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VOL XXXVI NO. 136 (GGDN 024) SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST 2013200 Fils/2 RiyalsNew pushto defuseEgypt crisisThe healingsound ofmusic…Eidcharityblow2 411TERRORPLOTFOILEDMANAMA: Bahrain hasfoiled a major terrorplot as police raidedan ammunitionswarehouse in Bilad AlQadeem.A total of 150 Molotovcocktails, homemadeweapons and ready-tousebombs were seized inthe operation, the InteriorUS in globaltravel alertWASHINGTON: The US issued a worldwidetravel alert yesterday, warning UScitizens about the “continued potential forterrorist attacks, particularly in the MiddleEast and North Africa”.In a statement, the State Departmentsaid current information suggests AlQaeda and its affiliates continue to planterrorist attacks in the Middle East andbeyond, and may concentrate those effortsin August.A US official said the alert was basedon the same intelligence that prompted USembassy closures for tomorrow.Embassy in Bahrain to close – Page 5By SAndeep Singh gRewAlMinistry said yesterday.“Items seized includedtwo ready-to-use homemadebombs, eight homemadeguns, 20 bullets, homemadeweapons similar to tear gas,four canisters, around 150Molotov cocktails and ironrods,” said a statement.Photographs of the weaponsseized showed whatn Weapons seized in the raidappeared to be sophisticatedhomemade guns and ironrods with a fire extinguisher.One picture showed a whitecap with the logo of radicalopposition group the Coalitionof February 14 Youth lying in acrate of Molotov cocktails.Police said the plot aimed tohinder people’s lives and disturbpeace and efforts wereon to identify the suspects.Full report – Page 3TV host givesaway babies!n Childlesscouples sitwith newlyadoptedbabies,Fatima, left, andZainab, right,whom Pakistanitelevision talkshow host AamirLiaquat Hussaingave away onhis show, asthey pose forphotographsat the ChhipaWelfareAssociationoffice in Karachi.The show hassparked a row.Defence – Page 2n Bahraini pilgrimsinjured in accidentMANAMA: A number of Bahraini pilgrimswere injured in a road accident in Saudi Arabiayesterday as they were returning from Umrah.His Royal Highness Prime Minister PrinceKhalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa gave directives toensure they received proper medical treatment.Education Ministry primary education directorKhalifa Mohammed Al Hooti, who was amongthe injured, underwent surgery at King FahadHospital in Al Ahsaa, Bahraini charge d’affairesAbdulaziz Mohammed Al Eid told BNA. Otherinjured pilgrims were treated and discharged.n Alarm over violenceMANAMA: France last night condemned “thealarming escalation of violence in Bahrainover the past weeks”. In a statement, theforeign ministry rejected the use of terror andviolence, regardless of their motives. It urgedall political parties to pursue the NationalConsensus Dialogue in order to defuse tensionsand reach a comprehensive solution.Right to defend backed – Page 2n Tough clamp vowedMANAMA: The law on protecting society againstterror will be enforced on all religious platformsinstigating terrorism, sabotage, violence andfuelling sectarianism. Minister of State forInformation Affairs and government’s officialspokesperson Sameera Rajab, in an interview withFrench Monte Carlo, stressed the government’sresolve to enforce the law, after long toleratingsuch violations, accusing such religious venuesof playing a dangerous role in inciting suicideoperations, murders and killing of policemen.Full report – Page 2n Rights watchdog rappedMANAMA: An MP yesterday accused aninternational rights watchdog of turning ablind eye to terror crimes being fomented inBahrain by pro-Iranian Welayat Al Faqihreligious figures. “Human Rights Watch has notcondemned to-date terrorist attacks threateninglives, particularly the West Riffa mosque blast,”parliament human rights committee chairmanAbdulhakim Al Shammari said. He accusedthe New York-based watchdog of doublestandards and keeping silent on real terroristswhile rushing to criticise the government forprotecting people.n 10,500 new studentsMANAMA: Preparations are in full swing toaccommodate 10,500 children who will enterschools for the first time on September 8.Teachers will resume work a week earlier, saidEducation Minister Dr Majid Al Nuaimi as hehosted a Ramadan majlis.Picture – Page 15C a ll to P ray e rIftar: 6.24pm (Day 25)Fajr: 3.41am (Day 26)PLUS LETTERS – PAGES 6-7 l BOOKS NEWS AND REVIEWS – PAGES 12-13 l PET CARE – PAGE 14 l TOYOTA GAINS – PAGE 19

2 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013Bahrain’s sovereign right to fight terror backedend Egypt crisisCAIRO: The US said yesterdayit will work with other nations toresolve Egypt’s crisis peacefully,injecting new energy into a pushto end a bloody standoff since theoverthrow of Islamist presidentMohamed Mursi.A day after saying the army hadrestored democracy by removing Mursi,US Secretary of State John Kerry urgedEgyptian authorities to give demonstratorsthe space to protest in peace – awarning against dispersing pro-MursiPreacher defendsbaby give-awaysKARACHI: A charismaticpreacher criticised for givingout babies to childless coupleslive on prime-time Pakistanitelevision denies he is fightinga ratings war and insists he isspreading charity.Aamir Liaqat Hussain, oneof the biggest stars on PakistaniTV, spoke as a local foundationinvolved in the process said athird baby is due to be givenaway in the coming days.Hussain broadcasts a marathon12-hour show each dayduring Ramadan, watched bymillions across the country.He mesmerises his audiencewith celebrity interviews, gameshows, by providing in-studiomeals to the needy – and, in twoconsecutive weeks, handing outbaby girls to childless couples.But international media coverageand public criticism ofthe baby give-aways has seenhim vigorously deny that he ispulling out all the stops to maximiseratings in a competitiveRamadan TV market.“It is not like parents come inthe show, and (we) deliver thesit-ins.“Egypt needs to get back to a newnormal, it needs to restore stability,to be able to attract business and putpeople to work,” Kerry said before ameeting with UAE Foreign MinisterShaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyanin London.“We will work very, very hard togetherwith others, in order to bring partiestogether to find a peaceful resolutionthat grows the democracy and respectsthe rights of everybody.”baby like a prize. What prize?It is rubbish to say ‘who wantsto win a baby’?” he said on thesidelines of his chat show.He insists the two coupleswere pre-screened for theirsuitability as parents, and sayshe is right to find good homesn Hussain, host of the Geo TV channel programme ‘Amaan Ramazan’, gestures during a liveshow in Karachi and, left, puts a snake around a child’s shoulders during the showShaikh Abdullah said a peaceful resolutionrequired “inclusive dialogue”.This appeared to signal a new diplomaticeffort to end the crisis in whichmore than 300 people have been killedsince the army removed Mursi andhis Muslim Brotherhood from poweron July 3 in response to mass protestsagainst his rule.Analysts say civilian members of thearmy-backed interim administration aretrying to promote a political solutionagainst the wishes of the security serviceswhich want to crack down hard onthe Brotherhood.Mohamed ElBaradei, vice-presidentin the new administration, said hewas lobbying for a peaceful outcomeagainst others advocating crushing theBrotherhood.Meanwhile, in a possible attempt toease tensions, Egyptian state TV reportedthat the Interior Ministry did not want tobreak up Brotherhood protests in Cairoby force. It would, however, impose acordon around them, the TV said.for abandoned babies in acountry without official lawsof adoption.“We are trying to create anenvironment in the society forthose people who are needy andwant to adopt babies,” Hussainsaid. “It is not commercialisation,it is not showbiz. It is realIslam. Where are the actors?Where are actresses? I havenot seen any actors or actresseshere,” he added.A local charity said it wasinvolved in the screening processthat took place before thebabies were handed over.It supported the show for discouragingwomen from abandoningunwanted babies andmen from divorcing wives whocannot give birth. “We giveadoption to those couples onlyon merit basis,” said RamzanChhipa, head of the ChhipaWelfare Association.He said both couples hadbeen screened and went on theshow expecting to be giveninfants. A third baby is expectedto be handed over in thecoming days, Chhipa said.“It is not ‘you answer a questionon a show and you get ababy’. This is false,” he said.One of the couples said theymarried more than 15 years agobut have been unable to havetheir own child. They registeredwith Chhipa and said they wereinterviewed earlier this monthby the charity, before the TVshow programme rang them upthe day before the show aired,asking them to appear.MANAMA: A leading French strategistand geopolitical researcher yesterdaybacked Bahrain’s sovereign right todefend itself against the scourge ofterror which is threatening its securityand stability.“It is the duty of the state to combatterror and deter irresponsible actsfomented by instigators,” Observatoryof Geopolitical Studies directorProfessor Charles Saint-Prot said.Commenting on the anti-terror lawspassed by the National Assembly inits extraordinary session last Sunday,he said democracy is not chaos.He urged Bahrain to do whatevernecessary, like any other democraticcountry, to protect its sovereignty andindependence and its citizens’ safetyand basic rights.He stressed the importance of thelegislation as a first step to root outterrorism which aims to serve foreignagendas and subvert Bahrain’snational unity.Prof Saint-Prot warned that nonational consensus would be possibleunless security, stability and the ruleof the law prevail.Meanwhile, veteran French journalistand political analyst ChristianMalar stressed the importance ofimplementing the National Assemblyrecommendations immediately tosafeguard the kingdom’s stability.He praised His Royal HighnessPrime Minister Prince Khalifa binSalman Al Khalifa’s efforts to servethe homeland and protect its securityand stability.Mr Malar said the recommendationscovered a number of key issueswhich should be focused on followingthe successive terror attacks thathave targeted Bahrain over the recentmonths.He stressed the importance ofactivating article 38 of the constitutionregarding the issuance of royaldecrees to toughen penalties stipulatedin the anti-terror law so as to takethe necessary measures that brook nodelay and leave no loopholes.He said funding sources for terrorismmust be controlled to ward offimminent threats, adding that proce-New US push todures should be taken to prevent unauthorisedsit-ins, rallies and gatheringsin the capital.“I totally agree with these recommendationswhich should be interpretedand implemented as soon aspossible, provided that basic libertiesare not affected,” he said.Mr Malar added Bahrain hasalways been, and still is, keen toguarantee the rights of its citizens ina way that strikes a balance betweenlaw enforcement and human rightsprotection.Clamp vowedon venuesinciting terrorMANAMA: The law protectingsociety against terror will beenforced on religious venues instigatingterrorism, sabotage andviolence and fuelling sectarianism.Minister of State forInformation Affairs andGovernment SpokeswomanSameera Rajab warned that suchincitement would be punishableunder the new legislation, whichwas endorsed by decree law.She stressed the government’sresolve to enforce the law afterlong tolerating such violations andaccused religious venues of playinga dangerous role in incitingsuicide operations, murders andkilling of policemen.In an interview with FrenchMonte Carlo Radio, she defendedthe new anti-terror legislationwhich would be enforced on apermanent basis.She outlined Bahrain’s stridesover the last 12 years to build adeveloped, democratic and opensociety, warning of a foreign systematicproject to sow chaos in theregion and destabilise countries toserve certain agendas.She defended Bahrain’s inalienableright to protect itselfagainst the scourge of terror, addingthat other countries passedeven tougher laws to protect theirsecurity and stability.She blamed the wave of terroron a radical minority embracingthe Welayat Al Faqih doctrine.She described Bahrain’s crisisas being purely a “securityproblem” and stressed the needto organise the dysfunctional culturaland religious situation andenforce the rule of the law.She reiterated the government’sresolve to pursue dialogueconducive to national consensuson pending issues.“Constructive dialogue is thepriority to combat terror, drivethe radical minority into a tightcorner and end the crisis,” shesaid, adding that the participantshad agreed to resume dialogueafter Ramadan.Ford ‘next USenvoy to Egypt’CAIRO: Robert Ford, formerdeputy chief of mission at theUS embassy inBahrain, is likelyto be nominatedthe next US ambassadorto Egypt.The current envoyto Cairo, AnnePatterson, wasyesterday nominatedto AssistantSecretary of Staten Fordfor Near East Affairs. One of thepre-eminent Arabists in the USforeign service, Ford has previouslyserved as US ambassadorin Syria and Algeria and as deputyUS ambassador in Iraq.

Email: gdnnews@gdn.com.bhGulf Daily NewsSaturday, 3rd August 20133n Homemade guns and other explosives seized in the raid. Right, the white cap with the logo of a radical opposition group lying among crates of Molotovcocktails and iron rods in the warehouseMajor weaponscache is seizedDODGE RAMADAN-GDN QP-127x180.pdf 1 7/7/13 12:01 PMMan held overcar explosionA MAN has been arrestedin connection with lastmonth’s car explosionnear Bahrain City Centre.No details were givenabout the suspect, butpolice confirmed investigationswere continuing totrace others believed to beinvolved.No one was injured inthe July 29 blast, whichhappened after a gas cylinderwas placed insidethe vehicle that was seton fire.“One of the suspectswas identified during theinvestigation and all legalprocedures were takenbefore he was referred tothe Public Prosecutor,”said a Crime Detectionand Forensic Science official.POLICE say they havefoiled a major terror plotafter raiding an ammunitionwarehouse in BiladAl Qadeem.A total of 150 Molotovcocktails, homemadeweapons and ready-to-usebombs were seized duringthe operation, the InteriorMinistry confirmed yesterday.“The confiscationsincluded two ready-to-usehomemade bombs, eighthomemade guns, 20 bullets,homemade weapons that aresimilar to tear gas, four canisters,around 150 Molotovcocktails and iron rods,”said a police statement.Photographs of the weaponsseized showed whatappeared to be sophisticatedhomemade guns and ironrods with a fire extinguisher.One of the picturesshowed a white cap with thelogo of radical oppositionBy Sandeep Singh grewalgroup the Coalition of February14 Youth lying among crates ofMolotov cocktails.Police said the terror plotaimed to hinder people’s livesand disturb peace and an investigationwas underway to trackdown the suspects.“Legal procedures were takenand the Public Prosecution wasnotified,” said the statement.“An investigation waslaunched to identify, locate andapprehend suspects involved inthe case.”Police earlier said securityforces had already taken precautionarymeasures to protectpeople as well as public andprivate property amid calls foropposition rallies on August14İnterior Minister ShaikhRashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifaalso said tough action wouldbe taken against anyone whoattempts to spread fear andchaos.Speaking during an extraordinarysession of the NationalAssembly last week, he confirmedall departments were onhigh alert.MPs and Shura Councilmembers passed 22 recommendationsaimed at combatingterrorism during the historicsession.His Majesty King Hamadalso issued two urgent decreesthat seek to reduce growinglevels of street violence.They include the death penaltyfor people convicted ofcarrying out fatal bomb attacksand minimum 10-year sentencesfor anyone caught collectingmoney for terrorist acts.The Public Prosecutionhas been granted the right toinspect bank accounts of individualsand groups involvedin terrorist acts, who couldalso have their citizenshiprevoked.sandy@gdn.com.bhn Materials seized in the raid

4Gulf Daily NewsSaturday, 3rd August 2013The healingEmail: gdnnews@gdn.com.bhl Therapist uses melodies to treat people with disabilitiesBy Basma mohammedA BAHRAINI woman isusing the power of musicto help people with disabilitiescope with theirconditions.Noor Ahmed also uses herskills to treat people sufferingfrom depression, insomniaand stress as well asassist pregnant women tobond with their babies.The newly-licensed therapist saysmelodies and the sound of musicalinstruments can be a source of confidence,self-expression and relaxation.“Sound therapy uses vibrationsbelieved to heal and is a powerfulmeans of communication,” said the26-year-old.“It is very unique and no such thingas one programme fits all.“You can have five people whoall suffer from depression, but willbe healed with completely differentmusic according to their thoughts andlifestyle.“My job is to alter the programmeto fit their needs.”A graduate of the Nada MusicInstitute in Chennai, India, she combinesher knowledge of psychology,medicine, music and yoga to activelyshift a person’s state of being.“A negative thought can turn onecell out of the system and damage itsnatural flow, somewhat like how canceris created,” said Ms Ahmed, whosound ofmusic...is understood to be the first qualifiedsound therapist in Bahrain.“It can harm the body’s harmonywhile music can produce vibrationswhich help control such thing andbring in stability.”Ms Ahmed is actively working withhospitals, meditation centres, clinicsand rehabilitation centres as well asfor private individuals and eventuallyplans to set up her own clinic.Her love for music began whenshe worked at Radio Bahrain, whereshe got to try out different types ofequipment and experience the powerof sound.“I thenstarted to getheavily intomusic andtry to learnmore aboutit,” she said.“I startedto learn toplay theclassicalwestern violin and then turnedto South Indian classical music(Carnatic) on violin and vocalfor two years now.“It interested me due to then Ms Ahmedplaying theviolin theCarnatic wayn Ms Ahmed during her time at Radio Bahrainlink of mantras and relaxation.”The therapist then decidedto take a different approach tomusic and use it as a means ofcommunication and therapy.One of Ms Ahmed’s maininterests is helping pregnantwomen connect with their children,before and after delivery.“When the baby is created,their only sense is hearingthrough vibrations,” she said.“This is the first connectionthe baby develops withthe mother and we work onstrengthening this connectionthrough lullabies and music.“The combination of soundswhich the baby hears whileinside the womb is prescribedto allow the child to relax andbe comforted.“It helps the child get accustomedto the new world afterdelivery and adjust to the newsounds.“It has also been proven thatbabies who listened to classicalmusic have higher IQ levels.”Mothers are also guided onhow to sing to their babies tohelp them connect.“It has been a very successfulexperience with young motherswho wanted to communicatewith their babies in an intimateway,” said Ms Ahmed, whosays she has received positivereactions from many patientsthat were initially sceptical ofher treatments.n A private sound therapysession combined withReikiShe recommends everyonestart their day withmusic to help raise theirenergy levels.“They can drive to workwith such music to bringpositivity,” she said.“To stimulate the brainand get it active usuallyupbeat music does the trick,with lots of instruments andcomplex composition.“Repetitive music withminimal use of instrumentsand simple melodies makesone relax, such as mantras.”Ms Ahmed stressed musiccan be a source of confidenceand self-expression,which can help patientssuffering from disabilities,particularly those withimpairments, autism andAlzheimer’s disease.Stimulate“High frequency of musicalerts the brain and makes itmore focused while low frequencyallow relaxation andprepare the body to sleep,”she said.“With music you canstimulate the brain and bodyaccording to the patient’sneeds.“For example, mantras,which I hold during concerts,are usually 60 to 80beats per minute to matchthe heartbeat.“This is calculated verycarefully to bring generalpeace and relaxation.”Ms Ahmed is planningto represent Bahrain at aninternational conferencetaking place in Delhi nextMarch to discuss the benefitsof sound therapy.She will deliver a speech,present a research paper andperform during the event.Anyone interested cane-mail Ms Ahmed on noorahmed11n@gmail.combasma@gdn.com.bh

Email: gdnnews@gdn.com.bhGulf Daily NewsSaturday, 3rd August 20135n Children who won prizes along with GPIC senior staff during the eventUS embassy to closefor security reasonsTHE US Embassyin Bahrain will closetomorrow in responseto unspecified securitythreats.Several American diplomaticmissions and consulatesaround the world havebeen shut or had their operationssuspended followingUS State Department directives.No details have beengiven about the exact natureof the threat, but the UShas been particularly cautiousabout security sincean attack on its consulatein Benghazi, Libya, lastBy Sandeep Singh grewalSeptember that killed fourAmericans, including ambassadorChris Stevens.“The State Department hasbeen apprised of informationthat, out of an abundanceof caution and care for ouremployees and others who maybe visiting our installations,indicates we should institutethese precautionary steps,” saidan emergency message postedon the US Embassy website inBahrain.“It is possible we mayhave additional days of closingsas well, depending onour analysis.“However, beyond thisannouncement we do not discussspecific threat information,security considerations ormeasures, or other steps wemay be taking.”US State Department deputyspokeswoman Marie Harfalso declined to go into detailsabout “specific threat informationor security considerations”when questioned by Americanreporters.“It’s specifically August 4,”she said. “It is possible we mayhave additional days of closingas well.“Of course, depending onour analysis, individual USembassies and consulates willannounce whether or not theyare open and whether they areimplementing restrictions orother measures.”All visa appointments at theUS Embassy in Bahrain havebeen cancelled or rescheduled.The embassy also warnedUS citizens to avoid large gatheringsand exercise caution ifthey are caught up in protests.“Even demonstrationsintended to be peaceful canturn confrontational and escalateinto violence,” it said.People with visa appointmentshave been advised tocontact the embassy’s consularsection for furtherinformation.sandy@gdn.com.bhSpreading thesafety messageMORE than 1,500 peopleattended the GulfPetrochemical IndustriesCompany (GPIC) familysafety evening that was heldat the Diplomat Radisson BluHotel, Residence and Spa.GPIC presidentAbdulrahman Jawaherythanked the employees andtheir family members forattending the event.He also pledged GPIC’sfull commitment to applyinternational standards ofsafety and environmentalprotection.Prizes were later distributedto children who hadwon in various competitions,including drawing, colouringand essay writing aboutsafety, health and the environment.n A charitable visit was conducted by Nielsen Company to the Indian Ladies Association’s Sneha Centre. Company employeesinteracted with children who have special needs and took part in recreational activities. Above, company employees with thechildren at the centre.

6 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013Wage war onfighting dirtyll wars are dirty wars, but one standsout in the minds and memories ofAAmericans for the number of lives lost –the Vietnam War.The US public had enough of both themeaningless domino theory and the seeminglyuseless deaths of 58,000 American servicemen.Then, as a gift to those who wanted the warto end, came a photo taken from a helicopterof a young girl running along a road with herwhole body aflame.That one incident resulted in America ending15 years of war that nobody won.Did that provide a lesson for us against theconduct of dirty wars? Unfortunately not. Weare worse off today than during the VietnamWar.What makes a war dirty? It has been referredto as the calculated use of violence (or thethreat of violence) against civilians.In a column in Salon, Gary Kamiya sumsup a dirty war: “America has decided it hasthe right to kill whoever it wants, whenever itwants.”The American public was fed up enoughwith the Vietnam War that it was difficult toget public support for the routing of Iraq fromKuwait.That rout was so severe, followed byno-fly zones and years ofsanctions, that more than ahalf million civilians died.Prior Secretary of StateMadeleine Albright, Iraq’s“Grim Reaper”, appearedon Sixty Minutes on May12, 1996 to say the deathsof half a million children as a result of theabsolute, all-embracing deprivations of theUnited Nations embargo were: “A hard choice,but the price, we think the price is worth it.”America’s warmongers needed the excuseof 9/11 to attack Afghanistan and then Iraq.The Bush government lied first about Osamabin laden admitting responsibility for 9/11 anddenied the Taliban’s request for evidence ofBin laden’s complicity.Then, under the coaching of the neoconservativelobby of Israeli-Americans, theylied about Saddam Hussain’s possession ofWeapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs).The only thing America has to show for 11years of war in Afghanistan and nearly nineyears of invasion in Iraq are fewer Americanlives lost, thanks to their use of depleteduranium.Judging by the continued attacksagainst would-be terrorist enemies in Iraq,Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia, as wellas the involvement in Israel’s wars in libya,Syria and lebanon, America is dedicated tocontinuing its dirty wars.That America’s and Israel’s latest militaryadventures are dirty wars has been establishedby photographic evidence released bywhistleblowers, which the US governmentdesperately wants to stop.The murder of civilians by Americans flyingover Iraq, caught on film, should have been asmoving as the girl in flame on a Vietnameseroad.It seems not. Was the burning girl a moremoving murder for American eyes? Has theIraq incident received less media coverage?Has the Israeli pre-emptive approach toeverything been adopted by the Americanpublic?Americans seem to have adopted Israel’sabsence of guilt for anything that can bejustified as defence against attack, whetherpresent, future, imagined or real.America’s behaviour seems to indicate this.So much misbehaviour reveals a lack of guilton anyone’s part.The exception perhaps fits the returningservicemen who suffer Post-Traumatic StressDisorder (PTSD), or who commit suicide.Assassinations, drones, surveillance,secrecy, the death of civil liberties, no-flyzones, sanctions and the absence of guilt havebecome the icons and symbols of dirty wars.The best solution would be America’s divorcefrom guiltless Israel and reconciliation withthe defensive moral imperatives that guidedAmerica’s foreign policy during the cold war.Road developmentsSir,Once again people suffer dueto terrible road planning!I live in a little neighbourhoodin Manama, an area tightlypacked with parked cars as it’s aresidential zone filled with apartments.We’re already suffering fromhorrible parking, with vehiclesleft half on the road and the twolaneroad has now shrunk to one!Why? A nearby company isplanning to provide its valuedstaff members with private parking!Residents are supposed tohave a say when it comes to thissort of construction.We have not been consultedand the result, after this parkinglot is complete, it will be a completemess.I’m disappointed with theapproach of the constructionlayout, as now I would need towait until all cars coming in theopposite direction are throughbefore I can squeeze onto theone-lane road.Oh, you should see the disasterif cars from both ends decide tojump in.We cannot undo what hasalready been done, but I want tostate that the neighbourhoodcannot take any more commercialdevelopment.What’s done is done and wePublished letters arenot necessarily theviews of the Editor.Readers wishing tomake a complaintthrough the GDNshould provide full detailsof the complainttogether with theircontact telephonenumbers.cannotchangewhat hashappened.I just reallyhope peopletake into considerationthe negative effects ofa decision and not justthink about themselves.Concerned residentTODAY is Saturday, August 3, the 215th dayof 2013. There are 150 days left in the year.highlights in history on this date:1460 – King James II of Scotland is killed bythe blast of a cannon saluting the arrival ofhis wife at Roxburgh castle, england.1492 – christopher columbus sets sail fromPalos, Spain, on his first voyage of discoveryto the new World.1571 – The Ottomans massacre many inhabitantsof Famagusta, cyprus, after an11-month siege.1589 – henry of navarre, first of the Bourbonline, succeeds assassinated henry III asking of France.1645 – Denmark loses much land to Swedenat peace of Broemsebro.1675 – French defeat Dutch and Spanishfleets in Bay of Palermo and take Sicily.1742 – British navy guarding Mediterraneanprevents neapolitans and Spaniardsfrom taking Lombardy.1803 – Second Mahratha War against Sindhiaof Gwalior begins with British offensive.1881 – British troops occupy egyptian townof Suez.1914 – Germany declares war on France atthe start of the First World War.1943 – Anti-nazi demonstrations are heldin Milan, Genoa and other northern Italiancities during Second World War.1956 – Gold coast League Assembly adoptsKwame nkrumah’s resolution demandingindependence from Britain.1958 – Atomic-powered US submarinenautilus makes first undersea crossing ofnorth Pole.n A road in Manama with cars parked on both sides ... indiscrimate construction is adding to the problemPressing matterThe media has undoubtedly become anintegral part of present day society.however, there are obstacles to a free Pressall around the world.1988 – hard-line leader Sein Lwin clampsindefinite martial law on the capital of Myanmar,also called Burma.1990 – The US and the Soviet Union jointlycondemn Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait whileIraqi troops begin massing along Kuwaitiborder with Saudi Arabia.1991 – Russian branch formally breaks offfrom the Soviet Union’s communist Partyto form a new party led by reform-mindedcommunists.1992 – Russia and Ukraine agree to putBlack Sea fleet under joint command.1993 – The Un begins its withdrawal of the20,000 peacekeepers in cambodia.1994 – In Algiers, suspected Islamic insurgentsshoot and kill three French guardsand two consular officers while trying toplant a car bomb at a diplomatic compound.1995 – Delegates from about 100 nationsagree at the Un on a global treaty to preventoverfishing on the high seas.1996 – The head of the Danish armed forcesand eight other people die when their airforce jet crashes into a mountainside nearthe Faeroe Islands airport.1997 – Political moderate MohammadKhatami takes over as president of Iran,saying his government sends a message ofpeace to the world.1998 – Kashmiri guerillas kill 34 constructionworkers in northern India.1999 – The US Justice Department rulesthat the government must pay the heirs ofAbraham Zapruder $16 million for film thathe took of the assassination of PresidentJohn F Kennedy.2000 – The european Union opens an antitrustcase against Microsoft alleging the USsoftware giant engages in discriminatorylicensing and refuses to supply essentialinformation on its Windows operating systems.2001 - The International Monetary Fundannounces it will loan $1.2 billion loan toArgentina and extend $15bn line of creditto Brazil.2002 - Taiwanese President chen Shui-biancalls for legislation that would allow a referendumto be conducted on whether todeclare independence from china.2003 - The UAe-based Al Arabiya satellitetelevision network broadcasts an audiotapewarning allegedly from Ayman Al Zawahiri,a top deputy of Al Qaeda, that the US willpay a “dear price” if it harmed any prisonersat Guantanamo Bay, cuba.2004 - A breathtaking sweep in Pakistanagainst Al Qaeda’s vast web of operationswidens, with seven more arrests made.2005 - French authorities find 351 fetusesand stillborn babies stored in bags and jarsat a Paris hospital.2006 - hundreds of thousands of peopleare evacuated as Typhoon Prapiroon slamsinto southern china, pounding an alreadybattered area with more heavy rains andwinds.2007 - A 94-year-old great-great-grandmother,Phyllis Turner, who left school at theage of 12 becomes the world’s oldest recipientof a master’s degree from University ofAdelaide in Australia.2008 - At least 145 people are killed in aMedia representatives have faced violenceand in countries like Turkey scores of journalistshave been jailed for presenting informationrelated to the government.More than 600 journalists have been killedso far over the past decade – and around 120stampede of pilgrims at a remote hindutemple in India.2009 - huge crowds reminiscent of the 1986“people power” demonstration take to Manila’sstreets to honour the passing of formerPresident corazon Aquino, who capturedthe hearts of Filipinos by deposing a brutaldictator and keeping democracy alive in thePhilippines.2010 - BP embarks on an operation thatcould seal the biggest offshore oil leak in UShistory once and for all, forcing mud downthe throat of its blown-out well in the Gulf ofMexico in a tactic known variously as “bullheading”or a “static kill.”2011 - After dramatic successes over thepast weeks, Libya’s rebel movement appearsto have hit a wall of overwhelming powerfrom loyalists of Muammar Gadaffi. Proregimeforces halt the rebels’ drive on Tripoliwith a heavy barrage of rockets in the eastand threaten to recapture the closest rebelheldcity to the capital in the west.2012 - The Un General Assembly overwhelminglydenounces Syria’s crackdownon dissent in a symbolic effort meant topush the deadlocked Security council andthe world at large into action on stoppingthe country’s civil war.WE are healed of a sufferingonly by experiencing it to the full– Marcel Proust, French author(1871-1922).

Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013 7Leo July 24th - August 23rdtake wrong directionYour usual outgoing self may seem to function betterin a behind-the-scenes mode, where you might get adifferent perspective. It’s not a good day for extremeactions, which may be motivated by a desire to getsomething over with as quickly as possible. Take yourtime Leo, and the outcome may be more in line withyour expectations.Virgo August 24th - September 23rdThere may be an element of confusion or over-expectationassociated with work efforts. Thankfully, colleaguesmight make all the difference as you ease into the day.Try not to stress-out over one particular issue by yourself,that may be better handled as a team. Therefore,look to involve yourself with supportive others for thebest results.A sore point...Libra September 24th - October 23rdA thicker skin and a tougher stance may give you moreconfidence when dealing with the outside world, evenif someone tries to upset your plans. Yet today, futuregoals may be affected by whether a key person agreeswith your long-range dreams or not. Rather than ask fortheir opinion, it may be better to simply inform them ofyour intentions.Scorpio October 24th - November 22ndTry not to go back over old ground, or be tempted toimmerse yourself in an issue which has passed its sellbydate. Instead, put your focus on drawing up plans forthe future. You could even lose yourself in a few travelbrochures and see if any of them appeal. If someonehas not been in touch of late, you may need to pick upthe phone.Sagittarius November 23rd - December 21stThere may be a shift happening concerning your financialsituation. Currently, things appear more positivewhen it comes to joint financial matters or sharedassets. However, an edgy connection involving a dynamicT-square, may mean creative ideas may use upcash rather quickly - unless you’re careful and plan andbudget shrewdly.BeAuTIFuL by day and ugly at night.This is the only way to describe someof the new high rise towers in Manama.The garish and tacky lighting befittinga barber shop in Timbuktu, or a bar inBangkok, is spoiling the Manama skyline.It never ceases to amaze me how eachone tries to outdo the other in terms oftackiness, with more of the bright multicolouredtacky neon lights (possibly fromthe same source).The other night I picked my daughterin 2012 alone.But by no means could the media be describedas independent.Freedom of expression, according to Article19 of the Universal Declaration of HumanRights, is a fundamental human right.The United Nations has done much toprotect journalists and the Plan of Actionon the Safety of Journalists and the Issue ofImpunity is a positive step in particular.But there is a lot more that needs to bedone.Primarily, this must be taken up collectivelyby the United Nations Human Rights Council(UNHRC), UnitedNationsEducational,Scientificand CulturalOrganisation(Unesco) andthe Social,Cultural andHumanitarian Affairs Committee (Sochum).Mutual efforts by these committees couldbe helpful in restoring peace and freedomamong journalists.For instance, Unesco could promote freedomof expression and the Press and fostermedia independence by advising on medialegislation.The UNHRC should investigate atrocitiescommitted against journalists.This matter, if dealt with seriously by theUN, can be resolved in a limited period.Albert Camus said: “A free Press can, ofcourse, be good or bad, but, most certainlyn Manama skyline at nightup from the airport and her first reactionas we were coming over the bridge was“OMG – what’s that?” “That’s what we callthe World Trade Centre my dear.”A beautiful building which looks prettierat night is the Kingdom Centre inRiyadh and the soft LeD lighting makesit look like a necklace which is pleasingto the eye, unlike the eyesores we have inManama.The authorities concerned shouldhave a committee (with good aestheticwithout freedom, the Press will never be anythingbut bad.”Muhammad Ibrahim TariqThanks all roundIT is really heartening to see some positive,appreciative letters in the letters in the GDN.“Thanks” has become a buzzword withSimon’s ‘A big thank you’ (July 26), Joshua’s‘Thanks Badriya!’ (July 25) and Namitha’s‘Thank you Bahrain’ (July 7).I learned a few lessons from those letters.Firstly, we have to be very carefulwhen buying iPhones and Blackberrys secondhand. Youcould end up inthe dock if youare not careful.If Simon hadnot droppedthe case, theEuropean mighthave had tospend time at Nabih Saleh Police Station oreven go to court.Secondly, there are at least a few who doappreciate the wonderful things others dofor them and society.Thirdly, the best gifts other than our dearones are teachers and their teachings, whichhelp us become good citizens of this wonderfulworld.I do not personally know Simon orNamitha, but from Simon’s letter I could seehis happiness at getting back his iPhoneand from Namita’s letter, I could feel the genuinenessand the love she has for this countrysense of course) to approve any lightingbefore it is too late and while theyare at it they should approve the designof high rise structures, as some of themare downright ugly and spoil the skyline.Muscat is a good example of architecturewhich blends with the surroundings, andall designs have to be approved and followguidelines on an Islamic theme. Theresult is there for everyone to see andenjoy.Ms Soreyesand the people who have moulded her duringthe last 16 years.I can only imagine that Namitha must bea brilliant young lady to get admission toCornell University.Meanwhile, only Joshua could have writtensuch a letter.The eternal optimist can be anywhere inBahrain with a smile and bubbly face.He was there to cheer others even when hehad lost his dream job and it was no surprisehe got a better job.Kudos to Simon, Joshua and Namitha forbringing out those lovely messages.Imtiaz ASpare a thoughtREgARDINg the letter ‘The price isn’t right’,(GDN, July 27), I would like to refer to asimilar incident with a car dealership.A few days ago I received an SMS messageon my mobile saying the agent was offeringa 25 per cent discount on spare parts and labourduring the holy month of Ramadan.I visited the shop to buy some spare parts,but when the bill was issued there was nomention of discount.I asked and was referred to the salesman,who in turn directed me to the manager.Finally, the manager said the 25pc discountwas only valid if I took my car to their garage– as if there was no other garage that can doa simple replacement of parts.If the offer is genuine, why attach a conditionthat the offer is only valid if I took my carto their garage?Ali KazerooniCapricorn December 22nd - January 20thA relationship in the domestic, personal or relationshiprealm may show signs of conflict. While you might getannoyed or frustrated, this might make things worse. Ifsomeone is being unreasonable, your best bet may beto find out why. A little probing may highlight the issue,and help heal it more quickly, rather than reacting totheir mood.Aquarius January 21st - February 19thTry to avoid any hint of an ideological clash today. Ifsomeone attempts to bait you, then it might be betterto turn the subject to something more routine, than toget into an awkward conversation that could cause aproblem within the relationship. going for a walk or acycle ride may help you to think more clearly, and feelbetter too.Pisces February 20th - March 20thThere’s a happy accent on folk who share your passionsand enthusiasm. You may be spoilt for choice on the funside, but beware of someone with a competitive streak.Today’s influence linked to your social life, suggests thatyou might get more enjoyment out of the day by beingmore selective about who you spend your leisuretime with.Aries March 21st - April 20thThere’s something of a self-willed edge to the day, soyou may find it hard to consider anybody else’s plans,especially on the domestic front. A delicate balancemay be needed for a good outcome, so you could findthat carrying on regardless brings more disruption,whereas listening to what others have to say, may bea great help.Taurus April 21st - May 21stTake it easy, as a quick decision may be the wrong one.You may have a plan that seems just about perfect,but could find that not only does someone object, butdeep down, a grain of uncertainty in yourself is possible.If you’re trying to please someone, you could be disappointed.Tailor your ideas to please yourself and it maywork better.Gemini May 22nd - June 21stThis day may have a certain amount of stress, and alsoget off to a challenging start, which might be betterhandled if you can prevent yourself getting upset byslowing down. A connection between the Moon andMercury, reveals that there’s never been a better timeto make a plan. You may feel more relaxed knowing oneis in place.Cancer June 22nd - July 23rdThe energy of Mars in challenging aspect to Uranus, suggestsyou know what you want and have the energy anddetermination to go for it. However, too much assertiveness,along with strong opinions, may work against you.While it may be easier to ignore other people’s input - atthis time, this might not be wise. Everyone wants theirsay.

8 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013what’sinonBahrainDAILY SMILE!FRED BASSETGARFIELDUP AND RUNNINGweeKenD eVentSArt exhibition – ‘25 years of ArabCreativity’, in collaboration with ArabWorld Institute Exhibition in Paris,Bahrain National Museum, 8am-2pm,8.30pm- midnight. Visit www.moc.gov.bh for more information.Ramee Summer Camp, RameeInternational Hotel, Juffair, 8.30am-12.30pm. activities include swimmingtraining, yoga meditation,aerobics, pilates, boxing, personalitydevelopment, art and craft, musicand sports. Call Bijan on 36270302and Manoj on 34375102 for moreinformation.Ramli Mallwalk, promoting healthy living,Ramli Mall, Food Court (second floor),Aali, 9am.tony Dogfather’s Second Chance furnituresale, off Budaiya Highway, nearal Jazeera Supermarket, 9am-12pm.Sale of furniture, clothes, shoes,household items, books and DVDs.all proceeds go to the animalRescue and Rehabilitation Centre,Saar. Call 39714080 or 39629889 fordonations and more information.Second Chance Charity, Budaiya Highway,9am-midday. Call 39714080 or39629889 for donations or directions.DanCeZumba, Ballare School of performingarts, Saar, 9.30am-10.30am; twinkletoes, 10.30am-11.15am; streetdance beginners (6-10 years),10.30am-11.30am; musical theatre(ages 6-10 years), 11.30am-12.30pm; tribal fusion belly dance,noon-1pm; contemporary (ages 11+years), 12.30pm-1.30pm, breakdancing – (ages 4-6 years),2.30pm-3.15pm; (ages 7-10 years),3.30pm-4.30pm; (ages 10+ years),4.30pm-5.30pm. piano lessons,9am-5pm. Call 17300021 forinformation.Bahrain Ballet Centre classesheld at Marina C l u b ,Beginners ballet,1 1 . 4 5 a m - 12.30pm,pre-primary ballet,12.30pm-1.15pm, primaryballet, 1.15pm-2pm, grade two ballet,2.15pm-3.15pm,grade one ballet, 3.15pm-4.15pm. Piano classes held atBudaiya and Marina Club. Call17693232 for more information.Salsa lessons with free tango and ballroomdance lessons, latin Quarters,Tourist and Leisure AttractionsSightseeing and city tours in Bahrain, Aradous tours, 8am-8pm. E-mail Aradous.tours@gmail.com or call 17234417 or 36714004 for more information.Full and half day sightseeing tours of Bahrain, Farhat International tours and travels,Manama, 9am-5pm. Call 36313142 or 17216411 for more information.Dolphin watch trips, boat trips, Al Dar Island beach resort, off Sitra Coast, 9am-4pm. Call17704600 for more information.Sightseeing tours of Bahrain in different languages, Bahraini German InternationalServices, 8am-8pm. Call 17742282 or 36361010 for location.Lost Paradise of Dilmun (LPOD) Water Park, next to Al Areen, 10am-8pm. BD16 for guestsover 1.2 metres in height, and BD7 for guests under 1.2m in height. Call 17845100 formore information.wahooo! water park, Bahrain City Centre mall, Seef, 11am-8pm. entry BD10 for peopleover 1.2m tall and BD6 for others, BD3 for children aged under three. Call17173000 for weekly schedule.Al Areen Wildlife Park and Reserve, 9am-4pm. Call 17845444.al Kurar House for traditional handicrafts Muharraq, 8am-1pm and 4pm-7pm. Call17320955 or 17322549 for more information.Iqra’a Children’s Library, Muharraq. 8am-1pm and 4pm-7pm. Call 17320955 or 17322549.Beit Shaikh Isa (Shaikh Isa House), Muharraq, 8am-2pm. Call 17334945.Dar An-Naft, Bap co’s Oil Museum, Call 17753257 or 17753822 to arrange timings.Sightseeing and city tours in Bahrain, aradous tours, 8am-8pm. e-mail aradous.tours@gmail.com or call 17234417 or 36788001 for more information.pars International Hotel, Juffair, 8.30pm.Call latin Motions on 39865464.Dance fusion classes and baby ballet, VictoriaDance, Hamala and Um Al Hassan, for ages5-9 years – 9am-10am, for ages 10+ years– 10am-11am, baby ballet – ages 2 and ahalf-4 years, 11am-midday. Private lessonsand swimming lessons by appointment.Call 39876215 for more information.Salsa for couples, latin DanceStudio, oxygen Gym, Budaiya,4pm. Call 33889821 or e-maillatin.dance.studio@hotmail.com for more information.Dance classes, Harmony MusicGate, street dance beginners(6-9 years),hip-hop, jazz, contemporary,musicalinstrumentsclasses, karateclasses and artclasses, 10am-6pm.Call 13622112 or36464360 for more information.Culture, Arts and Crafts:BSB academy of performing arts, Hamala,individual classes in piano, violin, viola,cello, guitar, bass, voice, flute, clarinet,oboe, bassoon, trumpet, trombone andFrench horn and group classes in musictheory, voice, speech and drama, afroarabicdrumming and exploring instrumentscourse. Group classes - little voices,laMDa speech and drama, exploringinstruments, mini music makers, juniorpercussion, drum circle, vocalzone, twinkletoes and musical mayhem. VisitFacebook page http://www.facebook.com/academyofperformingartsBSB orcall 17610943 or 17610973 for moreinformation.Origami for children aged seven and above,9am-1pm and 4pm-6pm. Call 38321523 forlocation in Hoora.albareh art Gallery, adliya, 10am-8pm.Call 17717707.Drawing and painting classes for differentmediums, Chinmaya Mission Society,Manama, 4.30pm-6pm. Call 39584936.Drawing and painting classes for adultsand children, l’atelier art lounge,Country Mall, Budaiya, 10am-4pm. Call17599030.Craft Industries Development Centre, Isa AlKabeer Avenue, opposite Police Fort,Manama, 8am-12pm. Call 17254688.Group and individual art and design classesfor adults at artist Marianne pasman’sprivate gallery, Saar. Call 39922642 forappointments.Scrapbooking and papercraft classes,Celebrations for Art, Budaiya, 10am-12pm,woodcraft painting, 10am-12pm. Call17595791.paint your own pottery, Studio Ceramics,off Budaiya Highway, 9.30am-6pm. Call17599026.Creative classes by Art Lounge with Marion,Yathreb Garden, house number 4, oppositeSaar Music Centre, Saar. Email artlounge08@gmail.comto register or call39212060 for more information.Saudi artist Faisal Samra’s private gallery,House 64, Road 4102, Block 341, Juffair.open to the public by appointmentonly. Call Mr Samra on 39645994.Oil painting, pastels, acrylic and watercolourclasses, Ella Art Gallery, Adliya, 9am-1.30pmand 3pm-7pm. Call 17292815 or 39073299.permanent stamps exhibition, postalDirectorate, transportation Ministry,8am to 2pm. Call 17523403 or e-mailstamp@bahrain.gov.bh.Umm Al Darda Centre Thrift Shop, House 131,Gudaibiya, 10am-12.30pm and 5pm-8pm.Call 17716300.Saar Islamic Centre Mosque, 1.30pm to4pm, by prior appointment only. Call17727773 or fax 17729695.Bahraini-French cultural centre, AllianceFrancaise de Bahrein library and resourcecentre, Isa Town, 9am-9pm. Call 17683295.learn Hindustani classical and light musicfrom qualified singer. Call 36401744 formore information.SpoRtS, FItneSS anD well-BeInGThalassotherapy treatments, Thalassa Sea andSpa at Sofitel Bahrain, Zallaq, pressotherapyand aqua bike, 3pm-11pm. Call17636391 for reservations or more informationon Thalassa sea and spa packages.tennis training, 5.30pm. e-mail tennisinbahrain@gmail.comfor location.Ashtanga yoga, Ballare School of PerformingArts, Saar, 6.30pm. Call 17300021 for information.Royal Country Club fitness classes, RiffaViews, circuit training (mixed – free formembers), 7am; yoga (women only),11.30am; zumba (women only),12.30pm; hip hop abs (women only),6.30pm. Junior classes – kids swimmingQuickQuiz1 In which constellationis the redsupergiantBetelgeuse?2 What is a bulbul?3 Which event is heldon Worthy Farm inSomerset?4 Which British cityhas hosted thecommonwealthGames twice?5 Which empirecame into beingwith the agreementknown as theAusgleich?ANSWERSEmpire5 The Austro Hungarian4 Edinburgh3 Glastonbury Festival2 A bird1 Orion"Twitter's OK, but I don't get anything like the satisfaction Iused to get from a good old-fashioned poison-pen letter."(3-5 years), 9am; kids swimming(6-9 years), 9.30am; kids swimming(10+ years), 10am. personal trainingand private swimming lessons areavailable by prior appointment. Call17751264 to register for a class.Fitness Classes, Step Up gym, Muharraq, men’stimings 3pm-2am, women’s timing 7pmmidnight,Women’s aerobics, 10pm-11pm,belly dance class, 3.30pm-4.30pm (onlyMonday and Wednesday). Call 17343348.the first Cross Fit gym in Bahrain, extremeFitness eXFIt, Barbar, 4.30pm, 5.30pm,6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm. Call39533130 for more information.Personalised fitness programmes, group exerciseclasses, yoga, zumba, personal training,Fitness First Bahrain, 6am-midnight.Call Bahrain World Trade Centre on17131499 and Oasis Centre, East Riffa(women only) on 17620005 for membershipand more information.Fitness classes, oxygen Gym, Budaiya,hour of power (mixed), zumba (womenonly), kombatt (mixed), hard core(women only), calories crusher (womenonly), zumba (women only), hatha/power yoga (mixed), tae kwan do (children’sclass), kombatt (mixed), latin mix(mixed), 6am-midnight. Call 17616165in advance to book.Karate Classes, Karate do Academy,Futureshape, Garden City, Budaiya, beginners,coloured belts, advanced belts,5.30pm-6.30pm. Training with residentblack belt sixth Dan Sensei Amr Mouawad.Visit www.bkabahrain.com or call17591237 or 36657059 for more information.Herbal massage, Yas Body Care, Riffa,12.30pm-6pm, 7.30pm-midnight. 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10Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013what’sinonBahrainCINECO (CITY):20 SCREENS1) No One Lives (15+) (Thriller/Horror)Starring: Luke Evans, AdelaideClemens and Derek MagyarShows at: 10.45am, 1pm,3.15pm, 8.15pm, 10.15pm and12.15amShows at: (Vip II) : noon,2.15pm, 9.15pm, 11.15pm2) Guns Girls And Gambling (PG-15) (Action/Crime)Starring: Christian Slater,Powers Boothe and DaneCookShows at: 11.45am, 1.45pm,3.45pm, 8pm, 10pm and midnightShows at: (Vip I): 10.45am,12.45pm, 2.45pm, 9pm and11pm3) All In Good Time (Drama/Comedy)Starring: Reece Ritchie, AmaraKaran, Harish PatelShows at: 11.30am, 1.30pm,3.30pm, 9.30pm and 11.30pm4) World War Z (PG-15) (Action/Thriller)Starring: Brad Pitt, MireilleEnos, David MorseShows at: 11.00am, 1.15pm,3.30pm, 9.45pm and midnightShows at: (3D): 12.15pm,2.30pm, 8.45pm and 11pm5) Monster University (Pg)(Animation/Comedy)Starring: Billy Crystal, JohnGoodman, Steve BuscemiShows at: 11.00am, 1.15pm,3.30pm, 9.15pm and 11.30pmShows at: (3D) : 12.15pm,2.30pm, 8.15pm and 10.30pm6) White House Down (PG-15)(Action/Thriller)Starring: Channing Tatum,Jamie Foxx, Maggie GyllenhaalShows at: 11.45am, 2.30pm,9pm and 11.45pm7) The Heat (15+) (Comedy/Action)Starring: Sandra Bullock,Melissa Mc Carthy, Taran KillamShows at: 12.30pm, 3pm,9.15pm and 11.45pm8) Now You See Me (PG-15)(Thriller)Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, MarkRuffalo, Morgan FreemanShows at: 11.00am, 1.15+3.30pm, 9.15pm and 11.30pm9) Shaolin (PG-15) (Action)Starring: Shaoqun Yu, ChenZhiui and Jakie ChanShows at: 12.30pm, 3pm,9.30pm and midnight10) Texas Killing Fields (PG-15)(Thriller/Crime)Starring: Sam Worthington,Jeffrey Dean Morgan andChloe Grace MoretzShows at: 11.00am, 1.15pm,3.30pm, 9.30pm and 11.45pm11) No Tell Motel (15+) (Comedy/Action)Starring: Rileigh Chalmers,Johnny Hawkes and Ed HoldenShows at: 11.45am, 1.45pm,3.45pm, 7.45pm, 9.45pm and11.45pm12) Tattah (PG-13) (Comedy)Starring: MohammedDailyrecipeThe sweet potato brings a richnessto this frittata while beingsuitable both for vegetarians andthose following a low-fat diet.Serves 4Ingredients6 eggs4 tablespoons milkSalt and pepper to seasonOil to spray200gm of sweet potato, peeledand choppedA large handful of spinach100gm reduced fat cheese, gratedMethod1) Preheat oven to 180C/160Cfan/ gas 4.AT THE CINEMASaad,Dolly Shaheen and LutfiLabeebShows at: 11am, 1.15pm,3.30pm, 9.45pm and midnight13) The Internship (PG-15)(Comedy)Starring: Owen Wilson, VinceVaughn and Rose ByrneShows at: 12.15pm, 2.45pm,8.45pm and 11.15pm14) Man Of Steel (PG-13) (Action/Adventure)Starring: Henry Cavill, RussellCrowe and Amy AdamsShows at: 12.15pm, 3pm,9.15pm and midnight15) Fast & Furious 6 (PG-15)(Action/Thriller/Adventure)Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walkerand Dwayne JohnsonShows at: 12.30pm, 3pm, 9pmand 11.30pm16) After Earth (PG-15) (Thriller/Adventure)Starring: Will Smith, JadenSmith and Isabelle FuhrmanShows at: 12pm, 3.45pm and10pm16) The Purge (15+) (Thriller/Horror)Starring: Ethan Hawke, LenaHeadey and Max BurkholderShows at: 2pm, 8.15pm pm andmidnightSEEF (II) (EAST SIDE):10 Screens1) Guns Girls And Gambling (PG-15) (Action/Crime)Starring: Christian Slater,Powers Boothe and Dane CookShows at: 11.45am, 1.45pm,3.45pm, 8pm, 10pm and midnight2) All In Good Time (Drama/Comedy)Starring: Reece Ritchie, AmaraKaran and Harish PatelShows at: 11.45am, 1.45pm,3.45pm, 7.45pm, 9.45pm and11.45pm3) Monster University (PG)(Animation/Comedy)Starring: Billy Crystal, JohnGoodman and Steve BuscemiShows at: 11.00am, 1.15pm,3.30pm, 9pm and 11.15pm4) White House Down (PG-15)(Action/Thriller)Starring: Channing Tatum,Jamie Foxx and MaggieGyllenhaalShows at: 12.30pm, 3pm, 9pmand 11.30pm5) The Heat (15+) (Comedy/Action)Starring: Sandra Bullock,Melissa Mc Carthy and TaranKillamShows at: 12.30pm, 3pm,9.30pm and midnight6) Shaolin (PG-15) (Action)Starring: Shaoqun Yu, ChenZhiui and Jakie ChanShows at: 12.30pm, 3pm,9.15pm and 11.45pm7) Texas Killing Fields (PG-15)(Thriller/Crime)2) In a bowl, whisk together eggsand milk and season to taste.3) Spray a frying pan with someoil and add the sweet potato.Lightly fry until the pieces areslightly tender and golden.4) Reduce the heat, add the spinachand cook for a further 3 minutesuntil spinach is slightly wilted.5) Place spinach and sweet potatoin an ovenproof baking dish.Pour the egg mixture over thetop then sprinkle with the gratedcheese.6) Bake until the mixture is setand the cheese has melted and isgolden.7) Serve this perfect summer dishwith a side salad.n Jackie Chan stars in the action film Shaolin … now showingStarring: Sam Worthington,Jeffrey Dean Morgan andChloe Grace MoretzShows at: 11am, 1.15pm,3.30pm, 9.45pm and midnight8) No Tell Motel (15+) (Comedy/Action)Starring: Rileigh Chalmers,Johnny Hawkes and Ed HoldenShows at: 12.30pm, 2.15pm,4pm, 8.30pm, 10.15pm andmidnight9) -Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (PG-15)(Hindi/Drama/Thriller)Starring: Farhan Akhtar, SonamKapoor and Rebecca BreedsShows at: 10.30am, 2pm, 8pmand 11.30pm10) Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani(PG-13) (Hindi/Romantic/Comedy)Starring: Deepika Padukon,Ranbir Kapoor and KalkiKoechlinShows at: 11.30am, 2.30pm,8.30pm and 11.30pmSEEF (I) (WEST SIDE):6 Screens1) No One Lives (15+) (Thriller/Horror) NewStarring: Luke Evans, AdelaideClemens and Derek MagyarShows at: 11.45am, 1.45pm,3.45pm, 8.15pm, 10.15pm and12.15am2) World War Z (PG-15) (Action/Thriller)Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enosand David MorseShows at: 11am, 1.15pm,3.30pm, 9.15pm and 11.30pm3) Now You See Me (PG-15)(Thriller)Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, MarkRuffalo and Morgan FreemanShows at: 11am, 1.15pm,3.30pm, 9.30pm and 11.45pm4) Tattah (PG-13) (Comedy)Starring: MohammedSweet potato and spinach fritattaSaad,Dolly Shaheen and LutfiLabeebShows at: 12.30pm, 2.45pm,9.45pm and midnight5) Four Sisters And A Wedding(PG-15) (Filipino/Comedy/Romantic)Starring: Bea Alonzo, EnchongDee andToni GonzagaShows at: 12.30pm, 3pm,8.30pm and 11pm6) D - Day (15+) (Hindi/Thriller)Starring: Arjun Rampal, RishiKapoor and Irrfan KhanShows at: 11.30am, 2.30pm,8pm and 11pmSAAR CINEPLEX4 Screens1) No One Lives (15+) (Thriller/Horror)Starring: Luke Evans, AdelaideClemens and DerekMagyarShows at: 9pm and11pm2) Guns Girls AndGambling (PG-15) (Action/Crime) NewStarring: ChristianSlater, PowersBoothe and DaneCookShows at: 8.45pm and 10.45pm3) The Heat (15+) (Comedy/Action)Starring: Sandra Bullock,Melissa Mc Carthy and TaranKillamShows at: 8.30pm and 10.45pm4) White House Down (PG-15)(Action/Thriller)Starring: Channing Tatum,Jamie Foxx and MaggieGyllenhaalShows at: 8pm and 10.30pmAL JAZEERA CINEPLEX2 Screens• Al Jazeera Cineplex will remainclosed during Ramadan.hotlinesFor enquiriesaboutBahrain CinemaCompany’s theatres17864666Dana Complex:17558558AWAL CINEMA1) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (PG-15)(Hindi/Drama/Thriller)Starring: Farhan Akhtar, SonamKapoor and Rebecca BreedsShows at: 2pm and 8.30pmAL HAMRA CINEMA1) Sonna Puriyathu (Tamil) NewStarring: Mirchi Siva,Vasunthara and ManobalaShows at: 2pm and 8.30pm• For Bahrain Cinema online bookingtickets: 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Email: gdnnews@gdn.com.bhGulf Daily NewsSaturday, 3rd August 201311Eid charity driveblowl donations toMake a Childhappy dry upCAMPAIGNERS fear anationwide project thathelps children in Bahrainduring Eid celebrationscould be at risk as donationshave dried up.They are urging peopleto contribute tothe Make a ChildHappy campaign,which has beenshunned by thepublic with lessthan a week to gountil Eid Al Fitr.The scheme,organised byn Mr alzakiBy MohaMMEd al a’alithe MuqabahCharitableSociety, appealsfor donations ofnew and secondhandclothes, toys, shoesand books, which will bedistributed among 20,000needy Bahraini children.However, it has failedto generate support threeweeks after it was launched,despite nine collectionboxes being set up in supermarketsand shopping centresacross the country.Society president Ali Alzakisaid that with the funds theyhave collected so far they canonly support 20 children.He said they werein an “awkward”situation for the firsttime since the campaignwas launched15 years ago.“In 2011 whenthe unrest was at itspeak, we thought thenumber (of donors)would be smallerthan usual, but thedonations collectedwere more comparedto other years.”“Last year, we suffered a setbackduring the first two weeksof the campaign, but thingsimproved and we managed toreach our target,” he said.“This year is disastrous andwe barely have collected donationsfor 20 children, which is0.001 per cent of the 20,000 weare trying to help.“When we think that everythingshould be better, it showsthat it is worse. In 15 years, Ihaven’t seen anything like this– we have empty boxes andzero calls.”Mr Alzaki said the schemewas successful over the yearsbecause they received donationsfrom across the board.He said donations will befully protected as the fund hasa database of all the toys andclothes collected.“I am not saying that peoplehave lost their noble touchbecause no one knows the reasonsbehind the slow responsethis year. But things have toimprove if we are to help those(children) waiting for theirgifts,” he said.Donation boxes are locatedat Al Muntazah Supermarketin Isa Town, Al JazeeraSupermarket in Budaiya,The Dome in Barbar, TheCentre in Nuwaidrat, Al OsraSupermarket in Saar, YateemCentre in Manama, LastChance in Isa Town, and LaMarche in Sitra Mall.n Flashback: society officials distributing gifts to children during EidTo donate, contact Mr Alzakion 39680560, 39697671,39639088 or 39890343.Cash donations can also bedeposited in the fund’s accountat BBK on 100000152016 orthe National Bank of Bahrain(NBB) on 79853382.Cheques can also be sentto the Muqabah CharityFund, PO Box 31231.mohammed@gdn.com.bhn Oman air awarded leading travel agents who took part in a quiz competition held recently.The winners, who were presented with bD25 gift vouchers, were kanoo Travels, aaryan Toursand Travel, al Mursheed Travel and Dadabhai Travel. Oman air senior sales and marketingexecutive Eric almeida presented the vouchers to the winners. above, Mr almeida, left, handingover the gift voucher to kanoo Travels corporate service centre manager Mike Folkard.Embassy hostsIftar receptionAN Iftar was hosted by the SriLankan Embassy.It was attended by SriLankan Ambassador R K MA Rajakaruna, who welcomeda group of 100 Muslim andnon-Muslim nationals at theembassy premises in Mahooz.The event was co-ordinatedwith Discover Islam and DarAl Iman.n Mr Rajakaruna speaking during the event

12 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013SHELFA poetic tribute ton Ms PereiraBook: Goenchi Girestkai 3Author: Maria Conceicao PereiraABAHRAIN resident haswritten a book of poetryhighlighting Goa’straditions and history.Maria Conceicao Pereira,who has lived in Bahrain for20 years, decided to writeabout Goan tradition in herbook Goenchi Girestkai 3 topreserve the culture she grewup in.“These are a part of Goantraditions. Our grandparentsused to live and cook on thesethings,” she said.“It kept them fit and healthytoo.“We enjoyed our childhoodfollowing their footsteps.“Sadly, this tradition is soonbecoming extinct.“We strive to keep them alive.“They are used and are displayedonly for tourism thesedays.”Goenchi Girestkai 3 is MsPereira’s third book of poems,and has a limited edition printof 200 copies.“I’ve sold 150 books so far,with all the proceeds beingdonated to charity,” she said.“I am passing it onto theSacred Heart Church Konkanicommunity, where the priestdonates to needy people inIndia.”In the book, she chooses 12traditional items, includinghand grinders, earthen pots,and coconut scrapers.“I write about the old daysAl Hilal GroupP O Box 1100, Manama,Kingdom of BahrainLooking for the Pioneer in the Scrap Industry?source for commercial and industrial informationHave you received your copy of the Arabian Business Classified 2013?If not, please call 1729 3131For Enquiries, call:Tel.: +973 1729 3131Mobile: +973 3663 7993+973 3777 8465+973 3969 4395E-mail:abc@tradearabia.netalison.lillywhite@tradearabia.netwww.abc-bh.comAn intriguingnew look atbody swappingBook: FlipAuthor: Martyn Bedford“Dad reckoned there was arational explanation for everything,even things that madeno sense at all. UFOs, ghosts,God – they’re just the namespeople came up with for stuffthey haven’t worked out yet.”– Martyn Bedford, FlipONE day, Alex wakesup in an unfamiliarroom, in an unfamiliarhouse, on the other end ofthe country.Most importantly, however,he has woken up sixmonths after his last memoryin another boy’s body.Bedford uses Alex to examineteenage issues such aspopularity, attractiveness andintelligence.Flip, the boy whose bodyAlex is inhabiting, is anattractive and athletic whereAlex is ordinary and asthmatic.Body swapping is not anoriginal premise(think FreakyFriday and DavidLevithan’s wonderfulnew bookEvery Day), butBedford introducesan intriguingtwist.In Flip, bodyswapping isunusual but notimpossible – itis called psychicevacuation.Although itis not commonknowledge, thosewho have experiencedit havebanded togetherin chat roomsonline.Rob is anothervictim of psychicevacuation, andtries to help Alexcome to termswith his new life.He explains thathis old body was either probablydead or dying, and thatthe state is non-reversible.Alex tries to comprehendthis, and lives life as Flip.It was interesting to notethat Bedford managed tokeep the two personalities ofAlex and Flip quite separate,and we were given glimpsesof the differences betweenthem.Alex soon discovers thathis old body is on life support,and wants to fight to getback.Rob insists that there is noway back, but Alex finds thistoo hard to believe and rackshis brain for a way.The book was shortlistedfor the Costa Book Award,and is a great read for anyonewho thinks waking upas someone else would solvetheir problems.It is available at TheBookcase priced at BD5.200.n Flip ... intriguing twist on body swapping

Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013 13LIFE...Your monthly guide to the latestliterary hits and missesBy LaalaKashefAlghataGoan heritageand traditions, how we usedto grind the spices on a stonegrinder, but now we have amachine that will do that,”said Ms Pereira.“We used to ride our bikesaround instead of cars, andkeep hens and collect theireggs.“People used to do theirwashing on the riverside onthe stones, but again, we nowhave washing machines forthat.“I wanted to highlightour heritage and how it’schanged.”The book, which is writtenin her native Konkanilanguage, also emphasises theimportance of language.“Konkani is a languagewhich is becoming extinct,”she said.“I wish to express it toshare the fabric of my versesthrough the book.”Ms Pereira works as anexecutive secretary withBlakes. She was born inArossim, Cansaulim and cameto Bahrain in 1993 to join herhusband, Hilario Rodrigues.She gave birth to her twodaughters, 18 and six, inBahrain.The book is availabledirectly from Ms Pereira forBD1. To get a copy, e-mailpereiras3@hotmail.com.BookS To Look oUT FoRGDN Book CLUB: The Cuckoo Callingby J k RowLiNGThE GDN is starting a monthly book club.Every first Saturday of the month, a book will be chosenand announced on Shelf Life.People are being invited to read the book and submittheir own review of between 150 and 200 words.The best review will win a BD25 voucher to TheBookcase and will be published in the GDN.This month’s book choice is The Cuckoo Calling,which is the first crime novel written by J K Rowlingunder the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.Readers should e-mail their reviews to bookclub@gdn.com.bh.Emotional taleof love andrelationshipsBook: Just One DayAuthor: Gayle Forman“And can you tell me what it would have been used for?”A honest portrayal of griefBook: WaveAuthor: Sonali Deraniyagala“I must stop remembering. I must keepthem in a faraway place. The more Iremember, the greater my agony. Thesethoughts stuttered in my mind. So I stoppedtalking about them, I wouldn’t mouth myboys’ names, I shoved away stories of them.Let them, let our life, become as unreal asthat wave.”– Sonali Deraniyagala, WaveOVER 230,000 people died in the2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.Five of those were the peopleclosest to author Sonali Deraniyagala – herparents, her husband and two young sons.When the tsunami hit, she had grabbedher husband and sons, aged seven and five,and attempted to get to safety.As they ran from the approaching wave,they made a split-second decision not tostop at her parents’ door to ensure that theywere awake.A short while later, her husband andsons were swept away, and she was pinnedunder a jeep.Incredibly, she survived.Wave is her account of the tsunami, andthe many days and years that have followedsince as she tried to grapple with thebreadth of her loss.“I thought nothing of it at first. Theocean looked a little closer to our hotel thanusual.”The opening line alone has the abilityto disquiet, as the reader is fully aware ofn wave is an account of the tsunami andthe author’s grief over the death of herparents, husband and sonswhat is about to follow.The tsunami has now become known asone of the worst natural disasters in history.Deraniyagala has an unparalleled abilityto write about grief by casting back toordinary moments of family happiness andcontrasting them with the endless silenceLove, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish byDavid RakoffMy Education by Susan ChoiThe Color Master: Stories by Aimee BenderA Schoolboy’s Diary and Other Stories by RobertWalserThe Hypothetical Girl by Elizabeth CohenThe Wicked Girls by Alex MarwoodClaire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticatthe wave produced.She is unashamedly honest and brutalin the book, speaking about the “peckingorder [of her] grief”, that she pushed awaythe loss of her parents to obsess over theshort lives of her sons and the death of herhusband.Suicide crops up time and again in thebook, and how inevitable she thought takingher own life would be.However, her remaining family anddevoted friends watched over her carefullyand kept her safe.Deraniyagala grew up in Sri Lankaand met her husband, economist StephenLissenburgh, as an undergraduate atCambridge.They lived predominantly in London, butvisited Colombo every Christmas.After the tsunami, she found herself unableto return to their home for many years.Once she finally crossed the threshold,she still could not bear to live there, andtook a position as a visiting research scholarat Columbia University in New York.However, the book ends on a note that isequally hopeful and heartbreaking.She is on a boat, surrounded by the waterthat had betrayed her, and two blue whalesappeared underneath them.Her son, Vik, was obsessed with bluewhales and had dreamt to see them.“I can’t endure whales without Vik,” shethinks as the whale swim in front of her.Almost 10 years after her loss, theirabsence still envelops her every move.Wave is available at Words Bookstore Caféon Budaiya Highway priced at BD10.900.“He showed me how toget lost, and then I showedmyself how to get found.”– Gayle Forman, Just OneDayTHE premise of JustOne Day is difficult toresist.It seems to be the setupfor the ideal holidayromance.It tells the story ofAllyson, a “good girl” ona tour across Europepaid for by her attimesoverbearingparents, and Willem,an adventurous Dutchactor she meets inStratford-Upon-Avon.Willem is in apark performance ofTwelfth Night thatAllyson decides tospontaneously attend.The next day, theyare on the same trainheading to London.She mentions that inher trip across the continent,the tour groupmanaged to skip Parisdue to strikes.Willem offers totake her, and uncharacteristically,sheaccepts.It almost promisedto be a book versionof the great film BeforeSunrise, with teenagersin the lead role.To be able to sustain thatkind of expectation, the dialogueand the writing have tobe flawless.Forman does deliver aninteresting book, but she fallsprey to some shoddy writingat times, and veers worryinglyclose to pastiche in thefirst half of the book.It’s almost like she wasforcing mystery to surroundWillem when it was unnecessary.Where she succeeds themost is when she gentlyreminds us through theirmeanderings that travel canopen up opportunities andpush us to explore possibilitieswe would otherwiseignore.She also manages to perfectlyencapsulate how fleetingencounters can change us.Halfway through, an incidenttakes place that changesthe whole tone of the book.It stops being a whirlwindromance and turns into anexploration of the aftermathand consequences of decisionsand emotional entanglements.n Just one Day encapsulates howfleeting encounters can change usForman effectively showshow the colour can suddenlydisappear from the world, andhow a person can fall intodepression.The best part of this wasseeing how Allyson beginsto take control of her ownfate rather than surrender tothe meagre offerings life putforth.Just One Day is the firstbook in a duology, the secondof which, Just One Year isdue out later this year.The upcoming releasewill retell the story fromWillem’s perspective, whichcould be intriguing.It is available at JashanmalBookstores priced atBD4.700.

14Gulf Daily NewsSaturday, 3rd August 2013Email: gdnnews@gdn.com.bhMake sure dogs are protected from the sunQuestion:I found my dog Ericsleeping on his back in themidday sun today and histummy is now very red, isit possible for a dog to getsunburn?Answer:Dogs do not burn as easilyas people, so more damagemay have occurred tothe skin than is noticeable.After diagnosis and initialtreatment, daily treatmentwith wound cleaning andtopical medication may benecessary and your vet mayrecommend that you usean Aloe Vera plantPET CAREwith HanselVet Hansel answers your questions about pet care in thisweekly advice column, created in partnership with theBahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(BSPCA). We will also be highlighting each week some of theanimals in the BSPCA sanctuary, in the hope of finding eachof them a loving home.extract as this willsoothe the burn.White dogs andthose that havea hair cut or naturally thin(or nonexistent) hair coatsare particularly sensitiveto the sun and may sufferthe same ills as humans:Sunburn and skin cancers.Dogs are most vulnerableto sunburn wherever theirfur is lightest, such as onthe nose and tips of theirears and their tummies.There are three differenttypes of sunburns that dogscan get. Each should betaken very seriously.Superficial partial thicknessburns involve the toplayer of skin and are equivalentto first degree burns inhumans.Whether or not the dog’sfur is still attached to theskin, the skin will look redbut there won’t be any blisters.Deep partial thicknessburns affect the surfacelayer of your dog’s skin, aswell as some layers that aredeeper than the surface.These types ofburns are similarto second degreeburns in humansbut there are usuallyno blisters.However, the skin will bered and you may be ableto see more than one skinlayer.Full thickness burnsare the equivalent to thirddegree burns.These types of burns arevery painful for your dog.This type of sunburn isso severe that it penetratesdown through all the skinlayers and may even affecttissue that is beneath thefinal layer of your dog’s skin.Treatment of sunburndepends upon how muchdamage there is to yourdog’s skin and what type ofsunburn he has.No matter which type ofsunburn you think your doghas, you should take him toyour vet who can confirmthat he is suffering fromsunburn and decide on thecorrect course of treatment.In future make sure yourdog is protected from thesun by keeping him insideor in the shade as much aspossible during the hottestpart of the day.If you cannot find any petsunscreen then you can usethe ones meant for peopleas long as they do not containZinoxide or PABA.A sunscreen made forchildren and those withsensitive skin would be idealbut make sure it is SPF15 orabove.For more information visitthe website http://vetmedicine.about.com.l Dr Hansel Geo is aveterinary consult andsurgeon for the BSPCA.Please send questions tobspca@batelco.com.bhBSPCA’s Dog of the Weekis TommyBreed: MixColour: Brown and whiteSex: MaleAge: Around five monthsNeutered: NoTommy is a very sociableyoung chap. He enjoysplaying with the other pupsin the shelter but it is humanvisitors that he loves themost. Although he is onlyfive months old Tommyhas old knowing eyes andwatches everyone, waitingfor a little bit of affection.He is a charming and goodlooking young man and will grow up to bedelightfully handsome. Pop in to the shelter tosee Tommy, and you will find it hard to leavewithout him. He has been vaccinated andfrontlined.BSPCA’s Cat of the Week is MintBreed: Domestic short hairColour: Tri-colouredSex: FemaleAge: Around 12 monthsNeutered: YesMint was brought to the shelter with her friendMango a few weeks ago and they make abeautiful pair. Mint is an attractive young girlwith a charming nature. She has a gentle andcalm personality but loves to play. She is happiestplaying with her friend Mango or peoplevisitors to the cat house. Mint and Mangocould be adopted together or separately asthey enjoy each other’s company but do nothave a problem being separated or beingn Tommy... a very sociable dog and, right, Mint has a charmingnaturearound other cats. Either, or both, would makeideal pets for any family. Mint has been neuteredand fully vaccinated.- by BSPCA Pet Reporter Louise EdwardsIf you are interested in adopting Tommy, Mintor any of our other cats, kittens, dogs andpuppies, please visit the Animal Welfare Centrein Askar or log onto the website www.bspca.org for directions. We have been informedthat people are still taking animals to the oldshelter in Shakoora which is no longer used bythe BSPCA.The new BSPCA Animal WelfareCentre is located in Askar.From the Albaroundabout, take the road sign posted Askarand Durrat Al Bahrain and at the third signaltake a right on to the Truck Road and after approx800 metres you will see the AWC on theright side, just before the flyover. 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Email: gdnnews@gdn.com.bhGulf Daily NewsSaturday, 3rd August 201315n Preparations are in full swing to accommodate 10,500 children who will enter schools for the first time on September 8, whileteachers will resume work a week earlier. Education Minister Dr Majid Al Nuaimi released the figure as he hosted his Ramadanmajlis, welcoming Shura Council members, MPs, senior officials, diplomats, businessmen, journalists and citizens. SouthernGovernor Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa also attended.n Culture Minister Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifareceived Bapco chief executive Adel Almoayyed and discussedco-operation to promote the tourism industry. She commendedthe contribution of the company in support of the Tree of Lifevisitors’ centre.n Premier’s Court chief Shaikh Husam bin Isa Al Khalifa received Bahrain’sAmbassador to France Dr Nasser Al Balooshi and discussed efforts of diplomaticmissions to promote Bahrain’s balanced and moderate policies abroad and bolsterco-operation.n The governor in talks with the US ambassadorn Greetingcables sentHIS Majesty King Hamadyesterday sent cables ofcongratulations to NigerPresident MahamadouIssoufou and his Macedoniancounterpart President GjorgeIvanov on their countries’National Days.n Premier thankedHis Royal Highness PrimeMinister Prince Khalifa binsalman Al Khalifa yesterdayreceived a cable of thanksfrom Bahrain Chamber ofCommerce and industrychairman Dr Essam Fakhrofollowing his visit to Beit AlTejjar. Dr Fakhro laudedhis drive to communicatewith all business sectorsfor the sake of nationaldevelopment.n 166,231 visitorsA total of 166,231 visitorsentered Bahrain from July 25until Wednesday. Those whocrossed King Fahad Causewaywere 143,971, while 22,113landed at Bahrain InternationalAirport and 147 arrived viaKhalifa Bin Salman Seaport.n Villages visitedWoRKs Ministry assistantunder-secretary HudaAbdulla Fakhro visitedsanabis and Karbabadvillages to assess their needsin infrastructure projects.Capital municipal councillorMohammed AbdullaMansour attended.n The Culture Minister received Gulf Air deputy chief executive Maher Al Musallem and discussedco-operation in attracting tourists to Bahrain as part of cultural festivities marking Manama Capital of ArabTourism 2013 and Bahrain Summer Festival.King’s initiative to receive heads of majlises hailedTHe Capital Governorate helda majlis in Gudaibiya, wheregovernor Shaikh Hisham binAbdul Rahman Al Khalifareceived visitors, includingShaikh Ibrahim bin AbdulLatif, US Ambassador ThomasKrajeski, Shura Council members,dignitaries, ambassadors,businessmen, citizens and residents.The governor praised an initiativeof His Majesty Kingn More than 200 guests attended a fun night that was hostedby Animania Events and Conferences at Al Areen Hotel andSpa. The ghabga night consisted of a range of shows andactivities like free henna, free mocktails, live entertainmentand a fashion show. It also featured singer Layla Iskandar andactor Yaqoub Alfarhan among others. Above, Ms Iskandar andMr Alfarhan entertain the crowd. Below, the Indian designer,fourth from left, and models at the event.Hamad to receive heads ofRamadan majlises from allparts of the kingdom.The visitors said that thekind initiative of His Majestyunderlines his support for allcomponents of society, in additionto reflecting the cohesionand love between the people.The governor lauded themeeting of His Royal HighnessPrime Minister Prince Khalifabin Salman Al Khalifa with thesecurity leaderships, and reinforcedthat what the nationalassembly has recommendedwas a decision and the will ofthe people of Bahrain.Re GPS VehicleTracking_NorthStar Ad_26736 13/7/13 1:03 PM

16 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013Chevron profitdeclines 26pcNEW YORK: Chevron yesterdayposted a steeper-thanexpected26 per cent drop inquarterly profit as lower oil pricesknocked oil and gas productionearnings and its US refiningunit slowly recovered from arefinery fire a year ago.Achieving increased productionfrom oil wells has beena struggle for Chevron andlarger rival ExxonMobil, whichreported disappointing resultson Thursday along with RoyalDutch Shell.Chevron’s second-quarter netincome fell to $5.37 billion, or$2.77 per share, from $7.21bn,or $3.66 per share, a year earlier.Analysts, on average, expected$2.96 per share, according toThomson Reuters I/B/E/S.Chevron produced 2.58 millionbarrels of oil equivalent perday, down from 2.62m bpd ayear earlier. It is targeting 2.65mbpd for this year, and growth of25pc in output by 2017.Exploration and productionearnings from outside the US fellOut NOwAlso delivered to all subscribersAUGUST 2013 Issue 126 | Volume 6Bahrain ...........................................2.500 dinarsChina .................................................... 50 yuanEU ....................................................... 4.25 euroHong Kong ..........................................50 dollarsRoyal Jordanian interviewSalalah and Oman’s economySudan’s sweet dreamsArab aviation summitKuwait: Art renaissance takes shapeReward and riskIslamic finance looks to strike a balanceKuwait ............................................1.750 dinarsOman .................................................2.50 riyalsQatar ....................................................25 riyalsSaudi Arabia ..........................................25 riyals6,000 copiescarried in Premium Cabins on Gulf Air / Emirates Airlines /Etihad Airways / Oman Air / Qatar Airwayswww.thegulfonline.comSingapore ..................................... 10.50 dollarsUAE .................................................. 25 dirhamsUK .................................................. 3.25 poundsUS ....................................................6.75 dollars14,000 average monthly copiesTo subscribe, go to www.thegulfonline.comYour essentialmonthly readComprehensive.Authoritative.Informative.Member of:10pc to $3.87bn, with operatingexpenses up and the average saleprice for liquids down to $94 perbarrel from $99 a year before.Oil and gas output also declined,by 42,000 bpd.US upstream earnings fromexploration and productiondropped 18pc to $1.08bn.US refining and marketingearnings tumbled 83pc as refinerycrude input fell 114,000 bpdto 814,000 bpd, mainly due tothe fire at its plant in Richmond,California, last August.The damaged unit there onlystarted up in April.Lower margins have hit USrefiners across the board, withthe discount they had enjoyedfrom cheaper US crude oil narrowerthan previous quarters.Simmons & Company analystshighlighted the US refiningweakness in explaining theshortfall in Chevron profits.“US upstream performancealso looks very weak relativeto our expectation,” the analystssaid in a note to clients.Your single source for Gulfbusiness and regionaleconomic news.Subscribe today to receive12 issues of cutting edgeinformation and in-depthanalysis, as well as unrestrictedaccess to extensive archivesand new content onthegulfonline.comStay informed with the latestfeatures, opinion, tenders andprojects news from across theregion.To advertise in the magazine call +973 1729 3131mobile: +973 39113345 ore-mail david.beckett@tradearabia.net orInternationally +44 208 943 3630 ore-mail NHorne@crescentpublishing.co.ukAl Hilal Group, P.O. Box 1100, Manama, BahrainT: +973 1729 3131 F: +973 1729 5735e-mail: hilalsubscribe@tradearabia.netFRANKFURT: Lufthansa said markets in Asiaremained particularly challenging in the secondquarter with no signs yet of recovery, indicating itmight be forced into more measures to respond tothe tough conditions.Traditional airlines in Europe, all in the middle ofdeep restructuring efforts, are battling to cope withslow demand as well as competition from low-costcarriers and Middle Eastern rivals.Lufthansa, Europe’s biggest airline by sales, posteda 27 per cent decline in second-quarter operatingprofit to 431 million euros ($570.4m), well belowthe consensus forecast of 599m euros. Its sharesdropped more than four per cent.The results were dragged down by currencyeffects, staff costs and the recession in Europe. Butit was tough environment in Asia which was thebiggest worry.“Asia is a particular concern,” chief financialofficer Simone Menne said, noting half of the reductionin yields – a measure of pricing – in the keyJapanese market was due to the weak yen.Fed mayover mixWASHINGTON: USemployers slowed theirpace of hiring in July butthe jobless rate fell anyway,a pair of mixed signalsthat could make theUS Federal Reserve morecautious about drawingdown its huge economicstimulus programme.The number of jobs outsidethe farming sector increasedby 162,000 last month, thesmallest gain in four monthsand below analysts’ expectations,Labour Department datashowed yesterday.The lacklustre reading reinforcesthe view that the jobmarket is only inching towardn A Chevron petrol station in Los Angeles ... oil prices blow recovery from the 2007-09recession, with the broadereconomy stuck in low gear.Vodafone may “We’re sort of grindingalong here,” said Gordonsell Bharti stake Charlop, managing director atRosenblatt Securities in NewNEW DELHI: Vodafone Group York.may be forced to sell its 4.4 percent stake in India’s top telecomservices provider Bharti Airtel –worth about $1 billion – after rulesAt the same time, gains inemployment were enough topush the jobless rate down to7.4 per cent, its lowest levelpublished yesterday outlawed since December 2008.crossholdings in rival telecomcompanies.Under the rules, no carrier canown a direct or indirect equitystake in another operating in thesame of any of India’s 22 telecomservice areas. Bharti andVodafone provide services in allof them.The telecoms ministry’s newlicensing rules also say that nostakeholder other than the government,banks and financial institutions,which owns 10pc or more ina carrier will be allowed to own astake in any other carrier.Vodafone, which owns a majoritystake in Vodafone India, hasHowever, the report boremany details that cast the joblessrate’s decline in a poorlight, and raised doubts over whether theeconomy has improved enough for theFed to begin reducing bond purchases atits next meeting in September.For one, part of the drop in the joblessrate was due to a decline in the size ofthe US workforce, which only includespeople who have jobs or are lookingfor work. The workforce can shrinkwhen more workers retire next monthwas a done deal,” said Marc Chandler,a currency strategist at Brown BrothersHarriman in New York.The US central bank currently buys$85 billion a month in bonds to keepborrowing costs low, aprogramme has helpedbeleaguered housing marcar sales.Fed chairman Ben Bemonth the US central bareduce the level of moby the end of the yearby mid-2014. The Fed’committee wrapped up aing on Wednesday withto the programme.Other data yesterdaygathering of inflationarythe 12-month reading ofowned its Bharti stake for years.Asia challenge for airline“It remained tough in the second quarter ... Wedidn’t see any recovery in the economies based onforward bookings,” Menne added, noting competitorsin Asia were also behaving in a “more aggressive”manner.“We obviously have to look at our Asia growthand see what we are doing there,” she said, addingone of Lufthansa’s responses so far had been to sellonly two classes of tickets – economy and business,and not first class – for some routes.Analysts have said Chinese carriers were competingaggressively, while Gulf airlines were growingmarket share, particularly in southeast Asia.Lufthansa also said exchange-rate effects haddepressed its first-half operating result by 23m eurosand that its restructuring programme, which included3,500 job cuts, had helped offset weak demand.It kept its full-year profit outlook, noting cost cutswere on track and passenger forward bookings werein line with expectations. Menne said forward bookingsfor North America and Europe were stable andshowed positive development.

Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013 17In association In association with www.tradearabia.comwith stay cautioused jobs datan An unemployment registry office in Madrid ... jobs boostSpain’s reforms pusheases unemploymentn Job-seekers at a career fair in Denver ... hiring slowsnd the stimulusthe country’sket and boostedrnanke said lastnk would likelynthly purchases, and end thems policymakingtwo-day meetoutany changeshowed a slightpressure, withthe CommerceDepartment’s gauge of core inflation risingto 1.2pc in June from 1.1pc a monthearlier. That could allay some concernsat the Fed that low inflation poses a riskto the economy.Some analysts noted that while thelabour market appears far from healthy,July still marked another month of slowbut-steadyimprovement.“While July itself was a bit disappointing,the Fed will be looking atthe cumulative improvement,” saidPaul Ashworth, an economist at CapitalEconomics in Toronto.The Fed was still on track to trim itsstimulus efforts in September, he said.Beyond the report’s implications forpolicy, a deeper question is whether thepace of job creation can be sustainedgiven a long stretch of weak economicgrowth.Gross domestic product, a measure ofthe nation’s economic output, grew at amere 1.4pc annual rate in the first half ofthe year, down from 2.5pc in the sameperiod of 2012.Most economists expect GDP willaccelerate in the second half of this year,which would make it more plausible forthe current hiring trend to continue.n A Lufthansa Boeing 747 landing at the Frankfurt airport, Germany ... profit declinesMADRID: Spain’s deep unemployment problemeased a little more in July as the number ofregistered jobless fell for the fifth straight month,the Labour Ministry said, due to seasonal factorsincluding a busy tourist season.The government yesterday said a labour marketreform carried out in February 2012 had mitigatedthe rise in unemployment, improved competitivenessand prevented the destruction of nearly aquarter of a million jobs in its first year of operation.Spanish unemployment has soared to recordlevels since a property bubble burst in 2008. It isexpected to remain high for years to come as thebattered economy, in recession since the end ofEarnings boostfor Allianz-AXAPARIS: Europe’s two top insurers,evant” by international regulatorsAllianz and AXA, reported for posing a potential threat to theforecast-beating earnings yesterdayfinancial system should they fail.even as both keep a wary Insurers on the list face tightereye on looming regulations, with scrutiny and additional capitalAXA’s chief executive warning charges that would act as a safetyof the dangers of an “avalanche buffer.of bureaucracy”.AXA chief executive HenriLike other insurers, the two de Castries told a news conferencehave been struggling against lowhe was taking a “watchfulinterest rates that crimp the yield and interested” stance toward thethey can earn on their investmentsdesignation: “watchful becausebut both managed to we don’t want this to translateachieve stronger than expected into an avalanche of additionalgains in operating profit, helped bureaucracy; interested becauseby strength in asset management if these efforts lead people toand their property and casualty believe insurers lend stability toinsurance businesses.the financial system, it will be aAXA’s net profit was marred good thing.”by an accounting loss related to Allianz said it was confidentinterest rate hedging and other of meeting any additional capitalone-offs, but investors focused on demands from the designation.a 16 per cent gain in underlying Turning to a related regulatoryearnings, bidding up its shares by issue, Castries said the failure3.4pc. Allianz shares rose 1.5pc, to reach a deal on uniform riskcapitalwith asset flows at giant US fundrules, known as Solvencymanagement unit Pimco remainingII, was a growing problem fora concern for some investors. the industry and urged a quickIn addition to low interest compromise once talks to finaliserates, uncertainties about a raft of them are renewed in September.tightening regulation are weighing“The alternative, if Solvencyon the sector.II were to fail, if the EuropeansAllianz and AXA are among couldn’t reach a deal, would benine global insurers that have the risk of 28 different solvencybeen listed as “systemically rel-regimes,” he said.2011, struggles to get back to sustainable growth.Last year’s reform, which sparked daily protestsand a general strike, cut severance pay for workersand watered down collective bargaining rightsto give more power to employers in an attempt tokickstart Spain’s moribund labour market.Yesterday’s data showed jobless numbers fell by1.4 per cent in July, or by 64,866 people, from Juneleaving 4.7m people out of work.The data followed a quarterly survey by theNational Statistics Institute last week which reportedan unemployment rate of 26.3pc in the secondquarter with six million people unable to find work.“In annual terms, employment continues to bedestroyed ... but less than beforeand this points to a change intrend,” said Estefania Ponte,economy and strategy director atbrokerage Cortal Consors.The reform had softened theyear-on-year rise in unemployedto five per cent in the secondquarter of 2013 from 18pc inthe second quarter of 2012, theeconomy minister said.Job creation would start oncethe economy started to growat a rate of between one and1.2pc, the ministry said. Beforethe reform, a growth in grossdomestic product of over two percent was necessary for creatingemployment, it said.Meanwhile, the IMF told Spainyesterday it faces five more yearswith an unemployment rate topping25pc as it pressed Madridto enact new reforms includingmeasures to help firms slashwages instead of axing staff.The outlook for Spain’s economy,the fourth largest in the eurozone, is “difficult and risks arehigh,” the fund’s annual reportsaid, predicting a 1.6pc economiccontraction this year, zero growthin 2014 and growth of just 0.3pcin 2015.“The weak recovery will constrainemployment gains, withunemployment remaining above25pc in 2018,” said the reportcompiled by IMF staff.IMF executive directorspraised Madrid for economicreforms, including 2012 legislationmaking it cheaper to layoff workers and easier to changestaff hours and cut wages.

18 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013Exchange RatesGulf Interbank Rates1 US$ 1 UK Stg 1 SFR 100 YenBAHRAIN 0.3770 0.5749 0.4065 0.3855KUWAIT 0.2855 27.9219 0.3078 0.2919OMAN 0.3849 0.3570 0.4150 0.3936QATAR 3.6420 3.3780 3.9267 3.7239UAE 3.6730 3.4067 3.9601 3.7556SAUDI 3.7500 3.4781 4.0431 3.8344DollarCURRENCIESCOUNTRYSELL CASH SELL DRAFTAUSTRALIA (Dollar) 0.3460 0.3430BANGLADESH (Taka) 0.00503 0.00485CANADA (Dollar) 0.3740 0.3700CHINA (Yuan) 0.061100 0.0611DENMARK 0.0702 -EGYPT (Pound) 0.0547 0.0544EUROPEAN UNION (Euro) 0.5080 0.5055HONG KONG (Dollar) 0.04982 0.04942INDIA (Rupee) 0.00659 0.00635INDONESIA (Rupiah) 0.00003958 0.0003737IRAN (Tuman) 0.00010957 -IRAQ (Dinar) 0.000315 -JAPAN (Yen) 0.003990 0.003920JORDAN (Dinar) 0.5353 0.5350KOREA (Won) 0.00038665KUWAIT (Dinar) 1.3310 1.331MALAYSIA (Ringgit) 0.121700 0.0122NEW ZEALAND (Dollar) 0.3053 0.3043NORWAY (Krone) 0.0659 -N.Yemen - -NEPAL (Rupee) 0.00442 0.00039OMAN (Riyal) 0.98000 0.98300PAKISTAN (Rupee) 0.00384 0.00372PHILIPPINES (Peso) 0.00896 0.00870QATAR (Riyal) 0.10379 0.10374SAUDI ARABIA (Riyal) 0.10062 0.10065SINGAPORE 0.2999 0.2989SOUTH AFRICA (Rand) 0.04020 0.04010SRI LANKA (Rupee) 0.00330 0.00278SWEDEN (Krona) 0.0610 -SWITZERLAND (Franc) 0.4152 0.4122SYRIA (Pound) 0.002720TAIWAN (Dollar) 0.013100 -THAILAND (Baht) 0.012350 0.012230TURKEY (Lira) 0.2036 -UK (Sterling) 0.5795 0.5770UAE (Dirham) 0.102800 0.102800USA (Dollar) 0.37800 0.37800For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call BahrainFinancing Company. 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Far East August 5TS Jakarta Emirates due from Far East August 5essential guide to local and world marketsUS economy 'improving modestly'BOSTON: A top Federal Reserve officialyesterday said that the US economy isimproving modestly but needs to gathermore steam, while inflation remained toolow for comfort, underscoring the debatewithin the central bank over when to scaleback stimulus.“I’ve been optimistic about the economyand kept projecting that growth is justaround the corner, but obviously over thelast three quarters growth has averageonly about 1pc,” St Louis Fed presidentJames Bullard said.“So we need to see some indication thatgrowth is going to pick up in the secondhalf before we can be confident things areimproving in the way we need,” he said.When it comes to meeting the Fed’sgrowth targets, Bullard said “the arithmeticis getting harder and harder.”He was speaking on the sidelines of anevent in Boston.In June, Fed chairman Ben Bernankedetailed plans to start winding down theUS central bank’s $85 billion in monthlyTreasury and mortgage-backed securitiespurchases by the end of the year, providedthe economy continues to improve.But at a meeting this week, the Fedmade no mention of slowing bond purchasesand instead highlighted the potentialrisks of modest growth, higher mortgagerates and low inflation.That was seen by some as a concessionto Bullard, who dissented for the first timeat the June policy meeting, saying inflationremained too low to justify slowingbond purchases.Bullard welcomed a slight rise in inflationin the year to July to 1.3 per cent butsaid it still remains “quite a bit below” theFed’s 2pc target.He conceded that the rise “does bolsterthe (policy-setting Federal Open Market)Committee’s story that some of the factorsthat have held inflation down were temporaryand maybe we’ll see that come backtoward target a little bit.”But he added that “we’re going to needmore than one month’s report to make thatconclusion.”Asked why officials at their meetingthis week had not spelled out in theaccompanying statement their likelyintention to begin tapering bond purchaseslater this year, he said it was importantto preserve flexibility while waiting formore evidence of an economic upturn.“At this point the prudent course is justlet’s wait and see what the data brings,and I don’t think any more needs to besaid. And I think that is where the committeeended up on this.”Bullard said the overall economy wasimproving moderately and said a declinein the jobless rate to 7.4pc in July wasgood news.He said job growth has also been “fairlystrong” over the last six to nine months,though he called data yesterday showingthe economy added a fewer-than-expected162,000 jobs “a little bit softer.”“The committee has a more positivegrowth forecast for the US economy, butwe need to see the data come in and supportthat. We can’t just act on a forecastalone, because our forecasting record isnot very good,” he said.Power Grid blow for SensexMUMBAI: The BSE Sensex volatility after the US employmentsaying it would issue 694.5 Yes Bank slumped 5.78pcfell nearly one per cent yesterday,data is released. million new shares in a sec-yesterday, bringing its loss formarking its eighth consecutive“Everything now rests ondary share offering, worth the week to 15.91pc, its worstsession of falls as upon how the currency moves 71.43 billion rupees as of performance since MarchPower Grid Corporation fell in the near term. As the global Thursday’s close.2009.after saying it would sell new economic scenario turns State-run banks continued Yes Bank has fallen 38.3pcshares to raise funds, while somewhat stable, domestic recent falls on asset quality since the RBI first unveiled itsbanks and consumer good vulnerabilities get exemplifiedconcerns, while Bank of cash draining measures oncompanies extended recentin the mar-America-Merrill July 15.falls.kets,” said KuashikLynch downgraded Financial TechnologiesThe benchmark BSE index Dani, head of equitiesat Peerless BOMBAY Bank of Baroda and for a second consecutive ses-public sector lenders slumped 23.04pc, droppinglost 2.96pc and the Nifty lost3.54pc this week, marking Mutual Fund.Union Bank of India sion, while its unit Multitheir worst performance since The BSE Sensexon worries about market-to-marketlosses India dropped 20pc.Commodity Exchange ofthe week ended on March 22, ended down 0.79pc STOCKSon uncertainty about how at 19,164.02, whileon their bond portfoliosFinancial Technologieslong the Reserve Bank of the Nifty loston the back of the shares have now lost 72.6pcIndia (RBI) would continue 0.87pc to close at 5,677.90. central bank’s rupee measures.in value in the last two tradingits measures to defend the Both indexes have lostsessions after commodityrupee.about 6pc each in the last Private banks reliant on bourse unit National SpotAt the same time, the rupee eight trading sessions. short-term funds have also Exchange suspended trade inflirted with record lows, with Power Grid Corporation of been pummelled following most of its forward contractsinvestors bracing for potential India slumped 11.18pc after the RBI’s actions last month. and deferred payments on clienttrades.Meanwhile, consumergoods shares retreated furtherfrom record highs hit lastmonth, Hindustan Unileverfalling 3.03pc and ITC down1.9pc.Shares in retailers, however,gained after the governmentrelaxed foreign investmentrules in the sector, raisinghopes it would spur overseasinterest in domesticchains.Xin Nan Sha CSCL due from Far East August 10UASC Samarra CSCL due from Far East August 17Paglia Hyundai Glovis due from Far East August 18Gulf Agency CompanyMayssanCSAV/NOR due from Far East todayMSC AntigaCSAV/NOR due from Europe tomorrowPalena CSAV/NOR due from Far East August 9MSC Altamira CSAV/NOR due from Europe August 10Hanjin Budapest CSAV/NOR due from Far East August 18Pucon CSAV/NOR due from Europe August 19International Agencies CoSunny Amazon EMC due from Far East August 5CMA CGM Margrit ANL due from Europe August 6Ever Uranus EMC due from Far East August 12Jebel Ali ANL due from Europe August 13Ever Ursula EMC due from Far East August 19CC Christophe Colomb ANL due from Europe August 20Ever Smile EMC due from Far East August 26CMA CGM Laperouse ANL due from Europe August 27National ShippingCosco Ningbo Cosco due from Far East August 6Shahraz HDSL due from Far East August 7Moranto YML due from Far East August 7MSC Rosa MSC due from Europe, Mediterranean August 9MSC Maria Saveria MSC due from Europe, Mediterranean August 9CMA CGM Margrit MSC due from Europe, Mediterranean August 9MSC Martina MSC due from Europe, Mediterranean August 9MSC Carla MSC due from Europe, Mediterranean August 9AS Poseidon MSC due from Inter Gulf August 9Cosco Guangzhou Cosco due from Far East August 10Al Qibla Cosco due from Far East August 10Basht HDSL due from Far East August 14Behnavaz HDSL due from Far East August 14Columbia YML due from Far East August 14

Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013 19In association with www.tradearabia.comRBS names new bossas profit hits $2.1bnLONDON: New ZealanderRoss McEwan was confirmedas boss of Royal Bank ofScotland (RBS) yesterday,tasked with laying the foundationsfor Britain to startselling its 81 per cent stake inthe bank.RBS also made a pretaxprofit of £1.4 billion ($2.1bn)in the six months to the end ofJune, from a loss of £1.7bn ayear before. That was belowthe average analyst forecastof £1.6bn and its shares weredown 3.3pc at the marketclose leaving taxpayers sittingon a paper loss of £10bn.McEwan, 56, had beentipped to take the reins afterpredecessor Stephen Hesterwas removed by the governmentin June. He will takeover in October with a brief tocomplete the bank’s restructuringand lay the platformfor its shares to rise abovethe government’s break-evenprice so the stake can be sold.Finance Minister GeorgeOsborne said McEwan hadimpressed push with hisvision of RBS as a “strong,UK-centred corporate bank”,focused on supporting the UK economy.“I think he’ll provide the leadershipRBS needs as the bank puts themistakes of the past behind it, and thegovernment seeks to get the best valuefor the taxpayer from the money thelast government put into the bank,”Osborne said.Britain pumped £45.5bn ($69bn)into RBS to keep it afloat during the2008 financial crisis. Chairman PhilipHampton, who oversaw the searchfor Hester’s successor, said McEwan“emerged as the best candidate” andwas the only person to be offered thejob after the bank had considered internaland external options. His promotioncomes less than a year after he arrivedto run RBS’s retail arm.McEwan joined RBS as chief executivefor UK retail in September fromCommonwealth Bank of Australia andis considered a safe, politically acceptablechoice who will increase the bank’sToyota posts$6.7bn gainsTOKYO: Toyota took a cautiousstance on its profit outlook,worried over currencymoves and a slowdown inThailand and other emergingmarkets, even as healthy earningson overseas sales liftedit to a near-record quarterlyprofit.The world’s biggest carmakertrounced its rivals Volkswagenand General Motors in earningsfor the period as a weaker yenmade exports more profitableand allowed Toyota to convertmoney made overseas at amore profitable rate.Toyota posted its secondbest quarterly operating profitat 663.4 billion yen ($6.69bn).Currency moves, mostly then The RBS office in the City of London ... key pushyen’s depreciation, accountedfor more than 80 per cent ofthe rise.And while the companyraised its profit forecast forthe year to next March, the 8pctweak to 1.94 trillion yen waswell short of the near record2.27trn yen result analysts areexpecting.“There are some uncertaintiesin emerging markets,”Toyota managing officer TakuoSasaki told a news conference.“But we will have the newCorolla going on sale in NorthAmerica and a new compactcar for the emerging markets,so we will aim to boost sales.”Analysts seemed unconcernedby the company’s cautiousstance, even as it alsotrimmed its US vehicle salestarget slightly to reflect a rise indemand for SUVs and pickuptrucks where its US rivals arestronger. “Although the raisedfull-year operating profit forecastof 1.94trn yen is below themarket consensus, there’s noneed to see this as a negative,”focus on retail and commercial banking.“It’s really important for the UKeconomy to have this bank back upand running,” McEwan said. “It’s amajor responsibility for me to guidethis organisation to focus very stronglyback on our customers and I’m lookingforward to that opportunity.”Hampton said he did not expect theappointment to mark a change in strategyas RBS had already refocused asa retail bank under Hester’s stewardship,shrinking its investment bank toaccount for 20pc of operating profitcompared with 60pc prior to its rescue.Hester oversaw a mammoth restructuring,shedding some £900bn of noncoreassets, but the bank has comeunder pressure from legislators to furtherslim its investment activities. He resistedthe demands, saying the investment bankprovided crucial services to RBS’s corporateclients, and the issue caused frictionwith UK’s finance ministry.n Toyota cars at the company showroom in Tokyo ... cautious outlooksaid Toyo Securities analystTakumi Hoshi.Toyota was reaping benefitsfrom strong sales, a weak yenand cost reductions, he added.Foreign banksin UK facingcapital blowLONDON:Foreign investmentbanks in Britain face a shortfall ofup to £29 billion to meet new EUcapital rules aimed at shieldingtaxpayers from having to rescuebanks again, the Bank of Englandsaid yesterday.The rules implement new globalstandards known as Basel III inthe 28-country bloc, forcing banksto roughly triple the amount ofcapital they must hold comparedwith before the 2007/09 financialcrisis when several banks werebailed out.The central bank’s PrudentialRegulation Authority, whichsupervises lenders, set out how itplans to apply the rules to 2,176firms in Britain from 2014.The PRA has already forcedbig domestic lenders like Barclaysand HSBC to meet or exceed thenew rules.It estimates that big deposittakingbanks face an annual costof £9.5bn ($14.4bn) at most tocomply with the rules.For the first time it estimatedthe shortfall at the investmentfirms it regulates – meaning thenon deposit-taking banks – sayingthey will have to find £35bnto £43bn to comply with the newrules, the PRA said.The shortfall would shrink to£27bn-29bn during the phase-inof the new rules which runs to2018 if investment firm balancesheets were “adjusted”, the PRAadded.The PRA also proposed a significanttoughening up of a key capitalrule from 2016. Supervisors inthe EU like the PRA can ask lendersto top up their capital abovethe new mandatory minimumlevel to cover specific risks like asudden shift in interest rates.Iberia revampboosts IAGLONDON: International AirlinesGroup (IAG) said the revamp ofits Spanish carrier Iberia wasstarting to bear fruit as the groupswung to a quarterly profit, sendingits shares to an all-time high.IAG, Europe’s third-biggestairline by market value, hasspent around 700 million euros($930m) on restructuring Iberia,which reduced losses for the firsttime in almost three years in thesecond quarter.The Spanish airline becameunprofitable in all markets,including long-haul, following itsmerger with British Airways in2011. IAG reported a secondquarteroperating profit of 245meuros ($325m), compared witha 4m loss a year ago, and aheadof an average forecast from analystsof 163m euros.Iberia has been hit by competitionfrom low-cost rivals andhigh-speed trains, labour disputesand a recession that hasleft a quarter of Spaniards out ofwork. “Iberia has started to turnthe corner,” IAG chief executiveWillie Walsh said. “It is startingto see the benefits of cuts to costsand capacity but there’s still along way to go.”

20 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013essential guide to local and world marketsInsurers boost European sharesLONDON: Robust insurer earnings helped driveEuropean shares to a two-month high yesterday,while mixed US jobs data supported the view theFederal Reserve may be more cautious about cuttingback on its economic stimulus.The STOXX Europe 600 Insurance index saw solid gains, up0.9 per cent, with Europe’s No 2 insurer AXA ahead 2.2pc afterforecast-beating results.Peer Allianz, whose operating profit grew more strongly thanexpected, rose 0.8pc.The FTSEurofirst 300 closed up 0.3pc at1,224.74 points, its highest close since May 30.The key US jobs report showed non-farm payrollsrose by 162,000 in July, below expectations,although the unemployment rate fell.That mixed data caused a period of index volatility after therelease, as investors considered what it may mean for the timingand scope of any pullback in Fed stimulus, before it ended closeto its pre-data release level.“I think the markets have not quite shrugged it off but theyreally aren’t that fazed by it... Maybe this means that we’ll get anextra couple of months of QE (quantitative easing),” David Jones,chief market strategist at IG, said.Company earnings dominated the market yesterday. Italy’s topphone group Telecom Italia fell 4.2pc after cutting its guidance onBANGKOK: The Stock Exchange ofThailand main fell 1.15 per cent or16.57 points to 1,420.94 at the endof trading session.Supermarket operator Siam Makroadded 3.44 per cent to 782.00, whiletelecoms company True Corporationdropped 4.29 per cent to 7.80 baht.FRANKFURT: The DAX 30 closeddown 3.79 points, or 0.05 per centto 8,406.94.PARIS: The CAC 40 closed up 2.92points, or 0.07 per cent to 4,045.61.HONG KONG: Asian marketsclimbed for a second straight sessionon Friday following anotherrecord close on Wall Street and astring of positive economic datafrom China, Europe and the UnitedStates. Buying sentiment was alsohelped by much welcomed earningsresults, while investor confidencehelped the dollar push higher.The Hang Seng Index closed 0.46per cent higher, adding 102.18points, to 22,190.97.JAKARTA: Indonesian mainComposite Index (JCI) ended up0.36 per cent, or 16.45 points, at4,640.78.Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa rose4.46 per cent to 22,250 rupiah,while lender Bank Permata fell 1.84percent to 1,600 rupiah.KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian rose4.69 points, or 0.3 per cent, toclose at 1,782.51.Gaming resorts operator GentingMalaysia rose 4.7 per cent to endat 4.50 ringgit.LONDON: The London FTSE 100shares plunged 0.51 per cent or34.11 points and closed at6,647.87.MANILA: The main PhilippineStock Exchange Index closed1.91 per cent lower, shedding127.49 points to 6,533.95.MUMBAI: The BSE Sensex fellnearly 1 per cent yesterday, markingits eighth consecutive session offalls as Power Grid Corp fell aftersaying it would sell new shares toraise funds, while banks and consumergood companies extendedWorld StocksLONDON FTSE - 1003i Group PLC 381.1Admiral Group PLC Ord 0.1P 1364Alliance Trust PLC ORD 2.5P 447Amec PLC Ord 50P 1090Amlin PLC Ord 28.125P 408.8Anglo Am PLC Ord USD0.54945 1457Antofagasta PLC Ord 5P 901AssociatdBritFoodsPLC 5 15/22P 1959Astrazeneca OrdShs USD0.25 3332.5Autonomy Corp PLC ORD SHS 1/3P 2549Aviva PLC Ord 25P 376.3BAE Systems PLC Ord 2.5P 452.1Balfour Beatty PLC Ord 50P 251.8Barclays PLC Ord 25P 285.45BG Group PLC Ord 10P 1193.5BHP Billiton PLC Ord USD0.50 1894.5BP PLC USD0.25 455.4British Airways PLC ORD 25P 282.5British Am Tobacco PLC Ord 25P 3546British Land Co PLC ORD 25P 597.5BritSkyBroadcastngGrpPLCOrd50P 837BT Group PLC Ord 5P 339.6Bunzl PLC Ord 32 1/7P 1379Cable & WirelessWrldWide ORD5P 37.92Cadbury PLC 863Cairn Energy PLC Ord 231/169P 270.5Capita PLC Ord 2.066666P 1043AT A GLANCEExchange Close ChangeBangkok 1,420.94 -16.57Bombay 19164.02 -153.17Frankfurt 8,406.94 -3.79Hong Kong 22,190.97 +102.18Jakarta 4,640.78 +16.45Kuala Lumpur 1,782.51 +4.69London 6,647.87 -34.11Manila 6,533.95 -127.49Paris 4,045.61 +2.92Seoul 1,923.38 +2.64Shanghai 2,029.42 +0.35Singapore 3,254.13 +10.84Sydney 5,116.8 +55.3Taipei 8,099.88 +43.66Tokyo 14,466.16 +460.39Wellington 4,582.89 +37.122013 core profit and due to political worries in Italy.Italy’s benchmark FTSE MIB index fell 0.2pc after a court rulingupholding a tax fraud conviction against Silvio Berlusconi onThursday raised questions about the ruling coalition’s stability.The euro zone’s blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index – up 13pcsince late June, its biggest rally in 2013 – has hit ‘overbought’territory, charts showed.But technical analysts remained bullish on the index, whichyesterday firmed 0.1pc to 2,811.00 points.“The major caveat to the bull case at this stage is that the indexlooks pretty overbought... That said, it would besurprising if... 2,851 or so, were not tested beforelong,” Charles Stanley analyst Bill McNamara,said.While the current European earnings seasonhas proved lacklustre so far, analysts reckon the market is lookingthrough these figures, anticipating a pick up in quarters to comeas recent improving macroeconomic data filters through.Of about 59pc of STOXX Europe 600 firms to have reportedsecond-quarter results, 55pc have met or beaten market forecasts,Thomson Reuters StarMine showed.“(Markets are) a little bit stretched, but looking forward 9-12months then we’ve got scope to go quite a bit higher, (based on)earnings prospects,” said Ros Price, chief investment strategist atSeven Investment Management.Carnival PLC Ord USD1.66 2568Centrica PLC Ord 6 14/81P 390.1Cobham PLC Ord 2.5P 306Compass Group PLC Ord 10P 901Diageo PLC Ord 28 101/108P 2075Drax Group PLC Ord 11 16/29P 653.5EurasianNatResCorpPLC USD0.20 224.7Experian PLC Ord USD0.10 1233Firstgroup PLC Ord 5P 104.6Friends Prov Ord 5p 81.6G4S PLC Ord 25P 227.3Glaxosmithkline PLC Ord 25P 1712.5Hammerson PLC ORD 25P 535.5Home Retail Group PLC Ord 10P 154.7HSBC Holdings PLC Ord USD0.50 754.7ICAP PLC Ord 10P 398.3ImperialTobaccoGrp PLC Ord 10P 2223Inmarsat PLC Ord EUR0.0005 720International Power PLC 417.5IntrconHotlsGrpPLC 14 194/329P 1899Invensys PLC Ord 12.5P 502.5JohnsnMattheyPLCOrd 104 16/21P 2886Kazakhmys PLC Ord 20P 262.5Kingfisher PLC Ord 15 5/7P 404.3Land Securities Group PLC 949Legal & Gen Grp PLC Ord 2 1/2P 195.9Liberty International PLC 451.7Lloyds Bk Grp PLC Ord 10P 73.73London Stock Ex Grp PLC Ord 1586Man Grp PLC Ord USD0.03428571 91.5MarksAndSpencer Grp PLC Ord25P 488.8Morrison Supermkts PLC Ord 10P 290.4National Grid PLC Ord11 17/43P 783.5Next PLC Ord 10P 5020Old Mutual PLC Ord 11 3/7P 195.2Pearson PLC Ord 25P 1336Pennon Group PLC Ord 40.7P 693Prudential PLC Ord 5P 1191recent falls.SEOUL: The Korea CompositeStock Price Index (KOSPI added0.14 per cent, or 2.64 points, to1,923.38.SHANGHAI: The ShanghaiComposite Index ended flat, edgingup 0.35 points, to 2,029.42.SINGAPORE: The Straits TimesIndex closed up 0.33 per cent, or10.84 points, at 3,254.13. Oil rigmaker Keppel Corp. was down 0.58per cent to Sg$10.35, whileOversea-Chinese BankingPOPULAR WALL STREET CLOSING PRICESAFLAC 62.260 Down 1.280ASA Gold 13.190 Down .260AT&T Inc 35.770 Up .050AbtLab s 36.750 Down .090Accenture 74.590 Down .260Aegon 7.950 Up .050Aetna 63.560 Down .170AlcatelLuc 2.520 Up .030Alcoa 7.970 Up .020Allergan 91.770 Up .500Altria 35.680 Up .140AEP 46.580 Up .030AmExp 75.690 Up .060Anadarko 90.460 Up .060Apache 82.000 Up .320ArchDan 37.570 Up .390AstraZen 51.190 Up .380AveryD 45.730 Down .370Avon 22.200 Up .180BakrHu 48.420 Up .010BkofAm 14.840 Down .110Barclay 17.470 Down .240BarnesNob 17.930 Up .060Baxter 70.440 Down 1.760Beam Inc 65.770 Down .040BestBuy 31.300 Up .590Blackstone 23.040 Down .140Boeing 107.900 Up 1.200BrMySq 43.840 Down .150Brunswick 39.250 Up .270CSX 26.050 Up .610CampSp 47.410 Down .110Canon 31.700 Up .260Carnival 37.700 Down .010Caterpillar 84.300 Down .140Celestic g 10.680 Down .070ChesEng 24.950 unchChevron 124.950 Down 1.490Chiquita 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48.350 Up .350UBS AG 20.370 Up .450USG 26.700 Up 1.020UnionPac 163.370 Up .600Unisys 25.660 Down .440USSteel 17.440 Up .090UtdTech 107.770 Up .590ValeantPh 96.450 Up .410ValeroE 35.090 Down .970VerizonCm 50.250 Up .240ViadCorp 25.100 Up .360WalMart 78.750 Up .530Walgrn 50.980 Down .150WsteMInc 42.600 Up .060WellsFargo 44.490 Up .230Weyerhsr 27.980 Down .330Whrlpl 137.720 Up 1.050WolvWW 58.310 Up .160Xerox 10.000 Up .0901 AM LATEST ...S&P 500 hitsrecord highNEW YORK: The Dowindustrials and S&P 500ended at record highs fora second day yesterday,posting modest gainsdespite a mixed employmentreport that showedUS hiring slowed in July.All but three of the 10S&P 500 sectors endedhigher, led by gains in theconsumer discretionaryindex, up 0.7 per cent.The jobs report showednon-farm payrolls rose by162,000 in July, belowexpectations, but theunemployment rate fell to7.4pc, its lowest sinceDecember 2008.The mixed data couldmake the Federal Reservemore cautious about scalingback its massive economicstimulus.The tepid report followsa series of better-thanexpecteddata and optimismabout stronggrowth in the second halfof the year.“The employment numberclearly was a surpriseon the downside,” saidEric Kuby, chief investmentofficer at North StarInvestment ManagementCorp in Chicago.“That the jobs picturehas improved is prettywell established, so (thereport) may not be thedriver that it was before,”Kuby said.Among the biggestdrags on both the S&P500 and the Dow wasChevron, the secondlargestUS oil company.Its shares fell 1.2pc to$124.95. The companyposted a steeper-thanexpected26pc drop inquarterly profit.The Dow Jones industrialaverage was up 30.34points, or 0.19pc, at15,658.36, a record close.The Standard & Poor’s500 Index was up 2.80points, or 0.16pc, at1,709.67, also a record.The Nasdaq CompositeIndex was up 13.84 points,or 0.38pc, at 3,689.59.Stocks bounced late inthe day after tradingmostly flat, and both theDow and S&P 500 alsoreached intraday recordhighs.“This may be a little bitof traders not wanting togo into the weekendshort,” said Fred Dickson,chief market strategist atD A Davidson & Companyin Lake Oswego, Oregon.Second-quarter earningshave mostly beatenexpectations, with theseason in its final innings.Of the 391 companiesof the S&P 500 that havereported, 67.8pc havetopped analyst expectations,in line with theaverage beat over thepast four quarters, datafrom Thomson Reutersshowed.About 55pc have reportedrevenue above estimates,more than in thepast four quarters butbelow the historical average.LinkedIn shares jumped10.6pc to $235.58 andseveral brokerages raisedtheir price targets on thestock after results onThursday topped expectations.Dell’s special committeeand a group led byfounder and chief executiveMichael Dellannounced a deal thatdramatically increasesthe chances of his $24.6billion buyout goingthrough.Dell shares gained5.6pc to $13.68.Among the day’s losers,shares of TimeWarner Cable fell 0.5pc to$117.10 after news thatCox Communicationshas held talks aboutmerging with cable providerand rival CharterCommunications.Charter added 4.7pc to$134.Volume was roughly5.68bn shares traded onthe New York StockExchange, the Nasdaqand the NYSE MKT, belowthe average daily closingvolume of about 6.4bnthis year.Advancers beat declinerson the NYSE by about15 to 14, while on theNasdaq decliners beatadvancers by about 13 to11.American InternationalGroup, the insurer thegovernment bailed outduring the financial crisis,rose $1.26, or 1.3pc, to$48.33 after the companysaid late Thursday that itsprofit grew 17pc in thesecond quarter.AIG also announced itsfirst dividend since 2008and said its board hadapproved a $1bn stockbuyback plan.Viacom surged $4.81,or 6.5pc, to $79.17 afterthe media company saidits income rose 20pc inthe latest quarter, boostedby affiliate fee revenueits cable TV channels andhigher advertising revenue.Viacom also increasedits stock buyback programmeto $20bn from$10bn.lThe Dow Jones industrial average was up 30.34 points, or0.19pc, at 15,658.36. l The Nasdaq Composite Index wasup 13.84 points, or 0.38pc, at 3,689.59.

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26 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013SPORTEmail: gdnsport@batelco.com.bhBarcelonarout Santosto lift JoanGamper titlen Barcelona’s Adriano,left, Neymar, centre, andBarcelona’s Manuel Pintohold the Joan Gamper Trophyn Bahrain Tennis Club held an honouring ceremony for the winners of its Ramadan tournaments, which had concluded this past week. The gathering was heldat the BTC clubhouse in the presence of several high-ranking sports officials, including His Majesty the King’s sports and youth affairs advisor Saleh bin Isabin Hindi and General Organisation for Youth and Sports president Hisham Al Jowder. BTC president Khamis Al Muqla thanked all those who attended for theirpresence, and later in the evening the winners of the various Ramadan competitions were presented their trophies and other prizes. Above, the winners withofficials at the awarding ceremony at BTC.Chelsea post easyvictory over InterINDIANAPOLIS, Indiana:Chelsea passed theirtoughest test since JoseMourinho returned as manager,posting a 2-0 friendly winon Thursday over Inter Milan, theteam Mourhinho guided to the 2010Champions League crown.Mourinho, who managed Chelseafrom 2004-07, returned to Chelseain June after managing Spain’s RealMadrid the past two seasons.The victory, courtesy of goals fromOscar and Eden Hazard in the first halfhour,saw Chelsea book a meeting withAC Milan tomorrow in New York in theInternational Champions Cup friendlytournament.The event, which also featuresEverton, Juventus, Real Madrid,Valencia and the Los Angeles Galaxy,concludes in Miami on August 7.Chelsea had comfortably won allthree of their matches in a tour of Asiabefore arriving Stateside, but it wasInter who had the first real chanceon Thursday when Fredy Guarinunleashed a volley on goal after 10minutes only to see it sail just wide ofthe post.However, the crowd of 41,983 atLucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL’sIndianapolis Colts, didn’t have to waitlong for the first goal.Chelsea took the lead in the 12thminute as Nigeria’s Victor Moses brokethrough to the edge of the penalty areaand passed to Oscar, who curled asuperb shot past Samir Handanovic andn Chelsea’s Hazardscores from the penaltyspot against Interinto the upper corner of the net. the rest of the night.Rodrigo Palacio tried to level things Chelsea doubled their advantage inwith a long-range shot deflected off controversial circumstances in the 28thJohn Terry, forcing Petr Cech to make a minute. Moses was brought down onone-handed grab.the edge of the area and a penalty wasHowever, Inter would get no closer awarded despite the protests of InterBenzema leads Real past GalaxyPHOENIX, Arizona: French striker Karim Benzemascored twice in the second half and Real Madrid coastedpast the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 on Thursday in theInternational Champions Cup friendly tournament.Angel Di Maria also scored for Real, his 15th-minute goalputting the Spanish giants on the path to a fourth win in asmany years over the two-time defending Major League Soccerchampions.With the win, Real booked a clash with English Premiershipclub Everton in the winners’ bracket of the tournament onSaturday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.On the undercard at the home of baseball’s Dodgers, theGalaxy – who had a spectacular goal from Jose Villarreal –will take on Italian side Juventus in the consolation bracket.players – whose claim he was outsidethe box appeared to be justified by videoreplays.Nevertheless, Belgian wingerHazard calmly took his shot, sendingHandanovic the wrong way to notch hissecond penalty in as many matches.Inter were clearly frustrated, andHugo Campagnaro was sent off for anasty stamp on Terry at the hour mark.“The red card changed (the match)completely,” Mourinho said. “Not goodfor them because they played with 10,and not good for us, because we playedagainst 10.”Inter will now face Valencia inthe tournament’s consolation brackettomorrow.BARCELONA:Brazilian internationalNeymar and new managerGerardo Martinogot their first taste of the CampNou yesterday as Barcelonadestroyed Santos 8-0 to lift theJoan Gamper trophy.The Brazilians were confirmedfor the annual glamourfriendly as part of the transferagreement that saw Neymarmove to the Catalan giants inJune.But they were hopelesslyexposed by a strong Barcaside as two goals from CescFabregas, allied to furtherstrikes from Lionel Messi,Alexis Sanchez, Pedro,Adriano, Jean Marie Dongouand an own goal from Leomade it a comfortable eveningfor the hosts.However, the biggest cheerof the night was reserved forNeymar when he made his bowat half-time and the 21-yearoldmade a positive impressiondespite failing to get onthe scoresheet himself as heteed up Fabregas’ second andBarca’s sixth of the night 20minutes from time.Martino, who has succeededcancer-stricken Tito Vilanova,named a strong side on his ownfirst home outing as the club’snew boss with the likes of Xavi,Andres Iniesta, Serio Busquetsand Dani Alves starting for thefirst time in pre-season followingtheir participation in theConfederations Cup.It didn’t take the hosts longto get into their stride thoughas Pedro fed Messi to fire homethe opener from a tight angleafter just eight minutes.Leo could then only turn adangerous cross from Alvesinto his own net three minuteslater and Barca were three upinside 22 minutes when Messiunselfishly set up Sanchez toroll the ball just inside the farcorner.Pedro made it four justmoments later when he turnedhome Jordi Alba’s low crossand with the game comfortablysewn up Martino made eightchanges at half-time.Fabregas was one of thoseintroduced at the break and hemade it five just seven minutesafter the restart with a composedfinish from Sanchez’spass.Neymar then made his presencefelt against his old clubwith a nicely weighted cutbackthat Fabregas side-footedhome before Adriano fired a20-yard screamer into the farcorner.And Fabregas was involvedagain as he presented 18-yearoldDongou with an open goalto round off the scoring sevenminutes from time.

Email: gdnsport@batelco.com.bhBAHRAIN SPORT Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 201327Bahrain go downRollie blankSummerlandto claim leadto KazakhstanTEAM Rollie defeatedSummerland 4-0 (3,024-2,684) to take over as solo leadersin the Filipino Club TenpinBowlers Monday MixedLeague second season, beingplayed at Fun Land BowlingCentre in Manama.Samuel Holmes led the victorsin the contest with a 586series, while Esmaeel Muradcontributed a 556 total.Ariel Gagui toppedSummerland’s scorers with 495pins. Rene Amigo added another493 and Henry Bagalay 491.The result helped Team Rollieimprove to 27.0 wins on theleague standings, which propelledthem to first place overall afterovertaking former leaders TeamBecky, who dropped to second.Summerland stayed on 19.0wins in sixth place overall.STANDINGSW L TotalTeam Rollie 27.0 13.0 28,131Team Becky 26.0 14.0 29,040Team Medel S. 22.5 17.5 28,097Refacs Co. 22.0 18.0 28,121Team Albert 22.0 18.0 28,031Summerland 19.0 21.0 27,872Team Marlyn 16.5 23.5 27,057Team Melba 5.0 35.0 19,056BAHRAIN suffered a heartbreaking76-79 overtimeloss to Kazakhstan yesterdayin their second game ofthe 27th Fiba Asia Championshipbeing held in Manila, reportsPATRICK SALOMON.A day after claiming a resoundingcome-from-behind victory over India,also in overtime, the tables were turnedon the nationals this time, with theKazakhs fighting back from a deficitlate in the game to force the extra sessionand then claim the win from there.Kazakhstan guard Jerri Jonson burieda three-pointer with 15 seconds remainingin regulation to force overtime withthe game tied at 66-apiece. Bahrain’sBader Abdulla Malabes had a chanceto win the game before the final buzzer,but his shot attempt missed.Malabes came off the bench to leadthe team in scoring, along with AhmedAbdulaziz. They each finished with 14points, but it would not be enough tospearhead their side to victory.Mohammed Quwayed added 12markers while naturalised big man CJGiles also had 12 to go along with12 rebounds and two blocked shots.Mohammed Al Derazi chipped in with10 points for the Bahrainis.Rustam Yargaliyev led Kazakhstanwith 19 points, which included fivethree-pointers. Jonson had a brilliantall-around effort with 18 markers, sevenrebounds and eight assists.Mikhail Yevstigneyev added a serviceable16 points and 10 rebounds offn Bahrain’s basketball team in Manilathe bench, while Konstantin Dvirnyyfinished with 12.With the result, Kazakhstan movedto solo first place in group ‘D’ ofthe championship’s preliminary roundafter previously being tied with theBahrainis, who dropped to tied-secondplace. Despite the loss, the nationals arestill on course to make it through to thesecond round.To ensure their spot, they must wintheir final group fixture today againstThailand.In yesterday’s other game, Indiatrounced Thailand 89-65 to claim theirfirst win of the competition. The Thaissuffered their second successive defeat.In Bahrain’s narrow loss, Kazakhstanstarted off strong and took an 18-11lead at the end of the opening period.The Bahrainis, however, roared backand held their rivals to just four pointsin the entire second quarter, tying theproceedings at 22-all heading into thehalf-time break.Bahrain then took command ofthe contest and held a narrow 43-40advantage with one quarter remaining,and then it remained close the entirefourth with Bahrain leading by nomore than five points throughout aftertwo Malabes free-throws that made it50-45.Then, with 20 seconds left to play andBahrain leading 65-63, Quwayed had achance to ice the contest with two freethrows,but he made just one which leftthe door open for Kazakhstan, setting upJonson’s game-tying triple and pavingthe way for overtime.Team Becky suffered a narrow1-3 loss (2,864-2,900)in their match against TeamAlbert, which further aidedTeam Rollie’s rise to the top.Matt Macatangay scored a547 series to pace the winners,while Albert Barrozo added a507 total and Inna Tobias 502for Team Albert.Milo Dimapindan paced allscorers with a 595 score. JMVillanueva chipped in with a548 and Ronald Pabello a 513in Team Becky’s losing effort.Following the result, TeamBecky went to 26.0 wins whileTeam Albert improved to 22.0wins in fifth position.Elsewhere, Refacs Co. defeatedTeam Melba 3-1 (2,820-2,702)while Team Medel S overcameTeam Marlyn 4-0 (2,981-2,364).Ajax off to winning startAMSTERDAM: Ajax had an easy startto the defence of their Dutch leaguetitle with a 3-0 home win over Roda JCKerkrade thanks to goals from Ricardovan Rhijn, captain Siem de Jong andViktor Fisher at the Amsterdam ArenA yesterday.Ajax dominated the match against a Rodaside who sold Syria striker Sanharib Malki, theirtop scorer last season with 17 league goals, toTurkey’s Kasimpasa in the transfer window.Ajax found the net twice in the first half inbalmy temperatures but could have scored moreagainst Roda, who survivied the relegation playoffslast term and were plagued by injuries andsuspensions for their season opener.It took Ajax only 10 minutes to grab the firstgoal of the new campaign through fullback VanRhijn who pounced on a rebound after Rodagoalkeeper Filip Kurto dropped a free kick byDenmark midfielder Christian Eriksen who thenset up De Jong’s goal.Roda had chances in the second half butHungary striker Kristian Nemeth hit the postafter a defensive mistake and midfielder WiljanPluim blasted over from the spot after DaleyBlind gave away a penalty with 20 minutes to go.It was the fifth penalty miss in a row againstAjax and nine minutes later Fisher made Rodapay with Ajax’s third goal.Today, last season’s Dutch championship runners-upPSV Eindhoven open their campaign atADO Den Haag while third-placed Feyenoordvisit PEC Zwolle tomorrow.n Ajax captain Siem de Jon makes a bicyclekick against Roda JC Kerkrade

28 Email: gdnsport@batelco.com.bhGulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013WORLD SPORTWoods sizzlesat BridgestoneST.AKRON, Ohio: While TigerWoods made an explosive birdie-eagle-birdiestart to movetwo strokes clear in yesterday’s secondround at the WGC-BridgestoneInvitational, defending championKeegan Bradley seized the clubhouselead.American Bradley, who triumphedby one shot at Firestone Country Clublast year after closing with a superb sixunder-par64, maintained his bid for afourth career victory on the PGA Tourby shooting a 68.On a warm but breezy day, Bradleybirdied four of his first 11 holes beforerunning up two bogeys over the closingstretch to post a six-under total of 134.That left him a stroke in front ofcompatriot Bill Haas, who also cardeda 68 despite not striking the ball at hisvery best.PGA Tour veteran Jim Furyk andEngland’s former world number oneLuke Donald were level at four underafter returning matching 69s but mosteyes were firmly focused on the faststartingWoods who has always relishedplaying at Firestone.Winner here a record seven times inthe elite World Golf Championships(WGC) event, Woods knocked in athree-footer to birdie the par-four firstbefore draining a 20-foot eagle putt atthe par-five second.The world number one, who has wona season-high four times on the PGATour, then rolled in a 12-footer at thepar-four third to forge two ahead of thechasing pack in a field of 73 players.Though Bradley was delighted withhis own position heading into the weekend,he was wary of the pre-tournamentfavourite.“Those first couple holes out thereare definitely birdie holes, so I’d expecthim to do that,” Bradley said of the sizzlingstart made by Woods. “I hope hen Woods watcheshis tee shot on thesecond hole duringthe second rounddoesn’t go too low, but I’m in a goodspot going into the weekend regardless.“My game feels really sharp rightnow. Everything that I’ve done thisweek so far has felt really good, putting,driving the ball, irons. I haven’t gottenthe most out of both my rounds, sohopefully tomorrow I can do that.“This time of year my game alwayskind of comes around, and I start to playbetter,” added Bradley, who clinchedhis first major title at the 2011 PGAChampionship.Haas, who won his fifth PGA Tourtitle at the AT&T National in June,was happy enough with his 67-68 starton the challenging, 7,400-yard SouthCourse at Firestone.“Pretty solid ball striking, maybe notideal, but good enough, and just prettyconsistent,” he said. “I’m not striking itgreat, but when I’ve missed shots I’vebeen able to save par.“If the putter is feeling good and Ihave good thoughts with that. If thatstays the same this weekend, hopefullyI’ll be there (contending) on Sunday.This week is a tough week, the golfcourse is playing as tough as I’ve seenit.”Northern Irish world number threeRory McIlroy, striving to turn his gamearound ahead of his title defence at nextweek’s PGA Championship, carded aroller-coaster 71 to finish seven strokesoff the clubhouse lead.The double major winner hit only fiveof 14 fairways as he mixed three birdieswith a double at the 14th and twobogeys for a one-over tally of 141, levelwith England’s U.S. Open championJustin Rose (72)Newly crowned British Open championPhil Mickelson was a further twostrokes back after shooting a 71, alongsidebig South African Ernie Els (72).Overnight leader Webb Simpson,who opened with an eight-birdie 64,was among the late starters.Park falls8 shotsbehindANDREWS, Scotland:World number one InbeePark’s hopes of a fourthsuccessive major were dealt ablow when the South Koreanshot a one-over-par 73 to finisheight shots off the leadafter the second round of thewomen’s British Open yesterday.Park, aiming to become thefirst player of either genderto win four majors in acalendar year, is two-underpar for the tournament adriftof compatriot and leader NaYeon Choi at St Andrews inScotland.“A little bit of everythingwasn’t really working well outthere today, but it was toughconditions,” the 25-year-old,who has never won the tournament,was quoted as saying bythe BBC.“I think I grinded (it out)really well out there.”AheadFormer U.S. Open championChoi, hit six birdies on the wayto matching her first-round 67on the Old Course with heronly bogey coming at the seventh.She is one shot clear ofJapan’s Miki Saiki (66) and afurther stroke ahead of overnightleader Morgan Pressel ofthe U.S. who is third on eightunder after a 70.Park has won the firstthree majors of 2013 - theKraft Nabisco title, LPGAChampionship and U.S. Open.Officially, victory this weekendwould not constitute agrand slam, since the EvianMasters in September has thisyear been granted the status ofthe fifth major.But securing a fourth successivemajor in a calendaryear would be heralded as anunprecedented achievement.Park has already matchedthe feat of Babe Zaharias in1950 of winning the first threemajors of the year.BASEBALLMLB games on Thursday (home team inCAPS):CLEVELAND 6 Ch White Sox 1MIAMI 3 NY Mets 0Kansas City 7 MINNESOTA 2BALTIMORE 6 Houston 3San Francisco 2 PHILADELPHIA 1St. Louis 13 PITTSBURGH 0TEXAS 7 Arizona 1BOSTON 8 Seattle 7ATLANTA 11 Colorado 2LA Dodgers 6 CHICAGO CUBS 4LA ANGELS 8 Toronto 2CRICKETEnglish county scores:County ChampionshipFIRST DIVISIONAt Lord’s: Durham 143 (S Finn 4-46) vMiddlesex 126-5At Taunton: Nottinghamshire 327-8 (SMullaney 75, D Hussey 68) v Somerset.At Hove: Sussex 314 (L Wells 110) vDerbyshireAt Headingley: Yorkshire 294-9 (G Ballance112, A Lees 56) v Warwickshire.SECOND DIVISIONAt Southampton: Hampshire 261-6 (MCarberry 94, J Vince 51 no; M Hogan 4-66)v Glamorgan.At Grace Road: Lancashire 303-5 (LReece 85, S Katich 62, P Horton 59) vLeicestershire.At Northampton: Gloucestershire 358 (HMarshall 145, B Howell 60; A Gidman 59) vNorthamptonshire 13-0.At New Road: Kent 324 (B Harmison 96, DStevens 95) v Worcestershire.40-over tournamentAt The Oval: Surrey 223-7 (V Solanki 86) vEssex 226-3 (R Bopara 115 no, G Smith 65) .Essex beat Surrey by 7 wickets.RALLYINGRally of Finland standings:1. Sebastien Ogier (FRA/VW Polo-R) 1h 38:34.7, 2. Thierry Neuville (BEL/FordFiesta RS) at 38.1, 3. Mads Ostberg (NOR/Ford Fiesta RS) 39.0, 4. Mikko Hirvonen(FIN/Citroën DS3) 1:01.4, 5. Kris Meeke(GBR/Citroën DS3) 1:33.2, 6. JarkkoNikara (FIN/Mini Cooper) 2:18.6, 7. DaniSordo (ESP/Citroën DS3) 2:45.0, 8. JariKetomaa (FIN/Ford Fiesta R5) 6:13.9, 9.Evgeny Novikov (RUS/Ford Fiesta RS)6:38.5, 10. Robert Kubica (POL/CitroënDS3 RRC) 7:24.1Special stage winners: Ogier 9 (SS1, SS3,SS8, SS10, SS15), Neuville 2 (SS2, SS6),Hirvonen 2 (SS4, SS7), Ostberg 2 (SS5,SS9).TENNISBet-at-home Cup Kitzbuhel in Austria:Men’s SinglesSemi-finals: Juan Monaco (2), Argentina,def. Albert Montanes (7), Spain, 7-6 (2),7-5; Marcel Granollers (8), Spain, def. RobinHaase, Netherlands, 7-6 (0), 3-6, 6-4.Men’s DoublesSemi-finals: Frantisek Cermak, CzechRepublic, and Lukas Dlouhy (1), CzechRepublic, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, andFernando Verdasco (3), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-4;Martin Emmrich, Germany, and ChristopherKas (4), Germany, def. Jamie Murray, Britain,and John Peers, Australia, 7-5, 7-6 (4).Thursday’s Citi Open (seedings inparentheses):Men’s Singles3rd round: Juan Martin del Potro (1),Argentina, def. Bernard Tomic (14), Australia,6-3, 6-3; Marcos Baghdatis (16), Cyprus, def.Kei Nishikori (2), Japan, 6-1, 6-2; TommyHaas (3), Germany, def. Ivan Dodig (13),Croatia, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5; Marinko Matosevic,Australia, def. Milos Raonic (4), Canada, 7-5,7-6 (7); Grigor Dimitrov (11), Bulgaria, def.Sam Querrey (6), United States, 6-3, 6-2;Kevin Anderson (7), South Africa, def. MardyFish, United States, 7-6 (2), 6-1; John Isner(8), United States, def. Somdev Devvarman,India, 7-5, 7-5; Dmitry Tursunov, Russia,def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 4-6,6-4, 7-5.2nd round: Juan Martin del Potro (1),Argentina, def. Ryan Harrison, UnitedStates, 6-1, 7-5; Kei Nishikori (2), Japan, def.Jack Sock, United States, 7-5, 6-2; TommyHaas (3), Germany, def. Tim Smyczek,United States, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Kevin Anderson(7), South Africa, def. James Duckworth,Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.Women’s Singles2nd round: Angelique Kerber (1), Germany,def. Melanie Oudin, United States, 7-5, 6-0;Ekaterina Makarova (3), Russia, def. CarolineGarcia, France, 6-2, 6-0; Alize Cornet (4),France, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-4,6-4; Sorana Cirstea (5), Romania, def. AlisonRiske, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; MagdalenaRybarikova (7), Slovakia, def. Jana Cepelova,Slovakia, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5; Monica Niculescu,Romania, def. Madison Keys (8), UnitedStates, 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (6); Paula Ormaechea,Argentina, def. Olga Puchkova, Russia, 3-6,6-3, 4-1, retired.Men’s DoublesQuarter-finals: Mardy Fish, United States,and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def.Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Poland, and MarcinMatkowski, Poland, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 10-7.1st round: Andre Begemann, Germany,and Rohan Bopanna, India, def. AlexanderPeya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (1), Brazil,6-2, 6-7 (4), 10-5; Steve Johnson, UnitedStates, and Sam Querrey, United States,def. Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, andJean-Julien Rojer (2), Netherlands, 6-4,6-3; Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and ScottLipsky, United States, def. James Blake,United States, and Eric Butorac, UnitedStates, 7-6 (3), 6-3.Women’s DoublesQuarter-finals: Shuko Aoyama, Japan,and Vera Dushevina (1), Russia, def.Alexandra Mueller, United States, andAdriana Perez, Venezuela, 6-1, 6-4; EvaHrdinova, Czech Republic, and IrinaFalconi (2), United States, def. CarolineGarcia, France, and Christina McHale,United States, 2-6, 7-5, 11-9; EugenieBouchard, Canada, and Taylor Townsend,United States, def. Heather Watson,Britain, and Anna Tatishvili (3), Georgia,6-4, 6-4; Maria Fernanda Alvarez-Teran,Bolivia, and Keri Wong, United States,def. Catalina Castano, Colombia, andJessica Pegula (4), United States, 6-4,6-7 (7), 10-6.Southern California Open at Carlsbad:Women’s Singles2nd round: Agnieszka Radwanska (2),Poland, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia,6-3, 6-3; Urszula Radwanska, Poland,def. Jelena Jankovic (6), Serbia, 6-2, 4-6,6-3; Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, def. CocoVandeweghe, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-3;Virginie Razzano, France, def. Carla SuarezNavarro (8), Spain, 6-1, 6-4.Women’s DoublesQuarter-finals: Hao-Ching Chan, Taiwan,and Janette Husarova, Slovakia, def.Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, andKveta Peschke (1), Czech Republic, 7-5,6-7 (5), 10-6; Jelena Jankovic, Serbia,and Katarina Srebotnik (4), Slovenia, def.Sania Mirza, India, and Flavia Pennetta,Italy, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

Email: gdnsport@batelco.com.bhWORLD SPORT Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 201329Pacquiao gears up for Rios boutl Red Sox storm back to stun MarinersPITTSBURGH: St. Louisaverted a five-game sweep atPittsburgh and ended a seasonworstseven-game losing streak byrouting the Pirates 13-0 on Thursday,closing the gap between the NationalLeague’s top two teams.The key game rapidly turned into a mismatchas the Cardinals closed within 1-1/2games of their Central Division rival.Meanwhile the American Leagueleader, the Boston Red Sox, pushed theirlead over idle Tampa Bay to one game byproducing a six-run rally in the bottom ofthe ninth inning to rob Seattle of victory.Among other games, Atlantanotched its seventh straight win bybeating Colorado to extend its giantlead in the NL East, Texas pitcher YuDarvish matched his MLB best with14 strikeouts to lead the Rangers overArizona, and the Los Angeles Dodgersquickly returned to the winners’ list bydowning the Chicago Cubs.St. Louis was staring at the prospectof suffering a five-game sweep for thefirst time in 97 years, but pulled outan important victory thanks chiefly topitcher Joe Kelly (2-3), who pitched sixscoreless innings and contributed twohits at the plate.Tony Cruz added three hits, includinga two-run double during an eight-runseventh inning.Boston’s Daniel Nava hit a long singleto center field to cap the Red Soxcrowd-pleasing comeback and an 8-7victory over Seattle.Henry Blanco hit a grand slam andFelix Hernandez pitched seven stronginnings to help Seattle take a 7-1 leadafter five innings. But Boston scoredonce in the eighth and six more inthe ninth against three relievers whorecorded just one out.Atlanta’s Justin Upton drove in fiveruns with two homers to help power theBraves to an 11-2 win that completed afour-game sweep of Colorado.The Braves outscored the Rockies31-5 in the last three games of the series,and boosted their lead in the NL East ton Cardinals Jon Jay slides safely into home after a wild pitch by Pirates pitcher Charlie Mortona seemingly invincible 11-1/2 games.Atlanta starter Julio Teheran (8-5)matched his career high with 11strikeouts, including six in a row coveringthe third and fourth innings. He onlylasted five, giving up one run or less forhis third straight start.Texas got a powerful pitching performancefrom Yu Darvish, and threesolo homers, in the 7-1 win overArizona.Darvish (10-5) had no walks overseven scoreless innings. It was his majorleague-leading eighth game this seasonwith at least 10 strikeouts. He struck out10 of the first 13 batters.Arizona had to make a side trip toTexas, on the way from Tampa Bay toBoston, to make up the game postponedon May 29 because of unplayable fieldconditions.Los Angeles’ Yasiel Puig hit a longhome run and scored two runs to leadthe Dodgers past the Chicago Cubs 6-4.Hanley Ramirez and Jerry Hairstoneach drove in two runs for the Dodgers,who got a win a night after having afour-game winning streak snapped. LosAngeles is 11-2 since the All-Star break.Cleveland’s Ryan Raburn homeredtwice and drove in four runs as theIndians won their eighth consecutivegame, topping the Chicago White Sox6-1.Kansas City won its ninth straightgame – the club’s longest winning streakin more than a decade – by beatingMinnesota 7-2 thanks to Billy Butler’shitting and Lorenzo Cain’s spectacularcatch in center field.Los Angeles’ Mark Trumbo homeredin the Angels’ four-run first inningwhich laid the platform for an 8-2 winover Toronto that snapped the Angels’six-game skid.San Francisco’s Joaquin Arias andpinch-hitter Roger Kieschnick had RBIsingles in the top of the ninth inning,then pitcher Sergio Romo escaped abases-loaded jam in the bottom half asSan Francisco beat Philadelphia 2-1.SINGAPORE: Eight-weight establish himself as the number oneworld champion Manny pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.n Pacquiao, right, and Rios pose for the media in Singapore yesterdayPacquiao believes he has twoor three years of fighting leftbefore he quits the sport and stillretains the hope of securing a boutwith Floyd Mayweather Jr.Two straight defeats, the seconda brutal sixth round knockout byold foe Juan Manuel Marquez inDecember, prompted pundits andfans to suggest retirement for the34-year-old Filipino.But he will step back in the ringafter an extended break on November24 to take on American Brandon Riosfor a first fight in Macau, keen to re-“Great opportunity for me to give agood show for the people, to get backmy name into the top of boxing,” theFilipino congressman told reporters inSingapore yesterday on the latest legof the promotional tour for the bout.Action“Brandon Rios is a good boxer,tough opponent and I believe wecan give a good fight. Especially hisstyle and my style it is very good tofight each other, we can create a lotof action in the ring.”The 27-year-old Rios, an aggres-Cardinals snaplosing streaksive former lightweight world championknown as ‘Bam Bam’, willprovide a stern test for Pacquiaoalthough he lacks the box officenumbers that a fifth bout withMarquez or a first with Mayweathercould bring.Pacquiao, who said three yearsago his mother had given her blessingfor him to fight once more,remains open to both options andhas no plans to call it quits any timesoon.“I’m not really sure (how manyfights left) as long as I can still fightI can fight. In my mind right now,maybe I can still fight maybe twoto three years from now,” saidPacquiao, who has amassed a54-5-2 record with 38 knockouts.“I tell you frankly, honestlyin myself I can still fightand I feel strong. If there issomething wrong in my bodyor something wrong in myboxing skill I have to thinkabout that and think aboutretirement.“But since I lost the lastfight, I never feel something inmy body, I still feel strong andI can still fight.”Pacquiao, whose powerpunching from both hands andlightning speed helped him wintitles from flyweight throughto light middleweight, said hehad trained every day since theMarquez defeat and that hisbody was ‘addicted to exercise’.But having achieved so muchalready and with the lucrativeMayweather clash appearingdestined to never happen, talkreturns to retirement.His Top Rank promoter BobArum, who also representsRios, acknowledged politicsand not boxing was Pacquiao’smain focus.“What is the end game withManny? The end game is to runand win for the highest possibleoffice in the Philippines,boxing is just a way-stationfor Manny Pacquiao,” the veteranpromoter told reporters. “Ithink he has much to offer hiscountry.“He will know when to callit quits in boxing and it mayvery well be before a normalfighter would call it quitsbecause he has what I thinkare more important things toaccomplish.”For now though, fightingin Asia and putting on anentertaining show for thehigh number of Filipino fansexpected to take the two-hourflight to Macao is Pacquiao’sfocus.China’s gambling enclavealso means no long haul flyingto America for training,but Pacquiao acknowledgedthe 1130 a.m. local fight timeto cater for the U.S. televisionaudience would be slightlyproblematic and require 0400wake up calls.Pacquiao, though, madestrong hints about futurefights in the region instead ofAmerica, with Arum toutingthe Philippines and Singaporeas possible venues.A move that Arumhoped might finally lead toMayweather, one of the truegreats of the sport, getting inthe ring with Pacquiao.“Never say never,” Arumsaid of the possible match up.“I think when Floyd realisesthe economic benefits ofdoing a fight in Asia, maybeat the new Singapore stadium... maybe that will openup a dialogue for a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in Asia.”

30 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013Email: gdnsport@batelco.com.bhAussiesseizen South Africa’s Dumini, third right, celebrates with teammates the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Mathewsn Australia’sSmith, Warnerand Watsonappeal asEngland’sBresnan isdismissedWORLD SPORTcontrolMANCHESTER: Australia’sremarkable Ashes fightbackleft England staring at a firstSCOREBOARDAustralia (1st Innings, overnight 303-3):innings total of 527 for seven yesterdayand the loss of two lateS Watson c Cook b BresnanC Rogers lbw Swann1984U Khawaja c Prior b Swann 1wickets on day two of the thirdM Clarke b Broad 187Test made the task look even moreS Smith c Bairstow b Swann 89imposing.D Warner c Trott b Swann 5England were 52 for two at stumps B Haddin not out 5after painstaking play.P Siddle b Swann 1With his under-pressure side 2-0 M Starc not out 66down in the five-match series, Australia Extras (6lb, 2w, 2nb) 10captain Michael Clarke earlier led from TOTAL (for 7 wickets declared) 527the front and moved on from his overnight125 to craft a near chanceless 187Fall of wickets: 1-76, 2-82, 3-129, 4-343,5-365, 6-427, 7-430.- his highest test score against England.Graeme Swann did take five for 159,Bowling: J Anderson 33-6-116-0 (1nb), SHis bold declaration after tea caughtremoving Smith when the number fiveBroad 33-6-108-1, T Bresnan 32-6-114-1many at Old Trafford on the hop but hisgave away his wicket by skying a topedgedsweep to Jonny Bairstow in the(1nb, 2w), G Swann 43-2-159-5, J Rootstatement of intent was heeded by hisbowlers, who kept things tight against 4-0-18-0, J Trott 1-0-6-0.off-spinner’s first over of the day.nervous England batsmen.England (1st Innings):His dismissal prompted the return ofEngland captain Alastair Cook was A Cook not out 36 David Warner.unbeaten on 36 and Jonathan Trott on J Root c Haddin b Siddle 8 The left-hander punched England’stwo after Lord’s centurion Joe Rootedged in-form quick Peter Siddle behindfor eight from 57 deliveries and nightwatchmanTim Bresnan (1) seemed todo the same.T Bresnan c Haddin b SiddleJ Trott not outExtras (4lb, 1nb)TOTAL (for two wickets)Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-49.12552Joe Root in a Birmingham bar duringJune’s Champions Trophy, leading toa ban from the Australia side, but hewas drafted back in for this test with thebatsmen previously struggling.However replays suggested no nick,but he did not review.Cook survived on 15 when he edgedreturning off-spinner Nathan Lyon ontowicketkeeper Brad Haddin’s knee andthe ball dropped just short of a flatfootedClarke at slip.But Clarke’s day was to be rememberedfor his batting as he further inspiredhis side before finally falling when tirednessgot to him. He was bowled, awkwardlyplaying on to Stuart Broad.Australia had not bagged a century inthe series but Clarke, who hit Bresnanfor three straight fours as he passed 150,Bowling: R Harris 5-1-12-0, M Starc 5-2-8-0, N Lyon 10-4-21-0, S Watson 5-5-0-0, PSiddle 5-1-7-2.began to turn the tables on those wholaughed at his prediction of a 3-2 serieswin after the second test humbling atLord’s.His wicket was Broad’s 200th in testcricket but it was scant consolation forEngland, who have laboured under theOld Trafford sun and saw Steve Smith(89), Chris Rogers (84), Haddin (65 notout) and Mitchell Starc (66 not out) rackup handy scores on a largely flat pitch.Warner was widely booed and tauntedfrom the packed stands as he walkedto the crease.He was initially watchful but got athick edge on five off Swann, the ballhitting wicketkeeper Matt Prior’s kneeand bouncing up for slip Jonathan Trottto take the catch.Warner conferred with Clarke andreviewed, but replays showed a clearnick and there was nothing wrong withthe catch.Warner’s review came after controversyon Thursday when UsmanKhawaja was given out by the on-fieldDuminy stars in South Africa winCOLOMBO: Jean-Paul Duminy’s allroundperformance with 51 runs and three wicketssteered South Africa to a 12-run winover Sri Lanka in the first of the three-matchTwenty20 series yesterday.Batting first after winning the toss, SouthAfrica made 115 for six in 20 overs with Duminytop scoring. He hit a six and three boundariesduring his 52-ball innings and added a crucial56-run partnership with David Miller (25) forthe fifth wicket.Duminy stood out with the ball too, taking3-18 including two wickets in successive balls tohelp his team defend a modest score limiting SriLanka to 103 for nine in 20 overs.He was named player of the match.Duminy had Angelo Mathews (4) caught andbowled and Jeevan Mendis (0) caught in the deepwith successive deliveries to reduce the Proteasto 62 for five.Kumar Sangakkara had two reprieves for his59 not out and except for opener Kusal Pereraand third umpires despite not appearingto edge Swann behind. Cricket Australiaasked the ICC for clarification over the“incorrect” call.The jubilant crowd waved Warnerback to the dressing room with glee,leaving Haddin to come in and steadyAustralia.He had a bit of luck when his insideedge was dropped on 10 by Prior off theunusually misfiring James Anderson,who ended with nought for 116 on hisLancashire home ground.Clarke, who won the toss, then gotout and left the field to wild applausefrom the posse of green and gold cladAustralians in the vast temporary standat the revamped Manchester venue.Siddle (one) was Swann’s fifth victimwhen bowled as spin looked to be theway forward for the rest of the test, withLyon impressing and pacemen strugglingto extract reverse swing.Early rain hit famously wetManchester but the sun came out justbefore the start. Showers are possible onSaturday though, with the damp bowlers’footholes already causing problems.(11), the other batsmen failed to reach doublefigures. Four batsmen – Jeevan Mendis, ThisaraPerera, Sachithra Senanayake and tailenderLasith Malinga were dismissed without scoring.Seamers Wayne Parnell and Morne Morkeltook two wickets each.Earlier, off-spin bowler Sachithra Senanayakereturned 3-14 for Sri Lanka to help restrict SouthAfrica after their captain du Plessis won the tossand elected to bat first.Senanayake trapped openers de Kock (5)and Henry Davids (1) lbw and then bowled duPlessis (8).Angelo Mathews accounted for AB de Villiers(15), who was caught by a diving Perera to leaveSouth Africa struggling on 50-4 after whichDuminy and Miller rebuilt the innings.Sri Lanka rested batsman Mahela Jayawardene,who also sat out the fifth and final one-dayinternational against South Africa. Malinga wasrecalled to the Twenty20 side after the missingthe fifth ODI.The second match will beplayed in Hambantota tomorrow.SCOREBOARDSOUTH AFRICAH Davids lbw Senanayake 1De Kock lbw Senanayake 5Du Plessis b Senanayake 8J Duminy c Dilshan b Mendis 51De Villiers c K Perera b Mathews 15D Miller c Dilshan b Malinga 25D Wiese not out 3W Parnell not out 0Extras (5lb, 2w) 7TOTAL (6 wickets, 20 overs) 115Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-12, 3-23,4-50, 5-106, 6-113.Bowling: L Malinga 4-0-25-1, SSenanayake 4-0-14-3, A Mathews4-0-13-1, T Dilshan 3-0-15-0, TPerera 1-0-11-0, A Mendis 4-0-32-1.SRI LANKAK Perera c Wiese b Morkel 11T Dilshan c de Villiers b Duminy 9D Chandimal c Kock b Tsotsobe 8K Sangakkara not out 59A Mathews c and b Duminy 4J Mendis c Tahir b Duminy 0L Thirimanne c de Villiers b Tahir 5T Perera c du Plessis b Morkel 0Senananyake c de Kock b Parnell 0L Malinga c du Plessis b Parnell 0A Mendis not out 0Extras (1lb, 1nb, 5w) 7TOTAL (9 wickets, 20 overs) 103Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-25, 3-44,4-72, 5-72, 6-90, 7-91, 8-95, 9-95.Bowling: L Tsotsobe 3-0-11-1, MMorkel 4-0-28-2, W Parnell 3-1-8-2,I Tahir 4-0-22-1, J Duminy 4-0-18-3,D Wiese 1-0-8-0, H Davids 1-0-7-0.Pakistan to hostSri Lanka in UAEKARACHI: Pakistanannounced yesterday thatit will play a full series ofthree Tests, five one-dayers andtwo Twenty20 internationalsagainst Sri Lanka in the UAEstarting in December.Sri Lanka will open thetour with two Twenty20s inDubai on December 11 and 13before playing five one-dayersbetween December 18 and 27,two in Sharjah on December18 and 22; two in Abu Dhabion December 25 and 27; andone in Dubai on December 20.Programme:Dec 7- Sri Lankan team arrivein Dubai; Dec 8 - Pakistan vsAfghanistan Twenty20 internationals(to be confirmed); Dec 11 - 1stT20 Pakistan vs Sri Lanka - Dubai;Dec 13 - 2nd T20 - Dubai; Dec18 - 1st one-day international -Sharjah; Dec 20 - 2nd one-dayinternational - Dubai; Dec 22 - 3rdone-day international - Sharjah;Dec 25 - 4th one-day international- Abu Dhabi; Dec 27 - 5th one-dayinternational - Abu Dhabi; Dec31-Jan 4 - 1st Test - Dubai; Jan8-12 - 2nd Test - Abu Dhabi; Jan16-20 -3rd Test - Sharjah.

Email: gdnsport@batelco.com.bhWORLD SPORT Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 201331Double victoryGranollers endsHaase’s Austrianwinning streakKITZBUEHEL,Austria: MarcelGranollers endedfor Del PotroWASHINGTON: JuanMartin del Potro showedhe is over the knee injurythat affected him atWimbledon by winning two matchesin a day as he made his returnto the tour at the Citi Open onThursday.The Argentine – playing his firstmatches since losing an epic semifinalat Wimbledon – recorded a quick6-1, 7-5 victory over American RyanHarrison in a match postponed fromWednesday by rain, then returned to thecourt shortly after to defeat AustralianBernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3.“Really good day,” del Potro said,smiling as he leaned back in his chairand stretched out his legs. “The matchagainst Tomic was a little better thanthe first one.”The two-time Citi Open championsaid his knee felt fine; he wasn’t wearingany sort of strapping the way he didat the All England Club after hyperextendingit on a fall during a match. AtWimbledon he was eliminated in fivesets by No. 1 Novak Djokovic in 4hours, 43 minutes; the longest semifinalin Wimbledon history.“I was training hard before cominghere,” said del Potro, who will next faceNo. 7-seeded Kevin Anderson, also awinner twice Thursday.Two other Americans joined Harrisonon the way out Thursday with exitsagainst highly seeded men: Jack Socklost to No. 2 Kei Nishikori of Japan 7-5,6-2, while Tim Smyczek was beatenby No. 3 Tommy Haas of Germany3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in a match suspendedWednesday after the opening game ofthe final set.In the afternoon’s biggest surprise,Marinko Matosevic of Australia beatNo. 4 Milos Raonic of Canada 7-5, 7-6(7), while Nishikori was unable to backup in his second match of the day, sweptaside by Marcos Baghdatis 6-1, 6-2.Anderson eliminated AustralianJames Duckworth 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, thenplayed again and beat Mardy Fish of theUnited States 7-6 (2), 6-1. Before thatmatch finished, Fish’s withdrawal fromnext week’s tournament in Montreal of the United States, who failed towas announced; the event said he pulled convert two match points and bowedout for personal reasons.out against Monica Niculescu 6-1, 2-6,“It’s hard for me, right now, to come 7-6 (6). The women’s quarterfinals areout and just play every single week,” No. 1-seeded Angelique Kerber vs.said Fish, who has missed time the past No. 7 Magdalena Rybarikova, No. 3two seasons while dealing with a heart Ekaterina Makarova vs. Niculescu,condition.No. 4 Alize Cornet vs. Sorana Cirstea,“I still know I have a long ways to go and Andrea Petkovic vs. Paulato get back to where I’d like to be and Ormaechea.where I was, maybe, 12 months ago,” The most unusual ending to ahe added.match came when Olga Puchkova ofThe other men’s quarterfinals are Russia was defaulted by the WTANo. 8 John Isner against No. 16 Marcos supervisor after hitting a line judgeBaghdatis, No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov in the knee with a ball betweenagainst either No. 3 Tommy Haas or No. points. She was trailing Paula13 Ivan Dodig, and Marinko Matosevic Ormaechea of Argentina 3-6, 6-3,against Dmitry Tursunov.4-1 when Puchkova was forced toIn women’s action, the only seeded forfeit even though she said it wasplayer to lose was No. 8 Madison Keys an accident.Ursula upsets Jankovicn UrsulaRadwanskaplays abackhandagainstJankovicCARLSBAD, California:Poland’s Ursula Radwanskatook advantage of JelenaJankovic’s poor serving for a6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory on Thursday inthe second round of Southern CaliforniaOpen.The sixth-seeded Jankovic, fromSerbia, had seven double faults and wassuccessful on only 59 per cent of her firstserves as Radwanska advanced to thequarterfinals against top-seeded VictoriaAzarenka of Belarus.Radwanska’s sister, Agnieszka, movedinto the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-3victory over Daniela Hantuchova ofSlovakia. Radwanska, the No. 2 seed,will face fifth-seeded Sam Stosur in thenext round.Hantuchova, who is teaming withformer top-ranked singles playerMartina Hingis in doubles, has lost toRadwanska in this tournament three ofn Del Potro plays ashot against Tomic.Inset, Kerber returnsthe ball to Oudinthe last four years.Seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbiawas pushed early before she settled downto beat qualifier Coco Vandeweghe 7-6(5), 6-3 win in a night match.Vandeweghe won five consecutivepoints to take a 5-2 lead in the first settiebreaker. Ivanovic then reeled off thefinal five points, including a crosscourtforehand winner to win the set.Ivanovic jumped out to a 4-0 lead inthe second set before needing four matchpoints to advance to the quarterfinalsagainst fourth-seeded Roberta Vinci.Wild-card entrant Virginie Razzanoof France also advanced with a 6-1,6-4 victory over eighth-seeded CarlaSuarez Navarro of Spain. Razzano,who beat two-time Grand Slam singleschamp Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russiain the first round, will face thirdseededPetra Kvitova of the CzechRepublic.defending championRobin Haase’s two-year unbeatenstreak at the bet-at-home Cup yesterday,setting up a final againstsecond-seeded Juan Monaco.The eighth-seeded Granollersbeat Haase 7-6 (0), 3-6, 6-4.The Dutchman was 12-0 at theevent going into the match, havingwon it in 2011 and 2012.In the other semifinal, Monacodefeated seventh-seeded AlbertMontanes of Spain 7-6 (2), 7-5.Granollers has gone beyondthe quarterfinals of an ATP eventfor the first time this season. The53rd-ranked Spaniard is lookingfor his fourth career title and firstsince beating Monaco in the finalat Valencia two years ago.Granollers is 2-1 againstMonaco, though the Argentinewon their only previous claycourtmatch in straight sets in2008.Monaco won the third of hiseight career titles in Kitzbuehelin 2007. The 31st-rankedArgentine can clinch his secondtitle of the year after winning inDuesseldorf, Germany, in May.After winning the openingset, Monaco failed to serve outthe match against Montanestwice, at 5-2 and 5-4, andmissed four match points onthe Spaniard’s serve at 5-3. Hethen broke Montanes a fourthtime and wrapped up the victoryon his fifth match point.Granollers took the first setagainst Haase with flawlessattacking play in the tiebreakerafter both players held servethroughout.Early in the second, Haasemanaged the first breakagainst Granollers but droppedhis own serve the next game.Haase added another break for4-3 and the Dutchman wonfive straight games to take theset and lead 2-0 in the third.Haase missed two breakpoints for 3-0, lost five of thenext seven games before servinga double-fault on match point.Federer out ofMontreal eventPARIS: RogerFederer’s falteringseason sufferedanother twist yesterdaywhen the former worldnumber one pulled out of nextweek’s Montreal Masters, akey warm-up for the US Open.Federer, who is currently atfive in the world, his lowestranking for a decade, gave noreason for his withdrawal.“I am disappointed not tobe playing in Montreal nextweek. It is a great tournamentwith amazing fans. I look forwardto competing there inthe future,” he wrote on hisFacebook page.The 17-time Grand Slamtitle winner was beaten in thefirst round at Gstaad last weekby Germany’s Daniel Brandsand admitted he had been sufferingfrom back pain.“I’ve had serious problemswith the back, I had to getsome anti-inflammatories lastweek in Hamburg due to thepain,” he said after his loss inSwitzerland.His defeat to Brands was histhird of the summer against anopponent ranked outside thetop 50.

32 Gulf Daily News Saturday, 3rd August 2013n MauriLazio captain Mauri banned over match-fixingROME: Lazio captainStefano Mauri was bannedfor six months by theItalian football federationyesterday for his part in a matchfixingscandal.Mauri was one of eight playersaccused of rigging the Serie Agames between Lazio-Genoa andLecce-Lazio in May 2011 and forfailing to report match-fixing. Hewas found guilty for his role inthe Lecce match but cleared ofanything untoward against Genoa.Prosecutor Stefano Palazzi hadasked for a 4½-year suspensionbut Mauri was found guilty only offailing to report match-fixing.Mauri said he will appeal hisban.Palazzi also wanted Lazio to bedocked six points, and Genoa andLecce three points each. However,the federation fined Lazio 40,000euros ($53,000) and Lecce 20,000euros ($26,000) because of theirplayers’ actions. Genoa was cleared.At least 50 people have beenarrested in Italy for match-fixingsince mid-2011, with matchesunder investigation by prosecutorsin Cremona, Bari and Naples.LOCHTE CLAIMSGOLDEN DOUBLEl Franklin comes up shortBARCELONA:American Ryan Lochteproduced one of the mostinspired day’s swimming inworld championship historyto claim his second and thirdgolds of the week and set apersonal best in qualifying forthe 100 butterfly yesterday.He has played second fiddleto compatriot Michael Phelpsfor the majority of his careerbut with the most decoratedswimmer in history now inretirement, Lochte seized hismoment to help make it anotherglittering day for the UnitedStates at the Palau Sant Jordi inBarcelona.Digging deep into his energyreserves and ignoring thepain on the day before his 29thbirthday, he cruised to victoryin the 200 metres backstroke,adding to Thursday’s gold inthe 200 individual medley.An hour later he was back inthe pool qualifying for today’s100 butterfly final with thefastest time of his career andjust over half an hour laterhe crowned a stunning day’swork with a key contributionto the U.S. victory in the 4x200metres freestyle relay.He is the first swimmer towin two world championshipgolds in one day on three separateoccasions, taking his tallyof world titles to 15 comparedwith 26 for Phelps.His triumph in the 200 backstrokewas his third in a rowand he is only the second manLONDON: Coventry City havebeen given a 10-point deductionbut handed a lifeline after theFootball League allowed them to startthe League One season, the Englishthird tier club said yesterday.The 1987 FA Cup winners, who spentan unbroken 34 years in the top flightfrom 1967 until 2001, have been inadministration since March following abitter row with Arena Coventry Limited(ACL), the owners of their home groundthe Ricoh Arena.ACL rejected proposals which wouldto win three straight titles inthe event after compatriot andworld record holder AaronPeirsol.Lochte is also the first swimmerto win five world championshipgolds in one relay.Yesterday’s victory was thefifth in succession for the U.S. inthe 4x200 freestyle since 2005and their eighth in 15 championshipssince the inaugural editionin Belgrade in 1973.Lochte swam a blisteringsecond leg to overhaul earlyleaders Russia, giving his teama healthy lead they comfortablyheld. Phelps is the only otherswimmer with five golds in oneworld championship event, the200 butterfly.In yesterday’s other twofinals, Daniel Gyurta of Hungarybecame the first man to win atreble of 200 breaststroke worldhave brought the club out of administrationon Friday and forced the Midlandsoutfit to put their current parent company,Coventry City FC Ltd, into liquidation.The Football League, however,have transferred the club’s share in thecompetition to the administrators’ preferredbidders, the Otium EntertainmentGroup, allowing the club to begin theirnew campaign away to Crawley Townon Saturday.“The Board has agreed to transfer theClub’s share on the basis that it acceptsG S B TChina 13 7 4 24US 12 8 7 27Russia 8 5 3 16Australia 3 6 0 9Germany 3 3 4 10Brazil 2 2 4 8South Africa 2 1 1 4France 2 0 4 6Hungary 2 0 1 3Italy 1 3 0 4Greece 1 1 0 2Sweden 1 1 0 2Tunisia 1 0 1 2Colombia 1 0 0 1n The gold medal winning United States team pose after the medalceremony for the 4x200m freestyle relay final. Left, Lochte leaves thepool after winning the 200-metre backstroke finalMEDALS TABLELithuania 1 0 0 1Spain 0 5 5 10Canada 0 2 3 5Japan 0 2 2 4Denmark 0 2 0 2Poland 0 2 0 2Ukraine 0 1 4 5Belgium 0 1 0 1Great Britain 0 1 0 1Mexico 0 0 4 4Netherlands 0 0 2 2New Zealand 0 0 2 2Finland 0 0 1 1Malaysia 0 0 1 1titles when he claimed a thirdconsecutive gold with a championshiprecord.Gyurta, 24 and the Olympicchampion in London last year,clocked two minutes 07.23seconds, beating the previousrecord of 2:07.31 set byAustralian Christian Sprengerin 2009.Russia’s Yuliya Efimovaoverhauled favourite and worldrecord holder Rikke Pedersenof Denmark to win gold in theCoventry to start season with 10-point deductiona 10 point deduction for the 2013/14season,” the Football League said in astatement.“This decision will enable CoventryCity to continue its membership of TheFootball League, despite the failure ofits CVA...”The increasingly bitter row betweenthe club’s owners and ACL meansthey have decided to play their homematches for the next three seasonsat Northampton Town’s SixfieldsStadium, about 36 miles (55kms) southeastof the city.women’s 200 breaststroke.Silver medallist at thelast world championships inShanghai two years ago, Efimovatouched in a time of two minutes19.41 seconds, with Pedersen,who set a world best of 2:19.11in her semi-final on Thursday,taking silver in 2:20.08.While Lochte shone, his teenagecompatriot Missy Franklinsuffered her first setback of theweek when she could only managefourth in the 100 freestylehaving won all four of her finalsbefore yesterday.The 18-year-old has claimedtwo relay titles and golds in 200freestyle and 100 backstroke andif she manages a fifth triumphin her remaining two events shewould match a feat achieved onlyby American Tracy Caulkinsin 1978 and Australian LibbyTrickett in 2007.That decision was also ratified by theFootball League on Friday.“We know that this has been anextremely difficult summer for our supportersand we are truly sorry that allof the attention has been off the fieldrather than on it,” chief executive TimFisher said on the club website (www.ccfc.co.uk).“There has been a great deal of uncertaintysurrounding the club’s future butthis decision by the Football Leaguemeans we now have certainty and theclub’s future is secured.”n Lugano leavesPSG for West BromPARIS: Uruguay defender DiegoLugano has ended a difficulttwo-year spell with Paris Saint-Germain by moving to PremierLeague side West BromwichAlbion, the French championsannounced yesterday.In a brief statement on theirwebsite, PSG revealed that Luganohad been transferred to TheHawthorns and thanked the player“for his professionalism over thelength of his contract.”However, they did not give anyfurther details as to the terms ofthe deal.n Gomis to join NewcastlePARIS: Olympique Lyon havereached agreement withNewcastle United over thetransfer of striker BafetimbiGomis to the Premier Leagueside, the Ligue 1 club’s presidentJean-Michel Aulas saidyesterday.Newcastle will pay up to 10million euros ($13.2 million)for the 27-year-old, who scored16 league goals for Lyon lastseason, Aulas told French paperLe Journal du Dimanche website(www.lejdd.fr).n Al-Ain sign BastosDUBAI: Al-Ain have signedLyon’s Brazil international MichelBastos, who spent much of lastseason playing in the Bundesligawith Schalke 04, the UAE sideannounced yesterday.No details on the length of thecontract or size of the transferwere revealed by the club.n Rapid Bucharest relegatedBUCHAREST: Rapid Bucharestwas relegated yesterday fromRomania’s top division by theCourt of Arbitration for Sport,which ordered ConcordiaChiajna to be reinstated twoweeks after the season kicked off.CAS said its judge ruled that theRomanian football federationwas wrong to offer financiallytroubled Rapid a place in aplayoff match, which it won,against Concordia last month.n Bradman bat up for saleSYDNEY: A cricket bat usedby Australian great DonaldBradman and signed by his 1948“Invincible” team is expectedto fetch up to Aus$20,000($17,900) at auction this month, anauctioneer said yesterday.Charles Leski, whose companyis selling the item, said Bradmanused the Sykes bat to score 115in his final first-class innings athome before the team travelled toEngland in 1948.Published and printed by Dar Akhbar Al Khaleej Press and Publishing House (WLL). 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