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THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT
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Ramadan Kareem Gulf begins fast
After Iftar DUBAI, Aug 10, (Agencies): Saudi
Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, will
start the Muslim fasting month of
Concerns on rights … Confidence government will act Ramadan on Wednesday along with
most other Gulf states, regional media
reported on Tuesday.
Senior religious councils in Saudi
By AmerTheyab Al-Tameemi many activists to play an important role in Association for a long time. However, the dedicated people who put their time and Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United
Secretary General, Kuwait Society for the civil society. The establishment of the resilience and patience of Jassem Al- monies to advance causes and toil to Arab Emirates said the new moon had
Human Rights Arab Human Rights organization in 1983 Qattami, who led the efforts to establish achieve their goals. been sighted on Tuesday, signalling
was a great historical movement in a social Kuwait Human Rights Society, ended with Perhaps, people may ask how such an the start of Ramadan on the following
H uman rights have become a major con-
cern for many governments all over
the world. This can be attributed to the ded-
setting which had been known for its polit-
ical stagnation. The reception of that organ-
ization by many Arab political regimes was
the government granting a license in 2004.
Al-Qattami was also one of the main
founders of the Arab Human Rights
organization, or association, can help in
advancing human rights causes in a place
day.
In Yemen, the month will also begin
like Kuwait. It is important to activate the on Wednesday, while Oman will mark
ication of many activists and organizations not friendly, and many organizers were Organization in 1983, and chaired its board civil society to raise the awareness and
such as Amnesty International, Human Thursday as the first day of Ramadan,
harmed, and sometimes jailed by police in for several years. The founders of Kuwait concerns regarding human rights or envi-
Rights Watch and several regional and state media said.
certain Arab countries. Human Rights Society contributed gener- ronmental issues, and any other major mat-
local organizations in many countries. In Kuwait, it was not possible to obtain ously to the cause and bore the expenses Muslims scan the sky at night in
Although human rights ideals have not an official license from the government to which allowed it to function, hold many ter. Kuwait Society for Human Rights has search of the new moon to determine
been cemented strongly in Arab countries establish a human rights society. The important activities, and adopt many issues played, since its inception, a major role in the start of Ramadan, the holiest
major developments have taken place in founders had to act under the wings of the related to the human rights situation in advancing issues such as the state of the month for the world’s more than one
Al-Tameemi many Arab societies which have enabled Graduates Society and the Lawyers Kuwait. As for human concerns it takes Continued on Page 43 Continued on Page 43
RIM gives
‘Riyadh to get codes’
RIYADH, Aug 10, (Agencies): BlackBerry maker Research
In Motion, aiming to avert a ban on its Messenger service in
Saudi Arabia, has agreed to hand over coveted “codes” to
users’ phones, an industry source familiar with the talks told
Reuters on Tuesday.
The Canadian company
Opinion declined to make an immedi-
ate comment, referring media
to its earlier statement in
which it said “RIM cooper-
Wish we could ates with all governments
with a consistent standard”.
The biggest BlackBerry mar-
trust Nasrallah ket in the Gulf with 700,000
users, Saudi Arabia had threat-
By Ahmed Al-Jarallah ened to ban the Messenger
service last Friday before giv-
Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times ing RIM until Monday as it
A GLOBALLY accepted legal con- worked with local firms testing
cept states that whoever conceals servers.
information or evidence should be The source familiar with the
punished, since he is considered an negotiations told Reuters that
accomplice. This brings to mind the idea — setting up a server at
recent developments about each of the three local service
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan providers — had proved
Nasrallah. impractical.
Despite all the methods used to As a result, the firm has
hide the pieces of evidence, it is agreed to offer Saudi Arabia’s
nothing but an illusion or a scene in interior ministry and intelli-
Indian and American action or fanta- gence services the codes to all
sy movies like the ‘Star Wars’ and Saudi BlackBerry users, said
‘Terminator’. Whatever Nasrallah the source, declining to be
did not say outweighs what he said. identified.
His group seems to have succeeded A spokesman for the Saudi
in penetrating the Israeli spy aircraft regulator was not available for
communications network. Why did immediate comment.
he conceal the evidence until now? Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
Does he expect people to believe him postponed indefinitely a
without questioning his motive? Does BlackBerry ban after a dead-
this mean the internal political wran- line passed for finding a solu-
gling impede the cooperation tion allowing authorities to A picture dated June 16 shows the under construction Makkah Clock Royal Tower hotel, topped by the biggest clock in the world with a 45 meters diameter, which overlooks the Grand
between Hezbollah and the represen- monitor encrypted messages on Mosque in the holy Muslim Saudi city of Makkah. Saudi Arabia hopes the four faces of the new clock, which is expected to be the world’s second tallest building, will establish Makkah as an
tative of former Lebanese Prime the popular smartphone. alternate time standard to the Greenwich median. (AFP)
Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri’s family? The telecoms watchdog in
During investigations, the family the ultra-conservative Muslim Will clock click?
discovered efforts of the Hezbollah
to conceal certain information and
distort the judicial process. This
country announced BlackBerry
messenger services would
remain online, as it reported
Hezb accuses Israel of Hariri assassination Time for Makkah
became the point of contention progress in efforts to find a Details Page 43
between the group and Al-Hariri’s solution in a statement carried
by the state news agency SPA. MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug 10, (AFP):
family. Is a crime like the assassina-
Belly bulge can be deadly for older adults
The Communications and Muslims around the world could be setting
tion of Al-Hariri supposed to be a their watches to a new time soon when the
Information Technology
Continued on Page 43 Commission had ordered world’s largest clock begins ticking atop a
mobile operators to block the soaring skyscraper in Islam’s holiest city of
BlackBerry feature from Friday CHICAGO, Aug 10, (AP): If you are feeling a the risk of dying over a decade compared to that’s an important sign,” said lead author Eric Makkah.
last week or face a 1.3-million- bit big around the waistline, take note: Belly those with the smallest tummies. Jacobs of the American Cancer Society, which Saudi Arabia hopes the four faces of the
▼ US$/KD 0.28655/65 dollar fine, after similar moves bulge can be deadly for older adults, even those Surprisingly, bigger waists carry a greater funded the study. “It’s time to eat better and new clock, which will loom over Makkah’s
by other Arab nations. who aren’t overweight or obese by other meas- risk of death even for people whose weight is start exercising more.” Grand Mosque from what is expected to be
▲ Euro/KD 0.3770 After days of reported talks ures. “normal” by the body mass index, or BMI, a Other research has linked waist size to the world’s second tallest building, will
and testing of possible solu- dementia, heart disease, asthma and breast can-
▼ Yen/KD 0.0034 tions by the operators, CITC
One of the largest studies to examine the
dangers of abdominal fat suggests men and
standard measure based on weight and height.
“Even if you haven’t had a noticeable weight cer.
Ramadan Timings
▲ British £/KD 0.4538 Continued on Page 43 women with the biggest waistlines have twice gain, if you notice your waist size increasing Continued on Page 43
Iftar .....................Wednesday ..........1833
▲ KS E +7.4 pts at closing, Aug 10
Imsak..................Thursday ..............0338
See Page 41
Science develops Newswatch establish Makkah as an alternate time stan-
▼ Dow -54.65 pts at closing, Aug 10 dard to the Greenwich median.
See Page 42 cancer breath test The clock is targeted to enter service
with a three-month trial period in the first
▼ Nasdaq -28.52 pts at closing, Aug 10
LONDON, Aug 10, (AFP): Crash kills former US senator week of the holy month of Ramadan on or
about Aug 12, according to the Saudi state
Scientists working on a breath test to
detect cancer said they were now LOS ANGELES, Aug 10, (Agencies): A family friend news agency SPA.
▼ FTSE -34.11 pts at closing, Aug 10 able to identify different types of the of former US senator Ted Stevens confirmed on It boasts four glimmering 46 metre-
across (151 feet) faces of high-tech com-
disease, in research published Tuesday that the politician died in an Alaska plane
Wednesday. crash. posite tiles, some laced with gold, sitting
▼ Nikkei -21.44 pts at closing, Aug 10 Their preliminary results, printed “I can confirm he died in a plane crash in Alaska,” more than 400 metres (1,320 feet) over the
in the British Journal of Cancer family friend Mitch Rose told AFP. Holy Haram compound.
The small plane crashed Monday night near the The tower’s height will reach 601 metres
▼ Gold $1,192.50 per oz (London)
monthly, showed the researchers’
sensors could distinguish whether a town of Aleknagik, about 300 miles (480 kms) south- (1,983 feet), SPA said. On its website,
patient had lung, breast, bowel or west of Anchorage. Premiere Composite, which is responsible
▼ NYMEX crude $79.88 per barrel prostate cancer, irrespective of age, Up to nine people were on board the plane, includ- for cladding the top section, including a
gender or lifestyle. ing former NASA chief Sean O’Keefe, the current shimmering spire topped by a golden cres-
▼ Brent crude $79.23 per barrel Previous research, conducted at North American boss of European aerospace giant cent moon, puts the planned height at 590
EADS. metres (1,947 feet).
3-month $ LIBOR rate 0.40% Workers prepare cookies at a bakery ahead of Islam’s holy fasting month of Continued on Page 43 Continued on Page 43
Ramadan on Aug 10. (AFP) Continued on Page 43