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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Issue No. 6544
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discuss IS
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US delegation viSitS Kingdom
What linKS
Uncle Sam
With diraz?
Six US nationals, who have been residing in Diraz, were summoned
Muhannad Mansour/ DTNN
[email protected]
A
group of foreign students, who were
apparently taking a closer look into
the “nation’s culture”, were summoned
by security authorities on Monday.
Apparently, six American nationals,
who have been residing in Diraz village
for around ten days, along with their
landlord were summoned for questioning
by the police.
Confirming the matter, Interior
Ministry said yesterday, the step had been
taken as part of securing public security.
Clarifying
further,
Criminal
Investigation and Forensic Science
Director General Brigadier Abdulrahman
Al Sinan said, the individuals had been
taken to the General Directorate’s
headquarters, “where they were asked
about the reasons for being in the village.” “They responded that they were
university students and are learning
the nations’ culture,” said the brigadier,
confirming that legal procedures are
being finalised. The ministry had urged those with
any information to contact the police
hotline at 80008008, adding all calls will
be treated as anonymous.
Pictures claiming to be that of the US citizens that were posted online.
Debate on
Meanwhile, many Bahrainis debated
about the presence of US citizens in the
usually troubled village of Diraz. “What’s
Uncle Sam doing in Deraz,” many social
media users asked.
Bahraini columnist and Media person,
Sawsan Al Shaer, on her Twitter page,
had linked the incident to a similar
one that occurred in Egypt in April,
2013. Then the Egyptian authorities
had arrested several Non Governmental
Organisations
(NGO)
members,
including six US nationals.
“It’s the same American ploy that they
did in Egypt. Now they will say they’re
NGO members. What were American
youths doing in Deraz,” Ms. Al Shaer
questioned.
Another local writer and political
analyst Saeed Al Hamad had posted
pictures on Twitter that apparently
belonged to the individuals.
He commented, “Having six
Americans in Diraz is a very suspicious
matter.”
However, no comments were made by
the US Embassy in Manama.
8P 6
Bahraini IS
fighter dies
in suicide
bombing
Mr. Al Jodar
DT News Network
A
Bahraini jihadist, Abdulaziz
Al Jodar, 19, who was
fighting alongside the Islamic
State (IS) group had reportedly
been killed in a suicide bombing.
Targeting Iraqi security forces,
Mr. Al Jodar had detonated a
car laden with explosives, said a
Twitter account that belonged
to another Bahraini jihadist
Mohammed Al Binali.
No further information has
been revealed about the attack or
the number of casualties.
Mr. Al Jodar had earlier
been announced dead by fellow
IS fighters, but apparently he
had called his father during his
funeral service.
Gulf Hotel
submits letter
of intent to BTC
Manama
he Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C.
said that it has submitted
an initial non-binding letter of
intent to the Board of Directors of
Bahrain Tourism Company B.S.C.
(BTC) indicating its potential
interest in acquiring 100 per
cent of BTC’s shares through a
share-swap offer. The proposed
acquisition is expected to result
in synergies that would benefit the
shareholders of GHG and BTC.
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US citizen killed in Tripoli
Washington
A US citizen was among
those killed yesterday in an
attack on a hotel popular with
diplomats and officials in the
Libyan capital Tripoli, a senior
American official told reporters. Libyan officials told AFP
five foreigners were among at
least nine killed when gunmen
set off a car bomb outside the
Corinthia Hotel, stormed the
building firing on guests and
then detonated bomb belts.
US plans Atlantic drilling
Washington
The
US
government
announced plans to open
swathes of the western Atlantic
to oil and gas drilling yesterday, while simultaneously protecting seas off Alaska’s coast.
President Barack Obama called
for 9.8 million acres in the
Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to
be off limits, while his Interior
Department announced plans
to drill in the Atlantic from
Virginia to Georgia. White
House said the proposals were
part of a “balanced approach”
that judged the debate over
drilling in each area on its own
merits.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
FOUR BAHRAINIS
AMONG THE DEAD
Kuwait accident
Elayath Pragit Parameswaran/
DTNN
[email protected]
H
igher authorities attached
to Government confirmed
that four Bahrainis have
succumbed to injuries in the
mishap occurred in Kuwait on
Monday.
The deceased have been
identified as Jaffar Al Asfoor, the
head of the campaign, Mussa
Jaffer Al Asfoor, Salman Al
Asfoor and the driver Maytham
Abdulla.
One Egyptian, who was
driving another vehicle, which
was involved in the accident,
also died. While speaking to DT
News, Ambassador of Bahrain
in Kuwait Shaikh Khalifa bin
Hamad Al Khalifa said, as
many as 30 injured persons had
been discharged from Al Jahra
Hospital in Kuwait yesterday.
“Only 19 injured persons are
left in the hospital. I had visited
every department including the
Coronary Care Unit (CCU),”
said the envoy to DT News.
He also added that the
discharged people had been
flown back to the Kingdom
last night. The ambassador
also highlighted that they were
trying their best to fly back the
bodies of the deceased at the
earliest.
The bus carrying 48
Bahraini pilgrims met with the
tragic accident at Al Abdali
in Kuwait on Monday early
morning. The bus had been
heading to Iraq.
“A water tanker truck
collided with another truck
which was carrying building
materials. And, the bus
rammed into these vehicles
due to low visibility,” said a
source.
Rumours turn true
“Few rumours which had
been circulating in the social
media turned out to be true.
My brother died in the hospital
and the remaining three had
been killed on the spot as per
the information from a group
who went to Kuwait,” said
Mohammed Al Asfoor, brother
of Jaffar Al Asfoor.
According to local Kuwaiti
daily Al Watan, 23 ambulances
had been sent to the spot.
Two experts sent
Ministry of Health Assistant
Undersecretary for Hospitals
Affairs Dr. Waleed Al Manea, in
a statement, said, the ministry
was working in full swing
following the directives of Prime
Minister HRH Prince Khalifa
bin Salman Al Khalifa.
The
statement
also
mentioned that two doctors,
(from surgery and Emergency
departments) were sent to
Kuwait for inspecting and
assisting the injured.
“The emergency wards and
the ambulances are all set to
receive the injured,” said an
official attached to MOH. Some of the injured at hospital.
However, Dr Khadija
Farrukh at Salmaniya Medical
Complex said they had not
received any related cases yet.
Student dieS
in road
miShap
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
The picture taken from social media shows one of the
vehicles that were involved in the accident.
The deceased Kavish
Kavish’s mother Meena
Menezes
DT News Network
[email protected]
A
college student in
Bahrain died following
a road accident that occurred
in the wee hours of yesterday.
Kavish Menezes, a second
year Commerce student at
Global Institute, Bahrain,
died at 3am yesterday when
his car collided with another
car at a traffic signal near Al
Jazeera Supermarket in Zinj. Kavish’s friend Melvy
David, who was travelling
with him as well as the
Bahraini driver of the other
car sustained injuries.
A relative of Melvy told
DT News that he might need
a surgery to his face. Police arrived shortly after
the mishap and took Kavish
as well as the injured to
Salmaniya Medical Complex
(SMC).
Kavish had been working
as a part-time sales executive.
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NEWS
NINE ARRESTED FOR
MISUSING SOCIAL MEDIA
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Manama
T
he Director General of
Anti-corruption
and
Economic and Electronic
Security Lieutenant Colonel
Bassam Al Miraj announced
yesterday the arrest of nine
individuals for misusing social
media. They are Mohammed
Saeed Al Adraj, 24, Mohammed
Ahmed Ali, 21, Yousif Fadhel
Salman, 21, Abbas Ali Ahmed,
21, Kameel Ibrahim Yousif,
19 and Hussain Mohammed
Ahmed, 22, Ali Ahmed, 29,
Sayed Jaffar Mohsen, 28 and
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Ebrahim Ali, 21.
He said Article 215 of the
penal code law states: “A
punishment of imprisonment
for a period of no more than
two years or a fine of no more
than BD 200 shall be inflicted
upon any person who offends
in public a foreign country or
an international organization
based in the State of Bahrain or
its president or representative.
The same penalty shall apply
to a person who offends such
organization’s flag or official
emblem.”
He said that a warrant
was obtained from the
Public Prosecution to arrest
Appeals court
reinstates citizenship
of 10 Bahrainis
The Bahrainis had their
nationality revoked earlier by
the High Criminal Court which
also handed them down jail
sentences ranging between
5 and ten years under
a new anti-terror law. the suspects, while legal
procedures are being carried
out to refer them to the Public
Prosecution.
The arrested are youngsters
and most of them university
students and are privately
employed. One of the arrested
is a student at a secondary
school.
Ali Ahmed
The arrested are youngsters and most
of them university students and are
privately employed. One of the arrested is a student at a secondary school.
Hussain
Ahmed
Kameel Yousif Mohammed
Ahmed Ali
Mohammed
Sayed Jaffar
Saeed Al Adraj Mohsen
Yousif Fadhel
Salman
Riots erupt ahead
of Ali Salman’s trial
Muhannad Mansour
[email protected]
O
DT News Network
[email protected]
T
he High Criminal Appeals Court yesterday
annulled an initial verdict to strip the
Bahraini citizenship of 10 defendants convicted
in a terror case.
The Bahrainis had their nationality revoked
earlier by the High Criminal Court which also
handed them down jail sentences ranging between
5 and ten years under a new anti-terror law. But the convicts saw their citizenship being
reinstated on appeal. The High Criminal Appeals
Court explained its decision that the defendants
were convicted under the new anti-terror law,
though they were charged before the issuance
of the law.
The defendants’ prison sentences, however,
have been upheld. All the men were found guilty
of being part of an Iranian-backed terrorist cell
that planned attacks across the Kingdom.
Four of the appellants were sentenced earlier
to 15 years each in prison for spearheading the
group, while three other co-defendants were
given seven years each. The remaining three defendants were handed
down only five years. The Bahrainis had been
accused of establishing a terrorist cell, possessing
unlicensed firearms and ammunition, receiving
militia training and smuggling weapons.
Another four men were earlier found guilty in
connection with this case, however they are still
at large and were tried in absentia.
Abbas Ahmed Ebrahim Ali
Police remain alert to avoid any untoward
situation.
ne day prior to the trial
of Al Wefaq Secretary
General Ali Salman, rioting
and acts of vandalism swept
several areas in Bahrain
yesterday.
The riots followed Interior
Ministry’s decision to ban a
rally that was planned by Al
Wefaq in Bilad Al Qadeem,
the hometown of Mr. Salman.
Stating on its official
Twitter page, the ministry
said, that the rally called for
by Al Wefaq Society yesterday
evening was unauthorised and
illegal.
However, security forces’
presence in the area was beefed
up, as rioting was foreseeable.
Roads inside several
villages were blocked by waste
bins and other obstacles.
Rioters also blocked vital
roads with burning tyres,
mainly in the Capital and
Northern Governorates.
A fake bomb was placed
on Highway 35 in Zinj,
forcing security forces to
seize the vital road, until
the concerned security
departments
handled
the situation. Traffic was
congested for hours during
the process, while traffic
police directed drivers
through alternative roads.
Meanwhile,
Deputy
Chief of Public Security
Major General Naji Al
Hashil announced, “calls
to hinder public security or
the normal flow of public
life are being followed up.
Legal procedures will be
taken against any incident
that terrorises the public
or hinders public security,
including the business
community.”
Mr. Al Hashil’s statements
came after Al Wefaq called
the public to carry out a
civil disobedience yesterday.
The society posted on its
website that “the strike
should include turning off
lights, staying at homes
and boycotting all sorts of
financial transactions.”
Soon, the same points
mentioned on Al Wefaq’s
website were imposed on
expatriate
shopkeepers
in different areas of the
country. Sellers in Aali,
Karbabad, Bilad Al Qadeem
and Zinj told DT News that
masked men and local youth
had instructed them to close
their shops before 9pm.
As stated by Public
Prosecution last week, Mr.
Salman will stand before
the Higher Criminal Court
today, over charges relating
to promoting political
change, using illegal forceful
means and threats, as well as
other related charges.
“The defendant had also
issued multiple calls for his
supporters to deploy military
tactics
currently
used
elsewhere in the region to
overthrow the government,”
Advocate General Nayef
Mahmood had stated earlier
on January 19.
Mr. Salman had been
remanded in custody on
December 28, after he was
summoned for interrogation
by the Public Prosecution
on the same day, following
a complaint from the
General Directorate of
Criminal Investigations and
Forensic Evidence, which
accused him of instigating
violence against the regime
and
inviting
foreign
countries to intervene in
Bahrain.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
PM, CP welCoMe
US AMbASSAdor
Prime Minister meeting with the newly appointed American Ambassador William Roebuck (left). Prince Salman talking to the American envoy.
Manama
RH
Prime
Minister
Prince Khalifa bin Salman
Al Khalifa and HRH Prince
Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa,
Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme
Commander and First Deputy
Prime
Minister
received
in separate meetings at the
Gudaibiya Palace yesterday the
newly appointed US Ambassador
to Bahrain William V. Roebuck,
and wished him every success in
assuming his diplomatic duties.
The Premier reviewed with the
new US envoy the solid BahrainiUS relations of friendship and
cooperation, and stressed the
need to strengthen them in all
fields.
Prince Khalifa underlined
the importance of joint
understanding and coordination
regarding a number of issues of
common interest, highlighting
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the Kingdom’s readiness to
expand areas of cooperation with
the US for the benefits of the two
friendly peoples.
He reviewed with the
Ambassador the latest regional
and global developments, their
repercussions and ways to
consolidate regional security and
stability. The region is facing security
and economic challenges, and
we look forward to enhancing
cooperation with our friends and
allies in order to overcome them
and ensure the nonrecurring
of the scenarios, which put
regional security at risk. Security
disruption in the region has
regional as well as global effects,
he said, stressing the need to
build such cooperation on a
joint vision regarding those
challenges and a joint desire
to achieve common interests,
whose fruits will be reaped by
all. Ambassador
Roebuck
affirmed that strengthening
ties with the Kingdom and
broadening areas of cooperation
with it were top priorities for
his country in order to reflect
the long-standing bilateral
relations.
He also lauded the Premier’s
keen interest in developing the
Kingdom’s existing solid ties
with his country. Welcoming the ambassador,
Prince Salman highlighted the
strength and importance of
relations between Bahrain and
the United States, and expressed
his hope that the two countries
would continue to further
develop ties across a range of
sectors.
The Crown Prince also
emphasised
the
shared
commitment of both countries
to
maintaining
security
and stability in the region
and combating all forms of
terrorism. This, he said, falls
firmly in line with His Majesty
King Hamad’s commitment to
furthering coordination and
cooperation with international
allies to maintain peace and
security in the Middle East.
Prince Salman further
highlighted the vital importance
of confronting the rise of
extremist ideologies and
theocracies and promoting
peace and tolerance across the
region.
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Prince Khalifa calls for
preserving national heritage
Manama
RH Prime Minister Prince
Khalifa bin Salman Al
Khalifa has reiterated the
government’s support to efforts
to codify and document the
Kingdom’s historical heritage,
being one of the components
of the national culture and an
effective means to show Bahrain’s
identity and distinguished status
in various fields.
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He made the statements as he
received at the Gudaibiya Palace
yesterday some Royal Family
members and state officials, who
lauded his open-door policy and
constant desire to promote the
values of communication and
interaction among the members
of Bahraini society, which, they
said, has cemented national
unity.
The Premier affirmed the
importance of preserving the
Kingdom’s civilisational and
historical heritage so that the
successive generations could be
aware of the landmark national
achievements over history,
calling for the need to preserve
and maintain the historical sites,
including heritage houses, given
their key role in reviving the
national, cultural and tourism
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
SEARCH BEGINS
Weather Shelter for Bahraini
advisory
issued for
Bahrainis
in the US
The initiative has received a
Mohammed Zafran
[email protected]
Manama
T
he Bahrain Permanent
Mission in New York and
the Embassy of Bahrain in
Washington has cautioned
Bahraini citizens in the US to
be vigilant of the snow storm
happening in the northeast.
The embassy stressed
that in case of an emergency
or assistance, to contact
the embassy emergency
number on 0012026647666
or the embassy contact
number 0012023421111. The
Bahraini citizens in the US
could also contact Bahrain
Permanent Mission in New
York on 009177553802 or
009174341708 .
On Monday, the Foreign
Ministry announced on
its Twitter account that
the Bahrain Embassy in
Washington
cautioned
Bahraini
citizens
of
the blizzard in the northeast
of the US, calling on them to
be extra careful and follow
instructions of the local
authorities.
On the other hand,
Education Ministry also
confirmed that the Bahraini
Cultural Office in Washington
also called for students
studying in the US to be
cautious and follow the safety
instructions issued by local
authorities. The winter storm
Juno is expected to blow on
the east coast particularly
in cities of Boston and New
York.
Highlighting the prediction
of
the
meteorological
department in the US, the
Cultural Office of Bahrain also
reported that the storm which
began on Monday evening
will last until today.
T
he search for a shelter for
the homeless Bahraini,
Yusuf Mubarak, has finally
begun.
DT News has also joined
hands in the initiative of
searching a home for the
senior citizen, who has been
living at the Muharraq bus
station for the past three years.
The initiative has received a
positive response from the
authorities concerned and
charity organisations.
positive response from the
authorities concerned and
charity organisations.
When contacted by DT
News, the authorities of the
shelter for the homeless,
‘Dar Al Karama’ stated
that the public prosecution
should qualify him before
the shelter could accept
him. It stated that there
are certain conditions that
Mr. Mubarak must qualify
before accepting. The institution stated that
it will only accept persons of
Bahraini nationality or with
a valid residency permit.
Moreover, they should
US delegation visits Kingdom
Manama
B
ahrain yesterday hosted
a high level delegation
of John Hopkins Hospital
and John Hopkins School of
Medicine, USA.
The delegation, which is on
a three-day tour, will focus on
enhancing the information on
healthcare services provided
for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
patients.
The delegation will review
the existing healthcare
services provided for the SCD
patients and also focus on
improving the health services
provided for them in the
Kingdom.
The
delegation
was
yesterday received by Health
Assistant Undersecretary for
Hospitals, Dr. Waleed Al
Mani.
The meeting was attended
by doctors specialised in
the treatment of SCD. The
The US delegation during the meeting with Dr. Al Mani.
delegation was briefed on the
conditions of SCD patients in
Salmaniya Medical Complex
(SMC).
They are scheduled to
visit Yusuf Engineer Health
RBH hosts Dr. Tuchschmid
Manama
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be free from contagious
diseases
or
mental
disorders, it said.
Mr.
Mubarak
has
been living in the cold
at the Muharraq bus
terminal. He used to live
in his brother’s house until
it was sold. Despite his old
age, he continues work as
a gardener in Muharraq, a
profession that he practised
for decades. Yousif
and
Aysha
Almoayyed Charity also
expressed its eagerness to
Mr. Mubarak
help him.
r. Yan Tuchschmid, the
experienced and veteran
Urology Surgeon from Geneva,
Switzerland, is on a visit to
Royal Bahrain Hospital (RBH).
Dr. Tuchschmid, who will
conclude his visit today, is an
expert surgeon, specialised in
male and female urology. His
focus of expertise includes
the
diagnosis,
treatment
and management of various
urological issues such as urinary
incontinence, bladder prolapse,
Dr. Tuchschmid,
who will conclude
his visit today, is
an expert surgeon,
specialised in male
and female urology.
benign prostatic hyperplasia,
neurogenic and over reactive
bladder conditions, prostatitis,
urethral surgery (for adults),
male sexual dysfunction and
penile surgical implants.
Commenting on this visit,
the Operations Director at
RBH, Jacob Thomas, said, “Dr.
Tuchschmid is a distinguished
urologist who brings exceptional
experience and skill to our
medical community, as his last
visit to our hospital witnessed a
huge turnout and were very well
received from our patients.”
You may reach Dr.
Tuchschmid on 17246800.
Centre to study the primary
care for the patients of this
category. Meetings have
been also organised with the
Bahrain Society for Sickle
Cell Anaemia Patient Care.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Palestine’s accession
to icc commended
Gulf Air
suspends
flights to
Baghdad
G
Manama
ulf Air has decided
to suspend flights to
Baghdad due to security
reasons, reports stated.
The decision was taken
in the wake of a passenger
jet operated by Flydubai,
was hit with bullets while
it was landing at Baghdad
airport.
Flydubai,
Emirates,
Sharjah’s Air Arabia
and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad
were the first carriers to
suspend flights following
the incident, in line with a
directive from the United
Arab Emirates’ Civil
Aviation Authority. Reuters news agency had
earlier quoted an aviation
official and a security
official as saying that two
passengers received minor
injuries when three or
four bullets hit the body
of the Flydubai’s plane on
Monday evening.
expressed its categorical rejection
and strong condemnation of Israel’s
superciliousness and violation of
international law and the UN Charter
and its heinous practices against the
Palestinians, calling upon all countries and
the international community to reject the
biased US stance and provide all kinds of
support to the State of Palestine.
It also called upon all Palestinian
citizens and factions to join ranks and
adopt unified stances in order to form
their independent state with Jerusalem
as its capital. It also called on them to
cooperate in collecting evidence that
The Parliament meeting in progress.
proves Israel’s crimes.
Manama
he Parliament has welcomed the
accession of the State of Palestine
to the Rome Stature of International
Criminal Court (ICC), and the approval
of ICC Prosecutor to launch an
investigation into Israel’s war crimes in
Palestine.
In a statement issued yesterday, the
Parliament affirmed that the State of
Palestine’s accession to ICC was an
advanced step that would augur a new
phase and enable the Palestinians to
sue Israel and its leaders over charges
related to war crimes.
Meanwhile,
the
Parliament
T
Speed humps to reduce accidents
Manama
oads Planning and Design
Director at the Ministry
of Works, Municipalities and
Urban Planning, Kadhim
Abdul Latif has revealed that
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the ministry has constructed
speed humps at pedestrian
crossings and pedestrian
signals to reduce chances of
accidents.
“The
Ministry,
in
coordination with the Traffic
General Directorate, has
conducted a traffic survey
along locations that witnessed
pedestrian accidents in the
past five years, where it turned
out that most of the accidents
occurred at crossings that
were supposed to be safe,”
said Mr. Latif.
Meanwhile, he opined that
lack of commitment to traffic
laws at signals resulted in many
pedestrians being run over by
negligent drivers. “Therefore,
the study recommended the
implementation of speed humps
along such crossings,” he added.
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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT - For the year ended 31 December 2014
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
As at 31 December 2014
For the year ended 31 December 2014
For the year ended 31 December 2014
Bahraini Dinars
2014
Bahraini Dinars
2013
Investment income
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Investment securities
2013
3,121,636
3,296,547
3,273,769
2,562,663
Other income
68,564
61,686
46,457,363
45,095,911
Total income
3,190,200
3,358,233
(1,031,969)
(995,381)
70,072
110,112
Other assets
989,054
598,776
Total assets
50,790,258
48,367,462
10,371,647
7,593,157
Investment property
General and administrative expenses
(187,028)
(219,006)
(1,218,997)
(1,214,387)
1,971,203
2,143,846
Net changes in fair value of equity investments at fair value through
other comprehensive income
(944,249)
(2,022,155)
Total other comprehensive income for the year
(944,249)
(2,022,155)
Total comprehensive income for the year
1,026,954
121,691
1,961,917
2,151,742
Interest on borrowings
Total expenses
Profit for the year
Liabilities
Bank Borrowings
2014
Unclaimed dividends
952,105
848,726
Other liabilities
977,542
1,068,528
Total liabilities
12,301,294
9,510,411
Total net assets
38,488,964
38,857,051
14,000,000
14,000,000
7,966,301
7,966,301
Other comprehensive income:
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
Profit for the year attributable to:
Shareholders’ equity
Share capital
Share premium
(93,961)
(93,961)
14,011,369
13,974,216
2,296,067
2,710,593
38,179,776
38,557,149
Treasury shares
Reserves
Retained earnings
Total equity attributable to shareholders of the parent company
309,188
299,902
38,488,964
38,857,051
Non-controlling interest
Total equity
Shareholders of the parent company
Non-controlling interest
9,286
(7,896)
1,971,203
2,143,846
1,017,668
125,737
Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Shareholders of the parent company
Non-controlling interest
Basic earnings per 100 fils share
9,286
(4,046)
1,026,954
121,691
14.06 fils
15.23 fils
Bahraini Dinars
Operating activities
Dividends received
Interest received
Proceeds from sale of equity securities
Purchase of equity securities
Purchase of debt securities
Sale of debt securities
Proceeds/(Payments) for derivative instruments
Custody fees and investment related expenses paid
Salaries and benefits paid
Payments for general and administrative expenses
Rent received and other income net of expenses paid
Net cash (used in) /generated from operating activities
2014
2013
1,042,140
773,896
14,828,240
(12,966,098)
(3,259,337)
245,246
(84,568)
(620,791)
(327,524)
(30,575)
(399,371)
1,110,473
908,876
4,344,905
(5,610,429)
(2,048,062)
4,574,838
(102,639)
(98,355)
(449,543)
(268,842)
82,720
2,443,942
9,710
(157,001)
(39,995)
(187,286)
24
(290,400)
(810)
(291,186)
2,778,490
(189,064)
(1,291,663)
1,297,763
377,000
(2,666,144)
(180,712)
(1,796,495)
(37,657)
(4,304,008)
711,106
2,562,663
3,273,769
(2,151,252)
4,713,915
2,562,663
Investing activities
Proceeds from sale of equipment
Advance for acquisition of property
Acquisition of equipment
Net cash used in investing activities
Financing activities
Bank Borrowings
Borrowed funds repaid
Interest paid
Purchase of treasury shares
Dividends paid
Net cash generated from/(used in) financing activities
Net increase /(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents as at 1 January
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY - For the year ended 31 December 2014
Bahraini Dinars
Bahraini Dinars
Attributable to shareholders of the parent company
Noncontrolling
interest
2014
Share
Capital
Share
premium
Treasury
shares
Reserves
Retained
earnings
Total
At 1 January 2014
14,000,000
7,966,301
(93,961)
13,974,216
2,710,593
38,557,149
299,902
Attributable to shareholders of the parent company
Total
equity
38,857,051
Comprehensive income for the year
Profit for the year
-
-
-
-
1,961,917
1,961,917
Net changes in fair value of equity investments at fair
value through other comprehensive income
-
-
-
-
(944,249)
(944,249)
9,286
1,971,203
Other comprehensive income
-
(944,249)
Total other comprehensive income
-
-
-
-
(944,249)
(944,249)
-
(944,249)
Total comprehensive income for the year
-
-
-
-
1,017,668
1,017,668
9,286
1,026,954
-
Dividend declared for 2013
-
-
-
Transfer to statutory reserve
-
-
-
At 31 December 2014
14,000,000
7,966,301
(93,961)
Rashid Al Meer - Chairman
37,153
14,011,369
(1,395,041)
(37,153)
2,296,067
Abdulrahman Jamsheer - Deputy Chairman
(1,395,041)
-
-
38,179,776
309,188
(1,395,041)
38,488,964
Reserves
Retained
earnings
Total
Noncontrolling Total
interest
equity
At 1 January 2013 (previously reported)
15,500,000
9,007,722
(838,887)
13,796,480
4,075,823
41,541,138
303,948
41,845,086
Transition adjustment on adoption of IFRS 9
At 1 January 2013 – restated
15,500,000
9,007,722
(838,887)
13,796,480
(1,313,231)
2,762,592
(1,313,231)
40,227,907
303,948
(1,313,231)
40,531,855
-
-
-
-
2,151,742
2,151,742
(7,896)
2,143,846
-
-
-
-
(2,026,005)
(2,026,005)
125,737
(2,026,005)
(2,026,005)
125,737
3,850
3,850
(4,046)
(2,022,155)
(2,022,155)
121,691
(1,500,000)
14,000,000
(1,041,421)
7,966,301
2,541,421
(1,796,495)
(93,961)
177,736
13,974,216
(177,736)
2,710,593
(1,796,495)
38,557,149
299,902
(1,796,495)
38,857,051
Share
Capital
2013
Comprehensive income for the year
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income
Net changes in fair value of equity investments at fair value
through other comprehensive income
Total other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income for the year
Reduction of share capital by cancellation of treasury shares
Purchase of treasury shares
Transfer to statutory reserve
At 31 December 2013
Faisal Yousif Janahi - Chief Executive Officer
Share
premium
Treasury
shares
Audited by KPMG - Approved by the Board of Directors on 27th January 2015
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accused
of
belonging to
jihadist cell that
was recruiting young people, authorities say.
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it happening
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A
part from dogs, cats are the most
common household pets in the
Kingdom. There is no doubt that people
love their kittens but most families don’t
know or try to declaw their cats.
Declawing or “onychectomy” involves
the amputation of the last bone of each
toe of the front claws.
If performed on a human, it would be
comparable to cutting off each finger at
the last knuckle.
Many owners and pet lovers argue
that the cat is not permanently injured
after the procedure is done, but there are
people who argue that the procedure is an
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cancelled more than 3,000
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be better if net
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Missing Pets
BISCUIT - Female, 5 yrs,
black collar, spayed,
microchipped, white
patch on back near hind
qtrs from old injury,
followed car out of Fort
Gardens towards Budaiya
Highway, 15/11/14.
39503495
CHICHI - Female Shitzu, 7
yrs, slipped out of home in
Gudaibiya near Rajadani
Resto, then someone took
her in a vehicle to Riffa.
When reported to police
said she was gone,30/12/14.
33685657
ABY - Female, 1.5
years old, spayed,
no collar, Inside only
cat, slipped out of
the open door, Riffa
Views Park, 26/1/15.
38338075
NEMO - Male Shitzu,
1 yr, kids opened the
garden door to play
with him and they just
left him out, East Riffa/
Bukowarah, wearing two collars (red
and black), 16/1/15.
39991377 or 33321330
inhumane mutilation of the cat.
So should you declaw your cat?
Scratching is a natural instinct for a cat.
Instead of declawing, there are these
alternatives:
Get a scratching post, show it to your
cat and place it in a permanent, easy-toaccess spot in the house.
Use Feliway Spray; the ingredients
mimic feline pheromones and effectively
trick cats, therefore keeping them away.
Consult your veterinarian about
clipping the curved part of your cat’s
claws.
Purchase Soft Claws, easy-to-apply
nail covers that should be used indoors,
limiting the damage done by scratching.
RONEY - Male
Siberian Husky, 3-4
yrs, was STOLEN
while out, Isa Town,
Block 814 (behind
Mohammed Noir
Restaurant), seen in
another area being
walked by 3 boys,
15/1/15. 66355657
TIGGER - Male
local breed, 2 yrs,
neutered and
microchipped,
Adliya area behind
Don Vito cafe,
12/4/14.39650969
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
I am not sad for this outcome as such criminals
(Egypt protesters) ought
to be prosecuted
All those who have been
detained for protesting
peacefully (in Egypt)
must be released
-Egypt’s Grand Mufti Sheikh
Shawky Allam
-UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights
Zeid Ra`ad Al Hussein
One killed as car bomb
explodes in Alexandria
Cairo
One person was killed and two
were wounded when a bomb
they were carrying in a car
exploded in the Egyptian city
of Alexandria, an official said,
accusing the men of belonging
to the Muslim Brotherhood.
‘Health of detained Omani
activists deteriorates’
Dubai
Amnesty International warned
on Monday of the “seriously”
deteriorating health condition
of a detained Omani human
rights defender.
Saeed Jaddad, who led Arab
Spring-inspired protests in the
sultanate in 2011, was hospitalised on January 23, two
days after he started a hunger
strike following his arrest.
Muslims first victims of
‘terrorism’: French FM
Kuwait City
French Foreign Minister
Laurent Fabius called for international cooperation against
extremism on Tuesday, saying
Muslims have been the first
victims of “terrorism”.
“No one fights under the
name of religion,” Fabius told
journalists in Kuwait.
The trip (Obama’s Saudi
visit) is an opportunity
to touch base on some of
the issues where we’re
working together with
the Saudis
-Deputy National Security
Adviser Ben Rhodes
JAPAN SEEKS
JORDAN HELP
IS releases new video threatening to execute 2nd hostage
Tokyo
apan has vowed to work
with Jordan to secure the
release of a Japanese journalist
held by Islamic State militants
after the killing last week of
another Japanese captive, but it
reiterated that it would not give
in to terrorism.
“We would like to work
together with the Jordanian
government to secure the
release of Goto,” Yasuhide
Nakayama, state minister for
foreign affairs, told reporters in
Jordan late on Monday.
Nakayama was sent to
Jordan last week to deal with
the crisis.
The militants have dropped
a ransom demand. They
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Japan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yasuhide Nakayama talks to
reporters in Amman, Jordan.
now say they will free Goto
in exchange for the release of
Sajida Al Rishawi, a convicted
Iraqi suicide-bomber, from
prison in Jordan.
The militants captured a
Jordanian pilot after his plane
crashed during US-led coalition
bombing in eastern Syria in
December and Nakayama said
he hoped Japan and Jordan
could work together for his
release too.
“The release of this pilot as
soon a possible is also an issue
for us Japanese,” Nakayama
said.
“Both our nations have to
work together to ensure that
both the pilot and the Japanese
hostage return to their
respective homes with smiles
on their faces.” (AFP)
UN halts Gaza house repairs as donors fail to pay up
Gaza City
he UN agency for
Palestinian refugees said
on Tuesday that it cannot
afford to repair Gaza homes
damaged in last year’s war with
Israel because donors have
failed to pay.
“The agency has exhausted
all funding to support repairs
and rental subsidies,” said the
United Nations Relief and
T
Works Agency (UNRWA).
“$5.4 billion was pledged at
the Cairo (aid) conference last
October and virtually none of
it has reached Gaza. This is
distressing and unacceptable.
“It is unclear why this
funding has not been
forthcoming.”
UNRWA said the homes
of more than 96,000 Palestine
refugees were destroyed or
In a first, Ankara hosts
Holocaust ceremony
Survival
Ankara
Turkey will host a ceremony
to commemorate Holocaust
victims in its capital for the
first time in a sign of solidarity
with the Jewish community,
an official said. “The ceremony will take place
in Ankara for the first time,
with the presence of parliament speaker,” said the official. Holocaust International
Remembrance Day was first
marked in Turkey in 2011 and
since then ceremonies had
been held in Istanbul.
Haifa
Daphne Rousseau
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$5.4 bn was
pledged at Cairo
(aid) conference
last Oct and virtually none of it has
reached Gaza
damaged during the conflict.
They made up the vast
majority of the more than
100,000 homes hit during the
50-day conflict between Israel
and Gaza’s de facto rulers
Hamas.
“UNRWA in Gaza has so
far provided over $77 million
to 66,000 Palestine refugee
families to repair their home or
find a temporary alternative,”
it said.
The agency said cutting
subsidies to displaced residents
now
renting
alternative
accommodation could force
large numbers back to UN
schools and centres which
are already sheltering 12,000
people.
UNRWA said: “Some funds
remain available to begin
the reconstruction of totally
destroyed homes.”
Three more
beheaded
in Saudi
Riyadh
audi Arabia on Tuesday
beheaded two more of
its citizens and a Pakistani,
continuing
the
strictest
punishment under new King
Salman.
Omar bin Yahya bin Ibrahim
Al-Barkati was tried and
convicted of incest, the interior
ministry said.
In a separate case, Yassir
bin Hussein Al-Hamza was
executed in northwestern
Jawf region after his trial and
confession for smuggling
amphetamine pills, the ministry
said. A third convict, Latif
Khan Nurzada, a Pakistani,
was executed for trafficking
heroin into the kingdom. He
was executed in the Muslim
holy city of Mecca, the ministry
said in another statement.
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Yemen militia free
top presidential aide
Sanaa
Shia militiamen freed Tuesday
a top aide to Yemen’s president, whose kidnapping
deepened the country’s crippling political crisis, said a person who helped mediate the
release.
President
Abedrabbo
Mansour Hadi’s chief of staff
Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak
was handed over to a committee of mediators, 10 days after
he was abducted, said Hussam
Al-Shargabi.
Mubarak was later taken to
the Sanaa residence of a tribal
chief from Sabwa, the same
southern province from which
he hails.
Autumn days of Holocaust survivors
t is known as “Survivors’
Street” -- a small road
in Haifa where about 100
Holocaust survivors are living
out their last days side-byside, keeping alive memories
of the Nazi genocide.
The quiet and shady
street was initially only the
home of a social centre that
supplied meals to the elderly
in this northern Israeli port
city, where many Jewish
immigrants settled after fleeing
Europe by boat. But in recent
years it has been transformed,
after the group running the
centre, Yad Ezer (“A Helping
Hand”), noticed how many
of those it was serving were
Holocaust survivors.
“When they would pick
up their trays you would see
more and more of them with
a number tattooed on their
forearms,” said Tami Sinar,
the group’s coordinator.
In 2007, Yad Ezer began
buying or renting all the
buildings on the street to
provide subsidised housing for
elderly Holocaust survivors.
About 180,000 Jews who
survived the Holocaust
are currently living in the
Jewish state, according to the
Foundation for the Benefit of
Holocaust Survivors in Israel.
Many of them are struggling,
with nearly a quarter living
below the poverty line. With
the help of donations Yad Ezer
installed lifts in every building
and created communal spaces
where residents can relax and
play bridge, as well as pick
up their medications. They
also built a restaurant which
ensures they get two proper
meals a day. (AFP)
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MIDDLE EAST
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
14 housing units destroyed in fire
Four pet wolves seized in Sharjah
Sharjah
harjah’s Environment and
Protected Areas Authority
(EPAA) has confiscated four
wolves in Al Sabkha district.
The seizure is in line
with the administrative
order No. 15 of year 2015,
issued by Dr. Sheikh Sultan
bin Mohammed Al Qasimi,
Supreme Council Member
S
Ras Al Khaimah
fire
destroyed
14
portacabins used as
workers’ accommodation in
Ras Al Khaimah on Monday
evening, according to a report
in the Arabic daily newspaper
Al Bayan.
Civil Defence men put
out the fire and prevented
it from spreading to other
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and Ruler
banning
predators
animals in
Sharjah.
of Sharjah, on
ownership of
and dangerous
the Emirate of
Filipino expat wins 5kg gold at DSF
Dubai
man who won 5kg gold
worth Dh741,250 at
a Dubai Shopping Festival
(DSF) raffle will use the
windfall to save his father’s
life. John Francis Angel’s
father is battling an advanced
stage of colon cancer. Angel,
26, moved to Dubai last year
to support his family in the
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portacabins. RAK’s Ministry
of Labour has ordered the
company’s
officials
to
immediate provide alternative
housing for the workers.
Philippines.
Angel said he could not
believe his ears when he
learnt that he had won 5kg
of gold.
OBAMA, SAUDI KING
DISCUSS IS THREAT
Middle East issues broached in meeting
Residents trickle
back to Kobane
Riyadh
Ian Timberlake
U
S
President
Barack
Obama led a heavyweight
delegation to Saudi Arabia
Tuesday to meet new King
Salman and discussed the
two countries’ ongoing fight
against the Islamic State group.
The leaders also discussed
the issue of Iran’s nuclear
programme and human rights
in the conservative kingdom, a
senior US official said.
Riyadh has been part of the
US-led coalition carrying out
air strikes against IS since last
year and is a long-time regional
ally of Washington.
But analysts say Riyadh has
grown dissatisfied with what
it sees as a lack of American
engagement in crises elsewhere,
including Yemen and Libya, as
the US looks to Asia.
Members of the 29-member
bipartisan US delegation,
which included former Bushera officials, said they wanted to
show support for the US-Saudi
relationship.
“I believe it is important that
we demonstrate to the Saudis
the importance that they
represent to us,” said James
Baker, secretary of state during
the first Gulf War against Iraqi
dictator Saddam Hussein.
The Americans arrived for
a four-hour stop from India,
where Obama cut short a state
visit following the death Friday
of Salman’s predecessor, King
Beirut
ubilant residents began
trickling back to Kobane
Tuesday after Kurdish fighters
drove the Islamic State group
from the Syrian border town,
which became a major symbol
of resistance against the
jihadists.
But officials warned that IS
militants were still present in
villages around Kobane, and
that massive reconstruction was
needed in the devastated town
after more than four months
of fighting. Its recapture has
deprived IS of a strategic prize
on the frontier with Turkey to
add to its self-styled caliphate
spanning swathes of Syria and
Iraq.
An estimated 200,000 people
living in Kobane and nearby
villages had fled across the
border into Turkey after the
fight for the town began on
September 16. The Kurdish
People’s Protection Units
announced the “liberation” of
Kobane on Monday.
No to Syrian Kurdistan: Prez
Baghdad flights disrupted after bullet hits flydubai jet
J
Ankara
Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan has said his
country opposes the idea of
a Kurdish-controlled autonomous government in northern
Syria. His comments came
as Kurdish militia drove the
Islamic State insurgents from
the Syrian town of Kobane.
Baghdad
bullet hit the fuselage of a flydubai
airliner on its descent into Baghdad
on Tuesday, lightly wounding a young girl
and prompting many carriers to suspend
their flights, the officials said.
“There was no casualties other than
a slight injury to a young girl. The pilot
landed and he was not aware of what had
happened,” informed Transport Minister
A
Representative picture.
President Obama shakes hands with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman
at the start of a bilateral meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh on
Tuesday. (Reuters)
Abdullah.
King Salman, 79, welcomed
Obama and his wife Michelle
at the bottom of a red-carpeted
ramp. Crown Prince Moqren
Baqr Jabr Al-Zubaidi.
The no-frills carrier, a sister firm of
Emirates, said it was working with Iraqi
authorities to investigate the incident,
adding that it would continue to fly to other
destinations in Iraq. Other UAE carriers,
including Emirates, Etihad and Air Arabia,
suspended their flights to Baghdad, as did
Turkish Airlines and Lebanon’s Middle
East Airlines (MEA).
and Mohammed bin Nayef, the
powerful interior minister who
is second in line to the throne,
were among those greeting the
Americans.
Turkey detains 26 police
in wiretapping probe
Ankara
Turkish authorities on Tuesday
detained at least 26 police in
the latest nationwide swoop
over the alleged wiretapping of top officials including President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan. No Man’s Land
Here, dead are dead and the living are dead
Saadnayel, Bekaa
hen Syrian refugee
Khairallah Jdeir died
after being hit by a car in
Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, his
son was forced to bring the
body back to his tent for two
days before he was able to find
a plot of land to lay him to rest.
“We faced a huge number
of issues trying to bury him;
everything costs money, we’re
told we’re not allowed to bury
people in most places, and
there is still no place to bury
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our dead,” said his son Youssef
Jdeir.
What happened to the
Jdeir family is not an isolated
incident. Many Syrian refugees
are facing issues over where
they are allowed to bury their
dead, forcing them to keep
the bodies unburied for several
days in some instances.
“We barely have enough
money to live; how are we
supposed to pay for the dead?
And where are we supposed to
bury them?”
We’re not allowed to bury people
in most places. We barely have
enough money to live; how are we
supposed to pay for the dead?
In some cases, local
municipalities refuse to allow
them to be buried in local
cemeteries, saying residents
do not want to give up their
grave spots to the refugees. In
Islam, it is paramount to bury
the body as fast as possible.
Leaving the body above the
ground for days on end is
considered disrespectful to the
dead.
“When one of us dies, we
struggle to find somewhere to
bury them,” said Abu Khodr,
an elder in one of the informal
tent settlements located in
Saadnayel. “Sometimes they
have to stay two or three days
before we can find somewhere
to bury them.”
While individuals from the
local community have donated
plots of land in some areas
for the Syrians to bury their
dead, these are few and far
between, leaving many others
concerned over what they will
do when their loved ones pass
away.
Abu Khodr, who has been
a refugee in Lebanon for the
last three years after having
fled his hometown of Qusayr,
was visibly upset when he said:
“Sometimes we’re even forced
to bury them in secret. More
than once we’ve been left with
no choice but to bury a body in
the middle of the night. “What
other option are we left with?”
(Al Jazeera)
If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
BCCI invites for
open meeting
Dr. Lulwa Al Mutlaq
Manama
ahrain
Chamber
of
Commerce and Industry
(BCCI) invited all those
concerned with training, HR
development and education
to attend an open meeting on
Thursday from 10:00am to
01:00pm at Al Majlis Hall on
the ground floor of Bait Al
Tijjar in Sanabis. The committee’s chairperson
Dr. Lulwa Al Mutlaq said, “This
meeting is an opportunity
to enhance communication
between the sector and the
chamber.”
She added that the meeting
aims to mull ways of increasing
profitability of the sector,
and eliminating all obstacles
curbing its advancement.
B
You (Alexis Tsipras) are
taking office at a difficult
time in which you face a
great responsibility
I haven’t met an economist in their heart of
hearts that will tell you
that Greece will pay back
all of that debt
- German Chancellor
Angela Merkel
- Syriza spokesperson
Euclid Tsakalotos
$200 A BARREL
POSSIBLE: OPEC
OPEC chief stresses energy investment
London
PEC’s secretary-general
said oil prices as high as
$200 a barrel are possible if
producers fail to invest in new
supply.
“If you don’t invest in oil
and gas, you will see more
than $200,” Abdalla El Badri
said in an interview in London
on Monday, without giving
a timeframe. West Texas
Intermediate, the US crude
benchmark, erased a decline
of as much as 2.7 per cent
following his comments.
Crude prices tumbled 46pc
last year as Saudi Arabia
and other members of the
Organization of Petroleum
O
El Badri
Exporting Countries said
they wouldn’t curb output
in response to a supply glut
caused in part by surging
US shale oil production. The
International Energy Agency,
the Paris-based adviser to 29
nations, said on Jan 21 that
a decline in prices may deter
investment in all types of
energy.
“He is raising a valid concern
that falling investments due to
the current price collapse may
leave us with little oil coming
out of the ground in a few
years,” Ole Sloth Hansen, an
analyst at Saxo Bank A/S in
Copenhagen, said.
West Texas Intermediate
for March delivery advanced
11 cents to $45.26 a barrel in
on the New York Mercantile
Exchange at 1pm SST.
Sadara and Chemie-Cluster
sign joint agreement
StanChart Bahrain names new CIC head
Riyadh
Sadara Chemical Company
and Chemie-Cluster Bayern
(CCB) have signed a joint
cooperation agreement to
focus on the identification
and attraction of German and
European small and medium
Enterprises working in the
Chemicals industries.
It aims to establish a presence
in PlasChem Park, which is a
collaborative effort by Sadara
and the Royal Commission for
Jubail and Yanbu.
Manama
tandard Chartered Bank
Bahrain on Tuesday named
Abdulla Abdulrazaq Bukhowa
as Head of Corporate &
Institutional Clients (CIC)
in addition to his role as
Head of Financial Markets.
Bukhowa is the first Bahraini
in this position where he will
be responsible for the overall
management of the corporate,
institutional, and financial
markets business in Bahrain
in accordance with the Global
S
business strategy.
Chief Executive Officer of
Standard Chartered Bahrain
Hassan Amin Jarrar, said,
“Bukhowa’s appointment is
in line with our strategy that
supports the servicing of our
clients as well as the financing
of infrastructural projects,
which are among Bahrain’s
main priorities for the public
and private sectors.”
“Bukhowa played a key role
in successfully transforming
the bank’s financial markets
business
and
winning
landmark transactions.
“Our corporate franchise
here has grown significantly to
become one of the top markets
in the Middle East, in both
corporate and retail segments.
We look forward to Bukhowa’s
role as a catalyst to help the
bank continue this important
journey,” he added.
Prior to joining Standard
Chartered in 2010, Bukhowa
held senior management
positions at the Central Bank
of Bahrain notably as Head of
Portfolio Management.
BAMA announces
board members
Manama
he Bahrain Asset Managers
Association
(BAMA)
Tuesday announced the
appointment of its first Board
of Directors including the
appointment of Chairman Dr.
Ahmed Al Jawhary, former
CEO at J Equity Partners and
Vice Chairman Munther Al
Kooheji, former Managing
Partner at Alpine Wealth
Management.
Joining them on the board
are industry veterans CEO
MENA Talal Al Zain, CEO
at Tadhamon Capital Ahmed
Sultan and Deputy CEO at The
Family Office Company Adel
Al Mangrou.
Appointees will serve for a
three year term.
The five-member board
will oversee the activities of
the association and its efforts
to help grow and promote
the Kingdom’s dynamic
asset management industry,
which includes both Islamic
and conventional financial
institutions, specialized in asset
management.
T
PayTabs seeks
SRB assistance
Manama
rovider of online payment
solutions for SME’s,
PayTabs, has hired Shariyah
Review Bureau (SRB) to help
run its business in a Shari’a
compliant way.
SME’s in the GCC and
elsewhere can use PayTabs
payment systems even if they
do not have a website with
the comfort and security
of payments being directly
transferred into their bank
accounts.
P
Quality Check
Bapco recertified ISO14001:2004
B
Manama
apco said it achieved
the
recertification
to the environmental
management
standard
ISO14001:2004.
The ISO 14001 certificate
was presented to DCE of
Refining and Marketing
and Chairman of the
Environment, Health and
Safety Committee (EHSC),
Ebrahim Talib by Bureau
Veritas
Country
CEO
(Bahrain) Zulfiqar Haider.
The
recertification
audit was carried out
during November 2014.
Talib said that Bapco
continues to strive for
excellence in all aspects
of its operations.
He said the sound
management of EHS is
an integral part of its
business and operating
philosophy for protecting
employees, contractors
and adjacent areas.
Bapco
was
earlier
certified in 2009 and
2012.
The event was attended
by
Bapco’s
General
Manager
Refining,
Hafedh Al-Qassab and
Bapco’s Manager Health,
Safety & Environment,
Ahmed Khalil.
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BUSINESS
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Sensex, Nifty scale new
highs; bank stocks soar
Egypt rally, Saudi stocks edge up
Dubai
gypt’s stock market
turned bullish again in
early trade on Tuesday after
a short bout of profit-taking,
while Saudi Arabia’s bourse
edged up on the back of
banking stocks.
Saudi Arabia’s index
edged up 0.5 per cent as
E
Mumbai
ositive global and domestic cues led the two major indices
of the Indian equities markets to scale new highs in
Tuesday’s trade session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex)
of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) touched a new high
of 29,618.59 points in the intra-day trade Tuesday -- surpassing
its previous high of 29,408.73 points touched on Jan 23.The
Sensex closed the day’s trade up 292.20 points or one percent at
29,571.04 points.The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock
Exchange (NSE) too scaled a new high in the day’s trade.
P
lenders Samba Financial
Group and Al Rajhi rose 2.2
and 0.8pc respectively.
The Cairo benchmark rose
1.3pc as most stocks were in
the black. Kuwait’s Global
brokerage issued a bullish
report on the kingdom’s
banking sector on Monday,
saying recent regulations
restricting consumer-related
fees would have only a
short-term negative impact
on banks’ profitability.
Dubai’s index fell 1.0pc
as shares in developer
Union Properties tumbled
8.3pc. Qatar’s index slipped
0.1pc as shares in Ooredoo
fell 1.6pc.
Gulf Air upgrades flights with plush seats, entertainment system
MAKEOVER FOR A330
COUNTRY/CURRENCIES
SOUTH AFRICAN RAND
US DOLLARS
CANADIAN DOLLAR
INDIAN RUPEE
BANGLADESH TAKA
CHINESE YUAN
HONG KONG DOLLAR
INDONESIAN RUPIAH
JAPANESE YEN
SRI LANKAN RUPEE
MALAYSIAN RINGGIT
NEPALESE RUPEE
PHILIPPINE PESO
PAKISTAN RUPEE
SINGAPORE DOLLAR
THAI BAHT
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR
EURO
SWISS FRANC
BRITISH POUND
TURKISH LIRA
SAUDI RIYAL
UAE DIRHAMS
QATAR RIYAL
KUWAITI DINAR
OMANI RIYAL
EGYPTIAN POUND
JORDANIAN DINAR
LEBANESE POUND
MOROCCAN DIRHAMS
SYRIAN POUND
YEMENI RIYAL
BUY
SELL
32.2581
2.6667
3.3467
169.7793
203.7075
16.8067
21.5424
36563.0713
319.4888
371.6464
9.8522
299.386
121.5067
277.0582
3.601
86.2813
3.3818
3.6101
2.373
2.4313
1.774
6.2779
10.02
9.7561
9.6899
0.788
1.0272
20.9205
1.8868
4227.7935
23.8663
591.716
913.3254
28.7356
2.6483
3.2123
162.3377
192.7154
15.9236
20.0723
31397.1743
297.619
320.4378
9.2166
247.5143
114.5475
259.111
3.5125
84.7458
3.2499
3.4965
2.2941
2.331
1.7212
5.9011
9.9404
9.7276
9.6348
0.7788
1.0204
19.685
1.8636
3816.3569
21.7865
420.1681
542.0348
Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please
call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: t
Manama
ulf Air on Tuesday
hosted an exclusive tour
of its newly retrofitted Airbus
A330 aircraft – upgraded
with fully flat bed seats in the
gold class, revamped seats
in the economy class and a
in-flight-entertainment system
throughout.
Designed specifically for
Gulf Air and integrating
various elements of passengers’
feedback, the retrofit was
launched on four Airbus
A330s in the first quarter of
2014, with three key partners:
Avianor, Zodiac Aerospace
and BEAerospace. Newly
configured for a total of 214 seats
in a two-class configuration,
the retrofit delivers significant
enhancements across both
cabins.
For optimum on board
G
Steady Finally
1 US DLR
1 UK STG
1 SFR
100 YEN
BAHRAIN
0.3770
0.5714
0.4344
0.3208
KUWAIT
0.2855
33.5548
0.3290
0.2429
OMAN
0.3849
0.3340
0.4435
0.3275
QATAR
3.6420
3.1605
4.1968
3.0988
UAE
3.6730
3.1874
4.2325
3.1252
SAUDI
3.7500
3.2543
4.3213
3.1907
Oil recovers to above $48
New York
il prices steadied
above $48 a barrel
on Tuesday, recovering
from earlier losses as the
dollar weakened against
the euro.
Brent crude oil
futures LCOc1 rose 22
cents to $48.38 a barrel
by 1042 GMT.
U.S. West Texas
Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 rose
10 cents to $45.25 a barrel.
“I certainly don’t think it changes the
O
COUNTRY
entertainment, all seats in Gulf
Air’s upgraded A330 aircraft
include an integrated AudioVideo on Demand feature, an
individual touch screen (15inch in Falcon Gold class and
9-inch in Economy) in every
seat and high quality, noisecancelling headphones.
A suite of movies, video and
audio titles in several languages
are on offer, in addition to
games.
The newly retrofitted
aircrafts will mainly service
Gulf Air’s London Heathrow
T4 and Bangkok routes, which
are served with nonstop twice
daily and six weekly flights
respectively.
Gulf Air currently operates
an all-Airbus fleet with 28
modern aircraft that hold
a combined average age of 6
years.
fundamental dynamic of
the direction of prices
with regard to oil,” said
Hewson. “When you
look at where Brent is
and where it’s been,
there’s a pretty solid
floor at the moment
around $47 a barrel.”
Oil
prices
have
dropped nearly 60 per
cent since peaking in
June 2014 on ample global supplies from the
U.S. shale oil boom and a decision by OPEC to
keep its production quotas unchanged.
PICS BY MUHAMED THASLEEM
CBB Treasury bills
oversubscribed by 200pc
Manama
The Central Bank of Bahrain
(CBB) on Monday announced
that this week’s BD 45 million
issue of Government Treasury
Bills had been oversubscribed
by 200 per cent. The bills, carrying a maturity of 91 days,
are issued by the CBB, on
behalf of the Government of
the Kingdom of Bahrain. The
approximate average price for
the issue was 99.824pc with
the lowest accepted price
being 99.823pc.
BUSINESS
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
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Alba concludes CEO Town Hall meetings
Manama
luminium Bahrain B.S.C.
(Alba) said the company
marked the conclusion of the
series of Town Hall meetings
that were held in January.
An initiative of Alba’s
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Murray, the meetings
provided an ideal platform
A
to update employees on the
company’s performance in
2014 and its goals for the
new year. The CEO Town
Hall meetings were attended
by more than 75 per cent of
Alba’s workforce.
Each meeting comprised
of presentations on safety
achievements, operational
performance,
update
on “Project Titan” cost
improvement programme,
and
m anag e m e nt
expectations for 2015,
followed by an interactive
Q&A session.
“We believe that the best
form of communication
is direct communication,
and the Town Hall
meeting forum provides
the opportunity to explain
Alba’s performance in a
personal setting.
The meetings also provide
employees a chance to
speak openly and address
any concerns directly to the
CEO,” said Murray.
Murray conducts Town Hall Meetings for the employees.
EU leaders concern over Ukraine attack
SANCTIONS ON
RUSSIA LIKELY
Brussels
uropean Union leaders
have tasked their foreign
ministers to consider tough
new sanctions against Russia
when they meet on Thursday
in response to a bloody upsurge
in fighting blamed on Moscow.
In a rare joint statement on
Tuesday, the 28 leaders voiced
concern over what they said
was Russian support for proMoscow rebels who have made
large gains in eastern Ukraine
and targeted the key port city
of Mariupol.
“We condemn the killing
of civilians during the
indiscriminate shelling of the
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Social Responsibility meet next month
Manama
ulf
Petrochemical
Industries
Company
(GPIC)
President
Dr.
Abdulrahman Jawahery has
praised the Bahrain Society
of Engineers for hosting
the Second Bahrain Social
Responsibility Conference
next month.
The event is being held
under the patronage of
G
the Energy Minister Dr.
Abdulhussain Mirza from
February 9 to 11 in cooperation
with the National Oil and Gas
Authority and supported by
the Arab Network for Social
Responsibility.
The GPIC is the diamond
sponsor of the event. Dr.
Jawahery said the conference
will be a good opportunity
for government agencies and
11th annual MEIF in Feb
Manama
The 11th Annual Middle East Insurance Forum (MEIF 2015) will
be held in Bahrain on February 3 and 4.
The event, which will be held under the official patronage of
the Central Bank of Bahrain, will be attended by more than 500
insurance industry leaders and over 30 companies.
More than 30 industry leading speakers including Executive
Director of Central Bank of Bahrain Abdul Rahman Mohammed
Al Baker, Director General of Insurance Supervision at Sultanate
of Oman Ahmed Ali Al Mamari, Chief Executive Officer, AXA
Insurance (Gulf) Jérôme Droesch, Chief Executive Officer of Al
Madina Insurance Company Gautam Datta and Chief Executive
Officer of Arab Insurance Group Yassir Albaharna will attend
the event.
private sector institutions to
meet and discuss the latest
developments in topics related
to the care and responsibility
at the global level and how
to provide services to
communities in which all can
live better.
He called on specialists and
experts to contribute to the
success of the gathering with
their participation.
Ukrainian city of Mariupol on
Jan 24. We note evidence of
continued and growing support
given to the separatists by Russia,
which underlines Russia’s
responsibility,” they said.
EU leaders would review the
situation at their next summit
in Brussels on February 12.
Under Brussels rules the
foreign ministers will task
the European Commission,
the bloc’s executive arm, with
drawing up new sanctions,
which would then have to be
approved by the leaders.
‘Significant change’ in auditor
reporting standards: KPMG
Manama
ew and revised auditor
reporting
standards
published by the International
Auditing and Assurance
Standards Board1 (the IAASB)
represent a ‘significant change’
that enhances the nature
of communications with
stakeholders, according to
KPMG.
The new requirements
N
have been introduced to
improve transparency and
clarity regarding the auditor’s
responsibilities
when
performing an audit.
Commenting
on
the
new reporting standards,
KPMG in Bahrain’s Head of
Audit Jaffar AlQubaiti said,
“They introduced a level
of transparency in listed
companies that can enable
users to better recognize the
value of an audit.”
The most significant
change introduced is the
requirement for auditors of
listed companies to include
in their auditor’s report
descriptions of key audit
matters, which are selected
from matters discussed with
company directors.
The descriptions will
Future Perfect
outline why the auditor
judged the matter to be one of
most significance to the audit
and how they addressed it.
The revised auditor’s
report will include a
statement outlining the
auditor’s responsibilities for
‘other information’ and their
findings, as well as revised
descriptions of the auditor’s
responsibilities.
Batelco, Palo Alto Networks organise Next-Generation Security Workshop
Manama
eading telecommunications
solutions provider Batelco
in partnership with Palo
Alto Networks conducted
Next-Generation
Security
Workshop on January 15. The
workshop tapped into critical
security aspects like Datacentre
Security, Network Security and
Mobile Security.
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Palo Alto Networks offers a
natively integrated enterprise
security
platform
that
includes a next-generation
firewall, cloud-based threat
intelligence and advanced
endpoint protection. Over 50
IT managers, professionals
and business executives
participated in the oneday workshop, which was
designed to provide a platform
for interactive discussions.
Batelco General Manager
Enterprise
Division
Adel Daylami said, “By
understanding the current
threat
environment,
participants can access and
adjust their security measures
to better protect critical data
Batelco and Palo Alto Networks officials at the event.
assets.”
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Students of New Millennium School – DPS celebrated Indian Republic Day with great
enthusiasm and fervour at its campus with a special assembly.
Pledge on national integration was taken by staff and students. Quiz on ‘Incredible India’ and
classical dance depicting the Indian culture and tradition were the highlight of the assembly.
Republic Day message was given by principal Arun Kuumar Sharma.
Chairman Dr. Ravi Pillai, managing director Geetha Pillai extended their best wishes on the
occasion of Indian Republic Day.
S
t Chris will host World Scholar’s Cup
from January 30-31, in which all students
in Bahrain can participate. To register log on
to the World Scholar’s Cup website (www.
scholarscup.org) or call St Christopher’s Senior
School. Telephone 17788101.
Students who perform well in Bahrain
competition, have the chance to progress
onto the Global competition and then to the
‘Tournament of Champions’ which is to be
Sreehari
The Indian School
held at Yale University, USA.
Previously, two teams of St Chris students
took part after securing invitation at the Global
Round of the competition held in Singapore
in June.
As before, the competition involved four
rounds, featuring debating, writing and two
Students Anish Vishwakoti, Shawn Amirthan, Harsh
multi-subject tests.
Ainapure, Ali Al-Saffar, Ahmed Abdulhameed and
St Chris students were amongst 500 Hesham Albaharna of St Chris during the tournament of
scholars from over 30 countries.
champions held at Yale University, USA. (file picture)
Short story
O
nce upon a time, an old
man lived with three sons
in a village. All his three sons
were hard workers. Still, none
of them agreed with each
other and quarrelled all the
time. The old man tried a lot
to unite them but he failed.
While the villagers were surprised at their hard work and
efforts, they also made fun of
them on their fights.
Months passed by and the old
man fell sick. He talked to his
sons to stay united, but none
of his sons heard his words.
So, he decided to teach them
a practical lesson so that they
would shed off their differences and stay united.
The old man called as his sons.
He told them, “I will give you
a bundle of sticks. Separate
each stick and you will have to
break each stick into pieces of
two. The one who breaks the
sticks quickly will be rewarded
more.”
All sons agreed.
The old man gave a bundle of
10 sticks to everyone of them
and asked to break it into
pieces.
All the sons broke the sticks
into pieces in minutes.
And again they started to
quarrel among themselves as
who came first.
The old man said, “Dear sons,
the game is not over. Now I will
give another bundle of sticks
to all of you. You will have to
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break the sticks as a bundle,
not as separate sticks.”
The sons agreed and began
to break the bundle of sticks.
Unfortunately, they could not
break the bundle. They tried
very hard but failed to complete the task.
All sons said to the father
about their failure.
The old man replied, “Dear
sons, See! You could easily break the single sticks
into pieces, but you were not
able to break the bundle! The
sticks were same. So, if you
stay united, nobody can make
any harm to you. If you quarrel
every time with your brothers,
anyone can easily defeat you.
I request you to stay united.”
The three sons understood the
power of unity and promised
their father that whatever be
the problem, they would all
stay together.
CARNATIC MUSIC (BOYS) - GROUP 3
1st
GAURAV PRAKASH
2nd
ADARSH R PILLAI
3rd
PRANAV SANKAR
3rd
STEVE ANIL MATHEW
CARNATIC MUSIC (GIRLS) - GROUP 3
1st
2nd
PAVITHRA PADMAKUMAR NAMITHA ASHOK
2nd
VAISHNAVI SREEKUMAR
3rd
ROSHNI REJI
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has affirmed the government’s plans to meet the needs of the villages of the Northern Governorate. The Premier’s statements
came as he yesterday received a delegation from the inhabitants of the Northern Governorate villages representing Sehla, Abu Quwa, Deraz, Bani Jamra, Jabalat Habchi, Salmabad,
Hourat Ali and Hamad Town, led by MPs Jalal Kadhem Al-Mahfoudh, Abdulhameed Abdulhussain Al Najjar and Ghazi Faisal Al Rahmah. The citizens’ demands and expectations top
the priorities of government action, he said, explaining that the needs of the citizens of the Northern Governorate and Hamad Town are included in the government’s programmes.
Meanwhile, the Premier warned of those seeking to undermine national unity, using various means.
Minister
Undersec
egation.
was infor
expertise
In a meeting with Citi Bahrain’s
Chief Executive Officer, Mazin
Manna, the Capital Governor
Shaikh Hisham bin AbdulRahman Al Khalifa discussed current and future projects of the
Governorate to improve sustainable development. The meeting covered the ‘Green Capital’
Project which aims at producing
green-friendly businesses, promoting greenery in the country
and beautifying areas around
premises of public and private
sectors.
The Premier’s Advisor, HH Shaikh
Salman bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa paid
tribute to late Custodian of the
Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah
bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. “The world
has lost, with the death of the
late Saudi monarch, a visionary
leader who dedicated his life to
serving his people and nation”,
he said as he signed the book
of condolences at the Saudi
Embassy. He underlined the late
monarch’s strenuous efforts and
initiatives to consolidate the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) and
pan-Arab unity, saying that his
principled stances in support of
Bahrain would remain engraved
in the national memory.
Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) Chief Execu
yesterday received Moroccan Ambassador, Ahmed Rashid
ation of his country’s expatriate community in Bahrain. Th
embassy’s cooperation and coordination with LMRA offic
regulations. The two sides discussed joint cooperation, hig
lations to protect expatriate workers’ rights.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Supreme Council for Youth and
Sport (SCYS) Chairman, Bahrain
Olympic Committee President and
Royal Charity Organisation (RCO)
Chairman, HH Shaikh Nasser bin
Hamad Al Khalifa yesterday paid a
visit to Children with Special Needs
Academy to receive information
on the school’s programmes and
course of work. Shaikh Nasser was
received by the academy Chairman,
Shaikh Hamad bin Ibrahim Al
Khalifa, Education Undersecretary
for Education and Curricula Affairs,
Dr. Abdulla Yusuf Al-Mutawa and a
number of faculty members. Shaikh
Nasser toured around the academy
sections and classes. Meanwhile,
he was briefed on the workflow
and means to uplift the level of
services provided for this category
of students.
Minister of Social Development, Faeqa bint Saeed Al Saleh yesterday received British Ambassador Iain
Lindsay and stressed the growing relations with the United Kingdom. The British Ambassador hailed
the deep-rooted historical relations between the two nations and their peoples in all fields.
of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa yesterday received the UAE
cretary of the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs (MFNCA), Tariq Hilal Lootah and his delThe minister welcomed the delegation, hailing the deep-rooted fraternal bilateral relations. The delegation
rmed about Bahrain’s experience in the field on election management, within the framework of exchanging
e and consolidating fields of joint cooperation.
The Arab Regional Centre
for World Heritage (ARCWH)
Chairperson, Shaikha Mai
bint Mohammed Al Khalifa
yesterday took part in the
Global Competitiveness
Forum (GCF) 2015 which
is being held under the
theme, ‘Competitiveness
of the Government Sector.’
She described culture as
a joint social and popular
responsibility which can be
shared by all and activated
in reality.
utive Officer, Ausamah Al Absi
Khatabi and discussed the situhe Moroccan envoy stressed the
cials regarding labour rules and
ghlighting LMRA rules and regu-
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Minister of Labour and LMRA Board Chairman, Jameel Humaidan yesterday received the Libyan Ambassador, Faouzi Al Taher Abdula’ali. The
Libyan Ambassador lauded Bahrain’s policies to attract foreign investments and provide work opportunities for the citizens. He highlighted
Bahrain’s atmosphere of peace, safety and security, expressing admiration
for the Ministry of Labour’s programmes for vocational rehabilitation and
employment
Interior Ministry’s Ombudsman,
Nawaf Mohammed Al-Maawda
yesterday received a delegation
from Amnesty International,
headed by Said Boumedouha.
They reviewed matters of mutual interest pertaining to complaints and cases probed by
the Ombudsman’s office. They
reviewed the Ombudsman’s
efforts to promote professional standards and international
expertise, as well as monitoring the reform and detention
centres.
Ombudsman’s office yesterday held a specialised training course, in cooperation with
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
aimed at raising the awareness of participants
on ICRC’s role, activities, work method in detention facilities and review of key international
standards governing the treatment of prisoners.
The course was attended by members of the
Ombudsman’s office, Prisoners and Detainees
Rights Commission (PDRC), Public Prosecution,
Legal Affairs at the Interior Ministry, Inspector
General Office at National Security Agency and
Reform and Rehabilitation Directorate at the
Ministry of Interior. The Ombudsman, Nawaf
Mohammed Al Maawda expressed his delight at
holding the course, which addressed important
topics pertaining to detention places, in line
with international standards and expertise in
this field.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
I realised that if there’s going to be all this attention on
me all the time, no matter what I say, no matter what I
do, I should be saying something and speaking on behalf
of those that kind of feel like they have no voice.
Miley Cyrus
Shamitabh’s song
shot in exotic
restrooms
ELIJAH WOOD
28 January 1981
A
ctor and narrator, started his career as a child model.
He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for
Outstanding Performance for his role in The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers. His other notable films include Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sin City, and Happy Feet.
I
n an interesting move, the director has shot a
romantic track in the most exotic restrooms
of Lapland in Finland. Since the temperature
in the region was as low as -8 degrees, the team
couldn’t stay there. The cast and crew used to
travel to Lapland and back every day for a week to
complete filming.
Says Balki, “The song is all about how a
gentleman serenades his ladylove by showing
her the world’s most exotic loos. It has been shot
across locations like the Arctic Circle and Lapland.
It was challenging to shoot in the region.”
Hawaizaada makers
re-create the 1895 Era
Reese struggles with family needs
London
ctress Reese Witherspoon says
juggling the differing needs of
her three children is “hard”, but she
“manages” it.
The Wild actress has daughter
Ava, 15, and son Deacon, 11,
A
with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe
and two-year-old Tennessee with
current spouse Jim Toth, and she is
often surprised at how she manages
to cope with her busy life.
“My husband and I have a
beautiful young son and that’s
given us so much joy.
Sometimes it’s hard to
manage everything during
the day because you also
want to give your older kids
as much of your time as you
can too.
Hathaway plans road
trip to memorise lines
Los Angeles
ctress Anne Hathaway
plans to learn lines for
her upcoming one-woman
show while driving.
The actress will feature in
a show named ‘Grounded’,
which is about a fighter
pilot who is assigned to
operate drones when she
gets pregnant.
According to a source,
A
V
ibhu Puri who is making his directorial debut
with Hawaizaada, was keen to shoot the film
in real locations.
The film being set in the 1895 era, it was difficult
to find real locations.
The makers travelled extensively to remote parts,
villages all over India, before re-creating an entire
city in Gondal, Gujarat, where a major chunk of the
film has been shot.
In order to maintain the authenticity of the era
and avoid fabrication, the makers kept every single
detail in mind.
The trailer and music of the film has been
garnering a lot of appreciation from the industry
and is all set to release on January 30.
the 32-year-old will leave
on a road trip with her
husband and dog and will
memorise the lines while
travelling, reports nypost.
com.
“Anne’s
learning
41-pages of dialogue. She’s
going to drive. (Husband)
Adam Shulman’s going to
run the lines with her as
they go,” said a source.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
JLo wants
more children
Los Angeles
inger-actress Jennifer Lopez says
she wants to be blessed with another
baby.
“Kids make you believe in all kinds
of things, like how anything is possible,”
people.com quoted Lopez as saying.
The mother to six-year-old twins -- Max
and Emme -- wants to expand her family.
“I don’t know if it’s in the cards for me
because of my age, but I would love to have
another baby, to be blessed one more time,”
said the 45-year-old, who is currently
single.
“I’d love to have twins again,” she
added.
S
Kelly Hoppen exits
‘Dragons’ Den’
Los Angeles
ctress Kelly Hoppen has confirmed her
departure from TV series “Dragons’ Den”
after just two series.
Citing a “packed schedule” as the reason for
her decision to quit, there’s no confirmation
yet on just who will now step up and fill the
void left.
“I’ve had a brilliant time and made several
successful investments,” she said.
“However, due to a packed schedule and
international commitments...I sadly cannot
commit to the filming schedule. I have
thoroughly enjoyed my time on ‘Dragons’ Den’.
I will continue to work and invest in young
entrepreneurs,” she added.
A
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yourself!
Through our Celeb pages we’ve introduced
you to the world of glitz and glamour, In &
Out! So lets see how much you know about
the stars in limelight!
Kris Jenner looks like MJ: fans
Paris
ris Jenner’s fans compared the socialite to late pop
icon Michael Jackson after seeing her selfie. She
posted her selfie Sunday morning.
Dressed in a black and gold dress, Kris is seen
pouting with a friend while having dinner here, reports
mirror.co.uk.
“Why she look like MJ though,” asked one fan.“Kris
you are looking more and more like Michael Jackson
every day,” said another.“Airbrushed. Your face looks
plastic,” another user commented, and another fan
wrote: “She looks like a wax model.”
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Clue: She is one of the promising actresses
in the Bollywood. She was recently a butt of
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Revealing Diva
Victoria Beckham
Ali Zafar’s tribute
to Peshawar
attack victims
New Delhi
akistani
actor-singer
Ali Zafar has brought
together musicians, actors and
sportspersons for the video
of his new single “Urein ge”
(Will fly), to pay tribute to
the victims of the Peshawar
massacre.
According to reports, the
video will feature the likes of
cricketer Shoaib Malik, actor
Ali Kazmi, actresses Mahira
Khan and Humaima Malick.
The 34-year-old actor
tweeted to share the humbling
experience:
“Can’t explain how humbled
I feel to see the entire tv, film
and music industry come
together for a song I did about
the #PeshawarAttack”.
The artistes, who have united
for Ali’s video, also expressed
confidence in his musical effort
to honour the victims.
P
David Beckham is
beautiful: Helen Mirren
Los Angeles
ctress Helen Mirren isn’t fond of the word “beauty”,
but the actress has referred to former footballer David
Beckham as “unbelievably beautiful”.
The 69-year-old actress, who is the face of L’Oreal Paris
age perfect campaign, shared her views about beauty while
filming an advertisement, reports dailymail.co.uk.
“I don’t really like the word ‘beauty’. There are physically
beautiful people in the world (David Beckham, for instance,
is unbelievably beautiful), then there are other people that
are not beautiful, but are very attractive because of their
personality, energy, brilliance, genius: all kinds of things.”
A
Singer, former bandmate in the 90’s pop band Spice girl,
she was dubbed as Posh Spice by a British magazine. She is
also an internationally recognized fashion designer. She is
married to star footballer David Beckham. This style icon
has also made cameo appearance in TV series Ugly Betty
and guest appearances in many reality shows.
Gallagher turns
chef to de-stress
London
ormer Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher
has turned to cooking to relieve stress of
court battles.
The 42-year-old has two court battles -one over his love child with Liza Ghorbani in
New York, and his impending divorce with
Nicole Appleton. And he is trying to distress
by cooking.
“Liam’s never cooked before but it’s helped
him relax. His girlfriend Debbie Gwyther has
been showing him the ropes. He’s been having
a go at lentil stews, stir-fries and soups,” a source
said.
“It’s all part of his plan to get healthy in 2015,”
added the source.
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by John Graziano
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BEST FROM THE LOT. YOU COULD BE NEXT
A sick patient asked his
doctor, “Flu?’’
The doctor replied, “No, I
came on my bicycle actually!’’
Why did the cat go to the
hospital?
“Celebrity click”
Duane Henry
To have a CAT scan done.
YOUR STAR TODAY
ARIES
20th March - 20th April
Today might be one of the
most fortunate days of your
life, Aries. Everything you’ve
been striving for - romance, money,
creative fulfilment - could fall into
place at various times today. Expect exciting calls bringing good news. A lover
could offer congratulations.
LEO
20th July - 20th Aug
If you’re currently involved,
Leo, expect to feel a rush of
revived passion for your partner.
If you aren’t currently involved, the one
great love of your life could finally appear.
You may meet this person through work,
creative activities, or spiritual studies.
SAGITTARIUS
20th Nov - 20th Dec
Wonderful news comes from
far away, Sagittarius, possibly
involving writing, teaching, or
publishing. Creativity combines with
heightened intellectual ability to bring
success and good fortune to your door
today.
TAURUS
20th April - 20th May
Information received through
dreams and visions could trigger sudden psychic revelations of
solutions to problems you may have been
mulling over for weeks. What you realize is
likely to clear up any difficulties and pave
the way for success.
VIRGO
20th Aug - 20th Sept
You know you’re intuitive,
Virgo, but changes could take
place in your brain that elevate
your abilities beyond mere intuition.
Visions, prophetic dreams, and powerful insights into others’ thoughts and
feelings could reveal you to be a gifted
psychic.
CAPRICORN
20th Dec - 20th Jan
An enterprise you’d long since
given up on, perhaps one involving the creative arts, may
suddenly come up again, this time as a
real opportunity, Capricorn. Once you
know it’s real, you still might have trouble believing that it’s finally happening.
GEMINI
20th May - 20th June
Some unexpected calls from
friends or colleagues could bring
you wonderful news today, Gemini. A serendipitous lucky break could end
the logjam that has held up the attainment
of all your dreams. Love, money, success in
career and personal development - all seem
to be falling into place.
LIBRA
20th Sep - 20th Oct
Stress, strain, and a little conflict within a business, romantic, or creative partnership could
have you toying with the idea of ending
it, Libra. Don’t do anything rash right
now. Wait a day or so and then think
about it. This is likely to be a temporary
situation.
AQUARIUS
20th Jan - 20th Feb
Group activities or social
events could put you in contact with a new, exciting person.
You could feel a strong physical and
romantic attraction, Aquarius. If you
aren’t currently involved - and perhaps
even if you are - this might be worth
pursuing.
CANCER
20th June - 20th July
Job-related or personal
projects are apt to come to
a head now. Success is in the
air, along with a marked increase in
income and acknowledgment from
those who matter. This, of course, is
going to boost your confidence, not
to mention your mood.
SCORPIO
20th Oct - 20th Nov
A financial windfall could come
as the result of a coup that no one
expected you to pull off, Scorpio.
Everyone is likely to be very proud of you and you will be very pleased with yourself,
too. This is only the start of a fortunate new
turn in your life.
PISCES
20th Feb - 20th Mar
Whatever you’ve been trying
to accomplish over the past
several months could break loose
just the way you want it to today, Pisces.
It could come as a surprise and resemble
a logjam that finally gives way.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
CROSSWORD
Across
1- Magic stick; 5- Money-related: Abbr.; 9- The Elder or
The Younger; 13- That’s ___!; 14- Outspoken; 15- ___ and
terminer; 16- Resembling sugar; 18- Aromatic plant; 19Unprincipled; 20- State of drowsiness; 22- Apartment sign;
23- Marsh of mystery; 24- Architect Saarinen; 26- Attire;
31- ___ were you...; 34- Cereal grain; 37- Like some vbs.;
38- In spite of; 42- Mountain nymph; 43- Petty quarrel; 44CIA forerunner; 45- Strict disciplinarian; 47- Not of the
cloth; 50- Not express; 53- Swedish imports; 57- Adjustable
resistor; 61- Literary ridicule; 62- Over-50 org.; 63- Selfcentered; 65- ___ Cong; 66- Horne and Olin; 67- Internet
writing system that popularized “pwn3d” and “n00b”; 68Greek goddess of strife; 69- Caustic substances; 70- Goes
wrong;
Yesterday’s solution
Down
1- Attended; 2- Memorable mission; 3- Actor Williamson;
4- Formal order; 5- Pro; 6- Frosting; 7- Capital city of
Yemen; 8- Ecclesiastic; 9- Silver salmon; 10- Affirmative
votes; 11- Actress Hatcher; 12- Globes; 14- Actor Kilmer;
17- Abhor; 21- General Powell; 23- ___ Ark; 25- Go bad;
27- Old California fort; 28- Threesome; 29- Coop group;
30- Breakfast staple; 31- Are you ___ out?; 32- ___ song
(cheaply); 33- Tabloid tidbit; 35- Sugar amt.; 36- Stable
compartment; 39- Armed conflict; 40- Graven images; 41Loss leader?; 46- No kidding!; 48- This ___ outrage!; 49Bovine animals; 51- Shrewd; 52- Make up for wrongdoing;
54- Broadcaster; 55- Prickly plant; 56- Religious offshoots;
57- Pan’s opposite; 58- “Aquarius” musical; 59- ...___ saw
Elba; 60- Chooses; 61- Paris possessive; 64- ___ in Charlie;
BEETLE BAILEY
IN HISTORY
Hoy en la Historia
January 28, 2010
Teenager Darlene Etienne was
the last survivor pulled from the
rubble of Port-au-Prince 16 days
after a massive earthquake
devastated the Haitian capital
1855: The Panama Railway was
completed, linking the Atlantic Ocean
with the Pacific
1930: The dictatorship of Miguel
Primo de Rivera ended in Spain
1935: Iceland became the first country
in the world to legalise abortion on
socio-medical grounds
2005: New research showed that the
Turin Shroud, dismissed by carbondating as a medieval fake, could in
fact date back to the time of Christ
Picture: Associated Press
© GRAPHIC NEWS
S U D O KU
R
Little Known Facts
Our bodies contain
about 0.2 milligrams
of gold, most of it in
our blood.
How to play:
Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column
down and each 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.
Yesterday’s solution
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
ALL THE PRESIDENTS’ MEMORABILIA:
A COLLECTION LANGUISHES
Austin Wright with his father’s collection of political memorabilia.
and crates behind the orange roll-up
Serge F. Kovaleski
ordan M. Wright’s collection doors of storage units in Long Island
of political memorabilia is City, Queens.
When Mr. Wright unexpectedly
unquestionably prodigious.
Consisting of perhaps a million- died in his sleep, at 50, from an
plus items, amassed over four embolism in 2008, he took with him
decades, it includes an assortment critical knowledge of the collection
of ephemera like a George W. Bush — which was largely archived in
piñata and a portrait of Lincoln made his head but nowhere else. This left
of seeds and saplings, but also legions few options for his estate since few
of important historical artifacts, like museums can devote the time or
a George Washington picture flag money needed to sift through a vast
from his swearing in and a purse with assortment of objects. Now, Mr.
a Warren G. Harding logo that was Wright’s 23-year-old son, Austin,
used to attract newly enfranchised an aspiring political consultant, is
searching for ways to get the objects
female voters.
Hundreds of the pieces were indexed and researched so they
featured in a 2008 exhibition at the can emerge from obscurity and be
Museum of the City of New York. housed, perhaps at a new museum
Most recently, the Smithsonian in New York that his father had
Institution expressed interest in envisioned. Another option, the son
acquiring a few thousand items from explained, would be to lend some of
the collection, which was also the the items to cultural institutions or
subject of a 2008 book by Mr. Wright. show them at pop-up museums.
But the younger Mr. Wright
But today, none of the artifacts are
available for public view. For almost knows it is unlikely he can get the
seven years, the collection has been collection fully cataloged unless he
unceremoniously sitting in boxes raises substantial money — about
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$1.5 million just to get started, by one
expert’s estimate.
“My father had great stories about
how he found this stuff, but he did
not curate the collection because he
did not think he would die so young,”
Austin Wright said. He added, “For
me, this is an enormous undertaking
and a huge amount of pressure
that keeps me up at night trying to
figure out how to honor his life and
passion.”
Jordan Wright, a lawyer,
photographer and publisher who was
born in Brooklyn, started collecting
political memorabilia at the age of
10 when he stopped into a Robert
F. Kennedy presidential campaign
office in Manhattan and scooped up
a bunch of buttons. That youthful
interest would evolve into an
obsession, earning him a name within
the political collectibles world as he
shopped for items at auction houses
and fairs, as well as from private
dealers, antique shops, junk stores
and websites.
Legally, his collection is controlled
by a nonprofit organization that he set
up in 2006. He hoped that the entity,
the Museum of Democracy, would
one day create a permanent space
to showcase his memorabilia. In the
years since Jordan Wright’s death, the
collection has been overseen by the
nonprofit’s eight-member board, led
by Austin Wright.
While mayor, Michael R.
Bloomberg was so impressed by the
collection that he gave more than
$400,000 of his own money to finance
the curation of the part exhibited
at the Museum of the City of New
York. Mr. Bloomberg had visited
Mr. Wright’s SoHo apartment at the
suggestion of Kevin Sheekey, a top
aide, who had seen the collection
during a visit in 2005.
“There were banners, lanterns
and posters hanging on the walls,
and rows and rows of buttons,”
said Mr. Sheekey, now an executive
at Bloomberg L.P. “And you walk
around, and it just keeps going and
going. And you are not walking into
the Smithsonian or the Met — you
are walking into a home in SoHo.”
Mr. Sheekey said Mr. Bloomberg
had a “wow moment” during his
45-minute tour and asked the city’s
Department of Cultural Affairs to
work with the museum to include
items from the Wright collection
in the exhibition “Campaigning
for President: New York and
the American Election.” Kate
D. Levin, then the cultural affairs
commissioner, said Mr. Wright’s
dream of creating a new museum
based entirely on his collection would
be difficult to fulfill.
to look at the collection and told the
Wright family that it was interested
in acquiring between 1,000 and 3,000
objects.
The Smithsonian made clear the
collection would need to be sorted
and arranged by someone other than
the museum. And the institution
suggested that a large part of the
collection could be sold to defray
some costs of the curation and the
care of the items that the museum
might add to its collection.
But Austin Wright said he wanted
to preserve his father’s legacy and was
not interested in selling anything but
duplicates, even though storage has
cost his family about $260,000 so far.
Sarah M. Henry, deputy director
and chief curator at the Museum of
the City of New York, said there have
been some discussions about doing
another project with Jordan Wright’s
A pair of Reagan slippers from the collection.
Last year, the Smithsonian’s
National Museum of American
History in Washington sent curators
materials, but there are no concrete
plans at this point. (The New York
Times)
Mexico City swaps squats for subway rides
Mexico City
here may be no such thing
as a free lunch, but the
overweight in Mexico City will
be glad to hear there is such a
thing as a free subway ride.
Concerned health officials
in the Mexican capital hope
to get residents in shape by
offering free journeys in
return for them burning a few
extra calories.
From Monday, dozens of
stations in the city’s metro
system have been equipped
with special machines that, in
exchange for 10 squats, will
tell passengers how many
calories they burned and give
them a token for a free ride.
The so-called “health
T
stations” are a novel way
for health chiefs to draw
attention to Mexico’s dismal
obesity levels.
According to official
figures, 70 percent of adults
and nearly a third of children
are overweight or obese,
surpassing even the United
States.
“Levels of excess weight and
obesity concern us greatly.
For me, it’s the number one
public health problem,” the
capital’s health secretary Jose
Armando Ahued Ortega said
as he introduced the project,
devised by leftist mayor
Miguel Angel Mancera.
Thirty
squat-counting
machines have been installed
across the city, which will
also hand out pedometers
to the first 80,000 users to
help them track their energy
output.
With more than five
million daily users, the
subway is a vital means of
transport in the megalopolis.
Metro tickets in December
2013 went up from three to
five pesos ($0.20 to $0.34),
generating fierce criticism
from commuters in a country
where the minimum wage is
70 pesos a day. (AFP)
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Beijing
hina will hold its first
large-scale military parade
since 2009 to mark the 70th
anniversary of the end of
World War II, reports said,
with one key goal described as
being to “frighten Japan”.
China generally shies
away from the vast annual
demonstrations of military
Stricken plane parachutes into sea
US woman drowns puppy in toilet
China’s parade to ‘frighten Japan’
Washington
Florida woman allegedly
drowned a two-week-old
Doberman in a US airport
toilet because she wasn’t
allowed to board a flight with
the puppy.
Cynthia Anderson, 56,
was arrested on animal abuse
charges. Anderson tried to
board a flight at the Central
C
A
might that were a hallmark of
the Soviet Union. But it most
recently held National Day
parades in 1999 and 2009.
Los Angeles
ideo from a US Coast
Guard aircraft released on
Monday captured the drama
of a single-engine airplane and
its pilot splashing safely onto
the Pacific Ocean thanks to a
parachute inside its fuselage.
The factory-new Cirrus
SR22 was en route to Hawaii
on Sunday afternoon on a ferry
V
Nebraska Regional Airport but
was denied access to the plane
because the dog was so young
and not properly contained.
flight from the San Francisco
area when it “ran out of fuel,”
the Coast Guard said in a press
release.
Case of leaking info to journalist
EX-CIA AGENT FOUND GUILTY
Washington
former CIA officer was
convicted of espionage
charges Monday for having
leaked to a New York Times
journalist classified details of
a secret operation to thwart
Iran’s nuclear programme.
Jurors found Jeffrey Sterling,
47, guilty on all nine counts
he faced in federal court in
Alexandria, Virginia. The
conviction marked a victory
of sorts for President Barack
Obama’s administration in its
crackdown on whistleblowers.
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It has used the nearly centuryold Espionage Act to prosecute
government officials suspected
of leaking classified data.
“This is a just and appropriate
outcome,” Attorney General
Eric Holder said in a statement.
“The defendant’s ... disclosures
placed lives at risk. And they
constituted an egregious
breach of the public trust by
someone who had sworn to
uphold it.”
The case has dragged in
court for years as prosecutors
pressed Times journalist James
Risen to reveal his sources.
Risen was subpoenaed in 2008
and again in 2011 ordering him
to testify at Sterling’s trial.
US
Attorney
Dana
Boente noted that classified
information is “critical to our
national defense, and releasing
it was illegal and went against
Mr Sterling’s professional
commitments to the CIA.”
Sterling was not allowed to
share secret information with
unauthorized people, including
the media.
Sterling’s lawyer, Edward
Manila
A request by a US marine
accused of murdering a
Filipino transexual that the
case against him be thrown
out was dismissed on Tuesday,
with the Philippine justice ministry saying there was sufficient
evidence to try him.
US Marine Lance Corporal
Joseph Scott Pemberton is
accused of murdering Filipina
Jennifer Laude, 26, in the port
city of Olongapo in October.
Manila
he Philippines said on
Tuesday there was a
“high likelihood” a Malaysian
militant suspected of being
behind the 2002 Bali bombings
was killed in a chaotic operation
in the country’s south that left
44 police dead.
Sunday’s offensive against
“high-value targets” including
Zulkifli bin Hir -- one of the
United States’s most wanted
militants with a $5 million
bounty on his head -- turned
into a bloodbath.
Nearly 400 highly-trained
Philippine policemen took
part in the operation in the
remote southern farming town
of Mamasapano to arrest top
militants -- including Zulkifli,
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Philippines won’t dismiss
US Marine’s murder case
Jeffrey A. Sterling, a former C.I.A. officer, and his wife, Holly, leaving the courthouse in Alexandria, Va., after his conviction.
Bali bombings fugitive
suspected to be killed
Extradite
‘megahacker’
to US: Court
The Hague
Dutch court ruled on
Tuesday that a Russian
accused of one of the largest US
corporate hacks of more than
160 million credit card details
can be extradited to the US.
“The Dutch state may
extradite Russian hacker
Vladimir Drinkman to the
United States,” The Hague
district court said in a
statement.
Drinkman, who is wanted
along with four others in
the case, would prefer to be
extradited to Russia, where his
young daughter and ex-wife
live.
MacMahon Jr., told The New
York Times he would try to
get the verdict dismissed and
if that failed, he would file an
appeal.
From November 1998
through May 2000, Sterling
was assigned to a classified
clandestine
operational
programme designed to
undermine the Iranian nuclear
weapons programme, officials
said. He was reassigned in May
2000 and later that year he
began civil actions against the
CIA.
A woman crosses country skis on snow covered roads during
a blizzard in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday. (Reuters)
12 arrested over gay wedding in Nigeria
Kano
Twelve young men were
arrested in the north Nigerian
city of Kano for allegedly planning a gay wedding, the Islamic
law-enforcement agency, the
Hisbah, said on Tuesday.
The suspects, most of them
teenagers, were detained at a
popular resort on the outskirts
of the city, said the head of the
Hisbah, Aminu Daurawa.
who is also known as Marwan
-- but were ambushed by
Islamist fighters.
They managed to escape
but strayed into territory
controlled by a different
militant group, sparking
another firefight.
“There is a high likelihood
according to the participants
that Marwan was killed in
the operations, but this
needs confirmation,” Interior
Secretary Manuel Roxas told a
news conference.
Zulkifli bin Hir is a
bombmaker for the Jemaah
Islamiyah (JI) group, which
staged the 2002 bombings in
Bali that claimed 202 lives,
and other deadly attacks in
southeast Asia. (AFP)
Offline
Facebook, Instagram suffer hour-long outage
Washington
acebook, the world’s most
popular social network,
and its Instagram photo site
were interrupted temporarily
on Tuesday, provoking panic,
rumours of a hack, and jokes
of how more than one billion
users were struggling to cope.
“This was not the result of
a third party attack,” Facebook
said in a statement after its
F
services were restored. The
outage “occurred after we
introduced a change that
affected our configuration
systems,” it added.
The breakdown, at around
0615 GMT, reportedly lasted
an hour and hit users in the
United States, Europe and
Asia, with both sites showing
error messages.
With users disabled from
posting selfies or the latest
details of their personal lives,
many rushed to Twitter
to complain and joke, with
“#facebookdown”
and
“#SocialMeltdown2015”
rapidly trending.
Some joked about how they
had been able to read real
books during the enforced
social media pause.
“Status Update: Facebook
is Down!!!” Twitter user @
kingpodge posted, in a
photographed handwritten
note. The last time Facebook
was down was last September.
(AFP)
‘Papal suicide
attack report
probed’
Manila
he Philippines investigated
a report that a Malaysian
suicide bomber was planning to
try to kill Pope Francis during
the pontiff’s visit to Manila
this month, Interior Secretary
Manuel Roxas said on Tuesday.
Filipino police and soldiers
threw up a massive operation
involving
nearly
40,000
personnel to protect the pope
during the January 15-19 visit,
which went off without any
reported security incidents.
“Around the time of
the papal visit, there was
unsubstantiated intelligence
about a Malaysian national
who supposedly had a plan,
either through a backpack or a
vest, to be a suicide bomber,”
Roxas told reporters. “But we
followed all the leads and we
found no substantiation,” he
said without elaborating.
The pope’s visit to Asia’s
Catholic bastion saw the pontiff
draw massive crowds. (AFP)
T
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Americans confusing Sikhs for Muslims: Study
Washington
Robert Macpherson
M
ore than a decade after 9/11,
Americans who come across a
turban-wearing Sikh are still prone
to mistaking him for a Muslim,
according to a study released on
Monday.
Sixty percent of Americans who
participated in the study by the
Probe into
NATO jet
crash
Los Llanos Military Base,
Spain
fficials investigated on
Tuesday how a fighter jet
crashed during NATO training
exercises at an air force base
in Spain, killing 11 military
personnel leaving others with
serious burns.
Nine French and two Greek
personnel died and about 20
people were injured after the
two-seater F-16 crashed into
parked aircraft at the Los
Llanos base in southeastern
Spain.
O
Five coal miners kidnapped
in Pakistan
Islamabad
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped five coal miners in
Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday.
Police sources said that the
militants kidnapped seven
miners belonging to the
Pakistan Mineral Development
Corporation but the kidnappers later freed two miners.
Arson case against Bangla
opposition leader Zia
Dhaka
Bangladesh police said on
Tuesday they have charged
opposition leader Khaleda Zia
with “abetting” an arson attack
during a period of deadly political unrest in the country.
At least 36 people have died
in anti-government protests
unleashed by Zia’s January 4
call for a nationwide transport
blockade.
From the Heart
non-profit National Sikh Campaign
admitted to knowing nothing about
the Sikhs who live, study and work
in their midst. When shown a photo
of a smiling older Sikh male in a red
turban, 28 per cent of respondents
thought he was Middle Eastern and
20pc believed he was Muslim.
Thirty-five per cent thought he
might be from India, or of Indian
descent. Only 11pc correctly
identified him as Sikh.
Shown a fashionable young
woman with knee-length hair -- the
Sikh faith discourages hair-cutting
for either sex -- 20pc described her
as Middle Eastern. No one thought
she was Sikh.
“We have been very much part
of the American fabric, and yet
we are not well known, and often
misunderstood,” said Rajwant Singh,
co-founder and senior adviser of the
National Sikh Campaign. “Frankly
speaking, we are just tired of
being the target and we want to be
understood.”
The first Sikhs emigrated to the
United States from what was then
British-ruled India a century ago.
Today, the Sikh American
community numbers between
200,000 and 500,000. (AFP)
Pleas on religion, climate change
OBAMA’S INDIA
SOJOURN ENDS
New Delhi
Trudy Harris
U
S President Barack Obama
urged India to promote
religious tolerance and do more
to combat global warming on
Tuesday as he wrapped up a
visit aimed at forging a new
friendship between the world’s
largest democracies.
Speaking to an audience of
mainly young people, Obama
said the US could be India’s
“best partner” but put pressure
on his hosts over a range of
political and social issues,
including women’s rights.
The US president also said
US President Obama shakes hands with the crowd after delivering a speech at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi on Tuesday.
their countries could forge “one warned the war against climate
of the defining partnerships change would not “stand a
of this century,” even as he chance” without India.
New chapter
in ties: Modi
New delhi
s
US
President
B a r a c k
Obama left
India, Prime
Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday
said his visit has taken
the bilateral relations to
a new level and opened a
new chapter. “Farewell @
WhiteHouse! Your visit has
taken India-USA ties to a
new level & opened a new
chapter. Wish you a safe
journey,” Modi tweeted as
Obama took off for Saudi
Arabia, concluding his
three-day trip here.
The White House also
thanked Modi and the
Indian people for making
the visit memorable. “Thank
you @NarendraModi for
a memorable visit, and to
the Indian people for their
warm welcome,” the White
House said in a tweet.
A
“India and the United States
are not just natural partners
-- I believe that America
can be India’s best partner,”
said Obama after receiving
a rapturous welcome from a
group of around 1,500 people.
Obama, however, weighed in
on two sensitive issues in India
before departing for Saudi
Arabia, saying women should
not only have equal rights but
be safe to “walk the street”.
“Every woman should be
able to go about her day, to
walk the street, or ride the bus,
and be safe and be treated with
the respect and dignity that she
deserves,” he said. (AFP)
Indonesia calls off AirAsia search
T
Pangkalan Bun
he Indonesian military on
Tuesday called off efforts
to recover the wreckage of an
AirAsia plane that crashed into
the Java Sea last month, after
failing to find any more bodies
inside the fuselage.
Flight QZ8501 went down
on December 28 in stormy
weather with 162 people on
board, during what was
supposed to be a short trip
from the Indonesian city of
Surabaya to Singapore.
Search and rescue teams
failed repeatedly in recent
days to lift the main body of
the Airbus A320-200, where
officials had hoped to find the
majority of the victims.
The navy, which has
provided much of the
personnel and equipment for
the rescue effort, said Tuesday
it was withdrawing as the badly
damaged fuselage was too
difficult to lift and no more
bodies had been located.
“All of our forces are
being pulled out,” said Rear
Admiral Widodo, a navy
official overseeing the search
and rescue operation. “We
apologise to the families of the
victims.”
So far just 70 bodies have
been recovered. (AFP)
US President Barack Obama talks with children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi in New Delhi on Tuesday. Satyarhi’s wife
Sumedha (L), children, with whom Satyarthi works with, and
first lady Michelle Obama are also seen. (Reuters)
Modi, Obama share humble beginnings on radio show
New Delhi
ndian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and US President Barack
Obama bonded over their humble
beginnings on a radio show aired
on Tuesday. The 30-minute prerecorded edition of ‘Mann ki Baat’
(‘From the Heart’) was on air just
after Obama left the country.
Obama co-hosted Modi’s
monthly radio show and took
I
questions from Indian listeners in
a more informal setting.
The leaders of the world’s
largest democracies spoke of their
humble backgrounds and the vast
opportunities that helped them
rise to the top.
“I think both of us have been
blessed with extraordinary
opportunity, coming from
relatively humble beginnings,”
Obama said in answer to a
question.
“When I think about what’s
best in America and what’s best
in India, the notion that a tea
seller or somebody who is born
to a single mother, like me, could
end up leading our countries is
an extraordinary example of the
opportunities that exist within our
countries,” he said.
Modi added that he had never
imagined holding the country’s
top office “because, as Barack
said, I came from a very humble
background”.
As the son of a lower-caste
tea vendor, Modi’s backstory
is often compared to Obama’s
inspirational rise to become
America’s first black president.
(AFP)
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Hollande vows to fight racism in France
Paris
resident Francois Hollande
on Tuesday vowed to
combat “unbearable” rising
anti-Semitism in France, after
figures showed anti-Jewish acts
doubled over the past year.
“France is your homeland,”
Hollande said at a Holocaust
P
memorial in Paris, vowing that
the government will present “a
wide-ranging plan to counter
racism and anti-Semitism by
the end of February.”
He spoke after the country’s
main Jewish group CRIF said
that anti-Semitic acts registered
in France had soared to 851 in
2014, from 423 the previous
year. Acts of physical violence
jumped to 241 from 105.
“These anti-Semitic acts
represent 51 per cent of racist
acts committed in France while
Jews make up only one percent
of the French population,” said
the group in a statement.
The numbers were released
as world leaders readied to
mark the 70th anniversary of
the liberation of the Auschwitz
death camp in Poland and less
than three weeks after Islamist
attacks in Paris left 17 people
dead, including four Jewish
men taken hostage at a kosher
supermarket. France is home
to Europe’s largest Jewish
population, estimated to be
between 500,000 and 600,000,
as well as the continent’s largest
Muslim population, estimated
at around five million.
The CRIF group said there
was a “very significant and
very worrying increase in the
violence of anti-Semitic acts”
and warned that “anti-Semitic”
prejudices were rife in the
country.
Hollande said “conspiracy
theories” and hatred for Israel,
spread via social media, were
fuelling the attacks. (AFP)
9 KILLED IN LIBYA
Armed men storm Tripoli hotel
Libyan security forces surround Tripoli’s central Corinthia Hotel (R) on Tuesday in Tripoli. (AFP)
themselves up, he said.
The dead included three
security guards killed in the
initial attack, five foreigners
shot dead by the gunmen and
a hostage who died when the
attackers blew themselves up,
he said.
At least five people were
also wounded during the
assault, including two Filipina
employees hurt by broken glass
from the car bomb explosion,
he said.
The nationalities of the
foreigners killed and the
person taken hostage were not
immediately known, but Naass
said two of the foreigners were
women.
The hotel’s 24th floor
is normally used by Qatar’s
mission to Libya but no
diplomats or officials were
present during the assault, a
security source said.
The head of Libya’s selfdeclared government, Omar
Al-Hassi, was also inside the
hotel at the time of the attack
but was evacuated safely, Naass
said.
In a brief statement on
Twitter, the Tripoli branch of
the Islamic State jihadist group
claimed responsibility for the
attack, the SITE Intelligence
monitoring
group
said.
(AFP)
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates addresses the audience
of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI)
conference in Berlin on Tuesday. (Reuters)
Five held in anti-jihadist raid
Tripoli
unmen stormed a hotel
in Tripoli popular with
diplomats and officials Tuesday
in an attack claimed by the
Islamic State group (IS), killing
at least nine people including
five foreigners before blowing
themselves up.
After setting off a car bomb
outside the luxury Corinthia
Hotel in Libya’s capital,
three armed militants rushed
inside and opened fire, Issam
Al-Naass, a spokesman for the
security services, said.
They made it to the 24th
floor of the hotel, which is a
major hub for diplomatic and
government activity in Tripoli,
before being surrounded by
security forces and blowing
Militants kill soldier, two
police officers in Kashmir
Greek PM unveils anti-austerity govt
Srinagar
Suspected militants in Kashmir
on Tuesday killed an army
colonel and a police officer
during a gun battle outside
the restive region’s main city
of Srinagar, police said.
Another police officer later
died of injuries sustained in
the firefight, while two suspected rebels were also killed
during the encounter.
Athens
reece’s prime minister,
Alexis Tsipras, has lined
up a formidable coterie of
academics, human rights
advocates, mavericks and
visionaries to participate in
Europe’s first anti-austerity
government.
Displaying few signs of
backing down from pledges
to dismantle punitive belt-
G
G
Alexis Tsipras
tightening measures at the
heart of the debt-choked
country’s international rescue
programme, the leftwing
radical put together a 40-strong
cabinet clearly aimed at
challenging Athens’ creditors.
In a taste of what lies
ahead, Yanis Varoufakis,
the flamboyant new finance
minister, told reporters en
route to the government’s
swearing-in ceremony that
negotiations
would
not
Montpellier
t least five people were
arrested during an antijihadist operation in southern
France that was still ongoing
early Tuesday, a security source
said.
The operation took place in
the small town of Lunel east
A
continue with the hated troika
of officials representing foreign
lenders.
“They have already begun
but not with the troika,” said
Varoufakis, an economist
who has disseminated his
anti-orthodox views via blogs
since the debt crisis exploded
in Athens in late 2009 –
something he promised on
Tuesday to continue to do.
of Montpellier in southern
France, from where around 20
young people have left for Syria.
Six of them, aged 18 to 30,
have been killed since October.
Crack French security forces
launched the operation at 6:00
am local time in a building in
the centre of the town.
Moscow blasts US spy arrest
Moscow
Moscow on Tuesday blasted
the United States over the
arrest of an alleged Russian
spy, condemning the move
as a “provocation” that would
further damage already tattered ties.
“The United States has decided to launch the latest stage
of its anti-Russian campaign,”
the foreign ministry said in a
statement.
Out of Syllabus
Lessons of gun training for Pak teachers
Peshawar
eachers in northwest
Pakistan are being given
firearms training and will
be allowed to take guns into
the classroom in a bid to
strengthen security following
a Taliban massacre at a school
last month.
“Carrying firearms for every
teacher is not obligatory, but
all those who want to carry
firearms to schools willingly
will be provided with permits,”
Atif Khan, provincial education
minister for the province of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said on
Tuesday.
Provincial
Information
Minister Mushtaq Ghani
confirmed the decision, adding
that the province was unable to
provide police guards for all of
its government-run education
institutions.
“The number of police in
T
the province is not enough to
guard 35,000 schools, colleges
and universities -- that’s why
we have allowed teachers to
carry firearms,” Ghani said.
Authorities began training
teachers in how to use guns
last week and the latest batch
of female trainees started
learning the ropes on Tuesday.
“It’s a two-day course. We
are training them on gun
handling and also on (the)
procedure of using it,” said
Mohammad Latif, a trainer
at police headquarters in
Peshawar.
Pakistan
has
already
strengthened security for
schools across the country,
including by building elevated
boundary walls with steel wire
fencing.
Private schools have been
ordered to deploy extra
security guards. Malik Khalid
Khan, the president of the
Private Schools Teachers
Association, opposed the move
to arm teachers. (AFP)
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
quires experienced Personnel for
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Reaching the right audience
ASIAN-STYLE
TOFU STIR FRY
WITH SOY, CHILLI
AND HONEY
Take care to squeeze out any excess water from the
tofu to get the maximum flavour from the marinade.
INGREDIENTS:
17256470
For the stir fried rice
2 tbsp vegetable oil
¼ onion, finely sliced
1 garlic clove, crushed
55g/2oz tofu, cut into pieces
¼ Romero pepper, chopped
handful spinach leaves
150g/5½oz basmati rice, cooked according to packet
instructions and drained
2 tbsp soy sauce
½ lime, juice only
PREPARATION
For the marinated tofu, combine all the marinade
ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
Add the tofu, coat in the mixture and allow to marinate
for 5-10 minutes or longer if possible.
Heat a wok over a medium heat and fry for 5-10
minutes until golden-brown all over.
For the rice, heat the oil in a pan and fry the onions
and garlic for 2-3 minutes until softened, then add
the (unmarinated) tofu pieces and the pepper and fry
until the tofu is turning golden on the outside. Add
the spinach, rice, soy sauce and lime juice and heat
through for a further 3-4 minutes.
Serve the rice with the Asian marinated tofu on top.
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For the marinated tofu
2 tbsp olive oil
½ lime, zest and juice
large pinch chilli flakes
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp honey
100g/3½oz tofu, cut into pieces
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MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE, 2009
model for sale. KM 60000, engine size 3701 - 3800 CC. Price
BD 4,700. Contact: 33794250
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BMW 7-SERIES, 2007 model
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size 1901 - 2000 CC. Price BD
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TOYOTA FORTUNER, 2013
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engine Size 4000+CC. Price BD
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MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE, 2009
model for sale. KM 60000, engine size 3701 - 3800 CC. Price
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NISSAN ALTIMA, 2005 model
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SPORTS
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Dr. Al Haddad to attend Anti-Doping events
DT News Network
Manama
B
ahrain
Olympic
Committee’s
(BOC)
Anti-Doping
Committee
chairman Dr Hussain Al
Haddad will be attending two
anti-doping related events in
Opening
round win
for Gulf Air
DT News Network
Manama
G
ulf Air after a four-year
absence returned to the
Bahrain Industrial Bowling
League in the first round of
action at the Fun Land Centre
in Manama with an 8-0 win over
Electricity and Water Authority
(EWA). Top scorers were Essa
Mudhafar (265) high game and
(598) high series for Gulf Air
and Onofre Gunran (208) game
and (591) series for EWA.
Banagas crushed GPIC 8-0
thanks to a fine individual
performance by Osama Khalifa
with a (277) high game of the
week and (717) high series of
the week and for GPIC top
scorer was Hussain Al Qaseer
(216) game and (593) series.
Ministry of Industry and
Commerce (MOIC) were 6-2
winners over Tatweer with top
scorers Jehad Kaddooura (256)
game and (685) for the winners
and Abdul Hameed Maraghi
(236) game and (599) series for
Tatweer.
Other scores: Batelco (Fawaz
Abdulla (269) game, (703
series) bt Pioneers (Mahmood
Rajab (244) game, (591) series)
8-0. BDF (Shaker Darrag (235)
game, (655) series) drew with
Asry (Ahmed Fareed (241)
game, (602) series) 4-4.
Tokyo, Japan this week. He
will first attend the Second
International Conference on
the Pharmaceutical Industry
and the Fight against Doping
‘New Developments for Clean
Sport and Society’ Tuesday.
He then will be present at
the 2015 International Anti-
Doping Seminar taking place
Wednesday.
Representatives from across
the pharmaceutical and antidoping communities will explore
ways to help protect the rights of
clean athletes and to restrict the
abuse of licensed and unlicensed
medicines.
The conference is co-hosted
by the World Anti-Doping
Agency (WADA), the Ministry
of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology of
Japanese Government (MEXT),
the Japan Anti-Doping Agency
(JADA) and UNESCO will
include
discussions
on
Volvo Ocean Race
CHINESE TEAM
MAKE HISTORY
An action from the Race
Sanya
Chinese sailing team led
by a French captain took
the third leg of the Volvo
Ocean Race on Tuesday,
crossing the finish line in
home waters to make history
as the event’s first Chinese
stage winners.
Charles Caudrelier and
his Dongfeng Race Team
arrived in Sanya on the
southern Chinese island of
Hainan, 23 days 13 hours
31 minutes and 38 seconds
after setting out from
A
Abu Dhabi.
The team are backed by
Chinese carmaker Dongfeng,
which has joint ventures
with French manufacturers
Renault and Peugeot and a
stake in the latter.
Dongfeng were billed as
underdogs at the start of
the race -- like the only two
previous Chinese entries in
the race’s 41-year history
-- but the crew performed
heroics to finish second in
both the first two stages,
from Alicante to Cape
Town, and then onto Abu
Dhabi.
They started the third leg
as one of three joint leaders,
but now hold an outright
advantage in the 12th edition
of the 38,739 nautical mile
(nm) contest, with six legs
to go before the finale in
Gothenburg on June 27.
The Chinese team led for
much of the 4,670nm stage
through the Gulf, the Bay
of Bengal, the Malacca and
Singapore Straits and the
South China Sea. (AFP)
Al Sayed, Hansen
win Order of Merit
DT News Network
Manama
M
Hanne Hansen in action
ohammed
Al
Sayed
enjoyed
wins in both the
men’s gross (74) and
nett (70) divisions of
the Royal Golf Club’s
first Order of Merit
competition of the year,
followed by runner-up
Barry Hobday in both
categories with gross
(76) and nett (71 on
count back).
Former Lady Captain
Hanne Hansen achieved
the same feat in the ladies
divisions, winning the
gross (88) and the nett
(75) sections. Around
80 golfers competed in
the monthly Members’
event and prizes will be
presented to the winners
at the next Members’
Social
Evening
tomorrow night.
Results: Gents Gross:
1. Mohamed Al Sayed
(74), 2. Barry Hobday
(76), 3. Rob Lane (77).
Gents Nett: 1. Mohamed
Al Sayed (70), 2. Barry
Hobday (71 on count
back), 3. David Wales
(71). Ladies Gross: 1.
Hanne Hansen (88), 2.
Danielle Sheppard (96),
3. Debbie Lane (98).
Ladies Nett: 1. Hanne
Hansen (75), 2. Dagfrid
Berge (78), 3. Debbie
Lane (80). Juniors Nett:
1. Saud Al Sharif (74),
2. Stewart Hutchinson
(80), 2s Club: Rob Lane.
a number of topics such as
societal and economic risks
of doping, challenges in antidoping and the role of the
Biopharmaceutical Industry,
collaborative
perspectives
for the Biopharmaceutical
Industry and anti-doping
authorities in the future.
Dr Hussain Al Haddad
Grace snaps up second
European Tour title
Gavin Campbell,
Director of Instruction,
Royal Golf Club
randen Grace put together a
superb back nine as he edged out
Marc Warren to collect his second
European Tour title of the season at
the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
The red-hot South African came
home in just 31 blows, including a stunning eagle at the 16th,
and he held his nerve to roll in a four-foot putt for a closing
birdie that capped a faultless six-under 66 for a winning score
of 19 under par.
Warren also hit the birdie trail on the inward stretch, picking
up four shots in five holes before his attempt to force a play-off
came up agonisingly short as his 25-foot birdie putt at the last
slipped past the cup on the right.
Grace had opened with a confident birdie, but he struggled
to make anything happen on the greens as he strung together
10 straight pars before breaking the sequence with a welcome
birdie at the 12th.
The 26-year-old got another birdie putt to drop at the 14th
before he suddenly pulled away from the field with a moment
of
sheer
brilliance at the
drivable parfour 16th, where
he drilled a
driver to five feet
and calmly
nailed the putt
for a two.
Grace two-putted the 17th from 60 feet and was unable to
go for the green in two at the par-five last after blocking his
drive, but he clipped a pure wedge from the first cut to four
feet and the subsequent putt never looked anywhere else but
dead centre.
Warren also got off to a great start with two opening birdies,
but he gave one back at the fifth and then came to grief at the
tough par-three eighth, where his tee shot found water and he
ran up a double-bogey five.
To his credit, the Scot staged a remarkable comeback as he
birdied the next two holes before hauling himself level with
Grace on 18 under after sinking his fourth birdie putt in five
holes at the 17th.
But Warren was also forced to lay up at the last, and he
was unable to match the excellence of Grace’s wedge a few
moments beforehand as he left himself 20 short of the target
and misjudged the amount of break on the putt.
Bill Haas landed his second Humana Challenge title after a
narrow one-shot victory in a tight contest at La Quinta.
Beginning the day in a four-way tie at the top of the
leaderboard, the world No 41 posted a closing five-under 67
to finish 22-under in a congested field where five players tied
for second. Needing par on the 18th to secure the trophy he
previously won in 2010, Haas found his ball precariously placed
on the edge of a bunker from the tee shot.
The American considered various unorthodox shots before
safely punching the ball out, with a well-measured third shot
leaving Haas two putts from 20 feet to take the title.
Rookie Justin Thomas, who shared the third-round lead with
Haas, Erik Compton and first-round leader Michael Putnam,
ended with a three-under 69 and tied for seventh with Webb
Simpson and Boo Weekley. Phil Mickelson marked his first
competitive appearance in four months by finishing seven shots
back on 15-under, level with world No 15 Patrick Reed.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Bojan out for the season
Neymar target’s Olympic salvation
Rio de Janeiro
arcelona and Brazil star
Neymar is gunning for
Olympic glory with Brazil to
make up for last year’s World
Cup disappointment.
The World Cup brought
double hurt for the 22-year-old
as not only did the Selecao fail
for a second time after 1950 to
win but he missed the semi-
B
S
final debacle against Germany
through injury. Brazil have
also so far failed to win an
Olympic crown.
Ya Konan
in Hanover
Berlin
vory Coast forward Didier
Ya Konan is returning
to play for Bundesliga side
Hanover just six months after
he was transferred to Saudi
outfit Al-Ittihad, the lower
Saxony side announced on
Tuesday.
Hanover coach Tayfun
Korkut said that Ya Konan
was a player with “exceptional
qualities” who would give his
attack more variety.
In his first spell with the
club from 2009 to 2014, Ya
Konan played 125 games and
scored 39 goals.
T
he Sixth Huawei GCC
Football U23-Olympic
Team
Championship
concludes this evening at the
Bahrain National Stadium
in Riffa with the third place
play-off kicking off at 3.45pm
between the two one-time
winners UAE and Oman,
followed at 6.45pm by the
final featuring two-time
winner Saudi Arabia and
Kuwait, who are looking for
its maiden title.
In the semi-finals, Kuwait
won through 5-4 on suddendeath penalties after a 1-1
in regulation time against
Oman.
opening goal.
Scans revealed the Spaniard
had ruptured the cruciate
ligament in his left knee and
will now require an operation
to repair the damage.
An action from the match.
Mongomo
ndre Ayew’s late diving
header secured Ghana a
2-1 win over South Africa and
qualification to the Africa Cup
of Nations quarter-finals as
Group C winners.
Mandla Masango gave
South Africa the lead in the
17th minute, when he smashed
home past Ghana goalkeeper
Razak Braimah from outside
the box.
The Black Stars drew level
in the 73rd minute through
defender John Boye, whose
drilled shot screamed under
a diving goalkeeper Nhlanhla
Khuzwayo.
Then Ayew then grabbed
the winner in the 83rd minute
through a diving header off a
cross by Abdul Rahman Baba.
That left Ghana as Group
C winners on six points with
Algeria finishing second, also
on six points after they beat
Senegal 2-0 in the other game
being played simultaneously in
Malabo.
This was Ghana’s first win at
the Nations Cup against Bafana
Bafana after two defeats and
a draw.
After a tentative start by
Narine
pulls out
of WI
squad
both teams, Ghana threatened
the South Africa goal twice in
quick succession by the sixth
minute.
First, a header by Jonathan
Mensah off a Mubarak Wakaso
free kick missed the target and
moments later, South Africa
goalkeeper Khuzwayo failed to
hold on to a low drive, Jordan
Ayew pounced on the rebound,
but it was cleared off the line
for a corner by Mathoho.
After South Africa went in
front against the run of play,
Ghana poured forward in
search of an equalising goal.
(AFP)
St. John’s
ighly-rated offspinner
Sunil
Narine on Tuesday
pulled out of the
West
Indies
World
Cup
squad, saying
he
needed
more time to
work on his
H
London
ed Bull team principal Christian Horner said Tuesday his outfit
would give Mercedes a closer-run contest than they did last year
come the new Formula One season.
Mercedes won the Constructors Championship last season and
although Red Bull were runners-up they were still nearly 300 points
behind the title-winners.
That followed a poor pre-season testing session in Jerez, Spain, with
the UK-based Red Bull managing a mere 21 laps in four days.
However, Red Bull improved as the campaign wore on, with
Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo winning three races.
But although new regulations prevent development of the engine,
teams can fine tune their systems via the use of ‘tokens’ and Horner
expects Red Bull to push Mercedes from the off this season.
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bowling action.
The 26-year-old has undergone
“intense remedial work” after
being suspended from last year’s
Champions League Twenty20 for an
illegal action, the West Indies Cricket
Board (WICB) said in a statement.
Narine was ruled to have exceeded
the the 15-degree flexion allowance,
the Board explained.
But Narine said he still needed
Say Cheese
Tiger Woods explains tooth-hit episode
Scottsdale
iger Woods, who had a
front tooth knocked out by
a video cameraman last week,
displayed a full smile Tuesday
after a nine-hole practice round
ahead of the Phoenix Open.
“Every sport you get teeth
knocked out,” Woods said.
“Unfortunately
I
wasn’t
actually competing and got
teeth knocked out.”
T
down the slopes fastest,
leaving slalom World Cup
leader Felix Neureuther of
Germany trailing by 0.79sec.
Red Bull have
Mercedes in
their sights
GHANA
TRIUMPH
Huawei GCC A
DT News Network
Manama
Schladming
lexander Khoroshilov of
Russia was the surprise
leader after the first leg of
Tuesday’s floodlit World Cup
slalom at Schladming.
Khoroshilov, 30, has only
managed a single top three
finish in his entire career, in
Are in December, but amid
heavy snowfalls, he sped
A
Ayew stars for Ghana
I
concludes
today
London
toke City forward Bojan
Krkic will miss the rest of
the season with a knee injury,
the English Premier League
club said Tuesday.
The 24-year-old suffered
cruciate knee ligament damage
during the Potters’ 4-1 FA Cup
fourth round win at Rochdale
on Monday, having scored the
Khoroshilov leads after first leg
Just down the road from
where the Seattle Seahawks
and New England Patriots
will meet in Sunday’s NFL
Super Bowl spectacle, 14-time
major winner Woods’ first
PGA Tour event since the
PGA
Championship
last
August after a back injury was
commanding the golf world’s
attention.
“My speed is back up again
and that’s fun,” Woods said.
“I’m touching numbers I did
15 years ago and that’s cool.”
But far greater than the state
of his game was the interest in
the state of his teeth after one
was chipped and another was
cracked on January 19 when
he was struck in the mouth
while watching cameramen
photograph his girlfriend,
Lindsey Vonn, after she won
her record 63rd World Cup ski
race in Italy.
Woods had been wearing a
skeleton mask from a video
game over his lower face,
trying to conceal his presence
at the ski event.
Woods said one of his teeth
was knocked out and another
suffered severe cracks that
kept him from eating or
drinking.
time before taking to the World Cup
stage. “Whilst I am very happy with
the progress made to date with my
action.....I am withdrawing from the
World Cup,” he said. “Going into the
World Cup is a little too much too
soon and, after consulting the WICB,
for both West Indies and my sake we
have decided to delay my return to
cricket until I am 100% confident in
all that I do,” he added.
SPORTS
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Ryan throws deciding TD
Fernandez
bids for third title
Stockholm
pain’s Javier Fernandez will
bid for a third consecutive
title at the European figure
skating championships starting
in Stockholm on Wednesday
as a trio of Russian teenagers
headline the women’s event.
The first big championship
since last year’s Winter
Olympics in Sochi, the
Vorm gets Pochettino support
London
ottenham
Hotspur
goalkeeper Michel Vorm
received a vote of confidence
on Tuesday from manager
Mauricio Pochettino, who said
he didn’t intend to drop him
for Wednesday’s League Cup
semi-final second leg tie.
Pochettino’s men bowed
out of the FA Cup with a 2-1
defeat by Leicester City at
T
S
Rangers board agrees
£10m Ashley loan
London
Crisis club Rangers have
agreed a £10 million emergency loan deal with Mike
Ashley’s Sports Direct company, the fallen Scottish giants
announced Tuesday.
Without the fresh injection of
funds from Ashley, the owner
of English Premier League club
Newcastle, the Glasgow side
risked being unable to cover
pay checks due to be delivered
on Thursday, with Rangers saying their position had been
“perilous” for several months.
Park in
doping
shock
Seoul
outh Korean Olympic
swimming star and national
icon Park Tae-Hwan fought to
clear his name on Tuesday as he
reeled from the shock news that
he failed a doping test.
The four-time Olympic
medallist blamed an injection
given by a hospital for the result,
the second high-profile Asian
swimming case in recent months
after China’s Sun Yang. In a
statement, Park’s management
agency Team GMP said the
25-year-old -- dubbed “Marine
Boy” and with an Asian Games
pool bearing his name -- was
stunned by the news. The agency
said he was injected at a South
Korean hospital while receiving
chiropractic treatment before
last year’s Asiad in Incheon.
S
continental
showpiece
should offer some surprises
in the men’s and ice dancing
events.
Eto’o leaves Everton for Sampdoria
London
amuel Eto’o has completed
his move from Everton to
Italian club Sampdoria, signing
a two-and-a-half-year deal, the
English Premier League side
announced Tuesday.
The 33-year-old Cameroon
striker joined Everton on a
free transfer from Chelsea in
August. Everton boss Roberto
S
White Hart Lane on Saturday,
with Vorm’s error deep into
stoppage-time gifting the
visitors the winning goal when
a scuffed shot from Jeffrey
Schlupp evaded his grasp.
SHARAPOVA
ADVANCES
Melbourne
e c o n d
seed
Maria
Sharapova
sent
rising star Eugenie
Bouchard into a tailspin
with an imperious display
Tuesday, setting up an
Australian Open women’s
semi-final with enigmatic
fellow Russian Ekaterina
Makarova.
Five-time Grand Slam
champion Sharapova, 27,
flicked aside the Canadian
seventh seed 6-3, 6-2 in
their glamour quarterfinal clash as her quest for
a second Australian title
gathers pace.
But she faces an
unknown quantity in dark
horse Makarova, seeded
10th, who humiliated third
seed Simona Halep in a 6-4,
6-0 mauling that crushed
the Romanian’s renowned
fighting spirit.
Sharapova won the
Australian title in
2008 and can seize
the world number
one ranking off archrival Serena Williams
if she repeats the feat this
year.
She was expected to
face a tough battle against
Bouchard, the photogenic
20-year-old
constantly
compared to Sharapova and
hyped as the leading light
in a group of young
guns
destined
for
Grand
S l a m
success.
But the
reigning
F r e n c h
O p e n
champion was
never troubled,
taking her career
record
against
Bouchard to 4-0,
including a semifinal at Roland Garros last
year.
Sharapova said she was
steadily improving after
surviving a major scare in
the second round, when
she was one point away
from an early exit.
Bouchard made too
many mistakes going for
big winners, resulting
in an early break that
Sharapova
never
relinquished. (AFP)
S
Maria Sharapova celebrates victory.
Smith wins Allan
Border Medal
Melbourne
teve Smith on Tuesday
capped a remarkable
season by sweeping the
main awards at the annual
Allan
Border
Medal
ceremony,
including
Australian player of the
year.
The prolific batsman,
who was promoted to
national captain in the
absence of the injured
Michael Clarke, also took
out the one-day and Test
player awards.
He was a runaway
winner for the Allan
Border Medal -- judged on
performances in Tests and
one-dayers throughout
the season -- by polling
243 votes, ahead of David
Warner (175) and Mitchell
Johnson (126).
He is only the third
player to win the trifecta
i n
the 10 years it
h a s
been running,
S
Pakistan player spooked by ghost sighting
A
Martinez told the Merseyside
club’s website: “We thank
Samuel for his efforts and for
bringing his know-how to the
team and to Finch Farm.
To face Makarova in Semi-Finals
Believe It or Not
Wellington
Pakistani cricketer on
tour in New Zealand
was hit for six when he saw
what he believed was a ghost
haunting him in his hotel
room, the team manager said
Tuesday.
Haris Sohail was convinced
a “supernatural” presence was
haunting him when he awoke
31
Saturday night to find his
bed moving, team manager
Naveed Akram Cheema said.
Cheema told Fairfax media
that Sohail called a member
of the coaching staff who
arrived to find the 26-yearold all-rounder “visibly
shaken”.
Sohail, a left-arm spinner
and middle-order batsman,
spent the rest of the night
in the coach’s room at the
Rydges Latimer hotel in
Christchurch before being
moved to another room.
The cricketer tweeted
on Sunday, “Allah always
answers your duas”. A dua is
a form of Muslim prayer.
One of his followers
tweeted back: “It’s nice to
hear that you recovered from
that incident in New Zealand.
May Allah protect you.”
Another replied: “You’ve
faced down Shaitaan (the
devil), the Kiwis should be
easy. Best wishes.”
The hotel’s management
declined to comment on the
incident, referring enquiries
to Pakistan team officials
who explained that the
cricketer was suffering
from a fever at the time.
Sohail was reportedly
unable to train for two
days after the incident
and scored six when
batting at number four
Tuesday against a New
Zealand President’s
XI.
following in the footsteps
of Ricky Ponting in 2007
and Shane Watson. Other
Allan
Border
Medal
winners include Glenn
McGrath, Steve Waugh,
Adam
Gilchrist
and
Clarke.
The
25-year-old
smashed
1,756
runs
in 22 matches last year
at an average of 67.54
including eight 50s and
seven hundreds.
He narrowly held off
Warner as Test player of
the year and Aaron Finch
for the one-day honour.
Glenn Maxwell was
rewarded for his efforts
with bat and ball to win
Twenty20 player of the
year.
The emotional highpoint of the night came
when Sean Abbott was
named
the
Bradman
Young Cricketer of the
Year.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
SPORTS
MURRAY IN,
NADAL OUT
Andy Murray to face Tomas Berdych in semi-finals
Melbourne
hree-time
runner-up
Andy Murray edged
closer to a fourth Australian
Open decider Tuesday, but
has surprise semi-finalist
Tomas Berdych blocking his
way.
The British sixth seed
proved too experienced and
disciplined for mercurial
Australian teenager Nick
Kyrgios, winning their night
T
quarter-final in straight sets.
Czech
seventh
seed
Berdych provided the day’s
stunning result by ending a
demoralising run of outs to
dump a struggling Rafael
Nadal in straight sets in the
earlier last eight clash.
Berdych finally mastered
the Spanish 14-time Grand
Slam champion 6-2, 6-0, 7-6
(7/5) in 2hr 13min.
Murray broke Australian
hearts when he eliminated
unseeded 19-year-old Kyrgios
6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 to take his
record over Australian players
to 11-0 before a partisan home
crowd on Rod Laver Arena.
The Scot grabbed three
service breaks and only
conceded a service break deep
in the final set to underline
his dominance over the
53rd-ranked Kyrgios.
The talented Kyrgios
said he would
learn from the
experience.
Berdych’s
upset ended
a
recordequalling
17-match
winning
run Nadal
had
over
the Czech.
(AFP)
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