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THE election of the Nation-
al Assembly leadership
began in earnest yesterday,
with proceedings in the
newly filled parliament
going largely to plan despite
a few deviations from the
agreed-upon script.
Among them was the
apparent reluctance of now-
second deputy president
Nguon Ngel to vacate his
first deputys chair after
opposition second-in-com-
mand Kem Sokha was voted
in to the position.
Although Prime Minister
Hun Sen had publicly
pledged that his 68 ruling
Cambodian Peoples Party
lawmakers would abide by
the July 22 political agree-
ment that stipulated both
parties would nominate a
Cambodia National Rescue
Party candidate as first dep-
uty, a few CPP members also
presumably decided to use
Parties
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political
chairs
Alice Cuddy and May Titthara
Battambang province
W
ITHIN the walls of Bat-
tambang Provincial
Prison, a highly lucra-
tive carpentry business
has elevated a convicted logger to
the status of prison don, one whose
alliance with the warden and de
facto rule has shrouded the jail in
fear and silence, those close to the
operation allege.
Teav Chhai was arrested in Battam-
bangs Samlot district in 2008 and
sentenced to eight years for logging
luxury wood illegally, sources told the
Post. After serving about a year in Prey
Sar prison in Phnom Penh, he was
granted a transfer request and sent
back to Battambang.
Multiple sources including former
inmates allege that Chhai rapidly
transformed a small-scale vocational
carpentry scheme into a big earner,
producing made-to-order furniture
using luxury wood such as beng and
thnong, which are protected species
under Cambodias forestry laws.
Chhai collaborated directly, they
added, with prison director Sam Ol
Thearith, who is now considered the
only person to hold more authority
Made with conviction
Furniture empire built on the back of prison labour: guard, former inmates
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the anonymity of the vote to
express their dissent.
Four lawmakers voted against
Sokhas appointment, while
two others abstained. With the
absence of Palace Minister
Kong Sam Ol who is in China
with King Norodom Sihamoni
Sokha received 116 votes out
of a possible 122.
Dissent, from the CPP or oth-
erwise, was nonexistent in the
unanimous vote appointing
Ngel as second deputy presi-
dent, replacing Khuon Sodary
and making way for Sokha.
But while Ngel was easily
replaced by Sokha via the bal-
lot, it took a bit more to get him
to physically vacate his seat.
As Sokhas nomination was
announced by parliamentary
president Heng Samrin, Sokha
rose and made his way to the
podium, formally greeting
Samrin and then Ngel, who was
seated in the first deputys chair
to Samrins right.
After it became apparent that
Ngel was not moving, Sokha
ambled towards the empty
chair of second deputy Sodary,
now Ngels seat, to Samrins left.
He stood there awkwardly for a
few moments before Prime
Minister Hun Sen rose from his
front-row seat and exhorted
Ngel to vacate his seat.
Ngel did not move, and he
and Samrin instead appealed
for the signage on the chairs
distinguishing the first and sec-
ond deputy to simply be
swapped, as lawmakers began
to laugh at the absurdity of the
situation.
Just walk [over there] quick-
ly, its not a problem, Prime
Minister Hun Sen said again.
Please, Excellency Nguon
Ngel. Go to that side.
After several minutes, the
premier began to lose his
patience.
No, it is not right [that the
signs be swapped]. Just for
this, what is the difficulty? Just
one [of you] walks to sit at that
side and one comes to sit at
this side. It is not even a little
bit difficult.
Finally, the pair swapped
positions to applause from
the assembly.
Speaking after the session,
Sokha said that he did not
believe that Ngel intended to
snub him.
It is just the urgent arrange-
ment that created the difficulty.
It was not his intention, Sokha
said, adding that Ngel may
have thought that the seats
would be changed at a later
date despite the vote and thus
was not prepared.
Ngel could not be reached
for comment and Hun Sen did
not speak to reporters after
the session.
Sokha added that in his new
position he would push for
term limits to be imposed on
the role of prime minister this
mandate.
I will propose it this term,
but we will wait to see the
atmosphere first, when we start
to work together and know . . .
[if ] the Cambodian Peoples
Party, especially Samdech Hun
Sen, has the will for this or not,
he said.
Yesterday, the assembly also
appointed CNRP senior law-
maker Eng Chhay Eang as head
of parliaments commission on
human rights, and standing
committee chairman Pol Ham
as head of the commission on
investment, planning and agri-
culture.
The opposition whip, Son
Chhay, was appointed deputy
head of the banking and finance
commission, underneath long-
time CPP commission head
Cheam Yeap.
Parliament will continue vot-
ing in its leadership today.
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THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 27, 2014
UXO casualties rising
Daniel Pye
THE Cambodian Mine Action
Centre (CMAC) has recorded a
drastic increase in the number
of deaths and injuries due to
unexploded ordnance and
landmines this year compared
with 2013, the organisation
has said.
Heng Ratana, director-gener-
al of CMAC, said yesterday that
there had been 101 casualties in
the first six months of 2014,
compared with about 110 cases
in the whole of last year.
Ratana suggested that a fac-
tor driving the increase in
deaths and injuries predom-
inantly in Banteay Meanchey,
Oddar Meanchey and Battam-
bang, provinces that border
Thailand was that farmers
were increasingly using heavy
machinery to cultivate their
farmland.
We see that most of the inci-
dents are happening in the
agriculture fields [and are]
mostly related to the heavy
tractors used in those areas, he
said. Before, they farmed more
by manual labour.
This is one thing that we
want to educate [people] more
on, he said.
MetFone eyes
sites in Areng
Daniel Pye

I
N WHAT could be the lat-
est sign that authorities
are pushing ahead with
the Areng Valley hydro-
power dam, Vietnam Military
Telecommunications Group
has sent engineers into the
valley in Koh Kong province
to scout for locations where
its local subsidiary, MetFone,
could build mobile phone sig-
nal towers.
Nhong Dinthan, vice man-
aging director of MetFone,
last week conrmed that the
company intends to expand
its mobile phone coverage to
the valley, before he met with
ofcials overseeing studies on
the viability of the controver-
sial Stung Cheay Areng dam.
Dinthan did not respond to
requests for comment.
MetFone is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Viettel, the larg-
est company run by the Viet-
namese Ministry of Defence.
Alex Gonzalez-Davidson,
foun der of NGO Mother Na-
ture, said two groups of Viet-
namese engineers had visited
the valley in recent weeks.
They were saying they
wouldnt cover the whole val-
ley, and that it would be set
up by January, he said, add-
ing that the proposed site for a
tower was in an area previously
considered as a relocation site
for ethnic Chorng villagers ex-
pected to be displaced by the
construction of the dam.
According to the Vietnam-
ese engineers . . . theyd been
looking into it for a while, into
an area they know wont be
ooded, he said. That should
give them perfect cover for a
maximum of 500 people living
in the vicinity of that area.
The proposed 108-MW
Areng hydropower dam has
met increasingly stiff opposi-
tion from local residents and
activists since Chinese state-
owned mega-rm Sinohydro
took over the concession to
build the dam late last year.
Khnhel Bora, director of SBK
Research and Development
contracted by Sinohydro
to carry out the resettlement
studies at the dam site said
yesterday that the authorities
and Sinohydro were poised to
approve the plan for the dam
once the nal few relocation
sites had been identied.
CNRP deputy leader Kem Sokha (front left) sits alongside party president
Sam Rainsy yesterday during a National Assembly session during which
lawmakers voted in parliamentary heads. HENGCHIVOAN
Political
chairs in
assembly
Just one [of you] walks to sit at that
side and one comes to sit at this
side. It is not even a little bit difficult
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May Titthara
AFTER accepting compensa-
tion and agreeing to stop pro-
testing against the politically
connected KDC International
company, Lorpeang village
representative Reach Seyma
yesterday said his rst cheque
from the company was reject-
ed when he tried to cash it.
Seyma, who on July 8 said he
had agreed to accept $20,000
for his rice elds and an addi-
tional $2,500 to stop protesting,
led a complaint with Phnom
Penh Municipal Court, claim-
ing that a bank had handed
back an initial $10,000 cheque.
KDC issued a cheque in
exchange for taking my rice
farm and told me to collect the
money on August 22, he said.
They also gave me $1,000
more in cash not to join any
more protests. But when I went
to the bank, they said I could
not get paid.
This was because two parts
of the cheque had writing
that had been scribbled over
and which instructed that the
amount in question be issued
only as a loan.
The Post has seen a copy of
the cheque.
In fact, it is their trick [in ad-
vance], Seyma said.
But Phat Pov Sieng, a lawyer
for KDC, said the company
had cancelled the cheque after
noticing that Seyma was pro-
testing again.
They are not stupid enough
to pay him if he is still protest-
ing, he said. They have mon-
ey to hire people to investigate
and we also have video clips.
The complaint was led
against KDCs owner Chea
Kheng, the wife of Minister of
Mines and Energy Suy Sem.
Dozens of families in Kam-
pong Chhnang province have
been in a years-long dispute
over farmland with KDC.
The feud has escalated in
recent months as police have
clashed with and arrested pro-
testers near their homes and
blocked marches in the capital.
Seyma denied claims that he
had returned to protesting.
I adhered to the contract,
he said, adding that part of that
agreement was that he would
be ned 100 times if he re-
joined the demonstrations.
But after this complaint, I
will join the protesters again
who are seeking a resolution to
their land dispute.
KDC payoff deemed
invalid, villager says
Crowds again seek PMs help
May Titthara, Khouth Sophak
Chakrya and Chhay Channyda
A
WEEK after Prime
Minister Hun Sen
publicly chided pro-
vincial ofcials for
allegedly failing to notify him
about land disputes, hundreds
of villagers converged on the
capital yesterday demanding
their conicts be resolved.
About 300 villagers from Ban-
teay Meanchey, Battambang
and Pailin travelled to Phnom
Penh with the intention of sub-
mitting petitions directly to the
premier, who last week blamed
middlemen at the provincial
level for keeping such informa-
tion from him. Police directed
the crowd away from Hun Sens
house, guiding them to a pago-
da in Russey Keo district.
If local authorities cant solve
land disputes, more and more
people are going to travel to
Phnom Penh, said Chan Sovet,
senior investigator with human
rights group Adhoc. The pro-
vincial [ofcials] cannot solve
their problems.
While gathered at the pa-
goda yesterday, Cambodia
National Rescue Party leader
Sam Rainsy, his deputy, Kem
Sokha, and Ministry of Interi-
or Secretary of State Sak Setha
spoke to the group. All said the
disputes would be resolved.
We are over the moon that
we were paid so much atten-
tion, said Ouk Sam Ath of
Pailin province, who added
Setha apologised that the vil-
lagers had to travel all the way
to Phnom Penh, rather than
ofcials visiting the provinces.
But we are still worried sick
about whether they will keep
their word.
Separately, about 30 people
gathered outside the Asian
Development Banks ofce,
demanding answers about the
railway project, which will cause
more evictions as it moves on to
its second stage.
Long Chandy, a community
representative, said the ADB
has failed to detail what would
become of people living along
the railway when the buffer
grows from its current 3.5 me-
tres to 10 metres.
We who have houses in
the area will soon be evicted,
Chandy said. So we want to
know details about this plan.
More than 80 supporters of
four representatives of villag-
ers displaced by a special eco-
nomic zone in Koh Kong rallied
outside the provincial court.
The four were questioned in
court after staff from the SEZ
owned by tycoon Ly Yong Phat
accused them of property
destruction and intentional
violence. All four were later
released.
Villagers from Battambang and surrounding provinces gather at a pagoda yesterday after travelling to
Phnom Penh to seek Hun Sens intervention in their land disputes. VIREAK MAI
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China brides case
Four charged
in trafcking
case: court
A
GROUP of four Cambodi-
an and Chinese nationals
were tried yesterday at
Phnom Penh Municipal Court
for allegedly trafcking two
women to China as brides ear-
lier this year.
Chinese men Zu Zhisheng,
39, and Xu Jing Long, 34, are
accused of collaborating with
Cambodian women Lam Na, 45,
and Sok Bora, to recruit young
women to go to China as brides
in return for $1,500 being paid
to their families, said presiding
judge Keo Mony.
Na, a coffee seller, and Bora,
a garment worker, recruited two
other workers, aged 20 and 24.
The four accused have been
charged with selling, buying or
exchanging a person for cross-
border transfer and using fake
documents.
Zhisheng and Na were arrested
with the victims at Phnom Penh
airport in February, according to
police, with Jing Long and Bora
picked up at Sorya Mall soon after.
The four have proclaimed their
innocence. They said they found
the women jobs in China, and
were not trafcking them. The
trial will continue on September
15. BUTHREAKSMEY KONGKEA
No charges
for six over
mans death
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
THE six men suspected over
the fatal shooting and beating
of a 24-year-old man in Phnom
Penhs Meanchey district on
early Monday morning were
returned home after question-
ing, according to police, who
insist the investigation will
continue until the gunman
behind the fatal shot is found.
The men, all security guards
from a venue called City Club,
had been in a verbal altercation
with the victim, Kong Socheat,
shortly before he was shot in
the head at about 4am, said
local police in Stung Meanchey
commune on Monday.
Choun Narin, deputy police
chief of the Phnom Penh
Municipality, told the Post yes-
terday that the six men had
returned home after they were
thoroughly questioned on
Monday evening.
We just called them for
questioning and allowed them
back home afterwards, and
they were not charged either,
he said.
However, this case is under
investigation. We will not
allow criminals to live outside
the law.
Dam redesign a mystery
Laignee Barron

A
MID a lawsuit and a chorus of
dissent, developers of the rst
lower Mekong mainstream hy-
dropower project, the massive
Xayaburi dam, have quietly submitted a
long-anticipated, multimillion-dollar re-
design plan, the Post has learned.
What exactly has been changed about
the 1,260-megawatt dam, which environ-
mentalists contend will decimate migra-
tory sh populations, remains a mystery,
however, as the plan isnt being shared.
Laos has sent the redesign documents
to the [Mekong River Commissions] Sec-
retariat only and not to the MRC member
countries. Development partners have re-
quested the redesign documents, but they
never received them, said Te Navuth, sec-
retary general of the Cambodian National
Mekong Committee.
Navuth added that he has not seen the
submitted plans, which, since the dam is
already full swing into construction and
40 per cent completed, represent little
more than a token gesture.
According to the MRC, an intergovern-
mental advisory committee, the revised
dam plans were submitted in February
for an internal assessment.
The information and our analyses can
be shared with the other Member Coun-
tries once our analysing work is done,
said Surasak Glahan, MRC secretariat
communications ofcer. The Lao gov-
ernment made it clear however, that the
sharing of information on the modica-
tions is not to seek approval for the rede-
sign, but rather for them to receive input
and expert advice on ways to avoid, mini-
mize and mitigate impacts from the proj-
ect in a practical way.
Two years ago, the Lao government an-
nounced that the $3.8-billion dam proj-
ect would see an additional $100 million
spent to revamp sh passages and sedi-
ment ows in line with recommendations
from two enlisted foreign consulting
rms: Poyry of Finland and the French
Compagnie Nationale du Rhone. But by
the time the ofcial groundbreaking cer-
emony rolled around in November 2012,
no one had seen the reworked plans.
Though they havent seen the new
plan, critics contended that any re-
design would be invalid, as there isnt
enough data on hydropowers impact to
the shared waterways.
Without comprehensive assessment
and disclosure of all project documents
and studies that are underway, no one
can say or be condent that the mitiga-
tion measures will work, as they have
never been tested in this region, said
Pianporn Deetes, a coordinator at Inter-
national Rivers.
Construction at the Xayaburi dam site in Laos in June 2012. Developers have submitted a multi-
million dollar redesign proposal. INTERNATIONAL RIVERS
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within the prison than Chhai, a
situation confirmed by a cur-
rent prison guard.
Both Chhai and Ol Thearith
have denied the existence of the
alleged prison racket.
The illicit business, under-
standably, is a secretive one, leav-
ing few willing to speak out.
Oudom*, a former inmate
who worked under Chhai, said
that the inmates working for the
business about 10 per cent of
the prisons population work
a solid eight-hour day, seven
days a week.
During working hours, the 100
or so prisoners, who, several
sources confirmed, were forced
to work for Chhai, had no time
to speak, Oudom said.
Prisoners who are detained
for a long time have to work for
Mr Chhai, they have no choice
but to work for him.
The seven-day week is prohib-
ited under the rules governing
Cambodian prisons, which
mandate at least one day off, but
Oudom said Chhai and Ol
Thearith had no concern for
such niceties.
Prisoners who refuse the work
or are taken ill have been denied
visitation rights, have spent time
locked in their cells as punish-
ment and have endured long
periods in handcuffs as a form
of torture, he said. We dont
want to be punished, so we have
to work even if we are sick.
A prison guard, who spoke on
condition of anonymity,
described the situation in no
uncertain terms.
They force prisoners to work
for them [making furniture] for
sale, and prisoners do not get
any of the benefits. We have no
power, so we cannot speak out,
he said.
Ol Thearith declined to answer
questions about the business. If
someone accuses me, show me
the evidence. They cannot just
accuse me, he said, before
hanging up the phone.
When contacted earlier this
month, Ol Thearith, formerly the
director of Ratanakkiri prison,
refused to grant reporters access
to the prison or a face-to-face
interview.
The Interior Ministry has not
responded to multiple written
requests to access the prison
since May.
Oudom and another source
with direct knowledge of the
prisons inner workings reported
that high-end vehicles with
police and army number plates
transport the wood to the prison
each day, where it is stored in the
kitchen so it is easy to hide.
Sources said that the two pris-
on kingpins use senior inmates
to micromanage the business,
dividing labourers into two
groups: one to carve and assem-
ble and another to polish the
products ready for sale.
Despite Chhais release from
the prison late last year he
received a royal pardon from
King Norodom Sihamoni,
according to a former inmate
and another source former
prisoners and staff confirmed
that he still takes an active role
in running the business.
At a modest furniture shop in
Battambangs OChar com-
mune, a salesman confirmed
that he worked for Chhai. Items
at the shop which were sepa-
rately confirmed by a former
inmate and others to have been
crafted by prisoners included
a bed frame and intricately
carved wall art priced at up to
$7,000 per piece.
When Post reporters visited
the shop earlier this month,
however, the salesman said he
was unsure of the exact origin of
the products.
He has a place for making
furniture, but I dont know for
sure where it is I heard that
it is near the prison, the shop-
keeper said. Whatever you
want, Uncle Chhai can get it
for you.
Five separate sources, includ-
ing two former inmates and the
shopkeeper himself, told the
Post that goods from Chhai are
transported across the country
to be sold in shops like the one
in OChar.
It is sold everywhere; Siem
Reap, Phnom Penh, Battam-
bang, Oudom said.
A source with intimate knowl-
edge of the business side of
Chhais operation said that
inmates are paid 1,000 riel per
day about 25 cents while the
warden receives 7,000 riel per
inmate, per day, or about $1,400
every week for renting out their
labour. Another source alleged
that Ol Thearith received a
separate payment for the use
of the space.
Speaking to the Post last week,
Chhai denied his business had
links with the Battambang pris-
on, but confirmed he was able
to supply furniture made from
precious and illegal timber.
Yes, we can find thnong [and]
beng, but it is very expensive. A
lot of people have ordered me to
do tables for their offices [in
thnong], so now it is difficult for
us to find, he said.
But despite Chhais denial, the
prison guard said the business
was still going strong.
Cambodias 2011 Law on Pris-
ons allows private firms to
employ prisoners, but a prakas
issued months later clarified
that such schemes should be
managed by the state in the
public interest.
The prakas, however, carries
little weight, and while the law
states that a sub-decree govern-
ing the use of income generated
by the prison industry would
be introduced, at the time of this
writing, none has been passed.
We are informed that the
General Department of Prisons
is working on a draft; OHCHR
has not yet received a copy,
Bushra Rahman, a communica-
tions specialist for the Office of
the United Nations High Com-
missioner for Human Rights,
said in an email.
Naly Pilorge, director of local
rights group Licadho, said Cam-
bodias prison procedures clear-
ly state that prisoners should not
work for private benefit and that
the purpose of prison labour
schemes should be primarily
rehabilitative, to provide oppor-
tunities and skills to help pre-
pare inmates for their return to
the community.
Under the International Labour
Organizations Convention 29,
which Cambodia ratified in 1969,
labour in prisons can only be
carried out under the supervi-
sion and control of a public
authority and the said [inmate] is
not hired to or placed at the dis-
posal of private individuals, com-
panies or associations.
The legislation states that pris-
oners may work for private com-
panies only if conditions approx-
imate a free employment
relationship.
Kuy Bunsorn, director gen-
eral of the Interior Ministrys
General Department of Pris-
ons, said that he was not aware
of any furniture business cur-
rently operating out of Battam-
bang prison, adding that for-
profit businesses running out
of prisons had been shut down
several years ago for the welfare
of inmates.
I do not believe [they are still
running], he said. They cannot
export without a licence, but
they could run the business if
they are licensed.
But like other rights groups the
Post spoke to, Licadho said that
gaining access to the prison was
a difficult task these days; some-
thing multiple sources attrib-
uted to the secretive nature of
the business.
For the past two years, Licad-
hos access to Battambang pris-
on has become increasingly
restricted. It can be difficult to
meet with individual inmates,
including human rights defend-
ers, in a confidential setting.
Licadho continues to receive
reports of abusive treatment in
the prison and of poor detention
conditions, Pilorge said.
She added that how profits
were used is a key issue in deter-
mining whether a prison work
scheme is appropriate.
If the profits from appropri-
ate and well-supervised prison
labour programs are directed
at improving prison condi-
tions and generating new
opportunities for inmates, this
is one thing. If, on the other
hand, the profits are lining the
pockets of corrupt officials
whilst the inmates receive
nothing, this is pure exploita-
tion, she said.
The OHCHR said that its
own access to Battambang
prison was not easy in the
first half of the year but has
improved recently.
But while many prisoners
across the country are happy to
take part in vocational training
schemes so that they can get out
of the cells, OHCHR noted that,
when it comes to Battambang
prison, most did not wish to
comment on the conditions of
the carpentry work area.
Where prisons operate [voca-
tional programs], OHCHR will
always be concerned about the
possibility of prisoners being
exploited, Rahman added.
The luxury timber sources
believed to be used in the Bat-
tambang prison business are
protected under the 2002 For-
estry Law and exporting prod-
ucts produced in Cambodian
prisons is prohibited by the gov-
ernment prakas. While the Post
did not find evidence that
Chhais products are being
exported, overseas demand far
outstrips the local market.
Marcus Hardtke, Southeast
Asia program coordinator for
German conservation group
ARA, said that while he did not
know about this specific case,
the alleged situation in Battam-
bang follows a pattern we see
more and more all over the
country.
Luxury timber is high value-
low volume, [making it] very
convenient for smuggling (and
supplying the Battambang oper-
ation, for example). The money
from the luxury timber trade has
undermined local structures,
provincial and local authorities
are bought off or partnered
with, he added.
Oudom challenged officials
who might play down the alleged
corruption involved in running
the business.
It is not vocational training
for prisoners to help them get
skills they can use when they are
released from prison They
have taken over the prison to run
their business, he said
*The name of the former
inmate was changed to protect
his identity.
An anonymous former prisoner from Battambang prison speaks about making furniture. HENG CHIVOAN
Furniture flies at man
after splash of puddle
A 24-YEAR-OLD man was
injured on Monday after he
was allegedly attacked in
Phnom Penhs Por Sen Chey
district by two men who were
angry that he splashed water
on them. Police said the man
and his pregnant wife were rid-
ing a motorbike home and
drove through a puddle near
the suspects, who cursed the
man and hit him in the head
with a chair. The man filed a
complaint to police demanding
$2,000 in compensation, while
the men were arrested. DEUM
AMPIL
Farmer pumped after
property theft solved
TWO men are in hot water
after allegedly stealing two
water pumps in Pailins Sala
Krao district on Monday.
Police say the owner, a
55-year-old farmer, heard
another farmer in the neigh-
bouring village was selling
two pumps, and identified
them as his own. He reported
the farmer to police, who con-
fessed he bought the pumps
from another man. Police
arrested the man and his
alleged accomplice, aged 20
and 21, respectively. KOH
SANTEPHEAP
Disturbed man taken in
for attacking an officer
A 25-YEAR-OLD man was
arrested after he allegedly
viciously hacked a police offic-
er with a cleaver in Phnom
Penhs Daun Penh district on
Monday. Police said the man
hit the officer, 45, at a police
station several times in the
head and neck before a col-
league intervened. The victim
was hospitalised and the sus-
pect taken for questioning.
Police say the man had issues
with drugs and his mental
health, and are considering
how to take action against
him. KOH SANTEPHEAP

A bridge too close for
suspects in moto theft
A MAN was arrested on Mon-
day for attempted robbery in
Kampong Cham town after
he and an accomplice were
allegedly found waiting to rob
passersby. Police said the two
men had failed to return a
rented motorbike to a farmer,
45, who called police after
finding them sitting on a
bridge. One man, 20,
escaped, while the other, 22,
was arrested, claiming the
two hadnt dared to act on
their scheme. Police sent the
man to court and are search-
ing for the runaway. NOKORWAT

Hit-and . . . stay? Suspect
sticks around at scene
A BREAD vendor, 25, was
badly injured on Monday when
a Lexus tried to overtake a car
and hit him, dragging him
under his bike for 10 metres
in Phnom Penhs Russey Keo
district. The man suffered
serious wounds to his head
and body and was hospital-
ised, while the Lexus driver,
who did not flee the scene,
was not arrested. Police
vowed to get to the bottom of
the accident. DEUM AMPIL
Translated by Phak Seangly
POLICE
BLOTTER
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Prison carpenters
Sen David
T
HE body of a 100-
kilogram Irrawaddy
dolphin from Cambo-
dia was found dead in
Vietnamese territory and repa-
triated to its home waters yes-
terday, ofcials said.
Im Phat, deputy chief of
the Fishery Administration in
Takeo provinces Angkor Borei
district, said two endangered
freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins
fewer than 90 are estimated
to still exist in the Mekong Riv-
er were reported on Saturday
to have travelled from Kratie to
the border province of Takeo
following ooding.
They are a protected dol-
phin in Kratie but swam to
Takeo province. We tried to
nd them because we were
afraid shermen would catch
them, Phat said.
But three days after the dol-
phins made the journey, Viet-
namese authorities informed
the Fishery Administration that
one of the dolphins had been
found dead in the countrys Ang
Yang province, Phat said.
He added that the Fishery Ad-
ministration asked Vietnam to
return the dolphin yesterday so
that the cause of death could be
examined.
But as of yesterday after-
noon, Phat said, we do not
clearly know the reason why
it died but maybe the dolphin
did not get used to living in
Vietnams rivers.
Nub Samnang, chief of the
shery community in Takeo,
said that after the dolphins were
reported to be in the provinces
waters, he ordered shermen
not to catch the protected spe-
cies, but to report any sightings.
We are sorry that the pro-
tected dolphin is dead, Sam-
nang said.
Having seen the dolphins
body yesterday, Samnang not-
ed that there were no visible
wounds.
Ofcials and shermen were
still searching for the second
dolphin yesterday afternoon.
Dolphin found dead
Villagers look at the rare Irrawaddy dolphin, found dead in Vietnam
yesterday, before it was returned to Cambodia. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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Telecom
regulator
warns fee
dodgers
Hor Kimsay
THE Telecommunication Reg-
ulator of Cambodia (TRC) has
issued a warning to 15 compa-
nies that offer Voice over Inter-
net Protocol (VoIP) services for
allegedly failing to pay their
annual fees.
In a statement published on
a local media website on
August 22, the TRC demanded
the companies pay the annual
registration fee for 2013 by
August 30 or have their VoIP
access removed.
For those who do not pay
the 2013 bill by the above dead-
line, the TRC will dismiss and
remove their VoIP code, the
announcement said, without
detailing the amounts owed.
Among the 15 companies
named in the statement are
Hiway Telecom Cambodia,
Cambodia Data Communica-
tion, DialAny Internet Telecom
and WiCam Corporation.
VoIP services, such as Skype,
offer a cheap alternative to tel-
ephone calls. They allows users
to make calls to any country
with just a web connection.
Chan Thol, director of WiCam
Corporation, said he received
a bill from the regulator, but
not an official warning about
the removal of his VoIP access.
It is not a big issue; we can
negotiate, he said, requesting
the regulator to first alert clients
before issuing a public notice
and disconnection warning.
Sok Channda, former chief
executive officer of Cambodia
Data Communication, con-
tested the TRCs claim.
The bill amount that the
TRC has sent through is higher
than usual, so we dont agree
and we need them to clarify,
she said, adding that her com-
pany had shut down late
last year.
A man passes a box in which to submit complaints outside the Anti-Corruption Unit on Norodom Boulevard in 2010. HENG CHIVOAN
SMEs have role in graft fight
Chan Muyhong

S
MALL- and medium-
sized enterprises
(SMEs) need to in-
tensify self-regulatory
efforts against corrupt prac-
tices to help foster a stronger
business environment, NGO
Transparency International
(TI) Cambodia said yesterday.
At a seminar in Phnom Penh,
TI Cambodia executive direc-
tor Preap Kol told business
representatives that while gov-
ernment corruption pressures
businesses into paying bribes,
companies were also actively
engaging in corrupt activi-
ties themselves to gain unfair
competitive advantages.
Both of these [corrupt prac-
tices] are degrading the busi-
ness environment in Cambo-
dia. This causes losses to the
national budget and is affect-
ing existing companies that
comply with the law, he said.
Kol said companies can help
stamp out such behaviour by
developing and adhering to a
strict set of internal rules.
With corporate integrity,
the entrepreneurs are able to
prevent corruption happen-
ing within their companies.
This will also protect them
from having to pay extra fees
when seeking public service,
he explained.
Te Taing Por, president of the
Federation of Associations for
Small and Medium Enterpris-
es of Cambodia, said unless
SMEs are aware of their ob-
ligations under the law, they
will not be able to take a stand
against corruption.
Our SMEs still have limited
knowledge regarding business
procurement and regulations,
which is why they tend to get
involved in corruption, Taing
Por said.
He added that there should
be greater education of SMEs
about their obligations, and
that ofcials should ensure
greater transparency when it
comes to the fees that busi-
nesses have to pay.
Khom Monirath, founder of
Cubic Real Estate, a rm that
helps foreign investors do
business here, said yesterday
that corruption was a serious
deterrent for his clients.
Investors who are transpar-
ent with their nancial state-
ments are shocked to receive
bills that differ from their ac-
tual spending, he said.
Son Chhay, chief whip of the
opposition Cambodia Nation-
al Rescue Party, said that busi-
nesses self-regulating would
not be as effective as it should
be until the government also
acts to curb corruption.
The private sector is not be
able to do anything besides
paying extra money [to get
work done] if ofcials refuse
to get it done within a certain
time, he said.
Unemployment in Thailand rises in second quarter
THAILANDS unemployment rate increased
in the second quarter as the countrys eco-
nomic slowdown and widespread drought
took their toll.
The National Economic and Social Devel-
opment Board (NESDB) yesterday said the
second-quarter jobless rate was 1 per cent
of the total workforce, up from 0.74 per cent
in the same period last year.
The total workforce stood at 38.5 million
and 38.4 million in the first and second
quarters, respectively, down from 39.1
million and 39.5 million in the year-earli-
er periods.
Average working hours in the second
quarter stood at 44.3 hours per person per
week, down by 1 per cent from the same
period a year earlier.
Nonetheless, private-sector wages and
salaries excluding overtime pay and other
benefits increased by 9.8 per cent after
inflation.
Household debt slowed in the second
quarter in line with economic conditions.
Debt defaults still need close monitoring,
said Chutinart Wongsuban, deputy secre-
tary-general of the NESDB, adding that
nonperforming loans rose by 29.4 per cent
to reach 2.5 per cent of outstanding debt.
Total outstanding personal consumer
credit stood at 3.33 trillion baht($1.05 tril-
lion), up by 8.8 per cent. But growth has
slowed for six straight quarters due to the
expiry of the first-time car buyer tax rebate
scheme and concerns over future income
and employment conditions.
Chutinart said the unemployment rate in
the remaining months of the year was
expected to decline as the countrys econ-
omy improved
She also voiced concern over farm labour
productivity, which is rising only margin-
ally. Farm labour makes up 39.6 per cent of
the total workforce.
Chutinart said that lower productivity
in the farm sector caused income disparity
and poverty. She urged the government
to focus on increasing productivity within
the sector.
Solutions for improving agriculture
productivity could include technology,
innovation, use of machinery in produc-
tion, soft loans and better management.
BANGKOK POST A labourer paints a bench at a cafe in Chiang Mai, Thailand. BLOOMBERG
Peugeot rolls out new
fourth plant in China
FRENCH auto maker PSA
Peugeot Citroens fourth plant
in China has been approved for
the southwestern city of
Chengdu by local authorities,
the official Xinhua news said
yesterday. The economic
planning agency of Sichuan
province, of which Chengdu is
the capital, approved the $2
billion plant on Monday, it said.
Peugeot and its Chinese
partner Dongfeng Motor Corp
said construction scheduled to
begin this year and production
set for 2016. AFP
India regulators fine 14
carmakers $420 million
INDIAS antitrust regulator
fined 14 carmakers, including
the local units of Honda Motor
Co and General Motors Co, a
combined $420 million for
stifling competition in the
market for spare parts as the
industry faces similar scrutiny
in China. The fines were
equivalent to 2 per cent of the
carmakers three-year
average revenue in India,
according to a Competition
Commission of India order.
The regulator also ordered the
companies to provide spare
parts and diagnostic tools to
independent garages, and
honour warranties on cars
repaired by them after
markups reached as high as
4,817 per cent. BLOOMBERG
I
NDIAS top court ruled
on Monday that all coal
block allocations made by
the government between
1993 and 2009 were illegal,
throwing the already energy-
starved countrys power sec-
tor into turmoil.
The Supreme Court said
there were legal aws in the
procedure for awarding the
nearly 220 coal blocks in In-
dia, which relies on the fuel
for two-thirds of its power
generation. The allocation
of so-called captive blocks
to private steel, cement and
power rms for their own use
has long been dogged by alle-
gations of corruption.
The allocation of coal blocks
[between 1993 and 2009]
based on recommendations
made in all the 36 meetings
of the [government] screen-
ing committee is illegal, said
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Rajendra Mal Lodha.
There was no transparency
and guidelines have seldom
guided it [the committee], the
judge said.
Another court hearing will
be held next Monday to con-
sider whether the allocations
should be cancelled.
The new Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) government, which
took power in May, brushed
aside suggestions the rul-
ing could further fuel doubts
about Indias reliability as a
place to do business.
The economy can now move
forward rather than being cast
in the shadow of uncertainty,
junior power minister Piyush
Goyal told reporters.
The Supreme Court said the
allocation process suffered
from arbitrariness and de-
clared that common good
and public interest have thus
suffered heavily.
The auditor general charged
in 2012 that governments col-
luded with companies to un-
derprice coalelds at a cost
of 1.86 trillion rupees ($30
billion) to public coffers, and
said the blocks should have
been auctioned.
Experts say that while the
loss was large, that estimate
may be too high.
Many blocks were awarded
during under the Congress gov-
ernment, led by Manmohan
Singh. The party was ousted
in May after a decade in power
by the right-wing BJP led by
Narendra Modi, who vowed to
stamp out corruption.
The scandal came to promi-
nence under Congress al-
though the BJP was also in
power for part of the period
cited by the court.
The question is whether the
court will simply levy a penalty
against companies like Hin-
dalco and Jindal or take away
their licences, Alok Brara,
publisher of leading Indian
industry magazine PowerLine,
told AFP. If its simply a case
of penalties, people will deal
with that, but if its a question
of auctioning the blocks, that
could make things more com-
plicated, Brara said.
In 2012, when Congress was
in power, the Supreme Court
cancelled 122 telecommuni-
cations licences sold at below-
market xed prices, causing
upheaval in the fast-growing
industry.
Lawyer Prashant Bhushan,
a key gure in the legal ght
against the coal block al-
locations, called the ruling
historic.
India has one of the worlds
biggest proven reserves of
coal, but disarray in the sector
means demand still outstrips
supply. AFP
Business
8
Microsoft
probe said
to broaden
THE head of the Chinese gov-
ernment agency investigating
Microsoft for alleged monopo-
ly actions said yesterday that
the probe includes the way the
US technology giant distributes
its media player and browser.
The State Administration
for Industry and Commerce
(SAIC) announced last month
that it was investigating
Microsoft over its Windows
operating system which is
used on the vast majority of
computers in China and the
Office suite of programs.
Zhang Mao, head and Com-
munist Party chief of the SAIC,
told a news conference in Bei-
jing that Microsoft had failed
fully to disclose information
about its software.
He added that the agency,
one of the government bodies
that enforces Chinas anti-mo-
nopoly law, was also looking
into issues with Microsofts
media player and browser,
according to a transcript post-
ed online.
The European Commission
fined Microsoft $731 million in
March last year for failing to
offer users browser choices
beyond its own Internet Explor-
er. AFP
Court coal ruling rocks India
Indias top court has ruled that allocations of coal blocks to companies
between the period of 1993 to 2009 were illegal, throwing the energy
sector into chaos and uncertainty. AFP
Thai sectors get financal help
T
HE National Council
for Peace and Order
(NCPO) in Thailand-
has approved a bud-
get of 5.94 billion baht ($186
million) for the overhaul of the
rubber industry as proposed
by the Natural Rubber Policy
Committee.
The measures involve main-
taining a stock to stabilise
prices, improving planters
liquidity, developing the rub-
ber market and conducting
R&D on rubber products, said
Winthai Suwaree, an NCPO
spokesman.
For the short term of up
to 10 years, product prices
will be buoyed by increas-
ing market liquidity, adding
value and improving quality
of products and more lending
to rubber operators.
The NCPO chief is con-
cerned about the rubber prob-
lem and stressed the govern-
ments stock must be sold in
a manner that doesnt affect
market prices, Colonel Win-
thai said. In the short term,
more markets must be found
and products traded at appro-
priate prices. In the long term,
domestic use should be opti-
mised and a balance between
demand and supply must be
maintained, he said.
General Prayuth assigned
General Chatchai Sarikalaya
to talk with the representatives
and accept the letter.
The six-group network sug-
gested two emergency mea-
sures.
Leaders of four groups on
May 16 sought an injunction
from the Administrative Court
to stop the sale of 210,000
tonnes of rubber in the gov-
ernments stockpile, saying
the move would further push
down prices.
Local rubber prices fell from
55.89 baht a kilogram on Au-
gust 7 to 51.61kg on August 18.
The planters recommended
the stock be liquidated in Feb-
ruary 2015 when there is little
tapping activity.
The court issued a tempo-
rary injunction but since the
second inquiry on August 19,
the injunction has not been
renewed.
Related authorities in charge
of the stock argued the sale was
necessary to get the money for
new supply. The inventory was
the result of the previous gov-
ernments subsidy which paid
the planters 100 baht a kg.
The Bank for Agriculture
and Agricultural Coopera-
tives (BAAC) has allocated a
10 billion baht credit line for
farmers to borrow from to re-
pay high-interest debts owed
to loan sharks.
Somsak Kangteerawat,
BAACs senior executive vice
president, said borrowers
must prove to the bank that
the informal loans caused
them a heavy burden. The
underground loan must have
been taken out before Sept 1.
The bank set a loan ceiling
of 100,000 baht at 10 per cent
interest per annum. The pay-
ment period is up to 10 years
and in special cases could be
extended to 12 years.
A ne of 3 per cent interest
per annum will be added if
borrowers default on repay-
ments without acceptable
reasons. Borrowers can place
property or bank deposit as
security, or individuals can
guarantee the loan.
The scheme will run for one
year, from September 1, 2014
until September 30, 2015.
He said the bank offers
training on cost and debt
management to customers
so they can adjust their way
of life and be able to stand on
their own feet. BANGKOK POST
A worker prepares rubber sheets for shipment in Thailand. The rubber
industry and farmers of Thailand have received nancial support from
the government and BAAC, respectively. BLOOMBERG
Markets
9
Business
FINNISH phone maker Nokia,
a unit of Microsoft Devices
Group, has nally jumped
on the low-cost smartphone
bandwagon after Chinese
brands began storming the
Thai market with affordable
but feature-packed phones.
Its rst low-cost smart-
phone, the Lumia, is aimed at
rst-time smartphone buy-
ers the vast majority of the
countrys users who are mi-
grating to smartphones and
third-generation (3G) wireless
broadband service.
At least 20 million mobile
users in Thailand have the
potential to shift to 3G mobile
service, said Nontawan Sind-
havananda, Microsoft De-
vices Group Thailands head
of marketing. Our move is a
determined push to reach the
mass-market consumer in
the country.
The Nokia Lumia 530, the
new addition to the Lumia
family, retails at only 3,690
baht ($115). The Windows 8.1
OS phone featuring dual SIM
3G and quad-core processor
is positioned as an afford-
able model. The phone will
become one of Nokias main
handset offerings.
Nokia previously offered mo-
biles for no lower than 5,000
baht, said Nontawan.
German market research
rm GfK said smartphones
priced from 3,000 to 7,000 baht
accounted for 20 per cent of
Thailands overall smartphone
sales. The local smartphone
market is expected to reach 15
million units this year.
Microsoft recently an-
nounced a major lay-off of up
to 12,500 Nokia employees.
The company is focusing on
promoting its low-cost Win-
dows Phones while terminat-
ing Android-based Nokia X
projects. Microsoft also an-
nounced it would terminate
production of Nokias other
low-end platform Asha.
Nontawan said this would
allow Microsoft to put more
resources into promoting Lu-
mia smartphones, focusing on
the Windows operating system
as an alternative.
She acknowledged that
competition in the local
smartphone market had been
intensifying due to the inux
of new Chinese smartphone
makers.
But Nontawan is condent
that Nokia will be able to re-
tain its competitive advantage
over its rivals. BANGKOK POST
Nokia joins low-cost
smartphone market
PIC BACKGROUND
PIC is an independent, non-partsan organizaton that helps to support and enhance the capacity and improve the
performance of the Cambodian parliament. PIC provides the Parliament of Cambodia with expertse; organizes
workshops, seminars and training; and assists in development of management and procedural tools, capturing
best practces and lessons learned.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Legal Trainer will design and deliver a course in Legal Analysis and Procedure. The course will aim at
measurable improvements in the legal abilites of Parliamentary secretariat sta in the undertaking of their day-
to-day tasks. Following the delivery of an inital period of training, a follow up programme and ongoing mentoring
sessions will ensure that skills are being applied.
This is not an introductory course in law and does not cover legal theory. It is aimed to be directly related to the
legal skills required of secretariat sta, and is for sta who have existng legal knowledge and training. This is
proposed as a three-month course, with two classes per week, followed by an on-the-job mentoring programme.
The duraton of the contract will be ve months, accountng for planning and preparaton of materials and follow
up acton. Final details of tming of the course and frequency of sessions will be determined following needs
assessments.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Legal Trainer will undertake the following dutes:
Collaboratvely design the capacity assessment tool for sta atending the course and produce a capacity
needs report in advance of curriculum design.
Meet together with the atendees and their supervisors to determine the current level of capacity, workplace
dutes, desired improvements and nal course content.
Design a contextualised curriculum, modules and material to meet needs in this area, adoptng a varied,
interactve and practcal approach.
Deliver the course alongside other designated resource persons, with language needs taken into account.
Set assessment standards, implement a nal assessment and monitor the performance of trainees during
the course.
Design a follow up mechanism to check on the applicaton of skills once the inital period of training is
complete.
Produce a nal evaluaton report.
Deliverables:
Pre-course capacity assessment
Training curriculum
Follow up mechanism
Final evaluaton report
The Legal Trainer will have the following qualicatons and experience:
Graduate and post-graduate qualicatons in Law
A minimum of 7 years relevant professional experience
Experience in designing and administering training courses ,developing training material and assessing
progress of students
Experience working in civil law/Cambodian jurisdictons
Strong understanding of the legal system in Cambodia, and of parliaments role in that system
Experience working with parliament is an advantage
Fluency in spoken and writen English; Khmer and French an advantage
Interested applicants should email a cover leter and rsum to admin@pic.org.kh with Legal Trainer in
the subject line. The applicaton deadline is September 15
th
2014. PIC is an equal opportunity employer. Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Parliamentary Insttute of Cambodia (PIC)
Employment Opportunity
Legal Trainer
Foot on gas for $1.7B
Turkmenistan facility
TURKMENISTAN broke
ground yesterday on a $1.7
billion facility to convert its
abundant natural gas into
synthetic petrol. President
Berdymukhamedov said the
facility would convert annually
1.8 billion cubic metres of
natural gas into 600,000
tonnes (750 mn litres) of
synthetic 92 octane petrol that
meets EU environmental
standards when it opens in
2018. Japans JBIC
development bank helped fund
the project. AFP
Chile calls foul play as
fed files Puma suit
CHILES National Professional
Football Federation has filed
suit against German
sportswear and equipment
maker Puma for
systematically violating its
contract, a newspaper
reported. The federation filed
its complaint through the
Santiago chamber of
commerce saying Puma sent
its uniforms for the World Cup
late, after first mistakenly
sending kits for Ghanas
national squad, according to
the El Mercurio daily. Puma
failed to do marketing and
advertising studies it had
agreed to, and delivered balls
in such poor shape they had to
be swapped out, the complaint
reportedly alleges. AFP
Business
10
SOFRECO (www.sofreco.com) is a French leading company
in consultancy and technical assistance for development.
Constantly expanding, SOFRECO has carried out more than
1100 assignments in over 130 countries, in close collaboration
with institutional beneciaries, the private sector and civil
society.
SOFRECO launches a recruitment of Cambodian consultants for
the Technical Assistance for the implementation of Preks of
Kandal Component (TA-Preks) from MOWRAM, funded by the
French Development Agency. The project aims to rehabilitate
30 rst Preks in the Kandal province, providing global support
to the beneciaries and users. It will last 4 years, starting from
mid-October 2014.
SOFRECO is offering an executive consulting position of Deputy
Team Leader (national) with the following responsibilities
among the 10-member team:
Assist the international Team Leader in coordinating
the team
Provide Monitoring and Evaluation services
Coordinate and conduct stakeholder consultations,
workshops, and meetings
Represent the Consultant in relations with the Client
and AFD
Coordinate with other consultants in :
community development and agriculture development o
land survey, land titling certicates, and resettlement o
supervision of rehabilitation works o
operation and maintenance of Preks o
analysis and mitigation of environmental impacts o
Design, provide and supervise capacity building of
farmers and PDWRAM staff
The required qualications are:
At least a masters degree or equivalent in agricultural
civil engineering, hydrology or community development
At least 10 years of experience in agricultural
development related to irrigation and project
management
At least 7 years of experience working as project
management and coordination
Perfect uency in Khmer in English
Applications showing lower qualications will not be examined.
The position is full-time during the 4 years of the project, under
freelance consultant contract.
Other positions are available for international senior experts,
as for example: i) Team Leader / Social Water Management
specialist, and ii) Irrigation Engineer
In case of interest, please send your updated CV to
rbo@sofreco.com before August 31
st
, 2014 indicating
your contact details.
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Cultural Affairs Assistant
TheU.S. Embassy in PhnomPenh is seeking an individual for the
Cultural Affairs Assistant position in thePublic Affairs Section.
Under the supervision of the Public Affairs (PA) Specialist, the
Assistant Public Affairs Ofcer (APAO), and the Public Affairs
Ofcer (PAO), the Cultural Affairs Assistant (CAA) coordinates
the recruitment of candidates for U.S. Government-sponsored
educational and cultural exchange programs; makes international
travel arrangements and provides visa assistance to exchange
participants; develops and organizes outreach activities to youth;
establishes and maintains local contacts with ministry ofcials and
education institutions; and assists with Post-initiated educational
and cultural programs. Under the guidance from the Program
Management Specialist (PMS), the APAO, and the PAO, the
incumbent is responsiblefor theadministration and management of
all grant paperwork and documentation related to theseprograms.
Salary: Theannual salary rangefor this position is
USD 12,142 18,824.
Required Qualications
Bachelors Degreein Liberal Arts, Education, English, 1.
Communications, Public Relations, International
Relations, Business Administration, or Social Scienceis
required.
Oneyear of experiencein managing programs and 2.
projects is required.
Level IV (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English and 3.
Khmer are required. Language prociency will be tested.
Ability to learn/understand thepolicies and set up of 4.
various exchangeprograms. Writing and translation skills
arerequired. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to
initiateand maintain working level contacts arerequired.
Must be familiar with general ofce procedures including 5.
ling, typing and drafting correspondence. Thorough
knowledgeof various computer softwareprograms,
especially Outlook, Word, Excel, andPowerPoint is required.
Application Procedure
Theapplication deadlineis September 10, 2014. Interestedcandidates
must submit applications by email to RecruitmentPHP@state.gov using
theUniversal Application for Employment as aLocally Employed
Staff or Family Member (DS-174) form. Theapplication formand
completedetails on this position can befound at http://cambodia.
usembassy.gov/employment_opportunities.html.
Note: All Ordinarily Resident (OR) applicants must have the
required work and/or residency permits to be eligible for
consideration.
Russia agrees $6.6B bank aid
T
HE Russian government has
approved injecting 239 billion
rubles ($6.6 billion) into two
of the countrys largest, state-
controlled banks that have been hit with
Western sanctions.
VTB Bank will get the lions share of the
allocated funds, 214 billion rubles, while
Rosselkhozbank will get 25 billion, ac-
cording to a decree signed last week and
posted on Monday on the government
website.
Both banks were hit by sanctions im-
posed over Moscows support for pro-
Russian rebels in Ukraine that deny
them most access to borrow on Western
nancial markets.
The banks will issue new preferred
shares that will be acquired by Rus-
sias National Welfare Fund, a sovereign
wealth fund fed by the countrys massive
oil revenues worth $86.5 billion at the
beginning of August.
The ministry is investing in the lend-
ers to increase these institutions Tier
1 capital, the government said in the
order. VTBs Tier 1 capital, a measure
of nancial strength, may rise to more
than 11 percent from 9.4 per cent at
the end of June, according to Natalia
Berezina, banking analyst at UralSib
Financial Corp. in Moscow. Russias
central bank requires a Tier 1 ratio of 10
per cent.
The borrowing restrictions crimp the
ability of Russian banks to lend just as
agging domestic demand has choked
off growth and the government wants
domestic companies to step up invest-
ment to reduce reliance on the West.
Russia has banned most EU and US
food products in response to Western
sanctions, which ofcials said means
the farm sector will need nearly $18 bil-
lion in additional investment to produce
more of the countrys food.
The Vedomosti business daily reported
yesterday that the Russian government
was considering creating a state reinsur-
ance company, another sector in which
the country is highly dependent on for-
eign companies.
It quoted a Finance Ministry source
as saying that creating such a company
would require at least $1.5 billion to be-
gin with, while the nancial magazine
Dengi estimated the sector as needing
$10 billion in capital to replace foreign
companies.
VTB bank said last week that its net
prot plunged by over four-fths from
the gure for the same period last year
to 1.9 billion rubles, but expressed con-
dence that it can resist bite of Western
sanctions. BLOOMBERG
Under an approved injection of 239 billion rubles ($6.6 billion) by the Russian government, VTB
Bank will get 214 billion rubles and Rosselkhozbank will be given 25 billion rubles. BLOOMBERG
AMAZON.COM Inc is buying
video service Twitch Interac-
tive Inc for more than $1 bil-
lion in its biggest acquisition
ever, adding an online gath-
ering place for video gamers,
people with knowledge of the
plans said.
Amazon moved in to buy
Twitch after the startups deal
with Google Inc fell through,
said the people, who asked
not to be be identied be-
cause the talks are private. An
announcement for an acqui-
sition for about $1.1 billion is
set to be made imminently,
one person said.
The deal, the largest in Ama-
zons 20-year history, gives
it an online forum of 45 mil-
lion monthly active users,
where people discuss games
or watch other gamers as
they play. Amazon Chief Ex-
ecutive Ofcer Jeff Bezos has
made video games a focus
of a strategy to add more en-
tertainment services. Just as
the company is beeng up its
TV programming available to
Amazon Prime members, the
company operates a game
studio in Seattle and has been
luring software developers to
build more video-game titles
for its Fire TV set-top box, Fire
Phone and Kindle Fire tablets.
The deal also highlights the
stepped up rivalry between
Amazon and Google. In ad-
dition to battling for custom-
ers watching an increasing
amount of video through the
Internet, the two companies
also are competing for busi-
ness in online data storage
and Internet advertising.
Google and Twitch were
in talks earlier this year on a
transaction that could value
Twitch at about $1 billion, a
person familiar with discus-
sions said in May. As the deal
with Google was being dis-
cussed, investment banker
Frank Quattrone introduced
Twitch to other potential bid-
ders, one of the people said.
Sally Palmer, a spokeswoman
at Quattrones Qatalyst Part-
ners LLC, didnt immediately
return a call for comment.
Buying Twitch for $1.1 bil-
lion would be larger than Am-
azons acquisitions of Zappos.
com Inc. in 2009, Kiva Systems
Inc. in 2012 and Diapers.com
in 2010. Amazon paid $817.3
million in stock for Zappos.
Amazon hasnt been a pro-
lic deal maker like Google or
other large technology com-
panies, buying just 18 compa-
nies since 2012, according to
data compiled by Bloomberg.
As people move more of
their entertainment habits
online and away from tradi-
tional television, interest has
grown in online video compa-
nies with large user bases. Walt
Disney Co recently agreed to
purchase Maker Studios for as
much as $950 million, setting
set off a rush among well-cap-
italized companies to invest in
or acquire video companies
that have a large viewer base.
Twitch is available on Sony
Corps PlayStation 4 and Mi-
crosoft Corps Xbox One game
consoles. Started about seven
years ago as Justin.tv, the ser-
vice has a highly engaged au-
dience of people who watch
others play video games. In
February, 1 million people
shared videos via Twitch.
The company raised $20 mil-
lion from investors last year.
BLOOMBERG
Amazon buys Twitch
in record acquisition
Burger King
deal to buy
Hortons is
now ofcial
BURGER King said yesterday it
had agreed to buy Canadas cof-
fee and donut chain Tim Hor-
tons in an $11 billion deal that
would create the worlds third-
largest fast food company.
The new company would be
headquartered in Canada in a
controversial tax inversion that
provides a lower tax rate for the
iconic hamburger company.
The deal, backed by legen-
dary investor Warren Buffett,
would launch a new company
with about $23 billion in sales
and more than 18,000 restau-
rants in 100 countries.
By bringing together our two
iconic companies under com-
mon ownership, we are creating
a global QSR [quick-service res-
taurant] powerhouse, said Alex
Behring, executive chairman of
Burger King and managing
partner of 3G Capital, Burger
Kings majority owner.
Burger King agreed to pay
about $11.4 billion in cash and
stock for the Canadian chain.
The new company will be
based in Canada, the largest
market of the combined com-
pany, it said. AFP
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Diesel R 5100 5200 1.96 %
Petroleum R 5500 5500 0.00 %
Gas Chi 86000 76000 -11.63 %
Charcoal Baht 1200 1300 8.33 %
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Rice 2 R/Kg 2200 2280 3.64 %
Paddy R/Kg 1800 1840 2.22 %
Peanuts R/Kg 8000 8100 1.25 %
Maize 2 R/Kg 2000 2080 4.00 %
Cashew nut R/Kg 4000 4220 5.50 %
Pepper R/Kg 40000 24000 -40.00 %
Beef R/Kg 33000 33600 1.82 %
Pork R/Kg 17000 18200 7.06 %
Mud Fish R/Kg 12000 12400 3.33 %
Chicken R/Kg 18000 20800 15.56 %
Duck R/Kg 13000 13100 0.77 %
Steel 12 R/Kg 3000 3100 3.33 %
Cement R/Sac 19000 19500 2.63 %
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(Base rate taken on January 1, 2012)
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Crude Oil (WTI) USD/bbl. 93.48 0.13 0.14% 4:59:45
Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 102.68 0.03 0.03% 5:00:01
NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 3.93 -0.01 -0.23% 4:58:43
RBOBGasoline USd/gal. 275.25 0.28 0.10% 4:53:55
NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal. 284.26 0.57 0.20% 4:58:31
ICEGasoil USD/MT 865.5 1.5 0.17% 4:59:13
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
CBOT Rough Rice USD/cwt 12.84 -0.02 -0.16% 1:25:08
CME Lumber USD/tbf 350.6 -2.3 -0.65% 19:42:21
Vacancy Announcement
UNOPS mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United
Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and
procurement in a sustainable and efcient manner. To ensure more effective support
and oversight of ongoing projects/programmes and facilitate the development of
new projects/programmes, UNOPS established its Cambodia Ofce in 2013, which
oversees malaria programmes funded by the Global Fund to ght AIDS, tuberculosis
and malaria (GFATM).
UNOPS Cambodia is urgently looking for a qualied professional to lead its
Programme/M&E team for GFATM-funded programs.
Position Level Deadline
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(6 months contract with possible extension)
IICA-3/ICS-11 14-Sep-14
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Women in Japan prepare for
old age with nursing policies
M
ORE Japanese women
are buying private pen-
sion and nursing care
policies from insurance
companies, in part because they are
delaying marriage to pursue careers.
Growing anxiety about the future
of public pension and nursing care
insurance schemes is believed to be
another factor behind higher sales
to women. An increasing number of
women seem to be conscious about
preparing for life after they retire.
About 30 women attended a semi-
nar held by Meiji Yasuda Life Insur-
ance Co held in Tokyo on July 17.
Women tend to live longer [than
men] and they tend to receive nurs-
ing care for a longer time. One way
to prepare for this may be to join an
insurance plan [like ours], an em-
ployee said.
Im concerned about my future,
so I have to prepare properly, said a
40-year-old part-time worker from
Sagamihara.
According to the Japan Institute of
Life Insurance, 82.3 per cent of men
had life insurance policies, and 68.6
per cent of women, in 1990. The situ-
ation reversed in 2010, with 81.9 per
cent of women holding policies in
2013, compared to 80.9 per cent of
men. The number of people with pri-
vate nursing care and pension poli-
cies has been rising dramatically.
Taiyo Life Insurance Co began sell-
ing nursing care insurance policies
in March. So far, about 80 per cent
of the policyholders are women, and
about half of them are in their 30s to
40s. At Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co, the
number of female holders of its nurs-
ing care insurance policies in scal
2013 rose to four times the level of the
previous scal year. Female holders
of private pension policies offered by
Nippon Life Insurance Co rose 80 per
cent in scal 2013 from the previous
scal year.
At Sumitomo Life Insurance Co, the
percentage of women in their 30s to
40s has been rising among policy-
holders of its nursing care and pen-
sion insurance schemes.
According to the institutes re-
search in 2013, more women held
nursing care and individual pen-
sion insurance policies than men
in both categories. A total of 8.4 per
cent of men held nursing care in-
surance policies and 9.5 per cent of
women, while 19.1 per cent of men
held private pension policies for in-
dividuals compared to 21.9 per cent
of women.
This is mainly because womens
increased presence in the workplace
means more women are remaining
single longer. An increasing number
of women are taking out the insur-
ance policies they need on their own,
an ofcial of the institute said.
Until recently, most policyholders
of life insurance products that offer
large death benets were men who
were the main breadwinners of their
households. The number of policy-
holders of this type of life insurance
has not grown due to the fall in the
nations population and the econom-
ic slump.
Insurance companies have there-
fore made more efforts to promote
medical care insurance and other
products that offer cash benets while
policyholders are still alive, as well as
efforts to attract more female cus-
tomers. These activities have pushed
up the percentages of women among
policyholders.
The institutes research also found
that 80.3 per cent of male respon-
dents and 84.6 per cent of female re-
spondents did not think the govern-
ments public nursing care insurance
scheme would sufciently cover their
expenses in that area.
Also, 75.4 per cent of the men and
81.3 per cent of the women said the
public pension schemes will not suf-
ciently cover their living expenses as
pensioners. The results showed that
more women than men are anxious
about how to nance their postretire-
ment life.
In the private pension schemes, life
insurance companies collect premi-
ums from people who want to secure
money after they retire and pay out
benets after a certain length of time.
THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
Patients chat outside an orthopedic clinic in Kawasaki, Japan. BLOOMBERG
World
Palestinians claim deal reached for permanent truce
THE Palestinians have reached agree-
ment with Israel on a permanent
truce for Gaza, a senior official told
AFP yesterday, in a move Hamas
hailed as a victory.
There was no immediate comment
from Israel on the claimed deal to end
seven weeks of deadly conflict in and
around the territory.
The Palestinian official gave no time
for when a truce would take effect but
said president Mahmud Abbas would
give further details in a speech from
his West Bank headquarters later.
The contacts that have been going
on have led to a permanent ceasefire,
a [deal to] end the blockade and a
guarantee that Gazas demands and
needs will be met, the official said,
speaking on condition of anonymity.
The Islamist Hamas movement, de
facto ruler of Gaza and party to the
Abbas-led efforts to agree a ceasefire,
also said a deal had been struck
with Israel.
The negotiations ended with an
agreement which embodies the resist-
ance of our people and a victory for
the resistance, its exiled deputy lead-
er Mussa Abu Marzuk wrote on his
Facebook page.
The Palestinian official said the
truce deal had been finalised after 48
hours of intensive shuttle diplomacy
by Azzam al-Ahmed, head of the Pal-
estinian delegation to the protracted,
on-off truce talks.
Over the past 48 hours, he has been
shuttling between the leadership of
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, all the factions,
and Egyptian leaders, travelling
between Ramallah, Gaza, Doha over-
seas, he said.
In Gaza, Hamas spokesman Sami
Abu Zuhri said Egypt was expected to
make an official announcement od
the deal.
Prior to news of the purported
ceasefire, Israeli warplanes kept up
their pressure on Hamas with air
strikes killing six and raids hitting two
high-rise apartment blocks in Gaza
City, leaving 40 people wounded.
In the first strike, warplanes fired at
least six rockets at a 16-storey complex
in the Nasser neighbourhood, in which
there were 60 apartments and a com-
mercial complex, completely destroy-
ing the building and wounding 25.
But no one was killed after the army
warned residents to leave in a pre-
recorded message, a witness told AFP.
The army told them to leave imme-
diately and they all ran out into the
street to find shelter, he said.
Warplanes then fired on the 14-sto-
rey Al-Basha building in Rimal neigh-
bourhood, causing massive damage
and wounding 15, witnesses and
medics said.
The Israeli army acknowledged hit-
ting buildings serving as Hamas com-
mand and control centres as well as
two schools in central and northern
Gaza from which low-trajectory fire
had been directed at Israel.
In an Arabic-language text message
sent to residents mobile phones after
the strikes, the army said the towers
were hit because they were used by
Hamas for military purposes.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum
denounced the bombardment of the
two towers as a war crime aimed at
terrorising the people. AFP
Hope, tears and calls for change
Darryl Fears and Wesley Lowery

W
HEN it was
her turn at the
church lectern
that overlooked
her stepsons glossy black
cofn, Calvina Brown took a
deep, relaxing breath. She was
about to tell the story of what
Michael Brown said to her in
his last days, before a contro-
versial shooting by a police of-
cer ended his life.
It wasnt going to be easy. She
faced so many members of
Browns extended family 600,
the church pastor said that
the funeral, at 10am, was de-
layed nearly 30 minutes as they
streamed in. She faced some of
the brightest luminaries of the
black civil rights movement,
reverends Jesse Jackson and Al
Sharpton, as well as movie di-
rector Spike Lee, several mem-
bers of Congress and represen-
tatives of the White House.
She said her stepson told
her months ago, after she fell
ill and was taken to a hospital,
that Ive been dreaming of
death . . . Ive been dreaming of
bloody sheets.
Brown paused, looking to-
wards an overow audience of
at least 2,500 at Friendly Tem-
ple Missionary Baptist Church.
He pretty much prophesised
his own death and didnt know
it. The sheet he dreamed of,
she said, is what eventually
covered him after his body lay
outside in Ferguson, Missouri,
for hours after he was shot.
Rather than providing a coda
after all the national atten-
tion focused on Ferguson in
the past two weeks, the emo-
tional funeral was as complex
and conicted as the countrys
reaction to the shooting. The
two-hour service was mostly a
somber tribute, in deference to
his mother and fathers request
to keep politics and protest out
of laying their son to rest.
But it ended with a ery call
to action from Sharpton, who
called for an end to the gun
violence thats taking the lives
of black youngsters, regardless
of who pulls the trigger.
Neither of Michaels parents
spoke at the funeral. After re-
questing that there be no pro-
test and that civilian motor-
cyclists, not police, escort the
long funeral procession to their
sons grave, Lesley McSpadden
and Michael Brown Sr sat qui-
etly in the pews, surrounded in
a cocoon of relatives.
Calvina Brown, the wife of
Michael Brown Sr, was one
of four family members who
came to the lectern to express
their anger and dismay. Mike
Mike, as she called him, was
an awesome man . . . He just
wanted so much. He wanted
to go to college. He wanted to
have a family. He wanted to be
a good father.
Other family members de-
scribed him as a sweet boy, a
gentle giant who loved to rap,
tinker with computers and do
little else. Standing at nearly
6-foot-4 in high school, he
practised football for a week
before giving up the sport be-
cause he didnt like to hit peo-
ple, relatives recalled.
On the funeral program, Mi-
chael Brown Srs tribute read
like a cry. I think of you day
and night and just wish I was
there to save you from harm. I
always told you I would never
let anything happen to you.
And thats why it hurts sooooo
much. I will never let you die
in my heart.
McSpaddens tribute read: I
want you to know you were the
purpose in my life. Out of ev-
erything I did, it was you that
I did right.
In death, Brown has become
larger than he ever was in life.
In the pews, teacher Carmen
Austell said he might well be-
come a sacricial lamb who
motivates black majorities in
St Louis and Ferguson to throw
out white mayors and elect
someone who might start to re-
make police departments that
are a constant target of black
complaints of harassment.
A few seats away, Pam Britt,
a custodian, sprang to her feet
when a clapping and swaying
mass choir roared into song. St
Louis City has whites living on
one side of town, the south side,
and blacks on the other. No one
wants to talk about it until Mike
Brown gets killed and all that
racial tension comes out. She
had little hope that Browns
death would change things.
Near the end of the service,
when he took the lectern,
Sharpton issued a call for the
change that Britt could not
foresee. He started with police
in Ferguson. Brown was un-
armed, with his hands raised,
when he was shot multiple
times by ofcer Darren Wilson.
To have that boy lay there,
like nobody cared about him,
like he didnt have loved ones,
surrounded by white police
who at rst did not bother
to cover him, was a disgrace,
Sharpton said.
Police released Wilsons
name six days after the shoot-
ing, at the same time they re-
leased video of a cigar theft that
Brown allegedly committed.
How do you think you look
when you cant come up with a
police report, but you can nd
a video? he said. How do you
think you look when people are
marching nonviolently . . . and
you put snipers on the roof?
He asked how it looked to view-
ers around the world when
white people supporting the
police ofcers were largely left
alone while black protesters
were met with military force.
Having said that, Sharpton
pivoted to a tough-love mes-
sage. He angrily recalled the
looting that marked the mostly
peaceful protests.
When it started, he said,
Browns family had to break
their mourning to ask folks to
stop, Sharpton said. They had
to stop their mourning to ask
you to control your anger, like
you are angrier than they are.
This is not about you. Its about
justice. This is about families.
We need to be straight up
with our community, too,
Sharpton said. Black Ameri-
cans must show as much sym-
pathy for 9-year-old Chastity
Turner, who was killed by black
gang members in Chicago, as
they do for black victims of
white shooters.
As the funeral procession
headed out of the church with
the cofn, crowds of people
who had been waiting for three
hours or more in the searing
heat jumped over a fence to
march alongside Browns body
as it was brought to its nal
resting place for a private buri-
al. THE WASHINGTON POST/AFP
The casket of slain 18-year-old Michael Brown is wheeled out of the
Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St Louis, Missouri. AFP
Dear Son,
I dont understand why you
were chosen by God I know
He knows what He is do-
ing because God Almighty
doesnt make mistakes. So
thats why you were called
home I think of you day and
night just wish I was there
to save you from harm. I
always told you I will never
let nothing happen to you.
And thats what hurt
sooooooo much that I
couldnt protect you but we
love you. I will never let you
die in my heart, you will
always live forever.
Your dad and best friend.
You old dude, thats what
you called me.
Michael Brown Sr.
This letter was listed in the funeral program for Michael
Brown. It was written by his father, Michael Brown Sr.
Michael Browns casket arrives at Saint Peters Cemetery for burial. AFP
World
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Finally removed
Foetus left
in woman
for 36 years
D
OCTORS in India have
removed the skeleton of
a foetus that had been
inside a woman for 36 years,
in what is believed to be the
worlds longest ectopic preg-
nancy, a doctor has said.
The woman, 60, became
pregnant at 24 but suffered
a miscarriage because the foe-
tus had been growing outside
of her uterus, the doctor said.
The woman, from a poor
rural area of central India,
was terrified of having
surgery at the time to remove
the remains of the foetus, and
instead sought medication for
the pain at a local clinic.
Although the pain gradually
subsided, it returned years la-
ter, forcing the woman to seek
medical help in a city hospital,
Murtaza Akhtar said.
She came to us complai-
ning of pain in the abdomen,
said Akhtar. Doctors felt a
lump on her lower right ab-
domen and feared it could be
cancer but scans revealed a
calcified mass.
Once we saw the scans, our
first reaction was what are we
dealing with? It was actually a
matured skeleton encapsula-
ted in a calcified sac, Akhtar
said. AFP
Taiwan scrambles jets
as Chinese craft intrude
TAIWANS air force scrambled
fighter jets to track two
Chinese Y-8 maritime patrol
aircraft that intruded into the
islands airspace, a senior air
force officer said yesterday.
One plane entered Taiwans air
defence identification zone
(ADIZ) at 8:33am on Monday
and another at 2:31pm, en
route to a disputed area in the
South China Sea. We followed
them closely to make sure
they left our ADIZ, air force
Major General Hsiung Hou-chi
told reporters, declining to say
how many fighters were
mobilised in the two missions.
The United Daily News cited an
unidentified military officer as
saying that Chinese aircraft
had detoured in the past so as
not to enter Taiwans ADIZ. AFP
Abdullah warns he may
walk from disputed poll
AFGHAN presidential
candidate Abdullah Abdullah
threatened yesterday to
withdraw from the disputed
election, a move that could
wreck UN efforts to rescue the
countrys first democratic
transfer of power. The June 14
vote has triggered a standoff
between Abdullah and his poll
rival Ashraf Ghani, with both
candidates claiming victory
amid allegations of massive
fraud. To end the impasse, a
deal was brokered for an audit
of all eight million votes to
remove fraudulent ballots, and
for the formation of a national
unity government under
whoever becomes the next
president. A spokesman for
the candidate said that
Abdullahs demands over
how fraudulent votes should
be thrown out had been
ignored. AFP
Mohamed Hasni

U
NITED Arab Emir-
ates warplanes se-
cretly bombed Isla-
mist militia targets
in Libya, apparently catching
Washington off guard, as tur-
moil in the North African coun-
try deepened with the Islamists
naming a rival premier.
American ofcials conrmed
on Monday that the UAEs jets
launched two attacks in seven
days on the Islamists in Tripoli
using bases in Egypt.
An Emirati ofcial said only
that his country had no reac-
tion to the report.
The airstrikes signalled a
step towards direct action by
regional Arab states that previ-
ously have fought proxy wars in
Libya, Syria and Iraq in a strug-
gle for power and inuence.
The bombing raids were
rst reported by the New York
Times, and Islamist forces
in Libya had also alleged the
strikes had taken place.
The UAE carried out those
strikes, one American ofcial
said on condition of anonym-
ity. Asked about the account, a
senior US ofcial said the re-
port is accurate.
The US did not take part or
provide any assistance in the
bombing raids, said the two
ofcials, who could not con-
rm that Egypt and the UAE
had left Washington totally in
the dark about the attacks.
The rst strikes, on Monday
last week, focused on militia
targets in Tripoli, including a
small weapons depot, accord-
ing to the Times.
A second round south of the
city early Saturday targeted
rocket launchers, military ve-
hicles and a warehouse, it said.
Those strikes may have been
a bid to prevent the capture
of the airport, but the Islamist
militia forces eventually pre-
vailed anyway.
The UAE which has spent
billions on US-made war-
planes and advanced weapon-
ry provided the military air-
craft, aerial refuelling planes
and crews to bomb Libya,
while Cairo offered access to
its air bases, the Times said.
Egypt has not publicly ac-
knowledged any role in the
airstrikes.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the
Emirates view Islamist mili-
tants in the region as a seri-
ous threat and have cooper-
ated against what they see as a
common danger.
News of the raids came after
Libyas Islamist-dominated
General National Congress
on Monday threw down the
gauntlet to the interim gov-
ernment by naming a pre-
mier-designate to form a rival
administration.
The GNC, ofcially replaced
earlier this month by a freshly
elected parliament, selected
pro-Islamist Omar al-Hassi to
form a salvation government,
a spokesman said.
The GNC dismissed [inter-
im premier] Abdullah al-Thani
as head of government and
gave Omar al-Hassi a week to
form a salvation government,
Omar Ahmidan told journal-
ists in Tripoli, where GNC
members met.
At the same time, Libyas new
army chief Abdel Razzak Nad-
huri declared war on terror-
ists after parliament, holed up
1,600 kilometres east of Tripoli,
nominated him to tackle the
unrest sweeping the nation.
The GNC meeting, for its part,
gave its backing to legitimate
moves aimed at liberating the
country, Ahmidan said of the
weekend capture of Tripoli air-
port by the Fajr Libya (Libyan
Dawn) Islamist coalition.
The airport seizure came af-
ter weeks of ghting between
Islamists and the nationalist
militia of Zintan in the west,
which had controlled it since
Moammar Gadda was over-
thrown in 2011.
The GNC, the re-emergence
of which plunges Libyas rocky
political transition into fresh
crisis, met following a request
from Islamists, who accused
parliament of complicity in
last weeks air raids. Thani re-
jected the GNCs decisions.
The meeting was illegal, its
decisions are illegal and the
only legislative body is parlia-
ment, he said in a televised
news conference from Tobruk.
Fajr Libya is a coalition of
Islamist militias, mainly from
Misrata, east of Tripoli. Ansar
al-Sharia controls around 80
per cent of the eastern city
of Benghazi.
Fajr Libya yesterday dis-
missed a call from Ansar al-Sh-
aria for the two groups to unite
under one banner, saying it
rejects terrorism and extrem-
ism. AFP
US in dark as UAE
made Libya strikes
Islamist ghters in the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) coalition guard the
entrance of Tripolis international airport on Sunday. AFP
US begins reconnaissance
ights into Syrian air space
THE US has begun reconnais-
sance flights over Syria in prep-
aration for a possible cross-
border expansion of its aerial
campaign against Islamic State
militants in Iraq.
The flights, involving both
manned aircraft and drones,
began yesterday, an official con-
firmed, after they were approved
by US President Barack Obama
on the weekend.
Obama has been reluctant to
take military action in Syria,
but the flights are being seen as
laying the groundwork for
extending US airstrikes against
IS militants into the groups
stronghold of Raqqa in north-
eastern Syria, where it has been
leading the fight against the
regime of Bashar al-Assad in a
civil war that has killed almost
200,000 people.
The irony that the US only a
year ago considered but ulti-
mately rejected conducting
airstrikes against Syrian gov-
ernment forces was not lost on
the regime.
Assads foreign minister, Wal-
id al-Muallem, highlighted the
possible shifting of interna-
tional alliances in the region by
offering Syrian cooperation in
the fight against IS. But he
warned the US against carrying
out airstrikes on its territory
without consent.
Any strike which is not coor-
dinated will be considered as
aggression, he said.
Muallem revelled in the awk-
ward position the West now
finds itself in on Syria, claiming
Damascus had repeatedly
warned of the nature of the
opposition to the Assad gov-
ernment, but that no one lis-
tened to us.
The White House refused to
publicly discuss the flights, but
did not deny the report. Spokes-
man Josh Earnest said the US
was willing to take military
action to protect US citizens
without regard to internation-
al boundaries.
He added: We are not inter-
ested in trying to help the Assad
regime, but acknowledged
that there are a lot of cross-
pressures here.
Britains foreign secretary,
Philip Hammond, took a simi-
lar line last week in the wake of
the murder of the American
journalist James Foley. He said:
We may very well find that we
are fighting, on some occasions,
the same people that [Assad] is
but that doesnt make us his ally.
It would not be practical, sen-
sible or helpful to even think
about going down that route.
Muallem condemned Foleys
killing in the strongest possible
terms but asked: Has the West
ever condemned the massacres
by the Islamic State against our
armed forces or citizens?
Officials told the New York
Times that the US had not con-
sulted Damascus about the sur-
veillance flights. On Monday,
Obama held a meeting with his
military commanders and his
defence secretary, Chuck Hagel,
to discuss the possibility of
expanding the USs campaign
against Isis, which began with
air strikes in Iraq on August 8.
THEGUARDIAN
THE family of a Japanese
woman who fatally set herself
on re after being forced to
ee the nuclear disaster at Fu-
kushima was awarded nearly
half a million dollars in dam-
ages yesterday, reports said.
It was the rst time that the
operator of the stricken plant,
Tokyo Electric Power Co, has
been ordered to pay compen-
sation for a suicide linked to
the 2011 nuclear disaster.
A 9.0 undersea quake trig-
gered a massive tsunami that
swamped cooling systems at
the Fukushima Dai-ichi power
plant in Japans northeast.
Hundreds of thousands of
people were evacuated amid
radiation fears. Among them
was Hamako Watanabe, 58,
who doused herself in petrol
and set herself on re when she
was allowed to temporarily re-
turn to her home in June 2011.
Her family sued TEPCO for
damages, arguing the forced
evacuation was responsible
for the symptoms of depres-
sion she displayed.
A district court ordered
TEPCO to pay 49 million
($472,000) to her family. AFP
Fukushima rm told
to pay out for suicide
UAE secretly sent the warplanes, US officials said on Monday
Airstrikes against Islamists in Libya
UAE carried out
the airstrikes using
bases in Egypt,
according to
US officials
TRIPOLI
LIBYA
EGYPT
UAE
Airstrikes on Aug 18
and Aug 23 focused
on targets held by
Islamist militias
A rebel ghter guards a front line position in a rebel-held suburb of the
Syrian capital Damascus. AFP
FIVE people have been killed
and five others are missing
after heavy rains pummelled
the southern part of South
Korea, rescuers said yesterday.
One person was killed when
a commuter bus was swept
away by a flash flood into a
swollen stream near the city of
Changwon on Monday, the
National Emergency Manage-
ment Agency said.
Four others aboard the bus
were missing, including the
driver. TV footage showed the
bus being pulled downstream
in muddy flood waters, and
overturning before getting
stuck beneath a bridge.
Rescuers hammered their
way through the windows and
pulled out the body of a
19-year-old woman, and were
searching for the others still
missing.
Four other people were killed
as torrential rains battered
Busan, South Koreas second
largest city. The victims includ-
ed two people who were
trapped and drowned in their
car as they drove through a sub-
merged underpass in Busan.
A nuclear power plant was
forced to halt operations as a
cooling facility was inundated,
while heavy rain knocked
Busans subway out of service
for hours. TV footage showed
brown water cascading down
stairways and escalators into
the subway. AFP
Heavy rain lashes SK
World
14
Brazil deal
to end jail
standoff
BRAZILIAN authorities reached
a deal with rioting prisoners on
Monday who killed four fellow
inmates, beheading two, and
held two guards hostage.
Elson Faxina, a spokesman
for the Parana state attorneys
office, said an agreement was
signed to end the uprising at
the Cascavel city correctional
facility and that prisoners were
currently being transferred to
another jail.
After that, the two guards
who were held hostage will be
freed, Faxina said, adding that
police still had to enter the jail
to assess the damage and deter-
mine if there are more victims.
Some 800 inmates 80 per
cent of those held at the facility
took part in the revolt, he said.
The riot erupted on Sunday as
breakfast was being served. Two
prisoners were beheaded in the
first surge of violence, and two
others were thrown off the top
of the cellblocks.
An official with the guards
union said only 10 wardens
were on duty at the time.
Prison authorities said the
inmates were demanding
improved facilities, better qual-
ity food and more flexible visit-
ing hours. AFP
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Ayes have it in Scottish debate
Naomi Oleary

C
AMPAIGN leaders
clashed over Scot-
lands future in a ery
nal TV showdown,
with the pro-independence
side hoping a strong showing
will give them momentum as
postal voting began yesterday.
Pro-independence Scottish
First Minister Alex Salmond
emerged the clear winner in
a snap Guardian/ICM poll
in which 71 per cent said the
Scottish rst minister had
bested his opponent, No
campaign leader Alistair Dar-
ling, excluding undecideds.
But experts questioned
whether the victory would be
enough to bridge a stubborn
gap in polls, in which the Yes
Scotland campaign has long
lagged behind the anti-inde-
pendence Better Together.
The debate was heated,
with the two rivals interrupt-
ing, challenging and talking
over each other on topics that
ranged from what currency an
independent Scotland would
use, oil reserves, defence, to
the fate of the National Health
Service (NHS).
In his opening statement,
Salmond underlined the his-
toric nature of the decision,
saying that independence
would free Scotland from
austerity policies and military
spending.
Absolutely no one will run
the affairs of this country bet-
ter than the people who live
and work in Scotland . . . We
are a rich nation and a re-
sourceful people. We can cre-
ate a rich nation and a more
fair society, Salmond said.
In return, Darling sought to
sow doubt in Salmonds vi-
sion, saying the details were
not clear enough and empha-
sising uncertainty over what
currency an independent
Scotland would use.
Salmond is asking us to take
his word for it on everything.
No plan B for anything. Trust
what he says? Sorry, I cant,
Darling rebutted.
The pro-independence
camp was 14 points behind in
a poll for The Times last week,
which said 43 per cent of re-
spondents would vote Yes to
the split compared to 57 per
cent who would vote No.
However, the gap between
the two camps appears to
have narrowed slightly in re-
cent weeks. Almost a fth of
voters were expected to begin
receiving their ballot papers
by post yesterday ahead of
referendum day on Septem-
ber 18. AFP
Russia-Ukraine talks to decide fate of Europe
THE presidents of Russia and Ukraine
shook hands before key talks yesterday,
though with little hope for a break-
through to end the conflict pitting Kiev
against pro-Moscow separatist rebels.
Ukrainian President Petro Porosh-
enko said that he saw the talks in Minsk
with Vladimir Putin and senior EU offi-
cials as playing a crucial role in deciding
the future of Europe.
In Minsk at this meeting the fate of
the world and Europe is being decided.
That is how I see it, Poroshenko said
after shaking hands with Putin.
Tensions have ramped up after Russia
for the first time admitted that its troops
had crossed onto Ukrainian soil after
Kiev released footage purporting to
show 10 Russian soldiers captured on
its territory.
A Moscow military source claimed they
had crossed into Ukraine by accident.
In a sign of how high tensions are, it
remained unclear if Poroshenko would
meet one-on-one with Putin in the
Belarussian capital.
Pressure soared after Kievs security
service said on Sunday that paratroop-
ers from Russias 98th airborne division
had been captured by Ukrainian forces
about 50 kilometres southeast of the
main rebel stronghold of Donetsk.
Ukrainian media yesterday aired foot-
age purporting to show captured Rus-
sian solders confessing to crossing into
Ukraine in armoured convoys.
We travelled here in columns, not
along the roads but across the fields,
says one of the men. I didnt even see
when we crossed the border. AFP
Better Together campaign leader Alistair Darling (left) argues with
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond in a debate on Monday. AFP
15
World
Kennewick Man was a globetrotter
Joel Achenbach

T
HE mysterious Kennewick
Man, who died 9,000 years
ago in Washingtons Colum-
bia River Valley, was a seal
hunter who rambled far and wide
with a projectile point lodged in his
hip, ve broken ribs that never healed
properly, two small dents in his skull
and a bum shoulder from the repeti-
tive stress of throwing spears.
He came from somewhere far away,
far up the Pacic Northwest coast,
possibly Alaska or the Aleutian Is-
lands. He might even have come to
North America all the way from Asia.
Thats the argument of a new, 688-
page, peer-reviewed book, Kenne-
wick Man: The Scientic Investigation
of an Ancient American Skeleton, that
will be published next month.
Scientists have told their story of
Kennewick Man before in lectures
and interviews, but the new book
represents the most detailed ac-
count of research that came about
only after scientists sued for access
to the bones. The Army of Corps of
Engineers, which has custody of the
bones, had pressed the scientists to
publish their research. Now it has -
nally arrived, in a volume as thick and
heavy as a textbook.
Kennewick Man could not have
been a longtime resident of the area
where he was found, but instead
lived most of his adult life somewhere
along the Northwest and North Pa-
cic coast where marine mammals
were readily available, the conclud-
ing chapter of the book states.
He could have been an Asian, said
co-editor Richard Jantz, emeritus pro-
fessor of anthropology at the Univer-
sity of Tennessee. One of the things
we always tend to do is underestimate
the mobility of early people.
His co-editor, Douglas Owsley, a
forensic anthropologist at the Smith-
sonians National Museum of Natural
History, agrees: He was a long-dis-
tance traveller.
The book includes many kinds of
research on the skeleton, which was
discovered in 1996, and its environ-
ment, but the chemical analysis of the
molecular isotopes in the bones and
the clues they provide to Kennewick
Mans origin are likely to be among
the most heavily debated ndings.
The analysis suggests that Kenne-
wick Man lived off a diet of seals and
other large marine mammals and
drank glacier-melt water. His wide-
set body is akin to what is generally
seen in cold-adapted human popu-
lations. The book includes a vintage
photograph of an Inuit seal hunter
on an ice oe in Alaska a suggested
analog to Kennewick Mans lifestyle.
The origin of Kennewick Man is rel-
evant to the future disposition of his
bones. Native American tribes have
claimed him as one of their ances-
tors and have sought to rebury the re-
mains in keeping with their customs.
The scientists argued that there is no
evidence linking any of todays tribes
to the skeleton.
They say that Kennewick Mans
skull, which is large and narrow with
a projecting face, doesnt look like the
skulls of later Native Americans. This
has been noted in other skulls from
that era, including that of a teenage
girl found in a submerged cave in
Mexico, and the skull of a man found
in the Channel Islands off California.
The dimensions of Kennewick
Mans skull most closely match those
of Polynesians, specically the inhab-
itants of the Chatham Islands, near
New Zealand, the scientists say.
He wasnt himself a Polynesian,
however. Rather, according to the sci-
entists, Kennewick Man and todays
Polynesians, as well as the prehistoric
Jomon people and contemporary
Ainu people of northern Japan, have
a common ancestry among a coastal
Asian population.
These were hunters of marine crea-
tures and could have followed the
edge of the ice around the northern
rim of the Pacic Ocean, harvesting
seals and using primitive watercraft
to travel long distances, Owsley said.
This is like a highway, Ows-
ley said of the coastal route
of migration. People
are going from the Old
World to the New World
and back and forth.
He said of Kennewick
Man: His morphology
is what people look like
in the Upper Paleolithic
period along that whole
circum-Pacic expanse.
The heft of the volume
and the condence of Ows-
ley and his co-authors in their
interpretation of Kenne-
wick Man is unlikely
to end debate
over who this
ancient person was and how he was
related to other Paleoamericans and
Native Americans alive today.
There will always be additional
questions. Did he have a mate? Chil-
dren? A clan?
Chatters said he probably lived in a
band of 20 to 40 people.
And he surely was a strong man,
able to endure pain from myriad in-
juries and the challenges of life as a
hunter, Chatters said. His survival
from a serious injury the embedded
spear point in hip seems to suggest
something.
He was injured severely enough
when he was young that somebody
took very good care of him, Chatters
said. THE WASHINGTON POST
Kennewick Mans remains and (bottom
right) a clay facial reconstruction based
on his skull. THE WASHINGTON POST
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AST December, I took a pic-
ture with two friends in
front of our old elementary
school: Bel-Nor Elementary
in St Louis, a little over a kilometre
from Ferguson, Missouri. It was the
last day before Bel-Nor was closing
its doors for good; come January, its
students and teachers would dis-
perse to other schools in the area
and farther afield. We were three
white women, standing before a
red-brick building.
Inside, nearly every student was
African-American.
Bel-Nor was part of the Normandy
School District, the same one
Michael Brown graduated from a
few weeks ago. The district lost its
state accreditation in 2012 and has
been in dire straits for much longer.
A variety of factors contribute to the
problem, but high among them is
that its poor: Ninety per cent of the
students qualify for free lunches. In
a system where the local tax base
supports everything from teacher
salaries to the purchase of books,
districts such as Normandy suffer.
Normandy has long been majori-
ty-black. And when I attended Bel-
Nor more than two decades ago, I
was one of only a handful of white
students in my grade. Back then,
singing verse after verse of We Shall
Overcome in music class, I thought I
had racial prejudice figured out:
Things were bad long ago, but now
we were all pretty much OK.
I didnt understand a thing.
I attended Normandy Elementary
until fourth grade. Then, like many
other families in my neighbour-
hood, we moved across town to a
school district that had more mon-
ey and resources and a lot more
white people.
When we moved, I was the young-
est of three children, and my broth-
er was just finishing eighth grade.
At Normandy Junior High, gang
affiliations dictated where you sat
and who you walked with. And
while white kids were exempted in
some ways, we were targeted in oth-
ers; more than once, my brother
and his friends were jumped while
walking home from school. Fights
broke out five on one, 10 on one
daily, and several teachers told my
parents: Dont send your son to
Normandy High.
My parents originally settled in
North St Louis County because they
wanted us to grow up in a racially
and economically diverse place.
They wanted to buy a house in a
community they loved. And they
did; they stayed for 15 years. But
eventually they made the decision
to leave.
And they certainly werent alone.
Many middle-class families left
Normandy and other districts like
it. Some were black, but a large
number were white. It was easy to
see. Moving up from elementary
school to junior high and then high
school, the white students all of a
sudden disappeared.
Call it second-wave white flight.
Among those middle-class fami-
lies who stayed, most sent their
children to private schools (Catho-
lic schools siphon off a lot of white
students in the St Louis area). One
of my sisters old classmates
arranged to stay with a friends
family so she could attend a differ-
ent school.
The high school I attended wasnt
exclusively white; at the time, it had
one of the most racially diverse stu-
dent populations in the state. I feel
grateful and lucky for the education
I received. But I also feel guilty,
because the math is easy. When
middle-class families like mine flee
a neighbourhood, a school, a coun-
ty a place like Normandy, or like
Ferguson they take resources with
them. They take higher-achieving
students family income and edu-
cational success are inextricably
linked, according to a 2011 National
Center for Education Statistics
report right along with the tax rev-
enue that can help a struggling
school district.
Its an economic issue. Its also a
racial issue. Many of the families in
my old neighbourhood who could
afford to move or send their chil-
dren to private schools were white.
Along racial lines, white poverty
rates are among the lowest, and
black poverty rates are among the
highest. But census statistics dont
tell the whole story. Neighbour-
hoods are more than socioeconom-
ic class and colour, and the commu-
nities in North County are strong,
with or without white families like
mine, and the challenges they face
cant be reduced to one factor. Indi-
vidual decisions, though, can and
do have an impact on communities.
Im still glad you got the education
you did, my mother said about
moving. But it broke my heart. It
felt like selling out.
The truth is, we did.
We sold out a school district and a
community, along with any notion
that the kids scattered by the clos-
ing of Bel-Nor last December would
have the same opportunities my
brother and sister and I had. My
parents made the very understand-
able very human decision to put
their children first. But its also a
reason that institutional racism
persists. As a white, middle-class
family, we had many advantages.
We used them to leave. THE ROOT
White ight and North St Louis
Students at a college orientation meeting for Howard University freshmen earlier this month pose in support of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old killed by police in Ferguson,
Missouri. North St Louis, like Ferguson, experienced white ight, which drained much-needed resources. THE WASHINGTON POST
Comment
Molly Patterson
Molly Patterson is an assistant professor of
English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire and a contributor to The Root.
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Lifestyle Lifestyle Lifestyle Lifestyle
Breaking Bad, Modern Family big
winners at Emmys; Games snubbed
C
ULT TV drama series
Breaking Bad and
comedy hit Modern
Family were the big
winners on Monday at the an-
nual Emmys, which paid mov-
ing tribute to late Hollywood
icon Robin Williams.
Royal feud saga Game of
Thrones, which had garnered
the most nominations, went
home with none of the big priz-
es from the 66th Primetime
Emmys, televisions equivalent
of the Oscars.
Other highlights included a
passionate on-stage kiss
between Bryan Cranston and
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and a
bizarre segment in which curvy
Colombian actress Sofia Ver-
gara rotated on a platform.
This is . . . a wonderful time
to be working in television, said
Breaking Bad director Vince Gil-
ligan, accepting the prize of best
drama at the climax of the three-
hour show in Los Angeles.
Breaking Bad, about high
school chemistry teacher-
turned-drugs-kingpin Walter
White, also took the best drama
actor award for Cranston, and
the best supporting prizes for
Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn,
who played his partner and
wife, respectively.
Modern Family meanwhile
won best comedy series for the
fifth year in a row, equaling a
record set by Frasier between
1994 and 1998.
Julianna Margulies won best
drama actress for The Good
Wife, while best TV movie went
to The Normal Heart, about gay
activist Larry Kramers work to
raise HIV/AIDS awareness dur-
ing the early 1980s.
In a moving acceptance
speech, Kramer who is HIV
positive appeared on stage
with the films makers, wrapped
in a scarf and hat as he was
applauded by the star-studded
audience.
The evenings big loser was
Game of Thrones, which was
shortlisted in 19 categories and
has already been renewed for a
fifth and sixth season.
In the end, Game left with
only relatively minor prizes
joining a list of snubbed shows
also including True Detective,
Orange Is the New Black and
House of Cards.
On the comedy front, Jim Par-
sons won best comedy actor for
The Big Bang Theory, Louis-
Dreyfus best comedy actress for
Veep, Ty Burrell best supporting
actor for Modern Family, Alli-
son Janney best supporting
actress in Mom and Louis CK
comedy writing for Louie.
There were giggles when
Breaking Bad star Cranston
planted a prolonged kiss on the
lips of Louis-Dreyfus as she
went up to collect her prize, in
one of the more outrageous
segments of the evening.
Funnyman Jimmy Kimmel
also drew laughs, joking that
Oscar-winning actor Matthew
McConaughey nominated for
bleak cop drama True Detective
was too handsome for TV.
Beautiful son of a bitch.
Thats not a television face,
thats a movie star face, Kim-
mel joked.
In one of the more surreal
moments, Modern Family star
Vergara introduced Television
Arts and Sciences president
Bruce Rosenblum and then
proceeded to stand on a rotat-
ing platform, displaying her
figure-hugging dress while he
gave a speech. The skit was
intended as an ironic comment
on how boring such speeches
are but online critics immedi-
ately mauled it for being sexist.
British comic Ricky Gervais
meanwhile joked about miss-
ing out on an Emmy for his
show Derek.
Hello. I lost again! Thats
good. Twenty-one times! Twen-
ty-one times Ive been nomi-
nated. Lost 19. Its a cruel joke,
he said. He then read out the
speech he said he had prepared,
beginning Ha, ha. I won! I
knew I would because I am the
best actor, adding that he was
better than his five fellow
nominees. Look at their stupid
faces. Thank you to the Emmy
voters who are never wrong.
Well, we know thats bollocks
now, he said.
But the ceremony took a seri-
ous turn when honouring Hol-
lywood great Williams, who
died in an apparent suicide on
August 11 at age 63.
With emotions raw, his friend
and fellow actor-comedian
Billy Crystal paid tribute to the
Oscar winner.
He made us laugh. I spent
many happy hours on stage
with Robin. His brilliance was
stunning, the relentless energy
breathtaking, said Crystal,
adding that Williams star
remained undimmed.
The glow will be so bright, it
will warm your heart and make
your eyes glisten, and youll
think to yourselves, Robin Wil-
liams. What a concept. AFP
Actors Aaron Paul, winner of the award for Outstanding Supporting
Actor in a Drama Series; Anna Gunn, winner of the award for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series; and Bryan Cranston, winner
of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for the
show Breaking Bad, attend the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
Governors Ball. AFP
In a surreal moment at Monday
nights Emmy Awards, Modern
Family star Soa Vergara rotated
on a platform, displaying her
gure-hugging dress, while Tele-
vision Arts and Sciences president
gave a speech. The skit drew sex-
ism charges on Twitter. AFP
Health
18
Y
OUVE probably seen
the videos or at least
heard the stories of
women a month or
two away from delivery and
still pumping iron and run-
ning marathons. These preg-
nant phenoms elicit as much
admiration as they do concern
from onlookers.
If youre a mum-to-be bent
on keeping up a workout rou-
tine, the trick is to consult your
doctor, know your limit and
have a plan for each trimester.
Pregnancy should not be
a state of connement, said
Raul Artal, chairman of the de-
partment of obstetrics, gyne-
cology and womens health at
Saint Louis University School
of Medicine.
Healthy pregnant women
should stay active, but take
into account that their bodies
change during pregnancy.
Artal, an author of the Amer-
ican College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists guidelines
on exercise during pregnancy,
advises women to maintain
their current level of training,
whether its biking, running
or lifting. If you were squat-
ting 125 pounds before don-
ning maternity wear, then you
can probably keep it up as
elastic-waist pants take over
your closet.
You may have to lower the
weight as the pregnancy pro-
gresses, however, if you start
developing back pain. Its
common for pregnant women
to suffer from lordosis, a cur-
vature of the spine that can
cause lower back pain during
strength training, Artal said.
Proper technique is es-
sential to prevent injury, es-
pecially at the tail-end of the
pregnancy when your body
will have a buildup in relaxin,
a hormone that loosens liga-
ments for an easier delivery,
said Michelle Mottola, director
of the R Samuel McLaughlin
Foundation-Exercise and Preg-
nancy Lab at the University of
Western Ontario.
Joints might be prone to in-
jury because of the higher hor-
mone levels. So its best to cut
out any exercises that require
rapid changes in direction or
bouncing no split jumps or
burpees. And isometric ex-
ercise the sorts of moves
that require hold periods is
best left for post-pregnancy
workouts.
Stick to static moves such
as squats, which are good for
strengthening your abdomi-
nals and pelvic oor, the mus-
cles and ligaments that support
the womb, said Lisa Reed, a
Washington-based trainer. She
designs tness and nutrition
programs for each trimester of
pregnancy and post-delivery.
The biggest thing with pre-
natal clients is strengthening
the pelvic oor and abdomi-
nals, Reed said. Abdominals
are going to be vital to carrying
the baby, to your posture and to
the pushing stages of labour.
Reed also encourages cli-
ents in the third trimester to
sit on the oor with a stability
ball behind their back, push-
ing against the ball and taking
deep breaths in and out.
As you exhale and push your
lower back in, you are actually
using your abs to exhale, she
said. Pregnant women have
to be really conscious of their
breathing and remain hydrat-
ed throughout their workout.
Mottola recommends that
women hold off on heavy lift-
ing, instead use lighter weights
with higher counts, say 12 to
15 repetitions per set. Save the
maximum reps and power lift-
ing for after you deliver your
bundle of joy to avoid putting
too much pressure on your
joints, Mottola said.
There are some exercises
that you should avoid at cer-
tain points during your preg-
nancy. Exercising while lying
on your back is a no-no past
four months, Mottola said.
Your enlarged uterus could ei-
ther decrease the ow of blood
returning from the lower half
of your body as it presses on a
major vein or decrease the ow
to a major artery.
Reed said she advises her
pregnant clients to avoid ex-
ercises such as knee lifts and
high kicks that shift the pelvic
oor. Anything that puts more
stress on the pelvic oor and
twisting of the body is not ad-
vised in the third trimester,
she said.
On the other hand, swim-
ming or any kind of exercis-
ing in the water is a great way
for women to stay in shape
throughout their pregnancy,
Reed said. Buoyancy alleviates
some of the joint stress moms-
to-be experience, and lap
swimming can help condition
muscles. THE WASHINGTON POST
PEOPLE with autism have too many
synapses the connectors by which
brain cells send and receive signals
according to a new study that
may point to a treatment for the
complex disorder.
The extra synapses in autistic
brains are the result not of overpro-
duction, but of a failure in the nor-
mal process of discarding old and
degraded cells.
Researchers at New Yorks Univer-
sity of Columbia were able to re-es-
tablish the brains pruning mecha-
nism in mice genetically modified to
simulate autism.
To do it, they used a drug called
rapamycin to block a protein, mTOR,
which in autistic patients goes hyper-
active and blocks the brains natural
ability to cull synapses.
The researchers saw a drop in typi-
cal autistic behaviours, such as avoid-
ing contact with others, in the treated
mice, according to findings published
this week in the US journal Neuron.
We were able to treat the mice after
the disease had appeared, said
Columbia University neurobiologist
David Sulzer, lead author of the
study.
This is crucial because autism does
not become apparent at birth but
later in childhood, so you need a
treatment that works after diagnosis,
he said.
If we were correct we should be
able to have quite effective treatment
even after diagnosis, he told AFP.
One in 68 children in the United
States is diagnosed on the autism
spectrum, according to the most
recent government estimates.
Newborn brains produce an enor-
mous quantity of synapses as they
grow; however, later in childhood
and adolescence they prune many
of these connections to allow the dif-
ferent sections of the brain to devel-
op without being overwhelmed,
neurologists said.
This study analysed tissues from
the cerebral cortex the part of the
brain involved in speech and social
behaviours from 48 cadavers of sub-
jects ranging in age from two to 20 at
their deaths.
Of the subjects, 26 had been diag-
nosed with autism, and 22 were not.
Early in childhood, both groups had
similar numbers of synapses, the
study found.
However, a 19-year-old without
autism had around 41 per cent few-
er synapses than a young child,
while an autistic 19-year-old had far
more their brains had shed only
around 16 per cent compared with
a young childs.
The neurologists noted also that
the excess of synapses increased the
risk of epilepsy, since there were
more electrical signals crossing
through the brain.
Sulzer and his team also discov-
ered biomarkers and proteins in the
brains of children and teenagers
with autism that indicated the prun-
ing mechanism was not functioning
normally.
Sulzer said it might be possible to
adapt rapamycin to treat some autis-
tic patients to help lessen the some-
times debilitating symptoms.
However, he noted that the drug in
its current form, which is in testing as
a treatment for Tuberous sclerosis, a
rare genetic disorder often associated
with autism, is also an immuno-sup-
pressant, and may not be ideal as a
long-term treatment, especially for
children and teenagers, whose bodies
are still developing. APF
Exercising while expecting
With doctors approval, pregnant women can continue to work out. One example is band walks (top): Wrap
a resistance band around your ankles and keep your feet a little wider than shoulder width. Pulling on the
resistance band, walk from one side of the room to the other. Another workout is arm curls while sitting on a
stability ball. THE WASHINGTON POST
Study suggests treatment might
be possibility for autism sufferers
YOUNG people are increasingly at
risk of contracting HIV/Aids and
sexually transmitted infections
(STIs), a study released by the
United Nations Fund for Chil-
dren warned on Monday.
Those most at risk are gay
males, sex workers and drug
addicts, aged between 15 and
24 years old.
According to the study,
conducted by Thammasat
University and UNICEF,
around 70 per cent of
new cases of sexually trans-
mitted infections occur in
young people.
The study cited national data show-
ing that 41 per cent of new HIV infec-
tions are contracted by young men
who have sex with men.
The chief of HIV/Aids for Unicef
Thailand, Robert Gass, said the
main factors leading to HIV infection
in young people were a lack of life
experience causing poor decision
making, along with alcohol and
drug use.
Social media, online dating web-
sites and mobile applications make
it much easier for young people to
meet up and engage in casual sex,
he said.
Pongthorn Chanlearn, executive
director of Mplus Foundation, a non-
governmental organisation in
Chiang Mai province, said
many young people acknowl-
edge using condoms to pro-
tect themselves is important;
however, many are either too
shy to buy them or fail to use
them when having sex.
HIV infection among female
sex workers in Thailand has
fallen from 2.8 per cent in 2008
to 1.8 per cent in 2011, the
report found. This is because
a large number of sex work-
ers have been using con-
doms with clients and
their partners.
Migrant workers are another group
at risk of HIV infection because they
lack knowledge about the disease
and of STI prevention, according to
the report.
The group often faces difficulties in
gaining access to free health services
and HIV prevention information, due
to language barriers and financial
problems.
The study was conducted among
2,000 people aged 15-24 early last
year in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Song-
khla and Ubon Ratchathani.
Respondents included young men
who have sex with men, transgen-
ders, sex workers, migrant workers
and drug addicts. BANGKOK POST
Youths at high risk of HIV
STATES that allow medical mar-
ijuana have 25 per cent fewer
prescription drug overdose
deaths, a team of researchers
reports in a newly released aca-
demic paper, suggesting that
expanded access to marijuana,
often used for its purported
pain-alleviating qualities, could
have unintended benefits.
As awareness of the addiction
and overdose risks associated
with painkillers such as Oxy-
contin and Vicodin grows, indi-
viduals with chronic pain and
their medical providers may be
opting to treat pain entirely or
in part with medical marijuana,
Colleen Barry, an associate pro-
fessor at Johns Hopkins and
senior author of the study, said
in a statement.
The researchers found that
states with medical marijuana
laws consistently had lower
overdose death rates through-
out the years studied 1999 to
2010 and that such laws were
associated with a 24.8 per cent
lower annual rate of painkiller
overdose deaths. Those states
had 1,729 fewer overdose deaths
in 2010 than would have been
predicted by trends in states
without such laws.
To conduct their analysis,
published on Monday in the
peer-reviewed JAMA Internal
Medicine, the researchers
relied on Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention death
certificate data. The rate of
overdose deaths rose in all
states over the study period.
California, Oregon and Wash-
ington were the only three
states with medical marijuana
laws in place before 1999,
while 10 more had joined by
2010. THE WASHINGTON POST
Pot laws
effect rates
of drug
overdoses
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W
E ARRIVE at
dusk, while its
still light enough
to tell that
Malutkas Andalucian Grotto
has a spectacular view. The
street is on a ledge of rock, high
above the town of Baza. From
the terrace, we look across the
scorched atlands of the Alti-
plano de Granada towards the
hills of the Sierra de Castril. The
air is scented with jasmine.
Malutka herself is there to
greet us, dressed in a owing
peasant frock, hair pinned and
plaited (think Wilma Flintstone
meets Pocahantas) and trailing
a husband and two little dogs.
Its quite a welcome and thats
before we see inside the cave.
We open the front door and
step inside the hill. First is a tiny
rock-cut salon, bright with tiles
and glass and mirrored textiles.
Beyond is a little dining room,
an old-fashioned parlour with
a replace and a small kitchen.
We think at rst that theres
only one bedroom, but when
I open a vividly painted door
which I thought was a cup-
board, I nd two more.
All the rooms have been
scooped out of the rock. They
are whitewashed, with low
ceilings, Arabic arches, carved
niches, bumpy walls and pick-
marked surfaces.
Heres the beauty of cave
houses: the rock-cut rooms
remain deliciously cool even in
the hottest of summers. During
the Altiplanos chilly winters,
they are snug and warm. No
wonder so many of the locals
still choose to live in them.
Malutkas Grotto is an un-
usually amboyant example,
but this rocky area of northern
Andalucia is riddled with man-
made cave houses. They owe
their existence to the regions
curious geology and they cover
a huge area, 100 miles or more,
from Granada all the way up
to Huescar. They began as
humble peasant homes, and
though many lie in ruins, thou-
sands are still in use.
In the Barrio de las Cuevas in
nearby Guadix, where crowds
of camera-wielding tourists
arrive in a Noddy land train, a
troglodyte museum provides
some gures: there are 334
occupied caves in Baza, 1,398
in Guadix, 144 in tiny Gorafe.
The list goes on. Holiday caves,
snapped up by foreigners, are
a fairly recent trend.
During several trips to the
area, I have become a bit of a
cave spotter. Driving off the
road into remote villages and
towns, we nd Cappadocia-like
hillocks of sandstone riddled
with caves. Baza is a traditional
Andalucian town that boasts
13th-century Arab baths among
its underground assets.
West of here, the aforemen-
tioned village of Gorafe sits in
a spectacular red-rock canyon
reminiscent of Arizona, among
megalithic tombs, a hot-spring
spa and the remnants of an
ancient castle. Benamaurel, on
the other side of Baza, offers
cliff walks and amazing views
from abandoned 12th-century
cave dwellings.
But curious rock-cut houses
are not the only reason to visit
this area. We swim in Lake Ne-
gratin, a vast blue reservoir to
the north of Baza, and my hus-
band cycles up and down the
empty roads that zig-zag the
Sierra de Baza, Sierra Castril, or
the mighty Sierra Nevada.
We feel part of the real Spain:
in many bars, generous plates of
tapas come with every glass of
wine. Local markets are vibrant
with fresh vegetables. The Al-
hambra and the rest of Grandas
sights are an hour or so away.
On the outskirts of Baza, in
a village that doesnt seem to
have a name, we stay in Cue-
vas Al Jatib, a cave hotel with a
restaurant and pool.
I love the naturally cool air,
the silence, the rough-hewn
walls and the sense of being in-
side the landscape. Ive never
slept better. THE GUARDIAN
Holidays in
caves: keep it
cool in Spain
When caving it, be sure to take a swim in Lake Negratin, just north
of Baza. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
A group of mutated warriors face off against an
evil kingpin who wants to take over the city of
New York.
Citymall: 11:15am, 5:30pm
Tuol Kork: 9:15am, 1:20pm, 10pm
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being
abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime
target of a manhunt.
Citymall: 9:40pm
Tuol Kork: 5:30pm
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW
When a team of explorers ventures into the
catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris,
they uncover the dark secret that lies within
this city of the dead.
Citymall: 3:30pm, 10:05pm
Tuol Kork: 11:25am, 8pm
INTO THE STORM
Storm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday
townspeople document an unprecedented
onslaught of tornadoes touching down in the
town of Silverton.
Citymall: 9:20am, 10:55am, 1:25pm, 6pm,
7:55pm
Tuol Kork: 9:15am, 1:50pm, 5:45pm, 8:15pm
PLATINUM CINEPLEX
INTO THE STORM
(As above)
9:30am, 1pm, 6:50pm
PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE
When Dusty learns that his engine is damaged
and he may never race again, he joins a forest
fire and rescue unit to be trained as a fire-
fighter.
3pm, 5:20pm
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
(As above.)
11:10am, 4:40pm, 8:30pm
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TV PICKS
Astill fromWherestheHorizon?Thelm, about trafckingtoThailand, will beshowntonight at MetaHouse. PHOTOSUPPLIED
Emilia Clarke stars as Daenerys Targaryen on HBOs Game of
Thrones. BLOOMBERG
Photo tour @ FCC
Professional photographer Michael
Klinkhamer is leading a casual
photography workshop tour in Phnom
Penh. During the four-hour tour you
will learn to set your camera for
optimum results.
FCC, #363 Sisowath Quay. 1:30pm
Film @ Meta House
In Vanna Hems new documentary,
Where is the Horizon, three survivors
who were tracked to work on shing
vessels in Thailand share their stories
of slavery and raise their requests for
the responsible to pay for their crime.
Meta House, #37 Sothearos
Boulevard. 7pm.
7pm - THE NEWSROOM: A news anchors life is stirred
up when hes forced to work with a new team of
colleagues. HBO
8pm - THE WIRE: Baltimore drug scene, seen through
the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement. Stars
Dominic West, John Doman and Deirdre Lovejoy, among
others. HBO
8:15pm - STEP UP REVOLUTION: Emily arrives in Miami
with aspirations to become a professional dancer.
She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew
whose neighborhood is threatened by Emilys fathers
development plans. HBO
9pm - GAME OF THRONES: Seven noble families fight
for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Stars Lena
Headey, Peter Dinklage and Emilia Clarke. HBO
Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 Slippery trees
5 Talk online
9 Western movie star?
14 He worked with pairs
15 Corker
16 Novelists needs
17 Kind of starch or pudding
18 Gelatin made from seaweed
19 Feels apprehension
20 Please consider it
23 Smallest in magnitude
24 Set the tempo
25 Track record?
28 Be in the wrong
29 Desk drawer item
33 Like the desert of Sinai
34 Buddy
35 ___ de lune (Debussy)
36 When to join an opponent?
41 Modem units
42 Having debts
43 Tart role for Shirley MacLaine
44 Extensions
46 IRS form expert
49 Yankee Clippers brother
50 Samuel figure
51 Leading man in the theater?
53 When to expect good results
58 Alaskan native
60 Masquerade-ball mask
61 Poker money
62 Painters plaster
63 Nasty boss
64 One between 12 and 20
65 All finished, as dinner
66 Front part of a plane
67 ___ Park (FDR home site)
DOWN
1 Store on a farm
2 Idler
3 Hungarian
4 Discourages flies
5 Hardly nude
6 Les Miserables author
7 McLean and Lorettas sitcom
co-star
8 Dr. Seuss Yertle, say
9 Having two equal lobes
10 Yemen coastal city
11 Freeloader
12 Long-snouted fish
13 Lions suffix
21 Prenatal cradle
22 Mediterranee, e.g.
26 Lake or canal
27 Stretch in a seat
30 Charles Dutton title character
31 What Hester Prynne wore
32 Council
33 Industrial waste
34 End of a musical composition
35 Big count
36 Footnote abbr.
37 Vegas card game
38 Most pleasing to the palate
39 Even number
40 Coal site
44 The whole nine yards
45 Arness TV role
46 Bush veep
47 Threw things at
48 Garfields girlfriend
50 Noted stationer
52 Mowers path
54 Firecracker feature
55 Type of 60s dancer
56 Relative of mine?
57 Tapered weapon
58 What candles may signify
59 ___ & Perrins (steak sauce)
POSSIBILITIES
Tuesdays solution Tuesdays solution
Sport
AUSTRALIAN rider Michael
Matthews won the third stage
of the Tour of Spain and took
the overall race lead as he pre-
vailed in a sprint nish ahead
of Irishman Dan Martin and
Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez
on Monday.
The 23-year-old Orica
GreenEdge rider, who won
two stages in the Vuelta last
year, crossed the line in a time
of 5hr 12min 14sec to take the
197.8km stage from Cadiz to
Arcos de la Frontera.
The 10 bonus seconds on
offer to winners of a stage al-
lowed Matthews to move
ahead of race favourite Colom-
bian Nairo Quintana into the
overall lead by four seconds.
I cant ask any more of the
team. The victory depended
on them because they gave
everything for it, said Mat-
thews. I didnt think I could
do it but the team gave 100
percent for me.
Matthews was forced to
pull out of this years Tour
de France due to a hand in-
jury suffered in training just a
week before it got underway.
And he admitted wearing
the leaders red jersey was a
huge bonus given he hadnt
planned on even riding in
Spain this year. I didnt even
expect to participate this year
in the Tour of Spain, only in
the Tour of France because I
wasnt in form.
But sometimes when you
work hard you can get back
to your best level and if you
believe in yourself you come
back even stronger.
To wear the red jersey is a
dream come true. I adore the
Tour of Spain.
Overnight leader Alejandro
Valverde came home seven
seconds down on the stage
leaders to slip to third place
overall.
However, two-time winner
Alberto Contador and Chris
Froome showed no ill effects
on their return from the in-
juries that forced them to re-
tire from the Tour de France
as they nished among the
leading pack to remain in
contention. AFP
Matthews wins third
stage to lead Vuelta
Japan teen Kondo stars at worlds
JAPANESE teenager Ami Kondo set the
first day of the World Judo Champion-
ships alight on Monday as she won the
-48 kilogram title.
While the 19-year-old was the star, there
was only disappointment for the home
crowd in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk
as Beslan Mudranov lost in the other final
of the day, the mens -60kg to Mongolian
Boldbaatar Ganbat.
His failure to land gold was poor reward
for the efforts of the hosts who have draped
the whole of the city based in the south-
ern Urals in the gateway to Siberia and with
a population of over a million in the col-
ours of the championships.
The 7,000-capacity stadium, usually
home to an ice hockey team, was virtually
sold out.
Kondo, though, stole the show with a
series of dazzling performances as she
showed maturity beyond her years in dis-
posing of more experienced opponents.
No more so was this in evidence than the
final where she overwhelmed Argentinas
2008 Olynmpic bronze medallist Paul
Pareto, almost 10 years her senior.
In winning the title she made up for the
disappointment at last years champion-
ships when Japan failed to take the gold
with it going instead to Mongolias Urant-
setseg Munkhbat.
French woman Amandine Buchard and
Cubas Maria Celia Laborde took the bronze
medals on offer with the latter giving Cuba
their first medal in the championships
since Yurisel Bermoy won a silver in 2007.
Mongolia may not have retained the
womens title but they were more than
compensated as 27-year-old Ganbat
dashed European champion Mudranovs
hopes in a gripping final which saw the
winner win his first ever major medal
to boot.
Jaopans defending champion Naohisa
Takato had to be content with bronze this
time round while Amiran Papinashvili of
Georgia also took a minor medal. AFP
Argentinas judoka Paula Pareto (blue) competes with Japans Ami Kondo during the under 48kg
category nal of the IJF World Judo Championship in Chelyabinsk on Monday. AFP
Batting pair leads Windies to sweep
D
ENESH Ramdin and Dar-
ren Bravo hit centuries
in a record partnership
as the West Indies com-
pleted a clean sweep of the three-
match one-day international series
against Bangladesh with a 91-run
victory on Monday in Basseterre,
Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Ramdin blazed 169 and dominat-
ed a 258-run third-wicket partner-
ship with Bravo (124) to pace the
West Indies to 338 for seven batting
rst. It was the highest partnership
for any wicket for the Caribbean
side in ODIs while the total was
their fth-highest.
Needing a monumental effort to
even be competitive after their ca-
pitulation for just 70 in the second
one-dayer in Grenada three days
earlier, Bangladesh were boosted by
a 99-run third-wicket stand between
Tamim Iqbal (55) and skipper Mush-
qur Rahim but were never really in
the hunt and could only manage 247
for eight in reply.
Recognising that his teams chanc-
es of challenging such a formidable
total were effectively gone when
Tamim was bowled by Sunil Na-
rine in the 22nd over, the tourists
captain settled on determined oc-
cupation of the crease rather than
gambling on rampant aggression to
topscore with 72.
Ravi Rampaul was the pick of the
West Indies bowlers in nishing with
four for 29.
Ramdins effort, highlighted by 11
sixes and eight fours off 121 balls,
equalled batting legend Brian Lara
for the third-highest individual in-
nings by a West Indian in one-dayers.
Only Vivian Richards, arguably the
greatest of the many batting masters
from the Caribbean, has higher in-
dividual scores 189 not out against
England in Manchester in 1984 and
181 against Sri Lanka at the 1987
World Cup in Karachi.
Darren [Bravo] said someone
had to bat through the innings and I
put my hand up to do it today, said
Ramdin, who also took both the
man of the match and man of the
series honours.
Bravo may have been overshad-
owed by the wicketkeeper-batsmans
big hitting, but he eventually unfurled
his most uent and powerful shots,
hammering eight sixes and seven
fours off 127 deliveries before a tired
swing at off-spinner Mahmudullah
brought about his demise to a catch
at backward-point.
Yet Bangladesh were left to rue
what could have been for Mushqur
missed a straightforward stumping
chance off Abdur Razzak when Bravo
was just on ten.
Razzak himself was subsequently
at fault in the eld as he moved le-
thargically at mid-on towards a mis-
cued swing by Ramdin, then on 35,
off Mashrafe Mortaza.
Our bowlers bowled really well up
front but we couldnt capitalise be-
cause of some mistakes, including
my own, said Mushqur in reect-
ing on his teams effort in the eld.
As in the rst two ODIs in Gre-
nada, Al-Amin Hossain impressed
with the ball.
He removed the dangerous but
out-of-form Chris Gayle to a catch
at the wicket early on and then re-
turned to add the key wicket of Dar-
ren Sammy in the 48th over.
He was even more impressive in
the nal over, conceding just two
runs and dismissing Ramdin and Ja-
son Holder off successive deliveries
to nish with the deserved gures of
four for 49, lifting his tally of wickets
in the series to 10. AFP
West Indies batsman Darren Bravo swings as Bangladesh wicketkeeper Mushqur Rahim watches during their third ODI at the Warner Park cricket ground in Basseterre. AFP
Sport
Swann damns Englands World Cup hopes
GRAEME Swann believes England do
not have a cat in hells chance of win-
ning next years World Cup unless they
add more firepower to their top-
order batting.
Sunday saw England captain Alastair
Cook suggest that the teams prospects
for the tournament in Australia and
New Zealand were very good.
But former England off-spinner
Swann was far more pessimistic.
Swann, speaking to BBC Radios Test
Match Special as rain washed out the
first one-day international against
world champions India in Bristol with-
out a ball bowled on Monday, insisted
England were so far behind other
teams in their approach to the limit-
ed-overs game.
If he [Cook] truly believes England
can win this World Cup . . . I am the great-
est patriot there is but we do not have a
cat in hells chance, Swann said.
Opening batsman Cooks position in
the one-day side has been called into
question, with many pundits arguing
his orthodox approach, while well-
suited to Test cricket, has increas-
ingly little place in a one-day context
where big hitters dominate at the top
of the order.
I love Cooky totally, but I do not
think he should be bothering playing
one-daycricket any more, said the
35-year-old Swann, who played 60
Tests and 79 ODIs for England before
retiring during the teams 5-0 Ashes
thrashing in Australia.
Let young people [play] who want
to smash it everywhere, he added as
he called for promising batsmen
James Vince and Jason Roy to be add-
ed to the squad.
If the rain had held off in Bristol,
England would have given an ODI
debut to dynamic Nottinghamshire
opener Alex Hales.
The 25-year-old scored Englands
first Twenty20 international century
when he made 116 not out from 64
balls against Sri Lanka at the World
Twenty20 in March.
Swann played in the last World Cup
in 2011, where England bowed out with
a 10-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka in the
quarterfinals in Colombo.
Recalling that match, Swann said: I
remember [Jonathan] Trott getting 86
in Colombo. Wed batted to our batting
plan perfectly, got 229.
They [Sri Lanka] knocked it off in 40
overs. Thats how we always played it.
Its crazy. The batsmen who wont win
you World Cups in Australia will prob-
ably do very well in England.
If youre not getting over 300 now
on good wickets youre not going to
win games.
Michael Vaughan, Englands captain
at the 2007 World Cup, added: Weve
made the same mistake now as we did
in my time, five to six years ago and in
the 1990s.
Were picking one-day squads on
Test form. English cricket has always
had Test cricket at the pinnacle, but the
games are so different.
England and India are due to play the
second one-day international of their
five-match series in Cardiff today. AFP

South African spinners
tackle ruthless Aussies
SOUTH Africa will look to
extract an advantage from
their superior spin stocks
when they take on a hard-
hitting Australian side in the
second match of a triangular
series in Harare today.
Number 1 ranked Australia
issued a statement of intent on
Monday when they crushed
Zimbabwe by 198 runs in the
series opener, exhibiting a
greater degree of ruthlessness
than South Africa did in
winning a three-match one-
day series against the hosts in
Bulawayo last week. Australia
showed Zimbabwe no respect
in hammering 147 runs in the
final 10 overs to rack up 350
for six on a slow wicket,
proving that their big-hitting
middle order can be
particularly difficult to contain.
However with the dry, late
winter pitches in Harare
suiting the spinners more than
the fast bowlers, the Proteas
could have an advantage. AFP
Rosberg denies making
Spa crash admission
FORMULA One pace-setter
Nico Rosberg has denied
admitting that he deliberately
crashed into Lewis Hamilton
after an incident which sent
relations between the warring
teammates to a new low. In his
video blog, Rosberg disputed
Hamiltons interpretation of his
comments on the crash which
punctured the Britons tyre and
eventually ended his Belgian
Grand Prix. Ive been told
what Lewis said in the press
and the way he has stated his
version of the events, Rosberg
said in the blog, filmed in
Hamburg. All I can say is that
my view of the events are very
different. Mercedes team
boss Toto Wolff has threatened
punishment of Rosberg but
also backed the German
drivers insistence that he did
not deliberately cause the
collision on lap two. AFP
Federer leads list of
games top earners
ROGER Federer has not won a
Grand Slam title this year but
the 17-time Grand Slam
champion topped Forbes
magazines list of the 10 top
tennis moneymakers
announced on Monday. The
Swiss star made $56.2 million
from July of last year through
this past June, with
endorsement deals from such
firms as Rolex and Nike
bringing the lions share of that
total, more than $40 million. At
age 33, Federer owns three
titles in 2014 and was a
Wimbledon runner-up, dropping
the final in five sets to top-
ranked Novak Djokovic. AFP
McDowell, Dufner, Casey
withdraw from event
NEW father Graeme McDowell,
Englands Paul Casey and
injured American Jason Dufner
withdrew on Monday from this
weeks Deutsche Bank
Championship, the second
event of the season-ending US
PGA Tour playoffs. The top 100
players on the season points list
advanced from last weeks event
in suburban New York to this
weeks tournament that starts
Friday in Boston, which will
again trim the field of
contenders for the 30-man Tour
Championship in two weeks. AFP
Djokovic at the double
N
OVAK Djokovic
wasted no time in
seeing off Argen-
tinian challenger
Diego Schwartzman on Mon-
day as four former US Open
champions reached the sec-
ond round with varying de-
grees of difculty.
World number one and
top seed Djokovic defeated
79th-ranked Schwartzman
6-1, 6-2, 6-4, wrapping up the
marquee match on Arthur
Ashe Stadium court minutes
before midnight.
I hope it was a midnight de-
light, the reigning Wimbledon
champion told fans, although
in truth the contest offered
little drama.
Schwartzman, playing just
his second Grand Slam tour-
nament and his rst tour-level
hard-court event, pulled the
Serbian star into rallies from
the baseline, even breaking
him for his only game of the
opening set.
Trailing 2-3 in the third,
Schwartzman broke Djokovic
to knot the set at 3-3, but Djok-
ovic, seeking to add a second
US Open title to the one he
captured in 2011, promptly
broke him at love for a 4-3 lead
and sealed the victory on his
second match point with a
shot that clipped the net and
fell his way.
I thought I hit the ball very
well throughout the whole
match, Djokovic said. Im
very pleased. Its never easy to
start a US Open smoothly.
That was the common re-
frain on the opening day, as
former champions Andy Mur-
ray, Maria Sharapova and Ve-
nus Williams also advanced,
taking center stage with two-
time defending champion
Serena Williams and ve-time
champion Roger Federer due
to launch their campaigns
on Tuesday.
Murray lumbered through a
6-3, 7-6 (8/6), 1-6, 7-5 victory
over 70th-ranked Dutchman
Robin Haase, battling pain-
ful muscle cramps that struck
without warning.
I could have easily lost that
match, said Murray, who
thought hed have been in real
trouble in a fth set. I was very
close to losing the match.
Murray twice fought back
from a break down in the
fourth Haase unable to press
his advantage at 4-1 and again
at 5-3 even as Murray could be
seen clutching various areas of
his body on shot after shot.
I dont know exactly why it
happened today, said Murray,
who trains in the steamy heat
of Miami and didnt think the
30 C temperatures on Louis
Armstrong Stadium were ex-
cessive. At the time it hap-
pened I wasnt exhausted.
Murray nally gained the de-
cisive break for a 6-5 lead and
nished off the match after
just over three hours.
US Open goose bumps
Fifth-seeded Sharapova,
who lifted the trophy in 2006,
rallied with a vengeance from
an early break against fellow
Russian Maria Kirilenko.
Trailing 2-4, Sharapova won
the next 10 games to take the
match.
Its always tough to start
here in New York, said French
Open champion Sharapova,
who was just happy to be
back under the lights on Ashe
after missing last years edi-
tion with a season-ending
shoulder injury.
You feel the goosebumps
when you go out in a night
match on Ashe, Sharapova
said.
Venus Williams, the winner
in 2000 and 2001, punched her
second-rund ticket with a 2-6,
6-3, 6-3 win over Japanese vet-
eran Kimiko Date Krumm.
Other notable names in ac-
tion included Australian Open
champion Stan Wawrinka,
the mens third seed who de-
feated Czech Jiri Vesely 6-2,
7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/3).
Big-serving Canadian Milos
Raonic, the fth seed, pelted
Japanese qualier Taro Dan-
iel with 20 aces in a 6-3, 6-2,
7-6 (7/1) victory.
Womens second seed Si-
mona Halep shook off rst-
round jitters to defeat un-
ranked US wildcard Danielle
Collins 6-7 (2/7), 6-1, 6-2.
Romanias Halep, who has
quietly risen to number two
in the world, admitted she
was a bit intimidated to nd
herself the rst match of the
tournament on the imposing
Ashe court.
Its not easy to manage the
situation, but I think after rst
set did I very well, said the 22-
year-old who was runner up to
Sharapova at Roland Garros.
Agnieszka Radwanska
showed no sign of big-tourna-
ment nerves, but the fourth-
seeded Pole said she felt them
nonetheless in a 6-1, 6-0
drubbing of Canadian Sharon
Fichman.
First match is always tricky,
Radwanska said. AFP
Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina during their mens singles rst-round match of the US Open on Monday in New York. AFP
Football
23

Jovetic at the double as
Man City sink Liverpool
STEVAN Jovetic scored twice
as champions Manchester City
beat last seasons runners-up
Liverpool 3-1 on Monday in the
first major showdown of the
new Premier League
campaign. Mario Balotelli was
in the stands to watch new
employers Liverpool take on
former club City after
completing his 16 million
(US$26.5 million) move to
Anfield from AC Milan, but it
was another 24-year-old who
took centre stage at the Etihad
Stadium. Jovetics debut
campaign at City was spoilt by
injury, but the Montenegro
striker scored either side of
half-time to send Manuel
Pellegrinis side towards
victory over the team they
pipped to last seasons title.
The only point of concern for
Pellegrini was an injury to
striker Edin Dzeko, who
hobbled off mid-way through
the second period, but his
replacement, Sergio Aguero,
needed only 23 seconds to
score Citys third. AFP
Real off to winning start,
champions Atletico held
REAL Madrid got their La Liga
campaign off to a winning start
as they beat newly promoted
Cordoba 2-0 at home, but
champions Atletico Madrid
were held 0-0 away to Rayo
Vallecano on Monday. Without
the Manchester United-bound
Angel di Maria, Real were also
far from convincing at the
Bernabeu but got the three
points thanks to Karim
Benzemas first-half header
and a characteristic thumping
finish into the bottom corner
from Cristiano Ronaldo in
stoppage time. However, there
was no such joy for Atletico as
with coach Diego Simeone
watching on from the stands
they played out a bore draw
with Rayo. AFP
Kabylie given stadium
ban after Ebosse death
ALGERIAN side JS Kabylie
were handed a stadium ban
yesterday as initial punishment
in response to the killing of
their player Albert Ebosse by a
missile thrown from the
stands. The sanction was
agreed after a meeting
between the Algerian Football
Federation (FAF) and the north
African nations professional
league, announced the
Confederation of African
Football (CAF). The 24-year-
old Cameroon forward was
slain when a hail of missiles
rained down from the stands
as players left the pitch after a
league match on Saturday at
Kabylies home ground. Last
seasons top goalscorer was
struck on the head and
pronounced dead after he was
rushed to a hospital at Tizi
Ouzou, east of the capital
Algiers. AFP
Lampard calls time on
international career
ENGLAND midfielder Frank
Lampard announced his
retirement from international
football yeswterday after a
career spanning 15 years
yesterday. The 36-year-olds
106th and final cap for his
country came on June 23
when he captained England in
their final World Cup game
against Costa Rica. AFP
Wilshere expects advance
JACK Wilshere is confident
Arsenals dramatic late fight-
back at Everton will provide
the perfect springboard to
see off Besiktas in tonights
crucial Champions League
showdown.
Arsene Wengers side head
into the second leg of their
play-off encounter against the
Turkish side with the tie deli-
cately poised after a goalless
draw in Istanbul last week.
It was the first time in 13
matches Arsenal had failed to
win a Champions League
play-off fixture.
But the Gunners are feeling
good about themselves after
rescuing a 2-2 draw from an
unpromising situation in their
Premier League match against
Everton on Saturday.
Trailing 2-0 with only seven
minutes remaining, Arsenal
looked destined for another
dispiriting defeat against one
of their rivals for a top four
finish.
Yet Wengers men ignored
the memories of last seasons
capitulations at Manchester
City, Chelsea, Liverpool and
Everton and hit back to equal-
ise thanks to Aaron Ramseys
strike and Olivier Girouds last
minute header.
It was the ideal morale
booster ahead of Besiktass
visit to the Emirates Stadium
and England international
Wilshere believes the fight-
back should inspire Arsenal to
get the win they need to reach
the group stages of Europes
elite club competition for the
17th consecutive season.
This was a fantastic point
and now we have a big game
on Wednesday and this will
give us great confidence going
into that, Wilshere said.
We have got great charac-
ter, great togetherness and
some leaders out there that
keep us going. We also have
great players to go with that.
We never give up and at
this level that is massive. We
have always shown over the
years that Arsenal are going
to battle like mad right until
the end.
There have been a few
games where we have been
behind right until the end but
have kept going.
Arsenals late revival on
Merseyside couldnt disguise
the underwhelming nature of
a performance that followed
hot on the heels of another
tepid effort in the 2-1 victory
over Crystal Palace on the
opening day of the season.
Wales midfielder Ramsey,
who bagged the late winner
against Palace, was key to
Arsenals recovery on both
occasions, but he will be miss-
ing against Besiktas after
being sent off in Turkey. AFP
Tonights Fixtures
Arsenal v Besiktas
(agg 0-0) 1:45am
Athletic Bilbao v Napoli
(agg 1-1) 1:45am
Bayer Leverkusen v
FC Copenhagen
(agg 3-2) 1:45am
Ludogorets Razgrad v
Steaua Bucharest
(agg 0-1) 1:45am
Malmo v Red Bull Salzburg
(agg 1-2) 1:45am
Arsenals Jack Wilshere (left) is tackled by Besiktass Necip Uysal in
their UEFA Champions League play-off rst leg game on August 19. AFP
Dan Riley
THE latest Cellcard Fantasy
League season has contin-
ued to spring surprises with
the second gameweek seeing
more scarcely picked play-
ers taking top place in the
Dream team.
The rounds brightest star
was Tottenham midelder
Nacer Chadli, whose brace
and clean sheet against QPR
earned him a delectable 15
points. Only 1.3 per cent of
fantasy managers had opted
for the 25-year-old Belgian,
currently priced at just
6 million.
Chadlis team-mate Eric
Dier had another epic match
from the back, scoring in his
second successive match to
take home 14 points.
Meanwhile, Man Citys
Montenegrin striker Stevan
Jovetic delivered his own
double against title rivals
Liverpool to grab 13 points.
In the weekly battle for the
US$20 phone voucher from
sponsors Cellcard, a clear
front runner was found only
to fall foul of the rules.
Paul Sts Big Gun blasted
to the top of the standings
thanks to his high claibre
total of 83 points. However,
Paul played his wildcard dur-
ing the gameweek and made
17 transfers, thus making
him ineligible for prizes.
The same wildcard/team
overhaul tactic was employed
by Ollie L with his team Gri-
mace FC, an expression he
is presumably pulling when
reading this as he realises his
73 points dont mean prizes
this week.
Instead, Daryl Thompsons
Forfoxsake claims the spoils
with his own 73 points ob-
tained with the use of just
one transfer.
Daryls squad was head-
lined by Jovetic, although
he also had strong support
from Chelseas Eden Hazard
(9 points), Arsenals Aaron
Ramsey (9), West Broms An-
dre Wisdon (8) and his cap-
tain choice of Chelseas Cesc
Fabregas for 12 points.
The concurrently-run Cell-
card Fantasy facebook page
competition had no less than
10 users correctly post that
Man City would beat Liver-
pool 3-1. Though none of
those guessed that Jovetic
would be the top pointsman,
four put either Samir Nasri (6)
or Sergio Aguero (6) as their
tiebreaker.
So the $20 prize is split four
ways, with Ou Veasna, DyVi-
ta Chheang Ngorn, Tra Mc
and Prum Mala collecting $5
phone vouchers each.
Forfoxsake, Daryl has
only gone and won it
United agree
record fee
for Di Maria
M
ANCHESTER United
have agreed a British
record transfer fee of
59.7 million (US$98
million) to sign Argentina midfield-
er Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid
according to British media reports
on Monday.
Several media outlets, including
the BBC, reported that United have
finally sealed a deal for Di Maria af-
ter several days of negotiations with
the Spanish club.
The 26-year-old was said to have
been seen arriving at Uniteds train-
ing ground on Monday evening as
he prepared to put pen to paper on a
reported five-year contract worth an
estimated 200,000-a-week.
Di Marias move to Old Trafford
was expected to be completed yes-
terday and will shatter the previous
British record fee of 50 million
paid by Chelsea to sign Spainish
striker Fernando Torres from Liv-
erpool back in 2011.
United last broke the British trans-
fer record when they paid Leeds
29.1 million for Rio Ferdinand in
2002 and the deal will also eclipse
the club record 37.1 million they
splashed out to sign Juan Mata from
Chelsea in January.
Real manager Carlo Ancelotti re-
vealed over the weekend that Di
Maria had said goodbye to his team-
mates and he was absent from the
Madrid squad as they beat Cordoba
on Monday.
His arrival in Manchester would
be the headline deal of Uniteds
overhaul under new manager Louis
van Gaal, who has already spent a
combined 72 million on England
left-back Luke Shaw, Spanish mid-
fielder Ander Herrera and Di Marias
Argentina team-mate Marcos Rojo,
who is also left-footed.
Assuming the transfer is finalised
on schedule, Di Maria, capped 52
times, could make his debut at Burn-
ley on Saturday as van Gaal looks to
revitalise a United team still without
a win after the first two games of the
new Premier League campaign.
Former Benfica star Di Maria has
an impressive pedigree after win-
ning the Champions League with
Real last season and the Spanish
title in 2012.
He was also named on FIFAs 10-
man shortlist for the best player at
the recent World Cup where Argen-
tina reached the final, although he
was unable to play in that game or
the semi-final because of an injury
he suffered in the quarter-final win
over Belgium. AFP
Man United will shatter the British transfer record in signing Angel Di Maria with the
Argentinian potentially making his debut at Burnley on Saturday. AFP
Sport
Woods splits with coach Foley
TIGER Woods has split with coach Sean
Foley, the 14-time major champion said
on his website on Monday.
Id like to thank Sean for his help as my
coach and for his friendship, Woods said
in announcing the move.
Presently, I do not have a coach, and
there is no timetable for hiring one, add-
ed Woods, who has been hindered by
injury throughout the 2014 season.
The 38-year-old missed the cut at the
PGA Championship this month, a week
after withdrawing from the World Golf
Championships event in Akron, Ohio, with
similar trouble.
He missed the Masters and US Open
while recovering from March 31 back sur-
gery, and finished joint 69th at the British
Open.
Woods has ruled himself out of conten-
tion for a Ryder Cup berth, saying he wont
return to competition until his unofficial
World Challenge event in December.
Sean is one of the outstanding coach-
es in golf today, and I know he will con-
tinue to be successful with the players
working with him, Woods said. With my
next tournament not until my World Chal-
lenge event at Isleworth in Orlando, this
is the right time to end our professional
relationship.
Woods had worked with Foley for four
years, and under Foleys guidance reworked
his swing in a way designed in part to
reduce stress and punishment on his sur-
gically repaired knees.
Foley was Woodss third coach, the US star
working with Butch Harmon from 1993-
2003 and Hank Haney from 2004-2010.
He began working publicly with Foley at
the US PGA Championship in 2010 and in
the period they worked together won eight
US PGA Tour titles.
However, Woods pursuit of Jack Nick-
laus record of 18 major titles has remained
stalled, and he has battled a new spate of
injuries.
Woods did not give any reason for the
split with Foley, who also weighed in on
his time working with the American star.
My time spent with Tiger is one of the
highlights of my career so far, and I am
appreciative of the many experiences we
shared together, Foley said.
It was a lifelong ambition of mine to
teach the best player of all time in our
sport. I am both grateful for the things we
had the opportunity to learn from one
another, as well as the enduring friendship
we have built. I have nothing but respect
and admiration for him. AFP
Tiger Woods (right) works with his coach Sean
Foley during practice at Royal Liverpool Golf
Course in north west England on July 16. AFP
Pacquiao wont wait
for Mayweather bout
M
ANNY Pacquiao
and Chris Al-
gieri are on a
two-week, globe-
trotting tour to promote their
welterweight title ght in No-
vember, but the match the
world truly wants to see looks
further away than ever.
When Pacquiao met the
press in Macau on Monday,
questions about his elusive
megaght with the undefeated
American Floyd Mayweather
met with a sharp response.
Whos that? Pacquiao
joked, when Mayweather was
mentioned by reporters.
Pacquiaos hall-of-fame
trainer Freddie Roach was less
jovial, conceding bluntly that
the two boxing legends, both
in the twilight of their glitter-
ing careers, may never be seen
in the same ring.
We cant waste our time
waiting for him, Roach told
AFP. Weve done everything
we could to make that ght
happen. Its like, were avail-
able if hes interested in it,
but again we cant sit around
waiting for him.
Eight-division world cham-
pion Pacquiaos next date is
a World Boxing Organization
welterweight title defence
against the undefeated WBO
junior welterweight title-
holder Algieri on November
23 in Macaus Cotai Arena.
The pair were in Macau on
Monday and Shanghai yes-
terday, and they will move on
to promotional events in San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Las
Vegas and New York in the
next 12 days.
In 2010, Pacquiao and May-
weather were close to agree-
ing a ght between the two
greatest boxers of their gen-
eration, which could poten-
tially have generated a record
$300 million dollars in pay-
per-view revenue.
But it fell through because
Mayweather was unhappy
with Pacquiaos drug-testing
procedures in training.
That issue receded after
Pacquiao agreed to Olympic-
style testing, and the Filipino
icon expressed his frustra-
tion that a Mayweather clash
has still moved no closer af-
ter getting his career back on
track with comprehensive
victories in the past nine
months over Brandon Rios
and Timothy Bradley.
The possibility to ght with
him, you know, the question is
not for us,Pacquiao said. Its
for them because any time we
are willing to ght, any time.
I think that question belongs
to them, their camp.
The biggest hurdle that re-
mains and it is a huge one
is the animosity between Pac-
quiaos promoter Bob Arum of
Top Rank and Mayweathers
Golden Boy promotions, who
have deals with rival pay-
per-view networks HBO and
Showtime, respectively.
Arum admitted on Monday
that HBO and Showtime had
to find a way to promote
and satisfy both sides from
a legal basis, before the big-
gest money-spinning fight
in the sports history could
be agreed.
He added the TV rivals had
expressed a desire to achieve
a deal, but conceded that the
nal decision lay with May-
weather and Golden Boy who
have shown no intent of late
to get around the table.
With Showtime and HBO
wanting the ght and Manny
wanting the ght, there is one
little step to take and thats
to see where Floyd stands,
Arum said.
Even if there were to be a
sudden thawing of relations
between the two camps, the
earliest a ght could take
place is late 2015.
Mayweather has a rematch
against Marcos Maidana next
month and Pacquiao faces
Algieri in November before a
likely fth blockbuster ght
against Juan Manuel Mar-
quez, who knocked out Pac-
quiao in 2012.
Hopefully we can put
Marquez in with Pacquiao
next year, said the 82-year-
old Arum.
But the reality is that May-
weather-Pacquiao may never
come to fruition. Pacquiao is
due to retire at the end of his
current deal with Top Rank in
2016, when the congressman
from Sarangani will be 37.
Mayweather, who is already
37, has a perfect 46-0 record.
Assuming Mayweather, who
is also tipped to ght Brit-
ains Amir Khan early next
year, remains unbeaten, he
is unlikely to want to risk his
dream of equalling Rocky
Marcianos career mark of
49-0 against Pacman this
time next year. AFP
Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao (left) and Chris Algieri of the US pose for photographs during a pre-
ght press conference in Macau on Monday. AFP

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