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Issue No. 6436
Sunday, October 12, 2014
T.S. Sreenivasa Raghavan
Manama
W
hat is the thing that
the journalists hate
most? Pose this question
to any journalist who is
absolutely
passionate
about his job, pat would
come his reply: the dry
day!
Two-year
course, but
unending
tests
cracking down
Mystery murder
A dry day is a challenge
that would prop up at times
mocking and giggling
at the faces of the editor
and his team members.
It happens with every
newspaper organisation. It
happens to us too.
There,
however,
are a few days when a
newspaper has enough,
‘E-Government
will reduce
disparity’
routine dramas to spread
across its pages. But, can
you imagine a newspaper,
which virtually gives one
exclusive story on each
page?
It would be difficult.
Still, our team took up this
challenge. We do admit we
could not fill every page
with an exclusive story.
Encore to make
fuelling easy
Kurds battle for Kobane
Yet, we have produced 11
exclusive stories in today’s
edition.
All local pages have
an exclusive story besides
the ones on celebrity and
special pages. With 32 pages
on hand, our real challenge
was to do equal justice to
the routine stories too. We
hope we have succeeded in
‘What’s my
nationality?’
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our efforts.
The header here says
ours only. But, factually
speaking, it is all yours!
For, who does not know a
story filed by a journalist
belongs to him only till it
appears on the print? Yes,
these stories were ours
yesterday. Today, they are
yours! Cheers!
Music
pushes
rivalry
backstage
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Tale of trials
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Dead IS fighter
calls his father!
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KAlI-FIcATION
OF THE BARBIE
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KINGDOM
rides high
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Walls that
speak art
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Baghdad blasts kill 34
Baghdad
Car bomb blasts in two
neighbourhoods of the
Iraqi capital killed at least
34 people and wounded
54 yesterday, police and
medical sources said.
A suicide car bomb exploded at a police checkpoint
guarding Kadhimiyah, a
neighbourhood in northwestern Baghdad that is
home to one of the holiest
shrines.
A police colonel said at
least 10 people were killed
and 31 wounded, a toll
confirmed by a medical
source.
Farther west, in the district of Shoala, a car bomb
went off in a busy commercial street, killing
at least 24 people and
wounding another 23, a
medical source said.
There were conflicting
reports as to whether the
carnage in Shoala might
have been caused by two
consecutive explosions,
but a source at the interior
ministry gave a similar toll.
On Thursday, at least 12
people died in another car
bomb attack on the sprawling neighbourhood of Sadr
City.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Diploma woes
TWO-YEAR COURSE,
BUT UNENDING TESTS
Mohammed Zafran/DTNN
Manama
A
person, who received his
diploma certificate from
a private institution, is now
struggling to get it accredited.
Interestingly, it took the Indian
national Vijay Kurien almost
16 years to get the diploma
programme certificate.
Mr.
Kurien
enrolled
the diploma programme
at
the
National
Institute of Information
Technology Bahrain (NIIT)
in 1998. He had also paid
more than BD1000 for the
course. Moreover, he passed
the exams in 2000 in the first
attempt itself.
But it was in 2012 when he
finally received the diploma
certificate. Since NIIT Bahrain
was closed down in 2008, he
had to collect the certificate
from its headquarters in India. But his woes did not end
here. After receiving the
certificate in 2012, he promptly
updated his CV, hoping that
the diploma certificate would
brighten his prospect of
getting a better job.
But
three
companies
rejected his certificate due
to
accreditation
issues.
Speaking to DT News over
the phone from India, he said,
“I came to know from three
organisations, which wanted
to hire me, that the certificate
cannot be validated and that’s
why I could not get into these
prestigious companies.”
Mr. Kurien said that he
does not want to blame the
institution for the obstacles he
faced, instead he wants to get
his certificate validated. “The
damage has already been done.
There is no point in fighting
against them. I just want to
get my certificate approved. I
am only looking towards the
future,” he said.
He added that he had been
constantly trying to get in
touch with the institution’s
headquarters in India through
phone and email but there
were no responses until now.
“They acknowledged that
I am a legitimate student of
the institution and that I had
passed the exams. They said
they will resolve the issue
soon,” Mr. Kurien said.
A reply is awaited from
NIIT on DT News’ queries.
(Send your comments to
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Prince Khalifa
Sameera Rajab
congratulates
Prime Minister
Manama
ongratulating
the
Prime Minister HRH
Prince Khalifa bin Salman
Al Khalifa for his successful
completion of medical checkup abroad, Minister of State
for Information Affairs and
the official Government
spokesperson Sameera Rajab
sent a cable yesterday.
The minister also extended
the congratulations on behalf
of the affiliates of the Ministry
of State for Information Affairs
and the Information Affairs
Authority.
She prayed Allah Almighty
to bless the Premier with
continuous good health,
happiness and long life.
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No helmet, No number plate
PIC BY SANTHOSH RAJENDRAN
A biker was seen yesterday riding his bike in Zinj with no helmet on his head. In addition to this, his
bike did not have a registration number plate.
Health check-up camp held
DT News Network
Manama
B
ahrain Training Institute
organised a health check
up camp for its employees.
The event, administered by
the director of the institute, Dr.
Fawzi Al Jowder, included a
number of medical tests, blood
pressure check-up and blood
sugar levels.
Commenting on the camp,
Dr. Al Jowder said that the
event aimed at promoting
a healthy lifestyle among
employees, where the institute
seeks to ensure and create an
environment full of healthy
people. “
“Encouraging to conduct
medical tests regularly is the
need of the hour,” the director
said.
(Send your comments to
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cracking down
Mystery Murder
Crime thriller
The perpetrator killed his friend, stole a dinar from his wallet and
went on to order a sumptuous meal. But little did he realise the
Kingdom’s smart detectives would pounce on him within 24 hours!
T.S.Sreenivasa Raghavan/DTNN
T
he cops at Ministry of Interior
(MOI) recently received an alert
about a Bangladeshi National found
dead inside a flat at an apartment
complex located at Manama, as
reported in Al Amn.
On receipt of the alert, the cops
wasting no time rushed to the spot
and found that the crime site was
littered with articles. They could
also see bloodstains on the floor,
wall and refrigerator.
The crime scene, which presented
a higgledy-piggledy picture besides
the number of stab injuries on the
victims body pointed to a violent
fight and fisticuff between the
victim and his killer.
Excepting the mobile phone the
other valuables, which belonged
to the victim were intact which
prompted the police to conclude
that the motive behind the coldblooded murder was not theft.
The case appeared to be a
mystery as the police realised that
the soft-spoken and amiable victim
identified as Liton had no known
enemies or disputes with anyone.
Yet, he had been killed brutally! So,
what could have gone wrong?
Director, Criminal Investigation
Directorate
(CID)
Colonel
Abdulazziz
Al-Rumaihi
told
Al-Amn that the 34-year-old victim
had been working in Bahrain for
several years. “He lived alone
here. His wife and family live back
home,” he added.
According to the colonel, the
police immediately questioned the
victim’s neighbours. The police
also interrogated victim’s the
friends and colleagues from his
home country who used to visit
him frequently.
“One of his friends, Ragoul,
looked worried, scared and nervous
and we could see that he was making
a desperate attempt to appear calm.
Later, he calmed down and said he
hailed from the same of city of the
victim”, said Abdulazziz.
Ragoul and Liton were close
friends and they even used to carry
messages from their families back
home for each other. As Ragoul
explained, the cops suddenly
questioned him the minor scratches
on his hands and chest.
As a confused and shocked
Ragoul fumbled for a convincing
explanation, the cops posed another
loaded question about his visit to
the victim’s flat on the day of the
crime.
“But he denied seeing the victim
that day. But, we checked his
mobile phone and found, Ragoul
had received a call from the victim
just before the crime occurred. The
victim’s number was recognised
by other friends”, confirmed
Abdulazziz.
The injuries, victim’s phone
number on his mobile reinforced
the doubts that Ragoul was involved
in the crime, especially, after
some common friends revealed
that Ragoul and the victim often
squabbled.
“The friends said Ragoul interfered
in the victim’s family affairs. The
victim had even told them that
he had fought with Ragoul
a few days before the
episode,” Abdulazziz
explained.
With this, the cops confronted
Ragoul and took him to the crime
scene where he buckled under
pressure confessed to the crime.
Ragoul told the police that the
victim had called him to his place
to discuss some important matter.
The killer suspected that there
was some mysterious reason behind
the call, especially, after the victim
insisted that he should not be late.
His suspicion came true when Liton
received him very coldly.
The victim took out a paper from
his pocket containing some phone
numbers from his home country
and asked Ragoul if he knew any
of them. He identified the phone
number of the victim’s wife. This
made the victim angry.
The victim then accused him of
making advances towards his wife
and said she had complained about
the killer’s bad intentions as he had
made many international calls to
her number.
“The victim became jealous when
Ragoul said that the victim’s wife was the
one who called him and not the other
way round,” Abdulazziz disclosed. The
two started insulting each other, which
led to fisticuff.
Suddenly, the victim grabbed a
knife kept under his pillow but Ragoul
managed to knock it off his hand,
grabbed it and attacked the victim who
fell down. Ragoul stabbed Liton 50 times
all over his body!
“After the killing, Ragoul stole his
mobile phone and one dinar he found
in the victim’s wallet and went to buy a
meal with the stolen dinar. But, we
cracked the case and arrested
him within 24 hours”,
said a beaming
Abdulazziz.
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‘E-GOVERNMENT WILL
REDUCE DISPARITY’
Gender equality
Tahir Haneef/ DTNN
Manama
T
Mr. Al Qaed (c) and other dignitaries during the launch of the survey.
he United Nations
Department
of
Economics
and
Social
Affairs has released the
Arabic version of the UN
eGovernment Survey 2014
yesterday after it has been
translated
into
Arabic
language.
The
ceremony
was
attended
by
Bahrain’s
eGovernment
Authority
CEO, Mohammed Ali Al
Qaed, Chief of eGovernment
Branch-Department
of
Economic and Social Affairs,
United Nations, Vincenzo
Aquaro and Senior InterRegional
Advisor
on
eGovernment at the United
Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs,
Richard Kerby.
Mr. Kerby congratulated
the Bahrain government for
its jump in rankings across
many indexes.
The survey aims at capturing
the best examples across globe
and tries to portray replicable
models to solve country
specific issues. Especially the
stories from Asian and African
countries, which speak about
success even with meagre
resources are an inspiration for
many other countries.
Mr. Al Qaed stated,
“If we have strong Gulf
competitors, we will move
more forward.” He added,
“Mobile applications and other
smart solutions could help
the Kingdom to achieve more
in this effort. An application
for the eGovernment project
was downloaded 20,000 times
within a short span.”
“The availability of the
content of the survey in
Arabic language reflects
the keenness of the United
Nations,‘’ Mr. Al Qaed added.
Commenting on UN
effort in reducing the gender
“If we have strong
Gulf competitors, we will move
more forward”
disparity in receiving primary
education and the role of
eGovernment, Mr. Aquaro,
said that if the world gave
opportunities, gender disparity
could be brought down.
(Send your comments
to [email protected])
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ENCORE TO MAKE
FUELLING EASY
Going the extra mile
Technician
nabbed for
selling drugs
DT News Network
Manama
A
n Asian man, who was
nabbed while peddling
marijuana, was sentenced to
ten years in prison by the
High Criminal Court.
According to court files,
the defendant, an electrical
technician, was caught redhanded in a sting operation
after an officer in plain clothes
had lured him into selling the
illegal drugs.
Prosecutors said that the
defendant was delivering the
marijuana on his bike.
During questioning, he
alleged that a friend had asked
him to hand over a bag to the
officer, stating that he did not
know that there were drugs
inside it.
Police discovered a big
supply of marijuana stuffed
cigarettes when they inspected
his accommodation, court
files read.
Moreover, judges at the High
Criminal Court also imposed a
BD5000 fine on the man, and
also ordered for his expulsion
once he completes his jail time.
(Send your comments to
[email protected])
Elayath Pragit Parameswaran/
DTNN
Manama
W
hile every fuel filling unit
at Estiqlal petrol station
near Isa Town has vehicles
queued up, a new one stands
alienated. And in the coming
days, probably this would be the
most-sought-after fuelling unit,
once it starts functioning.
The reason is, the machine
accepts any monetary cards
including ATM cards and credit
cards to ooze out petrol from
the hose.
The machine named ‘Encore,’
the first-of-its-kind, is a product
of Gilbarco Veeder Root, a
technology company, and has
been introduced at the Estiqlal
petrol bunk in Bahrain.
“The machine accepts every
types of cards. Sadeem cards
of Bapco are also accepted
for fuelling. Even though, the
machine has been introduced
in US, it is first time that it is
being introduced in Bahrain,”
machine technician, Ranjith
Singh said.
Moreover, the machine
need not be manned by any
staff. The customer himself
can insert the card and enter
the amount for fuelling the
vehicle. Following that, the
customer can pull out the
hose and fill his car with fuel.
The user will also get a receipt
after completing the fuelling
process.
“The Encore petrol filling
units are unmanned in the US.
Even though this is a self service
system, the people here hesitate
to get out of their car. So, we will
engage a person for managing
the new unit,” added Mr. Singh.
According to the bunk
officials, the machine which
costs approximately BD5000,
will be functional within few
days as the software installation
and other network installations
are still in progress. A team of
technicians from the company
is providing assistance.
“We are doing a brisk
business and we find it hard
to manage the rush especially
during the peak hours. Hence,
this machine would help to
ease our job,” said an officer
in-charge.
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NOT FOR SALE
The machine need not
be manned by any staff.
The customer himself
can insert the card and
enter the amount for
fuelling the vehicle.
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The new fuelling unit ‘Encore’.
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Nepali community to
hold ‘Mela Festival’
DT News Network
Manama
M
PIC BY SANTHOSH RAJENDRAN
These plates full of fish placed atop an airconditioning unit are not for sale. They are left there
by someone to dry in the sun.
embers of the Nepali
community are organising
a one-of-a-kind event called the
‘Nepal Mela Festival’ on October
31 from 10am until 11pm.
The special event will be
held at the Baan Saeng Thai
Restaurant in Adliya.
Ashim Moktan, a member of
the cultural team in the Nepali
community said, “We believe
that this event will give the
Nepalese people in the Kingdom,
a feel of the festival season that
they cannot get at present from
Nepal since they are based here.
This is an initial leap for the
Nepali community in Bahrain.”
The event aims to promote the
Nepali culture and tourism in the
The Nepal Mela festival will be held for the first time in Bahrain.
Kingdom. It
will
also
include
performances from different
local Nepalese groups and
various stalls that will showcase
Nepali cuisine and traditional
music, as well as home crafts and
attires.
There will be an entrance fee
of BD1.000
(Send your comments to
[email protected])
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Election
OppOsitiOn tO
bOycOtt pOlls
DT News Network
Manama
T
he Opposition group yesterday
announced that they will
boycott the Parliamentary elections
scheduled next month, saying the
vote would cement “totalitarian” in
the Kingdom.
Four
opposition
groups,
including Al Wefaq, also vowed
to pursue “peaceful protests” in
Bahrain until their demands are
met.
The elections for a new 40-seat
Parliament will be held on November
22. Municipal elections will take place
simultaneously.
The statement, issued yesterday,
said all sides in Bahrain must engage
“in serious negotiations and dialogue”
before any election takes place.
But a proposal by authorities in
September to relaunch a ‘National
Dialogue’ was given a cold reception
by Al Wefaq.
Head of Al Wefaq, Shaikh Ali
Salman, said the proposal “ignores the
legitimate demands of the people”.
The Opposition is demanding an
independent election commission and
the dissolution of the Consultative
Council.
It took part in two rounds of
dialogue after the uprising but
withdrew from the talks.
The statement, issued
yesterday, said all
sides in Bahrain must
engage “in serious
negotiations and
dialogue” before any
election takes place.
‘What’s my nationality?’
Elayath Pragit Parameswaran/
DTNN
Siblings Nabilah and Nahilah Mohiddin
came up with a Facebook page called
‘What’s my nationality’ when they
saw a tearful Ruksana come out of the
Indian Embassy early in 2013.
Manama
S
iblings Nabilah and Nahilah
Mohiddin could not help but
feel furious when they saw a
tearful Ruksana come out from
the Indian Embassy premises in
early 2013.
And this prompted the sisters
to create a Facebook page called
‘What’s my nationality?’ to pool
up the public support for the
plight of Ruksana, who has no
passport or nationality, even after
the Delhi High Court issued a
favourable verdict on her case.
Earlier, DT News has published
two articles depicting the plight
of Mohammed and Raziya, who
like Ruksana, do not have any
passport to prove their parentage
or nationality.
“We saw her crying when
she came out from the Indian
Embassy. And we even witnessed
some officials humiliating her,
pointing out the ignorance of her
parents, even though the High
Court gave a favourable ruling in
favour of her case,” said Nabilah.
Screenshot of the Facebook page.
Presently, the Facebook page
has more than 600 likes.
The administrator and visitors
jointly host debates over the
newspaper reports published on
Ruksana and other similar cases.
According to the administrator,
the well-wishers of Ruksana try to
console her because of her sad fate.
“Most of her classmates are
now married and are leading a
comfortable life. We know that
Ruksana has many aspirations
and all those are just caught up
in the files at the Embassy or
the Ministry of Home Affairs in
India,” stated Nabilah.
Meanwhile, Stanley John,
Ruksana’s friend, pointed out
the need of spreading the issue
using the powerful tool called the
‘social media.’
“The life of Ruksana is
mentioned
chronologically
in the Facebook page. Initially
many supported Ruksana,
knowing about her story. Few
of them even said that they are
ready to accompany her when
she goes to the Indian Embassy.
But later, some withdrew their
help in the false belief that the
Embassy would confiscate their
passport too”, said Mr. Stanley.
There are also a few people,
who asked Ruksana to stop
fighting or asking for a passport
and just live a peaceful life by
marrying a Bahraini in
order to solve her
problem.
T h e
latest
update by the team behind
the Facebook page starts by
quoting Martin Luther’s
words: ‘Our lives begin to
end the day when we become
silent to things that matter’.
Hence, they demand to
voice the viewers’ opinion
against the lethargic and
indifferent attitudes
of the concerned
authorities.
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Verdict
due in
murder
case
DT News Network
A
verdict
will
be
announced
on
November 5 in the trial of
three men implicated in
connection with the murder
of an Egyptian national
in Juffair area.
Twenty-six-year-old Taqi
Ahmed Saleh, died after
being beaten with a hockey
stick and stabbed in the chest
with a knife during a fight
which broke out on October
24, 2013.
Mr. Saleh’s wife took
him to the nearby Bahrain
Specialist Hospital, but
doctors were unable to save
him.
Two of the defendants,
both Egyptians, aged 35
and 36, were charged with
premeditated murder for
their alleged direct link
with the crime, while their
third co-defendant is a
Bahraini policeman, who
was accused of concealing
crucial information from
authorities and not reporting
the murder. The policeman earlier
told prosecutors that he
did not report the incident
to authorities because he
was drinking alcohol and
watching football at the time.
One of the alleged killers
was said to have called him
and told him what had
happened.
However, the policeman’s
lawyer said her client did
not know about the murder,
because he was at home under
the influence of alcohol.
The three men are all
facing an additional charge of
possessing hashish.
All of them pleaded not
guilty to the charges when
they appeared before the
High Criminal Court.
(Send your comments to
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Strategic plan to develop fishermen ports
DT News Network
Manama
M
inister of Works, Essam Khalaf,
met with Agriculture and
Marine Resources Undersecretary
Shaikh Khalifa bin Isa Al Khalifa and
Ministry of Municipalities and Urban
Planning’s Director of Fisheries,
Ibtisam Khalaf to discuss how to
protect the marine sources of the
Kingdom.
During the meeting, the ministries
discussed a security plan for
fishermen ports in order to preserve
the marine environment.
It highlighted the Ministry of Works’
keenness to establish various ports in
the country as it contributes directly
to the preservation of fishing, which
secures food in the country.
The strategic plan includes creating
and maintaining a number of
fishermen ports, supported by services
and facilities required for the industry.
The meeting also brought up the
development project of Tubli sewage
treatment, as it has been running
since 2009, which aims to improve
the environmental situation and also
to expand the area capacity for the
sewage plant.
The meeting also touched on
establishing fish farms in Ma’ameer.
(Send your comments to [email protected]) Mr. Khalaf and other officials during the meeting.
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Write from the heart
Tale of Trials
Mohammed Zafran/ DTNN
Mr. Hyken
Public sector
must be more
‘customer
service
oriented’
DT News Network
Manama
G
overnments should not take
their citizens for granted
by following customer service
principles that are used by the
private sector, said Shep Hyken,
a leading international customer
service expert.
Mr. Hyken worked with
organisations as well as
governments around the world
and advocates the application of
customer service to the public
sector.
It’s a given fact that people
would do business with the
government. But wouldn’t it be
nice if they don’t feel like it is a
negative experience. Sadly, most
of the time, it’s,” said Mr. Hyken.
Seeing citizens as ‘sure
customers’, the expert said the
government should treat them
the same way that a business
treats paying customers. Mr.
Hyken added, “If you have to
do business with someone,
shouldn’t it be enjoyable?”
He cited Singapore as
an example where people
appreciate the dependability
of the government. “I worked
with Singapore on their
customer service. It does some
real nice job to attract tourists
and workers”, he said.
Investors, tourists and
citizens are all customers. If
they are treated badly, they will
take their business somewhere
else, he warned.
(Send your comments to
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A
Bahrain-based author
has released a novel
portraying the hardships faced
by Indian expatriates in the
Middle East. Rajith Divakaran had
written the novel – Algebra
of Hope - with an aim to
encourage the struggling
expatriate community who are
going through hard times.
The story portrays how
an intelligent and respected
doctor could find himself in a
baffling situation after landing
a job away from his home
country.
The main character toils his
way through his difficult times
and strives to keep his dream
alive. Speaking about the novel
Mr. Divakaran said, “The story
is about a doctor who takes
up a job in Saudi Arabia, and
goes through all the challenges
to pursue a hidden dream.
That dream was the only
purpose that kept him going
in those difficult times. His
working hours in a private
clinic from ten hours a day
went up to fourteen, with no
Mr. Divakaran
A Bahrain-based expatriate has
released a novel – Algebra of
Hope – that deals with the trials
and tribulations of the Indian
expatriates in the Middle East.
weekly holiday. But that did
not deter him from pursuing
his dream, he found time when
the world slept. The book is all
about one man’s unwavering
ambition and commitment,”
he added.
He said that the book is
about the hardships that
immigrants face while getting
acclimatised to unknown
surroundings and the harsh
reality of work and alienation
in personal life.
“Pleasure cannot exist
without pain, and pain has
a unique way of enhancing
pleasure. But when someone’s
pleasure has to arise from
another’s consistent pain,
there has to be something
fundamentally wrong.
Something wrong
when happens
regularly, it
becomes the norm. That
normalcy represents the life
of hundreds of thousands of
expatriate Indians living in the
Gulf countries,” he said.
According
to
Mr.
Divakaran, the family and
the society back home
derives the financial pleasure
of the expat’s struggle, the
constancy of which smudges
the demarcation between
their need and greed.
“Within that misplaced
heroism his life burns out.
That’s the background of
this story. However within
the challenging journey the
protagonist never takes his
eyes off his secretly held dream,
which he achieves and is
the essence of this book
‘love yourself’,” Mr.
Divakaran added.
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Third Customer Service Conference on Tuesday
DT News Network
Industry and Commerce Minister Dr.
Hassan Fakhro will be the patron of the
event. The conference would include
a workshop by international customer
service expert and New York Times
Bestselling author Shep Hyken.
Manama
T
he third instalment of
the Customer Services
Conference would be held at the
Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel on
Tuesday. The event organized
by Origin Group is being held
as part of the International
Customer Service Week.
Industry and Commerce
Minister Dr. Hassan Fakhro
will be the patron of the event.
The conference would include
a workshop by international
customer service expert and
New York Times Bestselling
author Shep Hyken.
Hyken is the founder of
Shepard Presentation in 1983
and since then he had worked
Mr. Al Banna at the press conference.
with hundreds of clients
ranging from Fortune 100
companies to small companies
employing less than 50 persons.
He is also the author of
Moments of Magic, the
Loyal Customer, The Cult
of the Customer and The
Amazement Revolution. The
conference will also include a
CEO forum where there will be
an interactive panel discussion
between CEOs from Bahrain’s
service industry.
Speakers will include Al
Rashid Group Chairwoman
Shaikha Hind bint Salman Al
Khalifa, Ritz-Carlton Bahrain
Hotel and Spa Manager Ned
Capeleris, Silah Gulf General
Manager Nada Al Gassab, 3D
Speaking Chief Speaker and
Coach Mohamed Abdulla
Isa and Origin Group CEO
Ahmed Al Banna.
(Send your comments to
[email protected])
BICI launches its new-look website
DT News Network
Manama
T
he Follow Up Unit of
the Bahrain Independent
Commission of Inquiry (BICI)
launched its new website www.
biciunit.bh yesterday.
Head of the BICI Follow Up
Unit, Dana Al Zayani, stated
that the website, with its new
design and updated content,
will provide the latest news on
the unit’s activities.
Ms. Al Zayani pointed that
the website enables visitors to
gain access to information and
periodic reports published
by the unit, updates on the
implementation of BICI
recommendations as well as
the unit’s press releases.
She added that the website
will also serve as a link between
the unit and all relevant
ministries and government
bodies. Meanwhile, Ms. Al
Zayani invited citizens give
suggestions and feedback on
the website, adding that it
will be constantly developed
and updates to ensure quality
service.
(Send your comments to
[email protected])
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K a t e
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arriving to New
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Obama just
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Readers’ VIEW
Congrats to Bahrain Cancer Society!
Dear sir,
The world is full of good and generous
people, as we have witnessed through the
huge success of the ‘Run, Walk 4 Cancer’
event, which was organised by the Bahrain
Cancer Society (BSC).
The charity event raised the amount of
BD15,000 that would be used for the benefit
of cancer patients and spreading awareness
about the deadly disease.
People from all walks of life came to the
event to show their support to the project
and also give financial assistance to the great
cause.
Even the organisers did not expect the huge
turnout of participants and also the amount
that they have collected at the end of the
event.
This only shows that people have become
more aware now of cancer and what it does
to the patient and his or her family.
We need to organise more events like this in
order to spread awareness and teach people
that cancer could be treated at an early stage
if only, we are able to detect it properly.
I would like to congratulate the BSC
for organising such a wonderful and
enlightening event.
More power to you and God bless you all!
Khadija
@ReutersIndia
Parents
shocked
to find “dead”
son
answer
the door after
troopers told them he’d
passed away
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@nypost
I wrote two
heartfelt
tweets congratulating
Malala. Flood
of attacks saying she’s
religious. I defended her:
yes she’s religious. For
now.
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arising
out
of
cyclone
Hudhud; asks
Home Minister to remain
in touch with Chief
Ministers of states likely
to be affect
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Reliance
Industries
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Isha
Ambani and
Akash Ambani
appointed on the board
of Reliance Jio Infocomm
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What happened to our
youths?
Dear sir,
The news of the killing of
Abdulaziz Al Jodar, also known
as Abu Qutyba Al Bahraini
while fighting with the Islamic
State (IS) against ‘Rafdha’ , a
term used by extremists to
describe ‘Shia’ fighters sent
shockwaves to many people
in our country.
It was only recently that
another young Bahraini,
Ibrahim Al Awadhi, died while
fighting with the IS, in an
unnecessary and useless war.
After reading the news, I could
not help but ask myself, “What
happened to our youths? Why
are they fighting the war of
IS? Why do they give up their
lives for a useless war?
Obviously, the IS has
succeeded in convincing
the youths that the path of
terrorism is the only way to
achieve their goals.
They have misled many of our
youths and enticed them to
leave their own country to
join the IS war against those
whose only goal is to spread
peace around the globe.
The ‘IS’ is the biggest threat in
the world today and is leading
many young people to their
graves early.
The world should join hands
in order to stop the IS from
continuing to mislead our
youth, so that they could serve
their own country, instead
of giving up their lives for a
violent and useless cause,
engineered by the IS.
Maryam Abdulla
Malala deserves the ‘Nobel Peace Prize’
Dear sir,
I was delighted to read
in your newspaper, DT
News, that 17-yearold Pakistani Malala
Yousafzai shared the
‘Nobel Peace Prize’ with
Indian anti-child labour
activist Kailash Satyarthi.
Malala has become the
youngest ever Nobel
laureate and she has
brought great pride, not
only to her country but
more importantly, to the
children of the world.
Malala deserves this
accolade for all the
sacrifices
she
had
experienced, just to fight
for the rights of children
to education, not only in
her own country but also
around the globe.
Her courage has become
a source of inspiration,
not only to children and
people in Pakistan but to
people all over the world.
Her campaign, the Nobel
Committee said, has
been carried out ‘under
the most dangerous
circumstances.’
It also added that
through her struggle, she
has become a leading
spokesperson for girls’
rights to education.
Truly, Malala deserves
to win the Nobel Peace
Prize. We need more
young people like her
who are always thinking
for the good of all and
not for the promotion of
one’s interests.
Mariam Khalid
Sunday, October 12, 2014
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Contradiction
DEAD IS
FIGHTER
CALLS HIS
FATHER!
DT News Network
Manama
I
n a dramatic twist, a young
Bahraini jihadist, whose fellow
fighters had announced his death
a few days ago, called his father
while the latter was accepting
condolences on his demise.
Abdulaziz Al Jodar, 19, fighting
for the Islamic State (IS) was
thought to be dead after several
twitter accounts belonging to other
IS fighters confirmed he was killed
in Iraq during clashes with the
Iraqi army.
However, it is reported that he
rang his father while he was busy
conducting the last rites of his son.
Moreover, many twitter
users affiliated with IS have also
announced that Abdulaziz is still
alive.
Sources told DT News that
the father cried in happiness
and abandoned the last rites
immediately upon finishing
the phone conversation. On
Friday, DT News reported
the death of Abdulaziz, based
on tweets emerged on Twitter
accounts of users fighting for
IS, including a Bahraini militant
named Mohammed Al Binali.
Mohammed had earlier tweeted,
“I would like to convey to you the
news that Abdulaziz Al Jodar
was martyred while
he was fighting
Not only, but also
Arthur Macdonald
Few things matter at all
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Abdulaziz
against “Rafdha.” (The term
Rafdha is used by the extremists
to describe Shia people. He
further tweeted, “He (Abdulaziz)
immigrated from Bahrain as a
jihadist for the sake of God until
he was killed while fighting not
fleeing the fray.” (Send your comments to
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BIA to get passenger
boarding bridges
Manama
The photo of alleged blast being
circulated on social media.
Alba denies
blast rumours
Manama
A
luminium Bahrain (Alba)
last night denied rumours of
explosion spread on social media.
In a statement, the management
of the company stated that the
allegations made on social media
were totally untrue.
“The production operations
are proceeding normally
without any disruption,” Alba
said, stressing its keenness on
its employees’ safety.
Meanwhile, the social media
went viral circulating the
pictures of the now denied
explosion.
I
n line with its mission to
continuously improve the
airport’s infrastructure, the
Transportation Ministry (MoT)
in partnership with Bahrain
Airport Company (BAC) and
Bahrain International Airport
(BIA), has recently started the
installation of new state-of-theart passenger boarding bridges
at the airport terminal.
The passenger boarding bridges
are the part of the first phase
of the Airport Modernisation
Programme, which includes
immediate enhancement works
currently undertaken at BIA.
Transportation Minister and
Acting Chief Executive of the
Economic Development Board,
Kamal Ahmed said, “This
infrastructure upgrade is part
of a much wider modernisation
programme that will see
improvement to facilities at the
current terminal.”
CEO of BAC, Mohamed Yusuf
Al Binfalah, added,“The new air
bridges are a welcome addition to
The minister during the site visit.
our airport and proof that we are
moving ahead with enhancing the
infrastructure and service levels of
Bahrain’s gateway.”
During the tour, Mr. Ahmed also
examined the 14 new state-of-the-art
X-Ray machines which were recently
installed at the airport.
ne of my favourite people in British
history is a Scotsman called Arthur
Balfour who was a Tory prime minister from
1902 to 1905.
In spite of all his family connections he was
remarkably unsuccessful as a politician.
Both his father and grandfather were
members of parliaments and he succeeded his
uncle Lord Salisbury to Number 10 Downing
Street.
In terms of political success he rose to
prominence by suppressing agrarian unrest
in Ireland through punitive action followed
by getting Britain involved in the Boer War
which turned out to the last conflict Britain
really lost until we claim we never really lost
in Suez.
His place in history is largely down to being
the guy who penned The Balfour Declaration
which resulted in the setting up of the Israeli
state.
All in all not much of a curriculum vitae.
But there are two things I like about him.
The first is that when he inherited the
title of Lord Balfour he became one of the
wealthiest people in the UK, if not the world.
By the time he died he had spent all of this
fortune.
The second thing, which I think is great, is
that as a second rate philosopher he originated
an argument against believing that human
reason could determine truth epitomised by
a remark attributed to him: “Nothing matters
very much and few things matter at all”.
That may well explain his failure as a prime
minister.
No politician would agree to those
sentiments these days although it appears that
the British media have recently embraced this
view of reality.
At a time when we have come close to
seeing the end of the United Kingdom, when
there is a new war developing in the Middle
East and in Ukraine and an outbreak of a
killer disease called Ebola that looks as though
it could affect the world the newspapers over
here are obsessed with autobiography two
sportsmen.
I have never been a big fan of cricket
but apparently the words of wisdom from a
former England cricket captain called Kevin
Pietersen is what everyone wants to read
about.
Cricket has always been a mystery to me.
Why anyone should regard a game that
lasts five days and can still end in a draw as
entertaining and competitive is beyond me.
Why England, whom I believe invented the
game and consider themselves good at it need
to have a South African captain also leaves
me a bit cold.
But why anyone should be interested in
a book in which he largely trashes his fellow
players’ beggars belief.
By all accounts he was quite good at hitting
the ball with a bat in his heyday and was
no slouch at throwing the ball at opposing
batsmen.
But why his views on the shortcomings
of his fellow team mates should be filling
column inches in the press seems somewhat
questionable to me.
The other guy who has moved from the
sports pages to the news pages of down
market tabloids is Roy Keane.
You may have missed the latest exclusives
on this ‘has been’ footballer but apparently
what everyone in Britain really, really wanted
to know this week is that Roy had shaved off
his beard.
Last week it was the launch of his latest
autobiography where he criticises famous
football managers.
Now to be fair to Mr Keane he was a very
talented and famous football player rather a
long time ago.
“Keane was a dominating central
midfielder noted for his aggressive and highly
competitive style of play, an attitude that
helped him excel as captain of Manchester
United from 1997 until his departure in 2005,
having joined the club in 1993,” I read the
other day.
In fact Keane was one of those highly
talented thugs who occasionally turn up on
football parks.
He could play the game extremely well,
but is more likely to be remembered in a
sport which has spawned many thugs who
have survived on very little talent but a lot of
aggression.
The last time he hit the headlines was
probably back in 2002 when he was sent
home from the World Cup in spite of being
the captain of the Republic of Ireland when
the team were doing rather well.
His problem was that he wanted to tell
the manager how to do his job.
Now in his autobiography he has
gone out of his way to criticise managers
including Alex Ferguson, whom he played
for for most of his career, and Chelsea
manager Jose Mourinho.
Now Mr Ferguson is undoubtedly the
most successful football manager in the
history of British football and possibly the
greatest manager the world game has ever
seen.
Mr Mourinho, whose team is currently
number one in England, is possibly the
greatest manager since Mr Ferguson retired.
Mr Keane, and few people would disagree
with this, was a far better player than either
of these gentlemen.
But in the management stakes he has
made his name as a failure and an also run.
With no one else wanting him he is
currently an assistant manager with the
Republic of Ireland and Aston Villa, neither
of whom are exactly setting the heather on
fire in the global soccer firmament.
In spite of all his experience on the field
his success rate in management in zilch.
Keane, who is now 43, looks to be
coming to the end of his managerial career.
Ferguson had won the European Cup
winners Cup and Mourinho the UEFA and
European Cup when they were younger
than that.
The point to this is that the press over
hear believe the thoughts of two former
stars matter.
It would appear that the press now look
at Lord Belfour’s summation ‘Nothing
matters very much and few things matter at
all’ and chose to think the latter part of that
philosophical argument is news.
(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.)
10
MIDDLE EAST
NUGGETS
Qaeda attack kills two
Yemen soldiers Aden
Two Yemeni soldiers
were killed yesterday when
a roadside bomb exploded
in the restive southeastern
province of Hadramawt, a
military source, said blaming
Al-Qaeda for the attack.
Three other soldiers were
wounded in the bombing
that targeted a military vehicle in the historic interior
town of Shibam, known as
the Manhattan of the Desert
for its centuries-old multistorey buildings.
The attack comes after
separate suicide attacks on
Thursday killed 47 people
in the capital Sanaa and 20
soldiers in Hadramawt province.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula (AQAP) has since
claimed responsibility for the
Sanaa bombing, which has
further exacerbated tensions
in violence-wracked Yemen.
Talks with UN Syria
envoy on Oct. 21
Moscow
A new UN Syria envoy is
expected to arrive for talks
in Russia on October 21, the
foreign ministry in Moscow
said yesterday.
Staffan de Mistura “will
meet with Russian foreign
minister Sergei Lavrov”,
deputy foreign minister
Gennady Gatilov told the
Interfax news agency.
De Mistura was appointed
to the Syria job in July, after
his predecessor, Algerian
diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi,
resigned in May following
the failure of peace talks.
‘Progress’ in pressing
Turkey to join IS fight
Washington
The United States has
reported “progress” in pressing Turkey to participate in
the fight against the Islamic
State group, noting a pledge
from Ankara to train and
equip moderate Syrian rebels.
The head of the US-led
coalition, retired general
John Allen, and US pointman on Iraq, Brett McGurk,
completed a two-day visit in
Turkey to press the NATO ally
to engage militarily against
the jihadist group that has
taken over a wide swath of
Syria and Iraq.
Washington had been
frustrated over Ankara’s
reticence to commit its wellequipped and well-trained
forces in the fight against the
militants.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
KURDS BATTLE
FOR KOBANE
IS assault
Fulya Ozerkan and Mohamad
Ali Harissi
Mursitpinagar
K
urdish fighters halted
a thrust by Islamic State
(IS) group jihadists towards the
heart of the battleground Syrian
town of Kobane yesterday, after
the UN warned thousands of
civilians risked massacre.
The pre-dawn attack came
after the IS militants overran
the Kurdish headquarters in the
border town on Friday, sparking
fears they would cut off the last
escape route to neighbouring
Turkey.
But US officials warned
that while world attention
is focussed on Kobane, the
jihadists have been piling
pressure on government troops
in neighbouring Iraq, leaving
the army in a “fragile” position
in Anbar province between
Baghdad and the Syrian border.
The renewed IS drive on the
centre of Kobane sparked 90
minutes of heavy fighting with
the town’s Kurdish defenders
before the jihadists fell back, the
Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said.
US-led coalition warplanes
also carried out two air strikes
on IS targets south and east
of the town early yesterday,
The pre-dawn attack came after the
IS militants overran the Kurdish headquarters in the border town on Friday,
sparking fears they would cut off the last
escape route to neighbouring Turkey
according to the Britain-based
monitoring group, which has a
wide network of sources inside
Syria.
US-led warplanes have
intensified air strikes against
IS, which has been attacking
Kobane for three weeks, but
the Pentagon has said that there
are limits to what can be done
without troops on the ground.
Small groups of Kurdish
fighters were trying to harry
the encircling jihadists with
operations across the front
line, Observatory director Rami
Abdel Rahman told AFP.
UN envoy for Syria Staffan
de Mistura warned on Friday
that 12,000 or so civilians still
in or near Kobane, including
about 700 mainly elderly people
in the town centre, “will most
likely be massacred” by IS if the
town falls.
Kobane
was
“literally
surrounded” except for one
narrow entry and exit point to
the Turkish border, de Mistura
said.
“We would like to appeal to
the Turkish authorities in order
to allow the flow of volunteers
at least, and their equipment
to be able to enter the city to
contribute to a self-defence
operation,” he said. (AFP)
IS executes
four women
Baghdad
he Islamic State group
has executed at least four
women, including two doctors
and a politician, in their
northern Iraq strongholds this
month, relatives and rights
activists said yesterday.
In the IS hub of Mosul, the
jihadists executed three women
on Wednesday including two
doctors, Hanaa Edwar, a human
rights activist who heads the
Al-Amal organisation, said.
A medical source in Mosul
confirmed their deaths and
named the two doctors as Maha
Sabhan and Lamia Ismail. The
third woman was a law graduate.
On October 5, Iman
Mohammed Yunus, a former
Sunni parliamentarian from
the Iraq Turkmen Front in the
city of Tal Afar, farther west
towards the Syrian border, was
also executed.
“They took her from her
home last month and called her
family this week to say that she
had been executed,” said Ali
al-Bayati, who runs a foundation
supporting the rights of Iraq’s
Turkmen minority.
“Then they dumped her body
in a water well outside Tal Afar,”
he said.
According to Edwar, who
T
confirmed Yunus’ execution, at
least four other women were
executed by IS militants in the
Mosul area in recent weeks.
Among them was a former
candidate for the local council
and an academic.
“Women are easy targets
for them. Many of the rights
activists from Mosul ran away
but some of the women among
them had to stay with their
children,” Edwar said.
IS militants have controlled
Mosul since June 10, the
second day of a major offensive
that saw jihadist fighters seize
swathes of land in five Iraqi
provinces.
They have used the city,
Iraq’s second largest, as a de
facto capital for the Iraqi half
of the “caliphate” which their
leadership proclaimed in June
and also includes large parts
of Syria.
“After going after the ethnic
and religious minorities,
they are now hunting down
Sunni members of civil
society groups and anyone
remotely connected with the
government,” Edwar said.
She said IS was probably
trying to sow maximum fear
among the population by openly
targeting women. (AFP)
Pro-Kurdish demonstrators hold a banner reading “long live the resistance in Rojava, Shingal and
Kobane” as they gather yesterday in Duesseldorf, Germany.
Kurds protest in Germany
Berlin
M
ore than 20,000 Kurds
protested
against
the Islamic State group in
the western German city
of Duesseldorf yesterday,
according to the police.
Several
Kurdish
organisations called the
demonstration to protest
attacks by IS jihadist militants
on Kurdish towns in Syria,
particularly the besiegement of
the city of Kobane.
Clashes between Kurds and
radical Muslims in the northern
German cities of Hamburg and
Celle left more than 20 people
injured earlier this week.
Concern has grown in Berlin
about a spillover of the tensions
in Syria and Iraq to Germany,
which is home to an estimated
one million ethnic Kurds
Concern has grown in Berlin
about a spillover of the tensions
in Syria and Iraq to Germany,
which is home to an estimated
one million ethnic Kurds.
“We’re watching this very
closely,” Interior Minister
Thomas de Maiziere said in an
interview to appear today in
German daily Focus.
Those who take part in
fighting “should expect a very
tough reaction,” he warned.
Meanwhile, several thousand
people also protested yesterday
in Paris and several hundred in
the central French city of Lyon
to call for international support
for Kurds trapped in Kobane.
(AFP)
SUNDAY
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
GET VOGUED!
DRESS TO
IMPRESS
M
eet Ashwathy Shyamkumar, an artist with a
passion for fashion and design. The freelance
designer, illustrator and stylist, graduated from
fashion school with the Best Designer award and
even showcased at Bahrain Fashion Week 2010.
DT News has collaborated with the popular fashionista to bring her exciting personal style notes,
product talk and glimpses into what’s hot and
trendy right now in the world of vogue!
There’s a new rule when it comes to dressing up
for formal events. While floor sweeping gowns and
neat sheath dresses are still quite popular, it’s also
very safe and boring and can also make you look
rather outdated.
The new code is all about breaking the norms and
dressing up according to your personality. There
are a variety of styles that can be tapped into when
it comes to occasion wear. From embroidered top skirt combos to bold printed dresses and flattering
silhouettes, these statement styles will ensure you
THE BEAUTY B loopers
There was a time when I owned more shades of lip liners than
actual lipsticks, because for me, the perfect outline of the
mouth was the most important part of my beauty regime,
However, after wearing it so dark in a few outings, I was told
by colleagues that it should complement the lipstick and not
overshadow it, as I wore my lip liner darker than my lipstickAudrey O.
Sure it’s exciting for women to play
with their hair and try out colour
streaks in a funky variation, be it
pink, blue, purple and even orange.
But, I’ve learnt that it needs to be as
temporary as possible because this
kind of look only works for parties
and trendy gatherings, not for formal
meetings or simple shopping sprees
with the family- Ashta L.
I was quite
taken aback when I
had to hear it from my fiancé that I needed to tone down
on the thick eyeliner fixations
under the eyes. I guess he was
right because having a top
layer was good enoughS.J.
stand out from the crowd.
Here are a few ‘must have’ separates in your
wardrobe to step out in style.
1. A bright printed sheath dress not only shouts
out trendy, but also ensures you make heads turn.
Keep in mind to pick a dark colour that’s apt for the
occasion and not too loud.
2. A backless number is perfect for summer weddings. Learn to show skin in moderation so ensure
the dress covers the entire bodice and is only open
at the back.
3. Skirts in luxurious fabrics like silk or satin and
interesting embroidery adds texture and is great
when paired with solid coloured blouses.
4. If you’re not the one to wear dresses and want
a more androgynous look, opt for sleek jumpsuits or
pant suits instead. Satin and sequinned fabrics will
amplify the style and make it more party- appropriate.
Shining like gold
Laila
Bukanan
Manama
O
ne thing everyone knows
about me is that I am crazy
about ‘natural oils.’
I have been using argan oil
(also called the ‘miracle oil’ and
‘liquid gold’) for almost six years
now. It has been named that for
a reason.
Argan oil has never disappointed me. What I love about
this ‘liquid gold’ is that it is well
known for its amazing properties that are beneficial for both
hair and skin.
It is rich in nutrients like fatty
acids and vitamin E! Argan oil
can be used in many different
ways and for numerous reasons.
Argan oil can be used as a
skin moisturizer, to hydrate and
soften the skin.
Because of its high content of
Vitamin E and fatty acids, it is the
best product to naturally enhance
your skin. It is amazing and gets
absorbed easily into the skin.
Argan oil is also great as a hair
moisturizer. It has been proven
that this oil makes the hair softer
and shinier. It can help treat split
ends and frizzy hair!
Professional beautician and
make-up artist Laila Bukanan
recommends argan oil, also
known as ‘liquid gold’ to
women who want to have
beautiful skin and hair. Read
on to find out why she is all
praises for ‘argan oil…’
Using argan oil as hair mask
once a week can improve the texture and shine of your hair.
Treating dry skin conditions
is another benefit of argan oil.
People suffering from very dry
skin and eczema can find this oil
to be extremely beneficial.
The vitamin E and fatty acids
are amazing for repairing damaged skin while providing it with
nutrients to now only renew the
skin but also prevent further dryness and irritation that might
occur. It can be applied directly
to the affected area.
Stretch marks can be a
huge issue for lots or pregnant
women. Argan oil can be used
to treat and protect the body
against those annoying stretch
marks. It increases the skin elasticity due to its vitamin E content!
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DOCTOR IS IN
Dr. Shuchi Nagori
Homoeopathic Practitioner
and Nutritionist
Homoeopathic Practitioner and Nutritionist, Dr.
Shuchi Nagori, answers DT News’ readers queries
on healthy living.
1. Kindly provide feedback on what is the
difference between food allergies and food intolerance. Which is more serious and
should be taken care of, thanksNermin M.
Dr. Nagori: Food allergy
causes an immune system
reaction, when it sees food as
an invader. It affects numerous organs and causes a range
of symptoms, which can vary from
mild itching/hives of the skin to severe/life-threatening breathing difficulties/drop in blood pressure. Usually it comes suddenly, even a small
amount of food can trigger and happens every
time you eat.
Food intolerance symptoms are generally less
serious and mostly limited to digestive system.
They come gradually and occurs only when you
eat lot of food. Symptoms of food intolerance
can include nausea, cramps, abdominal pain,
diarrhoea, irritability, nervousness, or headaches.
Food allergies can cause symptoms like breathing
problems, hoarseness, vomiting and hives. Food
allergy is much more serious than food intolerance.
2. I and my husband follow a proper vegan
diet. However, we have a one-year-old daughter
and my colleagues had suggested that I should
provide my child a more varied diet to give her a
well-rounded nutritional balance of food, please
kindly advise me on this matter-N.G.
Dr. Nagori: Yes, you should give your child
a more varied diet for her good
overall development. As vegan
diet excludes any kind of animal food including dairy and
eggs, so it is deficient in some
essential nutrients like vitamin
B12, calcium, proteins and other
nutrients important for physiological functions and proper growth. Foods that help
children are nuts, beans, eggs, fish, dairy products,
grains and pulses. Children need to gain adequate
weight and height with strong immune system and
energy. Children should be active and provided
with proper healthy diet at intervals for proper
growth. You can consider giving her vegetarian
diet (including dairy products) rather than strict
vegan diet.
3. Is it enough to get my daily intake of vitamins and minerals from the food I consume or
should I be taking vitamin pills and supplements
too?- Atika (37 yrs. old).
Dr. Nagori: Yes, you can get the daily requirement of vitamins and minerals
from balanced food that you
consume. Supplements are
not a substitute for a healthy
diet. It can be challenging to
get adequate nutrients if dieting/avoiding dairy products.
It’s always better to consume
fresh fruits and vegetables rather
than
vitamin pills/supplements. Fruits and vegetables
contain
lots of phytochemicals along with a
variety of micronutrients, anti-oxidants and essential fibers, which provide greater nutrition, prevent
heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. Some nutrientrich foods with relatively less calories are avocados,
spinach, bell peppers, green leafy vegetables, low
fat yogurt, seeds (pumpkin/flax/sunflower), nuts
especially almonds, grains, lentils, oranges, carrots.
(Send your comments to [email protected])
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
Dimension
SUNDAY
REVIEW
KALI-FICATION
OF THE BARBIE
A brush with philosophy
T.S.Sreenivasa
Raghavan/DTNN
M
an is the only animal,
in this universe, who
carries multiple identities.
His voyage into the world
of identity, in fact, starts
with his name. Then, as
time passes, he takes pride
in the identity of his caste,
creed, colour, religion and
nationality to mention a few.
Man’s penchant for
identity does not stop there.
He even gets intoxicated with
his professional identity.
Someone is a doctor,
someone else is an engineer,
there are also others who
flash and flush, because,
they are either astronauts or
scientists! Man is still not
satisfied. He continues to
look for additional identities!
Why am I harping on
the issue of identity now?
Is it because man despite
the manifold labels by which
he markets himself is still
suffering from an acute
identity crisis? I have to
be candid here and I have
no hesitation to say that my
answer is in the affirmative.
Otherwise, how would
you account for the recent
controversy
revolving
around the Kali-fication of
Barbie? Before dwelling into
the issue further, we need
to understand the meaning
of both Kali and Barbie.
Hindus
venerate
Kali – the
consort
of Lord
S h i v a
and the
Goddess
o
f
Destruction.
The word Kali, in fact,
comes from Sanskrit, which
literally means the black one.
The origin of Kali could
also be traced to kal, again
in Sanskrit, meaning, time:
the destroyer. Hence, the
Goddess is aptly portrayed
as a black-skinned and
blood-smeared
wearing
a necklace of skulls and a
girdle of snakes!
If Kali symbolises the
triumph of good over evil,
Barbie is a brand of doll made
by Mattel representing a
slim, shapely young woman,
especially one
with blonde
hair, blue eyes
and fair skin.
When used as
noun
Barbie
means, especially a
young woman, perceived
as blandly attractive and
vacuous.
It is here the Kali-fication
of Barbie fuelled all the
brouhaha in the world
anguishing
innumerable
Barbie fans and angering
devout Hindus. The Barbie
fans got upset, because,
they could not simply bear
the sight of their otherwise
beautiful doll converted into
a cannibalistic posture.
The Hindus fumed and
fretted, because, they felt the
Argentine artists Marianela
Perelli and Pool Paolini
resorted to a cheap publicity
stunt by giving Barbie the
Kali makeover. However,
there have also been
others who defended the
artistic freedom, unwilling
to embrace the path of
extremism.
They cited that the
Argentine
artists
had
made 33 dolls representing
figures from Islam, Judaism,
Christianity and Hinduism
for exhibition in a Buenos
Aires Gallery Show called
“Barbie,
The
Plastic
Religion.” So, they felt,
neither the Barbie fans nor
the Hindus
should get
unsettled
by
the
new-lookBarbie.
Be that
as it may, it
is my firm
belief that
everything
in this world
is
interchangeable
including
Barbie the
doll and Kali
the idol. If
you
have
a
doubt,
then take a
look at the
life of Adolf
Hitler, the man who killed
thousands even while
adoring children!
That
confirms our mind is home
to two persons, nay myriad!
W.Somerset Maugham
puts it better: “There are
times when I look over
the various parts of my
character with perplexity.
I recognise that I am made
up of several persons and
that the person that at the
moment has the upper hand
will inevitably give place to
another. But, which is the
real one? All of them or
none?”
No one could have explained
better man’s identity crisis.
So, it is not the varied
reactions
in
support
a n d
against
the Barbie
conundrum
that
surprise me;
it is also not
the exercise
of the artistic
freedom that
went behind
the Barbie
re-creation.
Instead, what
stuns me is the
man’s obsession
with identity!
It
would
not
be
an
exaggeration to
say that man today
is
threatened
by
intellectual
pauperdom. It
bestows
him
with an identity
that
emanates
from inanimate
objects to which
he clutches tightly
like a simpleton. But,
the man does not
realise that he has
virtually become the
prisoner of a doll!
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
Sunday
review
The Maze runner
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A fresh approach
Aravind Deepak/ DTNN
T
he Maze Runner brings
to light the story of how
a sixteen year old, sans any
memory of identification lest
for his name, finds himself
entrapped in a community
of boys much like him, on an
expanse of grass surrounded on
all four sides by a towering,
colossal, maze.
Once there, the protagonists’
aim becomes to find a purpose
and reason for his presence,
and that of everyone else’s, in
the seemingly experimental
grounds that seem to harbour
no meaning in its own
indifferent right.
A test of faith and a belief
in the unknown is contrived
out of desperation, forming
interesting spans of observation
for the audience to root
themselves in.
Human survival instincts,
made all the more vigorous
pertaining to its execution by
young adults, are portrayed in
a fresh, past paced stretch of
perspective.
The Maze Runner appeals
most to the gamer in each of
us, wherein the superlative
landscapes and arcane plots
incite thrilling awe, also making it
the sole appreciative subjunctive
for letting one be caught up in
the web of numerous interesting
alternatives.
It is a dream scape for
science fiction enthusiasts, for
the movie’s mysticism shrouds
the obvious factors and allows
for the interjection of indefinite
entities to be apprehensive of,
letting the viewer purge in the
luxury of their imaginative
hopes for the movie’s characters.
Escapist tendencies meet
their most sought after sojourns
of bliss during the film’s run
time, for they are allowed an
insight into scenarios that are
completely out of the grasp of
realities drying trait.
The stronghold of the film
lies in its potential to stay
insatiable over the metaphorical
degrees to which its plot can be
sieved through.
The functioning of society
under experimental constraints,
that which almost all fields of
life have come to philosophise,
gets a significant cinematic
approach here. Curiosity
remains, but never overstays its
welcome when faced with the
adrenaline of the moment.
The visual effects were
splendid, which in further
cohesion with excellently precise
editing and cinematographic
eccentricity blended in to move
the viewer to the edges of their
seats during the sequences of
high ended action.
Also, Dylan O’Brian’s body
language spoke in exceeding
quality to his acting, giving
strength to scenes where
running had a beauty and
gripping grace of its own.
The casting has been done
well, giving each character
their fair share of existential
significance. With respect to
that, Aml Ameen and Will
Poulter proved their skills with
their depths of character while
Kaya Scodelario presented
herself with a pleasingly
naturalist stint at acting.
Towards the end, the story
does falter in its integrity and
opens up for certain logical errs
in comparison with what it was
molded up to be.
A sense of deflation in
expectations is what one is left
with, with the benevolence
and power that guided the film
through till then seeming to fit in
the wrong hands altogether. The
film disappoints in the resultant
view of things, but leaves us in the
hope of better endings to come
through its sequels.
The maze incorporates
dangers aplenty yet taunts one
with infinite hope. It forms the
forbidden arena to be tackled
only by those who seem worthy,
an affair that needs risking
everything for the sake of
promising changes.
This movie will interest those
who love the immense flexibility
of unnatural concepts and basks
in the enticement which science
fiction delivers.
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DECODE
YOUR
DREAMS
Dream
About the interpreter Nausheen
Adenwalla
is a Clinical Psychologist
with more than five
years of experience in
dream interpretation. She
received her professional
qualification from Institute
of Professional Psychology,
Bahria University, Pakistan
and University of Wales,
Bangor, United Kingdom.
Dreams that show a rush of colours, do you know
whether they hold any particular meaning. I sometimes
have this dream where I feel like I’m in a maze and
there are many colours changing, very bright and
colourful. I’m curious as to why do such occurrences
happen and I can never associate them with anything.
Kindly help me in interpreting them. Thanks
I am 27-year-old mother of two young kids, residing
away from my home country since I was born. I had
lived in many places in the Middle East. DT News readers who would like to have their
dreams decoded into meanings can send their dream
description, background information (if applicable)
and additional details (gender, personal status, age
group and work title) to [email protected]. Names will not
be revealed and the identities will be kept confidential.
c
Nausheen: Colours in dreams represent
our emotional states and add a greater
emotional significance to our dreams.
Depending on our culture, colours
can have very different meanings and
also personal associations. These may
be positive or negative, or somewhere in
between. A colour does not have any intrinsic
meaning of its own, it has only the meaning
we give to it. So the most important
thing to do is to find out what your own
interpretation of each colour is. The
colours may represent something in you,
for example, an aspect of your personality
or it may be something that you search that
is represented by the colour. I would suggest keeping a dream diary
and as you work with your dreams over
time, you may start to notice when colours
re-appear. Once you notice your own
patterns, you can start to recognise the
unique messages your dreams are giving
you, and develop an understanding of your
own dreams.
Dreaming of a maze is a symbol of
frustration, indecision, confusion and
a lack of direction in one’s life. It may
represent an overwhelming situation in your
life.
In order to understand your dream try to
ask yourself the following questions:
What feelings do these colours produce in you?
What do these colours remind you of?
Where in your life are these colours missing?
What other things in your life that are important
to you are also these colours?
How did you feel in connection to being in the
maze?
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Big Talk
Sunday, October 12, 2014
KINGDOM
RIDES HIGH
When we hosted
the UN event in
Bahrain, most of
the countries had
selected Bahrain
as the country to
learn from. UN
organised fullyfunded visits for
20 government
employees from
14 countries
so that they
could learn from
the Bahrain
experience.
- eGA CEO
Mohammed Ali Al
Qaed
eGovernment
Tahir Haneef/ DTNN
D
T News caught up with
Bahrain’s eGovernment
Authority CEO Mohammed
Ali Al Qaed on the sidelines
of the launch of the Arabic
version of the United Nations
eGovernment Survey 2014 in
Bahrain yesterday.
He shared the challenges
and the process followed by his
team in turning the country
into a better eGovernment
hub.
UN eGovernment Survey
2014 has ranked Bahrain
seventh on the Online
Services Index and rank 18
worldwide in eGovernment
Readiness Index and first
among the Arab and Middle
East countries.
Here is an excerpt
from the exclusive
interview with eGA CEO
Mohammed Ali Al Qaed.
DT News: What was the
biggest challenge you faced?
CEO: None of the
initiatives we are working
with or we deliver are owned
by eGovernment, but by other
departments. The challenge is,
we have to coordinate with
people who are not reporting
to me directly, neither I
have full control over them.
They have their own
priorities, thus it is
a big challenge to
coordinate the
effort and to
give a good
service.
UN eGovernment Survey 2014 has ranked Bahrain
seventh on the Online Services Index and rank 18
worldwide in eGovernment Readiness Index and first
among the Arab and Middle East countries.
eGovernment is not something
about which I can write policy
or re-engineer policy, I have to
coordinate. It is about things
under other departments.
DT News: How
did
you
overcome
that,
what
was
your
strategy?
CEO: The support we got
from the supreme
committee
under
the
leadership of Deputy Prime
Minister Shaikh Mohammed
bin Mubarak Al Khalifa was
excellent; we report to them
and the ministry. We created
working groups that were
there in Bahrain since day
one. We have three layers of
working groups which include
Undersecretaries, Directors and in director level, we have
IT and business, and finally
the technical people.
People out there in
the front, we have
committees with
them, we consult
with them, we
try to engage
them, we made
them part of
the
change
management.
And, we gave
education,
training
and
DT News: You have to keep
running?
CEO: Of course, of course.
We have to improve our
ranking and the maturity levels.
That requires a lot of effort.
organised workshops for the
employees.
DT News: Are all these
people
from
different
departments?
CEO: Yes, hundreds of
government employees are
working for eGovernment, but
from different departments.
That was a challenge.
DT News: What is your
team size?
CEO: 100 people work
for eGovernment, taking
care of admin, finance and
coordination.
DT News: 100 people
dedicated for the project?
CEO: Yes, Not a big
number.
DT News: Where you think
Bahrain can improve?
CEO: Being in top ten,
I don’t think we have an
easy target. It is a moving
target. Actually, in the
UN
eGovernment
survey, there were some
countries in the top ten,
which had slipped to
the 20s. To retain our
ranking, we have to
work hard.
DT News: That can be
seen in the rankings Bahrain
received, the effort. So, what
other countries can learn from
Bahrain and its achievement?
CEO: We have a programme.
When we hosted the UN
event in Bahrain, most of the
countries had selected Bahrain
as the country to learn from.
UN organised fully-funded
visits for 20 government
employees from 14 countries so
that they could learn from the
Bahrain experience.
We had full-week intensive
programmes. The participants
wanted to learn from Bahrain
in 28 areas of improvement.
Presentations of 20 to 40
minutes and one-on-one
meeting were conducted.
The entire programme was
conducted by Bahrainis.
Since the programme was
a success, I heard from UN
recently that, most of the
countries wanted Bahrain to
conduct training.
We might have another
programme in the coming
months, probably as early as
2015.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
sunday
review
What an idea!
Walls that
speak art
Mehr Jan/DTNN
Manama
R
estaurants usually put their
best efforts to satisfy our
tastebuds at the highest level
and win long-term loyalty.
Therefore, restaurants work in
diligence to bring forward the
best of services. But here is an
eatery, which has gone a step
further to make its customers
feel welcomed.
Located
in
Budaiya,
‘Emmwash’ on the surface may
seem like a regular place to
indulge in some local delicacies.
However, when stepped in, it
allows its customers to unleash
their creativity and become a
part of the aesthetic ambiance,
as the walls of the restaurant
pose as a canvas.
The two-storey eatery has
large illustrations drawn on
all of its walls, highlighting
the island’s rich culture
and likeness towards some
contemporary concepts. While
these have been done by local
artists, visitors are encouraged
to show their artistic talent by
scribbling drawings, writing
their names, poems and even
comments on their dining
experience.
Owner of the restaurant,
Abdulla Aradi, who opened
the unique restaurant two years
ago, wanted to bring art and
eating in one place and coined
up the idea, which was openly
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Mr. Isa
the two-storey
eatery has large
illustrations
drawn on all of its
walls, highlighting the
island’s rich culture
and likeness towards
some contemporary
concepts.
welcomed by the public.
Manager, Ahmad Abdulla
Isa, told DT News that people of
various nationalities enjoy the
environment very much. “It is
intriguing to them to be a
part of such a set-up, where,
while enjoying their food,
they can also become a part of
the restaurant by scribbling
anything that defines them,”
he added.
Yasir Naseef, a customer
who visits Emmwash
regularly, also shared that it
is one of the most interesting
places to visit, especially for
out-of-towners, “Out of the
box ideas always intrigue me
and this place is exciting and
colourful, making it a popular
spot in Bahrain,” he said.
(Send your comments to
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• Breast Ultrasound
• Self breast examination training
• Consultation with obstetrician
& Gynaecologist specialist
Mr. Naseef (in blue shirt) with his friends, enjoying the dining experience
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived in the Russian city of Sochi yesterday. HM the King is set to meet Russian President
Vladimir Putin today to discuss bilateral cooperation in all fields and the latest of regional and international development. King Hamad
will also attend the first Russian Formula One grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom. Upon his arrival, King Hamad was received by Mayor Anatoly
Pakhomov of the city of Sochi, International Relations Affairs’Director of Sochi, Bahrain’s Ambassador to Russia Dr. Hashim Al Bash and
Russian Ambassador to the Kingdom Dr. Victor Smirnov. Industry and Commerce Minister Dr. Hassan Fakhro visited the Ritz Carlton Hotel
yesterday. He was received by the General Manager of the hotel Christian Zandonella,
who told the minister that the occupancy rate at the hotel ranges between 95 to 98 per
cent. Meanwhile, Dr. Fakhro stressed the Government’s support for all initiatives and
steps undertaken by the investors.
A horse rally, themed ‘We Are All Nasser bin Hamad’, was organise
bin Hamad Al Khalifa. The participants condemned the “unfair” ca
who, they said, represents every Bahraini youth who loves his cou
Industry and Commerce Minister Dr. Hassan Fakhro paid a visit to Westin Hotel yesterday.
Upon his arrival, the minister was received by the hotel manager Diniel van der Hiejden.
Mr. Diniel van der Hiejden told the minister that the hotel had seen 100 per cent
occupancy during the Eid Al Adha holidays.
Gavel Masters Annual Contests (GMAC) 2014 is all set to be held on October 24 at Bahrain Society of Engineers in
Juffair from 8 am to 5pm. Contests will be held in four categories - Evaluation, Table Topics, Humorous Speech and
International Speech. The competitions are meant for children belonging to the age group of 12 to 18. (Above)
Members of the Gavel Masters Club.
KMCC Toastmasters Club organised ‘Eid Meet – 2014’ last Monday at Zezenya pool Gafo
Sunday, October 12, 2014
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ed in Zallaq yesterday by the residents to reaffirm support to Supreme Council for Youth and Sport Chairman, Bahrain Olympic Committee President and Royal Charity Organisation Chairman HH Shaikh Nasser
ampaign staged against Shaikh Nasser by a number of organisations and media outlets known for their incredible, unethical and biased coverage. They expressed their full-fledged support to Shaikh Nasser,
untry.
The
Culture
Ministry
is
representing
Bahrain at the
66th Frankfurt
Book Fair that
started
on
Wednesday.
B a h r a i n ’ s
delegation is
showcasing
local
artistic,
literary
and
historical
publications at
the fair that is all
set to end today.
On the sidelines
of
the
fair,
many cultural
and
literary
workshops are
also being held.
ool. The day-long celebration started with a key note speech by renowned counsellor Dr. John Panakkal. Various cultural programmes apart from a skit by the club members featured during the occasion.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
The
The revelation
revelation came
came at
at the
the trial
trial of
of former
former News
News of
of the
the World
World editors
editors Rebekah
Rebekah Brooks
Brooks and
andAndy
Andy Coulson
Coulson and
and the
the paper’s
paper’s form
form
transmission,
without
lawful
authority.”
They
deny
the
charges.
transmission, without lawful authority.” They deny the charges.
Glenn
Glenn Mulcaire,
Mulcaire, aa former
former private
private investigator
investigator for
for News
News International
International ---- the
the then
then parent
parent company
company of
of News
News of
of the
the World
World ---- was
was convi
conv
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pleaded guilty
guilty to
to hacking
hacking charges
charges in
in the
the current
current case.
case.
Ce leb s
Benji and Diaz
Cameron
Diaz, Benji
Madden
engaged?
Los Angeles
ctress Cameron Diaz has been
sported wearing a new sparkler on
her ring finger, leading to speculation
that she and boyfriend Benji Madden
may be engaged.
Diaz sported a gold ring with a
thin band and sparkling stone set in
a swirly setting on her ring finger
at a recent luncheon celebrating a
Hollywood Costume exhibition at the
Wilshire May Company Building, the
future site of the Academy Museum
Of Motion Pictures, here.
It has been reported previously
that Diaz and Maddem were “openly
acknowledging to friends that they
see a long future together, and yes,
marriage may be a part of that plan”.
Diaz was, however, also spotted
wearing a thick yellow gold band on
the same finger by itself at several
events in early September in Germany
and London to promote her comedy
film Sex Tape.
A
Gerard
Pique, a
hands-on
dad, says
Shakira
Naomi stands
up to Ebola
Los Angeles
upermodel Naomi Campbell is raising
money for the Ebola crisis by organising
two charity fashion shows.
Campbell is organising the event
through her Fashion for Relief foundation,
which she established in 2005, to help raise
money for the appeal to help
those affected by the spread
of the deadly virus, reports
telegraph.co.uk.
The 44-year-old will host
two star-studded fashion
shows - one in London
and one in New York - to
coincide with the cities’s
fashion weeks in
February next year.
Campbell, who has
a home at the heart
of the outbreak in
Kenya - recently
admitted she was
“scared” of the
virus and hopes
the event will
help to educate
the public over
the crisis, which
has
already
claimed the
lives of over
1,000 people in
West Africa.
Naomi
S
Los Angeles
op star Shakira is glad that
her footballer boyfriend
Gerard Pique is “very involved
with his son”.
“He is very involved with his
son. He is always there for him,
and that’s a big advantage for me
as I cannot imagine it any other
way,” eonline.com quoted her as
saying.
The Hips don’t lie singer is
now expecting her second child
with Pique.
At the launch of her new
fragrance Rock! on Thursday, she
said that she will be taking the next
year to focus on her new baby and
son, Milan.
Shakira’s parents had just
revealed their daughter’s
second pregnancy earlier that
day to Hola! Magazine saying,
“We’re very happyA...she’s having
another baby boy-a playmate for Milan.”
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Taylor Swift named
Billboard Woman of
the Year 2014
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Shakira and Pique
Los Angeles
inger Taylor Swift has been named
Woman of the Year for 2014 by Billboard
magazine, an honour that goes to a female
artist who “has shaped and inspired the
music industry with her success, leadership
and innovation over the past twelve months.”
“As one of the most influential artists
of her generation, Taylor Swift has seen
incredible success on the Billboard
charts,” eonline.com quoted Janice
Min, co-president and chief creative
officer of Guggenheim Media’s
Entertainment Group, as saying.
“Over the course of her career,
she’s charted 60 entries
on the Billboard Hot
100- the most of any
female artist since her
debut in 2006. We are
tremendously excited
to be honoring her
as the 2014 Billboard
Woman of the Year
for the second time,”
Min added.
Swift will receive
the prize at the
Billboard Women in
Music award ceremony
on Dec 12 in New York.
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Amanda in
rehab on
psychiatric
hold
Los Angeles
roubled actress Amanda Bynes has been
placed on involuntary psychiatric hold
here, reports tmz.com.
The 28-year-old will be held for 72 hours,
but it could be extended to 14 days as her
parents move to get a conservatorship over
her.
Bynes was reportedly driven to the
Pasadena hospital after she came to Los
Angeles from New York, while she believed
that she was heading to meet her attorney at
The London Hotel.
Her admission into rehab has come after
she made some serious allegations about her
father on Twitter.
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music bridges all differences, when two of
the finest European philharmonic orchestras,
who used to be the biggest rivals and
competitors in the world of classical music,
presented a breath-taking performance under
the united ensemble ‘Chamber Orchestra
Vienna Berlin’, at the Cultural Hall last night.
Music – the universal language
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enlightened professor and teacher.
He guided me towards my
destiny and before I knew
it, I became member of
the Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra and when I was
23, I became concert master,
at the same time playing for
the state opera.”
Holding an impressive range
of titles, including the director of
the 17-member chamber orchestra,
a soloist, violinist, conduct master and
ensemble player, Mr. Honeck is proud of
the vast knowledge base he has gained
and although each role serves
many challenges, he feels
exhilarated to master the
different techniques.
“It makes music more
meaningful. I have had 360 concerts in a
year and I feel no sign of fatigue as music
is my energy,” he said.
Voicing similar views over the
power of music, the group’s managing
director, Gerhard Rieder, also told DT
News, “Music removes all conflicts
and we, with the collaboration
of the Culture Ministry, are
planning projects, workshops
and concerts in the near future
where international and local
musicians will come together
to create passionate music
that buries all differences,” he
added.
I myself, at the age of
13, was motivated by an
enlightened professor
and teacher. He guided
me towards my destiny
and before I knew it, I
became member of the
Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra.
- Mr. Honeck
In an exclusive interview with DT News,
the Artistic Director of the Orchestra Rainer
Honeck, said music was the universal
language of co-existence.
“Even if a musician, doesn’t seem to get
along with another on the personal level, when both of them sit
on the same musical platform, all of these conflicts become vague
as music defines every moment and leads them to work together,”
he said.
Sharing how the two orchestra giants performed together for the
first time in 2005 when famed English conductor Sir Simon Rattle
wanted to see them put their rivalry aside and unite their musical
geniuses,
Mr. Honeck said, “They were the top players in the classical
music genre and when Vienna’s beautiful, charming and well-read
sounds were combined with the virtuosic and high skills playing of
Berlin, an explosive magic was created. We decided to prolong the
idea and the Chamber Orchestra Vienna Berlin was born.”
The group has been playing worldwide, taking in the culture
and ambiance of the different countries where it creates music and
although this is their first time in Bahrain, Mr.Honeck wishes to
come back soon to the welcoming Land of Pearls.
Great Teacher leads to Great Musician
Mr. Honeck, who started showing interest in playing the violin
at the age of seven, says from his own experience that for a person
to become a notable musician, he needs the guidance of a good
teacher.
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by John Graziano
BETTER
English
‘Graveyard’ vs ‘cemetery’
T
hough these two words are used
interchangeably to refer to a place
where people are buried, there is a
subtle difference in meaning between
the two.
‘Graveyard’ is the older of the two
terms, and it is mostly used to refer
to a burial ground, which adjoins a
church.
In the old days, people were buried
close to the church; the nobles and
the rich, in fact, were sometimes
buried in crypts beneath the church.
With the increase in population,
the old graveyards became full and
new burial sites, called ‘cemeteries’,
came up a little away from the town/
city.
The word ‘cemetery’ comes from
the Greek ‘koimeterion’ meaning
‘dormitory, resting place’. It was seen
as a person’s final resting place; unlike
a graveyard, a cemetery does not
adjoin a church.
People are buried in graveyards; in
a cemetery, it is possible to bury an
individual’s ashes as well.
YOUR STARS TODAY
ARIES:
20th March 20th April
Whichever it is,
you will probably
just have to deal with
it. However you may feel
about the caller or what he
or she has to report, you
will probably consider it
important to have the
conversation.
LEO:
20th
July - 20th
Aug
A rush of creative
inspiration could take
you temporarily away
from your social life
today, Leo. At some
point you could be
working as if there were
no tomorrow, perhaps
worrying that you
will forget it if you
don’t get it all
down now.
TAURUS :
20th April - 20th May
Worries about money that may
have preoccupied you for the past
day or so could prove unfounded, Taurus.
This should come as a real relief to
you, although it may be difficult to
grasp at first.
VIRGO : 20th Aug
- 20th Sept
The gathering could
continue well into the
night if you let it, but
don’t let it continue past
the point of enjoyment. You
can always do it again
another time.
SAGITTARIUS :
20th Nov - 20th Dec
Your sweetheart may seem
upset today and unlikely to want to
talk about it, Sagittarius. This could prove
frustrating for you, since you don’t like
to be kept in the dark.
GEMINI :
20th May - 20th June
A temporary separation from your
romantic partner could have you agitated,
Gemini. Are you worried that your friend has
forgotten you? This is probably an overreaction,
but your insecurities are getting the better
of you.
LIBRA:
20th Sep - 20th Oct
Is a new neighbour moving in
nearby, Libra? This person could
come from a very interesting locale,
so you might want to get to know him
or her. Don’t expect to be able to
do this today.
CAPRICORN:
20th Dec - 20th Jan
Vague aches and pains
could have you feeling
a little under the weather,
Capricorn. You may not be
able to discern why you have
these pains, since there’s
no apparent reason.
Don’t assume the
worst.
CANCER:
20th June - 20th
July
This difficult
situation may lead
to frustration if you aren’t
careful. Feel free to admit
that you feel powerless.
Don’t be ashamed
to say so.
SCORPIO :
20th Oct - 20th
Nov
Have you been
spending too much
lately, Scorpio? Today you
could be feeling the effects of
it. You may have to wait to
make a purchase that you’ve
wanted for a long time,
and this could be
frustrating.
AQUARIUS:
20th Jan - 20th
Feb
Expect some delays,
upsets, and unexpected turns when
it comes to romance today, Aquarius.
Jealousy may rear its ugly head, as
you may at some point get the
impression that your beloved
is noticing someone
else.
PISCES:
20th Feb - 20th
Mar
Changes may be
taking place on the
home front, Pisces,
perhaps unexpected
repairs or someone
moving in or out.
Your household could
seem frenetic and
disorganized until the
dust settles, which
doesn’t sit well
with your love
of peace and
quiet.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
CROSSWORD
Across
1- Somewhat; 5- Waterlogged soil; 10- Years in old
Rome; 14- Circle dance; 15- Longtime Boston Symphony
conductor; 16- Smell foul; 17- Auth. unknown; 18- Out; 19Centrepiece of the human face; 20- Do a number; 21- Dress
with too much formality; 23- Catchall abbr.; 25- Composer
Delibes; 26- Portable weather protection; 31- South
American ruminant; 35- Chat room chuckle; 36- Guides;
38- Elude; 40- High time; 42- Nasal grunt; 44- Arguing; 45Healing plants; 47- Some Art Deco works; 49- Foot digit; 50The color of honey; 52- Anonymous; 54- Penlight battery;
56- Mom-and-pop org.; 57- “... in a ___”: cardiologist; 62Con game; 66- Division of a school year; 67- Foot bones; 68Having a sound mind; 69- Golden Fleece ship; 70- City on
the Ruhr; 71- Supermodel Sastre; 72- Air freshener target;
73- Put a new price on; 74- I could ___ horse!;
Yesterday’s solution
Down
1- Cries of discovery; 2- Author Morrison; 3- “East of Eden”
brother; 4- Peril; 5- Single eye-glasses; 6- Northern arm of the
Black Sea; 7- Appraise, charge per unit; 8- Eddy; 9- Composer;
10- “Judith” composer; 11- Revivalists; 12- Scottish loch, home
to a monster!; 13- Tina’s ex; 22- Acting part; 24- ___ Aviv; 26Forearm bone; 27- Bread; 28- Plant flower; 29- Narrow path
for walkers, cars or ships; 30- Decorate; 32- Actress Gardner;
33- Dull finish; 34- “Farewell!”; 37- Mex. miss; 39- French
summers; 41- Kan. neighbor; 43- Enticing; 46- Scorch; 48Part of a tennis match; 51- Hunting cat; 53- Timmy’s dog; 55Demote; 57- Cattle group; 58- As a result; 59- Latin love; 60Formerly, formerly; 61- On or towards the Mediterranean, for
example; 63- Injectable diazepam, in military lingo; 64- Work
without ___; 65- City near Phoenix; 66- Chinese “way”;
BEETLE BAILEY
S U D O KU
R
IN HISTORY
LAUGH @ LIFE
Do it again mum!
Hoy en la Historia
October 12, 1991
Croatia’s mediaeval walled city
of Dubrovnik, the “pearl of the
Adriatic”, came under fire from
federal troops as the civil war
escalated in Yugoslavia
1492: Christopher Columbus made his
first landfall in the New World, two
months after setting sail from Spain in
search of a western route to Asia
1849: British inventor Charles
Rowley patented the safety pin
1964: The first spaceship to carry a
multiple crew, the Soviet Voskhod-1,
was launched into orbit around Earth
1999: The United Nations Population
Fund announced that the world’s
population had passed six billion
Picture: Associated Press
© GRAPHIC NEWS
I
t’s a scene we’ve all
witnessed before doting parents pretending
their young child is an
aeroplane to the delight of
the baby.
But astonished tourists
watched as a loving
baboon mother played
the popular human game
with its young.
The touching moment
was spotted in the Kruger
National Park, South
Africa, by Mariana de
Klerk.
The
54-year-old
teacher, who lives on the
outskirts of the reserve,
came across them living
among a troop of 20 in
March 2013.
She said there were
many
other
young
baboons
with
their
mothers and all appeared
to be in a playful mood.
She said: ‘The mother
and baby started playing.
First she went down onto
the ground to his level and
the next moment and she
lifted the baby up into the
air just like we humans do.
‘She did this two or
three times. I was amazed
by
their
interaction
because it was so humanlike.
‘I have spent many
hours watching baboons
interact and never seen
this before.
‘While taking the
pictures I just knew I was
capturing something very
special and unique.’
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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WORLD
Negotiations Progress
Sunday, October 12, 2014
LI PLEDGES
INNOVATION
Sino-German summit
China’s Premier Li Keqiang (right) shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
after their speeches at the closing lunch of Sino-German summit.
Hamburg
hina’s Premier Li Keqiang
said yesterday that the
world’s second-biggest economy must open further to harness the innovative and creative
talents of its 1.3 billion people.
After three decades of reforms,
China -- often called the world’s
manufacturing workshop -had launched administrative
and market reforms “to boost
creation and innovation”, he
said on a visit to Germany.
“What we hope is to incentivise 1.3 billion people, including 800-900 million workers,
to mobilise their innovation
capability and creativity so that
everyone will have an opportu-
nity to make great accomplishments,” he said. This would
“turn our dividend of population into a dividend of talents”.
Li was speaking at a business
forum on the first country stop
of a week-long Europe tour,
a day after Berlin and Beijing
signed a range of business deals
and pledged to deepen links
and boost trade that last year
topped 140 billion euros ($177
billion). The premier delivered
his speech in the northern port
of Hamburg, a European base
for 500 Chinese companies and
the gateway for half of Germany’s annual trade with China,
equating to 2.7 million shipping containers last year. Li re-
Brussels
elgium’s new right-wing
coalition
government
was sworn in yesterday after
four months of horsetrading with francophone liberal
leader Charles Michel becoming the country’s youngest
prime minister since 1840.
For the first time a coalition
of four parties -- three Dutchspeaking, including the nationalist New Flemish Alliance (NVA), and one French-speaking
-- will rule the linguistically divided country together. Michel,
38, struck a deal Tuesday to
push through major economic
and social reforms, including
pushing back the retirement
age from 65 to 67 by 2030.
The coalition cuts the outgoing Socialists from power
for the first time in a quarter
of a century. Socialist premier
Elio Di Rupo’s resignation was
officially accepted earlier in
the day. “I swear loyalty to the
King, to obey the constitution and the laws of the Belgian people,” the 18 members
of the cabinet swore one after
the other in front of King Phillippe, with Michel taking the
oath of office in French, Dutch
and the country’s third official
language, German.
The Flemish nationalist
C
minded his audience that China is a “driving force of growth
and recovery of the world economy”, predicting GDP growth
of about 7.5 percent this year,
despite multiple global crises.
Just as important for China,
he said, was job creation, raising household incomes and the
“war against pollution”.
During Li’s visit foreign
companies operating in China
again voiced long-standing
complaints about unfair market
access, including being blocked
from public tenders and having to form local joint ventures. The premier said China
must integrate further with
its economic partners, protect
intellectual property rights,
enforce fair business rules and
create “a level playing field”
under government oversight.
“China needs to learn from
other countries as well as the
fine achievements of human
civilisation, and must combine
these with China’s own national
conditions, so that China will
become a (hotbed) for creation
and will be a huge market for
the world,” he said.
Li said, China “must rely on
innovative development, and
we cannot do this without the
rest of the world. The world
also needs China to achieve
prosperity.” He stressed that for
the Chinese economy “there
will not be a hard landing, as
suggested by some media”.He
added that “economic development is not a sprint, instead
it is a long-distance race that
never ends... there should be a
certain speed but more importantly we need perseverence
and stamina.”
“There will not
be a hard landing, as suggested
by some media”.
Li is on his second Europe
tour since taking office this year,
which next takes him to Russia,
where he will meet President
Vladimir Putin, before he travels to Italy for an October 16-17
meeting of Asian and European
leaders.(AFP)
New right-wing coalition takes office in Belgium
B
N-VA party was the big winner
in the mostly Dutch-speaking
Flanders region in the May 25
elections with 33 percent of the
vote. Even though their leader
Bart De Wever has opted to
stay out of government, they
took most of the plum cabinet
posts.
De Wever said he was happy
the new coalition had “pushed
out the socialists” in an interview yesterday with the Brussels economic daily, L’Echo. His
right-hand man, Jan Jambon,
got the interior ministry, while
his party also took the defence,
finance, public service and immigration portfolios. (AFP)
Thailand arrests 53 Rohingya
migrants
Bangkok
hai authorities yesterday
arrested 53 Rohingya
migrants and two suspected
Thai traffickers en route to
neighbouring Malaysia, an
official said. The migrants
were found on a rubber plantation in Takua Pa district in
the southern coastal province
of Phang Nga, district chief
Manit Phianthong told AFP.
“We got a tip-off from an
informant that a trafficking
gang would be transporting
Rohingya people to Malaysia,” he said, adding that the
T
UK ex-soldier stripped of Afghan
bravery medal
London
British former army major who was awarded a
top bravery medal for service
in Afghanistan has had it
withdrawn by Queen Elizabeth II after an investigation,
it was reported yesterday.
Major Robert Armstrong was
awarded the Military Cross
for his “calm leadership”
when a British and Afghan
army convoy came under fire
in southern Afghanistan’s unstable Helmand province in
A
2008. “The Queen has directed that the award of the Military Cross dated 6th March
2009 to Robert Michael
Armstrong, formerly Major,
Royal Regiment of Artillery,
543241, shall be cancelled
and annulled,” the London
Gazette, which carries official notices, announced on
Friday. No reason was given
for the move, which British
media reported was the first
time such a prestigious honour has been withdrawn.
China ‘cult’ members sentenced
to death
Beijing
Chinese court has sentenced to death two
members of a fringe religious
group for beating a woman
to death at a McDonald’s restaurant, reportedly after she
rebuffed their attempts to recruit her. Defendants Zhang
Fan and Zhang Lidong were
found guilty of intentional
homicide and of “using an
evil cult organisation to undermine the law”, according
to a statement posted online yesterday by the Yantai Intermediate People’s
A
Court in east China’s Shandong province. It was not
known if the pair planned
to appeal the sentences.
A third defendant, Lu
Yingchun, was sentenced
to life in prison. Two others
-- Zhang Hang and Zhang
Qiao -- were sentenced to 10
and seven years, respectively.
The five are all members of
a cult called Quannengshen,
the court said, adding that
they attacked the woman,
surnamed Wu, in May after
she refused to give them her
phone number.
Organisers defend airing S.Korea
ferry disaster film
Busan
rganisers of Asia’s largest film festival defended their decision to air
a controversial film on the
South Korean ferry tragedy as the event, visited by
a record number of people,
drew to a close yesterday. The
world premiere of the Korean
documentary “Diving Bell”
(or “The Truth Shall Not Sink
with Sewol”) cast a long shadow at the 10-day 19th Busan
International Film Festival
O
Charles Michel
migrants came from Myanmar’s western Rakhine state
and Bangladesh. Thousands
of Rohingya -- a Muslim minority group not recognised
as citizens in Myanmar -have fled deadly communal
unrest in Rakhine since 2012,
mostly heading for Malaysia.
The migrants arrested yesterday were ferried onto the
Thai mainland from a small
island in the Andaman Sea,
Manit said, adding that one
of the arrested traffickers
confessed he was part of a
bigger gang.
(BIFF). The film questions
rescue operations -- and the
use of the piece of equipment
from which it takes its title -during the Sewol ferry tragedy in April that claimed more
than 300 lives, the majority of
them schoolchildren. “People
were just voicing their opinions,” said festival head Lee
Yong-kwan yesterday of the
controversy. “Once we made
the decision [to screen the
film] we had to be responsible for the decion.”
WORLD
Typhoon churns towards Japan
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Ukraine, Russia leaders to meet in a bid to rescue truce
NEGOTIATIONS
PROGRESS
pute with Moscow that threatKharkiv
kraine’s President Petro ens to plunge Ukraine into a
Poroshenko yesterday said very cold winter. “We are very
that he will meet with Rus- close to regulating the issue
sia’s Vladimir Putin next week of the gas dispute with Russia
as Kiev reported rebel attacks right now,” he said.
“I hope that there will be
have subsided, signalling the
possibility of rescuing a truce considerable progress” on that.
in the six-month conflict. Pro- Putin and Poroshenko last met
Russian rebels and the Ukrai- one-on-one in late August in
nian military in the eastern the Belarussian capital Minsk,
Donetsk region said they have after which Kiev announced
agreed to a no-shooting pe- a truce accord with the proriod, and the army announced Moscow separatists, which has
“progress” in negotiations and proven largely ineffective. Newreadiness to pull back forces. ly appointed Donetsk governor
Kiev has accused Moscow Oleksandr Kykhtenko also said
of fuelling the insurgency in the meeting will address the
threat of the
Ukraine’s Doregion’s popunetsk and Lulation being cut
gansk regions,
Poroshenko
off from Kiev’s
including
by
said he will dis- support ahead
sending regua cold winter.
lar contingents
cuss with Putin of “There
are
across the borthe peace plan various issues
der which the
edgovernment no
and ceasefire. concerning
ucation, health
longer controls.
and social supPutin and Poroshenko will meet on Friday, port. We cannot abandon our
for the first time since August, people and forget that we are
while attending the Asia-Eu- responsible,” he said, adding
rope Meeting (ASEM) summit that he is ready to negotiate
in Milan, Poroshenko said on a with the rebels if it will prove
visit to Kharkiv. “I don’t expect constructive. “The president of
that these will be easy negotia- our country will be meeting the
tions,” he said, adding that the head of Russia and will address
talks will also include the prime these issues,” Kykhtenko said
ministers of Italy and Britain as at a press-conference on Satwell as German Chancellor An- urday after Poroshenko sacked
his predecessor Sergiy Taruta
gela Merkel.
Poroshenko said he will dis- in the post on Friday. In Docuss with Putin the peace plan netsk, dozens of people have
and ceasefire, and “the issue of been killed in recent weeks in
controlling the fulfilment of the crossfire long-range shelling
agreement,” as well the gas dis- as rebels appear to pound the
U
London
ritain’s security services are
monitoring
“thousands”
of people in London, the city’s
mayor Boris Johnson said in
B
an interview yesterday, amid
heightened fears of attack by
homegrown jihadists. Johnson’s
comments came as Scotland
Yard continued to question five
JFK airport rolls out Ebola screenings
New York
ew York’s JFK airport
was set to roll out health
screenings for travellers arriving from Ebola-hit West
African nations yesterday, as
the death toll from the deadly
virus topped 4,000. Passengers arriving from Liberia,
Sierra Leone and Guinea
will have their temperatures
taken, be assessed for signs of
illness and answer questions
about their health and exposure history, the US Centers
N
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Suspected cases could be barred from
traveling further and referred
to nearby hospitals if necessary, CDC said. The health
checks were one layer of protection put in place and CDC
cautioned that no screenings
are air tight.”Exit screening
might not find every person
with Ebola, however, it does
not have to be perfect to help
reduce the spread of Ebola,” it
said in a statement.
Czech ex-dissident actor dies at 78
Prague
zech actor and playwright Pavel Landovsky,
a fellow anti-Communist dissident and close friend of former president Vaclav Havel,
died aged 78 on Friday,
Czech media said yesterday.
Born on September 11, 1936,
Landovsky rose to stardom
in the 1960s, when a political
meltdown in then-Communist Czechoslovakia allowed
the so-called new wave of
Czech film. He starred in a
host of Czech comedies as
C
well as in the 1968 Oscarwinner “Closely Watched
Trains”. After signing the
1977 anti-Communist pamphlet Charter 77, Landovsky was forced to leave his
country for Austria, where
he played at Vienna’s Burgtheater. He famously partnered
Havel in the recording of the
former president’s 1975 play
“Audience”, which was distributed underground during
the Communist regime as
both protagonists were labelled persona non grata.
Chinese and local hostages released
in Cameroon
Yaounde
en Chinese and 17 local
hostages have been released in Cameroon, where
they were kidnapped earlier
this year in raids blamed on
the Nigerian Islamist group
Boko Haram, Cameroon’s
president said yesterday.
“The 27 hostages abducted
on May 16 in Waza and July
27 in Kolofata were released
to the Cameroonian authorities this night,” President
Paul Biya said in a state-
T
People walk in a shopping area in Donetsk.
airport from residential areas,
blaming civilian casualties on
Kiev’s rocket launchers outside
the city. The United Nations
has put the post-truce death
toll at over 300 as both sides
blame the other for violating
the agreement which commits
them to pulling back heavy artillery to create a 30-kilometre
(18-mile) wide demilitarised
zone.(AFP)
‘Thousands’ monitored by security services in UK
Boris Johnson
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men arrested in the capital on
Tuesday on suspicion of planning a terrorist act. “In London
we’re very, very vigilant and
very, very concerned,” Johnson
told The Daily Telegraph. “Every day -- as you saw recently,
we had to raise the threat level
-- every day the security services are involved in thousands
of operations. There are probably in the low thousands of
people that we are monitoring
in London.”
Britain’s terrorism threat level was raised to “severe” in August, the second-highest, which
means that an attack is thought
to be “highly likely”. Intelligence services say the threat
comes primarily from the Islamic State (IS) group and al-
Qaeda. On Friday, police across
Britain were also warned by the
top officer in charge of counterterrorism, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley.
“The threat level to police officers and staff has been heightened, but we are used to confronting risk and danger, this
is what we do on a daily basis,
and we are well trained,” he
said. The government believes
that around 500 people have
travelled from Britain and are
fighting in Iraq and Syria. Johnson said that of these, “we think
a third, maybe more -- maybe
half -- come from the London
area”. “If and when they come
back, we have a real job to deal
with them,” he told the Telegraph. (AFP)
ment on national radio.
The 10 Chinese citizens
and other hostages, who also
included the wife of Cameroon’s deputy prime minister,
were all “safe and sound,”
he said. The Chinese were
brought to Yaounde airport
by military plane, an AFP
correspondent said. As was
the case in past kidnappings
of foreigners blamed on
Boko Haram, no details were
given on how the hostages
were freed.
Germany to help Malawi probe
‘Cashgate’ scandal
Blantyre
ermany, one of the
countries that suspended aid to Malawi after
a massive public sector graft
scandal, has granted the impoverished southern African
nation $25 million to conduct an audit into the fraud,
a diplomat said yesterday.
“The German-funded audit is to quantify the amount
misappropriated over the
period 2009-2013,” Katrin
Pfeiffer, head of development cooperation at the
G
German embassy, said in a
statement. Last year, Malawi uncovered a corruption
ring involving government
officials, in which at least
$30 million was swindled
from state coffers, according to an audit already
done by British auditors.
The scandal, dubbed
“Cashgate”, prompted foreign donors -- who provide
around 40 percent of Malawi’s budget -- to pull the
plug on aid of around $150
million (118 million euros).
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WORLD
Pro-Government group threatens
Sunday, October 12, 2014
TYPHOON CHURNS
TOWARDS JAPAN
Tokyo
owerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan yesterday, injuring at least
20 people as it pounded the
southern Okinawan islands
with ferocious winds and driving rain. The monster storm
was estimated to be about 110
kilometres (68 miles) southeast
of Naha City in Japan’s southernmost area of Okinawa at
0800 GMT, according to the
nation’s meteorological agency.
The Joint Typhoon Warning
Center has downgraded the
storm from a super typhoon,
but Japanese officials said it re-
P
G
A
Washington
he president of Guinea, one of the West African nations
hard-hit by the Ebola crisis, met on Friday with IMF
Director Christine Lagarde, who promised the organisation
was “ready to do more if needed.” The virus, which emerged
in Guinea at the start of the year, has infected around 1,300
Guineans, killing 768 of them. Global aid agency Medecins
Sans Frontieres said on Thursday a surge of Ebola cases in
Guinea had pushed its treatment unit in the capital Conakry near saturation point. “Beyond the loss of life and social
dislocation, it is threatening to reverse the advances made by
these countries in recent years in economic development and
poverty reduction,” Lagarde said in a statement following a
meeting with President Alpha Conde. “We have already provided $41 million to Guinea on an emergency basis. We are
ready to do more if needed,” she said.
T
Cars drive past a potted plant blown onto the road by strong wind caused by Typhoon Vongfong in Naha,
on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa.
meteorological agency said.
Okinawa has already been experiencing gusts and heavy
rain, which caused a blackout
in 33,000 households. More
than 10,000 residents mostly
in coastal areas were advised
to evacuate with the weather
agency warning the prefecture
could be hit by hourly rainfall
of up to 80 millimetres (three
inches) by early Monday.
At least 20 people have been
injured, including a nineyear-old girl and a man in his
20s who lost fingers after they
were caught in doors slammed
shut by strong winds in two
cities, municipal officials said.
Satellite images of Vongfong
have shown a perfectly formed
eye in the middle of a gigantic
swirling disc of cloud. The typhoon came just a week after
another strong tropical storm
whipped through the country,
leaving 11 people dead or missing in a nation prone to natural
disasters. Earthquakes shook
northern Japan yesterday, two
weeks after a volcano in the
central part of the archipelago
erupted without warning, killing at least 56 hikers. In late
August a downpour in western Japan’s Hiroshima triggered massive landslides and
killed more than 70 people.
(AFP)
Greek PM narrowly wins parliamentary confidence vote
Athens
reek
Prime
Minister Antonis Samaras
late Friday won a parliamentary
confidence
vote, which he called in a
bid to rally support, but
which provided him with
only a narrow majority.
The conservative prime
minister secured the support of 155 of the 300 elected
deputies, with not a single
independent or opposition
member backing him. Out of
the 288 deputies who voted,
131 opposed the confidence
motion and two abstained.
The result throws into doubt
the government’s ability to
pull together the 180 parliamentary votes needed to elect
the next Greek president next
February.
If it fails to do so then a
general election will have
to be called. Samaras, in
New York
Harvard student has been charged in a bomb hoax that
forced the elite US university to evacuate four buildings,
call in police and disrupt final exams, prosecutors said yesterday. Eldo Kim, 21, is accused of emailing university police
as well as the student-run newspaper last year, with a subject
line that read “bombs placed around campus,” according to
a statement from United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz. But
he may never see a trial, as the government has asked for an
18-month deferral while Kim completes a “pretrial diversion program” that will include “home confinement for four
months, payment of restitution to agencies that responded to
Kim’s bomb hoax, and 750 hours of community service. “Kim
has also agreed to make a public apology,” the statement said.
If Kim abides by these terms, he will not be prosecuted.
IMF ‘ready to do more’ for Guinea
Naha airport
was closed
with land
transport also
disrupted.
mained “large and very strong”
and warned of high waves,
torrential rain and landslides.
Packing gusts of up to 234 kilometres (145 miles) per hour,
the typhoon was moving north
slowly, at 15 kilometres (nine
miles) per hour.
Naha airport was closed with
land transport also disrupted.
Vongfong is expected to approach Japan’s southern main
island of Kyushu by early Monday after brushing off Okinawa,
and could make landfall, the
Harvard student charged in
December bomb hoax
power since 2012, urged
parliament “not to allow
the presidential election to
provoke instability which
would push us backwards”.
The country, which has
been through six years of
trauma following a rescue
from near bankruptcy and
radical economic reforms,
has just benefited from a
highly successful tourism
season. The Greek debt crisis marked the beginning of a
wider debt crisis which nearly tore the eurozone apart
and has led to several big
eurozone-wide reforms.
The Greek economy is set
to return to growth this year,
albeit at only 0.6 percent of
GDP. Deputy Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said
Monday that Greece should
climb strongly away next year
from the recession which
axed a quarter of its economy,
Kate set to welcome Singapore
president
London
rince William’s wife Kate is scheduled to welcome Singaporean President Tony Tan to Britain later this month,
Buckingham Palace said yesterday, in her first engagement
since falling victim to severe morning sickness. Kate and William are set to give Tan a formal welcome to Britain when
he begins a state visit on October 21, the palace said. While
it is intended that the Duchess of Cambridge takes part, her
attendance will be reviewed closer to the time in light of her
condition. The royal couple are to greet the president and his
wife at a London hotel and then travel with them to the Horse
Guards Parade ground, where Tan will receive a full ceremonial welcome. Kate, who is expecting her second child, has
once again been suffering hyperemesis gravidarum, which
she experienced during her pregnancy with Prince George.
P
Two dead after Taiwan research
boat sinks
Taipei
wo Taiwanese scientists died and 43 other people were
rescued when a marine research ship sank off Taiwan after hitting a reef, coastguard officials said yesterday. Emergency treatment failed to revive the pair after the vessel “Ocean
Researcher V”, carrying 27 researchers and 18 crew members, sank off the Penghu islands on Friday, officials said. The
2,700-tonne ship began to take on water after it ran into a reef
and lost power. Those on board rushed to life rafts, but the
rubber boats were capsized by powerful winds and waves, officials said. The ship, which cost Tw$1.5 billion ($500 million)
and was launched in 2012, sank around 1300 GMT.The coastguard and the navy dispatched a dozen vessels and helicopters
in the rescue, officials said.The ship departed from a port in
southern Tainan city on Thursday for an eight-day marine
research expedition commissioned by the government and
jointly conducted by several universities. It was heading to
Penghu to take shelter from the bad weather.
T
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (centre) salutes lawmakers
after receiving a vote of confidence at the Greek parliament in Athens.
turning in growth of 2.9 percent. Alexis Tsipras, leader of
the left-leaning opposition
party Syriza, said the government had called the con-
fidence vote “out of desperation”, adding that he did not
expect Samaras would rustle
up the necessary 180 presidential votes.(AFP)
Kenya police probe hate speech leaflets
Sunday, October 12, 2014
H.K. protest sites
PRO-GOVERNMENT
GROUP THREATENS
Aaron Tam, Dennis Chong
Hong Kong
A
Hong Kong pro-government group said yesterday
that demonstrators occupying
“If the HK
government
will not do
that, we’re
planning to
surround
them.”
main roads to protest for full
democracy would find themselves surrounded if the city’s
administration failed to clear
the barricades. The Blue Ribbon
Movement said the authorities
should dismantle three sites
the protesters have closed to
traffic by Tuesday night or they
would encircle them, as the
city’s political deadlock enters
its third week. “If the HK government will not do that, we’re
planning to surround those
people who occupy Mong Kok,
Causeway Bay and Admiralty,”
Tsoi Hak-kin, vice chairman
of the pro-government movement told AFP. “Hong Kong
I
Burundi opposition under threat
Bujumbura
rrests, harassment, a clampdown on free speech: with less
than a year before elections in Burundi, critics say the
government is doing all it can clamp down on political challengers. Opposition figure Leonce Ngendakumana should
know. The president of the Front for Democracy (Frodebu)
party was sentenced this month to a year in jail for slander,
after what he calls a “political trial” designed to remove him
from the running ahead of the June 2015 polls. President
Pierre Nkurunziza is “working to destroy the opposition, and
he is doing it well,” he said. “All credible opponents are either
in exile, have been prosecuted, or have been driven out from
their parties,” said Ngendakumana, who is also head of the
main coalition opposition Democratic Alliance for Change
(ADC). Burundi, a small nation in Africa’s Great Lakes region, emerged in 2006 from a brutal 13-year civil war, but its
political climate remains fractious ahead of presidential polls
in eight months’ time.
A
Mozambique to vote in
economic boom election
Maputo
ozambicans go to the polls on Wednesday as the impoverished and long strife-torn country stands on the cusp
of reaping vast oil and gas wealth. Frelimo, a once Marxist-Leninist party that has ruled since independence from Portugal
in 1975, is almost certain to win. But it will emerge with a new
president at the helm and, in all likelihood, a lower margin of
victory. The party’s nominee is little-known Filipe Nyusi, 55,
who would be Mozambique’s first post-colonial leader with
no liberation war credentials. Nyusi would replace his mentor and outgoing president Armando Guebuza, 71, whose
term in office was marked by rapid economic expansion. The
southern African nation is forecast to see its gross domestic
product expand by 8.3 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. But it has been growth that has
done little to curb ingrained poverty. The lack of improvement in living standards for ordinary Mozambicans has some
calling for change.
M
People react to pro democracy protests in Hong Kong’s Mongkok district.
people have suffered too much,”
Tsoi said, without giving further details of how or when
the group would surround sites
that have attracted tens of thousands in the past two weeks, far
outnumbering the turnout of
counter-protesters.
In August a network of proBeijing groups organised an
anti-Occupy protest march that
drew tens of thousands -- although there were allegations
Evacuation begins as
Cyclone hurtles toward coast
New Delhi
ndia yesterday began evacuating thousands of people from
fishing villages as it braced for
Cyclone Hudhud barrelling towards its east coast, officials said.
The states of Andhra Pradesh
and Orissa in the southeast
were on high alert for what the
weather office described as a
“very severe cyclonic storm” due
to make landfall today. Many
thousands from fishing villages
across five districts in northeast
Andhra Pradesh living in flimsy
housing were among the first to
be moved to safer, concrete relief
shelters, officials said. The numbers of evacuees were expected
to swell.
“We are ready to evacuate
400,000 people, but that will
depend on the amount of rainfall and how it affects low-lying
areas,” said Arvind Kumar, an
senior official from Andhra
Pradesh, overseeing the relief efforts. Cyclone Hudhud was expected to pound the coast with
winds of at least 190 kilometres
(118 miles) an hour, accompanied by torrential rains, accord-
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ing to the Indian weather office.
The storm was expected to make
landfall before lunchtime in Visakhapatnam, a city in northern
Andhra Pradesh, state officials
said.
A few thousand had been
moved to cyclone shelters with
community kitchens and water
supply. The shifting of endangered Bonda tribals had also begun from their age-old habitats
in the Bonda Hills in Orissa’s
Malkangiri district, which was
expected to be hard hit by the
storm. But some among the
tribal group which numbers a
total of 7,000 were reluctant to
move as they had never left the
area, the Press Trust of India
(PTI) said. Orissa legislature
member Dambaru Sisa, who belongs to the Bonda tribal community, told PTI he had been
trying to convince the tribal
group to leave for safer ground.
“Many of them are reluctant
to leave their huts. The identified 2,000 tribal people (who
must move) have never come
down the hills in their lifetime,”
said Sisa.(AFP)
that some protesters were paid
or bussed in from the mainland.
Crunch negotiations between
protesters and Beijing-backed
city officials were scheduled
for Friday but fell apart on
Thursday after the government
pulled out, blaming protesters
for threatening to expand their
campaign. “The meeting and
the dialogue should be based on
the decision made by the National People’s Congress Stand-
ing Committee on August 31,”
chief secretary Carrie Lam told
reporters in Guangzhou where
she is attending a trade forum.
Lam’s comment referred to
a decision adopted by China’s
rubber stamp parliament that
candidates would have to be
preselected by a committee of
fewer than 1,200 people dominated by Beijing loyalists in
order to appear on the ballot
paper. (AFP)
Snowden’s girlfriend
living with him
N. Korea says talks with South
‘all but scrapped’
Seoul
N
orth Korea’s state media said yesterday that high-level
talks with Seoul were now all but scrapped over the launch
of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets from the South, which
triggered an exchange of fire across the tense border. The two
Koreas had agreed a week earlier to work on resuming a formal high-level dialogue that has effectively been suspended for
seven months, raising hopes of a thaw in strained relations.
But the two Koreas traded heavy machine-gun fire across their
border on Friday, prompted by the North Korean military trying to shoot down balloons carrying the leaflets that activists
launched from the South. Some rounds fell on the Southern
side, which then responded with high-calibre machine gun
fire. No casualties were reported on the South’s side, and none
are believed to have taken place in the North.”
US drone strike kills four in NW Pak
Peshawar
US drone strike killed at least four militants in a restive
northwestern Pakistani tribal area on the Afghan border
yesterday, officials said, raising the toll from a series of attacks
this week to 29. The unmanned aircraft hit on the Shawal area
came two days after a separate strike also killed four people.
“The US drone fired two missiles at a vehicle and killed at least
four militants, including a key local commander,” a senior
security official told AFP. The official said the drone strike
took place around sunse while another official said that those
killed included local and foreign militants. There has been a
spike in drone attacks in North Waziristan this month with
analysts suggesting it could be linked to intelligence regarding a high-value target. The semi-autonomous tribal region
has for years been a hideout for Islamist militants, including
Al-Qaeda and the homegrown Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP) as well as foreign fighters such as Uzbeks and Uighurs.
A
Lindsay Mills(left) and Snowden
New York
ugitive US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, who
was granted asylum by Moscow
after revealing the extent of US
government surveillance, has
been joined by his American
girlfriend in Russia, a documentary reveals. The nearly
two-hour film “Citizenfour”
by Laura Poitras paints an intimate portrait of Snowden holed
F
up in a Hong Kong hotel as he
blows the whistle on National
Security Agency dealings and
then plots his escape. The film
says Snowden’s long-time partner Lindsay Mills joined him in
Moscow in July. A short segment
shows her preparing dinner with
Snowden in a wood-paneled
kitchen, but the couple’s conversation is not recorded and she is
not interviewed. (AFP)
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
SITUATION VACANT
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Construction firm is looking
for experienced PLUMBER. Local hiring only. Contact: 17786432. Email:
[email protected]
REQUIRED
HOUSEMAID REQUIRED,
full time / live-in for an Indian
family residing at Adliya. Visa
will be provided. Contact -
36458393
Required ELECTRICAL TECHNICIANS AND ELECTRICIANS
with experience for a contracting company. Email: [email protected],
...................................................
Urgently required an ART
WORKER for printing company,
send CV to: [email protected]
...................................................
ACCOUNTANT required for an
Electrical Contracting Company
in Bahrain. Person should be
capable of preparing the final
accounts for auditing the company financial reports, should
have a commercial degree and
experience in accounting. Interested candidates mail their CV
to [email protected].
...................................................
Leading catering company in
Kingdom of Bahrain needs immediate requirement of a CATERING MANAGER. Attractive packages + sponsorship
available. The applicant should
have minimum 5 years Gulf experience. Send CV to: [email protected]
...................................................
Required CHIEF ACCOUNTANT with minimum 5 years
of experience. Bahrain national
only. Email: info@al-methaq.
com
...................................................
NAIL TECHNICIAN required
for a high standard spa. Please
email your CV to: CoralSpa.
[email protected]
...................................................
Good looking SECRETARY required, should be speak Arabic
and English. Send your CV to
[email protected]
...................................................
Experienced SALES REPRESENTATIVE required with driving licence for ceiling materials
shop. Send CV to: [email protected]
..................................................
CIVIL ENGINEER urgently
required, with Bahrain experience & driving licence. Email:
[email protected]
..................................................
SENIOR
SALES
EXECUTIVE / EVENT MANAGE-
MENT
required,
must
have at least five years
experience and valid Bahrain
driving licence, salary BD 400
+ commission. Send your resumes at adhsresumes@gmail.
com
..................................................
Looking for an EMBRYOLOGIST (female) with B.Sc / M.Sc
embryology. Required 5 years
of experience as embryologist.
Good tax free salary + accommodation & other benefits. Interested professionals please
share your updated CV to [email protected]
..................................................
Required FEMALE SECRETARY, should have good secretarial knowledge and speaks
fluent English, Salary BD 180,
visa available. Candidates
should be available in Bahrain
for interviews. Company located in Muharraq. Please email
CV to fishermansense@gmail.
com
..................................................
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
EXECUTIVE (female) required
for an event & consulting business management company.
Fluency in English is required,
Arabic would be an advantage
with marketing skills. Attractive
package for right candidate.
Send your CV along with the
photograph to the following
email address: firsttarget.Hr@
gmail.com
FLAT FOR RENT
TUBLI FF 5 bedroom villa for
rent with 6 bathroom, 2 kitchen,
swimming pool, 2 garage. Rent
BD 1100. Contact: 3311 5538
...................................................
AL BURHAMA fully furnished
flat for rent near Dana Mall, 2
Bedroom, 2 bathroom, Hall,
close kitchen. Rent: BD 300/- in-
clusive. Contact: 3882 8811
...................................................
MAHOOZ newly renovated 2
storey 6 bedroom 6 bathroom
villa for rent, having small garden, pool, maid room, driver
room, huge hall. Rent BD 1300
only. Contact: 33855377
...................................................
AMWAJ Island 1 bedroom flat
for rent in Meena 7. Rent BD
600. Contact: 3325 4100
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JUFFAIR 2 bedrooms flat for
rent with hall, kitchen. Price BD
300. Contact: 36642299
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SAAR studio room for rent near
strbux café, fully furnished, rent
BD 200, located at a very luxury
and safe area 10 minute far
away from Manama. Contact:
3658 5802
TENDER
Kingdom of Bahrain
The General Organization for Youth and Sports
Directorate of Human & Financial Resources
Tel: 1711 4053 / 1711 4046
The General Organization for Youth & Sports
announces the following tenders:
Tender Title
Construction of New Multi
Purpose Hall at Ettifaq Club
Tender No.
RFPGOYS/33/2014
Tender Initial
Fees Bond
BD. 50/-
BD.
4,000/-
Closing Date
Day
Wednesday
Date
Time
5th
Nov.
2014
1:30pm

Those who are capable and want to participate in the above tenders should approach
Human
Wed The Directorate of1:30
pm&
Financial Resources at GOYS main building No. 647, Road 3614, Block 2136 Seef Area (TEL 17 114035/4046)
27th
During our office working time From Sunday 12th October 2014 to collect the tender documents after paying the non
August
refundable fees as set out above.

All offers must enclose the initial bond for the amount specified above or at the rate of 1% of the tender value
whichever amount is the least, provided that no initial bond’s value shall be less than BD 100/-. The initial bond should
be in the form of a Manager Cheque, Cash, Bank Guarantee or insurance policy valid for the duration specified in the
tenders document.

Offers should be deposited in the Tenders box provided on the Tender Board’s offices @7th Floor, Almoayyed
Tower, Seef District.

Tenderers should provide copies of the following:
1.
Company’s Commercial Registration that indicates tender’s associated field, and a receipt for current
registration fee. CR to be stamped with company stamp.
2.
Copy of valid Certificate of compliance with employment percentage for Bahrain Manpower issued by the
Ministry of Labor with authorized official company stamp.
3.
The total tender should be sum and the cost per unit,(as the case maybe) should be written and
submitted in form TB02.
4.
Any other items listed in the Instructions to Tenderers.
5.
All submitted document (original or copy) should have authorized official company stamp.


Tenders shall remain valid for 90 days from the closing date.
Initial Bond should be enclosed for the above mentioned specified amount or at a rate of 1% of the tender value,
whichever is less, provided that no initial bond’s value shall be less than BD.100/. Ensure that the initial bond is in cash
or in a form of certified cheque or bank/ insurance company guarantee, valid for the duration specified in the tender
documents and should be enclosed with each tender.
Any tenders not in compliance with the above mentioned terms and conditions and requirements of the tender
documents will be rejected.
This advertisement forms a part of the Tender Documents.


2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
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DINE OUT
APPLE
CRUMBLE
INGREDIENTS:
Fine Dining
Redefined
PREPARATION
1kg/2lb 3½oz Bramley apples
pinch sugar, to taste
1 tbsp water or apple juice
100g/3½oz plain flour
75g/2½oz butter
50g/2oz rolled oats
100g/3½oz demerara sugar
Crumble balances tart Bramley apples
with a topping that’s made extra crunchy
by demerara sugar and oats.
1. Preheat
the
oven
to
200C/400F/Gas 6.
2. Wipe the apples and cut
them into quarters, then
remove the cores and slice
each piece in two. Put them
into a pan, taste a slice for
sweetness and add a sprinkling of sugar accordingly.
Add a tablespoon of water
or apple juice and cook over
a medium heat for about
five minutes, until the apples
BEHBEHANI
start to soften.
3. Transfer the apple mixture to
a shallow ovenproof pie dish.
4. Blend the flour and butter
in a food processor for a few
seconds, until the mixture
looks like breadcrumbs.
5. Stir in the oats and the brown
sugar and sprinkle over the
cooked apples in the pie dish.
Transfer to the oven to bake
for 30 minutes or until crisp
and golden-brown on top.
MITSUBISHI LANCER, 2008
model for sale, engine Size
2001-3000CC. Price BD 1,900.
Contact: 32229226
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HONDA ACCORD, 2009 model
for sale. KM 92000, Engine Size
2001-3000CC. Price BD 4,500.
Contact: 36485501
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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
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TOYOTA ECHO, 2004 model for
sale. KM 150000, Engine Size
1000-2000CC. Price BD 1,450.
Contact: 39435292
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KIA SPORTAGE, 2006 model for
sale. Engine Size 1000-2000CC.
Price BD 2,200. Contact: 39900609
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BMW 7-SERIES, 2005 model for
sale. KM 112000, Engine Size
3001-4000CC. Price BD 4,800.
Contact: 33467388
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BMW 3-SERIES, 2008 model
for sale. KM 95000, Engine Size
3001-4000CC. Price BD 4,200.
Contact: 39826557
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USED CARS
CENTRE (SITRA)
JEEP COMPASS LIMITED, Model: 2014, Kms: 5202, Price: BD
9750, Call: 17701333
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JEEP CHEROKEE 4X4, Model:
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13500, Call: 17701333
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TOYOTA COROLLA 2.0, Model:
2014, Kms: 6763, Price: BD
7200, Call: 17701333
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AUDI A8 3.0, Model: 2013,
Kms: 35393, Price: BD 18995,
Call: 17701333
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BMW X3, Model: 2009, Kms:
36103, Price: BD 6900, Call:
17701333
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AUDI A4, Model: 2013, Kms:
23560, Price: BD 14900, Call:
17701333
ANY BRAND USED CAR
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BMW 7-SERIES, 2007 model for
sale. KM 144000, Engine Size
4000+CC. Price BD 5,800. Contact: 33741525
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LEXUS IS-SERIES, 2006 model
for sale. Engine Size 20013000CC. Price BD 5,300. Contact: 36611106
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FORD GT, 2006 model for sale.
Engine Size 3001-4000CC. Price
BD 4,300. Contact: 33056210
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HONDA CIVIC, 2002 model
for sale. Engine Size 10002000CC. Price BD 1,350. Contact:
33855420.
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TOYOTA
COROLLA,
2007
model for sale. KM 114000, Engine Size 1000-2000CC. Price BD
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SPORTS
IT’S DOUBLE
SUCCESS FOR
SHAIKH HAMAD
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Shaikh Nasser participates
in Aquathlon
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haikh Hamad raced to an
impressive double success in a drama-filled opening
round of the 2014/2015 BIC
2,000cc Challenge on Friday
at the Bahrain International
Circuit in Sakhir. It was the
first time that the challenge
had been held under the BIC’s
state-of-the-art track lighting
system and joining Shaikh Hamad on the podium for both of
the night’s 15-lap sprints were
Hussain Karimi and Abdulahman Ghuloom respectively
in the first race and then the
pair exchanged places on the
S
Shaikh Nasser.
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hairman of the Supreme
Council for Youth and
Sports and President of the
Bahrain Olympic Committee
HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad
Al Khalifa yesterday participated
in the Ritz Carlton Hotel and
Spa Aquathlon along with more
than 220 other athletes. The race
was a continuation of preparations for the Challenge Bahrain
Triathlon set to be hosted for the
first time by Bahrain on December 6. Many of the participants
were young Bahrainis along with
a sizeable number of expatriates
who took part in 800 metres of
swimming and running over a
distance of 7kms.
Shaikh Nasser said he was
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pleased and encouraged with
the high numbers who turned
out particularly the youth for
this event which gave an opportunity to all those have trained
and wished to take part and
promote this prestigious event
in December. He added that
such events will help the continued development of sports in all
sectors throughout the kingdom
and spreading the sporting culture to more youth and praising
the facilities available and the
efforts made by the organising
committee. At the end of the
race prizes were distributed to
the winners of the different age
categories.
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Big win for BCC
“I didn’t expect
to take these
positions
to start the
season”Shaikh Hamad
finishing order in race two. “I
didn’t expect to take these positions to start the season,” said
Shaikh Hamad. “Some cars
were quicker than me, but reliability helped me win in the
end. I’m very happy with the
points, and I can’t ask for more.” BIC 2,000cc Challenge
An action from the race
Shaikh Hamad took advantage
of some bad luck that hit a pair
of his fiercest rivals to register
the fine start to what promises
to be another highly competitive season. After topping timesheets in
practice and qualifying, defending champion Salah Salahuddin
had a blown engine in his camouflage green Honda CIVIC,
while Abdulaziz Ashkanani
could not make the most of the
ultra-quick pace he displayed
in his Honda S2,000 early in
the evening, as he gradually
faded to a non-classification in
race two. Shaikh Hamad was
engaged in a heated battle with
Salahuddin for the number two
position early in race one, with
Ashkanani surprising the field
with a solid lead in front. The
pair gained the advantage later
on, and Shaikh Hamad was
eventually assured the victory
with only a few laps remaining
following Salahuddin’s engine
problem and Ashkanani’s own
troubles. Shaikh Hamad (20
minutes 49.652 seconds) was
comfortable ahead of Karimi
(+23.554 seconds) in a Honda
CRX in second and Ghuloom
(+33.819) driving a Honda
CIVIC in third to complete the
podium. Pole-sitter Raed Himmo (Honda CRX), Ashkanani
and Salahuddin were classified
fourth to sixth, respectively.
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Bahrain hopefuls crash out in Qualifiers Al Dhaen,
Moon
victors
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Members of the BCC team.
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B
CC defeated Al Mahroos
Cricketers by a crushing 47
runs in Group C as he penultimate week of group action in The
Indian Club-Bahrain’s Centenary
Cricket Cup came to a close.
Batting first, BCC scored an
impressive 73 for 3 off six overs
with man of the match Rizwan
(41) top-scoring, in reply Al
Mahroos finished well short of
the target finishing on 26 for
four after its six overs.
In Group B, Havelock ran
out eight-run winners over
Midal Cables in scoring 50 for
five in six overs with man of
the match Shaalam (21) being
the main scorer.
Midal Cables in reply were
then dismissed for 42 in its six
overs despite a brave effort by
Uday (17).
In Group A, Spartans defeated New Life Line by 14
runs after making 50 for five
in its six overs with man of the
match Faisal (28) dominating
the innings.
New Life Line in reply fell
short of the target then were
restricted to 36 for four in its
six overs.
In Group E, Central Café
received a walkover win from
Ramzana Jewellers Bassali.
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hree of Bahrain’s hopefuls
crashed out yesterday in the
qualifying rounds of the Sixth
Bahrain International ITF Tennis
Championships at the Bahrain
Tennis Club premises in Juffair.
Yousif Dhaif was first on court
in the morning and was beaten
by Bahrain-based Indian Juqal
Boruah in straight sets 6-1, 6-0.
In other first round qualifiers
Nihal Ranjit of Saudi Arabia
defeated Canada’s Ettienne Oshinowo 6-4, 6-2, India’s Shyamsundar Srinivasan easily beat
Ali Al Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
6-1, 6-1 and Yaseen Akakah of
Saudi Arabia comfortably got
past Libya’s Omar Captan 6-3,
6-2. In the second round qualifiers, Bahrain’s Elyas Abdulnabi
put up a great fight before losing out in a super tie-break to
Saudi Arabia’s Hamad Suroor
6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4), while Ahmed
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awaf Al Dhaen (32 minutes 53 seconds) won the
male overall category and Allison Moon (38:36) the female
category in the BMI Aquathlon organised by Bahrain Road
Runners (BRR) at the Hamala
Beach Resort on Friday. The
race was the 2014-15 BRR season opener which comprised a
600m swim and a 6km run
featuring 141 participants and
a 300m swim and a 2km for the
youths. Mohammed Isa (33:05)
was second in the male category with Hamad Al Mansoori
(34:15) in third, while Sameera
Al Bitar (38:54) was second in
the female category with Jesse
Izdepski (41:18) third.
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Mert Ekici .
Rasool was eliminated by US
player Noah Williamson Chapman 7-5, 6-1. Bahrain-based
players had some joy as Jugal
Boruah made it to the final
round qualifier with a 7-6(2),
6-4 win over Saudi’s Musaeed
Al Azzam and Turkish youngster Mert Ekici easily defeated
Yaseen Akakah 6-0, 6-0.
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INDIA COMEBACK
West Indies implode as hosts level series
New Delhi
ndia relied on their bowlers to stage a remarkable
recovery scripting a comfortable 48-run win in the second
cricket One-day international
against the West Indies to level
the five-match series 1-1, at
Feroz Shah Kotla yesterday.
Chasing a 264-run target, West
Indies were cruising at one
stage as they were 170 for two
in the 36th over before their
innings fell apart on a sluggish Ferozshah Kotla track.
India defended the total despite West Indies’ early domination as opener Dwayne
Smith hit a career-best 97.
However, once Smith was dismissed Indian bowlers called
the shots, causing a batting
collapse. From a comfortable
170 for two, the Caribbean
side lost their last eight wickets for just 45 runs to be all out
for 215 in 46.3 overs. Mohammed Shami (4/36) recorded
his career-best figures while
all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (3/44) and leg-spinner
Amit Mishra (2/40) snared five
wickets between them as the
inept technique of the Caribbeans against spinning deliv-
I
eries was exposed thoroughly.
Electing to bat, India had
posted a competitive 263
for seven as Suresh Raina hit
a sparkling 62 while Virat
Kohli (62) returned to form
with his first half-century in
eight months. Raina carried
his splendid T20 form into the
match and Kohli regained his
lost touch partly at his home
ground as the two batsmen
added 105 runs for the fourth
wicket after a sedate start by In-
India beat West
Indies by 48runs
dia. Skipper Mahendra Singh
Dhoni contributed in India’s
total with his unbeaten 51 off
40 balls while Ambati Rayudu
scored 32, batting at number
three, a place where Kohli
usually bats. In his trademark
style, Dhoni hit a six and a four
off paceman Jerome Taylor to
complete his 56th half-century
in the last over of the innings.
West Indies opener Smith
missed out on his maiden
ODI century by just three runs
and his dismissal in the 36th
over changed the complexion
of the match. The two teams
will now travel to Visakhapatnam for the third ODI on
Tuesday. The West Indies
looked like taking it away from
the hosts as the two openers
– Smith and Darren Bravo —
settled nicely after getting a
measure of the pitch and the
bowlers.
They easily took the team to
a comfortable 64 in 13 overs
without loss. Shami brought
relief for India when the first
ball of the 14th over slightly
brushed the stump, took the
bail off, and Bravo was forced
to start his walk back to pavilion. The left-hander took 44
balls for his 26 but his stand
with Smith gave West Indies
an ideal start. The Windies
openers did not exactly set the
stage on fire but hardly gave
anything to India. The match
was on ever keel as Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and
spinners toiled hard initially.
They did not leak many runs
but did not get wickets either.
Getting quick runs was tough
on the Kotla pitch but Kieron
Pollard did not hesitate to
swing his arms. The burly batsman clobbered a six off Yadav
and also hit Bhuvneshwar for a
four, causing anxiety in the rival camp.
SCOREBOARD
INDIA:
AM Rahane c DJ Bravo b Sammy
12, S Dhawan b Taylor 1, AT
Rayudu c Sammy b Benn 32, V
Kohli c Samuels b Rampaul 62,
SK Raina c Pollard b Taylor 62, MS
Dhoni*† not out 51, RA Jadeja b
Taylor 6, B Kumar c Pollard b DJ
Bravo 18, Mohammed Shami not
out 1
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 13)18
Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 263
WEST INDIES:
DR Smith b Mohammed Shami
97, DM Bravo b Mohammed
Shami 26, KA Pollard b Mishra 40,
MN Samuels c Kohli b Yadav16, D
Ramdin† c Raina b Mishra 3, DJ
Bravo* c Dhawan b Mohammed
Shami 10, AD Russell st †Dhoni b
Jadeja 4, DJG Sammy b Jadeja1,
R Rampaul c & b Mohammed
Shami 16, JE Taylor c Kumar b
Jadeja 0, SJ Benn not out 0
Extras (lb 1, w 1) 2
Total (all out; 46.3 overs) 215
Virat Kohli plays a shot
Keane leads Irish rout of Gibraltar Yao, Liu strike gold for China
Republic of Ireland’s James McClean (right) vies for the ball against
Gibraltar’s Scott Wiseman.
Dublin
obbie Keane scored a hattrick as the Republic of
Ireland made easy work of
beating minnows Gibraltar
7-0 in a Euro 2016 qualifier at
Dublin’s Lansdowne Road yesterday. Victory saw the Republic make it two wins from two
matches ahead of Tuesday’s
Group D clash away to world
champions Germany. For Gibraltar, European football governing body UEFA’s 54th and
youngest member nation, it
was their second straight 7-0
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drubbing after they went down
by the same scoreline against
Poland in their first competitive match last month. Given
Keane’s quickfire treble put
Martin O’Neill’s men 3-0 up inside 18 minutes, against a side
with just two full-time players,
Gibraltar did relatively well to
avoid a double-figure defeat.
Gibraltar, with a population of
fewer than 30,000 people and
just 600 registered footballers,
were not expected to offer
much in the way of resistance
but did at least keep the score to
3-0 before half-time. However,
the floodgates opened after the
break as James McClean scored
twice, Gibraltar keeper Jordan
Perez put through his own net
and Wes Hoolahan made it 7-0
before the hour mark.
It took the Republic just
six minutes to score their first
goal when Hoolahan played in
Aiden McGeady behind leftback Joseph Chipolina and
his square ball set up Keane to
strike his 63rd international
goal. McClean then saw a shot
well-saved by Perez but the
second goal was not long in
coming, when Keane ran on to
Hoolahan’s pass to make it 2-0
against a static defence. Keane
then scored his third goal in 12
minutes with a penalty when
referee Leontios Trattou pointed to the spot after the hardpressed Perez tripped Hoolahan.Unsurprisingly, some of
the Republic’s initial urgency
waned at this point, although
Perez made a fine fingertip save
to keep out McGeady’s powerfully-struck shot and leave the
score 3-0 to the Republic at
half-time. But within 60 seconds of the re-start, the Irish
had their fourth goal, with the
34-year-old Keane, now playing for the LA Galaxy, squaring
to Wigan’s McClean, who duly
tapped in as Gibraltar appealed
for an offside flag that never
came. (AFP)
Yao Jinnan (centre) reacts after her winning results.
Nanning
ao Jinnan and Liu Yang
upset the established order as they claimed gold for
hosts China with their maiden
individual titles at the world
gymnastics
championships
yesterday. Yao, 19, pipped defending champion and compatriot Huang Huidan in the
women’s uneven bars for her
first world crown, which follows her four-gold rampage at
the Asian Games last month.
And Liu, 18, stunned Olympic and world champion Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti of
Brazil on the men’s rings in
a show of strength that lifted
him from last year’s fourth
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place. Yao, sixth on the uneven bars last year, outdid
Huang in qualifying and she
carried her momentum into
the eight-way final at the
Guangxi Gymnasium in Nanning. As the last performer,
Yao dazzled with high-level
pirouetting and aerial skills
and finished with a lofty
double layout somersault. She
earned 15.633 points, beating 18-year-old Huang by a
razor-slim 0.067 points. Russian Daria Spiridonova came
in third at 15.283.
Yao won balance beam silver and team bronze at the
2011 worlds when she was
also third in the all-around.
But, dogged by a thigh injury, she failed to medal at
the 2012 Olympics. Liu, who
contributed to China’s men’s
team victory over Japan with
a top rings score, outpointed
the 24-year-old Zanetti in
both difficulty and execution.
Liu collected 15.933 points
against Zanetti’s 15.733.
Another Chinese, You Hao,
tied for third spot with Russia’s Denis Abliazin. In the
other apparatus events, North
Korea’s Olympic champion
Hong Un-Jong won the women’s vault, beating all-around
champion Simone Biles of
the United States into second
spot. (AFP).
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SPORTS
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Federer outguns Djokovic in Shanghai Masters
FEDERER VANQUISH
Shanghai
feisty Roger Federer overcame Novak Djokovic in
a gripping Shanghai Masters
semi-final yesterday, ending
the Serb’s incredible winning
streak in China and his hopes
of clinching a third successive
title. A brilliant attacking display from the 17-times Grand
Slam winner, who served with
aggression and spent much of
his time at the net, unsettled
the world number one for a 6-4,
6-4 win. Djokovic, the reigning champion in Shanghai who
clinched his fifth China Open
title last week, was gunning for
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Roger Federer
beat Novak
Djokovic 6-4,
6-4
his 29th consecutive win on
Chinese soil in his first match
with Federer since their epic
Wimbledon final. Both players
were looking to unnerve each
other early on, with Djokovic
attempting riskier groundstrokes to counter Federer
confronting him at the net.
Every point was greeted with
exuberant cheers in Shanghai’s
packed Qizhong Tennis Center,
and the stadium erupted when
Federer broke serve on his second break-point in the fifth
game. Djokovic saved the first
break-point by finding a way
past Federer -- who was again
at the net -- but gave away his
serve with a weak backhand
slice moments later. He then
earned his sole break-point of
the set in the next game, which
Federer saved. The 33-year-old
Swiss then produced a perfect
serving game at his next opportunity, firing four successive
aces to march to a 5-3 lead as
he closed in on the set with another ace.
Federer carried his ruthless
approach into the early stages
of the second set, breaking
in the first game with a lifting
groundstroke that was beyond
Djokovic’s right. Djokovic
staged a valiant attempt to
break as he was losing 3-5 with
some incredible net-play as the
pair tussled at deuce. But Federer recovered and claimed
set and match in one hour 36
minutes. Federer improved to
19-17 against Djokovic with the
result, and will overtake Rafael
Nadal to claim second place in
the rankings next week on the
back of his run in Shanghai.
Federer’s best showing at the
Masters 1000 event was as runner up in 2010, although he did
win in Shanghai when it hosted
the Tennis Masters Cup in 2006
and 2007. He will meet Gilles
Simon in the decider Sunday,
after the Frenchman powered
past Feliciano Lopez 6-2, 7-6
(7/1) to reach his first Masters
Flying Dutchman leads Volvo fleet
Alicante
Dutch team led by 51-year-old six-time veteran Bouwe
Bekking led the seven-strong Volvo Ocean Race fleet
out of Alicante for the start of their nine-month offshore
marathon - straight into a Mediterranean storm yesterday.
The weather forecast issued by race organisers a few hours
before the 66 sailors set off at 1200 GMT will have carried
bad memories for many of the fleet. In the last edition of
the 41-year-old event, previously known as the Whitbread
Round the World Race, two boats were nursed back to
shore and eventually retired from the opening leg to Cape
Town because of a broken mast and a delaminated bow respectively. One of them was led by the British skipper Ian
Walker who is again at the helm of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s boat, Azzam. This time, all of the fleet are sailing in a
one-design Volvo Ocean 65 boat which has been built for
durability rather than outright speed after the 2011-12 event
was marred by a string of breakages. Bekking will join Swede
Roger Nilson as the only man to have competed in seven editions of a race that is generally acknowledged in the sport as
crewed sailing’s toughest test.
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Johnson targets Pak sweep
Abu Dhabi
ustralia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson wants to complete a cleansweep over Pakistan today to recapture the
world’s top ranking and provide a tonic ahead of the 2015
World Cup. Australia won the first one-dayer in Sharjah by
93 runs on Tuesday and then took an unbeatable 2-0 lead by
winning the second match in Dubai on Friday by five wickets. Steve Smith hit a maiden hundred while Glenn Maxwell
made a fighting 76 to anchor Australia’s batting. Spearhead
Johnson took three wickets in each game, catching Pakistan napping in spin-friendly conditions. Australia can also
regain the world number one ranking if they win the final
game, overtaking South Africa who had briefly displaced
India. “We want to win 3-0 and that is our goal now,” said
Johnson. “We have won the series and we want to keep going, keep playing good cricket because we’ve got the World
Cup coming next year and so we have to stay at our best.”
Australia have now claimed four consecutive one-day series
wins over Pakistan, winning 3-2 in United Arab Emirates in
2009, 5-0 in Australia a year later and 2-1 in UAE in 2012.
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Roger Federer celebrates victory.
final in six years and seal his
return to the world top 20. The
world number 29 has only contested one Masters final to date,
when he lost to Andy Murray at
Madrid 2008, but he is in a rich
vein of form after also reach-
ing the last four in Tokyo last
week. Simon beat Australian
Open champion Stan Wawrinka and then sixth seed Czech
Tomas Berdych in the Shanghai
quarter-finals after taking every
game in the final set. (AFP)
Pornanong grabs three-shot lead
Kuala Lumpur
hailand’s in-form Pornanong Phatlum shot
six-under-par-65 yesterday to
seize a three-stroke lead on the
third day at the Sime Darby
LPGA Malaysia. Pornanong
surged to the top of the leaderboard after firing a string of
birdies while others struggled
in humid conditions at Kuala
Lumpur Golf and Country
Club. The Thai star notched an
impressive eight birdies, bettering the seven she notched
Friday to compile an aggregate
score of 14-under 199. Pornanong picked up seven shots
over her first 10 holes, but then
suffered a lapse with bogeys on
the par-five 12th and 16th before she holed her final birdie
on 17. “I don’t know why I was
nervous (on the back nine).
But I kept my concentration
(and) I putted well including a
10-foot putt on the eighth,” the
24-year Thai player said. “Of
course I will try hard to win. I
hope I can do well. For Sunday,
going into the final round I
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will just play my game and play
shot by shot.”
Meanwhile Japan’s Ayako
Uehara played another strong
round to sit in second place on
11-under total after a round of
69, following her 63 on Friday.
“Very tough pin position and
distance. But I think I had a
good round,” she said. South
Korea’s Chella Choi and Feng
Shanshan of China are one
shot behind, alongside New
Zealand teen Lydia Ko and
overnight leader Ryu So-Yeon,
who is now forced to play
catch-up. Another Thai, Ariya
Jutanugarn, surged to seventh
from 35th with a great round
of 64. But world number one
Stacy Lewis continued to slip
down the field. After opening
with a 65, the first-round leader has carded 71 and 72 and
is now nine shots off the lead.
Defending champion Lexi
Thompson is tied for 41st and
out of title contention in the
$2 million tournament with an
even-par score of 213. (AFP)
Pornanong Phatlum watches her shot from the fairway on the eight
hole.
No Ebola date change for 2015
Africa Cup
Rabat
frican football’s governing body CAF insisted yesterday the January 17-February 8 tournament would go
ahead as scheduled despite hosts Moroccan demands for a
postponement over the deadly Ebola epidemic. Moroccan
health officials fear the biennial, 16-nation, three-week African football showpiece could trigger a spread of the deadly
virus. Dubbing Ebola “a major health problem”, an advisor to
Moroccan Sports Minister Mohammed Ouzzine reiterated
the country’s reluctance to host the tournament. Organisers
CAF, the Confederation of African Football, later insisted
that there would be no change in the scheduling of the tournament. CAF “confirms that there is no change in the schedule of its competition and events. We would like to note that
since the first edition of the Africa Cup in 1975, this cup has
never been delayed or cancelled”, the Cairo-based body said
in a statement. The demand to delay the continent’s footballing showcase has been lodged with CAF.
A
Stade Francais beat Racing Metro
Paris
tade Francais won bragging rights in the Parisian
derby battle with Racing-Metro, running out 23-19
victors in a tight, niggly Top 14 match yesterday. Stade
made Racing, who had two players sin-binned, pay for
their first-half ill-discipline, half-backs Jules Plisson and
Julien Dupuy hitting six penalties between them, the latter also converting Julien Arias’ try. Racing managed to
score three tries, two converted, through centre Alexandre Dumoulin, South African fly-half Johan Goosen and
his replacement Benjamin Dambielle, but could have lost
by more as Plisson and Dupuy missed 14 points with the
boot. Plisson kicked two early penalties to take Stade out
to 6-0.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
Drivers honour absent Bianchi in Russian Grand Prix
HAMILTON SECURE
he slid off circuit at the penultiorld
championship mate corner.
It was Hamilton’s seventh
leader Lewis Hamilton
maintained his stunning speed pole this year and the 38th of
and supremacy with another his career and, for the Mercedes
sizzling lap in yesterday’s quali- team another front row lockfying session when he took pole out, their ninth of the season
position for today’s inaugural ahead of today’s race in which
Russian Grand Prix. Six days they can clinch the construcafter Jules Bianchi’s life-threat- tors’ crown, ending Red Bull’s
ening crash at the Japanese four year reign as team chamGrand Prix, the Formula One pions. “Pole is a great place to
show went on with the drivers start,” said Hamilton.
“It’s an amazing job done by
all wearing ‘Tous Avec Jules’
(‘All with Jules’)stickers on the team who are constantly imtheir helmets as they raced in proving and moving forwards
front of a capacity crowd at the this year and it’s great to come
new Olympic Park circuit by here. “It’s a beautiful place. The
weather
has
the Black Sea.
been amazing
As FrenchI’m really
man Bianchi,
“Pole is a great and
enjoying driv25, remained in
place to start”- ing this track.
a critical condiwas not the
tion in hospital
Lewis Hamilton Iteasiest
of sesin Japan, the
sions,
these
29-year-old
Briton, winner of the last three guys [Williams] were looking
Grands Prix, was fastest with a quite strong. “And hooking up
late lap of the new Sochi Au- a good lap wasn’t the same as
todrom to finish two-tenths practice of some reason, but
of a second clear of Mercedes I’m really grateful to have pole
team-mate and title rival Nico for first time here... It’s a long
Rosberg. The German, 10 run down to Turn One, so it’ll
points behind Hamilton in be a tough race.” Rosberg was
the championship with four disappointed, but determined.
“I tried, but I could not
races remaining, pushed hard
to catch him, but was almost match Lewis,” he said. “He has
overhauled by Finn Valtteri been quicker than me, most of
Bottas in the final seconds, the the weekend, here. There are
Williams driver only missing four races to go and they are all
out on a front row start when important.” (AFP)
Sochi
W
Cardiff
W
ales hero Gareth Bale is
convinced his country
have “turned a corner” in their
quest to qualify for the 2016
European Championship finals. Only two goals from the
100 million euros Real Madrid
star saw Wales win 2-1 away to
part-timers Andorra in their
opening qualifier. But Chris
Coleman’s side were far more
impressive in a goalless draw at
home to Bosnia-Herzegovina
in Cardiff on Friday that left
them top of Group B with four
points from two games.
Bale now wants the team to
carry on from where they left
off when Cyprus visit the Welsh
H
Beijing. But after days of thick
smog in the Chinese capital,
organisers ended the stage 36
kilometres early at the 111-kilometre mark, “due to weather
in Yanqing”. Yesterday’s hilly
stage stretched through an area
which is part of Beijing’s bid to
host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The decision to reduce the race
may concern football fans with
heavyweights Brazil and Ar-
a capacity 30,000 crowd at Kamuzu Stadium lifted Group B
leaders Algeria to nine points
from three matches after defeating Ethiopia and Mali last
month. Another win over
Malawi in Blida Wednesday
would guarantee the 1990
African champions a top-two
finish and a place among the
16 finalists. Algeria did best
of the five African qualifiers
for the 2014 World Cup in
Brazil, taking eventual champions Germany to extra time
before suffering a 2-1 loss.
Connor’s brace helps
Bordeaux humiliate Castres
Paris
wo tries from Australian
winger Blair Connor
helped Bordeaux-Begles to
a stunning 59-7 thrashing of
last season’s beaten French
championship finalists and
2013 champions Castres yesterday. Connor was not the
only Bordeaux player to run
in two tries as Fijian scoring
machine Metuisela Talebula
and scrum-half Yann Lesgourgues also grabbed a brace
in what was a record victory
for the hosts since their return to the Top 14 four years
ago. The only Castres player
who might have reason to
celebrate on Saturday is their
T
Lewis Hamilton celebrates victory.
capital for Monday’s qualifying match. “We feel like we’ve
turned a corner,” Bale said. “We
go into Cyprus full of confidence but knowing we need
to focus and concentrate. “We
need to get the three points and
hopefully we can get another
big crowd here on Monday.”
More than 30,000 fans were at
the Cardiff City Stadium to see
Wales more than match group
top seeds Bosnia, who took
part at this year’s World Cup finals, in a match the hosts nearly
won thanks to Bale’s audacious
long-range strike in the dying
moments.
It was Wales’ biggest home
crowd since they faced England
at Cardiff ’s Millennium Stadium in March 2011 and Bale was
in no doubt of the supporters’
influence. “The fans were abso-
Beijing stage slashed over air pollution
Beijing
eavy air pollution forced
Tour of Beijing organisers to slash the cycle race’s
second stage by about a quarter yesterday following complaints from riders. Belgium’s
Philippe Gilbert surged into
the lead on the curtailed stage,
which was planned to run
147.5 kilometres from Chongli
to Yanqing on the outskirts of
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Defenders on target as
Algeria triumph
A
Johannesburg
lgeria moved closer to
qualifying for the 2015
Africa Cup of Nations with
a 2-0 victory over Malawi in
Blantyre yesterday. Defenders
scored both goals with Rafik
Halliche putting the ‘Desert
Foxes’ ahead on 10 minutes
and substitute Djamel Mesbah adding a second in stoppage time. Halliche nodded a
corner past goalkeeper McDonald Harawa and Mesbah
scored with a deflected closerange shot for the top-ranked
team in Africa. Victory before
Bale believes Wales are on the way back
Gareth Bale.
SPORTS
gentina due to clash in a “Super
Clasico” friendly in Beijing later on Saturday. Gilbert said riders had asked cycling body UCI
(Union Cycliste Internationale)
to reduce the race. “We spoke
together with the organisation,
UCI, and everyone agreed that
we should cancel the last 30K,”
he said. “I think it was a good
decision.”
“This means a lot, because a
lutely amazing,” he said. “It was
great to have a full house almost
and hopefully we’ve done them
proud. “Probably on another
night the last 10 minutes is a lot
more difficult without that and
they were unbelievable.
“They showed they were true
Welsh fans, they pushed us
over the line and kept us going
for the last 10 to 15 minutes.”
Wales, looking to qualify for
their first major tournament
finals since the 1958 World
Cup, will hope to extend their
one-point lead at the head of a
group also featuring Belgium
and Israel on Monday. The
result maintains Wales’ threepoint advantage over Bosnia
as the visitors had surprisingly
lost their opening qualifier at
home to Cyprus last month.
(AFP)
lot of times in the past ... they
didn’t listen to us,” he added.
“And today, we did a big step
in our sport, I think.” The first
stage took place Friday in rolling hills well to the north of the
city, and under often blue skies
with clear visibility.
But yesterday’s course saw
the riders make their way closer to the Chinese capital, which
has been shrouded by pollution
more than 20 times over recommended maximum levels.
South African-born kicking
scrum-half Rory Kockott,
who did not play, as two rivals for kicking duties during
the November tests suffered
injuries. Montpellier fly-half
Francois Trinh-Duc looks
set to miss four months with
a suspected broken right leg
suffered in the first-half of
his side’s 25-9 win against
Oyonnax. There was also an
injury scare for Clermont
scrum-half Morgan Parra -who had been left out of the
three day France get together
in September -- as he went off
just after the half hour mark
in the 30-10 victory over La
Rochelle.
Derby-winner Australia retires
London
eading race horse Australia, which won both this
year’s English Derby and the
Irish Derby, has been retired
just a week before the colt
was due to bow out at the
British Champions Day meet
at Ascot, it was announced
yesterday. According to a UK
representative of the Irelandbased Coolmore Stud, where
Australia was trained by Aidan O’Brien, the colt has suffered a hoof problem which
means racing next Saturday is
no longer an option. “Unfortunately Australia developed
L
a problem in his right-hind
hoof during the week.” Kevin
Buckley, UK representative
for Coolmore, told. “Following consultation between the
resident farrier at Ballydoyle,
our vet, John Halley, and the
respective owners, the decision was made yesterday to
retire him to Coolmore.” The
three-year-old won five races,
with his career yielding more
than £2 million in prize money but his last appearance
ended in defeat being beaten
by French Derby winner
The Grey Gatsby in the Irish
Champion Stakes last month.
Trinh-Duc stretchered off
Montpellier
rance fly-half Francois
Trinh-Duc could be a serious doubt for the November
tests after he was stretchered
off with what appeared a serious leg injury in his club
Montpellier’s Top 14 clash
with Oyonnax yesterday.
The 27-year-old -- who
was not selected for the unsuccessful tour of Australia
in June but was in line for a
recall for the November tests
F
after appearing at a three day
training camp -- suffered
the injury when he collided
with Oyonnax centre Hansell Pune in the 24th minute
of the match. France head
coach Philippe Saint-Andre
-- who desperately needs a
good set of results in November after another miserable
Six Nations -- will name his
squad on October 19 for the
matches with Fiji, Australia
and Argentina.
SPORTS
P31 Hamilton secure
TARDELLI HERO
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
Messi penalty miss as Brazil beat Argentina Beijing
ionel Messi missed a first-half
penalty as Brazil beat ArgenL
tina 2-0 in a fiercely contested
Brazil- 2
Argentina- 0
Diego Tardelli reacts after scoring a goal.
“Superclasico” friendly in Beijing
yesterday. Journeyman Diego
Tardelli was the unlikely hero
with his first two goals for Brazil
as Messi fluffed his lines with a
tame spot-kick at the Bird’s Nest
stadium. Atletico Mineiro striker
Tardelli, 29, put Brazil ahead on
28 minutes, before Messi curled
his soft penalty attempt close to
goalkeeper Jefferson just before
half-time. And Tardelli was on
target again midway through
the second half as Brazil restored
pride after the World Cup, when
the hosts were hammered in the
semis while Argentina reached
the final. Argentina were on top
early in the match and Sergio
Aguero fired an inviting early
chance over the bar before Angel
Di Maria threatened with a drive
from distance. But it was Tardelli
who broke the deadlock when he
pounced on a loose ball and volleyed past Argentina goalkeeper
Sergio Romero on 28 minutes.
Brazil superstar Neymar should
have made it 2-0 shortly afterwards but after wriggling his
way free on goal, he made a hash
of his shot and the ball rolled
harmlessly wide.
The game had come alive and
Argentina got a golden chance to
equalise when Danilo was judged
to have fouled Di Maria in the
box, prompting angry Brazilian players to surround Chinese
referee Fan Qi. Messi looked
certain to bury the spot-kick but
the four-time world player of the
year shot too close to Brazilian
‘keeper Jefferson, who dived to
his right for a simple stop. It was
the Barcelona icon’s second penalty miss in two weeks after he
also missed one for his club last
month against Levante. Filipe
Luis and Di Maria had chances
at either end as the second half
started energetically, and Oscar
went close with a free kick after Martin Demichelis chopped
down Neymar. (AFP)
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