Life thrown out of gear as rains bring ϐloods

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Life thrown out of gear
ƒ•”ƒ‹•„”‹‰ϐŽ‘‘†•
By Kabeer Yousuf
MUSCAT — The rains unleashed by the
much-feared Ashobaa has thrown life out
of gear and caused mobility near to impossible in various parts of the Sultanate
yesterday, as the cyclonic storm got weaker and moved away.
Bilad Sur bore the brunt of tropical
rains as parts of the city were submerged
and vehicles were washed away. Although
the Public Authority for Civil Defence and
Ambulances (PACDA) had issued warnings of potential danger of wadi crossing,
several vehicles and people were stranded
in wadis as the authority launched rescue
operations and evacuations.
Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ‘ˆ –Š‡ ƒ—–Š‘”‹–› •–ƒ–‹‘‡†
at Sur received a distress call from a family of six last evening stranded in their
house followed by which the authority launched rescue operation to save the
family from rising waters.
Authority spokesperson informed that
the family is shifted to a nearby public
school.
The cyclonic storm formed in the Arabian Sea some 1,200 km away from the
Oman coast on Tuesday moved at 190 km
speed towards southeastern area threatening the adjoining areas and neighbouring countries but lost its fury as it neared
Oman’s eastern areas. Turn to P4
Prompt rescue operations
•ƒ˜‡Ž‹˜‡•‹ƒˆˆ‡…–‡†ƒ”‡ƒ•
By Lakshmi Kothaneth
An army personnel during a rescue operation in Sur yesterday. — Pictures by ONA and Faisal al Balushi (More reports on pages 2, 3, 4 and 5)
ASHOBAA LIKELY
TO FADE AWAY
MUSCAT — While brisk operations continued throughout Friday in Sur and
ƒ•‹”ƒŠǡ ‘›ƒŽ ƒ ‘Ž‹…‡ ȋȌ ‘ˆϐ‹cials requested people in Muscat to play
safe as the drifting clouds could bring
showers.
More than 100 citizens and residents
in Sur were rescued by the army, ROP
and Public Authority for Civil Defence. As
heavy rains lashed the region in the morn‹‰Š‘—”•ǡ™ƒ†‹•„‡‰ƒ–‘ϐŽ‘™…—––‹‰‘ˆˆ
road connections as well as increasing water levels.
“Some people were rescued from cars
as they got stuck and others from houses
and farms,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Muqadam Said al Badai, of ROP.
Driving to Sur might have been pos-
•‹„Ž‡ǡ „—– ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ™ƒ”‡† –Šƒ– –Š‡ ™ƒ†‹•
were proving to be unpredictable causing
disruptions. On many occasions helicopters had to be pressed into service.
“It is not possible to reach Masirah as
the connection through land was cut off
„›–Š‡™ƒ†‹Ǥƒ‹•Šƒ˜‡Ž‡†™ƒ†‹•–‘ϐŽ‘™
and it is not possible to go to Masirah by
Shannah. One can only reach Masirah by
ϐŽ‹‰Š–ǤŠ‡‹ƒ•‹”ƒŠ‹•ƒ••‹•–‹‰–Š‡
citizens and residents. Everything is under control so far,” added Al Badai.
Near Muscat, drifting clouds did bring
some showers.
“There have been some isolated showers in Qurayat. Medium to high clouds
developing over Muscat might bring rain,”
•ƒ‹†‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ƒ–ǤŠ‡›’‘‹–‡†‘—–ǡDz–
is only indirect and drifted clouds.”
Turn to P5
MASIRAH AND SUR BEAR THE MAXIMUM BRUNT
By Vinod Nair
MUSCAT — Masirah Island, the
city of Sur and the neighbouring
wilayats bore the brunt of heavy
rains and storm due to tropical depression Ashobaa that was formed
in the Arabian Sea last week, which
later developed into a storm and
progressed towards Oman.
Masirah Island received the
highest amount of rainfall in the
excess of 200 mm and the normal
lives were disrupted there due to
ϐŽ‘‘†‹‰ ‘ˆ ”‘ƒ†• ƒ† „”‡ƒ‹‰
down of the electricity supply.
According to Sanjeeva, a resident of Masirah, said that it started
raining heavily since late night
and there was a breakdown of total power supply since 2 am and
was not restored, except in a small
More rains likely in next 24 hours
–‘Žƒ–‡•–‘„•‡”˜ƒ–‹‘•ƒ†•ƒ–‡ŽŽ‹–‡‹ƒ‰‡”‹‡•ǡ–Š‡
–”‘’‹…ƒŽ•›•–‡•Š‘„ƒƒ‹•…‡–”‡†…Ž‘•‡–‘–Š‡…‘ƒ•–‘ˆ‘—–Š
Ž Šƒ”“‹›ƒŠ ‘˜‡”‘”ƒ–‡ ƒ† ‹• Ž‹‡Ž› –‘ †‹••‹’ƒ–‡ ‰”ƒ†—ƒŽŽ›
‘˜‡” –Š‡ ‡š– Š‘—”•ǡ –Š‡ ‹”‡…–‘”ƒ–‡Ǧ
‡‡”ƒŽ ‘ˆ ‡–‡‘”‘Ž‘‰›
•ƒ‹†‹‹–•Žƒ–‡•–•–ƒ–‡‡–Ǥ
ƒ–‡•– ™‡ƒ–Š‡” …Šƒ”–• ‹†‹…ƒ–‡ –Š‡ ’‘••‹„‹Ž‹–› ‘ˆ –‘””‡–‹ƒŽ
”ƒ‹• ƒ……‘’ƒ‹‡† „› ™‹†• ‹ –Š‡ ‰‘˜‡”‘”ƒ–‡• ‘ˆ Ž —•–ƒ
ƒ†‘—–ŠŽŠƒ”“‹›ƒŠ†—”‹‰–Š‡‡š–ʹͶŠ‘—”•Ǥ
†‹”‡…–‹’ƒ…–‘ˆ–Š‡™‡ƒ–Š‡”•›•–‡‹•Ž‹‡Ž›–‘…‘–‹—‡‹
–Š‡‰‘˜‡”‘”ƒ–‡•‘ˆ‘”–ŠŽŠƒ”“‹›ƒŠǡ—•…ƒ–ǡŽƒŠ‹Ž‹›ƒŠǡ
Š‘ˆƒ”ƒ†‡•–‡”ƒŒƒ”‘—–ƒ‹•ƒ†ƒ†Œ‘‹‹‰ƒ”‡ƒ•Ǥ
town locality, at the time of writing
of this report.
“There is a possibility that
transformers have submerged in
water, but we do not know the ofϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•–ƒ–‡‡–Ǥ‡ƒ”‡Š‘’‹‰ˆ‘”
the power supply to be restored at
the earliest.”
There have been instances
‘ˆ ϐŽ‘‘†‹‰ ‘ˆ ”‘ƒ†• ƒ† Š‘—•‡•
across the region, but authorities
there swung into action swiftly to
prevent any major losses.
A number of people from Sur
were evacuated to nearby schools.
The areas of Wadi Bani Khalid,
Jaalan Bani Bu Hassan and Jaalan
Bani Bu Ali also received a large
amount of rainfall.
Masirah received 230 mm of
rainfall to be followed by Mahout
with 56 mm and Ras al Hadd 53
mm of rainfall and Qalhat 47.8 mm.
In the Muscat Governorate,
Qurayat
received
maximum
amount of rainfall, which resulted
‹–Š‡‘˜‡”ϐŽ‘™‹‰‘ˆ™ƒ†‹•Ǥ
The Advisory 9 of the meteorology department said: “The current location of tropical depression
Ashobaa is near the south coast of
Al Sharqiyah with the possible of
its gradual dissipation in the coming hours. Turn to P5
FOR WEATHER UPDATES FOLLOW US:#ASHOBAA
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MASIRAH, SUR FLOODED
ȅ The Wilayat of Mahout experienced moderate to heavy rain which
started at 4 am on Friday and led to the
‘˜‡”ϐŽ‘™ ‘ˆ ƒ†‹ ƒŒ ‹ –Š‡ …‡–”‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡
™‹Žƒ›ƒ–Ǥ ”ƒˆϐ‹… ‘ –Š‡ ”‘ƒ† Ž‹‹‰ –Š‡
centre of the wilayat to the Shanna area
–Š”‘—‰ŠŽ•ŠŠƒ”ƒǡ…ƒ‡–‘ƒŠƒŽ–Ǥ
Žƒ•Š ϐŽ‘‘† „‡•‹‡‰‡† •…‘”‡• ‘ˆ Š‘—•‡•
‹—”ǡ–Š‡•‡…‘†‘•–ƒˆˆ‡…–‡†™‹Žƒ›ƒ–„›
–Š‡–”‘’‹…ƒŽ…›…Ž‘‡•Š‘„ƒƒǤ
The Wilayat of Sur experienced one of
‹–• –‘—‰Š‡•– †ƒ›• ›‡•–‡”†ƒ› ™‹–Š –Š‡ ™ƒ–‡” ”—•Š‹‰ ‹ ˆ”‘ ™ƒ†‹• ƒ† ‡–‡”‹‰
–Š‡Š‘—•‡•‹•‡˜‡”ƒŽƒ”‡ƒ•Ž‹‡Žƒ„ƒŠ
and Al Janah. In some areas the water rose
•‡˜‡”ƒŽ‡–”‡•ƒ„‘˜‡–Š‡‰”‘—†Ǥ
All the wadis across the Wilayat of
Sur ran heavily as a result of torrential
rain that lashed many parts of South Al
Sharqiyah Governorate.
Some residents said that the water
”—•Š‹‰‹ˆ”‘™ƒ†‹•™‡”‡‡–„›•–”‘‰
•‡ƒ™ƒ˜‡•ƒ†ϐŽ‘™‡†„ƒ…•—„‡”‰‹‰ƒŽŽ
–Š‡Š‘—•‡•‹‹–•™ƒ›ǡŠ‘™‡˜‡”ǡ‘…ƒ•—ƒŽ–‹‡• ™‡”‡ ”‡’‘”–‡† ˆ”‘ ϐŽ‘‘†• „—– •‘‡
’‡‘’Ž‡ •—ˆˆ‡”‹‰ ˆ”‘ †‹ƒ„‡–‡• ƒ† Š›pertension were affected and transported
–‘–Š‡Š‘•’‹–ƒŽ„›–Š‡…‹˜‹Ž†‡ˆ‡…‡ƒ„—lances and ROP helicopter.
‹‡—–‡ƒ–Ǧ‘Ž‘‡Ž ƒ••‡” „‹ Ž‹ ƒŽ
‘–‹ǡ ‘‘”†‹ƒ–‘”ǡ ‹˜‹Ž ‡ˆ‡…‡ —„Ǧ
committee said that 26 people have
„‡‡ ”‡•…—‡† ‘” ‡˜ƒ…—ƒ–‡† „› Š‡Ž‹copters from Al Janah area and another 83 people were evacuated in
Žƒ„ƒŠƒ”‡ƒ‹–Š‡Œ‘‹–‘’‡”ƒ–‹‘•…ƒ””‹‡†‘—–„›–Š‡…‹˜‹Ž†‡fence and the RNO.
No casualties or deaths
were reported until yesterday from the torrential rain
while material losses are
„‡‹‰ …ƒŽ…—Žƒ–‡†ǡ Ž ‘–‹
said.
The Wilayat of Jaalan
Bani Bu Ali in South Al
Sharqiyah
Governorate
received torrential rain
„› ‰ƒŽ‡Ǧˆ‘”…‡ ™‹†• ™‹–Š
the Al Khuaimiyah area
in the southern coast ex’‡”‹‡…‹‰ –Š‡ Š‡ƒ˜‹‡•–
•’‡ŽŽ•‘ˆ”ƒ‹•—„‡”‰‹‰
–Š‡ Š‘—•‡• ƒ† …ƒ—•‹‰
’ƒ‹…„—–‘…ƒ•—ƒŽ–‹‡•Ǥ
The other areas of the
wilayat also reported mod‡”ƒ–‡–‘Š‡ƒ˜›”ƒ‹…ƒ—•‹‰
–Š‡ ‘˜‡”ϐŽ‘™ ‘ˆ ƒ†‹ ƒ„
and several other wadis.
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ASHOBAA
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ASHOBAA
Rains fill half of Dayqah dam
ȅƒ‹•„”‘—‰Š–„›•Š‘„ƒƒŠƒ•ϐ‹ŽŽ‡†ͷͳǡͺͲͲǡͲͲͲ…—„‹…‡–”‡•‘ˆ
™ƒ–‡” ‹ –Š‡ ƒ†‹ ƒ›“ƒŠ †ƒǡ ™Š‹…Š Šƒ• ƒ …ƒ’ƒ…‹–› –‘ •–‘”‡ ͳͲͲ ‹ŽŽ‹‘
…—„‹… ‡–”‡ ‘ˆ ™ƒ–‡”Ǥ Š‡ †ƒ ‹• ”‡…‡‹˜‹‰ ™ƒ–‡” ˆ”‘ –Š‡ ™ƒ†‹• ‘ˆ ‹ƒ
ǯƒ––ƒ›‡‡ǡ•–ƒ–‡†ƒŠ‘‘†ƒŽœ”‹ǡ‹”‡…–‘”ǡƒ•‡’ƒ”–‡–ƒ––Š‡‹‹•–”›‘ˆ‡‰‹‘ƒŽ—‹…‹’ƒŽ‹–›ƒ†ƒ–‡”‡•‘—”…‡•Ǥ
ƒ–‡”‹•„‡‹‰†‹•…Šƒ”‰‡†ˆ”‘–Š‡†ƒƒ•ƒ’”‡…ƒ—–‹‘ƒ”›‡ƒ•—”‡ˆ‘”
–Š‡–”‘’‹…ƒŽ•›•–‡ǡŽœ”‹•ƒ‹†‘–‹‰–Šƒ–ƒ……‘”†‹‰–‘–Š‡…—””‡–’”‡†‹…–‹‘–Š‡”‡™‘ǯ–„‡‘˜‡”ϐŽ‘™‹‰‘ˆ™ƒ–‡”Ž‡˜‡Žƒ––Š‡†ƒǤ
Ȃ
Rains unleash floods, life
thrown out of gear
”‘ƒ‰‡ͳ
Muscat Governorate and neigbouring areas received moderate to heavy rains since
late evening yesterday.
The indirect impact of the storm was
predicted to extend over the Governorates of North Al Sharqiyah, Muscat, Al
Dakhiliyah, South Al Batinah and Al Hajar
Mountains and Dhofar.
Sea state will be very rough along the
southeastern coastal areas with maximum
wave height ranging from 3-5 metres and
rough along Oman’s sea coastal areas with
maximum wave height of 2.5 metres.
The Public Authority for Civil Aviation
(PACA) has urged public to take precaution and stay away from low-lying areas
and avoid crossing wadis.
–ƒŽ•‘ƒ†˜‹…‡•ϐ‹•Š‡”‡ƒ†•‡ƒ‰‘‡”•
not to venture into the sea and follow latest and updated bulletins from the National Multi Hazard Early Warning Centre.
The Ministry of Regional Municipalities
and Water Resources has allocated a spe…‹ƒŽ‡‡”‰‡…›‘ˆϐ‹…‡†—‡–‘–”‘’‹…ƒŽ•–‘”
to receive calls and notes from citizens
The Ministry of Regional
Municipalities and Water
Resources has allocated
a special emergency
‘ˆϔ‹…‡†—‡–‘–”‘’‹…ƒŽ
storm to receive calls and
notes from citizens and
residents at emergency
call number 24692566
and fax number
24693743.
and residents at emergency call number
24692566 and fax number 24693743.
Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‡ ™‹ŽŽ ’ƒ› —–‘•– ƒ––‡–‹‘
to all calls and reports about the affect of
™‡ƒ–Š‡”‘–Š‡ϐŽ‘™‘ˆ—‹…‹’ƒŽƒ†™ƒter services and send them to the relevant
municipal area and follow-up actions
about them.
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Charities stand ready for help
By Hasan Kamoonpuri
MUSCAT — Charities in Oman are
fully prepared for any eventuality that
might arise from the tropical storm
‘Ashobaa’ or heavy rains.
Ali Ibrahim al Raisi, Executive
Chairman, Oman Charitable Organisation (OCO), told the Observer that they
were “monitoring” the situation for
the past three days and stood ready to
provide assistance if the need arises.
The OCO is ready for immediate
disaster response as well as to offer
long-term recovery to anyone affected
by the storm or heavy rains.
However, the OCO chief said: “So
far there is no request for help from
any quarters as things are normal and
no one is affected.”
Dar al Atta’a (House of Giving) also
…‘ϐ‹”‡†–Šƒ––Š‡›™‡”‡”‡ƒ†›–‘‘ˆfer assistance to people who might be
affected by Ashobaa or heavy rains.
Mai al Bayat of Dar Al Atta’a said:
“We are in touch with the walis of different governorates and are prepared
to offer help as and when the walis
ask us to do so.”
With tropical storm Ashobaa and
heavy rains approaching, charities as
well as a host of other organisations,
government bodies and disaster relief agencies have swung into action
by pooling together necessary things
needed for extending assistance to
people who might be affected.
—‹…‹’ƒŽ‹–› ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ƒ”‡ ƒŽ•‘
keeping emergency vehicles and
equipment on standby to pump wa–‡”‹ϐŽ‘‘†‡†ƒ”‡ƒ•ƒ•™‡ŽŽƒ•…Ž‡ƒ”‹‰
debris from roads.
“People are uneasy in some areas,”
said a resident of South Al Sharqiyah.
Heavy rainfall and strong winds
are expected to hit both the northern
and southern parts of Al Sharqiyah
as well as Muscat, Al Dhakiliyah, and
South Al Batinah. Rough seas are ex-
pected in the coming hours with a
maximum wind speed of around 70
km/h.
South and North Al Sharqiyah,
Masirah Island, Ras al Hadd, Sur,
Mudhaibi, Jaalan, Al Shkarah, Bidiya,
Žƒ‹ŽǯƒŽƒϐ‹ǡƒ†‹ƒ‹ŠƒŽ‹†
and Ibra have experienced medium to
heavy rainfall in the past few days. No
causalities have been reporting so far.
Minor damages to properties such
as wall collapses have been reported
in some areas and some farms have
„‡‡ƒˆˆ‡…–‡†„›ϐŽ‘‘†‹‰Ǥ
The Public Authority for Civil Aviation has advised nationals and residents to avoid wadis and the sea as a
precautionary measure.
The Public Authority for Consumer
Protection (PACP) issued a statement
warning all suppliers and shop owners over raising prices of food and water due to the storm.
Tonnes of relief materials are
ASHOBAA MAY FADE AWAY
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The weather charts, however, indicated chances of
heavy rainfall during the next hours in South Al Sharqiyah
and Al Wusta governorates.
“The indirect impact of the depression, including isolated rains, is expected to extend to the governorates of
North Al Sharqiyah, Muscat, Dhakiliyah, South Al Batinah,
Dhofar and the areas of Wester Hajar regions.”
Sea state will be very rough along the southeastern
coastal areas with maximum wave height ranging from
3-5 metres and rough along Oman’s sea coastal areas with
maximum wave height of 2.5 metres.
While an afternoon advisory of the weather depart-
ment said that with clouds moving towards Muscat, some
rains are expected in the coming hours.
According to Sulaiman al Rashdi, “Rains would have
brought some respite from heat wave in Muscat. We don’t
need storms, but light to moderate rainfall would have
been always welcome.”
Sreedharan Keshawan of Wadi Kabir felt that rains
were a long due in Muscat. “He still hoped of rains to bring
the much needed relief from both water crisis and heat.”
Despite police warnings, a large number of people
were seen taking and posting pictures from different
wilayats that received heavy rainfall and resulted into
ϐŽ‘™‹‰‘ˆ™ƒ†‹•Ǥ
Authorities oversee prompt
rescue operations
FROM PAGE 1
Al Badai urged citizens
and residents in Muscat to
drive safely and especially
ϐ‹•Š‡”‡ ‘– –‘ ˜‡–—”‡
‘—––‘–Š‡•‡ƒǤ
 –Š‡ ’‹…–—”‡• ˆ”‘ —”
™Š‡”‡ ’‡‘’Ž‡ ™‡”‡ •‡‡ –‘
˜‡–—”‡ ‘—– ‹–‘ –Š‡ ™ƒ–‡”
…Ž‘‰‰‡†‘‡Ǥ—•…ƒ–ǡ‘‡
™‘—Ž†Šƒ˜‡–‘„‡‹†ˆ—Ž‘ˆ
–Š‡–”‡…Š‡•–Šƒ–Šƒ˜‡„‡‡
†—‰ ˆ‘” –Š‡ …ƒ„Ž‡ Žƒ›‹‰ ‹
–Š‡ …‹–›Ǥ ‘–Š‡” †ƒ‰‡”
‹‰Š– „‡ —…‘˜‡”‡† ƒŠ‘Ž‡• ˆ‘—† ‹ Ž Š—™ƒ‹”
ƒ†Žƒ”‹›ƒǤ
‡‹‰ ƒ ™‡‡‡† ‹‰Š–
Š‡Ž’ ƒ––‡”• ™‹–Š ƒ ”‡†—…–‹‘‹–”ƒˆϐ‹…ǡŠ‘™‡˜‡”‘ˆϐ‹cials do not want people to
–ƒ‡ —‡…‡••ƒ”› ”‹•• „›
crossing a wadi or ventur‹‰‘—––‘„‡ƒ•’‡…–ƒ–‘”Ǥ
ready for relief work if the need arises
and charities are ready to swing into
action whenever the need arises, said
experts.
Besides the government, individuals, charity organisations and social
groups are fully prepared to help
people who might be affected by the
storm or rains.
As in the past disasters such as the
2007 Gonu and 2010 Phet Cyclone,
Oman Charitable Organisation has
swung into action by keeping ready
relief material for all regions including remote areas.
Omantel and Ooredoo, Oman’s
leading mobile phone service providers, have plans to help those who
might be affected by the approaching
storm.
The Indian community has also
stepped in by making plans to set up
relief centres and water distribution
points.
Omani charities have played a
good role in the past. Within hours of
Cyclone Gonu hitting Muscat in June
2007, the OCO and a host of other individual, social and corporate bodies
mobilised relief material and reached
aid to affected people.
Charities had joined hands with
the OCO and supplied blankets,
sheets, pillows, water and foodstuffs
to severely affected areas of Muscat.
Dar al Atta’a and Omani Women’s
Associations also helped in the rehabilitation of the people in the severely
affected areas.
Similarly during the 2010 Phet
Cyclone, a host of charities and organsiations and individual volunteers
offered great help to affected people
and regions.
Meanwhile, experts and readers of
Oman Observer have lauded the preparedness of the charities and have
praised the work of media organsiations for the regular updates on the
approaching ‘Ashobaa’.
Omani media organisations have
excelled in their roles with outstanding journalistic performances during
these days. The regular updates and
guidelines go a long way in helping
save lives of people.
“If it were not for the coverage
given by the TV, radio stations and
newspapers, we would not have
known what was going on beyond
our homes”, said a resident of Muscat.
“The media is performing an outstanding job and they deserve pat on
the back, and acknowledging their
contribution is important,” said resident of Ashkarah.
In the past, particularly during the
worst hours of Gonu and Phet Cyclones, the Omani press made a very
important contribution. 70 people
were killed in the two major cyclones,
Cyclone Gonu in June 2007 and Phet
in June 2010.
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KOZHIKODE — Nine Airport Author‹–› ‘ˆ †‹ƒ ȋȌ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ™‡”‡ ‘
”‹†ƒ› ƒ””‡•–‡† ‘ …Šƒ”‰‡• ‘ˆ …—Ž’ƒ„Ž‡Š‘‹…‹†‡‘–ƒ‘—–‹‰–‘—”†‡”‹…‘‡…–‹‘™‹–Š–Š‡†‡ƒ–Š‘ˆƒ
–”‘‘’‡”ƒ†ƒ˜‹ƒ„”ƒ™Žƒ–
Kozhikode airport.
Š‡ „‘†› ‘ˆ ͶͶǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž† ƒ†ƒ˜
™ƒ• ‘ ”‹†ƒ› ‘”‹‰ ϐŽ‘™ –‘
—„ƒ‹ ˆ”‘ ‘…Š‹Ǥ ”‘ —„ƒ‹ǡ
–Š‡ „‘†› ™‘—Ž† „‡ ϐŽ‘™ –‘ Š‹•
Š‘‡–‘™ƒ”ƒƒ•‹Ǥ
ƒ–Š‘•Šǡ ƒ ‡„‡” ‘ˆ ‡”ƒŽƒ
‘Ž‹…‡ ’”‘„‡ –‡ƒ ’”‘„‹‰ –Š‡
‡†‡•†ƒ› ‹‰Š– „”ƒ™Ž „‡–™‡‡
‡–”ƒŽ†—•–”‹ƒŽ‡…—”‹–›‘”…‡ƒ†
‹”’‘”–• —–Š‘”‹–› ‘ˆ †‹ƒ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ǡ
•ƒ‹†–Šƒ–ƒŽŽ‹‡ƒ……—•‡†Ȅƒ––ƒ…Š‡†
™‹–Š ϐ‹”‡ ƒ† ”‡•…—‡ †‡’ƒ”–‡– Ȅ
™‘—Ž† „‡ ’”‘†—…‡† „‡ˆ‘”‡ ƒ ƒ‰‹•trate on Saturday.
DzŠ‡ ƒ””‡•–• ™‡”‡ ƒ†‡ ƒˆ–‡”
…Š‡…‹‰ˆ‘‘–ƒ‰‡ƒ––Š‡ƒ‹”’‘”–
•‡˜‡”ƒŽ –‹‡•Ǥ Š‡ ’”‘„‡ ‹• …‘–‹—‹‰ƒ†ƒ•ƒ†™Š‡‘”‡‡˜‹†‡…‡
‹• •‡…—”‡†ǡ ˆ—”–Š‡” ƒ””‡•–• ™‹ŽŽ „‡
ƒ†‡ǡdz•ƒ‹†ƒ–Š‘•Šǡƒ…‹”…Ž‡‹•’‡…–‘” ƒ––ƒ…Š‡† –‘ ‘†‘––› ’‘Ž‹…‡ •–ƒ–‹‘ ‹ ƒŽƒ’’—”ƒ †‹•–”‹…–ǡ ™Š‡”‡
–Š‡…ƒ•‡™ƒ•”‡‰‹•–‡”‡†Ǥ
•‹Ž˜‡” ‹–”ƒ–‡ –‡•– …‘†—…–‡† ‘
‹•’‡…–‘” ‹–ƒ”ƒ Š‘—†Šƒ”›ǯ•
’‹•–‘Žǡˆ”‘™Š‹…Š–Š‡•Š‘––Šƒ–‹ŽŽ‡†
ƒ†ƒ˜ ™ƒ• ϐ‹”‡†ǡ Ž‡† ’‘Ž‹…‡ –‘ …‘…Ž—†‡–Šƒ–ƒ•…—ˆϐŽ‡‘……—”‡†„‡–™‡‡
ƒ†‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ǡ™Š‹…Šƒ––”ƒ…–‡† –Š‡ …Šƒ”‰‡ ‘ˆ …—Ž’ƒ„Ž‡ Š‘‹…‹†‡
ƒ†‘–—”†‡”Ǥ
††‹–‹‘ƒŽ ‹”‡…–‘”Ǧ
‡‡”ƒŽ ‘ˆ
‘Ž‹…‡ Šƒƒ” ‡††›ǡ ‹ ƒ ”‡’‘”–
•—„‹––‡† ‘ ”‹†ƒ› –‘ •–ƒ–‡ ’‘Ž‹…‡
…Š‹‡ˆ ‡—ƒ”ǡ ‘„•‡”˜‡† –Šƒ–
•‹…‡ ‘Ž› ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ‘ˆ †‹ˆˆ‡”‡– ƒ‰‡…‹‡• ƒ– –Š‡ ƒ‹”’‘”– ™‡”‡ ‹˜‘Ž˜‡† ‹
–Š‡•…—ˆϐŽ‡ƒ†–Š‡”‡™ƒ•‘–”‡•’ƒ••
„› ‘—–•‹†‡”•ǡ –Š‡ ‹…‹†‡– …‘—Ž† ‘–
„‡…‘•‹†‡”‡†„”‡ƒ…Š‘ˆ•‡…—”‹–›Ǥ
‘—”…‡• •ƒ‹† ‡††›ǯ• ”‡’‘”–ǡ
„ƒ•‡†‘ˆ‘‘–ƒ‰‡ƒ––Š‡ƒ‹”’‘”–ǡ
™‘—Ž†„‡ˆ‘”™ƒ”†‡†–‘–Š‡…‡–”‡Ǥ
Š‡ ˜‹•—ƒŽ• ”‡’‘”–‡†Ž› •Š‘™ ƒ‰”› ’‡”•‘‡Ž †ƒƒ‰‹‰ ’”‘’‡”–› ‹•‹†‡ ƒ† ‘—–•‹†‡ –Š‡ ƒ‹”’‘”–
ƒˆ–‡” …‘‹‰ –‘ ‘™ ‘ˆ ƒ†ƒ˜ǯ•
†‡ƒ–ŠǤ …ƒ•‡ Šƒ• •‹…‡ „‡‡ ”‡‰‹•–‡”‡†ƒ‰ƒ‹•–’‡”•‘‡Žˆ‘”˜ƒ†ƒŽ‹•Ǥ
‡”ƒŽƒ ‘Ž‹…‡ Šƒ† ’—– ƒ– Ž‡ƒ•– ͳͷ
‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ƒ––ƒ…Š‡† ™‹–Š ϐ‹”‡ ƒ† ”‡•…—‡ †‡’ƒ”–‡– —†‡” ™ƒ–…Š •‹…‡
Š—”•†ƒ› ‘”‹‰Ǥ Š”‡‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ǡ
‹…Ž—†‹‰ ‹•’‡…–‘” Š‘—†Šƒ”›ǡ
ƒ”‡”‡…‘˜‡”‹‰ƒ––Š‡Š‘•’‹–ƒŽǤ
’ƒ”– ˆ”‘ ‡”ƒŽƒ ’‘Ž‹…‡ǡ ‘–Š‡”
Š‡—‹‘Š‘‡
‹‹•–”›‹•
expected to call a
‡‡–‹‰‘ˆ‘ˆϔ‹…‹ƒŽ•
‘ˆ†‹ˆˆ‡”‡–
†‡’ƒ”–‡–•Ȁ
agencies to ensure
that such incidents
are not repeated at
other airports
ƒ‰‡…‹‡•‘’‡”ƒ–‹‰ƒ––Š‡ƒ‹”’‘”–ƒ”‡
ƒŽ•‘’”‡’ƒ”‹‰”‡’‘”–•‘–Š‡•Š‘‘–‹‰Ǥ
Š‡ —‹‘ Š‘‡ ‹‹•–”›ǡ ™Š‹…Š
Šƒ• –ƒ‡ ƒ ˜‡”› •‡”‹‘—• ‘–‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡
‹…‹†‡–ǡ ‹• ‡š’‡…–‡† –‘ …ƒŽŽ ƒ ‡‡–‹‰ ‘ˆ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ‘ˆ †‹ˆˆ‡”‡– †‡’ƒ”–‡–•Ȁƒ‰‡…‹‡• –‘ ‡•—”‡ –Šƒ– •—…Š
‹…‹†‡–• ƒ”‡ ‘– ”‡’‡ƒ–‡† ƒ– ‘–Š‡”
ƒ‹”’‘”–•‹–Š‡…‘—–”›Ǥ
‹”‹•Š‡• Šƒ˜‡ „‡‡ ”‡’‘”–‡†
„‡–™‡‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ‘ˆ ƒ† ‘–Š‡”
‰‘˜‡”‡– †‡’ƒ”–‡–•Ȁƒ‰‡…‹‡•
ƒ–‘–Š‡”ƒ‹”’‘”–•‹†‹ƒ‹–Š‡’ƒ•–Ǥ
Š‡ „‘†› ‘ˆ –Š‡ Œƒ™ƒ ™ƒ•
‘”‹†ƒ›‘”‹‰ϐŽ‘™–‘—„ƒ‹
ˆ”‘‘…Š‹Ǥ”‘—„ƒ‹ǡ–Š‡„‘†›
‘ˆ ͶͶǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž† ƒ†ƒ˜ ™‘—Ž† „‡
ϐŽ‘™–‘Š‹•Š‘‡–‘™ƒ”ƒƒ•‹Ǥ
‡ƒ™Š‹Ž‡ǡ ‘…Š‹ –‡”ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ
‹”’‘”–‹‹–‡†ȋȌǡ–Š‡…‘—–”›ǯ•
ϐ‹”•–‰”‡‡ϐ‹‡Ž†ƒ‹”’‘”–‹–Š‡’—„Ž‹…Ǧ
’”‹˜ƒ–‡Ǧ’ƒ”–‡”•Š‹’‘†‡Žǡ‘”‹†ƒ›
ƒ‘—…‡†ƒʹͳ’‡”…‡–†‹˜‹†‡†‘
‹–• •Šƒ”‡• ˆ‘” ʹͲͳͶǦͳͷǡ —’ ˆ”‘ ͳͺ
’‡”…‡–‹ʹͲͳ͵ǦͳͶǤ
Š‹• ™ƒ• †‡…Žƒ”‡† ƒ– –Š‡ „‘ƒ”†
‡‡–‹‰ ‹ Š‹”—˜ƒƒ–Šƒ’—”ƒǡ
…Šƒ‹”‡†„›–Š‡Šƒ‹”ƒǡ‡”ƒŽƒ
Š‹‡ˆ‹‹•–‡”‘‡Šƒ†›Ǥ
 –Š‡ Žƒ•– ϐ‹•…ƒŽǡ ƒ†‡ ƒ
‰”‘•• ’”‘ϐ‹– ‘ˆ • Ͷͳ͵Ǥͻ͸ …”‘”‡ǡ —’
ˆ”‘ • ͵͸ͳǤ͵ͻ …”‘”‡ †—”‹‰ ʹͲͳ͵Ǧ
ͳͶƒ†ƒˆ–‡”–ƒš‹–•–‘‘†ƒ–•ͳͶͶǤͷͺ
…”‘”‡ǡ—’ˆ”‘•ͳʹͶǤͶʹ…”‘”‡Ǥǡ
–Šƒ–‘’‡‡†‹ͳͻͻͻǡ‹–Š‡Žƒ•–ϐ‹•…ƒŽ
Šƒ†Ž‡†ƒ”‡…‘”†͸ǤͶ‹ŽŽ‹‘’ƒ••‡‰‡”•ǤȄ
CHENNAI — The Indian Navy and
‘ƒ•– —ƒ”†ǡ ƒ••‹•–‡† „› •‡˜‡”ƒŽ ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ ƒ‰‡…‹‡•ǡ …‘–‹—‡† •‡ƒ”…Š‹‰
for the fourth day in the Bay of Ben‰ƒŽˆ‘”ƒ†‹ƒ‘ƒ•–
—ƒ”†‘”‹‡”
ƒ‹”…”ƒˆ– ”‡’‘”–‡† ‹••‹‰ •‹…‡ ‘†ƒ›‡˜‡‹‰Ȅ™‹–Š‘…Ž—‡›‡––‘‹–•
™Š‡”‡ƒ„‘—–•ǡƒ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ƒ‹†Ǥ
 ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ Š‡”‡ •ƒ‹† –Š‡ •‡ƒ”…Š
–‡ƒ™ƒ•›‡––‘‰‡–ƒ›…Ž—‡‹–‘–Š‡
†‹•ƒ’’‡ƒ”ƒ…‡‘ˆ–Š‡’Žƒ‡–Šƒ–™‡–
‹••‹‰‘—‡ͺǤ
DzŠ‡ •–ƒ–—• ‹• •ƒ‡ ƒ• ‹– ™ƒ• ›‡•–‡”†ƒ› ȋŠ—”•†ƒ›Ȍ ‡˜‡‹‰Ǥ Š‡
•‡ƒ”…Š ‘’‡”ƒ–‹‘• ƒ”‡ …‘–‹—‹‰ǡdz
•ƒ‹†ƒ†‹ƒ‘ƒ•–
—ƒ”†‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽǤ
 ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ •–ƒ–‡‡– ”‡Ž‡ƒ•‡† ‘
”‹†ƒ› •ƒ‹† ƒ†Šƒ›ƒǡ ƒ Š›†”‘‰”ƒ’Š‹…•—”˜‡›˜‡••‡Ž‘ˆ–Š‡ƒ˜›ǡƒ””‹˜‡† ‹ –Š‡ ƒ”‡ƒ ‘ Š—”•†ƒ› ‹‰Š–
ƒ†Šƒ•…‘‡…‡†•‡ƒ”…Š‹‰ˆ‘”–Š‡
‹••‹‰’Žƒ‡Ǥ
Š‡˜‡••‡Ž‹•—•‹‰‹–•—†‡”™ƒ–‡”
†‡–‡…–‹‘ ‡“—‹’‡– –‘ †‡–‡…– ƒ›
–”ƒ•‹••‹‘ ˆ”‘ –Š‡ ‘ƒ” ‘…ƒ–‡”
‡ƒ…‘‘ˆ–Š‡ƒ‹”…”ƒˆ–Ǥ
‡”‹ƒŽ •‡ƒ”…Š „› ƒ”ƒ‘–‘”•
–Š”‘—‰Š ‘ƒ•–ƒŽ ‡…—”‹–› ”‘—’ ‘ˆ
ƒ‹Ž ƒ†— ™ƒ• ƒŽ•‘ —†‡”–ƒ‡
͵Ͳ  •‘—–Š ‘ˆ —††ƒŽ‘”‡ ƒŽ‘‰ –Š‡
…‘ƒ•–‘˜‡”ƒ”•Š›ƒ‰”‘˜‡•ǡ™Š‹…Š
ƒ”‡‘–ƒ’’”‘ƒ…Šƒ„Ž‡„›•‡ƒǤ
†‹ƒ ƒ˜› •—„ƒ”‹‡ ‹†Š—†Š˜ƒŒ ™ƒ• ‡š’‡…–‡† –‘ Œ‘‹ –Š‡
•‡ƒ”…Š„›ƒ–—”†ƒ›ƒˆ–‡”‘‘Ǥ
••‹•–ƒ…‡‘ˆ–Š‡ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ‡‘–‡
‡•‹‰‰‡…›ȋȌŠƒ•ƒŽ•‘„‡‡
•‘—‰Š– ˆ‘” ƒƒŽ›•‹• ‘ˆ –Š‡ •ƒ–‡ŽŽ‹–‡
‹ƒ‰‡”›‘ˆ–Š‡ƒ”‡ƒ–‘ƒ••‹•–‹Ž‘…ƒ–‹‰ –Š‡ ƒ‹”…”ƒˆ–Ǥ  ‡ƒ”Ž‹‡” ‰Ž‹‡”
‘ˆŠ‘’‡‹–Š‡ˆ‘”‘ˆƒ‘‹Ž•Ž‹…‘
–Š‡ •‡ƒ •—”ˆƒ…‡ ‹ –Š‡ ƒ”ƒ‹ƒŽ ƒ”‡ƒ
ƒŽ•‘ ‰‘– •—ˆˆ‡† ‘—– ‘ Š—”•†ƒ› ƒ•
–‡•– ”‡•—Ž–• ”—Ž‡† ‹– ™ƒ• ‘– ƒ˜‹ƒ–‹‘
ˆ—‡ŽǤŠ‡…‘ƒ•–ƒŽ•‡…—”‹–›ƒ‰‡…›•ƒ‹†
Š‹‰ŠŽ› •’‡…‹ƒŽ‹•‡† ‘ƒ•– —ƒ”†Ȁƒ˜ƒŽ •Š‹’• ƒ† •‡˜‡”ƒŽ ’ƒ–”‘Ž „‘ƒ–• ‘ˆ
…‘ƒ•–ƒŽ •‡…—”‹–› ‰”‘—’ ™‡”‡ ‹˜‘Ž˜‡†
‹ –Š‡ •‡ƒ”…Š ‘’‡”ƒ–‹‘Ǥ ‹” •‘”–‹‡•
–‘‘ Šƒ˜‡ „‡‡ …ƒ””‹‡† ‘—– –‘ Ž‘…ƒ–‡
–Š‡‹••‹‰ƒ‹”…”ƒˆ–Ǥ
Š‡ †‹ƒ ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ ‡–”‡ ˆ‘”
…‡ƒˆ‘”ƒ–‹‘‡”˜‹…‡•ȋȌǡ
›†‡”ƒ„ƒ† Šƒ• „‡‡ ”‡“—‡•–‡† –‘
—†‡”–ƒ‡ ‘†‡Ž ’”‘‰”ƒ‹‰
ˆ‘” –Š‡ ‹••‹‰ ƒ‹”…”ƒˆ– ƒ† –‘ ‹†‡–‹ˆ› –Š‡ ‘•– ”‘„ƒ„Ž‡ ”‡ƒ ȋȌǤ
ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ •–‹–—–‡ ‘ˆ …‡ƒ ‡…Š‘Ž‘‰› ȋȌǡ Š‡ƒ‹ Šƒ• „‡‡ ƒ’’”‘ƒ…Š‡† ˆ‘” ‘…‡ƒ‘‰”ƒ’Š‹… ƒƒŽ›•‡•
‘ˆ –Š‡ ƒ”‡ƒ ƒ”‘—† –Š‡ †ƒ–— ƒ†
ˆ‡ƒ•‹„‹Ž‹–›‘ˆ†‡’Ž‘›‹‰–Š‡‹”‡•‡ƒ”…Š
‡••‡Ž Ǯƒ‰ƒ” ‹†Š‹ǯ ˆ‘” ƒ—‰‡–‹‰
–Š‡ •—„•—”ˆƒ…‡ •‡ƒ”…ŠǤ –‡ƒ ˆ”‘
Ȁ• …ƒ” ‘—†ƒ–‹‘ǡ ŠƒŒƒ˜—”
Šƒ• „‡‡ ‡„ƒ”‡† ‘„‘ƒ”† Ǯ
ƒ”ƒ‰ǯ ˆ‘” —†‡”–ƒ‹‰ —†‡”™ƒ–‡”
’Š‘–‘‰”ƒ’Š›ƒ†ƒ…‘—•–‹…•—”˜‡›Ǥ
”‡Ž‡–‹‰‡ˆˆ‘”–•„›‘ƒ•–
—ƒ”†
ƒ†ƒ˜ƒŽ•Š‹’•Ȁƒ‹”…”ƒˆ–•–‘Ž‘…ƒ–‡–Š‡
‹••‹‰‘”‹‡”ƒ†…”‡™‹•ƒŽ•‘‘Ǥ
Š‡‹••‹‰‘”‹‡”Šƒ†‘„‘ƒ”†
‡’—–› ‘ƒ†ƒ– ‹†›ƒ•ƒ‰ƒ” ’‹Ž‘–‹‰ –Š‡ ƒ‹”…”ƒˆ–ǡ Š‹• …‘Ǧ’‹Ž‘– ƒ†
‡’—–› ‘ƒ†ƒ– —„ƒ•Š —”‡•Š
ƒ† ƒ˜‹‰ƒ–‘”Ȁ‘„•‡”˜‡” ‘‹ Ȅ
ƒŽŽ ‹ –Š‡‹” ͵Ͳ•Ǥ Š‡ ‹••‹‰ ƒ‹”…”ƒˆ–
™ƒ• †‡’Ž‘›‡† ˆ‘” •—”˜‡‹ŽŽƒ…‡ ƒŽ‘‰
–Š‡ ƒ‹Ž ƒ†— …‘ƒ•– ƒ† ‘˜‡” ƒŽ
ƒ›Ǥ – –‘‘ ‘ˆˆ ˆ”‘ Š‡ƒ‹ ƒ‹”’‘”–
ƒ”‘—†͸’‘‘†ƒ›ȋ—‡ͺȌˆ‘”
ƒ •—”˜‡‹ŽŽƒ…‡ •‘”–‹‡ „—– †‹† ‘– ”‡turn.
 ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ •–ƒ–‡‡– ‹••—‡† ‘
—‡•†ƒ›ȋ—‡ͻȌ•ƒ‹†–Š‡Žƒ•–…‘–ƒ…–
™‹–Š–Š‡ƒ‹”…”ƒˆ–™ƒ•ƒ†‡ƒ–ͻ’‘
Monday.
— IANS
ƒ”‡”•–Š”‡•Š
rice by hand near a
’ƒ††›ϔ‹‡Ž†‘–Š‡
‘—–•‹”–•‘ˆ‹Ž‹‰—”‹Ǥ
Š‡ƒ‰”‹…—Ž–—”‡
‹‹•–”›‘”‹†ƒ›
said the total
ƒ”‡ƒ•‘™ˆ‘”–Š‡
Šƒ”‡‡ˆ‘”–Š‡
•—‡”…”‘’™ƒ•
Ž‘™‡”–Š‹•›‡ƒ”ƒ–
ͽͻǤͷͶŽƒŠŠ‡…–ƒ”‡
ƒ•‘ˆ‘™ǡ‡˜‡
ƒ•–Šƒ–ˆ‘””‹…‡
™ƒ•Š‹‰Š‡”ǤŠ‡
‹‹•–”›•ƒ‹†–Šƒ–
™Š‹Ž‡–Š‡ƒ”‡ƒ
—†‡””‹…‡™ƒ•
Š‹‰Š‡”ƒ–ͺǤͽͷŽƒŠ
Š‡…–ƒ”‡•ǡƒ‰ƒ‹•–
ͺǤͻ͸ŽƒŠŠ‡…–ƒ”‡•ǡ
–Š‡ƒ”‡ƒ‘˜‡”ƒŽŽˆ‘”
ƒŽŽ…”‘’•™ƒ•Ž‘™‡”
–Šƒ;͸Ǥ;ͽŽƒŠ
hectare at around
–Š‹•–‹‡Žƒ•–›‡ƒ”Ǥ
ȄȀ
‡Ž‡ƒ•‡ˆ—†•ˆ‘”—‹…‹’ƒŽ•–ƒˆˆ•ƒŽƒ”‹‡•ǣ
NEW DELHIȄŠ‡‡ŽŠ‹‹‰Š‘—”–
‘ ”‹†ƒ› †‹”‡…–‡† –Š‡ …‹–› ‰‘˜‡”‡––‘‹‡†‹ƒ–‡Ž›”‡Ž‡ƒ•‡ˆ—†•–‘
–Š‡ƒ•–‡ŽŠ‹—‹…‹’ƒŽ‘”’‘”ƒ–‹‘
•‘‹–…ƒ’ƒ›•ƒŽƒ”‹‡•–‘‹–•‡’Ž‘›‡‡•Ǥ
†‹˜‹•‹‘„‡…Š‘ˆ—•–‹…‡—”Ž‹†Šƒ” ƒ† —•–‹…‡ ‡Š–ƒ ƒŽ•‘ ƒ•‡†
–Š‡”˜‹†‡Œ”‹™ƒŽǦŽ‡†‡ŽŠ‹‰‘˜‡”‡––‘”‡Ž‡ƒ•‡–Š‡ˆ—†•„›—‡ͳͷ
–Šƒ–™‘—Ž†„‡—•‡†ˆ‘”†‹•–”‹„—–‹‘‘ˆ
•ƒŽƒ”‹‡• –‘ ‡’Ž‘›‡‡• ˆ‘” –Š‡ ‘–Š
of May.
–ˆ—”–Š‡”†‹”‡…–‡†–Š‡‡ŽŠ‹‘Ž‹…‡ǡ
‰‘˜‡”‡– ƒ† –Š‡ –‘ –ƒ‡
Dz‹‡†‹ƒ–‡ ƒ…–‹‘ –‘ ”‡‘˜‡ ‰ƒ”„ƒ‰‡dzˆ”‘–Š‡•–”‡‡–•Ǥ
Š‡…‘—”–ƒŽ•‘‹••—‡†‘–‹…‡–‘–Š‡
‡ŽŠ‹ ‰‘˜‡”‡–ǡ ™‘”‡”•ǯ —‹‘
ƒ† –Š‡ ™Š‹Ž‡ Š‡ƒ”‹‰ ƒ •‡‡‹‰†‹”‡…–‹‘•–‘–Š‡…‹–›‰‘˜‡”‡– –‘ ’”‘˜‹†‡ ϐ‹ƒ…‹ƒŽ ƒ••‹•–ƒ…‡
–‘…‹˜‹…„‘†‹‡•Ǥ
Š‡…‘—”–ƒ•‡†–Š‡‡ŽŠ‹‰‘˜‡”‡–ǡ ’‘Ž‹…‡ ƒ† –Š‡ –‘ ϐ‹Ž‡ ƒ
…‘’Ž‹ƒ…‡”‡’‘”–„›—‡ͳͻǤ
—‹‰‘˜‡”–Š‡†‡Žƒ›‡†’ƒ›‡–
‘ˆ™ƒ‰‡•ǡ–Š‡•ƒ‹–ƒ–‹‘™‘”‡”•™‡–‘ƒ•–”‹‡ƒ†’‹Ž‡†—’‰ƒ”„ƒ‰‡‘–Š‡•–”‡‡–•‘ˆ‡ƒ•–‡ŽŠ‹Ǥ
Š‡› •–”—… ™‘” ƒˆ–‡” ‘– „‡‹‰
’ƒ‹†•ƒŽƒ”‹‡•ˆ‘”’”‹Žƒ†ƒ›Ǥ
Š‡ Šƒ• ˆƒ‹Ž‡† –‘ ’ƒ› •ƒŽƒ”‹‡• –‘ ‹–• ƒ”‘—† ͳͳǡͲͲͲ •ƒ‹–ƒ–‹‘
™‘”‡”• †—‡ –‘ ™Šƒ– ‹– …ƒŽŽ• ƒ ˆ—†•
…”—…ŠǤ
Š‡ ’—„Ž‹… ‹–‡”‡•– Ž‹–‹‰ƒ–‹‘ ϐ‹Ž‡†
„› Šƒ”ƒ† ‹™ƒ”‹ǡ ƒ ”‡•‹†‡– ‘ˆ ‹•Š™ƒ• ƒ‰ƒ” ‹ ‡ƒ•– ‡ŽŠ‹ǡ –Š”‘—‰Š ƒ†˜‘…ƒ–‡ —‰”‹˜ —„‡›ǡ •ƒ‹† –Šƒ– –Š‡
‡ŽŠ‹ ‰‘˜‡”‡– •Š‘—Ž† …‘‘’‡”ƒ–‡
™‹–Š–Š‡…‹˜‹…„‘†‹‡••‘–Šƒ––Š‡…‘‘ƒ†‘‡•‘–•—ˆˆ‡”Ǥ
‡ƒ”‹‰ –Š‡ ’Ž‡ƒǡ –Š‡ „‡…Š ƒŽ•‘
”‡•–”ƒ‹‡† –Š‡ ™‘”‡”•ǯ —‹‘• ˆ”‘
‘„•–”—…–‹‰ –Š‡ ”‡‘˜ƒŽ ‘ˆ ‰ƒ”„ƒ‰‡
„› ƒ‰‡…‹‡• –‘ ™Š‘ –Š‡ ™‘” Šƒ•
„‡‡‘—–•‘—”…‡†ƒˆ–‡”…‘—•‡Ž
„”‘—‰Š––Š‹•–‘–Š‡…‘—”–ǯ•‘–‹…‡Ǥ
Š‡…‘—”–†‹”‡…–‡†–Š‡’‘Ž‹…‡…‘‹••‹‘‡”–‘…‘•–‹–—–‡ƒ•’‡…‹ϐ‹…–ƒ•
ˆ‘”…‡–‘„‡Š‡ƒ†‡†„›ƒ•—„Ǧ‹•’‡…–‘”
Ž‡˜‡Ž‘ˆϐ‹…‡”‹‡˜‡”›™ƒ”†–‘‘˜‡”•‡‡
‰ƒ”„ƒ‰‡”‡‘˜ƒŽ™‘”Ǥ
–ƒŽ•‘ƒ•‡†‡ŽŠ‹ǯ•…Š‹‡ˆ•‡…”‡–ƒ”›
ƒ† —”„ƒ †‡˜‡Ž‘’‡– •‡…”‡–ƒ”› –‘
Š‘Ž† ƒ ‡‡–‹‰ ™‹–Š –Š‡ …‘‹••‹‘‡”ƒ†–ƒ‡ƒ†‡…‹•‹‘‘–Š‡
’”‘˜‹•‹‘ƒŽ ”‡Ž‡ƒ•‡ ‘ˆ ˆ—†• ˆ‘” ’ƒ›‹‰™‘”‡”•Ǥ
‹™ƒ”‹ǯ•’Ž‡ƒ•ƒ‹†ǣDzŠ‡”‘ƒ†•Šƒ˜‡
„‡‡„Ž‘…‡†ƒ††—‡–‘ƒ‹”’‘ŽŽ—–‹‘
†‹ˆˆ‡”‡––›’‡‘ˆ†‹•‡ƒ•‡•™‹ŽŽ†‡˜‡Ž‘’
‹–Š‡ƒ”‡ƒ‘ˆ‘ˆ‡ŽŠ‹Ǥ
—‡ –‘ †‹ˆˆ‡”‡…‡• „‡–™‡‡ •–ƒ–‡
‰‘˜‡”‡–ƒ†–Š‡—‹…‹’ƒŽ…‘”’‘”ƒ–‹‘•ǡ–Š‡Š‡ƒŽ–Š‘ˆ…‘‘ƒ‹•
„‡‹‰‡†ƒ‰‡”‡†ƒ††‹ˆˆ‡”‡––›’‡•
‘ˆ ‡’‹†‡‹…• ™‹ŽŽ „‡ ˜‡”› –‡””‹„Ž‡Ǥ ˆ
‹– ”ƒ‹• –‘†ƒ› –Š‡ ‡–‹”‡ ‰ƒ”„ƒ‰‡ ™‹ŽŽ
…‘‡‹–Š‡†‹ˆˆ‡”‡–…‘Ž‘‹‡•Ǥdz
—IANS
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S A T U R D A Y, J U N E 1 3 , 2 0 1 5
INDIA
Nek Chand — man who ‘rocked’ Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH — Nek Chand, who
died late on Thursday, was the man
who literally ‘rocked’ Chandigarh for
the past four decades, bringing India’s
ϐ‹”•–’Žƒ‡†…‹–›‘–Š‡‹–‡”ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ
map through his creations from waste
material. Nek Chand, the creator of
Chandigarh’s famous Rock Garden,
died at the ripe age of 90.
He suffered a cardiac arrest and
died in hospital, his family said. The
master creator had celebrated his
90th birthday last December.
Starting as a road inspector in
Chandigarh when the city itself was
being built as a symbol of post-independence, modern India, Nek Chand
took to the idea of creating something
from waste material. The raw material
for his creations was all waste — be it
rocks and stones, broken bangles, light
switches, electrical appliances, broken plates and other Bone China and
ceramic material, discarded and broken wash-basins and even toilet seats,
marbles and anything and everything
that was a complete waste for others.
People and organisations even
used to come from all over the region
to donate waste material to the Rock
Garden. For the initial few years, Nek
Chand silently pursued his love for
creating things from waste.
He created several things, hiding it
from the eyes of the authorities and
the public, in a forest area in Chandigarh’s northern part.
He used to pedal on his bicycle
in and around Chandigarh for many
years, collecting all waste and rocks to
later create things.
It was only in the mid-70s that Nek
Šƒ†ǯ• ƒ”– ™ƒ• ϐ‹ƒŽŽ› ”‡…‘‰‹•‡†
and Chandigarh’s ‘Rock Garden’ came
into being. The Rock Garden was ofϐ‹…‹ƒŽŽ›‹ƒ—‰—”ƒ–‡†‹…–‘„‡”ͳͻ͹͸Ǥ
The Rock Garden is presently
spread in several acres of land close
to Chandigarh’s famous landmark, the
Sukhna Lake.
It now has three phases — all comprising creations of Nek Chand, from
This photo taken on October 31,
2014 shows self-taught Indian
artist Nek Chand Saini talking to
journalists on the eve of his 90th
birthday at the rock garden that he
built in Chandigarh. — AFP
ƒ‹ƒŽ ƒ† Š—ƒ ϐ‹‰—”‡• –‘ ™ƒ–‡”falls, village scenes and much more.
Nek Chand was awarded a Padma
Shri for his creative work by the government of India.
He was made creator-director of
–Š‡ ‘… ƒ”†‡ ‹ –Š‡ ͳͻͺͲ• ƒ†
continued on the post till his death.
The fame of the Rock Garden can
be seen from the fact that millions
have visited the place in the past
nearly four decades. The place gets
over quarter of a million visitors annually even now. For Nek Chand, creating his world of waste and rocks,
was not always smooth.
‡ˆƒ…‡†‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ™”ƒ–Š‹–Š‡‹‹–‹ƒŽ
›‡ƒ”•ƒ•™‡ŽŽƒ•‹–Š‡Žƒ–‡ͺͲ•™Š‡
he wanted to expand the garden
for newer creations. But the master
…”‡ƒ–‘” •–‘‘† ƒ‰ƒ‹•– ƒŽŽ –Š‹• ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ
apathy, supported by the public, like
a rock.
The life journey of Rock Garden’s
creator Nek Chand may have ended
for now. But his creation will stay for
life and generations to come.
The Chandigarh administration
Šƒ• †‡…Žƒ”‡† ƒ Š‘Ž‹†ƒ› ‹ ‹–• ‘ˆϐ‹…‡•
on Friday as a mark of respect to the
world-acclaimed architectural genius.
His body has been kept in the Rock
‹•‹–‘”••‡‡‹–Š‡‘…
ƒ”†‡ǡ„—‹Ž–„›‡Šƒ†ƒ‹‹‘˜‡”–Š‡…‘—”•‡‘ˆͷ;›‡ƒ”•ǡ‹Šƒ†‹‰ƒ”ŠǤȄϔ‹Ž‡’‹…–—”‡
Garden for the people to pay tribute,
the family members said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
condoled the death of Nek Chand.
“Nek Chand-ji will always be remembered for his artistic genius and
fabulous creation that is cherished
by many. May his soul rest in peace,”
Modi said in a tweet.
Nek Chand was the most exhibited
Indian artist ever with his creations
being part of leading cities like Paris,
London, New York, Washington and
Berlin, and numerous books in different languages being written about
him. He had also been offered honorary citizenship in various countries.
He was honoured with the Padma
Š”‹ ƒ™ƒ”† ‹ ͳͻͺͶ „—– –Š‡ ‡
Chand Foundation believes his contribution to Indian art deserved a greater award.
The Rock Garden, located in Chan†‹‰ƒ”Šǯ• ‡…–‘” ͳ ‘ ƒ •’”ƒ™Ž‹‰ ͵ͷǦ
acre campus, can be best described
as a “kingdom” which depicts the life
and ecology of India, comprising fea-
tures of both rural and urban settings.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal
Khattar and Himachal Pradesh Chief
Minister Virbhadra Singh expressed
shock and grief over Nek Chand’s
death. In separate condolence messages, they said Nek Chand would
be long remembered for his creative
contributions. — IANS
Medical test
paper leak: SC
to issue order
on June 15
Taking cue from Modi,
‹Šƒ”’ƒ”–‹‡•–ƒ‡ϐ‹‰Š–
to ‘virtual media’
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court
™‹ŽŽ ’”‘‘—…‡ ‘ —‡ ͳͷ ‹–• ‘”der on a batch of petitions seeking
re-conduct of All India Pre-Medical
Entrance Test (AIPMT) following
the leak of the question paper and
circulation of answer keys through
electronic devices at different exƒ‹ƒ–‹‘…‡–”‡•ƒ…”‘••ͳͲ•–ƒ–‡•Ǥ
A vacation bench of Justices R K
Agrawal and Amitava Roy reserved
its order on Friday as the Central
Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE) which had conducted the
exam opposed the plea for re-conduct of the examination, saying that
it would involve a mammoth exercise spread over a long period.
The court also extended till June
ͳͷ ‹–• ‡ƒ”Ž‹‡” ‘”†‡” ”‡•–”ƒ‹‹‰ –Š‡
CBSE from declaring the result that
was originally scheduled to be an‘—…‡†‘—‡ͷǤ
Appearing for CBSE, Solicitor
General Ranjit Kumar said that for
the examination conducted this
›‡ƒ” ‘ ƒ› ͵ǡ –Š‡ ’”‡’ƒ”ƒ–‹‘•
™‡”‡ •–ƒ”–‡† ‹ …–‘„‡” Žƒ•– ›‡ƒ”ǡ
noting this shows the magnitude of
efforts that goes into the conduct
of the examination and which will
have to be re-done if court orders a
re-conduct.
‘–‡†‹‰–Šƒ–‘Ž›ͶͶ•–—†‡–•
Šƒ˜‡ „‡‡ ‹†‡–‹ϐ‹‡† –‘ „‡ ƒŽŽ‡‰‡†
„‡‡ϐ‹…‹ƒ”‹‡• ‘ˆ –Š‡ ’ƒ’‡” Ž‡ƒǡ Š‡
said that it should not come in the
way of the declaration of the results
ƒˆˆ‡…–‹‰ ͸Ǥ͵Ͳ ŽƒŠ •–—†‡–• ™Š‘
–‘‘ –Š‡ ‡–”ƒ…‡ –‡•– ƒ– ͳǡͲͷͲ ‡šamination centres in the country.
As Ranjit Kumar made strenuous efforts to resist the plea for the
exam being re-conducted, the court
asked: “What message it will send
to the hardworking students who
burn mid-night oil to prepare for
the examination if they lose it to
merit to such candidates.”
Telling the CBSE that it was
in the know of such things going
on for some time but it failed to
take precautionary steps, Justice
Roy said: “You should have taken
’”‡…ƒ—–‹‘ƒ”› •–‡’• ˆ”‘ ʹͲͳʹǤ
Whatever precautions you have taken have failed. — IANS
PATNA — Impressed by the tremen†‘—•’‘Ž‹–‹…ƒŽ„‡‡ϐ‹–•”‡ƒ’‡†„›
and AAP due to high-voltage social
media and high-end digital cam’ƒ‹‰‹‰‹–Š‡ʹͲͳͶ‘ƒ„Šƒƒ†
Delhi assembly elections, Bihar parties too are eagerly jumping on to the
e-bandwagon.
All the major parties — Janata
Dal-United (JD-U), Rashtriya Janata
Dal (RJD), Congress, Lok Janshakti
Party (LJP) and Hindustani Awam
Morcha — are making efforts to
make their presence felt on the net
for the forthcoming Bihar election.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is
also expected to shift its well oiled
cyber machine to Bihar soon. From
interactive graphical representation
of the work done by their parties
and making promises on Facebook to
sending interactive and informative
messages on WhatsApp, they are doing it all to woo voters.
“It’s the best way to engage the
›‘—–Šƒ†ϐ‹”•––‹‡˜‘–‡”•Ǥ
We have set up a ‘war room’ to
ensure that we remain ahead of our
rivals in digital campaigning,” K C
Tyagi, chief spokesperson of JD-U,
said over phone. “We have seen how
Prime Minister Narendra Modi quite
effectively used the social media and
Š‹‰ŠǦ–‡…Š …ƒ’ƒ‹‰‹‰ ‹ –Š‡ ʹͲͳͶ
elections to ride to power at the centre,” he added.
According to Bihar’s information
and technology department, an estiƒ–‡† ͷ ŽƒŠ ‘—– ‘ˆ –Š‡ •–ƒ–‡ǯ• –‘–ƒŽ
’‘’—Žƒ–‹‘ ‘ˆ ͳͳͲ ‹ŽŽ‹‘ —•‡ –Š‡
Internet on computers while 20 to
͵Ͳ ‹ŽŽ‹‘ —•‡ ‹– ‘ ‘„‹Ž‡ ’Š‘‡•Ǥ
›ƒ‰‹ •ƒ›• –Š‡ ʹͲͳͶ ‰‡‡”ƒŽ ‡Ž‡…tions changed the way elections were
fought in India.
Although the tech-savvy campaign
brought rich dividents for the BJP, he
says it also raised the overall cost of
ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰‡Ž‡…–‹‘•Ǥ
Abdul Bari Siddiqui of RJD, who is
also leader of the opposition in the
Bihar assembly, says that although
the reach of social media among Bihar’s population was limited, yet one
cannot “deny it’s positive and longlasting effect on the public mind.”
Talking on the phone, Siddiqui
said digital campaigning involved
Reliance Industries Chairman, Mukesh Ambani seen with his wife Nita upon their arrival at the company’s annual general meeting in Mumbai yesterday. Reliance Industries is holding its 41st annual general shareholders
meeting. — AFP
Bengal adopts motion seeking
withdrawal of land ordinance
— The West Bengal assembly on Friday adopted a motion
urging the Narendra Modi-led central
government to withdraw the “dra…‘‹ƒdz ƒ† ”†‹ƒ…‡Ǥ Š‡ ”—Žing Trinamool Congress, opposition
Communist Party of India-Marxist
and the Congress initially moved
three different motions seeking the
withdrawal of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land
Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Re•‡––Ž‡‡– ȋ‡†‡–Ȍ ”†‹ƒ…‡ǡ
ʹͲͳͷǤ
Š‹Ž‡‡ƒ†‡”‘ˆ’’‘•‹–‹‘—”Œ›ƒ
Kanta Mishra of the CPI-M, opposed
the motions moved by the Trinamool
and Congress, Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee insisted that a single motion
be passed as the issue concerned the
welfare of the people at large.
At the chief minister’s prompting,
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha
Chatterjee later moved a single motion that was adopted by the assembly with only the Bharatiya Janata
Party member opposing it. “There are
certain issues where for the sake of
the country and the people, compromises can be made.
But this law is draconian and if
passed will destroy the entire country. There can be no compromise on
this,” Banerjee said in favour of the
motion. “The ordinance had to be
promulgated thrice but still it has not
been passed.
The centre should realise this fact,
in democracy it’s the people who
have the last say and they should immediately withdraw this law,” she
said. Asserting that industry and agriculture can coexist, Banerjee, also the
Trinamool Congress supremo, said:
Dz’–‹‘• ƒ”‡ ‘’‡Ǣ ™Š› ‹• –Š‹• ‰‘˜ernment looking for an easy option?
Why is this government looking to
snatch away the land of the farmers
for the sake of industrialists?”
She also called upoon the lone BJP
member Samik Bhattacharya to vote
in favour of the motion.
But Bhattacharya opposed the motion and defended the proposed law
saying it was aimed at eliminating
Žƒ†ƒϐ‹ƒǤ
“The Trinamool on one hand says
it will not acquire land, on the other it
plans to develop several smart cities.
From whom would you be getting
this land for the smart cities, is it the
Žƒ† ƒϐ‹ƒǫdz Š‡ ƒ•‡†Ǥ ƒŽŽ‹‰ –Š‡
land ordinance anti-farmer, Mishra
expressed his displeasure over his
party motions being not adopted by
the assembly. — IANS
According to
Bihar’s information
and technology
department, an
estimated 5 lakh
out of the state’s
total population
of 110 million use
the Internet on
computers while 20
to 30 million use it
on mobile phones
hiring of tech experts, setting up of
media rooms and manning them
round-the-clock.
Under the JD-U’s ‘war room’ strat‡‰›ǡ ͶͲͲ –”—…• ‡“—‹’’‡† ™‹–Š sets, music systems, microphones
and speakers will move from village
to village and showcase the government’s achievements.
The personnel manning these vehicles will also interact with villagers and their local representatives
to get their ideas and suggestions for
Bihar’s development in future. Flash
mobs and street plays are also being
planned by JD-U to gain the support of
the younger generation, which is expected to play a crucial role in the legislative elections expected to be held
‹‡’–‡„‡”‘”…–‘„‡”–Š‹•›‡ƒ”Ǥ
Parties opposed to the JD-U have
started Facebook pages to engage
people on the social media in the
run-up to the polls.
So apart from the traditional methods like high-pitch sloganeering, colourful buntings, posters and large
hoardings to grab the eyeballs of the
Bihar electorate, e-campaigning will
add more punch to the campaigning
by political parties aiming to win a majority in the state assembly. — IANS
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REGION
Syrian army
regains control
of southern
airbase
Syrian refugees try to grab bottles of water thrown from Turkish side near the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, at Akcakale in Sanliurfa province, yesterday.
—”‡›•ƒ‹†‹–™ƒ•–ƒ‹‰‡ƒ•—”‡•–‘Ž‹‹––Š‡ϔŽ‘™‘ˆ›”‹ƒ”‡ˆ—‰‡‡•‘–‘‹–•–‡””‹–‘”›ƒˆ–‡”ƒ‹ϔŽ—š‘ˆ–Š‘—•ƒ†•‘”‡‘˜‡”–Š‡Žƒ•–†ƒ›•†—‡–‘
ϔ‹‰Š–‹‰Ǥ†‡”ƒDz‘’‡Ǧ†‘‘”dz’‘Ž‹…›ǡ—”‡›Šƒ•–ƒ‡‹ͷǤ;‹ŽŽ‹‘›”‹ƒ”‡ˆ—‰‡‡••‹…‡–Š‡…‘ϔŽ‹…–‹›”‹ƒ‡”—’–‡†‹͸ͶͷͷǤȄ
7 shot dead at protest against IS in Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya — Seven people
were shot dead on Friday at a protest
against IS in the eastern Libyan city of
Derna, residents said.
Demonstrators, angered at the
ƒ‘—– ‘ˆ ˆ‘”‡‹‰ ϐ‹‰Š–‡”• …‘‹‰
in to join the militant group, started
marching towards its main base in
the coastal settlement when gunmen
‘’‡‡† ϐ‹”‡ ‹–‘ –Š‡ …”‘™†ǡ •‡˜‡”ƒŽ
residents said.
About 30 people were wounded,
they added. IS has thrived in Libya
since two rival governments began
ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ ˆ‘” …‘–”‘Žǡ Ž‡ƒ˜‹‰ ƒ •‡…—rity vacuum four years after the over–Š”‘™‘ˆ—ƒƒ”
ƒ††ƒϐ‹Ǥ
Western nations have grown particularly alarmed at IS expansion beyond its strongholds in Iraq and Syria
to the increasingly chaotic country
just over the Mediterranean. But the
hardline movement has also faced
substantial local opposition and competition from other militants and
groups vying for power, territory and
resources in Libya.
Nine suspected IS members were
killed during separate clashes on Friday with other groups, a source in
one of those movements said.
Š‡ ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ ‹ ‡”ƒ Ȅ ƒ Ž‘‰Ǧ
time gathering point for insurgents
Ȅ ϐ‹”•– ‡”—’–‡† ‘ —‡•†ƒ› ƒˆ–‡” ƒ
Police hope to get clues
in Karnak attack from
wounded suspect
ȅ Egyptian police were
closely monitoring on Friday the condition of the third assailant in a foiled
suicide attack on Luxor’s Karnak
temple, who is critically wounded in
Š‘•’‹–ƒŽǡ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ••ƒ‹†Ǥ
They were also hunting for three
people suspected of aiding Wednes†ƒ›ǯ• ˆƒ‹Ž‡† ƒ––ƒ…ǡ ƒ ’‘Ž‹…‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ
in Luxor said, after security services
said they had narrowly averted a
“massacre” of tourists at the popular
ancient site.
On Wednesday, assailants widely
believed to be insurgents tried to
carry out an attack at the Karnak
temple, an ancient complex in the
southern city. One of them killed
himself by setting off the explosive
vest he was wearing, while police
killed an accomplice and seriously
wounded the other.
“The only lead we have to reveal
the truth behind the attack is the inŒ—”‡†ƒ••ƒ‹Žƒ–ǡdzƒ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ƒ‹†Ǥ
‡ƒŽ–Š ‹‹•–”› ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ ƒŠ‡†
Ahmed said the suspect “was injured
by two bullets to the head and is in a
critical state.
“He’s virtually in a coma and in intensive care. He absolutely cannot be
interrogated in his current state.
“We are doing our best to save his
Ž‹ˆ‡Ǥ ‰›’– ‡‡†• Š‹ –‘ Ž‹˜‡ –‘ ϐ‹†
out who is behind the attack.”
The hospital where the suspect is
being treated has been placed under
Š‡ƒ˜› •—”˜‡‹ŽŽƒ…‡ǡ ƒ ’‘Ž‹…‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ
said. The circumstances surrounding
the attack remain unclear, and the
nationalities of the dead suspects has
‘–›‡–„‡‡…‘ϐ‹”‡†Ǥ
A taxi driver who drove them to
Karnak reported that they spoke in
Arabic and used some French words,
–Š‡‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽƒ††‡†Ǥ–‡•–•ƒ”‡—der way to identify the two dead
men. Police sources and those close
to the investigation said the third attacker is an Egyptian from Beni Suef
province, south of Cairo.
Police have questioned his family,
the sources said.
In another development, an Egyptian court jailed a policeman for
15 years on Thursday for the fatal
shooting of a woman protester during a peaceful leftist rally, a court ofϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ƒ‹†Ǥ
Shaima al Sabbagh, 34, the mother
‘ˆƒϐ‹˜‡Ǧ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž†ǡ™ƒ••–”—…„›„‹”†shot in January as police dispersed a
small march on the fourth anniversary of the uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak.
Her death triggered outrage in
Egypt and abroad, and anger spread
ƒˆ–‡” –Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‡” ™ƒ• ‘– …Šƒ”‰‡†
with murder or manslaughter but
with “battery that led to death” and
“deliberately” wounding other protesters.
—– –Š‡ –”‹ƒŽ ™ƒ• –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –‹‡ ƒ
policeman was charged over the violent death of a protester since then
army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al Sisi ousted predecessor
Mohamed Mursi in 2013.
Part of the shooting that lead
to Sabbagh’s death was captured
‘ ϐ‹Žǡ ’”‘’–‹‰ ‹•‹ –‘ ’—„Ž‹…Ž›
demand that the perpetrator be
brought to justice. The policeman,
who was not named, can appeal the
verdict.
ƒ„„ƒ‰Š ™ƒ• Š‹– ™Š‡ –Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‡”
ϐ‹”‡†„‹”†•Š‘––‘†‹•’‡”•‡–Š‡’‡ƒ…‡ful protest that had been organised
by her Socialist Popular Alliance, a
small leftist party. — AFP
leader in the militant umbrella group
Majlis al Shura was killed. Majlis al
Shura responded by declaring holy
war against IS.
Šƒ• ƒ––ƒ…‡† ‘‹Žϐ‹‡Ž†• ƒ† ‡bassies and also claimed the killing
of dozens of Egyptian and Ethiopian
Christians.
It has also attacked both governments, neither of which control Derna.
Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ ‰‘˜‡”‡– Šƒ• „‡‡
based in the east since losing the capital Tripoli in August to rival group
Libya Dawn, which set up its own administration with some militant links.
Meanwhile, Libyan militiamen
kidnapped 10 staffers from Tunisia’s
consulate in Tripoli on Friday after
storming the mission, the government in Tunis said.
A foreign ministry statement denounced “the intrusion of an armed
‰”‘—’ ‹ –Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‡• ‘ˆ –Š‡ —‹•‹ƒ
consulate in Tripoli and the detention
of 10 staff of the mission.”
The government in Tunis said a
crisis cell had been established in the
wake of the kidnapping.
Security forces sealed off the area
around the consulate, banning journalists from the site and barring them
from taking pictures, an AFP correspondent said. — Reuters/AFP
ȅ Syrian army troops regained full control of an airbase in
southern Sweida province on Friday,
a day after rebels overran large parts
of it, a monitor said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels from the
Southern Front alliance withdrew
from the Al Thalaa base under heavy
”‡‰‹‡ϐ‹”‡Ǥ
Dz’’‘•‹–‹‘ ϐ‹‰Š–‡”• ™‹–Š†”‡™
from areas they seized yesterday
after heavy regime aerial bombardment and the arrival of reinforcements from the (pro-regime militia)
National Defence Forces and Popular
Committees,” said Observatory chief
Rami Abdel Rahman.
He said there were casualties on
„‘–Š •‹†‡• ‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ǡ „—– ‰ƒ˜‡
‘‹‡†‹ƒ–‡ϐ‹‰—”‡Ǥ‡„‡Ž•ˆ”‘–Š‡
Southern Front alliance entered the
airport on Thursday, quickly seizing
most of the facility.
– ™ƒ• –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– •—…Š ƒ†˜ƒ…‡ „›
rebels into Sweida, a province which
is largely in regime hands and home
to the a majority of Syria’s Druze
minority. Syrian state television had
denied that the airport had fallen to
rebels, and the provincial governor
insisted life was continuing “as normal” in the region.
The rebel advance into Al Thalaa came after they had captured
on Tuesday the 52nd Brigade base,
located in neighbouring Daraa province. Sweida province has been
•’ƒ”‡†—…Š‘ˆ–Š‡ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰‹›”‹ƒǤ
The Druze make up around three
per cent of Syria’s pre-war population of 23 million people.
The community has been somewhat divided during the country’s
—’”‹•‹‰ǡ ™‹–Š •‘‡ ‡„‡”• ϐ‹‰Š–ing alongside the government and
others expressing sympathy for the
opposition.
Syrian state
television had
denied that the
airport had fallen
to rebels, and the
provincial governor
insisted life was
…‘–‹—‹‰Dzƒ•
‘”ƒŽdz‹–Š‡
region
Mostly, the Druze have taken up
arms only in defence of their areas,
ƒ† Šƒ˜‡ ‡’– ‘—– ‘ˆ –Š‡ ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰
more broadly.
Concerns for the minority’s fate
have grown this week with the
Southern Front’s advance into Swe‹†ƒ ƒ† ”‡’‘”–• –Šƒ– ƒŽ ƒ‡†ƒ ƒˆϐ‹Ž‹ate Al Nusra Front killed at least 20
Druze civilians in a village in northwestern Idlib province.
The incident in the village of Qalb
al Lawzah was condemned by the
Southern Front, who issued a statement on Thursday pledging not to
ϐ‹‰Š–ƒ‰ƒ‹•––Š‡”—œ‡Ǥ
The Qalb al Lawzah killings also
drew condemnation from UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura. “He
strongly condemns such attacks on
civilians, in particular communities
in Syria, which are in an especially
vulnerable situation amidst the on‰‘‹‰ ˜‹‘Ž‡– …‘ϐŽ‹…–ǡdz Š‹• •’‘‡•woman said in a statement.
American troops at Taqaddum to
help Iraqis plan battle for Ramadi
WASHINGTON — President Barack
Obama has said American forces being sent to a new operations centre
in the heart of the war against IS will
not engage in combat, but they will
†‘ƒŽ‘•–‡˜‡”›–Š‹‰„—–ϐ‹‰Š––‘•—’port the beleaguered Iraqi forces.
†‡ˆ‡…‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• •ƒ› –Š‡ –ƒ••
of the troops going to Taqaddum air
base will range from advising Iraqi
commanders how to ensure soldiers
have enough bullets to integrating air
power into combat plans.
Obama on Wednesday authorised deployment of up to 450 troops
to work with the dispirited 8th Iraqi
army division as it tries to regroup
and ultimately drive the IS back out of
the city of Ramadi that they overran
last month.
Americans are already operating at several other bases around the
country to train, advise and support
the Iraqis, who have had limited success against the IS occupying large
swathes of the country in the last 18
months. But the operation at Taqaddum, close to the Euphrates river 45
miles west of Baghdad between major cities held by IS, puts US forces at
–Š‡…”—š‘ˆ–Š‡ϐ‹‰Š–Ǥ
It is just 15 miles, a half-hour
drive, east of Ramadi, the Anbar provincial capital, and about 15 km to
the west of Falluja, also controlled by
IS.
Adjacent to Lake Habbaniya, the
base was used by American forces
who took over the country in 2003
to oust Saddam Hussein and is in oftcontested territory familiar to many
veterans of that earlier war.
Elements of the 8th Iraqi army division were involved in the April rout
ƒ– ƒƒ†‹ ƒ† –‘’ ‹Ž‹–ƒ”› ‘ˆϐ‹cials were scornful of their perform-
”ƒ“‹›‘—–Š–ƒ‡’ƒ”–‹ƒ…ƒ’ƒ‹‰Dz‹–‡†‘”‡”‹–ƒ‰‡dzǡƒ‹‡†–‘”ƒ‹•‡ƒ™ƒ”‡••‘˜‡”–Š‡–Š”‡ƒ–‡‡†Š‡”‹–Ǧ
age of Iraq at the bottom of the Arbil Citadel (background) in the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of
‘”–Š‡””ƒ“ǤȄ
ance.
when the city fell.
Warren said the US mission at
Defence Secretary Ash Carter
Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pen- Taqaddum would not, at least initially,
questioned whether they had the will tagon spokesman, asked if US troops have the people needed to carry out
–‘ϐ‹‰Š–Ǥ
would be involved in helping Iraqis training in combat skills, which now
‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• •ƒ‹† –Š‡ ”‘Ž‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ plan to retake Ramadi, Warren said, being done at four other sites includAmericans at Taqaddum would also “Absolutely.”
ing Al Asad air base further west in
be to try to inject new spirit into the
He said US military experts would Anbar province.
Iraqi forces as well as help the pro- Š‡Ž’ ”ƒ“‹ ‹Ž‹–ƒ”› ‘ˆϐ‹…‡”• Dz‰‡‡”ƒ–‡
It would advise the Iraqis “how to
gramme to recruit new forces from their plans for future operations, help do everything from best deploy their
tribes in the region.
them improve their systems inside of troops, to improve their logistic sysThe Iraqi military programme their units so that they’re able to con- tems, to increase their intelligence
–‘ ƒ––”ƒ…– –”‹„ƒŽ ϐ‹‰Š–‡”• ™ƒ• „ƒ•‡† duct operations and... better employ capabilities, to how to manage their
in Ramadi but moved to Taqaddum their forces.”
administrative processes,” he said.
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EU puts ball back in Greece’s court
y IMF team returns to Washington,
major differences remain
y Greek delegation goes home
citing disagreements
y Greece likely to default on IMF
loan end June without deal
BRUSSELS — European Commission
President Jean-Claude Juncker said on
Friday that stalled debt talks between
Athens and its creditors would restart
„—– ’—– –Š‡ „ƒŽŽ ϐ‹”Ž› ‹ –Š‡ ”‡‡
government’s court to come up with
an acceptable deal.
Juncker spoke after the International Monetary Fund quit negotiations in Brussels on Thursday, and a
European Union leader bluntly told
Athens to stop “gambling” with its future.
‹‡‹•ˆƒ•–”—‹‰‘—–ˆ‘”
”‡‡…‡
to strike a cash-for-reforms deal with
its creditors and stave off a default at
the end of June that could see it tumbling out of the euro zone.
‡”ƒ Šƒ…‡ŽŽ‘” ‰‡Žƒ ‡”‡Ž
—”‰‡†
”‡‡…‡ƒ†‹–•…”‡†‹–‘”•›‡•–‡”day to keep pushing for a cash-for-reforms deal after Brussels negotiations
hit stalemate, as European leaders
heaped pressure on Athens to give
ground.
But Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
is showing no signs of alarm.
‹•ϐ‹”•–‡‰ƒ‰‡‡–ƒˆ–‡””—•Š‹‰
home from Brussels on Thursday was
an open air pop concert celebrating
the revival of the ERT state TV station,
closed exactly two years ago under
cuts ordered by the country’s EU and
IMF lenders.
Both sides tried to keep hope alive
on Friday.
A senior minister and close adviser
to Tsipras said he hoped for a deal on
—‡ͳͺǡƒ–ƒ‡‡–‹‰‘ˆ‡—”‘œ‘‡ϐ‹nance ministers.
Juncker also stressed the process
was not yet over. “Negotiations will
•–ƒ”– ƒ‰ƒ‹ǡ ϐ‹”•– ƒ– ƒ –‡…Š‹…ƒŽ Ž‡˜‡Žǡ
then a political one,” he told French
radio. “A deal is necessary in the coming days,” adding: “The ball is in the
”‡‡…‘—”–Ǥdz
”‡‡…‡ ‡‡†• ƒ †‡ƒŽ –‘ —Ž‘… ƒ‹†
or loosen curbs on how much it can
borrow in short term debt before a
1.6 billion euro ($1.8 billion) repayment to the IMF falls due by the end
of this month.
‡‡™‡†—…‡”–ƒ‹–›•‡–
”‡‡…‡ǯ•
top share index.
†‘™ Ͷ ’‡” …‡– ‘ ”‹†ƒ›
morning.
Š‡ ‡”ƒ –ƒ„Ž‘‹† Bild reported
–Šƒ– –Š‡ ‡”ƒ ‰‘˜‡”‡– ™ƒ•
holding “concrete consultations”, including about introducing capital controls restricting bank withdrawals in
”‡‡…‡ ƒ† –”ƒ•ˆ‡”• ƒ„”‘ƒ† •Š‘—Ž†
the country go bust.
He has vowed to end the waves of
austerity imposed by previous governments at the lenders’ behest.
But he also needs to keep the
Britain’s growth set for
boost as construction
data changes kick in
LONDON — Britain’s economic
growth rate last year and in early
2015 looks to have been stronger
than previously estimated after the
…‘—–”›ǯ••–ƒ–‹•–‹…•‘ˆϐ‹…‡”‡˜‹•‡†–Š‡
way it measured the construction
sector.
The pace of growth in gross do‡•–‹… ’”‘†—…– ‹ ʹͲͳͶ …‘—Ž† ”‹•‡
to 3.1 per cent — the highest since
2003 — from a previous reading of
2.8 per cent due to the changes in the
…‘•–”—…–‹‘ †ƒ–ƒǡ –Š‡ ˆϐ‹…‡ ˆ‘” ƒtional Statistics said on Friday.
–Š‡ϐ‹”•––Š”‡‡‘–Š•‘ˆʹͲͳͷǡ
“—ƒ”–‡”Ž› ‰”‘™–Š ™‘—Ž† „‡ ͲǤͶ
per cent, up from a previous estimate
of 0.3 per cent, assuming no further
changes to data covering other areas
of the economy such as the far bigger services sector. A new reading of
‹•†—‡‘—‡͵ͲǤ
‘•–”—…–‹‘ ƒ‡• —’ ͸ǤͶ ’‡”
cent of Britain’s economy.
The ONS changed the way it calculates price changes and its method
for seasonal adjustments in the construction data.
“The official
measure of growth
now looked more
in line with privatesector surveys”
– ƒŽ•‘ •ƒ‹† –Š‡ ‹…”‡ƒ•‡ ‹ last year might be affected by changes to estimates of expenditure and
income.
Economists said Britain’s economic recovery was now cast in a stronger light.
Howard Archer, chief UK econo‹•– ƒ– Ž‘„ƒŽ •‹‰Š–ǡ •ƒ‹† –Š‡
numbers made Britain’s productivity
‰”‘™–Š‹ʹͲͳͶŽ‘‘„‡––‡”ƒŽ–Š‘—‰Š
it was still too weak.
Samuel Tombs at Capital Eco‘‹…• •ƒ‹† –Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ ‡ƒ•—”‡ ‘ˆ
growth now looked more in line with
private-sector surveys.
Separately on Friday, a Bank of
England policymaker said the time
for an increase in interest rates was
getting closer, given the recovery in
the economy.
The ONS said construction output
‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– “—ƒ”–‡” ™ƒ• ”‡˜‹•‡† –‘
show a fall of 0.2 per cent, a milder
decline than a fall of 1.1 per cent previously reported.
In April, construction output fell
by 0.8 per cent from March when it
Šƒ†”‹•‡„›ͳǤͶ’‡”…‡–Ǥ
Economists said April’s data was
probably affected by uncertainty
about the outcome of May’s national
elections. An industry survey pubŽ‹•Š‡† Žƒ•– ™‡‡ •Š‘™‡† …‘ϐ‹†‡…‡
ƒ‘‰…‘•–”—…–‹‘ϐ‹”•Š‹–ƒ‹‡Ǧ
year high in May after Prime Minister
David Cameron’s Conservative Party
won the elections with an unexpected parliamentary majority.
— Reuters
German Chancellor Angela M‡”‡ŽȋȌ•Šƒ‡•Šƒ†•™‹–Š
”‡‡”‹‡‹‹•–‡”Ž‡š‹••‹’”ƒ•ȋȌƒ––Š‡•–ƒ”–‘ˆƒǦƒ–‹‡”‹…ƒ•—‹–‹
”—••‡Ž•ǡ‡Ž‰‹—ǤȄ‡—–‡”•
country in the euro zone: a poll this
™‡‡ •Š‘™‡† ƒ ‘˜‡”™Š‡Ž‹‰ ͹͹ǤͶ
per cent favoured keeping the common currency.
But the creditors are demanding yet more austerity and refusing
to release any aid until Athens backs
down, raising the risk of default and a
euro zone exit.
For all the warnings of dire consequences, Tsipras put on a show of
…ƒŽ …‘ϐ‹†‡…‡ ƒ– –Š‡ ‡˜‡‹‰ …‘cert outside the ERT headquarters in
an Athens suburb.
Still in the blue suit he wore at the
Brussels talks, he was mobbed by
supporters as he arrived at the party.
“It’s a celebration of democracy.
It is not the government that reopened ERT but the struggles of the
”‡‡’‡‘’Ž‡Ǥ‘†ƒ›™‡•Š‘—Ž†ƒŽŽ„‡
happy and look to the future with optimism,” he said. Major sticking points
in the talks remain.
Athens has balked at measures
•—…Šƒ•…—”„‹‰’‡•‹‘„‡‡ϐ‹–•ƒ†
raising value-added tax, and pressed
lenders for more help to attempt to
reduce the debt burden.
–•‘™†‡Ž‡‰ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ•‘ϐŽ‡™Š‘‡
from Brussels on Thursday.
‘”ƒ†‡ƒŽ–‘™‘”ǡ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ••ƒ‹†
Tsipras’s government needed to come
up with new savings and tax measures to replace those that Athens
ϐ‹†•—ƒ……‡’–ƒ„Ž‡Ǥ
People familiar with the talks said
the two sides have come closer to
agreeing a primary surplus target but
cannot agree on how to achieve it.
“No matter what we do, if we don’t
start addressing the debt issue, there
‹•‘…Šƒ…‡–Šƒ––Š‡
”‡‡‡…‘‘›
kickstarts,” said Alekos Flabouraris, a
state minister.”
Anger against the grinding auster‹–› ‡ƒ•—”‡• ‹’‘•‡† ‘ ”‡‡…‡ Šƒ•
simmered in the capital Athens. A
group of about 50 workers gathered
outside the deputy labour minister’s
‘ˆϐ‹…‡‘”‹†ƒ›ǡ†‡ƒ†‹‰Œ‘„•Ǥ
— Reuters
Strong US retail sales boost
economic growth outlook
Ȅ”‡–ƒ‹Ž•ƒŽ‡••—”‰‡†‹ƒ›
as households boosted purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods even as they
paid a bit more for gasoline, the latest sign eco‘‹…‰”‘™–Š‹•ϐ‹ƒŽŽ›‰ƒ–Š‡”‹‰•–‡ƒǤ
While other data showed a slight increase in
‡™ ƒ’’Ž‹…ƒ–‹‘• ˆ‘” —‡’Ž‘›‡– „‡‡ϐ‹–•ǡ
the number remained in territory associated
with a tightening labour market.
Š‡ ϐ‹”‹‰ ‡…‘‘› …‘—Ž† Ž‹‡Ž› ’”‘’–
the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in
September.
“Today’s data, including the trend-like jobŽ‡•• …Žƒ‹• —„‡”ǡ ‡‡’ ‡’–‡„‡” ϐ‹”Ž› ‹
place as a credible option for the Fed,” said Anthony Karydakis, chief economic strategist at
Miller Tabak in New York.
Retail sales increased 1.2 per cent last month
after an upwardly revised 0.2 per cent gain in
April, the Commerce Department said.
April sales were previously reported to have
been unchanged.
March sales were also revised to show them
rising 1.5 per cent instead of 1.1 per cent.
The US central bank has kept its short-term
interest rate near zero since December 2008.
Solid retail sales data added to robust job
growth in May and stabilising manufacturing
ƒ…–‹˜‹–›‹•—‰‰‡•–‹‰–Š‡‡…‘‘›™ƒ•ϐ‹†‹‰
momentum after getting off to a slow start in
the second quarter.
Retail sales excluding automobiles, gasoline,
building materials and food services increased
0.7 per cent last month after an upwardly revised 0.1 per cent rise in April.
These so-called core retail sales correspond
most closely with the consumer spending component of gross domestic product.
Economists had forecast core retail sales rising 0.5 per cent after they were previously re’‘”–‡†–‘Šƒ˜‡„‡‡ϐŽƒ–‹’”‹ŽǤ
Fiat 500 cars for sale are pictured at a car dealership at Motor Village in Los Angeles,
California. US retail sales surged in May as households boosted purchases of automobiles
and a range of other goods even as they paid a bit more for gasoline, the latest sign
‡…‘‘‹…‰”‘™–Š‹•ϔ‹ƒŽŽ›‰ƒ–Š‡”‹‰•–‡ƒǤȄ‡—–‡”•
March core retail sales were also revised up
to show them increasing 0.9 per cent instead of
0.5 per cent.
The government’s most recent growth estiƒ–‡•Š‘™‡†
…‘–”ƒ…–‡†ƒ–ƒͲǤ͹’‡”…‡–
ƒ—ƒŽ’ƒ…‡‹–Š‡ϐ‹”•–“—ƒ”–‡”Ǥ
But revisions to March core retail sales together with upbeat data on healthcare spend-
ing, as well as already-reported revisions to
construction spending, trade and wholesale inventory data suggest that output was probably
not that weak.
Dz– ‹• ‘™ ’‘••‹„Ž‡ –Šƒ– †‹†ǯ– ƒ…–—ƒŽŽ›…‘–”ƒ…–‹–Š‡ϐ‹”•–“—ƒ”–‡”ǡdz•ƒ‹†ƒ—Ž•Šworth, chief US economist at Capital Economics
in Toronto. — Reuters
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new device
TORONTO — BlackBerry is considering equipping an upcoming
smartphone with Google Inc’s An†”‘‹† •‘ˆ–™ƒ”‡ ˆ‘” –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –‹‡ǡ ƒ
acknowledgement that its revamped
line of devices has failed to win mass
appeal, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
The move would be an aboutface for the Waterloo, Ontario-based
company, which had shunned Android in a bet that its BlackBerry 10
line of phones would be able to claw
back market share lost to Apple’s
iPhone and a slew of devices powered by Android. The sources, who
asked not to be named as they have
not been authorised to discuss the
matter publicly, said the move to use
Android is part of BlackBerry’s strategy to pivot to focus on software and
device management.
BlackBerry, which once dominated smartphone sales, now has a market share of less than 1 per cent.
It is not clear whether a move to
use Android would spell the end of
the company’s BlackBerry 10 line of
devices that were initially launched
to much fanfare in early 2013.
After positive early reviews, the
late-to-launch BlackBerry devices
haven’t competed well with Android
or Apple, mainly due to a lack of big
name apps.
“We don’t comment on rumours
and speculation, but we remain committed to the BlackBerry 10 operating system, which provides security
ƒ† ’”‘†—…–‹˜‹–› „‡‡ϐ‹–• –Šƒ– ƒ”‡
unmatched,” said the company in an
email.
A Google spokeswoman declined
to comment.
BlackBerry Chief Executive John
Chen is banking on the company’s
new device management system,
BES12, that allows corporate and
government clients to not only manage BlackBerry devices on their internal networks, but also devices
powered by Android, Apple’s iOS
platform and Microsoft Corp’s Windows operating system.
One of the hurdles it faces in that
transformation is convincing big customers that its device management
software works across many different platforms.
Two sources said that by launching an Android-based device of its
own, BlackBerry would be sending
a signal to sceptics that it is conϐ‹†‡– –Šƒ– –Š‡ ͳʹ •›•–‡ …ƒ
not only manage, but also secure
smartphones and tablets powered by
rival operating systems.
BlackBerry will proably use Android on an upcoming slider device
that is likely to be released this autumn, two sources said. — Reuters
Ryanair to appeal order
to slash Aer Lingus stake
DUBLIN — Britain’s competition
™ƒ–…Š†‘‰ Šƒ• –‘Ž† ›ƒƒ‹” ‹ ƒ ϐ‹ƒŽ
ruling to cut its 30 per cent stake in
Aer Lingus, potentially making it easier for British Airways-owner IAG to
take over the airline.
—–›ƒƒ‹”•ƒ‹†‹–™‘—Ž†ϐ‹‰Š––Š‡
“nonsense” ruling in court, a process
chief executive Michael O’Leary said
could delay a forced divestment by at
least 6-12 months.
IAG has made a 1.36 billion euro
($1.53 billion) bid for Aer Lingus, but
the deal is conditional upon winning
support from Ryanair.
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was not
good for competition when one airline could decide if a bid for its major
competitor succeeded or failed.
“We need to ensure that, whatever
Britain’s Competition
and Markets Authority
(CMA) said it was not
good for competition
when one airline could
decide if a bid for its
major competitor
succeeded or failed
happens in relation to this particular
transaction, Ryanair’s ability to hold
sway over Aer Lingus is removed,”
–Š‡ ™ƒ–…Š†‘‰ •ƒ‹† ‹ ‹–• ϐ‹ƒŽ ”—Ž‹‰
on the issue.
But O’Leary said there was nothing to stop IAG buying the other 70
per cent of Aer Lingus and pointed
out that IAG owned 45 per cent of
low-cost carrier Vueling from 2011
to 2013.
“I don’t think IAG would be in the
least bit bothered by having us on
the share register,” O’Leary said in a
telephone interview.
Ryanair lawyers are to appeal
Thursday’s decision to the Competition Appeal Tribunal, he said.
The CMA had said in April in a
provisional ruling that Ryanair remained a major hurdle to any merger
after Ryanair had asked it to reconsider an original 2013 ruling that it
must cut its Aer Lingus stake to below 5 per cent. Ireland has already
said it will sell its 25 per cent stake in
Aer Lingus to IAG.
Ryanair has said it would consider
the bid once it had received the formal offer document. The budget airline has made a series of legal challenges to the British competition
watchdog order to reduce its Aer
Lingus shareholding to 5 per cent or
less and is also planning to appeal to
Britain’s Supreme Court. — Reuters
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Asian stocks follow US gains, euro retreats
An investor gazes at a
share prices board in
Tokyo. Japan’s share
prices climbed 0.12 per
cent, or 24.11 points,
to 20,407.08, although
the gains were capped
by worries about the
Greece talks. — AFP
HONG KONG — The euro retreated
in Asia on Friday on concerns about
Greece’s bailout reform talks after
the IMF walked out, while Japanese
stocks ended higher thanks to a pickup in the dollar against the yen.
Regional investors were given another positive lead from Wall Street
following a better-than-forecast US
retail sales report.
Tokyo climbed 0.12 per cent, or
24.11 points, to 20,407.08, although
the gains were capped by worries
about the Greece talks.
Hong Kong stocks jumped 1.39
per cent on Friday following a second
successive rally on Wall Street and in
line with another pick-up in Shanghai
as traders bet on further measures to
kickstart the Chinese economy.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 372.69 points to close at
27,280.54 on turnover of HK$131.53
billion (US$16.97 billion).
In mainland China the benchmark
Shanghai Composite Index added
0.87 per cent, or 44.76 points, to
5,166.35 on turnover of 1.1 trillion
yuan ($179.8 billion). The market
gained 2.85 per cent over the week.
The Shenzhen Composite Index,
which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, rose 1.28 per cent, or
39.72 points, to 3,140.66 on turnover
of 904.8 billion yuan. It advanced 2.91
per cent for the week.
But Sydney fell 0.20 per cent, or
11.35 points, to 5,545.3 and Seoul
was 0.22 per cent lower, dropping
4.44 points to 2,052.17.
Britain’s top share index fell on
Friday as concerns that Greece may
be heading towards a default weighed
on sentiment and lower oil and metals prices hit mining and energy
stocks.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index fell
0.4 per cent to 6,819.93 points by
0741 GMT after gaining in the previous two sessions, with the mining and
energy sub-indexes down 0.2 per cent
and 0.3 per cent respectively.
Among sharp movers, Bwin. Party
fell 10 per cent after saying two of its
shareholders had decided to place
up to 50 million shares in the online
VW sales chief’s
job on the line
BERLIN/HAMBURG
—
Volkswagen group sales
chief Christian Klingler, an
ally of ousted chairman
Ferdinand Piech, could
lose his job as part of a
reorganisation by the carmaker intended to boost
’”‘ϐ‹–•ǡ …‘’ƒ› •‘—”…‡•
said. Klingler’s position
could be axed as top players at VW draw up a new
company structure to boost regional sales operations and make the
group more nimble, two sources said.
Europe’s largest automaker, aiming to increase cost savings at
its troubled core division to 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion) by 2017, is
tackling trouble spots laid bare by the showdown in April between
Piech and Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, which triggered the
shock departure of VW’s long-time patriarch.
The push to make Klingler’s job redundant by giving more clout
to brands and regional leaders coincides with deep-seated criticism
by some managers of Klingler, who has overseen VW group sales
operations since January 2010, one source said.
Klingler himself has pushed out various managers in his department and failed to address product gaps in the United States and
Brazil where VW brand sales are falling, the source said on condition of anonymity.
Family ties have so far helped protect the sales chief.
Klingler is chairman of Porsche Holding Salzburg, Europe’s largest automotive retail company co-founded by Piech’s deceased
mother Louise and, Austrian-born like Piech, he is also married to
one of Piech’s relatives.
“Klingler certainly has some opponents,” the source said. “So far,
the rule has been that whoever criticises him also indirectly rounds
on Piech. That safeguard mechanism has ceased to exist.”
‘”–Š…‘‹‰ …Šƒ‰‡• ƒ– …‘—Ž† •’ƒ” ƒ ™‹†‡” ”‡•Š—ˆϐŽ‡ ‘ˆ
managers, the source added.
A spokesman at Wolfsburg-based VW declined comment.
Klingler, attending a business seminar in Paris, could not be
reached for comment.
While VW group sales, under Klingler’s watch, surged 62 per
…‡––‘ͳͲǤʹ‹ŽŽ‹‘…ƒ”•Žƒ•–›‡ƒ”ˆ”‘͸Ǥ͵‹ŽŽ‹‘‹ʹͲͲͻǡ’”‘ϐ‹–•
Šƒ˜‡„ƒ”‡Ž›‰”‘™ǡ”‡ϐŽ‡…–‹‰”—–ŠŽ‡••†‹•…‘—–‹‰–‘’”‘–‡…–ƒ”‡–
share. — Reuters
‰ƒ„Ž‹‰ϐ‹”Ǥ
Petra Diamonds fell 9 per cent after forecasting full-year revenue below market expectations.
The miner, which has four producing mines in South Africa and one in
Tanzania, had warned in April that
full-year results would be below market consensus due to variability in
grade and production mix.
US shares jumped for a second
consecutive day on Thursday after
the Commerce Department said retail
sales in May rose 1.2 per cent, better
than the 1.1 per cent gain forecast by
analysts.
Š‡ ϐ‹‰—”‡• ƒ”‡ –Š‡ Žƒ–‡•– ‹ ƒ
string of data showing the world’s
number one economy is back on the
road to recovery after a wobbly few
months at the start of the year caused
by a severe winter.
The Dow gained 0.22 per cent, the
S&P 500 added 0.17 per cent and the
Nasdaq rose 0.11 per cent.
Forex traders pushed the dollar
higher after the news, which will give
the Federal Reserve more ammunition to hike interest rates from their
record lows.
The dollar fetched 123.78 yen
against 123.45 yen in New York late
Britain’s top share index fell on Friday
as concerns that Greece may be heading
towards a default weighed on sentiment
and lower oil and metals prices hit mining
and energy stocks
on Thursday.
Dzˆ–‡” –Š‡ Ǯ†‡‡’ ˆ”‡‡œ‡ǯ ϐ‹‰—”‡•
from January to March, the thawing of
consumer spending is another positive for the US economy and a further
reason to believe in lift-off in the Fed
funds rate,” Evan Lucas, an IG markets
strategist in Melbourne, wrote in a
client note, according to Bloomberg
News.
The euro edged lower after the
IMF pulled out of Greece’s bailout
talks, saying a deal was still far off af–‡”ƒϐ‹˜‡Ǧ‘–Š•–ƒŽ‡ƒ–‡Ǥ
“There are still major differences
between us in most key areas,” IMF
spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters
in Washington. “There has been no
progress in narrowing these differences recently. Thus we are well away
from an agreement.”
The fund said its Greek talks team
had returned to Washington from
Brussels and that the “ball is very
much in Greece’s court right now”,
adding key disagreements were on
’‡•‹‘•ǡ–ƒš‡•ƒ†ϐ‹ƒ…‹‰
The euro bought $1.1220 and
138.90 yen against $1.1260 and 139
yen in US trade.
Oil prices slipped after the International Energy Agency predicted a
recent surge in global demand will
end soon. US benchmark West Texas
Intermediate for July fell 43 cents
to $60.34 while Brent crude for July
eased 34 cents to $64.77.
Gold fetched $1,183.55 compared
with $1,179.55 late on Thursday.
In other markets:
ƒ‹’‡‹ ™ƒ• ϐŽƒ–ǡ ‡†‰‹‰ †‘™ ͲǤͷ͸
points to 9,301.93.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co was 0.70 per cent higher at
Tw$144.5 while Hon Hai Precision
Industry dropped 0.84 per cent to
Tw$95.
Wellington fell 0.20 per cent, or
11.45 points, to 5,846.97.
Chorus was down 0.16 per cent at
NZ$3.045 and Air New Zealand was
ϐŽƒ–ƒ–̈́ʹǤ͸ͲǤ
Manila was closed for a public holiday. — AFP
Murdoch to step down as Fox boss
NEW YORK — Rupert Murdoch presented a
succession plan at media-entertainment conglomerate 21st Century Fox, passing his chief executive job to his son James and another key role
to son Lachlan.
•‘—”…‡…Ž‘•‡–‘–Š‡…‘’ƒ›…‘ϐ‹”‡†–Š‡
plan, saying James Murdoch would assume the
CEO job while elder brother Lachlan would become executive chairman.
The plan is to be presented next week to the
board of directors, the source said.
But the 84-year-old Australian-born US citizen who built the global empire does not plan a
complete exit.
“Rupert Murdoch is expected to relinquish
the CEO role but remain executive chairman and
continue to drive the company’s agenda,” the
person said.
“Lachlan Murdoch is expected to be named
executive co-chairman and he will work in close
partnership with James Murdoch... The two of
them will be a team and run the company together.”
The timing of the plan is not clear. But CNBC,
™Š‹…Š ϐ‹”•– ”‡’‘”–‡† –Š‡ ‡™•ǡ •ƒ‹† –Š‡ …Šƒ‰‡
James Murdoch, 42,
will take over day to day
management at the New
York-based company, which
operates the Fox studios
in Hollywood, and Fox’s
television operations in the
US and around the world
would take place later this year or in early 2016.
James Murdoch, 42, will take over day to day
management at the New York-based company,
which operates the Fox studios in Hollywood,
and Fox’s television operations in the US and
around the world.
The cable news channel, which competes
with CNN and MSNBC, will continue to be run by
its president Roger Ailes, “reporting directly to
Rupert Murdoch,” according to Fox News.
21st Century Fox was created two years ago
when Murdoch split the struggling publishing
operations from his News Corp empire from the
faster-growing media and entertainment operations. Rupert Murdoch and his family remained
in control of both companies after the split. He
is executive chairman at News Corp with his son
Lachlan, 43, listed as co-chairman.
At Fox, Rupert Murdoch holds the title of
chairman and chief executive, with Chase Carey
’”‡•‹†‡–ƒ†…Š‹‡ˆ‘’‡”ƒ–‹‰‘ˆϐ‹…‡”ƒ†ƒ‡•
—”†‘…Š–Š‡…‘Ǧ…Š‹‡ˆ‘’‡”ƒ–‹‰‘ˆϐ‹…‡”Ǥ
According to the source, Carey was expected
to stay “in an advisory role” after the succession
plan is implemented.
Rupert Murdoch has spent a lifetime building
his News Corp empire from a single Australian
newspaper he inherited.
He moved to London where his purchase of
the weekly News of the World in 1969 gave him a
Š‹‰ŠǦ’”‘ϐ‹Ž‡ˆ‘‘–Š‘Ž†‹–Š‡”‹–‹•Šƒ”‡–Ǥ
He went on to buy The Sun, a daily which he
turned into a popular and big-selling tabloid.
The success of his popular newspapers
Š‡Ž’‡† ϐ‹ƒ…‡ Š‹• ͳͻͺͳ ’—”…Šƒ•‡ ‘ˆ The Times
and Sunday Times, prestigious broadsheets, despite intense opposition from parts of Britain’s
establishment.
He relocated to the United States where more
bold acquisitions followed and where he became
a naturalised US citizen in 1985.
The empire came under pressure in recent
years from the slump in newspaper revenues
and a scandal in Britain which led to the shutdown of News of the World after the revelation
the tabloid hacked into the phones of a murdered teenager and the families of dead soldiers.
— AFP
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UK’s Ted Baker posts
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Paris Air Show goes green but
sales war takes centre stage
Ȅ ”‹–‹•Š †‡•‹‰‡” …Ž‘–Š‹‰ „”ƒ† ‡† ƒ‡” •ƒ‹† ϐ‹”•–
quarter revenues had risen by almost 25 per cent, boosted by
strong demand at home and abroad, online growth and new stores.
Ted Baker’s classic cuts with quirky details have attracted a
loyal UK customer base, enjoying success despite heavy industry
promotions and shoppers maintaining a close watch on spending
during the downturn.
Demand is also growing abroad as it steadily expands across
Europe, Asia and North America.
 ƒ”…Š –Š‡ ϐ‹” ’‘•–‡† ƒ ʹͶ ’‡” …‡– ”‹•‡ ‹ ƒ—ƒŽ ’”‘ϐ‹–ǡ
™‹–Š”‡˜‡—‡†‘—„Ž‡–Šƒ–”‡’‘”–‡†ϐ‹˜‡›‡ƒ”•ƒ‰‘Ǥ
Š‡‰”‘—’ǡ™Š‹…Š–”ƒ†‡•ˆ”‘ͶͳͶ•–‘”‡•ƒ†…‘…‡••‹‘•‰Ž‘„ƒŽŽ›ǡ •ƒ‹† ‘ ”‹†ƒ› ”‡–ƒ‹Ž •ƒŽ‡• ˆ‘” –Š‡ ͳͺ ™‡‡• –‘ —‡ ͸ ‰”‡™
ͳͺǤͻ’‡”…‡–ǡ™‹–Š•–‘”‡•’ƒ…‡‹…”‡ƒ•‹‰„›͸Ǥ͸’‡”…‡–Ǥ‡†ƒer opened new stores in London and Hong Kong and concessions
‹…‘—–”‹‡•‹…Ž—†‹‰”ƒ…‡ǡ
‡”ƒ›ƒ†ƒ’ƒ‹–Š‡“—ƒ”–‡”ƒ•
it looks to grow international sales already up from 7 per cent of
total turnover a decade ago to 30 per cent now. — Reuters
Shell mulls exiting
Ukrainian gas project
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LONDON — Shell is considering exiting a major shale gas project
in eastern Ukraine, a source said, almost a year after freezing ex’Ž‘”ƒ–‹‘ ‘™‹‰ –‘ ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ „‡–™‡‡ ‰‘˜‡”‡– –”‘‘’• ƒ† ’”‘Ǧ
Russian rebels.
The Anglo-Dutch oil company signed a deal with the Ukrainian
‰‘˜‡”‡–‹‡ƒ”Ž›ʹͲͳ͵–‘‡š’Ž‘”‡–Š‡—œ‹˜•ƒϐ‹‡Ž†ǡƒ‹’‘”tant agreement for Kiev as it seeks to reduce its dependence on
Russian energy.
‘™‡˜‡” Š‡ŽŽ ƒ‘—…‡† ‹ —Ž› ʹͲͳͶ –Šƒ– ‹– ™ƒ• ’”‡˜‡–‡†
from working on the site, located in part in the rebel bastion of
Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, due to “force majeur” — forces outside
‹–•…‘–”‘Žǡƒ‡Ž›–Š‡’”‘š‹‹–›–‘–Š‡ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰Ǥ
“Due to the said events, project implementation conditions
have been materially changed,” a Shell spokeswoman said on
Thursday.
“Therefore, we have begun discussions with the Ukrainian gov‡”‡–ƒ†‘—”’ƒ”–‡”ƒ†”ƒ—œ‹˜•ƒ‘–Š‡™ƒ›ˆ‘”™ƒ”†
with the PSA, pursuant to its terms.” — AFP
‘”–—‰ƒŽ•‡ŽŽ•͸ͳ’…‘ˆ
TAP to US-Brazilian
LISBONȄ‘”–—‰ƒŽǯ•‰‘˜‡”‡–•ƒ‹†‹–™‹ŽŽ•‡ŽŽ‹–•͸ͳ’‡”…‡–
•–ƒ‡ ‹ •–”—‰‰Ž‹‰ ϐŽƒ‰ …ƒ””‹‡” –‘ Ǧ”ƒœ‹Ž‹ƒ ‡–”‡’”‡‡—”
ƒ˜‹†‡‡Ž‡ƒǡ™Š‘ˆ‘—†‡†–Š‡Ž‘™Ǧ…‘•–‡–Ž—‡ƒ†œ—Ž”ƒzilian airlines.
“The selected bid is that of the Gateway consortium” formed by
Neeleman and Portuguese businessman Humberto Pedrosa, said
Miguel Poiares Maduro, a minister in the Portuguese prime minis–‡”ǯ•‘ˆϐ‹…‡Ǥ
The government’s choice was based on “the best offer, nota„Ž› ‹ ™Šƒ– ‹˜‘Ž˜‡• ”‡‹ˆ‘”…‹‰ –Š‡ ϐ‹ƒ…‹ƒŽ …ƒ’ƒ…‹–› ‘ˆ –Š‡ group”, he said.
‡‡Ž‡ƒǯ•‘ˆˆ‡”™ƒ•ƒ–Ž‡ƒ•–͵ͷͶ‹ŽŽ‹‘‡—”‘•ȋ̈́͵ͻ͹‹ŽŽ‹‘Ȍǡ
which includes the recapitalisation of the TAP group, money for
–Š‡ •–ƒ–‡ ƒ† –Š‡ ’”‹…‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ‘’–‹‘ ˆ‘” ƒ ”‡ƒ‹‹‰ ͵Ͷ ’‡” …‡–
stake, the government said.
DzŠ‹•ƒ‘—–…‘—Ž†‹…”‡ƒ•‡–‘Ͷͺͺ‹ŽŽ‹‘‡—”‘•„ƒ•‡†‘–Š‡
ƒ‹”Ž‹‡ǯ• ’‡”ˆ‘”ƒ…‡ ‹ ʹͲͳͷǡdz ƒ††‡† •ƒ„‡Ž ƒ•–‡Ž‘ ”ƒ…‘ǡ –Š‡
treasury’s secretary of state. — AFP
PARIS — With air passenger numbers set to double to six billion annually by 2030, the world’s
premier air show in Paris will next week focus
on green issues even as the aircraft sales war remains centre stage.
The Paris Air Show brings together some
͵ͳͷǡͲͲͲ ˜‹•‹–‘”• ƒ† ʹǡʹ͸Ͳ ‡šŠ‹„‹–‘”• ˆ”‘ Ͷ͹
countries, with much of the attention focused on
which big manufacturers, particularly Airbus and
Boeing, will land the most orders.
But the event happens to be hosted in the
same Le Bourget venue outside Paris that will
welcome world leaders later this year as they
try to hash out a global deal to curb greenhouse
emissions.
So it is little surprise that this year’s air show,
”—‹‰—‡ͳͷ–‘ʹͳǡ™‹ŽŽ’—–ƒ•’‡…‹ƒŽˆ‘…—•‘
environmental issues and innovations.
‘’ ‹†—•–”› ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ǡ ‰‘˜‡”‡– ‹‹•–‡”•
ƒ†‡˜‹”‘‡–ƒŽ‡š’‡”–•™‹ŽŽ‡‡–‘—‡ͳͺ
to discuss air travel’s impact on the climate, and
there will be a week-long exhibition on the subject called “The Sky of Tomorrow”.
Dz—‹Ž†‹‰ ’Žƒ‡• –Šƒ– ‡‹– Ž‡•• ƒ† Ž‡•• ʹ
remains a leading challenge for the aeronautic
industry,” said Marwan Lahoud, president of GIFAS and one of the event’s organisers.
“The Paris Air Show will be the chance to see
the results and innovations achieved by manufacturers direct from the source,” he added.
Attendees will include Nobel peace prize coŽƒ—”‡ƒ–‡ Š‹Ž‹’’‡ ‹ƒ‹• ‘ˆ ”ƒ…‡ǯ• Ž‹ƒ–‡ ƒ†
Environmental Sciences Laboratory, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, and a host of top
air industry honchos.
The air industry’s contribution to climate
change is complex and controversial.
Although planes are thought to be responsible for only around two per cent of global
greenhouse emissions, some researchers have
found that the different types of gases released
and their high altitude may have more powerful
short-term effects.
The industry’s global mouthpiece, the International Air Transport Association, has set a target of being carbon neutral by 2020 and halving
ʹ ‡‹••‹‘• „› ʹͲͷͲǡ ’”‹ƒ”‹Ž› –Š”‘—‰Š ‹creased use of cleaner fuels.
But an EU attempt to impose a tax on the
‘•– ’‘ŽŽ—–‹‰ ƒ‹”Ž‹‡• …‘ŽŽƒ’•‡† ‹ ʹͲͳʹ ‹ –Š‡
ˆƒ…‡ ‘ˆ ‘’’‘•‹–‹‘ ˆ”‘ Š‹‡•‡ǡ †‹ƒ ƒ†
American companies.
‡•’‹–‡–Šƒ–ǡƒ›ϐ‹”•ƒ”‡•‡‡‹‰–‘…ƒ•Š
in on the trend for greener technologies.
Airbus will show off its prototype, all-electric
plane, the E-Fan, at next week’s air show.
“Building planes that emit
less and less CO2 remains
a leading challenge for the
aeronautic industry”
And EGTS International will demonstrate
its “Green Taxiing” system that allows planes to
taxi on the ground without the main engines, using a back-up power unit to drive motors on the
wheels.
For the general public, all eyes will be on the
•› ™‹–Š ϐŽ›‹‰ †‹•’Žƒ›• „› ƒ”‘—† ͶͲ ƒ‹”…”ƒˆ–
‡ƒ…Š †ƒ›ǡ ‹…Ž—†‹‰ ϐ‹‰Š–‡” Œ‡–• •—…Š ƒ• ”ƒ…‡ǯ•
ƒˆƒŽ‡ǡ ƒ‹•–ƒǯ• ‡™ Ǧͳ͹ Š—†‡” ƒ†
”ƒ‹‡ǯ•–‘‘˜ͳ͹ͺǤ
‹”„—• Šƒ• ƒŽ•‘ …‘ϐ‹”‡† ‹– ™‹ŽŽ †‹•’Žƒ› ‹–•
ͶͲͲ‹Ž‹–ƒ”›–”ƒ•’‘”–’Žƒ‡ˆ‘”–Š‡ϐ‹”•––‹‡
since a fatal crash in Spain last month caused by
a massive engine failure.
But while many visitors are looking up, indus–”›‹•‹†‡”•™‹ŽŽŠƒ˜‡–Š‡‹”‡›‡•ϐ‹”Ž›‘–Š‡„‘–tom line, watching the all-important competition
for sales among the big manufacturers.
Š‡ ‹†—•–”› ‡‡†• „‡–™‡‡ ͵ͲͲ ƒ† ͶͲͲ
sales next week to keep its production lines ticking over through 2020, said Ben Moores, a senior
analyst at IHS Aerospace, Defence and Security.
‹”„—• …Š‹‡ˆ ƒ„”‹…‡ ”‡‰‹‡” •ƒ‹† ʹͲͳͷ ƒ›
not break records, but was set to be a good year
with “several hundred” orders lined up.
Boeing’s Randy Tinseth said the Seattle-based
company had “a lot of things in the pipeline on
the mid and long-haul planes.”
Airbus narrowly pipped its US rival at the last
•Š‘™ ‹ ʹͲͳ͵ǡ ”‡‰‹•–‡”‹‰ ̈́͵ͻǤ͵ „‹ŽŽ‹‘ ‹ …‘ϐ‹”‡† •ƒŽ‡• –‘ ‘‡‹‰ǯ• ̈́͵ͺ „‹ŽŽ‹‘Ǥ Šƒ– ›‡ƒ”ǯ•
•Š‘™•ƒ™ƒ–‘–ƒŽ‘ˆ̈́ͳͳͷ„‹ŽŽ‹‘‹‘”†‡”•ˆ‘”–Š‡
industry as a whole.
— Reuters
Twitter’s Dick Costolo to step down
as CEO in yet another shake-up
Ȅ ™‹––‡” … Š‹‡ˆ š‡…—–‹˜‡
ˆϐ‹…‡”‹…‘•–‘Ž‘ƒ„”—’–Ž›ƒ‘—…‡†Š‡™ƒ•
stepping down amid increasing scrutiny of the
company’s slow user growth and inability to attract advertisers at the same rate as its competitors.
‘•–‘Ž‘ ™‹ŽŽ „‡ ”‡’Žƒ…‡† „› …‘Ǧˆ‘—†‡” ƒ…
Dorsey on an interim basis.
According to a source familiar with the mat–‡”ǡ‹–™ƒ•‘•–‘Ž‘ǯ•†‡…‹•‹‘–‘Ž‡ƒ˜‡ǡƒ†‘•–‘Ž‘
said he brought it up with the board last year as
it began talking about succession planning.
Twitter has had a number of shake-ups in its
management.
‘Ǧˆ‘—†‡”• ƒ… ‘”•‡› ƒ† ˜ƒ ‹ŽŽ‹ƒ•
„‘–Š•‡”˜‡†ƒ••‘ˆ–Š‡…‘’ƒ›„‡ˆ‘”‡‘•–‘Ž‘ǡ ƒ† ‘•–‘Ž‘ Šƒ• ‘˜‡”Šƒ—Ž‡† —…Š ‘ˆ Š‹•
management team over the past year.
“Unfortunately this news isn’t surprising,” said
Nate Elliott of management consultant Forrester
Research. “The bottom line is that Twitter isn’t
very good right now at serving either its users or
its marketers.”
‘•–‘Ž‘•ƒ‹†‘ƒ…‘ˆ‡”‡…‡…ƒŽŽ–Šƒ–™‹––‡” will consider both internal and external candi†ƒ–‡•ˆ‘”‹–•‡š–ƒ†–Šƒ–‹–Šƒ•–Š‡Dz•–”‘‰‡•–ƒƒ‰‡‡––‡ƒȋ‹–ǯ•Ȍ‡˜‡”Šƒ†ǡdz™Š‹…Š‹ϐŽ—‡…‡†Š‹•†‡…‹•‹‘–‘•–‡’†‘™Ǥ
In a statement earlier he said he was “tremendously proud” of his six years at Twitter.
In an interview with Reuters, Dorsey said he
™ƒ• ‘– –Š‹‹‰ Dzƒ– ƒŽŽdz ƒ„‘—– ”‡ƒ‹‹‰ permanently because the search has just begun
but did not rule out the job.
He also said he did not anticipate any change
in Twitter’s strategy or direction.
Although he was ousted by management in
ʹͲͲͺǡ‘”•‡›•ƒ‹†–Šƒ–Š‡‹•‘™•—””‘—†‡†„›
a strong executive team and had learned from his
experience running Square Inc.
‘”•‡› •ƒ‹† –Š‡ •‡ƒ”…Š Šƒ• ‘– „‡‰—ǡ
“Twitter will consider both
internal and external
candidates for its next
CEO and that it has the
“strongest management
team (it’s) ever had”
„—–Š‡‘–‡†–Š‡…‘’ƒ›™ƒ•Ž‘‘‹‰ˆ‘”ƒ
who uses Twitter every day and “loves” the product.
‘”•‡›…‘–‹—‡•ƒ•‘ˆ“—ƒ”‡Ǥ
‡Šƒ†•‡”˜‡†ƒ•™‹––‡”ǯ•’”‡•‹†‡–ƒ†
ˆ”‘ƒ›ʹͲͲ͹–‘…–‘„‡”ʹͲͲͺǤ
Wall Street reacted positively to the news, as
™‹––‡” •Šƒ”‡• ”‘•‡ –‘ ̈́͵͹Ǥͳ͹ǡ —’ ͵Ǥ͸ ’‡” …‡–ǡ
after the announcement, meaning investors
–Š‘—‰Š– ™‹––‡” ™ƒ• ™‘”–Š ̈́ͻͲͲ ‹ŽŽ‹‘ ‘”‡
™‹–Š‘—–‘•–‘Ž‘–Šƒ™‹–ŠŠ‹Ǥ
‘•–‘Ž‘™‹ŽŽ•–‡’†‘™‘—Ž›ͳƒ†™‹ŽŽ…‘tinue to serve on the board, the company said in
ƒ”‡‰—Žƒ–‘”›ϐ‹Ž‹‰Ǥ
–Š‘›‘–‘ǡ™‹––‡”ǯ•…Š‹‡ˆϐ‹ƒ…‹ƒŽ‘ˆϐ‹…‡”ǡ
•ƒ‹†‘•–‘Ž‘†‹†‘–”‡…‡‹˜‡ƒ•‡˜‡”ƒ…‡’ƒ…ƒ‰‡
because he voluntarily stepped down. — Reuters
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ASIA
S A T U R D A Y, J U N E 1 3 , 2 0 1 5
Landmark trial over China
lead poisoning opens
A farmer and his neighbour look through a list of residents with higher lead levels in their blood in Dapu. — Reuters
HENGDONG — A court in central China on
Friday began hearing a closely watched
…ƒ•‡ ϐ‹Ž‡† „› ˆƒ‹Ž‹‡• ™Š‘ Šƒ˜‡ ƒ……—•‡† ƒ
Ž‘…ƒŽ …Š‡‹…ƒŽ ’Žƒ– ‘ˆ „‡‹‰ ”‡•’‘•‹„Ž‡
ˆ‘”Š‹‰ŠŽ‡˜‡Ž•‘ˆŽ‡ƒ†‹–Š‡„Ž‘‘†‘ˆ–Š‡‹”
…Š‹Ž†”‡ ƒ† ‰”ƒ†…Š‹Ž†”‡Ǥ ”‡’‘”–‡”
™ƒ• ƒŽŽ‘™‡† ‹–‘ –Š‡ …‘—”–”‘‘ ‹ –Š‡
–‘™‘ˆ‡‰†‘‰‹—ƒ’”‘˜‹…‡„—–
’”‡˜‡–‡†ˆ”‘†‘‹‰‹–‡”˜‹‡™•Ǥ
ƒ™›‡”• •ƒ› –Š‡ …ƒ•‡ ‹• ƒ –‡•– ‘ˆ –Š‡
…‡–”ƒŽ ‰‘˜‡”‡–ǯ• ”‡•‘Ž˜‡ –‘ ƒ††”‡••
–Š‡ Š—ƒ …‘•– ‘ˆ ‡˜‹”‘‡–ƒŽ †ƒƒ‰‡
…ƒ—•‡†„›†‡…ƒ†‡•‘ˆ—„”‹†Ž‡†‡…‘‘‹…
‰”‘™–Š ‹ Š‹ƒǤ – ‹• „‡Ž‹‡˜‡† –‘ „‡ –Š‡
ϐ‹”•––‹‡ƒŠ‹‡•‡…‘—”–‹•Š‡ƒ”‹‰ƒ…ƒ•‡
‹˜‘Ž˜‹‰Ž‡ƒ†’‘‹•‘‹‰‹ƒ‰”‘—’‘ˆ…Š‹Ždren.
Š‡–”‹ƒŽ…‘‡•ƒ‹†ƒ•‡”‹‡•‘ˆ’—„Ž‹…
South Korea seals
off MERS hospitals
Tourists wear masks to prevent contracting MERS at Myeongdong
shopping district in Seoul. — Reuters
Ȅ ‘—–Š ‘”‡ƒ Šƒ• •‡ƒŽ‡†
‘ˆˆ–™‘Š‘•’‹–ƒŽ•–Šƒ––”‡ƒ–‡†’‡‘’Ž‡
™‹–Šƒ†‡ƒ†Ž›”‡•’‹”ƒ–‘”›†‹•‡ƒ•‡ǡ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ••ƒ‹†ǡ‡˜‡ƒ•–Š‡‘—–„”‡ƒ–Šƒ–
Šƒ• „‡‡ •’”‡ƒ†‹‰ –Š”‘—‰Š Š‡ƒŽ–Š
ˆƒ…‹Ž‹–‹‡•…‘—Ž†Šƒ˜‡’‡ƒ‡†ǡ™‹–ŠŒ—•–
ˆ‘—”‡™…ƒ•‡•‘”‹†ƒ›Ǥ
‹††Ž‡ ƒ•– ‡•’‹”ƒ–‘”› ›†”‘‡ Šƒ• ‹ˆ‡…–‡† ͳʹ͸ ’‡‘’Ž‡ ‹
South Korea and killed 11 since it
™ƒ• ϐ‹”•– †‹ƒ‰‘•‡† Œ—•– ‘˜‡” –Š”‡‡
™‡‡•ƒ‰‘‹ƒ„—•‹‡••ƒ™Š‘Šƒ†
”‡–—”‡† ˆ”‘ ƒ –”‹’ –‘ –Š‡ ‹††Ž‡
East.
The outbreak is the largest outside
ƒ—†‹”ƒ„‹ƒǡ™Š‡”‡–Š‡†‹•‡ƒ•‡™ƒ•
ϐ‹”•– ‹†‡–‹ϐ‹‡† ‹ Š—ƒ• ‹ ʹͲͳʹǡ
ƒ†Šƒ••–‹””‡†ˆ‡ƒ”•‹•‹ƒ‘ˆƒ”‡’‡ƒ–‘ˆƒʹͲͲʹǦͲ͵•…ƒ”‡™Š‡‡˜‡”‡
…—–‡‡•’‹”ƒ–‘”››†”‘‡ȋȌ
‹ŽŽ‡†ƒ„‘—–ͺͲͲ’‡‘’Ž‡™‘”Ž†™‹†‡Ǥ
Š‡͸ͺǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž†ƒ™Š‘„”‘—‰Š–
–Š‡˜‹”—•„ƒ…ˆ”‘–Š‡‹††Ž‡ƒ•–
˜‹•‹–‡† •‡˜‡”ƒŽ Š‡ƒŽ–Š …‡–”‡• ˆ‘”
–”‡ƒ–‡–‘ˆƒƒ‰‰‹‰…‘—‰Šƒ†ˆ‡˜‡”„‡ˆ‘”‡Š‡™ƒ•†‹ƒ‰‘•‡†ǡŽ‡ƒ˜‹‰
ƒ–”ƒ‹Ž‘ˆ‹ˆ‡…–‹‘‹Š‹•™ƒ‡Ǥ
Š‡†ƒ‰‡”‘ˆ–Š‡˜‹”—•‹Š‘•’‹–ƒŽ• Šƒ† Ž‡† –‘ –™‘ „‡‹‰ •‡ƒŽ‡† ‘ˆˆ
™‹–Šƒ–Ž‡ƒ•–ͳ͵͵’‡‘’Ž‡Ȅ’ƒ–‹‡–•
ƒ† •–ƒˆˆ Ȅ ‹•‹†‡Ǥ Š‡› ™‘—Ž† „‡
•‡ƒŽ‡† ˆ‘” ƒ– Ž‡ƒ•– –Š‡ ‡š– ͳͳ †ƒ›•ǡ
‰‹˜‡–Š‡‹…—„ƒ–‹‘’‡”‹‘†‘ˆ–Š‡˜‹”—•ǡ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ••ƒ‹†Ǥ
Dz‘ ’ƒ–‹‡–• …ƒ ‰‡– ‘—– ‘ˆ –Š‡‹”
”‘‘•ǡdz •ƒ‹† ƒ …‹–› ‰‘˜‡”‡– ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ‹–Š‡…ƒ’‹–ƒŽǡ‡‘—Žǡ™Š‡”‡‘‡‘ˆ
–Š‡ Š‘•’‹–ƒŽ• ‹• Ž‘…ƒ–‡†ǡ †‡…Ž‹‹‰ –‘
„‡‹†‡–‹ϐ‹‡†Ǥ
Dz—”•‡•‹’”‘–‡…–‹˜‡‰‡ƒ”ƒ”‡‰‹˜‹‰–Š‡ˆ‘‘†Ǥ‘‘‡…ƒ‰‡–‹ˆ”‘
‘—–•‹†‡Ǥdz
ŽŽ„—–‘‡‘ˆ‘—–Š‘”‡ƒǯ•…ƒ•‡•
Šƒ˜‡ „‡‡ …‘ϐ‹”‡† ƒ• ‘”‹‰‹ƒ–‹‰
™‹–Š –Š‡ „—•‹‡••ƒǡ ™Š‘ ™ƒ• †‹ƒ‰‘•‡†™‹–Š‘ƒ›ʹͲǡƒ†
‘……—””‹‰‹Š‡ƒŽ–Š…ƒ”‡…‡–”‡•ǡƒ†
–Š‡Žƒ•–‘‡‹•Ž‹‡Ž›–‘„‡…‘ϐ‹”‡†
ƒ••—…Š–‘‘ǡ–Š‡Š‡ƒŽ–Š‹‹•–”›•ƒ‹†Ǥ
‹• …ƒ—•‡† „› ƒ …‘”‘ƒ˜‹”—•
ˆ”‘–Š‡•ƒ‡ˆƒ‹Ž›ƒ•–Š‡‘‡–Šƒ–
…ƒ—•‡†Ǥ–‹•‘”‡†‡ƒ†Ž›–Šƒ
„—– †‘‡• ‘– •’”‡ƒ† ƒ• ‡ƒ•‹Ž›ǡ
ƒ–Ž‡ƒ•–ˆ‘”‘™ǤŠ‡”‡‹•‘…—”‡‘”
˜ƒ……‹‡Ǥ
World Health Organisation (WHO)
‡š’‡”–• ƒ”‡ ‹ ‘—–Š ‘”‡ƒ ™‘”‹‰ ™‹–Š –Š‡ ‰‘˜‡”‡– ƒ† ƒ—†‹
”ƒ„‹ƒ Š‡ƒŽ–Š ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ƒ”‡ ‡‡–‹‰
authorities.
Š‡ ˆ‘—” ‡™ …ƒ•‡• ”‡’‘”–‡†
ƒ”‡† –Š‡ Ž‘™‡•– †ƒ‹Ž› ‹…”‡ƒ•‡ ‹
ͳͳ†ƒ›•ǡ”ƒ‹•‹‰Š‘’‡–Š‡™‘”•–‹‰Š–
„‡‘˜‡”Ǥ
“The signs are beginning to look
’”‘‹•‹‰ǡdz–‡’Š‡‘”•‡ǡƒ’”‘ˆ‡••‘”‘ˆ‡’‹†‡‹‘Ž‘‰›ƒ–‘Ž—„‹ƒ‹˜‡”•‹–› ‡†‹…ƒŽ ‡–”‡ ‹ ‡™ ‘”ǡ
•ƒ‹†Ǥ Dzǯ Š‘’‡ˆ—Ž ‹–ǯ• „‡‰‹‹‰ –‘
†‡…Ž‹‡ǡ„—––Š‡”‡ƒ”‡•–‹ŽŽ’ƒ–‹‡–•Ǥdz
Š‡ —„‡” ‘ˆ ’‡‘’Ž‡ ‹ “—ƒ”ƒ–‹‡ǡ‡‹–Š‡”ƒ–Š‘‡‘”‹‡†‹…ƒŽ
ˆƒ…‹Ž‹–‹‡•ǡ ƒŽ•‘ †‡…Ž‹‡† ˆ‘” –Š‡ ϐ‹”•–
–‹‡ǡ „› ͳʹͷ –‘ ͵ǡ͸ͺͲǡ –Š‡ ‹‹•–”›
•ƒ‹†ǤȄ‡—–‡”•
‹–‡”‡•–Žƒ™•—‹–•ϐ‹Ž‡†•‹…‡ƒ”‡˜‹•‡†‡˜‹”‘‡–ƒŽ ’”‘–‡…–‹‘ Žƒ™ –Šƒ– …ƒ‡ ‹–‘
‡ˆˆ‡…–‹ƒ—ƒ”›‡ƒ„Ž‡†–Š‡•—„‹••‹‘‘ˆ
•—…Š…ƒ•‡•ƒ†‹…”‡ƒ•‡†–Š‡’‡ƒŽ–‹‡•ˆ‘”
’‘ŽŽ—–‡”•Ǥ
Š‹”–‡‡ ˆƒ‹Ž‹‡• ˆ”‘ ‹ ƒ† ƒ”‘—†
‡ƒ”„› ƒ’— –‘™ Šƒ˜‡ ƒ……—•‡† ‡Ž‘†›
Š‡‹…ƒŽǡ ƒ …Š‡‹…ƒŽ ’Žƒ– ƒ† ‡–ƒŽ
•‡Ž–‡”ǡ ‘ˆ ’‘ŽŽ—–‹‘ –Šƒ– …ƒ—•‡† ‡Ž‡˜ƒ–‡†
Frustrated donors
‡†ˆ—†‹‰ˆ‘”
ˆ‰Šƒ‡Ž‡…–‹‘•
Ȅ ˆ‰Šƒ‹•–ƒǯ• ˆƒ‹Ž—”‡ –‘
•‡–ƒ†ƒ–‡ˆ‘”’‘•–’‘‡†’ƒ”Ž‹ƒ‡–ƒ”› ‡Ž‡…–‹‘• ‘” ƒ…– ‘ ’”‘‹•‡†
”‡ˆ‘”• Šƒ• ’”‘’–‡† ˆ‘”‡‹‰ ƒ‹†
†‘‘”•–‘…—–•Š‘”–ƒ—Ž–‹Ǧ‹ŽŽ‹‘Ǧ
†‘ŽŽƒ”’”‘Œ‡…––‘ˆ—†‡Ž‡…–‘”ƒŽ„‘†‹‡•ǡ†‹’Ž‘ƒ–•Šƒ˜‡•ƒ‹†Ǥ
Š‡ …‘—–”› ‹• Š‡ƒ†‡† ˆ‘” ƒ‘–Š‡”’‘Ž‹–‹…ƒŽ…”‹•‹•ƒˆ–‡”Žƒ•–›‡ƒ”ǯ•
ˆ”ƒ—‰Š– ’”‡•‹†‡–‹ƒŽ ˜‘–‡ „‡…ƒ—•‡
–Š‡ ’ƒ”Ž‹ƒ‡–ǯ• ϐ‹˜‡Ǧ›‡ƒ” ƒ†ƒ–‡
‡š’‹”‡• ‘ —‡ ʹʹ ƒ† ‡Ž‡…–‹‘•
•…Š‡†—Ž‡† ˆ‘” ’”‹Ž Šƒ˜‡ „‡‡ †‡layed.
Š‡ †‡…‹•‹‘ –‘ ‡† –Š‡ ‹–‡†
ƒ–‹‘• ‡˜‡Ž‘’‡– ”‘‰”ƒ‡Ǧ
”— ’”‘Œ‡…– „‡ˆ‘”‡ ‹– ”—• ‘—– ‹
‡…‡„‡” •Š‘™• ƒ ‡™ ”‡ƒ†‹‡••
„›†‘‘”•–‘…—–‘‡›–‘’”‘Œ‡…–•
–Šƒ– ƒ”‡ ˆƒŽŽ‹‰ •Š‘”–Ǥ ˆ‰Šƒ‹•–ƒ
Šƒ• ”‡…‡‹˜‡† „‹ŽŽ‹‘• ‘ˆ †‘ŽŽƒ”• ‹
assistance since the Taliban were
‘—•–‡†„›ƒǦŽ‡†‹˜ƒ•‹‘‹ʹͲͲͳǤ
Dz‘‘”• ƒ† †‡…‹†‡† –Š‡
„‡•– …‘—”•‡ ‘ˆ ƒ…–‹‘ ™‘—Ž† „‡ –‘
™‹† †‘™ ǡdz ƒ ‡•–‡”
†‹’Ž‘ƒ– •ƒ‹†ǡ ƒ††‹‰ –Šƒ– –Š‡ Žƒ…
‘ˆ ’”‘‰”‡•• ‘ ”‡ˆ‘”• ’”‘’–‡†
the decision.
Dz –Š‡ Š‹ƒ–—•ǡ –Š‡ ‹–‡”ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ
…‘—‹–› …ƒǯ– ”‡ƒŽŽ› Œ—•–‹ˆ› –Šƒ–
Ž‡˜‡Ž‘ˆƒ••‹•–ƒ…‡Ǥdz
”‘—† ̈́͵͵ͺ ‹ŽŽ‹‘ Šƒ† „‡‡
’Ž‡†‰‡† –‘ –Š‡ –Š”‡‡Ǧ›‡ƒ” ’”‘Œ‡…– –Šƒ– ™ƒ• –‘ ˆ—† ’”‡•‹†‡–‹ƒŽ ƒ† ’ƒ”Ž‹ƒ‡–ƒ”› ‡Ž‡…–‹‘•Ǥ
Š‡™‘—Ž†‘–•ƒ›Š‘™—…Š
”‡ƒ‹• —•’‡–ǡ „—– •ƒ‹† ‹– Dz™‹ŽŽ
‹ˆ‘” –Š‡ ’—„Ž‹… ™Š‡ –Š‡ ‡™
™‘”’Žƒ‹•ƒ‰”‡‡†„›–Š‡
’”‘Œ‡…–ǯ•’ƒ”–‡”•dzǤ
‘–Š …ƒ†‹†ƒ–‡• …Žƒ‹‡† ˜‹…–‘”›
ƒˆ–‡” Žƒ•– ›‡ƒ”ǯ• ’”‡•‹†‡–‹ƒŽ ˜‘–‡
™ƒ•ƒ””‡†„›ƒ……—•ƒ–‹‘•‘ˆˆ”ƒ—†
ƒ† ‹– –‘‘ ‘–Š• ˆ‘” –Š‡ –‘
ƒ‰”‡‡–‘ƒǦ„”‘‡”‡††‡ƒŽ–‘ˆ‘”
ƒ —‹–› ‰‘˜‡”‡– —†‡” •Š”ƒˆ
Šƒ‹Ǥ ‡ˆ‘”• ™‡”‡ ƒ …‘†‹–‹‘
ˆ‘” Š‘Ž†‹‰ ˆ—–—”‡ ‡Ž‡…–‹‘•ǡ „—– ‘
’”‘‰”‡•• Šƒ• „‡‡ ƒ†‡ „‡…ƒ—•‡
”‹˜ƒŽ• ‹ ‰‘˜‡”‡– †‹•ƒ‰”‡‡ ‘˜‡”
™Š‘•Š‘—Ž†Ž‡ƒ†–Š‡…‘‹••‹‘Ǥ
Donors say that aid is being scru–‹‹•‡† ‘”‡ …Ž‘•‡Ž› –Šƒ ‡˜‡” ƒ†
‘–Š‡” ’”‘Œ‡…–• –Šƒ– ƒ”‡ ˆƒ‹Ž‹‰ –‘
‡‡–‡š’‡…–ƒ–‹‘•ˆƒ…‡•‹‹Žƒ”…—–•Ǥ
‡‡šƒ’Ž‡‹•ƒ†‡Žƒ›‡†•…Š‡‡
to roll out electronic identity cards.
DzŠ‡‰‘˜‡”‡–Šƒ•‘––‘Ž†—•
™Š‡‹–™‹ŽŽ„‡”‘ŽŽ‡†‘—–ǡ•‘†‘‘”•
…ƒ‡ –‘ –Š‡ …‘…Ž—•‹‘ –‘ …—– •–ƒˆˆ
ƒ† …‘•–•ǡdz •ƒ‹† …ƒ”† ’”‘Œ‡…– †‹”‡…–‘”—ƒ›—‘Š–ƒ”ǤȄ‡—–‡”•Ǥ
Ž‡˜‡Ž•‘ˆŽ‡ƒ†‹–Š‡„Ž‘‘†‘ˆ–Š‡‹”…Š‹Ž†”‡
ƒ†‰”ƒ†…Š‹Ž†”‡ǤŠ‡›ƒ”‡•‡‡‹‰…‘’‡•ƒ–‹‘ǡ ƒŽ–Š‘—‰Š –Š‡ ’”‡…‹•‡ ƒ‘—–
˜ƒ”‹‡•„›…Š‹Ž†Ǥ
– ™ƒ• ‘– ’‘••‹„Ž‡ –‘ •’‡ƒ –‘ ‡‹–Š‡”
‡Ž‘†› ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• ‘” –Š‡ …‘’ƒ›ǯ• Žƒ™›‡” ‹•‹†‡ –Š‡ …‘—”–Ǥ ”‡˜‹‘—• ƒ––‡’–• –‘
”‡ƒ…Š ‡Ž‘†› ˆ‘” …‘‡– Šƒ† „‡‡ —•—……‡••ˆ—ŽǤ
Žƒ‹–‹ˆˆ• ƒ† ƒ’— ”‡•‹†‡–• ‰ƒ–Š‡”‡†
‡ƒ”Ž› ƒ– –Š‡ …‘—”–Š‘—•‡ ‹ ‡‰†‘‰ǡ ƒ
Ž‡ƒˆ›–‘™™Š‡”‡–Š‡•–”‡‡–•ƒ”‡Ž‹‡†™‹–Š
•Š‘’•ǡ ”‡•–ƒ—”ƒ–• ƒ† –‡”‡– …ƒˆ‡•Ǥ –
™ƒ•”‡’‘”–‡†Žƒ•–‘–Š–Šƒ–‘ˆ–Š‡‘”‹‰‹ƒŽ ͷ͵ ˆƒ‹Ž‹‡• ™Š‘ ƒ‰”‡‡† –‘ ’ƒ”–‹…‹’ƒ–‡
‹–Š‡Žƒ™•—‹–ǡ‘•–†”‘’’‡†‘—–ǡ•‘‡„‡…ƒ—•‡‘ˆ’”‡••—”‡ˆ”‘Ž‘…ƒŽ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•Ǥƒ’—
ƒ—–Š‘”‹–‹‡•†‡›ƒ›‹–‡”ˆ‡”‡…‡Ǥ
DzŠ‹• …ƒ•‡ ™‹ŽŽ „‡ ƒ —•‡ˆ—Ž ”‡ˆ‡”‡…‡
ˆ‘” ‘–Š‡” ˆƒ‹Ž‹‡• ƒˆˆ‡…–‡† „› ’‘ŽŽ—–‹‘ǡ
’ƒ”–‹…—Žƒ”Ž› Š‡ƒ˜› ‡–ƒŽ• ’‘ŽŽ—–‹‘ǡ ƒ†
‰‹˜‡ –Š‡ –Š‡ …‘ϐ‹†‡…‡ ƒ† …‘—”ƒ‰‡ –‘
—•‡–Š‡Žƒ™–‘†‡ˆ‡†–Š‡‹”‡˜‹”‘‡–ƒŽ
”‹‰Š–•ǡdz•ƒ‹†ƒ‹‡Š—‹ǡ–Š‡Žƒ™›‡”ˆ‘”–Š‡
’Žƒ‹–‹ˆˆ•Ǥ
ƒ’—ǯ• Ž‡ƒ† ’”‘„Ž‡ ƒ†‡ ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ
Š‡ƒ†Ž‹‡•ƒ›‡ƒ”ƒ‰‘‹ƒ‡š’‘•‡„›•–ƒ–‡
„”‘ƒ†…ƒ•–‡” ǡ ‹ ™Š‹…Š –Š‡ Š‡ƒ† ‘ˆ
–Š‡ –‘™•Š‹’ ™ƒ• •Š‘™ •ƒ›‹‰ …Š‹Ž†”‡
‹‰Š–Šƒ˜‡”ƒ‹•‡†–Š‡‹”‘™Ž‡ƒ†Ž‡˜‡Ž•„›
…Š‡™‹‰‘’‡…‹Ž•Ǥ
ˆ–‡” –Š‡ „”‘ƒ†…ƒ•–ǡ ™Š‹…Š •ƒ‹† ‘”‡
–Šƒ͵ͲͲ…Š‹Ž†”‡Šƒ†Š‹‰ŠŽ‡ƒ†Ž‡˜‡Ž•ǡ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•‘’‡‡†ƒ‹˜‡•–‹‰ƒ–‹‘ƒ†‡Ž‘†›
was ordered to shut down.
…Š‹Ž†”‡ǡŠ‹‰ŠŽ‡ƒ†‡š’‘•—”‡Ž‡ƒ†•–‘
…‘‰‹–‹˜‡†‡Žƒ›•ƒ†„‡Šƒ˜‹‘—”ƒŽ’”‘„Ž‡•
ƒ† …ƒ „‡ ˆƒ–ƒŽ ƒ– ‡š–”‡‡Ž› Š‹‰Š Ž‡˜‡Ž•Ǥ
–•‡ˆˆ‡…–•ƒ”‡’‡”ƒ‡–ƒ†‹””‡˜‡”•‹„Ž‡Ǥ
–—†‹‡• Šƒ˜‡ •Š‘™ –Šƒ– …Š‹Ž†Š‘‘† Ž‡ƒ†
‡š’‘•—”‡ ‹• ƒ••‘…‹ƒ–‡† ™‹–Š Š‹‰Š‡” ƒ†—Ž–
˜‹‘Ž‡–…”‹‡”ƒ–‡•ǤȄ‡—–‡”•
Pakistan warns aid
‰”‘—’•ƒˆ–‡”ƒ˜‡–Š‡
Š‹Ž†”‡‹•‡š’‡ŽŽ‡†
ȅ ƒ‹•–ƒǯ• ‹–‡”‹‘” ‹‹•–‡” ‘
”‹†ƒ› •ƒ‹† –Š‡ ‰‘˜‡”‡– ™ƒ• ”‡ƒ†› –‘ –Š”‘™
‘—–‘”‡ˆ‘”‡‹‰ƒ‹†‰”‘—’•ǡƒ†ƒ›ƒˆ–‡”ƒ˜‡–Š‡
Š‹Ž†”‡ ™‡”‡ ‡š’‡ŽŽ‡† ˆ‘” Dz™‘”‹‰ ƒ‰ƒ‹•– –Š‡
…‘—–”›dzǤ
Šƒ—†Š”› ‹•ƒ” Ž‹ Šƒ •ƒ‹† ’ƒ”Ž‹ƒ‡– ™ƒ•
†‡„ƒ–‹‰™Š‡–Š‡”–‘‡š’‘•‡™Šƒ–Š‡•ƒ‹†™‡”‡–Š‡
Dzƒ›dz ˆ‘”‡‹‰ ‘Ǧ‰‘˜‡”‡–ƒŽ ‘”‰ƒ‹•ƒ–‹‘•
ȋ
•Ȍ„‡–‘—†‡”‹‹‰ƒ‹•–ƒǤ
‘Ž‹…‡ ƒ† ‰‘˜‡”‡– ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• •‡ƒŽ‡† –Š‡ •Žƒƒ„ƒ†‘ˆϐ‹…‡•‘ˆƒ˜‡–Š‡Š‹Ž†”‡‘Š—”•†ƒ›ǡ
„—–‰ƒ˜‡‘•’‡…‹ϐ‹…†‡–ƒ‹Ž•‘ˆ™Šƒ––Š‡‰”‘—’™ƒ•
ƒŽŽ‡‰‡†–‘Šƒ˜‡†‘‡Ǥ
ƒ‹•–ƒ Šƒ• –‘—‰Š‡‡† ‹–• ’‘Ž‹…‹‡• –‘™ƒ”†•
‹–‡”ƒ–‹‘ƒŽƒ‹†‰”‘—’•‹”‡…‡–›‡ƒ”•ǡƒ……—•‹‰
–Š‡ ‘ˆ „‡‹‰ …‘˜‡”• ˆ‘” •’›‹‰ ‘’‡”ƒ–‹‘• ƒ†
Šƒ• ”‡’‡ƒ–‡†Ž› ™ƒ”‡† –Š‡ –‘ ”‡•–”‹…– –Š‡‹” ƒ…–‹˜‹–‹‡•ǡ ˜‘™‹‰ •–‡” ƒ…–‹‘ ˆ‘” ƒ› Dz•—•’‹…‹‘—•dz
ƒ…–‹˜‹–›Ǥ
Dzƒ›
•ƒ”‡™‘”‹‰ƒ‰ƒ‹•–ƒ‹•–ƒƒ†
™‡ƒ”‡†‡Ž‹„‡”ƒ–‹‰‘‡š’‘•‹‰–Š‡‹–Š‡’ƒ”Ž‹ƒ‡–ǡdz‹•ƒ”–‘Ž†”‡’‘”–‡”•Ǥ
Dz‘Ǧ
‘˜‡”‡– ”‰ƒ‹•ƒ–‹‘• ™‘”‹‰
ƒ‰ƒ‹•––Š‡…‘—–”›ǯ•ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ‹–‡”‡•–™‹ŽŽ‘–„‡
ƒŽŽ‘™‡†–‘…‘–‹—‡–Š‡‹”™‘”‹ƒ‹•–ƒǤdz
‹† ‰”‘—’• Šƒ˜‡ …‘’Žƒ‹‡† ‹ ”‡…‡– ›‡ƒ”•
–Šƒ– ‹…”‡ƒ•‹‰ ‰‘˜‡”‡– ”‡•–”‹…–‹‘• ‘ –Š‡‹”
ƒ…–‹˜‹–‹‡• Šƒ• Šƒ’‡”‡† –Š‡‹” ‡ˆˆ‘”–• –‘ Š‡Ž’ ˜—Ž‡”ƒ„Ž‡ ’‡‘’Ž‡ ‹ ƒ …‘—–”› ™Š‹…Š •–‹ŽŽ Šƒ• Š—‰‡
—„‡”•™Š‘Ž‹˜‡‹’‘˜‡”–›Ǥ
Š‡›•ƒ›–Š‡‹”™‘”‹•‘Ǧ…ƒŽŽ‡†Dz•‡•‹–‹˜‡dzƒ”‡ƒ• •—…Š ƒ• •‘—–Š™‡•–‡” ƒŽ—…Š‹•–ƒǡ –Š‡ …‘—–”›ǯ•’‘‘”‡•–ǡŽ‡ƒ•–†‡˜‡Ž‘’‡†’”‘˜‹…‡ǡŠƒ˜‡„‡‡
’ƒ”–‹…—Žƒ”Ž›ƒˆˆ‡…–‡†Ǥ
‹–Š‘—– ƒ‹‰ ƒ› ‘”‰ƒ‹•ƒ–‹‘•ǡ Šƒ •ƒ‹†
•‘‡ • Šƒ† „‡‡ ‘’‡”ƒ–‹‰ ™‹–Š‘—– ’”‘’‡”
”‡‰—Žƒ–‹‘ ƒ† Šƒ† ™‘”‡† ‹ ƒŽ—…Š‹•–ƒ ™Š‡
–Š‡›Šƒ†’‡”‹••‹‘‘Ž›–‘™‘”‹•Žƒƒ„ƒ†Ǥ
 ʹͲͳʹ –Š‡ ‰‘˜‡”‡– ‡š’‡ŽŽ‡† –Š‡ ‡š’ƒ–
•–ƒˆˆ ‘ˆ ƒ˜‡ –Š‡ Š‹Ž†”‡ǡ ™Š‹…Š Šƒ• ™‘”‡† ‹
ƒ‹•–ƒˆ‘”‘˜‡”͵ͷ›‡ƒ”•ƒ†‡’Ž‘›•ͳǡʹͲͲƒ‹•–ƒ‹•Ǥ Šƒ– ‘˜‡ …ƒ‡ ƒˆ–‡” ƒ‹•–ƒ‹ ‹–‡ŽŽ‹‰‡…‡•‡”˜‹…‡•ƒ……—•‡†–Š‡…Šƒ”‹–›‘ˆŽ‹•–‘†‘…–‘” Šƒ‡‡Ž ˆ”‹†‹ǡ ™Š‘ –Š‡ ƒŽŽ‡‰‡†Ž› —•‡† –‘
…ƒ””›‘—–ƒˆƒ‡˜ƒ……‹ƒ–‹‘ƒ•–Š‡›•‡ƒ”…Š‡†ˆ‘”ƒŽ
ƒ‡†ƒ…Š‹‡ˆ•ƒƒ„‹ƒ†‡ǤȄ
Premier Li orders probe after ‘left
behind’ children kill themselves
A woman walks past portraits of missing children during an exhibition at a square in Nanjing, Jiangsu
province. — Reuters
Ȅ Š‹‡•‡ ”‡‹‡” ‹ ‡“‹ƒ‰ Šƒ• ‘”†‡”‡† ƒ ‹˜‡•–‹‰ƒ–‹‘
‹–‘ –Š‡ …ƒ•‡ ‘ˆ ˆ‘—” DzŽ‡ˆ– „‡Š‹†dz
…Š‹Ž†”‡ ™Š‘ ƒ’’ƒ”‡–Ž› …‘‹––‡†•—‹…‹†‡„›†”‹‹‰’‡•–‹…‹†‡‹ƒ
’‘‘” ’ƒ”– ‘ˆ •‘—–Š™‡•–‡” Š‹ƒǡ ƒ•
‹ŽŽ‹‘• ‘ˆ ™‘”‡”• Ž‡ƒ˜‡ Ž‘˜‡† ‘‡•
–‘ϐ‹†™‘”Ǥ
ƒ›”—”ƒŽ’ƒ”–•‘ˆŠ‹ƒǡ…Š‹Ž†”‡ ƒ”‡ Ž‡ˆ– ‹ ˜‹ŽŽƒ‰‡• –‘ „‡ Ž‘‘‡†
ƒˆ–‡” „› ‰”ƒ†’ƒ”‡–• ‘” ‘–Š‡” ”‡Žƒ–‹˜‡•™Š‹Ž‡–Š‡‹”’ƒ”‡–•™‘”‹–Š‡
„‘‘‹‰…‹–‹‡•Ǥ
Š‡› ƒ”‡ ‡‹–Š‡” ‘– ƒ„Ž‡ –‘ Œ‘‹
–Š‡‹”’ƒ”‡–•„‡…ƒ—•‡‘ˆ–Š‡‹”Œ‘„•ǡ‘”
„‡…ƒ—•‡ ‹ ƒ› …ƒ•‡• –Š‡› Žƒ… –Š‡
’ƒ’‡”™‘” ‡‡†‡† –‘ Ž‹˜‡ ‹ —”„ƒ
ƒ”‡ƒ•ƒ†ƒ……‡•••‡”˜‹…‡•Ž‹‡•…Š‘‘Ž•
ƒ†Š‡ƒŽ–Š•‡”˜‹…‡•Ǥ
Š‡ ˆ‘—” …Š‹Ž†”‡ǡ ‘‡ „‘› ƒ†
–Š”‡‡‰‹”Ž•ƒ‰‡†ˆ”‘ϐ‹˜‡–‘ͳ͵ǡ™‡”‡
Ž‡ˆ–ƒŽ‘‡ƒ–Š‘‡‹‹Œ‹‡‹
—‹œŠ‘—
’”‘˜‹…‡ƒ††‹‡†ƒˆ–‡”†”‹‹‰’‡•–‹…‹†‡‘—‡•†ƒ›ǡ•–ƒ–‡‡†‹ƒ•ƒ‹†Ǥ
…‡ ‹ ˆ‘—† ‘—– ™Šƒ– Šƒ† Šƒ’’‡‡†Š‡™ƒ•Dz‡š–”‡‡Ž›…‘…‡”‡†dzǡ
–Š‡ …‡–”ƒŽ ‰‘˜‡”‡– •ƒ‹† ‹ ƒ
•–ƒ–‡‡–‘”‹†ƒ›Ǥ
‹ ‘”†‡”‡† –Š‡ ”‡Ž‡˜ƒ– ‰‘˜‡”‡– †‡’ƒ”–‡–• Dz‹…”‡ƒ•‡ •—’‡”˜‹•‹‘dz •‘ –Šƒ– •‘…‹ƒŽ •‡…—”‹–›
‡…Šƒ‹•• †‘ ‘– Dz„‡…‘‡ ƒ ‡”‡
ˆ‘”ƒŽ‹–›dzǤ
In many rural parts
of China, children
are left in villages
to be looked after
by grandparents
or other relatives
while their parents
work in the booming
cities.
Š‘•‡ ˆ‘—† –‘ Šƒ˜‡ ‘– †‘‡
–Š‡‹” Œ‘„ ’”‘’‡”Ž› ™‹ŽŽ „‡ DzŠ‡Ž† ƒ……‘—–ƒ„Ž‡dzǡ–Š‡•–ƒ–‡‡–ƒ††‡†Ǥ
–ƒ–‡–‡Ž‡˜‹•‹‘•ƒ‹†–Šƒ––Š‡‡Ž†‡•–
„‘›ǡ Šƒ‰ ‹‰ƒ‰ǡ Ž‡ˆ– ƒ Ž‡––‡” •ƒ›‹‰Dz–Š‹•Šƒ•„‡‡’Žƒ‡†ˆ‘”ƒŽ‘‰
–‹‡ǡƒ†–‘†ƒ›‹–‹•–Š‡–‹‡–‘‰‘dzǤ
Š‡ ‹Œ‹‡ ‰‘˜‡”‡– •ƒ‹† –Šƒ– ‹–
Šƒ† „‡‰— ƒ ‹˜‡•–‹‰ƒ–‹‘ ƒ† –Šƒ–
•‡˜‡”ƒŽ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• Šƒ† ƒŽ”‡ƒ†› „‡‡
’—‹•Š‡†Ǥƒ‰‹ƒǡ–Š‡‘—‹•–
ƒ”–›•‡…”‡–ƒ”›‘ˆ‹ƒƒ‘™•Š‹’
‹ ‹Œ‹‡ ‹–›ǡ ƒ† Š‡ ‹‰ˆ—ǡ –Š‡
–‘™•Š‹’Š‡ƒ†ǡŠƒ†„‘–Š„‡‡•ƒ…‡†
ƒ†…”‹‹ƒŽ…Šƒ”‰‡•ƒ›„‡„”‘—‰Š–ǡ
it added.
–ƒ–‡‡†‹ƒ•ƒ‹†–Šƒ––Š‡ˆƒ–Š‡”‘ˆ
–Š‡ ˆ‘—” …Š‹Ž†”‡ ™‘”‡† ‘—–•‹†‡ ‘ˆ
–Š‡ ’”‘˜‹…‡ǡ ™Š‹Ž‡ –Š‡ ‘–Š‡” ™ƒ•
ƒŽ•‘ ‘– ƒ”‘—†Ǥ Š‡› Šƒ† –‘ Ž‹˜‡ ‘
͹ͲͲ›—ƒȋ̈́ͳͳʹȌƒ‘–Š–Š‡‹”ˆƒ–Š‡”
•‡––Š‡ǡŠƒ††”‘’’‡†‘—–‘ˆ•…Š‘‘Ž
ƒ† Ž‹˜‡† ‘ˆˆ …‘” –Š‡‹” ˆƒ–Š‡” Šƒ†
’Žƒ–‡†Žƒ•–›‡ƒ”Ǥ
 ʹͲͳʹǡ ϐ‹˜‡ Š‘‡Ž‡•• …Š‹Ž†”‡
‹–Š‡•ƒ‡…‹–›†‹‡†‘ˆ…ƒ”„‘‘‘š‹†‡ ’‘‹•‘‹‰ ƒˆ–‡” Ž‹‰Š–‹‰ ƒ ϐ‹”‡
while seeking shelter in a rubbish
bin.
Š‹ƒ ƒ‹• ˆ‘” ͸Ͳ ’‡” …‡– ‘ˆ –Š‡
’‘’—Žƒ–‹‘‘ˆƒŽ‘•–ͳǤͶ„‹ŽŽ‹‘–‘„‡
Ž‹˜‹‰ ‹ …‹–‹‡• „› ʹͲʹͲǡ –—”‹‰ ‹ŽŽ‹‘• ‘ˆ ”—”ƒŽ †™‡ŽŽ‡”• ‹–‘ …‘•—‡”• ™Š‘ …‘—Ž† „‡ ƒ †”‹˜‹‰ ˆ‘”…‡ ˆ‘”
–Š‡™‘”Ž†ǯ••‡…‘†ǦŽƒ”‰‡•–‡…‘‘›Ǥ
Š‹‡•‡ Ž‡ƒ†‡”• Šƒ˜‡ ’Ž‡†‰‡† –‘
Ž‘‘•‡ –Š‡‹” ‰”‹’ ‘ ”‡•‹†‡…‡ ”‡‰‹•–”ƒ–‹‘ǡ ‘” Š—‘—ǡ –‘ –”› –‘ ”‡‘˜‡
‘„•–ƒ…Ž‡• –‘ –Š‡ —”„ƒ‹•ƒ–‹‘ †”‹˜‡Ǥ
—…Š ”‡‰‹•–”ƒ–‹‘• ’”‡˜‡– ‹‰”ƒ–
™‘”‡”• ƒ† –Š‡‹” ˆƒ‹Ž‹‡• ˆ”‘ ‰‡–ting access to education and social
™‡Žˆƒ”‡ ‘—–•‹†‡ –Š‡‹” Š‘‡ ˜‹ŽŽƒ‰‡•Ǥ
Ȅ‡—–‡”•
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S A T U R D A Y, J U N E 1 3 , 2 0 1 5
ANALYSIS
Erdogan, master
tactician, seen angling
for new election
By Orhan Coskun and
Nick Tattersall
P
Yemenis search for survivors under the rubble of houses in the Unesco-listed heritage site in the old city of Sanaa. — AFP
Prospects look dim for
Yemeni peace talks
Y
emen’s warring parties are
heading to Geneva for UN-sponsored talks from Sunday, but
there are few if any signs that either
is ready to make the compromises
necessary for a deal.
The United Nations envoy to
Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed,
has said the talks can end over two
‘–Š• ‘ˆ …‘ϐŽ‹…– –Šƒ– Šƒ• ‹ŽŽ‡† ƒŽmost 2,600 people, and save the Arabian Peninsula country from permanent division.
But he also said yesterday that the
sides would initially not even sit at
the same table.
“All the parties are still barricaded
behind their positions and continue
to bet on war rather than a political
settlement,” said Abdel-Bari Taher, a
Yemeni analyst.
This may be because President
Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi insists that
the talks be limited to discussing the
implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2216, which calls for
the Houthis to quit Yemen’s main cities and recognise his authority.
But it may also be because the
Houthis see little reason to give
ground, having increased the territory under their control despite 11
weeks of aerial bombing by a coalition of Arab countries.
‘‰‡–Š‡”ǡ ‘—–Š‹ ϐ‹‰Š–‡”• ƒ†
troops loyal to veteran former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have seized
large parts of Yemen including the
capital Sanaa and much of the port
city of Aden.
Meanwhile a humanitarian crisis
has worsened dramatically.
The aid agency Unicef says 80 per
cent of the population, or more than
20 million people, need some form
‘ˆ ƒ‹†Ǥ Š‡ ϐ‹‰—”‡ ™ƒ• —’ „› ͷ ‹Žlion inside a week, highlighting how a
coalition air and sea blockade has cut
off supplies not only of food but also
of fuel for the pumps that arid Yemen
relies on to provide water for drinking and sanitation.
The Houthis say they are pursuing
a revolution against a corrupt government and militants, and deny any
military or economic links to foreign
powers, who also say gives them only
diplomatic support.
Houthi leaders say they will attend
the talks without preconditions, although they have complained about a
lack of clarity on who will attend and
what will be discussed.
The exiled government, mean-
The Unicef says 80 per cent of
the population, or more than
20 million people, need some
ˆ‘”‘ˆƒ‹†ǤŠ‡ϔ‹‰—”‡™ƒ•
—’„›ͻ‹ŽŽ‹‘‹•‹†‡ƒ™‡‡ǡ
Š‹‰ŠŽ‹‰Š–‹‰Š‘™ƒ…‘ƒŽ‹–‹‘
ƒ‹”ƒ†•‡ƒ„Ž‘…ƒ†‡Šƒ•…—–‘ˆˆ
supplies not only of food but also
of fuel for the pumps that arid
‡‡”‡Ž‹‡•‘–‘’”‘˜‹†‡™ƒ–‡”
ˆ‘”†”‹‹‰ƒ†•ƒ‹–ƒ–‹‘ǡ
™”‹–‡•Sami Aboudi
while, is showing signs of divisions
between Hadi and his deputy, Khaled
Bahah.
Bahah was in Djibouti and did not
attend a meeting on Wednesday in Riyadh, where Hadi’s government now
sits, at which the negotiators were
chosen.
Farea al Muslimi, a researcher at
Carnegie Middle East Centre, said
they appeared to have been appointed largely on the basis of their loyalty
to Hadi.
“Their selection tells you how little
is being expected of the talks, and is a
sign that attending them is symbolic
and more a result of international
pressure than genuine will to reach a
resolution.”
Among the negotiators is the head
‘ˆ–Š‡ƒŽƒϐ‹•–ƒŽƒ•Šƒ†’ƒ”–›ǡ„†ƒŽ
Wahhab al Humayqani, who is on a
US list of people supporting terrorism, an allegation he denies.
‡‡‹‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ǡˆ‘”‡‹‰†‹’Ž‘ƒ–•
and analysts said Hadi was apparently trying to undermine the talks, fearing that he will be marginalised if an
agreement is reached in Geneva, or if
the campaign ends without a victory.
Hadi was installed in 2011 Gulf
countries to replace Saleh after a popular uprising. But, in a highly tribal,
factionalised country, he has no real
power base of his own.
With most of the army still loyal
to Saleh, and Saleh supporting the
Houthis, Hadi is now trying rapidly to
build his own military force.
Yet as voices grow louder suggesting that the air war cannot loosen the
Houthis’ control, Hadi’s patron has
offered little support for his desire
to set up a “safe zone” where he can
base that force.
An informed diplomat said in Riyadh last week that Hadi felt his value
was diminishing by the day and that
“any agreement with the Houthis
would be at his expense”.
Nevertheless, one Yemeni source
in Riyadh said Hadi apparently retained the support, still in the majority, who believe the war can be won.
Writing in Monday’s Al Araby
newspaper, published in London,
Qatari analyst Mohammed al-Misfer
said: “The president needs to be reassured, with guarantees, that he will
not be removed except after Yemen is
liberated from the Houthi hegemony
and his administration is given two
years to rebuild and then hold popular elections.”
A coalition of 13 aid organisations has called for a permanent
…‡ƒ•‡ϐ‹”‡‹‡‡ƒŠ‡ƒ†‘ˆǦ•’‘sored talks on Sunday on ending a
…‘ϐŽ‹…– –Šƒ– Šƒ• ƒˆˆ‡…–‡† ͺͲ ’‡” …‡–
of the population.
The relief groups also called for
the lifting of an air and sea blockade imposed by the coalition that
launched a a bombing campaign in
late March in support of Hadi.
“What Yemen urgently needs is a
’‡”ƒ‡– …‡ƒ•‡ϐ‹”‡ǡ ƒ ‡† –‘ –Š‡
Saudi-led commercial blockade,” the
groups said in a statement.
They also called for “an end to
arms transfers to those responsible
for breaches of international humanitarian law, and a sizeable increase in
humanitarian and longer term development funding.”
ϐ‹˜‡Ǧ†ƒ›…‡ƒ•‡ϐ‹”‡Žƒ•–‘–ŠƒŽlowed aid agencies to reach civilians
…ƒ—‰Š– ‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ „—– ‡ˆˆ‘”–•
to extend the truce failed.
A delegation from Hadi’s government is to meet with representatives
of Houthis and their allies in Geneva
in a bid to break the deadlock.
“Regardless of the outcome of the
peace talks, the blockade needs to be
immediately lifted and all obstacles
hindering the provision of humanitarian aid and other essential commodities should be removed,” said
Priya Jacob, acting country director
for Save the Children Yemen.
“Otherwise more children will die
from preventable diseases.”
The relief groups said 80 per cent
of the population, or around 20 million people, had been affected by the
ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ƒ†™‡”‡‹‡‡†‘ˆƒ‹†Ǥ
“That the world continues to sit
back and watch as a humanitarian
disaster of this magnitude unfolds in
yemen is unacceptable and irresponsible,” said Norwegian Refugee
Council yemen director, Hanibal Abiy
Worku.
The signatories of the statement
also include Care, Oxfam, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the International Rescue Committee.
The United Nations has described
the humanitarian situation in yemen
as “catastrophic”, with more than half
a million people forced from their
homes.
resident Tayyip Erdogan’s statesmanlike appeals for Turkey’s
rival parties to leave egos aside
and form a new government may suggest the combative leader has turned
over a new leaf, but even those close to
him wonder how long it will last.
A masterful tactician who has built
a career on playing the political underdog, Erdogan is in a tight corner
after the AK Party he founded lost its
parliamentary majority on Sunday,
thwarting for now his ambition of accumulating greater powers.
‡‹‘” ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•ǡ ˆ”‘ ”‹‡
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu down,
have insisted that the party will exŠƒ—•–‡ˆˆ‘”–•–‘ϐ‹†ƒŒ—‹‘”…‘ƒŽ‹–‹‘
partner before a new election is considered. But in private, many view
a snap poll as Erdogan’s best hope
of seeing the party he founded claw
back its majority.
“Erdogan is giving soft messages
now, and will for a while longer, but
we will see whether it continues,” one
•‡‹‘” ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ ‹˜‘Ž˜‡† ‹ ’ƒ”–›
strategy said, asking not to be identiϐ‹‡† ƒˆ–‡” ƒ˜—–‘‰Ž— —”‰‡† ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ•
not to discuss coalition options with
the media.
“Erdogan wants people to see that
the option of a coalition won’t work.
Efforts to form a stable government
will truly be pursued, but I don’t think
they can be realised. I believe an early
‡Ž‡…–‹‘‹•ϐ‹”•–‹–Š‡Ž‹•–‘ˆ•…‡ƒ”‹‘•
right now.”
For many in Nato member Turkey
memories will be vivid of the fractious, changing coalitions and clashing personalities of the 1990s.
–‡”ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ ϐ‹ƒ…‹ƒŽ •—’’‘”–
programmes collapsed, the economy
Ž—”…Š‡† ‹–‘ …”‹•‹• ƒ† –Š‡ ‹ϐŽ—‡…‡
of the army was constantly at play.
Financial markets took succour
from the conciliatory remarks of
Erdogan, better known for blustery
rhetoric, that all parties should work
quickly to form a new government
and that egos must be set aside.
The relief, however, was shortlived, with the lira giving up some
gains yesterday.
“A period of weak governance
wouldn’t necessarily be bad (for the
AKP), especially if they look like ‘the
adults in the room’,” said Howard Eissenstat, Turkey expert at St Lawrence
University in New York.
“The economy is likely to head
south in the next few months. The
AKP can now blame ‘instability’ rather than its own policies for the downturn,” he said.
Unrest in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast could also play to Erdogan’s fa˜‘—”ǡ ƒŽŽ‘™‹‰ Š‹ –‘ –ƒ‡ ƒ ϐ‹”‡”
line that could win over some nationalists. The AKP remains Turkey’s largest party but its support fell to around
41 per cent from 49.8 at the last parliamentary election. Votes were lost
to the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which entered
’ƒ”Ž‹ƒ‡– ˆ‘” –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –‹‡ǡ ƒ† –‘
the right-wing Nationalist Movement
Party (MHP).
In the event of a re-run, the AKP
would likely struggle to win back
many Kurdish votes but could hope to
regain those who turned to the MHP
and now regret the prospect of an unstable coalition.
An IPSOS poll shortly after the results were announced suggested the
AKP would have had 4 per cent more
support if voters had known the outcome in advance.
“At the moment, everyone is planning how they can head into an early
election with the most advantage,”
said Ihsan Aktas, head of polling company GENAR, seen as close to the government.
“At this point, for the AKP, showing a transparent attitude and being
respectful towards coalitions will be
noticed by voters. It will help their
votes,” he said.
After parliament is sworn in later
this month, Erdogan is expected to
formally give the AKP the mandate to
try to form a government. If no working government can be formed after
Ͷͷ †ƒ›•ǡ Š‡ Šƒ• –Š‡ ’‘™‡” –‘ …ƒŽŽ ƒ
new election.
Eyeing a snap vote, none of Turkey’s major parties have an interest in
being seen to scupper a deal, meaning
coalition negotiations could be drawn
out potentially for months.
“We will not be the ones closing
the road,” said a senior member of the
secularist Republican People’s Party
(CHP), the second biggest group in
parliament, adding that a coalition
with the AKP could not be ruled out.
That would mean bridging a gaping ideological divide, the image of
the CHP as a bastion of the secularist
elite being anathema to the religiously conservative AKP grass roots.
In a conciliatory move, Erdogan
hosted former CHP leader Deniz
ƒ›ƒŽ ‹ Š‹• ϐ‹”•– ’‘Ž‹–‹…ƒŽ ‡‡–‹‰
after the vote, even eschewing his
controversial new palace and using a
more modest Ankara residence.
“Erdogan wants to be seen acting as
a president above the political frame
but in reality he is a central participant
in the ongoing saga,” Fadi Hakura, a
Turkey expert at London-based thinktank Chatham House, said.
“He was so involved in the election
campaign and sided with the ruling
party that it will be exceptionally difϐ‹…—Ž– ‹ˆ ‘– ‹’‘••‹„Ž‡ ˆ‘” Š‹ –‘ ƒ…–
as an impartial and nonpartisan president,” he said.
So far, Erdogan is choosing his
words carefully and the AKP is at
pains to demonstrate willing.
Deputy Prime Minister Bulent
Arinc even hinted corruption cases
against four ex-ministers could be
brought back to parliament, a key opposition demand.
The AKP may have been chastened
by last Sunday’s election, but as St
Lawrence’s Eissenstat noted, it still
won the lion’s share of votes and occupies the “sweet spot” of Turkish
politics as a centre-right party in a
fundamentally centre-right nation.
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a graduation
ceremony in Ankara on Thursday. Erdogan called for the formation
of a new coalition government as soon as possible. — AFP
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ANALYSIS
S A T U R D A Y, J U N E 1 3 , 2 0 1 5
In Rome, migrants were
reassembling near the
site of a makeshift camp
that had been forcibly
cleared by police on
Thursday. The move
followed protests from
local businesses that
the district was being
turned into a no-go area
because of security and
sanitation issues, report
Justin Davis and
Philippine Robert
‹‰”ƒ–…Š‹Ž†”‡’Žƒ›ƒ––Š‡‡–”ƒŽ”ƒ‹Ž™ƒ›•–ƒ–‹‘‹‹Žƒ›‡•–‡”†ƒ›ǤȄ‡—–‡”•
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taly’s immigration crisis intensiϐ‹‡† ›‡•–‡”†ƒ› ƒˆ–‡” ƒ „—‹Ž†Ǧ—’
‘ˆ ƒ•›Ž—Ǧ•‡‡‡”• ƒ– –™‘ ƒŒ‘”
–”ƒ‹ •–ƒ–‹‘• ”‡•—Ž–‡† ‹ …Žƒ•Š‡•
™‹–Š ’‘Ž‹…‡ǡ ƒ ‘—–…”› ˆ”‘ –Š‡
”‹‰Š–ƒ†ˆ”‡•Š…ƒŽŽ•ˆ”‘‘‡ˆ‘”
Š‡Ž’Ǥ
‹Žƒ‡–”ƒŽƒ†‘‡ǯ•‹„—”–‹ƒ •–ƒ–‹‘ ™‡”‡ Ž‡ˆ– Ž‘‘‹‰ Ž‹‡
”‡ˆ—‰‡‡ …ƒ’• ƒ– –‹‡• –Š‹• ™‡‡
ƒ•Š—†”‡†•‘ˆ‹‰”ƒ–•Š‡ƒ†‹‰–‘
‘”–Š‡”—”‘’‡•ƒ™–Š‡‹”’”‘‰”‡••
†‡Žƒ›‡† ‘” ŠƒŽ–‡† „› ƒ –‡’‘”ƒ”›
”‡‹–”‘†—…–‹‘ ‘ˆ „‘”†‡” …‘–”‘Ž•
†—‡–‘‘†ƒ›ǯ••—‹–‘ˆ
͹Ž‡ƒ†‡”•‹
‡”ƒ›Ǥ
 ‹Žƒǡ ‘”‡ –Šƒ ͳͲͲ ‘•–Ž›
™‘‡ ƒ† …Š‹Ž†”‡ ™‡”‡ ‘˜‡†
ˆ”‘–Š‡•–ƒ–‹‘‘˜‡”‹‰Š––‘”‡…‡’–‹‘ …‡–”‡• ƒ† Ž‘…ƒŽ ƒ—–Š‘”‹–‹‡•
™‡”‡‘ˆˆ‡”‹‰Š‡ƒŽ–Š…Š‡…•–‘†‘œ‡•‘ˆ‹‰”ƒ–••–‹ŽŽ–Š‡”‡›‡•–‡”†ƒ›
ƒ‹† …‘…‡”• ‘˜‡” –Š‡ ’”‡˜ƒŽ‡…‡
‘ˆ•…ƒ„‹‡•Ǥ
 ‘‡ǡ ‹‰”ƒ–• ™‡”‡ ”‡ƒ••‡„Ž‹‰ ‡ƒ” –Š‡ •‹–‡ ‘ˆ ƒ ƒ‡•Š‹ˆ– …ƒ’ –Šƒ– Šƒ† „‡‡ ˆ‘”…‹„Ž›
…Ž‡ƒ”‡† „› ’‘Ž‹…‡ ‘ Š—”•†ƒ›Ǥ Š‡
‘˜‡ ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‡† ’”‘–‡•–• ˆ”‘ Ž‘…ƒŽ „—•‹‡••‡• –Šƒ– –Š‡ †‹•–”‹…– ™ƒ•
„‡‹‰ –—”‡† ‹–‘ ƒ ‘Ǧ‰‘ ƒ”‡ƒ „‡…ƒ—•‡ ‘ˆ •‡…—”‹–› ƒ† •ƒ‹–ƒ–‹‘ ‹••—‡• Ž‹‡† –‘ –Š‡ ’”‡•‡…‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡
ƒ‹Ž›ˆ”‹…ƒ”‡ˆ—‰‡‡•Ǥ
‹‘”‰‹‘ ‹…‘ƒŽ‹ǡ ƒ †‘…–‘” ™‘”‹‰ ƒ– ‹Žƒ ‡–”ƒŽǡ •ƒ‹†ǣ DzŠ‡”‡
‹• ƒ Ž‘– ‘ˆ •…ƒ„‹‡• ƒ† ‹– ‹• „‡‹‰
•’”‡ƒ† „› –Š‡ •Ž‡‡’‹‰ ”‘—‰Š –‘‰‡–Š‡”ǡ„—––Š‡”‡‹•‘–Š‹‰–‘™‘””›
ƒ„‘—– ˆ‘” ’‡‘’Ž‡ ’ƒ••‹‰ –Š”‘—‰Š
–Š‡•–ƒ–‹‘Ǥdz
‘Šǡ ƒ ͳͺǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž† ”‹–”‡ƒ
•–—†‡–ǡŠƒ†„‡‡‹–Š‡•–ƒ–‹‘ˆ‘”
–Š”‡‡ †ƒ›•ǡ ƒ† ‹• Š‘’‹‰ –‘ ‰‡– –‘
‘”™ƒ›ǡ ˜‹ƒ ™‹–œ‡”Žƒ† ƒ† ‡”ƒ›ǤDz—–‘™‹–‹•˜‡”›†‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž––‘
…”‘••–Š‡„‘”†‡”ǡdzŠ‡•ƒ‹†Ǥ
Š‡ …Š‡‰‡ ‘’‡ „‘”†‡”• ƒ…-
…‘”† ‡ƒ• ‹‰”ƒ–• Žƒ†‹‰ ‹ –ƒŽ›…ƒ—•—ƒŽŽ›‡ƒ•‹Ž›–”ƒ˜‡Ž–Š”‘—‰Š
‡‹‰Š„‘—”‹‰ ”ƒ…‡ǡ —•–”‹ƒǡ ™‹–œ‡”Žƒ† ƒ† Ž‘˜‡‹ƒ ƒ• –Š‡› •‡‡
–‘ ƒ‡ ‹– –‘ ”‹–ƒ‹ǡ ‡”ƒ› ƒ†
…ƒ†‹ƒ˜‹ƒǤ
—––Š‡
͹•—•’‡•‹‘‘ˆ…Š‡‰‡ ƒ† ƒ ‰”‘™‹‰ —„‡” ‘ˆ •’‘–
…Š‡…• ‘ „—•‡• ƒ† –”ƒ‹• Šƒ•
ƒ†‡ –Šƒ– Šƒ”†‡”ǡ ‹…”‡ƒ•‹‰ –Š‡
’”‡••—”‡ ‘ –ƒŽ›ǡ ™Š‡”‡ ”‡…‡’–‹‘
ˆƒ…‹Ž‹–‹‡• ƒ”‡ ƒ– „”‡ƒ‹‰ ’‘‹– ™‹–Š
•‘‡ ͹͸ǡͲͲͲ ’‡‘’Ž‡ „‡‹‰ ƒ……‘‘†ƒ–‡†ƒ–‹‘™‹†‡Ǥ
‘–Š‡””‹–”‡ƒ•–”ƒ†‡†‹‹Žƒ™ƒ•ƒʹͺǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž†…ƒŽŽ‡†‹ŽŽ‹‘
™Š‘™ƒ•’ƒ”–‘ˆƒ‰”‘—’‘ˆ‹‰”ƒ–•
•Ž‡‡’‹‰”‘—‰Š‹–Š‡‘”–ƒ‡‡œ‹ƒ
†‹•–”‹…–Ǥ ‹ŽŽ‹‘ ƒ””‹˜‡† ‹ –ƒŽ› „›
„‘ƒ–ƒ†ƒ†‡‹––‘™‹–œ‡”Žƒ†„—–
™ƒ• †‡–ƒ‹‡† –Š‡”‡ ƒ† ϐŽ‘™ „ƒ…
–‘–ƒŽ›Ǥ
DzŠƒ–™ƒ•–Š‡Žƒ•––‹‡”‡‡„‡” Šƒ˜‹‰ ƒ ’”‘’‡” ‡ƒŽǡ ‘ –Š‡
’Žƒ‡„ƒ…–‘–ƒŽ›ǡdzŠ‡•ƒ‹†Ǥ
Dz …ƒǯ– –‘–ƒŽŽ› …”‹–‹…‹•‡ –Š‡ –ƒŽ‹ƒ• „‡…ƒ—•‡ –Š‡› Šƒ˜‡ •ƒ˜‡† ‘•–
‘ˆ‘—”Ž‹˜‡•ȋƒ–•‡ƒȌǤ—–‘™™‡ƒ”‡
Š‡”‡ǡ–Š‡›†‘‘–Š‹‰ˆ‘”—•Ǥ‡ƒ”‡
”‡†—…‡† –‘ •Ž‡‡’‹‰ —†‡” „—•Š‡•ǡ
‡ƒ–‹‰„‹•…—‹–•ƒ†™ƒ–‡”ƒ†Ž‹˜‹‰
Ž‹‡ –”ƒ’•Ǥ –ǯ• ‘ ‹† ‘ˆ Ž‹ˆ‡ǡ „—–
‹ˆ ›‘— Šƒ˜‡ „‡‡ ϐ‹‰‡”’”‹–‡† ›‘—
…ƒǯ–‰‘ƒ›™Š‡”‡Ǥdz
•‡† ‹ˆ Š‡ ™‘—Ž† …‘•‹†‡” ”‡–—”‹‰ –‘ Š‹• Š‘‡Žƒ†ǡ Š‡ •ƒ‹†ǣ
DzŠ‡› ™‘—Ž† Œƒ‹Ž —•Ǥ ‘— Šƒ˜‡ –‘
—†‡”•–ƒ†ǡ ”‹–”‡ƒ ‹• Ž‹‡ ƒ †‹…–ƒ–‘”•Š‹’Ǥdz
‘”–Š‡” ‡ƒ‰—‡ Ž‡ƒ†‡” ƒ––‡‘
ƒŽ˜‹‹„Žƒ‡†–Š‡•–ƒ–‹‘…Šƒ‘•‘
”‹‡ ‹‹•–‡” ƒ––‡‘ ‡œ‹ǯ• ˆƒ‹Ž—”‡–‘‰‡–‘–Š‡”‰‘˜‡”‡–•–‘
–ƒ‡‹•‘‡‘ˆ–Š‡ƒ•›Ž—Ǧ•‡‡‡”•Ǥ
Dzˆ–Š‡‰‘˜‡”‡–Šƒ†ƒ›„ƒŽŽ•
–Š‡› ™‘—Ž† ‰‘ –‘ ”—••‡Ž• ƒ† –‡ŽŽ
–Š‡–Š‡›ƒ”‡‘–‰‡––‹‰ƒ‘–Š‡”
…‡–ˆ”‘–ƒŽ›—–‹Ž–Š‡›”‡…‘‰‹•‡
™‡ƒ”‡’ƒ”–‘ˆ—”‘’‡Ǥdz
‘”‡‹‰ ‹‹•–‡” ƒ‘Ž‘ ‡–‹Ž‘‹
ƒ†‹––‡†ǣ Dz‡ Šƒ˜‡ –‘ ϐ‹‰Š– ‹ —”‘’‡ˆ‘”„‡––‡””‡•—Ž–•Ǥdz
–‹„—”–‹ƒǡ
‹‘”‰‹‘‡…—–‹•‘ˆ
–Š‡–ƒŽ‹ƒ‡†”‘••ǡ•ƒ‹†‹‰”ƒ–•
”ƒ”‡Ž›™ƒ–‡†–‘•–ƒ›‹–ƒŽ›Ǥ
DzŠ‡› ™ƒ– –‘ ‘˜‡ ‘ –‘ –Š‡
‘”–Š ‘ˆ —”‘’‡Ǥ —– ™‹–Š –Š‡ ”‡‹–”‘†—…–‹‘ ‘ˆ „‘”†‡” …‘–”‘Ž•ǡ
ƒ „‘––Ž‡‡… Šƒ• „‡‡ …”‡ƒ–‡†Ǥ ›
‡†‡•†ƒ› ‹‰Š– ™‡ Šƒ† ͹ͲͲ ’‡‘’Ž‡Š‡”‡Ǥdz
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–Šƒ– ƒ †‡…‹•‹‘ …‘—Ž† „‡ ƒ†‡ ‡š–
‡†‡•†ƒ›Ǥ
As deadline looms, which way will Greece go?
By Matthias Williams and Lefteris Papadimas
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Probe into US
monitoring of
Merkel’s phone
aborted
KARLSRUHE — A German inquiry
into alleged US monitoring of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone
is being abandoned, with the federal
prosecutor saying on Friday there is
no evidence that would stand up to
scrutiny in a court of law.
—– –Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‡ •ƒ‹† ‹– ™‘—Ž† …‘tinue looking into allegations that US
and British espionage scoop up the
metadata of German citizens’ emails
and phone calls. Those accusations
emerged from the same trove of documents leaked by US whistleblower
Edward Snowden.
Snowden’s papers suggest the US
National Security Agency (NSA) was
monitoring from as early as 2002
a telephone that was provided for
Merkel by her political party, the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Merkel called US President Barack
Obama to protest when the Snowden
revelation emerged in 2013, throwing a shadow over US-German relations. She said it was “not done” to
spy on friends.
Now her own government is un†‡”ϐ‹”‡„‡…ƒ—•‡‘ˆ…Žƒ‹•‹–•’‹‡†‘
its European friends at US behest.
The main issue is a German listening
post spying on satellite uplinks that
ƒŽŽ‡‰‡†Ž›ϐ‹•Š‡†ˆ‘””‡…Š‹†—•–”‹ƒŽ
secrets.
The phone allegations “could not
be proven so as to stand up in a court
‘ˆ Žƒ™ǡdz –Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‡ ‘ˆ ’”‘•‡…—–‘” ‰‡eral Harald Range said in a statement.
‡”ƒ‹–‡ŽŽ‹‰‡…‡…‘—Ž†‘–ϐ‹†
evidence of bugging, and Snowden’s
screenshots of NSA documents were
ambiguous about whether the monitoring actually took place. The prosecutor said he had “not succeeded” in
subpoenaing any original NSA order
to bug Merkel.
Range later told reporters he did
not actually request a subpoena,
since it was obvious the request
would be refused.
“You can’t expect one country
File picture shows German
Chancellor Angela Merkel holding
a BlackBerry mobile device. — AFP
to submit its employees to another
country for prosecution,” he said.
Range denied the year-long inquiry was stillborn. “Of course we
thought it might succeed, or else we
wouldn’t have started it or kept at if
for a year,” he said.
‹•‘ˆϐ‹…‡•ƒ‹†‘™†‡ǡ™Š‘Ž‹˜‡•
in Moscow, could not be called as a
witness, since he had no personal
knowledge of such monitoring.
“The known statements by Edward Snowden to date and the content of published documents attributed to him do not provide any
evidence that he personally observed
or had knowledge of the suspicion
that the mobile phone used by the
chancellor was being spied on.”
Š‡ ‘ˆϐ‹…‡ •ƒ‹† ƒ Žƒ–‡” ƒ••—”ance that her phone was “not any
more” under surveillance was not an
admission of guilt in a legal sense.
German sources say Merkel continued to use her CDU mobile on political party business, even after becoming chancellor in 2005, although
she also had a secure government
German intelligence
…‘—Ž†‘–ϔ‹†
evidence of bugging,
and Snowden’s
screenshots of
NSA documents
were ambiguous
about whether the
monitoring actually
took place.
phone.
Merkel appeared unperturbed
about the collapse of the inquiry,
which Range launched a year ago under public pressure, but not at Merkel’s request. Back then, and again on
Friday, Merkel’s spokesman declined
to say if the development was good
or bad.
“These are steps that are entirely
the responsibility of the federal prosecutor,” said spokesman Steffen Seibert. “This was never principally an
issue about her mobile phone or her
communications. It had to do with all
German citizens and whether German law had been respected by everyone including our intelligence partners,” he said.
Berlin remained committed to
its intelligence relationship with the
NSA and other US spy agencies since
“they ensure our safety.”
The recent allegations of German
spying at the behest of the US have
shown how intimate that relationship is. — dpa
Austrian police guard a street check point before the Bilderberg meetings at Interalpen Hotel in the Austrian
village of Buchen. Bilderberg is an annual conference attended by politicians, industry leaders, royalty and
media, designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. — Reuters
Poland says US stonewalling
CIA jail investigation
WARSAW/KRAKOW — The United
States is ignoring a request from
Poland to hand over the full version
of a Senate report that could shed
light on allegations the CIA abused
al Qaeda suspects at a secret prison
in the north of the country, according to Polish prosecutors.
The report last December by the
US Senate intelligence committee
detailed how the CIA used techniques including water-boarding
and mock executions on terrorism
suspects at secret overseas facilities in the years following the September 11 attacks in 2001.
It named the locations of the
secret prisons, but these were
blacked out in the summary that
was released to the public.
Polish prosecutors say they formally asked the US Justice Department for a full, unredacted copy of
the report to help their criminal investigation into allegations the CIA
ran one of the facilities in a Polish
forest.
“The US side did not send Poland a full version of the report despite our written request,” said Piotr Kosmaty, a representative of the
’’‡ŽŽƒ–‡”‘•‡…—–‘”ǯ•‘ˆϐ‹…‡‹–Š‡
city of Krakow, which is handling
the investigation.
“We have not received any legal
assistance from the American side,”
he said.
After the summary of the Senate report was released, President
Barack Obama acknowledged the
CIA had “tortured some folks” in
secret overseas jails during the
administration of his predecessor
George W Bush.
But the White House has resisted moves to hold anyone legally
accountable in the United States, a
stance rights groups say it is now
also extending to investigations in
Europe.
Washington’s failure to provide
a copy of the Senate report is part
of a pattern of behaviour, according
to a Polish government document
submitted to the Council of Europe,
the continent’s leading human
rights body.
It said Warsaw has sent six applications to the US Justice Department for help under a US-Polish
treaty on mutual legal assistance.
DzŠ‡ ϐ‹”•– ‘‡ ‘ˆ –Š‘•‡ ƒ’’Ž‹…ƒ-
tions was refused and the other
ϐ‹˜‡ ™‡”‡ ‘– ‡˜‡ ƒ•™‡”‡†ǡdz –Š‡
document said. It said that Polish
‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• Šƒ† ”ƒ‹•‡† –Š‡ Žƒ… ‘ˆ assistance in a series of diplomatic
and other contacts, again with no
†‡ϐ‹‹–‹˜‡”‡•’‘•‡Ǥ
Those contacts included a meeting on April 14 this year between a
senior Polish diplomat and Victoria
Nuland, Assistant Secretary at the
State Department, and one in February last year between the Polish
prosecutor general and Eric Holder,
then the US Attorney General.
The State Department and the
Justice Department declined to
comment when asked about their
response to Polish requests for
help with the investigation.
Julia Hall, an expert on counterterrorism and human rights with
Amnesty International, said the US
government had shown no willingness to pursue those responsible
for the abuses revealed in the US
Senate report. “If you look at what
is happening in the US, you can see
why there would be no cooperation
with the European side,” she said.
— Reuters
French prosecutors expand Germanwings probe
PARIS — French investigators said
they were expanding their Germanwings crash probe to see if anyone
could be held liable for manslaughter,
as it emerged the pilot had seen seven
doctors in the month before the disaster.
Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings
pilot who ploughed his plane into
the French Alps, saw 41 doctors over
–Š‡…‘—”•‡‘ˆϐ‹˜‡›‡ƒ”•ǡ”‡…Š’”‘•ecutor Brice Robin said in Paris after
meeting some 200 of the victims’ relatives.
“The French penal code forbids
me from opening a judicial enquiry
for murder because the perpetrator
is dead,” said Robin, who appointed
three investigative judges to lead the
manslaughter probe.
Grieving relatives were shown
three different reconstructions of
what had happened in the cockpit
on their trip to Paris to seek answers
ƒ„‘—––Š‡†‘‘‡†ϐŽ‹‰Š–ǡƒ……‘”†‹‰–‘
the head of a disaster support group
who attended the meeting.
Investigators say that 27-yearold German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz
intentionally downed the plane en
route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf
on March 24, killing all 150 on board.
Robin said Lubitz, who suffered
ˆ”‘Dz’•›…Š‘•‹•dzǡ™ƒ•–‡””‹ϐ‹‡†‘ˆŽ‘•ing his sight and consulted 41 difˆ‡”‡– †‘…–‘”• ‹ –Š‡ ’ƒ•– ϐ‹˜‡ ›‡ƒ”•ǡ
including GPs, psychiatrists and ear,
throat and nose specialists.
Several of these doctors who were
Relatives were
shown 3 different
reconstructions of
what had happened
in the cockpit on
their trip to Paris
to seek answers
about the doomed
ϔŽ‹‰Š–Ǥ˜‡•–‹‰ƒ–‘”•
say that the copilot suffered from
‘psychosis’
French prosecutor of Marseille Brice Robin (C) speaks as Col Francois Daoust (L), head of the criminal research
Institute of the French Gendarmerie, and Col Simon-Pierre Delannoy (2nd R), head of the research section of the
The Air Transport Gendarmerie listen during a press conference. — AFP
questioned by German investigators
said Lubitz complained he had only
͵Ͳ’‡”…‡–˜‹•‹‘ǡ•ƒ™ϐŽƒ•Š‡•‘ˆŽ‹‰Š–
and suffered such crippling anxiety he
could barely sleep.
Lubitz reportedly said “life has no
sense with this loss of vision”.
However the doctors he consulted
— including one who booked him
off work two days before the ill-fated
ϐŽ‹‰Š– Ȅ †‹† ‘– ”‡˜‡ƒŽ Š‹• ‡–ƒŽ
struggles due to doctor-patient privi-
lege.
“How to handle medical privilege
ƒ† ϐŽ‹‰Š– •‡…—”‹–› ™Š‡ ›‘— Šƒ˜‡ ƒ
fragile pilot” will be one of the key
questions in the judicial inquiry, said
Robin.
Stephane Gicquel, the head of the
support group, said the “stakes” in the
‡š’ƒ†‡† ’”‘„‡ ™‡”‡ –‘ ϐ‹† ‘—– ‹ˆ
there had been errors in tracking the
mental state of the co-pilot.
“We can clearly see the prosecutor’s positioning, to open an enquiry
that will pose the question of manslaughter and, very clearly, faults or
negligence from Lufthansa in detecting the state of Lubitz’s health,” Gicquel said.
Some families, meanwhile, were
left outraged when Lufthansa, the
parent company of Germanwings, informed them that repatriation would
be delayed due to problems with the
‹••—‹‰ ‘ˆ †‡ƒ–Š …‡”–‹ϐ‹…ƒ–‡• „‡…ƒ—•‡
of spelling errors.
The mayor of the French village
of Prads-Haute-Bleone, near the
crash site, said there had been slight
spelling errors “of foreign-sounding
ƒ‡•dz‘•‡˜‡”ƒŽ†‡ƒ–Š…‡”–‹ϐ‹…ƒ–‡•Ǥ
After a complaint by the families of some schoolchildren killed in
the crash, who had already planned
ˆ—‡”ƒŽ•ǡ ƒ ϐŽ‹‰Š– ”‡–—”‹‰ –Š‡‹” ”‡mains went ahead as planned on
Wednesday.
However to date the remains of
only 44 Germans out of the 150 people killed in the March 24 disaster
have been returned home for burial.
A total of 72 Germans were on
board the doomed Airbus A320.
Robin said 30 Spanish victims
would be repatriated on Monday, and
that all remains of the people from 18
different countries would be returned
by the end of June.
She said repatriations were also
delayed because of differing laws on
embalming the victims’ bodies in the
various countries involved.
˜‡•–‹‰ƒ–‘”• ‘Ž› Žƒ•– ‘–Š ϐ‹ished identifying the remains of all
ͳͷͲ’‡‘’Ž‡‘–Š‡ϐŽ‹‰Š–Ǥ
‹†‡–‹ϐ‹ƒ„Ž‡ ”‡ƒ‹• ™‘—Ž† „‡
placed in a “collective tomb” in the
town of Vernet not far from the crash
site. — AFP
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S A T U R D A Y, J U N E 1 3 , 2 0 1 5
Warriors rout Cavaliers to pull level
Andre Iguodala helped re-energise Golden State in his first start of the season
CLEVELAND — †”‡ ‰—‘†ƒŽƒ
Š‡Ž’‡† ”‡Ǧ‡‡”‰‹•‡ ‘Ž†‡ –ƒ–‡
‹Š‹•ϐ‹”•–•–ƒ”–‘ˆ–Š‡•‡ƒ•‘ƒ†
–Š‡ ƒ””‹‘”• ”‹’’‡† Ž‡˜‡Žƒ†
ͳͲ͵Ǧͺʹ ‘ Š—”•†ƒ› –‘ Ž‡˜‡Ž –Š‡
‹ƒŽ•ƒ––™‘™‹•‡ƒ…ŠǤ
 ƒ ‹‰Š– ™Š‡ Ž‡˜‡Žƒ†
•—’‡”•–ƒ” ‡”‘ ƒ‡• ‡‡†‡†
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ƒ …ƒ‡”ƒǡ –Š‡ ƒ””‹‘”• Šƒ† ʹʹ
’‘‹–• ‡ƒ…Š ˆ”‘ ‰—‘†ƒŽƒ ƒ†
‘•– ƒŽ—ƒ„Ž‡ Žƒ›‡” –‡’Š
—””› ™Š‹Ž‡ ˆ‘”…‹‰ ƒ ˆƒ•– –‡’‘
–‘ˆ”—•–”ƒ–‡–Š‡ƒ˜ƒŽ‹‡”•Ǥ
DzŠ‡ „‹‰‰‡•– †‹ˆˆ‡”‡…‡ ™ƒ•
™‡’Žƒ›‡†ƒŽ‘–Šƒ”†‡”ǡdzƒ””‹‘”•
…‘ƒ…Š–‡˜‡‡””•ƒ‹†ǤDz‡†‹†ǯ–
†‘ —…Š †‹ˆˆ‡”‡–Ž› ƒ‰ƒ‹•– ‡”‘Ǥ‡™‡”‡Œ—•–‘”‡…‘’‡–‹–‹˜‡ƒ†‘”‡ƒ…–‹˜‡Ǥ
Dz‡ …‘–”‘Ž‡† –Š‡ –‡’‘ ƒ†
”Š›–Š ‘ˆ –Š‡ ‰ƒ‡Ǥ –ǯ• ‘– Œ—•–
ƒ„‘—– ’Žƒ›‹‰ Šƒ”†Ǥ –ǯ• ƒ„‘—–
’Žƒ›‹‰ ‡˜‡”› ’‘••‡••‹‘ Ž‹‡ ‹–ǯ•
›‘—”Žƒ•–Ǥdz
‘ –‡ƒ Šƒ• ‡˜‡” ”‡…‘˜‡”‡†
ˆ”‘ ƒ ͵Ǧͳ †‡ϐ‹…‹– –‘ ™‹ –Š‡
‹ƒŽ•ǡ ™Š‹…Š ƒ†‡ ‹– ˜‹–ƒŽ
–Š‡ ƒ””‹‘”• ƒ˜‘‹†‡† –Š‡‹” ϐ‹”•–
–Š”‡‡Ǧ‰ƒ‡Ž‘•‹‰•‹†‘ˆ–Š‡•‡ƒ•‘ǡ ™Š‹…Š –Š‡› †‹† „› •–ƒ”–‹‰
‰—‘†ƒŽƒƒ†—•‹‰ƒ•ƒŽŽ‡”Ž‹‡Ǧ
—’–‘‡†ƒ”—‘ˆ•Ž‘™•–ƒ”–•Ǥ
DzŠ‡ ™‡ Šƒ˜‡ –Šƒ– Ž‹Ǧ‡—’
‘—– –Š‡”‡ǡ ™‡ ™‡”‡ ƒ„Ž‡ –‘ ’‹…
—’ –Š‡ –‡’‘ ƒ† ’ƒ…‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡
‰ƒ‡ǡdz —””› •ƒ‹†Ǥ Dz‡ –Š‘—‰Š–
™‡ ™‘—Ž† ’—– •‘‡ ’”‡••—”‡ ‘
–Š‡ƒ†‘–Ž‡––Š‡„‡•‘…‘ˆ‘”–ƒ„Ž‡ ™‹–Š –Š‡ Ž‡ƒ† Ž‹‡ –Š‡›
Šƒ†–Š‡’ƒ•–…‘—’Ž‡‰ƒ‡•Ǥdz
‹––‹‰͵͸Ǧ‘ˆǦ͹͹ˆ”‘–Š‡ϐŽ‘‘”
™‹–ŠͳʹǦ‘ˆǦ͵Ͳˆ”‘͵Ǧ’‘‹–”ƒ‰‡ǡ
–Š‡ ƒ””‹‘”• ‡’– Ž‡˜‡Žƒ† –‘
ʹͻǦ‘ˆǦͺͺˆ”‘–Š‡…‘—”–ƒ†‘Ž›
ͶǦ‘ˆǦʹ͹ ˆ”‘ „‡›‘† –Š‡ ƒ”… ƒ•
–Š‡„‡•–Ǧ‘ˆǦ•‡˜‡•‡”‹‡•‘˜‡•–‘
ƒŽƒ†ˆ‘”‰ƒ‡ϐ‹˜‡‘—†ƒ›Ǥ
—••‹ƒ
…‡–”‡
‹‘ˆ‡›
‘œ‰‘˜ Ž‡† Ž‡˜‡Žƒ† ™‹–Š ʹͺ
’‘‹–•ǡ Š‹• …ƒ”‡‡” Š‹‰Šǡ ƒ†
ͳͲ ”‡„‘—†• ™Š‹Ž‡ ƒ‡•ǡ ™Š‘
Šƒ† „‡‡ ƒ˜‡”ƒ‰‹‰ Ͷͳ ’‘‹–• ‹
–Š‡ ϐ‹ƒŽ•ǡ Šƒ† ʹͲ ’‘‹–•ǡ ͳʹ ”‡„‘—†•ƒ†‡‹‰Š–ƒ••‹•–•Ǥ
Golden State Warriors’ Andre Iguodala (9) shoots the ball against Cleveland Cavaliers’ James Jones in Game Four of the NBA Finals at
Quicken Loans Arena. — USA Today Sports
ƒ‡••—ˆˆ‡”‡†–™‘…—–•–‘–Š‡
”‹‰Š–•‹†‡‘ˆŠ‹•Š‡ƒ†‘ƒ…ƒ‡”ƒ
ƒˆ–‡” ˆƒŽŽ‹‰ ‹–‘ ƒ ’Š‘–‘‰”ƒ’Š‡”
Žƒ–‡‹–Š‡•‡…‘†“—ƒ”–‡”ǡ™”‹–Š‹‰‹’ƒ‹‘–Š‡ϐŽ‘‘”ƒ––Š‡ˆ‡‡–
‘ˆ ˆƒ• ™Š‹Ž‡ ‰”ƒ„„‹‰ Š‹• Š‡ƒ†Ǥ
‡ƒŽ•‘„ƒ––Ž‡†Ž‡‰…”ƒ’•ƒ†ˆƒ–‹‰—‡‹–Š‡•‡…‘†ŠƒŽˆǤ
Dz™ƒ•Œ—•––”›‹‰–‘”‡‰ƒ‹›
…‘’‘•—”‡Ǥ Š‡ …ƒ‡”ƒ …—– ‡
’”‡––›„ƒ†ǡdzƒ‡••ƒ‹†‘ˆŠ‹••’‹ŽŽǤ
Dz—”‡†‹…ƒŽ•–ƒˆˆ†‹†ƒ‰”‡ƒ–Œ‘„
•–‘’’‹‰–Š‡„Ž‡‡†‹‰Ǥdz
ƒ‡• •ƒ‹† Š‡ Šƒ† ƒ Ž‹‰‡”‹‰
Š‡ƒ†ƒ…Š‡ ƒˆ–‡” –Š‡ ‰ƒ‡ „—– †‹†
‘– —†‡”‰‘ –Š‡ ǯ• …‘…—•-
•‹‘ ’”‘–‘…‘Ž•Ǥ •–‡ƒ†ǡ Š‡ ™‡–
„ƒ…‹–‘–Š‡‰ƒ‡„—–•–”—‰‰Ž‡†
–‘„‡‡ˆˆ‡…–‹˜‡Ǥ
Dz‡ǯ• ƒ Š—ƒ „‡‹‰ ƒ† ǯ˜‡
‰‘– –‘ ‰‹˜‡ Š‹ ƒ ‹—–‡ Š‡”‡ ‘”
–Š‡”‡ǡdzƒ˜ƒŽ‹‡”•…‘ƒ…Šƒ˜‡Žƒ––
•ƒ‹†‘ˆƒ‡•Ǥ
Dzˆ †‘ǯ–ǡ ǯ ”‡ƒŽŽ› ‰‘‹‰ –‘
’—– Š‹ —†‡” ‘”‡ †—”‡•• –Šƒ
Š‡ƒŽ”‡ƒ†›‹•ǤŠ‡Š‡ǯ•‘—–ǡ‡˜‡”›‘‡‡Ž•‡Šƒ•‰‘––‘•–‡’—’ƒ†
‰‹˜‡ƒ„‹–‘”‡Ǥdz
LEBRON ‘GASSED’ LATE
‘Ž†‡ –ƒ–‡ ‘’‡‡† ƒ ͸͵ǦͷͲ
‡†‰‡ ‹ –Š‡ –Š‹”† “—ƒ”–‡” „‡ˆ‘”‡
ƒ ʹͲǦͳͲ Ž‡˜‡Žƒ† ”— ‹ ™Š‹…Š
ƒ‡• •…‘”‡† ͳͲ ’‘‹–• ƒ†
‘œ‰‘˜ ƒ††‡† ‡‹‰Š–ǡ …—––‹‰ –Š‡
ƒ””‹‘”•Ž‡ƒ†–‘͹͵Ǧ͹ͲǤ
—–ƒ™‡ƒ”›ƒ‡•™‡––‘–Š‡
„‡…Š ™Š‹Ž‡ ‘Ž†‡ –ƒ–‡ ™‡–
‘ƒʹͲǦ͹”—ǡ—””›•…‘”‹‰‡‹‰Š–
’‘‹–• ƒ† ‰—‘†ƒŽƒ •‹‹‰ –™‘
͵Ǧ’‘‹–‡”•‹–Š‡•’ƒƒ•–Š‡ƒ””‹‘”• •‡‹œ‡† ƒ ͻ͵Ǧ͹͹ ‡†‰‡ ™‹–Š
ͷǣ͵ͷ –‘ ’Žƒ›ǡ –‘‘ —…Š ˆ‘” –Š‡
–‹”‡†ƒ˜ƒŽ‹‡”•–‘‘˜‡”…‘‡Ǥ
Dz ™ƒ• Š‘’‹‰ ‘—” –‡ƒ …‘—Ž†
„—› ‡ ƒ ˆ‡™ ‹—–‡•Ǥ ™ƒ•
’”‡––› —…Š ‰ƒ••‡†ǡdz ƒ‡• •ƒ‹†Ǥ
Dz‡™‡”‡ǯ–ƒ„Ž‡–‘†‘–Šƒ–‹–Š‡
ˆ‘—”–Š “—ƒ”–‡”Ǥ –ǯ• †‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž–Ǥ ‘—
™ƒ––‘„‡‘—––Š‡”‡„—–›‘—™ƒ–
–‘ „‡ ‡ˆˆ‡…–‹˜‡ ™Š‹Ž‡ ›‘— ƒ”‡ ‘—–
–Š‡”‡ǤŠ‡›ƒ†‡ƒŠ—‰‡”—ƒ†
™‡Œ—•–…‘—Ž†ǯ–”‡‰ƒ–Š‡”Ǥdz
Šƒ–ǯ• Œ—•– ™Šƒ– –Š‡ †‡‡’Ǧ
„‡…Š‡†ƒ””‹‘”•Šƒ†‹‹†„›
’—•Š‹‰–Š‡’ƒ…‡Ǥ
DzŠ‡› ƒ†‡ –Šƒ– …‘‡„ƒ…
ƒ†–Š‡›Œ—•–”ƒ‘—–‘ˆ‰ƒ•ǡdz•ƒ‹†
‘Ž†‡ –ƒ–‡ǯ• ”ƒ›‘† ”‡‡Ǥ
Dz—•Š‹‰–Š‡–‡’‘ǡ–Šƒ–™ƒ•ƒ„Ž‡
–‘™‡ƒ”–Š‡†‘™Ǥdz
††‡† —””›ǣ Dzˆ ›‘— –”› –‘
ƒ‡ Š‹ —…‘ˆ‘”–ƒ„Ž‡ –Š‡
™Š‘Ž‡‰ƒ‡ǡ›‘—‹‰Š–™‡ƒ”Š‹
†‘™Ǥ–Š‹‹–™‘”‡†ǤdzȄ
™‡Œ‘‹•–‘’ƒ•–”‹‘•Šƒ”‡–—†‡Žƒ••‹…Ž‡ƒ†
Ȅ ‰Žƒ†ǯ• ”‡‰ ™‡ ’”‘†—…‡† ƒ „‘‰‡›Ǧˆ”‡‡ •‹šǦ—†‡”Ǧ’ƒ” ͸Ͷ ‘
Š—”•†ƒ›–‘Œ‘‹”‘‘•‘‡’ƒƒ†›ƒ
ƒŽ‡” ƒ–‘’ –Š‡ Ž‡ƒ†‡”„‘ƒ”† ƒˆ–‡” ‘‡
”‘—†‘ˆ–Š‡
‘—”–—†‡Žƒ••‹…Ǥ
™‡ ƒ† ƒŽ‡” „‘–Š Šƒ† •‹š „‹”†‹‡•
™‹–Š‘„‘‰‡›•‘–Š‡’ƒ”Ǧ͹Ͳ‘—–Š™‹† …‘—”•‡ ‹ ‡’Š‹•ǡ ™Š‹Ž‡ ‘‡’ƒ
ϐ‹”‡†‡‹‰Š–„‹”†‹‡•™‹–Š–™‘„‘‰‡›•–‘Œ‘‹
–Š‡ Ž‡ƒ†‹‰ ‰”‘—’ ‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹ƒŽ –—‡Ǧ—’ ˆ‘”
‡š–™‡‡ǯ•’‡…Šƒ’‹‘•Š‹’Ǥ
‘‡’ƒǡ ™Š‘•‡ •–”‘‰ •–ƒ”– –‘ –Š‡ •‡ƒ•‘ ‹…Ž—†‡† ƒ ˜‹…–‘”› ‹ –Š‡ Š‘‡‹š
’‡ǡ ƒ††‡† –Š‹• ™‡‡ǯ• –‘—”ƒ‡– –‘
Š‹••…Š‡†—Ž‡‹Š‘’‡•‘ˆ”‡‰ƒ‹‹‰Š‹•‘‡–— ‰‘‹‰ ‹–‘ –Š‡ •‡…‘† ƒŒ‘” ‘ˆ
–Š‡•‡ƒ•‘Ǥ”‹„‹Œ—”›ƒ†–Š‡’”‡••—”‡‘ˆ
Š‹•‘™‡š’‡…–ƒ–‹‘•ƒˆ–‡”Š‹•‡ƒ”Ž›•‡ƒ•‘
•—……‡••Šƒ†•‡‡Š‹••‡ƒ•‘–ƒ‡ƒ†‘™–—”Ǥ ‡ †‡…‹†‡† –‘ ’Žƒ› –Š‹• ™‡‡ ™‹–Š ƒ
‡™ƒ’’”‘ƒ…ŠǤ
Dz ˆ‡Ž– Ž‹‡ ™ƒ• ’Žƒ›‹‰ ”‡ƒŽŽ› ™‡ŽŽǡdz
‘‡’ƒ•ƒ‹†ǤDzŒ—•–™ƒ•ǯ–•…‘”‹‰™‡ŽŽǤ
Dz‘‘ ƒ› †‘—„Ž‡ „‘‰‡›• ƒ† „‡‹‰
ƒ Ž‹––Ž‡ –‘‘ ƒ‰‰”‡••‹˜‡Ǥ ‘ ‹† ‘ˆ ’—ŽŽ –Š‡
”‡‹•„ƒ…ƒ†’Žƒ›ƒŽ‹––Ž‡•ƒˆ‡”ǡ’Žƒ›ƒŽ‹––Ž‡Ž‡••ƒ‰‰”‡••‹˜‡Ȅ‹–ǯ•‹…‡–‘•‡‡‹–‹†
‘ˆ’ƒ›‘ˆˆǤdz
ƒŽ‡” •ƒ‹† ’—––‹‰ ™ƒ• ‡› –‘ Š‹•
”‘—†Ǥ Dz‘‡–Š‹‰ ƒ„‘—– –Š‡•‡ ‰”‡‡•
‰‡–• ‡ ‰‘‹‰ǡdz ƒŽ‡”ǡ ƒ –Š”‡‡Ǧ–‹‡ ™‹‡”‘–Š‡‘—”ǡ•ƒ‹†Ǥ‡ƒ†‡ƒŽŽ•‹š‘ˆ
Š‹•„‹”†‹‡•‹Š‹•ϐ‹”•–ͳͳŠ‘Ž‡•ƒ†•ƒ‹†Š‡
™ƒ•ǯ–ƒ–ƒŽŽ†‹•ƒ’’‘‹–‡†–Šƒ–Š‡…‘—Ž†ǯ–
’‹… —’ ƒ› ‘”‡ •Š‘–• ‹ Š‹• ϐ‹ƒŽ •‡˜‡
Š‘Ž‡•Ǥ ‘”‡ ‹’‘”–ƒ–ǡ Š‡ •ƒ‹†ǡ ™ƒ• ‘–
‰‹˜‹‰ƒ›„ƒ…ǤDz‘—…ƒǯ–™‹‹–‘Š—”•†ƒ›ǡdzƒŽ‡”•ƒ‹†ǡDz„—–›‘—•—”‡…ƒŽ‘•‡‹–Ǥdz
™‡ǡ™Š‘•‡”‘—†‹…Ž—†‡†ˆ‘—”„‹”†‹‡• ‹ ƒ ”‘™ ˆ”‘ –Š‡ ͳ͸–Š –Š”‘—‰Š ϐ‹”•–
Š‘Ž‡•ǡ‘–…Š‡†Š‹•Ž‘™‡•–•…‘”‡•‹…‡ƒ͸Ͷ
‹–Š‡ʹͲͳʹ…
Žƒ†”‡›Žƒ••‹…Ǥ
–‹ŽŽ •‡‡‹‰ Š‹• ϐ‹”•– ‘—” ™‹ǡ
™‡•ƒ‹†‹–™ƒ•–‘‘•‘‘–‘•–ƒ”––Š‹‹‰
ƒ„‘—–Ž‹ˆ–‹‰–Š‡–”‘’Š›‘—†ƒ›ǤDzŠ‡”‡
ƒ”‡•‘ƒ›–‘’Ǧ…Žƒ••‰—›•Š‡”‡ǡ›‘—…ƒǯ–
‡˜‡–Š‹Ž‹‡–Šƒ–ǡdz™‡•ƒ‹†Ǥ
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64 Ǧ”‘‘•‘‡’ƒǡ
”‡‰™‡ȋ
Ȍǡ›ƒƒŽ‡”
65 Ǧ…‘––”‘™ǡ–‡˜‡Ž‡”ȋȌǡ”‹ƒƒ˜‹•
ȋ
Ȍǡ‹…Šƒ”†–‡”‡ȋȌ
66 Ǧ ‡ ”ƒ‡ǡ ‘› ƒ‹‡›ǡ ‘ ‹ŽŽ‹•ǡ Ž‡š
”—‰Šǡƒ„‹ƒ
‘‡œȋ
Ȍ
͸͹Ǧƒ—‰Šƒ›Ž‘”ǡƒ”‹Ž•‘ǡ—…ƒ•
Ž‘˜‡”ǡ‘‘
‡‡Ž‡›ǡ‘Š‘ŽŽ‹•ǡ’‡…‡”‡˜‹ǡŠ”‹•‹–Š
68 Ǧ –‡™ƒ”– ‹ǡ ‡ —‡ǡ Š‹Ž ‹…‡Ž•‘ǡ ƒš
‘ƒǡ —•–‹ ‘‘ǡ ƒ… —…Š‡”ǡ ‡ƒ–Š Ž‘…—ǡ
ƒ––˜‡”›ǡƒ”–‹ƒ‹”†ȋȌǡ”‹ƒ–—ƒ”†ǡ‹ŽŽ
‹Ž…‘šǡƒ”Ž‘•
‘’‡‡†™‹–Šƒ–™‘Ǧ—†‡”Ǧ’ƒ”͸ͺǤ
‹…‡Ž•‘ –‡‡† ‘ˆˆ ‘ ͳͲ ƒ† Š‹– Œ—•–
–Š”‡‡‘ˆ•‡˜‡ˆƒ‹”™ƒ›•‹”‡‰—Žƒ–‹‘‘Š‹•
ϐ‹”•–‹‡ǡ„—–‡‡†‡†Œ—•–ͳͳ’—––•Ǥ
‘‹‰ ‹ Š‡ ˆ‘—† Œ—•– –™‘ ‘ˆ •‡˜‡
ˆƒ‹”™ƒ›•ǡƒ†‡‡†‡†ͳͷ’—––•ǤDzŠƒ†ƒ…‘—’Ž‡ ‘ˆ ‘’’‘”–—‹–‹‡• …‘‹‰ ‹ –Šƒ– ™‘—Ž†
Šƒ˜‡ ”‡ƒŽŽ› ƒ†‡ –Š‡ ”‘—† ƒ ˆ‡™ ‘”‡
•Š‘–•Ž‘™‡”ǡ„—––Š‡›†‹†ǯ–“—‹–‡ˆƒŽŽǡdz•ƒ‹†
‹…‡Ž•‘ǡ ™Š‘ ϐ‹‹•Š‡† ™‹–Š ˆ‘—” „‹”†‹‡•
ƒ†–™‘„‘‰‡›•ǤDzŠƒ–Šƒ’’‡•Ǥdz
‘—”’Žƒ›‡”•Ȅ‡”‹…ƒ…‘––”‘™ǡ
‡™‡ƒŽƒ†ǯ•–‡˜‡Ž‡”ǡ‰Žƒ†ǯ•”‹ƒƒ˜‹•ƒ†‘—–Šˆ”‹…ƒ‹…Šƒ”†–‡”‡
Ȅ•Šƒ”‡†ˆ‘—”–Š’Žƒ…‡‘͸ͷǤ
‡ˆ‡†‹‰ …Šƒ’‹‘ ‡ ”ƒ‡ Ž‡† ƒ
‰”‘—’ ‘ ͸͸ –Šƒ– ƒŽ•‘ ‹…Ž—†‡† ‘›
ƒ‹‡›ǡ ‘ ‹ŽŽ‹•ǡ Ž‡š ”—‰Š ƒ† ”‰‡–‹ƒǯ• ƒ„‹ƒ ‘‡œǤ —•–‹ ‘Š•‘ǡ –Š‡
Š‹‰Š‡•–Ǧ”ƒ‡†’Žƒ›‡”‹–Š‡ϐ‹‡Ž†ƒ–•‡˜‡
‹–Š‡™‘”Ž†ǡ™‹–Š†”‡™ƒˆ–‡”‹‡Š‘Ž‡•„‡…ƒ—•‡‘ˆƒ—•’‡…‹ϐ‹‡†‹ŽŽ‡••ǤȄ
‰—‘†ƒŽƒ
†‡Ž‹˜‡”•…Ž—–…Š
’‡”ˆ‘”ƒ…‡‹
”ƒ”‡•–ƒ”–
CLEVELAND — ‡––‹‰Š‹•ϐ‹”•–•–ƒ”–‘ˆ–Š‡•‡ƒ•‘
‘ –Š‡ ‰ƒ‡ǯ• „‹‰‰‡•– •–ƒ‰‡ǡ ‘Ž†‡ –ƒ–‡ ƒ””‹‘”•ˆ‘”™ƒ”††”‡‰—‘†ƒŽƒ†‡Ž‹˜‡”‡†ƒ•–ƒ†‘—–
’‡”ˆ‘”ƒ…‡–Šƒ–ƒ›—Ž–‹ƒ–‡Ž›’”‘˜‡–‘„‡–Š‡
–—”‹‰’‘‹–‹–Š‡‹ƒŽ•Ǥ
ˆ–‡”Ž‘•‹‰…‘•‡…—–‹˜‡‰ƒ‡•–‘–Š‡Ž‡˜‡Žƒ†
ƒ˜ƒŽ‹‡”•ǡ –Š‡ ƒ””‹‘”• ™‡”‡ Ž‘‘‹‰ ˆ‘” ƒ •’ƒ”
‘Š—”•†ƒ›–Šƒ–™‘—Ž†•‡†–Š‡Š‘‡™‹–Š–Š‡
„‡•–Ǧ‘ˆǦ•‡˜‡•‡”‹‡•–‹‡†ƒ–ʹǦʹ”ƒ–Š‡”–Šƒˆƒ…‹‰
‡Ž‹‹ƒ–‹‘Ǥ
Šƒ– •’ƒ” …ƒ‡ ‹ –Š‡ ˆ‘” ‘ˆ ƒ ͵ͳǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž†
˜‡–‡”ƒǡ™Š‘‘–‘Ž›†‡Ž‹˜‡”‡†Š‹•„‡•–‘ˆˆ‡•‹˜‡
’‡”ˆ‘”ƒ…‡‘ˆ–Š‡•‡ƒ•‘‹–Š‡ͳͲ͵Ǧͺʹ™‹„—–
ƒŽ•‘ …‘–ƒ‹‡† ƒ˜• ˆ‘”™ƒ”† ‡”‘ ƒ‡•ǡ –Š‡
„‡•–’Žƒ›‡”‘ˆŠ‹•‰‡‡”ƒ–‹‘Ǥ
Dz‡‡‡†‡†–‘•Š‹ˆ––Š‡–‡’‘ǡƒ†–Šƒ–ǯ•™Š›
™‡†‹†‹–ǡdz‡””•ƒ‹†ƒ„‘—––Š‡†‡…‹•‹‘–‘•–ƒ”–‰—‘†ƒŽƒ‹’Žƒ…‡‘ˆ†”‡™‘‰—–ǤDz†™Š‘‡™
‹ˆ‹–™ƒ•‰‘‹‰–‘™‘”‘—–‘”‘–ǫ„—–‹–™‡–‘—”
™ƒ›–‘‹‰Š–Ǥdz
‰—‘†ƒŽƒ Šƒ† ƒ˜‡”ƒ‰‡† ͳʹǤ͵ ’‘‹–• ‘ˆˆ –Š‡
„‡…Š‘˜‡”–Š‡ϐ‹”•––Š”‡‡‰ƒ‡•‘ˆ–Š‡•‡”‹‡•„—–
†—‰†‡‡’™Š‡‹–ƒ––‡”‡†‘•–ǡ‰‹˜‡–Šƒ–‘‡
‘ˆ–Š‡͵ʹ–‡ƒ•™Š‘Šƒ˜‡ˆƒŽŽ‡„‡Š‹†͵Ǧͳ‹–Š‡
‹ƒŽ•Šƒ˜‡…‘‡„ƒ…–‘™‹–Š‡•‡”‹‡•Ǥ
‘™ ‘”‡ ˆ‘” Š‹• †‡ˆ‡…‡ǡ ‰—‘†ƒŽƒ …‘‘ŽŽ›
†”ƒ‹‡†ˆ‘—”–Š”‡‡Ǧ’‘‹–‡”•‡”‘—–‡–‘ƒ•‡ƒ•‘Ǧ
Š‹‰Š ʹʹ ’‘‹–• ‹ ͵ͻ ‹—–‡• ˆ‘” –Š‡ –‘’Ǧ•‡‡†‡†
ƒ””‹‘”•Ǥ
ƒ‡• Šƒ• „‡‡ …ƒ””›‹‰ Ž‡˜‡Žƒ† ƒ† ƒ˜‡”ƒ‰‡† Ͷͳ ’‘‹–• ‘˜‡” –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –Š”‡‡ ‰ƒ‡• ‘ˆ –Š‡
•‡”‹‡•„—–Šƒ†ƒ–‘—‰Š–‹‡ƒ‰ƒ‹•–‰—‘†ƒŽƒǡƒƒ‰‹‰Œ—•–ʹͲ’‘‹–•‘͹Ǧ‘ˆǦʹʹ•Š‘‘–‹‰Ǥ
‰—‘†ƒŽƒ ™ƒ• ‘’‡ ƒ„‘—– Š‹• •–”ƒ–‡‰› ˆ‘” †‡ˆ‡†‹‰ƒ‡•Ǥ
Dzƒ‡Š‹™‘”ƒ•Šƒ”†ƒ•’‘••‹„Ž‡Ǥƒ‡Š‹
–ƒ‡ –‘—‰Š •Š‘–•ǡdz •ƒ‹† ‰—‘†ƒŽƒǤ Dz‘— Ž‘‘ ƒ– Š‹•
•–”‡‰–Š•ǡ Š‹• ™‡ƒ‡••‡•ǡ ™Š‹…Š ™ƒ› Š‡ ™ƒ–•
–‘‰‘ǡ™Š‹…Š™ƒ›Š‡’”‡ˆ‡”•–‘’Žƒ›ǡƒ†›‘—–”›–‘
–ƒ‡Š‹‘—–‘ˆŠ‹•…‘ˆ‘”–œ‘‡Ǥdz
ˆ–‡”Šƒ˜‹‰Š‹•‹—–‡•Ž‹‹–‡†ƒŽŽ•‡ƒ•‘Ž‘‰ǡ
‰—‘†ƒŽƒŽ‘‘‡†Ž‹‡–Š‡‘•–‡‡”‰‡–‹…’Žƒ›‡”‘
–Š‡ …‘—”– ƒŽŽ ‹‰Š–Ǥ ‹• ’‡”ˆ‘”ƒ…‡ †”‡™ Š‹‰Š
’”ƒ‹•‡ˆ”‘–‡ƒǦƒ–‡ƒ†”‡‹‰‹‰Ž‡ƒ‰—‡‘•–
ƒŽ—ƒ„Ž‡Žƒ›‡”–‡’Š‡—””›Ǥ
Dz‡’”‡––›—…Š‡„‘†‹‡•™Šƒ–Š‡Œ—•––ƒŽ‡†
ƒ„‘—–ǡƒŽ™ƒ›•„‡‹‰”‡ƒ†›ǡdz•ƒ‹†—””›ǤDz–Š‹Š‡
Ž‹‡•–Š‡…ŠƒŽŽ‡‰‡‘ˆŠ‹•ƒ–…ŠǦ—’ǡƒ†‡•’‡…‹ƒŽŽ›
‹–Š‹••‡”‹‡•ƒ†–Š”‘—‰Š‘—––Š‡…‘—”•‡‘ˆ–Š‡•‡ƒ•‘Ǥ
Dz”‡ƒ…Š‰ƒ‡ǡ‘ƒ––‡”™Šƒ–Š‡ǯ•ƒ•‡†–‘
†‘ǡ„‡‹‰”‡ƒ†›–‘„”‹‰‹–Ǥ‘ϐ‹†‡…‡‹‘…‹‰ †‘™ •Š‘–• ™Š‡ Š‡ǯ• ‘’‡ǡ ƒ‹‰ ’Žƒ›•ǡdz
—””›ƒ††‡†ǤȄ‡—–‡”•
Golden State Warriors’ Andre Iguodala (9)
dunks against the Cleveland Cavaliers during
the second quarter. — USA Today Sports
Žƒ™Ž‡••Š‹‰”ƒ„•‘‡Ǧ•Š‘–
Ž‡ƒ†
Jenny Shin lines up a putt at the 18th during the KPMG Women’s PGA
Championship at Westchester Country Club. — USA Today Sports
ǡ ‹–‡† –ƒ–‡• Ȅ ‘—–Š
‘”‡ƒǯ• ‡› Š‹ ϐ‹”‡† ϐ‹˜‡ „‹”†‹‡•
ƒ† ƒ ‡ƒ‰Ž‡ ‹ ƒ •‡˜‡Ǧ—†‡”Ǧ’ƒ”
͸͸ ‘ Š—”•†ƒ› –‘ ‰”ƒ„ ƒ ‘‡Ǧ•Š‘–
ϐ‹”•–Ǧ”‘—† Ž‡ƒ† ‹ –Š‡ ‘‡ǯ• Šƒ’‹‘•Š‹’ǡ –Š‡ •‡…‘† ƒŒ‘” ‘ˆ
–Š‡
•‡ƒ•‘Ǥ
ƒƒ†‹ƒ ͳ͹Ǧ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž† ”‘‘‡
‡†‡”•‘ ™ƒ• ƒŽ‘‡ ‹ •‡…‘† ‘
͸͹ǡ ƒ „‘‰‡› ƒ– Š‡” ϐ‹ƒŽ Š‘Ž‡ Ȅ –Š‡
’ƒ”Ǧϐ‹˜‡‹–ŠȄ–Š‡‘Ž›„Ž‡‹•Š‘
ƒ …ƒ”† –Šƒ– ‹…Ž—†‡† ϐ‹˜‡ „‹”†‹‡• ƒ†
ƒ‡ƒ‰Ž‡Ǥ
—•–”ƒŽ‹ƒ ƒŽŽ ‘ˆ ƒ‡” ƒ””‹‡
‡„„ǡ Šƒ‹Žƒ†ǯ• ‘”‹›ƒ —–ƒ—‰ƒ”
ƒ† ‰Žƒ†ǯ• Šƒ”Ž‡› —ŽŽ •Šƒ”‡†
–Š‹”†‘͸ͺǤ
‹‡ ‡†‡”•‘ǡ ‡„„ Ȅ ‘”‡
–Šƒ–™‹…‡Š‡”ƒ‰‡ƒ–ͶͲȄƒŽ•‘–‡‡†
‘ˆˆ ‘ ͳͲ ‘ –Š‡ ’ƒ”Ǧ͹͵ ‡•–…Š‡•–‡”
‘—–”› Ž—„ …‘—”•‡ ƒ† ‘˜‡† ƒ•
Ž‘™ ƒ• •‹šǦ—†‡” „‡ˆ‘”‡ Š‡” ‘Ž› „‘‰‡›‘ˆ–Š‡†ƒ›ƒ––Š‡’ƒ”Ǧˆ‘—”•‡˜‡–ŠǤ
– ™ƒ• ƒ ˆ—”–Š‡” •–”‘‡ „ƒ… –‘
”ƒ…‡ǯ• ƒ”‹‡ …Š‡” ƒ† Š‹ƒǯ•
‡‰‹‹‘͸ͻǤ
Š‹ǡ™Š‘•‡„‡•–
–‘—”ϐ‹‹•Š
™ƒ•ƒ–‹‡ˆ‘”•‡…‘†‹–Š‡ʹͲͳʹ
‘‡ǯ•Šƒ’‹‘•ǡ’‘•–‡†Š‡”Ž‘™‡•–”‘—†‹ƒƒŒ‘”„›–™‘•–”‘‡•Ǥ
Dzǯ˜‡ „‡‡ ’Žƒ›‹‰ ǡ ƒ† ˆ‡‡Ž
‘I was chasing the leaderboard all day and I was surprised
that Webby was at six (under) at one point, I thought how
is she shooting six-under par,’ Shin said.
‘I got there and I was like, ‘maybe I can get one more on
the 18th hole’ — and I did’
Ž‹‡ Šƒ˜‡ › ϐ‹”•– ™‹ …‘‹‰ —’ǡdz
Š‹•ƒ‹†ǤDz–Š‘—‰Š–ǡǮ‘—‘™ǡ‹–ǯ•ƒ
ƒŒ‘”ǡ™ƒ––‘’Žƒ›™‡ŽŽǤǯdz
• •Š‡ ‘ˆ–‡ †‘‡•ǡ Š‹ ™ƒ•
‡‡’‹‰ Š‡” ‡›‡ ‘ –Š‡ •…‘”‡„‘ƒ”†
–Š”‘—‰Š‘—–Š‡””‘—†Ǥ
Dz™ƒ•…Šƒ•‹‰–Š‡Ž‡ƒ†‡”„‘ƒ”†ƒŽŽ
†ƒ› ƒ† ™ƒ• •—”’”‹•‡† –Šƒ– ‡„„›
™ƒ• ƒ– •‹š ȋ—†‡”Ȍ ƒ– ‘‡ ’‘‹–ǡ –Š‘—‰Š– Š‘™ ‹• •Š‡ •Š‘‘–‹‰ •‹šǦ—†‡”’ƒ”ǡdzŠ‹•ƒ‹†Ǥ
Dz‰‘––Š‡”‡ƒ†™ƒ•Ž‹‡ǡǮƒ›„‡
…ƒ‰‡–‘‡‘”‡‘–Š‡ͳͺ–ŠŠ‘Ž‡ǯȄ
ƒ††‹†Ǥdz
Šƒ–„‹”†‹‡ƒ––Š‡Žƒ•–ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‡†Š‡”
‡ƒ‰Ž‡ƒ––Š‡’ƒ”Ǧϐ‹˜‡ͳͷ–ŠǤ
‡†‡”•‘ǡ™Š‘–—”‡†’”‘‹‡…‡„‡”ǡ ƒ†‡ –Š‡ ‘•– ‘ˆ Š‡” •’‘•‘”ǯ• ‡š‡’–‹‘ ™‹–Š ƒ ”‘—† –Šƒ–
‹…Ž—†‡†ƒ‡ƒ‰Ž‡ƒ––Š‡’ƒ”Ǧϐ‹˜‡ͳʹ–Šǡ
™Š‡”‡ Š‡” •‡˜‡Ǧ™‘‘† ˆ”‘ ʹͲͶ
›ƒ”†• ‘—– Žƒ†‡† –Š”‡‡ ˆ‡‡– ˆ”‘ –Š‡
’‹Ǥ
–‘–ƒŽ ‘ˆ ͵ͻ ‰‘Žˆ‡”• ™‡”‡ ™‹–Š‹
ϐ‹˜‡•Š‘–•‘ˆŠ‹ǯ•Ž‡ƒ†Ǥ
‘”Ž† —„‡” –Š”‡‡ –ƒ…› ‡™‹•
ƒ† ˆ‡ŽŽ‘™ ‡”‹…ƒ ”‹––ƒ› ‹…‹…‘‡Ȅ™‹‡”‘ˆ–Š‡›‡ƒ”ǯ•ϐ‹”•–ƒŒ‘” –Š‡ •’‹”ƒ–‹‘ Ȅ Š‡ƒ†‡† ƒ
„‹‰‰”‘—’‘–Š”‡‡Ǧ—†‡”’ƒ”͹ͲǤ
‘—–Š ‘”‡ƒ ƒ” Ǧ‡‡ǡ –Š‡
–™‘Ǧ–‹‡ †‡ˆ‡†‹‰ …Šƒ’‹‘ ‘ˆ –Š‡
–‘—”ƒ‡– ˆ‘”‡”Ž› ‘™ ƒ• –Š‡
Šƒ’‹‘•Š‹’ǡ ™ƒ• ƒ‘‰ ƒ‘–Š‡”„‹‰‰”‘—’‘͹ͳǤ
 ƒ††‹–‹‘ –‘ •‡‡‹‰ ƒ –Š‹”†
•–”ƒ‹‰Š– –‹–Ž‡ ‹ –Š‡ ‡˜‡–ǡ ƒ” ‹•
…Ž‘•‹‰ ‹ ‘ –Š‡ ™‘”Ž† —„‡” ‘‡
•’‘– ‘……—’‹‡† „› ͳͺǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž† ‡™
‡ƒŽƒ†‡”›†‹ƒ‘ǡ™Š‘ϐ‹”‡†ƒϐ‹”•–Ǧ
”‘—†͹ʹǤ
Dz –Š‹ ‡˜‡”›„‘†› ˆ‡‡Ž• ƒ Ž‹––Ž‡
’”‡••—”‡ „‡…ƒ—•‡ ‹–ǯ• ƒ ƒŒ‘” –‘—”ƒ‡– ƒ† ‡˜‡”›„‘†› ™ƒ–• –‘ †‘
™‡ŽŽǡdz •ƒ‹† ƒ”ǡ ™Š‘ •Š‘‘ ‘ˆˆ –™‘
ˆ”‘–Ǧ‹‡„‘‰‡›•–‘…‘ŽŽ‡…–ϐ‹˜‡„‹”†‹‡•Ǥ
Dz‡…ƒ—•‡‹–‹•ƒƒŒ‘”–‘—”ƒ‡–
ƒ† –Š‹• ‹• ƒ ‰”‡ƒ– ‡˜‡–ǡ –Šƒ–ǯ• ™Š›
™‡ ˆ‡‡Ž –Š‡ ’”‡••—”‡Ǥ ‘ ǯ Šƒ’’›ǡdz
•ƒ‹†ƒ”ǤȄ
ǯ
‡ƒ†‹‰ ϐ‹”•–Ǧ”‘—† •…‘”‡• ȋ —Ž‡••
‘–‡†ǡ’ƒ”Ǧ͹͵Ȍǣ
66 Ǧ‡›Š‹ȋȌ
͸͹Ǧ”‘‘‡‡†‡”•‘ȋȌ
68 Ǧƒ””‹‡‡„„ȋȌǡ‘”‹›ƒ—–ƒ—‰ƒ”
ȋȌǡŠƒ”Ž‡›—ŽŽȋ
Ȍ
69 Ǧƒ”‹‡…Š‡”ȋȌǡ‡‰‹‹ȋȌ
͹Ͳ Ǧ ‘ƒƒ Žƒ––‡ ȋȌǡ Š‡ŽŽƒ Š‘‹
ȋȌǡ‡‡‹ȋȌǡ‹›‘Ǧ‘‘ȋȌǡ
ƒ†”ƒ
ƒŽȋ
Ȍǡƒ‡ƒŠǡ‹‡‹Ǧ‘—‰
ȋȌǡ”‹•–‹‡‡””ǡ‡••‹…ƒ‘”†ƒǡ”‹––ƒ›
‹…‹…‘‡ǡ ‡š‹ Š‘’•‘ǡ ƒ†‹‡ —‰
ȋȌǡœƒŠƒ”ƒ—‘œȋȌǡ‡‹ˆ‡”‘‰ǡ
–ƒ…›‡™‹•
͹ͳ Ǧ ”‹––ƒ› ƒ‰ǡ ƒ ‹‰ ȋȌǡ ™Žƒ†›• ‘…‡”ƒ ȋȌǡ ƒ—Žƒ ‡–‘ ȋȌǡ ƒ”
Ǧ‡‡ ȋȌǡ Š”‹•–‹ƒ ‹ǡ ”‹• ƒ—Ž‹•ǡ ‘’Š‹ƒ ‘’‘˜ ȋ
Ȍǡ ›†‡‡ ‹…Šƒ‡Ž•ǡ
‹ƒ ƒ”‹‰ƒ‡ǡ ƒ—Žƒ ”‡ƒ‡”ǡ ƒ ‘”†“˜‹•–ȋȌǡ‡””‹‡‡Žƒ…‘—”ȋȌǡ—”
‹Ǧ—‰ ȋȌǡ ƒ”‘Ž‹‡ ‡†™ƒŽŽ ȋȌǡ
‡”‹ŽŽƒ‹†„‡”‰ȋȌǡ‡ŽŽ›Š‘
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S A T U R D A Y, J U N E 1 3 , 2 0 1 5
Ton-up Smith powers
Australia on first day
The Caribbean side did not help their cause for a series-levelling win,
after early strikes by Jerome Taylor with the new ball
—•–”ƒŽ‹ƒǯ•–‡˜‡‹–Š”‡ƒ…–•ƒˆ–‡”•…‘”‹‰ͷͶͶ”—•ǡ‘–Š‡ϔ‹”•–†ƒ›‘ˆ–Š‡•‡…‘†
‡•–ƒ‰ƒ‹•––Š‡‡•–†‹‡•ƒ–ƒ„‹ƒƒ”‹‹‰•–‘ǡƒƒ‹…ƒǤȄ
Porsche take top three
grid places at Le Mans
LE MANS — Porsche swept the top
three grid positions for the Le Mans
ʹͶ ‘—”• •’‘”–•…ƒ” ”ƒ…‡ ƒˆ–‡” ƒ †”›
ϐ‹ƒŽ “—ƒŽ‹ˆ›‹‰ ƒ– –Š‡ ƒ”–Š‡ ‹”…—‹–
on Thursday.
Swiss driver Neel Jani, in the
number 18 Porsche 919 hybrid car
•Šƒ”‡† ™‹–Š ”ƒ…‡ǯ• ‘ƒ‹ —mas and Germany’s Marc Lieb, took
the pole position for Saturday’s start
with a best lap of three minutes
16.887 seconds set on Wednesday.
Australian Mark Webber, in the
number 17 car, was second fastest while Force India F1 driver Nico
Hulkenberg will line up third in the
number 19. Champions Audi qualiϐ‹‡† ˆ‘—”–Šǡ ϐ‹ˆ–Š ƒ† •‹š–Š ™‹–Š –Š‡
number seven car of last year’s win-
‡”•†”‡‘––‡”‡”ǡ‡‘‹–”‡Ž—›‡”
ƒ†ƒ”…‡Žƒ••Ž‡”ϐ‹ˆ–ŠǤ‘›‘–ƒ™‡”‡
seventh and eighth.
Porsche, who returned to Le Mans
™‹–Š ƒ ™‘”• –‡ƒ ‹ ʹͲͳͶ ˆ‘” –Š‡
ϐ‹”•– –‹‡ ‹ ͳ͸ ›‡ƒ”•ǡ ƒ”‡ –Š‡ ‘•–
successful manufacturer with 16 titles. Audi, who have won the race 13
times and are part of the Volkswagen
Group with Porsche, are expected to
challenge strongly.
ƒ‹•Š ˜‡–‡”ƒ ƒ ƒ‰—••‡ǡ
father of McLaren Formula One reserve Kevin, crashed his Corvette
heavily in Thursday’s second session.
Magnussen was conscious and
talking after the accident and taken
to the circuit medical centre before
being discharged. — Reuters
‡‡Žƒ‹ȋ”‹‰Š–Ȍǡ™Š‘–‘‘–Š‡’‘Ž‡’‘•‹–‹‘™‹–ŠŠ‹•‘”•…Š‡ͿͷͿǦ›„”‹†
νͷ;ǡ…‡Ž‡„”ƒ–‡•™‹–Š–‡ƒǦƒ–‡•‘ƒ‹—ƒ•ȋŽ‡ˆ–Ȍƒ†ƒ”…‹‡„
ƒˆ–‡”–Š‡“—ƒŽ‹ˆ›‹‰’”ƒ…–‹…‡•‡••‹‘‘ˆ–Š‡;͹”†‡ƒ•”ƒ…‡ǤȄ
KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Steve
Smith’s ninth Test century in 28
matches anchored Australia’s 258
for four at stumps on the opening
†ƒ› ‘ˆ –Š‡ •‡…‘† ƒ† ϐ‹ƒŽ ‡•–
against the West Indies at Sabina
Park on Thursday.
Needing victory to square
the series after a comprehensive
nine-wicket loss inside three days
‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ‡•– ‹ ‘‹‹…ƒǡ –Š‡
Caribbean side did not help their
cause after early strikes by Jerome
Taylor with the new ball.
They wasted at least two clearcut opportunities to limit the
tourists’ progress and give their
depleted side a better chance of
upsetting Test cricket’s secondranked team.
Smith, who will resume on
the second morning on 135 after
357 minutes at the crease during which he struck 16 fours and
two sixes off 278 deliveries, was
‹••‡† „› ƒ””‡ ”ƒ˜‘ ƒ– ϐ‹”•–
slip off the part-time bowling of
”ƒ‹‰‰ ”ƒ–Š™ƒ‹–‡ ƒ Š‘—” ‹–‘
–Š‡†ƒ›ǯ•ϐ‹ƒŽ•‡••‹‘Ǥ
Australia’s vice-captain was
also reprieved via the television
technology at the same score,
109, as replays resulted in the reversal of an lbw verdict awarded
by umpire Richard Kettleborough
to a vehement appeal by Taylor,
the outstanding West Indies fast
bowler.
Dz– ™ƒ• “—‹–‡ †‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž– ‹‹–‹ƒŽŽ›
but it got easier as the day went
on,” said Smith.
“I’m working really hard in the
nets. That and patience out in the
middle seem to be working well
for me.”
ƒ›Ž‘”ǡ™Š‘ϐ‹‹•Š‡†™‹–Š–Š”‡‡
for 18 off 15 overs, was a model of
ƒ……—”ƒ…› ƒ† ‡ˆϐ‹…‹‡…› ˆ”‘ –Š‡
•–ƒ”– ‘ˆ –Š‡ †ƒ›ǡ ”‡‘˜‹‰ ƒ˜‹†
ƒ”‡”ˆ‘”ƒ†—…‹–Š‡ϐ‹”•–‘˜‡”ǡ
caught by Shai Hope at third slip,
and fellow opener Shaun Marsh
leg-before for 11 shortly after to
be 16 for two.
It should have been 22 for
three when Michael Clarke, on
three, popped up a catch back to
Kemar Roach off his own bowling.
—– –Š‡ …ƒ’–ƒ‹ ™ƒ• ‰”ƒ–‡†
a reprieve when the request by
Kettleborough for a television
”‡’Žƒ› …‘ϐ‹”‡† –Šƒ– –Š‡ ˆƒ•–
„‘™Ž‡”ǡ ‘– ˆ‘” –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –‹‡ ‹
his international career, had noballed.
Australia’s captain made the
West Indies pay, contributing a
ϐŽ—‡–Ͷ͹‹ƒͳͳͺǦ”—–Š‹”†Ǧ™‹…et partnership that was ended
when Clarke edged an attempted
off-drive at fast-medium bowler
ƒ•‘‘Ž†‡”–‘™‹…‡–‡‡’‡”‡nesh Ramdin.
“We started well but it got
tougher as the day went on,” said
‘Ž†‡” ƒ„‘—– –Š‡ †ƒ› ‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹‡Ž†
for the home side.
“We need to capitalise with
•‘‡ ‡ƒ”Ž› ™‹…‡–• ‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹”•–
hour tomorrow to get back in contention.”
Clarke was the only wicket to
fall in the afternoon session as
Adam Voges, fresh from a debut
unbeaten 130 at Windsor Park a
week earlier, played assuredly for
37 in helping Smith put on 76.
With Roach and frontline spinner Veerasammy Permaul, both
’Žƒ›‹‰‹’Žƒ…‡‘ˆ—ϐ‹–…‘ŽŽ‡ƒ‰—‡•
Šƒ‘ ƒ„”‹‡Ž ƒ† ‡˜‡†”ƒ
‹•Š‘‘ǡ—ƒ„Ž‡–‘•–‡–Š‡ϐŽ‘™‘ˆ
runs, it was left to Taylor to engineer another breakthrough, Voges
departing in the manner of his
captain.
Shane Watson (20 not out)
faced few challenges in putting on
Ͷͺˆ‘”–Š‡ϐ‹ˆ–Š™‹…‡–™‹–Š‹–Š
by the close as the West Indies, in
what seemed an unusual defensive posture, declined to take the
second new ball when it became
†—‡†—”‹‰–Š‡ϐ‹ƒŽŠ‘—”Ǥ
The home side suffered setbacks before the start of play with
their most experienced batsman,
Marlon Samuels, ruled out because of illness while leg-spinner
‡˜‡†”ƒ ‹•Š‘‘ǯ• „ƒ†Ž›Ǧ„”—‹•‡†
ϐ‹‰‡”‘Š‹•„‘™Ž‹‰Šƒ††‹†‘–
Š‡ƒŽ•—ˆϐ‹…‹‡–Ž›ˆ‘”Š‹–‘„‡…‘sidered. — AFP
SCOREBOARD
—•–”ƒŽ‹ƒϐ‹”•–‹‹‰•
ƒ”‡”…‘’‡„ƒ›Ž‘” .......................0
S Marsh lbw Taylor ..................................11
S Smith not out ....................................... 135
M Clarke c Ramdin b Holder ...............Ͷ͹
A Voges c Ramdin b Taylor ...................37
S Watson not out ......................................20
Extrasȋ„ͶǡŽ„ͳǡ„͵Ȍ .................................8
Total (90 overs, 4 wickets) .......... 258
Fall of wickets: ͳǦͲǡʹǦͳ͸ǡ͵Ǧͳ͵ͶǡͶǦʹͳͲ
‘™Ž‹‰ǣTaylor 15-8-18-3, Roach 15ʹǦ͸ͷǦͲǡ‘Ž†‡”ͳ͸ǦʹǦͶ͹Ǧͳǡ‡”ƒ—ŽʹͶǦ
͹ǦͺͶǦͲǡ ”ƒ–Š™ƒ‹–‡ ͳͻǦʹǦ͵ͻǦͲǡ Žƒ…wood 1-1-0-0
Mansell yearns
for F1’s good
old days
Ȅ Nigel Mansell says the
titanium screws in his left shoulder
are a reminder of Formula One’s
“good old days” when drivers were
not pampered with electronic aids.
The 1992 world champion beŽ‹‡˜‡• ‰ƒ†‰‡–• Ž‹‡ ”ƒ‰ ‡†—…–‹‘
‡…Š‘Ž‘‰› ȋȌ ƒ† –Š‹‡”ǡ Ž‡••
grippy tyres have taken the thrill
out of F1, leaving both fans and
drivers short-changed.
“We need a bit of magic,” Mansell,
who won 31 Grands Prix, said in a
Sky Sports interview on Thursday.
“Let the drivers drive and race
the cars like we used to.
“Some of the rules need tweak‹‰ǡ ‹• ƒ ˆƒŽ•‡ ‘˜‡”–ƒ‹‰ ƒ‹†
in my opinion and doesn’t give the
driver the opportunity to slipstream
properly and demonstrate a bit of a
chess game and perhaps plan lap by
lap, where to pass.
“Also, although Pirelli have doen
a great job with the tyres on what
they’ve been asked to do I think
they should go back to the old tyres
where they had plenty of grip.
“Then if a driver wants to deliver
the car into a corner and brake really late, put the power on and get
sideways he can do it. It’s very exciting for the fans to watch that.”
Mansell said the power steering
in today’s F1 cars means the penalties for hitting curbs or going off line
are too light. “All the tracks I drove
on were before all the changes and
we had a lot of dangerous corners.”
Dz‡ —•‡† –‘ ‰‘ ϐŽ›‹‰ ‹–‘ …‘”ners knowing if we got it wrong we
would have a massive accident so
we respected the car and the corners. If we hit the curb too hard the
feedback would actually tweak your
wrists and you could damage yourself. We had to do physical training
just to be able to hang on to the car,
now drivers can drive with a couple
‘ˆϐ‹‰‡”•ǤdzȄ‡—–‡”•
‡ƒ•ǡ–Š‡’‡–”‘ŽŠ‡ƒ†ǯ•’‹Ž‰”‹ƒ‰‡
Ȅ Nobody could accuse Le
Mans organisers of over-selling their
„‹‰‡˜‡–ǤŠ‡‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ™‡„•‹–‡ˆ‘”–Š‡
ʹͶ Š‘—”• •’‘”–•…ƒ” ”ƒ…‡ ȋ™™™ǤʹͶŠǦ
lemans.com) describes it, in advice
ƒ‹‡† ƒ– ”‹–‹•Š ˜‹•‹–‘”•ǡ ƒ• DzŽ‹‡ ƒ
motor racing Glastonbury (music)
festival — noisy, dirty and smelly —
but fantastic fun.”
If the sort of celebrities who frequent the Monaco F1 grid would
wrinkle their noses at the basic toilet
facilities and crowded campsites, then
no matter. This weekend, at least, the
cathedral city in western France can
claim legitimately to be hosting the
biggest sporting event in the world.
The Sarthe circuit has been a pilgrimage for petrolheads since the
ͳͻʹͲ• Ȅ ™Š‡ –Š‡ ™‡ƒŽ–Š› ”‹–‹•Š
Ǯ‡–Ž‡› ‘›•ǯ ™‘ ˆ‘—” ›‡ƒ”• ‹ ƒ
row — and this year a quarter of a
million people are expected.
Many of them, in what regulars
only half-jokingly refer to as the big‰‡•– ”‹–‹•Š ‹˜ƒ•‹‘ ‘ˆ ”ƒ…‡ •‹…‡
–Š‡ Ǧƒ› Žƒ†‹‰•ǡ ™‹ŽŽ ƒ‡ –Š‡
journey from the other side of the
Channel. “When you get to Calais or
‡ƒ˜”‡–Š‡”‡ǯ•Œ—•–ƒ“—‡—‡‘ˆ”‹–ish cars going to Le Mans, it’s just a
huge week out,” says retired triple
winner Allan McNish.
“It’s a festival atmosphere. It’s like
a pilgrimage to go back every year.
It’s all the social side, like a rock festival, and the race just happens to be
going on,” the Scot said. With Porsche
—•–”ƒŽ‹ƒǯ•ƒ”‡„„‡”†”‹˜‡•Š‹•‘”•…Š‡ͿͷͿǦ›„”‹†νͷͽƒ†…Ž‘…‡†–Š‡„‡•–Žƒ’•–‹‡‹͹ǯ͸ͷǤ͹ͼ͸
†—”‹‰–Š‡’”ƒ…–‹…‡•‡••‹‘‘ˆ–Š‡;͹”†‡ƒ•͸ͺ‘—”•‡†—”ƒ…‡”ƒ…‡‹‡ƒ•ǡ™‡•–‡””ƒ…‡ǤȄ
mounting a determined factory challenge to champions Audi, along with
Toyota and Nissan, 2015 promises to
be a classic.
The cars are the stars but many of
the drivers will be familiar to Formula
One fans.
‘”‡”‡†—ŽŽ†”‹˜‡”ƒ”‡„ber and current Force India racer
Nico Hulkenberg are in the Porsche
ranks while Austrian Alex Wurz and
”‹–ƒ‹ǯ• ‡†—”ƒ…‡ ™‘”Ž† …Šƒ’‹‘
–Š‘›ƒ˜‹†•‘ƒ”‡™‹–Š‘›‘–ƒǤ
‡ƒ”ǯ•‹‡–‹‡•™‹‡”‘
Kristensen has retired but the Audi
trio of Swiss Marcel Fassler, German
†”‡ ‘––‡”‡” ƒ† ”‡…Šƒ ‡noit Treluyer are chasing their fourth
victory after winning last year.
“I do think Le Mans is doing something right because it’s not only attracting the manufacturers, which
also attracts the drivers, but it’s also
attracting the fans,” said McNish, a
winner with Audi and Porsche.
“It has got something and it’s
building something,” added the
former Toyota F1 racer. “It doesn’t
want to challenge Formula One, and
I don’t think it should or can, but certainly it is the evolving market place.
“All of the things they have been
building for quite a long period of
time are actually starting to bear fruit
and people are sitting up and taking
notice.” — Reuters
’‹‡›”‹‘”•‘—…Š‘”‡–Šƒƒ„‹‰…Š‡‡•‡
Ȅ Feisty, positive and quietly
‡ˆϐ‹…‹‡–ǡƒ––”‹‘”™ƒ•‘‡‘ˆ‰Žƒ†ǯ•
ϐ‹‡•– ™‹…‡–‡‡’‡” „ƒ–•‡ ‹ •‡˜‡
years behind the stumps during which
he helped his country to three Ashes victories.
He made a century on his debut
against the West Indies in 2007 and
’Žƒ›‡†͹ͻ‡•–ƒ–…Š‡•ǡƒ˜‡”ƒ‰‹‰ͶͲǤͳͺǡ
behind only Australian Adam Gilchrist,
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Zimbabwean Andy Flower among wicketkeepers.
That he should be mentioned alongside such eminent players is a tribute to
the contribution of the South Africanborn right-hander who through sheer
hard work made himself into an outstanding gloveman.
Prior, who announced his retirement
from all forms of cricket on Thursday at
the age of 33, was a key member of the
England team who won the Ashes in
2009, 2010-11 and 2013.
A prickly character, he usually scored
his runs quickly and was particularly
strong square of the wicket.
—– Š‡ …‘—Ž† ƒŽ•‘ ’Žƒ› ‘”‡ †‡ˆ‡sively when the situation demanded as
•Š‘™‡† „› „ƒ––‹‰ ˆ‘” ‡ƒ”Ž› ϐ‹˜‡ Š‘—”•
to score a hundred and save a series in
New Zealand in 2013.
Prior’s form deserted him and he
endured a miserable Ashes tour of Aus–”ƒŽ‹ƒ ‹ ʹͲͳ͵ǦͳͶ †—”‹‰ ™Š‹…Š Š‡ ™ƒ•
dropped as England suffered a 5-0 mauling.
‘–”‘˜‡”•› ϐŽƒ”‡† ‹ –Š‡ ˆƒŽŽ‘—–
from that series and Prior was at the
heart of it, described mockingly as the
“big cheese” by his team-mate Kevin
Pietersen who accused him of being “the
schoolyard bully who is also the teacher’s pet.”
Prior has not played for England since
last July due to serious injury problems
but his retirement, following those of
Graeme Swann and Jonathan Trott, signals the end for another player who was
an integral member of a successful team.
Ironically, however, the announcement came at the end of a week in which
‘• —––Ž‡” Šƒ• ’”‘˜‡† Š‹•‡Žˆ –‘ „‡ ƒ
worthy successor as England wicketkeeper.
—––Ž‡”ƒ†‡ƒ‰”‹––›͹͵‹–Š‡•‡…‘†
Test against New Zealand before show-
casing his majestic batting skills in a
•…‹–‹ŽŽƒ–‹‰‘…‘ˆͳʹͻ‹–Š‡ϐ‹”•–‘‡Ǧ
day international.
Prior was never able to translate his
Test form to the limited-overs game and
ƒ˜‡”ƒ‰‡† ƒ ‘†‡•– ʹͶǤͳͺ ‹ ͸ͺ •ǡ ƒ
surprising statistic for a player capable
of timing the ball so sweetly.
Prior’s Test record, however, compares favourably with England’s most
successful wicketkeepers.
‡ –‘‘ ʹͶ͵ …ƒ–…Š‡• ƒ† ƒ†‡ ͳ͵
stumpings, putting him ahead of Alec
Stewart and Godfrey Evans and behind
only Alan Knott on England’s all-time list.
Like all good stumpers, Prior was the
Š‡ƒ”–„‡ƒ– ‘ˆ Š‹• –‡ƒ ƒ† —––Ž‡” ™‹ŽŽ
have had an exceptional career if he can
emulate his predecessor. — Reuters
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Rain thwarts India in Bangladesh Test
Vijay hits 150, Rahane scores 98 as visitors end third day at 462 for 6; left-arm spinner Shakib takes 4 wickets
FATULLAH, Bangladesh — Murali
Vijay hit 150 and Shakib al Hasan
grabbed four wickets as bad weather
once again played havoc with the oneoff Test between India and Bangladesh in Fatullah on Friday.
Ajinkya Rahane chipped in with 98
as India ended the heavily-curtailed
third day’s play at 462 for six in their
ϐ‹”•– ‹‹‰• ƒ– –Š‡ Šƒ ŠƒŠ‡„ •man Ali stadium.
Just 47.3 overs were sent down
during another wet, miserable day
that had begun brightly, allowing India to add 223 runs to their total of
ʹ͵ͻˆ‘”‘Ž‘••‘–Š‡ϐ‹”•–†ƒ›Ǥ
With only 56 of the stipulated 90
overs bowled on the opening day and
the entire second day’s play washed
out, the match is headed for a draw.
More rain has been forecast for the
last two days.
But the brief spell of play on Friday
saw dominant batting from Vijay and
Shikhar Dhawan, who carried their
opening partnership to 283, before
Rahane boosted the total.
Left-arm spinner Shakib was the
lone bowler to make an impression
‘–Š‡•Ž‘™’‹–…Š™‹–Šϐ‹‰—”‡•‘ˆˆ‘—”
for 105. Leg-spinner Jubair Hossain
claimed the other two wickets.
Vijay said India were well-placed
to force a win over the last two days,
provided the weather did not interfere with the game.
“We can’t do much about the
weather, but we are in a good position and hopefully we can do something special in the remaining time,”
he said.
“The wicket was a good one to bat
on initially, and then it became slower.
So I had to adjust the pace of my innings. Since Shikhar gave us a brilliant
start, I just wanted to hang in there
and play as long as possible.
“The wicket is deteriorating and
‹–‹•†‡ϐ‹‹–‡Ž›‰‘‹‰–‘Š‡Ž’„‘–Š‘—”
the day on 150, took his score to 173,
which included 23 hits to the fence.
In his next over, Shakib bowled Rohit Sharma for six as India slid from
283-0 to 291-2.
It soon became 310-3 when Jubair
ˆ‘”…‡† •‹’’‡” ‹”ƒ– ‘ŠŽ‹ –‘ †”ƒ‰ ƒ
ball onto his stumps after the batsman had made 14.
But Rahane thwarted Bangladesh
by adding 114 for the fourth wicket
on either side of the lunch break.
The rain-shortened second session
saw just 10.3 overs of play in which
India added 64 runs and lost three
wickets.
Shakib trapped Vijay leg-before
after the break and also bowled Rahane, while Jubair dismissed Wriddhiman Saha for six.
Vijay hit 12 boundaries and a six in
his sixth Test century.
Rahane missed his fourth hundred
by two runs when he was bowled
attempting a pull shot after smashing the previous two deliveries for
boundaries. — AFP
India’s Murali Vijay plays a shot during the third day of the Test against Bangladesh at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Narayanganj. — AFP
spinners (Harbhajan Singh and Ravichanandran Ashwin).”
Shakib said his team was aware of
the importance of batting well over
the last two days to save the game.
“India don’t have anything to lose
and they will come hard at us, but we
have to bat well for six sessions and
score a lot of runs,” he said.
“We are aware of the situation and
are mentally ready for the task ahead.
There is no problem with the pitch.
There is no uneven bounce either. If
the wicket stays like this we can handle the Indian bowling.”
Play started on time under sunny
skies and India moved to 398 for
three by the end of the extended
morning session.
Shakib broke the double-century
opening stand when Dhawan mistimed an on-drive and lobbed an easy
return catch to the bowler.
Left-handed Dhawan, who started
SCOREBOARD
†‹ƒϐ‹”•–‹‹‰•
M Vijay lbw Shakib ........................................150
S Dhawan c and b Shakib ............................173
R Sharma b Shakib .............................................. 6
‘ŠŽ‹„—„ƒ‹” ..................................................14
A Rahane b Shakib ............................................98
W Saha b Jubair .................................................... 6
R Ashwin not out ................................................. 2
H Singh not out .................................................... 7
š–”ƒ• (b4, lb1, nb1) ......................................... 6
‘–ƒŽȋˆ‘”•‹š™‹…‡–•ǡͳͲ͵Ǥ͵‘˜‡”•ȌͶ͸ʹ
ƒŽŽ‘ˆ™‹…‡–•ǣ1-283, 2-291, 3-310, 4-424,
5-445, 6-453
‘™Ž‹‰ǣ Shahid 22-2-88-0, Sarkar 3-011-0, Shuvagata 14-0-52-0, Shakib 24.3-1105-4, Taijul 20-0-85-0, Jubair 19-1-113-2,
Imrul 1-0-3-0
Š‹ƒ•ƒ–…Š™‹Ǣ
‡”ƒ›ǡƒƒ†ƒŠ‡Ž† Fearless Bolt says will
Ȅ Wang Lisi’s late winner got China’s Women’s World Cup
campaign back on track on Thursday
as Germany were held 1-1 by Norway
and Canada played a goalless draw
against New Zealand.
Š‹ƒǯ•
”‘—’–‹‡‹†‘–‘ǯ•
Commonwealth Stadium looked to be
heading for frustration before Wang
broke through to roll the ball past
Sari Van Veenendaal in the Dutch goal
one minute into extra time.
It gave the ‘Steel Roses’ a vital
three points after losing their opening match to Canada, who had to settle for a goalless draw against New
Zealand.
Canada remain top of Group A
with four points from two games,
ahead of China and the Netherlands,
who have three.
New Zealand are bottom of the
group with one point.
“I think they did an excellent job
today. We could have scored more
ƒ† „‡‡ ‘”‡ ‡ˆϐ‹…‹‡–ǡdz •ƒ‹† Š‹ƒ
coach Hao Wei. “In the beginning I
said Group A was very even, all teams
are similar in their strengths so I wish
we could have scored more,” added
the Chinese coach.
 ”‘—’ –‹‡• ‘˜‡” ‹ ––ƒ™ƒǡ
a second half Maren Mjelde equaliser grabbed a 1-1 draw for Norway
against top ranked Germany in a
clash of former champions.
Anja Mittag had put 2003 and
2007 champions Germany ahead after just six minutes with her fourth
goal following her hat-trick in their
opening 10-0 whipping of Ivory
‘ƒ•–Ǥ —– ‹†ϐ‹‡Ž†‡” Œ‡Ž†‡ ‡“—ƒŽised for 1995 winners Norway with a
stunning free kick past former world
player of the year Nadine Angerer in
the Germany goal after 61 minutes.
THAILAND MAKE HISTORY
The Germans next play Thailand
who came from a goal down to keep
their hopes of advancing alive with a
3-2 win over fellow newcomers Ivory
Coast. “We are very lucky, because
even though we had less attacking
…Šƒ…‡•ǡ ™‡ ‰‘– ‘—” ϐ‹”•– ˜‹…–‘”› ‹
our country’s history,” said Thailand
coach Nuengrutai Srathongvian.
“We are honoured to be playing
the best team in the world Germany
in our next match and will do our absolute best to win.”
Ivorian striker Ange Nguessan had
given the African side the lead after
four minutes but Thailand hit back
with three unanswered goals.
†‘—„Ž‡ ˆ”‘ ”ƒ–Šƒ‹ ”‹ƒ‡‡
after 26 and 45+3 minutes, and a
Thanatta Chawong effort on 75 saw
the Asian side bounce back from a
4-0 loss to Norway in their opener.
Josee Nahi got one back for the
Ivory Coast two minutes from time,
but it was too little for the African
side with just one game remaining.
“It’s a sad night for us and for the
people of Ivory Coast,” said Clementine Toure of the the lowest ranked
side in the tournament at 67.
Germany coach Silvia Neid admitted her side had nearly paid heavily for letting their guard down after
dominating early against the 11thranked Scandinavians. “We just didn’t
play as well in the second half — and
then Norway gained hope,” said Neid.
The result leaves Germany and
Norway topping Group B with four
points. Thailand are third with three
points with Ivory Coast bottom with
none.
“The end result was fair, but we
were lucky — (Germany) could have
‹ŽŽ‡†–Š‹•‰ƒ‡‹–Š‡ϐ‹”•–ŠƒŽˆǡdz•ƒ‹†
‘”™ƒ›…‘ƒ…Š˜‡‡ŽŽ‡”—†ǤȄ
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP RESULTS
”‘—’ȋ–†‘–‘Ȍ
China 1 (Wang L 90+1) Netherlands 0
Canada 0 New Zealand 0
”‘—’ȋ–––ƒ™ƒȌ
Germany 1 (Mittag 6) Norway 1 (Mjelde 61)
Ivory Coast 2 (Nuguesson 4, Nahi 88) Thailand 3
ȋ”ƒ–Šƒ‹”‹ƒ‡‡ʹ͸ǡͶͷΪ͵ǡŠƒƒ––ƒŠƒ™‘‰
75th minute)
China’s Wu Haiyan tries to control the ball during the Group A match against the Netherlands at the Fifa
Women’s World Cup at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada. — AFP
silence Gatlin in Beijing
Ȅ •ƒ‹ ‘Ž– •ƒ›• Š‡ ‹•
not yet ready for a duel with Justin
Gatlin but is looking forward to siŽ‡…‹‰ –Š‡ …‘ϐ‹†‡– ‡”‹…ƒ ‹
a Beijing sprint “explosion” at the
world championships in August.
While the Jamaican has eased into
the season after an injury-disrupted
2014, Gatlin has set the fastest times
of the year in both sprints and declared himself the “man to beat”.
“Gatlin has been doing a lot of
talking, saying a lot of things,” Bolt
said with a chuckle in an interview
on Thursday ahead of the adidas
Grand Prix at Randall’s Island.
“He’s proved he’s running fast
times and he’s ready. So it should be
exciting going into the world championship. “I look forward to competing when people talk... because if you
don’t back it up you look really stupid.”
Gatlin, who has served two doping bans, last month ran the fastest
100 metres of 2015 (9.74 seconds) in
Doha and a season-leading 19.68 in
–Š‡ʹͲͲ‹—‰‡‡ͳͷ†ƒ›•Žƒ–‡”Ǥ
Bolt, who retains the world record
in both events (9.58 and 19.19), is
running only the 200 on Saturday as
he continues to frustrate track fans
eager to see how he would measure
up on the track against Gatlin.
The Jamaican, looking slender in a
black suit and dark blue shirt outside
a reception at Nasdaq headquarters,
said his race selection was nothing to
do with fear of any
other athlete.
“Afraid? When
people say that, I
laugh. I’ve been in
the sport for years
and I’ve never
dodged anybody.
When it matters,
Usain Bolt greets people during a
visit at Macy’s Herald Square in the
Manhattan borough. — Reuters
I’ve always showed up and shown
that I’m the best,” Bolt said.
“Fact is, I’m not in the best of
shape and I’m not going to put myself out there if I know I’m just coming back and I need time to get back
to where I need to be. When I get to
Beijing I’ll be ready to go and that’s
when the showdown will be.”
Bolt said the suspense of how the
sprinters shaped up against one another could help build interest in the
world championships.
“People can look forward to the
championship. What’s going to happen?” he said. “Justin is running
good, Tyson (Gay) is running good,
Asafa (Powell) is running good, Usain
is running good. “So when we come
to the championship, it’s going to be
like an explosion.” — Reuters
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Vidal stars as Chile off mark
Vargas made it 2-0 late on to give the Chileans a winning start in Copa America
Chile’s Arturo Vidal celebrates after scoring a penalty against Ecuador during the
Copa America opening match at the Nacional Stadium in Santiago. — AFP
SANTIAGO — Arturo Vidal
buried his Champions League
Š‡ƒ”–ƒ…Š‡–‘•‡–—’ƒʹǦͲ‘’‡Ǧ
‹‰ ˜‹…–‘”› ˆ‘” Š‹Ž‡ ‘˜‡” …—ƒǦ
†‘”ƒ•–Š‡‘’ƒ‡”‹…ƒ‹…‡†
off here on Thursday.
—˜‡–—• •–ƒ” ‹†ƒŽ „‘—…‡†
„ƒ… ˆ”‘ –Š‡ †‹•ƒ’’‘‹–‡–
‘ˆ †‡ˆ‡ƒ– –‘ ƒ”…‡Ž‘ƒ ‹ Žƒ•–
™‡‡ǯ• Šƒ’‹‘• ‡ƒ‰—‡ ϐ‹ƒŽ
–‘ •…‘”‡ ƒ ͸͹–ŠǦ‹—–‡ ’‡ƒŽ–›
‹ƒƒǦ‘ˆǦ–Š‡Ǧƒ–…Š’‡”ˆ‘”Ǧ
ance.
Napoli’s Eduardo Vargas
ƒ†‡ ‹– ʹǦͲ Žƒ–‡ ‘ –‘ ‰‹˜‡ –Š‡
Chileans a winning start in
”‘—’ ƒ• –Š‡› …Šƒ•‡ ƒ ϐ‹”•–
Copa America crown in 99 years
‘ˆ –”›‹‰Ǥ Dz– ™ƒ• ˜‡”› †‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž–ǡ
they pushed us to the end,” Vidal
•ƒ‹† ƒˆ–‡”Ǥ Dz‡ ƒ”‡ ˜‡”› Šƒ’’›
„—– ™‡ ‘™ ™‡ Šƒ˜‡ –‘ ‹Ǧ
’”‘˜‡‘–Š‹•ǤŠ‡”‡•—Ž–‹•™Šƒ–
counts though,” he added.
Vidal admitted he was still
weary after turning out for Chile
Œ—•– †ƒ›• ƒˆ–‡” Žƒ•– ™‡‡‡†ǯ•
Šƒ’‹‘• ‡ƒ‰—‡ ϐ‹ƒŽ ‹ ‡”Ǧ
lin.
Dz› „ƒ… Š—”–• ƒ „‹– ƒ† will need a massage after the
match,” he said.
Š‡ ™‹ ’—–• Š‹Ž‡ ϐ‹”Ž› ‘
course to qualify for the quarǦ
–‡”ϐ‹ƒŽ•Ǥ
Group A also contains Mexico
ƒ†‘Ž‹˜‹ƒǡ™Š‘‡‡–‘”‹†ƒ›
in the second game of the tourǦ
nament.
Š‹Ž‡Šƒ†„‡‡—ƒ„Ž‡–‘ϐ‹†
ƒ„”‡ƒ–Š”‘—‰Š—–‹Ž‹†ƒŽ„—”•–
forward midway through the
•‡…‘†ŠƒŽˆ–‘„‡–—‰‰‡†‘˜‡”„›
…—ƒ†‘”ǯ•‹ŽŽ‡”‘Žƒ‘•Ǥ
Argentine referee Nestor
Pitana pointed to the spot imǦ
mediately and Vidal stepped up
–‘ „Žƒ•– –Š‡ •’‘– ‹… Š‹‰Š ƒ†
wide past Ecuador´s giant goalǦ
‡‡’‡”Ž‡šƒ†‡”‘‹‰—‡œǤ
Š‡Š‘•–•ƒ†‡•—”‡‘ˆ˜‹…–‘Ǧ
ry six minutes from time when
Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez reǦ
Ž‡ƒ•‡†ƒ”‰ƒ•™Š‘ϐ‹‹•Š‡†…‘‘ŽǦ
–‡”’‘Ž•…”ƒ’•̈́ʹʹ†‡ƒŽ™‹–Š‹ˆƒ
Ȅ –‡”’‘Ž ‘ ”‹†ƒ› ’—ŽŽ‡†
‘—– ‘ˆ ƒ —Ž–‹Ǧ‹ŽŽ‹‘Ǧ‡—”‘ †‡ƒŽ ™‹–Š
‹ˆƒ–‘’”‘‘–‡Dz‹–‡‰”‹–›dz‹•’‘”–ǡƒ•
–Š‡ …‘””—’–‹‘ •…ƒ†ƒŽ ‡‰—Žϐ‹‰ –Š‡
™‘”Ž†ǯ•ˆ‘‘–„ƒŽŽ‰‘˜‡”‹‰„‘†›Ž‡ˆ–‹–
increasingly isolated.
The international police organisaǦ
tion announced it was suspending a
ͳͲǦ›‡ƒ” ’ƒ”–‡”•Š‹’ †‡ƒŽ ™‹–Š ‹ˆƒ
™‘”–ŠʹͲ‹ŽŽ‹‘‡—”‘•ȋ̈́ʹʹ‹ŽŽ‹‘Ȍ
for its “Integrity in Sport programme.”
–‡”’‘Ž „‘•• —‡”‰‡ –‘… ‘–Ǧ
ed that partners in the programme
Dz—•– •Šƒ”‡ –Š‡ ˆ—†ƒ‡–ƒŽ ˜ƒŽ—‡•
and principles of the organisation.”
‹ˆƒŠƒ•„‡‡‹…”‹•‹••‹…‡ƒ›ƒˆǦ
–‡”ͳͶ’‡‘’Ž‡…‘‡…–‡†–‘‹ˆƒ™‡”‡
…Šƒ”‰‡†ƒ•’ƒ”–‘ˆƒ’”‘„‡‹–‘ƒŽǦ
leged graft. The scandal spectacularly
„”‘—‰Š– †‘™ ‹ˆƒ „‘•• ‡’’ Žƒ––‡”
and has also cast doubt on the fairǦ
‡•• ‘ˆ –Š‡ „‹††‹‰ ˆ‘” –Š‡ ʹͲͳͺ ƒ†
ʹͲʹʹ‘”Ž†—’•ǡ–‘„‡•–ƒ‰‡†‹—•Ǧ
•‹ƒƒ†ƒ–ƒ””‡•’‡…–‹˜‡Ž›Ǥ
‹ˆƒ Š‹– „ƒ… ƒ– –‡”’‘Žǡ ˜‘‹…‹‰
disappointment at the decision to
suspend the partnership agreement,
which it called a “success”.
Dz—” …‘‘’‡”ƒ–‹‘ ‘˜‡” –Š‡ ’ƒ•–
ˆ‘—”›‡ƒ”•Šƒ•„‡‡ƒ‡›’ƒ”–‘ˆƒ†Ǧ
dressing the transnational problem of
ƒ–…Šϐ‹š‹‰ǡdz•–”‡••‡†‹ˆƒǤ
The programme itself was “unreǦ
lated” to the current crisis surroundǦ
‹‰ –Š‡ ˆ‘‘–„ƒŽŽ „‘†›ǡ ‹ˆƒ ƒ††‡†ǡ
calling for it to resume as soon as
possible and adding it was in contact
™‹–Š–‡”’‘Ž–‘”‡•‘Ž˜‡–Š‡‹••—‡Ǥ
Š‡ Dz–‡‰”‹–› ‹ ’‘”–dz †”‹˜‡ Šƒ•
…‘‘”†‹ƒ–‡† ‰Ž‘„ƒŽ ‡ˆˆ‘”–• –‘ ’”‡˜‡–
ƒ–…Š ϐ‹š‹‰ ƒ† ‹ŽŽ‡‰ƒŽ ‰ƒ„Ž‹‰ „›
criminal groups.
Interpol’s decision came a day afǦ
ter an educational charity launched
„› ˆ‘‘–„ƒŽŽ ˆƒ ‘’‡ ”ƒ…‹• •ƒ‹† ‹–
would no longer accept money from
South American football confederaǦ
–‹‘Ǥ…Š‘Žƒ•……—””‡–‡•
Šƒ† „‡‡ †—‡ –‘ ”‡…‡‹˜‡ ƒ ̈́ͳͲǡͲͲͲ
†‘ƒ–‹‘ ˆ”‘ ˆ‘” ‡˜‡”›
‰‘ƒŽ ƒ† ’‡ƒŽ–› ‹… •…‘”‡† †—”‹‰
the Copa America, the South AmeriǦ
…ƒ …Šƒ’‹‘•Š‹’ ™Š‹…Š ‹…‡† ‘ˆˆ
on Thursday in Chile.
Š‘•‡ ‹†‹…–‡† ‹ –Š‡ ‹˜‡•–‹Ǧ
‰ƒ–‹‘ ‹…Ž—†‡ ‡š‡…—–‹˜‡
…‘‹––‡‡ ‡„‡”• ƒˆƒ‡Ž •“—‹˜‡Ž
‘ˆ‡‡œ—‡Žƒƒ†‘•‡ƒ”‹ƒƒ”‹‘ˆ
”ƒœ‹Žǡ ƒ• ™‡ŽŽ ƒ• ˆ‘”‡” ˆ‡†‡”ƒ–‹‘
’”‡•‹†‡–•—‰‡‹‘‹‰—‡”‡†‘‘ˆ”—Ǧ
guay and Nicolas Leoz of Paraguay.
In another potential blow for CONǦ
ǡ ƒ”ƒ‰—ƒ›ǯ• ‘‰”‡•• ˜‘–‡†
on Thursday to lift the immunity of
‹–•Š‡ƒ†“—ƒ”–‡”•Ǥ†‡”ƒ•’‡…‹ƒŽŽƒ™ǡ
the confederation’s building on the
‘—–•‹”–•‘ˆ•—…‹‘Šƒ†‡Œ‘›‡†–Š‡
same immunity as foreign diplomatic
missions since it opened in 1997.
And the scandal continues to end
careers, with the latest person to fall
‘ Š‹• •™‘”† „‡‹‰ ‹ˆƒǯ• †‹”‡…–‘” ‘ˆ
communications and public affairs
Walter De Gregorio, who resigned
on Thursday. De Gregorio reportedly
•–‡’’‡† †‘™ ƒˆ–‡” ƒ‹‰ ƒ Œ‘‡
about the crisis on Swiss TV.
‡ƒ™Š‹Ž‡ǡŽƒ––‡”†‹•‹••‡†ƒ—Ǧ
ropean Parliament demand for him to
“—‹– ‹‡†‹ƒ–‡Ž›ǡ ™‹–Š ƒ ‹ˆƒ •’‘‡•Ǧ
man saying he intended to continue
‹ ‘ˆϐ‹…‡ —–‹Ž ƒ •—……‡••‘” ™ƒ• ƒ’Ǧ
pointed, probably by the end of the
›‡ƒ”ǤȄ
Ž›ˆ‘”ʹǦͲǤŠ‡‘Ž›„Žƒ…•’‘–ˆ‘”
Chile was a red a card for Matias
‡”ƒ†‡œ ‹ –Š‡ …Ž‘•‹‰ ‹Ǧ
utes for two cautions.
MESSI, NEYMAR, EYE GLORY
Chile’s dreams of lifting the
title on home soil will face stiff
‘’’‘•‹–‹‘ ˆ”‘ ˆƒ˜‘—”‹–‡• ”Ǧ
‰‡–‹ƒ ƒ† ϐ‹˜‡Ǧ–‹‡ ™‘”Ž†
…Šƒ’‹‘•”ƒœ‹ŽǤ
Argentina, led by Lionel MesǦ
•‹ǡƒ†”ƒœ‹Žǡ‘™•‹’’‡”‡†„›
‡›ƒ”ǡ Šƒ˜‡ ”‡•—Ž–• ‘ –Š‡‹”
side heading into the tournaǦ
ment.
”ƒœ‹Ž…‘’Ž‡–‡†–Š‡‹”’”‡’ƒǦ
rations on Wednesday in Porto
Ž‡‰”‡ǡ„‡ƒ–‹‰‘†—”ƒ•ͳǦͲ–‘
”ƒ… —’ –Š‡‹” ͳͲ–Š …‘•‡…—–‹˜‡
ˆ”‹‡†Ž›˜‹…–‘”›•‹…‡Žƒ•–›‡ƒ”ǯ•
World Cup, when they were huǦ
‹Ž‹ƒ–‡† ͹Ǧͳ „› ‡”ƒ› ‹ –Š‡
•‡‹ϐ‹ƒŽ•Ǥ
Š‡ ƒ”…‡Ž‘ƒ –‡ƒǦƒ–‡•
are carrying a mountain of exǦ
pectation on their shoulders.
‡••‹ ‹• †‡–‡”‹‡† –‘ ϐ‹Ǧ
nally taste glory at a major inǦ
ternational tournament while
Neymar is aiming to erase the
‡‘”› ‘ˆ ”ƒœ‹Žǯ• ‘”Ž† —’
debacle. “I feel I’m in better
•Šƒ’‡ ƒ””‹˜‹‰ ƒ– –Š‹• –‘—”ƒǦ
ment than I was at the World
Cup last year,” Messi said.
Messi and Argentina fell
agonisingly short at the World
—’ǡ •—ˆˆ‡”‹‰ ƒ ͳǦͲ ‡š–”ƒǦ–‹‡
†‡ˆ‡ƒ– –‘ ‡”ƒ› ‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹ƒŽ
to extend a title drought which
•–”‡–…Š‡•„ƒ…–‘–Š‡ͳͻͻ͵‘’ƒ
America.
Argentina open their camǦ
paign against Paraguay on SatǦ
urday, and should progress from
”‘—’ ™Š‹…Š ƒŽ•‘ ‹…Ž—†‡•
”—‰—ƒ› ƒ† ƒƒ‹…ƒǡ ‘‡ ‘ˆ
two teams from the Concacaf reǦ
‰‹‘‹˜‹–‡†–‘„‘Ž•–‡”–Š‡–‘—”Ǧ
nament.
”ƒœ‹Ž ™‹ŽŽ ‹… ‘ˆˆ ”‘—’ against Peru on Sunday, with CoǦ
lombia and Venezuela completǦ
‹‰–Š‡‰”‘—’ǤȄ
Tiny Guam celebrate
historic qualifying win
SINGAPORE — Tiny Guam were able
–‘ …‡Ž‡„”ƒ–‡ –Š‡‹” ϐ‹”•–Ǧ‡˜‡” ™‹ ‹ ƒ
‘”Ž† —’ “—ƒŽ‹ϐ‹‡” ‘ ”‹†ƒ› ƒˆ–‡”
ƒ ‡ƒ”Ž› ‘™ ‰‘ƒŽ ‰ƒ˜‡ –Š‡ ƒ…‹ϐ‹…
‹•Žƒ†•‹†‡ƒͳǦͲ™‹‘˜‡”—”‡‹Ǧ
stan.
’‘˜‡”‹•Š‡† ƒ•– ‹‘” ƒŽ•‘
left with a smile on their faces after
Š‘Ž†‹‰ ƒŽƒ›•‹ƒ –‘ ƒ ͳǦͳ †”ƒ™ ‹
Kuala Lumpur, while the Philippines
•Š‘…‡†ƒŠ”ƒ‹ʹǦͳǤ
—– –Š‡”‡ ™ƒ• ‘ ˆƒ‹”›–ƒŽ‡ ”‡•—Ž–
for fellow minnows Cambodia and
Š—–ƒǡ ƒ• –Š‡› •—ˆˆ‡”‡† Š‡ƒ˜› †‡Ǧ
feats in the second round of Asian
qualifying late on Thursday.
Žƒ›‹‰ –Š‡‹” ϐ‹”•– Š‘‡ ‘”Ž†
—’“—ƒŽ‹ϐ‹‡”ǡ
—ƒ…Ž‹…Š‡†ƒŠ‹•–‘”Ǧ
‹…™‹™Š‡—”‡‹•–ƒ†‡ˆ‡†‡”
‡”†ƒ” ƒ‘”ƒœ‘˜ Š‡ƒ†‡† –Š‡ „ƒŽŽ
into his net after 14 minutes.
The surprise result sent Guam
temporarily to the top of Group D.
Š‡ ”‡•—Ž– ™ƒ• ƒ ƒŒ‘” •Š‘… ‡•’‡Ǧ
cially since Guam’s last outing in the
‘”Ž† —’ “—ƒŽ‹ϐ‹‡”• ‹ ʹͲͲͲǡ ™Š‡
they were hammered out of sight
ͳͻǦͲ„›”ƒƒ†ͳ͸ǦͲ„›ƒŒ‹‹•–ƒǤ
In Manila, unfancied Philippines
also made a rousing start as they
†‘™‡† ƒŠ”ƒ‹ ʹǦͳ ‹ –Š‡‹” ”‘—’
H opener at Philippines Sports StaǦ
†‹—Ǥ ‹•ƒ‰Š ƒŠƒ†‘”ƒ •–ƒ„„‡† ‹
a cross by Phil Younghusband in the
ͷͲ–Š‹—–‡ƒ†ƒ˜‹‡”ƒ–‹‘ƒ††‡†
a second after a goalmouth scramble,
later before Abdulwahab Al Malood
‰”ƒ„„‡† ƒ …‘•‘Žƒ–‹‘ ‰‘ƒŽ ˆ‘” ƒŠǦ
rain in stoppage time.
ƒ„‘†‹ƒ ™‡”‡ ƒŽ•‘ •‡‡‹‰ ƒ
’‘•‹–‹˜‡ •–ƒ”– ‹ ˆ”‘– ‘ˆ –Š‡‹” Š‘‡
ˆƒ•ƒ–ƒ’ƒ…‡†Ž›’‹…–ƒ†‹—‹
Š‘ ‡Šǡ „—– ˆ‘—† –Š‡•‡Ž˜‡•
‹•–‡ƒ† ‘ –Š‡ ™”‘‰ ‡† ‘ˆ ƒ ͶǦͲ
thumping by Singapore in Group E.
Khairul Amri opened the scoring
ƒˆ–‡” ‹‡ ‹—–‡• ƒ† ƒˆ—™ƒ ƒǦ
Šƒ”—†‹•–”—…–™‹…‡–‘’—––Š‡˜‹•‹Ǧ
–‘”•͵ǦͲ—’ƒ–ŠƒŽˆǦ–‹‡„‡ˆ‘”‡ƒœ”—Ž
ƒ™ƒœ ƒ††‡† ƒ ˆ‘—”–Š ͳͲ ‹—–‡•
into the second half.
GOAL SPREE
Š—–ƒ ƒŽ•‘ •—ˆˆ‡”‡† ƒ Š‡ƒ˜› †‡Ǧ
ˆ‡ƒ– ƒ• –Š‡› ™‡”‡ Šƒ‡”‡† ͹ǦͲ „›
‘‰‘‰™‹–Šƒ‹‡•…‡‡•…‘”Ǧ
ing twice for the hosts in Group C.
Lebanon’s Hussein Awada (right)
ϔ‹‰Š–•ˆ‘”–Š‡Š‡ƒ†‡”™‹–Š—™ƒ‹–ǯ•
Fahad Ashaheen in the southern
‡„ƒ‡•‡…‹–›‘ˆ‹†‘Ǥ—™ƒ‹–™‘
1-0. — AFP
Kyaw Zayar Win’s late equaliser
‡ƒ”‡†›ƒƒ”ƒʹǦʹ†”ƒ™‹–Š‡‹”
Group G opener in Laos, while Anton
‡Ž‹ƒ—Š‹ •…‘”‡† –™‹…‡ ƒ• ›”Ǧ
‰›œ•–ƒ ™‘ ͵Ǧͳ ƒ– ƒ‰Žƒ†‡•Š ‹
”‘—’Ǥ
‘”‡” •‹ƒ …Šƒ’‹‘• —™ƒ‹–
got their qualifying campaign off
to a great start when they defeated
‡„ƒ‘ͳǦͲƒ™ƒ›–Šƒ•–‘ƒͺ͸–ŠǦ
minute goal from Yousef Nasser.
In the late matches, Syria went on
a goal spree to thrash Afghanistan
͸ǦͲ ™‹–Š ƒŒƒ ƒˆ‡ •…‘”‹‰ –™‹…‡ ‹
their Group E clash.
In Group H encounter, North
Korea defeated Yemen by a soliǦ
–ƒ”› ‰‘ƒŽ •…‘”‡† „› ‘ ›‘Ǧ ‹
the 71st minute. Hassan Mahmoud
•…‘”‡† ƒ –”‡„Ž‡ –‘ Š‡Ž’ ‘”†ƒ †‡Ǧ
ˆ‡ƒ– ƒŒ‹‹•–ƒ ͵Ǧͳ ™‹–Š ƒ—…Š‡Š”
œŠƒŽ‹Ž‘˜ •…‘”‹‰ –Š‡ …‘•‘Žƒ–‹‘
goal for the home side.
ƒ–ƒ” •…”ƒ’‡† ’ƒ•– ƒŽ†‹˜‡• ͳǦͲ
‹ –Š‡‹” ”‘—’ …Žƒ•Šǡ –Šƒ• –‘ ƒ
late goal by Ahmed Al Sayed.
And Saudi Arabia edged past PalǦ
‡•–‹‡͵Ǧʹ‹
”‘—’–Šƒ•–‘‘Ǧ
hammed Al Sahlawi’s winner deep
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Iraqi volunteers
carry placards
during a campaign
“United For
Heritage”, aimed
to raise awareness
over the threatened
heritage of Iraq at
the bottom of the
Arbil Citadel. — AFP
Old souq in Aleppo
A Wound the World Struggles to Staunch
By Mark John
O
ff a corridor at world culture agency Unesco’s starshaped Paris headquarters,
ƒ ‘†‡•– ‘ˆϐ‹…‡ ™‹–Š ’‘–ted plants and three small
desks has become the war room in the
ϐ‹‰Š– ƒ‰ƒ‹•– Ž‘‘–‡† ƒ–‹“—‹–‹‡• ˆ”‘
Iraq and Syria.
“Unesco has no blue helmets,” its
deputy heritage director Mechtild
Rossler said, using the common jargon
for United Nations’ peacekeepers.
“We work with three people... So
what do you want us to do?”
IS’s pillaging of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, video of museum
statues and carvings destroyed in the
Iraqi city of Mosul, and now the seizure
of the Syrian
heritage
y
g site of Palmyra
y
have underscored the world’s inability
in saving some of its most precious archaeological treasures.
With major powers not willing to
’—– –”‘‘’• ‘ –Š‡ ‰”‘—†ǡ ϐ‹‰Š–‡”•
have extended the reach of their power
against depleted and demoralised government forces in both Syria and Iraq.
The world’s failure to stem daily
killings, atrocities and mounting humanitarian crises in the two countries
understandably gets most attention.
But its inability to safeguard heritage sites from an array of threats is
also storing up trouble, as much-needed future livelihoods based on tourism
are ruined.
The fear that the trade in looted
ƒ”–‡ˆƒ…–• …ƒ ƒ‰‰”ƒ˜ƒ–‡ –Š‡ …‘ϐŽ‹…–•
has earned them the nickname “blood
antiquities” — adapting the “blood
diamond” tag coined for the gems that
™ƒ”•
Šƒ˜‡ ϐ‹ƒ…‡† ϐ‹‰Š–‡”• ‹ ˆ”‹…ƒ ™ƒ”•
from Angola to Sierra Leone.
“The situation in Syria and Iraq
is unprecedented,” said Rossler,
whose career has spanned the
1993 destruction of Bosnia’s
Ottoman-era
Mostar bridge
by Croatian forces and the Taliban
dynamiting of Aff
ghanistan’s Buddhas of Bamiyan in
2001.
Yet if the world
has had ample
experience of assaults on cultural
sites, the quest for
a counter-strategy is uphill.
Unesco,
headed by
polyglot
Bul-
garian ex-foreign minister
Irina Bokova, has
led world calls
for a halt to
the
destruction. But its
own resources
are limited,
THE WORLD’S INABILITY IN SAVING SOME
OF ITS MOST PRECIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL
TREASURES AND SAFEGUARD HERITAGE
SITES FROM AN ARRAY OF THREATS IS
STORING UP TROUBLE AS MUCH-NEEDED
FUTURE LIVELIHOODS BASED
ON TOURISM ARE RUINED
not least because of the US decision in
2011 to cut off funding of the body after other members backed a PalestinPa
ian bid for full membership.
No fewer than six intern
international
conventions have been drawn up
u over
heritage.
the years to protect cultural he
Alarm bells have been sounded in UN
Security Council resolutions aand in
declarations by heads of state, to
top museums and the art world.
But, despite some successes
in
succes
recovering objects, the effort iis hamappro
strung by the patchwork approach
of
national authorities, a failure to tackle
smuggling networks head-on and a
lack of even basic information about
the market they trade in.
“When a crisis like this erupts,
erup we
feel the need to act. But we don’t
don’ know
what to do,” said Jason Felch, co-author
coof the book “Chasing Aphrodite”
Aphrodit that
reported on how looted antiquit
antiquities can
world’s muend up in the hands of the world
seums.
CHECK THE FIGURES
Syria’s famed archaeologica
archaeological sites
have suffered extensive damage during
ˆ‘—” ›‡ƒ”• ‘ˆ …‘ϐŽ‹…–ǡ ™‹–Š ‰‡
‰‡• •—…Š
as the old souq in Aleppo de
devastat‡† „› –Š‡ ϐ‹‰Š–ing. But as the
groun on,
civil war has
ground
p
the threat
of plunder
has risen
th fore.
to the
In
I late2014,
mearoun the
dia around
world leapt
leap
on
a
the assertion by a US-funded archae‘Ž‘‰‹•– –Šƒ– ƒ–‹“—‹–‹‡•Ǧ–”ƒˆϐ‹…‹
ƒ–‹“—‹–‹‡•Ǧ–”ƒˆϐ‹…‹‰ Šƒ†
become IS’s second largest source
sou
of
eve estirevenue after oil sales. Some even
mated the take ran into billions of dollars.
At around the same time, satellite
s
images published by the US ggovernment and others showed heritag
heritage sites
such as Syria’s 3rd century BC Durapockm
Europos city increasingly pockmarked
by crude excavation pits over a period
Singer Parwas Hussein performs on stage during a
campaign ‘United For Heritage.’ — AFP
from mid-2012 to early 2014.
Some experts believe the worst of
the looting took place when the site
was under the control of the Free Syrian Army, suggesting the problem is
”ƒ’ƒ– ƒ† ƒˆϐŽ‹…–‹‰ ƒ› •‹–‡• ”‡gardless of which faction is in charge.
While those images are still widely
accepted as evidence that theft is taking place on a huge scale, doubts have
since emerged about the methodology and data basis of estimates of the
ƒ‘—–‘ˆ’”‘…‡‡†•–Šƒ–Šƒ˜‡ϐŽ‘™–‘
IS or other groups.
Dz‡ •–‹ŽŽ ‡‡† –‘ ϐ‹‰—”‡ ‘—– –Š‡
market itself,” Richard Stengel, US Department of State Under Secretary for
Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs,
acknowledged at a conference held at
Paris’s Louvre museum recently.
Unesco is similarly circumspect.
Rossler puts the revenue yield to IS in
the “high millions” of dollars, but said
Š‡” ‘”‰ƒ‹•ƒ–‹‘ †‹† ‘– Šƒ˜‡ ƒ ‘ˆϐ‹cial estimate.
Palmyra_theatre
Black markets in any goods are no–‘”‹‘—•Ž› †‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž– –‘ “—ƒ–‹ˆ› ƒ† —Ž–‹mately the debate may yet prove moot:
the very fact looting is taking place on
IS-controlled sites suggests the group
‹•…‘ϐ‹†‡–‹–™‹ŽŽ‘‡†ƒ›†‡”‹˜‡”‡˜enue from them.
Yet the episode reveals the continued lack of institutional knowledge
about a trade thought to piggy-back
smuggling networks for other illicit
goods such as narcotics and ending
in the West. That is mirrored by the
patchiness of national legislation.
‡•…‘ǯ• ͳͻ͹Ͳ ϐŽƒ‰•Š‹’ …‘˜‡–‹‘
aimed at prohibiting the illicit trade in
…—Ž–—”ƒŽ ’”‘’‡”–› Šƒ• „‡‡ ”ƒ–‹ϐ‹‡† „›
some 130 of its 195 member states.
But Rossler said only two countries,
the United States and Switzerland, directly implement it.
While February’s UN Security
Council Resolution on Syria outlaws
exports, there have been few national
moves to ban all sales of Syrian and
Iraqi antiquities outright because of
the harm that could do to secondary
markets for legitimate objects.
The British Museum said this
week it was holding for safekeeping
an undisclosed artefact illegally removed from Syria, and there have been
sightings on e-commerce websites of
Ž‹‡•–‘‡ ϐ‹‰—”‡• „‡Ž‹‡˜‡† –‘ „‡ ˆ”‘
Palmyra.
But so far, few objects are known to
have surfaced in art circles, suggesting
–‘ •‘‡ –Šƒ– –”ƒˆϐ‹…‡”• ƒ”‡ ”‡’‡ƒ–‹‰
a tactic used after the Iraq war when
looted objects were stored for a period
of time before being quietly placed on
the market.
Author Felch said such a “cooling
off period” can be used by illicit traders
to ease the entry of an object into the
legitimate art world, often via a private
collector who will donate it to a museum in return for a tax break worth
much more than the purchase price.
— Reuters
Two Iraqi women talk in
front of Assyrian mural
sculptures on July 3, 2003
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SOCIETY
OMAN DAILY OBSERVER
JUNE 13, 2015
SHRINKING
PORTUGUESE
Town Turns to
Cash-for-Babies
Scheme
By Olivier Devos
R
ather than turn into a ghost
town, one Portuguese village
facing an exodus of young adults
and dwindling birth rates came up
with an answer: pay parents 5,000
euros for every new baby.
Sun-soaked Alcoutim in the southeast near the border with Spain has
lost a third of its population over the
last 20 years.
Its fertility rate, meanwhile,
dropped to one of Portugal’s lowest, at
0.9 children per woman, in a country
whose national rate, at 1.21 children
per woman, is already the lowest in the
European Union — and now cause for
national concern.
Portugal was hard hit by the glo„ƒŽ ϐ‹ƒ…‹ƒŽ …”‹•‹• ƒ†ǡ ƒ• ‡Ž•‡™Š‡”‡ǡ
unemployment took a toll among Alcoutim’s young people, forcing many to
leave in search of jobs.
Cash-strapped couples who stayed,
meanwhile, put off plans to start a fam-
A general view of
Alcoutim, southern
Portugal. — AFP
ily.
So to kickstart a baby boom, lo…ƒŽ ‘ˆϐ‹…‹ƒŽ• …ƒ‡ —’ ™‹–Š ƒ …ƒ•ŠǦˆ‘”Ǧ
babies scheme, offering 5,000 euros
($5,600) per newborn to help couples
cover the costs of parenthood.
“These things are expensive,” said
Daniela Silva as she and her husband
Nuno shop for their six-month-old son
Santiago in the town’s pharmacy.
With Daniela, 29, unemployed and
Nuno, 37, on sick leave from his job
at a retirement home, starting a family has been a struggle. Eye ointment,
a musical mobile and a playpen alone
add up to 228 euros but the village allowance will cover the cost.
“We live with my in-laws, with 800
euros a month,” said Nuno. “The town’s
help is very important for us.”
Alcoutim’s baby bonus is not the
ϐ‹”•–‘ˆ‹–•‹†‹‘”–—‰ƒŽǡ„—–‹–‹•–Š‡
most generous.
Set up in August, the scheme
is modest in scale: six families are
currently receiving payouts, which can
PORTUGAL WAS HARD
HIT BY THE GLOBAL
FINANCIAL CRISIS
AND, AS ELSEWHERE,
UNEMPLOYMENT TOOK A
TOLL AMONG ALCOUTIM’S
YOUNG PEOPLE, FORCING
MANY TO LEAVE IN SEARCH
OF JOBS. CASH-STRAPPED
COUPLES WHO STAYED,
MEANWHILE, PUT OFF
PLANS TO START A FAMILY
Mayor Osvaldo Goncalves’ goal is to
“attract young people” to the hilly, riverside town “because without young
be claimed up until the child’s third are expected so far this year, compared people, there are no children.”
birthday.
to six last year. Though far less than the
This age group particularly suffered
While still young, the project ap- 23 babies born in Alcoutim in 1995, it ‹–Š‡ϐ‹ƒ…‹ƒŽ…”‹•‹•–Šƒ–ˆ‘”…‡†‘”–—pears to be bearing fruit: nine births is nonetheless progress.
gal to accept a 78 billion euro ($89 bilJessica and her husband Antonio playing with their child Martim at the
kindergarten in Alcoutim, southern Portugal
Daniela Silva holding her son
Santiago on the doorstep of her
home in Alcoutim
lion) international bailout in 2011.
Š‹Ž‡ ‹–• †‡ϐ‹…‹– ‹• ‘™ —†‡” …‘trol and tourists are coming in record
numbers, unemployment still stands
at 13.7 per cent — and amongst young
people, that rate is a third.
Antonio, 34, and his partner Jessica,
ʹʹǡ™‡”‡Ž…‘—–‹ǯ•ϐ‹”•–…‘—’Ž‡–‘„‡‡ϐ‹– ˆ”‘ –Š‡ ’”‘‰”ƒ‡ǡ ™Š‹…Š Šƒ•
covered most of their daily expenses
for nine-month-old Martim.
“Formula, nappies and even the cost
of day care, I paid nearly nothing out
of pocket,” said Antonio, who works
at a youth hostel in town while Jessica
works at the day care centre. — AFP
Czech Village Spins Retro
Vinyl Records Comeback
By Jan Marchal
DESPITE THE RISE OF
CDS AND DIGITAL MUSIC,
A LOCAL COMPANY GZ
MEDIA DECIDED TO
HOLD ONTO THOSE OLD
MACHINES — WHICH ARE
NOW PAYING OFF, AS THEY
PRESS MILLIONS OF VINYL
RECORDS SOLD EACH YEAR
AROUND THE WORLD.
A
small Czech village has become
a centre of the global boom in
retro records as antiquated
vinyl-pressing machines turn out the
tunes of rock stars from Madonna to
the Rolling Stones.
Despite the rise of CDs and digital
music, a local company GZ Media decided to hold onto those old machines
— which are now paying off, as they
press millions of vinyl records sold
each year around the world.
Record collectors and music hipsters have fuelled a revival of vinyl in
the West and Japan with claims that
the format offers warmer sound and
greater aesthetics.
“We pressed around 14 million
records last year, the most in the
world,” said Michal Nemec, sales and
marketing director for GZ Media,
based in the village of Lodenice outside Prague.
“Despite the CD boom in the 1980s
and 90s, someone with foresight decided to save the old vinyl record
presses and store them in a warehouse,” he said. “A good decision.”
That is how a dizzying number of
the world’s vinyl records — featuring
Michael Jackson, Queen, U2 and other
top artists — has ended up coming out
of this village of 1,800 people tucked
away in a valley in the Czech Republic.
‡†‹ƒ ’”‡••‡† ‹–• ϐ‹”•– ”‡…‘”†
there in 1951. Most of the equipment
An employee of the GZ Media vinyl record factory poses with a master
record and a matrix copy that passed the galvanisation process
dates back to the 1960s and 70s.
“Vinyl is making a comeback,” the
local branch of the worldwide recording industry organisation IFPI said in
its 2014 annual report.
It represents around seven per cent
of total physical album sales in the
Czech Republic, and six per cent in the
United States, the biggest vinyl market, the report said.
“No major band or singer puts out
a new album today without releasing
some copies on vinyl,” the IFPI said.
With a dense network of pipes below the ceiling, the noisy production
hall at GZ Media resembles the insides
A raw metal disc that will be used as future master record
of a submarine — and feels about as
hot as in a tropical climate.
At regular intervals, workers feed
the hydraulic presses with a vinyl biscuit — “kolacek” or small round cake
in Czech — that is made of a polycarbonate mixture.
Weighed down by 150-200 tonnes,
the kolacek only needs a few seconds
to become a record.
“We’ve recorded annual growth of
25-30 per cent in our vinyl production over the past four years, and we
don’t expect the situation to change
dramatically — at least not in the next
two years,” Nemec said.
A matrix being cleaned
While he declined to reveal sales
ϐ‹‰—”‡•ǡŠ‡•ƒ‹†–Š‡…‘’ƒ›ǯ•Žƒ”‰‡•–
contract to date has been a deluxe collection of reissues of around 30 Rolling Stones albums sent to the rock legends’ fan clubs.
“But vinyl fans aren’t just into
records because of nostalgia. There
are quite a lot of young people who
want to be countercultural,” Nemec
said.
“CDs haven’t wiped out vinyl, just
like e-book readers didn’t wipe out paper books.”
Nemec attributed this contrast in
quality of sound to the fact that the
two formats contain differing ranges
of the frequencies that the human ear
can detect. — AFP
The sound quality of vinyl records being controlled
COWS
Prepare for
Miss Germany Prize
By Irena Guettel
I
mke knows she is something
special. After all, she is the
former “Miss East Frisia.”
Now, with her head held high
and proud, she lets herself be
groomed,
stepping
elegantly
around the long water hose lying
‘–Š‡ϐŽ‘‘”‘ˆŠ‡”ǤǤǤ•–ƒŽŽǤ
After all, this is no ordinary
beauty contest. Yes, Imke is getting
ready to compete for “Miss Germany” contest in Oldenburg, but
this will not be a contest between
young women in bathing suits,
rather a challenge for the title of
most beautiful dairy cow.
In her training camp in Leer, in
the Eastern Frisian region of northeastern Germany, Imke is being
’—––Š”‘—‰Š–Š‡ϐ‹ƒŽ’ƒ…‡•ˆ‘”Š‡”
appearance. Imke is calm as she
is showered and scrubbed, then
shampooed, dried off and brushed
down. For days now, Imke and her
bovine colleagues have been kept
on a special diet.
“They are fed the best feed and
hay from Austria, seasoned with
herbs from mountain pastures,”
says Anne-Mette Evers, of the East
Frisian Cattle Breeder Association.
The association is sending 20
red-and-black spotted cows to
the Oldenburg show. Altogether,
around 200 Holstein cows from
Germany and Luxembourg will be
competing in the German Holstein
Show pageant for the “Miss Germany” title. According to the German
Holstein Association, this breed is
the most widespread among the
4.3 million head of dairy cattle in
Germany.
So what makes one cow more
beautiful than the next one? Jury
members will be looking for strong
legs and a powerful bone structure.
And a voluminous udder. Skinny
cows will simply have no chance.
And so it is for this reason that
Imke and the other cows in Leer
are being allowed to eat as much
as they please. Each cow consumes
about 25 kilograms of feed per day,
in addition to a great deal of hay
and other tasty cow treats. About
20 helpers are tending to the cows
in Leer. Most of the other cows are
also experienced in such pageants,
but all the same, a Miss Germany
show requires some adjustments.
“They are separated from their
herds,” says Anja Hinrichs, one of
the helpers. “They know which
is their feed, but the other cows
don’t.” — dpa
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OMAN DAILY OBSERVER
JUNE 13, 2015
A good husband makes a good wife.
— John Florio, a linguist and lexicographer, a royal
language tutor at the Court of James I
ENVIRONMENT
Children play on the exposed sandy bottom of
Mirror Lake that is normally underwater
By Sara Puig
I
through the park, is currently barely
three feet deep, compared to easily
seven feet this time of year.
“This is the true indicator for me,”
said Gediman, pointing at a gauge that
shows the depth.
“Seeing that the water level... is just
over three feet and here we are it’s not
even summer yet, and we’re looking at
warmer temperatures, a record-low
snowpack, just tells me how much of a
drought we are really in.”
Facing the growing threat of climate change, negotiators are gathered
in Bonn, Germany this week trying to
reach a global pre-agreement before
this fall’s Paris conference on global
warming.
In California, the situation is particularly critical.
t is one of America’s most popular natural wonders. But even
Yosemite National Park cannot
escape the drought ravaging California, now in its fourth year and fuelling
growing concern.
– ϐ‹”•– ‰Žƒ…‡ǡ –Š‡ •’‡…–ƒ…—Žƒ”
beauty of the park with its soaring
…Ž‹ˆˆ•ƒ†’‹…–—”‡Ǧ’‘•–…ƒ”†˜ƒŽŽ‡›ϐŽ‘‘”
remains unblemished, still enchanting
–Š‡ ‹ŽŽ‹‘• ‘ˆ –‘—”‹•–• ™Š‘ ϐŽ‘… –Š‡
landmark every year.
But on closer inspection, the
drought’s effects are clearly visible.
The towering 8,840-foot Half Dome
rock monolith, photographed by milŽ‹‘• ‡˜‡”› ›‡ƒ”ǡ ‹• ‘”ƒŽŽ› ”‡ϐŽ‡…–‡†
in the surface of Mirror Lake below.
But the water is now well below
its normal level, exposing sandbanks
on which tourists lounge around sunbathing, while children splash about in
large puddles.
Yosemite Falls, the easiest to access
of the various waterfalls at the park,
is more of a dribble than a gush — reϐŽ‡…–‹‰ –Š‡ ‹‹ƒŽ ™‹–‡” •‘™ˆƒŽŽ
that has left a seriously diminished
snowpack on the nearby Sierra Nevada.
“There has been less snowmelt,”
park spokesman Scott Gediman said.
The Merced River, one of California’s biggest water courses running Visitors look up at the El Capitan monolith in the Yosemite National Park
The western US state’s governor,
Jerry Brown, announced sweeping
statewide water restrictions for the
ϐ‹”•––‹‡‹Š‹•–‘”›‹’”‹Ž–‘…—–™ƒter consumption by 25 per cent.
Yosemite is not subject to the cuts
because it is managed by the federal
government. But the park is nonetheless appealing to visitors not to waste
any of the precious resource.
Swimming with Sharks in BAHAMAS
By Robert Macpherson
F
orty years after ‘Jaws’ turned
blood-thirsty sharks into the
stuff of pop culture legend,
Samuel ‘Doc’ Gruber is all too happy
to prove that it’s safe to go back in the
water.
From a motor boat in the warm
turquoise waters of the Bahamas,
Gruber — one of the world’s top authorities on sharks — throws scraps
‘ˆ „ƒ””ƒ…—†ƒǡ Žƒ†›ϐ‹•Š ƒ† ‘–Š‡” „ƒ‹–
to a dozen circling reef sharks happy
for a mid-morning snack.
Also in the water: a similar
number of humans in snorkelling
gear, hanging from an anchor line,
their initial galeophobia — fear of
sharks — giving way to fascination at
the feeding frenzy unfolding before
their eyes.
“Kick it! Kick it!” shouts Gruber
cheerfully whenever a curious shark
gets too close to the snorkelers,
’”‘’–‹‰–Š‡–‘”ƒ––Ž‡–Š‡‹”ϐ‹•–‘
shoo it away — a trick that never fails
to work.
Feeding done, braver souls are
welcome to join the 77-year-old Gruber for an hour-long free dive with
the sharks, who seem quite content
just to cruise around casually for the
entertainment of their land-dwelling
visitors.
“You should watch them because
they’re beautiful,” says the indefatigable American marine biologist who,
in 1990, founded the Bimini Shark
Lab in the Bahamas, a mandatory
waypoint for shark scientists from
around the world.
DzŠ‡›ǯ”‡ ‘– –Š‡ †‡ƒ–Š ϐ‹•Š ˆ”‘
hell.”
Swimming with sharks is not without its risks — as apex predators,
they do occupy the top of the marine
food chain — but in the 20-plus years
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS IS NOT WITHOUT ITS RISKS
— AS APEX PREDATORS, THEY DO OCCUPY THE TOP
OF THE MARINE FOOD CHAIN — BUT IN THE 20-PLUS
YEARS THE SHARK LAB HAS BEEN HOSTING SUCH
OUTINGS, NOTHING HAS GONE AMISS
the Shark Lab has been hosting such
outings, nothing has gone amiss.
“A lot of the sharks that we see
here have been in this area for 10 or
15 years,” said Tristan Guttridge, the
Shark Lab’s British-born director and
senior scientist. “They know exactly
what to expect and they’re very easily
trained.”
More than 500 species of sharks
populate all the world’s oceans, from
the huge Greenland shark that lurks
in Arctic waters to the dwarf lantern
sharks off Colombia and Venezuela
–Šƒ–ϐ‹–‹–Š‡’ƒŽ‘ˆƒŠƒ†Ǥ
But with an estimated 100 million sharks killed every year — many
for China’s controversial high-value
•Šƒ”ǯ• ϐ‹ •‘—’ –”ƒ†‡ Ȅ ‡ƒ”Ž› ͵Ͳ
per cent are at risk of extinction, and
just over a quarter are close to becoming threatened in the near future,
scientists say.
“Of all the marine vertebrate species, they have the highest level of
threat,” said Imogen Zethoven, director of global shark conservation for
the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington.
They also have a nagging PR
Samuel ‘Doc’ Gruber handles a lemon shark at the Bimini Shark Lab on
South Bimini in the Bahamas. — AFP
problem, even if shark fatalities are
extremely few — about six a year
worldwide, says the International
Shark Attack File programme at the
University of Florida, with surfers the
most vulnerable.
“The fatalities rate has declined
markedly over the last 110 years,”
even with more and more people taking to the water recreationally, said
the programme’s curator, George Burgess.
While Australia is best known
for great-white shark fatalities, the
Florida coast is the most likely place
to be bitten, Burgess said. Even then,
the chances of a shark attack at a US
beach are one in 11.5 million.
Some blame “Jaws” — Steven
Spielberg’s classic 1975 summer
blockbuster about a New England resort town terrorised by a man-eating
great white — for the enduring image
of sharks as the most feared of all marine apex predators.
“If you don’t know anything else
about sharks and the only thing you
saw was ‘Jaws,’ then yeah, you’re in
trouble,” said underwater cinematographer Andy Casagrande, best
‘™ ˆ‘” Š‹• ™‘” ϐ‹Ž‹‰
great white sharks off
Australia.
But environmental
campaigns and television specials like
Discovery
Channel’s Shark Week,
returning for a
28th season on
July 5 in the United
States, are credited
with giving sharks a
’—„Ž‹…”‡Žƒ–‹‘•ϐ‹ŽŽ‹’Ǥ
Samuel ‘Doc’ Gruber
speaks to a visitor at the
Bimini Shark Lab
T h e
drought has
not
dented
Yosemite’s popularity: since it
A Japanese tourist views
started in 2011,
the Half Dome monolith
rocks
the park has regisfrom Glacier Point at the
a r e
tered an average of
Yosemite National Park
starting
four million visitors.
to protrude
“You’re just mindful
out, you have
of your water use like when
to
get
out and pull
you are doing dishes and everythe raft a couple of times.”
thing,” said Teri Smail, a camper from
The lack of rain and high temperaNorthern California in the park having
tures
in the last few years have left the
breakfast with her family.
“Everybody is very conservative. If ’ƒ”˜—Ž‡”ƒ„Ž‡–‘™‹Ž†ϐ‹”‡•Ǥ
In 2013, the Rim Fire became Caliwe have leftover water bottles, we are
not throwing them away, we are using fornia’s third-biggest blaze ever, burnthem for coffee in the morning. These ing more than 400 square miles of
are just little things that you can do to Žƒ† †‡•’‹–‡ –Š‡ ‡ˆˆ‘”–• ‘ˆ ͷǡͲͲͲ ϐ‹”‡conserve. You just have to be very con- ϐ‹‰Š–‡”•™‹–ŠʹͲŠ‡Ž‹…‘’–‡”•Ǥ
ƒ•– ›‡ƒ”ǡ ƒ‘–Š‡” ϐ‹”‡ ”ƒ˜ƒ‰‡†
scious.”
Water-dependent tourist activities nearly six square miles, threatening
some of the giant Sequoia trees for
are also affected.
“Rafting usually opens Memorial which the park is also known.
With little moisture, trees are vulday weekend, which is the last weeknerable,
particularly to beetles that
end of May, and we usually go until
feast
on
their
roots and can kill them
early August, sometimes September,
depending on the weather,” said Rob- eventually. But despite the drought,
ert Crane of rafting rental company the park remains one of the most spectacular destinations in America.
Delaware North.
“People come to Yosemite from all
“This year, we started a little bit
over
the world,” said Gediman.
early and we will be closing early as
“Even in the fall, the driest time of
well.”
He added: “When the water gets the year, with the huge granite formadown to about 1.5 feet, that’s when tions and the beautiful meadows, it’s
–Š‡”‡‹•Œ—•–‘–‡‘—‰ŠϐŽ‘™ǤǤǤƒ†–Š‡ beautiful year-round.” — AFP
A shark swims in waters
near the Bimini Shark Lab
24
OMAN DAILY OBSERVER
JUNE 13, 2015
SPOTLIGHT
Versatile
‘WASHI’
Paper
THANKS TO ITS DURABILITY, ‘OGAWA-WASHI’ WAS
LONG APPRECIATED BY HOLY MEN, WHO WOULD
USE IT TO COPY OUT THEIR VERSES, SAFE IN THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WOULD SURVIVE THE TESTS
OF TIME. BUT IN THE DARK DAYS OF GLOBAL CONFLICT
LAST CENTURY, WAR PLANNERS DECLARED THAT THE
ROUGH, TOUGH, BUT LIGHT MATERIAL COULD BE USED
IN JAPAN’S BATTLE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
By Toru Yamanaka
F
or 1,300 years, Japanese paper
from the tiny town of Ogawa has
ˆ—Žϐ‹ŽŽ‡† ›”‹ƒ† ‡‡†• Ȅ ˆ”‘
–Š‡ƒ–‡”‹ƒŽˆ‘”—††Š‹•–•…”‹’–—”‡•–‘
„ƒŽŽ‘‘„‘„••‡––‘ƒ––ƒ…–Š‡‹–‡†–ƒ–‡•Ǥ
‘™ǡ ƒ• ƒ’ƒ ’”‡’ƒ”‡• –‘ ƒ”
–Š‡ ͹Ͳ–Š ƒ‹˜‡”•ƒ”› ‘ˆ ‹–• †‡ˆ‡ƒ– ‹
‘”Ž† ƒ” –Š‹• •—‡”ǡ ƒ ‡™ ƒ†
ƒŽ–‘‰‡–Š‡”‘”‡’‡ƒ…‡ˆ—Ž—•‡Šƒ•„‡‡
ˆ‘—†ˆ‘”‹–Ȅ…Ž‘–Š‡•Ǥ
Dzƒ•Š‹dz Ȅ Ž‹–‡”ƒŽŽ› Dzƒ’ƒ‡•‡ ’ƒ’‡”dzȄ‹•–”ƒ†‹–‹‘ƒŽŽ›Šƒ†ƒ†‡ˆ”‘
’Žƒ– ϐ‹„”‡• †‹••‘Ž˜‡† ‹ ™ƒ–‡” ƒ†
•–”ƒ‹‡†–Š”‘—‰Šƒ„ƒ„‘‘ϐ‹Ž–‡”Ǥ
Šƒ• –‘ ‹–• †—”ƒ„‹Ž‹–›ǡ Dz‰ƒ™ƒǦ
™ƒ•Š‹dz ™ƒ• Ž‘‰ ƒ’’”‡…‹ƒ–‡† „› Š‘Ž›
‡ǡ ™Š‘ ™‘—Ž† —•‡ ‹– –‘ …‘’› ‘—–
–Š‡‹”˜‡”•‡•ǡ•ƒˆ‡‹–Š‡‘™Ž‡†‰‡–Šƒ–
–Š‡›™‘—Ž†•—”˜‹˜‡–Š‡–‡•–•‘ˆ–‹‡Ǥ
—– ‹ –Š‡ †ƒ” †ƒ›• ‘ˆ ‰Ž‘„ƒŽ …‘ϐŽ‹…– Žƒ•– …‡–—”›ǡ ™ƒ” ’Žƒ‡”• †‡…Žƒ”‡† –Šƒ– –Š‡ ”‘—‰Šǡ –‘—‰Šǡ „—– Ž‹‰Š–
ƒ–‡”‹ƒŽ…‘—Ž†„‡—•‡†‹ƒ’ƒǯ•„ƒ––Ž‡
ƒ‰ƒ‹•––Š‡‹–‡†–ƒ–‡•Ǥ
‡‘’Ž‡ ‹ ‰ƒ™ƒ Ȅ ƒ„‘—– ͻͲ ‹Ž‘‡–”‡• ˆ”‘ ‘›‘ Ȅ ™‡”‡ •‡– –Š‡
Teizo Takano, a senior craftsman of ‘washi’, showing his skill of papermaking at his studio in Ogawa. (INSET) Kaihei Kasahara, former craftsman
–ƒ• ‘ˆ ƒ‹‰ „ƒŽŽ‘‘• ͳͲ ‡–”‡• ‹
†‹ƒ‡–‡”ǡ ™Š‹…Š ™‘—Ž† „‡ ϐ‹ŽŽ‡† ™‹–Š
‰ƒ• ƒ† Žƒ—…Š‡† ‘˜‡” –Š‡ ƒ…‹ϐ‹…
…‡ƒ™‹–Šƒ„‘„ƒ––ƒ…Š‡†ǡ”‹†‹‰–Š‡
Œ‡–•–”‡ƒƒ–Š‹‰ŠƒŽ–‹–—†‡•Ǥ
– ™ƒ• ‘– ƒ ˜‡”› ‡ˆˆ‡…–‹˜‡ ™‡ƒ’‘Ǣ
ˆ‡™‡” –Šƒ ͳͲ ’‡” …‡– ‘ˆ –Š‡ ͻǡ͵ͲͲ
’”‘†—…‡†ƒ”‡„‡Ž‹‡˜‡†–‘Šƒ˜‡ƒ†‡‹–
–Š‡ ͻǡͲͲͲ ‹Ž‘‡–”‡• –‘ –Š‡ ƒ‹Žƒ†ǡ ™‹–Š ‘•– ’Ž—‰‹‰ ‹–‘ –Š‡ •‡ƒ
‡”‘—–‡Ǥ
Š‡›ˆƒ‹Ž‡†–‘•’ƒ”–Š‡ˆ‘”‡•–ϐ‹”‡•
ƒ† –‡””‘” –Š‡› Šƒ† „‡‡ ‹–‡†‡† –‘
…ƒ—•‡ǡƒ†–Š‡”‡™ƒ•‘Ž›‘‡ˆƒ–ƒŽƒ––ƒ…Ȅƒ™‘ƒƒ†ϐ‹˜‡…Š‹Ž†”‡‘—–
ˆ‘”ƒ’‹…‹…‹”‡‰‘™‡”‡‹ŽŽ‡†™Š‡
ƒ„‘„‡š’Ž‘†‡†ǡƒ……‘”†‹‰–‘ƒ‡ƒ”„›—•‡—Ǥ
Dz‡ ‡™ ‘–Š‹‰ ƒ„‘—– –Š‡
„‘„•ǡdz •ƒ‹† ͻͳǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž† ƒ‹Š‡‹ ƒ•ƒŠƒ”ƒǡ ƒ ˆ‘”‡” „ƒŽŽ‘‘ ’ƒ’‡” …”ƒˆ–•ƒǡ”‡…ƒŽŽ‹‰–Š‡…‘˜‡”–’”‘Œ‡…–Ǥ
Dz‡Œ—•–ƒ†‡’ƒ’‡”†ƒ›ƒˆ–‡”†ƒ›Ǥdz
ƒ•– ›‡ƒ”ǡ –Š‡ –”ƒ†‹–‹‘ƒŽ ƒ—ˆƒ…–—”‹‰ ’”‘…‡•• „‡Š‹† ƒ ’ƒ”–‹…—Žƒ”
‹†‘ˆ‰ƒ™ƒǦ™ƒ•Š‹™ƒ•‹•…”‹„‡†‘
‡•…‘ǯ•Ž‹•–‘ˆ–ƒ‰‹„Ž‡—Ž–—”ƒŽ‡”‹–ƒ‰‡Ǥ
One tenth scale model of Imperial
‘…ƒŽ …‘—‹–‹‡• ‡–Š—•‹ƒ•–‹…ƒŽŽ› Army’s paper balloon bomb
™‡Ž…‘‡†‹–•‡–”›‘–‘–Š‡Ž‹•–ǡŠ‘’‡ˆ—Ž‹–™‘—Ž†„”‹‰ƒ•—”‰‡‘ˆ–‘—”‹•–•Ȅ
„‘–Š †‘‡•–‹… ƒ† ‹–‡”ƒ–‹‘ƒŽ Ȅ –‘
Ž‡ƒ” ƒ„‘—– –Š‡ †‡Ž‹…ƒ–‡ …”ƒˆ–ǡ ƒ† –‘
•’‡†–Š‡‹”‘‡›‹–Š‡ƒ”‡ƒǤ
—–ƒ•‹ˆ–‘’”‘˜‡–Šƒ–™ƒ•Š‹Ǧƒ‹‰
‹• ‘– •‘‡–Š‹‰ –‘ „‡ ’”‡•‡”˜‡† ‹
ƒ•’‹…ǡ ‘‡ Ž‘…ƒŽ †‡•‹‰‡” Šƒ• …‘‡ —’
™‹–Šƒ‘˜‡Ž™ƒ›‘ˆ—•‹‰‹–Ȅ–‘ƒ‡
…Ž‘–Š‡•Ǥ
ƒ‹ƒŒ‹ƒ•ƒ‹†•Š‡Šƒ†„‡‡‹•’‹”‡†„›–Š‡—††Š‹•–’”‹‡•–•ƒ–‘†ƒ‹Œ‹–‡’Ž‡‹–Š‡ƒ…‹‡–…ƒ’‹–ƒŽ‘ˆƒ”ƒǡ
™Š‘•–‹ŽŽƒ‡–Š‡‹”‘™…Ž‘–Š‡•‘—–‘ˆ
™ƒ•Š‹Ǥ
Š‡ Šƒ• ‘’–‡† –‘ „Ž‡† –Š‡ ƒ…‹‡–
ƒ†–Š‡‘†‡”™‹–Šƒ•‡”‹‡•‘ˆ™‡•–‡”Ǧ•–›Ž‡…Ž‘–Š‡•ƒ†‡ˆ”‘–Š‡ƒ–‡”‹ƒŽȄŠ‡ƒ˜›Œƒ…‡–•™‹–Šƒ„‡Ž–ǡƒ•…ƒ”ˆ
ƒ†Ž‘‘•‡’ƒ–•‘ˆƒ›†‹ˆˆ‡”‡–…‘Ž‘—”•Ǥ
ƒ•Š‹ƒ•ƒˆƒ„”‹…‹••ƒ‹†–‘„‡Ž‹‰Š–
ƒ†„”‡ƒ–Šƒ„Ž‡ǡ™‹–Šƒˆ‡‡ŽƒŽ‹––Ž‡Ž‹‡
Ž‹‡Ǥ
“This is a type of paper that people
‹‘Ž†‡–‹‡•…”‡ƒ–‡†ƒˆ–‡”—…Š–”‹ƒŽ
ƒ†‡””‘”ǡdz•ƒ‹†‡‹œ‘ƒƒ‘ǡͺͲǡƒ•‡‹‘”…”ƒˆ–•ƒ‹‰ƒ™ƒǤ
Dz’‡”•‘ƒŽŽ›„‡Ž‹‡˜‡–Šƒ–™‡•Š‘—Ž†
…‘‡ „ƒ… ƒ† ƒ’’”‡…‹ƒ–‡ –Š‡ Š‹‰Š
“—ƒŽ‹–›‘ˆ•—…Š–”ƒ†‹–‹‘ƒŽ’”‘†—…–•Ǥdz
‰ƒ™ƒ ƒ† ‹–• •—””‘—†‹‰ ƒ”‡ƒ
„—‹Ž– ‹–• ‡…‘‘› ‘ ’ƒ’‡” Ȅ ƒ ‹†—•–”› –Šƒ– •—’’‘”–‡† ͳǡͲͲͲ ™‘”•Š‘’•‹‹–•ͳͻʹͲ•Š‡›†ƒ›Ǥ
Šƒ– —„‡” Šƒ• ‘™ †”‘’’‡† –‘
Œ—•–ͳͲǡƒ†’”‘†—…–‹‘‹•†‡…‹†‡†Ž›ƒ”–‹•ƒƒŽǡ”ƒ–Š‡”–Šƒ…‘‡”…‹ƒŽǤ
—– –Š‡ ‰—ƒ”†‹ƒ• ‘ˆ ‰ƒ™ƒǦ™ƒ•Š‹
•ƒ›–Š‡›™‹ŽŽ‘–Ž‡–‹–ˆƒ†‡ƒ™ƒ›Ǥ
ƒƒ‘ Šƒ• –™‘ ›‘—‰ –”ƒ‹‡‡• ‹
Š‹• ™‘”•Š‘’ǡ ƒ† Š‡ Š‘’‡• –Š‡› ™‹ŽŽ
…ƒ””› ‘ –Š‡ –”ƒ†‹–‹‘ƒŽ Šƒ†Ǧƒ†‡
™ƒ›• ƒ† Ž‡– ˆ—–—”‡ ‰‡‡”ƒ–‹‘• ‡Œ‘›
‹–Ǥ
Dzˆ›‘—–”›–‘—•‡ƒ…Š‹‡•ˆ‘”–Š‹•ǡ
›‘—ǤǤǤ …‘—Ž† ‡‡’ –Š‡ …‘•– ƒ„‘—– ‘‡Ǧ
–‡–Šǡdz•ƒ‹†ƒƒ‘Ǥ
Dz—– –Š‡ ’”‘†—…– ‹• —…Š „‡––‡” ‹ˆ
›‘—†‘ǯ–ǡdzŠ‡•ƒ‹†ǤȄ
One tenth scale model of a bomb
and sandbags for height leveller
of Japanese Imperial Army’s paper
balloon bomb, displayed by Japan’s
Meiji University at the museum of
Japanese Imperial Army’s Noborito
laboratory in Kawasaki. — AFP
Japan’s ‘Survival Game’
Fans Play at Combat
By Linda Sieg
D
”‡••‡† ‹ …ƒ‘—ϐŽƒ‰‡ ˆƒ–‹‰—‡•
ƒ† •™‡ƒ–‹‰ ‹ –Š‡ •—‡”
Š‡ƒ–ǡ‡–‘–ƒ”‹ƒ†Š‹•…‘”ƒ†‡• •‡ƒ –Š”‘—‰Š –Š‡ ™‘‘†• –”›‹‰–‘‘—–ˆ‘š–Š‡‹”‡‡‹‡•‹ƒ‘…
‹Ž‹–ƒ”›‡š‡”…‹•‡Ǥ
Dzǯ˜‡„‡‡Š‹–ǡdz›‡ŽŽ•‘‡ǡ‡‡”‰‹‰
™‹–ŠŠƒ†•Š‡Ž†Š‹‰ŠǤ
Š‡ ›‘—‰ ƒ’ƒ‡•‡ǡ ƒ”‡† ‘–
with real weapons but air guns that
•Š‘‘– ’Žƒ•–‹… ’‡ŽŽ‡–•ǡ ƒ”‡ †‡˜‘–‡‡• ‘ˆ
•‘Ǧ…ƒŽŽ‡† Dz•—”˜‹˜ƒŽ ‰ƒ‡•dzǡ ™Š‹…Š ƒ”‡
‹…”‡ƒ•‹‰Ž› ’‘’—Žƒ” ‹ ƒ Žƒ† ™Š‘•‡
•‘Ž†‹‡”• Šƒ˜‡ ‘– ‰‘‡ ‹–‘ „ƒ––Ž‡
•‹…‡†‡ˆ‡ƒ–‹‘”Ž†ƒ”Ǥ
–ƒ”‹ ƒ† ‘–Š‡” ‡‰ƒ‰‡† ‹ ˆƒ—š
A participant holds his air gun as
he manoeuvres during his game
THE YOUNG JAPANESE,
ARMED NOT WITH REAL
WEAPONS BUT AIR GUNS
THAT SHOOT PLASTIC
PELLETS, ARE DEVOTEES
OF SO-CALLED “SURVIVAL
GAMES”, WHICH ARE
INCREASINGLY POPULAR IN
A LAND WHOSE SOLDIERS
HAVE NOT GONE INTO
BATTLE SINCE DEFEAT IN
WORLD WAR II
…‘„ƒ–ƒ–ƒ’‡˜‰”—ǡƒDz™ƒ”ϐ‹‡Ž†dz
‡ƒ•– ‘ˆ ‘›‘ǡ •ƒ› –Š‡‹” Š‘„„› †‘‡•
‘–‡“—ƒ–‡™‹–Šˆ‘†‡••ˆ‘””‡ƒŽ…‘ϐŽ‹…–ǡ”‡ϐŽ‡…–‹‰ƒ‡†—”‹‰’—„Ž‹…ƒŽŽ‡”‰›–‘™ƒ”–Šƒ–‹•ƒŠ—”†Ž‡ˆ‘””‹‡
‹‹•–‡”Š‹œ‘„‡ƒ•Š‡’—•Š‡•ˆ‘”
ƒ‘”‡—•…—Žƒ”†‡ˆ‡…‡’‘Ž‹…›Ǥ
Dz‘—…ƒ‰‡–ƒ–Š”‹ŽŽ–Šƒ–›‘—…ƒǯ–
‹ ‡˜‡”›†ƒ› Ž‹ˆ‡ǤǤǤ ‹–ǯ• ˆ— ƒ† ‹–ǯ• Ž‹‡
ƒ•’‘”–ǡdz•ƒ‹†–ƒ”‹ǡƒ–ƒŽŽʹͶǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž†ǡ
†—”‹‰ƒŽ—…Š„”‡ƒƒ–ƒ’‡˜‰”—
‘‡”‡…‡–ƒ–—”†ƒ›ǤDz—–‹–ǯ••‡’ƒ”ƒ–‡
ˆ”‘™ƒ”Ǥƒƒ‰ƒ‹•–™ƒ”Ǥdz
–ƒ”‹ ƒ† Š‹• ƒ–‡• •ƒ› –Š‡› ’Žƒ›
survival games to blow off steam, get
•‘‡ ˆ”‡•Š ƒ‹” ƒ† ‡š‡”…‹•‡ ƒ† ‹†—Ž‰‡ –Š‡‹” ˆƒ•…‹ƒ–‹‘ ™‹–Š ‹Ž‹–ƒ”›
‰‡ƒ”ǡ ƒŽ„‡‹– ˆƒ‡Ǥ ‘•– ƒ”‡ ‡ǡ „—– A participant practises shooting her air gun
…‘—’Ž‡• ƒŽ•‘ …‘‡ ‘ †ƒ–‡•ǡ ™‘‡
–ƒ‰ƒŽ‘‰™‹–Šˆ”‹‡†•ǡƒ†ƒ’‡˜gru sponsors a “Fathers Day” event
ˆ‘”†ƒ†•ƒ†‹†•Ǥ
DzŠ‹•‹•Œ—•–ƒŠ‘„„›ǡdz•ƒ‹†ƒ‘–Š‡”
ʹͶǦ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž†ǡƒ—›ƒ‹ǤDz›•‡Žˆ‘’’‘•‡™ƒ”Ǥdz
Polls suggest most Japanese share
•—…Š•‡–‹‡–•ǡ†‡•’‹–‡™‘””‹‡•‘˜‡”
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Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
— John Ray, an English naturalist widely regarded
as one of the earliest of the English
parson-naturalists
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OMAN DAILY OBSERVER
JUNE 13, 2015
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Spans World in 100 Recipes
By Dorene Internicola
‡…‹’‡• ˆ”‘ ƒ”‘—† –Š‡ ™‘”Ž† ƒ”‡ •‡”˜‡† ™‹–Š
‡“—ƒŽ ’‘”–‹‘• ‘ˆ Š‹•–‘”› ƒ† ƒ‡…†‘–‡• ‹ ˆ‘‘†
™”‹–‡” ‹ƒ ‘ŽŽƒ†ǯ• ȋpicturedȌ ϐ‹”•– „‘‘ǡ DzŠ‡
‘”Ž†‘ƒŽƒ–‡ǣͶͲ—‹•‹‡•ǡͳͲͲ‡…‹’‡•ƒ†–Š‡–‘”‹‡•
‡Š‹†Š‡Ǥdz
‘ŽŽƒ†ǡ ™Š‘ ‹• „ƒ•‡† ‹ ‘†‘ǡ ‹• –Š‡ ‡†‹–‘” ‘ˆ
Guardian Cookǡ–Š‡ˆ‘‘†•‡…–‹‘‘ˆ–Š‡Guardian‡™•’ƒ’‡”Ǥ‡”„‘‘ǡƒ–”ƒ˜‡ŽǦ…‘‘„‘‘Š›„”‹†ǡŠƒ•„‡‡–”ƒ•Žƒ–‡†‹–‘ͳʹŽƒ‰—ƒ‰‡•Ǥ
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‹–…Š‡ǡdz•Š‡•ƒ‹†Ǥ
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Q: What’s the link between food and travel?
ǣ‘”‡‹–ǯ•ƒ˜‡”›ƒ–—”ƒŽ‡–”›’‘‹–‹–‘–Š‡…—Ž–—”‡
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e
Q: Have you been to all the
countries you write about?
ǣ ǯ˜‡ „‡‡ –‘ ƒ Ž‘– ‘ˆ –Š‡
„—–†‹†ǯ–‰‡––‘ƒŽŽǤ†‹†ǯ–‰‡–
–‘”ƒǡˆ‘”‡šƒ’Ž‡Ǥ
Q: What do all these cuisines have in common?
ǣ ȋ–ǯ•Ȍ –Š‡ ‹–‡”•‡…–‹‘ ‘ˆ ‰‡‘‰”ƒ’Š› ƒ† …Ž‹ƒ–‡ ƒ† ’‡‘’Ž‡
ƒ† …—Ž–—”‡Ǥ ŽŽ …‘‘‹‰ Šƒ• –Š‹•
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”ƒŽ‹‡ „ƒ–‘• ’ƒ••‡† „‡–™‡‡ ‰‡‡”ƒ–‹‘•Ǥ
ne?
Q: What’s your favourite cuisine?
—– ‹ˆ
ǣ –Š‹ ‹–ǯ• ƒ …Š‡ƒ’ ƒ•™‡” „—–
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o the
Q: How is this book geared to
home cook?
‹’‡•–‘
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‹‰Š–ˆ‘”„‡˜‡”›ƒ……‡••‹„Ž‡Ǥ–ǯ•ƒŽŽ˜‡”›•–”ƒ‹‰Š–ˆ‘”™ƒ”† ƒ† ›‘— •Š‘—Ž† „‡ ƒ„Ž‡ –‘ ƒ‡ ƒŽŽ
’‹…—’Ǥ
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ry?
Q: What’s always in your pantry?
… ƒ† ”‡ǣ ƒŽ™ƒ›• Šƒ˜‡ Ž‡‘•ǡ ‰ƒ”Ž‹…
ƒŽŽ› ‰‘‘† ‘Ž‹˜‡ ‘‹ŽǤ —•—ƒŽŽ› Šƒ˜‡ •‘‡ ˆ‡–ƒ
ˆ‡–ƒ
…Š‡‡•‡ ƒ† Ž‘–• ‘ˆ ˆ”‡•Š Š‡”„•ǡ Š‘‡›ǡ
‘‡›ǡ ˜‹‡‰ƒ”ǡ‹Œ‘—•–ƒ”†ƒ†ƒ–‹‘ˆƒ…Š‘˜‹‡•Ǥ
Š‘˜‹‡•Ǥ
Q: What’s next for you?
ǣǯƒ„‘—–ƒ‘–Š‹–‘›•‡…‘†„‘‘ǡ
‡…‘†„‘‘ǡ
…‹’‡•ǡ ƒ„‘—–
ƒ …‘ŽŽ‡…–‹‘ ‘ˆ ‘”ƒŽ Š‹•–‘”› ƒ† ”‡…‹’‡•ǡ
…—Ž‹ƒ”› ‹Š‡”‹–ƒ…‡ ƒ† Š‘™ –Š‡ ˆ‘‘† ‘ˆ ‘—”
ƒǤdz
ˆ‘”‡„‡ƒ”••Šƒ’‡•—•Ǥ–ǯ•…ƒŽŽ‡†DzƒƒǤdz
Ȅ‡—–‡”•
“IT’S A BOOK YOU CAN
READ FROM IN BED AND
USE IN THE KITCHEN,”
HOLLAND SAYS. THE
AUTHOR, WHO IS BASED
IN LONDON, IS THE EDITOR
OF GUARDIAN COOK, THE
FOOD SECTION OF THE
GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
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PEOPLE
OMAN DAILY OBSERVER
JUNE 13, 2015
Reality Starlet to Wed Prince
in Swedish Fairytale
LUNCH WITH WARREN BUFFETT
Auctioned for $2.35 Million
By Jonathan Stempel
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”‹…‡ƒ”ŽŠ‹Ž‹’†—”‹‰–Š‡™‡†‡ƒ–‹‘ƒŽƒ›…‡Ž‡„”ƒ–‹‘•‹
–‘…Š‘Ž‘—‡ͼǡ͸ͶͷͻǤȄ‡—–‡”•
By Camille Bas-Wohlert
A
former reality starlet, glamour model and yoga teacher
will become a real-life princess in Sweden today when she
marries Prince Carl Philip in a lavish Stockholm wedding.
‘ϐ‹ƒ ‡ŽŽ“˜‹•–ǡ ƒ •Ž‡†‡” ƒ†
elegant brunette, is a 30-year-old
commoner known for her infectious gap-toothed smile and easygoing ways.
‡” ϐ‹ƒ…‡ǡ ͵͸Ǧ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž† ƒ”Ž
Philip, is the second child of King
Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
and holds the title of Duke of Varmland.
He is third in line to the throne,
behind his elder sister Crown Princess Victoria and her three-yearold daughter Princess Estelle.
A glamourous and openly affectionate couple equally known
for their sporty lifestyle, Carl Philip
ƒ†‘ϐ‹ƒƒ”‡‡‡–‘’”‘Œ‡…–ƒ‹age of themselves as modern and
open royals, and are often seen
running errands in town or picking
up pizza to go in Stockholm’s chic
neighbourhoods.
Royal weddings in the past were
“a way of building power alliances.
Today they’re a way of uniting
the monarchy with the people and
strengthening the sense of community,” historian Louise Berglund
told news agency TT.
The Swedish media revealed
the prince’s budding relationship
with the former glamour model in
2010, titillated by her racy past.
Hellqvist took part in 2005 in
the Swedish reality show “Paradise Hotel”, where young men and
women stay at a luxury resort and
compete to be the last contestant
voted off the show amid intrigue,
scheming and drama.
The year before that, at age 20,
she had posed topless with a boa
constrictor for the men’s magazine
Slitz, winning its Miss Slitz title.
The Swedish media was quick
to publish the photos when the
couple’s engagement was announced in June 2014.
While the pictures may have
raised a few eyebrows, Hellqvist’s
colourful past hasn’t led to any major controversy.
Her several tattoos, visible
both in papparazzi snaps of her
vacationing and boating with the
prince and even in gala dresses
alongside him, may however be
a thornier issue within the royal
court, with royal watchers hinting
that the palace may have asked her
to have them removed ahead of the
wedding.
‘I DON’T REGRET ANYTHING’
“It’s a shame there’s still so
much written about that,” she told
Swedish Television in a documentary about the royal family in January, referring to the racy photos.
“It was 10 years ago, I’ve gotten
on with my life since then,” she
said.
“I don’t regret anything. All
these experiences have made me
the person I am. I wouldn’t have
made those choices today,” she
said, with a supportive smile from
Carl Philip by her side.
Raised in a middle-class family in the small central Swedish
town of Alvdalen as the second of
–Š”‡‡†ƒ—‰Š–‡”•ǡ‘ϐ‹ƒŽ‡ˆ–™‡†‡
for New York in 2005 where she
studied accounting and worked as
a yoga teacher and waitress for a
while before returning to Sweden.
“I can say I have lived my life to
the fullest,” she said in the documentary.
In 2010, she and a friend
founded the “Project Playground”
charity to help disadvantaged children in South Africa, after having
worked as a volunteer in several
African countries.
She left her position with the
organisation in March to focus on
her new duties as princess, the title she will be given upon her marriage.
Contrary to her brother-in-law
Chris O’Neill — an Anglo-American businessman married to Carl
Philip’s sister Princess Madeleine
and who often snubs royal events
Ȅ‘ϐ‹ƒ‹•’‘’—Žƒ”ƒ‘‰™‡†‡•
who admire her candor and commitment. — AFP
he chairman of a Chinese company that develops online games
has agreed to pay $2,345,678 for
a private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, (pictured) winning a charity auction.
This year’s auction was the 16th to
„‡‡ϐ‹– –Š‡ Ž‹†‡ ‘—†ƒ–‹‘ǡ ƒ ‘’”‘ϐ‹– ‹ ƒ ”ƒ…‹•…‘ǯ• ‡†‡”Ž‘‹
district that provides food, healthcare,
rehabilitation and other services to the
poor and homeless.
Glide said Zhu Ye, chairman of Beijing-based Dalian Zeus Entertainment
Co, submitted the highest of 76 bids
–‘ ™‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹˜‡Ǧ†ƒ› ƒ—…–‹‘ ‘ ‡ƒ›ǡ
which concluded last Friday night.
His bid was well below the
$3,456,789 winning bid in 2012, still a
record for an eBay charity auction, but
will help Glide meet its $16 million annual budget.
The 16 auctions have raised about
$20.2 million.
“What we try to do is work to
empower our people, to make sure
–Šƒ– ’‡‘’Ž‡ ϐ‹† •‘‡ ™ƒ› –‘ Šƒ˜‡
hope,” the Rev Cecil Williams, a Glide
co-founder, said after the auction
ended. “We were overjoyed when the
count came in.”
The winner can invite up to seven
friends to eat with Buffett at the Smith
& Wollensky steakhouse in Manhattan.
Buffett, 84, will talk about almost
anything, including philanthropy and
life, but not what he is buying and selling.
Some past winners chose to eat
with Buffett at a steakhouse in Omaha,
Nebraska, where he has run Berkshire
Hathaway Inc for 50 years.
The auctions began in 2000 after
—ˆˆ‡––ǯ• ϐ‹”•– ™‹ˆ‡ —•ƒ ‹–”‘†—…‡†
him to Glide. She died in 2004.
‘‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –Š”‡‡ ™‹‡”•
BUFFETT IS WORTH $69.2
BILLION, RANKING FOURTH
WORLDWIDE, ACCORDING
TO FORBES MAGAZINE. HE IS
DONATING NEARLY ALL HIS
WEALTH TO CHARITY
paid more than $25,000, but the price
soared once the auctions, which had
been live only, moved online in 2003.
One past winner, Ted Weschler,
ended up working for Buffett as a
Berkshire portfolio manager after paying $5.25 million to win the 2010 and
2011 auctions.
Just eight people submitted bids
this year, probably because the high
„‹† ”‡ƒ…Š‡† •‡˜‡ ϐ‹‰—”‡• ‘ –Š‡ ϐ‹”•–
day.
Smith & Wollensky founder Alan
Stillman also donates to Glide.
Buffett is worth $69.2 billion, ranking fourth worldwide, according to
Forbes magazine.
He is donating nearly all his wealth
to charity.
The following are the winning bids
in the Glide auctions:
2000: Anonymous, $25,000 2001:
Anonymous, $18,000 2002: Anonymous, $25,000 2003: David Einhorn,
Greenlight Capital, $250,100 2004: Jason Choo, Singapore, $202,100 2005:
Anonymous, $351,100 2006: Yongping Duan, California, $620,100 2007:
Mohnish Pabrai, Guy Spier, Harina
Kapoor, $650,100 2008: Zhao Danyang, China, $2,110,100 2009: Salida
Capital, Canada, $1,680,300 2010:
Ted Weschler, $2,626,311 2011: Ted
Weschler, $2,626,411 2012: Anonymous, $3,456,789 2013: Anonymous,
$1,000,100 2014: Andy Chua, Singapore, $2,166,766 2015: Zhu Ye,
Dalian Zeus Entertainment Co, China,
$2,345,678. — Reuters
DAVID ROCKEFELLER: Oldest Billionaire in the World Turns 100
By Christina Horsten
T
he life of the oldest billionaire
on the planet started right in the
middle of Manhattan.
His birthplace gave way — with
his mother’s help — to the renowned
Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), but
when David Rockefeller was born
there on June 12, 1915, it was the
largest private residence in all of New
York.
Rockefeller’s grandfather was the
legendary oil tycoon John D Rockefeller. His father was John Jr and his
mother Abby was a prominent art patron who co-founded MoMa at the site
of his birth.
Nowadays, David Rockefeller is patriarch of the family with the gilded
name, wonderful homes and billiondollar bank accounts.
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and last year, he buried one of his own
children after a plane crash.
Still, David Rockefeller appears
brisk when he makes one of his rare
public appearances.
FAMILY PATRIARCH, EX-BANKER
AND THE OLDEST (ACCORDING
TO FORBES MAGAZINE)
BILLIONAIRE IN THE WORLD:
DAVID ROCKEFELLER IS A “LION
IN WINTER,” WROTE VANITY
FAIR IN APRIL. THE GRANDSON
OF OIL TYCOON JOHN D
ROCKEFELLER TURNED 100
YESTERDAY.
MoMa has already celebrated the
event in a big way.
Rockefeller showed up wheeling
a walker for support, but wearing a
smart, black suit.
‘”–Š‹•„‹”–Š†ƒ›ǡƒ•„‡ϐ‹–•ƒ„‹ŽŽ‹‘aire who has everything, he is also giving a gift — of family property in the
north-eastern state of Maine, called
Seal Harbor.
The property, about 4 million
square metres of Atlantic coastline,
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Land and Garden Preserve, according
to the local Portland (Maine) Press
Herald, and will become part of Acadia
National Park.
Forbes estimates Rockefeller’s fortune at $3.2 billion — only 603rd on
the list of the world’s billionaires, but
wealthy enough to own several estates
and a large private art collection.
The Harvard University graduate
donates millions every year to his uni-
versity, MoMa and other causes.
A member of “The Giving Pledge”
initiative founded by Warren Buffet
and Bill Gates, Rockefeller is committed to giving away at least 50 per cent
of his wealth.
The billionaire is to date the only
Rockefeller to publish his autobiography.
“Well, it just occurred to me that
I had led a rather interesting life,”
he said to the New York Times when
the book was published in 2002. “I
thought maybe my own children and
family might be interested.”
Rockefeller has never taken for
‰”ƒ–‡†Š‹•ƒˆϐŽ—‡…‡Ǥ
“Mine has been a wonderful life,” he
once told Forbes magazine.
But he added: “I am convinced that
material things can contribute a lot to
making one’s life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends
and relatives who matter to you, life
will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.”
— dpa
‘Conversation’ With Hillary Clinton? That’ll be $2,700
By Ivan Couronne
F
‘—”ǡϐ‹˜‡ǡ‡˜‡•‹š–‹‡•’‡”™‡‡ǡ‹ŽŽƒ”›
Clinton meets deep-pocketed supporters eager to shake hands with the celebrity Democrat — all-but-obligatory encounters helping her amass the war chest needed
to win the White House.
Qualifying guests are invited to hold what
is described as a “conversation with Hillary,”
at a cost of $2,700 — the legal limit set by the
Federal Election Commission (FEC) on donations to candidates in the 2016 presidential
primary cycle.
Once the primaries are decided, a supporter can contribute a fresh $2,700 maximum to
a candidate in the presidential election.
Clinton, a former secretary of state and the
prohibitive favourite for the Democratic nomination, has participated in some 40 fundraising receptions since launching her campaign
in April, according to the Sunlight Foundation,
a nonpartisan Washington organisation that
•–—†‹‡•…ƒ’ƒ‹‰ϐ‹ƒ…‹‰Ǥ
By any measure it is an intense schedule to follow from now until Election Day 17
months away, and more rigorous than the
smattering of public events she has held as a
candidate.
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rally today in New York, one expected to
draw thousands of voters.
But who attends the swankier, less publicised functions?
”‹‡†• ‘ˆ Ž‹–‘ǡ ‹ϐŽ—‡–‹ƒŽ ‡‘…”ƒ–•ǡ
executives, a Facebook co-founder, her husband Bill, and clean-energy billionaire Tom
Steyer have participated in the events.
On June 29, rocker Bon Jovi will sing for
one of the gatherings.
Clinton participated in three receptions on
Wednesday in three cities in the US northeast.
Regulatory loopholes could allow Clinton
to extract more money from her donors, but
the candidate has publicly committed to reˆ‘”‹‰ …ƒ’ƒ‹‰ ϐ‹ƒ…‡ Žƒ™• ‹ ‘”†‡” –‘
†ƒ’‡–Š‡‰”‘™‹‰‹ϐŽ—‡…‡‘ˆ’”‹˜ƒ–‡†‘nations on US elections.
Prominent Republican rival Jeb Bush regularly commands tens of thousands of dollars
per attendee at certain events, in extraordinary cases up to $100,000.
He avoids campaign ceilings through a legal formulation known as a “super PAC.”
These types of political action committees
were born from a 2010 Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited contributions to such
groups as a form of free expression, provided
the entities remain independent from the
candidates and their campaigns.
But the alleged independence of such super PACs has come into question.
Jeb Bush’s “Right to Rise” group is led by a
close associate of the all-but-declared candidate, and the organisation is exclusively dedicated to supporting Bush’s run.
Bush, a former Florida governor, has yet to
announce his candidacy — that is expected to
occur on Monday in Miami.
But the PAC’s staffers are already talking
openly about preparing for Bush’s campaign.
By delaying formal declaration of his candidacy, Bush can continue to raise unlimited
funds for his super PAC, bypassing campaign
contribution caps.
‘OBSCENE MOMENT’
Clinton herself will likely hold her nose
ƒ†‘’‡–Š‡ˆ—†”ƒ‹•‹‰ϐŽ‘‘†‰ƒ–‡•‹‘”†‡”
’ƒ‹‰…‘ˆˆ‡”•‹ˆ•Š‡‹•
–‘ϐ‹ŽŽ‡‘…”ƒ–‹……ƒ’ƒ‹‰…‘ˆˆ‡”•‹ˆ•Š‡‹•
ney juggernaut.
to match Bush’s money
• ƒŽ”‡ƒ†› •ƒ‹† –‘ Šƒ˜‡
•’‡…‹ϐ‹… ‰‘ƒŽ ‹•
emerged: exceed thee $1 billion raised by
bama, the Democratic
President Barack Obama,
ƒ”–› ƒ† ƒˆϐ‹Ž‹ƒ–‡† ‰”‘—’• ˆ‘” Š‹• •—……‡••ful 2012 re-election effort.
ats allied with Obama,
Several Democrats
and close to Clinton,, are expected to launch
a fundraising effort seeking contributions
ction, a super PAC
to Priorities USA Action,
formerly committed to Obama.
ed to tap into such
Clinton is expected
ϐŽ‘™•Ǥ
ave clean hands,”
“She does not have
said Bill Allison, a senior fellow at
Sunlight Foundation..
ue
“She would argue
that she’s forced
to do it because
that’s the system
we have,” Allison
added.”That to some
b t
bu
extent is true, but
that doesn’t make her
noble.” — AFP
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ho would have believed it? More than 30
years of ‘sold out’ performances in London’s West End, 27 years on New York’s
Broadway, and now “The Phantom” is conquering audiences in Moscow, just one of 96 countries
where performances have been enjoyed by over 58
million theatre-goers! Visiting Moscow? It is a must
do!
“The Phantom of the Opera” is a love triangle, with the three main roles being of course, the
phantom, Erik, a psychologically tortured, horribly
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hidden himself in the Opera House for a lifetime. He
is smitten with Christine Daae, a beautiful young
starlet, and using blackmail, and a timely opportunity, assists her to become famous. Christine has
remarkable talent, but is also emotionally torn between the phantom, who gave her this chance, and
Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, a childhood sweetheart,
and therein lies the story. Two men, one woman. It
just won’t go.
Based on the novel by Frenchman Gaston Leroux, Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber is the composer responsible for a musical score that ranges from delicacy to dramatic, tender to terrifying, and haunting
to heartbreaking. A youthful, he was only 25 years
old at the time, Charles Hart provided the almost
unforgettable lyrics, and Harold Prince directed the
original version for producer Cameron Mackintosh,
whose production company is also responsible for
such successes as Miss Saigon, Cats, Oliver, and Les
Miserables. Since its premier on October 9, 1986,
at the Royal Theatre, London, “The Phantom” is reputed to have earned its creators almost $5 billion.
October 4, 2014, saw the premier at the Moscow Youth Palace (MDM) Theatre, Komsomolsky
”‘•’‡–ǡ‹–Š‡Š‡ƒ”–‘ˆ‘•…‘™ǡƒ†‹–‹•ƒϐ‹––‹‰
venue for what turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable production. The drama of the original is main-
tained, the quality of thee sets and costumes has
f
even, if it’s possible, more colour, and the special efd effectively pursued.
fects are very faithfully and
Dmitry Ermak, takes the plaudits for his perm. He is bold and aggresformance as the phantom.
sive in his acting, yet musically, wonderfully
sensitive. His entrances
and exits are fantastically well directed,
so as to always leave
you wondering where
he is, and the sound system was also beautifullyy
lused to enhance the feeling that the phantom was
always there, but you never
knew where. His role was a balancing act in so
asy to appreciate. Micheal
many respects, and was easy
nchmark for this role, but
Crawford is surely the benchmark
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”ƒ’”‡•‡–‡†ƒϐŽƒ™‡†ƒ†ƒŽ‘•–˜‹…‹‘—•”‹ǡ
unforgettably.
Christine, played by Elena Bahtiyarova, has
istines will be measured
a tough task, as all Christines
against the original Sarah Brightman, but of course,
ful, so much is forgiven!
she is young and beautiful,
However, from tentative beginnings of crystal clear
formance of this critical
quality and faithful performance
he show saw Bahtiyarova
role, the second half of the
er, and the melodies took
display emotion and power,
he was impressive.
on much more passion. She
Eugeny Zaycev has a hard
ard road to hoe, as the
subservient character to
o the other two, and
his Raoul, although dramatically
amatically polished
always appeared to be weak, in personality and musically, compared
red to Erik and
el he has great
Christine. I don’t really feel
k with, and
lines, or tunes, to work
always appeared to be playing
‘catch-up’ where they were
concerned. Maybe that
is simply the role interpretation by the Director?
Nina Dobrev Sparks
Dating Rumours
Bullies Stopped Me from
Trying New Things: Rumer
$1 Billion a Small Number
for Jessica Alba
A
A
By Ray Petersen
W
US actress Maria Menounos arrives for the “Minions” World
Premiere at Leicester Square in London on Thursday. — Reuters
AL PACINO, LUCILA SOLA SPLIT
O
scar-winning actor Al Pacino has reportedly split from his actress
girlfriend Lucila Sola after four years of dating.
The 75-year-old star and the 36-year-old actress have gone their separate
™ƒ›•ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‹‰ƒ•‡”‹‡•‘ˆ”‘™•ǡ”‡’‘”–•ˆ‡ƒŽ‡ϐ‹”•–Ǥ…‘Ǥ—Ǥ
“They are so close but it wasn’t meant to be.
They’re both dedicated to their craft so sustaining a relationship was always going to be tough,” a source told The Sun newspaper.
The Oscar-winning actor has never been married, but hinted in March
that he was willing to tie the knot with Sola, despite a 39-year age gap between the two.
He had said: “I never say never. It’s possible.”
The “Godfather” star has a grown-up daughter, Julie Marie, with an expartner and 14-year-old twins Anton and Olivia with former girlfriend Beverly D’Angelo.
DR IBRAHIM BIN AHMED AL KINDI Chief Executive Officer
ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI Editor-in-Chief
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible
to the eye.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr, an American author best
known for his inspirational book
N
ina Dobrev
a
n
d
“Whiplash”
star
Austin
Stowell have
fuelled dating
rumours after
the
actress
was
spotted
“getting cosy”
with Stowell.
The “Vampire
Diaries”
actress
was
seen romancing Stowell at
the Hallmark
Shoebox
relaunch in Hollywood on Wednesday.
“(They were) getting cosy during the
comedy show.
She was very happy to have a night out
with her new guy,” a source told people.
com.
“She walked in with a few people including her new man. She was very affectionate
with him and she was with other friends
as well and she wasn’t afraid of being intimate around friends,” the insider told hollywoodlife.com.
– ‹•ǯ– –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– –‹‡ –Š‡ ʹ͸Ǧ›‡ƒ”Ǧ‘Ž†
beauty and the 30-year-old actor have been
spotted spending time together.
The pair were also seen enjoying the
Indianapolis 500 race at the end of last
month.
ctress Rumer
Willis
has
confessed to her
fear of being
criticised
by
online bullies and
says they stop
her from “trying
new things” and
“standing up” for
herself.
“There were
times when personal stuff in my
life was blasted
everywhere and I
couldn’t leave my
house for a week
because I would be aggressively and dangerously followed,” the “House Bunny” actress,
who is the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi
Moore, told Glamour magazine, reports femaŽ‡ϐ‹”•–Ǥ…‘Ǥ—Ǥ
“But the real pressure comes from the Internet and social media, the mentality that it’s
okay to attack people from behind a computer
screen.
Strangers say the nastiest things.
Until recently the thought of making one
misstep that could be criticised would stop
me from trying new things and from standing
up for myself,” she added.
However, the 26-year-old star, who was
last month crowned winner of the ABC show
“Dancing With The Stars”, credits the competi–‹‘ˆ‘”ϐ‹ŽŽ‹‰Š‡”™‹–Š…‘ϐ‹†‡…‡ƒ†ƒ‹‰
her feel “more beautiful” than ever before.
ctress Jessica
Alba believes
her
consumer
goods company
could be worth
a lot more than
$1 billion in the
future and says it
“feels like a small
number.”
The 34-yearold
actress’
eco-friendly
brand The Honest Company was
valued at that
amount.
“One
billion
feels like a small number for the opportunity of what’s possible,” she said at the Forbes’
third annual Women’s Summit here, reports
ˆ‡ƒŽ‡ϐ‹”•–Ǥ…‘Ǥ—Ǥ
Alba, who has daughters Honor, six, and
Haven, three, with husband Cash Warren,
added: “For me, as a person at home with my
kids? It’s crazy. It’s awesome.”
The “Sin City” star admits it was initially
†‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž––‘…‘˜‹…‡’‡‘’Ž‡–‘–ƒ‡Š‡”…‘pany seriously because of her Hollywood status.
She said: “People just saw me as this girl
in a bikini in movies, maybe not the brightest
bulb.
It took three and a half years of condescending nods and pats on the back of ‘good
luck’, or ‘go back to endorsing things or go do
a perfume’.”
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EYEWITNESS
A wonderful
shot for sunset
at Al Rubb al
Khali
When
nothing goes
right, go left
Camel riding
contest, as part of
the Eid festivals
celebrated
at different
governorates in
Oman
Oman through the lens of
Abdulaziz al Shukaili
Abdulaziz loves capturing
special moments and
freezing them in time like a
special memory.
aziz3939@hotmail.com
These gatherings
are a routine in
the Omani Society
to get people
close together.