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8P 32
Serena wins
19th major
They are
no more
Bahrainis
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S
ending a stern message to anti-national elements in the
Kingdom, Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 72 people.
The Ministry of Interior has said that a decree has been issued
revoking their Bahraini nationality as they failed in their allegiance
duties towards the Kingdom and harmed the country’s interests.
The ministry said that each citizen of Bahrain has the
responsibility of safeguarding the interest of Bahrain. But some
people acted contrary to it, compelling the government to strip of
their citizenship, it added.
Full story on Page 3
The Ministry of Interior
said that each citizen
of Bahrain has the
responsibility of safeguarding
the interest of Bahrain
8P 5
Bahrain shares
Egypt grief
King Hamad, Prince Khalifa and
Prince Salman
Manama
is Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al
Khalifa, Prime Minister HRH Prince
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and Crown
Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and
First Deputy Prime Minister HRH Prince
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa have sent
cables of condolences to the Egyptian
President, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi following
the terror attack that targeted North Sinai
Governorate.
In Thursday’s militant attacks,
including a car bombing, claimed by the
Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State (IS)
group, at least 30 people were killed in
North Sinai.
The Bahraini leaders extended deepest
condolences to Mr. Al Sisi, the families
of the victims and the Egyptian people,
praying to Allah Almighty to rest the souls
of the victims in eternal peace and grant
the wounded a speedy recovery.
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72 stripped
of citizenship
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Manama
ahrain has again stressed
that it will not tolerate any
activities that go against the
interests of the nation, as the
Kingdom yesterday revoked
the citizenship of 72 people.
The Ministry of Interior
said that the decision came as
they harmed the interests of
the citizens.
In a statement, it said,
“The Ministry of Interior is
responsible for protecting
the security and stability
of Bahrain. Part of that
responsibility is to fight
terrorism and identify those
who engage, encourage or
participate in such acts. Each
citizen of Bahrain has the
responsibility to act in ways
that do not harm the interests
of the Kingdom.”
The ministry said that
the decision to revoke the
citizenship has been taken to
maintain stability and security
B
Allegations include
l Spying for foreign countries and recruit a number of
persons through social Media.
l Financing groups to carry out terrorism operations.
l Trying to harm the image of the regime, incite
against it and spread false news to hinder the rules of
the constitution.
l Carrying out a series of blasts to disturb security and
terrorising citizens.
l Working to form a terrorism group and train on the
use of weapons to commit crimes
l Weapon smuggling.
l Inciting and promoting the change of regime of the
country through illegal means.
l Joining terror cells to harm the interests of the
Kingdom and its stability.
l Members in fighting terrorism organisations aboard.
l Abuse against brotherly countries.
in the Kingdom, along with
fighting against terrorist
threats.
Moreover, some of the
citizens were engaged in acts
the decision to revoke the
citizenship has been taken to
maintain stability and security
in Kingdom, along with fighting
against terror threats.
that caused damage to the
interests of the Kingdom and
behaved in a manner that
is contrary to the duty of
allegiance to it. This compelled
the Cabinet to approve
the decree of revoking the
nationality of 72 people
after the Ministry of Interior
approved
the
decision
based on the provisions of
Article 10 / c of the Bahraini
Citizenship Law.
The Interior Ministry will
take proper legal procedures
to implement this decision.
Each citizen
of Bahrain
has the
responsibility
to act in ways
that do not
harm the
interests of
the Kingdom
The list of people who lost citizenship
1- Mohammed Hassan Ali Hussain
2- Farahat Khursheed Afrah Khursheed
3- Masood Mirza Jaffar Jahrami
4- Hussain Khairallah Mohammed Mahdi
5- Ali Asfandiyar Khadad Mohammed
6- Safa Al Dhawi Al Adawi
7- Sayed Ahmed Mustafa Mohammed Al Wadai
8- Sayed Qassim Majeed Ramadan Alawi
9- Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim Al Aradi
10- Ibrahim Ali Hassan Al Madhoon
11- Ishaq Faheem Ishaq Abdulrahman
12- Ahmed Jaffar Mohammed Ali
13- Ahmed Rashid Hameed Al Jabri
14- Ahmed Ridha Mashaallah Shakeeb
15- Ahmed Mohammed Ali Saleh
16- Ayoub Mohammed Mustafa Al Murbati
17- Turki Mubarak Abdullah Al Binali
18- Jaffar Ahmed Hassan Al Aal
19- Jaffar Ahmed Abdullah Salman
20- Jaffar Yahya Ali Hussain
21- Habib Abdullah Hussain Al Jamri
22- Hassan Ahmed Abdullah Sulaiman
23- Hassan Abdullah Isa Al Ghasra
24- Hassan Abdulnabi Hassan Ali
25- Hassan Ali Mohammed Juma Sultan
26- Hussain Jassim Ahmed Al Hadad
27- Hussain Yousif Mohammed Jassim
28- Hamad Mubarak Juma Habib
29- Khalid Mohammed Abdullah Ali Al Mannai
30- Daij Khalifa Abdullah Al Thawadi
31- Rashid Ahmed Rashid Al Rashid
32- Sami Ahmed Hamad Al Mannai
33- Salman Ibrahim Mohammed Ali
34- Salman Abdullah Darweesh Abdullah
35- Salman Alyan Turki Al Ashban
36- Saber Ali Ahmed Al Salatna
37- Dhafer Salah Ali Saleh
38- Obada Adel Hassan Hamad
39- Abas Hassan Ali Abusafwan
40- Abdulamir Jaffar Rashid Al Aradi
41- Abdulaziz Nazar Ali Al Jowder
42- Abdulghani Isa Ali Al Khanjar
43- Abdullah Ibrahim Ahmed Al Saleh
44- Abdullah Abdulrahim Abdullah Fakhro
45- Aqeel Ahmed Ali Mahfoodh
46- Aqeel Jaffar Ahmed Ridha
47- Ali Ahmed Ali Abdullah
48- Ali Hassan Abdulrahman Fakhro
49- Ali Hassan Abdullah Abdulimam
50- Ali Mubarak Abdullah Al Binali
51- Ali Mahmood Jaffar Al Kharaz
52- Ammar Ahmed Ali Saqer Al Atawi
53- Omar Jassim Mohammed Buzaboon
54- Omar Abdullah Mohammed Ali Al Qahtani
55- Isa Abdullah Isa Al Sarh
56- Kareem Isa Ali Al Mahroos
57- Maher Othman Saleh Abadi
58- Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al Tal
59- Mohammed Isa Yousif Saqar Al Binali
60- Mohammed Mubarak Abdullah Al Binali
61- Mahmood Nasser Juma Mushaima
62- Murtadha Majeed Ramadan Al Sindi
63- Muhanad Yousif Hussain Al Harmi
64- Maytham Omran Hussain Al Jamri
65- Mirza Mohammed Ali Ramadan
66- Naji Ali Naji Qassim Al Ruqaimi
67- Nawaf Mohammed Ahmed Saif
68- Yasser Abdulhussain Ali Al Sayegh
69- Yasser Abdullah Isa Al Ghasra
70- Yahya Ali Yahya Al Hadid
71- Yousif Ahmed Hamad Abdullah Al Mannai
72- Yousif Omran Jassim Omran
‘Protesters responsible for boy’s injury’
Mohammed Zafran
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nti- government protesters are
entirely responsible for
the recent injury of the 14-yearold boy in Duraz, a human
rights watch society stated.
Teenager Mohammed Mahdi
Al Sawad was injured after he
was allegedly hit by shotgun
pellets fired by the police in
Duraz on Friday. According
to the Interior Ministry, police
were dispersing rioters in the
area who were attacking them.
“Police were attacked when
thugs were warned to disperse.
Appropriate legal steps were
taken to restore order,” the
ministry stated.
There is no official
confirmation on whether
Mr. Al Sawad was part of
the riot or not. However,
General Secretary of Bahrain
Human Rights Watch Society
Faisal Fulad claimed that
the protesters themselves were
to be blamed for this. He said that Al Wefaq
has been promoting the
participation of children in
“We have well documented the use of
children in riots and protests. they are
not concerned about the well-being of
the children, they just want to reach
their goals”
-Mr. Al Fulad
riots and protests in order to
serve their agenda. “We have
well documented the use of
children in riots and protests.
They are not concerned about
the well-being of the children,
they just want to reach their
goals. They encourage and
brainwash the children to
become ‘martyrs.’ When the
children are injured, it only
serves their agenda as they will
use it to gain sympathy,” he
alleged.
Meanwhile, he stated that
the Opposition society always
has a Media team ready to take
pictures and videos whenever
a child is injured. “They would
then circulate them through Mahdi at the hospital.
the Media to vilify the police.
It is part of their propaganda, been blatantly violating the
we
have
documented human rights of the children,
this very well. They have who should have been in
schools and not rioting against
the government,” Mr. Fulad
stressed.
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Drug smuggling
Saudi woman Sentenced
to ten yearS in jail
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A
33-year-old
Saudi
woman who attempted
to smuggle two kilogrammes
of hashish into Bahrain has
been sentenced to 10 years
in prison. The convict was
caught on the King Fahd
Causeway when Customs
officers found the drugs
stashed under the driver’s seat
last year in July. Her 17-year-old daughter
accompanied her. The Saudi
woman was in the vehicle that
belonged to an Indian driver
who she hired to transport her
from her country to Bahrain,
and she claimed the drugs
belonged to him.
However, an oral test
detected traces of the same
hidden drugs in the woman’s
saliva, while the Indian man’s
result came out negative.
Therefore,
prosecutors
concluded that the driver had
no knowledge of the hashish
and sent the woman to trial.
“She requested me to
transport her to Bahrain for
shopping and we agreed on
BD60 for my service,” the
driver said in his statement.
“I transported her and
when she finished her
shopping I took her back.
But after a short period,
she requested me again but
this time she brought her
daughter with her too,” he
added. The woman is suggested to
have stashed the drugs during
Three get 3 years in jail
for sheltering fugitives
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T
he High Criminal Court has
sentenced three defendants to
three years each in jail for sheltering
10 convicted fugitives.
The trio was captured while
attempting to smuggle the fugitives
in a small boat spotted 16km off
Bahrain’s coast. The coast guard
intercepted them following a tipoff about their heinous intentions.
A prosecution witness, a vice
corporal, earlier said that the
defendants had ignored several
calls to surrender, before a small
vessel belonging to the Coastguard
collided with it, forcing it to stop.
A GPS was seized from the
defendants’ possession, and police
found in it a map showing sea
routes to Iran. his absence. Her daughter
said in her statement that her
father recently divorced her
mother. The woman was convicted
of both drug smuggling
and possession by the High
Criminal Court, which also
fined her BD5000 for her
crime. But the convict did
not show up to hear the
verdict and was sentenced in
absentia as she was released
on bail. The convict
was caught on
the King Fahd
Causeway when
Customs officers
found two
kilogrammes of
hashish stashed
under the
driver’s seat last
year in July
robbery case: acquittal
of two asians overturned
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T
he High Criminal Appeals Court has overturned the acquittal
of two Asians tried in connection with a robbery case.
The defendants had been accused of robbing money and
a cellular phone from an Asian pedestrian. They reportedly
assaulted him, breaking several teeth before proceeding with the
robbery.
The High Criminal Court had earlier cleared them of
wrongdoing due to lack of evidence, but their charges were
confirmed after the Public Prosecution decided to contest their
acquittal verdict.
They were handed down five years each in jail for their crime,
followed by immediate deportation. The defendants who had been
accused of robbing money and a
mobile phone from a pedestrian
were handed down five years each
in jail followed by the immediate
deportation.
Court withdraws
from the case
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HIDD, Kingdom of Bahrain
Bahraini
court
has
decided to withdraw from
the case of a man accused of
attacking the police officers,
citing “embarrassment”. The case was remitted
to the Supreme Judicial
Council because the court felt
“unease” over the case after
the defendant claimed that the
judge was an ex-classmate.
His allegations followed
several hearings, prompting
the court to withdraw when it
was a few hearings away from
announcing its verdict. Prosecutors accused the
defendant of verbally and
physically attacking police
officers who went to his
home to execute an arrest
warrant against him.
According to case files
the defendant is involved
in several cases, ranging
from issuing rubber cheques
to insulting several people.
However, no indication was
given to the crime for which
the arrest warrant was issued. Sunday, February 1, 2015
The injured
To reach Soon
5
Kuwait bus mishap
DT News Network
One of the injured in Kuwait.
A letter of gratitude
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Minister of Health, Sadiq Al Shehabi,
in a Press statement issued yesterday,
appreciated the efforts excerted by
Kuwaiti health authorities in treating and
assisting the injured Bahrainis.
The minister also expressed gratitude
to the Premier, Foreign Affairs Ministry Mr. Al Shehabi
and Bahrain Ambassador to Kuwait,
Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Khalifa, for their leading role in
facilitating the return of the injured to the Kingdom.
S
everal injured Bahrainis in
the “Kuwait Bus Mishap”
that occurred last Monday in
Abdalli, Kuwait, killing four
Bahrainis and an Egyptian,
will remain in Kuwaiti
hospitals, as confirmed
by a senior Bahrain Health
Ministry official yesterday.
Additionally, 13 Bahrainis
are expected to reach Bahrain
in the next few days, said
Hospitals Affairs Assistant
Undersecretary Dr. Waleed
Al Manea yesterday. “Two Shaikh Hesham during the condolence ceremony.
evaluate their conditions,
Bahrainis are currently in
before they could return
ICUs of Kuwaiti hospitals,
home.
and they are expected to be Governor offers
Some of the injured will
discharged within the next
condolences
be admitted to Salmaniya
four days, as soon as their
Medical Complex (SMC),
conditions stabilise,” he
Capital Governor, Shaikh
while others will be visited
added.
Hesham bin Abdulrahman
at home, by the ministry’s
Meanwhile he added that Al Khalifa extended his
follow-up teams, he said.
one among them is a twenty- condolences to the families
As reported earlier by DT
year-old person and the of the victims of the tragic
News, four Bahrainis were
second one is 22-year-old, who mishap.
killed in the mishap and 47
isn’t on ventilator anymore.
The Governor extended
others were injured.
“Necessary
arrangements condolences while attending
The accident occurred
have been made to receive the funeral in Al Asfoor
while the bus, which belongs
them in Bahrain once they’re Mata’am in Sitra.
to a local pilgrimage camp,
discharged,” he said.
He thanked the Premier for
was en-route to Iraq.
“The
Bahrainis
are his directives to the competent
The dead bodies were
suffering from fractures and authorities to take the
flown back to Bahrain in last
bruises, and they are currently necessary measures to transfer
few days, in coordination
admitted to Kuwaiti hospitals. the bodies of the victims to
between Bahrain Embassy in
They include nine women and Bahrain and follow-up on the
Kuwait and local authorities
four men. Based on clinical condition of the wounded and
there. Most of the injured
reports and medical checkup provide them with the needed
have
already
reached
results, which is expected to be medical care.
Bahrain.
received from medical teams
The procedures followed
in Kuwait, arrangements will
Mr. Al Manea added that the instructions of Prime
be made to transport the
citizens by air,” Mr. Al Manea the injured will be seen by Minister HRH Prince Khalifa
said.
psychologists, who will bin Salman Al Khalifa,
injured, provide them with
the needed healthcare and
transfer others who could
receive treatment at Bahrain’s
who directed the authorities hospitals.
Health Ministry in Bahrain
concerned to follow up on
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announced
that a
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conditions of 1the 10/14/14
specialised medical team was
sent to Kuwait to review the
conditions of the injured.
SMC also confirmed that
preparations were made
to receive the injured at the
complex.
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The damaged glass door of the school.
primary school was attacked at Sitra yesterday.
Education Ministry confirmed that vandals attacked
Ibn Al Nafees Elementary Boys’ School, hurling stones
at it.
The ministry explained that several glass doors were
damaged in the attack and that the incident was reported
to the security authorities.
“Educational establishments have been recently
attacked more than 400 times. The attacks include
vandalism, arson and theft. Desperate attempts have been
made to hinder the educational process in the Kingdom,”
the ministry added.
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Pictorial history
on disPlay
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Other objective of Manama Souq
Exhibition is to help
non-Bahrainis understand the
history of Bahrain.
Mr. Al Namliti with others at the exhibition (left). People looking with interest the pictures of ancient Bahrain. (right).
Mohammed Zafran
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T
o revere the history of
Manama, a key exhibition
was launched yesterday at
Manama Souq in which
around 1000 photographs
of historical landmarks have
been displayed.
The exhibition presents the
old photographs of the old
buildings in Manama like
Bahrain Hotel, Awal Cinema
and Al Hamra Cinema.
Speaking to the DT News
Arab Women’s Day:
Bahraini and
Arab women’s
role appreciated
Manama
hura
Council,
in a statement The Shura Council
issued
yesterday,
c o n g r a t u l a t e d affirmed that more
Bahraini and Arab legislations aimed
women on the Arab
Women’s Day, which at providing further
falls today, February
support for Bahraini
1,
highlighting
appreciation of Arab women would be
women’s efforts in the
development process enacted.
in all fields.
The
statement
underlined women’ status Supreme Council for Women
and achievements made in Chairwoman HRH Princess
the era of His Majesty King Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Khalifa, in supporting and
and their active contributions empowering Bahraini women
to accentuate Bahrain’s in all areas.
The Shura Council affirmed
prestigious image at regional
that more legislations aimed
and international levels.
The statement noted the at providing further support
commendable efforts of Wife for Bahraini women would be
of His Majesty the King and enacted. S
Manama Traditional Market
Committee Deputy Chairman
Mahmood Al Namliti said
that he was expecting the
exhibition to become a
major success. He said that
the exhibition would be the
start of many programmes
aimed at promoting tourism
in Manama souq.
“This is a unique event and
we are expecting to attract
the Bahrainis, residents as
well as the tourists. The other
objective behind the event
is to help non-Bahrainis
Pics by santhosh RajendRan
understand the history of the
Kingdom,” he added.
Mr. Al Namliti said
that they had tried their
best to involve youth in
the exhibition. They have
always encouraged them to
develop their connection
with the traditional aspects
of Bahrain.
Member of Parliament
Ahmed
Qarrata
and
members
of
Capital
Secretariat were also present
at the opening ceremony of
the exhibition. scd kills second Bahraini this year
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S
ickle Cell Disease (SCD) yesterday killed the
second Bahraini this year. The deceased,
who was on a religious trip to Karbala, Iraq was
declared dead yesterday morning.
In a statement issued yesterday, Bahrain
Society for SCD Patients Care announced
the death of Layla Abdulkareem, 29,
recording the second death caused by SCD
in 2015, after the first case was declared on
January 11.
According to relatives, the victim, who
is from Bilad Al Qadeem village, was on a
religious trip to Iraq along with other family
members since last Monday. She was admitted
to a hospital there, after suffering high fever, but
her condition worsened and died in the early
hours of Saturday.
Relatives confirmed that Ms. Abdulkareem
will be buried in Iraq today and that Foreign
Affairs Ministry was informed about the
mishap.
Deaths among Bahrainis, due to SCD,
reached one of the highest rates last year, killing
46 patients in total. Bahraini hospitality attracts italian through aiEsEc
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ahrain is not only known for its
progress, but also for its hospitality.
That is why Giulia Pomentale loved
coming back to the Kingdom.
Being part of the AIESEC community
and the Global Internship Programme,
26-year-old Ms. Pomentale from Italy is
trained and encouraged to be equipped in
the workforce.
AIESEC (International Association of
Students in Economic and Commercial
Sciences) is an international nongovernmental organisation that provides
young people with leadership development
and cross-cultural global internship and
volunteer exchange experiences across the
globe, with a focus to empower young
people so they can make a positive impact
Communication, Sales,
on society. Office Administration and
It all started when the
HR. She added that it also
graduate from Ca’ Foscari
gave her the opportunity to
University of Venice in Italy,
enhance her skills without
majoring in Foreign Languages
depending on books.
and Cultures, travelled to
“The
programme
Bahrain for the first time in
also
helped
me
in
2012 for 6-week programme in
communicating on a
the summer, then came back
professional level and to
in 2013 to participate in the
understand what I wanted
Global Internship Programme.
for my career,” she added.
After falling in love with the
On a personal level, the
country, she had the desire to
programme allowed her to
come back to the Kingdom to Ms. Pomentale
meet new friends and be fearless by exiting
live and work.
She is now currently working as an her comfort zone.
“Global Internship Programme has the
Operating Manager and Admin in an
ability to help you find the ideal job.
outsourcing and call centre company.
Throughout her time in Bahrain as Moreover, it offers the support an intern
an intern, Ms. Pomentale has worked needs in case a problem occurs,” she
in several fields, such as Marketing, PR, opined.
StudentS Show
engineering flair
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
Two UoB students have designed a unique seating system for elderly
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n order to help the elderly
who suffer from knee,
back bone, spinal column
pains, or some disc diseases,
an engineering dynamic duo
from the University of Bahrain
(UoB) have designed and
manufactured a seating system
to help ease their pain.
Wadeea Naseef and Jaffar
Altajer are the brains behind
this innovation as they were
determined to improve the
conditions of the elderly.
The aim of the project is
to combine the conventional
recliner seats, that tilt the user
to feel relaxed, and the riser
armchairs that lift the user to
facilitate him/her to stand up.
This combination helps to
raise the user, while tilting him/
her to the front. At the same
time it helps to facilitate their
standing up from the chair
Schematic motion diagram of the mechanism.
Mr. Naseef and Mr. Altajer with the Best Project awards.
while feeling relaxed. It also
reduces the load on their knees
and backbone.
Mr. Naseef explained that
a lot of reviews and research
were done from the beginning
of the project, which won
the first place as the best
senior project in mechanical
engineering department. “The
main purpose of the research
was to find the standard
dimensions of the chair to be
suitable with the human body,
and following the ergonomics
standards, in order to assure
the human comfort while he/
she is sitting or standing up
from the chair,” he added.
Mr. Naseef is confident
that this mechanism is very
helpful for elderly people,
The
manufactured
chair
that
uses
the
supporting seating system.
especially in Bahrain and
GCC countries, as latest
statistics showed that more
than 27 per cent of Bahraini
residents are suffering from
Osteoporosis, and a lot of
other problems in knees,
back bones, and spinal
columns are widely spread in
Bahrain and GCC countries.
“The mechanism can be used
Naseef explained that a lot of
reviews and research were done
from the beginning of the project.
in elderly home care, it also
may be used by pregnant
women, or even in mosques
to be used by elderly people,”
he opined.
The project had some
obstacles as the two engineers
had less time to work on
the project coupled with the
limited amount of resources
in the University. But they
managed to pull through
under the supervision and
encouragement of Dr. Anwar
Haider and Dr. Mohammed
Al Qassab.
Focus on current trends
eGA organises UN Survey meeting
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Group photo of the participants of 64th session of International Bureau of Education in Geneva.
Bahrain represents
Arab states in IBE
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B
ahrain was elected to represent
the Arab states group in the
64th session of the International
Bureau of Education (IBE) held
from January 28-30 in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Minister
of
Education,
Dr. Majid Al Nuaimi said
that “electing Bahrain as a
representative of the Arabian
states group comes to confirm
the Kingdom’s important role
and trusted position in IBE.”
The IBE is governed by
a Council composed of
representatives of 20 member
states elected by the General
Conference of United Nations
Educational,
Scientific
and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO).
This honour
confirms the
Kingdom’s
important role
and trusted
position in
the IBE.
he eGovernment (eGA) Authority organised
a consultative meeting on the United
Nations Survey for eGovernment 2016.
The meeting was attended by the Head of
Public Administration and Governance in the
department of Economic and Social Affairs,
Jean Marie Kozya, including a number of
representatives from the eGovernment Authority
from the Gulf States, Deputy Chairman of
Kuwait Information Technology Society,
Qusai Al-Shatti, Advisor of the eGovernment Consultative meeting in progress.
Programme ‘Yesser’ in Saudi Arabia, Mustafa
Khan and representatives from the Information report into more than one language.
The agenda of the meeting was to focus on key
Technology Authority of Oman.
The meeting kicked off with an overview themes including emerging issues and current
presentation presented by Regional Advisor on eGovernment trends towards sustainable
eGA at UNDESA, Richard Kerby that included development as they also discussed approaches
general features of the report. He also discussed and innovative practices in advancing
the main points to be evaluated, noting that the eGovernment for sustainable development along
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Strong winds to hit Bahrain
Manama
ransportation
and
Telecommunications
Ministry has warned that
strong winds are expected to
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hit Bahrain today.
Stating on its official
Twitter
account,
the
ministry’s
Meteorological
Department urged the public
to be cautious of strong Shamal
(Northwesterly) winds that
may reach 25 knots at times
with rising sands in different
places.
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A
ll of us want financial
freedom. We want to live
a life where we do not have
stress, anxiety and concern
about money.
Though spiritual way of life
would tell us don’t rely on money
for your happiness and freedom,
to live in society we need money
for food, clothing, shelter
and few other requirements.
Unfortunately for many of us
even after we have sufficient
money for our basic needs, we
don’t achieve financial freedom.
Our insecurity, concerns and
anxiety for money still remains.
First step towards achieving
financial freedom is deciding
our financial goals. We should
make a list of our future
financial
responsibilities
and dreams. Majority of us
stumble at this first step. We
don’t have the list. Even if we
have, it is not articulated or
not made in conjunction with
spouse and family members.
At this stage struggle is
between us and our conscious
mind. Our conscious mind
resists making a list. Mind
would give us variety of
excuses e.g. I know my
requirements at the back of
the mind hence there is no
need to write it down, I don’t
have large wealth; therefore
entire exercise is futile, there
is no need to include my wife
as I am the sole earner, my
income is not consistent and
hence it is not worthwhile
the efforts etc. As a planner I
encounter variety of excuses
but the fact remains that we
need money for future and
there is need to articulate
those needs.
For those who over come
conscious mind and make
a list face struggle with
sub-conscious mind to take
actions that will help us
achieve our financial goals.
This is a bigger struggle. We
face this struggle in many
walks of life. Let us discuss
few areas where we struggle
with our sub-conscious mind.
Most of us decide to live
healthy life, may it be eating
healthy food, exercising
regularly, sleeping early etc.
These are decisions related
to physical aspect. We also
make some rules for our
social life e.g. I will meet my
friends regularly, call elders on
auspicious days etc. Similarly
many decide on leading
spiritual life for mental and
emotional peace.
Above are list of goals which
we decide because our
conscious mind is convinced
that they are good for our well
being. Even after knowing
consciously most of the
time we end up struggling
following them. The main
reason is the revolt by our
sub-conscious mind.
Check out how many times in
lives we would have listened
to nice discourse and decide
to live that way and yet
moment we come out of it,
we do things exactly opposite.
Again this is because our
conscious mind listened to
something and appreciated
it. It also felt that living that
way is in our benefit but our
sub-conscious mind did not
remained synchronised with
our thought process and went
back to our old habits and
behaviour.
Habits are our best friends
and worst enemies. It takes
long to develop habits and
equally long to modify
them. Some of the habits
are formed since childhood
looking at our elders, many
has been developed due to
our friends and acquaintance
and yet there are some
which are formed based on
surroundings e.g. impact of
media, society we live in etc.
Habits are also formed based
on what we speak to our mind.
If we keep saying I am frugal
person, we will live frugally.
Ask all those individuals who
invariably struggle to keep
up time or be punctual. They
invariable tell their mind,
everyone comes late or busy
people come late or it is okay
if we go late; world will not
fall apart. Instead of saying it
is not appropriate to go late,
they give themselves excuses.
They justify their behaviour
and soon their mind starts
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behaving that way. Instead of
saying it is okay to go late, if
they keep saying I will put in
more efforts to be on time,
soon they will start becoming
punctual.
Similarly people who don’t
keep their word, use excuses
like, I am flexible and amend
based on circumstances; there
is no point being rigid.
Our mind starts believing and
behaving the way train it.
If we want financial freedom
or for that matter achieve
things in life, first make
our goals. Second train our
subconscious mind to take
actions consistently to achieve
those goals. It will take time.
Initially subconscious mind will
resist and will not let us change
habit. However if we keep
persisting, slowing and steadily
it will modify. Remember the
story of turtle and hare – ‘Slow
and steady wins the race.’
Only way to develop a habit
is to keep doing it repeatedly.
Initially to develop new habit
keep reminding our self e.g.
write down or draw a picture
or photograph etc and place
it in a manner that it stays in
front of our eyes and whenever
we are free keep visualising
it. All these will affect our
subconscious mind.
All those individuals who keep
list of their goals in front of
their eyes, either written or
pictorial are most likely to take
appropriate action to achieve
them. If they keep taking
appropriate action repeatedly
it will become habit. If that
appropriate action becomes
habit, they will eventually
achieve their goal.
Ranjan
MIDDLE EAST 9
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Woman stranded at Dubai airport
Dubai
Zimbabwean
national, identified
as NM, has been stranded
at Dubai International
Airport for two days now.
The woman revealed
that she arrived here on
visit visa given to her by a
cousin, who stays in Abu
A
Dubai residents get Makani number
Dubai
ver the last couple
of weeks residents
in Dubai have been
handed out their Makani
number.
The Makani number is
a unique 10 digit code
locating a building.
Makani is an application
O
Dhabi. However when
the authorities first called
her cousin, he refused to
pick her up.
Not only, but also
developed by Dubai
Municipality,
aimed
at improving location
finding in the emirate.
SYRIAN TROOPS
KILL 50 REBELS
Damascus
t least 50 rebels
were killed and 150
wounded in fresh clashes
with government troops
in the northwestern
Syrian province of Idlib
on Saturday.
The Suqur Al-Sham
rebel group lost 50 of its
fighters during clashes in
the countryside of Idlib,
Xinhua reported citing the
pan-Arab al-Mayadeen
TV, adding that a rebel
commander was among
those killed.
State news agency
SANA also reported the
intense battles in different
parts of Idlib, saying
that units of the Syrian
A
Drone strike kills 4
Sanaa
A drone strike killed
four suspected Al-Qaeda
militants in Yemen on
Saturday. It is the second attack in a week
since Washington vowed
to pursue its campaign
against the jihadists.
Syrian troops. (File picture)
army intensified their
shelling Saturday on the
rebels’ positions after the
rebel groups attempted
to infiltrate military
positions in Idlib.
Dozens of “terrorists”
were killed in the Syrian
troops’ shelling, said
SANA, adding that the
battles have flared since
dawn Saturday.
The Al Qaeda-linked
Nusra Front and like-
minded groups have
recently intensified their
attacks in Idlib in an
attempt to consolidate
their positions in that
part of Syria, close to the
Turkish borders.
UN chief condemns Egypt attacks
Addis Ababa
N Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned Thursday’s
terrorist attacks in Egypt’s
Sinai Peninsula.
Ban told a press briefing
on the sidelines of the
African Union (AU)
U
summit that he strongly
condemned the attacks,
which killed 33 people
and left scores injured.
Nkosa zana
DlaminiZuma, chairperson of the
AU Commission, also
condemned the terrorist
attacks.
New tactics
Jihadists increasingly wary of Net
London
fter having used the Internet
profusely for propaganda and
recruitment, jihadist organisations
have realised that investigators are
gleaning crucial information online
and are increasingly concealing
their web presence, experts say.
Apart from recent orders given
to fighters to limit their exposure,
erase the footprint of their online
activity and avoid revealing too
many place names or faces, the
Islamic State and Al-Nusra Front
groups are increasingly using the
“Dark Web” -- the hidden part of
the Internet protected by powerful
encryption softwares.
“Sometimes we get the
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geographical location of some
fighters thanks to Facebook,” said
Philippe Chadrys, in charge of the
fight against terrorism at France’s
judicial police.
“Some even publish it on the
public part of their account. That
gives us elements to build a case.”
In November, Flavien Moreau, a
28-year-old jihadist who travelled
to Syria and then returned to
France, was jailed for seven years
exclusively on the basis of what he
posted online.
“We are starting to notice the
beginnings of disaffection with
Facebook -- they have understood
that’s how we get incriminating
evidence,” said Chadrys.
“They are resorting more and
more to Skype or WhatsApp,
software that is much harder to
intercept.
“We realise that the people we
are interested in are increasingly
specialised in computing. They
master encryption software and
methods to better erase data.”
Arthur Macdonald
A FAREWELL TO ALL THAT
B
ritain, as it faces up to a general election in less than 100 days, appears to be
a bit obsessed by historic wars.
I find this a bit surprising given our lack of interest in recent conflicts we
have been involved in.
This is probably down to the fact that there are a lot of people currently in
politics who are not too happy about being called to account about invading
Afghanistan and bombing Iraq.
But we will get back to that later.
On the historic front apparently we are about to celebrate a victory of 200
years ago at the battle of Waterloo.
This saw the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and if you are British you tend to
know it was won by a guy called Wellington.
Outside of the UK he is only famous for wearing rubber boots which are very
handy for keeping out the damp in this part of the world.
His other claim to fame is that he served two terms as a British prime
minister, in spite of being Irish.
But he is hardly an internationally renowned figure like Napoleon so I can’t
for the life of me understand why we are getting excited about Waterloo. In fact
only about one third of the troops who fought the French were British.
But apparently it is a cornerstone of our history which we must celebrate
in June in spite of the fact that very few people know where Waterloo is. Most
people associate it more with a remarkably unforgettable hit song by a bad
Scandinavian band who won the Eurovision Song contest back in the year dot.
On another historic front we have just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the
death Winston Churchill.
Now Winston, like Wellington, was twice a British prime minister and was
largely admired for his leadership of the country during World War Two.
But no sooner had the dust settled after that conflict than he was dispatched
to the opposition in the largest Labour Party landslide until Tony Blair.
Actually, as a politician he was a bit of a disaster.
As Chancellor he took Britain back onto the Gold Standard in the 1920s
which plunged us into our longest recession until now and in his second term
in charge he kept trying to start wars all over the globe to keep the British
Empire intact.
Other than that he spent most of his youth fighting conflicts across territories
in the British Empire and further afield.
He spent most of his adult life, whether in government or opposition, drunk.
When he died 50 years ago he got the largest state funeral of anyone
anywhere in the world.
That should have been enough for anyone, but for whatever reason we are
now celebrating his death again.
Now at a time when we are still partners in the European Union, albeit
outside the eurozone, bringing up military victories against France and
Germany in the run up to an election strikes me as somewhat divisive.
After all only the UK Independence party is opposed to being friends with
Europe.
The government is only offering a referendum on the issue to shut up
recalcitrant xenophobic back benchers while all the other political parties
contesting the election are strongly pro - Europe.
Which brings me back from our celebration of old rather than recent history
and our reasons for our invasion of Iraq.
The government and opposition are probably a bit embarrassed about why
we went to war with Iraq.
There are two reasons for this.
The first is that we went to war on a lie. The second is that practically no
one would argue the war has made the world or the Middle East a safer place.
So neither the Tories or Labour is particularly upset that six years after
they agreed to hold an inquiry into why we went to war, the report is still not
completed and will not be published this side of the election.
That rather appeals to both main parties, as they would happily see this part
of our history swept under the carpet.
In fact the other day when leading politicians were appearing at Churchill
photo opportunities, only 40 MPs turned up to debate the non-publication of
the Chilcot Iraq Inquiry.
Sadly for some, one of them was the Respect MP George Galloway who
opposed the war from day one and was even kicked out of the Labour Party
for his stance.
It was quite a Churchillian performance which suggests that over the next
three months in the run up to the election Iraq and the Middle East will very
clearly still be on the agenda.
(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
the policy or position of this newspaper.)
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MIDDLE EAST
Sunday, February 1, 2015
IS claims it beheaded Japanese hostage Goto
Beirut
he Islamic State group
released a video Saturday
purportedly showing the
beheading of Japanese hostage
Kenji Goto. In it, Goto is
seen kneeling, dressed in an
T
Top tribal
leader die in
suicide blast
Baghdad
suicide bomber killed a
prominent tribal leader
and five other people in an
attack southwest of Baghdad,
police said on Saturday.
The bomber blew up a
tanker truck rigged with
explosives outside the home
of Sheikh Lorens Al-Hadhal in
the Al-Nikhaib area of Anbar
province on Friday night,
Major Alaa Al-Dulaimi said.
A former member of
parliament, the sheikh was
head of the powerful Aniza
tribe, which has members
in neighbouring Kuwait and
Saudi Arabia as well as in Iraq.
The blast also wounded 14
people. There was no immediate
claim of responsibility for the
attack, but suicide bombings
are a tactic almost exclusively
employed by Sunni extremists
in Iraq and the IS.
A
orange outfit, as a masked man
standing beside him with a
knife who blames the Japanese
government for his “slaughter.”
It ends with a still picture of
the body with the head resting
on the back. The video made
A
in the Satanic coalition, are
yet to understand that we, by
Allah’s grace, are an Islamic
Caliphate with authority and
power,” he said. “Because of
your reckless decision to take
part in an unwinnable war, this
knife will not only slaughter
Kenji, but will also carry on and
cause carnage wherever your
people are found.”
Meanwhile Japan said it
was “outraged” and “strongly
condemned” the beheading.
KURDS RETAKE OIL
FIELD SEIZED BY IS
24 workers freed
Baghdad
raqi Kurdish forces and
police retook an oil field in
Kirkuk province on Saturday
that was seized by the Islamic
State group overnight, and
freed 24 workers who had been
taken captive, officers said.
“Peshmerga forces and police
cleared the Khubbaz (oil) field
a little while ago and were able
to enter it after surrounding
it for hours,” police Brigadier
General Sarhad Qader said of
the fighting, adding that they
also retook eight villages.
IS had moved into the oil
I
IS chemical arms expert
killed in air strike: US
Washington
US-led coalition air
strike killed a chemical
weapons specialist with
the Islamic State group in
Iraq who once worked for
Saddam Hussein, said US
military officers on Friday.
The air raid carried out
last Saturday near Mosul
took out Abu Malik, whose
no mention of a Jordanian pilot
also threatened with execution.
The executioner appears to
be the man known as Jihadi
John, speaking with a southern
English accent.
“You, like your foolish allies
training “provided the
terrorist group with expertise
to pursue a chemical weapons
capability,” the military said
in a statement.
According to Central
Command Malik was working at a chemical weapons
production plant under
Saddam’s regime before
joining IS.
Representative picture.
field on Friday night and held
captive 24 workers, who were
freed after they withdrew,
peshmerga, said Major General
Westa Rasul.
A police colonel said their
liberation was delayed because
of fears that the bunker where
they were held had been
rigged with explosives. During
the fighting on Saturday, a
sniper killed peshmerga Major
General Hussein Mansur,
Colonel Kawa Gharib said.
Four more fighters were
wounded when an explosivesrigged house blew up.
Mansur was the second
senior Kurdish officer to die
in two days, after Brigadier
General Shirko Rauf was killed
Friday during a major IS attack
in Kirkuk province.
IS kidnaps 63 in Iraq
Baghdad
Islamic State (IS) militants
kidnapped 63 shepherds and
farmers, most of them members of the Jabouri tribe and
residents of towns located west
of Tikrit, about 250 km north of
Baghdad. The whereabouts of
the victims are unknown.
Morsi trial verdict for
espionage on May 16
Cairo
An Egyptian court set May
16 for a verdict in the espionage trial of ousted president
Mohamed Morsi, who could be
sentenced to death if convicted, an official said Saturday.
Morsi, toppled by former
army chief and now President
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in 2013,
faces several trials along with
top leaders of his Muslim
Brotherhood. In this case, he
and 35 others are charged with
being part of a vast conspiracy
to destabilise Egypt.
‘Hamas: an armed wing terror group’
Cairo
n Egyptian court on
Saturday banned the
armed wing of Palestinian
Islamist movement Hamas,
declaring it a “terrorist” group.
Hamas, which controls the
Gaza Strip, denounced the
ruling against the Ezzedine
Al-Qassam Brigades as “a
dangerous political decision
that serves the interests of the
occupier,” referring to Israel.
Since Egypt’s military ousted
A
Islamist president Mohamed
Morsi in 2013, the authorities
have accused Hamas of aiding
jihadists who have waged
a string of deadly attacks on
security forces in the Sinai
Peninsula.
Saturday’s court verdict
followed a complaint from
a lawyer accusing the
Hamas armed wing of direct
involvement in “terrorist
operations” in the Sinai, a court
official said.
Curbing Terrorism
Police clip wings of extremists en route to Syria
Istanbul
Fulya Ozerkan
E
Plainclothes Turkish police officers detain passengers after
a plane landed at the international airport in Istanbul on
Saturday. (AFP)
verything seems normal
as the passengers stream
out of a routine flight from a
Middle Eastern country after
landing at a major Turkish
international airport.
But as they cross the air
bridge from the plane into
the airport, two plainclothes
Turkish police, on the
lookout for jihadists on their
way to Syria, scrutinise their
appearance and behaviour.
They check the passengers’
passports and detain two men
who arouse suspicions after
saying they are travelling on to
the city of Adana, in southern
Turkey.
The country has long been
under pressure to do more to
thwart the transit of jihadists
across its territory to war-torn
Syria. Thousands are believed
to have taken commercial
flights to Turkish airports
before heading overland to
Syria to fight alongside Islamic
State (IS) militants.
But Ankara insists it is now
doing all it can to tighten
border security and said
Western states should do more
to prevent the jihadists from
leaving for Turkey in the first
place. The teams have detected
some 1,500 suspects and
around one third of them were
sent back to their countries of
origin, said a Turkish security
official.
“The suspect is spotted at
the air bridge and then taken
to the passenger documents
check desk and later to the risk
analysis centre for a further
interview with the police,”
the official said, speaking on
condition of anonymity.
He said, “35 percent of (IS)
members come from European
countries and hold European
passports.”
If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.
If the Greek government
does not in fact want to
work any more with its
creditors on the current
basis, I find that irresponsible
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No side is seeking conflict and it has never
been our intention to
act unilaterally on Greek
debt
- European Parliament
President Martin Schulz
Sunday, February 1, 2015
- Greek Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras
ZAIN NET INCOME
DECLINE IN 2014
Customer base up 2.1%, revenues dip 8.1pc
BCCI to meet with
Sudan delegation
Manama
Bahrain Chamber of Commerce
and Industry said it is hosting a meeting with a business
delegation from the Republic
of Sudan headed by Minister
of Investments, Dr. Mustafa
Othman Ismail. The delegation comprises representatives
of companies from the crops
sector, agricultural equipment,
gold, and mining. In this regard,
BCCI CEO Nabeel Al Mahmood
called on all members interested
to attend the meeting and seize
the opportunity to form partnerships. The meeting will be
held on Monday from 12:00 to
1:00pm in Al Majlis Hall on the
Ground Floor of Bait Al Tijjar.
Panasonic closes
TV plant in China
Tokyo
Panasonic has closed its last
remaining TV manufacturing
factory in China and is to sell
its plant in Mexico as part of
a restructuring plan aimed at
stemming losses, a newspaper
said Saturday.
Manama
ain Bahrain Saturday
said its customer base
grew 2.1 per cent in 2014,
despite recording an 8.1pc
decline in 2014 revenues hurt
by challenging conditions
prevailing in the Bahrain’s
telecom sector and in the region
as a whole. The company now
serves 788,000 active customers
as at 31 December 2014.
Net income amounted to
BD4.1m (US$10.9m) in 2014,
down 24pc from the prior
year net income of BD5.4m
(US$14.3m),
reflecting
Earnings Per Share of 13 fils
compared to 17 fils per share in
2013 (23.5pc).
Revenue for the year
was recorded at BD71.8m
Z
(US$190.5m), a decrease
of 8.1pc on the previous
year’s amount of BD78.1m
(US$207.1m).
EBITDA for the period
reached BD27.0m (US$71.6m)
in 2014 and BD29.3m (US$
77.7m) with percentage change
of 7.8pc, reflecting a healthy
EBITDA margin of 36.9pc.
For the fourth quarter,
net income reached BD1.2m
(US$3.2m) from BD1.6m
(US$4.2m) in 2013 (25pc
change), reflecting a 14pc
decrease Y-o-Y.
Revenues
dropped 11.1pc to BD17.8m
(US$47.2) from at BD18.0m
(US$47.6m) recorded in the
prior year quarter.
EBITDA reached BD6.9m
(US$18.3m) from BD7.8m
Shaikh Ahmed
(US$20.6m) in 2013 (11.5pc
change), reflecting a strong
EBITDA margin of 38.4pc.
Commenting on the results,
Zain Bahrain Chairman,
Shaikh Ahmed bin Ali Al
Khalifa said: “The environment
for telecom in Bahrain and
the region was challenging
during the year, though Zain
Bahrain successfully leveraged
many of its strategic assets in
order to record a reasonable
performance investing a huge
US$ 100 m in building a new
4G LTE Nationwide Network,”
he added.
The chairman added that,
“The Board of Directors of Zain
Bahrain will recommend to
the Annual General Assembly
a cash dividend of 5pc at
par equaling 5 fils per share
totalling BD1.8m (US$4.9 m)
subject to regulatory approvals.
Additionally, shareholders’
equity stood at BD59.3m as of
31 December, 2014.”
BIBF hosts
open house
Manama
IBF held an open house
for
its
Leadership
Development Programme
(LDP) offered in partnership
with the Darden School of
Business at the University
of Virginia (USA), and
the Emirates Institute for
Banking & Financial Studies.
The
three-week
programme, scheduled to
take place in Charlottesville
(Virginia) in April, targets
outstanding managers from
Bahrain and the Gulf region,
and is based on actionoriented learning experiences
and
participant-centred
classroom discussions.
Through case study
analysis, participants will
explore actual business
problems and solutions that
will lead them to develop new
ways of thinking about their
own business challenges.
BIBF Director Solveig
Nicklos and Programme
Manager Dr. Victoria
Ghurbal spoke on the
occasion.
B
VIVA ranks best in 4G coverage
Bahrain
IVA Bahrain’s 4G network has the
widest coverage in the Kingdom
reaching 99.7 per cent of the population,
a TRA report said Saturday.
According a report published by the
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
(TRA) end of last year, VIVA Bahrain has
the widest 4G network coverage and ranked
top on Quality of Service.
Additional key indicators were evaluated
under the Quality of Services (QoS) report
which presents a performance snapshot of
voice, data, short messages services (SMS)
V
Slingtek WLL achieved ISO 9001:2008 Quality Certification
from TUV Nord Bahrain. Above, from left, Godly George,
Country Manager, TUV Nord, Ramakumar, Managing
Director, Slingtek WLL, Hemant Bhatia and Director, Slingtek
WLL, Bharat Bhatia during the award ceremony.
Mall Magic
and video streaming services.
VIVA ranked top in voice quality of
Bahrain’s first waterfront shopping centre is now open
Manama
ahrain residents now
have their own waterfront
shopping destination with
the opening of Seef Mall
Muharraq.
The
72,000
sqm mall has a Geant
hypermarket, 132 stores, a
14-theatre Cineplex, a food
court, restaurants and a Magic
Island family entertainment
centre.
B
VIVA ranked top in
voice quality of service, scoring 97.4pc
success rate in setting
up and holding a call.
service, scoring 97.4pc success rate in
setting up and holding a call, it showcased
100pc data coverage on its 4G network,
and 100pc of successful transfers at an
average speed of 35 Mbps. VIVA’s 4G
network also recorded a 98pc success rate
of setting up and holding a video stream
for two minutes.
VIVA Bahrain CEO, Ulaiyan Al
Wetaid commented: “Based on the tests
conducted by the Telecom Regulator, all
three operators are performing well which
is further proof of the healthy level of
competition in Bahrain.”
The mall is now open with
much of its retail space already
operational and new outlets
opening every day. Visitors
to the mall have access to a
wide-range of brands, dining
options and undercover
parking for more than 450
vehicles. The multi-screen
cinema which incorporates
an IMAX theatre will open
in July.
Commenting
on
the
opening, General Manager
of Seef Properties, Robert
Addison said, “We are excited
to announce opening of our
new mall, our third shopping
centre in Bahrain. The unique
location overlooking the
waterfront and Arad Fort
adds to the whole shopping
experience. The project is 100
per cent pre-let and we have
filled the Mall with brands
and restaurants that we are
sure will appeal to the whole
family and that it will become
the commercial heart of
Muharraq.”
Seef Mall Muharraq is
a joint venture between
Seef Properties, The Malls
Company and Hayakala
and will be managed by Seef
Properties.
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BUSINESS
Sunday, February 1, 2015
NOGA ups natural gas prices: ALBA
Manama
luminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)
said Saturday that it has been
notified by the Bahrain Petroleum
Company (BAPCO) that the National
Oil and Gas Authority of Bahrain
(NOGA) has issued a directive to
increase natural gas prices from
US$2.25 per million British thermal
A
units (MMBTU) to US$2.50 per
MMBTU effective April 1, 2015.
Thereafter, the gas price will escalate
at US$.25 cents per MMBTU per year
effective April 1 of each year until the
price reaches US$ 4.00 per MMBTU on
April 1, 2021.
Alba’s current annual metal
production is over 931,000 mt which
consumes approximately 375 Million
Standard Cubic Feet (MMSCF) of
natural gas per day. At this current
consumption rate, the estimated annual
impact for a US$.25 cents increase is
approximately US$30m. For calendar
year of 2015, the cost impact will be
approximately US$22m for nine
months.
AL BARAKA EGYPT
INCOME UP 36.1%
Deposits up 21.2pc, equity rose 14pc
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
32.5733
2.6667
3.42
169.7793
203.7075
16.835
21.5424
36563.0713
319.4888
371.6464
9.9404
299.386
121.3592
281.4681
3.6298
86.5801
3.4542
3.6982
2.3832
2.4845
1.7809
6.4612
10.02
9.7561
9.6899
0.788
1.0272
21.097
1.8868
4227.7935
23.8663
591.716
913.3254
28.9855
2.6483
3.2798
162.3377
192.7154
15.949
20.0723
31397.1743
297.619
320.4378
9.2937
247.5143
114.4165
262.9641
3.5398
85.034
3.3167
3.5791
2.3036
2.3798
1.728
6.0628
9.9404
9.7276
9.6348
0.7788
1.0204
19.8413
1.8636
3816.3569
21.7865
420.1681
542.0348
Manama
l Baraka Bank Egypt,
a subsidiary banking
unit of Al Baraka Banking
Group B.S.C. (ABG) and its
investment arm in Egypt, said
its net income jumped 36.1
per cent in 2014, helped by
increases in customer deposits
and expansion in branch
network.
Total income of the
company stood at 1.8 billion
LE (US$252 million), up
17.8pc compared to 2013. After
deducting operating expenses
and provisions, net income for
2014 reached 225.5m LE (US$
31.6m), increasing remarkably
by 36.1pc compared to 2013.
Total assets of Al Baraka
Bank Egypt stood at 22.3bn
LE (US$ 3.1bn) as at the end
of 2014, an increase of 22.1pc
compared to the end of 2013.
Total
financing
and
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New Offer
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
Adnan Yousif
investments portfolio grew
by 22pc to reach 19.4bn LE
(US$ 2.7bn) by the end of 2014.
Customer deposits including
IAH reached 18.8bn LE (US$
2.6bn), growing by 21.2pc at
the end of 2014 compared to
the end of 2013. The Bank’s
equity increased by 14pc to
reach 1.3bn LE (US$ 182m) as
at the end of December 2014.
Commenting on the results,
Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Al Baraka Bank
Egypt and President & Chief
Executive of Al Baraka Banking
Group, Adnan Ahmed Yousif
said, “The Bank during 2014
continued its ambitious branch
expansion and geographical
spread policy, where the
number of branches of the Bank
reached 28 branches at the end
of 2014 and there are 4 new
The Gulf Petrochemical Industries
Company (GPIC) welcomed Alba
Chief Executive Tim Murray to its
complex in Sitra during the latter’s first visit to the company after
taking over. GPIC President Dr.
Abdulrahman Jawahery and members of the company’s management team welcomed the delegates. Murray later toured the GPIC
complex, Leadership and Learning
Academy, the eLearning centre
and production plants.
Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please
call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh
COUNTRY
Ashraf El Gamrawi
Russia economy to shrink
by 3pc in 2015
Moscow
Russia’s economy minister
Alexei Ulyukayev on Saturday
forecast GDP to fall by three per
cent in 2015 on the back of a collapse in oil prices and a massive
capital flight. “We have issued a
forecast for 2015 which uses the
current prices, that is $50 dollars a barrel for the entire year,”
Ulyukayev said.
Batelco to introduce unlimited voice minutes
Manama
atelco said it is adding another
first to its list of achievements
with the introduction of bolt-on
packages for voice minutes to all
local networks for its fixed line
customers.
The new fixed line bolt-on
deals include four top value
choices with 200 minutes of
B
branches under construction
in the areas of New Cairo, the
Pyramid, Zamalek and Sheikh
Zaid, other than the exchange
currency offices.”
“We are now moving
towards the furnishing of the
new headquarters of the Bank
in the New Cairo area with
the latest technology, with
planning to move there by the
end of 2015, which will be a
quantum and civilized leap for
the Bank,” he added.
Vice Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Bank,
Ashraf El Ghamrawy said,
“We are now implementing
the second phase of the new
banking system that will allow
providing the best and fastest
banking services such as
telephone banking and online
banking to meet customer
needs in terms of speediness of
performing transactions.”
voice calls to all networks for
only BD1, 500 minutes for BD2,
1000 minutes for BD3 and an
unlimited option for only BD5.
New fixed line packages
include a BD3.5 entry-level
package, which includes line
rental, free browsing and
200 minutes of calls to the
customers of any of Bahrain’s
fixed line providers.
Customers may also choose
from two other options. A
BD7 package features 2MB
Broadband service plus 500
minutes of calls to all networks
while a BD10 package features
2MB Broadband service with
unlimited calls to any domestic
network.
Batelco’s current customers
may phone 196 or visit any
Batelco Shop to add the top
value bolt-ons to their fixed line
service or to upgrade to one
of the new fixed line bundled
packages. New customers may
also call 196 or visit any Batelco
shop to sign up for this first of
its kind service.
14 Sunday, February 1, 2015
I
n order to travel, sound needs any of the three
states of matter as a medium (solid, liquid
or gas). There is no other medium required for
sound to travel. We all know that the space is
nearly a perfect vacuum. Because of this vacuum,
the sound cannot travel in space and we cannot
hear any sound in space.
L
ight from the sun has seven rainbow colours, i.e., violet, indigo,
blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Of these colours, red has
longest wavelength and blue colour has the shortest wavelength. The
colours with shorter wavelength are scattered much more readily than
those of longer wavelengths. The blue colour of the sky is caused by
scattering of blue colour of sunlight.
Human fingers can feel objects as small as
13 nanometers.
Hand washing could save more lives than
any other vaccines, according to WHO.
There are towns in France where it is illegal
to die.
These bracelets are so colourful and fun to make and wear, for both boys
and girls!
What You'll Need
1.
pipe cleaners
2.
pasta
3.
pony beads
4.
containers (to sort beads)
How to make it:
Gather the materials, and sort them according
to different colours.
Start off by fastening a loop at the bottom of the
pipe cleaner so you have an end to catch the beads
as you bead.
Now the fun part: Bead the pipe cleaners to make their
bracelets! This activity also works on fine motor skills too:
fitting the beads and the pasta on the pipe cleaners.
As you got about 3/4 of the way up the pipe cleaner,
take the end of the pipe cleaner through the loop to
latch them together and wove the excess pip cleaner
through the last bead.
And there you have it: some beautiful bangles
to adorn your wrist!
Sunday, February 1, 2015
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N
atural curiosity and an
eagerness to investigate
the world of science, were
very much in evidence during
the Year 5 students visit to
the Bahrain Science Centre.
Whilst some children
took the opportunity to
test their physical strength,
others examined their senses
of sight and hearing. They
were also able to challenge
their reaction times and
memories. For some strange
reason, lying on a bed of
nails proved irresistible to a
number of children!
Other highlights included
watching the formation of
‘tornadoes’ in smoke, and
waves in water. Some children
were also fortunate enough to
be given a demonstration of
the effects of static electricity.
Richard Marshall, Year 5
Leader, said, “This was an
excellent opportunity for us
to involve with some practical
science investigations that
complemented much of the
work we have been doing in
school. The Bahrain Science
Centre is well worth a visit!”
I
n an atmosphere full of
fun and competition, the
students and staff of Bahrain
Polytechnic competed in the
first Sports Day, organized
by the Bahrain Polytechnic
Student Council (BPSC).
The event was held at the
Polytechnic campus in Isa
Town on January 17.
All the participants
competed in showing off
their energy and abilities by
participating in speed and
obstacle games created for
individuals and groups. A
section of the venue was
allocated for conducting a
health and sports exhibition,
with the participation
of Physiocare, Bahrain
Specialist Hospital. Beo
Bites provided healthy foods
to the participants.
The sports day also
featured a show of classic
and modern sports cars,
in addition to educational
lectures which provided
awareness and guidance
regarding sports injuries
and aftercare, as well as an
informative lecture about
healthy food. Winners were
honoured with prizes and
coupons.
The event was launched
by the acting Chief
Executive Officer of Bahrain
Polytechnic, Dr. Mohamed
Ebrahim Al Aseeri.
Deputy Chief Executive
of Educational Services,
Dr. Hasan AlMulla and the
acting Director of Student
Services, Dr. Nawal Zewayed
and a number of senior
officials were present on the
occasion.
Commenting on the
event, Dr. Al Aseeri said:
“We are impressed with the
Sports Day idea brought
up by the Student Council.
The students have spared
no effort to turn it into a
reality, entertaining all the
participants.”
Short story
A
mother duck and her little
ducklings were on their way to
a lake one day. The ducklings were
very happy following their mother
and quack-quacking along the way.
All of a sudden the mother duck
saw a fox at a distance. She was
frightened and shouted, “Children,
hurry to the lake. There’s a fox!”
The ducklings hurried towards
the lake. The mother duck wondered
what to do. She began to walk back
and forth dragging one wing on the
ground.
When the fox saw her he became
happy. He said to himself, “It seems
that she’s hurt and can’t fly! I can
easily catch and eat her!” Then he
ran towards her.
The mother duck ran, leading the
fox away from the lake. The fox
followed her. Now he wouldn’t be
able to harm her ducklings. The
mother duck looked towards her
ducklings and saw that they had
reached the lake. She was relieved, so
she stopped and took a deep breath.
The fox thought she was tired
and he came closer, but the mother
duck quickly spread her wings and
rose up in the air. She landed in the
middle of the lake and her ducklings
swam to her.
The fox stared in disbelief at the
mother duck and her ducklings. He
could not reach them because they
were in the middle of the lake.
Dear children, some birds drag
one of their wings on the ground
when an enemy is going to attack.
In this way they fool their enemies
into thinking they are hurt.
When the enemy follows them
this gives their children time to
escape.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance has held an Open House to discuss about its Leadership Development Programme (LDP), offered in partnership with the
Darden School of Business at the University Of Virginia in the United States and the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies. The three-week programme,
which is scheduled to take place in Charlottesville (Virginia) in April, targets outstanding managers from Bahrain and the Gulf region, and is based on action-oriented
learning experiences and participant-centred classroom discussions. BIBF Director, Solveig Nicklos stressed the importance of the programme, while Programme
Manager Dr. Victoria Ghurbal highlighted the objectives of the LDP.
Health Ministry held a blood dona
Complex (SMC) Central Blood Bank
Fucom Group has opened its 10th store and 3rd branch of Geant Hypermarkets in the Kingdom, at Seef Mall Muharraq yesterday. Hundreds of customers flocked into the store, which was opened along with t
foodstuff, electronics and household items. The new branch will remain open daily between 8am and 12am.
Al Hawaj and Sprecher Berrier Group of Companies organised the launch ceremony of a new
fragrance for women from Lalique at Bahrain City Centre. Area Sales Manager Middle East,
India and Asia Art and Fragrance, Markus Berger, Area Sales Manager, Sprecher Berrier Group
of Companies, Philippe Seigle, Al Hawaj representatives- Jawad Y Al Hawaj, Abdul Wahab Y Al
Hawaj, Hussain Y Al Hawaj, Ahmed Y Al Hawaj, Mohammed Jawad Al Hawaj, Shyam Narayanan,
Hazem Elrazek, Nicholas Rodrigues and Shaker Abdulla were present on the occasion.
Rajasthanis in Bahrain, headed by Alok Gupta organised ‘Padharo Mhare Des,’ desert camp at Sakhir. Indian
was managed by Gallure Ideas & Insight.
Sunday, February 1, 2015
ation campaign at Abdulrahman Kanoo Dialysis Centre in Muharraq yesterday. The event was held in coordination with Salmaniya Medical
k. Around 60 people donated blood in the event.
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Royal
Charity
Organisation
(RCO)
held an emergency
evacuation drill at Sakhir
camping area yesterday,
in cooperation with the
Civil Defence Directorate
of Interior Ministry,
National Guards and
Jasmi’s Company. The
activity, attended by
children included an
awareness
lecture,
practical emergency
procedures in case of
fire and first aid practice.
RCO Secretary General
Dr. Mustafa Al Sayed
patronised the event.
Indian Community Relief Fund (ICRF) has held its
108th free medical camp for labourers at Ambattur
International Clothing Company in Ma’ameer. Around
340 workers benefited from the camp, which included
basic medical checkups.
Pics by biju haridas
the grand opening of Seef Mall, Muharraq, at 10am yesterday. The event was attended by senior Geant officials, guests and customers. The store offers promotions and special offers on many items including
Pics by MuhaMed ThasleeM
n Ambassador, Dr. Mohan Kumar and his wife Mala Kumar were the Chief Guests of the event. More than 450 Rajasthanis participated in the event, which showcased Rajasthani culture and tradition. The event
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
Washington
ilary Swank, Susan
Sarandon and Jessica
Biel will provide their voices in
the 3D animated film Spark.
The movie, directed by
Aaron Woodley for Toonbox
Entertainment, Redrover and Gulfstream,
is a big space-age battle between good and evil.
From a screenplay by Doug Hadders, Adam
Rotstein and Woodley, the action-packed,
humor and heart-filled Spark follows a
teenage monkey Spark, voiced by Jace Norman
(Nickelodeon’s Henry Danger), and his friends
Vix.
A battle-ready fox voiced by Jessica Biel, and
H
Washington
isney has unveiled its very first LatinAmerican princess, Elena of Avalor.
Disney Junior Worldwide’s Nancy Kanter
declared that Elena is describe as the “confident
and compassionate teenager in an enchanted
fairytale kingdom inspired by diverse Latin
cultures and folklore,” will be introduced next
year.
Kanter said that their team had “delivered a
universal story with themes that authentically
reflect the hopes and dreams of our diverse
audience and what excites us most is the chance
to use distinctive animation and visual design
to tell wonderful stories influenced by culture
and traditions that are familiar to the worldwide
population of Hispanic and Latino families
and reflect the interests and aspirations of all
children as told through a classic fairy tale.”
D
Shakira welcomes
second son
T
Barcelona
he 37-year-old pop star welcomed her
second son into the world at a hospital
in Barcelona Thursday night, where she
underwent a scheduled caesarean section.
The news was confirmed in a statement
from the couple shortly before midnight,
with another expected later, to reveal
the baby’s name.
Washington
merican actress, Gwyneth
Paltrow’s
mother
Blythe
Danner has admitted that she
doesn’t understand her daughter’s
divorce from rocker Chris Martin.
Danner said, “People make
fun of this, um, what do they
call it? What is that thing that
they’ve been doing? Separating,
but being?”
Danner added that the very
amicable former couple, who share
kids Apple, 10, and Moses, 8, are so
smart and both incredibly brilliant.
She added that they’re making it work, they’re great friends and the kids are in wonderful
shape and so they have to take her hat off to both of them.
A
HARRY STYLES
February 01, 1994
H
arry Styles is an English pop singer-songwriter,
known as a member of the boy band One
Direction. He made his debut as a singer with his
band White Eskimo. In 2010, Styles auditioned as a
solo artist for The X Factor. After being eliminated
as a solo performer, Styles was brought back into the
competition with four other contestants, to form a
band that would later be known as One Direction.
Chunk, a tech-savvy warthog, as they
embark on a mission to take back
the besieged Planet Bana from the
power-mad General Zhong.
Spark’s dangerous odyssey leads
him to the farthest reaches of the
universe, and to the secret of his
true identity, with characters like the
comically forgetful nanny robot Bananny,
voiced by Susan Sarandon, and the noble,
self-sacrificing Queen, voiced by Hilary
Swank by his side.
Fully financed by Redrover
and its partners, the film is
currently in production with
plans for a 2016 release.
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Washington
merican rapper, Kanye West has admitted
that his marriage with wife Kim Kardashian
and their daughter North West has made him a
better person.
The Gold Digger rapper revealed that he has
learned to compromise more than before, and
he thinks that he has turned out to be a better
person after Kardashian and little West came
in his life.
The American rapper added that it makes
him feel so good that he has someone at his
house to be waiting for him.
The 37-year-old also shared that earlier he use
to get jump into tiffs with people and was taken
negatively, but now he was more cautious as he
has his family to protect too.
West also confirmed the news that the couple
was planning to have a younger sibling for
North.
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A
Washington
ustin Bieber put his fans in a bit of
dilemma when he shared an emotional
video saying he’s been pretending, and
covering up his true feelings, begging for
their mercy.
The 20-year-old pop star posted a clip,
where he poured his heart out to his fans
saying, “I was afraid of what people are
thinking about me right now.”
The video came only hours after Bieber
recorded an episode of The Ellen Show.
J
Oprah celebrates
61st b’day
Washington
prah Winfrey has celebrated her 61st birthday with some
special wishes by many big shots on social media.
Beyonce posted a black-and-white image of the famed media
personality as a little girl on Instagram and wished her happy
birthday, whereas Ellen DeGeneres blessed Winfrey to have a
special day just like she has it everyday, on Twitter.
The 61-year-old talk-show host seemed to be enjoying
her special day, as she shared a picture of herself holding
baskets of fresh veggies, on Instagram.
O
Los Angeles
inger
Courtney
Love said that she
used heroin while she
was pregnant with
her daughter Frances
Cobain.
The 50-year-old took
the drug while she was
expecting her and the
late singer Kurt Cobain’s
S
daughter, who is now 22,
but she was confident
that it wouldn’t harm
her unborn child.
Speaking in the
documentary film Kurt
Cobain: Montage of
Heck, Love said: “I used
it once then stopped.
I knew she would be
fine.”
DT News now gives you a chance to quiz
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!
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Awarded Padma Shri by the
Government of India in 2014.
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Los Angeles
ctors, Johnny Depp
and
28-year-old
fiancée Amber Heard got
engaged in December 2013
after a year of dating and
are planning for their nuptials on
his
island over the weekend of Feb 7 and Feb 8 in
front of just 50 guests.
The accommodation on the
45-acre
Little Hall’s Pond Cay Island is so
limited
that many of the guests will be
staying
on the 51-year-old actor’s yacht during the
celebrations.
The couple is said to have chosen the date
because of their hectic working schedules.
Heard will wear a dress designed by Stella
McCartney for the wedding ceremony.
A
Happy guessing!
Amy Adams
Amy Adams is an American actress and singer. She
began her career on stage performing in dinner theatre and
later made her feature film debut in Drop Dead Gorgeous.
Her breakthrough role came in the 2005 independent film
Junebug, for which she received critical acclaim and her first
of four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting
Actress. In 2014, she portrayed Margaret Keane in Big Eyes,
for which she won a second Golden Globe and received a
fifth BAFTA nomination.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
CAP THE SNAP
by John Graziano
Head this challenge.
Can you think of an apt
caption for this?
Something funny, intelligent and out-of-the-box!
If you make a winning
entry, your photo along
with the caption will be
featured in DT News.
So grab a pen, think hard,
write to us and see yourself in this space soon!
Don’t forget to attach your
picture.
Sent entries to: facebook@
dt.bh with subject as
‘Caption Contest’
BEST FROM THE LOT. YOU COULD BE NEXT
HA HA...HEE HEE...HO HO...!
A man goes to the doctor and says, “Doctor,
wherever I touch, it hurts.”
The doctor asks, “What do you mean?”
The man says, “When I touch my shoulder, it
really hurts. If I touch my knee - OUCH! When I
touch my forehead, it really, really hurts.”
The doctor says, “I know what’s wrong with you
- you’ve broken your finger!”
Let’s check whose nose is bigger!!!
Chandan Jain
YOUR STAR TODAY
ARIES
20th March - 20th April
A social event could bring
you into contact with some
interesting people in fascinating
fields, Aries, some from distant places.
Discussions could turn you on to one
or more new interests, which you will
probably want to pursue later.
LEO
20th July - 20th Aug
Much of your day may be
spent running around your
neighbourhood, Leo, perhaps in
the company of your partner. You may
have a lot of errands to run, or perhaps
you’re just antsy and unwilling to spend
the day indoors.
SAGITTARIUS
20th Nov - 20th Dec
You tend to be an adventurous soul by nature, Sagittarius.
Today the desire to do something you’ve never done before could
be overwhelming. You might toy with
outrageous ideas like learning to skydive or bungee jump.
TAURUS
20th April - 20th May
You might decide to try a new
and ambitious exercise programme. Take care not to push
yourself past your limits. A heightened
sense of adventure combines with a powerful desire to be fit, and it might drive you to
exhaustion if you aren’t careful.
VIRGO
20th Aug - 20th Sept
A financial windfall might
come your way, Virgo. This
may not be a lottery win or surprise inheritance. It’s probably something you’ve worked hard for, but more
than you expected. As a result, you
could walk around in a daze for much
of the day.
CAPRICORN
20th Dec - 20th Jan
If you’ve been thinking about
studying astrology, Capricorn,
this is the day to do it. Even if you
already know the field, you might decide
to branch out into a newer or more radical aspect, such as Draconic or galactic
astrology.
GEMINI
20th May - 20th June
Are you involved in an ambitious, creative project of some
kind, Gemini? You might have so
much to do that you decide to take on a
partner, if you haven’t already. When you
and this person work together, the whole
is definitely greater than the sum of the
parts.
LIBRA
20th Sep - 20th Oct
You’re probably feeling full
of energy, Libra, and looking
for an outlet for it aside from
the usual jog or workout. A hike along
a scenic path would be just the thing.
Phone a friend and see if you can arrange to do it together.
AQUARIUS
20th Jan - 20th Feb
Your innate sense of adventure is active today, Aquarius. Travel is on your mind. You
and some friends may kick around
ideas for an unconventional trip to
an exotic place, such as sailing to Tahiti. The urge could pass, but it might
not.
CANCER
20th June - 20th July
The desire to improve your
home’s appearance might
suddenly come over you today,
Cancer. Whether you’re planning some
redecorating, landscaping, refurnishing, or simply a thorough cleaning, you
will probably take the bull by the horns
and concentrate on nothing else.
SCORPIO
20th Oct - 20th Nov
Your subconscious mind is
active today, Scorpio, perhaps
releasing old traumas from the
past. Memories from long ago could
pour into your mind as though floodgates were opened. Many of them won’t
be pleasant.
PISCES
20th Feb - 20th Mar
Career matters may involve
some touchy circumstances
that require ingenious methods to solve, Pisces. You’re in the right
frame of mind to come up with them.
You’re definitely up for a challenge, and
you will probably dig right in and come
up with lots of great ideas.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
CROSSWORD
Across
1- Pale purple; 6- Cuatro doubled; 10- Actor Omar;
14- Central Florida city; 15- Swedish auto; 16- Poultry
enclosure; 17- Humorous; 18- Cairo cobras; 19- Actress
Bonet; 20- Since I was ____ to a grasshopper (young); 22Rubs out; 24- Hawaiian goose; 25- Out of a short gestation;
26- Summer ermines; 29- Bay; 30- Captain of the Pequod;
31- Alert; 37- Hosiery thread; 39- Cornerstone abbr.; 40Causing goose bumps; 41- Before death; 44- Actress Turner;
45- Twice tetra-; 46- Kitchen utensil; 48- Governing bodies;
52- Building additions; 53- Sickness at the stomach; 54Interstellar; 58- Weapons; 59- Nair rival; 61- Compass point;
62- Let ___; 63- As previously given, in footnotes; 64- Strike
___; 65- Missing; 66- Preserve with salt; 67- Pave over;
Yesterday’s solution
Down
1- Device for securing; 2- Image; 3- Like some excuses;
4- Capable of being sold; 5- Prestige; 6- Missouri feeder;
7- Money; 8- Occurrence; 9- Notice; 10- Acclaim; 11Composure; 12- Difficult question; 13- Sudden convulsion;
21- Not ___ many words; 23- Actress Witherspoon; 25Florence’s ___ Vecchio; 26- Room in a casa; 27- Lean;
28- Kiln for drying hops; 29- ___ Rica; 32- Drat!; 33Optical instrument; 34- Algerian seaport; 35- ___ kleine
Nachtmusik; 36- Scorch; 38- Ham it up; 42- Like sea life;
43- Gangster’s gal; 47- Two-dimensional; 48- Gastropod
mollusk; 49- Keep an ___ the ground; 50- Deadens; 51- It’s
a good thing; 52- Words on a Wonderland cake; 54- Will of
“The Waltons”; 55- Horse’s gait; 56- ___ boy!; 57- “Believe”
singer; 60- Web address ending;
BEETLE BAILEY
IN HISTORY
Hoy en la Historia
February 1, 2014
The Mumbai Monorail, India’s
first monorail since independence,
was officially inaugurated. Around
20,000 people queued to use it on
its first day of operation
1840: The world’s first dental college
opened in Baltimore, Maryland
1920: Canada’s North West Mounted
Police were renamed the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police
1965: U.S. singer P.J. Proby was
banned by Britain’s BBC Television
after splitting his trousers during his act
2000: America recorded its 107th
month of continuous economic
expansion, its longest-ever period of
growth since 1969
Picture: Associated Press
© GRAPHIC NEWS
S U D O KU
R
Little Known Facts
Children grow
faster in the
springtime.
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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Sunday, February 1, 2015
THE OTHER HALF OF
N A R ENDRA MOD I
P
resident Barack Obama’s
recent trip to India raised
questions about the wife of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi—a woman whose life
is shrouded in mystery. While
the U.S. president appeared
at the extravagant Republic
Day parade with First Lady
Michelle Obama, the Indian
first lady, if she can even be
called that, was absent, to
no-one’s surprise.
Mr. Modi lives as a single
man though, technically, he
isn’t. While filing his election
nomination papers this past
April, he admitted publicly
for the first time that he was
married.
Subsequently, it came to
light that he and his wife,
Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi,
had married when she was
17 and Modi 18. Three
years into the marriage, he
distanced himself from his
wife, threw himself into his
work as a campaigner for
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS), a Hindu nationalist
organization, and then joined
politics. Jashodaben became a
schoolteacher and, like him,
never remarried.
Now retired and in her
sixties, Jashodaben lives with
her brother and subsists on
a pension of 14,000 rupees
($232) a month. She has said
the last time she spoke to the
prime minister was in 1987.
Neither has sought a divorce.
In many ways, Jashodaben
embodies
the
so-called
“Sati-Savitri” ideal. In some
traditional Indian circles,
this is the highest praise a
woman can receive. The term
joins together two symbols
Three years into the
marriage, he (Modi) distanced
himself from his wife, threw
himself into his work as a
campaigner for Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS), a Hindu nationalist
organization, and then joined
politics. Jashodaben became
a schoolteacher and, like
him, never remarried.
of feminine virtue. Goddess
Sati, the wife of the Hindu
god Shiva, is celebrated for
immolating herself after her
husband was slighted by her
father. Equally, Savitri, a
character from Hindu epic
the Mahabharata, is praised
for dissuading the god of
death, Yama, from taking her
sister-in-law has to make their
beds. This is a bit annoying,”
Jashodaben had said.
In many ways,
Jashodaben’s
story is
that of
many
husband’s life by outwitting
him.
Speaking of Jashodaben,
Narendra Modi’s sister told
the Times of India that:
“Despite being abandoned,
Jashoda never spoke ill of him.
That is a true Indian woman
for you.” Not only has she
never spoken ill of him, she is
said to have fasted and prayed
for him to become prime
minister. Her life seems to
exemplify the self-effacement
and sacrifice symbolized by
Sati and Savitri.
However, this “true
Indian
woman”
is
Indian women. Even when
she
achieves
financial
independence, she is still
bound by mental shackles to
a social system that doesn’t
care for her, that’s stacked
against her. Perhaps
it’s time for her to
realize this and
carve out a life
accordingly.
showing some signs of being
fed up with the trappings of
her odd marriage. Making
use of India’s “Right to
Information” act, she recently
sought information about
the armed bodyguards who
have been deployed by the
government to protect her.
She is said to be “afraid” of
the personal security detail,
not least because India’s
Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi was killed by
her own bodyguards.
“I am surrounded
by five security
guards all the
time. Often my
relatives or I
have to cook
for them, my
DON’T POP! A LETTER DID IT ALL
S
pain’s Catholic church, which
has long been accused of
silencing cases of priests sexually
abusing children, is starting to
take a hard line against offenders,
spurred by Pope Francis.
A judge in the southern city of
Granada on Tuesday charged 10
priests and two Catholic lay workers
with sexually abusing altar boys
in their care, or being complicit in
such acts, from 2004 to 2007.
It is the biggest and most
serious paedophilia case involving
members of the Catholic Church
known so far in Spain.
The case was brought to light by
a former altar boy, now 25 and a
member of the Catholic institution
Opus Dei, who wrote to the pontiff
to say he had been molested.
Pope Francis called the
unidentified man to offer the
Church’s apology and in November
the pontiff said he had ordered a
church investigation into the case,
saying it had caused him “great
pain”.
The young man who wrote to
the pope “never imagined the issue
would take on the significance
that it did,” said his lawyer, Jorge
Aguilera Gonzalez.
“If it wasn’t for the pope’s
intervention, it would still have
been an important issue, but just
one of many.”
Pope Francis has taken a tough
stance on clerical child abuse since
taking over in 2013 from Benedict
XVI, calling it “the shame of the
Church”.
The Catholic Church had huge
influence in Spain during Francisco
Franco’s 1939-75 dictatorship and
for decades victims kept quiet
about abuse “due to social pressure,
the power of the Church”, said Jose
Manuel Vidal, head of religious
news website Religion Digital.
That explains why, unlike in
Germany, Ireland, Mexico or the
United States, until now no major
cases of paedophilia involving
priests have come to light in Spain
even though abuse took place.
Nine percent of all sexual abuse
suffered by boys between 1950 and
1970 was carried out by priests,
according to a 1994 study by
University of Salamanca psychology
of sexuality professor Felix Lopez
for the Ministry of Social Affairs.
The abuse often took place in
boarding schools, as depicted in
Oscar-winning Spanish director
Pedro Almodovar’s 2004 film “Bad
Education.”
-AFP
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
Italy’s lawmakers elect Sergio Mattarella as prez
Rome
ergio
Mattarella,
a
Constitutional Court justice
widely considered to be above
the political fray, was elected
Saturday as Italy’s president in
the third day of balloting by
lawmakers.
He quickly set as priorities
attention to his country’s
moribund economy and the
need for unity in Europe’s fight
against a “new season of terror.”
Mattarella’s election as head
S
Balloonists
set world
records
Los Angeles
wo balloonists completed
a world record-breaking
trans-Pacific
flight
on
Saturday after splashing down
safely off the coast of Mexico,
organizers of the epic voyage
said.
Troy Bradley and Leonid
Tiukhtyaev made a controlled
descent four miles off the coast
of Baja California near La Poza
Grande after a change in winds
made a landing at sea a “more
prudent” option than landing
onshore.
T
Factory fire
kills 13 in
Bangladesh
Dhaka
t least 13 people were
killed and more than
a dozen injured on Saturday
when a fire broke out in a
plastic factory in Bangladesh’s
capital, emergency service
officials said. Police and fire officers said
they believed that the blaze
started when gas cylinders
exploded in the factory’s boiler
room. Then the fire engulfed
the whole building within
minutes.
“We’ve
recovered
13
bodies,” said local police chief
Mohammad
Jashimuddin,
adding the fire was brought
under control in two hours and
that the factory floors had been
thoroughly searched.
A fire official said those
who died were plastic factory
workers who were trapped on
the upper floors. A
Mutant Warfare
Miami
British
company’s
plan to unleash hordes
of genetically modified
mosquitoes in Florida to
reduce the threat of dengue
fever and other diseases
has sparked an outcry from
A
of state was clinched when he
amassed 505 votes — a simple
majority. The 73-year-old
former minister with center-left
political roots went on to garner
a total of 665 votes from the
1,009 eligible electors. Known as
a man of few words, Mattarella
cemented that reputation with
his first remarks to the nation.
“My thoughts go, above all,
and before everything, to the
difficulties and hopes of our
fellow citizens. That’s enough,”
he said in brief comments at his
court office just down the street
from the presidential palace.
Italy is mired in recession and
unemployment has hovered
about 13 per cent nationally.
Young Italians are increasingly
seeking work abroad.
Then he applied a Europeanwide vision to his largely
ceremonial post when he made
a surprise, private visit to the
Ardeatine Caves, a monument
to Rome’s victims of its World
War II Nazi occupiers, on the
city’s outskirts. After pausing in
reflection there, Mattarella hailed
the wartime alliance “between
nations and peoples that knew
how to defeat Nazi, racial, antiSemitic and totalitarian hate”
and called for more of the same
solidarity now. “The same unity
in Europe and in the world will
know how to defeat those who
want to drag us into a new season
of terror,” the presidential palace
quoted him as saying.
UKRAINE PEACE
TALKS COLLAPSE
Post the killing of 15 soldiers
Minsk
eace talks aimed at halting
rising bloodshed in eastern
Ukraine ended in failure
Saturday, with Kiev’s envoy
saying pro-Russian separatists
wrecked a deal by refusing to
discuss an immediate ceasefire.
The delayed talks in Minsk
were “thwarted” after top
rebel leaders stayed away and
their negotiators also refused
to discuss withdrawing heavy
weapons, former Ukrainian
president Leonid Kuchma said.
Kuchma also accused the
insurgents’ representatives of
putting forward “ultimatums”
at the four-hour talks in the
Belarussian capital without
giving any more details.
The negotiator for the rebel
Donetsk People’s Republic,
Denis Pushilin, however,
P
Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk (R) arrives to take part in
peace talks in Minsk January 31
blamed Kiev for causing the
collapse of the talks and said
insurgent leaders would only
agree a deal if Kiev’s forces halt
fire first.
Pushilin said the rebels also
insisted the demarcation line
include territory taken since
the previous line was agreed
in September, said by analysts
to be around 500 square
kilometres (200 square miles).
Mediators
from
the
Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe had
hoped to thrash out a “binding”
truce to revive a shattered peace
plan despite Kiev suffering one
of its bloodiest days yet in the
nine-month conflict with 15
Ukrainian troops killed.
The OSCE as well as Russian
officials attended the talks in
Minsk after a nominal September
ceasefire collapsed under the
latest wave of violence. The
insurgents last week pulled out
of peace talks and announced
the start of an offensive designed
to expand their control over a
much broader swathe of the
industrial southeast.
Automated
signals to
monitor flights
Montreal
ll commercial flights
worldwide could soon
send out an automated signal
every minute in times of
distress to help rescuers find
downed aircraft more easily.
The new measures are
in response to last year’s
disappearance of Malaysia
Airlines flight MH370 en route
from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
in what remains one of history’s
great aviation mysteries.
The new tracking rules,
prepared by an industry
working group, would be
phased in by the end of this
year, said the International
Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO), a United Nations
agency.
Currently, radar can track a
plane, however coverage fades
when aircraft are out at sea
or the plane is flying below a
certain altitude.
Under the new rules, airlines
will be required to track
their aircraft using a system
that gives their location at
15-minute intervals. A
Obama to appear in public with Dalai Lama
Washington
S President Barack Obama will
appear in public at an event
attended by the Dalai Lama next week
in Washington, the White House said
on Friday, in a move sure to anger
Beijing.
“The president will deliver remarks
at the National Prayer Breakfast,”
said National Security Council
U
Barack Obama with Dalai Lama. (File picture)
spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan.
“This year, the organizers also invited
His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”
Officials said there was no “specific
meeting” between them to announce.
The 14th Dalai Lama fled Tibet in
1959 after a failed uprising against
Chinese rule and has lived in exile in
India ever since.
China accuses the Dalai Lama of
seeking to split Tibet from the rest of
China and of fomenting unrest in the
region, calling him “a wolf in sheep’s
clothing.”
Previous meetings between Obama
and the Nobel prize winner have been
met with formal Chinese diplomatic
protests that have soured relations
between the world’s two largest
economies.
GMO mosquito plan sparks debate in Florida
fearful residents.
As of Friday, more than
145,000 people had signed a
petition at change.org urging
regulators to “say no” to
allowing the tourist-friendly
fishing and diving haven to
become “a testing ground for
these mutant bugs.”
The company, Oxitec, said
it wants to try the technique
there in order to reduce the
non-native Aedes aegypti
mosquitoes in south Florida
and beyond. The process involves
inserting a gene into labgrown, male Aedes aegypti
mosquitoes. The added DNA
makes it impossible for their
offspring to survive.
Since the males do not
bite, the lab-grown males
would be released to mate
with wild females. These
releases would take place a
few times per week.
“Both
the
released
mosquitoes
and
their
offspring will die -- they do
not stay in the environment,”
Oxitec said.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
1979 murder trial gets under way
New York
mentally
deranged
person accused of killing
a 6-year-old boy in one of
America’s most famous
missing child cases went on
trial Friday, 36 years after the
crime. Pedro Hernandez, 53,
is accused of killing Etan
Patz and dumping his body
out with the trash on May 25,
A
Gunmen
kill four in
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
our men were shot dead
by gunmen on the streets
of Tegucigalpa on Friday,
officials and witnesses said, just
days after the president said
homicide rates were decreasing
in violence-wracked Honduras Neighbors in the Honduran
capital said the four men were
talking on a street corner in
a slum neighborhood when a
car pulled up and at least six
people emerged. Some of the
men were shot at close range,
witnesses said.
The Honduran civil defence
agency confirmed the killing,
though a motive for the deaths
was not known. Honduras is one of the most
dangerous countries in the
world, with one of the highest
homicide rates, according to
the United Nations. F
Chips to make employees efficient
Stockholm
Swedish company has
implanted microchips in
its staff, which allows them
to use the photocopier, open
security doors and even pay
for their lunch.
Around 700 employees
from the Epicenter office
block in Stockholm may
eventually have the chips
A
1979. Hernandez was arrested
on a tip off in 2012, and
confessed to having killed the
boy. He has since recanted
and pleads not guilty.
implanted into the back
of their hands. The chips
use
radio-frequency
identification and are about
the size of a grain of rice.
UN chief backs African Union proposal
REGIONAL FORCES
TO FIGHT MILITANTS
Addis Ababa
N Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon on Saturday
gave his backing to an African
Union proposal to set up a
regional five-nation force of
7,500 troops to fight Nigeria’s
Boko
Haram
Islamist
militants.
Support for the initiative
was announced at an African
Union summit being held in
Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa.
“I welcome the decision
of the AU and regional
countries to establish an MJTF
(Multinational Joint Task
Force) against Boko Haram,”
Ban said.
“These terrorists have
U
N’Djamena
hree soldiers and 123 Boko Haram
militants were killed when the Islamist
group attacked a Chadian army contingent
in northern Cameroon, the Chadian
military said Friday.
Twelve soldiers were wounded in the
attacks staged by the Islamists on Thursday
and Friday near the border town of
Fotokol, according to a military statement
read out on national television.
Chad sent a convoy of troops and
military vehicles into neighbouring
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
committed
unspeakable
brutality. They should be
addressed with a regional and
international cooperation,” he
T
said.
Ban nevertheless said
“military means may not be the
only solution.”
Cameroon on January 17 to deal with the
growing threat Boko Haram poses in the
region.
“The enemy was repelled by our
defensive forces,” the general staff’s
statement said, adding that the troops had
“routed” the Islamists in the second attack.
The soldiers were killed by improvised
explosive devices, the statement said.
A senior Cameroonian security source
said the Chadian troops were deployed to
the town, which sits opposite a Nigerian
town under Boko Haram control and is
also close to the border with Chad, on
Wednesday.
At least 13,000 people have
been killed and more than a
million forced from their
homes by the Boko Haram
conflict since 2009.
The group also carried out
the mass abduction of 276 girls
from the town of Chibok in
April last year.
The uprising has become a
regional crisis, with the four
directly affected countries
- Cameroon, Chad, Niger
and Nigeria - agreeing along
with Benin late last year to
form a joint force of 3,000
troops, although the force
remains inoperational due to
disagreements between Abuja
and its neighbours.
the emotions and experiences that I’ve
heard firsthand from military families
over these past few years,” she said.
She was speaking at an event
encouraging the entertainment
industry to accurately portray the
experiences of military veterans.
Describing “American Sniper” as
a “complex, emotional depiction of
a veteran and his family,” she said it
reflected “those wrenching stories that
I’ve heard -- the complex journeys
that our men and women in uniform
endure.”
Critics on the left have slammed
the record-breaking film and say the
subject of the movie, former Navy
SEAL Chris Kyle, deserves no hero
per cent chance of pregnancy.
Nine years after she was told
she could never be a mother,
she gave birth to, not one, but
two babies.
MJ’s death:
AEG not
responsible
Los Angeles
he concert promoter
AEG was in no way
responsible for Michael
Jackson’s death, a California
court ruled Friday as it
rejected an appeal brought
by the singer’s mother.
Katherine
Jackson
had initially sued AEG
for negligence in 2013,
principally for having hired
Conrad Murray, the doctor
who looked after the pop
star.
Mrs
Jackson
had
contended that AEG was
liable for between $900
million and $1.6 billion in
damages and lost earnings. The insomniac singer
died June 25, 2009 after
Murray
administered
the powerful anaesthetic
propofol. T
Anti- terror raids kill three
civilians in Philippines
Cotabato
n eight-year-old girl and
three men - one with his
hands bound - were among
those killed in a botched antiterror police operation in the
Philippines last weekend, a
local official said Saturday.
Mamasapano town mayor
Benzar
Ampatuan
said
residents had told him police
tied up the man to stop him
tipping off their targets ahead
of the pre-dawn raid, in which
44 commandos died in one of
the force’s bloodiest days in
A
Michelle Obama defends ‘American Sniper’
Washington
S First Lady Michelle Obama on
Friday defended Clint Eastwood’s
hit film “American Sniper,” which
has been accused of whitewashing the
story of the Iraq war.
“While I know there have been
critics, I felt that, more often than
not, this film touches on many of
U
Bedford
ayley Haynes was born
without a womb. She
was told by doctors she had
XY chromosomes, so was
genetically a man – and would
never conceive. In 2007 , a new
specialist found a tiny womb
missed on previous scans. She
underwent a treatment and
doctors told her she had a 60
H
3 Chad soldiers, 123 Boko Haram
militants killed in Cameroon
Point Blank
Wombless woman mothers twins
treatment for his handiwork as a
deadly sniper.
She said the movie also showed “the
stresses of balancing love of family with
a love of country. And the challenges
of transitioning back home to their
next mission in life.”
The film has so far made more than
$200 million at the box office.
recent years.
A local farmer’s daughter
and two other men were also
found dead in their homes,
Ampatuan said.
“Their wives said they were
hit in the crossfire,” he said,
adding that five other residents
of the corn-farming region
were also wounded.
Philippines on Friday held
a day of mourning for the
officers who were killed during
their hunt for the man blamed
for the 2002 Bali bombings.
Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
US state delays seven executions to secure new drugs
Washington
he US state of Ohio is postponing the
execution of seven death row inmates,
officials said on Friday, following several
botched lethal injection killings across the
country last year. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction (DRC) said it had put a hold on
the executions while it secured new lethal
injection drugs. T
Earlier this month, the department revised
its drug protocol following the bungled
January 2014 execution of Dennis McGuire,
who appeared to be gasping for air during the
process that lasted 26 minutes, instead of the
expected 10 minutes. The drug cocktail used to kill McGuire
included the sedative midazolam, which is
not approved by the US Food and Drug
Administration and has been used in several
bungled executions in the United States. In a statement, the DRC “announced
INDIA MAKES
A GIANT LEAP
revised execution dates for seven inmates...
to continue necessary preparations for the
adoption and implementation of the new
execution protocol.” “The new dates are also designed to provide
DRC adequate time to secure a supply of the
new execution drugs.”
Six of the seven executions were due to take
place in 2015, but as a result of the delay, Ohio
will not carry out any executions this year.
Tests long-range missile from mobile launcher
New Delhi
ndia on Saturday succeeded for the
first time in using a mobile launcher
to test-fire a long-range missile capable of
delivering a nuclear warhead deep inside
rival China.
Although Saturday’s launch was the
third test of the Agni V missile, it was the
first time the weapon had been fired from
a so-called canister mounted on a truck
rather than from a concrete launchpad
used in previous trials.
The new delivery mechanism gives
the armed forces increased operational
flexibility.
“Successful test-firing of Agni V from
a canister makes the missile a prized asset
for our forces,” Prime Minister Narendra
I
Modi said on Twitter after the test on an
island off the eastern state of Orissa.
The Agni V - developed by India’s
Defence Research and Development
Organisation - was first tested in April
2012.
Analysts say the Agni V has the range to
strike any target on the Chinese mainland,
including military installations in the far
northeast.
India sees the rocket, which has a range
of 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles), as a key
boost to its regional power aspirations and
one that narrows -- albeit slightly -- the
huge gap with China’s missile systems.
While the shorter-range Agni I and II
were mainly developed with traditional
rival Pakistan in mind, analysts say later
versions with a longer range reflect the
shift in India’s focus towards China.
Tyres being burnt during a protest in Karachi after the attack.
Pakistan Shi’ites mourn
61 killed in bombing
Shikarpur
housands of Shi’ite
Muslims rallied Saturday
in Pakistan to protest
the killing of 61 people
in a suicide bombing at a
mosque, in the nation’s worst
sectarian attack in nearly two
years.
The blast on January
30 hit the mosque in the
Shikarpur district of the
southern Sindh province,
around 470 kilometers
north of Pakistan’s biggest
T
Bangladesh leaves Zia in darkness
Dhaka
angladesh authorities on
Saturday cut the power to
opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s
office in an apparent bid to force
her to call off a crippling antigovernment transport blockade.
Local television showed
footage of a technician from a
state-run power utility climbing
B
Black teen’s killer won’t
face assault charges: US
Miami
Gerorge Zimmeran won’t face
charges for the alleged assault
on his ex-girlfriend after she
refused to cooperate with the
police. The Florida man had
earlier been cleared of the
charges of murdering a black
teenager some 2 years ago. In
the recent case, he had been
accused of throwing a wine
bottle at his ex-girlfriend.
a ladder and cutting the line
outside Zia’s office, where she
has been holed up since the
protests began early in January.
“We got permission from
police to cut the power line,” the
technician told reporters as he
went about his job.
Private Channel 24 television
said that Internet and satellite
television connections to her
office were also severed.
Shamsuddin
Dider,
a
spokesman for Zia’s Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP), said
that the 69-year-old leader was
“shocked and surprised” by the
move.
He said the mobile phone
network around the office had
also been jammed.
Zia has been confined in her
office in Dhaka’s upmarket
Gulshan district for weeks
after threatening to rally
her supporters against the
government of bitter rival Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina on
January 5, the first anniversary
of a disputed general election.
Bill Gates
Aung San Suu Kyi’s mansion gates to be auctioned
Yangon
set of gates that became an enduring
symbol of Myanmar democracy
champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s years
under house arrest are to be auctioned,
a businessman who now owns them said
Saturday.
The gates -- painted in the yellow and
red colours of Suu Kyi’s National League
for Democracy (NLD) party -- were once
A
located at the entrance to the crumbling
Yangon mansion where Myanmar’s most
famous political prisoner was confined
for much of the 1990s and 2000s because
of her outspoken opposition to military
rule.
“I bought them while I was working
on landscaping in Daw Suu’s compound
after her release” Soe Nyunt, a restaurant
owner said.
He will not accept less than $200,000
for the gates, he added.
city Karachi, as hundreds of
worshippers attended Friday
prayers.
Police said that the blast
was caused by a suicide
bomber who detonated the
explosives strapped to his
body “in the middle of the
mosque.”
The provincial government
declared January 31 a day of
mourning, closing schools,
shops, and offices, with no
public transport available on
the roads.
Former German president
dies at 94: Official
Berlin
Former German president
Richard von Weizsaecker,
hailed for his moral leadership in post-war Germany,
died, the president’s office said
Saturday. He was 94.
Weizsaecker, a member of
German chancellor Angela
Merkel’s Christian Democrat
party, played a major role in
Germany’s handling of its Nazi
past, calling May 8, 1945, a day
of “liberation” for his country
rather than a surrender.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
Reputed
FMCG
Company
requires Outdoor Salesman.
Tel:77066050. Email: elena.
[email protected]”
....................................................
EXPERIENCED HOUSE DRIVER REQUIRED
Work permit available, interested please Call 33114486
....................................................
Urgently Required CIVIL QA
QC INSPECTOR We are looking for CIVIL QA QC inspector
in Bahrain. Suitable candidates,
Please submit your CVs to: bd@
bitsgroups.com
....................................................
Interior Design Company offers
two positions: (1) ARCHITECT/
INTERIOR DRAFTSMAN expert
in AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Revit. Minimum 6 years experience.
(2) VISUALIZER expert in photorealistic 3D renderings. Email CV
to [email protected]
...................................................
PROJECT MANAGER, CIVIL
ENGINEER, QUANTITY SURVEYORS urgently required for
Grade ‘A’ Contracting Company.
Email: [email protected]
...................................................
Urgently Required ACCOUNTANT experienced from consultancy company an advantage, local hire only . Email CV: jobmcr@
gmail.com
...................................................
ORACLE DEVELOPER
Experience in requirement analysis, designing, developing, implementing and executing a project.
Good knowledge of programming techniques. Experience on
Database architecture, design,
modeling and implementation.
Prepare and manage Documentation. Please send CV to E-mail
[email protected]
...................................................
Urgently required PART TIME
SANDWICH MAKER for a franchise company to work from 2am
to 7am. If interested please send
email to [email protected].
..................................................
Urgently Required ADMIN ASSISTANT. Branded Property
Management and Real Estate
Group in Bahrain looking for Admin Assistant (female) to join immediately with team. Experience
- Minimum 1 year similar experi-
ence, Gender - female, Nationality
- Any. Forward your application to
“[email protected]”
.....................................................
Urgently Required SENIOR
SECRETARY we accept applicants with wide experience in
foreign exchange, age not more
than 30 years. Ability to communicate with expected clients. Very
attractive salaries. Bilingual is
preferred. Please send your CV
to [email protected]
....................................................
ACCOUNTANT REQUIRED
Must possess 5 years of GCC
experience in handling the accounts. Should hold a university degree. Must read, write
and speak Arabic and English
fluently. This vacancy is open for
any nationality. E-mail : - [email protected]
...................................................
Urgently Required CHIEF COOK
For a newly opening cafe cum
restaurant. Should be a specialist in making broasted, burger,
sandwiches, juices, & parathas.
Please send CV to E-mail :
[email protected]
...................................................
Required ACCOUNTANT, A leading trading company is looking for
accountant with audit experience
and finalization of accounts. Commerce graduate with minimum
five years experience and ready
to work in two shifts can send CV
with recent photo graphs and expected salary to [email protected]
...................................................
Urgently Required SITE ENGINEER for high rise building
project with 5 - 10 years experience. Please send CV to Email:
[email protected]
...................................................
Urgently Required WAITRESS
with minimum experience of 2
years in the field and must have
pleasing personality. Should
handle guest with high quality of
service. Minimum height of 5’6.
Interested applicant may submit
CV to [email protected]
...................................................
FRONT OFFICE ADMIN & RECEPTIONIST REQUIRED A
skillful Front Office Admin & Receptionist (preferably female) is
required for a reputable training
centre, good command of Eng-
lish Language, fast learner, good
communication skills and have
good working knowledge of social
media marketing. Please send
your CV to [email protected]
....................................................
Required INTERIOR DESIGNER. We are looking for a interior designer with the knowledge
of 3d studio max. Interested
candidate please send your
cv. Freshers can also apply.
email:[email protected]
...................................................
Experienced DRIVER required
for family. Salary BD125/- + visa +
accommodation. Tel. 39464542,
email: dawnmoon2002@yahoo.
com
...................................................
SALES ENGINEER/ EXECUTIVE. Urgently required experienced sales Engineer/Executive
for a reputed company in Bahrain. Candidate should be able
to do sales & purchasing. Should
have strong communication skills
& valid GCC driving license.
Please forward your CV to “[email protected]”
...................................................
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
AND HEAVY / LIGHT DUTY
DRIVERS for reputed mineral
water company. Young, presentable with good communication
skills & valid driving license
may forward their CV to job.
[email protected]
..............................................
Altoufic Recruitment Company
needs urgently for Qatar SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (Indian Nationality) with
perfect Salary / Email: altoufic@
live.com
...................................................
Urgently required TEACHER ASSISTANCE for nursery, visa available, transport, salary BD 140.
send email: [email protected]
...................................................
Pizza Chain urgently needs Staff
for local transfer: ITALIAN FOOD
CHEFS, COOKS, BAKERS,
PIZZA MAKERS, DELIVERYMEN (motorbike/ car). Send your
CV and information on [email protected]
...................................................
Freelance
REAL
ESTATE
AGENTS required for a property
management company on com-
mission basis. Those who have
good knowledge of Bahrain real
estate market send resume to:
[email protected]
...................................................
Reputed Company is looking
for experienced SALESMAN,
& Bahraini Receptionist. Send
resume to [email protected]
......................................................
An Industrial Company is looking for WORKSHOP MANAGER
with minimum 10 years GCC experience (Electrical/ Mechanical
Engineer). Good salary + company accommodation for right candidates. Send your CV to emib@
batelco.com.bh
FOR RENT
SHOP, WORKSHOPS, GARAGE,
STORE for rent in Hamala.
Contact 34437731
..................................................
TUBLI fully furnished apartment for
rent with 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms
with gym, swimming pool, monthly
BD400 include electricity and water
. Contact: 3536 9925
..................................................
HIDD apartment for rent, close
by Dilmun bakery 2 medium size
bedrooms 2 bathroom Hall and
kitchen in ground floor. Rent: BD
180 BD. Contact: 3723 9136
..................................................
HIDD studio apartment for rent
with one bedroom, one bathroom,
kitchen
(comprehensive
air
conditioning and curtains +
TENDER
electricity. Contact: 3770 9766
..................................................
AMWAJ apartment for Rent in tala
island with two bedrooms, laundry
room, overlooking the sea, open
kitchen, parking, swimming pool,
gym, supermarket and restaurants.
for rent at a price of BD700 only.
Email: [email protected]
..................................................
AMWAJ 3 bedroom villa for rent
in the floating city, Rent: BD 1300.
Email: [email protected]
..................................................
SERVICE
HOME CARE Cleaning Services:
carpet & sofa shampoo, plumbing
& electrical jobs. Tel. 17562400,
36994899.
This recipe was created by Angela Hartnett
specifically for the Great British Budget Banquet
Dinner and shows you how to get more value from a
roast chicken by using the carcass to make stock for
a fragrant rice.
INGREDIENTS:
1 small whole chicken
2 tbsp freshly grated ginger
1 tbsp ground cumin
30ml/2 tbsp vegetable oil
½ tbsp dried thyme (if using fresh allow for 1 tbsp
thyme leaves)
Salt and black pepper
1 courgette, thickly sliced on the diagonal
1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced into wedges
200g/7oz of long grain rice
1 large cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
3 cardamom pods
125g/4½oz green raisins
1 lemon, zest and juice
1 lime, zest and juice
To serve
PREPARATION
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
Joint the chicken removing the breasts, legs and
wings. Place the remaining carcass in a large saucepan
and cover with water to make a stock. Bring to the boil
then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
In a small bowl, mix together the grated ginger and
cumin with the oil, thyme and a pinch of salt and
pepper to make a paste. Place the chicken pieces into
a large roasting tray and cover evenly with the paste.
Place the courgette and peppers around the chicken
pieces, then roast for 30-40 minutes on the top shelf
of the oven, or until the chicken is cooked and goldenbrown.
Strain the chicken stock and discard the carcass,
season to taste with salt and pepper.
Cover the rice with 500ml/18fl oz stock (from the
chicken carcass) and add the cinnamon stick, bay
leaf and cardamom. Cook with the lid on over a high
heat for 15 minutes. Towards the last five minutes of
cooking time add the raisins.
Check that the rice is cooked, strain off any excess
liquid and remove the bay leaf and spices. Add the
zest and juice of the lemon and lime. Mix through and
season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serve the roasted chicken pieces and roasted
vegetables on a bed of the spiced rice. Garnish with
a sprinkling of chopped toasted nuts and sliced
spring onions. Finish with a little chopped coriander
if desired.
[email protected]
100g/3½oz monkey nuts, shelled, lightly toasted and
chopped
1 tbsp finely sliced spring onions
1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (optional)
17256470
HONDA ACCORD, 2009 model
for sale. KM 92000, Engine Size
2001-3000CC. Price BD 4,500.
Contact: 36485501
...................................................
INFINITI FX45/FX35, 2006
model for sale. Engine Size
3001-4000CC. Price BD 4,700.
Contact: 33276252
...................................................
BMW 3-SERIES, 2007 model
for sale. Engine Size 30014000CC. Price BD 6,300. Contact: 39787898
...................................................
TOYOTA COROLLA, 2001
model for sale. KM 190000, Engine Size 1000-2000CC. Price
BD 1,750. Contact: 39754346
...................................................
VOLKSWAGEN CC, 2014 model for sale. KM 8500, Engine
Size 1000-2000CC. Price BD
10,400. Contact: 33620118
...................................................
CHEVROLET
TRAILBLAZER, 2004 model for sale. KM
170000, engine Size 4000+CC.
Price BD 2,000. Contact:
36039002
...................................................
LEXUS for sale, 1994 model
for sale, engine Size 30014000CC. Price: BD 900 Contact: 39787787
...................................................
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE, 2009
model for sale. KM 60000, engine size 3701 - 3800 CC. Price
BD 4,700. Contact: 33794250
...................................................
GMC ACADIA, 2008 model
for sale. KM 115000, engine
size 3501 - 3600 CC. Price BD
5,200. Contact: 39117862
...................................................
TOYOTA YARIS, 2008 model
for sale. Engine size 1201 1300 CC. Price BD 2,100. Contact: 33453396
...................................................
NISSAN ALTIMA, 2005 model
for sale. Engine Size 20013000CC. Price BD 1,500. Contact: 34064033
...................................................
CHICKEN WITH
SPICY RICE
17579869
1,650. Contact: 34129197
...................................................
NISSAN XTERRA, 2010 model
for sale. KM 81000, engine Size
3001-4000CC. Price BD 5,700.
Contact: 33054520
...................................................
NISSAN PATHFINDER, 2003
model for sale, engine Size
2001-3000 CC. Price BD 2,250.
Contact: 35392897
...................................................
BMW 7-SERIES, 2007 model
for sale. KM 144000, Engine
Size 4000+CC. Price BD 5,800.
Contact: 33741525
...................................................
LEXUS IS-SERIES, 2006 model for sale. Engine Size 20013000CC. Price BD 5,300. Contact: 36611106
...................................................
FORD GT, 2006 model for sale.
Engine Size 3001-4000CC.
Price BD 4,300. Contact:
33056210
...................................................
LEXUS ES-SERIES, 2008 model for sale. Engine Size30014000CC . Price BD 8,000. Contact: 36611106
...................................................
NISSAN ALTIMA, 2012 model
for sale. KM 53000, engine Size
2001-3000CC. Price BD 4,800.
Contact: 39541177
...................................................
MITSUBISHI LANCER, 2008
model for sale, engine Size
2001-3000CC. Price BD 1,900.
Contact: 32229226
...................................................
38444695
MERCEDES-BENZ CLK-Class,
1999 model for sale. Engine
size 1901 - 2000 CC. Price BD
2,000. Contact: 36942567
...................................................
HONDA ACCORD, 2005 model
for sale. KM 137000, Engine
Size 2001-3000CC. Price BD
2,500. Contact: 33833390
...................................................
CITROEN C4, 2006 model for
sale. Engine Size 1000-2000 CC.
Price BD 650. Contact: 39144218
...................................................
MITSUBISHI LANCER, 2009
model for sale. KM 127000, engine Size 1000-2000CC. Price
BD 2,500. Contact: 33055827
...................................................
NISSAN ARMADA, 2004 model
for sale. KM 173000, engine
Size 4000+CC. Price BD 4,500.
Contact: 39977886
...................................................
MAZDA CX-9, 2008 model for
sale. KM 177000, engine Size
3001-4000CC. Price BD 4,800.
Contact: 36991412
...................................................
TOYOTA SOLARA, 2006 model for sale. Engine Size 20013000CC. Price BD 4,200. Contact: 38333612
...................................................
TOYOTA FORTUNER, 2013
model for sale. KM 33000, engine size 2001-3000CC. Price
BD 8,000. Contact: 34443543
...................................................
HONDA CR-VENGINE, 1998
model for sale, engine size
1000-2000CC. Price BD 1,200.
Contact: 33285528
...................................................
FORD FOCUS, 2006 model for
sale. KM 135000, engine Size
1000-2000CC. Price BD 1,300.
Contact: 36065004
...................................................
HYUNDAI GALLOPER, 2002
model for sale. KM 220000, engine Size 3001-4000CC. Price
BD 1,300. Contact: 37737756
...................................................
HONDA CR-V, 1998 model
for sale. Engine Size 10002000CC. Price BD 1,250. Contact: 33071582
...................................................
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE,
2000 model for sale. KM 150000,
engine Size 4000+CC. Price BD
950. Contact: 34556227
...................................................
GMC ACADIA, 2008 model
for sale. KM 115000, engine
size 3501 - 3600 CC. Price BD
5,200. Contact: 39117862
...................................................
TOYOTA YARIS, 2008 model
for sale. Engine size 1201 1300 CC. Price BD 2,100. Contact: 33453396
...................................................
NISSAN ALTIMA, 2005 model
for sale. Engine Size 20013000CC. Price BD 1,500. Contact: 34064033
...................................................
TOYOTA ECHO, 2004 model
for sale. KM 150000, Engine
Size 1000-2000CC. Price BD
1,450. Contact: 39435292
.................................................
BMW 7-SERIES, 2007 model
for sale. KM 144000, Engine
Size 4000+CC. Price BD 5,800.
Contact: 33741525
...................................................
LEXUS IS-SERIES, 2006 model for sale. Engine Size 20013000CC. Price BD 5,300. Contact: 36611106
...................................................
FORD GT, 2006 model for sale.
Engine Size 3001-4000CC.
Price BD 4,300. Contact:
33056210
...................................................
HONDA CIVIC, 2002 model
for sale. Engine Size 10002000CC. Price BD 1,350. Contact: 33855420.
...................................................
HYUNDAI TUCSON, 2009
model for sale, engine Size
2001-3000CC. Price BD 3,000.
Contact: 33276252
...................................................
MITSUBISHI LANCER, 2009
model for sale. KM 79000, engine Size 1000-2000CC. Price
BD 2,200. Contact: 35004377
...................................................
FORD FOCUS, 2004 model for
sale. KM 173000, engine Size
1000-2000CC. Price BD 1,150.
Contact: 35392897
...................................................
BMW 3-SERIES, 2008 model
for sale. KM 96000, engine Size
2001-3000CC. Price BD 7,200.
Contact: 39265885
...................................................
CHRYSLER 300M/300C, 2003
model for sale. Engine Size
3001-4000CC. Price BD 1,100.
Contact: 33558876
...................................................
NISSAN ALTIMA, 2008 model
for sale. Engine Size 20013000CC. Price BD 2,800. Contact: 36100026
...................................................
LEXUS ES-Series, 2006 model
for sale. Engine Size 2901 3000 CC. Price BD 3,800. Contact: 39881810
...................................................
MINI COOPER, 2011 model for
sale. KM 60000, engine Size
1000-2000CC. Price BD 5,200.
Contact: 33355790
...................................................
CHRYSLER 300M/300C, 2012
model for sale. KM 68000, engine Size 4000+CC. Price BD
8,800. Contact: 36640466
...................................................
HONDA ACCORD, 2010 model
for sale. KM 73452, engine Size
3001-4000CC. Price BD 5,299.
Contact: 38808449
...................................................
NISSAN SUNNY, 2004 model
for sale. KM 105000, engine
Size 1000-2000CC. Price BD
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28
Toro Rosso aim for high five
Dortmund hit rock bottom
Berlin
orussia Dortmund slipped
back to the bottom of the
Bundesliga despite picking up
a point in their goalless draw at
Bayer Leverkusen. Before kickoff, Freiburg’s 4-1 comeback
win at home to Eintracht
Frankfurt had lifted Christian
Streich’s side up to 13th to send
Dortmund bottom. But Jurgen
B
Tokyo
oro Rosso unveiled their
2015 car on Saturday
and set their rookie drivers,
including F1’s youngest
ever racer Max Verstappen,
an ambitious target of fifth
place in the constructors’
championship. The Red Bullowned outfit took the wraps
off the STR10 car at the Jerez
Klopp’s Dortmund failed to
break the hosts’ defence at as
Borussia’s Italy striker Ciro
Immobile squandered a string
of second-half chances.
Qatar to defy France in final
A
I
Courses
conclude
Manama
he third workshop for
the Sports Associations
Management
Diploma,
organised by the Sports
Training and Development
Section (STDS) under the
Bahrain Olympic Committee,
concluded recently at the STDS
premises in Juffair.
The four-day workshop
was organised in cooperation
with the World Academy of
Sport (WAoS) and is part of an
annual plan of the section to
qualify administrators at sports
associations and its sections.
the World title five times; If
Qatar take the gold trophy,
they will be the first nonEuropean side to do so.
France last won in 2011
and are the current European
and Olympic champions. It
is their sixth appearance in
a handball World Cup final.
Qatar, meanwhile, are
only playing their fifth world
championships, beginning
in 2003 when they achieved
their previous best finish of
16th.
hmed
Mansoor
claimed the Grand
Prix title in the Nasser
bin Hamad Showjumping
Championship at the BDF
Equestrian Centre in Sakhir
on Saturday.
Mansoor (48.99 seconds)
riding Edward claimed the
title featuring barriers 120130cms in height and was
followed by Sami Ghazwan
(41.07) riding Fayrooz.
The third place went to
Bassil Al Dossary riding
Delmon Air Force and Ali
Isa riding Pascal finished
fourth.
Bahrain
Royal
Saqlain sounds
warning to India
Karachi
egendary spinner Saqlain
Mushtaq believes that
Indian team should be wary of
Pakistan team’s killer instinct
ahead of their crucial World
Cup tie on February 15 in
Adelaide.
Reflecting on Pakistan’s
record against India at World
Cup, the former off-spinner
said that although Pakistan had
never won a World Cup match
against India, their approach
should be positive, adding
that his players were fighters
London
onathan Walters added
to QPR’s away-day woes
as the Stoke forward’s hattrick clinched a 3-1 win
over the League strugglers.
The Republic of Ireland
international struck twice in
the first half and, although
Niko Kranjcar got one back
before the break, Walters
sealed the points with his third
goal in second half stoppagetime. QPR remain second
bottom, while Stoke climbed
to ninth place.
honoured the top three
winners in the Grand Prix
competition, while Deputy
Group Chief Executive
Officer at Ahli United
Bank Sawsan Abulhassan
honoured the winners of
other competitions.
In the Junior 1 Novice
class over 85-95cm, Fahad
Al Khatri (35.14) riding
My Baby came in first,
followed by Ali Hani Al
Yabis (31.28, 4 faults)
riding Ajzal with Hussain
Mohammed
Dadallah
(31.77, four faults) coming
in third.
The event was held
under the patronage of
Supreme Council for Youth
and
Sports
Chairman
and
Bahrain
Olympic
Committee President HH
Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad
Al Khalifa and supported
by Ahli United Bank.
J
circuit in Spain on Saturday,
the eve of pre-season testing,
with 17-year-old Verstappen
partnering
20-year-old
Spaniard Carlos Sainz.
AHMED MANSOOR
NOTCHES GP TITLE
DT News Network
Manama
Doha
t is the handball World
Cup final no one predicted
and brings together one of
the sport’s oldest powers
against its newest.
On Sunday evening when
pre-tournament favourites
France take on hosts Qatar,
it will be the unlikeliest final
the sport has seen.
Whoever
triumphs,
history will be made.
If France win, they will be
the first team to have won
Walters treble adds to QPR woes
T
Strategic Planning Directorate of Bahrain Olympic Committee
(BOC) organised a workshop for representatives of national
sports associations at the Sports Training and Development
Centre (STDC) in Juffair recently. The workshop was presented
by Strategic Planning Office head Hassan Abdullatif.
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L
who were unwilling to give up
easily.
Praising the Pakistan’s
squad, Mushtaq further said
that there was something
unique about this side which
had shown propensity to come
back after several disappointing
performances.
Equestrian and Races
Federation
(BREEF)
Showjumping Committee
Chairman Shaikh Khalid
bin Mohammed Al Khalifa
Registration closes
Manama
Registration for the 20th
Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait
(BBK) Junior Open Tennis
closed on Saturday night
with around 120 players
signing up for the tournament that gets underway
at the Bahrain Tennis Club
(BTC) premises in Juffair.
Draws and order of play
will be available from 8pm
on Tuesday on the club
notice board, website and
Facebook. The championship, which will conclude on
February 18, is being held
under the patronage of BBK
CEO Abdul Karim Bucheery.
Janahi Design defeated JCs 5-4 in the final of the January
Doubles Championship Tournament at the Riffa Views tennis
courts. The winning team is; Khalid Janahi (captain), Khalid
Mohamed, Abdul Rahman, Mohamed Rashid, Ashraf Atabani,
Jenny Heaton and Phillipe. Runners up: Nelson Salvedia, Jun
Delos Reyes, Scott Gillbride, Bhanu, Leo Marmadilo and Brian
McClaren. The tournament was organised by Tanya Lee and
assisted by head coach at JCs Bob Clark.
Silva keeps City on Chelsea’s heels
London
panish midfielder David Silva
equalised as Manchester City
prevented Chelsea pulling eight
points clear at the Premier League
summit in a hard-fought 1-1 draw
at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
S
Loic Remy put Chelsea in
front in the 41st minute, but Silva
touched in a shot from Sergio
Aguero four minutes later to keep
the defending champions five
points behind Jose Mourinho’s
side with 15 matches remaining.
Manuel Pellegrini’s City have
won only one of their last five
league games, but following
successive defeats by Arsenal
and Middlesbrough, they at least
prevented Chelsea from streaking
away into the distance.
Chelsea great Frank Lampard,
sent on by City as a late substitute,
was afforded a warm reception on
what was likely to prove his final
appearance at Stamford Bridge,
and it was a broadly positive
afternoon for the hosts.
Sunday, February 1, 2015
We pride ourselves on being
very fit and it
was just a matter of taking our
chance. Aussies
can now take on the
world because I have a real
belief in these guys. It was a
super effort from everyone.
Australia coach Ange
Postecoglou
Australian Luongo is
most valuable player
HISTORIC WIN
FOR AUSSIES
Korea fall in extra time
Sydney
Massimo Luongo
was named the
Most Valuable
Player at the
2015 Asian Cup
after scoring the
opening goal for
Australia in the 2-1 win
over South Korea. The 22-yearold capped a brilliant performance throughout the tournament when he scored in the
45th minute. Australia’s Mat
Ryan was named as the best
goalkeeper of the tournament.
Blatter booed at final
Sydney
FIFA chief Sepp
Blatter often talks
about
being
the head of the
“football family” but if the
boos that greeted
his appearance at the
Asian Cup final on Saturday
are anything to go by, he is not
too popular with his Australian
cousins. The Swiss was roundly jeered when he was introduced to the crowd at the trophy ceremony after Australia
beat South Korea.
Korean Cup drought
continues
Sydney
Son
Heung-Min
said he was sorry
South
Korea
were unable to
lift the Asian
Cup after coming
agonisingly close
to ending their 55-year
title drought. The Bayer
Leverkusen star broke down
sobbing at the end, as the
Taeguk Warriors failed to win
their first Asian Cup since 1960.
Australian captain Mile Jedinak holds up the Asian Cup trophy.
Sydney
ubstitute James Troisi
smashed home a dramatic
extra-time
winner
as
Australia beat South Korea
2-1 to win their first Asian
Cup title on Saturday.
Troisi broke Korean hearts
with the very last kick in the
first extra period after Son
Heung-Min had snatched a
magical injury-time equaliser
at the end of normal time.
Australia’s
triumph
gave them a first title since
S
Asian Cup
champions
1956-2015
2015 - Australia
2011 - Japan
2007 - Iraq
2004 - Japan
2000 - Japan
1996 - Saudi Arabia
1992 - Japan
1988 - Saudi Arabia
1984 - Saudi Arabia
1980 - Kuwait
1976 - Iran1972 - Iran
1968 - Iran
1964 - Israel
1960 - South Korea
1956 - South Korea
defecting from Oceania
nine years ago, while South
Korea’s anguish continued
after they failed to break a
hoodoo in the tournament
stretching back to 1960.
The Socceroos, runners-up
to Japan in 2011, had been on
the brink of victory thanks to
a fierce strike from Massimo
Luongo on the stroke of halftime, which triggered wild
celebrations from the waves
of fans in green and gold in a
crowd of 76,000.
But
South
Korea’s
superstar Son produced a
moment of sheer brilliance in
injury time, bursting through
to fire past goalkeeper
Mathew Ryan after a clever
flick from captain Ki SungYueng.
In extra time, Tomi Juric
picked Kim Jin-Su’s pocket
and when his cross was
pushed out by Kim JinHyeon, fellow substitute
Troisi belted the ball into the
roof of the net.
Lynchpin
Aussie boss rejects
talks on Cahill’s future
Sydney
A
ustralia
coach
Ange
Postecoglou said he would
“be surprised” if talisman Tim
Cahill retired from international
football
after
his
team
celebrated
t h e i r
storming
Asian
C u p
triumph.
T h e
35-yearold Cahill
s c o r e d
three times in
Australia’s run to the title and
Postecoglou said he hadn’t
had any discussions about the
forward stepping down.
“I’d be surprised if Cahill
retired because he’s had a
fantastic tournament. He
hasn’t said anything to me,”
Postecoglou said.
“I haven’t had any
discussion with his
about his future and
I’d be surprised
if I had to
b e c a u s e
again
he
was a very
important
part of our
team,”
he said.
Cahill’s
impact
on
Saturday’s final was limited
by an ankle injury which saw
him withdrawn after just over
an hour.
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‘South Korea beaten
but still champions’
Sydney
S
outh Korea may have ended
up with losers medals but
were still champions after
the part they played in an
enthralling Asian Cup
final against Australia
on Saturday, their
proud coach Uli
Stielike said.
The
twice
champions came
up just short of
breaking
their
55-year
hoodoo
at the Asian Cup
when they lost 2-1 at
Stadium Australia.
“We don’t have the
Cup but we the way we
played today we are also
champions of a lot of hearts,”
the German said.
Stielike, who took over after South
Korea crashed out of last year’s World Cup
in Brazil at the group stage, has spent much of the
tournament questioning the mentality of his largely inexperienced
side.
“For me it was by far today their best game in regard to body
language. You play in front of 76,000 people. Some players had
never played in this atmosphere before,” he said.
Mabkhout claims top
goal scorer award
Sydney
nited Arab Emirates
striker Ali Mabkhout
claimed the top goal scorer
award presented
by
Konica
Minolta at the
Asian Cup after
the Al Jazira
U
frontman netted five goals
in six games for the third
place finishers.
And with Australia’s
Tim Cahill unable to
add to his three
goal tally in
Saturday’s
final
against
Korea
Republic,
Mabkhout finished one
goal clear of team-mate
Ahmed Khalil and Jordan’s
Hamza Al Dardour at the
top of the table.
Mabkhout opened his
account with two goals as the
UAE began their campaign
with a 4-1 win over Gulf
Cup champions Qatar.
Cahill, Japan’s Keisuke
Honda, Saudi Arabia’s
Mohammed Al Sahlawi,
Korea Republic’s Son Heungmin and China’s Sun Ke
finished tied for fourth with
three goals each.
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Woods, Mickelson miss cut
McIlroy leads by four in Dubai
Dubai
ory McIlroy gave the
field a sliver of hope as
he unexpectedly struggled on
the back nine of his third
round on Saturday, but even
then he will go into the final
day of the Dubai Desert
Classic leading by four shots.
McIlroy took apart the front
nine of the Majlis course with
Scottsdale
artin Laird posted his
second straight sixunder 66 to take the lead at
the Phoenix Open, which will
be without both Tiger Woods
and Phil Mickelson after they
missed the cut. Scotland’s
Laird finished 36 holes at
10-under-par 132 in a round
that included just one bogey
R
Bravo quits Tests
Port of Spain
West
Indies
all-rounder
Dwayne Bravo has announced
his retirement from Test cricket, after four years in the wilderness and just weeks after
being sacked from the ODI
squad. The 31-year-old has
played 40 Tests but had not
suited up for the West Indies
since December 2010. He was
recently axed as one-day captain and dropped from the
team for the tour of South
Africa.
Barca face Villarreal
Madrid
Barcelona and Villarreal face
each other on Sunday in what
is a dress rehearsal for the Kings
Cup semi between the two
sides. Both Barca and Villarreal
booked their places in the
last four of the competition
as Barca knocked out Atletico
Madrid, while Villarreal beat
Getafe. It promises to be an
entertaining tie but both sides
have to focus on the Primera
Liga, where Barca are battling
for the title and Villarreal a
place in the top four.
M
five birdies in his first eight
holes, but could add just one
more to the tally in his last
10 holes.
Madrid
eal Madrid recovered from
an awful start to move four
points clear at the top of La Liga
with a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad
on Saturday.
With Cristiano Ronaldo
missing through suspension,
Madrid were stunned in the first
minute when Aritz Elustondo
Tottenham crush West Brom
London
arry Kane reached 20
goals for the season as
his double helped Tottenham
ease to a 3-0 win at West
Bromwich Albion as they kept
the pressure on the Premier
League’s top four on Saturday.
Another sublime Christian
Eriksen
free-kick
and
Kane’s brace lifted Mauricio
H
which came on his final hole
of the day. Daniel Berger,
who is playing on a sponsor
exemption, stands alone in
second place at eight under.
STURRIDGE STRIKES
ON REDS RETURN
London
aniel Sturridge put nearly
five months of injury
frustration behind him by
coming off the bench to score
in Liverpool’s 2-0 win at home
to West Ham in the Premier
League on Saturday.
The 25-year-old striker had
been sidelined with thigh and
calf injuries since September,
with his initial fitness problems
coming while on England duty.
Raheem Sterling broke the
deadlock in the 51st minute at
Anfield before Sturridge, a 67th
minute replacement for Lazar
Markovic, marked just his
fourth Liverpool appearance
of the season by scoring 10
minutes from time as the
Reds bounced back from their
League Cup semi-final loss to
Chelsea.
Meanwhile,
Manchester
United climbed into third place
with a 3-1 win over basement
D
Sturridge scores Liverpool’s second goal.
club Leicester at Old Trafford.
Louis van Gaal’s men went
3-0 up before half-time through
Madrid too strong for Sociedad
R
SPORTS
Sunday, February 1, 2015
headed the visitors into a shock
lead, but they were level almost
instantly when James Rodriguez
nodded home.
Sergio Ramos handed the
hosts a deserved 2-1 lead at halftime before Karim Benzema
scored twice after the break.
Second-placed
Barcelona
aren’t in action until Sunday
goals from Robin van Persie,
Radamel Falcao and an owngoal by Wes Morgan. Marcin
Wasilewski pulled a goal back
for Leicester 10 minutes from
time.
Pochettino’s fifth placed team
to within two points of fourth
placed Southampton, who play
Swansea on Sunday.
DR Congo
prevail in
classic tie
Bata
D
R Congo ended the run
of Congo Brazzaville on
Saturday when they came from
behind to win 4-2 and qualify
for the semi-finals of Africa
Cup of Nations.
Congo led this battle of the
Congos 2-0 before DRC fought
back to win with four goals in the
last 25 minutes.
Following a flat first 45
minutes in a largely deserted
Estadio de Bata, this derby clash
came to life after the break, with
Ferebory Dore volleying Congo
in front 10 minutes into the
second half.
Thievy Bifouma then doubled
their lead just after the hour
mark, but the Leopards were
back in the game on 65 minutes
when Dieumerci Mbokani
found the net.
Loteteka Bokila equalised with
15 minutes remaining before
substitute Joel Kimwaki Mpela
put Florent Ibenge’s side ahead
and Mbokani then clinched the
win.
Another win for
Iraschko-Stolz
when they host Villarreal, while
champions Atletico Madrid take
on Eibar later on Saturday.
Sociedad boss David Moyes
hadn’t lost to Real coach
Carlo Ancelotti in six previous
meetings when they were in
charge of Everton and Chelsea
respectively, and Sociedad had
already shown their ability to
upset the odds with victory over
Madrid and Barcelona at home
this season.
Vienna
Austria’s Daniela Iraschko-Stolz
won her third successive World
Cup round on Saturday when
she triumphed at Hinzenbach.
The 2011 champion had won
back-to-back at Oberstdorf in
Germany and was in fine form
again on Saturday with jumps
of 93m and 91.5m.
Time For Battle
Pursuit of Mercedes begins in Jerez on Sun
Madrid
reparations for the Formula
One season start in Jerez
on Sunday with the first of
three four-day testing sessions
and with Mercedes looking to
lay down an early marker for
continued dominance.
Mercedes, who will also use
the Spanish track to launch
their 2015 car on Sunday,
P
cruised to the constructors’
championship last season,
whilst Lewis Hamilton edged
out teammate Nico Rosberg
for the drivers’ title.
A series of technical
changes at the start of 2014
gave Mercedes a huge jump
on their title rivals.
However,
with
comparatively few tweaks
to the rules this off season
there should be far more
competition at the front of
the grid.
Despite their success,
Hamilton and Rosberg
endured
a
frosty
relationship last season
with Mercedes team chief
Toto Wolff at one point
describing their battle as
“two enemies competing
for the world title”.
However, Hamilton is
determined to remain on
top for as long as possible.
“Anything less than what
I did last year is not going
to be good enough,” said the
Englishman, who won 11
races on his way to a second
world championship.
SPORTS
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Fognini-Bolelli win doubles title
Melbourne
talian pair Simone Bolelli
and Fabio Fognini won
their first Grand Slam doubles
title on Saturday when they
beat the French challenge
of Pierre-Hugues Herbert
and Nicolas Mahut in the
Australian Open final. The
unseeded Italians, who were
in their ninth Grand Slam as a
Berlin
I
W
team, battled to a 6-4, 6-4 win
in 1hr 22mins on Rod Laver
Arena to become the first men
from their country to claim a
major doubles title since 1959.
Clarke finds runs in comeback game
Sydney
Australia’s World Cup captain Michael Clarke struck a fine halfcentury in a Sydney Grade cricket match for Western Suburbs
as the premier batsman races ahead of time to be fit for the
50-over showpiece event starting mid February. Coming in
early at No.3 position, Clarke (51), who is recovering from a
hamstring injury, hit 2 fours and a six in his almost three-hour
stay at the crease and said he was satisfied with his innings on
a two-paced Chatswood Oval track.
Aussies, England lock horns
Sydney
he abbreviated version of
one-day tri-series wraps
up at the WACA Ground on
Sunday. Australia and England
will play for a minor trophy
by comparison, but the winner
will also take away a significant
confidence boost given that
these same two teams begin
their World Cup campaigns
against each other at the MCG
on February 14.
Australia took a bonus point
from their first meeting with
England in this series,
but the second
match was
a much
T
Bayern suffer 4-1 hammering
closer affair as the hosts chased
down 304 with one ball to spare
in Hobart.
England also gained some
familiarity with the WACA
conditions in their hard-fought
win over India on Friday, an
encouraging victory given the
knockout nature of the match
and the hole in which they
found themselves at 5 for 66
in their chase. But Australia
have not dropped a game in
the tournament and regain
Mitchell Johnson for the first
time in the series.
England have regained some lost ground.
olfsburg breathed life
into the Bundesliga’s
title race with a shock 4-1
hammering of leaders Bayern
Munich, who suffered their
heaviest German league defeat
for six years. Netherlands
striker Bas Dost gave the
hosts a deserved 2-0 lead at
the break as his thunderbolt
Millsap stars in Hawks win
Atlanta
ll-star forward Paul
Millsap scored 21 points
as the Atlanta Hawks won
their 18th consecutive contest
with a 105-99 victory over
the Portland Trail Blazers.
Millsap had plenty of help
from his fellow all-stars Al
Horford and Jeff Teague
who finished with 17 and 13
points respectively. Teague
scored six of his points in
the final quarter. The Hawks
haven’t lost since December
26 in Milwaukee.
Kyle
Mills
bowled
Mohammad Hafeez with the
fifth ball of the match which
started a slide that saw
Pakistan at 127-6 in the 36th
over before Misbah (58) and
Afridi (67) provided a little
backbone.
A
volley crashed into off the
post just before the half-time
whistle following an earlier
goal. Bernat scored Bayern’s
consolation goal.
KIWIS COAST
TO HUGE WIN
Wellington
N
ew Zealand cruised to
a seven-wicket win over
an underdone Pakistan in
the first of their two one-day
internationals in Wellington
on Saturday.
After removing Pakistan
for 210 in the 46th over, New
Zealand reached their target
in the 40th over with Grant
Elliott now out 64 and Ross
Taylor unbeaten on 59.
New Zealand launched
into their chase at more than
six an over with McCullum,
returning to the line-up and
blasting a rapid 17 before he
was gone in the fourth over.
Tom Latham fell for 23 and
Martin Guptill, who struggled
against the Sri Lankans,
found the less pressured
Pakistani bowling more to
his liking as he posted 39.
He was gone just after New
Zealand passed the 100 mark
in the 18th over, 11 overs
quicker than it took Pakistan
to reach three figures.
Elliott and Taylor then led Taylor plays a delivery to cover.
New Zealand home, adding
112 in an unbeaten fourth mark thanks to a 71-run
wicket stand.
partnership in 38 balls by
Pakistan’s
i n n i n g s Misbah and all-rounder
only nudged over the 200 Shahid Afridi.
Gunning For Glory
Murray out to end Aussie jinx against Novak
Melbourne
ndy Murray will bid to
end a tormenting run of
three losing Australian Open
finals as world number one
Novak Djokovic eyes a fifth
triumph in Sunday’s decider in
Melbourne.
The year’s first major has
been a heartbreak Grand
Slam for the Scot, but he has
given himself another chance
A
to finally break through and
add to his Wimbledon and US
Open crowns.
Djokovic has beaten Murray
in two of his three Australian
losses in 2011 and 2013, but
the feisty Scot has mastered the
Serb in his two major triumphs
at the 2012 US Open and 2013
Wimbledon.
Djokovic, chasing his eighth
Grand Slam triumph, is the
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favourite, but Murray carries
sentimental support given his
travails in Melbourne.
Murray looked impressive
in turning over Tomas Berdych
in semi-final, while Djokovic
laboured over five sets to put
away defending champion
Stan Wawrinka. Up until the
semi Djokovic had lost just one
of his 74 service games in the
tournament.
West Indies arrive
for WC campaign
Sydney
A weary but upbeat West
Indies side arrived in Sydney
to begin preparations for the
2015 cricket World Cup. They
arrived to a warm reception
from fans and well-wishers
on Friday following a 12-hour
flight from South Africa. The
Caribbean side face old rivals
England in their first warm-up
game at the Sydney Cricket
Ground on February 9 before
taking on Scotland at the same
venue two days later.
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SPORTS
SPORTS
Sunday, February 1, 2015
32
Sees off Sharapova
SERENA WINS
19TH MAJOR
Melbourne
T
op seed Serena
Williams
fought
off
a
barking cough to
clinch her 19th
grand slam singles
title with a 6-3,
7-6(5) victory
M a r i a
Sharapova
in
the
Australian
Open final
on Saturday.
Williams’s
sixth title at
Melbourne
P a r k
moved her
into a tie
with fellow
American
Helen Wills
Moody in
third on
the all-time
list
after
she
joined
M a r t i n a
Navratilova
and
Chris
Evert on 18 at
last year’s US
Open.
O n l y
Australia’s
Margaret
Court
(24)
and Germany’s
Steffi Graf (22),
who holds the
over
record for the Open era,
have more grand slam
singles titles than the
33-year-old.
The tone of the match
was set in the first
game when Williams
broke the Russian’s
serve.
Even
though
rain
forced them off court
for
12
minutes
officials
closed
roof in the
game,
a s
the
sixth
t h e
American was not
bothered by the disruption as
she reeled off the next six points
to establish a 5-2 lead after they
returned.
Williams sealed the first set when
she broke Sharapova for the third time
and then continued her momentum
in the second with a powerful service
game while
she
put
pressure
on
the
Russian’s
serve.
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