup-
port to Mosul war victims.
Through Kuwaits noble and
generous initiatives, many lives
have been saved, he said.
He pointed out that Kuwaiti has
secured finance for treating over
200 patients in the recent period,
noting that their treatment included
carrying out 100 surgeries.
According to a report issued by
the World Health Organization on
May 7, a total of 12,081 cases were
referred and treated in emergency
and field hospitals in Mosul and
neighboring Governorates since the
start of Mosul liberation operation
on October 17th last year.
WHO estimates that some 40, 000
civilians will need trauma care due
to Mosul military operations.
According to the International
Committee of the Red Cross, at least
625 people from Mosul have lost an
arm or a leg in Mosul battle.
Liquor sold
inside airport
parking lot
KUWAIT CITY, May 14:
The Kuwait International
Airport security personnel
have arrested four
Bangladeshis for selling
local booze inside the air-
ports parking lot, reports
Al-Shahed daily.
The daily added, the
arrest came after police
received a tip-off from an
unidentified source. The
police then put the area
under surveillance and
caught the suspects red-
handed. Police have seized
from their car some bottle
of booze and referred them
to the concerned authority.
During interrogation the
suspects admitted to selling
each bottle for KD 10. They
have been referred to the
Deportation Center.
DIWANIYA
A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION
Put more economic pressure on Iran
Selling illusions of safety
PEOPLE of the Gulf are known to be emotional. We soon
get carried away by the sweet talk and promises made to us
by politicians which are deceiving. Our expectations of the
visit of the US President Donald Trump to Riyadh and his
meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council leaders and
some Muslim leaders have been exaggerated and por-
trayed as a marvelous event that will help solve many of
our problems but this is contrary to the reality, columnist,
Dean of Technological Studies College at the Public
Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET)
and the Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Heritage Revival
Society (IHRS) Dr Wael Al-Hassawi wrote for Al-Rai
daily.
After the US strike on the Syrian base of Khan
Shaikhoun in response to the use of chemical weapons
by the forces loyal to Bashar Al-Assad against the
Syrian people, people saw Trumps attitude towards
Muslims during his election campaigning and his fre-
quent attempts to prevent the entry of Muslims from
several countries to the United States.
People seem to forget the famous statement Trump
made during his presidential campaign that America
should take money from the Gulf countries saying they
need our protection. This is not free but they have to pay
money.
Today, we live in the obsession of confronting the
Iranian ambitions in our region. We hope that Trump will
do that job for us. This is a dream that has no place in real-
ity. All that Trump can do if he has good intention is
to put more economic pressure on
Iran and prevent it from acquiring
more weapons or threatening its
neighbors.
The United States has prac-
ticed a policy of putting pressure
on Iran for many years, but this
policy has proved in vain. Iran
became fiercer and interfered in
our affairs. Tehran has also turned
into an aggressor state and this
aggression is crystal clear in Syria
because it has been occupying its Al-Hassawi
lands and this is because of the
policies of the United States has been clumsy. We will
not be wrong if we say here that the Americans have
handed over the file of Syria to the Russians and the
Iranians.
Those who dream that Trump will strike at Iran militar-
ily to brighten their hopes indeed fall in the category of
day-dreamers. Iran is a military power and an armed state
that has supported the United States in many of its ambi-
tious projects such as to occupy Afghanistan and Iraq and
to counter the al-Qaeda and the Islamic State or the so-
called DAESH threat. Do we think Trump is so stupid to
sacrifice all this for the sake of the people of the Gulf
where terrorism breeds according to several decision-
making institutions in the West?
So the most important objective of Trumps visit to
Riyadh is to keep alive the US arms factories and sell the
biggest weapons arsenal to the Gulf States in the range of
$20 billion to Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE, and $15 billion
to Saudi Arabia, as reported by the Al-Rai newspaper.
Trump is a businessman and can only think with
such mentality. We do not rule out that he is selling us
illusions of safety and security.
It may be surprising when one reads the plan of
Trump to convince the Gulf States of the importance of
making peace with Israel before solving the Israeli-
Palestinian fiasco. This is what they call the policy
entering the arena from the outside and this is a big lie.
Why the US want to link the GCC countries with the
Israeli terrorism. Are we the cause of crimes committed
by Israel in the region?
Trump is supporting Turkey and the Syrian Kurdish
Democratic Forces which are seeking to establish their
homeland on the border of Turkey despite the Turkish
rejection and the threat to fight that extremist entity.
What good intentions they are talking about?
Also:
The headline on the front page of Al-Rai daily two
days ago about the objectives of Donald Trumps visit
to the region does not give a new meaning. The
President of the United States of America will come to
the Gulf States to put the price on the US protection,
irrespective whether we call this price tag royalty or
imperial tribute. The truth is that the region will be
drained of the last penny, columnist Hassan Al-Issa
wrote for Al-Jarida daily.
In the news, it is said Trump will discuss with the
leaders of the region the danger of DAESH, and Iran,
which the US administration sees as part of the problem
and not part of the solution.
This vision is identical to the Israeli perceptions of
the region. The US administration also looks forward to
the normalization of relations between the Gulf States
and Israel.
The Iranian threat has given direct credence to the
plan of normalizing ties with Israel and Iran will be the
historic justification for the next Gulf-Israeli normaliza-
tion, which seems to be not far off.
The Gulf States are the most spendthrifts in the
world on armaments. It does not appear that the collapse
in the prices of oil has affected the volume of arms
deals, as if these things are sacred that should not be
discussed or any contrary opinion accepted in our coun-
tries where there is no place for the opinion of others.
During his election campaign, Trump made known
his determination to ask the Gulf States to pay for pro-
tection. He described the issue as fair because it is a
service and every service has a price.
Here, it can be seen that the mafia also provides
protection services and asks the weak to pay royalties
for their protection against any danger but this danger is
mostly created by the mafia.
The policy of Trump as a symbol of the new
right-wing rule to suck the surplus Gulf oil from high oil
prices is not a new issue in the Western and American
politics. These surpluses are reinvested in the United
States and the West through arms deals of astronomical
proportions.
Noam Chomsky (American linguist, philosopher,
cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political
activist) said during one of his lectures that opinion
polls show that a vast majority of the Arabs believe that
the greatest danger comes from Israel and its policies,
not from Iran.
Whatever the source of the danger for survival of our
countries now, the future will certainly not be beautiful.
The regional wars that drain the Arab blood and
money are widening with no solution in sight because
all the windows of dialogue between the countries of the
region are closed and the Zionist State remains the big-
gest beneficiary.
Anything is possible in Kuwait including the strate-
gic planning, ideologies, as well as regulations govern-
ing hierarchical structures and even positions to which
people are appointed which are granted based on fantas-
tic innovation, columnist Dr Turki Al-Azmi wrote for
Al-Rai daily.
Take for instance the news report which was published
a few days ago. The news report read, The Council of
Ministers has asked the Ministry of Public Works to pro-
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6
vide it with periodic reports every three months on the
stages of execution of the new Kuwait International Airport
Terminal 2. The directive indicates the need to overcome
all obstacles and hindrances facing the stages of execution
according to the schedule.
However, the headline of another news report which
was published Sunday reads, Mangaf tunnel sinks the
public works organizational structure.
In the first news, the government ignored the pre-
liminary strategic works while sticking to the execution
and control stage. The latter is the final stage of every
strategic project and many projects were not subjected
to such details.
The directive passed to the Ministry of Public
Works by the Council of Ministers in that regard is
definitely commendable, but this was not the case with
the other projects.
Expatriates were and are partners in the building of
our nation. Therefore, why such negative stances against
our expatriate brothers every time there are problems in
the country? There is a lack of comprehension and
understanding by some amongst us, as they tend to
blame expatriates for everything wrong in times like the
current period, Abdulaziz Khuraibet wrote for
Al-Shahed daily.
They link the current phase with issues that have no
basis at all. It does not make sense to place the burden
represented by all our problems on those living here
illegally or forgers and dual citizenship holders or even
the large number of expatriates who are serving and
working in their second country.
Others have deviated from cases such as corruption
and waged war on innocent expatriates, insisting that
they are the cause for congestion in services and on
roads, and that the expatriates are taking up huge part of
this countrys wealth. Why this hate and hostility? Some
are even calling for imposing fees on expatriates for the
use of roads, increasing fees for their health services and
imposing taxes on their remittances.
They have forgotten that the same expatriates espe-
cially the Arabs among them had opened their doors for
us during our time of crisis. They welcomed us in their
homes with hospitality. We did not feel like strangers
with them.
This ugly racism is not part of the civilized human
nature that we grew up with. We were taught to respect
others, and that our Arab expatriates are brothers with
whom we share very good relations that dates back to
hundreds of years.
Despite the great advancement and urbanism
achieved by humanity, men still look at women from a
narrow perspective, limiting her to her body and consid-
ering her as a source of amusement, Saleh Al-Shaiji
wrote for Al-Anba daily.
Despite the high level of technology enjoyed in the
21st century and the speeches of liberation, equality
laws and conferences on feminism, mens perspective
of women still remains the same. This is seen every-
where in the world East, West, North and South.
As per human culture, the husband is supposed to be
older than his wife. It is rare to see a couple where the
wife is older than the husband by a year or two. On the
other hand, there are many cases where the husband is
older than the wife by 20 years or more. All human
communities accept such marriages and do not consider
them as strange or weird.
On the other hand, if a man married a woman who
is 20 years older than him for example, such a marriage
will be considered very strange and will be subject for
mockery and gossip.
Within the last two years or less, we saw two differ-
ent cases in this regard which will prove the abovemen-
tioned claims. The wife of the American President
Donald Trump, Melania, is 24 years younger than him.
We recently discovered that the wife of the French
President-elect Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte, is 24 years
older than him. The first case did not receive the reac-
tions of disapproval and astonishment that the second
case did. The world accepted the marriage of Trump and
Melania very easily but expressed shock over the mar-
riage of Emmanuel and Brigitte who knew each other
since the time he was her student. He married her
because he liked her personality, mentality and intelli-
gence. He did not look at her with a narrow vision that
considers a woman as just a body with external features.
Such a world is backward indeed!
The current calmness of some lawmakers, especially
members of the Muslim Brotherhood Group, is only
temporary with the aim of rescuing themselves from
certain cases. However, if they are pardoned, you will
see them start grilling the ruling family members one
after the other, Nasser Al-Husseini wrote for Al-Shahed
daily.
They are only pretending on the basis of the preten-
sion to accomplish desire policy. Due to this, no matter
how remorseful and good intentioned they appear, they
will continue to think about how they can take over
control of the Cabinets decisions.
For instance, they discovered that three ministers are
performing well and started cooperating with them. The
cooperation is not aimed at fighting corruption but accom-
plishing transactions concerning transfers, appointments
and so on. This is the reason why they support the continu-
ity of the ministers to sustain their influence.
However, when they noticed that three ministers are
non-performers whose continuity is detrimental to their
future, they decided it is a must to grill them and remove
them from the Cabinet. The first stage is to rescue some
of them from certain cases and execute the government
pledge in some cases, so they will move into the second
stage immediately after they might have accomplished
their desires. The second stage of their plans is to dis-
miss powerful ministers to clear the atmosphere. They
dont want any strong personality among the ruling
family members who can take decisions to guarantee
continuity of their control.
The advanced countries support their national econ-
omies the same way the Turkish President did when he
visited Kuwait to be a part of the foundation-laying
ceremony of the new airport because the project is being
executed by a Turkish company. This clearly indicates
the highest political support for that company, Talal
Al-Saeed wrote for Al-Seyassah daily.
Turkey believes that its big companies play vital
roles in the national economy. Just imagine the size of
the six-year project and its effect on Turkey.
By the way, the company has pledged, as voiced out by
the Turkish President, to reduce the duration of the project
to four years instead of six years. The company will be
creating a history over the completion of that project,
which will qualify it to take up more gigantic projects.
It is enough for Turkey as a country to stand behind
this company and ensure all countries have faith in it.
Nothing is bigger than seeing the Turkish President
attending the foundation-laying ceremony of that proj-
ect.
Compiled by Ahmed Al-Shazli
 ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017

LOCAL 7

Electricity usage on Thursday

hit record close to red line
Studies on development of 4th Ring Road completed
KUWAIT CITY, May 14:
Electricity consumption
MoI photo reached 11,147 megawatts
An Asian expatriate sustained injuries when his heavy vehicle toppled on Kabad
Road. According to security sources, when the Operations Room of Ministry of at 2:30 pm on Thursday
Interior received information about the accident, securitymen, reghters and a record close to the
paramedics rushed to the location. The victim was pulled out from the toppled red line indicating a very
heavy vehicle and paramedics referred him to the nearest hospital for treatment.
Securitymen removed the heavy vehicle from the road and organized the traf- hot summer, reports Al-
c. Investigations have been launched to determine the cause of the accident. Jareda daily.
Meanwhile, a Kuwaiti citizen sustained injuries when his vehicle collided with an With rising temperatures which
other on Jahra Road. Paramedics referred him to Jahra Hospital for treatment.
reached 45 degrees Celsius in
some parts of the country, the
electricity consumption rate went
up dramatically. This is the rst
Other Voices time that the electricity consump-
tion rate reached such records at
the beginning of summer.
Meanwhile, Head of the Ration-
Policeman deserved to be honored alization in Private and Public Sec-
tors Team at the Ministry of Elec-
tricity and Water Iqbal Al-Tayyar

The wonderful Mutairi called on consumers to fully coop-

erate with the ministry in reducing
power load.
By Ahmed Al-Sarraf ways without helping the driver She advised the public to refrain
take it to a safer location or to from using thermal appliances like
L AST Thursday as I was driv-
ing back home, it was past
3pm and the temperature was
stay with him until the tow truck
arrives. In most cases, the ofcer
washing machines and iron clothes
at noon when electricity consump-
sits inside his patrol vehicle and tion is higher, keep the curtains and
about 34 degree Centigrade. I windows closed in order to main-
then noticed a patrol vehicle stop enjoys the cool air of its air con-
ditioner, using social media such tain the heat outside, and adjust the
behind a small pickup vehicle on air conditioning units to automatic
a side road parallel to the Fifth as WhatsApp until the tow-truck
arrives. system.
Ring Road. She revealed the ministry teams
I wanted to However, this particular police-
man was quite different from the will soon start conducting eld
see what had tours to raise public awareness on
happened but others I have seen. He helped the the importance of saving electric-
I couldnt re- driver replace the punctured tyre ity.
verse my car, with a spare one under the hot On the other hand, sources said
so I drove to weather. I asked the policeman if completion of 95 percent of main-
the next U- I could take a picture of him, and tenance works in power plants,
turn, which I appreciated him for his humane conrming that maintenance works
made me cross attitude which deserves gratitude are ongoing as planned. They
half of Jabriya and admiration. added the maintenance works in all
area. This took Al-Sarraf What Majed Al-Mutairi, the power and distillation plants will be
30 minutes off kind policeman, did was an act completed by the end of May.
of civilization in a region where Sources said the ministry has
my lunch break but it was de- completed preparations for summer
nitely worth it. such actions are becoming rare,
especially with the existence of with 2,400 megawatts reserve over
When I reached the location and above the expected highest
and parked my car, I saw a sight many arrogant people who are
convinced that they are better consumption this season.
that was not familiar or common
here in Kuwait. The driver of the than others. Studies
broke-down pickup, which turned I really wish one of the major Meanwhile, Minister of Public
out to be an ambulance, did not leaders of Ministry of Interior Works Abdulrahman Al-Mutawa
know Arabic and spoke poor Eng- will honor this policeman Majed revealed that technical and nan-
lish. One of the vehicles tyres Al-Mutairi. If such an honor came cial ofcers from the consultancy
had been punctured and com- from the Minister of Interior him- bureaus, which have been assigned
pletely destroyed. The uniformed self, it would be perfect. From my the contract for development of
policeman left his air-conditioned side, I am willing to contribute to Fourth Ring Road, have completed
patrol vehicle and went out in the his honoring by offering a reward studies. This includes choosing an
not less than KD 500. I also call international consultancy bureau
heat to give a helping hand to the and working on receiving approv-
driver. on our dear readers to contribute
to the honoring of the wonderful als from the monitoring bodies for
I know from my experience signing the contract and ensuring
that there are strict instructions Majed Al-Mutairi.

the project will start by early 2020,
given to securitymen not to leave reports Aljarida daily.
a broke-down vehicle on high- email: habibi.enta1@gmail. In response to a parliamentary
question, Al-Mutawa said the ex-
pected time schedule for accom-
plishing the agreement and study-
Kuwait Today ing the design is 24 months.
He explained that the ministry
has set its eyes on the development
Prayer Timings Umm Al-Maradim 29 27 - 5ft SE of Fourth Ring Road with the aim
Sea Island Buo - - - - - of reducing the number of acci-
Fajr .................................................... 03:27 Salmiyah 36 29 - 5ft SE
Sunrise ............................................... 04:56 dents. This is within the framework
Zohr .................................................... 11:44 4 days forecast - Marine of developing expressways and
Asr ........................................................15:20 ring-roads in order to improve the
Maghrib ............................................. 18:33 Monday, May 15
Isha .................................................... 20:00 Expected weather ..............................................Hot countrys road network, infrastruc-
Sea state ...................................Slight to moderate ture and transportation.
Weather Wave height....................................................2-5 ft
Al-Mutawa revealed that the
Max Temp.........................................................44C
Expected weather for the next 24 hours:
By Night: Fair with light to moderate northwest-
Min Temp..........................................................27C ministry proposed assigning the
Wind Direction .................................................. NW consultation agreement for this
erly to light variable wind, with speed of 10-30 km/h. Wind Speed .......................................... 15-38 km/h
By Day: Hot with light to moderate northwest- Tuesday, May 16 project to international consultancy
erly wind, with speed of 15-38 km/h and some high
clouds will appear.
Expected weather ..............................................Hot rms for studying, designing and
Sea state ...................................Slight to moderate supervising the project.
Station Max Min Wave height....................................................2-5 ft
Exp Rec Max Temp.........................................................45C He indicated that the road is 17
Kuwait City 42 29
Kuwait Airport 43 28
Min Temp..........................................................28C km long, starting from the United
Wind Direction ........................................... NW-SW
Abdaly 43 24 Wind Speed .......................................... 12-35 km/h Nation Roundabout in the west
Bubyan 37 24 Wednesday, May 17 to the intersection of Salem Al-
Jahra 44 29
Failaka Island 38 25
Expected weather ..............................................Hot Mubarak Street and Mughera bin
Sea state ...................................Slight to moderate
Salmiyah 36 29 Wave height....................................................2-4 ft Shuba Street in the east.
Ahmadi 35 30 Max Temp.........................................................45C Al-Mutawa afrmed that the
Nuwaisib 37 27 Min Temp..........................................................29C
Wafra 42 27 project activities will consist of re-
Wind Direction ............................................ SW-SE
Salmy 42 24 Wind Speed .......................................... 10-30 km/h construction and expansion of all
4 days forecast - Weather Thursday, May 18 entries from areas along the Fourth
Expected weather ................. Hot+scattered clouds Ring Road and from the roads that
Monday, May 15 Sea state ...................................Slight to moderate
Expected weather ..............................................Hot Wave height....................................................1-4 ft it serves, as well as improvement of
Max Temp.........................................................44C Max Temp.........................................................46C several intersections on it due to its
Min Temp..........................................................27C Min Temp..........................................................30C trafc importance.
Wind Direction .................................................. NW Wind Direction ............................................NE-NW
Wind Speed .......................................... 15-38 km/h Wind Speed .......................................... 08-28 km/h He added that the project activi-
Tuesday, May 16 ties will also include construction Photos by Rizk Tauq
Expected weather ..............................................Hot Tide times at Shuwaikh Port of new free movement intersec-
Max Temp.........................................................45C The Embassy of Egypt in Kuwait, represented by the Egyptian Cultural Ofce, organized a forum for Egyptian
1st high tide: .................................................. 13:07 tions, pedestrian bridges and infra-
Min Temp..........................................................28C 2nd high tide: ................................................. 03:18 universities in the headquarters of the Cultural Ofce. Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Yasir Atef led other
Wind Direction ........................................... NW-SW 1st low tide:.................................................... 07:48 structural improvement along with members of the diplomatic corps, ofcials of universities, interested students and their parents in the inaugura
Wind Speed .......................................... 12-35 km/h 2nd low tide: .................................................. 20:40 other services related to the project. tion of the forum.
Wednesday, May 17 Sunrise: ......................................................... 04:56
Expected weather ..............................................Hot Sunset: .......................................................... 18:33
Max Temp.........................................................45C
Min Temp..........................................................29C Recorded yesterday at Kuwait Airport
Wind Direction ............................................ SW-SE
Wind Speed .......................................... 10-30 km/h Max temp ..........................................................43C News in Brief
Thursday, May 18 Min temp ...........................................................28C
Expected weather ................. Hot+scattered clouds Max Rh ............................................................41%
Max Temp.........................................................46C Min Rh .............................................................12%
Min Temp..........................................................30C Max Wind..............................................SE 32 km/h
Wind Direction ............................................NE-NW Total Rainfall in 24 hrs ................................. 00 mm Asian held for drugs: The Ahmadi police have arrested
Wind Speed .......................................... 08-28 km/h in an Asian for possessing drugs, reports Al-Shahed daily.
Recorded yesterday at South Dolphin The suspect was arrested in Mahboula because a police
Marine Forecast Min/Max/ Air Temp ......................................30/36C patrol on duty in the area saw the man looked abnormal.
Min/Max Rel Hum .......................................19/70%
Station Max Min Sea Todays
Wind Direction/Wind Speed....................N/35 km/h When police searched him they found on his person two
Rec Exp Surf Waves sachets of heroin and shabu. The suspect and the contra-
Ht Dirn Prev Wave Dir/Max Wave Ht ........................ N/-2 ft
South Dolphin 35 30 27 5ft SE Min/Max Sea Surface Temp ............................-/-C band have been referred to the concerned authorities.
Sea Current .............................................Upwelling
Umm Mudayrah 30 27 - 5ft SE
Beacon M28 - - - 5ft SE Directorate General of Civil Aviation,
Beacon N6 36 29 - 5ft SE Motorist injured: An unidentied Kuwaiti who was se-
Qaruh Island 30 27 - 5ft SE Meteorological Dept. riously injured when he hit a stray camel in Wafra has
been admitted to the Adan Hospital, reports Al-Rai daily.
deaths From the hospital bed, the Kuwaiti told a police inves-
Shama Mohammad Mohammad Omar, wife of Ali Husein Ameen, 70 years old, buried on Sun- tigator the humped animal surprised him and he could not
day. Condolences: (Men) Rawda, Block 2, Sulaiman Boukehail Street Dasman Ballroom, Tel:
66697933/97774722, (Women) Abdullah Mubarak, Block 2, Street 227, House 41, Tel: 99948860; avoid hitting the animal.
Salem Nasseeb Salem Al-Baloshi, 61 years old , buried on Sunday. Condolence: (Men) Bayan, As soon as the Operations Room of the Interior Min-
Block 4, Street 4, House 48, Tel: 94477782/66494556, (Women) Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Block 5, istry received information from passersby, paramedics
Street 29, House 19, Tel: 60910988; Nooriya Ghloom Haidar Malik, wife of Mohammad Husein
Malik 71 years old, buried on Sunday. Condolence: Salwa, Huseiniyat Sayed Mohammad, Al- rushed to the spot and took the man to the hospital.
Aksa Mosque, Tel: 99533285/99047439; Latifa Mohammad Ibrahim Al Khethair, wife of Isa
Al Melai, 71 years old, to be buried on Monday after Asr prayers. Condolence: (Men) Shuhada,
Block 3, Street 308, House 19, Tel: 94920202, (Women) Rawda, Block three, Street 37, House Egyptian assaulted: An Egyptian has led a complaint
30, Tel: 90907776; Hessah Abdullah Al-Ayoubi, widow of Mohammad Abdul Wahad Al Ayoubi, with a police station accusing a Tunisian, whose identity
87 years old, to be buried on Monday at 09:00 am. Condolence: (Men) Shuwaikh Housing, Diwan
Al-Qanaat, Tel: 99777987, (Women) Dasma, Block 3, Street 31, House 2; Badriya Ibrahim Al- has not been disclosed, of assaulting him while inside a
Juma, wife of Yousef Saud Al-Hawal, 76 years old, to be buried on Monday at 09:00 am. Con- cooperative society, reports Al-Anba daily.
dolence: (Men) Hiteen, Block 1, Street 101, House 16, Tel: 97677577, (Women) Hiteen, Block 3, The complainant has submitted a medical report to the
Street 316, House 9, Tel: 9966290.
May 14, 2017 police station.

LOCAL
4 expats deported, 13 juveniles referred to prosecution for driving sans license
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Four
expatriates have been deported and
13 juveniles have been referred to
the Juveniles Prosecution for driv-
ing without license, reports Al-
Anba daily.
The suspects were arrested dur-
ing surprise security campaigns in
all governorates. During the cam-
paign police also issued 34,757
trafc citations.
According to the General Trafc
Department last week 52 vehicles
Two Iranians given death over
murder of royal, friend, maid
Indian, Sudanese truckers arrested with 40,000 drug pills
Top & above: some photos from the re-ghting operation.
Five laborers injured in market fire
Fire broke out in a public market in Shuwaikh Indus-
trial Area, causing injuries to ve laborers.
The Public Relations and Security Media General
Department at the Ministry of Interior said the re oc-
curred due to gas leakage.
Left: A reman putting out the blaze, and (right), remen after the re has been put out.
No injuries in basement carpentry shop fire
A huge re engulfed the base-
ment of a building in Farwaniya
on Thursday.
Fireghters, securitymen and
paramedics were dispatched
to the location soon after the
Operations Unit at Kuwait Fire
Service Directorate received in-
formation on the incident.
The rescuers guided tenants
Muezzin finds remains of newborn
By Munaif Nayef
Al-Seyassah Staff
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: An
Egyptian Muezzin found the
remains of a newborn baby in-
Citizen accused of attempting to kidnap Syrian woman
Police impersonators rob KD 300 from Indian expats house
By Munaif Nayef
Al-Seyassah Staff and
Agencies
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: An Indian
expatriate led a case against un-
known individuals who impersonated
securitymen, barged into his apart-
ment in Khaitan area, tied him up,
robbed him of KD 300 and ran away.
According to security sources, the
Public Prosecutor refers issue of touristic treatment to Criminal Court
were impounded and 12 persons patients from receiving overseas
were arrested. treatment.
Meanwhile, the Public Prosecu- The Prosecution has requested
tor Consultant Dirar Al-Assousi the court to severely punish the cul-
has referred the issue of touristic prits because they deprived the de-
treatment to the Criminal Court, re- serving sick people of their rights
ports Al-Qabas daily. through manipulation by submit-
The Public Prosecution has ac- ting fake documents.
cused six doctors, some of them The court has accused the three
senior officials, working for the ofcials of the Ministry of Health
Overseas Medical Treatment of embezzling public funds and
Department of the Ministry of forging medical reports of 20 pa-
Health for depriving deserving tients to facilitate their travel with
Photos by Rizk Tauq
Fireghting teams from Shuwaikh Industrial Area
Fire Station under the leadership of Major Abdulmo-
nem Al-Freij rushed to the location and doused the
re in record time. The injured were admitted to Al-
Babtain Hospital.
KFSD photos
of the building to a safe place carpentry shop where wood
and helped others who were and paint were stored so the re
trapped in the elevators when spread quickly with thick smoke
electricity was disconnected. covering the entire building.
Firemen doused the The re protection ofcer in
re in record time and there Farwaniya Governorate has
were no injuries or casualties been instructed to take action
reported. against those behind the viola-
Initial investigations revealed tions uncovered in the base-
the basement was used as a ment.
side a bag near the mosque in after opening the bag. The babys
Salmiya. remains were referred to Foren-
The Muezzin told police that he sics.
noticed the bag when he went out A case was registered
of the mosque after Fajr prayer. and investigations are underway to
He saw the newborn babys body identify the culprits.
victim led a case at Khaitan Police accusing him of robbing her of her
Station against the unknown sus- two mobile phones and attempting
pects, providing them with the ve- to kidnap her.
hicle registration number of the car She informed securitymen that the
using which the suspects had ed. suspect attempted to kidnap her in
Investigations have been launched front of her house in Sabah Al-Salem
to nd and arrest the suspects. area. When she resisted, he grabbed
her mobile phones and escaped.
Securitymen have launched inves-
Kidnap bid foiled: A Syrian woman tigations to nd and arrest the suspect.
led case against a Kuwaiti citizen,
their companions for medical treat-
ment at the expense of the Ministry
of Health in addition to paying for
their travel and making them eligi-
ble for other benets illegally.
The Public Prosecution in its
petition said the felony of touris-
tic treatment is linked to another
crime in the form of forgery of of-
cial documents, using duplicate
forged seals and signatures and
manipulating the reports of medi-
cal committees.
By Jaber Al-Hamoud
Al-Seyassah Staff and
Agencies
KUWAIT CITY, May
14: The Criminal
Court sentenced two
Iranian expatriates to
death over the murder
of a ruling family mem-
ber, his friend and his
housemaid in Salwa
area. The court also im-
posed a ne of KD 200
each on two Kuwaiti
citizens for possessing
unlicensed weapons,
and ordered the con-
scation of these weap-
ons.
The Public Prosecution had
charged the rst suspect of
murdering the victims, and
the second suspect of prepar-
ing the necessary scenario
and equipment for the crime
such as the guns, plastic cable
wires and tape. It also charged
the two suspects of attempt-
ing to murder the driver of
the ruling family member, as
well as of stealing money and
mobile phones of the victims
along with the guns owned by
the ruling family member.
According to the case le,
the rst suspect went to the at
where the victims were staying.
The second suspect, who is a do-
mestic worker of the ruling fami-
ly member, had facilitated the en-
try of the rst suspect by leaving
the door to the at open. The rst
suspect shot the victims, starting
with the ruling family member,
after the second suspect had tied
them up with plastic cable wires
and taped their mouths shut.
They then tried to kill the
driver by shooting him and then
cutting his neck with a knife, but
he managed to survive through
medical assistance.
stuff, restaurants, stores, companies and
Contract nullified: The Com-
mercial Court of First Instance
nullied a contract worth KD 2
million signed by a Gulf-based
construction company with a
Spanish construction giant.
The contract was for the con-
struction and maintenance of
some government houses at Sa-
bah Al-Ahmad Residential City.
According to the case le,
the Spanish company sued the
aforementioned Gulf company,
demanding compensation for
liquidating the letter of guarantee
deposited by the plaintiff com-
pany at a local bank while the
contract was canceled.
However, counsel to the Gulf
company Lawyer Ghanim Al-
Suhail insisted that his client had
the right to liquidate the deposit
and cancel the contract, since
the Spanish company breached
clauses of the contract. He said
the Spanish company was a sub-
contractor in the project, but
failed to abide by the criteria,
standards and schedule that were
agreed upon.
Drug pills seized: The cus-
toms officers manning the Ab-
dali border crossing have ar-
rested two truckers an Indian
and a Sudanese for attempt-
ing to smuggle nearly 40,000
drug pills into the country, re-
ports Al-Rai daily.
The daily added, the truckers
arrived from Iraq and the drugs
were hidden in secret places. The
two suspects and the contraband
have been referred to the General
Department for Drugs Control.
5 arrested for drugs: The Hawally
police have arrested ve young peo-
ple four men and a woman for
possessing and trafcking in drugs,
reports Al-Shahed daily. The daily
added, the suspects were initially
arrested because the man behind the
wheel crossed the red trafc light.
Without going into details the po-
lice said the suspects have been re-
ferred to the concerned authorities.
The bed used for the prostitution activities.
Khaitan brothel raided
By Meshal Al-Sanousi
Al-Seyassah Staff
A man and a woman of Sri Lankan na-
tionality were arrested from a brothel in
Khaitan area.
According to security sources, when
Farwaniya securitymen received a tipoff
about a Sri Lankan expatriate who
turned his apartment into a brothel, they
monitored his movements.
After conrming the information, they
raided the apartment and arrested him
and a woman with him.
Municipality ofcials checking some food items in one of the stores.
Shops, eateries targeted ahead of Ramadan
Municipality inspection campaigns
result in disposal of 1.5 tons foods
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Kuwait Mu-
nicipality has intensied its inspection
campaigns targeting shops selling food-
cooperative societies as the holy month
of Ramadan is fast approaching, reports
Al-Seyassah daily.
The Public Relations and Media De-
partment at the Municipality said Shu-
waikh Food Center, which is afliated to
the Food and Market Control Section in
the Audit and Municipality Services Fol-
low-up Department at the Capital branch,
inspected meat and foodstuff shops in
Shuwaikh.
The campaign resulted in disposal of
1.5 tons of foods found to be unsafe for
human consumption and issuance of 19
citations for various violations.
The Public Relations and Media De-
partment added that the Violation Re-
moval Department at Ahmadi branch
inspected the storerooms of a cooperative
society which resulted in the issuance of
22 citations and destruction of 300 kilo-
grams of spoilt foodstuff.
The department conrmed that coop-
erative societies have become the prior-
News in Brief
Woman held over alcohol: Police
have arrested an unidentified Egyptian
woman for drinking alcohol and possess-
ing a bottle of imported booze, reports
Al-Shahed daily.
The woman was initially ordered to
pull over for reckless driving and while
issuing a citation police discovered she
was under the influence of alcohol.
She has been handed over to the con-
cerned authorities.
Young motorist injured: A young
man was slightly injured when he lost
control of his car and crashed into the
wall of a house in Al-Riqqa area, reports
Al-Rai daily.
According to a security source, the
young man is suffering from bruises. He
was rushed to the hospital for treatment
The daily added, the car was damaged,
but the man escaped with minor injuries.
leave the country in company of a lorry
Student reports teacher: A Kuwaiti
student (juvenile) has filed a complaint
with the Nugra Police Station accusing a
physical training teacher of assaulting,
reports Al-Anba daily.
The daily did not give more details
about the incident.
70-year-old father, reports Al- Anba daily.
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
8
MoI photo
During interrogations, the suspect
confessed that he brings clients to his
apartment and offers them with services
of esh pleasure at a cost of KD 5 per
person. He also revealed that he has
been involved in this business for three
months.
The two suspects were referred to
the concerned authorities for necessary
measures.
Meanwhile, securitymen arrested an
Egyptian expatriate for offering shelter to
a Filipina woman, who was in violation of
the residency law, in exchange for sex.
Photo by Mohammad Morse
ity of the Municipality due to the rising
number of expired food items discovered
in these establishments.
Also, the Emergency Team at
Mubarak Al-Kabeer branch conduct-
ed a number of field tours in coopera-
tive societies to check cleanliness and
advertisements, in addition to uncov-
ering violations in under construction
houses and encroachment on State
properties.
This led to removal of 104 violating
advertisements, issuance of a citation to
the owner of a house that is being con-
structed prior to obtaining a license and
issuance of 12 citations to foodstuff
shops and restaurants.
This is in addition to review of two
complaints about bachelor housing while
three gardens on State properties were
removed.
The Public Relations and Media De-
partment urged citizens and expatriates
to call hotline number 1844448 or com-
municate through social media account
@kuwmun in case they notice violations,
stressing that relevant action will be tak-
en immediately.
Clothes taken off: The Ahmadi
police are looking for an unidentified
Asian for taking off his clothes in the
parking of a commercial complex in
front of a girl, reports Al-Anba daily.
As soon as the Operations Room of the
Interior Ministry received a call from the
girl securitymen rushed to the location but
did not find the Asian. Police are checking
the CCTV footage to identify the Asian.
Wanted Egyptian held: Personnel
manning the Salmi border post crossing
have taken into custody an unidentified
Egyptian who was wanted by law in
connection with kidnap and rape cases,
reports Al-Shahed daily.
The daily added, the suspect was
attempting to leave the country illegally.
Police have reportedly seized from him a
bag of currencies.
The man was reportedly attempting to
driver. The suspect and lorry driver have
been referred to the concerned authorities.
Father assaulted: A Kuwaiti working
for the Ministry of Interior has filed a com-
plaint with the Waha Police Station accus-
ing one of his relatives of assaulting his
 ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017

LOCAL/GULF 9

Recognition for continuous support for Arab youth

Sheikha Al-Zain honored with Al-Haitham media award

Al-Sudairi dies at age 73
Gulf Press Association pays
tribute to Saudi journalist
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: The
Gulf Press Association mourns
the loss of the renowned Saudi
journalist, former editor-in-chief
tinued working in that position
until not long ago.
The late Al-Sudairi also played
a huge role in the development of
AMMAN, May 14, (KUNA): The
Undersecretary of Kuwaits Min-
istry of State for Youth Affairs
Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah has been
honored with the Al Haitham Arab
Media Award of the United Arab
Media Council (UAMC) 2017, for
supporting causes of the Arab youth.
The decision of the awards high-
er committee in its current session
has come in recognition of Sheikha
Al-Zains efforts and continuous
support to the Arab youth, offer-
ing them opportunities, through
investing their energies in positive
development matters that serve the
society, UAMCs Secretary General
Haitham Al-Amin told a news con-
ference in Amman Sunday.
He added that the winner Kuwaiti
dignitary has been devoting her ef-
forts to serving youth, granting them
the chance to be active in their so-
cieties.
Meanwhile, Al-Amin congratu-
lated Kuwait on being elected Cap-
ital of Arab Youth 2017, wishing
the country more progress and pros-
perity.
Since the prize was launched in
2012, it has been awarded to several
Arab leading dignitaries, includ-
ing Bahrins King Hamad bin Isa
Al Khalifa, Governor of the Mecca
Province Prince Khalid Al-Faisal
and Ruler of Sharjah Sultan bin Mo-
hammed Al-Qasimi.
The UAMC, an independent
Arab media body, was established
in Bahrain in 2012 and has three
main ofces in Manama, UAE and
Jordan.
The council, whose executive bu-
reau is in Jordan, aims to develop a
unied Arab media to support the
Arab and Muslim causes, as well as
enhancing ties among the media g-
ures and bodies in the Arab World.

Doha Forum to discuss prospects

of Al-Riyadh newspaper and one
of the founders of the Gulf Press
Association Turki bin Abdullah
Al-Sudairi, who died recently at
the age of 73.
The late Al-Sudairi was known
for his generosity, diligence and
the tremendous efforts he exerted
in serving the free word and es-
tablishment of newspaper integ-
rity and ability to lead the Gulf
community and excel with it.
The Gulf press circle has lost
one of its veteran journalists who
is considered as the pinnacle of
journalism in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia and other countries
of the Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) where scores of journal-
ists learned from him.
The deceased represented a
model of moral goodness. He was
known for his devotion and pro-
ciency in performing his work
with diligence since the time he
joined His Majestys court. His
abilities became prominent when
he was made the editor-in-chief
of Al-Riyadh newspaper. He con-
UAE team attends Vienna confab
MBRSC showcases first passive
house for hot, humid climate
DUBAI, May 14: The Sustainable
Energy Programme Section team at
the Mohammed bin Rashid Space
Centre (MBRSC) participated in the
International Passive House Con-
ference in Vienna. Among the team
members present at the conference
were Engineer Abdulla Ahli, Man-
ager of the Sustainable Energy Pro-
gramme Section at MBRSC and
Khalifa Majid Al Falasi, senior engi-
neer at the section.
The team gave a presentation on
MBRSCs Sustainable Autonomous
House, which is certied by the Pas-
sive House Institute in Germany as
the rst of its kind Passive House for
a hot and humid climate.
The presentation provided informa-
tion on the engineering practices and
technology deployed in the house, in-
cluding insulation techniques in both
directions, a cooling system based
on chilled water, mechanical air l-
tration, as well as a smart manage-
ment and control system. They also
stressed that the aim of the project is
to decrease energy consumption, re-
duce carbon emissions and meet peo-
ples physiological and psychologi-
cal needs who live in hot and humid
temperature.
On the side lines of the conference,
the team took part in various work-
shops discussing the eld of passive
houses, as well as lectures presenting
the latest and most prominent tech-
News in Brief
Kuwait to receive flag: Kuwait will
receive the flag bearing the logo of the
Capital of the Arab Youth from
Morocco on Monday, as celebrations on
the occasion will be launched in the
country. Kuwait prepared a variety of
distinguished cultural, social, sports, reli-
gious and artistic activities for this event
during 2017, celebrating Kuwait as a
capital of Arab youth.
Total number of female and male
Kuwait youth of the age group between
15-40 reached more than half million out
of the total Kuwaiti population of 1.25
million, according to Kuwait Central
Statistical Bureau in 2015.
The youth in Kuwait receive great
care, encouragement and support from
the States institutions and ministries in
all domains. (KUNA)
PIC, Pembina sign deal: Kuwaits
Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC)
announced signing an agreement with
Canadas Pembina company to design a
petrochemical complex in Alberta,
Canada. The joint project the Kuwait-
Canada petrochemicals company has a
capacity up to 550,000 tons of
Polypropylene per year, said PIC in a
press statement on Sunday. The project is
part of PICs plan to expand its work
locally and abroad, said the companys
CEO Mohammad Al-Farhoud.
On his part, Pembinas CEO Michael
Digler said he was looking forward to
execute such a huge project in Alberta to
boost the field of chemical industries.
He added that the two companies are
strictly following safety measures and
quality performance in all facilities.
(KUNA)
Iraqis receive aid: Kuwait on Sunday
handed out 2,250 food baskets to dis-
the Gulf newspaper through his
chairmanship of the Gulf Press
Association since its inception in
2005 until few months ago when
he decided to resign due to health
reasons and in order to pump new
blood into the veins of this Gulf
organization.
The Gulf press circle regarded
him as a humble person with high
sense of decorum, and the master
of a journalism scheme that high-
lights the need to prepare new
generations and ensure they are
capable of bearing the respon-
sibility and leading the future
phases.
On this sad occasion, the Gulf
Press Association offers its sin-
cere condolences to the family
of the deceased as well as to the
newspaper and media circle in
Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, sup-
plicating Almighty Allah to show
immense mercy to the deceased.
May He provide the bereaved
with patience and solace!
Indeed we belong to Allah,
and to Him we will return.
nologies in that eld.
Commenting on MBRSCs par-
ticipation in the conference, Engineer
Abdulla Ahli, Manager of the Sus-
tainable Energy Programme Section
at MBRSC said: The goal of MBR-
SCs participation in the International
Passive House Conference in Vienna
is to shed light on the advantages of
its Sustainable Autonomous House
in one of the most important confer-
ences in the world.
Furthermore, by participating in
this conference we aim to increase
our scientic and technical knowl-
edge in the eld of passive houses
and learn more about advanced sci-
entic discoveries in order to build
a sustainable knowledge-based
economy and ensure a prosperous
future for our next generations, he
added.
This Sustainable Autonomous
House reects the UAEs compre-
hensive forward-looking vision,
which aims to preserve and protect
the environment, as well as using
smart technology to make peoples
lives easier and happier, Ahli con-
cluded.
MBRSC launched the Sustainable
Autonomous House project as part
of its research efforts in sustainabil-
ity and green buildings. The house
uses energy production and storing
technology similar to that used when
building satellites and space shuttles.
placed people in the northern Iraqi city of
Irbil, part of an aid campaign launched
by the Kuwaiti Society for Relief (KSR).
Speaking to KUNA, Kuwaits Consul
General in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kanderi
said that the all-encompassing aid has
reached displaced Iraqis residing in cit-
ies, who outnumber those inhabiting
camps. Moreover, he noted that the cam-
paign, dubbed, Kuwait is By Your
Side, was launched to help out the Iraqi
people, many of whom are mired in mis-
ery. Meanwhile, Abbas Al-Jabbouri, the
head of an organization of volunteers for
relief and development, told KUNA that
2,250 food baskets were given to dis-
placed Iraqi families that have been cut
off from the aid that is usually earmarked
for people living in camps.
He also thanked Kuwait for the copi-
ous amounts of aid the country has deliv-
ered to the autonomous region of Iraqi
Kurdistan. (KUNA)
OAPEC to hold meet: The
Organization of Arab Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OAPEC) will hold
the 98th meeting at the delegates level
in Dubai on Monday, the organization
said in a statement on Friday.
The agenda includes endorsement of
final accounts of the general secretariat
and the judicial department for 2016 as
well as examining preparations for hold-
ing the 11th Arab energy conference, due
in Morocco in 2018. Conferees will also
examine the quarterly report about global
petroleum markets conditions, following
up on environmental issues and activities
organized by the general secretariat dur-
ing 2017, namely the 24th meeting for
oil and gas industries, hosted by Kuwait
in April. They will also discuss work of
the data bank, results of meetings at the
Arab League levels and studies conduct-
ed by the secretariat. (KUNA)
of Mideast stability Al-Sabeeh
Kuwait ready to address humanitarian disasters
DOHA, May 14, (Agen-
cies): Kuwaiti Minister
of Social Affairs and La-
bor Hind Al-Sabeeh said
Saturday the 17th edi-
tion of Doha Forum will
discuss ways to achieve
stability and prosperity
in the Middle East and
beyond with emphasis
on the refugee crisis.
Themed Development,
Stability and Refugee Crisis,
the Doha Forum 2017 opens
today, May 14, under auspices
of Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim
bin Hamad Al Thani with
nearly 600 head of state and
government, decision-makers
and economists and academ-
ics as well as representatives of
civil society organizations from
around the world.
Al-Sabeeh, who doubles as
Minister of State for Economic Af-
fairs, represents His Highness the
Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the
two-day gathering.
Speaking to KUNA upon her ar-
rival, she said the State of Kuwait
attaches great importance to inter-
national efforts meant to address
the humanitarian disasters and al-
leviate the suffering of refugees in
the Middle East and other parts of
the world.
The crisis in Syria displaced
millions of people and promoted
Kuwait to host three pledging
conferences for the UNs Syria
appeals which raised $1.5 billion
in 2013, $2.4 billion in 2014, and
$3.8 billion in 2015, the minister
recalled.
She noted that Kuwait, together
with Germany, Norway, the UK
and the United Nations, co-chaired
the Supporting Syria and the Re-
gion London 2016. Besides the
political, legal and humanitarian
dimensions of the refugee crisis, Top: The crew of Zilzal, a dhow captained by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammad bin Rashid al-Maktoum, sails
Doha Forum will discuss the chal- towards the finishing line off the coast of Dubai to win al-Gaffal traditional long-distance dhow sailing race. Above:
lenges facing economic develop- Dhows participate in the al-Gaffal traditional long-distance dhow sailing race near the island of Sir Abu Nuayr
ment and investment in the re- towards Dubai, on May 14. Over a hundred traditional dhow racing boats are taking part in al-Gaffal race from Sir
gion, Al-Sabeeh went on. Abu Nuayr Island to Dubai. (AFP)
The gathering will also deal
with the possible impacts of the
US and Russian policies on the se-
UAE holds annual boat race
curity of the region and the outlook More than 120 traditional dhows home from a day at sea. lion dirhams ($2.72 million).
of the oil market as well as the re- retraced a centuries-old pearl div- The wooden dhows with billow- The tradition of dhows dates
lationship between the Gulf region ing route off the coast of the United ing white sails made the 51.3 nau- back to pearl diving in the Gulf, a
and neighboring countries. Arab Emirates on Sunday for an tical mile (95-kms) journey from major industry for coastal commu-
While developing Kuwaits annual boat race. the island of Sir Abu Nuayr to the nities until the mid-20th century,
ve-year development plan, the The Al-Gaffal race, Arabic for Dubai coast. when manufactured pearls made
General Secretariat of the Supreme The Return, traces the path pearl- The winner, the dhow Zilzal, or their way into international markets.
Council for Planning and Devel- divers would take on their return Earthquake, was awarded 10 mil- (AFP)
opment took stock of the future
trends of the economic, political
and security conditions in the re-
gion and made this plan ready to Humanitarian and philanthropic efforts praised
accommodate to new changes,
she added. The minister was wel-
comed at Hamad International
Airport by Kuwait Ambassador to
Princess Lamia receives Change Maker Award
Qatar Haz Mohammad Al-Ajami
LONDON, May 14: HRH Prin-
and a number of diplomatic staff of cess Lamia Bint Majid AlSaud,
the embassy. Secretary General of Alwaleed
Meanwhile, western diplomats
Philanthropies Global, chaired by
shunned the opening ceremony of
HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal
a conference in Qatar on Sunday
attended by Sudans president, Bin Abdulaziz AlSaud, receives
the Change Maker Award from
who is wanted for war crimes by
the International Criminal Court the Director and Organizer Feraye
(ICC). Ozfescioglu at the Aid & Trade
Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who Conference in London on May 11,
came to power in Sudan in a 1989 2017 in recognition of Princess
Islamist and military-backed coup, Lamias humanitarian and philan-
has continued to travel abroad
thropic efforts worldwide.
since the ICC charged him with During the Aid & Trade Confer-
genocide and crimes against hu-
manity in 2008. ence, Princess Lamia delivered a
But his appearance on a list of high-level keynote on the role of
women empowerment in changing
speakers at a humanitarian confer-
ence in Doha on Sunday attended the world. Princess Lamia stressed
by the deputy head of the United the importance of harnessing the
Nations prompted the US, Cana- talents and skills of women and
dian and Australian ambassadors young people everywhere to build
to boycott the event, according to a better tomorrow.
two Western diplomats in Doha.
Through our partnerships, we
Spokespeople for the three em-
aim to provide the necessary tools
bassies did not immediately re-
spond to a request for comment. and know-how to enable women
Three European diplomats and youth to reach their dreams,
and ensure that all women are
who attended the event said they
walked out before Bashir ad- getting full access to education, Princess Lamia in London to receive Change Maker Award.
dressed the Doha Forum attended employment, and intellectual free-
soil drifts strike. regardless of gender, race or reli-
by the Gulf states emir and UN dom.
Deputy Secretary-General Amina The Aid & Trade Conference The organization takes prompt gion. It collaborates with a range of
Mohammed. brings together the global aid and action by communicating with all philanthropic, governmental, non-
The Sudanese president is development as well as emergency reliable parties in the damaged ar- governmental and educational or-
wanted by the ICC so it would not community to learn, network, sup- eas such as international rescue or- ganizations to combat poverty, em-
be appropriate to be present for ganizations and local embassies to power women and youth, develop
ply, and source. It attracts every-
his remarks, said one of the dip- aid victims, help alleviate the suf- communities, provide disaster relief
lomats. one from major NGOs and global
policy makers. Alwaleed Philan- fering, and provide nancial sup- and create cultural understanding
A UN ofcial in Doha declined
port to those in need. through education. Together with
to comment on Bashirs attend- thropies is amongst the rst to re-
ance but said that the UN had at- spond when natural disasters such For over 37 years, Alwaleed Phi- its partners, it helps build bridges
as earthquakes, tsunamis, seasonal lanthropies has supported and initi- for a more compassionate, tolerant
tended the conference for over a
decade in a spirit of cooperation. oods, hurricanes, and dangerous ated projects in over 124 countries and accepting world.

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
Shooting
Records show violent history
Ohio nursing home
gunman kills 3, self
KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio, May 14, (AP): An armed
man gunned down a new village police chief on an
Ohio street on Friday and then killed two employees
in a nearby nursing home, where he later was found
dead, a sheriff said. No nursing home residents were
injured, nor were two hostages briefly held by the
alleged gunman.
The slain police chief, Steven Eric Disario, had
headed the Kirkersville Police Department for only
about three weeks, Licking County Sheriff Randy
Thorp said. Disario was shot on a street near the Pine
Kirk Care Center, and the two female employees and
the gunman were found dead inside, Thorp said.
Authorities identified the gunman as Thomas
Hartless, 43, of the nearby village of Utica. The
employees were Marlina
Medrano, a nurse, and
48-year-old Cindy Krantz, a
nurses aide. Medranos age
was not available
Disario, 36, was a father of
six children, with a seventh on
the way, the sheriff said.
Flowers and flags appeared in
an impromptu memorial out-
side the village police hall,
located less than a block from
Hartless the site of the shooting.
Thorp called it a hard day for all.
Weve lost a police officer. Its just a tragic
event, he said. I guess the only peace of mind is
that the threat is over.
Thorp gave the following timeline of events in the
village of about 500 residents, roughly 25 miles (39
kms) east of Columbus:
The gunman was in a wooded area behind the
nursing home when he encountered two passers-by,
whom he temporarily took hostage.
Report
Disario, responding to a report of a man with a
gun, apparently encountered the gunman in that area.
The chiefs last radio communication said he had the
man in sight.
When a shot was fired at the chief, the hostages
escaped unharmed.
We dont know the cause or the purpose or what
drove this individual to do this, Thorp said, adding
that was being investigated.
Responding officers found Disario on the street
and then investigated a report of a gunman at the
nursing home, Thorp said.
Some of the nursing homes 23 residents barri-
caded themselves during the shooting, but none of
them was injured, he said. All were relocated to other
facilities until investigators were out of the nursing
home.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, who came
to the scene Friday afternoon, said search warrants
had been executed on two vehicles owned by
Hartless and at his home in Utica, about 30 miles (48
kilometers) away.
He later said Medrano had a relationship with
Hartless. Officials said they lived on the same street.
Thorp said law enforcers were still working to
determine what, if any, relationship the man had
with the nursing home. The facility is secure, and its
unclear how the gunman got in, he said.
The shooting closed down the main street in the
village, which was flooded with police officers from
several surrounding agencies and with ambulances.
We dont have this stuff go on around here, said
Ron Rogers, 67, a local shopkeeper. The only sirens
we hear are when the Fire Department goes out.
A woman who lives across the street said she and
her 6-year-old son heard it happen. We heard it all,
said Tiffani Chester, 25. We heard yelling, we
heard the gunshots, then it was just sirens.
Pine Kirk is licensed for 24 patients and had 23 as
of May 3, according to Ohio Department of Health
records. A message was left with the center, whose
employees appeared wheeling medical carts out of
the facility Friday evening to put them into storage
while patients are away.
Representing
Peter Van Runkle, the head of the state trade asso-
ciation representing nursing homes, told the Dispatch
that Pine Kirk caters to the forgotten members of
society.
They provide them with a small environment
thats less institutional than some facilities might
be, he said. They do a good job of taking care of a
niche clientele.
Meanwhile, court records show the man authori-
ties say gunned down an Ohio village police chief
and two nursing home employees had a history of
violence, including against the nurse who was among
the slain.
Records show Medrano had obtained civil protec-
tion orders against Hartless. Hartless was released
from jail in April after his latest domestic violence
case in March. State prison records show he served
eight months in 2010 for the 2009 abduction of
another woman.
I am afraid to be alone with him, that he will hurt
me for good, Medrano wrote in her latest petition
this month. The Columbus Dispatch reported that
court officials said Friday that protection order was
still in effect. Records show Medrano had reported
injuries including a concussion and cuts requiring
stitches.
The Dispatch reported that she had earlier told
police he once showed her a hole he had dug and said
he would put her in it if she didnt stay with him. She
also told police Hartless doesnt like police. ous. (AP)
Hartless neighbor, Connie Long, told reporters
Medrano had taken shelter in Longs home March 6
after he attacked her. Long had posted a Facebook
warning to the community that a violent man was
loose after Hartless was released only weeks later.
Disario headed the Kirkersville Police Department
for only about three weeks, Licking County Sheriff
Randy Thorp said. He was the father of six children,
with a seventh on the way, the sheriff said.
Authorities say the gunman had taken two passers-
by as hostages in a wooded area behind the nursing
home. Disario, responding to a report of a man with
a gun, said in his last radio communication that he
had the man in sight. The hostages escaped unharmed,
as did all 23 residents of the nursing home.
Ohio Gov John Kasich ordered that all flags be
flown at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds
throughout Licking County and at the Ohio
Statehouse through sunset May 16 to honor the lives
lost in senseless acts of violence in Kirkersville.
(Top): American engineer and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin speaks during the 2017 Ellis Island Medals of Honor ceremony
at the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) meeting on May 13, in New York. (Above): American-Indian
journalist Fareed Zakaria speaks during the 2017 Ellis Island Medals of Honor ceremony. (AFP)
Ellis Island medals go to Aldrin, Malala
This years Ellis Island Medals of
Honor go to 90 Americans, from a for-
mer astronaut and a yogurt company
founder to a television journalist.
An Ellis Island International Med-
al of Honor is also going to Malala
Yousafzai (YOO-sahf-zigh), the teen-
A woman controls the canopy of her
umbrella in strong winds during a
rainy day, on May 13, in Hoboken,
New Jersey. (AP)
America
Man threatened Obama, jailed: An
Oregon man who made threats to kill for-
mer president Barack Obama over social
media will serve five years in federal pris-
on.
The Mail Tribune reported Friday that
US District Court Judge Michael McShane
sentenced 62-year-old John Roos of
Medford to 63 months in prison.
Roos was also sentenced to three years
of post-prison supervision upon his release.
According to a US Department of
Justice news release, Roos pleaded guilty
to charges related to the threats and other
charges for possession of an unregistered
explosive device.
Roos said in court that he threatened to
kill Obama and the former first family on
Twitter. According the release, Roos has
also posted on Facebook threats to kill FBI
agents with hunting rifles.
Roos has said the threats were not seri-
Sentencing scheduled: The man who
admitted orchestrating a colossal traffic
jam at the George Washington Bridge for
political revenge is due to be sentenced.
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say
David Wildstein will learn his fate June 14.
The former Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey official faces up to 27
months in prison. But prosecutors could
seek less time due to his cooperation in the
investigation of the long-running saga
known as Bridgegate.
Wildstein testified against former Port
Authority executive Bill Baroni and
Bridget Kelly, a former deputy chief of
staff for Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
Both were convicted and recently sen-
tenced to prison terms. Both are appealing.
Wildstein testified Baroni and Kelly
were willing participants in the plot to pun-
ish a Democratic mayor who didnt
ager who won the Nobel Peace Prize
after being shot in her native Pakistan
while ghting for a girls right to an
education. National Ethnic Coalition
of Organizations bestows the medals
on Americans who have distinguished
themselves within their own ethnic
Health
Missouri expands first-in-nation law
State targets doc dearth
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May 14,
(AP): Numerous additional doctors
from around the US could become
eligible to treat patients in Missouris
underserved areas as a result of a
planned expansion of a first-in-the-
nation law aimed at addressing a
pervasive doctor shortage.
The newly passed Missouri legis-
lation would broaden the reach of a
2014 law that sought to bridge the
gap between communities in need of
doctors and physicians in need of
jobs. That law created a new category
of licensed professionals assis-
tant physicians for people who
graduate from medical school and
pass key medical exams but arent
placed in residency programs needed
for certification.
But it took nearly 2 years before
Missouri finally began accepting
applications on Jan. 31. By then,
some applicants no longer qualified
because too much time had lapsed
since their medical exams. Missouris
new legislation seeks to turn back the
clock, so those who became ineligi-
ble during the slow roll out can still
get licensed as assistant physicians.
Supporters hope the legislation, if
signed by the governor, will help
jumpstart a program that has been
promoted as a model for other states.
Weve been trying for years to
address our maldistribution of physi-
cians in the country. We have all
sorts of incentive programs and all
sorts of ways to try to get them to go
out to Podunk, but a lot of them just
endorse Christie for re-election. (AP)
ending a politically charged case days
Money laundering case settled: A
Russian-owned group of companies has
agreed to pay nearly $6 million to settle
US civil allegations that the firms laun-
Obama Katsyv
groups. A ceremony is being held Sat-
urday on the New York harbor island.
Recipients in 2017 include Chobani
founder Hamdi Ulukaya, PepsiCo
chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi, jour-
nalist Fareed Zakaria, and former as-
tronaut Buzz Aldrin. (AP)
dont want to go to Podunk, said
Missouri Rep. Keith Frederick, an
orthopedic surgeon who sponsored
the assistant physician law.
This bill takes folks that very
much want to ply their trade they
just want the opportunity to provide
patient care and the bill requires
that they serve in an underserved
area, Frederick added.
Nearly 6,800 places in the US are
short on primary care physicians,
from particular medical clinics to
certain urban communities and entire
rural counties, according to the US
Department of Health and Human
Services. Of those, 225 are in
Missouri a disproportionately
high amount compared with the
states population.
Since Missouris original law
passed, Arkansas and Kansas
approved slimmed-down versions,
and Utah enacted a similar measure
this year. Lawmakers also have con-
sidered similar programs in
Oklahoma, Virginia and Washington.
Missouris assistant physician
license is available to all legal US
residents who graduated from medi-
cal school within the last three years
and passed the first two rounds of
medical licensing exams within the
last two years. It lets them provide
primary care in medically under-
served areas with the supervision of
another physician. People can work
as assistant physicians indefinitely,
essentially sidestepping traditional
residency requirements.
dered proceeds of a $230 million tax fraud,
the January 1992 stabbing death of his
before it was set to go to trial.
Federal prosecutors in New York
announced late Friday the surprise settle-
ment between the US government and
Russian businessman Denis Katsyv, the
owner of Prevezon Holdings, as both sides
were preparing to bring the three-year case
to trial next week.
We will not allow the US financial sys-
tem to be used to launder the proceeds of
crimes committed anywhere here in the
US, in Russia, or anywhere else, Acting
Manhattan US Attorney Joon H. Kim said
in a statement.
The settlement comes after Prevezon
was hit with key setbacks last week: US
District Judge William Pauley denied a
summary judgment motion by the defense
and granted a government motion to admit
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evidence from a Russian criminal case.
In a statement Prevezon portrayed the
settlement as a victory, saying that the deal
was struck without it admitting guilt and
that the payment represented less than
three percent the amount initially sought
by the US government. (RTRS)
Crimes an embarrassment: The
effort by former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee
Baca and his underlings to derail an FBI
investigation into beatings in the jails he
ran was dubbed Operation Pandoras Box.
Like the Greek myth the name was
based on, it contained troubles the conspir-
ators never anticipat-
ed when federal
investigators uncov-
ered the scheme and
went after Baca and
his associates for
obstructing justice.
Baca was the final
casualty when he was
sentenced Friday to
three years in federal
prison by a judge
who rebuked the Baca
longtime lawman for
failing to live up to the lofty values he
preached, bringing shame to his depart-
ment and forever tarnishing his legacy.
US District Court Judge Percy
Anderson, who exceeded a two-year term
recommended by prosecutors, said Baca
would have received five years behind bars
if not for nearly a half-century of public
service and because hes in the early stages
of Alzheimers disease.
The judge, however, took exception to a
defense contention that Alzheimers is a
sentence of its own.
As awful as Alzheimers disease is, its
not a criminal penalty, said Anderson,
who said the suggestion was an insult to
millions of others suffering from the condi-
tion who have not committed federal
crimes. Alzheimers disease is not a get-
out-of-jail card.
Baca, 74, was the most prominent
defendant in the case that expanded from a
civil rights investigation of beatings by
guards in the nations largest jail system
into a broader corruption scandal that led
to the top of the department. In addition to
Baca and his top lieutenant, 19 others were
convicted of crimes ranging from assaults
to obstructing justice.
The sentence was a blow to Baca, who
had been seeking probation and home con-
finement.
Baca, dressed in a light blue suit, deliv-
ered a scattered address from hand-written
notes outside the courthouse after the sen-
tencing in which he thanked the people of
Los Angeles County, his lawyers and his
wife standing by his side, who he couldnt
immediately locate. (AP)
Head of NYC jails resigns: The head
of New York Citys troubled jail system
resigned his post Friday, after he was criti-
cized for using his city-owned SUV to
repeatedly drive to vacations in Maine.
Department of Corrections
Commissioner Joseph Ponte, who led
Maines state prison system for three years
before he was hired to reform New Yorks
Rikers Island jail in 2014, announced he
was retiring in a statement that thanked
correction employees for their work to
bring about meaningful reform and build a
culture of safety at the department.
Im confident that all the hard work
weve accomplished has positioned the
department for even more meaningful
reform in the days ahead, he said.
His departure comes after weeks of criti-
cism over alleged ethical lapses.
New Yorks Department of
Investigation, an anticorruption agency,
released a report last month saying Ponte
spent 90 days out of state last year in his
department SUV. About a third of those
days away came during the workweek.
City officials generally arent allowed to
use their taxpayer-funded vehicles for per-
sonal trips out of the region, the report
said. The report said other officials at the
agency used their vehicles for trips to Cape
Cod, the Hamptons and other destinations.
Ponte promised to repay the city, but a
subsequent report accused corrections offi-
cials of using internal affairs officers to
eavesdrop on conversations between
Department of Investigation investigators
and inmate informants at the jail.
Mayor Bill de Blasio had defended
Ponte, saying people were missing the
forest through the trees.
On Friday, the mayor said in a statement
that he would look for someone with the
same experience and progressive commit-
ment as Ponte.
While much work remains, there is no
doubt that our citys jails are safer, more
rehabilitative, and more humane as a result
of Commissioner Pontes work, he said.
Rikers, a former dump near the runways
of LaGuardia Airport, is accessible only by
a narrow bridge between it and Queens. For
decades, the city has sent its inmates there
while they await trial. Violence, misman-
agement and corruption have been the sub-
ject of intense scrutiny by the media and
federal prosecutors in recent years. (AP)
Unconstitutional pain: The firing
squad is the only appropriate method of
execution for a condemned Georgia prison-
er even though its not permitted under
state law because the states lethal
injection drug could cause him to suffer
more than the Constitution allows, his law-
yers say.
J.W. Ledford Jr is scheduled to die
Tuesday. He was convicted of murder in
neighbor, 73-year-old Dr Harry Johnston,
near his home in Murray County, in north-
west Georgia.
Ledford, 45, suffers from chronic nerve
pain that has been treated with increasing
doses of the prescription drug gabapentin
for more than a decade, his lawyers said in
a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. They
cited experts who say long-term exposure
to gabapentin alters brain chemistry, mak-
ing pentobarbital unreliable to render him
unconscious and devoid of sensation or
feeling.
Accordingly, there is a substantial risk
that Mr. Ledford will be aware and in
agony as the pentobarbital attacks his
respiratory system, depriving his brain,
heart, and lungs of oxygen as he drowns in
his own saliva, the lawsuit says. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
People protest the possibility that the Trump administration may overturn the Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in front of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services office on May 13, in Miami, Florida. 50,000
Haitians have been eligible for TPS and now the Trump administration has until May 23 to make a decision on extending TPS for Haitians or allowing it to expire on July 22 which would mean possibly deportation for the
Politics
Trump addresses graduates
Its outsiders who
change the world
LYNCHBURG, Va, May 14, (AP): Donald Trump,
the real estate mogul-turned-president, offered simple
words of advice to university graduates Saturday as he
urged them to follow their convictions, prepare to face
criticism and relish the opportunity to be an outsid-
er.
Its the outsiders who change the world, Trump
declared in his first commencement address to more
than 18,000 graduates of Liberty University, a
Christian school whose president was one of Trumps
earliest and most outspoken supporters during last
years presidential campaign.
Trump kept to a largely upbeat message during the
roughly 30-minute speech, never mentioning his stun-
ning decision this past week to
remove James Comey as FBI
director. Trump said Comey is
a showboat and grandstand-
er who was fired because he
wasnt doing a good job.
But the timing of Trumps
decision raised questions as he
remains frustrated by FBI and
congressional investigations
into Russias role in the 2016
presidential campaign that
Trump ended with Trumps election,
along with possible ties
between Trump associates and the Russian govern-
ment.
Trump said Saturday that he could name a new
director by Friday, when he departs on his first foreign
trip as president to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Italy and
Belgium. Justice Department officials began inter-
viewing candidates in Washington on Saturday.
Drawing parallels to what was widely viewed as a
longshot presidential bid by Trump, who had never
held elective office before winning the November
election, Trump urged the graduates to never stop
fighting for what they believe in.
Ceremony
Remember this: Nothing worth doing ever, ever,
ever came easy, he said. Tens of thousands of people
packed an on-campus stadium to welcome Trump, the
second sitting president to address the universitys
commencement ceremony, with applause and a stand-
ing ovation.
Following your convictions means you must be
willing to face criticism from those who lack the same
courage to do what is right, and they know what is
right, but they dont have the courage or the guts or
the stamina to take it and to do it, said Trump, who
did not wear a gown.
Trump advised the graduates to never quit and to
carry themselves with dignity and pride.
Demand the best from yourself and be totally
unafraid to challenge entrenched interests and failed
power structures, Trump said, in a dig at the
Washington political establishment he has vowed to
shake up. Does that sound familiar, by the way?
Trump also urged graduates to treat the word
impossible as nothing more than motivation and
relish the opportunity to be an outsider.
The more that a broken system tells you that
youre wrong, the more certain you should be that you
must keep pushing ahead, he said. You must keep
pushing forward.
Trump suggested they choose careers they love or
you most likely wont be very successful at it.
Trump won an overwhelming 80 percent of the
white evangelical vote during the election, and a
recent Pew Research Center survey marking his
first 100 days in office a milestone reached on
April 29 found three-fourths of white evangeli-
cals approved of his performance as president. Just
39 percent of the general public held the same
view.
current TPS holders. (AFP)
US President Donald Trump is pre-
sented with a Doctorate of Laws dur-
ing the commencement at Liberty
University on May 13, in Lynchburg,
Virginia. President Trump is the first
sitting president to speak at Libertys
commencement since George H.W.
Bush spoke in 1990. (AFP)
America
Obama-era rules reversed: Final
score: Republicans 14, Barack Obamas
last-minute regulations, one.
Congressional Republicans anxious to
show voters they can get something done
are hailing their reversal of more than a
dozen Obama-era regulations on guns, the
internet and the environment.
Over a few months, lawmakers used an
obscure legislative rule to ram through
changes that will have far-reaching impli-
cations for the coal industry, broadband
customers, hunters and women seeking
health care at Planned Parenthood and
other abortion providers.
The deadline for scuttling the rules that
Democrat Obama imposed during his final
months in office was last Thursday. The
1996 Congressional Review Act had given
Republicans the power to make the chang-
es with a simple majority, within a specific
time frame.
While the rest of Washington focused
on the furor over President Donald
Trumps firing of FBI Director James
Comey, Republicans were celebrating their
effort to reverse the rules, arguing that it
would boost the economy and make it easi-
er for businesses to operate.
I am almost speechless when I think
about the success, said Sen Jim Inhofe,
R-Okla. Senators pointed out that Congress
had only once before used the legislative tools
stemming from the Congressional Review Act
to quash a regulation until this year. In all,
the GOP was able to reverse 14 regulations that
had or will get Trumps signature.
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the
Democratic leader in the Senate, argued
that overturning rules passed at the end of
the Obama administration hardly constitut-
ed an agenda. (AP)
Broad support, big challenge:
Mark Green is a rare bird in Washington
these days a Donald Trump nominee
with broad bipartisan support.
But theres a catch to his potential post-
ing as administrator of the US Agency for
International Development. The agency
faces a starkly uncertain future, including
potentially big budget cuts and the possi-
bility of being folded entirely into a
restructured State Department.
Within hours of the White Houses
announcement of his nomination this past
week, the former Republican congressman
from Wisconsin and US ambassador to
Voters
ID law proved insurmountable
MILWAUKEE, May 14, (AP): State
Sen Mary Lazich was adamant: The
bill Republicans were about to push
through the Wisconsin state Senate,
requiring that voters present identifica-
tion at the polls, would do no harm.
Not a single voter in this state will
be disenfranchised by the ID law,
Lazich promised.
Five years later, in the first presi-
dential election held under the new
law, Gladys Harris proved her wrong.
By one estimate, 300,000 eligible
voters in the state lacked valid photo
IDs heading into the election; it is
unknown how many people did not
vote because they didnt have proper
identification. But it is not hard to find
the Navy veteran whose out-of-state
drivers license did not suffice, or the
dying woman whose license had
expired, or the recent graduate whose
student ID was deficient or Harris,
who at 66 made her way to her polling
place despite chronic lung disease and
a torn ligament in her knee.
She had lost her drivers license just
before Election Day. Aware of the new
law, she brought her Social Security
and Medicare cards as well as a coun-
ty-issued bus pass that displayed her
photo.
Not good enough. She had to cast a
provisional ballot that ended up not
being counted.
In the end, Wisconsins 10 Electoral
College votes went to Republican
Donald Trump, who defeated
Democrat Hillary Clinton by roughly
22,000 votes. But the battle over voter
ID laws continues.
Ballot
Under the Wisconsin law, voters
must present a drivers license, state
ID, passport, military ID, naturaliza-
tion papers or tribal ID to vote. A stu-
dent ID is acceptable only if it has a
signature and a two-year expiration
date. Those who do not have their ID
can cast a provisional ballot that will
be counted only if they return with the
proper ID within a few days of the
election.
Supporters have long argued such
restrictions are needed to prevent voter
fraud, while critics have decried the
laws as undermining democracy and
leading to the disenfranchisement of
elderly and minority voters such as
Harris.
The debate flared anew this week
when President Donald Trump signed
an executive order creating a commis-
sion to investigate voter fraud. Trump
maintains, without evidence, that he ID but one that did not have their cur-
Tanzania under President George W. Bush
had collected an impressive array of endorse-
ments from lawmakers in both parties, and
from development groups that had up to then
largely opposed other Trump nominees and
policies. That bodes well for Greens confir-
mation, even if it may not be enough to stave
off what some see as the Trump administra-
tions intent to dismantle USAID.
Theres no way Ambassador Green, or
anyone for that matter, could effectively
Debate flares anew
would have won the popular vote had
it not been for millions of people cast-
ing ballots illegally. Democrats and
voting rights groups said Trumps
commission is merely a front for
allowing Republican state officials to
enact tough registration and voting
requirements that would restrict the
ability of minorities and the poor to
cast ballots.
Courts also have weighed in on the
topic, upholding laws that are gener-
ally narrow in scope while striking
down others considered too broad. A
federal appeals court last year struck
down a package of laws passed in
North Carolina, including voter ID,
saying they targeted black voters with
almost surgical precision.
The politicians and the lawyers may wife Margie, 85, quit driving and let
be at loggerheads, but to Harris, the
injustice is beyond dispute.
They prevented us from voting,
she said, simply.
Polling
When Sean Reynolds went to his
polling place at a local ice skating rink
on Election Day, he showed his valid
drivers license. The problem? It
wasnt issued in Wisconsin.
Reynolds, 30, was taken aback. He
had moved to Madison in 2015 to find
work after leaving the Navy and
receiving his associates degree from a
university in neighboring Illinois.
After learning he could register to vote
on Election Day in Wisconsin, he
thought all he needed to show at the
polls was a current photo ID. After all,
his Illinois ID was good enough to
board a plane, open a checking account
and purchase cold medicine.
Coming home and being denied
the right to vote because I didnt have
a specific drivers license is very frus-
trating, said Reynolds, who served in
both Iraq and Afghanistan providing
support for special forces. I was a
little incredulous that they wouldnt
accept another states drivers license.
I didnt understand why it was not a
valid form of ID.
Reynolds said he had been working
50-hour weeks, receiving hourly pay,
and could not afford to take time off
from his job in security management
to visit a local DMV and transfer his
license from Illinois.
A survey conducted by the Brennan
Center in 2006 estimated that while as
many as roughly 21 million voting-age
US citizens did not have a valid gov-
ernment-issued, photo identification,
an additional 4.5 million had a valid
and Design.
Comey Green
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rent name or address.
Supporters of voter ID laws say that
prohibiting out-of-state drivers licens-
es reduces the possibility of voter
fraud and individuals filling out mul-
tiple ballots. Research has shown that
such voter fraud can happen, but its
very rare.
After casting a provisional ballot,
Reynolds was told to return within
three days with a Wisconsin drivers
license, but he couldnt take the time
off from work on such short notice.
I only had between Tuesday and
Friday to get it done, and I just couldnt
accomplish it in that time frame, he
said.
When Alvin Mueller retired from
his job as a maintenance worker, his
her license expire in 2010. The cou-
ple never had trouble voting in
Plymouth, a small city about an
hours drive north of Milwaukee
where theyve lived since they mar-
ried 65 years ago.
But they hit a snag during early vot-
ing in November because Margie
Mueller couldnt cast a ballot with her
expired license. The staff at the city
clerks office said if she wanted to
vote, she would need to get a new ID
at a DMV office about 15 miles away
in Sheboygan, the county seat, Alvin
Mueller recalls.
Thats not unusual. The Brennan
Center estimated that in the 10 states
with voter ID laws in 2012, more than
10 million eligible voters lived more
than 10 miles from a state ID-issuing
office that is open more than two days
a week.
Drive
Alvin Mueller said his wife was bat-
tling cancer in her lymph nodes and
lungs. The prospect of making the trip
to Sheboygan was overwhelming. Not
only did they not make the drive
Alvin decided if his wife couldnt
vote, he wouldnt either.
Its not like they were strangers to
the poll workers: We voted in
Plymouth here for years. They know
us and everything, he said.
Margie died on March 19.
Im going to be 86 pretty soon, he
said. I dont think Ill be voting any-
more, as long as she isnt here. We did
everything together.
Catelin Tindall brought these things
with her when she went to her precinct
on Election Day: Her Ohio ID. Copies
of her lease and utility bill. Her student
ID from the Milwaukee Institute of Art
execute the mission of USAID under the
proposed cuts and changes that President
Trump is proposing for this critical agen-
cy, said Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of
Delaware, a member of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee that will evaluate the
nomination. The cuts would devastate the
United States ability to conduct diplomacy
and development and harm our national
interests. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
Britains Kate, Duchess of Cambridge talks to a guest at a garden party at Buckingham Palace, London, on May 13, honouring the children of those who have died serving in the Armed Forces. (AP)
Britain
Robin Hood Tax eyed
Conservatives lead 18
points over Labour: poll
LONDON, May 14, (Agencies): British Prime Minister
Theresa Mays Conservative Party has an 18 point lead
over the main opposition Labour Party ahead of a June 8
national election, according to an opinion poll conducted
by YouGov for the Sunday Times
The Conservatives were at 49 percent, up 3 percent
from YouGovs previous poll, against Labours 31 per-
cent, up 1 percent.
The poll put the centrist Liberal Democrats on 9 per-
cent, and the anti-European Union UK Independence
Party at 3 percent, both down 4 percent. Details of num-
bers surveyed were not immediately available.
Meanwhile, Britains opposition Labour Party would
crack down on tax avoidance and introduce a Robin
Hood Tax on nancial transactions to fund public ser-
vices if it wins next months national election, it said on
Saturday.
Labour, which is trailing
Mays ruling Conservatives
badly in opinion polls, said that
4.7 billion pounds ($6.1 billion)
could be raised through a Robin
Hood Tax by modernising the
tax regime on share trading.
It would close a loophole for
banks and hedge funds and make
other forms of nancial assets,
including nancial derivatives,
Davis like options on shares, liable.
Labour would also take on those in Britain who dodge
paying tax, closing loopholes and clamping down on tax
havens.
All were asking for is fairness in our tax system,
said Labours nance spokesman John McDonnell.
Last week Labour said middle and low earners would
not face tax hikes to fund its spending plans if it wins
power.
In related news, Britains foreign secretary says Brus-
sels may have to pay Britain for its exit from the Euro-
pean Union, rather than the other way around.
Valuable
Boris Johnson says Britains share of EU assets is so
valuable that the EU may have to end up paying Brit-
ain when it leaves the bloc. He spoke to The Telegraph
newspaper.
Meanwhile, Scotland must have a choice on inde-
pendence at the end of Britains divorce with the Euro-
pean Union when the exit terms are clear, First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday.
In an interview with the BBCs Andrew Marr Show,
Sturgeon called on voters to back her Scottish National
Party at an election on June 8 to strengthen her hand and
make sure that Scotlands voice is heard in the Brexit
negotiations.
For me this is a question of, at the end of the Brexit
process, does Scotland get a choice about our future,
Sturgeon said. At the end of the Brexit process, I believe
people in Scotland should have a choice over our future.
Britain is gearing up for rows with the EU over the
structure of divorce talks and the future role of the Euro-
pean court, fuelling an increasingly bitter war of words
before negotiations begin.
David Davis, Brexit minister in Mays government,
described the EUs position on the talks format as il-
logical and said he took slight offence to sugges-
tions that European courts were better than those in
Britain.
The atmosphere between London and Brussels has
soured in recent weeks as battle lines are drawn before
the complex negotiations for Britain to leave the Europe-
an Union are due to start next month, a year after Junes
referendum vote to quit.
British Prime Minister Theresa May
speaks with visitors at the Balmoral
Show near Lisburn, Northern Ireland,
on May 13, during a general election
campaign visit. Britain goes to the
polls on June 8 to elect a new parlia-
ment in a general election. (AFP)
Europe
Suspicious package at airport: Leeds
Bradford Airport in northern England was
closed on Saturday after a report of a suspi-
cious package, West Yorkshire Police said in
a statement.
A cordon has been put in place and the
airport closed whilst the package is exam-
ined, it said.
No further information was immediately
available. (RTRS)
Tunisian linked to attacker: Italy has
expelled a Tunisian suspected of ties to Berlin
Christmas market attacker Anis Amri, the
interior ministry said Saturday.
The 36-year old had been living in Catania
in Sicily, where Amri spent time in prison
before moving to Germany and killing 12
people by driving a truck through the market
last year.
Amri was shot dead by Italian police in
Milan on Dec 23, four days after the attack
claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
The Tunisian had given him a telephone
and stayed in contact with him after his
departure for Germany, the ministry said.
Units from Italys serious crime division
in Rome and Catania tapped the phone and
discovered contacts between the Tunisian and
other suspected extremists.
Among those on the call log were suspects
Amri had become close to during his time in
the Caltanissetta detention centre.
Italian media named the Tunisian as Sayed
Yacoubi, and said he had been scraping by in
Sicily as a farm hand. (AFP)
Romanian tourist buried: A Romanian
tourist thrown into the Thames when an
extremist plowed into pedestrians on West-
minster Bridge in London was nally buried
Saturday in this Black Sea port that was her
hometown.
Andreea Cristea, 31, was knocked into
the river when Khalid Masood drove his
She died on April 6 when life support was
rented SUV into pedestrians on Westminster
Bridge on March 22. She died two weeks
later. Her boyfriend, Andrei Burnaz, who had
been about to propose, suffered a broken foot.
Masood rushed onto the grounds of Parlia-
ment, where he fatally stabbed a policeman
before being shot dead by another ofcer.
Police believe that Masood, who had convic-
tions for violent crimes, acted alone.
Cristea was pulled from the Thames and
Cyberattack
Alert researcher, teamwork help stem huge cyberattack
UK to strengthen cyber security
LONDON, May 14, (Agencies): Britain
is spending around 50 million pounds
($64 million) on improving the security
of the National Health Services (NHS)
computer systems and had warned the
NHS it faced cyber threats, defence min-
ister Michael Fallon said on Sunday.
In an interview with the BBCs An-
drew Marr Show, Fallon said the British
government under Prime Minister The-
resa May had identied in its security
review that cyber threats were one of the
top three greatest threats for the country.
We set aside 1.9 billion pounds to
protect us better against cyber and a
large chunk of that went to the NHS,
Fallon said after a cyber attack forced
hospitals to turn away patients on Friday.
We are spending around 50 million
pounds on the NHS cyber systems to im-
prove their security, weve encouraged
the NHS trusts to reduce their exposure
to the weakest system, the Windows
XP ... and there is money available to
strengthen these systems, he said.
Meanwhile, the cyberattack that
spread malicious software around the
world, shutting down networks at hos-
pitals, banks and government agen-
cies, was thwarted by a young British
researcher and an inexpensive domain
registration, with help from another
20-something security engineer in the
US.
Britains National Cyber Security
Center and others were hailing the cy-
bersecurity researcher, a 22-year-old
identied online only as MalwareTech,
who unintentionally at rst dis-
covered a so-called kill switch that
halted the unprecedented outbreak.
Extort
By then the ransomware attack had
crippled Britains hospital network and
computer systems in several countries in
an effort to extort money from computer
users. But the researchers actions may
have saved companies and governments
millions of dollars and slowed the out-
break before computers in the US were
more widely affected.
MalwareTech is part of a large global
cybersecurity community, working in-
dependently or for security companies,
who are constantly watching for attacks
and working together to stop or prevent
them, often sharing information via
Twitter. Its not uncommon for them to
use aliases, either to protect themselves
had surgery for a blood clot on the brain.
withdrawn. She was the fth victim of
Masood, a 52-year-old former convict who
had embraced radical Islam. Dozens more
were wounded in his rampage.
About 150 mourners carrying ickering
candles gathered at St Marys church on
Saturday wearing badges with Cristeas photo
which said: Forever in my heart! Orthodox
Archbishop Teodosie of Tomis headed a
from retaliatory attacks or for privacy.
In a blog post Saturday, MalwareTech
explained he returned from lunch with a
friend on Friday and learned that net-
works across Britains health system had
been hit by ransomware, tipping him off
that this was something big.
He began analyzing a sample of the
malicious software and noticed its code
included a hidden web address that
wasnt registered. He said he promptly
registered the domain, something he
regularly does to try to discover ways to
track or stop malicious software.
Across an ocean, Darien Huss, a
28-year-old research engineer for the cy-
bersecurity rm Proofpoint, was doing
his own analysis. The western Michigan
resident said he noticed the authors of
the malware had left in a feature known
as a kill switch. Huss took a screen shot
of his discovery and shared it on Twitter.
Soon he and MalwareTech were com-
municating about what theyd found:
That registering the domain name and
redirecting the attacks to MalwareTechs
server had activated the kill switch, halt-
ing the ransomwares infections.
Team
Huss and others were calling Mal-
wareTech a hero on Saturday, with Huss
adding that the global cybersecurity
community was working as a team to
stop the infections from spreading.
I think the security industry as a
whole should be considered heroes, he
said.
Heres a look at how malware and
ransomware work and what people can
do if they fall victim to attacks.
WHAT IS MALWARE AND RAN-
SOMWARE?
Malware is a general term that refers
to software thats harmful to your com-
puter, said John Villasenor, a professor
at the University of California, Los An-
geles. Ransomware is a type of malware
that essentially takes over a computer
and prevents users from accessing data
on it until a ransom is paid, he said.
HOW DOES YOUR COMPUTER
BECOME INFECTED WITH RAN-
SOMWARE?
In most cases, the software infects
computers through links or attachments
in malicious messages known as phish-
ing emails.
The age-old advice is to never click
on a link in an email, said Jerome Se-
Cristea Masood
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gura, a senior malware intelligence
researcher at Malwarebytes, a San
Jose-based company that has released
anti-ransomware software. The idea is
to try to trick the victim into running a
malicious piece of code.
The software usually is hidden within
links or attachments in emails. Once the
user clicks on the link or opens the docu-
ment, their computer is infected and the
software takes over.
HOW RANSOMWARE WORKS
Ransomware, like the name sug-
gests, is when your les are held for
ransom, said Peter Reiher, an adjunct
professor at UCLA who specializes in
computer science and cybersecurity. It
nds all of your les and encrypts them
and then leaves you a message. If you
want to decrypt them, you have to pay.
Lost
The ransomware encrypts data on the
computer using an encryption key that
only the attacker knows. If the ransom
isnt paid, the data is often lost forever.
When the ransomware takes over a
computer, the attackers are pretty explic-
it in their demands, Segura said. In most
cases, they change the wallpaper of the
computer and give specic instructions
telling the user how to pay to recover
their les. Most attackers demand be-
tween $300 and $500 to remove the ma-
licious ransomware; the price can double
if the amount isnt paid within 24 hours.
Law enforcement ofcials have dis-
couraged people from paying these ran-
soms.
HOW TO AVOID THESE AT-
TACKS
The rst step is being cautious, ex-
perts say. But Villasenor said there is no
perfect solution to the problem.
Users should regularly back up their
data and ensure that security updates
are installed on your computer as soon
as they are released. Up-to-date backups
make it possible to restore les without
paying a ransom.
Fridays attack exploited vulnerabili-
ties in some versions of Microsoft Win-
dows. Microsoft has released software
patches for the security holes, although
not everyone has installed those updates.
If your software is not patched, you
can exploit that user. Anyone who ap-
plied the patch that Microsoft released
likely wasnt affected by this, Reiher
said.
phalanx of priests who wafted incense during
the service.
Teodosie called Cristea young, beautiful,
hard-working and full of love. He also
alluded to the forthcoming proposal from
Burnaz, an engineer who stood quietly during
the service and wept occasionally.
Elder sister Magda Toi said family and
friends dont think they lost Andreea, they
will always remember her and she will
always be with us. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
Analysis
Loss of clout feared
Macron win adds
to Poland worries
WARSAW/POLAND, May 14, (RTRS): While the
election of Emmanuel Macron as French president with
a vision of closer European Union integration was a re-
lief to much of Europe, for Poland and Hungary it fanned
fears of losing inuence.
Poland has been the most vocal among eastern EU
members fearing that their wealthier western neighbours,
keen to deepen cooperation among themselves, will
erode the single market that has been the biggest benet
of membership in the east and, in shifting power west-
ward, reduce nancial support for less wealthy countries.
Macrons arrival, and his support for the multi-speed
Europe idea that has been gaining support in Germany
and other EU countries since Britains decision to quit
the bloc, make it more likely that
a key decision-making circle
could exclude the former com-
munist capitals of Budapest and
Warsaw.
It would also thwart their ef-
forts to shift power from Brus-
sels back to member states.
Underlining their concerns,
Polish ofcials have accused
Macron of double standards and
of contravening the spirit of the
Macron single market by calling for re-
forms of rules on moving work-
ers within the bloc.
It is understandable that politicians, thinkers, are
looking for solutions, Polands deputy foreign minister,
Konrad Szymanski, told an economic forum in Katowice
on Wednesday.
But an EU division, a lasting division, is the worst
of possible prescriptions, because the rst victim of such
division would be the single market.
A decision by Whirlpool to shift a tumble drier fac-
tory from France to Poland took centre-stage in Frances
presidential campaign last month, with Macrons far-
right opponent Marine Le Pen saying she would nation-
alise the plant.
Macron, an ardent defender of globalisation as well as
European integration, refused to be drawn into promis-
ing the workers he would prevent the company moving
its production.
Differences
But he did say Warsaw was exploiting differences in
labour costs, which could not be tolerated. He alluded
to the problem of social dumping - a hot-button issue in
France - which refers to companies employing cheaper
labour from other EU countries or moving production to
lower-wage countries.
Polish Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told Po-
lands state broadcaster that this amounted to discrimi-
nation, and others said Macron was undermining the
principles of the single market.
It cannot be that when Poland is an export market
then it is good, but when it attracts foreign investment,
including from France ... thats not good any more,
Morawiecki said this week.
Szymanski said that Macrons win could be good for
Poland but that Warsaw wondered whether we are not
being excluded from a debate on protectionism and the
single market.
We may want to change it, but we do not want to
abandon it, he said.
Macrons enthusiasm for a common euro zone budget
and nance ministry - although, crucially, viewed with
scepticism in Berlin - has also raised fears among eastern
countries that they could lose out on EU funds.
Neither Poland nor Hungary is in any hurry to adopt
the euro; both say they need the exibility of a national
exchange rate in difcult times.
If in the end there is a euro zone budget, that means
there will be less money for countries that are not euro
zone members, Dariusz Rosati, a member of the Euro-
pean Parliament member for Polands opposition Civic
Platform, told Polish radio this month.
Poland is the largest beneciary of EU funds and is
due to receive 77.6 billion euros ($84.4 billion) in the
current 2014-20 budgetary period for infrastructure pro-
jects, its poorer regions and improving the competitive-
ness of its economy.
While a common scal policy may still be some way
off, the notion of a Union of countries acting at different
paces and intensity where necessary was mentioned in
the EUs 60th-anniversary Rome Declaration, reecting
the desire of the six founding members, including France
and Germany, for faster integration.
Tandem
Hendrik Hansen, head of International and European
Politics department at Andrassy University in Budapest,
said a two-speed Europe was becoming more likely, and
with Macron, the Franco-German tandem as a driving
force of the EU will probably become more important.
Polands closest ally on the issue is Prime Minister
Viktor Orbans Hungary.
Hungarys stance on a two-speed Europe has been
consistent ... this would basically mean the end of the
EU, Szabolcs Takacs, Hungarian state secretary for Eu-
ropean affairs, told Reuters this week.
A source close to Macron told Reuters on Wednesday
that the idea behind reforming the euro zone was not to
exclude countries from joining. It is to make sure that
those who will join, and there will be others, join a func-
tioning euro zone, the source said.
Their (Eastern European countries) worry in general
is that it would fragment the single market, but thats not
the aim. The aim is to say that the euro zone is not prop-
erly equipped to face a possible future crisis.
Poland and Hungary, have, however, also fallen foul
of western EU countries with their own policies, which
Macron has chosen to highlight.
Both have come under re along with other eastern
member states for refusing to host refugees under an EU-
wide plan. Separately, the European Commission ac-
cuses Polands government of undermining democracy,
especially through an overhaul of its top court and moves
to bring the public broadcaster and judiciary under more
direct control.
Hungary has most recently been criticised over draft
bills to tighten rules on non-governmental organisations
and foreign universities.
In his campaign, Macron said the EU should be as
tough on infringement of civil liberties as it was on ex-
cessive budget decits, although the sanctions that he
called for against Poland would be unlikely to secure the
unanimous backing they need.
In congratulating Macron on his election, both Poland
and Hungary stressed the need to talk about the future
of the EU.
Poland invited Macron to visit, and Foreign Minister
Witold Waszczykowski said this week that Warsaw was
expecting him to leave his pre-election rhetoric behind
and explain his ideas on how to reform the EU in person.
SPD party leader and candidate for Chancellor Martin Schulz casts his vote with his wife Inge on May 14, in the western German town of Wuerselen, during North
Rhine-Westphalia state elections. About 13.1 million eligible voters go to the polls in North Rhine-Westphalia, with Chancellor Angela Merkels CDU party hoping to
deal a crushing blow to her main rival Social Democratic Party (SPD) four months before national elections. (AFP)
Lulzim Basha, leader of Albanias
main opposition Democratic Party
speaks to his supporters during a
protest to demand a caretaker cabi-
net to take the country to the June 18
parliamentary election, on May 13.
Several thousand supporters walked
peacefully along Tiranas main Mar-
tyrs of the Nation boulevard to Prime
Minister Edi Ramas ofce, guarded
by hundreds of policemen. (AP)
Pope Francis Pope Benedict
Europe
Shrine has benefits: Pope Francis
has effectively dismissed reports of con-
tinuing apparitions of the Virgin Mary at
the Medjugorje shrine in southern Bosnia,
saying the visions dont have much value
even if the shrine itself has helped Catho-
lics nd God.
Francis provided the rst-ever details
about the contentious process that has been
under way for years to determine whether
the Catholic Church should describe the
Medjugorje visions as authentic. He was
asked to comment en route home from the
Catholic shrine at Fatima, Portugal, where
he commemorated the anniversary of the
visions of the Madonna reported by three
shepherd children 100 years ago Saturday.
Unlike Fatima or Lourdes, France, the
Medjugorge phenomenon has never been
declared authentic, in part because the local
bishops have long cast doubt on the reli-
ability and interests of the seers.
Francis said he knew he was being
naughty in doubting the Medjugorje phe- bullghting to be banned in Spain, the
nomenon, in which six youngsters reported
seeing visions of the Madonna starting
in 1981. Some have reported continuous
visions ever since, with precise messages
being delivered at pre-designated times,
drawing skepticism that their claims were
aimed more at bringing religious tourists
to the otherwise unremarkable rural spot in
southern Bosnia.
Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 appointed an
international commission of theologians and
bishops to formally investigate the reported
apparitions, tapping his vicar of Rome,
Cardinal Camillo Ruini to head it. (AP)
3 die as train slams into house: An
express train that slammed into a house
after derailing near Greeces second city
Thessaloniki killed three people and seri-
ously injured two others, the trains opera-
tor said Sunday.
Trainose had initially reported four
deaths from the accident which occurred at
1640 GMT on Saturday, with ve people
suffering serious injuries.
It then revised the toll to just two dead,
but one of the injured later died.
The company did not identify the
victims, but said the train driver was among
the injured after all ve carriages of the
express train travelling from Athens left the
track and the engine carriage ploughed into
the house.
A 24-year-old man who lived in the
house which was hit told reporters that he
managed to jump off a balcony to safety
just before the crash. (AFP)
into a house after derailing near the northern city of Thessaloniki killed three
Thousands protest bullfighting:
Thousands of protesters took to the streets
Germany
Traffic jams, break-ins could cost SPD state vote
Merkel party seeks key victory
DSSELDORF, Germany, May 14,
(Agencies): One in ve German voters
headed to the polls in a key state elec-
tion Sunday, with Chancellor Angela
Merkels party hoping to deal a crush-
ing blow to her main rival four months
before national elections.
About 13.1 million eligible voters in
North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) were
casting ballots to elect a new regional
parliament for the sprawling industrial
region, which has a large migrant popu-
lation and has been a Social Democratic
Party (SPD) stronghold for decades.
But surveys ahead of the vote showed
the centre-left party running neck-and-
neck with Merkels Christian Demo-
cratic Union, with some even placing
the CDU ahead.
The opinion polls were the latest in-
dication that initial enthusiasm for the
new SPD leader, Martin Schulz, could
be zzling out.
The SPD had been ailing nationwide
but saw a surge in support in February
when Schulz took over. But that enthu-
siasm failed to translate into votes in the
last two state elections, when the CDU
won comfortably.
An election in Germanys biggest
state is always signicant, but this
years NRW vote carries higher stakes,
being the last regional vote before na-
tional polls and having a direct impact
on whether the SPD can close the gap
nationwide with the CDU.
Acknowledged
After casting his vote in his home-
town of Wuerselen, Schulz acknowl-
edged Sunday that the race would be
close, with 30 percent of voters decid-
ing their pick at the last minute.
That makes it thrilling to the last
second. I hope of course that we will be
ahead in the evening, he said.
Separately, the CDUs candidate
Armin Laschet, who cast his vote in
Aachen, said: There is a real chance
that we can win. Now its time for the
voters to decide.
Turnout appeared to be brisk at 33.6
percent as of midday, compared to 29.5
percent at the same time in 2012.
The SPD is banking its hopes on in-
cumbent state premier Hannelore Kraft,
of central Madrid on Saturday calling for
to ban deadly bullghting in the northeast
country that invented it.
We are ghting to end the corridas and
any spectacle organised in Spain which
mistreats animals for peoples amusement,
48-year-old lawyer Sandra Barrena, one of
the protesters, told AFP.
Torture is not culture, chanted the
marchers, who also called for the end of all
grants to bullghting events.
A derailed wagon is pictured near the village of Adendro some 40 km west of
Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on May 14. A Greek express train that slammed
people and seriously injured two others, the trains operator said May 14, lower-
ing the initial toll of casualties. (AFP)
55, who secured 39.1 percent in a 2012
vote, while the CDU clinched just over
26 percent.
If Kraft succeeds, then the chances
of the SPDs bid to take back the chan-
cellery grow. If she loses, it would
mean that the Schulz train has slammed
against a wall, the weekly Spiegel
magazine said.
Political analyst Oskar Niedermayer
also noted the states signicance to the
SPD, telling AFP that a defeat there
would be a disastrous symbol for the
party.
Schulz, who held more than 30 ral-
lies in the state, hopes that his push for
social justice will resonate in NRW,
which has lagged behind western Ger-
many economically.
He argues that many people are
struggling in temporary or low-paid
jobs even though the country as a whole
is growing richer.
Pounding
But Merkel has also been pounding
the streets in the state of 18 million peo-
ple, including 4.2 million of migrant
origin.
Meanwhile, Merkels conservatives
hoped to unseat the ruling Social Dem-
ocrats (SPD) in an election on Sunday
in Germanys most populous state, the
nal electoral test for both parties be-
fore a federal vote in September.
The Christian Democrats (CDU)
aimed to seize on anger among the 18
million inhabitants of North Rhine-
Westphalia (NRW) over clogged traf-
c, rising crime, an underperforming
education system and relatively high
unemployment to win.
Voter turnout was higher than in the
last election, ofcials said. In the rst
four hours of voting to 12 noon (1000
GMT), 34 percent of eligible voters
cast ballots, up from 29 percent at the
same time in 2012. The polls close at 6
p.m. and rst projections are expected
almost immediately.
The SPD has governed NRW for
most of the post-war years since 1945,
and losing power in what they regard as
their bastion would raise serious doubt
about their chances of toppling Merkel
in just over four months time.
In 2010, the Catalan government voted
region but last year Spains top court over-
turned that decision, judging that it was
part of Spains cultural heritage. (AFP)
4 killed ahead of Eurovision: A top
Ukrainian ofcial said on Saturday that
Russian occupying forces had killed four
civilians in the war-torn east just hours
before the Eurovision Song Contest nal
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With 32 percent, the CDU were one
percentage point ahead of the SPD in
NRW just before the election and they
have a better chance than their rivals of
forming a coalition with their resurgent
traditional partners, the liberal Free
Democrats.
It would be the third state election
victory this year for the conservatives,
who have retained power in Saarland
and ousted the SPD in the northern state
of Schleswig-Holstein.
Lead
They have also extended their lead
over the Social Democrats at the na-
tional level.
Support for the SPD surged in Janu-
ary when the party appointed former
European Parliament president Martin
Schulz as its leader, vowing to boost
welfare and reverse unpopular labour
market reforms that expanded Germa-
nys low-pay sector.
But Schulzs message of social jus-
tice has lost its appeal among voters as
he has yet to spell out details of his plans
and how much they would cost. At the
national level, the SPD is now trailing
the CDU and its Bavaria-based Chris-
tian Social Union sister party by about
10 percentage points. In the NRW cam-
paign, CDU candidate Armin Laschet
criticised SPD Premier Hannelore Kraft
for failing to tame a rise in crime and
x the states crumbling roads, frustrat-
ing Germans who like to drive on the
extensive autobahn network where long
stretches have no speed limit.
Some 30 percent of all trafc jams
reported in Germany last year were in
NRW. In addition, 38 percent of all bur-
glaries took place in NRW, home to 22
percent of Germanys population.
I think this is disproportionate and
the state government must do some-
thing about it, because it is responsible
for that, Merkel said earlier this week
about the surge in crime in NRW.
The numbers speak for themselves
and Armin Laschet is totally right that
something must be done.
The conservatives ran on a platform
of beeng up security - raising prison
terms for offenders and providing more
funds for the police and security forces.
kicked off in Kiev.
The Kiev-appointed head of the conict-
riven Donetsk region said the civilians died
when a shell hit an apartment bloc.
The Russian occupying forces attacked
a residential area of Avdiivka, Pavlo
Zhebrivskiy wrote on Facebook.
Three women and one man was killed.
Avdiivka is a devastated ashpoint
suburb of the Russian-backed insurgents
de facto capital city of Donetsk. (AFP)
Italy rescues 480 migrants: Over 480
asylum seekers and refugees were rescued
in the Mediterranean on Saturday as they
attempted the perilous crossing from north
Africa, with seven bodies also recovered,
Italys coastguard said Sunday.
Some 484 migrants were plucked from
dinghies in four operations involving
coastguard boats, an Italian navy ship,
the German NGO Sea Eye and the OHIO
mercantile ship.
The bodies of seven men were recovered
during the operations.
More than 45,000 people have been res-
cued and brought to Italy so far this year, a
44 percent increase from the same period in
2016, according to Italys interior ministry.
About 1,309 have died or are feared
dead after trying to make the journey, the
International Organization for Migration
said.
Nigerians make up the largest group, fol-
lowed by people from Bangladesh, Guinea
and the Ivory Coast.
Nigeria is home to Boko Haram, which
has terrorised the country with an eight-
year ght to create a hardline Islamic state
that has killed some 20,000 people and
forced at least 2.6 million others to ee
their homes. (AFP)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
Turkey
Embassy moves impact eyed
Erdogan seeks to
sway Trump in US
ISTANBUL, May 14, (Agencies): Turkish President
Recep Erdogan seeks to sway Trump in USmeets
Donald Trump on Tuesday in Washington for the rst
time as president, hoping to entice the American leader
into major policy shifts to solidify a crucial but increas-
ingly strained relationship.
Ties became poisoned in the last months of the
Barack Obama administration by venomous disputes
over US support for Kurdish ghters in Syria and the
presence in the US of the Islamic preacher Fethullah
Gulen whom Erdogan blames for last years July 15
failed coup.
But analysts say that Erdogan faces a major struggle
to convince Trump to change tack, raising the prospect
of long-term tensions between
the US and NATOs main Mus-
lim member.
Preparations for the visit
were inauspicious, with Wash-
ington announcing for the rst
time it would arm Syrian Kurd-
ish ghters who Ankara consid-
ers to be terrorists.
Ankara initially had high
expectations of the relationship
between Erdogan and Trump,
Erdogan preferring to forget the new US
leaders most radical campaign utterances and banking
on a strong personal chemistry between the two men.
Encouraged
The Turkish president was hugely encouraged when
Trump congratulated him on winning the April 16 ref-
erendum on enhancing his powers, an enthusiasm that
contrasted with the reticence of not just EU leaders but
the US State Department.
Burhanettin Duran, head of the pro-government
SETA think tank, described the meeting with Erdogan
as a golden opportunity for Trump to x his prede-
cessors mistakes.
But Erdogan will now have to untangle a web of
problems, which also include the arrest in the United
States of Turkish Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab and
the chief executive of Halkbank Mehmet Hakan Atilla
on charges of helping Iran violate sanctions.
I am afraid the meeting could devolve into a diatribe
of complaints ranging from the YPG to Reza Zarrab to
Halkbank, Aaron Stein, resident senior fellow at the
Atlantic Councils Rak Hariri Center for the Middle
East, told AFP.
Turkish ofcials repeatedly spoke of a new page
in relations after the bickering under Obama but the
Trump administrations announcement that the US
would arm the Syrian Kurdish Peoples Protection
Units (YPG) cast a heavy shadow over such optimism.
Obamas policy to support the YPG as the most ef-
fective ghting force against jihadists in Syria enraged
Ankara, who regard the group as the Syrian branch of
the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has waged
an insurgency inside Turkey since 1984.
The YPG arming announcement was made just after
three of the most powerful men in Turkey army chief
Hulusi Akar, spy supremo Hakan Fidan and presiden-
tial spokesman Ibrahim Kalin held talks at the White
House with national security chief H.R. McMaster.
Its obvious that the United States has sent a clear
message of we are going to go our own way on Syr-
ia, wrote Mehmet Yilmaz, columnist for the Hurriyet
daily.
Erdogan said he would bring up his concerns with
Trump and called on Washington to immediately re-
verse the decision, indicating Turkey was still inter-
ested in a joint operation to oust the jihadists from
their bastion of Raqa so long as it does not include
the YPG.
Yet his reaction was relatively low-key compared
with previous ery utterances and Stein said he was
holding re until after the Trump meeting.
Erdogan has invested a lot of credibility in his court-
ship of Donald Trump.... I would expect Erdogan to try
and talk Trump out of this but even he has to know
that this wont work, said Stein.
The deterioration in relations under Obama has
meant the two sides failed to invigorate economic
ties while anti-Americanism in Turkey has sometimes
reached alarming levels, especially in the pro-govern-
ment press.
Pushed
Meanwhile, Turkey has also pushed ahead with an
increasingly close relationship with Russias President
Vladimir Putin to the alarm of its Western allies.
Once a model partnership, the relationship dete-
riorated into a dysfunctional one with unsatisfactory
results for both sides, said Kemal Kirisci of the Brook-
ings Institution and Asli Aydintasbas of the European
Council on Foreign Relations in a study of Turkey-US
relations.
Trump weighs embassy move impact on peace:
US President Donald Trump is assessing whether mov-
ing the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would help
or hurt prospects for clinching an Israeli-Palestinian
peace deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said, re-
vealing Trumps criteria for a decision that could rever-
berate throughout the volatile Middle East.
Since taking ofce, Trump has backed away from his
campaign pledge to move the embassy in a gesture to
Israel, instead saying hes still studying the issue. But
Tillerson linked Trumps deliberations directly to his
aspirations for brokering Mideast peace.
The president is being very careful to understand
how such a decision would impact the peace process,
Tillerson said in an interview broadcast Sunday on
NBCs Meet the Press.
He said Trumps decision would be informed by
feedback from all sides, including whether Israel
views it as helpful to a peace initiative or perhaps a dis-
traction.
Trumps decision is being closely watched as the
president prepares to depart Friday on his rst foreign
trip. After stopping in Saudi Arabia, Trump will visit
both Israel and the Palestinian territories, in a nod to his
nascent bid to strike the Israeli-Palestinian deal that has
eluded his predecessors.
Jerusalems status is one of the most emotionally
charged issues in the conict, with both sides laying
claims. Israel captured east Jerusalem claimed by
Palestinians for the capital of a future independent state
from Jordan in 1967 and annexed it, a move not in-
ternationally recognized.
US presidents of both parties have repeatedly waived
a US law requiring the embassy be moved to Jerusalem.
The most recent waiver signed by former president
Barack Obama expires on June 1. Trump is expected
to sign a six-month renewal of the waiver before it ex-
pires, as he continues deliberating.
Supporters of Iranian conservative presidential candidate and Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in traditional costume, wave national ags as
they attend a campaign rally in the Iranian capital Tehran on May 14. (AFP)
Iranian president and presidential
candidate Hassan Rouhani attends
his campaign rally in the capital Teh-
ran on May 13. (AFP)
Abbas Chebbi
Mideast
Fatah weak in polls: Preliminary results
in Palestinian municipal elections in the West
Bank indicate a weak showing by the ruling
Fatah Party of President Mahmoud Abbas,
even though the rival Islamic Hamas move-
ment stayed out of the race.
The vote provided Palestinians a rare
chance to cast ballots after over a decade
without presidential or legislative elections,
and Saturdays election was seen as a test for
Abbas embattled and nepotism-tainted party.
In Hebron, the West Banks largest city,
Fatah won just seven of 15 seats. And in Nab-
lus, another major city, Fatah won 11 of 15
seats, but only after forming an alliance with
Islamist candidates. Turnout in Nablus was
just 21 percent.
Fatahs popularity has been hurt by a weak
economy and frozen peace efforts.
Ofcial results are expected later Sunday.
(AP)
Tunisians protest over graft: More than
2,000 Tunisians protested Saturday in the
capital against a bill that would allow ofcials
being prosecuted for alleged corruption to
be amnestied in exchange for reimbursing
embezzled funds.
Corruption will not pass! shouted dem-
onstrators including prominent politicians in
central Tunis, after a call to protest from more
that 50 non-government organisations and a
group dubbed Manich Msamah (I dont
forgive in Arabic).
The protests come more than six years
after a popular uprising toppled longtime
dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali over griev-
ances including state corruption.
The protesters reject a bill that would
allow an amnesty for those being prosecuted
for graft -- including businessmen and Ben
Ali-era ofcials -- in exchange for them pay-
ing nes and reimbursing any illicit gains.
There will be no reconciliation (with the
corrupt) without the truth being revealed and
without the prosecution and the judgment of
the corrupt, said Hamma Hammami, leader
of the Popular Front party.
Issam Chebbi, a lawmaker and top of-
cial in the Al-Joumhouri party, said: While
the president insists on passing the draft
law, we are determined to resist in a peaceful
manner.
President Beji Caid Essebsi defended
the bill on Wednesday, criticising calls for
protests, saying that the legislation aimed
to improve the investment climate in the
country.
On Friday, non-government organisations
warned against a text that they said threatened
transitional justice. (AFP)
Jordan, Israel in rare row: Jordan and
Israel have traded rare verbal barbs over a
stabbing in which a Jordanian was killed by
an Israeli policeman whom he had attacked.
The two countries spar sometimes over
Iran
Missing reformists real heroes at rally
Ex-Prez Khatami endorses Rouhani
TEHRAN, May 14, (Agencies): Irans
reformist ex-president Mohammad
Khatami on Sunday endorsed Presi-
dent Hassan Rouhani in a video mes-
sage, calling on voters to give him an-
other term in this weeks election.
Mr Rouhanis government has
been a successful one, despite all the
limitations, problems and the great ex-
pectations, he said in the video posted
on social media.
We should all go and vote for Rou-
hani, for freedom in thought, logic in
dialogue, law in action, securing the
rights of citizens and enforcing social
and economic justice.
Khatami praised the government for
taming rampant ination of above 40
percent in 2013 to below 9.5 percent
and the steps taken against stagna-
tion.
Unemployment has increased in the
past four years from 10.5 percent to
12.5 percent, while youth joblessness
stands at 27 percent.
Resolved
Many issues have been resolved
but bigger issues remain, which we
must all help to solve, he said in the
video published on his Telegram mes-
senger account.
Khatami, the de facto leader of the
reformist camp, has been under a me-
dia ban during the past few years for
supporting the Green Movement pro-
testors in the 2009 presidential elec-
tion that saw hardliner Mahmoud Ah-
madinejad re-elected.
In 2016, he released a video that
played a crucial role in helping pro-
Rouhani candidates to defeat ultra-
conservatives in parliamentary and
Assembly of Experts elections.
The video became well-known for
his use of the phrase I repeat.
This time, it is you who should re-
peat. Repeat the vote for dear Rouhani,
to boost hope for future, he said on
Sunday, referring to Fridays presiden-
tial election.
In 2013, Khatami helped Rouhani
take ofce by convincing reformist
Mohammad Reza Aref to step aside in
Rouhanis favour.
It is yet to be seen if Khatami does
the same in this election to the reform-
ist First Vice-President Eshaq Jahan-
giri who is running alongside Rouhani.
Khatami also warned people against
being deceived by baseless prom-
ises from Rouhanis conservative ri-
vals who have vowed to increase cash
Israeli policy in east Jerusalem, captured and
annexed by Israel in 1967.
Jordan called Saturdays killing a crime.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus
branded Jordans response as outrageous,
demanding that Jordan must condemn terror
Lebanese anti-government protesters chant slogans during a protest demand-
ing the drafting of a new electoral law in the country, in downtown Beirut, Leba-
non, on May 14. (AP)
handouts and create millions of jobs in
four years.
Khatami, considered the spiritual
leader of Irans reformists, urged vot-
ers on Sunday to re-elect Rouhani and
support his policy of seeking to end
Irans isolation from the rest of the
world.
Irans hardline security and judicial
powers, which operate separately to
the presidency and are close to Irans
ultimate authority Supreme Lead-
er Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have
banned media from publishing Khata-
mis image or mentioning his name.
But Khatami has played a prominent
role in elections by using social media
to urge voters to back pro-reform can-
didates.
We have started on a path with
Rouhani and we have come half way.
We have resolved some problems and
bigger problems remain for us to re-
solve on this difcult path with him,
Khatami said in a video message re-
leased on social media. It is now your
turn to renew your vote for our dear
Rouhani in order to strengthen hope
for a better future, he said.
The 20,000 chanting fans might
have come to support Rouhani on Sat-
urday but it was clear their real heroes
were the ones still locked away by the
regime.
Chanted
Mousavi! Karroubi! Khatami!
they chanted at deafening volume,
over and over, at the election rally in a
stadium in western Tehran.
Those rst two names, drawing
such passion from the crowd, belong
to reformist leaders who have not been
seen in public for six years now.
Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi
Karroubi both candidates in the
controversial election of 2009 that trig-
gered months of protests after allega-
tions of rigging were placed under
house arrest in 2011, allowed out only
for medical treatment. The third is Mo-
hammad Khatami president from
1997 to 2005 and spiritual head of the
reformist movement who is banned
from travelling abroad or appearing in
any form in the media.
An immense roar came from the
crowd when their images appeared on
the screen.
attacks in Israel.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi
said Sunday that Jordan will confront all
kinds of terrorism, but did not refer to the
Israeli comments.
A Jordanian ofcial says the Israeli state-
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The Green Movement, as the pro-
tests came to be called, were the big-
gest Iran had seen in three decades of
Islamic revolution, driven by anger
over the shock re-election of hardline
populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Brutally put down, the regime pre-
fers to call it the sedition and the
green ags being waved by youngsters
in the stadium on Saturday night might
normally have attracted the attention
of police or hardline militias.
But a slightly more permissive at-
mosphere prevails six days ahead of a
presidential election, when the regime
is keen to get as high a turnout as pos-
sible to buttress its legitimacy.
Only six candidates were allowed
to run this year by the conservative-
dominated Guardian Council.
Rouhani, a 68-year-old moderate
cleric, came from nowhere in 2013 to
win a sizeable victory after the tattered
remnants of the reformist movement
told their supporters he was their best
hope for change.
He still has the support of liberals
for his efforts to rebuild ties with the
West and slowly improve civil liber-
ties, even if he has markedly failed to
gain the release of Mousavi and Kar-
roubi as he vowed four years ago.
It was beyond his powers, said
Javad, a 30-year-old graduate in the
crowd. He did everything he could.
The president has considerable pow-
ers, particularly over the economy,
but no control over the conservative-
dominated judiciary or security forces,
and serves at the pleasure of supreme
leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Rouhani dared not speak the name
of the jailed dissidents directly in his
speech, but received huge cheers when
he told the crowd he had not forgotten
his promises.
Either they have been achieved, or
I have been prevented from keeping
them, he said.
Offensive
The president has been on the offen-
sive over the past week, framing Fri-
days vote as a choice between greater
freedom and repression.
Let us salute freedom, salute re-
forms, salute moderation, salute the
wise leader, salute Mohammad
Khatami, he declared.
What Rouhani says is what we
have in our hearts, said 28-year-old
Hossein, who works in renewable en-
ergy.
ment omitted that the incident, as bad as it
was, took place on occupied territory. He
spoke on condition of anonymity, saying we
dont want to get into a war of words with
them. (AP)
Egyptian judges defy new law: Judges
from one of the Egyptian judiciarys three
main branches voted Saturday to defy a
newly adopted and widely disputed law giv-
ing the president a degree of control over the
judiciary, nominating as head of their branch
a judge who ruled against a government
decision to surrender two Red Sea islands to
Saudi Arabia.
State Council judges, who rule on disputes
with the government, voted overwhelmingly
to put forward judge Yahya Dakroury, their
most senior, as their nominee to head their
branch. The move clashes with the new law
that stipulates that each judiciary branch
nominate three of its seven most senior
judges to the president to choose one to head
each of the three branches.
The judiciarys two other branches the
court of cassation and government lawyers
already have complied with the new law,
adopted by parliament and ratied by the
president last month with uncustomary speed.
Many judges see the law as an infringe-
ment of the judiciarys independence and a
violation of the principle of the separation of
government branches. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
People watch a TV news program showing a le image of a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on May 14. North Korea test-launched a ballistic missile that landed in the
Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese and US militaries said. The launch is a direct challenge to the new South Korean president elected four days ago and comes as US, Japanese and European navies gather for joint war
games in the Pacic. The signs read: North Korea launched missiles on April 16 and 29. (Inset): A TV news program shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)
China
Program irresistible
Chinese spent $24b on
US, other golden visas
BEIJING, May 14, (AP): When the sister of President
Donald Trumps son-in-law Jared Kushner promoted
investment in her familys new skyscraper from a Bei-
jing hotel ballroom stage earlier this month, she was
pitching a controversial American visa program thats
proven irresistible to tens of thousands of Chinese.
More than 100,000 Chinese have poured at least $24
billion in the last decade into golden visa programs
across the world that offer residence in exchange for
investment, an Associated Press analysis has found.
Nowhere is Chinese demand greater than in the United
States, which has taken in at least $7.7 billion and is-
sued more than 40,000 visas to Chinese investors and
their families in the past decade, the AP found.
The Chinese investors ocking to these programs
are people like Jenny Liu, a
doctoral student in the coastal
city of Nanjing, who sold her
apartment two years ago and
moved in with her parents. She
used the money from the sale
to invest $500,000 in a hotel
project in the United States. If
the project creates enough jobs
in two years, shell get a prized
green card and a pathway for
a less stressful education for
her 9-year-old son.
Kushner My son has a lot of home-
work to do every day, but I dont think he has learned a
lot from school, Liu said. I hope he can actually pick
up some useful knowledge or skills rather than only
learn how to pass tests.
Investors
The ood of investors reects how Chinas rise has
catapulted tens of millions of families into the middle
class. But at the same time, it shows how these families
are increasingly becoming restless as cities remain choked
by smog, home prices multiply and schools impose ever-
greater pressure on children. They also feel insecure about
being able to protect their property and savings.
Their money goes toward government bonds, busi-
nesses, mountain ski resorts, new schools and real es-
tate projects, including a Trump-branded tower in New
Jersey built by the Kushner Companies, once run by
Jared Kushner, now a White House senior adviser. But
the industry is murky, loosely regulated and sometimes
fraud-ridden in the US, federal regulators have
linked the EB-5 visa program to fraud cases involving
more than $1 billion in investment in the last four years.
Despite criticism from Congress, Trump signed a
spending bill that included a renewal of the program
through September, although federal authorities have
proposed more than doubling the minimum invest-
ment. Just one day later, Kushners sister, Nicole
Meyer, was in Beijing courting Chinese for a new pro-
ject funded by EB-5. Thats raised complaints about
conicts of interest and new calls to revise or even
end the program.
Growing
It is a growing industry and we do need more
oversight, said Stephen Yale-Loehr, an expert on the
program and a professor at Cornell Law School. EB-
5, when it is done properly, can and does benet the
economy.
The number of Chinese using investment migration
programs worldwide tripled between 2010 and 2015,
the AP found among the countries in its survey. In the
last decade, Chinese have taken 75 percent of the inves-
tor visas issued by the United States, 70 percent for Por-
tugal and 85 percent for Australia. China also remains
the top recipient of investor visas in Canada, the United
Kingdom, New Zealand, Spain, Hungary and Malta.
To be sure, those migrating make up only a small
fraction of the around 18 million households that
could be considered upper-middle-class or wealthier
in China, but they echo the laments of many better-
educated, urban Chinese.
Middle-class investors choosing to leave shows
that their condence in their future, their dreams and
the regime in China is fading, said Zhang Lifan, an
independent political scholar in Beijing.
Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
arrives at his ofcial residence in To-
kyo on May 14, after North Korea red
a ballistic missile which landed in the
Sea of Japan. North Korea red a bal-
listic missile on May 14 in an appar-
ent bid to test the Souths new liberal
president and the US which have both
signalled an interest in negotiations to
ease months of tensions. (AFP)
Asia
Thai forces kill 9 drug smugglers:
A gunght between Thai security forces
and a band of Golden Triangle drug smug-
glers left nine trafckers dead, a senior of-
cial said Sunday, the latest clash sparked
by the booming regional trade in narcotics.
Narongsak Osotthanakorn, governor
of northern Chiang Rai province, said the
reght broke out on Saturday evening two
kilometres inside Thailand from the border
with Myanmar.
Authorities told them to halt but they
refused and started shooting. The two sides
exchanged re for about 10 minutes leav-
ing nine smugglers killed and the rest ed,
he told AFP, adding the smuggling group
was originally 15 people strong.
Some 700,000 methamphetamine tablets
were found alongside semi-automatic ries,
he added. The Golden Triangle, a region
in the borderlands of Thailand, Myanmar,
Laos and southern China, is the worlds
second largest drug-producing region after
Latin America.. (AFP)
Remove illegal content: Facebook
Thailand could face legal action next week
after Thai authorities warned Facebook Inc
to take down content deemed threatening
to national security or violating strict lese
majeste laws, the telecoms regulator said
on Friday.
Thailands military government has
ramped up online censorship, particularly
perceived insults to monarchy, since seiz-
ing power in a 2014 coup.
The National Broadcasting and
Telecommunications Commission said
Facebook had failed to remove 131 of 309
web addresses on its platform which were
threatened security or violated the lese
majeste law, which makes it a crime to
defame, insult or threaten the king, queen,
heir to the throne or regent.
They formed part of some 6,900 web ad-
dresses which Thai courts have ordered to
be removed or shut down since 2015.
Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general
of the commission, said he had given
Facebook until Tuesday to remove the 131
addresses.
If Facebook still shows content
declared illegal by court orders in
Thailand, action must be taken against
Facebook Thailand, Takorn told Reu-
ters. (RTRS)
business and investment and avoid the
rows over sovereignty that dogged his
Sea talks looms: China and the Philip-
pines will start bilateral consultations on
the disputed South China Sea this week, the
Philippine ambassador to Beijing said, as
North Korea
US, S. Korea, Japan condemn launch
N. Korea fires ballistic missile
SEOUL, South Korea, May 14,
(Agencies): North Korea on Sunday
test-launched a ballistic missile that
ew for half an hour and reached an
unusually high altitude before land-
ing in the Sea of Japan, the South
Korean, Japanese and US militaries
said. The launch, which Tokyo said
could be of a new type of missile, is
a direct challenge to the new South
Korean president and comes as US,
Japanese and European navies gath-
er for joint war games in the Pacic.
It wasnt immediately clear what
type of ballistic missile was launched,
the seventh such ring this year, al-
though the US Pacic Command said
that the ight is not consistent with
an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Japanese ofcials, however, said the
missile ew for about 30 minutes,
traveling about 800 kms (500 miles)
and reaching an altitude of 2,000 kms
(1,240 miles) a ight pattern that
could indicate a new type of missile.
David Wright, co-director of the
Global Security Program at the Un-
ion of Concerned Scientists, said the
missile could have a range of 4,500
kms (about 2,800 miles) if own
on a standard, instead of a lofted,
trajectory considerably longer
than Pyongyangs current missiles.
He said Sundays launch may have
been of a new mobile, two-stage
liquid-fueled missile North Korea
displayed in a huge April 15 military
parade.
South Korea, Japan and the US
swiftly condemned the launch,
which jeopardizes new South Kore-
an leader Moon Jae-ins willingness
for dialogue with the rival North.
Expressed
The president expressed deep
regret over the fact that this reckless
provocation ... occurred just days af-
ter a new government was launched
in South Korea, said senior presi-
dential secretary Yoon Young-chan.
The president said we are leaving
open the possibility of dialogue with
North Korea, but we should sternly
deal with a provocation to prevent
North Korea from miscalculating.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe told reporters that the launch
was absolutely unacceptable and
that Japan will respond resolutely.
Japans Foreign Minister Fumio
Kishida said he and his South Kore-
an counterpart agreed that dialogue
for dialogues sake with North Ko-
rea is meaningless.
The White House took note of
the missile landing close to Russias
Pacic coast and said in a statement
Manila looks to ease tensions with Asias
top economic power.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte,
who is visiting Beijing to attend a sum-
mit on Chinas ambitious new Silk Road
plan, has opted to court China for its
predecessors.
Philippine ambassador to China Jose
Santiago Santa Romana told reporters late
on Saturday that the consultations between
that North Korea has been a agrant
menace for far too long.
The statement said Washington
maintains its ironclad commitment
to stand with its allies in the face of
the serious threat posed by North
Korea. The latest provocation
should serve as a call for all nations
to implement far stronger sanctions
against the North, it said.
New South Korean President
Moon Jae-In, slammed the missile
test as a reckless provocation after
holding an emergency meeting with
national security advisers.
Moon said Seoul strongly con-
demned this grave challenge to the
peace and security of the Korean
peninsula and the international com-
munity, according to his spokes-
man Yoon Young-Chan.
Reconciliation
Moon, unlike his conservative
predecessors, advocates reconcili-
ation with Pyongyang but warned
Sunday that dialogue would be pos-
sible only if the North changes its
attitude.
Moon had said in his inauguration
speech that he was willing to visit
Pyongyang in the right circum-
stances to ease tensions.
The North itself would be will-
ing to hold talks with the US if the
conditions are right, according to
Choe Son-Hui, a senior ofcial at
the Norths foreign ministry, on Sat-
urday.
The North is apparently trying
to test Moon and see how his North
Korea policy as well as policy co-
ordination between the South and
the US will take shape, said Yang
Moo-Jin, professor at the University
of North Korea Studies in Seoul.
The launch was also aimed at
maximising the Norths political
leverage ahead of possible negotia-
tions with the US, as Pyongyang and
Washington both recently signalled
they were open to talks, he added.
The North wants to show be-
fore negotiations that their precious,
powerful weapon is not something
they would give up so easily, Yang
said.
Meanwhile. President Trump
called for tougher sanctions against
North Korea after it test-red a bal-
listic missile Sunday in an apparent
attempt to test the Souths new lib-
eral president and the US.
Let this latest provocation serve
as a call for all nations to implement
far stronger sanctions against North
Korea, the White House said in a
brief statement.
Duterte Tantasith
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It impacted so close to Russian
soil ... the president cannot imagine
that Russia is pleased, the White
House said, adding that North Korea
has been a agrant menace for far
too long.
Trumps national security adviser,
H.R. McMaster, had phone conver-
sations with his counterparts in Ja-
pan and South Korea to discuss the
situation.
China, which has been under
growing US pressure to help rein in
the nuclear-armed North, called for
restraint. All relevant parties should
exercise restraint and refrain from
further aggravating tensions in the
region, the foreign ministry said.
Multiple sets of UN and US sanc-
tions against North Korea have done
little to deter it from pursuing its nu-
clear and missile ambitions.
Meanwhile, the ballistic missile
red by North Korea on Sunday did
not pose a threat to Russia, landing
about 500 kilometres from its bor-
der, the Russian defence ministry
said after Washington suggested that
Moscow would be angry.
Also:
WASHINGTON: The US Treasury De-
partment said it is looking at every
tool in its arsenal to cut off sources
of international nancing for illegal
activities in North Korea.
We dont comment on future
sanctions, but we are obviously go-
ing to consider every tool in our
arsenal to combat any illicit activ-
ity and terror nancing, a senior
Treasury Department ofcial said on
Saturday.
The ofcial spoke before North
Korea red a ballistic missile in an
apparent bid to test US resolve and
the Souths new president.
We are entertaining all the tools
in our arsenal, said the ofcial,
which include programs originating
from the ofces of Terrorism and
Financial Intelligence and Foreign
Assets Control.
After Sundays missile test Presi-
dent Donald Trump called on all
nations to impose far stronger
sanctions against North Korea.
US Treasury Secretary Steven
Mnuchin, speaking earlier Satur-
day, said the ght against terrorism
nancing was a major concern at
the G7 gathering of nance chiefs in
Bari, Italy.
While international trade is impor-
tant, the biggest focus is working
with our partners on terror nancing,
Mnuchin told reporters returning to
Washington from the Bari event.
the two countries would take place in
China. He added that the dispute between
the two countries cannot be resolved
overnight.
China has not publicly announced any
such talks.
Duterte has been accused by critics of
taking a defeatist position on China and
on defending Philippine sovereignty. He
considers his approach to be pragmatic and
says challenging China risks triggering
war. (RTRS)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
In this photograph taken on April 27, 2017, a mentally ill Afghan patient prays as he is
chained at the Mia Ali Baba holy shrine in the village of Samar Khel on the outskirts of
Jalalabad. The Mia Ali Baba shrine is thought to cure addicts and the mentally ill Inmates
who spend 40 days chained up and confined to a small cell. They are allowed only
water, bread and black pepper to eat. Patients are only allowed to bathe their faces,
hands and feet, cannot change their clothes or use soap or shampoo, Their hair and nails
must be left uncut. With fourteen small windowless rooms, The shrine, located about 30
kms east of Jalalabad, has been in existence for more than 300 years, treating the men-
tally ill as well as people possessed by djinns, or spirits. Desperate Afghan families from
Subcontinent
2 killed in Kashmir
Nepal votes in first
local poll in 20 yrs
KATHMANDU, May 14, (Agencies): Nepal held
local level polls on Sunday, the first since 1997 and a
key step in the countrys rocky transition to democ-
racy over a decade since the end of the civil war.
Around a third of registered voters across three
provinces were eligible to cast their vote, with the rest
of the country due to vote in a months time.
The vote has been split into two phases because of
unrest in the southern plains bordering India, where
the minority Madhesi ethnic group is refusing to take
part until an amendment to the constitution is passed.
Local representatives were last elected in 1997 and
their five-year terms expired at the height of the brutal
Maoist insurgency.
The 10-year war ended in
2006 and the country began a
fraught transition from a Hindu
monarchy to a secular federal
republic, which has seen it
cycle through nine govern-
ments.
The long gap between polls
has left an institutional void at
the local level, which has seen
graft become a way of life in
Nepal, hampering the delivery
of basic services as well as the
Gandhi recovery from a devastating
2015 earthquake.
Meanwhile, a bomb was also found early Sunday
morning outside the house of a mayoral candidate for
the main opposition CPN-UML party in Bhaktapur,
15 kms (nine miles) east of Kathmandu. It was dif-
fused without incident.
civilian populations, targeting in particular
Indian man rapes, kills ex-GF: A jilted man who
kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend before smash-
ing her head with bricks and running her over with a
car has been arrested, Indian police said Sunday.
Police in the northern state of Haryana said the
23-year-old victim was abducted by the man and his
friend who then allegedly raped and mutilated her, in
the latest case of sexual violence in the country.
They then dumped her in an isolated industrial area
where a local resident discovered her four days later,
on Friday, when they noticed stray dogs nibbling at
her mangled body.
This savage and bone-chilling incident has shocked
the conscience of the nation, reminding each one of us
about the crying need for revisiting the important issue
of womens safety and security, opposition leader
Sonia Gandhi said in a statement late Saturday.
schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in
2 killed in northwest Pakistan: A Pakistani offi-
cial says gunmen have ambushed a vehicle in a north-
west tribal region killing a government official and his
paramilitary guard.
Irfan Khan said gunmen opened fire Sunday morn-
ing on an official vehicle carrying record-keeper
Sarfaraz Hussain and his paramilitary guard Mumtaz
Hussain in Olay Cheena in the lower Kurram tribal
area bordering Afghanistan.
Khan says both men died immediately and the
attackers fled the scene.
2 militants killed in Kashmir firefight: Two
militants were killed in a shootout with security forces
in Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, the army
and police said.
Acting on a tip-off, government forces surrounded
a thickly forested area near the northern town of
Handwara, 70 kms (45 miles) from Srinagar, trigger-
ing the clash.
The bodies of the dead were recovered along with
their weapons, army spokesman Rajesh Kalia told AFP.
across the country, who are unable to afford healthcare bring their family members to the
shrine, because they believe the treatment will be effective, or because they have no
alternative.
The shrine was founded by Mia Sayed Ali Shah, known as Mia Ali Baba, who was born
in 1625. He is venerated as a holy man, and the treatment he prescribed has been
handed down from generation to generation. It follows the Chishti school of Sufism, the
mystical strand within Islam. The shrine is still run by about 70 family members, who care
for patients in shifts. It also attracts daily visitors who come for help with personal prob-
lems and illnesses. (AFP)
Indians take shelter at a bunker near
their residence at Bhawani village at
Nowshera sector, along the highly
militarized Line of Control that divides
the region between India and Pakistan
on May 13. Indian and Pakistani
troops traded fire in the disputed
Himalayan region of Kashmir on
Saturday, killing two civilians and
wounding six others, officials said.
(AP)
Africa
Moroccan peacekeeper killed: A
Moroccan UN peacekeeper was killed
Saturday in an attack in the Central
African Republics southeast, close to
where five other peacekeepers also lost
their lives in recent days, the United
Nations said.
An overnight attack targeted civilians in
the town of Bangassou as well as a UN
mission field office and in the firefight,
one peacekeeper of the Moroccan contin-
gent died from gunshot injuries, the UN
mission MINUSCA said in a statement.
It said the attackers were members of a
wide coalition including the mainly
Christian anti-Balaka group who attacked
Muslims, another sign of the continuing
sectarian violence that has ravaged the
country.
MINUSCA also said there were reports
of civilians killed.
The head of MINUSCA Parfait
Onanga-Anyanga warned the militias that
the authorities would be relentless in
finding and arresting those responsible for
the killings. (AFP)
Video worries parents: The Boko
Haram jihadist group has released a video
claiming to show Chibok schoolgirls who
refused to be rescued as part of a recent
swap deal with the Nigerian government.
In the three-minute video, a woman who
claims to be Maida Yakubu, one of the 276
April 2014, is seen wearing a black veil
and holding a gun.
Flanked by three other women clad in
black, she proclaims her loyalty to Boko
Haram, which has been fighting the gov-
ernment since 2009 in an insurgency that
has killed over 20,000 people.
When asked by a man in the background
why she does not want to return home to
her parents, she replies: The reason is that
they live in the town of unbelief. We want
them to accept Islam.
The woman then speaks in the local
Chibok dialect for the rest of the video.
But the womans mother believes she
did so under duress.
While the jihadists have lost significant
swathes of territory since Nigerian
President Muhammadu Buhari came to
power in 2015, they are still capable of
launching deadly attacks on soldiers and
continue to unleash suicide bombers in cit-
ies and camps for internally displaced peo-
ple in Nigerias ravaged northeast. (AFP)
Afghanistan
Taleban making gains: Coats
Trump weighs US troops
WASHINGTON, May 14, (AFP):
Hanging in a corridor outside the
Pentagon press office, a blow-up of a
Time magazine cover shows a weary
US soldier drawing deeply on his
cigarette. Barbed wire and snowy
foothills loom behind him.
The headline: How Not to Lose in
Afghanistan. The date: April 20,
2009.
More than eight years later, the
Pentagon finds itself in the same
quandary.
Again.
This time round, it is President
Donald Trump looking for answers,
just as Barack Obama and George W.
Bush did before him.
Having given Afghanistan little
more than a passing mention as pres-
ident, he is now being forced to con-
front the issue by a grim drumbeat of
bad news and warnings from his gen-
erals.
Almost any year from its turbulent
recent past can serve as a showcase
for Afghanistans dire predicament.
Take 2016, which marked 15 years
since the US-led invasion. Nearly
11,500 Afghan civilians were killed
or wounded, according to the United
Nations.
Security
Adding to the carnage, local offi-
cials say, the Taleban and other
insurgent groups killed about 7,000
Afghan security force members
many of whom had been trained
and supported by US and NATO
experts.
Dan Coats, Trumps director of
national intelligence, hammered
home the depressing point this week,
warning that the political and securi-
ty situation will almost certainly
continue to worsen.
Meanwhile, we assess that the
Taleban is likely to continue to make
gains, especially in rural areas, he
said.
Trump, who campaigned on an
America First platform and a Afghanistan policy and explain how
pledge to reduce US overseas
involvement, must now decide
whether to approve expected requests
5 wounded in I. Coast: At least five
people were wounded by gunfire during
protests against an army mutiny in Ivory
Coasts second city, Bouake, on Saturday,
according to a witness, as popular opposi-
tion to the three-day revolt over bonus pay-
ments grew.
The witness saw five people being treat-
Parfait Buhari
from the militarys top brass to send
thousands more US troops back to
Afghanistan.
Administration advisers are report-
edly urging him to green light some
3,000 to 5,000 additional troops, add-
ing to the 8,400 already there.
The president is expected to make
the decision this month, and Pentagon
chief Jim Mattis said his own recom-
mendation would come very short-
ly.
US troop levels peaked at around
100,000 under Obama, who later
embarked on a steady drawdown
aiming to completely end Americas
combat role in the country.
Outcome
The United States and NATO
handed security responsibility over to
Afghan forces at the start of 2015,
but the outcome has been brutal.
Local troops have been slain in
their thousands, corruption remains
endemic and as the Taleban contin-
ues to gain ground, even US com-
manders concede the situation is a
stalemate at best.
Unless we change something ...
the situation will continue to dete-
riorate and well lose all the gains
that weve invested in over the last
several years, Defense
Intelligence Agency chief General
Vincent Stewart told lawmakers
this week.
However, a new troop commit-
ment would stir resentment in
America, which has seen about 2,400
troops killed in Afghanistan since
2001 and another 20,000 wounded.
Plus the US government has
already spent around $1 trillion on
fighting and rebuilding, much of
which has been squandered on waste-
ful projects.
Trump is expected to announce a
decision while he travels to NATO in
Brussels and a G7 summit in Sicily
later this month.
He will need to outline a coherent
a few thousand extra troops will win
or at least not lose there, when
100,000 troops could not.
ed for gunshots at Bouakes main hospital
following an attempt by city residents to
stage a protest march.
Two other protesters, who had been
beaten, were also being treated.
(RTRS)
Guard killed in suicide attack: A
security guard was killed early Saturday
after two attackers blew themselves up in
Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria
that has regularly been targeted by Boko
Haram Islamists, officials said.
About an hour after midnight (00:00
GMT) three suicide bombers, two men
and a woman, tried to enter the University
of Maiduguri, but were spotted by univer-
sity security who stopped them for ques-
tioning, the countrys NEMA emergency
management agency said in a statement.
(AFP)
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
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Lat/Am
Venezuelans send supplies:
Venezuelans living abroad are collecting
box loads of items including safety hel-
mets, gas masks and first-aid kits to
support the crowds marching in their
homeland against the socialist government
of President Nicolas Maduro.
Increasingly violent near-daily protests
that began April 1 have left a toll of 38
dead, and hundreds wounded and under
arrest.
In Miami, often referred to as the capi-
tal of Latin America and a city with a
large Venezuelan community, meet-ups
where donations are
collected are increas-
ingly common.
The gatherings are
advertised among
community members
on Whatsapp,
Instagram or Twitter,
and identified with
Venezuelan flags and
signs like
Solidarity or SOS
Venezuela. Lists of
preferred items are Muduro
also posted online.
I did what I could to buy everything
that was on the list and contribute my grain
of sand to support these people who are
fighting for my country, said Michelle
Lewin, a 31 year-old fitness model who
lives in Miami.
Lewin dropped two large bags of sup-
plies on a table at a Colombian restaurant
where donations were being accepted.
Half of the 225,000 Venezuelans living
in the United States reside in Florida,
mostly in the greater Miami area.
Most donations are geared towards pro-
tecting demonstrators from tear-gas, pepper
spray and other crowd-dispersal gases used
by Venezuelan riot police. (AFP)
Venezuelans clog roads: Venezuel-
ans in cars and on motorcycles, bikes and
even horseback clogged roads Saturday
and police fired tear-gas at them in another
day of protest against President Nicolas
Maduro.
Security forces also used tear-gas to dis-
perse protesters in the northern city of
Valencia and soldiers blocked the proces-
sion from reaching its intended destination.
In the capital Caracas, protesters goal
was to fill 25 kms (16 miles) of a key
highway leading to the coastal state of
Vargas.
About two hours after the caravan got
under way, police on motorcycles fired
tear-gas to block the procession. The road
eventually cleared.
Venezuela is mired in an economic cri-
sis that has caused shortages of food, medi-
cine and other basics in the oil-rich coun-
try. Protesters blame Maduro.
A total of 38 people have died in street
unrest since protests first broke out on
April 1. Hundreds more have been injured.
Elected in 2013, Maduro, the hand-
picked successor of the late long-time left-
ist firebrand Hugo Chavez, is resisting
pressure for an early vote, calling the crisis
the result of a US-backed conspiracy. His
opponents have branded him a dictator.
(AFP)
Herrera laments murder: Venezuela-
born fashion designer Carolina Herrera on
Saturday lamented the killing of her neph-
ew in the crisis-torn country, in what
authorities called an apparent kidnapping.
State prosecutors said the bodies of
businessmen Reinaldo Herrera, 34, and
Fabrizio Mendoza, 31, were found late on
Thursday in a vehicle abandoned along the
highway connecting Caracas to the
Caribbean coast.
Our only hope is that the tragic assassi-
nation of our young nephew, Reinaldo and
his colleague, Fabrizio will serve to miti-
gate the terrible carnage and murders that
are committed against our youth in
Venezuela, Herrera, 78, wrote on the
Instagram account of her fashion label.
Venezuela, which has been rocked by
anti-government protests for the past six
weeks, has long ranked among the worlds
most violent countries. (RTRS)
Over 20 escape jail: Some 22 gang
members escaped from one of Honduras
most overcrowded prisons this week ahead
of a transfer to a higher-security facility,
defying the military guards tasked with
bringing order to the prison system, an
official said Saturday.
The inmates, who had been locked up in
the special Scorpion unit for members of
the notorious Barrio 18 gang, made their
escape from the medium-security Marco
Aurelio Soto prison late on Thursday, said
Rosa Gudiel, the head of Honduras
National Penitentiary Institute.
The jails director and several guards
have been put on leave as authorities look
for the prisoners and investigate the
escape, the biggest in more than a decade
in crime-ravaged Honduras, said Gudiel.
The prisoners fled because arrange-
ments are being made to transfer them to
new, high-security jails and they dont
want to go to those places, Gudiel told a
press conference.
She did not say why authorities did not
disclose the jailbreak before Saturday.
Honduras has been transferring impris-
oned members of the Barrio 18 and Mara
Salvatrucha gangs to higher-security pris-
ons in a bid to curb the extortion, killings
and drug deals they often coordinate from
behind bars. (RTRS)
Mexico blast kills 4: An illegal pipe-
line tap went up in flames in the Gulf coast
state of Veracruz on Saturday, killing four
suspected fuel thieves, Mexicos state oil
company reported.
Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said in
a statement that four charred bodies and a
burnt-out vehicle were found at the scene
of the explosion near the town of El
Mango, in the municipality of Tierra
Blanca.
It added that they were not Pemex
employees and noted that fuel theft repre-
sents a grave risk for people, communities
and the environment.
Pemex said it turned off pressure in the
duct, put out the fire and was working to
close the tap.
Mexicos treasury secretary said
Tuesday that fuel theft costs the country
$780 million to $1 billion a year. (AP)

INTERNATIONAL
World News Roundup
Hasankeyf old city is pictured without the tomb of Zenyel Bey on May 12, at Hasankeyf in Batman, southeast-
ern Turkey, as it has been moved to stave off the risk of ooding from a dam project. Turkish authorities on May
12 conducted a hugely ambitious and also controversial operation to move an over half-millenium old tomb
to new location to stave off the risk of ooding from a dam project. The tomb of Zenyel Bey is a 15th century
memorial to one of the key gures in the Ak Koyunlu tribe who controlled much of eastern Anatolia and the
Space
Over $5.5b in investments
SLP delegates visit HQs
of UAE Space Agency
UAE, May 14: Delegates of the Sharjah Leadership
Program; an initiative of the Sharjah Tatweer Forum,
a part of the Rubu Qarn Foundation for Creating Fu-
ture Leaders and Innovators, recently visited the head-
quarters of the UAE Space Agency, the government
entity responsible for the development of the countrys
space industry. The group was
welcomed by His Excellency
Dr Mohammed Al Ahbabi,
Director General, UAE Space
Agency.
During their visit, delegates
took part in a discussion cover-
ing key topics concerning the
agency and the space industry,
which included supportive ser-
vices, the countrys space strat-
egy and the future of the UAE
space industry, policies, legisla-
Al Ahbabi tion and partnerships. With in-
vestments and interests totalling
around $5.5 billion, the country has been identied as
the largest investor in the regions space industry.
The visit was aimed towards making the delegates
aware of the UAEs current efforts to become a leader
in the global space sector inspiring future genera-
tions and seeing how the industry can help contribute
to the national economy and support the transition to-
wards sustainable development. Representatives of the
UAE Space Agency briefed the delegates on the sig-
nicance of utilizing space-inspired technologies for
everyday activities as well as for more complex opera-
tions concerning national security or the management
of natural disasters.
Todays visit to the UAE Space Agency is part of
SLPs continuing efforts to learn more about the coun-
trys emerging sectors, said Jassem Albloushi, Mem-
ber of Board of Trustees, Rubu Qarn Foundation for
Creating Future Leaders and Innovators. The space in-
dustry represents a new industry that the UAE is look-
ing to explore and excel in. In line with this, we sought
to learn from the UAEs lead proponent, the UAE
Space Agency. The visit has given us an understand-
ing of its vision, mission and the strategies they wish
to implement to achieve sustainable development. We
would like to thank HE Dr Al Ahbabi for welcoming us
and giving our participants a detailed brieng about the
agency and the space sector.
Delegates took note of the key points shared with
them during their visit. To date, a total of 500 profes-
sionals work for the UAEs space program 50 per cent
are comprised of UAE nationals, and 40 per cent are still
in their youth. The country currently maintains and oper-
ates 12 satellites and has forged strategic international
partnerships as part of the move to advance the UAEs
space programs and initiatives, which in turn, reinforc-
es the countrys position as a regional centre for space
services and techniques. The agency, in particular, has
placed strong focus towards public-private partnerships.
Participants were also briefed on the move to ex-
plore new frontiers while also explaining why invest-
ing in space poses great benets and advantages to the
country like increased national knowledge, creating
global cooperation, economic expansion and consoli-
dating the UAEs place among key players in the space
industry. Lastly, the visiting delegation learned about
the UAE Space Agencys various programs and cam-
paigns that are part of the unied efforts to solidify the
countrys position as a global player in the space indus-
try, including its visionary plan to create a city on Mars
by the year 2117.
The UAE Space Agency, the rst national space
agency in the region, was established in 2014, and is re-
sponsible for organizing, regulating and supporting the
national space sector under federal law. This includes
the complete oversight and funding of space missions
such as the Mars Hope Probe, the UAEs unmanned
mission to Mars.
In this Sept 1, 2015, photo, Lily West
(left), and Logan Strong plant seeds
for their schools wood-heated aqua-
ponics greenhouse in Kasaan, Alas-
ka. The state has released a new
guidebook that other Alaska schools
and community groups how to build
greenhouses heated with a plentiful
local resource, wood. (AP)
Brown Pruitt
Discovery
Heated greenhouses: Cold-climate
greenhouses have long been an option for
increasing the limited growing season in
Alaska, where fresh produce is a rarity in
a harsh environment. But for many remote
communities that rely on costly imported
diesel fuel for their power source, theyre
too expensive to operate.
Now, the state has released a handbook
that shows scho ols and community groups
how to build greenhouses heated with a
plentiful local resource: wood.
The 98-page guide comes as greenhouses
gain popularity in the vast state for several
reasons, including improved technology and
heightened awareness, according to ofcials
who worked on the handbook.
Thousands of schools in the continental
US have gardens and some have green-
houses where students learn to grow food.
But Alaskas situation is unique given the
lack of fresh produce from local sources in
remote parts of the state.
Theres nobody that comes close, says
Bob Deering, renewable energy coordinator
for the Alaska region of the US Forest Ser-
vice, the handbooks main funding source.
In villages off the states limited road
system, for instance, goods must be own up
or barged in. Steeply priced vegetables can
be more than a week in transit and past their
prime by the time they arrive at stores.(AP)
Clean energy meeting: California Gov.
Jerry Brown will travel to China to dis-
cuss clean energy policy with international
leaders next month, his ofce announced
Friday.
Hell attend an international energy
conference in Beijing with delegates from
nearly two dozen countries during his visit
during the rst week of June.
He will also visit Chengdu in Sichuan
province and Nanjing in Jiangsu province
Caucasus and vied for supremacy with the emerging Ottomans. (Inset): The enormous, 600-year-old tomb is
moved on a large wheeled platform, to make way for a hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river, in the village of
Hasankeyf, southeastern Turkey. The domed Zeynel Bey Tomb, weighing 1,100 tons, was moved in one piece
Friday, traveling two kilometers from the ancient settlement of Hasankeyf, where the majority of villages and
historic sites are at risk of being submerged in water when the Ilisu Dam is completed. (AFP/AP)
Oil
Pipeline opponents go after money
BISMARCK, ND, May 14, (AP): Op-
position to the Dakota Access oil pipe-
line has persuaded some banks to stop
supporting projects that might harm
the environment or tread on indigenous
rights, but calling the divest movement
a success might be a stretch.
It doesnt appear to be hurting the
ability of energy companies to get -
nancing and it doesnt seem to concern
lenders broadly. Yet pipeline oppo-
nents see victory in the fact that they
have made nancial institutions more
aware of indigenous rights and
theyre intent on keeping up the ght
on projects such as Keystone XL even
after failing to stop the Dakota Access
line.
We arent ignoring the fact we
couldnt stop that pipeline, said Va-
nessa Green, a campaign director with
the DivestInvest initiative. Theres a
battle, and then theres a war.
The $3.8 billion Dakota Access
pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois
will be fully operational by June 1, a
half-year later than planned by Tex-
as-based developer Energy Transfer
Partners. The project was delayed by
lawsuits from American Indian tribes
who fear it threatens cultural sites and
drinking water, and months of protests
by tribal members and their support-
ers. President Donald Trump pushed
the project through shortly after taking
ofce.
While the protests centered on a
camp in North Dakota that at times
housed thousands of people, oppo-
nents also picketed banks in major
U.S. cities and urged banks in Europe
and even Japan to take a stand against
during the weeklong trip. Both provinces
are, along with California, part of the Un-
der2 Coalition of regions that have pledged
to limit global warming to below 2 degrees
Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
Browns ofce says the trip will
strengthen Californias climate, clean
A photo taken during the Sharjah Leadership Program delegates visit to the
headquarters of the UAE Space Agency.
Theres battle, theres war
Oregon port vote is latest
local action on fossil fuels
SEATTLE, May 14, (AP): Residents
of a coastal community in Oregon
are considering whether to try to
derail a fossil fuel export project in
their rural county, a decision that
could put them at odds with the
Trump administration.
The ballot measure before Coos
County voters Tuesday would block
the $7.5 billion Jordan Cove Energy
Project, a proposed liqueed natu-
ral gas port that would be the rst of
its kind on the US West Coast.
The vote comes weeks after a
Trump adviser said the adminis-
tration would approve the project.
Federal regulators denied a permit
for the export terminal and pipeline
under President Barack Obama.
In recent years, American In-
dian tribes and environmentalists
have successfully fought a number
of fossil fuel export projects in the
Pacic Northwest, and pushed for
the pipeline.
Some did. Paris-based BNP Paribas
USA, Netherlands-based ING and Nor-
way-based DNB sold off their shares of
a Dakota Access loan. Private investor
Storebrand and Odin Fund Manage-
ment, both in Norway, sold shares in
companies linked to the project. Dutch
energy and economic ties with China.
The Pacic Rim county is the worlds top
carbon polluter. The United States gener-
ates the second-largest amount of carbon
pollution. (AP)
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
18
local regulations to prevent new
projects.
As President Donald Trump ag-
gressively pushes fossil fuel explo-
ration, opponents say theyre more
focused than ever on actions at the
state and local level to stop the North-
west from becoming a gateway for
exporting the nations fossil fuels.
Weve all been waiting nerv-
ously for the Trump administration
to dial up the intensity, said Eric de
Place with Sightline Institute, a Se-
attle-based environmental research
group.
Since 2010, at least 20 projects
have been proposed in Oregon and
Washington to handle and move
coal, crude oil, methanol, propane
or liqueed natural gas, but only a
few have come to fruition.
Almost all the victories hap-
pened at the state or local level, de
Place said.
bank ABN-AMRO stopped providing
credit to a parent company of ETP.
Pipeline opponents also targeted cit-
ies with some success, including in Se-
attle, where leaders in February voted
to cut ties with San Francisco-based
banking giant Wells Fargo in part due
to its role in funding Dakota Access.
Upend coal ash rule: A utilities
group asked the Environmental Protection
Agency on Friday to sweep away rules
governing the disposal of the poison-laden
ash left behind when coal is burned to
generate electricity.
The Utility Solid Waste Activities Group
led a petition asking EPA Administrator
Scott Pruitt to reconsider broad sections
of the Coal Combustion Residuals Rule,
saying the regulations are ill-conceived and
burdensome.
The EPA chief has expressed his will-
ingness to gut environmental regulations
nalized under the Obama administration,
especially if doing so aids the fossil fuel
industry. Since his appointment, Pruitt has
repeatedly moved to block or delay rules
aimed at curbing air and water pollution
from coal-red power plants.
Like President Donald Trump, Pruitt de-
nies the consensus of climate scientists that
manmade carbon emissions are the primary
driver of climate change.
The nations coal-red power plants
produce tens of millions of tons of coal ash
each year that contain such toxic heavy
metals as arsenic, lead and mercury. Much
of the ash is in wastewater pumped into
massive unlined pits near lakes and rivers
potentially used as sources of drinking
water.
Following a series of highly-publicized
spills, the EPA spent years developing new
rules to prod utilities to either recycle the
ash or dispose of it more safely. (AP)

Chords in crossroads Mi Luna and more
THE AL HASSAN BROTHERS
Imaintains
n their debut album Mi Luna, Al Hassan Brothers bring together soulful
melodies and passionate singing, in a polished compilation that not only
a strong Spanish avour replete with the ourishes that make
amenco music so bewitching to the listener, but also a steadfast display of
their Kuwaiti roots and global inuences. The mix of Arabic, English and
Spanish numbers expands the groups palette, inducing an atmosphere of
both contemplation and enthusiasm as evocative melodies strummed deli-
cately on the guitar give way to compelling traditional fare and more intense
rock ballads. In Mi Luna, you nd songs on the sea that match its ebbs and
ows, songs about love that reveal emotions beneath the surface, and songs
of wisdom and ideas that command attention.
Formed in the summer of 2015 by Ali, Haitham, Mahmoud and Hassan,
Al Hassan Brothers band and their music is inspired by a variety of musi-
cal backgrounds ranging from classical to jazz, from rock to amenco,
from Celtic to bluegrass, not forgetting Kuwaiti folk. Keeping true to Latin
and Spanish guitar techniques, the bands music combines Latin guitar and
Rumba Flamenco fused with Middle Eastern melodies, creating a distinctive
and contemporary style. The band signed on to Ajna Records in 2016, and
released their debut album Mi Luna with accompanying live performanc-
es. In this interview, Ali Al Hassan provides a glimpse of their journey.
Arab Times: Tell us about how Al Hassan Brothers, the band came to be.
Ali: I am the lead singer of the band, Al Hassan Brothers, where I play the
rhythm guitar. We started the band in 2015. Our origin story can be traced
back to a charity event held at the Embassy of the Philippines. We were
invited to perform there by a friend who had heard us play at the Radisson
Hotel. When he was introducing us to the audience, he called us the Al Has-
san Brothers, we liked the name and went with it.
The band includes my brother Haitham who plays the lead guitar and
sings, and my cousins Mahmoud who plays the lead guitar and Hassan
who plays rhythmic guitars and supplies the backing vocals.
AT: When did you rst become interested in music?
Ali: Ive been interested in music from a very early age. We come from
a family that loves music and played music all the time. We were always
listening to music being played from cassettes, even when being dropped
and picked up from school in the car.
My uncle taught me how to play piano and I continued to play it until high
school. After I graduated from high school, I became interested and intrigued
by many genres of music, but one particular type of music that got a hold of
my young heart was amenco.
Ali Al Hassan
The Al Hassan Brothers Kuwaiti roots and global inuences.
SPECIAL REPORT
By Cinatra Fernandes
Arab Times Staff
Another uncle had shown me a video of the renowned amenco artist
called Paco de Lucia, and I was completely amazed by him, the music and
skill. In 1999, the internet played a vital role in broadening our access to the
discovery of new music and artists. I started to search for more musicians.
I knew a couple of good musicians from Spain, I followed the Gipsy Kings
ardently, memorised all of their songs. So it was in this period that I really
got into amenco.
My aunt from my mothers side, Mahmouds mother, had bought a guitar
around 30 years ago that was just gathering dust in my grandfathers house,
nobody played it. So I picked up the guitar and played a couple of melodies.
Then my mother found out that there were guitar classes at Bayt Lothan and
enrolled me there. That is where I met Nawaf Al Gheraibah, whose Ajna
records has produced the album.
Nawaf taught me nine courses, he taught me how to play basic guitar and
he explained to me the fundamental chords that form the structure of most
songs. When I memorised these chords, I began to play the music that I
loved very easily by ear. I knew the sequences of the chords and it was a lot
of fun. I learned all the Gypsy Kings songs and I thought to myself that this
kind of music would be much better with a group.
AT: Did you talk the rest of your band into it, then?
Ali: I was in my early twenties at this time and my brothers were in their
pre-teen and early teenage years. I taught my brother who was nine years old
the basics and everything else I knew. I remember that I tried to go around
teaching what I knew to anybody who was interested. I bought Yamaha C40
guitars for the kids, my brothers were young and had their studies so they
werent able to join me much then. I knew other musicians who I used to
play live with.
AT: How quickly did their skill develop?
Ali: Oh they became good at guitar playing very fast. It took them less
than a year to pick up the skill because they played all the time and from an
early age, especially Haitham who tried to compose things from the get go.
Mahmoud is extremely motivated so he was able to achieve a high level of
skill in playing.
Around this time, we met with a well-known Bahraini guitarist. I used to
play with him by the seaside and on the weekends we would sit from one
night to the next morning. He is a very talented guitarist and we all enjoyed
playing along with him.
AT: Were you interested in any other genres besides amenco?
Ali: Of course, we were appreciative of many other genres but we
Mahmoud Al Hassan Haitham Al Hassan
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Photos courtesy of the Al Hassan Brothers
favoured classic rock especially music from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin,
Deep Purple, Creed, etc.
AT: Lets talk about your album Mi Luna.
Ali: I started to write and compose my own music quite early. Once I had
learnt the chords, I had begun to play around with instrumental numbers and
songs. Back then, writing lyrics was a challenge for me because my English
wasnt that good. So I concentrated on the music more.
Mi Luna as a rst album, contains the experiences of all the formative
years of our experience with music and life for the four of us. We have been
on a long journey of playing Spanish music together among the four of us
and this comes through in our Spanish songs on the album. As it only needed
four guitars, it was easy to play anywhere, anytime and we love this kind of
music.
We also have other compositions that include traditional Arab music as
well as English rock music. So, with this compilation of twelve tracks, we
tried to make a balanced album that reects our interests.
We have a traditional number Muhyee El Hawa in the style of Saamri
characterised by its distinctive folkloric rhythm, the lyrics of which are made
up of a poem by an old Kuwaiti poet. We also feature another Kuwaiti song
which is modern with Su poetry.
We have two songs sung in both Arabic and Spanish. I dont speak Span-
ish so they were a challenge. Thanks to our avid fascination and love for
Spanish music and Spanish songs, weve memorised a lot of lyrics which
makes it easier to sing the songs. Spanish is also a very rhythmic language,
so you can sing it easily. I tried to write lyrics using Google translate. First I
just write the music and then follow the Carnatic style of writing with sounds
that t into the melody but have no meaning. Then I search for lyrics that t
with these sounds and in a meaning that I like. The nal version of what Id
come up with was looked over by a Spanish professor who made the neces-
sary edits. When I have the Spanish phrase, I try to gure out the Arabic
words that would convey the same meaning, the main single Yo Tequiero
was developed this way.
In this album, we wrote four songs about the sea. We love nature.
AT: How do you think amenco relates to Arab music? Do you nd
patterns of similarities between the two? What would you say is the main
difference?
Ali: Of course, all music is linked and especially amenco. Flamenco has
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Arabic song writing. But Haitham does

and he writes Arabic songs.
Another difculty we encountered
was in terms of time management for
the group. But fortunately we are fam-
ily, so I can go to my uncles house
and nd everybody there to practice.
In terms of writing music, we have
an open door policy where each mem-

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many roots that include Arab, Indian,
African, Persian, and European inu-
ences. Flamenco has an easy adapt-
ability that you can always mix it with
anything. I think that this is the beauty
of amenco music it blends beauti-
fully with other types of music and
there is a lot of room to develop differ-
ent styles and varieties of it. The main
difference between amenco and Arab
music would be between the chords
and harmonies used.
AT: Who are your inuences as a
band?
Ali: There are a lot of bands that
we look up to. The Beatles has always
been a very big inspiration to us.
Other bands and musicians that have
inuenced us are Led Zeppelin, Black
Sabbath, Gypsy Kings, Paco de Lucia,
Camarn de la Isla, among many other
musicians we admire. There is an
American alternative rock band Live
whose album Throwing Cooper had
an impact. For the vocals, I see Nusrat
Fateh Ali Khan as one of the best.
AT: How do you see yourself within
the spectrum of Kuwaiti music, where
do you see yourself placed?
Ali: I think we are quite different
when compared to other bands. Our
music taste, what we like in music and
the variety that we offer, I believe, sets
us apart in the music scene.
AT: How would you describe your
audience?
Ali: I think with the variety of
styles and languages we offer in our
music, we cast a wide net and try to
touch every kind of listener from those
interested in lyrics to those drawn to
melodies, for those who like traditional
Kuwaiti music to others who prefer
English and Spanish songs.
The Al Hassan Brothers in concert
AT: What themes have you ex-
plored in the album?
Ali: The English songs comprise of
powerful rock anthems as well as slow
rock renditions. We have themes of love
and support of family and friends. As a
band we have experienced a situation
where we received immense support from
the people in our lives and not the system.
So some of the songs carry with it that
anger and insistent style of singing.
Another theme we explore is on the
nature of dreams and reality. Some-
times we have a very old dream that
we remember so clearly while we for-
get a lot of things about the previous
day. Some dreams are made up of a
truth that is sometimes more real to us
than the everyday reality of our lives.
So the song, More real than reality,
explores this idea of the dream being
more real than reality and how it might
affect your life and your days more
than the waking experience.
Another song in the album is Zors song called tob tob ya bahrar which
Night, and it is a song about the Zor
Beach in Kuwait where we have had
many great times since childhood. We
have other songs that talk about the sea
and the peace of mind it brings.
AT: How are your sea songs a de-
parture from the traditional fare?
Ali: The songs are of our experi-
ence with the sea, where we sit by
it and play guitar into the night. The
songs of the sea of the past are more
tragic in tone because a lot of people
died at sea, the sea was a contender.
In Kuwait we have a very famous
laments the carnage of the sea. But our
songs are more pleasant and joyful. In
Muhyee El Hawa we have the power
of singing from the old traditional side.
AT: When did you start working
on this album? What is the process of
putting it all together?
Ali: We started working on it last
summer and we encountered some dif-
culties. Nawaf Al Gheraibah of Ajna
Records is a very busy man because
he is very supportive to everyone. We
were fortunate to know him closely as
we started this project.
We had difculties amongst our- language and lyric writing was a chal-
selves because we have responsibilities
and commitments outside of the band,
with family and work obligations. So
in the beginning we had a difcult
time recording and it took a long while
to get it done.
Ajna has become a second home,
we love it. This is another great benet
of music that you get to know new
open-minded, loving and giving peo-
ple and connect with them
AT: What are the challenges you
face as a musician?
Ali: When I rst started, the
getting wider and I hope that there will be
lenge. But as time passed, it became
easier. My English improved and I g-
ured out a way to write in Spanish. As
I dont listen to a lot of Arabic songs,
I dont have that much inspiration for
ber is encouraged to write whatever
he wants and we also get together and
try to write something collectively in
different combinations, it lends a dif-
ference to the experience and output.
AT: What do you think of the music
industry in Kuwait? What is needed
for it to thrive?
Ali: The music scene has gotten
bigger in Kuwait. It is everywhere.
When the weather is nice, everybody
is organising outdoor events with live
performances, this is a recent positive
development.
I am grateful for my music teachers in
school. I loved playing with a group then.
The feeling and joy of playing in a band
developed from my schooldays even
though I mightve played music not to my
taste. Ive always liked the idea of playing
music with other people and I hope that
music education in schools will be made a
priority and kids can be introduced to the
wonders of making music.
For the music industry in Kuwait to
thrive, I hope that people would write
what comes from the heart and not try
to mimic popular trends or pander to
the audience. It has to be honest and
the people will feel that and respond
to it. If you do this, you are adding
something new to the music scene.
Sometimes you have much better
things to contribute that gets lost if you
are trying to please other people.
AT: What advice would you give to
young musicians?
Ali: Young musicians have to rst
listen to a lot of good music and enjoy
it. For those who want to start their
own bands, I would urge them to make
time to practice.
AT: What are your expectations for
Mi Luna?
Ali: I havent thought about the future
with Mi Luna. Im just living in the
moment and enjoying the process. We
are very happy with the music we have
put out and we hope that our joy will
reach people. We hope the album Mi
Luna will be enjoyed and we are eager to
know what the audience makes of it.
AT: What is your hope for the
future?
Ali: Im happy that the music scene is
more opportunities and venues for musi-
cians to express themselves, more places
to perform and enjoy music. It is my
dream that every area in Kuwait would
have a space for the youth and for the arts.

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 Laughter is the way you hook the audience

Guardians set Marvel on new path for superhero movies

LOS ANGELES, May 14, (RTRS): The surprise success of the rst
Guardians of the Galaxy, with its intergalactic gang of mists
and quirky tone, launched Marvel Studios into making action mov-
ies starring lesser-known comic book gures that could make audi-
ences laugh.
Two years later, the bet that comedy could help catapult charac-
ters such as the Guardians, Ant-Man and Doctor Strange into
box ofce stars has paid off again.
The Guardians, led by actor Chris Pratts Peter Quill, debut-
ed in 2014 with more than $700 million at the global box ofce.
Film
studios upcoming releases, including Spider-Man: Homecom-
ing and Thor: Ragnarok, are expected to build humor into their
audience appeal.
The Guardians franchise has gone farther by putting comedy at
the core of the movie. Audiences fell in love with the roguish Peter,
no-nonsense Gamora, the alien Drax who didnt understand irony
and the bromance between Rocket Raccoon and tree-alien Groot.
Laughter is the way you hook the audience, and then you can
scare them, then you can hopefully touch them emotionally deeper
than they were expecting to in a lm about a tree and a raccoon
for repeat viewings, which Feige compared to the fan-favorite Star
Wars lms or the Harry Potter franchise.
Theres only one way to do that - to make lms entertaining
enough and have the mythology of our stories rich enough and deep
enough that there are things worth continuing to experience, he
said in the Reuters interview.
Disney-owned Marvel has seven upcoming lms mapped out un-
til 2019, including Spider-Man: Homecoming, a joint production
with Sony Pictures due in July.
The lm taps the teen comedy genre in the retelling of Spider-

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opened in the United States last
week and has already grossed more than $500 million worldwide.
The rst Guardians of the Galaxy lm allowed us to perhaps
go a little bit further, not just in humor, but types of characters,
Kevin Feige, chief executive of Marvel Studios, told Reuters.
Comedy has avored Marvel movies since 2008s Iron Man
featured star Robert Downey Jr.s cocky one-liners. Many of the
and aliens that dont understand metaphors, Feige told reporters
in April.
Secret
Humor is the secret into the audiences other range of emo-
tions, he added.
Its also part of Marvels strategy to keep audiences coming back
Mans origin story as his alter-ego Peter Parker navigates the perils
of high school.
But comedy has not always paired well with superheroes.
George Clooneys 1997 Batman & Robin, which featured
goofy jokes, was savaged by critics and was one of the worst-per-
forming superhero lms, grossing $238 million worldwide accord-
ing to BoxOfceMojo.com.

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Features

This image released by Amazon Studios shows Julianne Moore in a scene from Wonderstruck. (AP)

Film

From mysterious beast to migrant tales

LOS ANGELES: Blade of the
Samurai, which debuts in Of-
cial Selection in the Cannes
Film Festival next week, is set
for a theatrical release in North
America. Rights to the lm were
acquired by Magnet Releasing
from HanWay Films.
The action drama is the 100th
movie to be directed by the pro-
lic Japanese lm maker Miike
Takashi. It is also his fourth in the
Cannes festival.
Based on Hiroaki Samuras
long-running manga of the same
title, Blade follows an immortal
warrior who is enlisted by a young
MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
Cannes dishes one of tastiest lineup
LOS ANGELES, May 14, (Agencies): Ask just
about any critic heading to next weeks Cannes
Film Festival for their thoughts on the lineup and
youll get much the same verdict: On paper, at least,
its one of the tastiest in years. Usually we speak of
Cannes programmes being front-loaded or back-
loaded in terms of major auteur works; this year,
its simply loaded.
The rst two days of this years fest alone see pre-
mieres from Todd Haynes (Wonderstruck), An-
red-carpet rush.
Success
Which isnt to say Cannes cant mint an Oscar
success story. The narratives involved just tend to
be more surprising and slow-burning.
Last year, Isabelle Huppert picked up Cannes
raves for her performance in Elle, but Paul Ver-
hoevens nervy rape-revenge thriller was widely
assumed to be a non-starter for Academy types. It
wounded soldier who seduces the women around
him, including Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst.
Redoubtable
The buzz is also good on this cheeky comedy
about the legendary New Wave movie director
Jean-Luc Godard from Michel Hazanavicius, the
man behind the whimiscal multi-Oscar winner The
Artist.
Okja
Netix are pushing the boat out for their big-

girl to avenge her parents slaughter
at the hand of a group of master
swordsmen. The screenplay was
adapted by Tetsuya Oishi, with the
lm produced by Jeremy Thomas,
Misako Saka, and Shigeji Maeda,
with Warner Bros. Japan.
Magnet, the specialty arm of
Magnolia Releasing, plans to re-
lease the lm later this year. Mag-
nolia and Magnet have pre-bought
two other Cannes titles: Arnaud
Desplechins opener Ismaels
Ghosts, and Ruben Ostlunds
The Square. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: Indias Dangal
is set to swap places with Guard-
ians of the Galaxy vol. 2 and take
the top spot at the Chinese box
ofce. Both will trounce newly
released King Arthur.
The Aamir Khan-starring
Dangal topped the Chinese charts
on both Friday and Saturday, with
sharply improved scores, compared
with its opening frame. On Friday
Dangal grossed $6.21 million, fol-
lowed by $13.9 million on Saturday.
The previous weekend Dangal
had scores of $2.27 million and
$4.70 million on the comparable
days and nished its three-day open-
ing with $11.3 million.
Exhibitors increased the lms
outings to 35,000 screenings on
Friday and 55,000 on Saturday.
That compared with an average
of 30,000 a week ago. Per screen
takings were the highest in the
chart. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: Guardians of the
Galaxy Vol. 2 is on track for its
second straight box ofce win with
Friday night pulling in $16.4 million
at 4,347 theaters despite debuts from
both King Arthur and Snatched. in an estimated $5 million from
It is expected to amass a total of
$63.5 by weekends end.
Saturday estimates show Amy
Schumer and Goldie Hawns
Snatched through 20th Century
Fox barely beating Warner Bros
drei Zvyagintsev (Loveless), Arnaud Desplechin
(Ismaels Ghosts) and Claire Denis (Black
Glasses). The last two days, by which point the
crowds usually thin out, have Lynne Ramsay (You
Were Never Really Here) and Roman Polanski
(Based on a True Story), not to mention David
Lynchs feverishly awaited Twin Peaks reboot.
In between is an all-you-can-eat cinephiles buffet
boasting new works from Michael Haneke (Hap-
py End), Soa Coppola (The Beguiled), Noah
Baumbach (The Meyerowitz Stories) and Yorgos
Lanthimos (The Killing of a Deer), among many
others.
In short, anyone who decided on a curtailed
Cannes trip this year is probably kicking themselves.
Yet from industry pundits who tend to weigh
festival selections in terms of future awards-season
prospects, the reaction to Canness class of 2017 is a
little more muted, more wait and see than gimme
gimme gimme. Thats no slight on the quality of
the selections, of course: However much they feed
into each other, the festival circuit and the Oscar
campaign trail are two very different tracks, with
sometimes differing notions of prestige.
Take Ken Loach, for example. Last year, the
80-year-old doyen of social realism took his sec-
ond Palme dOr, for I, Daniel Blake, and ex-
tended his record as the most-selected lmmaker in
Cannes Competition history. For all that Croisette
love, however, none of his lms has ever received
a single Oscar nomination. Cannes has never been
the prime hunting ground for suspected US awards
bait, not least because of its early position in the
calendar. In recent years, studios have preferred the
balmy late-summer climes of Venice to launch such
heavyweights as La La Land, Spotlight, Gravi-
ty and Birdman, heading straight into the autumn
King Arthur: Legend of the
Sword starring Jude Law and
Charlie Hunnam this Mothers
Day weekend. Snatched took
3,501 theaters Friday night. King
Arthur managed to attract a
slightly higher number of $5.3
million from 3,702 theaters, but it
is still projected to place third after
tallying the three day totals. Takashi
took months of nurturing by Sony Pictures Classics budget E.T.-like creature feature Okja, star-
to prove otherwise. David Mackenzies Hell or ring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton, which tells
High Water, meanwhile, bowed in the Un Certain the tale of a girl who risks everything to protect a
Regard section and was considerably well-received
shy giant animal.
by critics, yet it still wasnt pitched as a sure-re The Meyerowitz Stories
Oscar player coming out of the fest. It stood tall as
The streaming giant has also snapped up Noah
a solid bet when the dust of awards bait also-rans While Were Young Baumbachs story about
settled later in the season, however. a neurotic New York boho family trying to deal
The year before, it was Todd Haynes breathless- with their difcult artist father. Ben Stiller, Emma
ly received Carol that left Cannes with the strong- Thompson, Candice Bergen and Dustin Hoffman
est headwind of Oscar buzz. George Millers Mad complete a top-notch cast.
Max: Fury Road, meanwhile, enthralled the Croi-
You Were Never Really Here
sette but was dismissed out of hand as an awards Scotlands Lynne Ramsay made her Cannes de-
player. We all know which one landed a best picture
but with the unforgettable Ratcatcher. This year
nomination in the end. she will close the festival with this drama of a war
From the tale of a mysterious beast to a migrant veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who tries to save a victim
who nds he can levitate after being shot on a bor-
of sex-trafcking.
der fence, these are the 19 movies competing in the Loveless
main competition at this weeks Cannes Film Fes-
Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev wowed
tival: Cannes in 2014 with Leviathan, a darkly funny
Wonderstruck
meditation on family bonds and religion. Family is
Todd Haynes in back in period mode after his
huge hit Carol with the rst of two Amazon- again the focus of his new lm about a clan with an
aversion to affection.
backed movies to have made the cut. Julianne
Moore and Michelle Williams star in the story of Good Time
two deaf children living parallel lives in the 1920s Billed as a grindhouse movie with a brain, New
and 1970s. York indie brothers Benny and Josh Safdie have
Jupiters Moon cast Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson as a
Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczowho bank robber struggling to evade the police.
Happy End
won the newcomers prize with White in 2014
has turned his lens on the European migrant crisis, No one has ever won the Palme dOr three times.
But with Isabelle Huppert again by his side fresh
with this story of a young refugee who discovers
amazing powers when he is shot. from her accolades for Elle, Austrian-born Mi-
The Beguiled chael Haneke could write his place in history with
Soa Coppolas starry and much-touted Ameri- this family drama set in northern France against the
can Civil War thriller, a remake of the 1971 movie backdrop of the migrant crisis.
with Clint Eastwood, features Colin Farrell as a Continued on Page 22
Snatched is expected to make that it will be handling upcom- the suburbs, only to discover its
$16 million this weekend, while ing horror/psychological thriller actually haunted. There is current-
King Arthurs potential numbers Grifns Ghost from The ly no cast attached, but casting is
continue to fall -- its now facing Blair Witch Project co-director underway with a start date set for
a $14 million debut, down from Eduardo Sanchez. AGW will be the fall. Pulitzer Prize-nominated
the initial $18 million projection. distributing the lm from Nous Broadway playwrite Jack Zemen
(RTRS) Entertainment, and will be launch- wrote the screenplay.
ing later this month at Cannes. AGW head of sales and dis-
Grifns Ghost will follow tribution Terese Linden Kohn
LOS ANGELES: Angel Grace Grifn Kidder and her husband spoke highly of director Sanchez
Khan Worldwide announced Saturday as they move into a xer-upper in in a press release. (RTRS)

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People & Places
Film
Glamour & glitz
Some actresses who
have shaken Cannes
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The Square
The Swedish director Ruben Ostlund best
known for Snow Therapy was a late entry with
his dystopian tale of a place without rules where
people can do what they want.
The Killing of a Deer
Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell team up for
the second time in the competition, this time in
the story of a boy trying to bring a surgeon into
his dysfunctional family, with disastrous conse-
quences. With Greek maestro Yorgos Lanthimos
at the helm, expect the weird.
Rodin
Gerard Depardieu has
already had a go at playing
Frances greatest sculptor.
This time Vincent Lindon
picks up the chisel to por-
tray the artist in a biopic that
marks the centenary of his
death.
In The Fade
Hamburgs Fatih Akin of
Madonna Head-On fame returns to
home ground in a promising
story of vengeance set among Germanys Turk-
ish community.
Amant Double (The Double Lover)
No one does thrillers like French director Fran-
cois Swimming Pool Ozon. His latest follows a
young woman who falls in love with her therapist
before realizing hes not who she thought he was.
120 Beats Per Minute
Drama by Franco-Moroccan director Robin
Campillo set among a group of people working
with an AIDS charity in Paris in the 1990s.
Radiance
Japans Naomi Kawase returns to the competi-
tion three years after her Still the Water with
a lm following a photographer whose eyesight
is failing.
The Day After
South Korean director Hong Sang-Soo is
bringing two lms to Cannes. His new feature
The Day After is in the main competition with
a special screening for Claires Camera, which
features Isabelle Huppert, and was partly shot
during last years festival.
A Gentle Creature
A woman tries to learn the truth about her hus-
band held in a remote prison in Russia when a
package for him is returned to her in Ukrainian
director Sergei Loznitsas sombre story.
The Cannes Film Festival which starts this
week is famous for glamour and glitz. With
the festival celebrating it 70th anniversary, we
look back at some of the actresses who have lit
up the red carpet:
La Lollo vs Sophia
In the late 1950s, two curvacious Italian ac-
tresses competed for the attention of rowdy pa-
parazzi: Gina Lollobrigida, affectionately known
as La Lollo by fans, and Sophia Loren, born
Soa Scicolone.
The press revelled in their supposed public
rivalry and Cannes became a key battleground
where the divas competed for the eyes and imagi-
nations of lm buffs.
Loren gained the upper hand in 1962 when she
won the best actress Oscar for Two Women by
Vittorio De Sica.
Even so, she still had to compete at Cannes
with other rising Italian stars Claudia Cardi-
nale, Monica Vitti and Silvana Mangano for
attention.
Bardot mania
Then an unknown, Brigitte Bardot rst ap-
peared at Cannes in 1953 and caused quite a sen-
sation, lounging on the beach while Kirk Douglas
plaited her hair.
Fourteen years later the French star returned
as an international sex symbol for the festivals
closing ceremonies in May 1967 where she was
to pay tribute to Swiss actor Michel Simon, the
nights guest of honour.
But photographers battled each other amid a
massive crowd trying to catch a glimpse of BB
as she enter the auditorium.
Police had to ght to clear the way for Bar-
dot as her husband Gunter Sachs pleaded for the
crowd not to crush her.
In bed with Madonna
At the height of her fame in 1991, the US icon
came to Cannes to present her documentary Ma-
donna: Truth or Dare.
Holed up in the ve-star Hotel du Cap-Eden-
Roc, she stopped trafc on the winding roads of
Cap dAntibes for her daily 15-kilometre (10-
mile) run surrounded by 15 bodyguards.
On the night of the screening, a crowd of at
least 10,000 onlookers gathered in front of the
Palais des Festivals to try to catch a glimpse of
the star, whose limo inched through the crowd.
Chaos ensued as Madonna, wrapped in a pink
cloak, strolled the red carpet, before halting, turn-
ing and revealing the cream conical designed
by Jean Paul Gaultier she wore underneath.
A female television presenter was thrown to
the ground live on-air, as were several photog-
raphers.
Sharon Stone: A star is born
In 1992, the festival opened with the whodun-
nit Basic Instinct, an erotic thriller by Dutch
director Paul Verhoeven.
The main female role a novelist who stabs
her victims with an ice pick while engaged in
acrobatic acts was played by US star Sharon
Stone.
Completely at ease and oozing glamour, Stone,
up to then known for just secondary roles, caused
a minor riot among cameramen as she ascended
Cannes red carpet in a low-cut gown.
Stone became a regular feature at Cannes, turn-
ing her into a worldwide star.
Soprano Renee Fleming looks to the audience during the curtain call for Richard Strauss opera Der Rosenkavalier in New York on May 13. (AP)
Priyanka Chopra attends Paramount
Pictures world premiere of Baywatch
in Miami Beach, Florida on May 13.
(AFP)
Kilmer Dennings
Variety
LOS ANGELES: French luxury power-
house Kering has joined forces with lm
promotion org UniFrance to expand the
footprint of its Women in Motion program
globally and launch it at international lm
events throughout the year.
Created by Kering and running along-
side Cannes Film Festival, the Women in
Motion program hosts roundtables with
prominent industry execs and talent who
discuss womens contribution to lm.
Kicking off during the upcoming 3rd
edition in Cannes, the two-year agreement
between the two orgs will allow Women in
Motion to roll out at UniFrances French
Film Festival in Japan on June 22-25 in
Tokyo.
As part of the partnership, UniFrances
managing director Isabelle Giordano will
also host a panel during the Cannes-set
Woman in Motion edition on May 17-28.
Kerings alliance with UniFrance marks
a key step forward for Women in Motion.
Last year, the program had teamed up with
Sundance Institute to organize a Women at
Sundance Fellowship Programme for six
female directors and producers. (RTRS)
TOMBSTONE, Arizona: Val Kilmer, who
famously played Doc Holliday in the movie
Tombstone, is making plans to visit the
Arizona Old West town this summer as part
of a festival that pays tribute to the gunghter.
Kilmer announced he would be coming to
Arizona in August on Facebook, the Sierra
Vista Herald reported Thursday. The visit is
part of the Tombstone Lions Club and Tomb-
stone Mustacherys rst Doc Holli-Days
event taking place Aug 12 and 13.
In the movie, the character is based
off of John Henry Doc Holliday, a
dentist known for his part in the legendary
shootout at O.K. Corral.
The event is still in the planning stages,
Tombstone Mustachery co-owner Sherry
Rudd said. He kind of let the cat out of
the bag, she said, laughing.
Rudd and her husband, Kevin, got the
Opera
Peoples diva excited about new singing challenges
Fleming bids adieu to signature role
NEW YORK, May 14, (Agencies):
Opera superstar Renee Fleming bid
adieu Saturday to one of her trade-
mark roles, performing Strausss Der
Rosenkavalier for the last time before
a warm and enthusiastic crowd at the
Metropolitan Opera in a sold-out mati-
nee.
Fleming beamed from the stage
and patted her heart in gratitude to the
cheers at the nale of Strausss bitter-
sweet comedy as confetti shimmered
to the stage from above.
Fleming, 58, often considered the
leading American soprano of her gen-
eration, plans to continue to sing in
concert and some staged opera.
But she has retired many of her
signature opera roles, saying she is
excited about new singing challenges
and that she feels it is time to move
on from playing women decades
younger who comprise most of the
possibilities for a lyric soprano in the
opera repertoire.
Fleming is not on the Met schedule
for 2016-17, but a Met spokeswoman
said she will be back in the 2018-19
season.
In Der Rosenkavalier, Fleming
was cast as the wife of a eld marshal
in Vienna high society in the early 20th
century who turns away a much junior
lover, sensing that it is only a matter of
time before he rejects her for a younger
woman.
An emotional high point occurs at
the end of the rst act when Fleming,
whose character is called the Mar-
schallin, ponders the passage of time
and imagines herself as an old woman.
Everything fades away like mist
and dreams, she tells the young lover
Octavian, shortly before she sends him
away.
Fleming has praised the character
as one of operas most fully developed
for a woman.
There is so little repertoire in the
chance to meet Kilmer after the Cinema
Twain show in Wickenburg last Decem-
ber. Kilmer told the couple of his ideas to
sell Doc-inspired artwork in the area, and
A Palestinian mans silhouette is seen on a placard at a lm festival showcasing
lms focusing on human rights in Gaza City. The festival, which is in its third year,
coincides with the Cannes Film Festival and aims to show that there is an alternative
to the catwalks and glamour of its French counterpart, Saworki said. (AFP)
classical literature that has anything
to do with women who are really fully
drawn, who have the complexity and
the challenges that they truly face, she
told AFP last year.
Symbolic
So often in opera, women are sym-
bolic and sort of archetypal and mostly
very young, mostly victims, she said.
Raised in Rochester, New York, and
the daughter of two music teachers,
Fleming has attained unique stature
within opera, enjoying rare crossover
appeal among the general public and
a nickname as the peoples diva, a
testament to a combination of glamor,
talent and a touch of grittiness.
She sang the top 10 list for for-
mer late-night host David Letterman in
2013 and won praise for her rendition
of the national anthem at the 2014 Su-
per Bowl.
That prominence has made Fleming
a reliably bankable star, a status on full
display with Der Rosenkavalier, one
of the Mets most highly anticipated
new productions of 2016-7, a season
that commemorates 50 years at Lin-
coln Center.
Five of the nine Met performances
of Der Rosenkavalier completely
sold out and the run as a whole reached
98 percent capacity, making it the best
attended Met opera of the season, a
Met spokeswoman said.
Besides Rosenkavalier, Flemings
other signature parts include Dvoraks
Rusalka, Tatiana in Tchaikovskys
Eugene Onegin and Desdemona in
Verdis Otello. She has appeared
nearly 250 times at New Yorks pre-
miere opera house in 22 roles. She has
also sung in all of the worlds major
opera houses including Milan, London
and Paris.
A representative for Fleming said
the diva does not like to be a repeater
and has already performed most clas-
the group kept in contact. (AP)
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sic roles for which her voice is suited.
Fleming has increasingly shown an
interest in fresh works, seeking newly
composed pieces that bet a grown
woman.
Throughout her time on stage Sat-
urday, Flemings voice revealed a
combination of lightness and rich-
ness, especially near the end of act
one and in a trio near the nale of the
opera with Octavian and Sophie, the
younger woman whom Octavian falls
for. Fleming acted with understate-
ment and reserve that lent weight to
the sense of melancholy at the passage
of time.
While the Strauss opera worked the-
matically as a kind of not-quite-sen-
doff for Fleming from the Met, it did
not include obvious applause lines for
the audience to express its appreciation
during the performance.
The Met crowd on Saturday how-
ever made up for that with a standing
ovation for Fleming at the end.
Confetti fell from the top of the
Metropolitan Opera and bouquets
were thrown from the crowd during a
nine-minute ovation that followed the
performance on the nal day of the
companys 2016-17 season. Fleming
plans to concentrate her appearances
on concerts and will consider singing
in new operas.
Fleming rst sang the Marschallin,
an aristocrat who accurately predicts
her lover will leave her for a younger
woman, at the Houston Grand Opera
in 1995. Saturday was her 70th staged
performance of the role, which in-
cluded productions in San Francisco,
London, Paris, Zurich, Baden-Baden
and Munich, and with the Met on tour
in Japan. She sang additional concert
versions in Boston, Washington, D.C.,
and Paris.
I feel satiated, she said outside her
dressing room. Its time time to
say goodbye.
Girls has been canceled after six seasons
at CBS, Variety has learned.
The series starred Kat Dennings and
Beth Behrs as waitresses at a Brooklyn
diner who one day dream of opening their
own business. The only thing standing in
their way is the fact they are dead broke.
The series also starred Matthew Moy,
Jonathan Kite, Garrett Morris, and Jen-
nifer Coolidge. The series was co-created
by Michael Patrick King and Whitney
Cummings, with King and Michelle
Nader executive producing. Warner Bros
Television and MPK Productions produced.
The series posted solid ratings through-
out its run. Season 6 averaged a 1.3 rating
in adults 18-49 and 5.6 million viewers per
episode, airing mostly on Monday nights.
It briey moved to Wednesdays and Thurs-
days during its fth season. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: The Freeform series
Baby Daddy will end at the conclusion of
its sixth season, Variety has conrmed.
The May 22 season nale will now serve
as the series nale. The series followed Ben
(Jean-Luc Bilodeau), a young man in New
York City living a bachelors life with his
buddy Tucker (Tahj Mowry) and his brother
Danny (Derek Theler). Their lives are turned
upside down when they came home one day
to nd a baby girl left on the doorstep by an
ex-girlfriend of Bens. (RTRS)

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Portuguese singer representing Portugal with the song Amar Pelos Dois Salvador Vilar Braamcamp Sobral aka Sobral performs during the nal of the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Grand Final at the
International Exhibition Centre in Kiev on May 13. Inset: Sobral holds the trophy as he celebrates on stage. (AFP)
Music
NYs LightsOut show
Dancing in the dark:
club turns lights out
NEW YORK, May 14, (AFP): With ashy lights and
lasers increasingly the norm at concerts, a New York
promoter is trying a new effect to bring the focus back
to the music darkness.
In an experiment Friday night, more than 300 elec-
tronic music fans surrendered their smartphones to
dance in a light-sealed room as
their senses recalibrated to the
audio.
After an initial hour of
moderate lighting while a DJ
warmed up the crowd with
dance-friendly house music,
the stage turned black except
for a single light-bulb during
the main set by Eprom, whose
tracks are heavy on bass yet
experimental with quirky me-
lodic riffs.
Jarre
We want people to be less
distracted by shiny objects and more focused on what
the actual product is. A concert is all about the mu-
sic, said Jay Rogovin, executive adviser of the Good
Looks Collective entertainment agency, which put on
the inaugural LightsOut show.
Hoping to startle the senses further, the LightsOut
show which took place at the Knitting Factory in
Brooklyn jarringly ashed red strobe lights at sev-
eral points to remind the crowd of the darkness.
The setting appeared to loosen inhibitions, with a
number of club-goers throwing their arms in the air
with a joyful abandon that may have otherwise been
hampered by self-consciousness.
As proof of how difcult the zero-distraction con-
cept can be, at least one person smuggled in a phone
and, as is commonplace at shows, spent the night con-
stantly messaging friends.
Deposit
Fans were asked upon arrival to deposit their phones
in pouches developed by the start-up rm Yondr.
Although they were allowed to keep the phones,
the devices remained locked inside until they exited,
when the staff opened the bags using technology simi-
lar to the security tags at department stores.
Despite the theme, the club was hardly pitch-black
and no one groped in the dark.
Besides an illuminated red emergency exit, required
by law, light seeped in from the hallway as well as the
bathrooms. The minimal lighting was no oversight,
Rogovin said. The promoters believed maintaining
some light important for safety reasons to keep people
from tripping over one another.
Stage theatrics have a long history in pop music,
and the advent of electronica in the 1970s brought di-
verse ideas about visuals.
The French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel
Jarre found a complementary form of expression
through elaborate light shows that sometimes encom-
passed whole cities, while German innovators such as
Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream believed a colder, ro-
botic stage presence best encapsulated their computer-
based music.
But as electronic dance music has soared in popu-
larity in recent years, becoming a mainstay of summer
festivals, visuals have become a must-have with lights
that often have little to do with the sounds.
Dark concerts have also started in Britain, where
the Blackout show brought experimental music with
no lights last year.
Dark dining, which took off in the late 1990s, has
followed a similar philosophy at restaurants nota-
bly the Paris-based chain Dans Le Noir that serve
food in darkness aimed at encouraging diners senses
to zero in on taste. The latest New York concept came
from Rogovins associate Blake Oates, who tried the
idea on a smaller scale in Atlanta.
Rogovin plans more New York editions. And al-
though he also hopes to take the series elsewhere, he
is under no illusion that he stands on the brink of an
anti-MTV revolution.
Vulcan Materials Teaching award
winner Philip Ojo and Oprah Winfrey
attend the 128 Commencement at
Agnes Scott College on May 13 in De-
catur, Georgia. (AFP)
Tyrese Bono
Variety
NEW YORK: Platinum-selling R&B sing-
ers Tyrese, Brandy, Anthony Hamilton
and Kem celebrated Mothers Day two
days early at a concert in front of feverish
fans in Brooklyn.
The second annual SJ Presents Mothers
Day Good Music Festival took place at the
Barclays Center, which also included rising
singer-songwriter Major.
Brandy was energetic as she worked the
stage left to right, singing memorable hit
songs such as I Wanna Be Down, Full
Moon and Sittin Up In My Room.
Tyrese, also a star of the Fast & Furious
box ofce franchise, closed the four-hour
show.
Hamiltons performance went from up-
beat to soulful as fans sang along with the
Grammy-winning singer. He was supported
by The Hamiltones, his lively backing band
who earned loud cheers from the crowd
when hitting impressive high notes. (AP)
LOS ANGELES: U2 kicked off The
Joshua Tree Tour 2017 at BC Place in
Vancouver Friday night, debuting a brand
new song in the process. The previously
unheard The Little Things That Give
You Away will be the rst track from the
Irish bands upcoming album, Songs of
Experience.
Bono & Cos current concert series is
in celebration of the 30th anniversary of
U2s rst No. 1 album, The Joshua Tree,
released March 9, 1987. The band is play-
ing all 11 tracks off the album, in addition
to seldom played favorites like A Sort of
Homecoming and Ultraviolet (Light My
Way).
The band also had professionals on hand
to record their performance of Where the
Streets Have No Name, the rst track off
The Joshua Tree. (RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: While the picture of the
man depicting Sgt Pepper in the Beatles
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
album looks like a character out of a story
book, he was actually a real person. His
name was James Melvin Babington, and
author Bruce Spizer says his new book
The Beatles and Sgt Pepper: A Fans Per-
Music
Ballad beats glitz at singing contest
Portugals Sobral wins Eurovision
KIEV, Ukraine, May 14, (Agen-
cies): A gentle romantic ballad chal-
lenged the Eurovision Song Contests
decades-long reputation for cheesy,
glittery, unbridled excess and won
easily.
Portugals Salvador Sobral sang his
Amar Pelos Dois (Love For Both) in a
high, clear tenor accompanied by quiet
strings and a piano in Saturday nights
extravaganza, which was watched by
millions around the world.
Unlike the 25 other competitors who
performed on a wide stage backed by
ashing lights, bursts of ames and
other special effects, Sobral sang from
a small elevated circle in the middle of
the crowd, an intimate contrast to oth-
ers bombast.
Music is not reworks, music is
feeling, he said while accepting the
award.
Sobral won in a landslide, captur-
ing 758 points, 143 more than second
place.
Runner-up Kristian Kostov of Bul-
garia wasnt short on feeling his
powerful song Beautiful Mess was
awash in melodrama, the singer ap-
pearing almost wrung out by romantic
turmoil.
Moldovas Sunstroke Project n-
ished a surprising third in the 2017
contest with a bouncy, jazzy song
called Hey Mama in which the fe-
male backup singers hid their micro-
phones in bridal bouquets.
Francesco Gabbani of Italy had led
bookmakers tallies for many days
leading up to the nal, but he ended
up placing sixth even though his act
seemed the epitome of Eurovisions
cheerfully tacky aesthetics singing
a driving number about spirituality
while accompanied by someone in a
gorilla suit.
Eurovision, in its 62nd year, is
aimed at apolitical entertainment. But
those sweet intentions were soured this
year when Russias participation was
scuttled by host Ukraine over the two
spective, reveals his identity and a little of
his history for the rst time.
Spizer, who talked about the discovery
and the book this week on the weekly
Katy Perry performs onstage during 102.7 KIIS FMs 2017 Wango Tango at
StubHub Center on May 13 in Carson, California. (AFP)
nations diplomatic and military con-
ict.
Russia is one of Eurovisions heavy
hitters, tied with Sweden for the most
top-ve nishes this century. But this
years Russian entrant, Yuliya Samoy-
lova, was blocked from competing
by Ukraine because she had toured in
Crimea after Russias 2014 annexation
of the peninsula.
Jon Ola Sand, executive supervisor
of Eurovision afterwards praised the
amazing set-up in Ukraine and So-
brals performance.
He said the winner was bringing
music back to the Eurovision Song
Contest.
But the glitzy contest was marred
by the ongoing ghting with Moscow-
backed separatists in eastern Ukraine
and Ukrainian President Petro Po-
roshenko opted not to attend after four
civilian deaths.
Catchy
The annual celebration of catchy
europop, ludicrous costumes and glit-
tering divas watched by some 200 mil-
lion TV viewers was being hosted by
Ukraine for the second time.
Bulgarias big-voiced 17-year-old
singer Kristian Kostov came sec-
ond with a condent performance of
Beautiful Mess.
Third was Moldovas SunStroke
Project with a raucous song called
Hey, Mamma featuring a saxophon-
ist in sunglasses and dancers in wed-
ding dresses and veils.
The latest edition of the contest, that
began in 1956 with just seven coun-
tries, offered the usual wacky stage
acts and cheesy beats.
Italian Francesco Gabbani, who
came sixth, invoked Hamlet and Des-
mond Morriss anthropology book
The Naked Ape in his song while
a gorilla-costumed dancer boogied
alongside him.
Romania came seventh with an un-
likely combination of yodelling and
Beatles podcast Things We Said Today,
credited the nd to Frank Daniels, who
wrote an essay for the book on Babington
under the pseudo name Max Gretinski.
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rap while Azerbaijans act that came
14th featured a man wearing a horses
head on a stepladder.
Macedonias contestant Jana
Burceska failed to make the nal but
stole the show during the semi-nals
by receiving a televised marriage pro-
posal and screaming Yes! as her
boyfriend knelt down with a ring.
Britain may be experiencing a
post-Brexit vote chill in Europe, but
pulled out all the stops with a big bal-
lad performed by Lucie Jones, com-
ing 15th.
Portugal was celebrating their big
win Saturday with President Marcelo
Rebelo de Sousa saying: When we are
very good, were the best of the best.
Congratulations Salvador Sobral.
Ahead of the show, fans streamed
into the venue, an exhibition centre
outside the city centre, wearing ower
garlands and draped in national ags
while some waved rainbow gay pride
ags.
Its just so great. Everyone loves it.
And you just wanna be here! shouted
Jasmine from Britain, wearing a gar-
land of ribbons and owers.
For the contest, Kievs main Kresh-
chatyk Street was transformed into a
Eurovision fan zone with a large stage,
beanbags and European Union ags.
Also:
KIEV: Ukrainian police have detained
a Ukrainian prankster for jumping onto
the stage at the Eurovision Song Con-
test and dropping his trousers while
singer Jamala was performing, Inte-
rior Minister Arsen Avakov said on
Sunday.
The man, identied by Avakov as
prankster Vitalii Sediuk, took to the
stage draped in an Australian ag and
ashed his bottom.
The incident was beamed to an audi-
ence of millions around the world and
widely shared on social media during
Saturdays show, which took place in
Kiev.
Both of us try to top each other with nd-
ing obscure stuff that I jokingly say only
you, me and 15 other people in the world
will care about, Spizer told the radio
show. Babingtons identity was conrmed
by one of the men who were involved with
creating the cover, Spizer said.
In the essay, Gretinksi (Daniels) details
some of Babingtons military history,
including his service in the 16th Queens
Lancers in the Second Boar War and the
First Calvary Brigade in South Africa.
(RTRS)
LOS ANGELES: With the body of work Billy
Joel assembled from the 1970s through the
1990s, he can induce considerable nostal-
gia among his fans when he cranks out the
greatest hits in concert. But it seemed like
Joel himself was sucked down memory lane
Saturday by the Dodgers Stadium venue
where he was performing.
Though this master craftsman of pop is
better known as a New York native, Joel
spent three formative years living in Los
Angeles in the early 1970s, just before
he rose to fame. And from the opening
moments of his show, he made it clear this
baseball park-where hes never previously
performed-was bringing him back to that
part of his life. (RTRS)

At Venice Biennale, US artist engages social issues
VENICE, Italy, May 14, (AP): Mark Bradford
has his feet in two worlds: social engagement
and producing art. Often they mix, as at the 57th
Venice Biennale where he is representing the
United States.
His Biennale show, Tomorrow is Another
Day, examines both allegorically and autobio-
graphically what it is to be marginalized, part of
a trend at the Biennale of artists engaging with
communities on the fringe.
But it is more than that for Bradford. Along-
side his Biennale show, the Los Angeles-based
artist is launching a six-year collaboration with
a Venice non-prot that provides employment
opportunities at a local prison. His project, an
extension of programs in Los Angeles with
foster children and engagements in other cit-
ies where hes produced art, involves helping
female inmates make artisanal products to sell at
a Venice shop.
While some artists may opt for the bubble
where art speaks for itself, not Bradford.
As artists, we have citizenship in the world.
We should be at the table with the politician,
with the doctor, with the lawyer. When did we
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German artist Anne Imhof holds up her
Golden Lion for Best National Pavillion
award at the 57th Venice Biennale Con-
temporary Art show in Venice, Italy on May
13. (AP)
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than ever now, Bradford said this week during
previews ahead of the contemporary art fairs
Saturday opening for its six-month run.
Towering at nearly 6 foot 8, Bradford happily
engaged the line of tourists waiting to see his
show inside the US pavilion with white columns
in the Venice Giardini. That is how I dont end
up isolated, he said.
Bradford breaks down the barriers that often
separate artists from their public, a gift that his
partner Allan DiCastro says comes from having
spent years working with his mother in a hair
salon in South Central Los Angeles.
But his show also pointedly seeks to break
down borders. Instead of grooming the forecourt
to the Palladian-style pavilion, Bradford left
piles of gravel that were part of his worksite to
prepare for the show. It gives the feeling of ne-
glect, and also makes the yard indistinguishable
from the Giardinis graveled walkways.
A ruin. A work site. Abandon. You cant
tell where the American pavilion starts, and
the gravel stops. I wanted to kind of erase that
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It is an apt metaphor as politicians on both
sides of the Atlantic seek to close borders. And
while the rancorous global discourse has given
his project an urgency, it did not inspire it.
I have been mining these territories longer
than November. This idea of people in need.
This idea that things are out of kilter. This is not
new, Bradford said.
That the show has political signicance and
speaks to the experience of African-Americans
is clear from the inclusion of an essay titled
Speaking Truth, in the catalog by Anita Hill,
whose testimony about sexual harassment dur-
ing Clarence Thomas conrmation hearings
to the US Supreme Court made her a target of
public wrath. The two met when Bradford was
doing a show at Brandeis University, where
Hill teaches. She joined Bradford in Venice for
a public conversation marking the pavilions
unveiling.
In her essay, Hill discusses about the
dominant narrative that casts African-American
women as untrustworthy and of little political or
social value. She also cautions that we should
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not try to make Mark into an activist; he is an
extraordinary artist who, through the power of
his abstractions, offers us an understanding of
the multilayered perspectives of communities
marginalized by location and identity.
Also:
MILAN: Germany has swept the 57th Venice
Biennale, winning top Golden Lion prizes for
the best national pavilion and best artist in the
main curated show on opening day of the six-
month contemporary art fair, the worlds oldest.
Anne Imhofs bold Faust exhibit mixing
performance, sculpture and installation with
touches of goth and S&M was cited by the jury
as a a powerful and disturbing installation that
poses urgent questions of our time and pushes
the spectator into an aware state of anxiety.
Winning the Golden Lion in the main Viva
Arte Viva exhibition was Franz Erhard
Walter, a 77-year-old artist based in Fulda,
Germany who is recognized as one of the most
radical artists of the second half of 20th century
whose work has inuenced many young con-
temporary artists.
Poetry
Just tell me some story:
No matter, which one.
Youll remind me a glory,
Which is already done.
Just to sound louder
Than uneasy heartbeat.
We are both a bit proud-
er...
Is this story complete?
I just want you to speak
Not to refashion.
This affaird been weak.
But I still have a passion.
Just to hear your voice,
The strongest voice I
know.
Was that my choice?
Or was it your glow?
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High note
Cezarys Picks
A soul cleaning medicine
Add music for happier,
wiser and healthier life
By Cezary Owerkowicz
Special to the Arab Times
M usic is good for everything,
may be for me at least, be-
cause I love it. I know sometimes
love is blind but I can prove what
I believe in.
Many renowned scientists work-
ing with prestigious universities
around the world have been trying
to identify how music inuences
and helps people with amazing re-
sults some of which are discussed
and published in the media, in the
form of books and even science
magazines.
In this respect I have been col-
lecting whatever possible in the
form of photos and press releases
from a few people here and there
who are dear to me.
However, the inuence of music
on humans and their lives has been
signicantly
noticeable
from ancient
times, even
from the time
of legend-
ary Greeks
including
Orpheus and
Eurydice.
Orpheus
was a talent-
ed musician Owerkowicz
and when he
lost his love he went to Hades,
in the Kingdom of the Dead. The
door was guarded by a tri-headed
beast, Cerberus. Orpheus sang and
played so beautifully that the beast
did not even bark or move an inch.
The music softens stress and
the contemporary scientists have
proved that it is the most efcient
weapon when it comes to ghting
fatigue. Music protects our organs,
especially the heart against fatal
disease.
When we feel very nervous it
is good to release emotions with
some more lively rhythms and af-
ter switching to something quiet,
romantic (like the 19th century
bards - Schubert of Mendelssohn?)
Coming back to our ancient ro-
mantic hero, Orpheus, thanks to
his charming music, he convinced
Charon to take him free of charge
across the border river Styx but
scientists are unable to give us the
exact denition of this incident,
however, one thing is for sure it
was music, charming music.
Music relieves the pain: Some
people nd consolation in listen-
ing to the music, because for them
music is some kind of medicine
that relieves the pain, confessed
Aristotle (384-322 BC) years ago.
In ancient times people rst rec-
ognized music as a soul cleaning
medicine but it is worth remem-
bering that singing songs was the
primary incantation against illness
and death.
Relieved
Dr Cornelius Conrad from the
Harvard University, surgeon and
musician convinces us, that music
relieved the pain of his patients.
After he performed the surgeries,
except for standard interventions,
he fed to his patients, music from
Mozarts Sonatas through head-
phones. The patients who were
treated this way needed less anal-
gesic medicines, just A-minor So-
nata instead of Paracetamol.
Music supports empathy, be-
cause under the inuence of mu-
sic parts of the brain responsible
for empathy activate. It helps us
to understand better what other
people are thinking and feeling.
The scientists have proved that
children from the elementary
school, taking part in the ensem-
ble music activities developed
within one year more empathic
abilities than their colleagues
taking part in other theatre activi-
ties at the same time.
Music also helps to sleep and
half of the people who took
part in research conducted by
the University of Shefeld saw
how music treated insomnia.
The best is to listen to classical
music, but it also depends on in-
dividual taste and habits such as
pop, folk, jazz, electronic music,
even - metal! (Unfortunately we
havent got the answer from sci-
entists if speed metal accelerates
falling asleep compared to death
metal, which brings harder sleep-
ing?)
Music improves concentration.
Listening to music at an early
age (childhood days) and play-
ing instruments help the brain to
improve and process the sounds.
Thanks to the technology, this is
easier to concentrate and digest
reading even a noise around us (as
even at school) makes a difference.
The more efcient the working
memory, it allows us to store in our
memory bank more information. It
is very useful in the entire world
which is full of uncounted number
of all kinds of distracters.
Music calms sorrow and it is
most effective when we listen to
the melancholic songs. Research
by Annemieke van den Tol shows
us that even a majority of us prefer
listening to some happy melodies,
when we need to be alleviated;
we prefer to take Chopin or Adele
songs. People treated by psycholo-
gists said thanks to sorrowful (mi-
nor) melodies because it was eas-
ier to deal with difcult moments
of their life and negative emotions,
waking up to such moments.
From psychological and social
point of view sad people feel hap-
py when they listen to the unhappy
music because, thanks to them,
they concentrate on problems of
the other people instead of their
own.
From the neurobiological per-
spective the relief that we get after
listening to the last album of Leon-
ard Cohen can be a result of pro-
lactin which helps our body and
brain to deal with the difcult or
even traumatic events. (Merci, Mr
Cohen; God bless your soul!)
Music motivates, music pre-
pares our body to move, our heart
begins to beat faster, we take deep
breath and we feel sudden inow
of energy, except that under the
music inuence level of dopamine
in our brain is rising.
In the end our ability to concen-
trate on really important matters
and dropping tries is growing.
(Of course, music will not help
us to know what is important and
what is not!)
Listen
Music immunizes organism:
Those who listen to music and
create it is helping grow the cells
in the immune system. Thanks,
we are dealing faster with infec-
tion. It is conrmed by the team
of Prof. Daniel J. Levitin that the
scientists analyzed four hundred
scientic research papers from
that eld. The effect is seen when
we listen to the music, but it is
still better when we sing, for ex-
ample. (However in the case of
strong throat-ache I would sug-
gest a guitar?)
Music builds a conscience.
Never mind we have found hap-
pier times with rap, jazz, cham-
ber music, techno or blues. It is
difcult to nd a better way to
contact our own emotions than in
music. This is an excellent meth-
od of expressing and identifying
our emotions. When we know
how to make it grow we become
more conscious.
Music connects people and com-
mon music creates a society. When
we try to synchronize with some-
body to get a common rhythm, we
begin to feel that persons positive
attitude. During one such attempt
of coordinated activities the level
of endomorphin, a hormone initi-
ating our good feeling is growing.
It is a result of research made by
Stephen Koelsch, the psychologist
from the Freie Universitat in Ber-
lin. (Maybe when two rival teams
of sportsmen (and especially their
fans) sing together their matches
and attitude would be fairer?)
Music facilitates resting. Do you
think that the entire world runs so
fast that you stop to follow all
changes? The music in adequate
tempo (speed) helps you regulate
breathing and heart beats, espe-
cially since relaxing results in slow
rhythm as Largo (60 metronome
beats per minute).
When we want to get rid of our
tiredness it is advised to listen to
Mozart, Bach or Vivaldi. Some-
body said even Gregorian chorales
Kyrie elejson (God, have mercy
on us...) would help. Always
there is some chance to be heard...
Thanks to music, of course!
What a resume from so many
proofs? Listen to music as much as
possible and - teach music to your
children to make them healthier,
wiser, happier and stronger. My
benets... I just hope to have more
comrades who love music the way
I do.
Editors Note: Cezary Owerko-
wicz is the chairman of the Kuwait
Chamber of Philharmonia and
talented pianist. He regularly or-
ganises concerts by well-known
musicians for the benet of music
lovers and to widen the knowl-
edge of music in Kuwait. His e-
mail address is: cowerkowicz @
yahoo.com and cowerkowicz@
hotmail.com
Pioneers of Kuwait
Sheikh Sabah encourages free expression of constructive opinion
Pioneer aims to make Kuwait commercial hub
This is the 22nd in a series of
articles on His Highness Sheikh
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, pio-
neer of the political development
of modern Kuwait and 15th ruler
of Kuwait.
Editor
choosing the right people represent
By Lidia Qattan
Special to the Arab Times
H is Highness Sheikh Sabah Al
Ahmad came to power in 2006,
after years of experience in govern-
ment affairs, during which he proved
wisdom in decision-making ,temper-
ance, tact and clever diplomacy in
trying situations.
In becoming Amir he was faced by
critical circumstances that needed the
full cooperation of his government
and the Parliament in shaking off the
lethargy that had been affecting the
country for some time.
This malady caused by corruption
in the system was aggravated by the
able to achieve.
Iraqi invasion of 1990-1991 and the
aftermath of liberation, besides the
sharp reduction in the price of oil that
affected the economy.
Cooperation and mutual solidar-
ity is the key in counteracting the
deleterious effect of corruption in the
machinery of state.
HH Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad was
still at the beginning of his political
career in the sixties when alert to
the spreading of this malady he tried
to prevent it from affecting his own
ministry of foreign affairs, but could
not stop it from spreading to other
government sections.
Corruption took root when some
MPs began abusing their constitu-
tional power with granting higher
positions to some individuals at the
expenses of others more deserving
the job ,thereby causing drag and
lethargy in the country.
Action
Trying to rectify the situation ac-
tion was taken to rectify the power of
the Parliament through a restructure
of the constituencies. A special com-
mittee of erudite and experienced
individuals was appointed to study
the electoral law, the result of the
study was transferred to the Constitu-
tional Court by the majority of MPs,
but when it was decreed in favor of
ve constituencies to give a chance
to the more responsible and capable
candidates to win the elections,
whose interest was at stake roused an
avalanche of protests and criticism.
Some MPs resorted to the media,
even to satellite channels to voice
their protests with issues unfamiliar
to the general public.
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5 and 18 years old); Snack break;
Distribution of the Grand Mosque
publications and souvenirs; 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
An artistic shot of a dragony
The commotion they stirred lasted
for some time hampering the work
of both the legislative and executive
bodies, to the ultimate loss of the
countrys interest.
Obviously, because Kuwait is
little more than a city-state, fewer
constituencies serve the purpose of
the nation.
What affects the economy affects
the whole tenure of life of a nation.
Determined to overcome the
economic drawback, HH the Amir
Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad set his
objective of making Kuwait a com-
mercial hub with a new policy aimed
at engaging the ebullient enterprising
spirit of young people in particular
and spurring a cultural revival.
Indeed the progress of any country
is not dened by the material cri-
teria alone, more importantly what
determines its progress is the degree
of moral, aesthetic, political and
environmental harmony it has been
Culture is a powerful factor in
every development; from the eighties
and especially after the Iraqi invasion
and the aftermath of the liberation
the moratorium on high culture in
Kuwait.
The reason for its decline may be
traced to the fact that the Kuwaiti
society consists of two elements
the original Kuwaitis who founded
the state of Kuwait and worked hard
to make it prosperous and fought for
its independence, and the new settlers
from the Badya, tribal people who
have their own culture and loyalties.
The original Kuwaitis are ruled by
the merchant mentality, hence they
look at the wider picture and plan
ahead for the future, hence the clash
of opinions during parliamentary
sessions in which the conservatives
are a majority, hence they have the
upper-hand.
From the very beginning of his
involvement with the Parliament
in 1963, HH
Sheikh Sabah Al
Ahmad proved
tolerance and
patience. Being a
strong supporter
of democracy
he has been en-
couraging the
free expression
of construc-
tive opinion
Lidia Qattan because much
can be gained in
a controversy of points of views in
which everyone respects the opinion
of everyone-else.
However, no such respect has been
visitors max; Evening: 45; 16 and
above: Morning: 140 visitors max,
Evening: 105:
Tour language: Arabic- English-
French; Arabic (English upon prior
request); Arabic- English- French;
that disrespectful poses are strictly
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.
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
he became involved in political and
Sheikh Sabah
observed during parliamentary ses-
sions, especially by MPs who are not
enough politically mature to shoulder
the responsibility of representing
the collective interest of the nation,
thereby causing more trouble, instead
of solving salient problems of critical
importance!
Maturity comes when one gains
perspectives on himself realizes
there is still room for learning from
experience.
Problem
Any problem seen narrowly seems
formidable and in trying to reach a
solution new problems are created
that give rise to hopeless pessimism;
on the other hand when the same
problem is seen in perspective it
becomes more manageable, easier to
nd a good solution or an alternative!
Order in a system can be fostered
and maintained through drastic
changes, but as mentioned, without
the full cooperation of his govern-
ment even a wise and capable leader
can only do so much, unless he turns
into a dictator.
This is not the option in Kuwait, a
country that has been ruled from the
start on democratic principle reminis-
cent of the old tribal system adapted
to a merchant mentality; such a
democracy built the community and
made it prosperous.
The golden rule of a merchant
mentality is honesty, generosity and
an open-minded disposition alert to
passing opportunities. Such a mental-
ity ruled Kuwait in the past and fused
the community into a loving family.
Working with the future of his
country in mind HH Sheikh Sabahs
ultimate objective is to shake off the
lethargy caused by an incongruous
management that has been crippling
the nation.
He believes in freedom of expres-
sion, free thinking and open opinions
as the prerequisite of a dynamic
society, but warns against negative
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
with the historical Sultan Gallery in
prohibited).
If you would like to book a tour,
please contact us:
Tel: 22980813/ 22980815/
22980812
Email: gmvisits@gmail.com
Fax: 22473708
May 16
Blue Nights at Sultan Gallery:
DEAN PROJECT is pleased to
announce the opening of its next ex-
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(KUNA - Sami Al-Khulai)
criticism which only hinders reforms
that would affect the economy and
the life of the nation.
Free thinking and open views
are of paramount importance in
reaching a proper evaluation of
facts and disclose what is needed to
be done in the country, hence, since
state affairs in 1962 Sheikh Sabah
Al Ahmad has been encouraging a
greater cooperation in the critical
role of the media and its power
to affect public opinion, while
cautioning the press and the mass
media in general to present facts
in a clear view of understanding
,and refrain from spreading false
notions that could cause trouble and
weaken national solidarity.
Indeed, the destructive power
of negative criticism, hinders the
process of reform, especially in
economy which is the lifeblood of
the country.
Economy exerts a strong impact
on the lives of people and nations, it
inuences their psyche, shapes their
institutions and national character and
restructures family life and politics.
What affect the family unit affects
society, which in turn affects politics.
The new era in human develop-
ment, the information revolution is
radically changing the world we are
living in.
Nations and cultures coming closer
to one another are revolutionizing
peoples ways of thinking, strength-
ening or weakening their belief
through the exchange of ideas and
opinions.
Greater awareness of individual
decisions and actions is shaping the
surrounding, and the surrounding in
turn is shaping human destiny.
More than ever before in human
history there is a pressing need of
structure in peoples lives that ts
into the larger scheme of things in a
coherent synthesis of new ways of
looking at life.
In this transitional stage from one
era into another governments have to
be yet more alert and competent in
coordinating a host of institutions and
organizations within a framework of
rules that enhance productivity and
minimize waste, while providing jobs
for their citizens.
From the very beginning of his
involvement in government affairs,
when HH Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad
he was still a young man (in 1952)
his whole endeavor has been to spur
coordinated effort. Now, as the ruler
of Kuwait he is yet more keen in
coordinated effort of all government
sectors.
To be continued
hibition, Blue Nights, which features
the work of eleven contemporary
artists. Curated by Mark Dean, this
group show of contemporary pop art
is a continuation of the Miami-based
gallerys biannual collaboration
Kuwait. It will be on view from May
16 to June 15, 2017
The exhibitions title takes its
name from Joan Didions memoir,
Blue Nights, originally published in
2011. Much like Didion a writer
known for exploring the cultural
values and experiences of American
life the works in this group show
comment on contemporary pop cul-
ture and the current global mood.
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Zain honors winners of company program competition
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Zain,
the leading telecommunications
company in Kuwait, awarded the
winning team of the Most Inno-
vative Product category at the
INJAZ Company Program Com-
petition for university and school
students. The event came under
the patronage of His Excellency
the Minister of Education and
Minister of Higher Education Dr
Mohammad Al Fares.
Zain Kuwaits Corporate
Communications and Relations
Director Waleed Al Khashti
awarded the Youth Creation
team for winning the Most
Innovative Product category
prize for universities. Zains
Jewellery retailer honors Chest Diseases Hospital senior officials
Malabar commemorates Intl Nurses Day
Dr Hilal Al Sayer honor Dr Anwar Al Mudhaf in the presence of Richard Groves, Moataz El Rae, Lama Al-Othman,
and Shaimaa Al-Shatti.
Bank aims to assist families in financial need
AUB donates to Red Crescent Society
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: As part of
its comprehensive social responsibil-
ity program, Ahli United Bank (AUB)
announced that it has recently made a
donation to the Kuwaiti Red Crescent
Society in support of its philanthropic
and humanitarian activities across the
country.
This new initiative comes as part
of the Banks overall drive to provide
more humanitarian support to the
wider community. The cheque was
presented by Dr Anwar Al Mudhaf,
AUBs Chairman, to Dr Hilal Al Sayer,
President of the Red Crescent Society
at the Banks headquarters, in the pres-
ence of Richard Groves, AUBs CEO,
Moataz El Rae, Senior Deputy CEO
Banking Group, Mrs Lama Al-Othman,
Manager Development Resources at the
Red Crescent along with Mrs Shaimaa
Al-Shatti Deputy Manager of Develop-
ment Resources.
The cheque donated by AUB is
specically to assist families in need
of nancial support, keeping in touch
and communicating with residents of
social affairs residences, visiting patients
across a number of hospitals all with
the overall objective of providing the
right social, community and medical
care. Dr Anwar Al Mudhaf, said, We
are delighted to help support the Red
Crescent Societys programs and overall
objectives, which are admired across the
society due to the continuous support the
society provides to those in need.
Dr Al Mudhaf added, Social
responsibility is one of the core pillars
the Bank focuses on alongside its day-
to-day banking operations as an Islamic
nancial institution. The Bank is keen
on diversifying its support to achieve
increased levels of sustainable develop-
ment, and help drive the right values
across the society. Dr Hilal Al Sayer,
President of the Red Crescent Society
commended AUBs role in supporting
various humanitarian initiatives across
Kuwait, including the Red Crescent So-
cietys activities. Dr Al Sayer thanked
the Banks Board as well as executive
management for their continued support
Zain Kuwaits Corporate Communications and Relations Director Waleed
Al Khashti awarding the winning team.
A photo from the event
Al Tijari announces winners of
Al Najma account daily draw
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Commercial
Bank of Kuwait held the Al Najma Ac-
count daily draw on May 14, 2017. The
draw was held under the supervision of
the Ministry of Commerce & Industry
represented by Abdulaziz Al Ashkanani.
The winners of the KD 7,000 Al Naj-
ma Daily Draw are: Krishna Giri; Hayaa
Meteib Zaidan Al Rasheedi; Fares Salal
Al Moutiri; Hassan Javid Ahmed Javid;
Aftab Ahmed Khan Ahmed Khan.
Al Najma awards are now brighter
and bigger than ever
With the revamped Al Najma ac-
count, all your dreams will be turned
to reality. On top of offering the high-
est daily prize in Kuwait for KD 7,000,
now our Mega prize draws got bigger to
reach KD 250,000.
The new prizes scheme for AlNajma
account
Daily draw to win KD 7,000
Quarterly draws to win great prizes
towards the Societys activities.
It is important to note, that AUB
has supported and driven an extensive
range of social activities throughout the
past year, including the launch of its
comprehensive Ramadan social program
in partnership with LoYAC, along with
providing Iftar meals for fasting individ-
uals, Quran memorization competition,
as well as supporting Autistic children
through specialized training programs
Firm seeks to support and inspire youth
that would start from KD 100,000 to
KD 250,000.
1st quarter KD 100,000; 2nd quar-
ter KD 150,000; 3rd quarter KD
200,000; 4th quarter KD 250,000.
With Al Najma you have more
chances to win greater prizes
Each KD 25 kept in your account
gives you one chance to win
Each KD 25 kept in your account
for one week will give you a chance to
enter the daily draw.
Each KD 25 kept in your account
for 3 months will give you chance to en-
ter the quarterly draw.
Additional features
ATM card
Issue a credit card against your ac-
count
Obtain all CBK banking services
You deserve to win! Open an account
now with just KD 500 and you will enter
all draws.
for special needs, blood donation drives
amongst many other initiatives that reaf-
rm the Banks commitment towards
developing the social fabric of Kuwait.
For more information on Ahli United
Banks latest products and services,
customers are invited to visit any of the
Banks branches or dial the customer
service Hayakum on 1812000, or 1804080. Customers can also log on to
log on to the Banks website www.
ahliunited.com.kw.
participation in the competition
came in line with the com-
panys strategic partnership
with INJAZ, and in line with
its Corporate Sustainability and
Social Responsibility strategy,
which aims at contributing to
the development of the youth
and education sectors.
Zain continues its strategic
partnership with INJAZ, through
which the company seeks to sup-
port and inspire the youth from
across Kuwaits universities and
schools. Through their partner-
ship, Zain and INJAZ organize a
number of educational initia-
tives all year long to foster the
energies of Kuwaits youth and
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Mala-
bar Gold & Diamonds, one among
the BIG 5 global jewellery retailer
has celebrated the International
Nurses Day in association with Chest
Diseases Hospital on May 13, at the
Chest Diseases Hospital. International
Nurses Day is celebrated around the
world on every May 12, which is the
anniversary of Florence Nightingales
birth. Nursing is a profession within
the health care sector focused on the
care of individuals, families, and com-
munities so they may attain, maintain,
or recover optimal health and quality
of life. Nurses may be differentiated
from other health care providers by
their approach to patient care, train-
ing, and scope of practice.
Malabar Gold & Diamonds has
took the initiative to celebrate the
International Nurses Day as a token
appreciation to the Nurses for their
seless contribution. Commenting on
the celebration, Afsal Khan Zonal
Head, Malabar Gold & Diamonds
said, Malabar Gold & Diamonds are
glad to associate with Chest Diseases
Hospital to celebrate the International
Nurses Day and we thank the man-
agement and ofcials for the whole
hearted support.
Malabar Gold & Diamonds has
honored 15 senior ofcials of the Chest
Diseases Hospital by giving a memento
as a token of appreciation for their
service. Cake cutting ceremony along
with some fun games has been arranged
as a part of the event.
We thank Malabar Gold & Dia-
monds for their gesture towards us and
also celebrating International Nurses
Day with us and it was indeed a new
experience for all of us here, said Sadeq
Abdul Hadi Al Feeli, Nursing Director,
Chest Diseases Hospital said during the
event. The event also marked the impor-
tance of World Hygiene Day which
falls on May 5.
Burgan Bank reveals
Yawmi draw winners
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Burgan
Bank, the second largest in terms of
assets, announced today the names of
the daily draw winners of its Yawmi
account draw, each taking home a
cash-prize of KD 5,000.
The lucky winners are: 1. Naser Ab-
dulaziz Al Awadhi; 2. Yousef Soud
Al Khlai; 3. Nawal Mohamad Al
Hamdan; 4. Kaid Joher Hakimuddin;
5. Kamal Saleem Kelkawi.
In addition to the daily draw, Burgan
Bank also offers a Quarterly Draw with
more chances to win higher rewards, of-
fering the chance to one lucky customer
to win KD 125,000 every three months.
The Yawmi Account offers Daily and
Quarterly Draws, wherein the Quarterly
Draw requires customers to maintain a
minimum amount of KD 500 in their ac-
count for two months prior to the draw
date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the
account will entitle customers to one
chance of winning. If the account bal-
ance is KD 500 and above, the account
holder will be qualied for both the quar-
terly and daily draws.
For more information on opening
a Yawmi account, the new quarterly
draw or on any of the banks products
and services, customers are urged to
visit their nearest Burgan Bank branch,
or simply call the banks Call Center at
gold, monochromatic black and
Burgan Banks www.burgan.com for
further information.
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
support them to further develop
and prosper.
INJAZs Company Program
Competition aimed at encour-
aging students, from across
Kuwaits universities and high
schools, to come forward with
their innovative ideas and print
a positive change in the soci-
ety. The competition includes a
number of phases, and educates
students to make use of business
opportunities, launch products,
create an added value, and be-
coming young entrepreneurs.
INJAZ Kuwait was founded
in 2005, as a non-prot, non-
governmental organization,
driven by Kuwaits private sec-
Caring, empowering youth
Ooredoo strategic partner
in Arab Youth Capital 17
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Ooredoo,
Kuwaits fastest network, proudly
announced its strategic partnership
in the regional initiative Kuwait
Capital of Arab Youth 2017.
The initiative was announced earlier
with endorsement from the Arab
League. Ooredoo Kuwait stated that
this partnership stems from its deep-
rooted values of caring, connecting
and challenging, and is in tandem
with its corporate social responsibil-
ity agenda, which aims to enrich
the experience of youth and support
their passions. Ooredoo aims to
participate in a number of events
that are part of the initiative in the
following month, activating the
memorandum of understanding that
it signed with the Ministry of State
for Youth Affairs last year.
Kuwait was chosen in the 38th
assembly of the Arab Ministers
of Youth and Sports Council. A
number of activities will take place
throughout the initiatives program,
with a focus on involving private
sector entities in enriching youth
experience under the umbrella of
corporate social responsibility.
Additionally, the initiative will
conclude with declaring a charter
for building a constructive national
youth policy.
Empowering youth is among
Ooredoos top priorities through
its CSR strategy. The company has
recently signed a memorandum of
understanding with the Ministry of
State for Youth Affairs, to sup-
port youth projects and initiatives,
making it the rst telecom provider
in Kuwait to sign such a high-level
agreement. Ooredoo is continuously
working with the Ministry to enrich
youth experience in a variety of
elds, with a focus on volunteerism.
River Island unveils its latest
exclusive Ramadan collection
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: River
Island is excited to launch its latest
Ramadan womenswear edit. The
collection is specically designed
for the Middle East market to ca-
ter to occasion wear throughout the
month of Ramadan and the festive
Eid period.
The collection consists of 40 key
styles ranging across clothing and
accessories, providing a stylish edit
of chic full length dresses and jump-
suits, co-ords and separates perfect
for occasion dressing.
Artisanal is an ultra-glam
eveningwear inspired collection
featuring bodycon styles in luxe
metallic fabrics with heavy sequin
embellishment. Built on a colour
palette consisting of shimmering
available in selected River Island
white and deep blue, key styles
are accented with bold appliqued
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tor. Through strategic partner-
ships with Kuwaits business
and education sectors, and with
the help of qualied and dedi-
cated volunteers, INJAZ deliv-
ers educational programs on
entrepreneurial and leadership
skills aimed at inspiring and
educating future generations.
INJAZ Kuwait is operated by
INJAZ Al-Arab.
Since 2005, INJAZ-Kuwait
reached over 40,000 students,
through 3000+ volunteers at
60+ schools and universities to
provide students with knowledge
and experience that will assist
them in their personal and career
development.
Value shoppers
Splash launches
Fashion @ Value
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Splash,
the regions fast fashion retailer
has launched its fashion-value label
Fashion at Value.
With a fresh interpretation of
styles, this collection includes ele-
ments of ease and practicality, and
is always characterized by qual-
ity fabrics and young silhouettes.
With FAV, the brand aims to de-
sign a new kind of essential for the
consumer.
FAV Man: Long line tees with
placement prints and stripes added
with color blocking. Casual joggers
and shorts along with hooded tees
and printed shirts which can all be
easily thrown upon to give a more
enhanced look.
Fabrics Light-weight cottons
and poly/cotton blends with a soft
hand-feel.
Price points KD 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4
FAV Woman: Crop tops/ trendy
silhouettes in owy bodies with long
tunics and printed bottoms to keep
up your style statement.
Fabrics Soft lightweight rayon,
poly/viscose and cotton/poly blends
for drapes.
Price Points KD 1, 2.5, 3.5, 4
, 4.5
FAV Collection is available across
all Splash stores in Centrepoint and
at Splash The Avenues, Phase II
and at Salam Mall- Salmiya.
oral prints. Statement pieces in-
clude a gold sequin mesh bodycon
maxi dress, oversized oriental ki-
mono inspired blouses with uid
sleeve detailing, and ornate beaded
cropped jackets.
Fleur is an elegant collection
of stylised orals and embroidered
patterns etched onto feminine sil-
houettes. The collection is built up
in tonal washed pinks juxtaposed
with accents of black and white
along with hints of green. State-
ment soft rufes feature through-
out, with intricate beading adding
a premium edge. Oriental inspired
kimono cover ups and dresses with
heavy embellishment round out the
core look and feel of the edit.
The Ramadan collection will be
stores across the Middle East from
late April 2017.
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27

h o
By Jacqueline Bigar
Happy birthday for Monday, May 15, 2017:
This year you evolve into a stronger, more
grounded person. You will be able to adapt
more easily than in recent years. There is some-
one around you who demonstrates how gratify-
ing it can be to be less rigid. If you are single,
r o
certain responses. A higher-up or someone who
really cares about you is even more responsive
than usual. Tonight: A must appearance.
Aquarius - (Jan 20 - Feb 18)
*** You understand that you have the grace
s c
Aries - (Mar 21 - Apr 19)
**** Your intuition carries you through
your dealings with authority gures. An over-
whelming amount of people could seek you
out for advice. You might need to adapt your
schedule accordingly. Look at a fundamental
new path that perhaps you would not have
considered in the past. Continue to return calls.
You will feel much better if you relate to others
on an individual level. A child could interfere
ing with a difcult situation. Your ability to go
with your plans. Tonight: Not to be found.
Cancer - (June 21 - July 22)
o p e
Virgo - (Aug 23 - Sept 22): tive way of getting around some difcult prob-
lems. Once more you demonstrate your abili-
***** Your ingenuity comes out when deal- ties. Youll gain a fresh perspective by taking
the time to reect and center yourself. You
with the ow is one of your greatest strengths. seem to be learning a lot. Tonight: Favorite
Many people wish they could roll with the
moment like you can. A romance becomes
friend, favorite spot.

you could meet someone special from out of

the blue sometime after summer. This person
might be Mr. or Ms. Right. If you are attached,
you will have many great moments together.
You are likely to develop a new hobby as a
couple. Capricorn amazes you, as he or she
seems so composed all the time.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day Youll
Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average;
2-So-so; 1-Difcult
Capricorn - (Dec 22 - Jan 19)
**** You could discover that you have more
clout than usual. Part of the reason is that you
seem to know which way to go in order to get
and intuition to know when you must close
down and pull away, even if only for a day.
You will re-emerge feeling great and on top
of your game in a short while. Taking a break
from the hectic pace serves you well. Tonight:
Do your thing.
Pisces - (Feb 19 - Mar 20)
will come through for you right now. Be grate-
**** Zero in on your priorities. You can do
only so much by yourself. All you need to do is
ask for what you want. Do not hesitate to make
your requests known. You could be surprised
and delighted by the response you get as a
result. Tonight: Be where the crowds are..
change in your life as a positive. Tonight: Till
the wee hours.
Taurus - (Apr 20 - May 20)
***** Reach out to someone who knows
more about the subject at hand than you do. A
friend or loved one could be his or her usual
vague self, but the odds are high that this person
ful. Tonight: Put yourself in someone elses
shoes.
Gemini - (May 21 - June 20)
**** One-on-one relating takes you down a
**** Defer to others, and make sure you
understand where everyone is coming from in
this process. You will see a situation much dif-
ferently when you step back and make a point
of seeing the big picture. You could reverse the
direction you are heading in. Tonight: Out late.
Leo - (July 23 - Aug 22)
***** You sense what is going on with a
strategic associate. How you handle what hap-
pens will amaze many people, including you.
Dont just assume that this persons behavior
has something to do with you. Assess how to
make a positive change. Tonight: First, choose
a stress-buster.
more intense than it has in a while. Tonight:
Ever playful.
Libra - (Sept 23 - Oct 22)
*** A family member or a precarious situ-
ation in your personal life could have you jug-
gling many different calls and interests. Trust
the fact that you will clear up the issue and
come out on top. This matter calls for time
and patience. Take a walk, if need be. Tonight:
Head home early.
Scorpio - (Oct 23 - Nov 21)
**** Speak your mind. You have an effec-
Sagittarius - (Nov 22 - Dec 21)
*** Be wary of a change that seems to be
heading your way. You might not hear the
complete story of what is going on, as some-
one seems to be leaving out some facts. Ask
questions and clarify what is happening. Con-
rm what you thought youve heard. Tonight:
Order in.
Born today: Author L. Frank Baum
(1856), painter Jasper Johns (1930), musician
Brian Eno (1948)

home decor indoor gardening beauty tips taste buds

faux mercury glass
Dress up your table with a faux mercury glass vase.
Spray the inside of a glass vase with water some
of the water will bead, and some will run down in-
side the vase. Spray the inside of the vase with a
coat of Krylon Looking Glass spray paint, while the
interior is still wet. Let dry, then spray on another
coat of paint. The nished texture is a mirror im-
age of mercury glass.
ornamental pepper plant
The ornamental pepper plant (botanical name:
Capsicum annuum) is grown as an annual plant in-
doors, although its a perennial when grown in the
correct conditions. While this species does produce
small white owers its main attraction is the fruit
which appears after owering.
Temperature: Cool temperatures from
55F/13C - 65F/18C are ideal during the night
and 70F/21C - 80F/26C, during the day.
Light: A lover of bright light and some sunshine
(2 -3 hrs), close to an east or west facing window.
Water: A thorough watering is required but re-
move excess water from the bottom of the plant
tray after.
Soil: A potting soil mix which drains well and can
retain some water is ideal.
lemon juice to reduce age spots
The vitamin C present in lemons is a strong antioxi-
dant. Besides, its bleaching action works wonders
on age spots and freckles. Just squeeze out the
juice from a lemon, apply and leave on your skin
for about 15 minutes every day and then rinse with
plain water.
For even better results, combine 1 teaspoon of
lemon juice with half teaspoon of milk cream and
1 teaspoon of egg white. Mix all these ingredients
and apply on the face; after 15 minutes, rinse with
cold water.
Lemon juice in combination with honey is also a
very effective remedy for ageing skin because hon-
ey has a soothing action. Mix one teaspoon each
of lemon juice and honey and massage it into your
skin. Keep for 20 minutes and then wash with warm
water.
chicken cutlets with herbs
Ingredients:
4 chicken breast halves, salt and pepper, plain
our for dredging, 1 large egg, fresh thyme, leaves
chopped, fresh rosemary, leaves chopped, fresh
chives, nely chopped, 1 1/2 tsp. poultry season-
ing, breadcrumbs, olive oil, for sauteing cutlets
Method: Tenderise the chicken breasts to 1/2-
cm thick. Season the chicken with salt and pep-
per. Coat the chicken with our, reserve. Beat egg
with splash of water in a dish. Take breadcrumbs
in a plate and season with the herbs and poultry
seasoning. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-
high heat. Coat the chicken in the egg then bread-
crumbs and add to the pan. Saute until golden and
rm, 3 to 4 minutes on each side.

Dear Abby
Friend banned from social
circle dreams of revenge
By Abigail Van Buren
Dear Abby: My friend has decided she can no longer
tolerate my husband. She feels he doesnt respect her.
This is far from the truth, in my mind.
We have supported her emotionally and nancially
from time to time for many years. My husband does have
a habit of making clunky jokes (anything for a laugh or to
ll the void). But a real friend should see beyond that to
the loving, supportive person he is at his core, in his heart,
and forgive.
We are now banned from her so-
cial group. I nd this very harsh Colors and shapes begin to teach children the concepts of same and different. Colour Week from April 30th to May 4th 2017. Each day of the week is marked as a
cruel even. I guess my friendship After learning colors and shapes, children can start to group objects together, which specic colour day. It was a week of learning through enjoyment and entertainment
doesnt count, as Im being thrown will become an invaluable part of learning how to count, add, and subtract. Being for the blooming buds.
out with the perceived trash as well. able to identify differences and similarities also increases analytical skills. In view of Students and the teachers dressed up in respective colour for the day and took
Im depressed and angry, and I want this, students of kindergarten of The Indian Community School, Khaitan celebrated part in various creative activities.
some kind of revenge and to hurt her
back. I was so happy with our little

whats on today
group. Now its been taken away
from me. Advice?
Abigail Van Buren
Tossed aside in New York emergency number 112
Dear tossed: Yes. Rather than seek revenge, tell
the woman how hurt you feel after having befriend- Civil ID info: 1889988
ed her all these years. Time is our most precious Site for checking travel ban www.kuwaitcourts.gov.kw/mojweb/NGeneral/Main.jsp
commodity. The more time you spend plotting retali-
ation, the more space this ungrateful woman is tak-
ing up in your head, and its not healthy for you.
Once you have spoken to her and gotten this
off your chest, go on with your life. Continue to
see others in the group on an individual basis, if
necessary. If they are real friends, Im sure theyll Abdullah Al Otaibis expo: Dar Al BBBC weekly services: Bible
be glad to do that. Funoon showcasing The Area of Pres- Believers Baptist Church (BBBC) in
ence and Absence by Abdullah Al Otai- Mangaf invites you to visit us for our
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Dear Abby: I am a 34-year-old single mother (by Born in Kuwait 1983 Abdullah ac- morning Bible teaching starts at 10:30
choice) of a beautiful 3-year-old boy. Because of infertil- quired a diploma in Information Technol- am. The Sermon and Childrens Church
ity problems, it took years for me to conceive. I love my ogy at the Public Authority for Applied begins at noon. On Monday evening we
son beyond measure and, when Im not working, Im usu- Education and training. His passion for hold our prayer meeting and Bible study
ally shuttling him to extracurricular activities and making arts led him to participate in numerous at 7 pm.
time after cooking and cleaning to play with him. workshops and courses in Kuwait and For more details, please call
Because my world revolves around being a mom, I other Arab countries. 66220416 or email faithful.stewards@
have a hard time participating in adult conversations Since 2007 Abdullah started partici- gmail.com
without talking about my son and how proud and happy I pating in group exhibitions and received
am to be his mom. I realize this can be irritating to others, awards at Al-Khoradi International Bi-
and it has become frustrating for me. ennale for Arab contemporary Art in Enlightenment into Islam course:
Im educated, opinionated and well-read, but I seem 2010 and Public Authority for Youth and Enlightenment into Islam would like to
to have lost the ability to relate to other adults and make Sports in 2011. announce the courses on Tawhid is
friends away from my role as a mother. Any advice Abdullahs canvases are black and Salvation And Shirk is Destruction.
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Couch slouch
Elementary, Amazing Race renewed

McCarthy and Baldwin take

aim at Trump, Spicer in SNL
LOS ANGELES, May 14, (RTRS): Alec
Baldwin was back as President Trump in
Saturday Night Lives cold open, parrying
with Michael Che in a spoof of this weeks
much-publicized interview with NBC News
Lester Holt. Host Melissa McCarthy delivered
a lengthy sketch spoong the travails of White
House press secretary Sean Spicer.
The opening sketch lobbed several zing-
ers at Trump, including a risque reference
to Trumps claim to have coined the phrase
priming the pump. Baldwins Trump
insisted that it was a description of his need to
tug at myself for about a half an hour before
Melania comes in so she can nd it easier.
The cold open incorporated numerous
headlines from another eventful week for the
Trump administration, from the ring of FBI
director James Comey to the revelation that
the President likes two scoops of ice cream for
dessert. Mikey Day made an appearance as an
over-eager House Speaker Paul Ryan deliver-
ing ice cream to Trump.
Among Baldwins best lines from the
sketch:
Some people have called me a serial
tapist when youre President they let
you do that. I sit on every chair like its a
toilet. Nothings going to stop me because
I have the Republicans in the palm of my
hand.Referring to his presidency as a TV
show, he vowed it will run for eight years.
In an upcoming episode we will nd out
that Kellyanne (Conway) has been dead this
whole time.When pressed by Holt about his
choice to replace Comey, Trump vowed that
it will be someone so bonkers youre going
to wish like hell it was Judge Judy.Ches
Holt pressed Trump on the reason for ring
Comey. When Trump responded because of
Russia, Holt spoke into his earpiece Did I
get it? Is this all over? before repeating the
answer: Absolutely nothing matters.
Later in the show, McCarthy made a trium-
phant return as Spicer in a long sketch that had
him battling for his job after Sarah Huckabee
Sanders began lling in this week.
The segment began with McCarthy-as-Spic-
er hiding in the bushes outside the window,
with Sanders (Aidy Bryant) lling in at the po-
dium, and the press corps begging her to stay
on. Cant you just do this full-time instead of
him? they pleaded.
But McCarthys Spicer returned to the
lectern, armed with a re extinguisher to put
his pants out for lying. Spiceys back,
Sarahs out, announced McCarthy as he
sprayed the extinguishers white foam at
reporters.
McCarthy swatted away questions from the
reporters questioning Trumps mental tness.
If hes crazy, hes crazy like a fox with men-
tal problems, McCarthy said.
Asked about Trumps connections to Rus-
sia, McCarthy-as-Spicer responded: Let me
just put this whole Russia thing to bed. Trump
is innocent. How do we know? Because he
told us so. Theyre going to prove it with a
certied letter.
McCarthy then read off the tracking
numbers only then to realize it was his
own bank routing number. No one use it,
McCarthy declared.
McCarthy then brought a set of Russian
nesting dolls to illustrate the relationship be-
tween Trump and Comey, ultimately explain-
ing that Comeys ring was due to Trumps
good friend Jeff Sessions, illustrated by
Pikachu.
When asked: Where you surprised Trump
red James Comey instead of you, McCarthy-
as-Spicer ripped a pillar off the wall and threw
into the press corps.
Pressed on if Trump is lying to him, Spicer
insists he wouldnt do that, hes my friend.
Spicer then left the press brieng room on his
motorized podium, driving through the streets
of Manhattan in search of Trump. I promise
Ill talk better, he yelled while rolling down
58th Street.
Sumo wrestlers hold up crying babies during a Baby-cry Sumo event at the Kamegaike-Hachiman Shrine in Sagamihara, Kanagawa
Also: prefecture on May 14. (AFP)
LOS ANGELES: CBS has given a sixth season
renewal to Elementary and a 30th season
nod to its durable reality franchise The Amaz- Annual ceremony believed to bring infants good health
ing Race.
Elementary, from CBS Television
Studios, has been a workhorse for CBS with
multiplatform viewing factored in although
viewership is down in its fth season. The
Bawling babies face off in Japans crying sumo
Sherlock Holmes-inspired procedural starring
Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu has averaged TOKYO, May 14, (AFP): More than 100 ning and I felt a little bad, Tomoyo Wata- than 400 years.
7.7 million viewers and 1.2 rating in adults Japanese babies faced off Sunday in a tradi- nabe, the mother of Zentaro, told AFP. The rules vary from region to region in
18-49 this season in Nielsens live-plus-seven tional crying sumo ring, an annual ceremony But as I watched my baby crying, I was some places parents want their offspring to be
ratings. believed to bring infants good health. praying for him to grow up healthy and strong the rst to cry, in others the rst to weep is the
Theres speculation that the show could be In the sumo ring at the precinct of the after this event. loser.
a midseason entry next season. This year the Kamegaike Hachimangu shrine in Sagamihara The crying sumo is held at shrines and In the Sagamihara event, which has been
show delivered 24 episodes in the Sunday 10 west of Tokyo, two hulking wrestlers held up temples nationwide, to the delight of parents running since 2011, the babies accompanied
toddlers wearing tiny sumo belts and aprons to and onlookers. by parents and grandparents were rst taken
p.m. time slot behind Madam Secretary. try to make them bawl. The cries of babies are believed to drive before a Shinto altar and puried by the priest.
Elementary has also been a success for CBS
Wrestlers sometimes shake the babies gently out demons and protect the infants from Pairs of toddlers were then brought into the
Television Studios in international markets to encourage tears. troubles, said priest Hiroyuki Negishi. sumo ring where most of them were bawl-
and through its SVOD deal with Hulu, which
My boy was crying from the very begin- The ceremony is believed to date back more ing even before facing off against their rival.
made its down-to-the-wire renewal something
of a surprise.
come. Figurative and abstract, the exhibited Grossman, Brad Howe, Hendrik Kerstens,
works are executed in diverse media, yet Robert Polidori, Hunt Slonem, and Donald
LOS ANGELES: American Idol may of- cohesively come together to speak about the Sultan.
cially be coming back on ABC, but its look- universal contemporary human experience
ing increasingly likely that none of the original click and to export these ideas from the United
States to Kuwait.
May 19
Fox judging panel will be taking part. Thats IMAs welcome Ramadan event: Indian
because Simon Cowell further conrmed this DEAN PROJECTs rst exhibition in Kuwait
Muslim Association Kuwait cordially
week he will not be involved in next seasons Latest was ten years ago, and for the gallery, this
invites you with family and friends for a Public
reboot. project marks the passage of time and an an-
niversary. Blue Nights brings together diverse Program in English on the topic Welcome
In an interview with Extra last Thursday, Continued from Page 25 Ramadan.
the former judge revealed that the network artists working across disciplines to address
contemporary issues of our existence and to Date: Friday, May 19, 2017
had in fact reached out to him. I was asked to Visually, all the works in Blue Nights con- Venue: Masjid Al Muzaini, Block 10,
share these experiences with a broader, more
do it, and the answer is no, Cowell admitted. tain or are the color blue. Similar to Didions global audience. Salmiya
I have no interest. My memories are when titular reference to the nal lingering hours Artists featured in the show: Lluis Barba, Timing: 8:30 pm (soon after Isha prayers)
we rst started. It was a different time with of daylight in summer, the blues used in the Vincent Beaurin, Tim Berg & Rebekah Myers, Separate seating arrangement for ladies, din-
Randy, Ryan, and Paula. You cant recreate show warn of darkness, though simultane- Carlos Betancourt, Mel Bochner, Max Steven ner will be served.
that. ously seem to suggest that it may never For more information contact: 67696747

tv highlights
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Cinema programme from Thursday 11/05/2017 to Wednesday 17/05/2017

King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword 19:15, 00:05 360 14 16:00 (No Mon) Grand Gate 4 14:30, 17:15, 20:00, 22:45 Avenues 6 11:30 (No Fri) 05:30 pm, 07:30 pm
Fanar 1 12:45 (No Fri) 21:15, 24:05 Avenues 8 22:30, 00:30 Humpback Whales 3D 11:30 am
Sharqia 1 11:30 (No Fri) Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
15:00, 17:15, 19:30, 21:45 Bairaq 2 18:45 360 3 01:00 09:30 pm
14:15, 21:15, 23:45 (Hindi Film)
Marina 1 11:45 (No Fri) Ajial 2 16:30,19:00 360 6 14:00 (Fri) Flying Monsters 3D 12:30 pm, 06:30 pm
Sharqia 2 12:15 (No Fri)
20:00, 22:15, 00:30 Fanar 3 17:30 18:45 Journey to Space 3D 08:30 pm
14:45, 17:15, 19:45, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Avenues 1 00:15 (No Fri) 360 3 15:15, 21:45
22:15, 00:45 Smurfs: The Lost Village Tuesday
14:30, 16:45, 19:00, Muhalab 1 21:30 Plaza 21:30 (No Thu, Fri, Mon)
Muhalab 1 11:30, 16:30 (No Fri)
21:15, 23:30 Fana 2 20:45, 23:15 Ajial 1 15:15, 18:30, 21:45 (Thu) Avenues 10 15:15 Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 am
14:00, 00:30
360 5 13:30, 18:00, 20:15, Marina 2 19:30, 22:00 Grand Al-Hamra 8 15:00, 18:15, 21:45 360 5 11:30 (Sat) Journey to Space 3D 10:30 am
22:00 (Thu, Fri, Mon)
22:30, 00:45 Avenues 9 11:30 (No Fri) Grand Gate 7 14:30,17:45, 21:00 15:45 04:30 pm
Muhalab 3 13:15 (No Fri)
Al-Kout 2 12:00 (No Fri) 14:00,16:45, 00.45 00:15 (Thu, Fri) Grand Gate 6 14:30, 16:30, 18:30,
15:45, 18:30, 21:00, 23:30 Flying Monsters 3D 11:30 am
14:15, 16:30, 18:45, 23:30 19:15 (No Fri, Mon) 20:30, 22:45
Fanar 3 12:30 (No Fri) The Boss Baby 09:30 pm
23:30 22:00 (No Thu, Fri, Mon)
Youm Min Al Ayam (Arabic Film) 360 8 12:00 (No Fri) Fanar 5 16:00 Spark: A Space Tail 3D A Beautiful Planet 3D 12:30 pm, 02:30 pm,
Fanar 4 12:00 (No Fri) 05:30 pm, 08:30 pm
14:30, 17:00, 19:30, Sharqia 3 12:45 (No Fri) 14:45, 17:30, 19:15, 23:00 Marina 2 17:30 Grand Gate 8 14:00, 16:15, 18:15
18:15, 20:00, 22:00, 00:05 Kenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 01:30 pm
22:00, 00:30 360 9 11:30 (No Fri) Avenues 2 17:00
Fanar 5 12:00 (No Fri) Humpback Whales 3D 03:30 pm, 06:30 pm
Marina 2 12:30 (No Fri) 360 13 13:00 (No Fri) Avenues 3 11:30 (No Fri) Safra 5 Stars Secret Ocean 3D 07:30 pm
15:00, 00:30 14:00, 18:00, 19:45, 15:45, 21:15, 00:05 13:30, 15:45, 18:00, 20:15 Grand Gate 8 20:15, 22:15
21:30, 23:13, 01:15 Al-Kout 2 21:00 Avenues 4 14:00 00:15 (Thu, Fri)
Marina 3 11:30 (No Fri)
Avenues 10 13:15 (No Fri)
Wednesday
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HEALTH
Tibetan medicine lures patients seeking drug-free cures
DHARAMSALA, India, May 14, (Agencies):
Before dawn in the Indian Himalayas, scores of
patients clutching small vials of urine queue pa-
tiently to see Yeshi Dhonden, a Tibetan monk
who became a legend as personal healer to the
Dalai Lama.
Tibetan medicine, known as Sowa-Rigpa,
draws on centuries-old techniques such as
blood-letting, cupping, and moxibustion
burning herbs on energy points of the body
to try to heal ailments.
The practise draws on aspects of traditional
Chinese medicine and Indias Ayurvedic sys-
tem as well as its own unique theories and treat-
ments. It also features spiritual practises includ-
ing meditation and Buddhist prayer.
Today it attracts devotees from all over the
globe, hoping for help with conditions from
back pain to cancer and degenerative diseases.
If the sick come to me I will take care of
them, Dhonden told AFP at his private clinic
in McLeodganj, surrounded by Tibetan scrolls
and beaming images of his most famous client.
Dhonden who spent three decades tending
the health of Tibets spiritual leader relies on
his senses to divine what ails patients.
I dont go for tests like X-ray and all. I trust
myself. I just test the pulse and the urine, he
explained.
A touch at the wrist is how he ascertains the
health of vital organs and blood pressure.
The urine, held in a white porcelain cup, is
stirred with two small bamboo sticks. Colour,
bubble formation, sediment and smell can all
shape the diagnosis.
Devotees swear Tibetan medicine works,
though few scientic studies have been con-
ducted into its efcacy.
Messages
The teachings contained in some 2,000 text-
books and the messages of the Buddha, consid-
ered the guardian deity for all spiritual healers
Experts in Congo identify two more suspected Ebola cases
In this photograph taken on March 23, 2017, a staff member of Tibetan medical practitio-
ner Yeshi Dhondens Tibetan Herbal Clinic packs traditional Tibetan medicine to send to
patients by courier in the Indian town of Dharamsala. (AFP)
are believed to have originated in Tibet.
But as it features elements of both ancient
Chinese and Indian healing practises, and is
rapidly evolving from a niche tradition into
popular alternative treatment, both nations have
scrambled to claim it as their own.
In April, the Asian giants nominated Tibetan
medicine for inclusion on a UNESCO list for
intangible culture. China and India have en-
gaged in countless spats over the Tibetan com-
munity since New Delhi granted sanctuary to
the Dalai Lama in 1959.
Beijing took control of Tibet eight years
earlier and was furious when India granted the
Dalai Lama permission to headquarter a gov-
ernment-in-exile in McLeodganj.
The traditions of Tibetan medicine are based
on four root texts known as the tantras that
evolved in two medical colleges, Chakpori and
Men-Tsee-Khang, in the Tibetan capital Lhasa.
These tantras classify thousands of diseases
into separate categories, with unique mixtures
of herbs and minerals mostly sourced from
the upper reaches of the Himalayas listed as
remedies for each ailment.
We believe diseases are caused when our
inner energies are imbalanced, said Tsewang
Tam Din, a medical practitioner at the McLeod-
ganj branch of the Men-Tsee Khang school,
one of many across India.
Taking a delicate golden hammer, Din dem-
onstrated how healers heat the instrument over
Hospitals struggle to cope with patients influx
115 dead as Yemen cholera outbreak spreads
SANAA, May 14, (AFP): A cholera outbreak
in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people
and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to
cope with an inux of patients, the Interna-
tional Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
said Sunday.
We now are facing a serious outbreak of
cholera, said ICRC director of operations
Dominik Stillhart at a news conference in
the capital Sanaa.
Citing gures compiled by the Yemeni
health ministry, Stillhart said 115 people
had died of cholera between April 27 and
Saturday.
More than 8,500 suspected cases of the
waterborne disease were reported in the
same period in 14 governorates across Ye-
men, Stillhart said, up from 2,300 cases in
10 governorates last week.
This is the second outbreak of cholera in
less than a year in Yemen, the Arab worlds
re and place it against the body to offset pain
and other common malaises.
The idea behind our medicine system is
that one should not have to take medication all
his life for chronic problems like arthritis and
diabetes, Din said in McLeodganj, nicknamed
Little Lhasa for the large Tibetan community
residing there.
Also:
KINSHASA: Health experts have identied two
more suspected cases of Ebola in Democratic
Republic of Congo, a day after the government
declared an outbreak of the disease that has killed
one man, the UN health agency said on Saturday.
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
29
poorest country.
Yemen is witnessing a devastating war
between the Saudi-supported government
and Iranian-backed Huthi rebels, and less
than half of the countrys health facilities
are functioning two years into the conict.
Stillhart said hospitals were lled beyond
capacity with patients displaying symptoms
of cholera, a bacterial infection contracted
through ingesting contaminated food or
water.
There are up to four cholera patients in
one single bed, Stillhart said.
There are people in the garden, and
some even in their cars with the IV drip
hanging from the window.
The World Health Organization (WHO)
now classies Yemen as one of the worst
humanitarian emergencies in the world
alongside Syria, South Sudan, Nigeria and
Iraq.
Government and World Health Organiza-
tion (WHO) ofcials reached a remote area of
Bas-Uele province in northeastern Congo near
the border with Central African Republic on
Saturday for a eld investigation, WHO said.
Experts say to prevent the spread of the virus
they must quickly track down, test, isolate and
treat suspected cases. They also need to pro-
tect health workers and educate the population
about hygiene measures.
The rst case and possibly the index case, a
39-year-old male, presented onset of symptoms
on 22 April, 2017, and deceased on arrival at
the health facility, a WHO statement said.
 Snapchat faces harsh reality check after earnings miss Oman lending growth slowing
Snapchats ambition to become the next big pects to challenge Facebook faded. future is that of a niche company dominating nar- Annual growth in lending by Omans conventional banks in March
slowed further to its lowest pace since at least 2008, while money
social media platform hit a brutal reality check Snap disappointed analysts with reported rev- row segments of the population rather than a supply growth fell, central bank data showed on Sunday.
with the first earnings report from parent company enue of $149.6 million in the three months ending company with broad mass market appeal, and Oman Money Supply End- End- End-
Snap Inc. in March. that has significant implications for its valuation, March 17 Feb 17 March 16
The $2.2 billion loss reported Wednesday for That was up 286 percent from a year ago but Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research said in a blog M1 change yr/yr (pct) -5.5 -3.8 2.8
the first quarter along with weaker-than-expected below Wall Street estimates of around $158 mil- post. M2 change yr/yr 3.1 3.9 7.9
revenue and sluggish user growth prompted a lion, and a significant miss for the fast-evolving Richard Windsor, an analyst who writes the M2-M1 pct change yr/yr 7.6 7.9 10.8
wave of selling and harsh comments from ana- social media segment. Radio Free Mobile blog, said Snaps growth is Total credit yr/yr 3.5 5.1 9.5
lysts about the firm known for its disappearing Snap said the number of daily active users not nearly good enough given its lofty valuation. (conventional banks)
Oman C. Bank Foreign Assets
messages. grew to 166 million at the end of the quarter, a 36 Snaps challenges are difficult because bln rials 7.776 7.207 7.060
Snap shares plunged 21.5 percent to close percent increase from a year ago but just five Facebook is introducing features based on change yr/yr 10.1 12.4 1.0
Thursday at $18.05, the lowest level since its percent higher than at the end of 2016. Snapchat for its main social network as well as its Note: Percentage changes are Reuters calculations based on
March share offering, as optimism over its pros- The conclusion from all of this is that Snaps Instagram platform. (AFP) the official data. (RTRS)

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China pledges $124 bln for new Silk Road

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping (center), and countries leaders and delegates attending the Belt and Road Forum pose for a group photo on stage at the China National Convention
Center in Beijing, Sunday, May 14. Xi called Sunday for closer cooperation among countries across Asia and Europe in areas from anti-terrorism to finance, as officials from dozens of governments met to promote a Beijing-led
initiative to expand trade links across the region. (AP)

New way to boost global development: Xi
BEIJING, May 14,
(RTRS): Chinese President
Xi Jinping pledged $124
billion on Sunday for his
new Silk Road plan to forge
a path of peace, inclusive-
ness and free trade, and
called for the abandonment
of old models based on
rivalry and diplomatic
power games.
Xi used a summit on the initiative,
attended by leaders and top officials
from around the world, to bolster
Chinas global leadership ambitions
as US President Donald Trump pro-
motes America First and ques-
tions existing global free trade deals.
We should build an open platform
of cooperation and uphold and grow
an open world economy, Xi told the
opening of the two-day gathering in
Beijing.
China has touted what it formally
calls the Belt and Road initiative as a
new way to boost global development
since Xi unveiled the plan in 2013,
aiming to expand links between Asia,
Africa, Europe and beyond under-
pinned by billions of dollars in infra-
structure investment.
Xi said the world must create con-
ditions that promote open develop-
ment and encourage the building of
systems of fair, reasonable and
transparent global trade and invest-
ment rules.
Hours before the summit opened,
North Korea launched another ballistic
missile, further testing the patience of
China, its chief ally. The United States
had complained to China on Friday
over the inclusion of a North Korean
delegation at the event.
Xi pledged a major funding boost to
the new Silk Road, including an extra
100 billion yuan ($14.50 billion) into the
existing Silk Road Fund, 380 billion
yuan in loans from two policy banks and
60 billion yuan in aid to developing
countries and international bodies in
countries along the new trade routes.
In addition, Xi said China would
encourage financial institutions to
expand their overseas yuan fund busi-
nesses to the tune of 300 billion yuan.
Xi did not give a time frame for the
new loans, aid and funding pledged on
Sunday.
Leaders from 29 countries attended
the forum, as well as the heads of the
United Nations, International
Monetary Fund and World Bank.
Britains finance minister told the
summit his country was a natural
partner in the new Silk Road, while
the prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz
Sharif, a close Chinese ally, praised
Chinas vision and ingenuity.
Such a broad sweep and scale of
interlocking economic partnerships
and investments is unprecedented in
history, Sharif said.
White House adviser Matt Pottinger
said the United States welcomed
efforts by China to promote infrastruc-
ture connectivity as part of its Belt and
Road initiative, and US companies
could offer top value services.
Continued on Page 31
The trains and sea ports of new Silk Road
BEIJING, May 14, (AFP): China
opened its Silk Road summit
Sunday to showcase its ambi-
tious plans to revive ancient
trade routes from Asia to Europe
and Africa.
President Xi Jinping hailed
the initiative for a massive net-
work of rail and maritime links
dubbed One Belt, One Road
as a project of the century
in his address to delegates at
the two-day conference in
Beijing.
Russian President Vladimir
Putin and Turkish counterpart
Recep Tayyip Erdogan are
among the 29 leaders expected
to attend, along with delegations
from North Korea and the United
States.
Few Western leaders are tak-
ing part.
Beijings grand vision
unveiled by Xi in 2013
includes the Silk Road
Economic Belt, which extends
from China to central Asia
through Europe, linking northern
Xian city with Dushanbe in
Tajikistan, Moscow, Rotterdam
and Venice.
The 21st-century Maritime
Silk Road is a maritime trans-
port route that plans to connect
Chinas east coast with Europe
via the South China Sea and the
Indian Ocean.
OBOR spans some 65 coun-
tries representing 60 percent of
the global population and
around a third of global GDP.
The China Development Bank
alone has earmarked $890 bil-
lion for some 900 projects.
Here are some of them:
Trains
The China-Europe Railway
Express includes 51 rail links
connecting 27 Chinese and 28
European cities, with freight
trains that offer shorter transport
time than sea routes.
A planned 418-kms (260-
mile) rail line between the Asian
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, (right),
arrives for the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing
Sunday, May 14. Chinese President Xi Jinping has called Sunday for
closer cooperation among countries across Asia and Europe in areas from
anti-terrorism to finance, as officials from dozens of governments met to
promote a Beijing-led initiative to expand trade links. (AP)
giant and Laos attempts to be
the first overseas route that con-
nects with the vast rail system in
China. Once finished, it will be
the longest and fastest in the
southeastern Asian country.
Another 873-kms high-speed
railway project between China
and Thailand will link the Chinese
border to Thailands ports. It will
transform southwestern Yunnan
province into a trading hub that
exports Chinas goods to south-
east Asian markets.
In Africa, OBOR will include a
471-kms railway between
Nairobi and Mombasa on the
Indian Ocean coast. Passenger
trains will zoom at 120 kms per
hour, while freights will run at 80
kms per hour and carry 25 mil-
lion tonnes of cargo per year.
Sea ports
Three state-owned Chinese
enterprises bought Turkeys
third largest port, Kumport,
which is considered an impor-
tant joint between the belt and
the road.
In Pakistan, a controversial
trade route was inaugurated in
November to link southwestern
Gwadar port, on the Arabian
Sea, with Kashgar, a city in
Chinas northwestern Xinjiang
province.
The economic corridor has
alarmed India because it cuts
through Gilgit and Baltistan in
Pakistan-administered Kashmir,
disputed territory that New Delhi
claims is illegally occupied.
The port will provide China
with safer and more direct
access to the oil-rich Middle
East than the waterway trade
route it currently uses through
the narrow Malacca Straits.
A new international airport will
also be built in Gwadar.
Central to the project in
Pakistan is the renovation of a
487-kms road that is part of
Chinas only land passage to
the Middle East.
deals across the Middle East and Africa, including
Deal for expansion of its airports
Dubai govt secures $3bn financing
DUBAI, May 14, (RTRS): The Dubai
government said on Sunday that it had
secured $3 billion in long-term financ- Crude prices near years lows
ing for the expansion of its airports.
The expansion is one of three multi-
billion dollar infrastructure projects
that the emirate is planning to fund
through debt, together with the build-
Oil traders mull options
ing of Dubais World Expo 2020 exhi-
bition site and an extension of Dubais
Metro system.
as OPEC cut disappoints
The funding will be used for the LONDON, May 14, (RTRS): Oil the market is uncertain about
expansion and development of Dubai
traders are snapping up options to whether it will be $40 next or
International Airport and Al Maktoum protect against another steep $55.
International Airport, the emirates price drop in case OPEC and its A put option, which gives the
new airport being developed on the partners fail to deliver enough of holder the right, but not the obliga-
edge of Dubai, it said. The facility
a supply cut to satisfy investors tion, to sell oil at a set strike, or
signifies the first stage of a larger of their commitment to tackle a price, by a certain date, is one way
funding plan which will transform Al
three-year-old surplus of unused of securing that protection.
Maktoum International into the pri- crude. Volatility on three-week put
mary airport for Dubai, serving up to The Organization of the options with strikes well below the
146 million passengers by 2025, it Petroleum Exporting Countries current price has risen to 37 per-
said. meets on May 25 and will discuss cent from around 32 percent a
The deal, for which HSBC acted as extending its agreement forged week ago.
financial adviser, included a $1.63 bil- with a number of its rivals, includ- When OPEC announced its
lion, seven-year conventional loan ing Russia, late last year to cut decision to cut supply this year,
and a $1.48 billion-equivalent, seven- output by 1.8 million barrels per volatility rose to nearly 70 percent
year ijara facility denominated in dir- day in the first half of 2017. on similar options.
hams. Ijara is a common lease-based That the supply agreement will Options on July Brent futures,
structure used in Islamic finance. be extended is being billed as a which expire on the day of the
Twelve international and local dead cert, not least by the de facto meeting itself, show most open
banks acted as joint mandated lead leader of OPEC, Saudi Arabia, interest is clustered in put options
arrangers and joint bookrunners. They whose energy minister said the at $50 a barrel, followed by call
included Abu Dhabi Commercial
group would do whatever it takes options - which give the right to
Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Bank to reduce global inventories. buy at an agreed price - at $52 a
of China, Citibank, Dubai Islamic But the price of crude oil is lin- barrel.
Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, gering around $50 a barrel, close to Further ahead, open interest in
Industrial and Commercial Bank of its lowest levels this year. the last week has spiked in
China, Intesa Sanpaolo, JPMorgan, Volatility, one way of measur- December $40 and $45 puts, which
Noor Bank and Standard Chartered. ing the price of an option, remains suggests investors believe the
Al Maktoum International is fairly muted by historical stan- underlying Brent futures could
planned to become the main airport dards, but has picked up the most well be trading below those levels
for Dubai as well as the home to for bearish sell options expiring on by the end of the year.
Emirates Airline starting in 2025. May 26, one day after OPECs Id argue you could see $8-10
The financing was raised by a con- meeting. off the price (in case of disap-
sortium of Dubai state entities, com- This suggests investors are will- pointment), one options trader
prising the Department of Finance, ing to pay up more for protection said. You will see more put buy-
state-owned fund Investment against a sudden, sharp drop in the ing here and even with an exten-
Corporation of Dubai, and the Dubai price. sion, you still might see a sell-
Aviation City Corporation.
Before, OPEC was given the off.
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin benefit of the doubt. Now, the mar- The price of oil fell by 5 percent
Rashid al-Maktoum in September 2014 ket says show me the data, said last week, under pressure from
approved a $32 billion investment to Ole Hansen, senior manager at investors concerned over OPECs
expand the emirates new airport, with Saxo Bank, referring to figures on ability to cut supply enough to
the aim of handling up to 120 million global inventories. It is a testing counter rising U.S. output.
passengers a year by 2022. time, no doubt. But the options market can often
Citing a source close to the situa- There are still many (bullish paint more than one picture. While
tion, Reuters reported in February that players) in the market that are interest in bearish sell options has
the facility carried a margin of 200 potentially starting to look for a picked up, traders have also
basis points across both the interna- handbrake and that has increased snapped up cheap buy, or call,
tional and local tranches. demand for downside protection ... options.
IDB to provide $453m of funding across region
DUBAI, May 14, (RTRS): The Islamic Development The IDB has approved more than $10 billion in
Bank (IDB) has agreed $453.3 million in financing financing for Turkey since 1977, with about a third
arriving in the past two years.
$200 million for renewable energy projects in Turkey, It extended financing worth $1.5 billion in 2016 and
the lender said on Sunday. $1.4 billion in 2015, mostly in the financial and trans-
Turkeys Clean Energy and Energy Infrastructure port sectors.
Programme will receive $200 million, while $78.7 A senior official at the Saudi-based lender told
million will go to a Tunisian water project and $79 Reuters last month that it is planning to take at least a
million to a Jordanian emergency health project, the 10 percent stake in Turkeys state-run stock exchange
IDB said on its website. as it ramps up activities in the country.
The remainder of the financing is earmarked for The latest deals were approved by the banks board
countries including Uganda, Suriname, Kenya and at a meeting in Jeddah ahead of the annual meeting of
Rwanda. the banks board of governors this month.
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Greece cuts GDP forecast in new budget plan

ATHENS, May 14, (Agen-
cies): The Greek govern-
ment Sunday slashed GDP
growth forecast for 2017 as
it moved towards submit-
ting new austerity meas-
ures, including a wider tax
net, for approval by law-
makers.
The government lowered the
GDP growth target for the year to
1.8 percent from a previous esti-
mate of 2.7 percent, the state news
Eurozone recovery, Macron win give ECB chance to consider unwinding policy
agency ANA reported.
The latest estimate also falls short
of the European Commissions pro-
jection of 2.1 percent growth, set in
February.
The downward revision appeared
in the governments budget proposal
for 2017-2021, handed to parliament
Saturday night, along with a bill pro-
posing a tighter budget, ANA said.
Greece is seeking to meet the de-
mands of creditors in an arduous bail-
out process, with a proposed new law
projecting tax increases for 2019 and
2020, even for income just above the
poverty level.
That along with pension cuts for
the 14th time since the beginning of the
crisis is projected to earn 4.5 billion
euros ($4.9 billion), according to ANA.
Part of a July 2015 bailout deal with
the EU and IMF to provide debt relief
for the country, the new proposals are
set for adoption Thursday night, ac-
cording to the parliamentary ofcials.
Lagging in the polls for being seen
as caving to creditor demands, Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras will need full
backing from his small majority of
153 out of 300 seats in parliament.
The right-wing opposition has said
it will vote against the programme.
During negotiations with credi-
tors, Tsipras managed to secure some
measures against poverty, such as
cafeterias to serve free meals, day
care and rent subsidies.
But the countrys main unions
called for a national general strike
Wednesday.
Tsipras had pledged his govern-
ment would not implement new aus-
terity measures without debt reduc-
tion in exchange.
The question has served as a point
of contention between the IMF and
Berlin for months.
An economic recovery and robust
outlook in the euro zone mean the
European Central Bank may be able
to look at normalising its ultra-loose
monetary policy, German Bundes-
bank President Jens Weidmann said
on Saturday.
Weidmann, one of the most con-
servative ECB policymakers, said
the election of Emmanuel Macron as
French president should give the sin-
gle currency bloc an additional eco-
nomic boost.
The strengthening economic de-
velopment in the euro zone and the
robust outlook make a normalisation
(of monetary policy) conceivable,
Weidmann said at a meeting of the
nancial leaders of seven leading
world economies in Bari, Italy.
But he said a rise in ination should
become more sustainable before the
ECB considers such a move.
He added Macrons victory in
Frances presidential election should
help boost growth in the euro zone.
Macron won on a platform of reform-
ing France and a business-friendly vi-
sion of European integration.
The election victory of Macron
gives a chance that the euro zone
economy gets an additional momen-
tum, Weidmann said.

Cut in panhandling
could curb begging
PORTLAND, Maine, May 14, (AP): Cleaning trash
and landscaping public parks might not be glamor-
ous work, but Derek Cote says it beats begging for
change in a trafc median at rush hour, and hes
looking forward to his hometown giving him a
chance to do it.
As soon as I get an ID, Ill be doing it, Cote,
33, a panhandler in Maines largest city, said while
holding a sign that read: Homeless, spare a buck.
Cotes home of Portland, Maine, is the latest city
in the US to try to cut down panhandling by tak-
ing people from curbside begging to municipal jobs
such as cleaning walking trails and picking up litter.
The city launched the Portland Opportunity
Crew this month, and the program is employing
panhandlers to do landscaping and clean up public
areas at the minimum wage of $10.68 per hour. Cit-
ies including Albuquerque, New Mexico, and San
Jose, California, and Chicago have tried similar pro-
grams with varying degrees of success.
Portland is a city of about 67,000 people with a
homeless population of a few hundred, making it
much smaller than other cities that have tried similar
programs. But panhandlers are a common sight on
downtown streets and trafc medians around the city.
The program launched May 4 and immediately
signed up four people, said Jessica Grondin, a spokes-
woman for the city. The effort is a pilot program that is
expected to last until November, she said.
First and foremost, its to get people job training
and employment support services so they can have
good futures and long-term employment, she said.
If the result of that is less panhandling, thats all
for the better.
The program will cost the city $42,000 this year.
Social service workers have been reaching out to pan-
handlers to let them know about the program, and will
set up signs at intersections to let them know that its
underway. Workers will be paid via a debit card, so
they will not need to cash paychecks, though the pro-
gram hopes to link people with banks, Grondin said.
Despite the high hopes, some in Portlands home-
less community have been resistant about the pro-
gram. Ofcials are hopeful the program will get a
good reputation in the community if they are able to
link hundreds of people with jobs, as Albuquerque
did last year.
But for William Conley, a 57-year-old veteran
who panhandles near the waterfront, not wanting to
participate is a matter of pride.
Im not cleaning trash up, Conley said. Id
rather suffer and go without.
Portlands history with its homeless commu-
nity includes a failed attempt to ban loitering and
panhandling on street medians four years ago. The
measure was deemed unconstitutional, and an in-
fringement of free speech, by courts.

China pledges
Continued from Page 30
India refused to send an official delegation to Beijing,
reflecting displeasure with China for developing a $57 bil-
lion trade corridor through Pakistan that also crosses the
disputed territory of Kashmir.
No country can accept a project that ignores its core
concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity, said
Indian foreign ministry spokesman Gopal Baglay, adding
that there were concerns about host countries taking on
unsustainable debt.
China plans to import $2 trillion of products from coun-
tries participating in its Belt and Road initiative over the
next five years, Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said.
But some Western diplomats have expressed unease
about both the summit and the plan as a whole, seeing it as
an attempt to promote Chinese influence globally. They are
also concerned about transparency and access for foreign
firms to the scheme.
Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo said Canberra
was receptive to exploring commercial opportunities
Chinas new Silk Road presented, but any decisions would
remain incumbent on national interest.
China is willing to share its development experience
with all countries, Xi said. We will not interfere in other
countries internal affairs. We will not export our system of
society and development model, and even more will not
impose our views on others.
In advancing the Belt and Road, we will not re-tread the
old path of games between foes. Instead we will create a
new model of cooperation and mutual benefit, Xi said.
North Korea, which considers China its sole major diplo-
matic ally and economic benefactor, raised eyebrows when
it decided to send a delegation to the summit.
The North Korean delegation largely kept a low profile at
the summit, and there was no evidence that its presence had
affected participation despite US misgivings.
Xi said the new Silk Road would be open to all, including
Africa and the Americas, which are not situated on the tra-
ditional Silk Road.
No matter if they are from Asia and Europe, or Africa or
the Americas, they are all cooperative partners in building
the Belt and Road.
The idea of cooperation and inclusiveness extends to
funding projects and investments along the new trade routes,
which are being developed both on land and at sea.
We need joint effort among Belt and Road countries to
boost financing cooperation, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of
Chinas central bank, said.
To sustain the projects, Belt and Road nations should
allow companies to play a key role, as government resourc-
es are limited, Zhou said.
The active use of local currencies will also help to mobil-
ise local savings, lower remittance and exchange costs, and
safeguard financial stability, he said.
At the forum, finance ministries from 27 countries,
including China, approved a set of principles that will guide
project financing along the new Silk Road.
Germany, which was not among the countries that
approved the financing guidelines, said its firms were will-
ing to support the Belt and Road initiative, but more trans-
parency was needed.
Some of Chinas close allies and partners were at the
forum, including Russian President Vladimir Putin,
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Kazakh President
Nursultan Nazarbayev.
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CEO of Algerias Sonatrach urges simplifying business, focus on output

The new chief of Algerias state energy company
Sonatrach has urged employees to simplify bureau-
cracy, and focus on the core business of production
as the North African state deals with lower oil prices,
an internal company letter shows.
The message from new CEO Abdelmoumen Ould
Kadour was sent to Sonatrach employees just over
a month after he took the job as the oil giants sixth
chief executive in seven years, a period marked by
instability and a collapse in global crude prices.
It appeared to be another sign of exibility from
Sonatrach as it looks to increase oil and gas pro-
duction and work with foreign partners to open up
delayed projects and increase energy production to
offset lower prices.
Algeria has seen its energy revenues halved since
the oil price drop began in mid-2014, forcing the gov-
ernment to cut budget spending and start small re-
forms to the vast social welfare system nanced by
energy earnings.
We need to simplify the way we work, review our
procedures, make a qualitative leap and focus our ef-
forts on the core business of our company namely
production, the development of our activities, Ould
Kadour said in the message, a copy of which was
seen by Reuters.
It is not the rst time Sonatrach has pushed to
streamline its operations in the last three years, but
the new CEOs call comes as Sonatrach looks to bet-
ter bilateral relations with foreign partners.
Ould Kadour, an engineer who graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and headed
US-Algerian rm Brown & Root Condor in the 1990s,
was appointed at the end of March in a surprise deci-
sion to replace Amine Mazouzi.
In recent years Algerias production stagnated
as investors stayed away, put off by tough contract
terms and state bureaucracy that made the North Af-
rican country a tough sell for oil companies despite its
potential. Lower oil prices have made Algerias offers
less competitive for investors.
But oil and gas production has been increasing
since last year. Sonatrach said in 2016 that it would
start working with companies on a bilateral basis for
new elds instead of through bidding rounds as a way
to cut through bureaucracy and make dealings more
exible to help increase production. Algeria remains
dependent on oil and gas earnings, which provide 60
percent of the state budget, and Sonatrachs perfor-
mance is key to the economy. But there is debate
within government circles on how best to work with
and attract more foreign oil investors. (RTRS)

Experts provide insight on developing trend in Cyber insurance and what protection is available

Gulf Insurance Group organizes Cyber Insurance workshop

KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Gulf
Insurance Group K S C P [gig],
a leading insurance service pro-
vider in the Middle East and
North Africa, organized a Cyber
Insurance workshop on Sunday.
Representatives from the Cen-
tral Bank of Kuwait, the banking
and nancial sector, as well as
the oil sector gathered with inter-
national Cyber Insurance experts
to discuss cyber risks and the
available insurance solutions.
Global specialty insurers and
brokers were at hand to provide
insight on the developing trends
in cyber insurance and what pro-
tection is available.
With the increased risk of cy-
ber threats that have emerged this
past week, it is more vital than
ever to raise awareness on the
issue to avoid disruption to busi-
nesses and clients.
As part of a prudent corpo-
rate governance and risk man-
agement, companies should be
looking for insurance protection
as a key component of their cyber
security program., said Khaled
Saoud Al Hasan, gigs Group
Photo from the event
CEO. been a pioneer in the Kuwait
He also added, gig has always market to introduce innovative
insurance solutions to its valuable
clients.
KFH joins GBSA
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Kuwait Fi-
nance House (KFH) has announced
that it has joined as a member of The
Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association
(GBSA). KFH is the rst and leading
Sharia compliant bank in Kuwait and
will be the rst fully Islamic Financial
institution in Kuwait to join GBSA as
an active member of GBSAs Kuwait
Chapter.
As a member of GBSAs leadership
community, KFH-Group intends to
engage with the regulatory and invest-
ment communities to further advance
the Sukuk market. KFH has a long
track record of achievements in the
Sukuk market as it is keen on support-
ing Sukuk markets in this region and
beyond to help sovereigns and corpo-
rates access capital markets and diver-
sify their sources of funding.
KFH-Group has expanded its in- KFH Headquarters
vestment in Sukuk and trading in the
primary and secondary markets. Being said, GBSA is delighted to welcome
a very active market maker, the group KFH as a key member. He continued,
has achieved total Sukuk trading in the Our market building initiatives will
secondary Sukuk market amounting be strengthened by harnessing KFHs
$11.4 Billion in the year 2016. unsurpassed credentials as a global
GBSA President Michael Grifferty leader in Sukuk and Islamic nance.

Nationwide campaign for BP Visco lubricants

AUM students visiting Alghanim Industries booth
Company engages with potential candidates at local universities
Alghanim Industries sponsors career fairs
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Al-
ghanim Industries, one of the larg-
est privately owned companies in
the region was the Platinum spon-
sor of American University of Ku-
waits (AUK) career fair, and also
sponsored the career fair at the
American University of the Middle
East (AUM).
Representatives from the com-
pany were present at the career
fairs to answer students questions
and raise awareness of the different
businesses at Alghanim Industries,
the opportunities available, and em-
ployment and internship programs
such as the Alghanim Future Lead-
ers Program (AFLP) and the Sum-
mer Internship Program.
Commenting
Commenting on the companys
participation, George Lambros,
Chief Human Resources Ofcer at
Alghanim Industries, said: As the
school year comes to a close, Al-
ghanim Industries is happy to have
participated in ve career fairs at lo-
cal universities.
These events provide us with the
opportunity to establish relationships
with local talent interested to learn
more about the variety of career op-
portunities and internship programs
we offer. Weve seen some great
candidates at this years career fairs,
and we look forward to having many
of these talented young people join
our company as interns or permanent
employees.
Zahraa AlQudaihi, Human Re-
sources graduate from AUM, at-
tended the career fair and com-
mented saying: It was a good
opportunity for me to pass by the
career fair. Its a step forward in my
career path, and a chance to get to
know Kuwait companies recruit-
ing styles and job opportunities. As
an HR major, I think the career fair
benets the companies, students
and graduates at the same time. Im
very happy that I met innovative,
diverse and talented employees at
the Alghanim Industries corner dur-
ing AUMs career fair.
The company is committed to
empowering youth through edu-
cation, with particular interest in
acquiring talented graduates from
both international and local uni-
versities. Alghanim Industries also
focuses on gender diversity, recruit-
ing and retaining female talent. In
addition to its Kuwaiti Mentorship
Program, which aims to further ad-
vance the skills and talents of Ku-
waiti employees in the company.
Alghanim Industries is one of the
oldest and largest, privately-owned
companies in the MENA region.
Founded at the turn of the century,
in Kuwait, the company today em-
ploys more than 14,000 people in
30 businesses across 40 countries in
the Middle East, North Africa, East-
ern Europe and Asia.
Alghanim Industries is a mar-
Group Chief Audit Executive Mohsen Ali (right), and Riyad Hanbali from
KIPCOs Internal Audit Department (center), receiving the KIPCO Group
Employee of the Year 2017 award from KIPCOs Vice-Chairman (Execu-
tive) Faisal Al-Ayyar.
KIPCO announces 2017 achievement awards at its Annual Gala Dinner
KIPCO the Kuwait Projects Com-
pany (Holding) has announced
the winners of its annual achieve-
ment awards. The awards were
presented by KIPCOs Vice-Chair-
man (Executive), Faisal Al- Ayyar,
ket leader in almost every major
sector of its operations, which in-
clude: engineering, retail, automo-
tive sales and service, insulation
and pre-engineered steel building
structures, logistics and warehous-
ing, fast moving consumer goods,
food & beverage, oil & gas, ofce
automation, advertising, insurance,
consumer credit and travel. The
company is actively growing its
brand portfolio, with a focus on top-
tier global partners.
Among them: Avis, British Air-
ways, British Petroleum, Cathay
Pacic, Daewoo, Honda, Saint-
Gobain and Toshiba. Additionally,
Alghanim Industries has created a
number of successful regional busi-
nesses, including X-cite (consumer
electronics), and Safat Home (life-
style and home furniture).
at the companys 11th Annual Gala
Dinner. The event, which took
place in the Sheikha Salwa Hall at
the Marina Hotel, brought together
over 300 KIPCO Group employees
from over 20 companies across the
BTB rewards customers with valuable prizes
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Bump-
er-to-Bumper (BTB), that is part
of Yusuf A. Alghanim & Sons
Automotive Group, announced
the grand winners of valuable
prizes in its nationwide campaign
for BP Visco lubricants, reward-
ing the rst place winner with a
Chevrolet Tahoe LS and the sec-
ond place winner with a Chevro-
let Cruze LS, in addition to many
valuable prizes that included over
75 electronic prizes of iPhones,
LED 42 screens and Lenovo
tablets.
Launched in February, the BP
Visco lubricants campaign aimed
to reward customers with the best
offers and valuable prizes in Ku-
wait. Customers entered the draw
with a coupon for every purchase
of a four-liter BP Visco 2000 oil,
two coupons for every purchase
of a BP Visco 3000 TG, and three
coupons for every purchase of a
BP Visco 5000 oil.
The campaign ran for customers
changing their vehicles oil with
a BP Visco lubricants in any of
the BTB centers and retail stores
across Kuwait.
BP Visco lubricants have a
proven record of ensuring car en-
gines cleaner for a longer period of
time, making them the best choice
for customers to protect their vehi-
cles. BTB, as part of Yusuf Ahmed
Alghanim & Sons Company, is
committed to always providing the
highest level of service and prod-
ucts to customers to fulll their
needs efciently.
Throughout the years, BP Visco
lubricants has been one of the most
trusted brands amongst customers,
and continues to grow footprint
as a result of customers satisfac-
tion of the quality standards of the
brands engine oils.
Founded in 1980, BTB started
as quick-service shops that spe-
cialized in replacing and repairing
Anuj Rohtagi (right), being awarded KIPCO Best Employee of the Year
2017 by KIPCOs Vice -Chairman (Executive) Faisal Al-Ayyar.
MENA region.
The KIPCO Group Employee of
the Year 2017 award went to the
Group Internal Audit Team. The
award was received by Group Chief
Audit Executive, Mohsen Ali, and
Some of the winners pose with their prizes.
exhaust systems. Five years later in
1985, the brand BTB was created
as a unique concept in the Kuwaiti
market.
Today, BTBs clear mission is
to exceed expectations by offer-
ing the best in car maintenance
and spare-parts services, for both
individual customers and cor-
porate owners. But what makes
BTB truly stand out is the highly-
trained team of technicians and
professionals, who collectively
provide an unprecedented level of
support through state-of-the-art
equipment and auto maintenance
knowledge.
As one of the strongest local
brands in the country, with more
than 160,000 vehicles serviced
each year, in one of 160 service
platforms in 11 service centers
throughout the country, BTB pro-
vides customers with total conveni-
ence and peace of mind, dealing
with all car makes and models. At
BTB, the customer comes rst and
each center is designed with the
customers comfort in mind, in-
cluding free wireless access, a spa-
Riyad Hanbali from KIPCOs Inter-
nal Audit Department.
The winner of the KIPCO Best
Employee of the Year 2017 was
Anuj Rohtagi from the Financial
Control Department.
cious lounge area and much more.
Indeed, choosing BTB service
centers means turning over your car
to a crew of specialized technicians
who operate the most advanced
equipment and analyzing tools to
produce a highly-detailed report and
an accurate estimate of total cost of
repair. To top it off, BTB service
centers offer genuine spare parts for
all car models, as well as warran-
ties for parts and labor. BTB service
centers also offer easy nance solu-
tions such as installments and other
payment plans.
BTB service centers are stra-
tegically located throughout Ku-
wait including Sharq, Fahaheel,
Shuwaikh and Jahra, and are also
integrated in Alfa Petrol Stations
in Shaab, Agaila, Shuwaikh and
South Surra & KNPC stations in
Ardiya, Ishbilya and Jahra Al-
waha area.
For more inquiries about ser-
vices, campaigns and locations,
customers may contact BTB at
24969821/885 or visit their website
www.bumpertobumper.me.
CIB agrees to sell
10% of CI Capital
CAIRO, May 14, (RTRS): Egypts
largest listed bank, Commercial In-
ternational Bank, has agreed to sell
10 percent of its investment banking
arm CI Capital to a local investor, CI
Capital CEO Mahmoud Attalla said
on Sunday.
CIB nalised a deal in March to
sell about 75 percent of CI Capital to
a group of Egyptian and Gulf inves-
tors in a deal worth about $40 mil-
lion.
The bank has been seeking buyers
for its investment banking unit ever
since a planned sale to Beltone Fi-
nancial, agreed in February last year,
failed to win regulatory approval.
Attalla said CI Capital aims to
increase its assets under manage-
ment to 10 billion Egyptian pounds
($551.88 million) this year, from 8
billion pounds currently, and is plan-
ning to do a capital increase in the
rst quarter of next year.
CI Capital also plans to launch a
company in the fourth quarter of this
year that will focus on funding mi-
cronance projects, Attalla said.

BUSINESS
IBA says debt to be restructured totals $3.3 bln
International Bank of Azerbaijan,
the energy exporting countrys
biggest lender, said it needed to
restructure more than $3 billion
of its debt, most owed to foreign
creditors, to tackle bad loans left
over from the slump in oil prices.
The state-controlled bank an-
nounced it was suspending pay-
ments on some liabilities and
seeking creditors support for re-
structuring. The news sent IBAs
dollar-denominated bond tumbling
Dollar trades in a range amid summer lull
Report prepared by Ahmed
Shibley
T he Dollar has seen a pickup in ac-
tivity with larger daily swings, but
those moves still are not translating
into meaningful direction. For global
equity indices and other risk-leaning
assets, there is a similar lack of convic-
tion but none of the short-term volatil-
ity. Volatility measures this past week
- from the VIX, alternative asset activ-
ity measures and the 10-day S&P 500
realized volatility - ticked up from their
extreme lows dredged the previous
week. Yet, even with the pickup, we
stand at extremely low levels of market
turnover. On one hand, this likely re-
ects the seasonal Summer Lull. That
said, the extent of the deated activity
readings puts us in conditions more
akin to the extremes witnessed in the
summers of 2014 and 2015. Compla-
cency ran rampant through seasons that
lasted longer than many had expected.
And, they both ended in spectacular
volatility.
The motto, hope for the best, pre-
pare for the worst is appropriate for
our current conditions. We are expe-
riencing a dichotomous situation of
remarkable quiet with the persistent
threat of sudden collapse. To reason-
ably position for this low-return-high-
risk state, trading reduced risk and time
frame is the most exible approach
US-China trade pact: a Trump triumph or rehashed news?
WASHINGTON, May 14, (AFP): The
new trade agreement unveiled Friday
between China and the United States
is yet another olive branch from the
Trump White House to Beijing, but
some skeptics wonder how long the
cooperative tone will last.
One thing is sure: the initial mea-
sures of the 100-day action plan
launched in mid-April by China and
the United States stand in stark con-
trast with the anti-Chinese rhetoric
Donald Trump used on the campaign
trail.
The president has signicantly soft-
ened his stance, declining last month to
declare China a currency manipulator
one of the most strident pledges he
made as a candidate.
And, at least at rst glance, the new
Sino-American trade deal appears to
have vindicated this softer approach
that is starting to bear fruit.
We have made ... more progress in
40 days than the prior trade negotiators
had in this century, Commerce Secre-
tary Wilbur Ross said recently on Fox
News.
The two-page plan of action calls
for the lifting of the 13-year embargo
Beijing had kept on American beef, as
well as gradually opening the Chinese
market to certain US nancial services.
Its impossible to overstate how
benecial this will be for Americas
cattle producers, said Craig Uden,
president of the National Cattlemens
Beef Association, adding that he was
eager to court 1.4 billion new consum-
ers in China.
As important as they may be, these
developments are not entirely new.
Plans to lift the beef embargo had al-
ready been agreed to in principle last
September under former president
Barack Obama.
The only truly new development
was the plan to speed up direct exports
of American liqueed natural gas to
China, delighting some in the Ameri-
can hydrocarbon industry.
Its a strong signal from both gov-
ernments that there is a real interest
in using LNG produced in the US in
China, Charlie Riedl, director of the
Center for Liqueed Natural Gas, told
AFP.
As for the Chinese, they got the US
to lift trade barriers to Chinese exports
of cooked poultry, a concession that
does not appear to worry US produc-
ers.
It would serve a niche market and
we dont think that it would be a prob-
lem for our domestic industry, said
Jim Sumner, director of the USA Poul-
try and Egg Export Council.
According to Douglas Paal, a China
expert at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, these achieve-
ments are the low-hanging fruit.
Its not negative but its not a ma-
jor step, he said. These are the easy
steps. The heavy work hasnt started
yet.
Indeed, the agreement does not
touch on theft of intellectual property
or the American manufacturing sector,
which has suffered most of all from
Chinese competition and which
Trump had promised to rescue on his
arrival in the White House.
to its lowest level in over a year.
The banks problems show how
Azerbaijan is still wrestling with the
fallout of a prolonged slump on
the global oil market, even though
prices recovered some lost ground
in early to mid-2016.
An economic slowdown caused
by the oil prices - which remain
around half 2014 levels - left many
of the banks creditors unable to re-
pay their loans. That built up non-
performing debts that a previous
we can take. If the measured pace re-
mains, a reasonable target, lower risk
and proximate stop is exactly appro-
priate for what prevails. If the markets
start to gain traction on substantial and
persistent moves, we can jump into the
trend multiple times until we develop
conviction that start-and-stop volatility
is being replaced by lasting moves. The
pairs that I will be paying closest atten-
tion to on the open of the coming week
will be set to this pace. USD/CAD has
one of the densest technical backdrops
in the market among the majors and a
distinct relationship to another conges-
tion bound asset - crude oil. With a
greater amplitude risk response, EUR/
JPY and GBP/JPY have shaped ap-
pealing technical patterns with tenta-
tive turns on hand. For NZD/USD, a
fundamentally-conicted backdrop
can turn the focus on larger technical
levels.
Looking at fundamental landscape
for the coming week, there is a notable
drop in high prole event risk. The rate
decisions, NFPs, elections of previ-
ous weeks are absent. The traditional
economic measures dont carry much
promise for focused volatility. Euro-
area GDP readings (including Greeces
1Q), UK ination and Chinese data are
all headline worthy; but do little to tap
investors broader concerns. A history
of more discreet volatility reactions to
event risk like the Australia employ-
Some skeptics wonder how long cooperative tone will last
India skips Chinas summit
In this photograph taken on Feb 6, 2017, employees of Indian company Nuts and Boltz work in their ofce in New Delhi. Since coming to power in 2014,
Narendra Modi has been looking to overhaul Indias image as an awkward country in which to do business and instead emulate China by becoming a
global manufacturing hub. While much of the focus has been on travails of foreign rms, local entrepreneurs who should be the poster boys of Indian
Red tape, taxes put brakes on Make In India push
NEW DELHI, May 14, (AFP): When
Saurabh Ahuja tried to import a $600
3D printer for manufacturing drones
in his Delhi workshop, he ended up
spending another $900 in taxes and
bribes and waited three months for it
to clear customs.
We lack in technology and indus-
try to make the smallest things, so we
have to import, Ahuja said as he listed
the frustrations entrepreneurs still en-
counter since the government launched
its Make In India project.
If my business grows, the country
grows with me. But the government
wont let me grow.
Since coming to power in 2014,
Narendra Modi has been looking to
overhaul Indias image as an awkward
government rescue package failed
to x. The bank published on Fri-
day what it said was its proposed
restructuring plan. According to
this, the total level of debt subject
to restructuring stood at $3.34 bil-
lion as of April 18. This included
debt owed to entities including
commodities trader Cargill, Italian
lender Intesa Sanpaolo, Germa-
nys Commerzbank and Bayer-
ische Landesbank, and Frances
Societe Generale. (RTRS)
weekly report on FX markets
Swiss International Financial Brokerage Co
ment statistics though may present
ashes of activity. For themes, we have
the concerted effort by the Fed to accli-
mate the market to a future that puts the
central bank on the path of QE reduc-
tion. This is likely to be a pivotal devel-
opment for risk trends - but only when
the markets are ready to acknowledge
its impact. On the other end of the
spectrum, we have remarkably familiar
circumstances in current conditions to
the Chinese-led collapses of 2015 (Au-
gust) and 2016 (January).
Sudden market turns can be motived
by surprise fundamental or speculative
developments, but the breadth and in-
tensity of those moves is rarely found-
ed in the catalyst. The backdrop market
conditions determine how far and ag-
gressively market trends run. Looking
at the lack of preparation, low return
and tolerance for pushing expensive
markets even higher; it is hard to dis-
pute that the backdrop is not ripe for a
possible crisis. However, when liquid-
ity thins out and complacency hits ex-
treme levels, sensitivity can increase to
the serious fundamental sparks. There
are plenty of explicit threats that obser-
vant traders have kept track of over the
weeks and months, but the most prob-
lematic can be those that receive little
appreciation even in these underpre-
pared conditions.
Not too long ago, Chinas nancial
and economic health was a top concern
New Delhi warns of unsustainable debt burden
manufacturing are also struggling. (AFP)
... the government wont let me grow
country in which to do business and
instead emulate China by becoming a
global manufacturing hub.
In September that year, the right-wing
premier unveiled Make in India as a
agship initiative which would have an
unprecedented overhaul of out-dated
processes and policies at its core.
The government has tried to woo
investors by promising to simplify the
tax regime and liberalise rules on for-
eign direct investment (FDI).
But in the World Banks most recent
chart ranking countries for their ease of
doing business, India came 130th out
of 190.
While much of the focus has been
on the travails of foreign rms, local
entrepreneurs who should be the poster
Bank of China given licence to operate in Pakistan
Pakistans central bank has
granted government-run Bank of
China a licence to operate in the
country to ease the nancial re-
quirements of Chinese-led Belt
and Road projects, the central
bank said on Saturday.
China has pledged to invest
some $57 billion in Pakistans rail,
road and energy infrastructure
through its vast modern-day Silk
Road network of trade routes link-
ing Asia with Europe and Africa.
for global traders. The worlds second
largest economy and one of the largest
markets seemed to be operating just
ne on paper. However, there was evi-
dence that pressures were building and
policy ofcials were struggling to con-
tain it. Back in August 2015, after an
extended period of extreme quiet from
the markets, Chinas policy author-
ity announced that it was changing the
way it would calculate the ofcial x
on its local currency (the Yuan). While
they had said this was a move aimed
at a more market-based pricing mecha-
nism, global investors were concerned
it was an overt move to bolster its trade
advantage (devalue its currency) and
in turn raise the prospect of a more
intense trade war with the rest of the
world. The reaction from the S&P 500,
global equities, emerging market and
other risk-based markets was intense.
In subsequent volatility for the months
following, the concern surrounding
China was a frequent reference for risk
reduction.
In recent months, we have seen the
fear over Chinas detrimental inuence
to the worlds nancial health diminish
signicantly - though its fundamental
backdrop actually improved little. This
is likely owing to a greater number of
distractions to pull attention in other di-
rections. Yet, as volatility drops off and
other concerns like elections start to re-
treat, this consistent threat is likely to
boys of Indian manufacturing are also
struggling.
The printer that Ahuja did eventu-
ally manage to import from China to
build everything from drones to robots
had nearly 300 parts.
He rst had to submit a sheaf of
documents, including details of the
exporter and the product catalogue to
ofcials at Delhi airport.
He was then told each part would
have to be tested before being let
through. Three months and 150,000
rupees ($2,250) in warehouse charges
later, he got his consignment only after
he coughed up a bribe, he said.
Ofcials at the airport did not respond
to an emailed query for comment.
Ahuja, 29, launched his company
The Bank of China aims to pro-
vide differential and specialised
banking services to effectively
serve the nancing needs of Chi-
na Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC) related projects by lever-
aging on its experience and global
technology platform, the central
bank said in a statement.
The statement outlined the
Bank of Chinas ambitions to be-
come one of Pakistans leading
nancial institutions by opening
come back into global investors con-
sciousness. As the markets attention
returns, the evidence of trouble will
start to grow more obvious. Consid-
erations like the rising USD/HKD ex-
change rate which preceded previous
USD/CNH and general China nancial
troubles is already raising serious ags.
Weak US data continues to pile
up. The Citi Economic Surprise
Index hit its lowest level in a year
on Friday after US retail sales and
CPI data was released. Many trad-
ers were encouraged earlier in the
month at the FOMC meeting when
the Fed saw the soft data as transi-
tory. However, it is worth noting that
other economies with more resilient
data of late had central bankers this
week that saw the good data as tran-
sitory, and the RBNZ even shifted
their ination forecasts lower.
This week, we have seen a few
larger bets in the Fixed Income space
align with what has been seen in the
commodity markets, lower ination
and likely less need for aggressive
central bank action in regards to
raising interest rates. Specically,
there has been buying in short-term
rates markets that would benet or
less Fed action than expected, which
would be expected to pull down
DXY. We can see a strong move
lower in the US 10yr yield, which
quickly reversed to weekly lows on
Nuts and Boltz six years ago from a
basement in northwest Delhi to provide
other budding entrepreneurs a place to
experiment with product ideas.
For an hourly rental fee, clients have
access to equipment such as 3D print-
ers and circuit boards.
But while the prototypes can be craft-
ed in India, nearly all the manufacturing
ends up being outsourced overseas.
Maker spaces are great because you
can quickly launch a prototype and get
credibility, said Navi Radjou, co-author
of the book Frugal Innovation.
But then you open a Pandoras Box
because if a customer asks for 2,000
units of your product, youre screwed
since you cant make it at that scale
and that leads to a lot of frustration.
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
33
branches in major cities across
the country.
It said the Bank of China will
rst bring in $50 million to meet
minimum capital requirements.
Ofcials expect a huge uptick
in trade between the two coun-
tries once Pakistans Arabian
Sea port of Gwadar is functional
and motorways are nished to
allow goods to cross the Himala-
yas to and from Chinas western
Xinjiang province. (RTRS)
Friday. All of the importance can-
not be limited to trading near weekly
lows on Friday, but also that we
failed to see further upside beyond
the 100-DMA and Ichimoku Cloud.
This breakdown in US10Y Yields
(among other things) could well ar-
gue that there is not enough ina-
tion pressure on the horizon to keep
Treasuries bid and DXY supported.
The last insight worth mentioning
gained on Friday was that the options
market continues to show downside
exposure preferred on USD vs. up-
side. A few options metrics like 25d
risk reversals or riskies on ten-
ors from one week to one year are
showing an expectation for lower
volatility and dollar downside. Spe-
cically, per Bloomberg, one week
25-delta risk reversals on GBP/USD
are the highest since November, and
same goes for one month 25-delta
risk reversals on EUR/USD. Higher
25-delta riskies shows that traders
are putting a premium on capturing
the upside as opposed to the down-
side. While this is not a crystal ball,
it shows that traders are not paying
to protect against USD upside in
multiple markets. That may be worth
noting.
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NEW DELHI, May 14,
(RTRS): India has not sent
an ofcial delegation to at-
tend the Belt and Road Fo-
rum in Beijing and instead
criticised Chinas global ini-
tiative, warning of an un-
sustainable debt burden for
countries involved.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is
hosting dozens of world leaders
and senior ofcials on Sunday for
the countrys biggest diplomatic
showcase of the year, touting his
vision of a new Silk Road that
opens trade routes across the globe.
Government ofcials from New
Delhi did not travel, Indian ofcials
said, although scholars from Indian
think-tanks have own to Beijing to
attend some of the meetings at the fo-
rum.
Indian foreign ministry spokesman
Gopal Baglay, asked whether New
Delhi was participating in the summit,
said India could not accept a project
that compromised its sovereignty.
India is incensed that one of the key
Belt and Road projects passes through
Kashmir and Pakistan. The nuclear-
armed rivals have fought two of their
three wars over the disputed region.
No country can accept a project that
ignores its core concerns on sovereignty
and territorial integrity, Baglay said.
He also warned of the danger of debt.
One of the criticisms of the Silk Road
plan is that host countries may struggle
to pay back loans for huge infrastructure
projects being carried out and funded by
Chinese companies and banks.
Connectivity initiatives must fol-
low principles of nancial responsibil-
ity to avoid projects that would create
unsustainable debt burden for commu-
nities, Baglay said.
New Delhis criticism of the Belt
and Road initiative came as Xi pledged
$124 billion to the plan, and called
for the abandonment of old models
based on rivalry and diplomatic power
games.
Leaders from 29 countries and min-
isterial delegates from many more are
attending the forum in Beijing, includ-
ing Indias smaller neighbours not
just Pakistan, but also Sri Lanka and
Nepal.
Baglay said India supported greater
connectivity across the region and
listed the initiatives it was involved
in, including highway projects and the
North-South corridor in Central Asia,
but he said these had to be developed
in a transparent manner.
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Japan Post to buy Nomura Name: Kuwait Sharia Bloomberg Todays Todays closing Prev closing % 1-week 3-month YTD 12-month 24-month
Index name ticker value as of value value change change change change change change
Compatible Indices Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Composite AMIC May 14, 2017 172.29 172.87 -0.33% 1.68% -6.85% 3.25% 12.92% -7.27%
Japan Post Holdings will buy Nomura Real Estate Hold- Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Kuwait Only AMIC May 14, 2017 164.34 164.79 -0.28% 1.82% -6.35% 2.84% 10.96% -8.97%
ings to strengthen its presence in the real estate develop- Providers: Al Madar Finance & Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Active
Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Banking Sector
AMIC
AMIC
May 14, 2017
May 14, 2017
86.41
256.60
86.16
257.48
0.29%
-0.34%
1.18%
1.46%
-16.68%
-11.55%
8.87%
-3.58%
22.12%
3.99%
-10.80%
-20.59%
ment market, national broadcaster NHK reported. Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Investment Sector AMIC May 14, 2017 51.98 51.60 0.72% 1.18% -14.96% 10.64% 11.58% -21.54%
Japan Post is preparing to issue a tender offer bid to Investment Co. Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Insurance Sector AMIC May 14, 2017 21.65 22.26 -2.73% -3.38% -16.21% 37.33% 51.74% -17.02%
buy Nomura Real Estate, NHK said, citing sources it did Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Real Estate Sector AMIC May 14, 2017 49.84 50.49 -1.30% 2.74% -7.35% 2.23% 5.48% -10.05%
not identify. Telephone calls to Japan Post and Nomura Description: Index of Sharia Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Industrial Sector AMIC May 14, 2017 142.70 143.62 -0.63% 0.64% -5.03% 17.74% 16.72% 0.25%
Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Services Sector AMIC May 14, 2017 214.87 214.74 0.06% 2.44% 0.88% 8.84% 22.57% 2.13%
Real Estate were not answered. Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Food Sector AMIC May 14, 2017 359.46 356.61 0.80% 1.53% -6.35% -5.44% 1.58% -7.27%
Japan Post has been acquiring other companies, but not compatible companies traded on Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Islamic Sector AMIC May 14, 2017 129.29 129.78 -0.38% 1.45% -11.39% 0.22% 11.27% -12.85%
all the transactions have gone well. Last month, Japan Post Kuwait Sharia Compatible Index - Non Kuwaiti Sector AMIC May 14, 2017 495.46 501.51 -1.21% -0.46% -14.28% 11.75% 66.55% 51.93%
announced a shock $3.6 billion writedown on its purchase of the KSE Kuwait Stock Exchange Index - Price KWSEIDX May 14, 2017 6,658.84 6,670.47 -0.17% 1.43% 0.03% 15.84% 23.41% 4.75%
S&P 500 SPX May 13, 2017 2,390.90 2,390.90 0.00% -0.35% 3.23% 6.79% 16.82% 13.93%
Australian logistics rm Toll Holdings Ltd. (RTRS) Website: www.almadar-fi.com DJ Islamic Index. DJIM May 13, 2017 3,234.14 3,226.38 0.24% 0.45% 6.34% 11.27% 15.52% 7.77%

oil market monthly report

KAMCO Research

Crude prices slip back into mid-40s range

A fter witnessing initial gains dur-
ing the start of April 17, oil pric-
es were in a free fall mode since the
third week of the month until the rst
week of May 17. OPEC crude lost al-
most 13% in sixteen trading sessions
and broke the critical support level of
$50/b to reach $46.6/b by the end of
rst week of May 17. The decline in oil
price also started after OPEC indicated
that the production cuts would not be
deepened.
The decline in Brent crude was even
higher at 13.9% but the international
crude grade made signicant recovery
during the second week on the back of
news that the ongoing production cut
agreement between OPEC and non-
OPEC members would be extended.
The increase in oil prices over the last
few trading sessions also came on the
back of larger-than-expected draw-
down in US crude inventories which
declined by 5.3 million barrels during
the last week. In addition, the absence
of a corresponding increase in gasoline
inventory suggested that the supply of
oil is already in a decit and the glut is
reducing at a much faster pace.
Nevertheless, crude output in the US
has continued unabated over the past
eleven months with rig count up for the
17th straight week increasing by 9 to
reach 712 oil rigs, according to Baker
Hughes, the highest level since April 15.
As a result, US crude production has in-
creased more than 10% since mid-2016
and has reached more than 9.3 mb/d,
close to the level produced by Russia and
Saudi Arabia, and is expected to expand
further by the end of the year if US grade
crude remains above $50/b. Moreover,
in the Asian market, China, which has
been importing oil at breakneck speed
over the past couple of months, would
not be doing so in the coming months
due to a new rule that bans oil imports by
smaller reneries termed as teapots. On
the other hand, Indias higher demand for
crude during April 17 (+3.3% to 16.79
mn tonnes) comes as a supporting factor
for oil prices as the country has been re-
porting declining demand since the start
of the year.
World Oil Demand
World oil demand growth estimates
for 2016 was revised up by 65 tb/d
reecting adjustments to data from
OECD Europe based on latest available
numbers. Higher demand in the region
came on the back of low oil prices in
addition to improving economic condi-
tions, positive vehicle sales and colder
weather conditions. Demand from oth-
er Asia was also raised by 0.03 mb/d in
the latest report whereas from Ameri-
cas was lowered by 0.05 mb/d. With
the aforementioned changes, demand
growth in 2016 is estimated to have
reached 1.44 mb/d to an average daily
demand of 95.12 mb/d.
Oil demand growth expectations
for 2017 was kept unchanged at 96.38
mb/d, an increase of 1.27 mb/d as com-
pared to 2016. Revisions were made to
Q1-17 oil demand data for the OECD
region and lowered by around 12 tb/d
for 2017 on the back of lower-than-
expected demand in OECD Ameri-
cas due to a fall in gasoline demand.
This decline was partially offset by
an upward revision in Q1-17 demand
from OECD Europe by 50 tb/d led by
weather conditions. According to the
latest available numbers, oil demand
in the US declined during Feb 17 due
to slowing growth in Q1-17.
However, preliminary data for
March 17 and April 17 indicated return
to growth in the industrial and road
transportation sectors. On the other
hand, Canada and Mexico reported
softer demand gures. In OECD Eu-
rope, in addition to the aforementioned
factors, car sales remained strong
reaching a record for the month of
March 17. Demand for aviation fuel
was also high for the region on the
back of a strong aviation sector. In
OECD Asia Pacic, oil demand in Ja-
pan continued to decline in March 17
by 3.8% primarily due to fuel substi-
tution and warmer weather conditions.
Oil demand growth for the non-OECD
region was revised slightly higher by
12 tb/d for 2017 on the back of higher
March 17 demand from China par-
tially offset by downward revision for
the Other Asia region, primarily from
India until March 17. Chinas crude oil
stocks stood at 49.7 million barrels at
the end of March 17, after witnessing
the highest monthly increase. In the
Middle East region, Saudi Arabia re-
ported a decline in demand in March
17 due to fuel substitution effect after
the Kingdom started the natural gas
red Wasit gas plant saving 92 tb/d of
oil.
World Oil Supply
Non-OPEC oil supply estimates for
2016 was further revised downwards
by 18 tb/d led by revisions in historical
production data for Russia during the
last quarter of 2016. Non-OPEC sup-
ply for 2016 is now expected to have
averaged at 57.30 mb/d resulting in a
contraction of 0.71 mb/d as compared
to the previous year.
Contrastingly, non-OPEC supply
growth for 2017 was revised upwards
by 0.36mb/d to average of 58.25 mb/d
indicating a growth of 0.95 mb/d. Ac-
cording to the latest monthly data,
world oil supply fell by 0.41 mb/d
in April 17 as compared to March
17 to average 95.81 mb/d, although
the production was 0.83 mb/d higher
than a year ago and increased by 363
tb/d y-o-y in Q1-17. Changes were
primarily made in demand data from
the US with supply growth is now
expected to be higher by 0.28 mb/d
to 0.82 mb/d. As a result, US crude
production has increased more than
10% since mid-2016 and has reached
more than 9.3mb/d, close to the level
produced by Russia and Saudi Arabia,
and is expected to expand further by
the end of the year if US grade crude
remains above $50/b. This higher out-
put corresponds with OPECs updated
supply expectations in which it raised
non-OPEC crude supply growth esti-
mates by 64% to 0.95 mb/d and low-
ered OPECs demand by 0.3 mb/d. On
the other hand, lack of investment in
oil sector has resulted in a decline in
Mexican oil production which resulted
in crude exports hitting a record low
in March 17 and expected to be even
lower in April 17, according to Pemex.
The shortfall in investment globally is
one of the key factors that could result
in supply decit in the near term.
According to Bloomberg data,
OPEC oil output continued to decline
and reached a 23-month low level of
31.895 mb/d during April 17 after
declining marginally by 40 tb/d as
compared to March 17. Production by
Saudi Arabia remained almost at dur-
ing the month at 9.95 mb/d, whereas
the next ve producers (Iraq, Iran,
UAE, Kuwait, Venezuela) slashed
production by a total 155 tb/d during
the month. OPECs secondary sources
also indicated a decline in produc-
tion during April 17 although slightly
lower at 18 tb/d as compared to the
previous months average after Angola
increased production by almost 0.1
mb/d during the month. Angola, which
said it is in full compliance with the
production cuts, is expected to further
boost oil production after a number of
offshore oil projects are expected to most of the crude grades from the region in the prices with demand expected to
come online and add almost 0.4 mb/d came back online. show improvement, while supply is
to total capacity in the next 18 months. According to recent reports, OPEC estimated to fall short even further if
Meanwhile, Libya, which reported has agreed to extend the oil output cut OPEC cuts are increased. On similar
a decline in average oil output in April agreement until the end of the year lines, IEA said that the production cut
17, has reportedly boosted production pending formal announcement that agreement has succeeded in turning
in May 17 to more than 0.8 mb/d for the would be made at the OPEC meeting the market around and has resulted in
rst time since 2014. Libyas NOC said later this month. There are also specu- a supply decit. The agency expects
that the production would have been lations that the cuts could extend into supply decit during 2Q-17 and added
even higher at 1 mb/d if contractual is- 2018 and could include deeper cuts that demand is expected to outweigh
sues were resolved. On similar lines, Ni- for a faster recovery in the market. supply even more during 2H-17 result-
geria increased production during April On the other hand, there are increas- ing in an even deeper decit if OPEC
17 adding 50 tb/d after stability returned ing speculations that the market is al- agrees to extend its production cuts,
in the Niger Delta region and exports of ready in decit and could soon reect which is now almost certain.

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

National Bank of Kuwait Index Funds GCC Large Cap Index Fund Global Weekly April 26, 2017 KD 1.152 1.191 April 13, 2017
Equity Funds Al-Mamoun Fund A Global Weekly April 26, 2017 KD 0.635 0.652 April 13, 2017
Money Market Funds
Watani KD Money Market Fund II NBK Capital Weekly April 11, 2017 KD 1.024 1.024 March 28, 2017 Al-Mamoun Fund B Global Weekly April 26, 2017 KD 0.635 0.652 April 13, 2017
Watani USD Money Market Fund NBK Global Asset Management Co. Ltd. Weekly April 11, 2017 USD 10.202 10.190 March 28, 2017 GCC Large Cap Fund Global Bi-weekly April 25, 2017 USD 144.980 146.310 April 11, 2017
Watani KD Money Market Fund (Acc Al-Noor Fund Global Bi-weekly Jan 31, 2017 SAR 197.090 197.090 Jan 24, 2017
to Islamic Shariah principles) II NBK Global Asset Management Co. Ltd. Weekly April 11, 2017 KD 1.023 1.022 March 28, 2017 Global Saudi Equity Fund Global Bi-weekly April 25, 2017 SAR 206.000 208.630 April 11, 2017
Watani USD Money Market Fund (Acc Money Market Funds Global Money Market Fund Global Weekly Nov 20, 2016 USD 1.160
to Islamic Shariah principles) II NBK Global Asset Management Co. Ltd. Weekly April 11, 2017 USD 10.070 10.069 March 28, 2017 Sectoral Funds EPADI Fund Global Weekly April 25, 2017 USD 107.150 108.510 April 11, 2017
NBK Kuwait Equity Fund Watani Investment Co. Weekly March 23, 2017 KD 0.670 Islamic Funds Global GCC Islamic Fund Global Weekly April 25, 2017 USD 98.360 100.140 April 11, 2017
Gulf Equity Investment Fund Watani Investment Co. Weekly March 23, 2017 USD 10.105 Al-Durra Islamic Fund Global Monthly April 26, 2017 KD 1.169 1.197 April 13, 2017

Gulf Bank Kuwait Finance & Investment Co (KFIC)
Al Bashaer GCC Equity Fund Kwt. Fin. & Inv. Co. & Gulf Fin. House Monthly March 28, 2017 USD 7.037 7.070 Feb 28, 2017 Al Wasm Fund KFIC Weekly March 16, 2017 KD 0.420 0.421 Feb 15, 2017
Coast Fund Coast Investment & Dev. Co. Monthly March 28, 2017 KD 0.666 0.672 Feb 28, 2017 Al Bashaer GCC Equity Fund KFIC Monthly Feb 28, 2017 USD 7.073 6.853 Dec 31, 2016
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
Markaz Capital Preservation Program 2 Monthly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.942 0.940 Dec 31, 2016
KAMCO
KAMCO Investment Fund KAMCO Monthly Jan 31, 2017 KD 1.065 0.889 Nov 30, 2016
Markaz Gulf Real Estate Fund Bi-annual Feb 28, 2017 KD 1.417 1.418 Jan 31, 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 March 31, 2017 USD 10.320 10.220 Jan 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 Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.902 0.911 Jan 31, 2017
Burgan Equity Fund Burgan Bank Monthly April 23, 2017 KD 1.772 1.809 March 26, 2017 Wafra Bond Fund Wafra Co. Monthly Feb 28, 2017 KD 1.034 1.032 Jan 31, 2017
Masaref Investment Fund ISKAN Weekly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.816 0.817 Jan 31, 2017
Fajir Islamic Fund Wafra Co. Monthly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.675 0.695 Jan 31, 2017
Boubyan Bank
Boubyan KD Money Market Fund Boubyan Bank Weekly May 2, 2017 KD 1.062 1.062 April 25, 2017
Boubyan KD Money Market Fund II Boubyan Bank Weekly May 2, 2017 KD 1.008 1.008 April 25, 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 May 2, 2017 USD 10.200 10.200 April 25, 2017
Boubyan Multi-Asset Holding Fund Boubyan Bank April 30, 2017 USD 10.530 10.530 April 25, 2017 Al Aman Investment
Al Aman Islamic Fund Al Aman Investment Weekly Dec 31, 2016 KD 0.342 0.322 Nov 1, 2016

Kuwait Investment Co.
Local Fund Al Raed Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 4, 2017 KD 0.978 0.989 April 30, 2017 Tharwa Investment Co.
Kuwait Investment Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly April 30, 2017 KD 0.688 0.694 March 30, 2017 Tharwa Investment Fund Tharwa Investment Co Weekly March 13, 2017 KD 1.379 1.406 Dec 31, 2016
Al Hilal Fund Kuwait Investment Co Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.540 0.540 April 29, 2017 Tharwa Arab Investment Fund Tharwa Investment Co Bi-weekly July 31, 2016 USD 1.977 2.251 June 30, 2016
Al Atheer Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly April 30, 2017 KD 1.095 1.095 March 31, 2017 Tharwa World Fund Tharwa Investment Co Monthly March 31, 2016 USD 1.024 0.986 March 15, 2016
International Global Bond Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly April 26, 2017 USD 24.840 24.640 April 19, 2017 Tharwa Islamic Fund Tharwa Investment Co Monthly March 13, 2017 KD 0.571 0.590 Dec 31, 2016
Diversified Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly May 3, 2017 USD 19.150 19.090 April 26, 2017
European Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly April 26, 2017 Euro 20.800 20.800 April 19, 2017 Bank Al-Bilad
Pacific Equity Fund Kuwait Investment Co Weekly April 26, 2017 USD 30.170 29.600 April 19, 2017 Al Seef Fund Bank Al-Bilad Daily May 7, 2017 KD 0.403 0.418 April 19, 2017
North American Equity Fund Kuwait Investment Co Tw. Monthly March 31, 2017 USD 18.260 18.100 Feb 28, 2017

Commercial International Bank

National Investment Co. (NIC) CIB Money Market Fund (Osoul) CI Asset Management Weekly May 10, 2017 EGP 289.630 289.360 May 7, 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 May 10, 2017 EGP 142.730 138.960 May 4, 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 May 10, 2017 EGP 80.660 78.650 May 4, 2017
Mawarid Fund NIC Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.506 0.513 Feb 28, 2017
Hemaya CI Asset Management Weekly May 2, 2017 EGP 172.900 172.460 April 2, 2017
Zajil Fund NIC Monthly April 30, 2017 KD 0.752 0.744 Feb 28, 2017
Thabat CI Asset Management Weekly May 10, 2017 EGP 170.790 170.610 May 4, 2017
Al Mada Investment Fund NIC Weekly April 30, 2017 USD 0.766 0.773 Feb 28, 2017
Takamol CI Asset Management Weekly May 10, 2017 EGP 137.820 136.400 May 4, 2017

Misr El Mostakbel CI Asset Management Weekly May 7, 2017 EGP 24.050 24.050 May 4, 2017
Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz)
Mumtaz Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly April 13, 2017 KD 4.045 3.992 March 31, 2017
MIDAF Kuwait Financial Center Weekly April 13, 2017 KD 3.086 3.039 March 31, 2017
Noor Financial Investment Co.
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 April 13, 2017 KD 1.596 1.574 March 31, 2017

Markaz Arabian Fund Kuwait Financial Center Weekly Nov 10, 2016 KD 2.990 2.920 Nov 3, 2016
FORSA Financial Fund Kuwait Financial Center Monthly March 31, 2017 KD 0.954 0.972 Feb 28, 2017 Al Zumorroda Investment Co.
Real Estate Fund Kuwait Financial Center Monthly March 31, 2017 KD 1.415 1.412 Feb 28, 2017 Zumorroda GCC Fund Al Zumorroda Investment Co Monthly Jan 31, 2016 KD 0.481 0.543 Dec 31, 2015
Markaz Fixed Income Fund Kuwait Financial Center Monthly April 13, 2017 USD 10.970 11.520 March 31, 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 April 13, 2017 USD 10.640 10.740 March 31, 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
Kuwait & Middle East Financial & Inv. Co. Baitak GCC Fund KFH Capital Investment Company Weekly Feb 28, 2017 KD 0.916 0.957 Jan 31, 2017
Al Rouyah Fund KMEFIC Monthly March 31, 2017 KD 1.386 1.414 Feb 28, 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
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BUSINESS
Emaar Pposts 15 pct jump in first-quarter profit
Dubais Emaar Properties, builder of
the worlds tallest tower, reported a
15 percent rise in first-quarter net
profit on Sunday, broadly in line with
analysts expectations.
The developer, in which Dubais
government owns a minority stake,
made a net profit of 1.384 billion dir-
hams ($376.9 million) in the three
months to March 31, it said in a state-
ment.
That compares with a profit of
1.205 billion dirhams in the corre-
sponding period last year, the com-
Kuwait index kicks off
week on sluggish note
Americana gains 20 fils; Jazeera Airways drops
By John Mathews
Arab Times Staff
KUWAIT CITY, May 14:
Kuwait stocks sagged on
Sunday as it kicked off
the week on sluggish note.
The price index slipped
11.63 pts in volatile trade
to 6658.84 pts tracking the
weak regional peers. Some
of the heavyweights shone
even as the broader senti-
ment remained mixed.
The KSX 15 benchmark rose
3.18 pts to 914.25 points while
weighted index was little changed
at 400.65 pts. The volume turno-
ver meanwhile slipped close to the
100 million mark. 103.99 million
shares changed hands a 32.8 pct
drop from the last session.
The sectors closed mostly in the
red zone. Oil and gas outshone the
rest with 3 pct jump whereas health-
care shed 2.32 percent, the steepest
decliner of the day. In terms of vol-
ume, nancial services accounted for
the highest market share of 46.3 pct
and real estate trailed with 28.3 per-
cent contribution.
In the individual shares, National
Bank of Kuwait rose 10 fils to 680
fils on back of 2.38 million shares
and Kuwait Food Co (Americana)
climbed 20 fils to KD 2.460.
Tamdeen Investment Co shed 20
fils and Mabanee Co slid 30 fils to
close at 800 fils,
Zain rose 5 fils to 440 fils and
Ooredoo was unchanged at KD
1.220 after closing in red in the
previous session. Kuwait
Telecommunications Co (VIVA)
fell 10 fils to 850 fils and Agility
added 10 fils before settling at 650
fils.
Kuwait Finance House was flat
at 490 fils and Burgan Bank gave
up 5 fils. The bank has registered a
24.6% year-on-year increase in its
profits to KD 17.81 for the first
quarter of 2017. The net operating
profit however saw a drop of 3.4
pct to KD 29.16 million.
The market opened firm and rose
briefly in early trade. The main
index scaled the days highest mark
of 6,696.63 pts and drifted side-
ways before falling sharply amid
selling in select counters. It spiked
again but slipped back into red to
bottom at 6,653.39 pts and closed
in red.
Top gainer of the day, Remal ral-
lied 7.6 pct to 70 fils and Tijara
Mideast Stocks
IMF deal fails to lift Egypt bourse
Gulf slips as Q1 loss hits PetroRabigh
DUBAI, May 14, (RTRS): Most Gulf
stock markets edged down on Sunday
with Saudi Arabia dampened by a
much wider first-quarter loss at
PetroRabigh, while agreement
between the International Monetary
Fund and Cairo did little to help
Egypts bourse.
The Saudi stock index slipped 0.4
percent as PetroRabigh tumbled its 10
percent daily limit after reporting that
its quarterly loss ballooned to 240 mil-
lion riyals ($64 million) from 37 mil-
lion riyals a year earlier, and compared
to a profit in the previous quarter.
The company blamed the bigger
loss, which contrasted with solid first-
quarter earnings at many Saudi petro-
chemical firms, on reduced margins
for refined products and a downtrend
in crude oil prices, which hit inventory
valuations. Also, the firm reclassified
some payments and temporarily shut a
facility in the first quarter.
The stock had been in a strong
uptrend since mid-March in anticipa-
tion of good first-quarter earnings.
Medical insurer Bupa Arabia
climbed 4 percent to 116.50 riyals
after saying its international parent
Bupa would increase its stake to 34.25
percent from 26.25 percent, by pur-
chasing part of Nazer Groups stake.
The planned purchase would occur at a
price of 143 riyals per share.
But another insurer, MedGulf,
plunged 10 percent after saying it had
swung to a 93 million riyal loss in the
quarter from a year-earlier profit. It
cited a jump in provisions for doubtful
debts and lower net underwriting
income.
Dubais index edged down 0.1 per-
cent in thin trade as Islamic real estate
finance firm Amlak dropped 2.9 per-
cent after reporting net profit of 7.5
million dirhams ($2.0 million) for the
pany said.
SICO Bahrain and EFG Hermes
had forecast Emaar would make a
quarterly profit of 1.424 billion dir-
hams and 1.350 billion dirhams
respectively.
Quarterly revenue was 4.072 bil-
lion dirhams, against 3.529 billion
dirhams a year earlier.
Recurring revenue, from the likes
of hotel, entertainment and shopping
mall operations, contributed 39 per-
cent of the group revenue, Emaar
said.
climbed 7.4 pct to stand close
behind. Kuwait Cinema Co slid 8.9
pct, the steepest decliner of the day
and Al Salam topped the volume
with over 8 million shares.
Reflecting the days drop, the
losers outnumbered the winners. 38
stocks advanced whereas 51 closed
lower. Of the 133 counters active
on Sunday, 44 closed flat. 4722
deals worth KD 11.7 million were
transacted a 25.3 pct dip in
value from the day before.
National Industries Group was
unchanged at 114 fils off slight
early highs and Gulf Cable was up
5 fils at 420 fils. Heavy Engineering
Industries and Shipbuilding Co
gained 10 fils while Contracting
and Marine Services Co paused at
62 fils.
Jazeera Airways dropped 10 fils
to 485 fils and ALAFCO was flat at
265 fils. Kuwait Foundry Co
climbed 20 fils to 305 fils while
Metal and Recycling Co inched 1
fils into red.
Boubyan Petrochemical Co fell
10 fils to 560 fils and Al Qurain
Petrochemical was unchanged at
325 fils. Al Rai Media Group
clipped 2 fils. Burgan Well Drilling
Co was flat at 88 fils and Shuaiba
Industrial added 5 fils.
NAPESCO vaulted 100 fils to
KD 1.580 and Automated Systems
Co gained 10 fils. Educational
Holding Group slipped 10 fils and
KCPC followed suit to wind up at
156 fils.
Humansoft Holding and AWJ
Holding stood pat at KD 3.900 and
76 fils respectively whereas
Mowasat Hospital dipped 20 fils to
315 fils. Mezzan Holding rose 10
fils to KD 1.000 and Zimah Holding
eased 1 fil.
Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport
Co took in 1 fils to close at 59 fils
and KGL Logistics held ground at
57 fils. Yiaco Medical slipped 10
fils to 248 fils erasing last ses-
sions gains.
Gulf Bank and Commercial Bank
were unchanged at 244 fils and 365
fils respectively while Ahli United
Bank shed 10 fils. Al Ahli Bank
was not traded during the day.
Boubyan Bank was flat at 410
fils and Kuwait International Bank
dialed down 2 fils to end at 244
fils. Warba Bank took in 2 fils to
wind up at 244 fils.
National Investment Co and
KAMCO clipped 2 fils each to
close at 104 fils and 79 fils respec-
tively whereas Kuwait Investment
Co inched 1 fils higher. Al Mal
Investment was flat at 18 fils with
a volume of 3.7 million.
Kuwait Financial Centre
(Markaz) and Securities House Co
first quarter. A year ago, it had report-
ed profit attributable to equity holders
of 122.1 million dirhams.
Amusement park operator DXB
Entertainments sank 3.3 percent to its
lowest level since August 2015. Last
Wednesday, it reported a 291.8 million
dirham loss for the first quarter and
said attendance at its parks, which has
disappointed investors, was likely to
dip in the coming two quarters.
Qatars index slippedx 0.5 percent,
partly because of a 1.3 percent pull-
back by Qatar National Bank. But the
most heavily traded stock, Vodafone
Qatar, surged 2.6 percent.
The Omani market edged down 0.2
percent after Standard & Poors cut
Omans credit rating to junk status,
saying low oil prices had eroded the
countrys external reserves to the point
they could no longer offset the threat
of low oil prices.
Trade was very thin. Analysts had
expected banking stocks to be most
vulnerable to the downgrade because it
could mean the banks face higher costs
in financing themselves, but while
Bank Muscat and Bank Sohar fell
modestly early on Sunday, National
Bank of Oman rose.
In Egypt, the IMF said on Friday it
had reached a staff-level agreement
with Cairo on a second loan instal-
ment, and would make available about
$1.25 billion.
The agreement had been expected,
but it came sooner than some analysts
had anticipated, and was accompanied
by an IMF statement that the finance
ministry had drafted a very strong
budget which, if enacted by parlia-
ment, would put public debt on a
clearly declining path to sustainable
levels.
However, the Egyptian stock index
fell 0.3 percent. In its talks with Cairo,
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
35
First-quarter property sales
jumped 44 percent year on year to
6.049 billion, it said, with a project
backlog of 46.245 billion dirhams to
be recognised as revenue in the
next few years. The company has
seen an increase in property sales in
Dubai, chairman Mohamed Alabbar
said in the statement.
The total value of property transac-
tions in Dubai jumped 45 percent
year on year in the first quarter to $21
billion, according to the Dubai Land
Department. (RTRS)
paused at 99 fils and 44 fils respec-
tively whereas Securities Group Co
eased 1 fils to 98 fils. Bayan
Investment Co took in 1 fils and
KFIC was up 0.5 fils at 40 fils.
Noor Financial Investment Co
fell1 fils to 50 fils and Sokouk
Holding Co closed 0.5 fils lower at
45 fils. Al Imtiaz dialed down 2 fils
after trading over 2 million shares
and Warba Insurance Co slipped 88
fils.
National Real Estate Co was flat
at 104 fils with a volume of 1.9
million shares and Salhiya Real
Estate too did not budge from its
earlier close of 370 fils. Mazaya
Holding too stalled at 110 fils.
The market was mixed during
last week. The price index closed
higher in three of the five sessions
and dipped 81 points week-on-
week. It had slumped 182 points
from start of the month and is trad-
ing 15.84 pct higher year-to-date.
KSE, with 208 listed companies, is
the second largest bourse in the
region.
In the bourse related news,
Ooredoo Kuwait has posted 26.6
pct jump in profits during the first
quarter of 2017 to KD 12.93 mil-
lion from KD 10.21 million) in
same period last year. It had
recorded a growth of 75% in profits
to KD 46.67 million during 2016.
Injazzat Real Estate Development
has recorded a 71.5% surge in the
first quarter of 2017 to KD 2.35
million from KD 1.37 million in
Q1 of 2016,
The earnings were boosted by
the sale of one of the companys
assets at a profit of KD 1.97 mil-
lion. In 2016 the profit was up
2.9% at KD 3.2 mln.
National Petroleum Services
(Napesco) first quarter profit
surged 62.7% year-on-year to KD
2.31 million as to compared to KD
1.42 million in same period last
year. It company had earned KD
7.71 million in 2016, up 35.6%
from 2015.
Aayan Real Estate has recorded a
164.7 percent jump in its profits to
KD 536,890 for the first quarter of
2017 from same period in the year
before. During 2016, the profit saw
a 1.5% uptick to KD 2.75 million
in 2016 from the previous year.
Kuwait National has registered a
26.17 pct jump in profits to KD
3.23 million during the first quarter
of 2017 from same period in 2016.
The net operating profit surged
61.3% to KD 1.3 million.
the IMF stressed the need to bring
down inflation, which could mean
tighter-than-expected monetary and
fiscal policy in coming months.
Global Telecom dropped 4.3 per-
cent, continuing a slide that began on
Thursday when it reported a first-quar-
ter net loss attributable to shareholders
$26 million versus a profit of $48 mil-
lion a year ago.
Naeem brokerage said it was
reviewing its recommendation for
Global, blaming the loss on weakness
at the companys Algerian business
and rising overheads.
Saudi Arabia
The index fell 0.4 percent to
6,853 points.
Dubai
The index edged down 0.1 per-
cent to 3,416 points.
Abu Dhabi
The index dropped 0.3 percent to
4,593 points.
Qatar
The index lost 0.5 percent to
10,062 points.
Egypt
The index slid 0.3 percent to
12,871 points.
Kuwait
The index fell 0.2 percent to
6,659 points.
Bahrain
The index rose 0.3 percent to
1,310 points.
Oman
The index dropped 0.2 percent to
5,420 points.
 ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017

BUSINESS 36

Cigna free to leave proposed Anthem merger
The US health insurer Cigna is free to leave Following Thursdays ruling Anthem did not
a proposed merger with Anthem, with a judge immediately respond to an AFP request for
declining a request for a preliminary injunction comment.
to block the exit. Cigna had initially been favorable to An-
The Delaware Court of Chancerys rejected thems takeover plan, a $54 billion merger
Anthems request to stop Cigna from termi- that would have created the largest US health
nating the deal between the health insurance insurer.
titans, which a federal court has blocked on But the company threw in the towel in mid-
antitrust concerns. February after the deal was successfully op-
The judge did stay the rulings implementa- posed in federal court by the Department of
tion until Monday, allowing Anthem to decide Justice with backing from eleven US states.
whether to appeal. Anthem petitioned the US Supreme Court
We look forward to closing this nal chap- last week to intervene in that dispute.
ter, Cigna told AFP. Cigna has also led suit against Anthem
AIIB eyes 85 members by end-2017
demanding a $1.85 billion breakup fee plus China-backed Asian Infrastructure In- membership to 77.
more than $13 billion in additional damages. vestment Bank (AIIB) expects to have The seven prospective members
Anthem rejected the claim calling Cig- 85 members by the end of this year, its Bahrain, Cyprus, Samoa, Bolivia, Chile,
nas purported termination of the deal inva- president Jin Liqun said on Sunday. Greece and Romania will ofcially join
lid. Now we have 77 members. By the AIIB once they deposit their rst instal-
Another proposed health insurer merger, end of this year, we expect to have ment of capital with the bank.
between Aetna and Humana, was blocked
in January with a US federal judge ruling that about 85 members, including Hong Kong Beijing-based AIIB, formed in Janu-
the combination would stie competition in the SAR, Jin said at the Belt and Road Fo- ary 2016, aims to provide infrastructural
health sector. rum in Beijing. nancing in the Asia-Pacic region. The
Those companies said they had mutually On Saturday, AIIB said its board of multilateral development bank has been
agreed to end the merger agreement, with governors had adopted resolutions ap- viewed as a rival to the Western-domi-
Aetna saying it would pay Humana a $1 billion proving seven applicants to join the nated World Bank and Asian Develop-
breakup fee as set by the agreement. (AFP) bank, bringing the banks total approved ment Bank. (RTRS)

Focus on e-commerce

Wal-Mart pushing to
catch up with Amazon
NEW YORK, May 14, (AFP):
Wal-Mart Stores, the 800-pound
gorilla of retail, is running hard
to catch up in an increasingly
crucial segment where it is nei-
ther the biggest nor the best: e-
commerce.
The company, founded in
1962 by Sam Walton, has been
gobbling up smaller and niche
players in e-commerce in an
effort to reach online shopping
market leader Amazon.
Whether those efforts are
paying off will be a focal point
when Wal-Mart Stores reports
quarterly earnings on Thurs-
day.
A bit more than half of all
funds spent online in the United
States now goes to Amazon, ac-
cording to the bank Macquarie.
Part of Amazons success
stems from its breadth of offer-
ings, which includes the Kindle
that people use for reading and
the Prime service that broad-
casts popular television shows,
said Krista Fabregas, e-com-
merce staff writer at FitSmall-
Business.com.
Its because Amazon has
been doing such a great job at
injecting itself into our every-
day life, she told AFP.
Wal-Mart is not part of eve-
ryday life, nor is Macys, nor is
Gap, nor the other stores. We
dont have a connection with
any of them throughout the
day.
Wal-Mart has been doing
some shopping of its own, in
an effort to make up ground
against Amazon.
It spent $3.3 billion last year
to buy Jet.com, which was start-
ed by e-commerce entrepreneur
Marc Lore, whose previous
company was sold to Amazon
for $550 million.
Lore is now chief executive
of Walmart eCommerce US,
where he oversees 15,000 em-
ployees split between Silicon
Valley, Boston, Omaha and
Bentonville, Arkansas, where
Wal-Mart is based.
His annual salary at $237
million is 10 times that of Wal-
Mart chief executive Doug Mc-
Millon.
In less than ve months, Lore
has directed Wal-Mart to a
number of acquisitions, includ-
ing Shoebuy.com ($70 million),
ModCloth ($45 million) and
MooseJaw ($51 million).
Wal-Mart is also in talks to
acquire the menswear chain
Bonobos for $300 million, ac-
cording to a person close to the
matter.
Dollar hits 3-week high on Fed
Part of Wal-Marts objec-
hike speculation, labor report
tive is to become a go-to place
online for essential products,
such as toilet paper, beauty By National Bank of Kuwait
products, groceries and holiday
gifts and childrens toys. United States
We are focusing on the type
of products that customers buy
most, said Wal-Mart spokes-
D uring the second half of 2017,
only when the political shenani-
gans stop to be the center of the global
man Ravi Jariwala. We want to
scene, it is likely that the world turn
make sure that we have the best their attention to the debate over the
prices, shipping to your home or
Fed balance sheet management as well
offering a pickup discount. as the Fed funds rates hikes as well as
Wal-Mart in February their implications on the state of the
global economy and the US consum-
scrapped a subscription delivery
program that was a rival to Ama- ers.
Looking only at the state of the US
zon Prime in favor of a guarantee
of free two-day shipping for or- economy, the labor market remains
close to full employment. Unemploy-
ders of more than $35.
ment rate stands at a 10-year low of
Under the program customers 4.4%, ination remains close to the
can also pick up orders below
Fed target and the equity markets in
$35 for free if they go to one of strong shape. Even Fed speakers re-
Wal-Marts 4,700 US stores. main optimistic as Fed president Ka-
plan stated he still viewed three rate
Efforts
hikes appropriate this year.
These efforts may cut into So it is denitely likely that during
Amazons lead in e-commerce, the second half of 2017, a more promi-
but overtaking Amazon appears nent point of discussion becomes the
unlikely anytime soon. Fed moving towards a reduction of its
They have invested heav- sizeable balance sheet and potentially
continuing on its path to increase in-
ily on channels. It will restore
growth that was necessary for terest rates. Whether a two or three
rates hikes, the reduction in the Fed
survival, said Keith Anderson balance sheet accompanied with tight-
of e-commerce analytics rm
er monetary policy are guaranteed to
Protero. dramatically slow global growth and
I dont see anything that sug-
cause major malaise in the next twelve
gests that Wal-Mart would catch months.
up to Amazon or beat Amazon, Although the French election was
but its still very early, he said. a land slide for Emmanuel Macron, it
The vigor of Wal-Marts on- didnt yield the expected results over
the state of the Euro in the short term.
line investments today contrasts
with its initial reticence in e- This could be explained by the fact
that the win gave a sense of market
commerce, which was due to
certainty that the Fed would raise rates
worries that growth of online in June, hence pushing rates differen-
shopping would cut into sales at
tials again in favor of the US dollar.
brick-and-mortar stores. On the currency front, the US dol-
Wal-Mart also was slow to in-
lar index started on a strong tone on
troduce platforms for individual speculation that the FED will increase
vendors who sought a venue for interest rates after the latest release of
goods and did not introduce US labor market data. The index ap-
such an online marketplace until preciated to the highest level since
April 21 at 99.88. However the Dollar
2015, much after Amazon.
Hannah Donoghue, direc- lost some ground on Friday after ina-
tion readings came below expectation.
tor of advisory at Planet Retail
The index closed the week at 99.189.
RNG, said it is still relatively Failing to move higher on the back
early in the game as far as e-
of the French yielding a Pro Europe
commerce. President, the Euro spent the major-
Amazon is the strongest
ity of the week unable to hold its
right now, they are far ahead gains against the dollar, falling from
but there are a lot of innovations a 6 months high of 1.1020. The pair
underway, Donoghue said. I fell indeed to a thirteen days low on
dont think Amazon will be the Thursday at 1.0838 after US data were
only one. There will be another unexpectedly better than expected. In
strong player. Addition, as the ECB explained their
reasoning for not altering their mon-
For now, Wall Street is giving
etary policy, the Euro did not get any
the edge to Amazon, valuing the
support throughout the week. It was
technology giant at $453 mil- only until Friday that the disappoint-
lion, compared with Wal-Marts ing US data led the way higher to close
$230 million. at the 1.0933 level.
Thats in spite of Wal-Marts Having been the best performing
far greater overall revenues, G10 currency until mid-April, the
which were $485.9 billion in Japanese Yen appreciated by 4.7%
against the Dollar between mid-March
2016, more than 11 times those
and April. Since then, it seems that
of Amazon.
unconvincingly tables have turned
on the back of the positive US cor-
Euro slips off 6-month high against USD
porate earnings and the interest rate
probabilities placing June hike as a
certainty for now. The Yen closed the
week at 113.33.
In the commodities complex, oil
prices rebounded last week after a
large drop in U.S crude oil invento-
ries. The Energy Information Admin-
istration reported that the stockpiles
shrank by 5.2 million barrel last week.
Moreover, Saudi Arabia oil minister
stated on Monday that oil producers
would do whatever it takes to rebal-
ance the market and that he expects a
global deal on cutting crude output to
be extended to the end of 2017 or pos-
sibly longer. WTI crude oil ended on
Friday at 47.84.
US consumer ination rose in April,
however still missed market expecta-
tions for a second successive month.
The index rose from a previous read-
ing of -0.3% to 0.2% as energy prices
jumped 1.1% in April. On a yearly
basis, the CPI increased 2.2%, down
from Marchs 2.4%. The latest data
still remains above the 1.7% aver-
age annual increase over the past 10
years. Excluding volatility, core prices
increased 0.1% on the month with the
year on year rate declining to 1.9%
from 2.0% previously.
Producers price index rebounded
in April by 0.5% from the previous
reading of -0.1% amid an increase in
food and energy prices. On a yearly
basis, the cost of imports jumped
4.1%, supporting producer prices to
expand at a rate of 2.5% annually in
April. Excluding food and energy
volatility, prices surged 2.1% annually
from 1.7% in March, suggesting the
Fed could reach their ination target
sooner than previously thought.
US job openings unexpectedly
edged higher for March as economists
predicted a slight decline. The num-
ber of job vacancies rose by 61,000
coming at 5.74M. The opportunity for
obtaining a job in the US is at the high-
est level since September 2016 and
workers who voluntarily left their jobs
remained unchanged at 2.1%, indicat-
ing that the labor market continues
to tighten. Therefore, the data should
support the FOMC to increase the fed-
eral funds rate in June.
In the retail sector, sales picked up
last month adding further evidence of
steady consumer spending. The main
sectors that saw stronger demand
were auto dealers, hardware stores
and e-commerce outlets. Retail sales
increased 0.4% versus an expected
0.6%. Higher sales last month might
be an indication that delayed tax re-
funds in 2017 are starting to make
their way to citizens wallets, provid-
ing additional support in the months
Rates May 14, 2017
Previous Week Levels
Currencies Open Low High
EUR 1.0996 1.0838 1.1022
GBP 1.2979 1.2842 1.2987
JPY 112.97 112.37 114.36
CHF 0.9887 0.9863 1.0099
ahead.
Europe & UK
Our monetary policy was success-
ful. Is it time to exit or time to think
about exit or not? This time hasnt
come yet.
ECB President Mario Draghi de-
fended the banks loose monetary poli-
cy this week. The ECBs stimulus pro-
gram has come under pressure from
EU members like the Netherlands and
Germany mainly on the back of the
negative impact of ultra-low interest
rates. Draghi however claimed that the
bank was in no rush to tighten its mon-
etary policy despite insistence from
these countries.
According to Draghi, the lat-
est datas out of the EU suggest that
economic recovery is strengthening
and headline ination is gain upward
momentum, but core ination remains
well below the ECBs target. In addi-
tion, wage growth remains subdued.
To reiterate this point, ECB Gov-
erning Council Philip Lane said that
risks in the Eurozone economy are
still below balance but moving to-
wards balance. He also emphasized
the need to see evidence that wage in-
ation is actually on its way to a level
consistent with the target. Regarding
future monetary policy path, Lane said
that something has to happen in the
rest of this year given there needs to
be a plan in 2018.
The European commissions spring
forecast, expects the Eurozone to grow
at an annual pace of 1.7% in 2017, up
by 0.1% from its prior forecast and an
expansion of 1.8% in 2018. In a further
sign of a healthier economy, unemploy-
ment rate is expected to shrink to 9.4%
this year from 10% in 2016, before
descending further in 2018 to 8.9%, a
bigger drop than previously estimated.
The improving conditions forecasted
by the commission are largely due to
populism losing ground in Europe.
In Germany, growth continues to
gain momentum despite the politi-
cal tension in Europe and around the
globe. The economy advanced by
0.6% in the rst quarter from 0.4%
in Q4 2016. Year on year, GDP rose
to 1.7% as exports grew more than
imports and higher inows of invest-
ments across most sectors.
The BoEs Monetary Policy Com-
mittee voted seven to one on keeping a
status quo. On the ination front, price
growth is expected to reach 2.8% this
year from an earlier estimates of 2.4%.
The bank also expects that average
earnings will expand at a rate of 2%
this year from the previous estimate
of 3%, which is likely to decrease fu-
ture living standards of citizens in the
This Weeks 3-Month
Expected Range
Close Minimum Maximum Forward
1.0927 1.0740 1.1180 1.0985
1.2883 1.2790 1.3085 1.2930
113.33 112.40 115.15 112.85
1.0005 0.9935 1.0215 0.9950
UK. Carney said This is going to be
a more challenging time for British
households.
The bank asserted that it could be
the end of 2019 before we nally see
a rate rise and increasing rates would
not be an effective way of curbing
higher living costs.
On the economic front, the trade
decit continues to widen by 5.7 to
GBP 10.5 billion. As to the indus-
trial and manufacturing sectors, both
have been declining for the past three
months consecutively. These sectors
are highly sensitive and positively cor-
related to consumers demand, which
has been subdued recently as rising
living costs and relatively dull wage
growth take its toll on consumers.
Asia
Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda
said that the central bank will con-
sider reporting calculations on how a
future monetary tightening possibility
could affect its balance sheet nancial
health despite not currently thinking
about any specic amendments to the
BoJs monetary policy. The Governor
claimed that economic recovery is
rmer, but uncertainty over US eco-
nomic policies remained the biggest
risk to its outlook.
The monthly business condence
survey released by the National Aus-
tralian Bank for the month of April
indicated that business condence
surged to 7 years high. The condence
index jumped by 7 points to 13. Any
gure above zero suggests improving
conditions. The rise in the index is
mainly attributed to ongoing improve-
ment in employment conditions.
Needless to say that further policy
tightening may pressure domestic
demand in the months ahead. On the
other hand, markets anticipate that
growth will hold well given the rela-
tively bright outlook for the global
economy this year.
Looking at ination, Chinas ina-
tion rose more than expected in April.
The CPI index increased by 0.3%,
coming at 1.2% for the year. The rise
in headline ination is elevated due
to a rise in non-food prices growing
2.4% from last year and higher pro-
ducer costs from the previous quarter
has started to shift into higher prices
for consumers.
On the producer front, ination
cooled down for the month of April
after fears of weak domestic demand
in China lowered commodity prices.
The PPI index rose below expecta-
tions coming at 6.4% and easing fur-
ther from the previous months gain of
7.6%. The recovery that emerged last
year in the economy is mainly attrib-
uted to higher commodity prices and
with market interest rates at a tighter
mode, economic expansion may mod-
erate in the coming quarters.
Kuwait
Kuwaiti Dinar at 0.30445
The USDKWD opened at 0.30445
on Sunday morning.

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INTERNATIONAL
Iraqi forces attack IS in Mosul as battle approaches endgame
BAGHDAD, May 14, (Agencies): US-
backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into
the last pocket of Mosul controlled by
Islamic State militants on Sunday as
the battle for the city approaches an
end after seven months of gruelling
urban combat.
The militants have now been dis-
lodged from all but a handful of dis-
tricts in the western half of Mosul
including the Old City, where Islamic
State is expected to make its last stand,
taking advantage of narrow streets and
its dense population.
Brigadier General Yahya Rasoul
said the area controlled by Islamic
State was no more than 9 percent of
west Mosul, which is bisected by the
River Tigris.
Its a very small area, he told Re-
Suicidal revolutions
Continued from Page 1
The statistics of losses further in-
clude about $300 billion, which were
spent on counter revolutions, and a
similar amount spent on refugee care.
The bill of corruption reached to $1.2
trillion. The total losses in the past ve
years reached about $5 trillion
Instead of achieving justice, free-
dom and equality, these revolutions
ended up increasing the level of illit-
eracy to 57 million people, while more
than 14 million children did not join
schools during those years.
This is the outcome on the destiny of
nations brought by revolutionary zeal
and political immaturity.
However, this trend of losses started
in 1952 with the so-called Revolu-
tion of the Free Ofcers Movement
in Egypt. It launched the era of over-
throwing monarchy regimes in several
Arab countries. That was when the
actual strive to achieve Israels objec-
tives of destroying the Arab world us-
ing the hands of Arabs began.
Arabs get easily fascinated by revo-
lutionary slogans. Six years back, they
failed to analyze the end of previous
revolutions and how such revolutions
transformed into dictatorship entities.
This concurs exactly with what the
American historian Barbara W. Tuch-
man said Every successful revolu-
tion in time puts on the robes of the
tyrant it deposed.
For the sake of history, some of the
monarchies which were overthrown
at that time could not be regarded as
tyranny. For instance, Egypt under
the monarch Farouq was wealthier
and more advanced economically and
educationally than the Egypt of Abdul-
nasser.
Iraq under the monarchical system
was more stable than the Iraq after the
17 July Revolution when the streets
of Baghdad witnessed random killings.
The Libya of Sanousi was free of the
huge political prisons that were preva-
lent during the era of Gadda when
forced disappearance of people was
rampant.
These revolutions the past and
present ones exposed the backs of
Arabs, and pushed some countries in
crisis into the hands of Irans regime.
The latter became fearless after the
success of 1979 Khomeinis revolution
and aimed at invading the Arab world
in order to share inuence with Israel.
In light of this horror represented by
the Arabs losses owing to the spring
revolutions, under the absence of a
national security umbrella, and amid
huge economic destruction, the quote
of Russian writer Andrei Platonov ac-
curately depicts the reality. He said,
At the time of the revolution, dogs
howled day and night. In other words,
the number of thieves increases and
become more audacious than they
were in past to mug and rob.
Ramadan on
Continued from Page 1
seasons. Ramadan is the ninth month,
devoted to fasting from sunrise till
sunset with more prayers and acts of
worship also observed by the devotees.
The start of Ramadan is not an-
nounced according to astrological cal-
culations alone. A testimony of sight-
ing the crescent by two men or a man
and two women is required for the call
for fasting.
Amir congratulates
Continued from Page 1
and for working to reconcile the
French, Macron declared.
A convinced European integration-
ist unlike Le Pen and other leadership
candidates, Macron went on: The
world and Europe need more than ever
France, and a strong France, which
speaks out loudly for freedom and
solidarity.
He will launch his bid for closer ties
with EU anchor nation Germany at
talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel
on Monday in Berlin where he will
ram home the message that the bloc is
resilient despite Britains Brexit vote
and a spate of nancial and migration
crises that has boosted the far right.
On Monday, Macron is to name his
prime minister, whose job will be to pi-
lot the presidents liberalising reforms
aimed at reducing high unemployment
and reviving the sluggish economy.
The rise of Macron, which was
marked by a 21-gun salute at the Es-
planade des Invalides behind the Eiffel
Tower, signalled at least a pause in the
anti-globalisation trend that elevated
businessman Donald Trump into the
US presidency and led British voters to
choose a future outside the European
Union.
Macron assumed power after an
hour-long private meeting with out-
going President Francois Hollande in
which ofcial access to Frances nu-
Pope Francis prays for Yazidis as Iraq troops advance
uters. God willing, this is the nal
phase.
The elite Counter Terrorism Service
(CTS) stormed the Ureibi and Rifaie
districts at dawn on Sunday, according
to a statement from the Joint Opera-
tions Command.
At the same time, the armys ninth
division and the Interior Ministrys
elite Emergency Response Division at-
tacked the Islamic State bastion of 17
Tammouz.
DAESH (Islamic State) is drawing
its last dying breath, the commander
of the ninth division, Lieutenant Gen-
eral Qasim Nazzal, told state televi-
sion on Sunday. DAESH ghters are
broken and quickly retreating from
fronts.
Vastly outnumbered by the forces
Over 2,200 evacuate rebel-held
Damascus district: state media
Qatari Amir reiterates political solution to Syria
DAMASCUS, May 14,
(Agencies): More than
2,200 civilians and rebels
evacuated an opposition
district in Damascus on
Sunday, state media said,
bringing the government
closer to cementing its con-
trol over the Syrian capital.
The evacuations from the Qabun
district in northeast Damascus fol-
low similar departures from the
Barzeh and Tishrin neighbour-
hoods earlier this week.
The rst phase of the agreement in
the Qabun district has been completed
with the evacuation of 2,289 people,
including 1,058 armed men, Da-
mascus governor Beshr Assaban was
quoted as saying by the ofcial SANA
news agency.
He said the aim of the evacuation
was to end the presence of armed
forces in the neighbourhood.
An AFP correspondent inside Qa-
bun saw around a dozen white buses
carrying out residents and ghters, af-
ter a deal for the neighbourhood was
announced late Saturday following
heavy ghting.
At the edge of the district, two wom-
en embraced and wept as they faced
the prospect of parting ways.
Suad, 22, was leaving behind her
friend Mona, also 22, to follow her
family to Idlib province, a rebel-held
area in northwest Syria.
I didnt want to leave, but I have to
stay with my family, and they prefer to
go to Idlib after my uncle left with the
group from Barzeh, said Suad.
I never thought one day Id be in this
position, she added, sobbing heavily.
I cant describe how I feel.
Those evacuating carried small bags
with them as they boarded the buses,
while others who had decided to stay
registered their names at a military
post.
The evacuation deal came on Satur-
day night after government forces ad-
vanced inside the neighbourhood.
The Syrian army yesterday man-
aged to encircle dozens of armed ele-
ments inside Qabun neighbourhood,
forcing them to surrender and hand
over their weapons, a source from the
pro-regime National Defence Forces
militia told AFP.
The signs of the recent ghting, as
well as years of prior bombardment
and clashes, were visible all around
with rubble from partly and complete-
ly destroyed buildings strewn across
the roads.
Tanks sent up clouds of dust as they
manoeuvred over mounds of debris,
and dirt and black smoke rose from
res still burning in the neighbour-
hood.
A few days ago we couldnt be
here. The road was too dangerous,
said one soldier.
clear missile launch codes was handed
over.
Macron then accompanied his polit-
ical patron, for whom he once worked
as economy minister, down the red
carpet to a waiting car in which the
Socialist leader departed to applause
from VIP guests and his former house-
hold staff.
In a ceremony conducted with all
the pomp and glitter of high state occa-
sions in France, Macron was presented
with what is effectively his chain of
ofce a heavy golden necklace
mounted on a red cushion that makes
him Grand Master of the National
Order of the Legion dHonneur an
honours system for servants of the Re-
public.
But he also appeared determined to
create an impression of personal mod-
esty at the start of his rule.
Aides went out of their way to em-
phasise that the dark suit he wore to
stride up the red carpet to power cost
about 450 euros or just under $500.
The Vuitton lavender blue costume
worn by his wife Brigitte, who was at
his side, was on loan from the fashion
house, journalists were told.
But he also displayed youthful
vigour and hardiness during the tele-
vised proceedings. At one point, he
raced up the Elysee stairs to meet a
protocol requirement, something not
all previous French presidents might
have managed.
Later, departing from tradition, he
chose to be driven by military jeep
rather than civilian limousine up to
arrayed against them, the militants are
ghting back with suicide car bombs
and snipers embedded among hun-
dreds of thousands of civilians they are
effectively holding hostage.
Conditions in the shrinking area un-
der militant control are increasingly
desperate as civilians resort to eat-
ing weeds and many are killed under
heavy bombardment.
The number of people eeing Mosul
has more than doubled to about 10,000
a day since Friday, according to Iraqi
government gures.
Defence analyst and former gen-
eral Jasim al-Bahadli said the strategy
adopted by Iraqi commanders was to
splinter the remaining militants into
smaller groups and attack them on
multiple fronts to disrupt their com-
Syrian pro-government forces manoeuver a tank as they advance through Qabun district, on the outskirts of the
capital Damascus, on May 13, during an offensive to retake the area from opposition ghters. (AFP)
Others showed off a tunnel they had
discovered, one of many that rebels
used to connect besieged neighbour-
hoods.
This tunnel is ten metres (more
than 30 feet) deep, and connects Qa-
bun with the town of Arbin in rebel-
held Eastern Ghouta, one soldier said.
It was used by militants to smuggle
weapons and food. political one that achieves justice for
He said another tunnel had been dis-
covered between the Barzeh and Qa-
bun neighbourhoods and destroyed on
Saturday.
It was the width of two cars.
A lieutenant, who declined to give
his name, said the capture of Qabun
had been months in the making.
This battle lasted for 15 days
but we have been planning it for six
months, he said.
We would not have been able to
succeed without controlling the net-
work of tunnels. We found more than
10 tunnels so far, and there are still
more.
The deals for Qabun, Barzeh and
Tishrin neighbourhoods follow a pat-
tern of agreements under which the
rebels agree to surrender in exchange
for safe passage to opposition-held ter-
ritory elsewhere.
The government says the deals are
the best way to end the six-year war,
but the opposition says it is forced into
the agreements by regime bombard-
ment and siege.
Two groups of evacuees left Barzeh
neighbourhood this week, with one
leaving from Tishrin.
All three headed to Idlib province.
Damascus has been insulated from
some of the worst violence of Syr-
ias war, which has killed more than
320,000 people since it began with an-
the Arc de Triomphe where he stood
in a downpour, without raincoat or
umbrella, to light the ame in tribute
to Frances war dead at the tomb for
the unknown soldier a powerful re-
minder of Frances role in the NATO
defence alliance.
A visit to French troops in Mali
planned for next Friday was a strong
symbol of his commitment to pursue
Frances military and peacekeeping
role in the Middle East and Africa.
Macron showed determination too
in the ght against terrorism by shak-
ing hands with well-wishers on the
Champs Elysees, not far from where
a policeman was shot dead by a gun-
man acting for Islamic State shortly
before the May 7 second round of the
election.
More than 230 people have died in
attacks claimed by Islamic State in
France over the past two years as the
country has taken part in military ac-
tion against the militant group that
controls parts of Syria and Iraq.
Fifteen hundred police were mo-
bilised to ensure security for Ma-
crons inauguration while a large
section of Paris was closed to traffic
all morning.
In coming parliamentary elections
in June he must try to win a majority
for his start-up Republic on the Move
(REM) party that has blown apart tra-
ditional French political boundaries.
Macron, who rose to prominence as
Hollandes economy minister between
2014 and 2016, might therefore strug-
gle to get the country behind him.
mand and control.
By taking back all the districts sur-
rounding the Old City, the militants
will have no chance to receive any
back-up or reinforcements, he said.
A senior military commander says
government forces have launched a
new push to drive Islamic State group
militants from four neighborhoods in
west Mosul.
In a statement Sunday, Lt Gen
Abdul-Amir Rasheed Yar Allah says
Iraqi special forces are moving to the
al-Eraibi and al-Rifaie neighborhoods,
while militarized federal police and
regular army forces are ghting IS in
nearby al-Ektisadieen and 17th of July
neighborhoods.
Yar Allah says the forces have bro-
ken through the enemy fortications ing sorely tested, be they Christian, or
ti-government protests in March 2011.
But the government has made secur-
ing control of the last remaining rebel
districts in the capital a key priority.
Meanwhile, Qatars Amir Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has un-
derlined the necessity of concluding a
political solution to the crisis in Syria.
In the end the solution must be a
the Syrian people who have passed
through an unprecedented experience
because they have dared to aspire to
freedom and justice, the Amir added.
This was the core of the Amirs the siege and war, while some of them
statement to the opening session of
the 17th edition of the Doha Forum,
themed Development, Stability and
Refugee Crisis, on Sunday.
The war launched against the Syr-
ian people continues to take its toll on
them in terms of devastation and dis-
placement, Sheikh Tamim said.
According to international statis-
tics, the number of Syrian refugees
has reached ve million since the out-
break of the crisis, while the displaced
people inside Syria itself have reached
nearly twice this gure, he added.
The Qatari Amir stressed that the
increasing conicts and crises in the
world today have led to the displace-
ment of millions of refugees around
the world. This means millions of sto-
ries of individual and family suffering
that are not measured quantitatively; it
also means tampering with the destiny
of nations and communities.
What is certain is that this matter
redoubles the international commu-
nitys responsibility and requires fur-
ther efforts to nd just and sustainable
radical solutions to these conicts that
bring about refugees and at the same
time to alleviate their suffering. The
Manhunt on
Continued from Page 1
response team said.
It only guarantees that the mali-
cious actors receive the victims mon-
ey, and in some cases, their banking
information.
Experts and ofcials offered differ-
ing estimates of the scope of the at-
tacks, but all agreed it was huge.
Mikko Hypponen, chief research
ofcer at the Helsinki-based cyber se-
curity company F-Secure, told AFP it
was the biggest ransomware outbreak
in history, saying that 130,000 systems
in more than 100 countries had been
affected.
He said Russia and India were hit
particularly hard, largely because Mi-
crosofts Windows XP -- one of the
operating systems most at risk -- was
still widely used there.
French police said there were more
than 75,000 victims around the globe,
but cautioned that the number could
increase signicantly.
The virus spread quickly because
the culprits used a digital code be-
lieved to have been developed by the
US National Security Agency -- and
subsequently leaked as part of a docu-
ment dump, according to researchers at
the Moscow-based computer security
rm Kaspersky Lab.
Microsoft said the situation was
painful and that it was taking all
possible actions to protect our custom-
without giving more details.
The operation to retake Mosul was
launched in October and the citys east
was declared liberated in January. Iraqi
forces launched the operation to retake
the west the following month.
In recent weeks, US-backed Iraqi
troops have slowly closed in on a small
cluster of neighborhoods in the citys
west.
Also:
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called
attention on Sunday to the plight of
people affected by war and conict in
the Middle East as US-backed forces
close in on Islamic State militants in
Iraq.
So many innocent people are be-
Amir afrmed that the asylum crisis
is the product of regional conicts,
civil wars and displacements on racial,
ethnic or other sectarian backgrounds,
some of which date back long ago such
as the Palestinian refugees displace-
ment in 1948 during the Palestinian
Nakba (catastrophe), whose anniver-
sary coincides with these days.
He noted that the issue of Palestine
started as a cause of people who have
been uprooted from their land; other
cases are relatively recent, such as the
situation of displaced Iraqis eeing
were displaced on sectarian cleansing
background.
The Amir said that development
and stability are interdependent and
intertwined; there is no development
without stability, and no stability
without development. The absence
of development and stability triggers
trans-border inux of refugees, there-
fore national commitment to achieve
them should not be separate from the
international commitments on this is-
sue, he said.
Kuwaits Minister of Social Af-
fairs and Labor, and State Minister of
Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh, is
attending the forum as a Representa-
tive of His Highness the Amir Sheikh
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The opening session was attended
by of Sudanese President Omar Al-
Bashir, President of Mali Ibrahim
Boubacar Keita, Lebanons Prime
Minister Saad Al Hariri, and Somali
Premier Hassan Ali Khayre, together
with numerous ofcials, businessmen,
academics, parliamentarians, intellec-
tuals, journalists, representatives of re-
gional and international organizations
civil society organizations.
ers.
It issued guidance for people to
protect their systems, while taking
the highly unusual step of reissuing
security patches rst made available
in March for Windows XP and other
older versions of its operating system.
US software rm Symantec said
the majority of organisations affected
were in Europe, and the attack was be-
lieved to be indiscriminate.
The companies and government
agencies targeted were diverse.
In the United States, package deliv-
ery group FedEx said it was imple-
menting remediation steps as quickly
as possible, while French carmaker
Renault was forced to stop production
at sites in France, Slovenia and Roma-
nia.
Elsewhere, Saudi Telecom Co(STC)
has denied that its systems were af-
fected by the ransomware virus that
has spread across 150 countries since
Friday, responding to photos circulat-
ed on social media claiming to show
infected STC computers.
The photos showed desktop com-
puters displaying the hallmark red
window of the WannaCry virus that
has locked up more than 200,000 com-
puters worldwide.
In one photo, multiple computers
are shown displaying the red windows
in what appears to be a large opera-
tions room with an STC logo visible in
the background.
The company claries that its net-
works and systems were not affected,
thank God, and further that what was
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
37
Muslim, or from minority groups like
the Yazidi, who are suffering tragic
violence and discrimination, Francis
said after his regular Sunday address
in the Vatican.
I encourage the different communi-
ties to follow the path of dialogue and
friendship, to build a future of respect,
security and peace, far from any sort
of war.
The battle for Mosul, the densely
populated northern Iraqi city that Is-
lamic State made its de facto capital,
was approaching an end on Sunday af-
ter seven months of gruelling combat.
Many Yazidis, whose beliefs com-
bine elements of several Middle East-
ern religions, were persecuted and held
in Mosul by Islamic State, which con-
sidered them devil-worshippers.
shown in the media relates to some
personal devices which specialised
technical teams will address, Saudi
Arabias biggest telecoms operator
said in a statement on Sunday.
Meanwhile, US President Donald
Trump ordered his homeland security
adviser, Tom Bossert, to hold an emer-
gency meeting Friday night to assess
the threat posed by a global computer
ransomware attack in at least 150
countries, a senior administration of-
cial told Reuters.
Senior security staff held another
meeting in the White House Situation
Room on Saturday, and the FBI and
National Security Agency were trying
to identify the perpetrators of the mas-
sive cyber attack, said the ofcial, who
spoke on condition on anonymity to
discuss internal deliberations.
Escalate
The unprecedented global cyberat-
tack has hit more than 200,000 victims
in scores of countries, Europol said
Sunday, warning that the situation
could escalate when people return to
work.
An international manhunt was well
under way for the plotters behind the
worlds biggest-ever computer ransom
assault.
The indiscriminate attack, which
began Friday, struck banks, hospitals
and government agencies in more than
150 countries, exploiting known vul-
nerabilities in old Microsoft computer
operating systems.
US package delivery giant FedEx,
European car factories, Spanish tele-
coms giant Telefonica, Britains health
service and Germanys Deutsche Bahn
rail network were among those hit.
Europol executive director Rob
Wainwright said the situation could
worsen on Monday as workers return
to their ofces after the weekend and
log on.
Weve never seen anything like
this, the head of the European
Unions policing agency told Britains
ITV television, calling its reach un-
precedented.
The latest count is over 200,000
victims in at least 150 countries. Many
of those victims will be businesses, in-
cluding large corporations.
Were in the face of an escalating
threat.
Im worried about how the num-
bers will continue to grow when peo-
ple go to work and turn on their ma-
chines on Monday.
Newswatch
Continued from Page 1
Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-
Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sa-
bah. (KUNA)
KUWAIT CITY: Five decrees
have been issued to allow ve
expatriates (two Jordanians, a
Yemeni, a Lebanese and a Syr-
ian) to own property in Kuwait,
reports Al-Rai daily.
The decrees were issued fol-
lowing a review of the Kuwait
Constitution, Decree No. 5/1959,
the Real-Estate Registration
Law and its amended laws, and
decree Law No. 74/1979, regu-
lating the non-Kuwaiti owner-
ship of real estate as amended by
Decree No. 119/1986.
According to Minister of Jus-
tice, expatriates are authorized
to own residential properties
in one of the residential areas
in Kuwait with the approval of
the Council of Ministers and in
accordance with the conditions
stipulated in Article 3 of decree
Law No. 74/ 1979.
CAIRO: A colonel in the Egyp-
tian military was killed and three
recruits injured on Sunday when
their armoured vehicle was hit
by an explosion in the Sinai
peninsula, security sources said.
The attack in the northern
Sinai was the latest in an area
where security forces have
been battling the local afliate
of Islamic State, which authori-
ties say has killed hundreds of
members of the security forces.
(RTRS)
TEHRAN: A 5.7 magnitude
earthquake near Irans border
with Turkmenistan killed two
people, injured hundreds and
caused widespread damage,
state media reported Sunday,
citing the countrys seismologi-
cal centre.
The quake, which struck at
1800 GMT Saturday in and
around the city of Bojnurd,
North Khorasan province,
killed a 54-year-old woman and
a teenage girl, ISNA news agen-
cy reported.
It left more than 370 people
injured and damaged as many as
40 percent of houses in the area,
it said. (AFP)
 ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017

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

Hagar The Horrible By Chris Browne

Beetle Bailey By Mort Walker

Scratch pad

odds n ends
CHEFCHAOUEN: If nothing is
done, this species will disappear
within 10 years, warns a poster
on Ahmed Harrads ageing 4x4
showing Moroccos famed Bar-
bary macaque monkey.
Harrad spends his time criss-
Garfield By Jim Davis crossing northern Morocco to
try to convince locals to protect
the endangered monkey.
The only species of ma-
caque outside Asia, which lives
on leaves and fruits and can
weigh up to 20 kilogrammes
(45 pounds), was once found
throughout North Africa and
parts of Europe.
But having disappeared from
Libya and Tunisia, it is now re-
stricted to mountainous regions
of Algeria and Moroccos north-
ern Rif region. Another semi-wild
population of about 200 individu-
als in Gibraltar are the only free-
ranging monkeys in Europe.
Today, the only native pri-
mate north of the Sahara, apart
Baby Blues By Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott from humans, is in danger of
extinction, according to the In-
ternational Union for Conserva-
tion of Nature (IUCN).
Conservationists blame ille-
gal poaching, tourists who feed
the monkeys and overexploita-
tion of the cedar and oak forests
that form the species natural
habitat.
In response, Morocco has
launched a campaign to save
the species.
We are working on two ar-
eas monitoring and making a
census of the species in the Rif
and raising awareness among
locals so that they actively help
rescue it, Harrad said.
As head of a local associa-

Conceptis Sudoku Challenger tion, Barbary Macaque Aware-

ness & Conservation (BMAC),
Harrad has become a tireless
The grid must be so completed that every row, column advocate for the animal.
He says it is often sold to
and 3x3 box has every digit from 1 to 9 inclusive A Barbary macaque looks on from a tree branch in a forest near the Moroccan town buyers in Europe for between
of Azrou, in the Atlas mountain chain on April 15, 2017. (AFP) $110 and $330 (100 and 300
DIRECTIONS: euros) despite laws forbidding
the trade.
Fill each square
with a number, one
through nine.
contract bridge A lot of foreigners buy mon-
keys as pets, he said.
Seen as quiet and cute when
it is young, the adult monkey
Horizontal By Steve Becker can become a burden, Harrad
squares should said.
add to totals on It breaks things, bites, ghts
right. with children and climbs the
Vertical squares curtains, prompting many own-
should add to ers to abandon their pets, he
said.
totals on bottom. But that hasnt stopped the
Diagonal tailless monkeys, with their
squares through thick grey-and-ginger fur, being
center should add highly sought-after by passing
Yesterdays solution travellers throughout the ages.
to total in upper
According to National Geo-
and lower right. graphic, skeletal remains of ma-
caques have been discovered
THERE MAY BE in the ashes of Pompeii, deep
MORE THAN ONE within an ancient Egyptian cata-
SOLUTION. comb, and buried beneath an
Irish hilltop where the Bronze
Age kings of Ulster once held
Todays Challenge court.
Time 4 Minutes Zouhair Ahmaouch, an ofcial
Answer to yesterdays puzzle 16 Seconds at Moroccos High Commission
Your Working for Water, Forests and Combat-
Time __ Minutes ing Desertication, said the new
conservation plan focused on
__ Seconds tackling poaching. (AFP)

Word by Word

Blind Ama
None are so blind as those who will not see.
Laisa ahad ashad ama men olaeka al theena la yore-
doun an yobssero.

Numbers

7556 Seven
fifty six
thousand five hundred

Sabat alaf wa khamso maah

wa setah wa khamsoun

SPORTS
Sale fans out 12, guides Bosox past Rays
NFL Roundup
Cards sign Holden
Saints expect Unger
ready in preseason
NEW YORK, May 14, (RTRS):
The New Orleans Saints now ex-
pect center Max Unger, who re-
cently underwent foot surgery, to
be ready to play in Week 3 of the
preseason.
There were reports speculating
that Unger would miss start of the
regular season, but Saints coach
Sean Payton said otherwise on
Saturday.
We antici-
pate probably
early August,
Payton told re-
porters on day
two of rookie
minicamp
when asked
about Ungers
return.
T h e
31-year-old
Unger
Unger has
been dealing with the same foot
injury that caused him to miss one
game last season.
Payton said Saturday that Un-
ger decided to have surgery about
a week ago to insert a screw into
the foot after not seeing positive
results following the initial plan
of resting the injury.
Cleveland Browns safety
Jabrill Peppers signed his par-
ticipation agreement on Saturday
and took part in day two of rookie
minicamp practice.
Peppers, the No. 25 overall
pick out of Michigan, sat out the
rst practice of minicamp on Fri-
day because he had not signed the
agreement that protects him in
case of injury.
Peppers begins his career in
Stage One of the NFLs drug pro-
gram because of a diluted sample
at the NFL Combine. On Friday,
Peppers denied allegations by a
red ESPN Cleveland contribu-
tor that he was using illegal rec-
reational drugs.
ed off Martinez in the seventh for his
Coach Mike Tomlin of the
Pittsburgh Steelers liked what
he saw from the newest players
on the team during the three-day
rookie minicamp.
Tomlin and his staff got an
up-close look at their draft picks
outside linebacker T.J. Watt,
receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster,
cornerback Cameron Sutton,
running back James Conner,
quarterback Josh Dobbs, corner-
back Brian Allen, long snapper
Colin Holba and outside line-
backer Keion Adams.
Head coach Bill OBrien of the
Houston Texans already is more
involved in the offense this off-
season after the teams struggles
on that side of the ball in 2016.
The Texans offense sputtered
with now-departed Brock Os-
weiler at quarterback last season
and OBrien expects signicant
improvement in 2017 with Tom
Savage and rookie Deshaun
Watson under center.
Ive been probably doing
more coaching myself in the last
four or ve weeks than Ive done
in the three years that Ive been
here, OBrien told reporters on
Saturday during rookie minicamp.
reversing a dismal history at Coors,
The Texans placed injured
veteran offensive tackle Derek
Newton on the reserve physically
unable to perform list, ending his
2017 season.
Newton sustained a gruesome
injury last season against the
Denver Broncos when he tore the
patellar tendons in both legs. He
avoided tearing his ACL but un-
derwent two surgeries.
Newton will be paid his $4.75
million salary this year as part of his
ve-year, $26.5 million contract, ac-
cording to the Houston Chronicle.
May. Seattle right-hander Ryan Weber
The Arizona Cardinals signed
tackle Will Holden, running
back T.J. Logan and cornerback
Rudy Ford to four-year rookie
contracts. All three are 2017 draft
picks.
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sonny Gray throws to the Texas Rangers dur-
ing the rst inning of a baseball game on May 13, in Arlington, Texas. (AP)
Bautistas 3-run homer leads Blue Jays 7-2 win over Mariners
BOSTON, May 14, (AP):
Chris Sale struck out 12
while pitching seven solid
innings and Mookie Betts
hit a two-run homer, lead-
ing the Boston Red Sox to a
6-3 victory over the Tampa
Bay Rays on Saturday.
It was Sales seventh straight start
with double-digit strikeouts. The
6-foot-6 left-hander allowed three
runs and two hits, both homers.
Joe Kelly worked the eighth before
Craig Kimbrel nished the three-hitter
for his 11th save.
Betts also doubled in a run in Bos-
tons four-run fth inning. Deven Mar-
rero drove in two runs, helping the Red
Sox to their 14th win in their last 19
games against the Rays.
Kevin Kiermaier and Logan Mor-
rison homered for Tampa Bay, which
has dropped seven of 11. Blake Snell
(0-4) allowed six runs and six hits in
5-2/3 innings.
Nationals 6, Phillies 4
In Washington, fresh from getting
a big deal, Bryce Harper hit a game-
ending home run with two outs in the
ninth inning that sent Washington over
Philadelphia.
Hours before the game, the Nationals
announced they had reached agreement
with Harper on a $21,625,000 contract
for the 2018 season, covering the slug-
ging outelder through his last year be-
fore he can become a free agent.
Then in the ninth, the 24-year-old
star provided an immediate payoff.
Pinch hitter Adam Lind led off with
a single against Edubray Ramos (0-
3) and two outs later, Harper lined an
en the Gold Coast Suns 16.14 (110)
0-1 pitch over the wall in center for his
11th homer of the season.
Cardinals 5, Cubs 3
In St Louis, Carlos Martinez pitched
into the seventh inning and collected two
hits, leading the Cardinals to the win.
St Louis also got another solid per-
formance from Tommy Pham, who
had two hits and two RBIs. The out-
elder is batting .387 with seven extra-
base hits in eight games since being
recalled from Triple-A this month.
BASEBALL
In a rematch of the season opener, Mar-
tinez (3-3) again topped Jon Lester (1-2).
Martinez allowed three runs and ve hits
in 6-2/3 innings, striking out seven.
Top Cubs prospect Ian Happ homer-
rst hit in his major league debut. Lest-
er was charged with four runs, three
earned, and six hits in 5-2/3 innings.
Seung Hwan Oh pitched the ninth
for his 10th save in 11 opportunities.
Rangers 6, Athletics 5
In Arlington, Texas, Elvis Andrus
and Nomar Mazara had consecutive
two-RBI hits as Texas rallied earlier
this time, beating Oakland for its sea-
son-best fth straight victory.
The Rangers loaded the bases in the
seventh when reliever Ryan Dull (1-2)
allowed a hit and two walks before Liam
Hendriks took over on the mound.
Andrus then grounded a single
through the left side of the ineld to
tie it at 4. Mazara followed by lining a
two-run double over left elder Khris
Davis and to the wall.
Dodgers 4, Rockies 0
In Denver, Alex Wood struck out 10
in six innings and drove in a run with
a well-placed bunt on a squeeze play,
leading Los Angeles past Colorado.
Brett Eibner supplied additional of-
fense with his rst home run of the sea-
son and Austin Barnes and Justin Turner
added RBI doubles for the Dodgers, who
won their 100th game at Coors Field, the
most by any visiting club.
Wood (4-0) fanned at least one bat-
ter in ve of his six innings and struck
out the side in the third en route to
eld with Michael Brantley batting in
where he had gone 0-2 with an 11.25
ERA in four previous starts.
Blue Jays 7, Mariners 2
In Toronto, Jose Bautista hit a three-
run homer, and the Blue Jays earned
their sixth win in seven games.
Kendrys Morales also connected for
Toronto, and Kevin Pillar had three
hits, raising his AL-leading total to 47.
Devon Travis became the rst player
to steal home for the Blue Jays since
June 2, 2015, scoring on a double steal
in the eighth.
Dominic Leone (1-0) got one out for
the win as Toronto improved to 8-4 in
left with a sore shoulder after 3-2/3
innings in his season debut. Nick Vin-
cent (1-1) got the loss.
Royals 4, Orioles 3
In Kansas City, Missouri, Nate Karns
struck out a career-high 12 in ve in-
nings, Eric Hosmer reached base four
Los Angeles Dodgers Justin Turner (left), dives back into rst base as Colorado Rockies rst baseman Mark Reynolds elds the pickoff throw in the rst
Port Adelaide big winners in Australian Rules match in China
SHANGHAI, May 14, (AP): The Port
Adelaide Dockers have easily beat-
became an issue when the Port Ad-
to 4.14 (38) in the rst regular-sea-
son Australian Rules football match
played in China.
times and Kansas City beat Baltimore.
Karns is the rst in franchise his-
tory to strike out 12 in ve innings.
The last major league pitcher to ac-
complish that was Jake Arrieta of the
Chicago Cubs on June 5, 2016.
Baltimores Chris Davis homered
off Seth Maness (1-0) to tie it 3-3 in
the sixth, but Brandon Moss homered
off Alec Asher (1-2) to put Kansas
City back ahead later that inning.
Hosmer had two hits and walked
twice. The Royals scored three runs
in 4-1/3 innings off Chris Tillman.
Giants 3, Reds 1
In San Francisco, Brandon Belt
and Justin Ruggiano homered, Matt
Moore pitched into the eighth inning
and the Giants beat the Reds in a
matchup of weary teams.
San Francisco and Cincinnati had a
quick turnaround after they played 17
innings Friday night, with the Giants
winning 3-2 on Buster Poseys game-
ending homer.
Moore (2-4) provided a lift with
7-1/3 innings of one-run ball. He al-
lowed eight hits, struck out seven and
walked three.
The last-place Giants (14-24) won
consecutive games for just the second
time this season.
Scott Schebler homered for Cin-
cinnati, and Lisalverto Bonilla (0-1)
pitched a six-hitter for his rst career
complete game.
Twins 4, Indians 1
In Cleveland, Jose Berrios pitched
neatly into the eighth inning in his
rst start of the season and the Twins
beat the Indians in a game delayed
several minutes when a squirrel ran
around the eld.
Max Kepler connected to give
the Twins a home run in 14 straight
games, their longest streak since
1988. He also had an RBI single in
a three-run fourth for the AL Central
leaders, who handed Cleveland its
third straight loss.
The squirrel appeared from right
the Cleveland sixth. Play was halted
as the squirrel cut across the ineld.
It eventually hopped into the stands
and play resumed.
Tigers 4, Angels 3
In Anaheim, California, JD Mar-
tinez powered up in just his second
game of the season, hitting his second
homer of the game in the ninth inning
to lift Detroit over Los Angeles.
Martinez opened the ninth with a
solo shot off Bud Norris (1-2) to snap
a 3-3 tie. He came off the disabled list
Friday after missing the Tigers rst
33 games with a sprained right foot.
Martinez opened the scoring in the
second inning, following Victor Mar-
tinezs single with a two-run homer
off Ricky Nolasco.
Alex Wilson (1-1) pitched the
eighth and got the win. Justin Wilson
struck out three in the ninth for his
second save.
Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 3
In Phoenix, Trevor Williams
pitched ve strong innings and Pitts-
burgh snapped a six-game losing
streak with a victory over Arizona.
Nick Ahmed homered twice for
the Diamondbacks, the second to
make it a one-run game in the ninth.
It was Ahmeds rst career multi-
homer game.
Williams (2-2), in his second start
since taking the rotation spot vacated
when Jameson Taillon left to begin
treatment for testicular cancer, gave
up a run on four hits, striking out four
and walking one.
Taijuan Walker (3-3) gave up four
runs, three earned, on eight hits in six
innings.
Tony Watson gave up a run in the
ninth but got his eighth save.
Brewers 11, Mets 4
In Milwaukee, Travis Shaw
capped Milwaukees eight-run fth
inning with a three-run homer, help-
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
39
inning of a baseball game on May 13, in Denver. (AP)
Fairfax Media in Australia re- After players and umpires took ofcial said.
ported that the pre-match festivities their positions for the Australian The mistake was quickly rectied
and Chinese national anthems at and the Australian national anthem
elaide teams theme song was ini- Jiangwan Sports Centre, a ground was eventually played. At the end
tially played instead of the Austral- operator had accidentally pressed of the match, Port Adelaides theme
ian national anthem. the wrong button, a Port Adelaide song was played without any issues.
MLB Scoreboard
WASHINGTON, May 14, (Agencies): Results Trout, Los Angeles, 23; 4 tied at 22.
from the MLB games on Saturday: RBI: Cruz, Seattle, 31; Sano, Minnesota,
Detroit 4 LA Angels 3 30; Cano, Seattle, 28; Judge, New York, 28;
LA Dodgers 4 Colorado 0 Alonso, Oakland, 27; Gallo, Texas, 27; Betts,
Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 3 Boston, 25; Garcia, Chicago, 25; Pujols, Los
Texas 6 Oakland 5 Angeles, 25; 2 tied at 24.
Kansas City 4 Baltimore 3 HITS: Pillar, Toronto, 47; Castro, New York,
Atlanta 3 Miami 1 46; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 45; Garcia, Chi-
Milwaukee 11 NY Mets 4 cago, 43; Benintendi, Boston, 42; Bogaerts,
Chicago W. Sox 5 San Diego 4 Boston, 42; Cruz, Seattle, 42; Escobar, Los
Washington 6 Philadelphia 4 Angeles, 42; Hosmer, Kansas City, 41; Segura,
Minnesota 4 Cleveland 1 Seattle, 41; 3 tied at 40.
St Louis 5 Chicago Cubs 3 DOUBLES: Moreland, Boston, 15; Betts,
San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 1 Boston, 13; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, 11; Pillar, To-
Toronto 7 Seattle 2 ronto, 11; CSantana, Cleveland, 11; 8 tied at 10.
Boston 6 Tampa Bay 3 TRIPLES: Castellanos, Detroit, 3; Miller,
Tampa Bay, 3; Adduci, Detroit, 2; Beckham,
MLB Standings
Tampa Bay, 2; Bogaerts, Boston, 2; Garcia,
American League Chicago, 2; Judge, New York, 2; Sano, Min-
Eastern Division nesota, 2; Trout, Los Angeles, 2; 16 tied at 1.
HOME RUNS: Judge, New York, 13; Gallo,
W L PCT GB Texas, 12; Alonso, Oakland, 11; Davis, Oak-
NY Yankees 21 12 .636 -
land, 10; Morrison, Tampa Bay, 10; Sano, Min-
Baltimore 22 13 .629 - nesota, 10; Gonzalez, Houston, 9; Machado,
Boston 19 17 .528 3-1/2
Chicago White Soxs Yolmer Baltimore, 9; Trout, Los Angeles, 9; 4 tied at 8.
Tampa Bay 18 21 .462 6 STOLEN BASES: Cain, Kansas City, 10;
Toronto 16 21 .432 7 Sanchez hits a winning single Dyson, Seattle, 10; Altuve, Houston, 9; Ells-
Central Division against the San Diego Padres bury, New York, 8; 7 tied at 6.
W L PCT GB during the ninth inning of an in- PITCHING: Keuchel, Houston, 6-0; ESan-
tana, Minnesota, 6-1; Bundy, Baltimore, 5-1;
Minnesota 19 14 .576 - terleague baseball game in Chi- Tanaka, New York, 5-1; Triggs, Oakland, 5-2;
Cleveland 18 17 .514 2 cago, on May 13. (AP) Vargas, Kansas City, 5-1; 7 tied at 4-1.
Detroit 18 17 .514 2
Chicago W Sox 16 18 .471 3-1/2 Wilson (9) and McCann; Nolasco, Petit (7), B.
ERA: Vargas, Kansas City, 1.01; Paxton,
Seattle, 1.43; ESantana, Minnesota, 1.50;
Kansas City 15 21 .417 5-1/2 Norris (9) and Maldonado. W_A. Wilson 1-1. Keuchel, Houston, 1.69; Carrasco, Cleveland,
Western Division L_B. Norris 1-2. Sv_J. Wilson (2). HRs_Detroit, 1.86; Sale, Boston, 2.15; Triggs, Oakland,
Upton, Martinez 2. Los Angeles, Trout.
W L PCT GB
Interleague
2.21; Bundy, Baltimore, 2.27; Holland, Chica-
Houston 25 11 .694 - go, 2.43; Miley, Baltimore, 2.46; 1 tied at 2.54.
San Diego 101 010 0104 6 1 STRIKEOUTS: Sale, Boston, 85; Archer,
Texas 18 20 .474 8
LA Angels 18 21 .462 8-1/2 Chicago 010 120 0015 10 0 Tampa Bay, 59; McCullers, Houston, 57; Es-
Seattle 17 20 .459 8-1/2 Cahill, Torres (7), Quackenbush (7), Hand trada, Toronto, 53; Salazar, Cleveland, 53;
(8) and Hedges; Covey, Swarzak (5), Kahnle Darvish, Texas, 52; Porcello, Boston, 52;
Oakland 16 20 .444 9
Keuchel, Houston, 50; Pineda, New York, 50;
(7), Jennings (8), Dav. Robertson (9) and K.
National League
Smith. W_Dav. Robertson 2-0. L_Hand 0-3. Karns, Kansas City, 48; 1 tied at 46.
Eastern Division HRs_San Diego, Cordoba, Myers, Margot. National League
Chicago, Garcia.
W L PCT GB BATTING: Zimmerman, Washington, .397;
National League Harper, Washington, .368; Posey, San Fran-
Washington 23 12 .657 -
NY Mets 16 19 .457 7 Cincinnati 000 001 0001 8 0 cisco, .359; Turner, Los Angeles, .353; Free-
Atlanta 13 20 .394 9 S. Francisco 110 000 10x3 6 1 man, Atlanta, .342; Gyorko, St Louis, .337;
Philadelphia 13 20 .394 9 Bonilla and Mesoraco; M. Moore, Strickland Cozart, Cincinnati, .336; Kemp, Atlanta, .333;
(8), Law (9) and Hundley. W_M.Moore 2-4. Murphy, Washington, .331; Reynolds, Colo-
Miami 13 22 .371 10
Central Division L_Bonilla 0-1. Sv_Law (3). HRs_Cincinnati, rado, .331; 1 tied at .327.
Schebler. San Francisco, Belt, Ruggiano. RUNS: Harper, Washington, 39; Thames,
W L PCT GB Chicago 010 000 2003 6 2 Milwaukee, 34; Freeman, Atlanta, 30; Hernan-
St Louis 20 15 .571 - St Louis 001 202 00x5 8 1 dez, Philadelphia, 30; Goldschmidt, Arizona,
Milwaukee 20 17 .541 1 Lester, Strop (6), Montgomery (7) and Contre- 28; Zimmerman, Washington, 28; Votto, Cin-
Cincinnati 19 17 .528 1-1/2 ras; C. Martinez, Bowman (7), Rosenthal (8), Oh (9) cinnati, 27; Pollock, Arizona, 26; Reynolds,
Chicago Cubs 18 18 .500 2-1/2 and Molina. W_C. Martinez 3-3. L_Lester 1-2. Sv_ Colorado, 26; Yelich, Miami, 26; 2 tied at 25.
Pittsburgh 15 22 .405 6 Oh (10). HRs_Chicago, Happ. St Louis, Gyorko. RBI: Zimmerman, Washington, 36; Votto,
Cincinnati, 33; Harper, Washington, 31; Reyn-
Western Division Atlanta 000 200 0103 7 0
Miami 000 000 1001 5 1 olds, Colorado, 31; Murphy, Washington, 30;
W L PCT GB
Colorado 23 15 .605 -
Teheran, OFlaherty (7), Vizcaino (8), John- Shaw, Milwaukee, 30; Goldschmidt, Arizona,
29; Ozuna, Miami, 29; Blackmon, Colorado,
son (9) and Flowers; Volquez, J. Garcia (7),
LA Dodgers 22 15 .595 0-1/2 Wittgren (8), Phelps (9) and Realmuto. W_Te- 27; 5 tied at 26.
Arizona 21 17 .553 2 heran 3-3. L_Volquez 0-5. Sv_Johnson (6). HITS: Zimmerman, Washington, 50; Murphy,
San Diego 14 24 .368 9 HRs_Miami, Bour. Washington, 46; Myers, San Diego, 46; Black-
San Francisco 14 24 .368 9 mon, Colorado, 45; Hernandez, Philadelphia, 45;
New York 030 010 0004 10 2
MLB Linescores Milwaukee 110 080 10x11 16 0 Pollock, Arizona, 44; Harper, Washington, 43;
Gsellman, Robles (5), Sewald (6), R. Turner, Los Angeles, 43; Arenado, Colorado, 42;
American League Reynolds, Colorado, 42; 5 tied at 41.
Montero (8) and Plawecki; Davies, Hughes (6),
Tampa Bay 010 020 0003 3 0 J. Barnes (7), Scahill (8) and Bandy. W_Davies DOUBLES: Zimmerman, Washington, 14;
Boston 002 040 00x6 7 0 4-2. L_Gsellman 2-3. HRs_New York, Walker. Arenado, Colorado, 12; Pollock, Arizona, 12;
Snell, J. Diaz (6), Moreno (8) and De. Norris; Bryant, Chicago, 11; Cozart, Cincinnati, 11;
Sale, J. Kelly (8), Kimbrel (9) and Leon. W_Sale
Milwaukee, Shaw.
Philadelphia 000 310 0004 8 0 Freeman, Atlanta, 11; Murphy, Washington,
4-2. L_Snell 0-4. Sv_Kimbrel (11). HRs_Tampa Washington 000 040 0026 10 0 11; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 11; Turner, Los Ange-
Bay, Morrison, Kiermaier. Boston, Betts. Pivetta, L. Garcia (5), Rodriguez (7), Neshek les, 11; 5 tied at 10.
Seattle 000 011 0002 12 2 (7), Benoit (8), Ramos (9) and Rupp; Roark, TRIPLES: Blackmon, Colorado, 6; Cozart,
Toronto 001 001 32x7 11 0 Blanton (5), J. Turner (6), Romero (7), Glover (7), Cincinnati, 4; Hamilton, Cincinnati, 4; Fowler,
Weber, Zych (6), Vincent (7), Pazos (8) and St Louis, 3; Pollock, Arizona, 3; 14 tied at 2.
Kelley (9) and Wieters. W_Kelley 3-0. L_Ramos
Gosewisch, Ruiz; Stroman, Grilli (7), Loup (7), 0-3. HRs_Washington, Turner, Harper. HOME RUNS: Thames, Milwaukee, 13;
Leone (7), J. Smith (8), Campos (9), R. Osuna Pittsburgh 000 211 0004 9 0 Zimmerman, Washington, 13; Freeman, Atlan-
(9) and Maile. W_Leone 1-0. L_Vincent 1-1. Arizona 010 000 0113 8 2 ta, 12; Reynolds, Colorado, 12; Harper, Wash-
HRs_Toronto, Bautista, Morales. ington, 11; Ozuna, Miami, 11; Stanton, Miami,
Williams, Nicasio (6), Rivero (7), Watson (9)
Minnesota 000 301 0004 5 0 and Cervelli; T. Walker, Wilhelmsen (7), Chan 11; 4 tied at 10.
Cleveland 001 000 0001 3 1 (8), Delgado (9) and Mathis. W_Williams 2-2. STOLEN BASES: Hamilton, Cincinnati, 19;
Berrios, Rogers (8), Kintzler (9) and Castro; L_T. Walker 3-3. Sv_Watson (8). HRs_Arizo- Gordon, Miami, 11; Pollock, Arizona, 11; Brox-
Clevinger, Otero (5), McAllister (7), Goody (9) na, Ahmed 2, Goldschmidt. ton, Milwaukee, 9; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 9;
and Gomes. W_Berrios 1-0. L_Clevinger 1-1. Los Angeles 020 010 1004 7 0 Owings, Arizona, 8; Peraza, Cincinnati, 8; Vil-
Sv_Kintzler (10). HRs_Minnesota, Kepler. lar, Milwaukee, 8; Inciarte, Atlanta, 7; Nunez,
Colorado 000 000 0000 7 0
Baltimore 001 011 0003 6 0 Wood, Fields (7), P. Baez (8), Jansen (9) San Francisco, 7; 3 tied at 6.
Kansas City 010 021 00x4 12 0 and A. Barnes; Anderson, Oberg (6), Dunn (7), PITCHING: Kershaw, Los Angeles, 6-2;
Tillman, Asher (5), Hart (8) and Pena; Ottavino (8), Qualls (9) and Hanigan. W_Wood Senzatela, Colorado, 5-1; 11 tied at 4-1.
Karns, Maness (6), Minor (7), K. Herrera (9) ERA: Leake, St Louis, 1.94; Nova, Pitts-
4-0. L_Anderson 2-4. HRs_Los Angeles, Eibner.
and S. Perez. W_Maness 1-0. L_Asher 1-2. MLB Leaders burgh, 2.23; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.42;
Sv_K. Herrera (7). HRs_Baltimore, Pena 2, Scherzer, Washington, 2.59; Gonzalez, Wash-
Davis. Kansas City, Moss. American League ington, 2.64; Lynn, St Louis, 2.75; Greinke,
Oakland 000 120 1105 11 0 BATTING: Segura, Seattle, .366; Gar- Arizona, 2.79; Ein, Philadelphia, 2.81; Senza-
Texas 001 100 40x6 10 0 cia, Chicago, .347; Castro, New York, .341; tela, Colorado, 2.86; Freeland, Colorado, 2.93;
Gray, Dull (7), Hendriks (7), Montas (8), Cou- Bogaerts, Boston, .339; Trout, Los Angeles, 1 tied at 2.98.
lombe (8) and Maxwell; N. Martinez, Barnette (7), .336; Dickerson, Tampa Bay, .326; Cruz, Se- STRIKEOUTS: Scherzer, Washington, 62;
Kela (8), Bush (9) and Chirinos. W_Barnette 1-0. attle, .323; Pillar, Toronto, .315; Judge, New deGrom, New York, 60; Greinke, Arizona, 58;
L_Dull 1-2. Sv_Bush (3). HRs_Oakland, Alonso. York, .315; Betts, Boston, .305; 1 tied at .302. Kershaw, Los Angeles, 57; Martinez, St Louis,
Detroit 020 001 0014 6 0 RUNS: Judge, New York, 28; Sano, Minne- 57; Ray, Arizona, 57; Samardzija, San Francis-
Los Angeles 000 020 1003 8 1 sota, 26; Lindor, Cleveland, 25; Gallo, Texas, co, 55; Cahill, San Diego, 51; Lester, Chicago,
D. Norris, Greene (6), A. Wilson (8), J. 24; Castro, New York, 23; Pillar, Toronto, 23; 49; Cole, Pittsburgh, 47; 2 tied at 46.
ing the Brewers beat New York. runs and seven hits in ve innings. for his sixth save in eight chances.
Milwaukee sent 11 batters to the
Braves 3, Marlins 1 White Sox 5, Padres 4
plate in its highest scoring inning of
the season. Orlando Arcia had a two- In Miami, Julio Teheran pitched six In Chicago, Yolmer Sanchez singled
run single and Jesus Aguilar drove in scoreless innings, leading Atlanta to with one out in the bottom of the ninth
two runs with a double before Shaw the road win.
to score Tyler Saladino and snap Chi-
connected for his eighth homer. Nick Markakis had three hits and cagos six-game losing streak.
Neil Walker homered for New York, drove in a run for the Braves, and Matt
Kemp extended his hitting streak to 13 Wil Myers, Manuel Margot and Al-
which has dropped three in a row. Rob-
games with a single in the eighth. len Cordoba all had solo homers for
ert Gsellman (2-3) was charged with
six runs, ve earned, and nine hits in Teheran (3-3) beat the Marlins for San Diego.
four-plus innings. the rst time in seven starts. He al- David Robertson (2-0) pitched a
Milwaukee right-hander Zach Davies lowed three hits and walked two. scoreless top of the ninth for the win.
(4-2) got the win despite allowing four Jim Johnson pitched a perfect ninth Brad Hand (0-3) took the loss.

SPORTS
Lexus sweeps top 6 positions in AUTOBACS SUPER GT series
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Lexus
GAZOO Racing made a memorable
start to the 2017 AUTOBACS SUPER
GT series, sweeping the top six posi-
tions in the opening round of the
GT500 race class in a dominant per-
formance at the Okayama International
Circuit, Japan. The No. 37 LEXUS LC
500 KeePer TOMS driven by Ryo
Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy clinched
the top spot in the seasons inaugural
race, with No. 6 LEXUS LC 500
WAKOS 4CR finishing runner-up
and No. 1 LEXUS LC 500 DENSO
KOBELCO SARD claiming the third
position.
Rounding off the top six were No.
38 LEXUS LC 500 ZENT Cerumo,
No. 36 LEXUS LC 500 au TOMS and
No. 19 LEXUS LC 500 WedsSport
ADVAN, who finished in the fourth,
fifth and sixth positions respectively to
make sure that Round 1 of the new
season was a Lexus show all the way.
The race got off to a delayed start
after a pair of cars from a rival manu-
facturer experienced mechanical prob-
lems during the formation run, which
brought out the Red Flag to stop the
race. As all the cars returned to take
formation again, it now was the turn of
yet another competitor car to face
mechanical failure.
The race finally started around 2:45
in the afternoon, with the delay caus-
ing one lap to be cut from the race
distance, leaving the teams to compete
for over 81 laps. Racing into the lead
Colombias Nairo Quintana wears the pink jersey of the overall leader as he stands on the podium after winning
the 9th stage of the Giro dItalia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Montenero di Bisaccia to Blockhaus on May 14.
Quintana doubles up
as Giro rivals suffer
Pinot second in overall standings
BLOCKHAUS, Italy, May
14, (AFP): Colombias
Nairo Quintana soared to
victory on a dramatic ninth
stage of the Giro dItalia
Sunday that secured the
race leaders pink jersey
and dented the victory
hopes of several key rivals.
Quintana, a two-time runner-up
at the Tour de France who won the
2014 Giro, had been expected to
blow the race apart on a punishing
13.6 km climb that gave Belgian
legend Eddy Merckx his maiden
Giro win in 1967.
And the diminutive Movistar team
climber fulfilled predictions by leav-
ing defending champion Vincenzo
Nibali, and several others, in his wake
after a series of attacks launched inside
the final six kilometres.
Quintana soloed over the finish
CYCLING
23secs ahead of Frenchman Thibaut
Pinot and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin
to wrest the race lead from
Luxembourgs Bob Jungels.
He is now 28 ahead of FDJ rider
Pinot in the overall standings, with
two-time champion Nibali (Bahrain)
1min 10secs behind after trailing home
in fifth place one minute in arrears.
While Dumoulin (Sunweb) and
Bauke Mollema (Trek) moved up to
third and fourth overall at 30 and
51secs behind respectively, compatriot
Steven Kruijswijk is now over three
minutes in arrears.
Im happy to win the stage and to
take some seconds from my rivals,
said Quintana. I had to attack. But I
want to say thanks to my team. They
did a great job.
Jungels started the 149km stage
from Montenero di Bisaccia to
Blockhaus with a 10 second lead on
Quintana but struggled on a drama-
filled stage that has almost certainly
ended the podium hopes of British pair
Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates.
They were among several riders to
come down when Sunweb rider Wilco
Kelderman clipped a police motorcy-
cle parked at the side of the road.
Despite his shoulder having
popped out, Thomas got back on his
bike to finish, but is now over five
minutes in arrears.
No. 37 Lexus LC 500 KeePer TOMS continue to hold lead
(Left): Action shot taken during the opening round of the 2017 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series. (Right): No. 37 LEXUS LC 500 KeePer TOMS driven by
at the start was No. 6 LEXUS LC 500
WAKOS 4CR, with the No. 37
LEXUS LC 500 KeePer TOMS
closely behind. Shortly after, on the
hairpin turn of the second lap, the No.
37 with Cassidy at the wheel
made a decisive move going into the
turn with tires smoking and grabbed
the lead. From there, Cassidy contin-
ued to run strongly in the front until
the sixth lap when more mechanical
trouble again involving a competi-
tor car interrupted the race.
After the race restarted, the No. 37
(AP)
Sierra 2nd, Bronzini 3rd
Rivera wins third stage of
Womens Tour of California
SACRAMENTO, California, May 14,
(AP): Coryn Rivera brought her win-
ning ways back to home soil.
The American cyclist out-sprinted
Arlenis Sierra and Giorgia Bronzini on
Saturday to win the third stage of the
Womens Tour of California, follow-
ing up two prestigious wins in Europe
earlier this season, while Katie Hall
maintained the slimmest of overall
leads.
Riveras teammates on Sunweb
worked with the Cylance team to bring
back the break, then helped position
Rivera to finish
the 73-mile stage
from Elk Grove to
the California
capitol.
We tried to
put it in the gutter
a couple times
and get everyone
suffering. It didnt
quite work out the
way we wanted it
to, but we just Rivera
refocused on the
lead-out to the finish, Rivera said.
The girls were perfect. There was
some chaos on the side, but we just
stuck to the plan.
Meanwhile, Hall lost time during an
intermediate sprint and will have a
single-second advantage over Olympic
road race champion Anna van der
Breggen heading into Sundays finale.
Riders will face a 90-minute circuit
race on a 2.2-mile course in downtown
Sacramento.
Kipchoge, Wanjiru, Keitany make Kenya team for London Worlds
NAIROBI, May 14, (AFP): Olympic
marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge
and London marathon winners Daniel
Wanjiru and Mary Keitany will repre-
sent Kenya in the event at this sum-
mers World championships in the
British capital, officials said.
Kipchoge, 32, is one of Kenyas most
consistent runners and was part of a
three-man Nike team that attempted to
break the two-hour mark in the marathon
Ryo Hirakawa and Nick Cassidy.
LEXUS LC 500 KeePer TOMS contin-
ued to hold the lead, with the other LC
500 cars also running strongly toward
the front. From around the 30th lap, the
teams began to make their routine pit
stops. When all of the GT500 class cars
had completed their pit stops and
returned to the race, the battles between
the LC 500 cars intensified again, with
the No. 36 LEXUS LC 500 au TOMS
and No. 6 LEXUS LC 500 WAKOS
4CR fighting hard for second place.
As the gaps that had begun to open
up between the competitors began nar-
Were really excited to be here and
be in the yellow jersey in this field,
Hall said. We expect another aggres-
sive race tomorrow but we have a
really strong team.
The finale of the womens race
coincides with the start of the seven-
stage mens race. They will also begin
in Sacramento before heading on a
104-mile course that returns them to
downtown.
Rivera grew up in California and
one of her first significant wins came
in Sacramento, so she has been target-
ing the Tours third stage all season.
But her confidence was bolstered by
wins at the Tour of Flanders and
Trofeo Alfredo Binda, two marquee
races earlier on the calendar.
She hung around the front of the
peloton, safely out of trouble, while
her teammates did most of the work
Saturday. Rivera also got some help
when Cylance standout Kirsten Wild
punctured close to the finish, taking
one of the fields premier sprinters out
of the running.
We tried to make the race hard on
the crosswind sections but it wasnt
exposed enough for it to work, Team
Sunweb coach Hans Timmermans
said. A lot of riders were really tired
as a result of this, which wasnt an
ideal situation for us.
We were still able to bring Coryn
into a perfect position for the sprint.
Its a fantastic win for her and the team
in her home state.
in Monza, Italy early this month.
Kipchoge set a world-leading time
of 2hr 00min 25sec but it was not rec-
ATHLETICS
ognised as a world record considering
the circumstances the race was held
under.
rowing to virtually nothing, the contest
turned into a hot sprint race to the goal.
Eventually, despite stiff competition
from No. 6 LEXUS LC 500 WAKOS
4CR in the final stages, the No. 37
LEXUS LC 500 KeePer TOMS
now with Hirakawa at the wheel
was able to maintain its lead until the
checkered flag and secure the win.
Takayuki Yoshitsugu, Chief
Representative, Middle East and North
Africa Representative Office, Toyota
Motor Corporation, said, We are
immensely proud that the team was not
Governor of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Ahmad Abdullatif Al-Rujeib with the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Equestrian Club
Chairman and members.
Equestrian Club expresses appreciation to Al-Rujeib
Governor of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Ret Lieutenant
General Ahmad Abdullatif Al-Rujeib held a meeting
with the Chairman of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Equestrian
Club Lawyer Raed Al-Waheeb, and some members of
the club Alam Al-Kandari, Bader Al-Naseeb, Khaled
Al-Armali and Nasser Al-Shamali.
Rising Pune demolish Kings XI
Supergiant march into IPL playoffs
PUNE, India, May 14, (AP): Rising
Pune Supergiant demolished Kings XI
Punjab by nine wickets and stormed
into the Indian Premier League play-
offs on Sunday.
In a must-win game for both teams
to qualify for the playoffs, Kings XI
were bundled out for 73 in 15.5 overs
their lowest total in the IPL.
Supergiant finished off the game in 12
overs when it reached 78-1 as Ajinkya
Rahana (34 not out) smashed a six off
captain Glenn Maxwells off-spin.
Supergiant ended up second in the
points table with 18 and will take on
first-placed Mumbai Indians in the
first playoff on Tuesday.
The loser of this game will have one
CRICKET
more chance to qualify for the final by
taking on the winner of the eliminator
between defending champions
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata
Knight Riders, who finished third and
fourth respectively.
Was fortunate to win the toss, the
ball was stopping, Supergiant captain
Steve Smith said. Really good to finish
second and have bites at the cherry.
Nothing went right for Kings XI
after they lost the all-important toss
and were asked to bat on a wicket
which had plenty of moisture.
Seamers Shardul Thakur (3-19) and
Jaydev Unadkat (2-12) destroyed the
top order and Kings XI limped to 32-5
inside the first six overs of batting
powerplay.
Martin Guptill (0) was caught off
Thakurs first ball of the match at short
cover, Shaun Marsh (10) holed out to
Steve Smith while Eoin Morgan (4)
was run out by Unadkats smart direct
throw. Unadkat plucked a spectacular
diving catch at short fine leg to dismiss
Rahul Tewatia (4) and Maxwell (0)
flicked the ball to the safe hands of
Rahane at deep square leg.
Wanjiru, 24, will be returning to the
British city where he recorded his
greatest marathon victory, beating the
legendary Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele
on April 23.
Former World record holder and
2012 London Olympic bronze medal-
list Wilson Kipsang completes the top-
three list, with the 2017 Boston mara-
thon winner Geoffrey Kirui and
Gideon Kipketer as reserves.
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
only able to make a clean sweep of the
podium positions, but claim the first six
positions in the race. The final laps in
particular were marked by constant
excitement, with the LC 500 cars com-
peting hard against each other for the top
spots. The result marks a memorable
debut for the LC 500 at the AUTOBACS
SUPER GT series, and the insights
gained on the racetracks will serve as a
valuable learning experience that will
help us create ever-better cars.
Yoshitsugu added: I would like to
extend my congratulations to the rac-
The objective of the meeting was to express appre-
ciation and gratitude to the governor for the care he
shows towards members of the administration council
of the club.
They also discussed several issues related to the
club.
Rising Pune Supergiant cricketer
Rahul Tripathi plays a shot during
the 2017 Indian Premier League
(IPL) Twenty20 cricket match
between Rising Pune Supergiant
and Kings XI Punjab at The
Maharashtra Cricket Association
Stadium in Pune on May 14. (AFP)
Stipe Miocic celebrates his knock-
out win against Junior Dos Santos
in their heavyweight title bout dur-
ing UFC 211 at American Airlines
Center on May 13 in Dallas, Texas.
(AFP)
The selectors also named Keitany,
the three-time London marathon wom-
ens champion, in the team after she
was ignored for the Rio Olympics last
August. Keitany will be partnered by
two-time world champion Edna
Kiplagat and former world half mara-
thon record holder, Florence Kiplagat.
Reigning Paris marathon champion
Purity Rionoripo and Agnes Barsosio
are the reserves.
40
ers and support staff for their outstand-
ing efforts and the terrific performance
of our cars. Moreover, the support of
fans has been one of the driving fac-
tors behind our success in motorsports,
and I would like to thank each one of
them for inspiring us to keep perform-
ing better.
Race Notes:
No. 37 LEXUS LC 500 KeePer
TOMS (Ryo Hirakawa and Nick
Cassidy)
Race: 1st, 81 laps
Best Lap: 120.291
No. 6 LEXUS LC 500 WAKOS
4CR (Kazuya Oshima and Andrea
Caldarelli)
Race: 2nd, 81 laps
Best Lap: 119.784
No. 1 LEXUS LC 500 DENSO
KOBELCO SARD (Heikki Kovalainen
and Kohei Hirate)
Race: 3rd, 81 laps
Best Lap: 120.608
No. 38 LEXUS LC 500 ZENT
Cerumo (Yuji Tachikawa and Hiroaki
Ishiura)
Race: 4th, 81 laps
Best Lap: 120.222
No. 36 LEXUS LC 500 au TOMS
(Kazuki Nakajima and James Rossiter)
Race: 5th, 81 laps
Best Lap: 120.455
No. 19 LEXUS LC 500 WedsSport
ADVAN (Yuhi Sekiguchi and Yuji
Kunimoto)
Race: 6th, 81 laps
Best Lap: 120.601
Dos Santos TKO
Miocic retains UFC
heavyweight crown
DALLAS, May 14, (AP): A piece of
history and a measure of revenge both
came swiftly for Stipe Miocic.
Miocic beat Junior Dos Santos with
a technical knockout at 2:22 in the first
round to defend his heavyweight title
at UFC 211 on Saturday night.
In the co-main event, Joanna
Jedrzejczyk of Poland scored a unani-
mous, five-round decision over third-
ranked Jessica Andrade to defend her
womens strawweight championship.
Since the heavyweight division was
formed in 1997, only Miocic, Randy
Couture, Tim Sylvia, Cain Velasquez
and Brock Lesnar have won two title
defenses. Miocic avenged a loss to
Dos Santos in December 2014 in
MMA
Phoenix, which was a five-round bout
that left both fighters bloodied.
Miocic (17-2) stunned Dos Santos
midway through the round with a
series of punches ending with a hard
right to Dos Santos left cheek as the
challenger was backing away. That
pushed him into the cage before he fell
to the mat. Miocic then straddled Dos
Santos and fired away with a series of
lefts that ended the fight.
The fourth-ranked Dos Santos (18-
5), whod hurt Miocic with multiple
kicks, called the loss terrible.
Saturdays victory was Miocics
fifth straight since the loss to Dos
Santos. As for whos next, the affable
champ said, Right now, its my kitch-
en. The kitchen when I get home.
Thats all Im worried about.
The 34-year-old claimed his crown
with a first-round knockout of Fabricio
Werdum in May 2016 in Brazil. He
defended against Alistair Overeem last
September at home in Cleveland
with a first-round knockout.
Will Miocic become the first UFC
heavyweight to defend his title three
times?
Dos Santos is 3-4 since his champi-
onship loss in a rematch with
Velasquez in December 2012. The
Brazilian returned to the octagon on
Saturday following a 13-month
absence that began with surgery on his
right shoulder.

SPORTS
Hamilton wins thrilling Spanish Grand Prix title
MONTMEL, Spain, May 14, (AFP):
Lewis Hamilton roared back into se-
rious contention for a fourth drivers
world title on Sunday when he drove
to a well-judged victory for Mercedes
in a dramatic Spanish Grand Prix.
The three-time champion recovered
after losing the lead from his 64th pole
position to make the most of key stra-
tegic decisions and win with power
and precision ahead of championship
leader Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari and
Australias Daniel Ricciardo, who was
third.
Hamilton nished the 66-lap con-
test 3.5 seconds ahead of the four-time
champion German, having blasted past
him to regain the lead after 44 laps.
It was his second win in ve races
this year and the 55th of his career and
it brought him within six points of Vet-
tel in the title race. The German now
MOTOR RACING
has 104 points and Hamilton has 98.
After being edged into second place
during a contest that delighted the
crowd in Catalonia, Vettel said: I
was pushing. I had a really good start.
Lewis and myself picked up wheel-
spin straight away. I pulled the clutch
Mercedes British driver Lewis
Hamilton celebrates on the podium
after the Spanish Formula One
Grand Prix on May 14, at the Circuit
de Catalunya in Montmelo on the
outskirts of Barcelona. (AFP)
Keselowski takes second
Truex finally wins at Kansas
Speedway after late restart
KANSAS CITY, Kansas, May 14, (AP):
Martin Truex Jr nally ended his string
of rotten luck at Kansas Speedway.
Danica Patrick was left to rue more
bad luck of her own.
Truex pulled away from Ryan Blaney
and Kevin Harvick on a late restart Sat-
urday night, winning the NASCAR Cup
Series race that he seemed to dominate
every year without reaching victory lane.
Theyre all so special, honestly.
These races are so hard to win, said
Truex, who had a uke tire change prob-
lem rob him of the win after leading 172
laps last year. Any of those restarts I
could have gotten beat on. You never
know whats going to happen.
Brad Keselowski made a pass on
the nal lap to take second, followed
by Harvick and Blaney. Kyle Busch
rounded out the top ve after winning
the Truck Series race Friday night.
CAR RACING
We were really good all day and
just never had a chance to show it,
Keselowski said. Every time we had a
chance to pass cars and cycle up front,
something happened, which was a real
bummer. Toward the end we made
some runs and made the most of it.
The race was halted with 67 laps to
go when a broken brake rotor turned
Joey Loganos car into Patrick, sending
her hard into the fence in the rst turn.
Aric Almirola had nowhere to go and
slammed into Logano, the force of the
impact lifting his car into the air.
Logano and Patrick were treated and
released from the ineld care center,
while Almirola was airlifted to the Uni-
versity of Kansas Medical Center. He
was conscious and alert.
I hope Aric is OK. Hes denitely
feeling the worst of everybody, Patrick
said. NASCAR does everything it can
to make it safe for everybody but these
things happen. One of these times, these
accidents arent going to be good for
me. Theyre all big. Ive been fortunate
so far. When it comes to escaping ac-
cidents unharmed. But Patrick has had
very little fortune on the track, crashing
out of the last four races and failing to
nish ve times this season.
Just out of nowhere. Everything was
ne and then it took a hard one, Logano
said. I hate that Im the part of it that
started it. I dont know what I could have
done.
Afghan wounded warriors compete for spot in Invictus Games
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 14, (AP):
Wounded warriors from Afghanistans
National Security Forces competed Sat-
urday for a spot in the Invictus Games
to be held in Canada in September.
The NATO Resolute Support mis-
sion hosted a selection event for seven
openings on the Afghan forces wound-
ed warriors team that will compete
against soldiers and veterans from 17
countries in Toronto Sept 23-30. The
Invictus Games are an international
Paralympic-style multi-sport event cre-
ated by Britains Prince Harry. Afghan
soldiers and veterans are taking part for
F1 Standings
Driver and Constructor standings after
the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix
at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on
Sunday.
Drivers Points: 1. Sebastian Vettel
(Germany) Ferrari 104; 2. Lewis Ham-
ilton (Britain) Mercedes 98; 3. Valtteri
Bottas (Finland) Mercedes 63; 4. Kimi
Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 49; 5. Dan-
iel Ricciardo (Australia) Red Bull 37;
6. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red
Bull 35; 7. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force
India 34; 8. Esteban Ocon (France)
Force India 19; 9. Felipe Massa (Bra-
zil) Williams 18; 10. Carlos Sainz Jr
(Spain) Toro Rosso 15; 11. Nico Huel-
kenberg (Germany) Renault 14; 12.
Romain Grosjean (France) Haas 5; 13.
Pascal Wehrlein (Germany) Sauber 4;
14. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) Haas
4; 15. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso
4; 16. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Sau-
ber 0; 17. Lance Stroll (Canada) Wil-
liams 0; 18. Fernando Alonso (Spain)
McLaren 0; 19. Antonio Giovinazzi (It-
aly) Sauber 0; 20. Jolyon Palmer (Brit-
ain) Renault 0; 21. Stoffel Vandoorne
(Belgium) McLaren 0.
Constructors Points: 1. Mercedes
161; 2. Ferrari 153; 3. Red Bull TAG
Heuer 72; 4. Force India Mercedes
53; 5. Toro Rosso Renault 19; 6.
Williams-Mercedes 18; 7. Renault 14;
8. Haas Ferrari 9; 9. Sauber Fer-
rari 6; 10. MacLaren 0.
in and could gain on him.
Hamilton owed his recovery to key
decisions including switching to a set
of medium tyres at his rst stop, when
Vettel remained on softs, and a self-
less contribution from his team-mate
Valtteri Bottas, to win with power and
precision.
Bottas, who claimed his maiden F1
victory in Russia last month, retired
when his engine failed while he was
running third.
Ricciardo, in a Red Bull, was more
than a minute adrift of the leaders,
ahead of Mexican Sergio Perez and
his Force India team-mate Frenchman
Esteban Ocon.
German Nico Hulkenberg came
home sixth for Renault, ahead of com-
patriot Pascal Wehrlein of Sauber,
who lost his place due to a time penalty
for a pit-lane mistake during the race.
Spaniard Carlos Sainz was eighth on
the road, but classied seventh, ahead
of Russian Daniil Kvyat who did a su-
perb job for Toro Rosso after starting
at the back of the grid, and Frenchman
Romain Grosjean of Haas.
Martin Truex Jr, driver of the #78
Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, cel-
ebrates in Victory Lane after winning
the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup
Series Go Bowling 400 at Kansas
Speedway on May 13, in Kansas
City, Kansas. (AFP)
Power captures
Indy GPrix title
CHICAGO, May 14, (AFP): Austral-
ias Will Power captured his 30th ca-
reer IndyCar victory on Saturday, win-
ning the Grand Prix of Indianapolis by
5.2 seconds over New Zealands Scott
Dixon for his rst 2017 triumph.
Pole-sitter Power led 61 of the 85 laps
over the 14-turn, 2.439-mile (3.925km)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway road
course in the nal tuneup for the Indi-
anapolis 500, the series namesake oval
classic on May 28.
Power, who also won the Indy road
race in 2015, struggled with equipment
failures before a runner-up effort at
Phoenix two weeks ago.
American Ryan Hunter-Reay was
third with Frances Simon Pagenaud
fourth and Brazils Helio Castroneves
fth in a race with no caution ags.
Castroneves passed Power for the lead
after the rst series of pit stops but Power
retook the lead on lap 46 during the sec-
ond refuelings and kept the edge after the
last set of stops with 20 laps remaining,
taking his 27th Indycar road course tri-
umph.
the rst time.
At the events opening, US Gen John
W. Nicholson, NATO commander in
Afghanistan, said the games in Toronto
will be the largest Invictus Games ever,
with more than 550 competitors from
17 nations, with 13 of the 17 nations
having sent soldiers to Afghanistan at
some point.
This isnt just about the warriors
who will be competing, it is about the
support and the celebration of a warri-
ors spirit, he said. It is a recognition
of the sacrices that you and the other
competitors have made.
Vettel finishes 2nd as Ricciardo 3rd
Futsal tournament to start on sixth day of Ramadan
Board Chairman of Jabriya Cooperative Society Hussein Mahmoud Dashti.
Ryans overtime goal lifts
Sens past Pens in opener
PITTSBURGH, May 14,
(AP): Bobby Ryan beat
Marc-Andre Fleury on a
breakaway 4:59 into over-
time to give the Ottawa
Senators a 2-1 victory over
the Pittsburgh Penguins on
Saturday in Game 1 of the
Eastern Conference Finals.
Ryan took control near center ice
and raced by Pittsburgh defenseman
Olli Maatta before ipping a back-
hander past Fleury to give the upstart
Senators early control of the series.
I knew at some point those pucks Id
been chasing all year long, they were go-
ing to come, Ryan said after picking up
his fth goal of the playoffs. You just
want to redeem yourself. You let your
teammates down (during the regular sea-
son). Now Im getting to redeem myself
a little bit. Thats all Im trying to do.
Game 2 is Monday night in Pitts-
burgh.
Ryan assisted on Jean-Gabriel
Pageaus rst-period goal. Craig Ander-
son made 27 saves.
Evgeni Malkins goal late in the third
period forced the extra period, but the
defending Stanley Cup champions strug-
gled to generate any consistent pressure.
Fleury made 33 stops, but let Ryan deke
him out of position as the Penguins fell
behind in a series for the rst time in the
playoffs.
Pittsburgh only had 72 hours to re-
charge following a draining seven-game
series against Washington. While the
Penguins insisted they would have no
problem turning the page with a spot in
the Stanley Cup Finals on the line, there
ICE HOCKEY
was a dip in intensity both on the ice and
in the stands.
For long stretches, it felt like the game
could have been played in mid-Decem-
ber instead of mid-May, which was just
ne by Ottawa. The Senators stressed
they werent simply just happy to reach
the NHLs nal four for the rst time in
a decade. While Ottawa hardly seemed
overcome by the stage, the neutral zone
trap coach Guy Boucher installed upon
his hiring last spring didnt exactly cause
the Penguins problems.
Instead, Pittsburghs issues came after
it gained the offensive zone. The team
that led the NHL in scoring during the
regular season and ousted the rst and
fourth overall teams during the rst two
rounds of the playoffs despite being out-
shot every game looked tentative, often
passing up open looks in search of better
ones that never materialized. Only the
fourth line led by 40-year-old Matt Cul-
len and not the top two led by Malkin
and Sidney Crosby seemed intent on
getting to the Ottawa net.
Were looking for that next play in-
stead of putting pucks at the net, Pitts-
burgh coach Mike Sullivan said.
The Penguins had plenty of chances
to take control but produced nothing out
of four rst-period power plays, includ-
ing 45 seconds of a 5-on-3 that went
nowhere. Ron Hainsey hit the crossbar
early and Patric Hornqvist dinged the
left post but thats as close as Pittsburgh
would get to slipping one by Anderson.
About 40 athletes participated in Ka-
bul but only seven athletes and several
alternates will be chosen for the team
that competes in Toronto in events in-
cluding indoor rowing, seated volley-
ball and power lifting.
In Canada, alongside other wound-
ed warriors from other countries who
have lost their limbs in Afghanistan
ghting against al-Qaeda and terror-
ism to establish democracy and defend
from human rights, we will also fulll
the presence of Afghan wounded war-
riors, said Ahmad Shah, 50, a former
Afghan national security forces mem-
Anderson makes 27 saves
Matt Cullen #7 of the Pittsburgh Penguins takes a shot on Craig Anderson #41 of the Ottawa Senators during the
first period in Game One of the Eastern Conference Final during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at PPG
PAINTS Arena on May 13, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (AFP)
US extend winning run at worlds
COLOGNE, Germany, May 14,
(Agencies): The United States
defeated Slovakia 6-1 Sunday to
stretch its winning run at the ice
hockey world championship to
ve games ahead of its Group A
showdown with Russia.
Johnny Gaudreau nished with
two goals to take his tournament
tally to six, and an assist, while
Jimmy Howard made 19 saves
for the Americans.
Clayton Keller, the youngest
player at the tournament, opened
the scoring, assisted by Anders
Lee. It was the 18-year-old Kel-
lers fth goal of the champion-
ship.
Gaudreau followed suit early
in the second period, set up by
Kevin Hayes on his rst start
before Martin Gernat pulled one
Michal Cajkovsky vie during the
back. Hayes and Brady Skjei had
just joined Jeff Blashills roster
following the New York Rang-
ers elimination from the NHL
playoffs.
Two quick-re goals from
Christian Dvorak, assisted by
Gaudreau, and Jacob Trouba put
the US in a comfortable position.
ber who lost both hands in a roadside
bomb during ghting a few year ago
in eastern Kunar province. We want
to show that Afghan wounded warriors
can also participate in such events.
Shah was completing in the indoor
rowing event.
The Invictus Games include a dozen
adaptive sports, including archery, cy-
cling, golf, swimming and wheelchair
basketball.
The Games are being funded by the
Canadian government, the Province of
Ontario and the City of Toronto, as well
as corporate partners.
ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Board
Chairman of Jabriya Cooperative
Society Hussein Mahmoud Dashti
announced the start of registration
for the 11th Jabriya Martyrs Rama-
dan Futsal Tournament as well as
a volleyball tournament which is
being held for the rst time by the
cooperative society.
He declared this during a press
conference held at the cooperative
societys headquarters.
Dashti afrmed that the registra-
tion is being done based on the con-
cept of First Come, First Serve,
stressing that the registration will
close immediately after the number
of registered teams reaches 32.
Regarding the volleyball tourna-
ment, Dashti explained that the co-
operative society will organize the
volleyball tournament for the rst
Russia meet Latvia
Gaudreau grabbed his second
of the game to start the third
period Hayes again with the
assist before Lee scored on a
power play.
US Brock Nelson and Slovakias
IIHF Ice Hockey World
Championships first round match
between Slovakia and USA in
Cologne, western Germany on May
14. (AFP)
A wounded member of
Afghanistans National Security
Forces takes part in trials for
Invictus Games at the Resolute ing Italy 4-1 with the ticket to the
Support Headquarter, in Kabul,
Afghanistan, on May 13. (AP)
41
time in response to the public de-
mand. The tournament will be held
from the second day of the month
of Ramadan until the fth day in the
Hall of Fahad Al-Duweiri School.
The Futsal tournament is due
to start on the sixth day of Rama-
dan and end on the 14th day. The
matches will be played at Muham-
mad Ismail Al-Ghanim School hall.
The tournament will be based on
knockout system, whereby there
will be four groups, and each team
will consist of seven players, three
of who should be residents of Jabri-
ya area.
The volleyball tournament will
also be based on the knockout sys-
tem, whereby each team will have
eight players, two of who should be
residents of Jabriya area.
The US is top of Group A, a
point ahead of Russia. The two
teams meet Tuesday in Cologne.
The Russians rst face Latvia on
Monday, when the US is not in
action.
Earlier, Switzerland stunned
two-time defending champions
Canada with a 3-2 win after extra
time in their Group B clash at the
world ice hockey championships
on Saturday.
It was the rst defeat for the
Canadians who remain top of
Group B with 13 points after ve
games two points ahead of the
second-placed Swiss and still
on course for the quarter-nals.
The champions had gotten
off to a ying start in Paris with
Ryan OReilly and Mitch Marner
scoring in the rst period.
ICE HOCKEY
But the Swiss cheered on by
thousands of vocal home fans at
a packed Paris-Bercy Arena
piled on the pressure and it paid
off with Fabrice Herzog and Vin-
cent Praplan scoring late to send
the game into extra time. Herzog
scored the winning goal.
Russia now remain the only
unbeaten team after claiming a
fth victory with a 6-0 win over
Slovakia in Group A.
Russia have the best attack in
the championships with 27 goals.
Evgeny Dadonov was man of
the match on Saturday with two
goals and an assist.
In Cologne, Germany kept
their chances of qualication
alive in Group A by overpower-
nal phase set to be played on
Tuesday against Latvia.
 ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017

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We want to finish series strong in London

South Africa beat Scots to clinch title

PARIS, May 14, (AFP): South Africa
were crowned winners of this seasons
World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday,
beating Scotland 15-5 in the final of the
penultimate leg in Paris.
The Blitzboks arrived in the French
RUGBY
capital 25 points ahead of closest rivals
Fiji in the standings on the back of four
tournament wins and seven consecu-
tive finals.
With 22 points on offer for a tourna-
ment victory and just one round
remaining, in London on May 20-21,
South Africa clinched the title after
third-placed England lost 19-17 to
Scotland before comfortably seeing off
New Zealand 26-5 in their own semifi-
nal.
South Africa coach Neil Powell said
the series win was one three years in
the making.
We are extremely grateful and
blessed, the team worked for this for
three seasons, said Powell, who
became the first person to win the
World Rugby Sevens Series as a player
and as a coach, having played in the
title-winning Bok team in 2008/09.
Last year we came close, but this
time we managed to do it. I have to
give the guys credit, they are an incred-
ible group that never feared hard work
and they deserve this.
Powell added: We are not finished
though, we want to finish the series
strong next week in London and keep
chasing that perfect game. We have
high standards and keep pushing to
improve as a squad.
Scotlands run of form saw them
snap a 13-match losing run to stun
Olympic champions Fiji 24-0 in the
quarter-finals, having also edged South
Africa in pool play on Saturday.
But the Blitzboks had their revenge
at a packed Jean Bouin stadium in
western Paris, dominating a Scottish
side that had gelled well but looked
tired.
South Africa dominated the opening
minutes, and it didnt take long for
them to work the ball into some space
wide on the right.
A long pass from skipper Philip
Snyman and Werner Kok danced away
from the defence for the opening try.
The Scots struggled to get out of their
own half, the Blitzboks hard-nosed
defence keeping them pegged back.
Jamie Farndale had the first real
break for Scotland, but he didnt back
himself against the covering Branco
Du Preez. With no support to hand, the
defence quickly turned over possession
and Cecil Afrika linked up with Chris
Dry to spin the ball wide for Dylan
Sage to cross in the corner for a 10-0
lead at half-time.
Scotland were not done, however,
James Fleming breaking and linking
with Glenn Bryce, whose offload back
inside found Scott Wight, who went
over the whitewash to reduce the lead.
But the Boks hit back, replacement
Rosko Specman brilliantly evading a
tackle to race away down the touchline.
He was brought down by George
Horne as he grubbered ahead, but
Snyman was on hand to touch down
the ball for South Africas third try to
seal a comfortable victory.
New Zealand won the bronze medal
match, tries from Sam Dickson and
Sherwin Stowers cancelling out an
early Will Edwards five-pointer for
England in the 12-5 victory.
United States, for whom speedster
Perry Baker had been outstanding over
the two days of competition, claimed
fifth spot with a 24-19 victory over last
seasons winners in Paris, Samoa.

Sporting stop Orlando

Toronto FC push winning streak to six

TORONTO, May 14, (AP): Tosa-
int Ricketts scored his third goal in a
week to lift MLS-leading Toronto FC
to a 3-2 victory over Minnesota United
and push the MLS leaders club-record
winning streak to six games.
Also Saturday, Sporting Kansas
City earned 2-2 draw at Orlando to be-
come the rst team to deny the Florida-
club a victory at its new stadium and
Nemanja Nikolic scored a brace in the
Chicago Fires 4-1 rout of the Seattle
Sounders.
At Toronto, Giovinco scored from
the penalty spot in the 20th minute
for his sixth of the season to give the
hosts the lead, before leaving the eld
through injury just before half-time to
be replaced by Jozy Altidore.
Kevin Molino scored twice for ex-
pansion Minnesota. He tied it in the
52nd minute only to see Toronto pull
back into the lead on Christian Ram- Orlando Citys Cristian Higuita (7) tries to get position on Sporting Kansas
irezs own goal two minutes later. Citys Graham Zusi (left), during the rst half of an MLS soccer match on
Molino tied it again in the 62nd minute, May 13, in Orlando, Fla. (AP)
South Africa team players celebrate on the podium during the trophy ceremony after winning the Rugby 7 tapping in a rebound after Alex Bono
Paris tournament nal rugby match between South Africa and Scotland at the Jean Bouin Stadium in Paris on saved his penalty.
May 14. (AFP) Altidore set up the winning goal
with a run down the left ank, beating Paris 2024 bid is ready right now
PARIS, May 14, (AP): Paris bid Hamburg, Germany, and Buda-
Urawa pull ahead of Kashima leaders want to capitalize on the pest, Hungary, all pulled out.
SOCCER sense of optimism surrounding The IOC has four vice presi-
new President Emmanuel Ma- dents looking into the prospect

Zhang keeps Evergrande on top several defenders before sending in the

BEIJING, May 14, (Agencies): China international
Zhang Linpeng scored the only goal of the game as
six-times champions Guangzhou Evergrande main-
tained their lead at the top of the Chinese Super League
on Sunday with a 1-0 win over Changchun Yatai.
Luiz Felipe Scolaris team took all three points
after Zhangs rising drive from outside the area ar-
rowed into the top corner in the 61st minute before
Changchuns Odion Ighalo hit the post with 12 min-
utes remaining.
We expected difculties in this away game because
we have never won easily here and today it was the
same, the match was really tight, said Scolari.
Today we were better at creating
and converting chances and thats
why we won.
Victory means Evergrande main-
tain their two-point lead at the top
of the standings over Shanghai
SIPG, who beat Tianjin Teda 1-0
on Sunday thanks to a solitary goal
by Fu Huan.
Shandong Luneng, however,
slipped up as Felix Magaths side
Zhang
surrendered a one-goal lead to al-
low Jiangsu Suning to pick up their rst win of the
season.
Jiangsu, who nished second in the league last sea-
son and were also runners up in the Chinese FA Cup,
have struggled so far this year but moved up to 14th in
the 16-team league with a 2-1 victory that came cour-
tesy of Alex Teixeiras stoppage time winner.
Guangzhou R&F are third despite being held to a
1-1 draw by Hebei CFFC. Eran Zahavi cancelled out
Ezequiel Lavezzis late goal for Manuel Pellegrinis
Hebei side and the result leaves Dragan Stojkovics
team ve points off the summit.
This game was very difcult, very hard, competi-
tive and also very demanding, said Stojkovic. Our
opponent is a super team.
We can say that the teams performance was very
good and we got a draw, which is a very good result.
We had to ght very hard from the beginning, and after
going 0-1 behind to be able to draw the game is good.
Guizhou Zhicheng beat Tianjin Quanjian 2-1 in Gre-
gorio Manzanos rst game in charge as Fabio Can-
navaros side went a fth league game without a win
to drop to 10th while Beijing Guoans Burak Yilmaz
scored a brace in their 2-1 victory over Yanbian Fude.
Shanghai Shenhua, still without the injured Carlos
Tevez, were held to a 0-0 draw by Henan Jianye and
Liaoning Whowin picked up a 2-1 win over Chong-
qing Lifan.
SOCCER
In Tokyo, Shinzo Koroki scored his league-leading
eighth goal of the season on Sunday as Urawa Reds
thrashed Albirex Niigata 6-1 to overtake Kashima Ant-
lers in the J-League standings.
Musashi Suzuki opened the scoring for the hosts just
two minutes in but the lead didnt last long as Yuki
Muto equalized in the sixth minute and Koroki gave
Urawa the lead for good on 20 minutes.
Tomoaki Makino and Takahiro Sekine added goals
and an own goal by Albirexs Romero Frank ensured
the visitors of a comfortbale 5-1 lead at the break.
Wataru Endo completed the rout two minutes into
the second half as Urawa improved to 22 points, one
ahead of Kashima Antlers which lost 2-1 to Vissel
Kobe.
In other matches, Cerezo Osaka beat Sanfrecce Hi-
roshima 5-2 while Kawasaki Frontale defeated Jubilo
Iwata 2-1.
cross that found Ricketts head, for his
third goal in two games after scoring a
brace in Torontos 2-1 comeback vic-
tory at Columbus on Wednesday.
Toronto moved to 25 points and
maintained its six-point lead atop of
the Eastern Conference standings.
Minnesota has 11 points and is seventh
in the West.
Latif Blessing scored his rst two
MLS goals and Sporting Kansas City
drew 2-2 at Orlando City, ending the
Florida clubs ve-game winning
streak at its new stadium.
Blessing, who had played only 36
minutes this season, scored in the ninth
minute for Kansas City, cleaning up a
loose ball, and equalized in the 74th on
a rebound off goalie Joe Bendik.
Orlando tied it in the 16th when Car-
los Rivas curled a left-footed pass from
outside the box into Cyle Larin, who
volleyed home for his seventh goal this
season. Kaka gave Orlando the lead in
the 26th with his third goal, scoring off
a deep cross from Scott Sutter.
Both teams have 19 points, with Or-
lando having played a game more.
At Chicago, Nikolic converted from
the spot in the 25th minute to open the
scoring but, moments later, Seattles
Clint Dempsey blasted a left footer
from outside the box into the top-
right corner of the net to equalize.
David Accams goal in the 60th
minute restored Chicagos lead. Bastian
Schweinsteiger tapped it to Michael
de Leeuw, on the right side of the box,
whose cross was trapped by Accam just
outside the 6-yard box and red into the
back of the net to make it 2-1.
Luis Solignac added a goal in the
73rd and Nikolic scored his second
and a joint MLS-leading eighth goal of
cron to beat Los Angeles and
secure the Olympic Games in
2024 not 2028.
With the IOC currently as-
sessing a proposal to award
the next two Olympics one
to each city Paris ofcials in- moment, Paris mayor Anne Hi-
sist the French capital city is the
right choice for 2024.
The 39-year-old Macron,
Frances youngest-ever presi-
dent, ofcially took ofce on
Sunday as the IOC evaluation
commission started a three-day
visit to Paris.
Our team has a new member, meet with the U.S. bid leaders
the new President of France,
Emmanuel Macron, bid leader
Tony Estanguet said on Sunday.
Hes been a fantastic supporter
of our bid from the beginning. He
will be with us all the way to Lima
and hopefully beyond.
Los Angeles and Paris are the
only two bidders left for the 2024
Games, which will be awarded in
September at a meeting of Olym-
pic leaders in Peru. The race
began with ve cities, but Rome,
the season in the 76th minute to com-
plete the victory.
Chicago has 15 points and is sixth in
the East, while Seattle (11 points) has
just one win in their last seven.
Elsewhere, Justin Meram scored his
third goal of the game in added time to
earn Columbus a 3-2 win at Montreal
and spoiled marquee signing Blerim
Dzemailis debut.
Substitute Niko Hansen set up
Meram for an easy goal on a counter-
attack to complete the hat trick with
his seventh goal of the season. Meram
scored twice in the rst half to set up
a two-goal lead, before Ignacio Piatti
and substitute Anthony Jackson-Hamel
of awarding the 2024 and 2028
Games at the same time in Sep-
tember. We have one goal dur-
ing these few days: to convince
you that Paris is the right city,
with the right vision, at the right
dalgo said. The right city with
world-class venues and accom-
modation, and the best public
transport in the world, ready
right now.
International Olympic Com-
mittee members were in Los
Angeles earlier this week to
and inspect their planned ven-
ues. While Los Angeles Mayor
Eric Garcetti appeared at least
willing to consider hosting the
2028 Olympics if the city isnt
awarded its rst choice of 2024,
Hidalgo said Paris is set for the
earlier edition.
With nancial and political
stability and support, we are
ready right now, Hidalgo said.
At the right moment, as the no
risk option.
brought Montreal level.
Haris Medunjanins opened the
scoring on a 25-yard blast and the Phil-
adelphia Union added three more in a
4-0 victory over D.C. United, while
Shkelzen Gashi scored his rst two
goals of the season and the Colorado
Rapids ended a seven-game winless
streak with a 3-0 victory over the San
Jose Earthquakes.
Scott Caldwell scored in the opening
minutes and the New England Revolu-
tion used a rst-half blitz to rout Real
Salt Lake 4-0.
Kei Kamara, Diego Fagundez and
Lee Nguyen also scored as Revolution
won its rst in six games.
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SPORTS 43

Liverpool control destiny for top four

Hull relegated
LONDON, May 14, (AFP):
Philippe Coutinho red
Liverpool within touching
distance of the Champions
League as the Brazilians
masterclass inspired a 4-0
demolition of West Ham on
Sunday.
Jurgen Klopps side took the
lead when Coutinhos sublime
pass was converted by Daniel Stur-
ridge in the rst half at the London
Stadium.
Coutinho stole the spotlight again
in the second half
with a superb
solo strike and a
cool nish to put
Liverpool three
goals ahead be-
fore Divock Ori-
gi netted to cap
the Reds swag-
gering display.
Liverpool
Coutinho moved back one
point above Manchester City into
third place in the Premier League.
Although City and fth placed Arse-
nal both have a game in hand, Klopps
men will be guaranteed a Champions
League berth if they beat relegated
Middlesbrough at Aneld next Sun-
day.
In the unlikely event Arsenal lose
at home to relegated Sunderland on
Tuesday then Liverpool will clinch a
top four spot without playing.
West Ham ended Tottenhams title
dreams in their previous match, but
Coutinho ensured they never came
close to derailing Liverpool.
Al-Tadhamon U-19 players celebrate with the Championship trophy.
SOCCER
Al-Tadhamon Under-19 complete double
It might have been different if West
Ham had capitalised on two early chanc- Al-Tadhamon Under-19 football Prior to this game, the team had Al-Tadhamon, while they reached a ter they won the double silverware players for adhering to the instruc-
es. team overwhelmingly won the well- won the local league by topping 2-2 draw in the second game. this season. tions of the technical crew and the
Sam Byram red inches past the post deserved double trophies in the the league table ahead of Al-Ara- Chairman of the Games Com- He afrmed that the cash prize administration, and praised them
before Edimilson Fernandes forced Liv- current season when they beat Al- bi team. Both teams tied with 61 mittee at Al-Tadhamon Club Talal was aimed at appreciating the play- for being punctual during the daily
erpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet into Nasser Under-19 football team by points each, after which they met Al-Mershad disclosed that the man- ers for their concerted efforts dur- training sessions, which was the
a smart save. 2-1 during the nal game at the sta- in two-legged games. The rst of agement of the club has paid KD ing the two championships. main factor behind such a rare ac-
Sandwiched in between was Liver- dium of Kazma Sports Club. the two legs ended 2-0 in favor of 50,000 to the under-19 players af- Al-Mershad commended the complishment.
pools rst chance of the afternoon after
11 minutes. West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has Can freed Georginio Wijnaldum and Hull City crashed out of the Premier Palace had needed a point to stay up Zaha gleefully pounced on the loose ball
Coutinhos corner was met by Joel made no secret that Sturridge is on his Adrian again came to the home sides League on Sunday as Crystal Palace and their dominant display completed to slot home.
Matip whose header bounced down and transfer wish-list. rescue at his near post. secured their own survival with a 4-0 boss Sam Allardyces latest survival Hull were rocked by that self-inicted
off the crossbar as West Ham somehow For now, Sturridge was focused on The crossbar was still shaking from thrashing of their relegation rivals at Sel- mission after he rescued Sunderland last wound and James Tomkins almost dou-
scrambled the ball clear. sending Liverpool closer to the top-four Wijnaldums erce volley when Coutin- hurst Park. season. bled Palaces lead with a glancing head-
Liverpool began to nd some mo- but their lead should have evaporated ho gave Liverpool breathing space in the Marco Silvas side knew only a vic- Swansea Citys win at Sunderland on er from Jason Puncheons corner.
mentum and Sturridge freed Adam Lal- moments before half-time. 57th minute. tory would give them a realistic chance Saturday had left Hull with no margin With just one away league win all
lana, who shot straight at Adrian. Manuel Lanzinis corner found its Coutinho weaved his way through of staying up, but goals from Wilfried for error and Palaces desire to secure season, the odds were heavily stacked
The Hammers goalkeeper also had to way to Andre Ayew but the striker hit tired West Ham bodies before nally Zaha, Christian Benteke, Luka Milivo- their safety meant the stakes couldnt against Hull and Alfred NDiaye
be alert to keep out James Milners low the post from two-yards out before in- beating Adrian with a ne, low drive. jevic and Patrick van Aanholt consigned have been higher. couldnt nd a cure for their travel sick-
drive before watching Coutinhos long- credibly repeating the trick from the It was game over when Coutinho them to the drop. In the circumstances, the rst goal ness as he blazed well over.
range effort drift just over the top of his rebound. struck again ve minutes later on the Third-bottom Hull, winners just once would be crucial and Hull, who had won Hulls fate was sealed in the 34th
crossbar. That could have changed the course counter-attack. in their last six matches, return to the only once at Palace in 32 years, were get- minute when Benteke barged in front
Milner dragged his shot wide when of the match but instead, Liverpool took West Ham were angered that Matip Championship just 12 months after their ting a sinking feeling in south London of Harry Maguire to meet Puncheons
well placed but the breakthrough arrived full control. escaped with an elbow on Winston promotion via the play-offs. once again after Zaha punished a terrible corner with a close-range header that
via Sturridge in the 35th minute. Adrian foiled them on three occasions Reid but Liverpool broke and Coutinho They paid the price for a chaotic blunder to open the scoring in the third ashed past Eldin Jakupovic.
Coutinho split open the West Ham in quick succession. danced past Collins easily before netting. campaign marred by poor signings and minute. When Puncheon escaped without con-
defence with a majestic long pass and Origis low shot was pushed out be- There was still time for Origi to stab boardroom turmoil. When a Palace pass went astray, An- ceding a penalty after blocking Kamil
Sturridge strode through, rounded Adri- fore Lallanas drive was blocked by the home from close-range in the 76th The Tigers will join already relegated drea Ranocchia had the simple task of Grosickis free-kick with his hand, Silva
an and slotted home his rst goal since Spaniards feet. minute following Wijnaldums miscued Sunderland and Middlesbrough in the hoong clear, but instead the Hull de- and his players must have realised there
Jan 2. When West Ham failed to clear, Emre shot. second tier next season. fender completely missed his kick and would be no great escape.

Inter suffer 4th straight defeat

Napoli blast five past Torino

West Ham Uniteds Sam Byram (left), and Liverpools Philippe Coutinho battle for the ball during the English Pre-
mier League soccer match at London Stadium, on May 14. (AP)
Cairney rescues Fulham vs Reading
Huddersfield frustrated by Wednesday in play-off
LONDON, May 14, (AFP): Hudderseld were unable to
turn their dominance into a priceless goal as gritty Shef-
eld Wednesday held on for a 0-0 draw in the rst leg of the
Championship play-off seminals on Sunday.
David Wagners side controlled possession for long peri-
ods at the John Smiths Stadium, but couldnt nd a way past
Wednesday goalkeeper Keiren Westwood.
Hudderseld, who nished one place below Wednesday in
the second tier table, saw Izzy Brown hit the crossbar in the
rst half, while Nahki Wells twice tested Westwood.
Cautious Wednesday failed to muster a shot on target, but
the stalemate means they return to Hillsborough for the sec-
ond leg next week as favourites to reach the Wembley nal
for a second successive year.
Hudderseld almost landed an early goal when Wednes-
day defender Glenn Loovens failed to clear Wellss header
and the ball landed to Brown eight yards out, but his shot
skimmed the bar. That turned out to be the best moment for
either side in the rst half as Wednesdays resolute defend-
ing kept Hudderseld at bay.
Wells threatened after the interval when he turned his
marker and produced a chip that had Westwood back-ped-
dling before tipping over.
Hudderselds Tommy Smith red over before Wells had
another chance when a loose ball fell to him eight yards from
goal but Westwood was out quickly to deect it wide.
Wednesday were beaten by Hull in last years play-off -
nal and their bid to avenge that painful defeat remains on
track after they subdued Hudderseld in the closing stages.
Meanwhile, Tom Cairney kept Fulhams Premier League
promotion bid alive as his equaliser rescued a 1-1 draw
against 10-man Reading in the Championship play-off semi-
nal rst leg.
Slavisa Jokanovics side fell behind to Jordan Obitas
strike early in the second half at Craven Cottage.
But Cairney bagged a vital equaliser before Reading cap-
tain Paul McShane was sent off in the closing stages as Ful-
ham pressed in vain for a winner.
With honours even in west London, a place in the play-
off nal at Wembley remains up for grabs for both teams in
Tuesdays second leg at Readings Madejski Stadium.
Fulham nished the season in the sixth and nal play-off
place, but they were the divisions joint-highest scorers with
85 goals, including a 5-0 thrashing of Reading in December.
Royals boss Jaap Stam, mindful of that mauling, opted
for a ve-man defence as the former Manchester United star
tried to frustrate Fulhams potent attack.
The cautious approach worked well and, after keeping
Fulham at bay in the rst half, Reading took the lead eight
minutes after the interval.
SOCCER
Fulham felt Stefan Johansen was fouled in the build-up as
McShane ploughed through the mideld and fed Obita on
the left.
Obita wasnt closed down quickly enough by Ryan Fred-
ericks and drilled a low drive in off the far post.
There was an immediate response from Fulham and they
were level in the 65th minute.
Scott Malones cross was palmed out by Ali Al Habsi
straight to Cairney, who nodded into the empty net for his
13th goal of the season.
McShane was shown a red card for an awful challenge on
Kevin McDonald with 10 minutes left, but Fulham couldnt
nd a priceless second goal.
MILAN, May 14, (Agencies): Napoli
continued their free-scoring season
by thumping Torino 5-0 away in Se-
rie A on Sunday while hapless Inter
Milan lost again in front of disgrun-
tled fans at San Siro.
Inters 2-1 loss to Sassuolo was
their fourth defeat in a row and most
of their hardcore fans walked out in
protest in the 25th minute, leaving a
banner on the curva Nord saying they
had gone to lunch.
With two rounds of matches to
play after Sunday, Juve lead with 85
points, ve ahead of Napoli, with AS
Roma a further two points behind.
Juventus were away to Roma in the
evening game, needing one point to
wrap up their third successive title.
Jose Callejon gave Napoli a sev-
enth-minute lead at Torino, sending
an angled drive past Joe Hart and into
the far corner.
Lorenzo Insigne added a second
goal on the hour, then Mertens sur-
prised Hart at the near post to score
the third before Callejon slid in Faou-
zi Ghoulams cross for his second of
the match.
Piotr Zielinski put the nishing
touch as Napoli took their tally for
the season to 86 goals.
Inter, who sacked coach Stefano
Pioli on Tuesday, did no better under
caretaker Stefano Vecchi as Pietro
Iemmello scored either side of half-
time to put Sassuolo 2-0 ahead.
Eder pulled one back for Inter but
it did little to inspire his team or quell
the protests.
There were bizarre goals else-
where.
Chievo were left fuming when
goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino lost
his boot during a clash on the byline
but play was waved on and Fabio
Quagliarella scored into an empty net
to put Sampdoria ahead.
Roberto Inglese volleyed home
early in the second half to give the
Flying Donkeys a 1-1 draw.
Genoa lost 1-0 at relegated Paler-
mo when their goalkeeper Eugenio
Lamanna caught a harmless Andrea
Rispoli header under the crossbar but
stepped backwards into his goal and
took the ball over the line with him.
Genoas defeat left them with 33
points, only two ahead of Crotone
in the relegation zone with Empoli
sandwiched in between.
Crotone continued their bid for a
great escape by beating Udinese 1-0
Napolis Brazilian midelder Jorge
Luiz Jorginho (right), vies with To-
rinos Serbian forward Adem Ljajic
during the Italian Serie A foot-
ball match Torino vs Napoli at the
Olympic Stadium in Turin, on May
14. (AFP)
Inter Milans Mauro Icardi controls
the ball during the Serie A soccer
match between Inter Milan and
Sassuolo at the San Siro Stadium
in Milan, Italy, on May 14. (AP)
with a goal by Marcus Rohden while
Empoli lost 3-2 at Cagliari. Palermo
and Pescara are already down.
Lazio stumbled ahead of next
weeks Italian Cup nal showdown
against Juventus falling to a 3-2 Serie
A defeat at Fiorentina.
Second-half strikes from Khouma
Babacar and Nikola Kalinic, and a
Cristiano Lombardi own goal sealed
three points which kept Fiorentinas
Europa League hopes alive.
Keita Baldes 55th-minute opener
for Lazio, his seventh in four games,
had Fiorentina hanging their heads
in desperation and staring at a pos-
sible third defeat from their past ve
games.
But Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi
rested several key players ahead of
the Cup nal date with treble-chasing
Juventus, and Paulo Sousas hosts
capitalised to claim a precious win
that sent them up to seventh, one
point behind Europa League-chasing
AC Milan, who were held 1-1 away
to fth-placed Atalanta.
Gerard Deulofeu got the equaliser
for Milan three minutes from time
after prolic goal-scoring defender
Andrea Contis opener just before the
SOCCER
break -- his eighth of the season.
The result ensured Atalanta qualify
for next seasons Europa League after
a 26-year absence from continental
competition.
In Florence, Babacar spurned a
chance to level moments after Bal-
des strike when Lazio goalkeeper
Thomas Strakosha sent a clearance
straight to the Senegal striker but
made amends by tipping his curling
drive to safety.
But Strakosha was left stunned
when the big centre-forward pulled
Fiorentina level minutes later with a
header at the keepers near post.
Sousa, who according to reports
could be replaced by ousted Inter Mi-
lan coach Stefano Pioli, made a series
of substitutions that added impetus in
a busy nale.
Strakosha blocked a Matias Vecino
snapshot, and although Viola keeper
Ciprian Tatarusanu was happy to see
Gil Patrics deected effort come off
the upright, Fiorentina had the mo-
mentum.
Strakosha did well to parry a Cris-
tian Tello strike, but it came off Lazio
man Stefan Radu and became an assist
for Kalinic as the Croatian red the
hosts into a 2-1 lead on 73 minutes.
A curling drive from Kalinic had
Fiorentina 3-1 up minutes later when
it came off the far post and off the leg
of Lombardi.
Lazio were forced to nish with 10
men when Marco Parolo hobbled off
after Inzaghi had used all three sub-
stitutes.
But the visitors came ghting
back, Luis Alberto nding Alessan-
dro Murgia with a cross that saw his
looping header go over Tatarusanu
and into the far top corner.
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Spurs edge Man U in Lane farewell quickly reasserted control.

Kane the hero United goalkeeper David de Gea was
the busiest man in the stadium, parry-
ing a strike by Son Heung-Min, acro-
LONDON, May 14, (AFP): batically denying Dele Alli and saving
Homegrown hero Harry with his legs from Kane, who also
Kane scored Tottenham Hot- clipped the bar with a header.
Kane struck three minutes into the
spurs last goal at White Hart second half, innovatively volleying
Lane as they bade farewell to home Christian Eriksens free-kick
their home with a 2-1 victory from the left to take his goal tally for the
over Manchester United on league campaign to 22.
Rooney reduced the arrears in the
Sunday. 71st minute, prodding in Martials low
Kane, born up the road in Ching- cross and giving United their first goal
ford, added to Victor Wanyamas in an away game against another mem-
early header to secure a victory ber of the top six this season at the fifth
that conrmed Spurs will nish and final attempt.
in second place in the Premier As a steady rain began to fall, Alli
League and ended Uniteds hopes came close to restoring Spurs two-goal
of a top-four nish. cushion, but his curling effort was
Demolition headed off the line by Phil Jones.
work at the Standings
Lane, Spurs
P W D L GF GA Pts
home since x-Chelsea 36 28 3 5 76 29 87
1899, will start Spurs 36 24 8 4 73 24 80
on Monday, Liverpool 37 21 10 6 75 42 73
with Mauricio Man City 36 21 9 6 72 38 72
Arsenal 36 21 6 9 72 43 69
Po c h e t t i n os Man Utd 36 17 14 5 52 29 65
side playing at Everton 37 17 10 10 61 41 61
Wembley next West Brom 36 12 9 15 41 46 45
Southampton 36 12 9 15 41 47 45
season before Bournemouth 37 12 9 16 54 66 45
Kane moving into Leicester 36 12 7 17 46 56 43
their new West Ham 37 11 9 17 45 63 42
ground, which is being built on the Palace 37 12 5 20 50 61 41
Stoke 37 10 11 16 40 56 41
same site, in 2018. Burnley 37 11 7 19 38 53 40
The Lane has been graced by such Watford 36 11 7 18 37 59 40
Swansea 37 11 5 21 43 69 38
SOCCER Manchester Uniteds Dutch midelder Daley Blind (left), vies with Tottenham Hotspurs English defender Eric Dier during the English Premier League
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y-Middlesbrough
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7
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y-Sunderland 36 6 6 24 28 62 24
Spurs greats as Jimmy Greaves, Steve football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at White Hart lane in London, on May 14. (AFP)
Perryman and Glenn Hoddle and it An on-pitch ceremony featuring four for the third time in four seasons, Mourinho made eight changes to the United briefly threatened to draw Note 1: Top four qualify for
was fitting that Kane, emblem of their famous figures from the clubs past was Jose Mourinhos team must now beat team that had edged Celta Vigo in the level, Rooney heading over the bar from Champions League; teams finishing
exciting current side, should be their due to take place after the match. Ajax in the Europa League final in Europa League semifinals on Thursday, a Daley Blind corner and then playing fifth to seventh qualify for Europa
final goal-scorer there. Sixth-place United, who replied Stockholm on May 24 to procure a with 19-year-old defender Axel an outside-of-the-foot pass down the League; bottom three relegated to
It was Spurs 14th successive home through Wayne Rooney, fell to a second place in the Champions League. Tuanzebe lining up in midfield, and line to Anthony Martial, who cut in and Championship.
league win equalling the club record, successive league defeat, having seen a The teams emerged to find the within six minutes his side were behind. curled wide. But with Spurs fans hap- Note 2: Standings read as played,
set over two seasons in 1987 and 25-game unbeaten run ended by a 2-0 famous old arena awash with blue and Spurs played a corner short on the pily serenading favourites of yesteryear won, dram, lost goals for, goals against
meant they finished a league campaign loss down the road at Arsenal last week- white as Spurs fans waved flags bearing left and Ben Daviess deep cross was Ledley King, Teddy Sheringham, and points.
unbeaten at home for the first time end. the legend THE LANE, THE FINALE emphatically headed home by the leap- Aaron Lennon, who is fighting mental Note 3: x denotes Champions y
since 1964-65. Guaranteed to finish outside the top and filled the air with songs. ing Wanyama. health issues at present the hosts denotes relegated.

Nadal edges out Thiem for fifth Madrid Masters

MADRID, May 14, (AFP): Rafael
Nadals flawless record on clay this
season continued as he outgunned the
impressive Dominic Thiem to win the
Madrid Masters for a fifth time 7-6
(10/8), 6-4 on Sunday.
The Spaniard is now 15-0 on his
favoured surface this year having
also picked up his 10th titles in
Monte Carlo and Barcelona in recent
weeks.
And the 14-time Grand Slam
champion is now strong favourite to
add a 10th French Open crown next
month as he romped to victory on
home soil for the loss of just one set all
week.
Victory also moves Nadal above
Roger Federer to fourth in the world
rankings.
To play here and win here means a
lot to me, said Nadal.
I am always very nervous and
emotional to play a final in Madrid.
Thiem also fell victim to Nadals
supreme form in the final in Barcelona
two weeks ago, but there was little for
the 23-year-old to be dispirited about
as he pushed Nadal all the way in his
first Masters series final.
Nadal disposed of Novak Djokovic
for his first win over the Serb for three
years on Saturday and victory saw
him level Djokovics record of 30
Masters Series titles.
Thiem didnt finish his semi-final
against Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas until
after midnight on Sunday morning.
However, that lack of recovery time
TENNIS
didnt show as Thiem struck the first
blow by breaking the Nadal serve to
move into a 3-1 first set lead.
Thiem handed the break back by
netting a simple volley for 3-3, but
showed admirable resistence to battle
back from 0-40 when serving to stay
in the set a 4-5 to force a tie-break.
Both had their chances in the tie-
break as Thiem again fought back
from 3-5 down to have two set points Spains Rafael Nadal holds the tro-
of his own only to be denied by two phy as he celebrates winning the -
punishing Nadal forehands. nal of the Madrid Open tennis tour-
And eventually it was Nadal who nament in two sets, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4,
prevailed with his fifth set point when against Austrias Dominic Thiem in
Thiem fired long. Madrid, Spain, on May 14. (AP)

Feyenoord win
league crown
ROTTERDAM, May 14,
(RTRS): Feyenoord won the
Dutch league title on Sun-
day after veteran striker Dirk
Kuyt scored a hat-trick in a
3-1 home win over Heracles
Almelo that left them one-
point clear of arch rivals Ajax
Amsterdam.
Kuyt, the clubs 36-year-
old captain, scored after 40
seconds to set the Rotterdam
side on their way to the win
they needed for a first title in
18 years.
It was Feyenoords 15th
Dutch title, following their
last success in 1999.
Feyenoord, coached by for-
mer Arsenal and Barcelona
player Giovanni van Bronck-
horst, had a chance to secure
the championship last week,
but were surprisingly beaten
3-0 by neighbours Excelsior
Rotterdam in a nervy perfor-
mance.
Yet any apprehension their
supporters might have had
on the final day of the regu-
lar league season evaporated
right from the start as Kuyt
took advantage of a defensive
slip to hammer home from a
tight angle at close range with
his right foot.
It was his 100th goal for the
club and was followed within
11 minutes by a towering
header as he connected with
Eljero Elias cross to spark
early celebrations in a packed
Feyenoord Stadium.

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