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SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 • 4 Muharram 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6586 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qaeda suspects Israel violating Turkey shoots down drone kill three Yemen

ISTANBUL: Turkish fighter jets pro-govt fighters shot down an unidentified drone which entered its air space near ADEN: Suspected Al Qaeda gun- international the Syrian border, with the US men killed three Yemeni soldiers military saying “all indications” yesterday in an ambush in the showed that the unmanned vehi- southeastern Hadramawt prov- cle was Russian. ince, a military official said. If confirmed, the presence of The troops were travelling in a laws: Qatar a Russian craft in the air space military vehicle on a desert road of the key Nato member would linking Hadramawt to neighbour- further ratchet up tensions over ing Shabwa province when they Qatari official makes statement in NY Moscow’s behaviour in Syria. were intercepted them fired on, Russia denied it was to blame, the official said. “Three soldiers NEW YORK: The State of Qatar weeks of deadly unrest. Palestin- despite repeated previous viola- died on the spot and three others confirmed that Israel’s continu- ian President Mahmoud Abbas tions. were wounded,” the source said. ing violations of international law condemned the fire at Joseph’s The Turkish army said that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penin- and international human rights Tomb in Nablus. the craft had been warned three sula (AQAP) has seized large parts law through its repressive prac- The arson came as Palestinians times by Turkish planes but had of Hadramawt and imposed a strict tices and discriminatory policies called for a “Friday of revolution” maintained course. It was then A still photograph used in a video shows a downed drone in Deliosman version of Shariah, Islamic law. in the Occupied Palestinian Ter- against Israel, and police barred “downed by fire from our aircraft Village, Turkey, yesterday. In the western port city of ritories and Gaza in particular men under 40 from attending on patrol, according to the rules Hodeida, rebels foiled an attempt damage the various sectors and Friday prayers at the Al Aqsa of engagement.” added there were no reports of drone was similar to drones used by a group of Al Qaeda suspects to contribute to undermining the Mosque, seeking to keep young The statement did not say if the Syrian army using the type by pro-Russian separatist forces blow up intelligence headquarters, peace, stability and sustainable protesters away. the downed aircraft was manned of drone that was shot down. in Ukraine, some of which had a local security official said. Two development. Israeli fire killed two Palestin- or a drone. But a Turkish offi- Television pictures showed the been shot down. vehicles approached the building Qatar urged Israel to com- ians and wounded 98 others in cial said in Ankara that it was an military examining the crash But Russia’s military yesterday and one of them fired rocket-pro- ply strictly with its obligations clashes along the border in the “unmanned aircraft”. The army site by the village of Deliosman said all its planes in Syria had pelled grenades at it, killing a Shia under international law, includ- Gaza Strip. Another Palestin- warned the air force would “deci- in the southern Kilis region on returned safely to base and its Houthi rebel and wounding five ing international humanitarian ian died in clashes in Beit Furik sively” implement Turkey’s rules Syrian border. drones were “working as normal”. others, the source said. law, stressing the sovereignty near Nablus, while protests also of engagement. The state-run Anatolia news “All the Russian planes in The rebels stopped another of the Palestinian people in the broke out in Bethlehem and The US military believes the agency published pictures of what Syria have returned to the Hme- bomb-laden vehicle driven by a Occupied Palestinian Territory, Hebron. Outside the West Bank drone downed by Turkey was it said was the downed craft lying imim air base after completing suicide attacker before it entered including East Jerusalem and the settlement of Kiryat Arba, a Pal- Russian, a US official said in upside down in the grass, showing their tasks,” defence ministry the building, the official said, Arab population in the occupied estinian disguised as a news pho- Washington. “All indications are, it to be a small vehicle just a few spokesman Igor Konashenkov adding that the explosives were Syrian Golan over their natural tographer stabbed and wounded yes, it is a Russian drone,” the feet in length. It appeared to be told Russian news agencies. defused and the bomber arrested. resources. a soldier before being shot dead. official said, speaking on condi- a drone used for reconnaissance This came in a statement by Israel rejected Palestinian tion of anonymity. The official operations. Analysts said that the AFP AFP the Third Secretary of the Per- calls for a protection force to be manent Mission of Qatar to the deployed in East Jerusalem to UN, Ahmed bin Saif Al Kuwari, quell violence around the Al Aqsa during the general debate of the Mosque. 70th session of the Economic and The 15-member council met Financial Committee (Second in an emergency session to dis- Committee) in New York. cuss weeks of escalating violence Falcon prices rise as Meanwhile, Palestinians between Israel and the Palestin- torched a site revered by Jews in ians in Jerusalem and the terri- the West Bank in an incident that tories. threatened to further inflame two QNA/AGENCIES hunting season begins

DOHA: As the falconry season has begun untrained are, naturally, sold cheaper. the demand for the popular bird of prey has And according to an expert, Hussain Al been soaring, making their prices literally hit Rabea, it usually takes about 15 days to train through the roof. a falcon to hunt. Depending on species and origin and The most active months of falconry in whether a falcon is trained to hunt, its price Qatar are October, November and December can range from QR10,000 to an incredible and in this period the sale and purchase of the QR500,000 ($137,000). birds of prey become feverish. Falcons of different species and origin are “Although the hunting seasons begins being vended at Souq Waqif and the bird early in September the buying and selling of bazaar is attracting Qatari youth in large falcons pick up in October through Decem- numbers. ber,” said Al Rabea. Falconry is a popular sport in this part of Qatari youth are quite fond of falconry and the world and according to experts, its hunt- spend a lot of time and money on this sport. ing season begins at the start of September Saif Mohamed said he learnt falconry from and lasts until February. his father and is quite fond of it. “I am basi- Falcons are mostly accessed from Africa, cally a trainer and picked up the art from Asia and the Arab peninsula and in Qatar the experience.” popular species are Al Shawaheen, Al Harrar He said that during training a falcon is basi- and Al Wakarrah, among others. cally taught how to catch a prey. The majestic- Here, falcons are mostly used to hunt looking birds mostly come from Asia, Egypt, Palestinians performing Friday prayers in the Ras Al Amud neighbourhood hubara (bustards) in their natural habitat, Lebanon and Syria, among other places, he in East Jerusalem. as also rabbits and other birds. said. Falcons for sale at Souq Waqif. Not all falcons are trained to hunt. Those THE PENINSULA

8 dead as heavy Merkel defends ‘transit zones’ to cope with refugee influx rain hits Oman BERLIN: Chancellor Angela we’ll shelter everyone,” Merkel I won’t rest before we have per- more seriously. “They announce Merkel (pictured) yesterday said, adding that those migrants suaded the Social Democrats,” the they’ll take in 30,000 to 40,000 ref- MUSCAT: At least eight peo- defended a proposal to set up who come to Germany for a better chancellor added. ugees and then they are nominated ple, including four from a single “transit zones” at German bor- life and were not in real danger While Merkel’s Bavarian for the Nobel for that. We are host- family, have been killed in flash ders to filter out migrants who would be sent back. Merkel said allies have insisted on putting ing two and a half million refugees floods caused by heavy rains hit- clearly have no chance of gaining the government would soon pass up “transit zones” at the border but nobody cares,” said Erdogan. ting Oman, the sultanate’s police asylum, declaring she would not more measures to handle the ref- to Austria to better control the Turkish Foreign Minister Feri- announced yesterday. rest until she had persuaded her ugee influx, including temporary influx of migrants, senior Social dun Sinirlioglu then slammed an A mother and her three daugh- junior coalition partner. establishment of so-called transit Democrats have said the idea offer of financial help made by ters died when their vehicle was Germany is struggling to cope zones at land borders. was impossible to implement and top European Commission offi- swept away by flood water on with a record influx of more The conservative leader said wrong in human terms. cials during a visit on Wednesday, Thursday, according to a police than 800,000 migrants. Senior European Union rules provide Meanwhile, the EU’s much- saying his country needed at least statement carried by the official conservatives have raised the for such a move actually only at hyped deal with Turkey to stem ¤3bn ($3.4bn) in the first year ONA news agency. pressure on Merkel to focus on the bloc’s external border, but in the flow of migrants looked shaky of the deal. Under the tentative The father survived and was measures to reduce the number exceptional cases Brussels allowed yesterday after Ankara said Brus- agreement, Turkey had agreed to hospitalised. A child drowned in of new arrivals. such measures also at internal sels had offered too little money tackle people smugglers, cooperate a valley and the body of an Asian Speaking at an event in Ham- borders for a limited time. and mocked Europe’s efforts to Cracks in the deal emerged as Bul- with EU border authorities and put man killed by the floods was also burg organised by the youth wing “I think this won’t solve all the tackle the refugee crisis. garia’s president apologised after a brake on refugees fleeing the Syr- retrieved, police said. Oman’s of her Christian Democratic problems, but if such measures Just hours after the European an Afghan refugee was shot dead ian conflict from crossing by sea meteorology department warned Union (CDU), Merkel said her are possible under EU rules..., Union announced the accord with crossing the border from Turkey. to Europe. In exchange, European of thunderstorms across several approach was based on Christian we have to make use of such a great fanfare at a leaders’ summit, Turkish President Recep leaders agreed to speed up easing parts of the Arabian Peninsula values and that the respect for possibility,” Merkel said despite Ankara said the plan to cope with Tayyip Erdogan ridiculed the visa restrictions on Turkish citi- country yesterday, adding that human dignity had to be the “cen- fierce criticism of leading Social a crisis that has seen some 600,000 bloc’s efforts to help Syrian ref- zens travelling to Europe. rains are likely to continue for tral benchmark”. Democrats, the junior partner in mostly Syrian migrants enter the ugees and challenged it to take two more days. “But this doesn’t mean that her coalition. “And I can tell you EU this year was just a draft. Ankara’s bid for EU membership AGENCIES AFP SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Thunderous rains likely today Morning visibility will be poor due to foggy weather: Met

DOHA: The weather bureau has forecast thunder and rain this afternoon. A weather forecaster said there was the likelihood of rain lashing parts of the city this afternoon and it might be accompanied with thunder. The weather was pleasant yesterday and is likely to be so today as well. It rained in some places in the country. According to weather monitoring unit, Al Jumailiya recorded rainfall of 0.1mm. Al Shahaniya also witnessed light rains and recorded 0.3mm of rainfall. A routine weather forecast released by the bureau for today said visibility will be poor this morning due to foggy weather. The fog would clear as the day progresses and visibility would improve from two km to www.swiss-belhotel.com four to eight km. Offshore too, the weather would be cloudy with chances of scattered Tel rain. It wouldn’t be a windy day initially Fax but as the day progresses and it rains with The sun sets over the iconic Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) building on the Corniche yesterday thunder the wind may move at speed up to amidst cloudy weather. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH 46km an hour. The wind direction will mainly be south- down with the onset of the month of Octo- at 35 degrees C and so will in places like Tel easterly. Offshore, the wind speed is likely ber. The maximum temperature forecast for Al Wakrah and Messaieed. The sea would Fax to be between nine and 22km an hour. today is 36 degrees C (Abu Samra). be calm. Day and nightly temperatures are coming In Doha, day temperatures would peak THE PENINSULA

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Tel Fax NHRC holds panel discussion on security, human rights CAIRO: Qatar National Human Rights Marri said that the conference consti- Participants stressed the importance of www.marriottmarquisdoha.com Committee (NHRC), in cooperation with tutes a great opportunity to exchange benefiting from international experiences the follow-up team to the International ideas, visions and deepen the dialogue relevant to good practices as part of legal Tel + 974 44195000 Conference on “Security Challenges and for the realisation of security and human frameworks and measures that ensure Fax + 974 44195100 Human Rights in the Arab region” and the rights . respect of the human rights, combat terror- Arab Human Rights Committee, organised He noted that the conference’s recom- ism, maintain national security in line with here a panel discussion on the recommenda- mendations were a qualitative leap in the human rights conventions and international tions of the conference, which was held in history of the path of the development of humanitarian law, that there be effective Doha last November, within mechanisms of Arab human rights system, the continu- remedies against human rights violations the committee’s work . ation of the dialogue between the secu- and ensuring accountability of those respon- Speaking at the opening session, Chair- rity forces, civil society organisations and sible for these violations. man of NHRC Dr Ali bin Samikh Al national human rights institutions. QNA SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 HOME / GULF www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Qatar and Qatar keen to work for Britain discuss peace and development bilateral ties LONDON: The second meeting of the Forum on Qatar- British bilateral dialogue (UK-Qatar Vision 2030 aims to transform Qatar into an advanced nation Partnership) was held here, chaired by Assistant Minister NEW YORK: Qatar will con- for Foreign Affairs H E Moham- tinue to work hard with the inter- med bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi, national community to deal with and the Middle East Minister at collective challenges and achieve the British Foreign Office Tobias development, peace and prosper- Ellwood. ity for all peoples of the world. The two sides discussed a Third Secretary of the Per- number of bilateral issues related manent Mission of Qatar to the to security, defence, trade, invest- UN, Ahmed bin Saif Al Kuwari ment, development, education, stressed Qatar’s keenness to and culture and ways of enhanc- achieve the three pillars of sus- ing them. tainable economic, social and Meanwhile, Prince Andrew environmental development, Albert Christian Edward, the noting that the Constitution of Duke of York, met at Buckingham Qatar and national legislation Palace with Assistant Foreign have attached great importance Minister and his accompanying Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al to issues related to economic delegation, where they discussed Rumaihi (right), with the Middle East Minister at the British Foreign Office growth, social development, ways to strengthen and develop Tobias Ellwood. preservation of the environment, bilateral relations and issues of and women’s empowerment as a common concern. The meeting Director of the European Depart- Mansouri and the accompanying fundamental pillar of develop- was attended by Qatar’s Ambas- ment at the Ministry of Foreign delegation. ment. sador Yousuf bin Ali Al Khater, Affairs Khalid bin Rashid Al QNA Ahmed bin Saif Al Kuwari was speaking at the general debate of the 70th session of the Economic and Financial Committee of the UN in New York yesterday. He pointed out that National Third Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the UN, Ahmed bin Dubai firm to build $5.1bn Bosnian tourist city Vision 2030 aims to transform Saif Al Kuwari, speaking at the general debate of the 70th session of the Qatar into an advanced country Economic and Financial Committee in New York, yesterday. DUBAI: A Dubai-based devel- in April. “This is my life project Gulf states such as UAE, Qatar capable of achieving sustainable oper signed a ¤4.5bn ($5.1bn) and I hope that we will finish it and Saudi Arabia in recent years. development. Secretary-General on “Interna- tions still pose a significant threat contract to build a “tourist city” without delay”, the company’s The “tourist city” is the lat- He stressed the important role tional trade and development,” to the system of multilateral in Bosnia, which has become a president Ismail Ahmed said at est in a series of large property of trade as an instrument for and said that the Doha Round trade negotiations, and the abil- magnet for investment from the the signing ceremony. projects by Gulf companies. strong growth and development, launched in 2001 represents a ity to achieve development goals. United Arab Emirates (UAE). “I sincerely believe in this A tourist resort built by a and how it creates a favourable unique opportunity to promote Ahmed bin Saif Al Kuwari- Buroj Property Development because I am convinced that Bos- Kuwaiti investor around 30km economic environment, pointing openness and fairness in the called for the importance of plans to build thousands of homes, nia is an important global tour- from Sarajevo is scheduled to to the establishment of a multi- system with the rebalancing of concluding the Doha Round of several hotels, a shopping mall ist destination that has yet to be open today. Elsewhere, a Saudi lateral, open, non-discriminatory rules and standards for develop- multilateral trade negotiations and a hospital in the municipality discovered,” he said. company is building a new resi- and equitable trading system to ment. at the earliest soon as possible of Trnovo at the foot of Bjelasica, The Balkans country of 3.8 mil- dential area comprising more be an integral part of this envi- He recalled that the ongoing and the need to give it a develop- one of four mountains surround- lion people, 40 percent of whom than 200 villas in the hills of ronment. stalemate in the implementation mental real content. ing the capital Sarajevo. Work are Muslims, has registered a sig- Sarajevo. He referred to report of the of Doha Round of trade negotia- QNA on the complex is set to begin nificant increase in visitors from AFP Old vehicles queueing up at garages to fix air conditioning By Sanaullah Ataullah as three months, because the workshops is available for 66-seater buses. “We do They charge about QR8,000 to install labour camps to worksites and back”. are too busy with customers who are not have air-conditioning systems for an AC in an old bus. They require a gen- The road permits of the busses will DOHA: Following new rules announced making a beeline to fix AC systems in mini-buses,” said the salesman. “We erator with a capacity of 9,000 kilo Watt expire in the next two months or so, he by the Traffic Department for renewal old buses and vans. charge QR55,000 per bus and it would and two room air conditioners with a added. “I am in a dilemma; I do not know and issuance of road permit for all kinds Some doubts are raised over whether take about three months to install. We capacity of 1.5 tonnes each. The demand what to do. Should I get new ACs installed of buses and mini vans, companies using a new AC system that is installed in an provide a warranty for 24 months.” for such services are growing. in my old buses or buy new buses?” old, non-air conditioned vehicles are old vehicle is safe and would not affect The engines of old buses are not “So far, I have fixed air-conditioners “But the problem is that I do not have flooding to workshops to install air- the performance of the vehicle’s engine. designed to support an air conditioning in 10 buses. I have several orders on enough money to buy new buses. So I am conditioning systems in those vehicles. The workshops, though, insist the system. The workshops, thus, install a hand,” said an AC technician operat- forced to get ACs installed in old buses The new rules that came into effect in installations are safe and free of any risk. separate generator with a full-fledged ing from an open plot of land in the but I am not sure whether it is a right July require full air-conditioning for vehi- Some of them are giving two years’ war- cooling system. Industrial Area. choice,” confessed the manager. cles with 11 seats and more and which ranty as well. The system is connected to the main Contracting companies using old buses “My friends told me that new AC sys- are used to ferry workers and school stu- Fixing a new AC system in an old switch with some minor alteration to are worried and undecided as to what to tem will affect the engine of old buses,” dents, to qualify for road permit. 66-seater bus, for example, can cost up turn the air conditioner on and off. do to comply with the new rules. said the manager. “If I buy new buses who Companies using old buses without air- to an exorbitant QR55,000. In addition, Huge rush at the workshops and the The manager of a local contracting will buy my old buses. Then it is another conditioning should cough up huge money it is a lengthy process to install an AC back-breaking costs have led to a mush- company employing over 200 workers problem. I will have to scrap it. It would to install new air conditioning systems in in an old bus. room of illegal, parallel workshops that told this newspaper: “I have more than be a huge loss for the company,” grieved those vehicles. A salesman at a popular vehicle dealer are run mostly by semi-skilled AC tech- 200 workers and have six buses (four big the manager. And people must wait for long, as many told The Peninsula that the service so far nicians. and two mini) to ferry them from the THE PENINSULA

Iraqi forces in huge anti-IS push in Baiji Half a million Yemen children face severe malnutrition: UN BAIJI, IRAQ: Iraqi forces reported in Iraqi media to have defused booby traps and hunted played a key role. The US-led coa- GENEVA: More than half a Hadramawt are inaccessible. down holdout jihadists in the lition, which is more active on the million children in Yemen face Saudi Arabia has led an Arab strategic Baiji area yesterday Anbar front, said yesterday it had life-threatening malnutrition as military intervention against as part of their biggest advance carried out two strikes in the Baiji a risk of famine grows, a senior Houthi fighters since March 26 to against the Islamic State group area the previous day. official of the UN Children’s Fund restore the exiled Yemeni govern- in months. It also said it had destroyed (Unicef) said yesterday. ment and fend off what it sees as Baiji lies at a crossroads parts of another refinery, in Qay- The figure, a three-fold jump the creeping influence of the Shia between several frontlines, and yarah, between Baiji and main since fighting erupted in March, group’s main ally, Iran. control of the area is seen as the northern city Mosul, that “was reflects depleted food stocks com- At least 5,400 people have been key to progress in other regions, used by Daesh to produce oil for pounded by a failing health system killed in the conflict in the Arab including Anbar province where the black market to fund their unable to care for hungry children world’s poorest country where forces were also closing in on IS terrorist activities”. or vaccinate them against disease, an estimated 10 percent of the strongholds. Around Ramadi, which IS said Afshan Khan, director of 23 million population are now The army, police and counter- seized in mid-May, Iraqi forces Unicef emergency programmes internally displaced. The death terrorism services, as well as pressed an offensive to retake it, worldwide. toll includes at least 502 children, thousands of fighters from the with air support from the coali- “We are facing the potential of Unicef says. Popular Mobilisation (Hashed al- Fighters from the Popular Mobilisation units, fighting Islamic State (IS) tion. a huge humanitarian catastrophe Yemen, which imported 90 per- Shaabi), continued to gain signifi- alongside Iraqi government forces, are seen opposite Baiji’s main refinery According to daily tallies pro- ... The levels of malnutrition that cent of its food before the crisis, cant ground in and around Baiji, north of the multi-ethnic city of Tikrit, yesterday. vided by the US military, coali- are being reported for children is subject to a Saudi-led blockade officers said. “Iraqi forces are tion warplanes have carried out at are extremely critical,” Khan imposed on commercial vessels, moving deep into Baiji; they have least 69 strikes against IS in the said, saying more data and hard which are inspected by a UN veri- retaken the industrial area and refined products meeting half of rockets and missiles, while Iraqi Ramadi area this month alone. evidence was needed to declare fication mechanism. several other neighbourhoods,” an Iraq’s needs, is said to have been warplanes are also striking. This Major ground advances in a famine. “We are allowed small passages army colonel said. damaged beyond repair and to no will prepare the ground for an recent days have allowed pro- “A nutritional survey will be of goods where the papers are “We control about 60 percent longer be of huge strategic inter- operation to cleanse Sinniya,” he government forces to almost done at the end of October. How clear,” Khan said. “We have been of the city; there are not so many est. said. completely encircle Ramadi, close are we to a famine declara- unable to sufficiently replenish Daesh fighters left and they are At least six anti-IS fighters The operation launched this where the coalition estimates the tion? We see some zones that are medical supplies.” trapped,” he said, using an Arabic were killed at the refinery Thurs- week to secure Baiji, which has number of remaining IS fighters worse than others,” she said. The lack of fuel imports is pre- acronym for IS. day, several officers said. seen almost uninterrupted fight- to be between 600 and 1,000. In addition to 537,000 children venting mills from grinding grain, After retaking most of the The bodies of at least 15 IS ing since IS swept across Iraq’s “We’re encouraged by this aged under five at risk of severe she said. “Humanitarian access is refinery to the north of the city, fighters were also found there Sunni Arab heartland in June progress, but much fighting lies acute malnutrition, marked by vis- getting more and more difficult ... security forces were sweeping the and large numbers of wounded 2014, appears to be spearheaded ahead. Important for Iraq forces ible wasting of their bodies, 1.3 mil- We hope fuel imports are restored sprawling complex for bombs and jihadists are reported to have by the Hashed. Hadi Al Ameri, to keep moving forward,” US mil- lion are moderately malnourished, so the cold chain (for vaccines) is die-hard jihadists. been evacuated to the nearby IS the most visible commander of itary spokesman Patrick Ryder according to the latest UN figures. re-established and sufficient fuel “Inside the refinery, our forces strongholds of Hawijah and Shar- the Hashed and a leading member said on social media. Fewer than one in five thera- is available for running water are defusing booby traps and qat. of the Tehran-backed Shia militia Iraqi forces were also tighten- peutic feeding centres across treatment,” she said. Of 2.7 mil- looking for the last Daesh terror- The same officer also said loy- Badr, has been omnipresent on ing the noose around IS in the Yemen are functional, Khan said. lion children targeted for vacci- ists we believe are still holed up in alist forces had completely sur- the Baiji frontlines. town of Baghdadi, further west Unicef operates 43 mobile teams nation against measles and polio, some buildings,” he said. rounded Sinniya, a town west of Qassem Soleimani, commander up the Euphrates River in Anbar that screen children for malnu- only 676,000 have been reached, The refinery, which once pro- Baiji on the road leading to Anbar. of the foreign wing of Iran’s elite province. trition but areas such as the Al she added. duced 300,000 barrels per day of “We are firing large numbers of Revolutionary Guards, was also AFP Qaeda-held eastern province of REUTERS SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GULF / MIDDLE EAST Syria air strikes leaving many without aid: UN Army launches Aleppo offensive with Iranian support GENEVA: The recent escalation Syr- a six-month truce was agreed there in sive south of Aleppo province yesterday, ia’s brutal conflict has complicated the September. “As I understand it, par- expanding the army’s counter-attack already difficult task of delivering aid to ticularly towards Zabadani and the sur- against rebels across western Syria with the millions in need across the country, rounding villages and towns, there is the support from Russian air strikes. the United Nations humanitarian chief opportunity to get those convoys mov- The assault means the army is now said yesterday. ing,” he said, hinting an aid convoy might pressing insurgents on several fronts near The fighting has stepped up since make it through Friday. Syria’s main cities in the west, control of Russia late last month began an aerial He stressed though that the situation which would secure President Bashar Al campaign in the country, where a US-led remained blurry, and that “of course Assad’s hold on power even if the east of coalition has been carrying out air strikes the convoys don’t set off unless we have the country is still held by Islamic State. for more than a year. received assurances that their passage is Aleppo, a commercial and industrial “We are finding that the increased intended to be safe.” hub near the border with Turkey, was amount of aerial bombardment, from The ceasefire is supposed to include the Syria’s largest city before its four-year whichever source, is putting the supply evacuation of civilians and rebel fighters civil war, which grew out of protests routes at more risk,” Stephen O’Brien out of Zabadani in exchange for the safe against Assad’s rule. said in an interview. passage of civilians from the Shia villages Control of the city, still home to two This, he said “has meant that we have of Fuaa and Kafraya in the northwestern million people, is divided between the been unable to have as many convoys province of Idlib. government and rebels. moving to get the supplies to the people “This is the promised battle,” a senior in need.” FEARS OF CONFRONTATON military source in Syria said of the offen- Syria’s bloody conflict, which erupted O’Brien said he did not have informa- sive backed by hundreds of Hezbollah and in March 2011, has left some 250,000 peo- tion about pending evacuations. Iranian forces which he said had made ple dead and forced more than half the The Kremlin has said the Russian some gains on the ground. country’s population to flee their homes, bombing campaign is aimed to help It was the first time Iranian fighters including more than four million who President Bashar Al Assad’s beleaguered had taken part on such a scale in the have fled the country as refugees. forces fight the Islamic State group. Syrian conflict, he said, although their Supporters and members of Hizb Ut-Tahrir carry party’s flags and shout slogans during a Over 12 million people in Syria are Yesterday, Moscow claimed it had hit numbers were modest compared to the rally in Tripoli, northern Lebanon yesterday, in support of Palestinians, and against Russian in desperate need of humanitarian aid. more than 380 “Islamic State targets”. army force. “The main core is the Syrian and the US intervention in Syria. O’Brien said the UN was tirelessly work- But rebels and their international army,” the source said. ing to seek safe routes to bring aid to backers say the intervention is intended The Syrian army said in a statement Russian strikes. “Our forces are (now) Lebanese security source said. those in need. to bolster Assad and has targeted moder- that its forces were engaged in battles in more determined to restore security Rami Abdulrahman, director of “We are always prepared and willing to ate and Islamist opposition forces rather several areas in the country, including in and stability to our country,” the army UK-based monitoring group the Syr- get convoys moving wherever we can get than jihadists. Joubar and Harasta town near the capital said. ian Observatory for Human Rights, corridors, or safe-passage or a clarity that Russia’s entry into the conflict has Damascus, Homs and Aleppo provinces. Hezbollah, which has supported Assad said there were heavy clashes near the the convoys can get through,” he said. raised fears of a potential confrontation “Military operations against the ter- in several battles during the civil war, Jebel Azzan region, about 12km south of He said an aid convoy could soon make with the US-led coalition. rorist groups continue along with inte- said the army was carrying out a “broad Aleppo city. it to Zabadani, the last rebel stronghold Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah sive air strikes carried out by Syrian air military operation”, with support from The area that the army and Russian along Syria’s border with Lebanon, after and Iranian fighters launched an offen- force and benefiting from the results of Russian and Syrian jets, across a front at jets were targeting was close to a main least 10 miles wide from the southwest to road heading south towards the capital southeast of Aleppo. Damascus, Abdulrahman said. It made no mention of Hezbollah fight- The army had recaptured the village of ers in its statement. Abtin from rebel fighters, he said, as well More than 250,000 killed in war Two senior regional sources said this as a tank battalion base close to Sabi- week that Iran sent thousands of troops qiya village. Both villages lie close to Jebel BEIRUT: More than a quarter of a mil- toll for rebel fighters at 43,752, and the 30,000 people missing in Syria, among to Syria to bolster an offensive already Azzan. Rebels had hit one army tank with lion people have been killed in Syria’s number of foreign jihadists killed at them 20,000 said to be held in Syrian underway in Hama province and ahead a US-made TOW anti-tank missile. brutal conflict since it began with anti- 37,010. At least 91,678 pro-government jails. It also does not include thousands of the Aleppo attack. The military source said the rebel government protests over four years forces — among them 52,077 regime sol- of loyalist forces held by rebel factions Iran says it has sent weapons and mili- fighters were mainly from the Islamist ago, a monitoring group said yesterday. diers and other allied Syrian and non- or by the Islamic State group. tary advisers to support its ally Assad, group Ahrar Al Sham and Al Qaeda’s The Syrian Observatory for Human Syrian fighters — have also been killed. The Syrian conflict began with anti- but has denied providing troops. Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, as well as Rights said it has documented the Syria’s army is backed by local pro- government protests in March 2011 In the last week Iranian media have the Suqour Al Sham and Failaq Al Sham deaths of 250,124 people, including at government militias but also fighters before spiralling into a multi-front war reported the deaths in Syria of three insurgent groups. least 74,426 civilians. The civilian toll from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Leba- across the country after a brutal regime senior officers from Iran’s Revolution- The head of another rebel brigade Fur- includes 12,517 children and 8,062 non’s Shia Hezbollah militia. crackdown. At least four million Syr- ary Guards Corps. Hossein Hamedani, a san al Haq, which is backed by Assad’s women. Compiled by the British-based The monitor said it had recorded the ians have been forced to flee the violence corps deputy commander, was killed near foreign opponents and operates under the Observatory, which relies on a network deaths of 971 Hezbollah fighters in Syria. to neighbouring countries, and millions Aleppo and two other officers have also umbrella of the Free Syrian Army, said of sources on the ground in Syria, the The Observatory also documented the more are displaced inside the war-torn died fighting Islamic State forces in Syria, his fighters had sent more TOW mis- toll is an increase from the 240,000 fig- deaths of 3,258 people who could not be country. Iran’s Tasnim news agency said. siles to the Aleppo area to try to stem ure it announced in August. It puts the identified. Its toll does not include some AFP Two senior Hezbollah officers have also the attack. been killed in Syria in the last week, a AGENCIES

Erdogan, Obama Bombing, gunbattle kill 12 in Yemen discuss cooperation SANA’A: A suspected Al Qaeda suicide bombing, in the city. Jets from a Saudi-led military coalition against IS militants accompanied by an attack with guns and grenades, bombed the house of Yemen’s speaker of parliament killed 10 soldiers guarding an intelligence building yesterday, residents said, as part of a wave of attacks ISTANBUL: Turkish President in the western Yemeni city of Hodaida yesterday, aimed at influential politicians. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US security sources said. The sources said two of the The attack hit the residence of Yahya Al Ra’i in President Barack Obama dis- assailants were also killed. central Dhamar province, leaving him unscathed cussed on the phone strengthen- “Gunmen believed to belong to Al Qaeda attacked but killing his son. ing cooperation against Islamic the main gate of the political security building with Residents of the Houthi-controlled capital Sana’a State (IS) militants and what rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns after reported around 60 coalition air strikes in the last could be done about Russian mili- a car bomb driven by a suicide bomber attacked the two days on military bases and houses belonging tary activities in Syria, Erdogan’s back gate,” one of the sources said. to family members of Ali Abdullah Saleh, a former office said yesterday. Al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) have both gained president and important ally of the Houthis. “The two leaders confirmed ground in Yemen, where a war has been raging for Five civilians were killed in the bombardment of their shared goal of increas- the past seven months between a Saudi-led military the capital on Thursday, residents said, including at ing military pressure on Daesh coalition and Houthi militiamen allied to Iran. least two children. (Islamic State) and strengthen- The militant Islamist groups view the Shia Houthi Saudi Arabia organised an Arab coalition in ing the moderate opposition to movement, which controls Hodaida and much of March that has been supporting fighters loyal to create the necessary conditions Yemen’s north, as apostates deserving death. the Gulf-backed government and who have pushed for a political transition in Syria,” But IS has also hit out against the Arab military the rebels back from five southern provinces. the statement said. In the tele- alliance supporting Yemen’s embattled govern- But Al Qaeda militants, already active in the phone call overnight, Obama also ment. south and southeast, have exploited the unrest. On conveyed condolences after last In a series of suicide bombings on October 6, IS Wednesday, they occupied the government offices in Saturday’s twin suicide bombings Explosives are seen inside barrels in a seized car that police sources said killed 22 people, including several troops from the Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province, an official in Ankara and said the United belonged to Al Qaeda, who used them to attack an intelligence building United Arab Emirates, at the government headquar- there said. States was in solidarity with Tur- in Yemen’s western city of Hodaida, yesterday. ters in the southern port of Aden and military bases REUTERS key against the threats it faces.

Campaign rally Ankara bombing IS pays recruiters $10,000 per person: UN toll rises to 102 ISTANBUL: Three people BRUSSELS: The Islamic State who was recruited,” Karska told a social media,” Karska said. wounded in last Saturday’s dou- (IS) group is paying supporters press conference in Brussels, add- “A significant degree of recruit- ble suicide bombings in Turkey’s up to $10,000 for each person ing the findings were preliminary. ment currently occurs through capital Ankara have died of their that they recruit to wage jihad “If somebody was well educated friends and family in Syria, who injuries, the chief prosecutor’s in Syria and Iraq, UN experts like computer specialists or doc- are also paid on the basis of the office said yesterday, bringing the said yesterday after a visit to tors, they were paid more,” the number of persons they recruit death toll to 102. Belgium, one of the main coun- Polish human rights lawyer added. and on whether the recruits sub- The office said 13 people had tries of origin for so-called for- Her colleague Patricia Arias, a sequently marry,” she said. been detained over links with the eign fighters. Chilean lawyer, added “they are Karska and Arias said an attack, the worst of its kind in Elzbieta Karska, who chairs a paid by Daesh,” the Arabic acro- increasing number of women or Turkey. Prime Minister Ahmet UN group studying the issue, said nym for Islamic State. girls is leaving Belgium to marry Davutoglu said on Wednesday IS is using social media and infor- The Belgian-based extremist jihadists or care for those who some of the suspects had spent mal networks of friends and fam- group Sharia4Belgium enlisted are ill or wounded, but some may months in Syria and could be ily, with many of them in Syria, to the first wave of recruits for Syria actually fight. linked to Islamic State or Kurd- recruit new jihadists in Belgium. in 2010, according to Karska’s UN They had no figures on how ish militants. The UN experts learned from body, which was set up by the many women had left Belgium, “As part of the investigation Belgian contacts that 500 for- Geneva-based UN Commission but said the number of boys and that has been deepened, impor- eign fighters in Iraq and Syria on Human Rights. men departing for jihad had tant information and clues have originated in Belgium, the high- With Sharia4Belgium now bro- declined from about 10 per month been obtained on individuals who est per capita of any EU country, ken up and many of its members three years ago to about four or could be linked to the attacks,” she added. jailed, recruiting has changed. five per month today. the prosecutor’s office said in a “We have heard... about situ- In the last year, “the key Their average age is 23 years statement quoted by state-run Supporters of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu cheer during his campain ations where recruiters were method of recruitment is report- old and declining, Karska said. TRT television. paid from two, three thousand edly through informal networks rally in the upcoming legislative elections, in Bursa, Turkey, yesterday. to 10,000 dollars depending on... of friends and family, and through AFP AGENCIES SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Jordanians call for end to peace treaty with Israel Israel bars men under 40 from attending prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque

AMMAN: Thousands of Jordanians and Allah is with us,” read another is the most serious in years, claiming the took to the streets yesterday calling on banner. Anti-Israeli protests were also lives of 35 Palestinians and seven Israelis. the government to scrap its peace treaty held in the northern cities of Zarqa and Yesterday’s protests came as Palestin- with Israel, which they accuse of viola- Irbid, in Mafraq in the east, Jerash in ians called for a “Friday of revolution” tions in Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al Aqsa the northwest and in the southern port against Israel, and as Jerusalem police Mosque compound. of Aqaba. barred men under 40 from attending Demonstrations broke out in several Jordan has custodian rights over the Al prayers at Al Aqsa mosque. cities after weekly prayers, with around Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, a Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, 5,000 rallying in Amman, where they site holy to both Muslims and Jews and called for “rallies of anger and confronta- torched an Israeli flag. scene of clashes last month between Pal- tions” yesterday in all West Bank cities. “No Zionist embassy on Jordanian soil,” estinians youths and Israeli forces. “Our decision is to pursue the Inti- chanted the demonstrators, who rallied Since then the violence has spread to fada (uprising) and continue the resist- at the call of the opposition Muslim other parts of Jerusalem, Israel, the occu- ance against the Israeli occupation,” Brotherhood. pied West Bank and the border between said Ismail Haniyah, the group’s leader They demanded the cancellation of the Israel and the Gaza Strip. in Gaza. 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty, carry- The violence began on October 1 with Hundreds of demonstrators clashed ing signs that said “scrapping the Wadi a spate of stabbing attacks and violent yesterday with the Israeli military at dif- Araba treaty is the response” to Israeli protests have swept the Palestinian ter- ferent locations along the Gaza border “violations” against Palestinians in Jeru- ritories. after Hamas and Islamic Jihad called for salem. The unrest has erupted mostly in Jeru- protests. “The land is ours, Jerusalem is ours salem and the occupied West Bank and Violent protests that first began in annexed east Jerusalem and the occu- pied West Bank have spread to Gaza in recent days. The unrest has been triggered in part by Palestinians’ anger over what they see Jordanian protesters wave the national and Palestinian flags during a demonstration near as increased Jewish encroachment on the Israeli Embassy in the capital Amman yesterday in solidarity with the Palestinians. Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound. Last month King Abdullah II warned that clashes at Al Aqsa could have “seri- ous consequences” and that any “provo- Two Palestinians killed in cation” in Jerusalem could damage ties between Jordan and Israel. Amman withdrew its ambassador after Gaza by Israeli army fire clashes there last November. On Wednes- day, the Jordanian government said it was GAZA CITY: Two Palestinian died after being shot by the Israeli military in the monitoring developments and that “legal Gaza Strip yesterday, the enclave’s health ministry said, the latest such incidents and diplomatic decisions” could be taken in more than two weeks of clashes and attacks. in the face of “Israeli aggression”. Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra said that Yehya Abdul Qadir Farhat, 22, The UN Security Council will hold a died “after he was shot directly in the head by the military in clashes close to the special meeting to discuss the situation. Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing” in northern Gaza. No resolution is planned, but there might Mahmud Homaida, 22, was confirmed dead later in the day in clashes along the be an attempt to get the council to issue border. The health ministry reported 98 others wounded, including those shot or a statement urging the two sides to curb exposed to tear gas. the violence. Israeli fire killed a Palestinian during clashes yesterday in Beit Furik near US Secretary of State John Kerry has Nablus in the occupied West Bank and wounded five others, Palestinian medics said he plans to travel to the Middle East said, as protests erupted in various areas. soon to try to calm the violence. Ehab Hanani, 19, was the 37th Palestinian killed since an upsurge in violence Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin began at the start of the month. Netanyahu said he was ready to meet Hundreds more have been wounded in clashes with Israeli forces. Abbas to help restore calm. A series of Seven Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of gun, knife and attacks and violent protests have raised car attacks. The Gaza clashes occurred during what Palestinians called a “Friday Police stand guard as Palestinians perform Friday prayers on the streets of the Wadi Al Joz fears of a full-scale Palestinian uprising. of revolution” against Israel. neighbourhood in east Jerusalem following restrictions by Israel preventing Palestinians AGENCIES under 40 years from entering the Al Aqsa Mosque compounds. AGENCIES

Police break Egypt tycoon’s party eyes economy with election bid up Moroccan CAIRO: Fireworks erupt at his And with Sisi in full control of pled him. Following a ban on NDP unlikely to criticise government moil that followed the ouster of smuggling ring rallies, his face is plastered across the country’s politics, experts say, members being lifted, many are policy directly, experts said, but Mubarak. the streets of his Cairo constitu- economic policy is likely to be the returning to politics even as will push for liberal reforms in an Growth is projected at around MADRID: Spanish police said ency and children wear T-shirts only arena in which the new law- scores of Islamists and other economy that has a long history of four percent this year, but the yesterday they have smashed printed with his image. makers will be able to play. regime opponents face a brutal heavy state involvement. recovery remains fragile, ana- a network which smuggled Ahmed Mortada Mansour, the “Human rights, political reform government crackdown. “The party has huge money, lysts say, given that inflation and Moroccans into Spain, arresting 34-year-old son of the head of and so forth — there’s not going “We are a liberal party and we hundreds of millions of Egyptian unemployment remain high at 10 seven Moroccans and freeing a Cairo’s Zamalek football club, has to be that much appetite for those believe in the free market econ- pounds,” said Hazem Hosny, pro- and 14 percent respectively. man they were holding hostage. gone all out to win votes ahead of discussions,” said H A Hellyer of omy,” Mohamed Farid, a youth fessor of political science at Cairo The International Monetary The smugglers charged parliamentary elections that start the Washington-based Brookings leader of the Free Egyptians said University. Fund earlier this month urged ($5,700-11,400) per person to in Egypt tomorrow. Center. at the party’s headquarters in “When it talks of being liberal... Egypt to “create the conditions get them into Spain, usually in Flush with money, Mansour “The exception is likely to be Cairo’s upscale Zamalek neigh- it is liberal in business. They don’t for the private sector to increase the northern region of Navarra and his pro-market, liberal Free financial and economic policies, bourhood. want the state to intervene in its activity” in order to boost on the border with France, and Egyptians Party are mounting as big business interests will play “We believe that only a free anything.” employment, especially among help them get their authorisa- an ambitious bid to win support a big role in parliament.” market economy with a vibrant Farid said his party wants youth. tion to live legally in the coun- when the country votes for a new The Free Egyptians Party, private sector that is backed by to unshackle the economy, for The government did cut some try, a statement said. 596-member parliament, the first founded by telecoms tycoon political support will eradicate example by scrapping subsidies fuel subsidies in 2014 but came They would either transport since the previous assembly was Naguib Sawiris — who has offered poverty in Egypt.” that it says have slowed economic under fire from those benefitting them by ferry to mainland Spain dissolved in June 2012. to buy an island off Greece or The party counts leading busi- growth. from cheap energy. by giving them legal documents Voting will be held in two Italy to shelter people fleeing war- nessmen among its members like “By offering cheap energy we Much of its economic efforts belonging to other people with phases ending on December 2. ravaged Syria — has 231 candi- automobile manufacturer Raouf have created high energy consum- have focused on large-scale similar physical appearances or Newly elected lawmakers are dates across Egypt’s 27 provinces. Ghabbour and Sawiris, who runs ing industries that are not labour projects, like the “new Suez hide them in cars that crossed expected to stand firmly behind Many are former members of a multi-billion-dollar telecom- intensive,” limiting job growth, he Canal” unveiled by Sisi in August into Spain’s North African ter- President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the National Democratic Party munications empire across sev- said. that will double the number of ritories of Ceuta and Melilla who has crushed all opposition of longtime ex-leader Hosni eral Middle Eastern and African Egypt’s economic growth ships passing through the crucial from Morocco. since ousting his Islamist pred- Mubarak, which was dissolved countries, plus Korea. dropped to about two percent in waterway by 2023. But once in Spain, the ecessor in 2013. after the 2011 uprising that top- The Free Egyptians are 2011-2012, amid the political tur- AFP group usually did not help the migrants obtain legal status and would hold those who had not paid their full fees hostage until Iraqis protest their family and friends came up with the money. New Lockerbie suspects The police raided a house in town of Andosilla in Navarra which the ring used and freed a include Gaddafi spy chief man who was being held. The hostage “suffered poor TRIPOLI: The two new Libyan ernment, sent a message to jour- hygiene and was forced to sleep suspects in the Lockerbie bomb- nalists confirming the names but on the floor on some blankets ing investigation are Abdullah Al saying the Libyan attorney gen- and was accompanied at all Senussi, the former spy chief of eral’s office had not been officially times by a person charged with ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, informed about the two suspects. supervising him,” the statement and a second man, Mohammed Scottish and U.S. investigators said. Abu Ejaila, a spokesman for the said on Thursday they had iden- Police also seized two cars, government in Tripoli said yes- tified two new Libyan suspects including one which they sus- terday. in the Lockerbie airline bombing pect was used to smuggle Senussi is currently being almost 27 years ago. migrants into Ceuta and Mel- held in a jail in Tripoli after he Scottish and U.S. authorities lila from Morocco. was sentenced for his role in the said they had informed Libya they Ceuta and Melilla have the deaths of protesters during the wanted to send investigators to only land borders between 2011 uprising against Gaddafi. No the North African country where Africa and the European details were immediately avail- two rival governments and their Union. Each year thousands of able on the second suspect in the armed backers are battling for Abdullah Al Senussi, ex-spy chief in migrants seeking a better life 1988 airline bombing that killed control, four years after the revolt Muammar Gaddafi’s government, in Europe try to enter the two Iraqi people shout slogans during a demonstration against the poor 270 people. that ousted Gaddafi. behind bars during a hearing at a territories. Jamal Zubia, director of the quality of basic services and power outages, in Baghdad, yesterday. courtroom in Tripoli in this file photo. AFP media office of the Tripoli gov- REUTERS SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE VIOLENCE between Israeli and Palestinians is taking an ugly and unpredictable turn. A Jewish holy site was torched allegedly by Palestinians Tyesterday. According to a Palestinian official, the With cabinet, Buhari puts situation is explosive and is likely to worsen in the coming days. Thirty-seven Palestinians have been killed since the current cycle of violence began while the death toll of Israelis is seven. Two Palestinians died after being shot by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip yesterday. Responding party before reforms to the gravity of the situation, the 15-member UN Security By Alexis Akwagyiram Council met in an emergency session to discuss the two the Senate has approved his list. Despite this, he picked some fresh But his nominations show a desire faces from outside the establishment weeks of violence in Jerusalem and the territories. igeria’s President Muham- to close ranks in his All Progressives with backgrounds in accounting, law, This a conflict the world is likely to watch rather than madu Buhari has chosen Congress (APC), an alliance of powerful medicine and finance. intervene because Israel has been allowed to flagrantly a cabinet dominated by Nigerians united by a desire to remove “Those expecting a list formed wholly violate international laws and continue with its land grab political veterans, opting the People’s Democratic Party of his of technocrats were being unrealistic,” and aggression against Palestinians. The latest violence to strengthen his power predecessor Goodluck Jonathan rather said Kayode Akindele, a political con- Nbase rather than surround himself with than a shared vision. sultant and partner at private equity is the result of the desperation of Palestinians and an technocrats who could overhaul Africa’s While he promised during the elec- firm TIA capital. “He has a good mix- expression of their helplessness and protest at the inaction biggest economy. tion campaign to take on the establish- ture. You could have key portfolios with of their own leaders and the international community, Buhari won March’s election on ment in order to root out corruption, technocrats, which would help to drive including Arabs. promises to usher in a new era in the Buhari’s priority was to overcome APC reforms.” The world should take note of the excessive use of force West African nation where a rich elite divisions and reward allies such as party Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, head of by Israel, which always justifies the wanton killings of has controlled key state jobs for half a spokesman Lai Mohammed with cabi- state oil firm NNPC and a former Exx- century. Most Nigerians live in poverty net jobs, analysts say. onMobil manager, is expected to become unarmed Palestinians, including women and children, in despite the enormous oil wealth of Afri- To reinforce his power base, Buhari junior oil minister as Buhari wants to the name of self-defence. Tel Aviv is sensitive to criticism ca’s top producer. has even taken on the controversial fig- head the oil ministry himself. of this excess by the West. Israeli officials bristled on The former military ruler had asked ure of his campaign manager, former Reform-minded observers are likely Thursday at suggestions by the US Nigerians to be patient and get ready Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi, to have been cheered by Kachikwu’s that it is using unnecessary force. for “change” as he took four months to who has been accused of corruption. Senate hearing appearance in which he The Israeli Defence Minister Moshe pick his cabinet Amaechi has denied the accusations. vowed to take action regarding poorly while a plunge “It was the political trade-offs which performing refineries, which force international Yaalon accused Washington of in oil prices trig- definitely cost a lot of time. There was Nigeria to import most of its fuel. ‘misreading’ the conflict and the community gered the worst internal wrangling within Buhari’s Okechukwu Enyinna Enelamah, a Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan Out of 36 economic crisis party,” said Bismarck Rewane, CEO of former Goldman Sachs banker who must called the US observation ‘foolish’. for decades. Lagos consultancy Financial Deriva- heads Nigeria’s biggest private equity But Israel is plain wrong. The world nominated But in the tives. firm, African Capital Alliance, is a can- end the 72-year- As a result, most ministers have had didate for the finance minister. persuade knows its atrocities and excesses, and ministers, about old has selected careers that span decades making Kemi Adeosun, a UK-trained accountant Israel not to is now ready to speak what they see. many familiar Adeosun, a 48-year-old former invest- and finance commissioner of south- use excessive In every conflict, Israel resorts to 20 are veterans faces — those who ment banker and one of the technocrats, western Ogun state, is also a candidate lies, distortions and underreporting from Buhari’s helped him win his youngest nominee. for the finance portfolio. At her hear- force against to hide its atrocities. But in this age the election and Other prominent veterans include ing, Adesoun sought to assure inves- of WhatsApp and instant photos, party, former some who had Babatunde Fashola, former governor tors that central bank controls aimed Palestinians. hoped for jobs at of the commercial capital Lagos, who at preventing a collapse of the naira the Jewish state will succeed less. state governors, a national level won praise for getting infrastructure would be accompanied by measures to Acts of mindless cruelty by trigger- ministers or since he first ran projects off the ground but also criticism stimulate growth. happy Israeli soldiers have often been for office in 2003. for clearing slums. “So what the CBN governor has done captured on camera and circulated worldwide, causing associates from Out of 36 nom- Buhari’s cohort must stave off a just brought in some breathing space ... instant and huge embarrassment to the Jewish state his military inated ministers, recession next year due to a collapse (but the) exchange rate is not the silver which prides itself on being a democracy. In this two-week about 20 are in oil revenues that has weakened the bullet,” she said. “It would have to be career. veterans from naira and driven up inflation. accompanied with fiscal policies, mon- conflict too one picture has gone viral – that of a 13-year- Buhari’s party, The government also needs to win etary policies and industrial policies.” old Palestinian boy lying bleeding on the ground after being former state gov- back investors upset by hefty foreign But with no sign of any increase in shot for allegedly stabbing two Israelis, as a man standing ernors, ministers currency restrictions imposed by cen- oil prices, the reliance on crude sales nearby shouted at him to die. Interestingly, the video was or associates from his military career. tral bank governor Godwin Emefiele, for 70 percent of government reve- uploaded by both Palestinians and Israelis. A propaganda A dozen could be classified as ‘techno- who filled a vacuum in the absence of a nues will make it difficult for Buhari crats’. finance minister. to keep his promise to diversify the war ensued. In a desperate bid to contain the damage, “It is a cabinet that seems to have Buhari’s selection process was com- economy. Israel is circulating photos of the boy being treated in a been drawn from different interests that plicated by the fact that he was con- “Public finances are so fragile that hospital while Palestinians say he has died. brought Buhari to power,” said Clem- stitutionally bound to select a minister there are a relatively limited number of US and some other countries have called for a halt to ent Nwankwo, director of the Policy and from each of Nigeria’s 36 states to policy options,” said Antony Goldman of the violence. Until that is achieved, Israel must be asked to Legal Advocacy Centre, a think-tank reflect the character of a nation of 170 Nigeria-focused PM Consulting. refrain from using excessive force• in Abuja. million people from 250 divergent eth- Buhari will unveil portfolios only after nic groups. REUTERS The other side Quote of Dignity in mental health the day HOUSANDS of people with affects an estimated 350 million people characterised by distortions in thinking, subjected to abuse. Some people are mental health conditions in Sri around the world, and more women are perception, emotions, language, sense deprived of the right to make decisions Lanka and around the world affected than men. It is one of the main of self and behavior, according to world about their mental health treatment and are deprived of dignity and their causes of disability worldwide. Around mental health specialists. care and their personal lives – such as They (EU) announce Tbasic human rights, including freedom 47.5m people worldwide have demen- While there is effective treatment for where they want to live. Some people are from violence and abuse, inclusion in tia or loss of memory. This is usually mental disorders and ways to alleviate denied the right to work or education. they’ll take in 30,000 the community and in policy-making chronic or progressive in nature. The the suffering caused, in low and middle- Stigma is rife and can have a knock- to 40,000 refugees and freedom from discrimination. On condition means there is deterioration income countries between 76% and on effect on employment, which hin- Saturday Sri Lanka and the international in the ability to process thought, beyond 85pc of people with mental disorders ders mental health patients socially and then they are community marked World Mental what might be expected from normal receive no treatment for their disorder. and economically. In Sri Lanka we still nominated for the Health Day on the theme “dignity in ageing. Bipolar disorder affects around Even in high-income countries between have a major attitude problem regarding mental health”– to raise awareness of 60 million people worldwide. It typically 35pc and 50pc of people with mental mental health. While there may be care Nobel for that. We what can be done to ensure people with consists of both manic and depres- disorders receive no treatment. and concern for people suffering from mental health conditions can live free sive episodes, separated by periods The dignity of many people with men- physical ailments, most people tend are hosting two and a of stigma. of normal mood. Schizophrenia affects tal health disorders is not respected. This to reject mental patients as ‘Pissas’ or half million refugees These are some key facts and fig- around 21 million people worldwide. includes being locked up in institutions ‘Angoda cases’. Recep Tayyip Erdogan ures about mental health: Depression Psychoses, including schizophrenia, are where they are isolated and potentially DAILY MIRROR, LANKA but nobody cares. Turkish President SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 An end to Colombia war seems closer By Joshua Partlow

aybe someday, if the truce holds, the covered soccer After three years of discussions in pitch in this mountain town will become some- Havana, negotiators for the Colombian thing of a memorial, the Mprecise hilltop spot where Colombian government and the rebels have arrived rebels launched their last major attack in a half-century civil war. at a place tantalisingly close to peace. By For now, it’s Hugo Rendon’s job to make the world forget. So the foreman March, President Juan Manuel Santos has is pouring new concrete where 11 Colom- bian soldiers were slaughtered as they pledged, there will be a final accord. bivouacked that rainy night in April. He’ll be replacing the sheet-metal roof that has so many bullet holes it looks like a planetarium. There will be new bath- rooms and a snack bar. Earlier this year, the United Nations ment must do more to help heal these The government is paying for the reno- listed 125 municipalities, about 10 percent resentments if the guerrillas are to live vation, but that’s not enough to win the of the country, with the greatest need for openly among the people again. villagers’ trust. Government here means post-conflict rebuilding. One was Buenos “If they agree to something in Havana, spotty electricity, a poorly equipped Aires. Out of 30,000 people here, nearly but we haven’t done the work at the com- health clinic, aeroplanes spraying chem- a third have registered as victims of the munity level, it won’t be worth a thing,” icals on coca fields. Hanging proudly war. The federal government seems far said the municipality’s No. 2 official, along the main road that the government away, and residents are more accustomed Vianey Palacios Carabali. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (left) and the head of the FARC guerrilla group hasn’t paved is the tri-coloured flag of one to the rhythms of the guerrillas. Some- The FARC, as a military threat, is a of the world’s oldest rebel groups — the times people get called by the insurgents shadow of its former self. Founded in 1964 Timoleon Jimenez, aka Timochenko (right), shake hands as Cuban President Raul Castro Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colom- to clear debris from a road or to listen to as the armed wing of the Communist holds their hands during a meeting in Havana on September 23. bia, or FARC. a talk by FARC leaders. party in Colombia, its insurgency spread “They have better ideas than the gov- “These communities have been aban- to include tens of thousands of men under for the coca plant, rural development and town of Naya, intent on emptying villages ernment, no?” Rendon said. doned by the state,” said Franklin Rami- arms who controlled wide swaths of the de-mining. It is still unclear whether the the guerrillas had moved through, Almen- After three years of discussions in rez, a municipal employee. south and east. FARC will end up paying reparations to dra walked for eight days through the Havana, negotiators for the Colombian Ramirez hosts community meetings for In the mid-1980s, the FARC estab- its victims. jungle to escape. The April 2001 massacre government and the rebels have arrived residents who have lost something in the lished a political party, the Patriotic Guerrilla foot soldiers not accused of was one of the most barbaric of the war; at a place tantalisingly close to peace. By war. He hands out literature explaining Union, with other leftist groups and a specific crime are expected to receive paramilitary troops used chainsaws and March, President Juan Manuel Santos the peace negotiations. Before the truce, won hundreds of local government seats amnesty. But the leaders and those fac- machetes to slaughter dozens of farmers. has pledged, there will be a final accord. bombardments and gun battles rattled and legislative posts. But paramilitaries ing accusations of serious offenses such Almendra settled on a chilly ridge with But in the southwestern cordilleras of the highlands. In town, police would walk killed more than 2,000 members of the as murder or kidnapping will be asked to a view over the Pacific. With his wife, Cauca province, where thousands have in groups if they left the station. Now party, including two presidential candi- confess in return for sentences of five to Rosa Delia Fernandez, he started sell- been killed and driven from their homes, things have calmed, but risks remain. A dates. In the late 1990s, then-President eight years in some type of halfway house ing coffee and fritters to mule-drivers the distance to peace seems far greater. young girl leaving school recently stepped Andrés Pastrana held peace talks with or work camp. Prison time is expected to trekking through. Over the next decade, Along this rugged Pacific coast, the FARC on a land mine and died. Gunmen shot at the guerrillas, but the war raged on. be reserved for those who do not come they built a crude wood house, which dou- guerrillas have at times functioned as a the police station despite the cease-fire. President Santos’ predecessor, Álvaro clean about the past. “Ending the war is bled as a restaurant and inn, that they shadow state, orchestrating public works “The people are scared,” Maria Yuli Uribe, launched an aggressive military much more than just the laying down of named the Mirador. But the FARC used projects and demanding loyalty by force. Gomez, a 44-year-old resident forced offensive against the FARC. But the weapons. It’s really accounting for respon- the area, too. When Colombian soldiers The insurgency has fed on rural anger from her home by the violence, said. “We insurgents continued to fight with sabo- sibility for the crimes on all sides,” said entered the town, they accused him of at a distant government seen as ruling haven’t overcome everything that has tage and hit-and-run attacks, blowing up Bernard Aronson, the US State Depart- harboring terrorists in his hotel. for the few. In that sense, the toughest happened. One still lives with that fear.” roads, bridges and police stations. Such ment’s representative to the peace talks. “You feed the guerrillas, then you’re an fight is yet to come: building a lasting Even if peace holds, the inequalities of violence has left them widely unpopular Given their history with the Patriotic accomplice. You sell a juice to the soldiers, bond between the people and their gov- rural life remain. There are few prospects in Colombia, and the FARC has dwindled Union, the FARC’s leaders are worried then you’re collaborating with the army,” ernment. for honest work besides peasant farm- to about 8,000 fighters today. It no longer about their physical safety as they tran- Delia said. “You find yourself inside a con- “We’ve had 50 years of war,” said Jose ing on lands of the rich. The guerrillas’ openly controls territory and operates sition to peaceful politics. Some of the flict you have nothing to do with.” Nifer Diaz, a former mayor of Buenos Marxist-inspired ideology still resonates. secretly from rural areas. right-wing paramilitary groups formed By the summer of 2012, the Colombian Aires, the municipality that encompasses “What they’ve always said is they want “The guerrilla group’s greatest chal- to battle the rebels have now become military was bombarding the forested La Esperanza. “What they’re signing in to help the campesinos,” said Alejandro lenge is converting itself into a viable criminal gangs that the FARC still con- hills around their house. One night, with Cuba is not peace. Each and every one of Ruiz, a 42-year-old coca farmer. “Obvi- political party, said Angelika Rettberg sider a threat. The guerrillas “want the a helicopter hovering over their roof and us has to build our own peace.” ously, we would vote for them.” Beil, a political scientist at the University forces that they believe are their enemies the children sobbing, they decided to flee. The residents of Buenos Aires, a sleepy But there is also anger that FARC of the Andes in Bogota. “The public is to be dismantled by the government,” said It’s been three years, and they don’t feel farming town shaded by acacia trees, rebels might suddenly be welcomed as very skeptical about the FARC’s sincerity Aronson. safe enough to return. have stepped gingerly into the truce. The a normal political party, as if the dam- and desire for peace.” Ramiro Almendra sat silently in the Almendra is not yet betting on peace. cease-fire began last December, broke age they have caused might be forgotten. The peace talks in Havana have cleared front row of the victims’ meeting in the “The government has to apologize to down after the soccer-field attack, then Vicente Sandoval, a 60-year-old resident, many hurdles, but the path forward Buenos Aires hall of justice. He attends the campesinos, to the people, because resumed in the summer. But the guer- laughed bitterly at the prospect of FARC remains daunting. Under the agreement, these sessions, riding the bus for an hour they’ve done a lot of damage,” he said. rillas have not laid down their weapons candidates. After the demobilization, he the government must set up special tri- from his little hilltop shack, but his hopes “And the guerrillas have to do the same. nor have soldiers abandoned their posts. said, they’ll get health care, jobs, train- bunals to hear combatants’ confessions of of any real reparations have dwindled. They have to say they are sorry to all “It’s a tense calm,” said a police officer ing, housing, “ while someone who was their crimes, along with a separate truth Orphaned as a child, he grew up work- those they have harmed.” in town. “They are still armed and hidden peaceful will have nothing.” commission to take testimony. There are ing in coca fields. When right-wing para- and waiting for orders.” Town officials feel the federal govern- programs to design on crop substitution militaries swept through the mountain THE WASHINGTON POST Biden loyalists to naysayers: Not so fast in her favour. There is outside Michigan that effectively broke evidence backing up that view, the back of his opponents. including strong interest in Sand- Once Biden opted out of the If he runs, he will run because of his ers on social media and the fact first Democratic debate, it was that the Vermont senator raised clear to Biden’s team that Clinton burning conviction that we need to more than $2m in the 24 hours was set up for a good night and after the debate. likely a good month. fundamentally change the balance What has guided Biden advis- Her next major event will be ers is their own assessment of an Oct. 22 appearance before the in our economy and the political whether there is a constitu- House committee investigating ency for a Biden candidacy, the the deaths of four Americans structure. resources to run a competitive in Benghazi, Libya, in Septem- and potentially lengthy campaign ber 2012 and her e-mail account. and whether he has a persuasive That highly charged testimony message for Democratic primary has taken a turn in her direction By Dan Balz and Paul Kane voters. As of late this week, advis- as a result of House Majority The Associated Press first ers remained convinced of the Leader Kevin McCarthy saying reported the contents of the viability of all three. the committee had been formed emocrats loyal to Vice- e-mail message. The Washington Polls and other evidence sug- to weaken her politically. President Joe Biden have Post later obtained a copy. gest that if Biden were to enter, Immediately after that, on Da three-word response to Kaufman’s words were arguably the Democratic nomination cam- October 24, Clinton and other the politicians and pundits who less significant than the author paign would quickly become a Democratic candidates will speak say Hillary Clinton’s performance behind them. The former senator US President Barack Obama (left) and Vice-President Joe Biden participate three-way contest. Clinton would at the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson din- in Tuesday’s Democratic debate — appointed to the seat after his in a reception for the 25th anniversary of the White House Initiative on remain the favorite for now, but ner, a quadrennial proving ground makes a Biden campaign less ex-boss became vice president – Educational Excellence for Hispanics at the White House in Washington. it’s clear that Sanders has more for presidential hopefuls. Given likely: Not so fast. is Biden’s longest serving adviser, than enough money to continue the breadth of organizing Clin- Appearing eager to tamp down bridging the divide between the spring. Nothing Biden has said account while serving as secretary well beyond the four earliest ton’s team has done in the Hawk- talk that the window of oppor- generation of staff who worked publicly in recent weeks suggested of state drove down her image, states — Iowa, New Hampshire, eye State, Biden’s advisers assume tunity for the vice-president to for Biden as a senator in the 1980s an affirmative answer, but he has she appeared seriously weakened. Nevada and South Carolina. that will give her an additional launch a campaign nearly closed and a new crop of lieutenants who not addressed the issue directly That prompted calls from nervous Those who have been assessing boost, although Sanders will have after the debate, loyalists are tak- came up through the past decade since before the visit to the United Democrats, or those in the party fundraising capabilities for a possi- plenty of supporters there too. ing steps to assure potential sup- of the family’s public service. States by Pope Francis last month. never particularly partial to Clin- ble Biden campaign believe he too All that would suggest that porters that there is still a path More importantly, Kaufman According to those tracking the ton, for Biden to jump in. would have the money to remain Biden could delay announcing to the nomination, however com- has been frequently portrayed vice-president’s deliberations, a Those assessments about Clin- in the race past those states. a decision until after those two petitive and challenging, if Biden as the most reluctant of the trio decision could come at any time, ton brightened considerably after None of the first four contests events. There were many lines in decides to run. of inner-circle aides to the vice although the only certain timeta- she delivered an impressive per- appears ready to tip to Biden, Kaufman’s letter that suggested The clearest evidence came in president to launch a bid and is ble is the one set by the deadlines formance in Tuesday’s debate although as an undeclared candi- Biden still wasn’t ready to make a a letter e-mailed on Thursday to known to be angry at the frequent for qualifying for the primary and with Senator Bernie Sanders, date the polls are not reliable. But decision, despite the encroaching Biden’s political support network portrayals of Biden as being on caucus ballots around the coun- former Maryland governor Martin some of those partial to Biden have deadlines. by former Delaware senator Ted the brink of announcing his can- try. Those deadlines began to take O’Malley and two other candidates. seized on a little-remembered fact Kaufman’s letter began with an Kaufman, who said a Biden cam- didacy. Any note from him to the effect at the end of the month. Biden loyalists have tried from 1992 to offer hope that early equal dose of hint and caution in paign would be “optimistic,” “from alumni network is treated with Outside Biden’s tight circle of not to be swept up by shifting defeats need not drive a candidate terms of timing, suggesting that the heart” and “unscripted.” more credulity than any leak to advisers, many Democrats have assumptions about the strength out of the nomination contest. Biden was well aware that big fil- “If he runs, he will run because the national press corps. long assumed that, beyond per- or weakness of the Democratic In that campaign, Bill Clinton ing deadlines loom in the next few of his burning conviction that we The main issue, still appar- sonal and family considerations, front-runner, believing she was lost 10 of the first 11 contests, from weeks. But Kaufman also added need to fundamentally change the ently unresolved, remains whether the biggest factor in the vice pres- never as damaged as some were early February through the first that he couldn’t “add much” to balance in our economy and the Biden and his family feel ready ident’s decision-making involved suggesting a month ago. days of March. He then secured a what has already been debated in political structure to restore the for the rigors of a presidential Clinton’s political vulnerability. At the same time, they are not string of victories in western and public. ability of the middle class to get campaign so soon after the death A month ago, as controversy persuaded that this week’s debate southern caucuses and primaries, ahead,” he wrote. of his oldest son, Beau, late last over her use of a private e-mail fundamentally changed the race followed by wins in Illinois and THE WASHINGTON POST SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Indonesia starts Suicide attacks leave huge operation to combat fires 34 dead in Nigeria JAKARTA: Indonesia launched yesterday its biggest operation ever to combat fires blanketing Southeast Asia in Boko Haram threatens country’s sovereignty: Army haze, an official said, with doz- ens of planes and thousands of MAIDUGURI: At least 34 peo- been attacked four times this killed in triple explosions in Baga troops battling the widespread ple were killed in a wave of sui- month alone, fresh questions will Sola, on the Chadian side of Lake blazes. Thirty-two planes and cide bomb attacks in northeast be asked about security in the Chad, where Nigeria meets Niger, helicopters -- including six air- Nigeria, as the military yesterday city, where Boko Haram, which Chad and Cameroon. craft from Singapore, Malaysia warned Boko Haram militants is allied to the Islamic State group Yesterday, Nigeria’s most sen- and Australia -- were dis- threaten the country’s sover- in Syria and Iraq, was founded in ior army officer, Chief of Army patched to back up the more eignty. Thirty died in a double 2002. One area of the city, Ajilari Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Filipino Governor Imee Marcos, Senator Ferdinand Marcos Junior and than 22,000 personnel on the bombing on a mosque in Molai Cross, has been hit three times Buratai, told troops “the next few former first lady and current Congress Representative Imelda Marcos after ground who have been fighting on Thursday night, Moham- in a month, killing more than days will be crucial” in the coun- filing their candidacy papers at the election office in Laoag city yesterday. the fires for weeks. med Kanar, from the National 120. There have also been suicide ter-insurgency. “It is also crucial Indonesian National Dis- Emergency Management Agency attacks near the capital, Abuja. to our country, Nigeria. Our sov- aster Management Agency (NEMA) said. Overall, some 1,350 people have ereignty as a nation is threatened. spokesman Sutopo Purwo Three female bombers blew been killed since Buhari came to The Nigerian Army and indeed 130 Filipinos in race Nugroho said the air teams themselves up and killed four power at the end of May, accord- the military as the symbol of our would conduct water bomb- others in nearby Umarari early ing to one tally. nationhood is being challenged. ing and weather modification yesterday, he added. Buhari said on Wednesday that “Our ability to stand and defeat efforts across six of the worst- Locals, however, said the death Boko Haram’s “ability to attack, the Boko Haram terrorists in the to succeed Aquino hit provinces in Sumatra and toll was higher from both inci- seize, ravage and hold any Nige- next few weeks will determine the the Indonesian portion of Bor- dents and that more than 60 may rian territory will have been com- future of our country. We cannot MANILA: A record 130 Filipinos spokesman for the Commission neo island. have been killed in total. pletely obliterated” by December. afford to lose the fight,” he said. had registered as candidates to on Elections. “This is the biggest haze Both areas are on the out- This week, he met the head of The greater sense of urgency succeed Benigno Aquino as Phil- “We are giving people the emergency operation ever car- skirts of the Borno state capital the US Africa Command, General may be attributed to fears of a ippine president in next year’s opportunity to file their candida- ried out by the Indonesian gov- of Maiduguri, which has been David Rodriguez, as Washington resumption of attacks in hard- general election by yesterday’s cies, but we reserve the right to ernment,” the spokesman said. increasingly targeted by coordi- announced the deployment of to-reach rural areas of northeast deadline, the elections agency really cut down to those with a For weeks, fires illegally nated bomb and suicide attacks up to 300 military personnel to Nigeria once the rainy season said. A man who registered his reasonable expectation of victory.” started to clear land for plan- in recent weeks. northern Cameroon. ends. Should that happen, troops name as Lucifer, a woman who In the 2010 presidential elec- tations have shrouded Indo- The attacks came just days The US military will provide attempting to secure towns and heard voices from heaven com- tion, 99 people registered to run nesia, Singapore and Malaysia after Nigeria’s President Muham- intelligence, surveillance and cities would face overstretch to mand her to run for public office, for president, but only 10 people in acrid smog, worsening air madu Buhari said he was “fully reconnaissance expertise, the tackle the Islamists in the coun- and another who claimed to be an were allowed to compete. Aquino, quality, closing schools and confident” of ending the six-year White House said, after similar tryside, which Boko Haram con- extraterrestrial ambassador are only son of democracy icons forcing the cancellation of out- insurgency by the end of this year. multiple suicide attacks in Cam- trolled last year. among the hopefuls. Benigno Senior and Corazon, won door events. The blazes are an The military was “well-posi- eroon, Chad and Niger. A US presence in northern “This is a symbol or a repre- with 42 percent of the votes. annual occurrence during the tioned to meet the December Guerrilla-style tactics against Cameroon could help boost intel- sentative of a vibrant democracy, Senator Miriam Defensor San- dry season. deadline which they have been “soft” civilian targets such as ligence efforts to thwart planned where more people feel empow- tiago, who ran twice and lost in AFP given”, he said in a statement on mosques, markets and bus sta- attacks across the Lake Chad ered to cast their vote, and to 1992 and 1998, was among the last Wednesday. tions have increased. region. put themselves forward as can- to register. But with Maiduguri having Last week, 41 people were AFP didates,” said James Jimenez, REUTERS Guinea records two fresh Ebola cases: WHO GENEVA: Two people have fallen ill with Ebola in Guinea ‘IS hacker’ accused of stealing after two weeks with no new confirmed cases of the disease in West Africa, the World US data arrested in Malaysia Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday. WHO spokeswoman Marga- KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian man, which it identified as Kosovo containing “the names, e-mail ret Harris told a UN briefing police have arrested a “terrorist citizen Ardit Ferizi, known by his addresses, e-mail passwords, in Geneva that one case was hacker” wanted by Washington hacking moniker “Th3Dir3ctorY.” locations and phone numbers in Forecariah, western Guinea, for allegedly stealing data related “This case is a first of its kind for approximately 1,351 US and appeared to be linked to to more than a thousand US mili- and, with these charges, we military and other government a previously known chain of tary and government personnel seek to hold Ferizi accountable personnel.” infection, while the other was and providing the information to for his theft of this information The twitter message read: in the capital Conakry. the Islamic State group. and his role in ISIL’s targeting “NEW: US Military AND Gov- Ebola transmission is consid- In a statement last Thursday, of US government employees,” ernment HACKED by the Islamic ered to be over once a locality Malaysian police said the 20-year- the statement quoted Assistant State Hacking Division!” has gone 42 days without a new old man was arrested on Septem- Attorney General John P. Carlin If found guilty in the US, the case of the disease. The other ber 15 and that he had arrived in saying, referring to the Islamic hacker will face up to 35 years in two countries that were worst the Southeast Asian country last State group (IS). The justice jail. Over the past year, Malaysian hit by the epidemic were Libe- year to study computer science in department statement dubbed police have arrested numerous ria, which was declared tran- Filipinos shelter beneath umbrellas during a downpour in front of the a private university. Ferizi “a terrorist hacker”, saying suspects whom they say were IS simission free on September 3, Election Commission office in Manila yesterday. The US Department of Justice he had submitted hacked data to sympathisers plotting attacks in and Sierra said in a statement on Thursday it an IS member who then posted the country. REUTERS was seeking the extradition of the a 30-page document on twitter AFP Philippines braces for typhoon Koppu Beijing holds defence forum amid sea row BEIJING: China gathered defence of its kind, will be attended by 60 officials and experts from across official delegations and 130 schol- MANILA: A typhoon was head- to people not to panic and to the Asia-Pacific in Beijing yester- ars, according to organisers. ing straight for the main Philip- make preparations. The last time day for a three-day security forum It is part of China’s broader pine island of Luzon yesterday, Aquino made a televised appeal intended to boost the Asian giant’s effort to increase its international prompting storm alerts in nearly was in 2013, the day before super influence on the global stage. influence, which has also seen the 20 provinces and placing army typhoon Haiyan struck the cen- The Xiangshan, or Fragrant creation of the multi-billion-dollar and police units on standby. tral Philippines, killing more than Hills, conference comes as ten- Asian Infrastructure Investment With centre winds of 130kph, 6,300 people and leaving millions sions rise between Washington Bank. The event will give Beijing “a Typhoon Koppu was about 585km homeless. and Beijing, the region’s two larg- louder voice”, according to a com- east of northeast Aurora province Philippine President Benigno est economic and military powers, ment piece in the state-run China and moving west at 15kph. Aquino warned yesterday the over the latter’s construction of Daily newspaper, which added that Tropical Storm Risk forecast weekend could see severe flooding artificial islands in disputed South it will help correct characterisa- it would gain strength overnight. and wind damage in rural north- China Sea waters. US officials have tions of China as “aggressive”. “We have placed military and ern regions home to millions. signalled they may soon send ships The conference is seen as a emergency workers on alert,” Aquino urged the estimated six by the islands, challenging Chinese potential competitor to Singapore’s Alexander Pama, executive direc- million people in Typhoon Koppu’s sovereignty claims in a strategi- showpiece Shangri-La Dialogue, tor of the National Disaster Risk direct path to be ready to evacu- cally crucial area that hosts vital which attracts top international Reduction and Management ate, as he stressed the government shipping lanes — and Beijing has military officials and experts to the Council, said. President Benigno was making full preparations. said it would “firmly oppose” such city-state each spring. Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan (centre) speaks during Aquino appealed on television AFP a move. The conference, the sixth AFP the China-Asean Defence Ministers’ meeting in Beijing yesterday. Africa’s poor have grown by 100m since 1990 Over 400 dead in Congo

JOHANNESBURG: The number concentrated in Africa,” Diop cent, or 284 million. The findings “low in all domains” - for instance, of Africans trapped in poverty added in a foreword. present a mixed bag for countries tolerance of domestic violence in measles outbreak has surged by around 100 million A surge in population meant that, on average, enjoyed eco- Africa is twice as high as other over the past quarter century, the proportion of Africans in pov- nomic growth of 4.5 percent over developing regions — and noted KINSHASA: A measles out- money was not enough and poor the World Bank said yesterday, erty had actually fallen since 1990, the last two decades, dubbed the that the rates of improvement break in Democratic Republic of roads and health services were despite years of economic growth but the actual numbers were up. era of ‘Africa Rising’ in contrast were levelling off. Congo’s copper-mining southeast hindering vaccination drives. and multi-million dollar aid pro- In a major study of households to the post-independence stagna- “Despite the increase in school has killed 428 people and infected “We have contained the disease grammes. taking stock of African economies tion, war and decay that typified enrolment, today more than two about 30,000 since the start of the somewhat in the short term,” The report’s figures, described and societies after two decades of the 1970s and 1980s. out of five adults are unable to year, the United Nations said yes- Yvon Edoumou, spokesman for as “staggering” by the bank’s relatively strong A child born in Africa now is read or write,” the report said. terday. the U.N. Office for the Coordina- Africa head Makhtar Diop, growth, the Bank said 388 likely to live more than six years Perhaps most disturbingly, the More than 100 deaths and tion of Humanitarian Affairs, told showed widespread malnutri- million — 43 percent of the sub- longer than one born in 1995, the study presented more evidence of 10,000 additional cases have been Reuters. “But it’s sad to see that tion, and rising violence against Saharan region’s 900 million peo- study found, while adult literacy the ‘resource curse’ that afflicts recorded since mid-August, when the disease is still progressing.” civilians, particularly in central ple — lived on less than $1.90 a rates over the same period have states endowed with plentiful the United Nations committed The outbreak is the country’s regions and the Horn of Africa. day. risen 4 percentage points. reserves of hydrocarbons or min- $2.4m to fight the outbreak in worst since 2010-11, when 1,085 “It is projected that the world’s In 1990, at the start of the However, the Bank defined erals. the former province of Katanga. people died. extreme poor will be increasingly study period, the ratio was 56 per- Africa’s social achievements as REUTERS Humanitarian groups said the REUTERS SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 ASIA / PAKISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Obama to air nuclear Afghanistan welcomes concerns to Sharif US decision on troops KABUL: Kabul has welcomed US worried militants may lay hands on small nukes the US decision to keep thou- sands of troops in Afghanistan WASHINGTON: The United “I would not be overly excited United States had spent as much past 2016, vowing to respond to States will discuss concerns about about the prospects of reaching as $100m during the Bush admin- a resurgent Taliban “with full the security of Pakistan’s nuclear the kind of agreement that is istration on a programme to help force” even as the rebels prom- arsenal during a visit to Wash- being speculated about publicly,” secure Pakistan’s nuclear arse- ised to wage jihad until the last ington next week by Pakistani he told a regular news briefing, nal, an effort that had continued American soldier leaves. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, adding that it was “not likely to under Obama. President Barack Obama’s the White House has said. come to fruition next week. The paper said US officials were decision last Thursday to keep The News York Times reported “But the United States and concerned that smaller, short- a 9,800-strong US force in on Thursday that the Obama Pakistan are regularly engaged range nuclear weapons Pakistan Afghanistan through much of administration was concerned in a dialogue about the impor- designed to use against any Indian next year came as he admitted that Pakistan might be on the tance of nuclear security. And I invasion were easier to steal and that Afghan forces were not ready verge of deploying a small tacti- would anticipate that that dia- to use if they should fall into the to stand alone. cal nuclear weapon that would be logue would include conversa- hands of a rogue commander. Calling the plan “the right harder to protect from falling into tions between the leaders of our Pakistan maintains there is thing to do”, Obama acknowl- hands of militants. two countries.” no chance of Islamist militants edged “Afghan forces are still not The paper said the administra- Earnest added that the admin- getting their hands on atomic as strong as they need to be”. tion was also seeking to prevent istration was confident the weapons. “As commander in chief, I will Staff from Doctors Without Borders stand near an armoured Afghan Pakistan deploying missiles that Pakistani government was “well Pakistan has had the world’s not allow Afghanistan to be used military vehicle outside the entrance to the MSF hospital in Kunduz. could reach beyond its main foe aware of the range of potential fastest-growing nuclear arsenal, as a safe haven for terrorists to India, and was thus exploring a threats to its nuclear arsenal” and and a report by two US think attack our nation again,” he said possible deal to limit the Pakistani that “Pakistan has a professional tanks this year said its expansion in a televised address. arsenal that could involve relaxing and dedicated security force that “goes well beyond the assurances Afghanistan’s President Ashraf US tank forcibly entered Kunduz restrictions on access to nuclear understands the importance and of credible minimal deterrence Ghani welcomed the decision, technology. the high priority that the world provided by Pakistani officials.” saying in a statement late last hospital compound: MSF White House spokesman Josh places on nuclear security.” The Carnegie Endowment Thursday that his government Earnest played down the pros- Pakistan is troubled by violent for International Peace and the “will respond to fear and terror KABUL: Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said yes- pect of an agreement when asked Islamist militancy, and the pros- Stimson Center said Pakistan had with full force”, but adding that it terday that a US tank entered the grounds of its hospital in the if there was a serious effort to pect of a nuclear device falling the capacity to add 20 warheads will keep “ajar the door to peace”. northern Afghan city of Kunduz without permission, damaging reach a deal with Pakistan on into the hands of radicals has long annually and could have as many Yesterday, he visited troops in the compound that was hit in a US air strike earlier this month. nuclear technology in the run-up been a worst-case fear of Western as 350 weapons in 10 years’ time. northern Kunduz city, which was The group said in a statement that the vehicle was carrying a to Sharif’s visit, which is expected security officials. briefly captured by the Taliban in team from a joint investigation being conducted by the United States, to start on Tuesday. The New York Times said the REUTERS an offensive launched last month Nato and Afghan government into why a US aircraft fired on the which was the insurgent’s great- hospital, killing at least 22 staff and patients. est military victory since 2001, “Their unannounced and forced entry damaged property, destroyed sending shockwaves through the potential evidence and caused stress and fear for the MSF team,” Nepal parliament country. the group said of the incident on Thursday. “I take pride in you, thank you It also said members of the investigation team had previously elects its first for your sacrifices and for your agreed to notify MSF before taking steps that involved the group’s Pakistan blasphemy patriotism,” he said at a ceremony personnel or assets. A spokesperson for Nato’s Resolute Support woman speaker where he issued medals for brav- mission in Afghanistan did not immediately confirm or deny the ery for those involved in retaking report. “We are aware of the reports and are reviewing the incident,” KATHMANDU: Nepal’s par- accused granted bail the provincial capital. the spokesperson said. liament elected its first woman Regional security analyst REUTERS speaker yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of a Imtiaz Gul cautioned against link- Maoist parliamentarian Supreme Court has granted bail politician who sought blasphemy ing the extension of US military Onsari Gharti Magar was to a woman who is on trial for law reform, in a historic verdict presence to the fall of Kunduz, “Maintaining American troops misguided,” it added. unanimously elected as the blasphemy after she spent three hailed by moderates as a blow saying negotiations between the in Afghanistan can in no way slow One militant commander close House speaker after her only years in jail, her lawyer said against religious extremism. two countries had been going on down the rapid process of our to the Taliban’s leader Mullah competitor, Anuradha Thapa yesterday, a rare decision in a The ruling prompted prison for several months. Jihad and struggle,” the Islamist Akhtar Mansour said Obama’s of Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party, country where such charges are officials to put Asia Bibi, a The Taliban yesterday militant group said in a statement move destroyed any hope of a withdrew her candidacy. hugely sensitive. Christian woman on death row brushed aside the US decision to that promised further attacks on revival in the stalled peace proc- “She has become the first Waliaha Arfat was accused of for blasphemy, in isolation over delay withdrawing troops from US troops and installations. ess. “It means they aren’t sincere woman speaker of Nepal, with desecrating a copy of the Koran fears of attacks by vigilantes. Afghanistan, saying it would do “If the invaders lost the war in about a peaceful solution to the the backing of all the parties,” and jailed in 2012 in the eastern Arfat’s trial lawyer Saiful nothing to save an “unwinnable Afghanistan with the presence of Afghan crisis,” he said, speaking spokesman for Nepal’s par- city of Lahore, where her trial in Malook said she will be released war” and promising to step up its hundreds of thousands of troops, on condition of anonymity. liament secretariat Bharat a lower court is still ongoing. soon. campaign against the Western- their hopes of reversing the tide Gautam, said. “Her continuous confinement She is suffering from mood backed government in Kabul. with five thousand troops are also AGENCIES Magar, 37, held the posi- poses a serious threat to her life,” disorders and needs psychother- tion of the deputy speaker in her lawyer, renowned human apy, Jahangir said, adding that Nepal’s second constituent rights activist Asma Jahangir, Pakistan’s penal code says no assembly and tendered her said. woman can be kept behind bars resignation this week to pave However, her fiance in the country for more than six Putin warns of Afghan spillover way for the election. Muhammad Amanullah said her months without a conviction. “At this time when we have safety was also a major concern In her petition, Jahangir ASTANA: Russian Presi- for the deployment of Russian around 250 kilometres north of to make new laws and acts, it once she leaves jail. pleaded her client’s innocence and dent Vladimir Putin yesteriday and other troops along unstable the capital Astana. is important for all parties to Blasphemy is a volatile issue said that as a Muslim she could warned violence in Afghanistan Tajikistan’s 1,300km frontier with “One of their aims is to break work in unison,” Magar said in Pakistan, an Islamic republic not even conceive of committing could spill over into ex-Soviet Afghanistan. into the Central Asian region,” after her election. of some 200 million, where even such a crime. Central Asia, a day after the US “The situation there (in Putin said of the radical groups. “I intend to take this for- unproven allegations frequently A trial judge first refused Arfat announced it would keep thou- Afghanistan) is genuinely close “It is important for us to be ward by treating all political stir mob violence and lynchings. bail in 2012 because of the “seri- sands of troops in the conflict- to critical,” Putin told the sum- ready to react in concert to this parties equally,” she said. “Some extremists had earlier ous nature” of the charge. wracked country. mit of the Commonwealth of scenario.” Ganga Prasad Yadav of the tried to attack her when she was She appealed twice, with both At a meeting in Kazakhstan, Independent States. Tajikistan’s porous border with royalist Rastriya Prajatantra being taken to the court. Later, pleas rejected, and the provincial Putin and the leaders of ex-Soviet “Terrorists of different stripes Afghanistan is of particular con- Party Nepal was unanimously the court had to move her trial High Court also dismissed a peti- states agreed to create a joint task are gaining more influence and do cern given the surge in fighting in elected the deputy speaker. inside the jail,” Amanullah said. tion on August 28 this year. force to defend the region’s bor- not hide their plans for further that country. This month the Supreme Court ders in the event of a crisis. expansion,” he said in Burabay, AFP upheld the death sentence for AFP The deal could pave the way a popular tourist destination AFP

Pakistani Nepal must probe deaths Bangladesh entrepreneurs giving free food launch ‘Uber during protests: HRW to 3.5 million for rickshaws’ KATHMANDU: Nepal’s new gov- officers, eight of whom were killed ernment must investigate claims when protesters attacked a group students LAHORE: A group of young of police brutality and extrajudicial of unarmed officers. Pakistani entrepreneurs has killings during protests against a It quotes witnesses as saying DHAKA: The Bangladesh gov- launched an Uber-like rick- new constitution that left at least security forces fired on protestors ernment, in association with shaw app service that is quickly 45 people dead, Human Rights without warning, raided homes the World Food Programme, is growing popular with commut- Watch said yesterday. and used racial slurs. distributing free food items to ers struggling to find transport The new charter was adopted Adams urged the new gov- 3.5 million primary students in in the teeming eastern city of last month despite weeks of vio- ernment of Prime Minister KP the country. “Some 3.5 million Lahore. lent protests in Nepal’s south and Sharma Oli, who was sworn in primary students in Bangladesh Taxis and private cars are west, home to the Madhesi and on Monday, to “stem the tide of receive a packet of biscuits forti- expensive to rent in the historic Tharu ethnic minorities, who say abuse” and publicly call on the fied with vitamins and minerals city, Pakistan’s second-largest, it leaves them marginalised from security forces to desist from six days a week under the current and public buses and vans are Pakistani entrepreneur and CEO of Travely, Shahmir Khan (left), uses power. excessive use of force. programme,” the WFP said in a often overcrowded. a rickshaw booked through his firm’s app service in Lahore yesterday. In a new report, HRW said Nepal’s Madhesi minority dom- statement. Rickshaws are the only con- it had found evidence of serious inates the southern plains, home Targeting schools located in venient form of transport, said the late night hours,” he said. transport applications for the human rights violations after to around half the country’s popu- rural areas and slums with food Shahmir Khan, CEO of Travely, Khan and his five friends were commuters,” Khan said. the government deployed troops lation, and have long complained shortage, the WFP and and the the company behind the service inspired to launch the service “Then we conceived the idea to contain the violence, including of being treated like second-class Bangladesh government jointly — but many commuters strug- after working on a project to to start a rickshaw app because extrajudicial killings and arbi- citizens in their country. launched the “School Feeding gle to catch one during the early develop transport apps with that is only convenient transport trary beatings. Many were denied citizen- Programme” in July 2012, which hours or late at night. the help of the government available in Lahore,” he said. “Nepal’s new leadership should ship until the introduction of a is aimed at improving enrolment, A pilot version of the serv- of Punjab province, of which In neighbouring India, the take immediate steps to stem the 2006 law that sought to end dis- attendance and graduation rates ice has been launched in two Lahore is capital. government of Delhi is to tide of abuse that has overtaken crimination against non-Nepali in the country. upscale neighbourhoods. “After graduating in soft- relaunch later this month a Nepal the last few months,” Brad speakers born and raised in the The government’s programmes The response has been “mam- ware engineering, we got an mobile app which will allow peo- Adams, Asia director at HRW, country. to provide food to pre-primary moth”, 25-year-old Khan said, opportunity to be associated ple in the Indian capital to book said in a statement. They say the federal structure and primary schoolchildren in adding that the company was with the Punjab government’s auto-rickshaws. The app, first “The government needs to laid out in Nepal’s new constitu- Bangladesh are to be expanded to quickly expanding. Plan9, which has been crafted launched last year, will now have order investigations, and publicly tion, adopted on September 20, further increase school enrolment “We are getting great response to help young software engineers more features. call on all security forces to desist will leave them under-repre- and attendance, reduce school from the commuters and have to develop their own projects, AGENCIES from any excessive use of force.” sented in parliament. repetition and dropout rates. started receiving calls even in and we successfully launched The HRW report also docu- ments the deaths of nine police AFP IANS SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA SC strikes down NJAC Act Ruling a setback to parliament’s sovereignty, says government

NEW DELHI: The Supreme axed, was “insufficient to pre- said the NJAC “was a part of judi- basic features of our constitu- Court yesterday struck down the serve the primacy of the judiciary cial reforms that was exercised tion.” The Congress said the National Judicial Appointments in the selection and appointment after deep consideration”. ruling should not be viewed as a Commission Act, 2014 (NJAC) of judges to the higher judiciary”, “We will go through the judg- tussle between the judiciary and and opted for the collegium sys- including their transfer from one ment and come out with a struc- parliament. tem for appointment of judges to high court to another. tured response,” Prasad told “Instead of looking backward, the higher judiciary, prompting He said the provision that reporters. we must look forward to address the government to say that the provides for the presence of the Earlier, Law Minister Sadan- the issue in hand,” Congress apex court has gone above the union law minister in the NJAC and Gowda said he will go through spokesperson Randeep Singh parliament and people’s will. as an ex-officio member was the text in detail and consult Surjewala said. In a “collective order”, the “ultra vires” of the constitution Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “Under no circumstances Police officials inspect the site of an explosion at the City Kinara Hotel in constitution bench of Justice as it “impinges upon the princi- legal experts and others. should elements within or out- the Kurla area of Mumbai yesterday. Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice ples of independence of the judi- The minister insisted that the side the government venture into J. Chelameswar, Justice Madan ciary” as well as “separation of act represented the will of the an atmosphere of confrontation B Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph powers”. people as it was backed by all the between parliament and judici- and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel “In view of the striking down of members in the Lok Sabha and ary.” Eight die in gas cylinder said the 99th amendment and the Article 124A(1), the entire Con- Rajya Sabha. Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi National Judicial Appointments stitution (99th Amendment) Act, Legal experts, however, said Party hailed the ruling. “AAP is of Commissions Act were “uncon- 2014, is liable to be set aside.” that although the NJAC was the firm view that independence blast at Mumbai eatery stitutional and void”. The government called the rul- against the constitution, the colle- of the judiciary and a transpar- Justice Khehar said the NJAC ing a setback to parliamentary gium system of appointing judges ent system for the appointment intruded upon the independ- sovereignty. was not flawless. of judges are of equal importance, MUMBAI: At least eight people Suddenly, a cylinder burst in ence of judiciary. “Its composi- “While upholding very dearly “I am not saying this system and are interlinked.” were killed in a fire that swept a the hotel’s kitchen, leading to the tion infringed upon the primacy the principle of independence is flawless... This has its own The constitution amendment crowded restaurant here yester- fire in which eight people were of judiciary in judicial appoint- of judiciary, I regret to say that drawbacks. But between the two and the NJAC Act were brought day after a gas cylinder exploded, burnt alive, said an official of ments.” parliamentary sovereignty has evils, this is lesser evil,” renowned to replace the 1993 collegium sys- an official said. The incident BMC Disaster Control. In a separate judgment, Justice received a setback,” said Commu- advocate Kamini Jaiswal said, tem for the appointment of judges occurred in the City Kinara Hotel The cause of the blast, which Khehar said the presence of the nications and IT Minister Ravi referring to the collegium system. to the Supreme Court and high near the Holy Cross School in the was followed by a deafening explo- chief justice and two senior most Shankar Prasad. Former chief justice Altamas courts but yesterday’s verdict has Kurla area around 1.30pm when sion and a fire, is being investi- judges immediately after him in The minister, a lawyer by pro- Kabir said he was always against restored the latter. the eatery was full of customers gated, said police. the six-member NJAC, now been fession and a former law minister, the NJAC. “It goes against the IANS during lunch time. IANS

Kashmir unrest Call drop fine Cornered, Haryana CM offers takes effect ‘regrets’ on beef statement from January 1 NEW DELHI: India’s telecom CHANDIGARH: Finding him- one year in office as chief minister community. I did not make any watchdog yesterday said mobile self cornered over his contro- on October 26. statement which would have hurt phone operators have to com- versial stand on consumption The statement was made in anyone’s sentiments. However, if pensate subscribers on call drops of beef, Haryana Chief Minister the context of the lynching of a anyone or any community has felt from January 1 next year at the Manohar Lal Khattar yesterday Muslim man in Dadri district of hurt, I regret the same,” a state- rate of a rupee for each such fail- first tried to wriggle out of the Uttar Pradesh on September 28 ment quoting Khattar later said. ure -- a decision that has left the situation by saying his statement by a mob on suspicion that he ate Khattar said he had “full devo- industry upset with legal help was “distorted”, but then finally beef. tion in the practice of ‘Sarva kept as an option. offered his “regret”. But once Khattar’s recorded Dharma Sambhav’ and believed A notification from the Khattar was quoted by an Eng- interview (in audio) was released in taking along all sections of Telecom Regulatory Authority lish daily on Friday as saying that by the daily and played by news society”. of India (TRAI) said the calling “Muslims can continue to live in channels, making it clear he Khattar had said that the “cow, consumer will get a credit of Re.1 this country, but they will have to indeed made the controversial Bhagwad Gita and goddess Saras- per call drop, limited to three A Kashmiri youth throws back a tear gas canister fired by security forces give up eating beef as the cow is statement, Khattar told the media wati were articles of faith for the such occurrences per day in a to disperse protesters after prayers outside Kashmir’s main mosque in an article of faith here”. here: “However, even if you believe Hindu community”. 24-hour cycle. Following that, Srinagar yesterday. “Haryana Chief Minister that if any of the words were spo- He had maintained that the the mobile operators have to send Manohar Lal has denied having ken by me, there was no intention Indian Constitution, which had them an SMS within four hours. made any such statement and (of hurting anyone’s sentiments). no provision to ban cow slaughter The regulator also defined what said that his words and senti- If anyone’s sentiments are hurt or consumption of beef, however, constituted such a failure. ments have been distorted,” an by my statements, I am ready to had a provision that no one should “Call drops means a voice call Plea to summon ex-PM in official statement said. offer my regrets for this.” do anything that offends the faith which, after being successfully A political greenhorn and first- “We understand and respect of another religion. established, is interrupted prior time legislator, Khattar completes the feelings of every religion and IANS to its normal completion - the cause of the early termination coal block case rejected being within the network of the service provider.” NEW DELHI: A court here The Central Bureau of Investi- The watchdog said it had yesterday dismissed the plea of gation (CBI) had also opposed the examined the representations former Jharkhand chief minis- plea saying that there is no prima Muslim man beaten to death by of telecom operators who ter Madhu Koda for summoning facie evidence against Manmohan maintain that some issues of former prime minister Man- Singh. The court while deliver- like poor spectrum allocation mohan Singh as an accused in a ing its order took note of CBI’s and difficulties in setting up coal block allocation case alleg- submission that if Manmohan villagers for cattle smuggling towers that were beyond their edly involving firms owned by the Singh wanted to favour any com- control and contributing to Jindal group of industries, saying pany specifically, then he would NEW DELHI: Villagers beat abandoning their vehicle, which earlier case registered against call drops. it did not find any sufficient evi- not have referred the matter for a Muslim man to death for was crammed full of cows and the smugglers for animal cru- It said it was for this reason dence warranting such a course reconsideration to coal ministry. attempting to smuggle cattle bulls, next to a highway after it elty. The killing comes less than that the authority has kept the of action. Koda said, “Materials placed for slaughter, police said yester- broke down on the way to neigh- a month after the lynching by compensatory mechanism simple Special Judge Bharat Parashar by the CBI shows the said con- day, the latest victim of soaring bouring Uttar Pradesh state. villagers of Muslim Mohammad so that the consumers understand rejected Koda’s plea seeking sum- spiracy, cannot be complete religious tensions in a country “The other four persons are Akhlaq, who was dragged from the same easily. moning of Manmohan Singh, who without the involvement of the where the majority consider cows in a good state, but Noman died his home near to New Delhi and If the telecom operators do not was holding coal portfolio at that then coal minister Manmohan sacred. because of his injuries,” Soumya beaten to death by a hardline meet the benchmarks, companies time, and others in Jharkhand’s Singh who had the final say in Twenty-year-old Noman, Sambasivan, superintendent of Hindu mob over unsubstanti- like Airtel, Reliance and Idea Amarkonda Murgadangal coal the entire allotment.” He also whose full name is not known, police in Sirmaur district said, ated rumours he had eaten beef. could end up paying around `2.3cr, block allocation case. sought summoning energy secre- and four others were severely adding that the victim was Mus- Cows are considered sacred by `1.9cr and `80lakh respectively, “...at this stage of the matter tary Anand Swaroop and mines beaten before being handed over lim. Hindus, and beef eating has taking into account a scenario I do not find sufficient evidence secretary Jai Shankar Tiwari. to police in Himachal Pradesh last “We have registered a second become a highly contentious that only 10 percent of their warranting his summoning as an The court will hear charges from Thursday, according to officials. case against yet unidentified issue since Modi’s Hindu nation- subscriber base face only one call accused in the present case,” the November 2. Police said the five smugglers persons for murder,” Sam- alist BJP took power. drop a day. court said. IANS were attacked by villagers after basivan said, referring to an AFP IANS

Firecracker preparation Keralites shun Govt in talks to scrap rule restricting work that migrants lap up airlines flying on international routes NEW DELHI: Civil Aviation here. Raju had earlier said that Raju said the policy will be an KOCHI: Even as the number Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju he is against restrictive policies enabler for the industry to grow. of the registered unemployed in yesterday said the government (including the 5/20 rule) that “The facility of flying should not Kerala touches 4.5 million, nearly had started deliberations to do would hamper the growth of be restricted to only the privileged 200,000 jobs involving tapping a away with the 5/20 rule, which the civil aviation industry in the people in the country. We should popular health drink from coco- dictates that Indian airlines country. In a separate event, the put policies in place so that flying nut trees has few takers amongst need at least five years of local minister also said that the draft becomes affordable and reaches Keralites. flying and 20 aircraft in their of a new civil aviation policy will the masses,” he said. The job of “neera technicians” fleet to fly on international soon be put out in the public Furthermore, the minister can fetch over `40,000 a month routes. domain to obtain feedback from called upon the civil aviation sec- with pension and other benefits, “I personally want to do away the industry on its provisions. tor to come up with new ideas to the Coconut Development Board with the rule, but we are in a “A new civil aviation policy is give a boost to the country’s chop- (CDB) said here yesterday. democratic setup. I have taken in the process of being drafted. per industry. But this work was now being the issue to the cabinet, but it Once, it is ready, response and Minister of State for Civil Avia- cornered by workers from West A worker from Uttar Pradesh prepares raw material to be used in making may not be their first priority comments of stakeholders will tion Mahesh Sharma stressed the Bengal, Bihar and the northeast, firecrackers for the burning of effigies of demon king Ravana, ahead of to resolve it as there are other be sought, so that a vibrant and need to increase helicopter serv- CDB said in a statement. the Dussehra festival, in Ramol area of Ahmedabad yesterday. At the pressing issues. I am looking forward looking policy can be ices to the northeastern states Neera is tapped from the bunch culmination of Dussehra, which celebrates the victory of good over evil, at solving it at the earliest in put in place,” the minister said and hilly areas of the country of the coconut tree. It is sweet and firecracker stuffed effigies of Ravana are set on fire in open grounds coordination with the cabinet,” at the inaugural of the ‘Interna- where road connectivity is a a proven health drink. he said at an event organised by tional Civil Helicopters Conclave major problem. across the country. IANS aircraft manufacturer Boeing 2015’ here. IANS SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 ASIA / INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Delhi govt Phase two of Bihar polls slams Centre on transfer ends with 54 pc voting of officials NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Deputy Election peaceful as millions defy Maoist threats Chief Minister Manish Sisodia yesterday slammed the central PATNA: The second phase of Additional Chief Electoral capture most of the 32 seats. The government for transferring gov- staggered assembly elections in Officer R Lakshmanan that the BJP and its allies are confident of ernment officials allegedly with- Bihar ended yesterday with about polling was slow initially, but the support of upper castes along out consulting the Aam Aadmi 54 percent of the 8.58 million picked up later — a la the first with sections of OBCs, EBCs and Party government in the national electorate voting in 32 of the 243 round of voting last Monday. Dalits. The outlawed Communist capital. constituencies, officials said. According to him, women again Party of India-Maoist had vowed Leftists hold placards as they walk during a protest rally in Kolkata yesterday. “The sordid business of trans- The polling was peaceful as voted in large numbers. to disrupt the elections. With fers and postings, which we had millions defied Maoist threats to As the day progressed, the most of the 8,849 polling booths in stopped, has now been resumed troop to more than 8,800 poll- queues outside polling booth rural areas, officials in charge of and taken over by the Modi gov- ing centres across six districts to turned serpentine, reports from security had their fingers crossed Left Front protests naval ernment,” Sisodia said here. decide the fate of 456 candidates various constituencies said. through the day. Five helicopters, “Delhi Lieutenant Governor including former chief minister The two main coalitions fight- drones and 993 companies of par- (Najeeb Jung), on the directions Jitan Ram Manjhi. ing it out in Bihar are the ruling amilitary forces were deployed. of the ministry of home affairs, The main battle for power is Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Bihar Police chief P K Thakur drill involving US transferred four officials of the between the BJP-led four-party its allies the RJD and the Con- told the media here that poll- Delhi government a few days alliance and the Grand Alliance gress as well as the BJP and its ing was peaceful barring minor KOLKATA: Opposing the ongo- “The way joint military exer- back, including Value Added Tax of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. allies including the LJP, HAM clashes between rivals. ing joint naval exercise involving cises are being conducted, be it commissioner Vijay Kumar, with- The Bihar battle, which began and RLSP. Officials said voters in over a India, the US and Japan as well as by the Indian Air Force or the out even consulting the elected on Monday and ends on Novem- Among the key contestants dozen villages in Aurangabad, growing communal polarisation Indian Navy, India’s sovereignty government of Delhi. This is not ber 5 and whose outcome will be yesterday were HAM leader and Kaimur, Jehanabad and Arwal in the country, the Left Front in is in danger as attempts are being fair,” he said. known on November 8, is the big- former chief minister Manjhi, boycotted the polls against what West Bengal yesterday took out made to establish US supremacy The Delhi government last gest popularity test in the country Speaker Uday Narayan Choud- they said was lack of development a protest rally in the city. and imperialism in India,” Left Thursday issued relieving orders after the Delhi election in Febru- hary and BJP leader Prem in the past five years. Besides the Left Front con- Front chairman Biman Bose said of four IAS officers, including the ary in which the AAP routed the Kumar, one of the contenders for According to the Association stituents, that included Forward at the rally. VAT chief, three days after Jung Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). the chief minister’s post. Manjhi of Democratic Reforms and the Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Aimed at enhancing maritime ordered to relieve them of their As many as 23 of the 32 con- contested for two constituencies: National Election Watch, 142 can- Party, and the Communist Party security and cooperation in the duties. stituencies where ballotting took Makhdumpur in Jehanabad and didates in the second round faced of India (Marxist), several Left- Indian Ocean-Pacific region, the “Kumar had tightened the place were known Maoist hubs. Imamganj in Gaya. serious criminal charges including affiliated students and youth six-day Malabar joint naval exer- noose around big, influential peo- Polling in 11 of them ended at 3pm With caste equations coming those of murder. The third round organisations participated in the cise by India, the US and Japan ple who indulged in tax evasion in and in 12 others an hour later to to the fire, the Grand Alliance of polling will be held on October rally that began from Esplanade began in the Bay of Bengal last the capital city. There are great enable officers to leave the area banked on OBCs and Muslims 28. area and culminated at the Col- Wednesday. chances that Kumar was removed before sunlight fades. and sections of Dalits and EBCs to IANS lege Square of the city. IANS by the central government under pressure from some big lobby,” Sisodia said. The deputy chief minister said Kumar had recently raided the premises of a car dealer and also busted a racket of fake companies Congress flays Centre Test mission aborted as Nirbhay run from single-room offices in Janakpuri area of west Delhi. Kumar also raided a big inter- on food price hikes missile nosedives mid-course national restaurant chain that was allegedly evading tax. BHUBANESWAR: India’s He said there were chances NEW DELHI: The Congress unfulfilled promise. Modi, it indigenous surface-to-surface Six Singapore satellites to launch in Dec that the racket in fake compa- yesterday said the ever-increas- seems, has brought that protein cruise missile Nirbhay nosedived nies was linked with hawala trade. ing prices of essential commodi- revolution in the country — not mid-course and the mission was BENGALURU: India would gapore universities,” Antrix “Just a few days after these raids, ties during the NDA rule have by making pulses available to the aborted after only about 11 min- launch six satellites from Singa- Corporation chairman and man- Kumar was transferred without made life difficult for the common people but by snatching even a utes of test flight yesterday. pore, including a dedicated 500 aging director V S Hegde said. consulting the Delhi government,” man, and sought to know from serving of it from the plates of the The missile, which has a kg earth observation spacecraft, The polar satellite launch vehi- Sisodia added. the government if people had a people of this country,” she said. designed range of 750-1,000 km, in mid-December, a top space cle, the most reliable workhorse IANS right to food and nutrition. In July last year, union Finance nosedived after covering only 128 official said yesterday.“The 500 and trusted rocket of the Indian “Yesterday was World Food Minister Arun Jaitley proposed a km over the Bay of Bengal. kg dedicated satellite (TeLOS-1) Space Research and Organisa- Day and the Indian National technology-driven second green The mission was “aborted” will be a commercial launch for tion, will deploy the satellites into Congress on behalf of the people revolution that would focus on after 700 seconds (around 11 Singapore Technologies Elec- an orbit, inclined 15 degrees lower of India, wants to ask the prime higher productivity, including a minutes) of flight, defence min- tronics Ltd while five other to the south of equator. minister and the BJP if Indians protein revolution. istry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar smaller satellites are from Sin- IANS Minister orders have a right to food and nutri- “Fourteen months have passed, tweeted. “Nirbhay long-range tion,” Congress spokesperson Rita but the finance minister’s prom- subsonic tactical cruise missile inquiry into Bahuguna Joshi said in a press ise of a ‘protein revolution’ has was launched from the Integrated was aborted after 700 seconds of flight. The second test on October conference here. become a distant dream,” Con- Test Range, Chandipur, at 11:38 flight,” he said in a series of tweets. 17, 2014, was also not up to the ticketing scam “Going by the actions and inac- gress leader said. a.m. today (Friday),” Kar said. According to Defence Research mark as it could not maintain a tions of this government, it is “In March the crop estimate “All initial critical operations and Development Organisa- low height. apparent that the common man report showed huge decline in - booster ignition, booster separa- tion (DRDO) sources, although The cruise missile is expected NEW DELHI: Railway Minister can’t survive this government,” dal production but they waited till tion, wing deployment and engine the takeoff was successful amid to supplement the Indo-Russian Suresh Prabhu yesterday initi- she said. Prime Minister Naren- June to act. Shortfall was around start - were successfully executed repeated disruptions in count- joint venture supersonic cruise ated a full-fledged inquiry into dra Modi, in the run-up to the 15 lakh tonnes but imports were and Nirbhay reached the desired down, the missile missed the tar- missile BrahMos, which can carry the alleged irregularities in the Lok Sabha elections last year, had much lower. Prices of Arhar Dal cruise altitude.” get after 11 minutes after it was warheads up to 290 km. The two- online ‘Tatkal’ ticket booking promised a “yellow revolution” in have crossed Rs.200. Production “During the 700 seconds of test-fired from Balasore district stage missile has a length of six system. India — a protein revolution. has come down but prices clearly flight, all the subsystems of of Odisha. metres, a diameter of 0.52 m, a “Chair Rail Board will inves- “Modi’s emphasis on focusing indicate that there is black-mar- Nirbhay cruise missile func- The missile’s first test on wing span of 2.7 m and a launch tigate complaints into IRCTC on growing protein-rich pulses keting,” she said. tioned satisfactorily and met all March 12, 2013, had also failed weight of about 1,500 kg. (Indian Railway Catering and has become nothing but another IANS desired functions. The mission as it fell after only 20 minutes of IANS Tourism Corporation) bookings to ensure full transparency,” the minister tweeted in response to a sting operation conducted by news channel. According to the sting opera- tion, a massive ticketing racket Indians more comfortable socialising online: Survey exists on the IRCTC website which the channel claims can be NEW DELHI: Going by the respondents in Bengaluru said of their friends and relatives Furthermore, 38 percent Indi- lowed by respondents in national manipulated to book more than surge in social media usage they were more comfortable with mainly online. ans are either just acquaintances capital Delhi and Lucknow. 200,000 railway tickets in just 30 among Indians, one-third of the virtual socialising, followed by 33 When it comes to children, of their neighbours or they do They are mere strangers who seconds. people below 35 in the country percent respondents from Mum- 53 percent Indians believe that not know the least bit about share a courtesy smile or meet According to a news channel, feel more comfortable socialis- bai reiterating the same. their wards need coaxing or their neighbours. casually in the elevator. a booking agent admits using a ing online than in real life, a new As many as 70 percent of the take a very long to make new This number is significantly Some of the respondents said special software, costing `6,000, to survey has revealed. respondents in Bengaluru and friends. This trend is largely higher in Bengaluru, with 68 that they did not even know their manipulate the ticketing system. In the survey, conducted by 43 percent in Mumbai said that seen in Bengaluru, Mumbai and percent of the respondents agree- neighbours names. Kissanpur, 65 percent of the they got to know about the lives Lucknow. ing with this observation, fol- IANS IANS

Bose admirer Maggi safe, lab tests clear all samples: Nestle

MUMBAI: Nestle India said Nestle statement added. in several other countries like the sale of Maggi noodles in India and yesterday that 100 percent of the The company assured it would US, Britain, Australia and Sin- the state. The court, however, Maggi instant noodles’ samples continue to collaborate with the gapore also found Maggi noodles ordered fresh test on Maggi noo- tested in three laboratories have Indian food regulator, Food Safety manufactured in India safe for dles’ samples at three independ- been cleared and that the noodles and Standards Authority of India human consumption. ent labs across India. Nestle India are safe for human consumption. (FSSAI), and other stakeholders In June, the FSSAI ordered a was directed to send five samples Armed with these reports, the on the issue. nationwide ban on the company’s of each variant to accredited labs Indian arm of the Swiss multina- “In compliance with the Bom- noodles on the ground that these in Punjab, Hyderabad and Jaipur tional food giant plans to resume bay High Court orders, we will were “unsafe and hazardous” for and asked the labs to give reports soon the production of Maggi now commence manufacture and human consumption due to pres- within six weeks. noodles that were banned last will begin selling only after the ence of lead allegedly beyond per- The consumer affairs ministry June amid concerns over high newly manufactured products are missible limits. filed a class action suit against lead and monosodium glutamate also cleared by the three desig- The MNC withdrew its instant Nestle India, seeking about `640cr (MSG) content. In a statement, nated laboratories. We are com- noodles from the Indian market in damages for alleged unfair Nestle said the results have been mitted to reintroduce our Maggi as a result and moved the Bombay trade practices, false labelling and received from all three labs man- noodles (in the Indian market) at High Court against the FSSAI misleading advertisements. dated by the Bombay High Court the earliest,” Nestle said. ban. A division bench compris- The Apex court last Thursday A visitor looks at a picture of Subhas Chandra Bose, former leader of to test samples of noodles manu- In the past few months, Nes- ing Justices V M Kanade and B ordered fresh tests on 13 sam- the Indian National Army, at a museum in Kolkata yesterday. Prime factured by the company. tle conducted around 3,500 tests P Colabawalla in August set aside ples of Maggi noodles from nine Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to unravel the mystery surrounding “All 90 samples, covering six representing 200 million packs the June 5 order of the FSSAI and batches to determine lead and Bose’s fate in a growing history war that could undermine the opposi- variants, tested by the three labo- in national and international also quashed an order of Mahar- “MSG stock glutamate” content. tion Congress party. ratories, are clear, with lead much accredited laboratories and all ashtra’s Food and Drugs Admin- below the permissible limits,” the reports were clear. Besides, tests istration banning production and IANS SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE

Cameron’s Hungary to close border with Croatia letter to EU Upto 8000 migrants flowing through border daily; refugees face diversion through Slovenia will have ‘a bit

ZAKANY/BEREMEND, HUNGARY: ernment already has a plan agreed with more detail’ Hungary said yesterday it would close its Slovenia. In the event of Hungary shutting southern border with Croatia from mid- the border, Croatia will start implementing LONDON: Prime Minister night (2200 GMT), pressing ahead with that plan in coordination with Slovenia,” David Cameron’s letter to the a unilateral crackdown on the flow of the spokesman said. European Union explaining Brit- migrants to a Europe still divided over “Last station in Croatia!” a Croatian ain’s planned renegotiation of ties how to handle them. policewoman hollered to up to 2,000 will have ‘a bit more detail’, a The move comes a month after Hun- migrants disembarking from a train at Downing Street spokesman said gary’s right-wing government shut its fron- the border town of Botovo, tired but deter- yesterday. Cameron sought to tier with Serbia to hundreds of thousands mined. “You’ve got a 10-minute walk to defuse fellow EU leaders’ frustra- of migrants, many of them refugees from another train in Hungary. This way!” tion that over a lack of detail in war in Syria, streaming across the Balkan “We are the last refugees,” said Khod- his demand for new membership peninsula from conflict and poverty in the arsus, a 35-year-old teacher and father of terms by promising on Thursday Middle East, Africa and Asia. two young children. “Winter is coming, so to send them his wish-list in writ- Hungary has erected a steel fence almost we will together arrive in Germany before ing in early November. the length of its southern frontier, declar- that, Inshallah.” A spokesman for his office told ing it has to secure the borders of the Euro- The EU has agreed a deal, resisted by reporters that the letter to Coun- pean Union from mainly Muslim migrants some of its members in eastern Europe, cil President Donald Tusk would who it says pose a threat to the prosperity, to share out 120,000 refugees, only a small contain “a bit more detail” on the security and “Christian values” of Europe. proportion of the some 700,000 people changes Britain wants, paving the The flow continued unabated yesterday expected to hit Europe’s shores this year. way for detailed discussions with over the border of EU neighbours Croatia At a summit in Brussels, the bloc offered member states. When asked to and Hungary — between 5,000 and 8,000 Turkey a possible three billion euros ($3.4 clarify whether the letter would per day in recent weeks, picked up by bus billion) in aid and the prospect of easier have a bit more, or a lot more, the on the Hungarian side and driven north travel visas and “re-energised” talks on Migrants make their way after crossing the border at Zakany, Hungary, yesterday. spokesman said reporters would to Austria. The vast majority are trying to joining the bloc if it will help stem the flow have to wait for the letter. reach Germany. of migrants across its territory. Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia, Austria, and rounded up, put on trial and in almost Tusk yesterday welcomed With winter approaching and tem- But Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Germany, and that migrants would be able all cases expelled. Slovenia’s ministers of Cameron’s decision to lay out his peratures dropping, they now face being Szijjarto said this fell short of Budapest’s to submit asylum requests at two so-called foreign affairs and interior called a press thinking in writing, saying real diverted from Croatia into Slovenia, like demands, which include formation of a ‘transit zones’ to be set up on the border conference after Hungary’s announcement. negotiations could then begin. Hungary a member of Europe’s Schengen common force to protect the borders of with Croatia. In Brussels, Slovenian Prime Minister Cameron wants to renegotiate zone of passport-free travel, but which has Greece, where many arrive by boat and A similar system in place on Hunga- Miro Cerar warned that his country, a relations with the bloc it joined warned it will not tolerate a major influx. dinghy across the Aegean from Turkey ry’s border with Serbia has seen asylum former Yugoslav republic of two million in 1973 ahead of a referendum In Zagreb, the Croatian government said before heading north through Macedonia requests rejected en masse, slowing the flow people, would move to reinforce its own on membership before the end of it had already agreed a plan with Slovenia and Serbia. of migrants to a trickle and drawing fire borders if others, such as Austria, were 2017. to handle the flow of migrants when Hun- “Therefore, the national security cabinet from the United Nations refugee agency to try to stem the flow. “We cannot allow gary sealed the border. decided that from midnight ... Hungary will and human rights groups, who say refugees Slovenia to be flooded by an uncontrolled “Croatian Prime Minister Zoran fully enforce the Schengen rules on the bor- are being denied their right to protection number of refugees or migrants,” he told Russia ‘sowing Milanovic is in contact with his Slovenian der with Croatia,” Szijjarto told reporters. under international conventions. reporters. counterpart Miro Cerar. The Croatian gov- He said Hungary had informed Croatia, Those who try to breach the fence are REUTERS confusion’ on MH17: Dutch FM

THE HAGUE: Dutch Foreign Calais migrant Minister Bert Koenders yester- UN urges EU to speed up refugee registration day accused Russia of “sowing confusion” about the fate of flight camp numbers MH17 by constantly criticising a GENEVA: The European Union rary improvement in the weather, been adequate to cope with the edonia, Serbia and Croatia that final report into the disaster. double to 6,000 must quickly establish adequate a rush to beat the onset of winter numbers,” adding: “This is not a help 100-200 children a day. “I get the impression that the centres to receive and register and a fear that European borders crisis that at the moment is being “It’s a respite, because people Russians at this point are not ARRAS, France: The number asylum seekers in Greece and may soon close,” UNHCR spokes- adequately managed.” are moving and they don’t want to really that interested in the final of migrants camped on France’s Italy and then distribute them man Adrian Edwards told a news The EU has approved a plan to stay long,” Afshan Khan, director report, but rather in sowing con- north coast near Calais has dou- across the bloc before winter briefing. Seven people drowned share out 160,000 refugees, mostly of Unicef’s office of Emergency fusion (about it),” Dutch media bled to around 6,000 in recent sets in, the United Nations said on Thursday, among them a baby Syrians and Eritreans, across its Programmes, told Reuters in an quoted Koenders saying ahead weeks, boosted by an influx yesterday. and three children, after their 28 states to tackle the continent’s interview. Unicef estimates that of a weekly cabinet meeting in across Europe’s borders, the More than 591,000 people have wooden boat and a coast guard worst refugee crisis since World children account for 18 percent The Hague. Koenders added he government’s top official for the crossed the Mediterranean by vessel crashed during a rescue War Two. The first 19 Eritrean of those seeking refuge in Europe. had unsuccessfully tried to con- region said yesterday. sea this year, including 450,000 operation off Lesbos, the Greek asylum seekers were transferred Some 3,900 unaccompanied chil- tact Russian counterpart Sergei Many were finding it increas- to Greece, and this week 85 boats coast guard said. from Italy to Sweden a week ago. dren were recorded in Macedonia Lavrov to discuss the issue, the ingly difficult to travel on to Brit- have been arriving daily on the Violence at a crowded registra- The UN Children’s Fund voiced between June and October, while Dutch news agency ANP reported. ain and were deciding to try and island of Lesbos, the UN High tion site on Lesbos on Thursday concern about the under-18s who 14,000 unaccompanied minors A Dutch-led final report into the stay in the area for longer periods Commissioner for Refugees said. forced UNHCR staff to evacuate make the perilous journey through have sought asylum in Sweden July 17, 2014 Malaysia Airlines or even settle there, Pas-de-Cal- “We don’t know the full rea- briefly, Edwards said. Europe without their families. It this year, she said. crash over eastern Ukraine was ais department prefect Fabienne sons for this surge in arrivals: it He said facilities in Sicily, has set up seven “child-friendly released last week. Buccio said. could be the result of a tempo- Greece and other areas “haven’t spaces” along the borders of Mac- REUTERS AGENCIES “I do not know what comes next, but 6,000 is the most we can take,” she said, warning other to stay away from the French port city, whose approach roads and railways have been surrounded by EU wants deal ‘valid for century’ at Paris climate talks fences and razor wire. “Migrants and people smug- glers need to learn that Calais is TIRANA: The European Union agreement with commitments prevent the most devastating for 90 percent of global emissions. what we are going to do, it is not a dead-end street,” she said. will push for an UN deal to ending in 2030 because the Paris consequences of global warming. The EU was the first major econ- valid,” he added. “There is good- Britain’s interior ministry cap global warming that spans agreement cannot be an agree- While the EU and developing omy to deliver its emissions pledge will to achieve an agreement. How declined to comment on the grow- the century and for checks ment that starts in 2020 or 2021 nations are among those urging in March. It promised to cut emis- ambitious? We are on the ambi- ing numbers waiting across the on progress every five years, and finishes in 2030, like the an internationally-binding text, sions by at least 40 percent by 2030 tious side, other people are not so water in France. Europe’s climate chief said yes- Kyoto Protocol, which finishes in others, such as the United States, compared with 1990 levels. Arias ambitious so we have to negotiate.” Thousands fleeing war and terday. 2020.” want only national enforcement. Canete said the EU was keen to “I certainly hope there shall be poverty in Africa and the Mid- Climate and Energy Com- There is a gap between what The last attempt to reach a glo- assess every five years whether “we some fireworks because if eve- dle East live in a so-called “jun- missioner Miguel Arias Canete will be put on the table at talks bal climate deal was at the failed are in two degrees, 2.75 degrees, or ryone gets there and just sleeps gle” of camps in Calais and have said any deal reached at talks in in Paris in November 30 and what Copenhagen summit in 2009. “If 2.5 degrees” and establish a bench- through the week we would not do tried repeatedly to enter Britain Paris starting next month must is needed to fight global warming, it is just an agreement which fin- marking exercise for 2050. our work,” Christiana Figueres, by jumping onto lorries, hiding on also have an element of “dynamic Arias Canete said, referring to ishes in 2030, (and) lacks ambi- “And those things must be in head of the UN Climate Change trains and walking through the increase of ambition over time” to pledges by 150 states accounting tion, it does not solve the problem the operational core part of the Secretariat, said. tunnel in the hope of better lives cut emissions further. for 90 percent of global emissions. of the actual gap that we have agreement, not otherwise. If we Mohamed Adow, of the Chris- there than in continental Europe. “First we want a binding agree- Those pledges would lead to already seen when we have ana- have an agreement of that nature, tian Aid charity, said the draft Sixteen of them have died in ment, but we want a deal which is an increase in the earth’s tem- lysed the INDCs of 150 countries,” it will be valid, it will be an instru- accord did not demand enough the attempt, including one hit by valid for the whole century,” said perature of three degrees above Arias Canete said in an interview. ment and then we’ll have to refine aid provision by rich nations. “It a freight train on Thursday night. Arias Canete, in Tirana to discuss pre-industrial times, one more INDCs are the “individual it over time,” he said. reflects only the lowest common energy issues with officials of Bal- than the two-degree limit the EU nationally determined contribu- “If we just say these are the denominator,” he said. kan and Black Sea states. wants cemented into any Paris tions” of greenhouse gas emissions INDCs on the table and in 2030 we Strauss-Kahn firm “We do not want the Paris deal and which scientists say can cuts by 150 countries responsible convey another conference to say REUTERS under suspicion in France

PARIS: French investigators have opened a preliminary probe Polish opposition tops surveys into a bankrupt investment com- pany partly run by the former WARSAW: Poland’s conserva- Warsaw University political sci- ers with populist promises of gen- head of the International Mon- tive opposition is on track to entist Anna Materska-Sosnowska erous spending. etary Fund, Dominique Strauss- win general elections on October said. Hitting the campaign trail this Kahn, a judicial source said 25, according to polls yesterday “Even if it initially falls short week, Kaczynski played up fears yesterday. The investigation was which suggest it is tapping into of the 231 seats needed for a gov- linked to the EU’s worst migrant opened on July 28 after a former fears over refugees to retain erning majority, PiS will easily crisis since World War II. shareholder in the now-defunct a solid lead over the governing garner support from smaller like- He claimed refugees were Luxembourg-based firm, LSK, centrists. minded parties with an appetite bringing “cholera to the Greek lodged a formal complaint. Two surveys gave the Law and for power.” islands, dysentery to Vienna, vari- Strauss-Kahn, once tipped as Justice (PiS) party 32 and 36 per- Former prime minister Kac- ous types of parasites” in com- a future French president, was cent support among the elector- zynski scored a resounding victory ments that critics said recalled forced to resign from his role as ate, well ahead of the 22 percent for his party in May’s presidential the Nazi era. head of the IMF in 2011 after for Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz’s election when he floated politi- “I’m afraid this is being received being accused of assault by a New centrist Civic Platform (PO). cal greenhorn Andrzej Duda, well by voters. Unfortunately, York hotel maid. Those criminal PiS had up to 40 percent sup- who easily beat incumbent and playing the fear card often earns charges were dropped in 2012 and port in two other independent long-time PO ally Bronislaw political capital,” Materska-Sos- the case was settled in a civil suit. opinion surveys published this Komorowski. nowska said. He was also dragged through week, suggesting party leader Now Kaczynski has put for- When PiS last held power in French courts earlier this year, Jaroslaw Kaczynski could end up ward Duda’s campaign manager, 2005-7, Kaczynski governed in accused of being at the centre of with an absolute majority. Beata Szydlo, as his choice for tandem with his twin brother, the Farm owner Andre Nowakowski (left) watches as Beata Szydlo, main a prostitution ring, but was found “PiS is clearly on track to win prime minister. late president Lech Kaczynski. opposition party Law and Justice candidate in the upcoming parliamentary not guilty. this election — only a political Also a newcomer to the election, selects an apple during a visit to his farm in Zdzary near Nowe AGENCIES earthquake could change that,” national stage, she is wooing vot- AFP Miasto, central Poland, yesterday. SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Rebel training Hillary outspends all programme ‘nuts’: Former rivals in poll campaign Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON: A doomed US Jeb Bush, Ben Carson follow Democrat front-runner plan now on hold to train Syrian rebel fighters outside the coun- DES MOINES, Iowa: Hillary ple her Des Moines, Iowa office — three months ending September try to fight the Islamic State was Clinton spent $26m over the sum- responsible for ensuring she wins 30 — was 86 percent, a number “nuts,” former Defence Secretary mer building up her 2016 cam- the crucial first state. that far outpaced rivals like Robert Gates said. paign, more than any of her rivals The three-room suite sits atop Bernie President Barack Obama’s either within her own Democratic a hair salon. No two pieces of fur- Sanders, who spent only 43 administration has suspended its party or the Republican side, as niture match. Duct tape holds a percent, or Republican Ted Cruz $500m train and equip effort in she sought to build a formidable sign up in the makeshift kitchen. who spent 57 percent. Her burn the latest embarrassment con- organisation to help her capture And the curtains appear to be rate was nearly identical to that cerning a Syria strategy that has the White House. older than anyone working there. of Republican Jeb Bush. Hav- Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a town hall meeting stumbled from one setback to the The former first lady and But even if the campaign has ing enough money in the bank at Salem State College in Keene, New Hampshire, yesterday. next. secretary of state who lost to been mindful of trimming costs, became a significant problem Pentagon officials say that Barack Obama in the 2008 cam- that doesn’t mean they aren’t for Clinton in 2008. She ran her instead of training rebel units, paign poured money into televi- spending money. campaign into $12m in debt as the US military would dole out sion advertising, the amassing of After Clinton, the two cam- she tried unsuccessfully to defeat weapons to favoured commanders polling data and building a digital paigns that spent the most during Obama in the primary. Plus, she Clinton urges Congress already on the ground. operation to reach as many voters the quarter were those of Repub- loaned her campaign $13 million “I think the idea of training as possible. Her biggest expense licans Jeb Bush and Ben Carson. more to keep it running. somebody from the outside and was the payroll for the 511 people But their spending combined When Clinton began to floun- to cap Medicare costs sending them in is nuts, it’s just her campaign employs, figures matched the spending her cam- der in 2008, the large staff was not going to work,” Gates said in released on Thursday show. paign racked up on its own during plagued by infighting. The inter- NEW YORK: Democratic presi- cent of enrollees to pay for cost an interview with the Fox News Clinton is attempting to strike the three-month period. Clinton’s nal rifts went public and quickly dential candidate Hillary Clinton increases. “I am deeply concerned Channel’s “Special Report” aired a delicate balance. She’s willing spending included $560,000 on pri- defined her campaign. Clinton’s yesterday urged Congress to rein by how this could harm Medicare Thursday. to spend the money to build an vate jets and she owes the charter campaign officials say they are on in Medicare cost increases next beneficiaries. This is outrageous “The only way you can staunch operation that no one else vying company another $65,000 in bill- the right track when it comes to year, expected to hit millions on and senseless, and Congress must the humanitarian flow, the for the White House can compete ing that is still being processed. In fundraising. the government health insurance act to fix the law,” Clinton said in humanitarian disaster, is through with. At the same time, she wants that same time period, she spent They point to the number of programme even as Social Secu- a statement. some kind of a safe haven and I to keep spending in check so that more than $71,000 on office secu- small dollar donors — 93 per- rity benefits stagnate. “I support efforts by the Obama think that that’s achievable.” the campaign’s budget doesn’t spi- rity. She spent more than $31,000 cent of donations in the previous Medicare expects Part B pre- administration and Democratic Gates, a former CIA director ral out of control. on licensing for music and other quarter were less than $100. Clin- miums, which cover doctor’s vis- leaders in Congress to try to who served as Pentagon chief It’s a challenge rooted in her media. She spent just over $4,000 ton’s aides also say the campaign its and outpatient care, to rise 52 resolve this quickly.” under both Obama and his Repub- first run for the White House in on sign-language interpreters. remains on target to raise its goal percent next year, which could hit Clinton has said that she would lican predecessor George W Bush, 2008, when her campaign grew so The expenditures came as she of $100m, a figure that is being around 16.5 million people. like to “enhance” Social Security argued that the US role in the large that she spent her way into raised a hefty $28m in the third used to craft the budget. Her cam- At the same time, a lack of benefits for the most vulnerable drawn-out Syrian war “should be debt and internal power struggles quarter of this year and managed paign argues that the large staff inflation will keep beneficiaries seniors, including women in pov- limited.” “I would not put ground among her large staff exploded to build up a war chest of cash is an investment in infrastructure of Social Security from keeping erty, but she has not yet detailed troops in Syria,” where a brutal into the public view. that her campaign has on hand that will pay dividends later. The an increase in the amount they what those changes could look civil war has raged since 2011. Campaign aides this time for the coming months, accord- campaign has hired a data analyt- receive each month. like. Progressives - including Two small groups of US-trained around have made a big splash ing to fund-raising reports filed ics team, which a campaign official Because of how Medicare is Clinton’s main rival, Vermont fighters have crossed into Syria about their frugal ways — top Thursday. said will be key to improving the structured, beneficiaries who Senator Bernie Sanders - have from training centres in Turkey officials ride the bus instead of But Clinton’s so-called “burn ability to contact voters. rely most on Social Security will pushed her to say she would or Jordan this year, but they did the train, staffers share rooms in rate” — the pace at which her not see their premiums increase expand benefits. not last long. low-budget hotels. Take for exam- campaign spent money in the REUTERS - leaving the remaining 30 per- REUTERS The first broke up after coming under attack from the Al Nusra Front. The other surrendered much of its equipment, perhaps a quarter of its trucks and guns, to Al Nusra. Last month CENT- US downplays civilian drone deaths, secret files reveal COM commander General Lloyd Austin admitted that after the debacle only “four or five” Penta- WASHINGTON: President targeted strikes as “enemy killed And in one five-month period of added. Intelligence analysts, for exam- gon-trained rebels remain active Barack Obama’s administra- in action,” even if their identity the operation, nearly 90 percent US government statements ple, create portraits of suspects in Syria. tion has underrepresented the is unknown or they were not the of those killed in airstrikes were minimizing the number of civil- and the threats they pose and Gates also said Obama dis- true number of civilians killed intended targets, according to not the intended targets, The ian casualties from drone strikes present them in individual sum- trusted the military, which was in drone strikes, a news site said The Intercept. Intercept added. were “exaggerating at best, if not maries known as a “baseball “particularly true in Afghani- in citing a cache of secret files it And the attacks often kill many The US has better intelligence outright lies,” the source told the card.” stan.” “I think there were people published. more people than intended, which in Afghanistan — scene of Amer- website. The information is then placed in the White House, and I don’t On Thursday, the news site runs counter to White House ica’s longest war — than in places “It’s a phenomenal gamble.” in a targeting package for action want to name any names, who The Intercept unveiled docu- and Pentagon assertions that the like Yemen and Somalia, where Asked about the report, White by higher authorities. were constantly goading him,” ments leaked by a whistleblower strikes are precise and result in the ratios may be equivalent or House spokesman Josh Earnest This approach allows for more Gates said. about America’s use of unmanned minimal casualties. even worse, it said. said Obama “has obviously made subjective, mistake-prone human When asked if Vice-President aerial vehicles to kill terrorist Documents detailing a mis- “Anyone caught in the vicin- a policy decision to try to be as interpretation—fuelling the risk Joe Biden was one of these peo- targets in the Middle East and sion called Operation Haymaker ity is guilty by association,” the transparent as possible about our that those involved in targeted ple, Gates said, “I think so. And I Central Asia. showed that US special operations unnamed source within the intel- counterterrorism operations all killings believe they have “godlike was told so...” He said those people Since taking office in 2009 airstrikes killed more than 200 ligence community who leaked around the world.” powers,” the source said. were saying “the military is try- Obama has vastly expanded the people in northeastern Afghani- the documents told The Intercept. Those operations “go to great It takes an average of 58 days ing to box you in. The military is drone program, authorizing many stan from January 2012 to Febru- When “a drone strike kills lengths to limit civilian casual- for the president to sign off on a trying to trap you. The military is more strikes than his Republican ary 2013. more than one person, there is ties,” Earnest added. target, according to one slide. US trying to bully you. The military is predecessor, George W Bush. But only 35 of those casualties no guarantee that those persons The report also provided details forces then have 60 days to hit trying to make you do something In classified slides, the US were intended targets, The Inter- deserved their fate... So it’s a about how intelligence workers the target. you don’t want to do.” military describes fatalities from cept said. phenomenal gamble,” the source collect information on targets. AFP AFP

New York’s jails Canada set to vote in tight election race still plagued OTTAWA: Canadians go to the In the one corner is Liberal in Canadian history — in July as by violence polls on Monday with the option leader Justin Trudeau, 43, the son the frontrunner, promising new of choosing to “stay the course” of former prime minister Pierre social spending but no budget with the Conservatives or plump Trudeau, who is considered the deficits or tax hikes. NEW YORK: Violence has con- for change touted by the Liberals father of modern Canada. But the NDP stumbled in the tinued to rise in New York City’s and New Democrats, in legislative The Liberals have sneaked final straight, losing key support jails including Rikers Island elections too close to call. ahead in the most recent opinion in Quebec province over its oppo- despite a declining inmate pop- In power since 2006, Prime polls. sition to a popular ban on the veil. ulation and millions of dollars Minister Stephen Harper is seek- In the other corner is Tho- That allowed the Liberals to come spent to address the problem, ing a fourth mandate, hoping to mas Mulcair, 60, head of the from behind to take the lead by according to a report released by hold onto key Conservative sup- New Democratic Party (NDP) wooing progressives. a city official who called the situa- port in the western plains and in and looking to build on a second- The NDP has also been fighting tion “completely out of hand.” suburban Toronto, Canada’s larg- place finish in the last ballot, in off the chipping away of its sup- The number of assaults by Canada’s New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair drinks coffee with est city. 2011, and govern for the first port by the separatist Bloc Que- inmates on guards in the city’s jails a coffee shop worker during a campaign stop in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, But the 56-year-old faces stiff time ever. becois and the Greens. rose 46 percent and use-of-force opposition from his emboldened The social democrats started Canada, yesterday. incidents by uniformed personnel rivals. the campaign — one of the longest AFP increased 27 percent in fiscal year 2015, which ended June 30, com- pared to the prior year, the report released yesterday by city Comp- troller Scott Stringer showed. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s admin- Venezuela opposition leader arrested on return from exile istration has made reforming the city’s jails a priority in response to widespread allegations of violence CARACAS: Manuel Rosales, at the international airport in shortly after his arrival. considered Chavez’s top opponent. He was mayor of Maracaibo at at Rikers Island which houses the an opposition leader who fled Maracaibo, capital of the western At the airport was his wife He denies the corruption charges, the time. He had been in Peru, vast majority of the city’s inmates. Venezuela after authorities state of Zulia, his home region. Eveling Trejo, the current mayor insisting that they are politically which granted him asylum on “This is the second year in a row charged him with corruption in A heavy contingent of troops of Maracaibo, as well as members motivated. humanitarian grounds, though that we have seen an escalation of 2009, was arrested on Thursday from Venezuela’s Bolivarian of his extended family and party Rosales led the movement some reports indicated he later disturbing trends,” Stringer said as he returned ahead of key National Guard and intelligence sympathisers. Supporters waved opposing Chavez-supported moved to Panama. in a statement. “With costs per legislative elections. service officers had been awaiting flags at a downtown Maracaibo constitutional reforms in Earlier this year Rosales was inmate that are twice as high as A former state governor who him. gathering as they awaited his 2007. The “No” vote won the officially barred from running in many other cities, it is clear the lost the 2006 presidential election Journalists were blocked arrival. referendum, angering the the upcoming legislative election, situation at New York City jails is to late socialist leader Hugo from filming the area as he was Rosales announced plans last president. but he vowed to return to “help completely out of hand.” Chavez, Rosales flew in from arrested. “This deployment for Friday to return home, leading Chavez even accused Rosales build our victory on December 6.” The report found the city spent Aruba just as Venezuela gears up my arrival ought to be made to the attorney general’s office to of trying to assassinate him and Chavez’s movement risks losing $112,665 per inmate during the for the December 6 vote. fight crime and insecurity. We will warn he would be detained on vowed to put him behind bars. control of the National Assembly 2015 fiscal year, more than twice Prosecutors said the 62-year- do this peacefully. We are going charges of stealing public money Rosales went into hiding in for the first time since the late what cities like Philadelphia and old founder of centre-right A to claim our due on December as Zulia governor between 2000 March 2009, ahead of a court leftist leader came to power in Los Angeles spend. New Era (UNT) party was 6,” Rosales said in a video posted and 2008. hearing to decide whether he 1999. REUTERS arrested soon after arriving on streaming service Periscope For years Rosales was should be jailed pending trial. AFP SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Strong demand for retail space in Qatar: Official CEOs of oil firms pledge to curb gas flaring 12 new malls to come up in 4 years PARIS: Oil and gas industry “Whatever people think, we bosses pledged yesterday to curb still need fossil fuels. We need to By Sachin Kumar account for more than 50% of the gas flaring as they sought to boost make advocacy for gas. We need current organised retail supply. their image in the climate change to explain to our policy makers DOHA: Qatar’s retail sector is The opening of Gulf Mall ear- debate ahead of a United Nations that gas has to be encouraged,” likely to see opening of 12 new lier in the year increased organ- summit later this year, but disa- Pouyanne said. “Policy makers are malls in the next four years. It ised retail space by 17%. However greed on putting a price on car- not convinced in many countries will result in additional supply of high occupancy levels prevail bon emissions. that gas is part of the solution for over 1.3m square meters of addi- throughout all of the organised The leaders of 10 companies climate change, we in the industry tional retail space by 2019, says retail malls with very limited that produce 20 percent of the need to speak up.” real estate firm DTZ Qatar. availability of prime retail units. world’s oil and gas recognised The executives again urged gov- “There is currently strong DTZ has recently observed an that current greenhouse gas lev- ernments to ditch coal in favour of demand for retail accommoda- increase in rental levels on lease els were inconsistent with a goal less polluting natural gas, which tion from both local and interna- renewals in the busier malls due to of limiting global warming to 2 emits around half of the CO2 coal tional retailers looking to either high occupancy levels and strong degrees Celsius over pre-indus- does, in power plants and heavy enter or expand in the local mar- demand from retailers. “At the trial times, but stopped short of industry. ket. Strong growth in prime malls rents outlining goals to cut their own Total Chief Executive Patrick retail trade in Qatar range from QR250 to emissions. Pouyanne said that a major Chi- has been driven by QR300 per sqm per The executives of eight compa- nese oil and gas company he would the increasing levels month for the stand- nies held an unprecedented joint not name will join the group by of disposable income,” ard line units. Larger press conference in Paris, call- the end of the year. BG Group’s Johnny Archer (pic- anchor stores have typ- ing for an “effective” agreement Chief Executive Helge Lund said tured), Associate ically secured accom- at the UN summit in December, that he hoped further companies Director, Consultancy modation for between where negotiators from almost would join to form a “critical mass and Research, DTZ QR40 and QR80 per 200 nations will meet to try to Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser (left) talks with Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne to have a more visible position for Qatar told The Penin- sqm per month,” said forge a global climate change during a press conference following a meeting of the Oil and Gas Climate solving the climate issue.” sula on the sidelines Archer. Outside of the agreement. Initiative (OGCI) in Paris yesterday. Diplomats gather in Bonn from of media round-table organised malls, the While promising to collaborate Monday for the last formal session held last week. “We estimate that retail market in Qatar comprises a on limiting gas flaring at refin- route that will allow us to allo- and their US peers including ahead of the Paris climate talks more than 1.3m additional square mix of Souq retail, and high street eries, they failed to find com- cate our capital and make our Exxon Mobil and Chevron who in December. The International meters (sqm) of retail space in 12 retail showrooms. mon ground on a mechanism for investments. It isn’t written in stayed away from the initiative. Energy Agency forecasts oil will new shopping malls is currently The showroom retail market carbon pricing, which leaders the report because we wanted to For many of the companies, this remain the largest energy source at various stages of design or con- has seen the addition of Barwa of seven European companies bring a group together commit- is a fight for the future of the oil by 2040, although its share will struction and may be opened by Commercial Avenue, providing adhered to earlier this year, say- ted to many of the other broader and gas sector in the public debate decline while renewable sources of 2019,” he added. approximately 250,000 sqm of ing it will encourage the private goals out there.” as a rising number of organisations energy will grow. All major emit- This additional retail space quality accommodation and more sector to use cleaner sources of Officials who attended the lead- and politicians call for minimising ting countries have now submit- represents a 220 percent increase than 50% of the retail units have energy and to develop new tech- ers’ discussions ahead of the press the use of fossil fuels in favour of ted plans to the United Nations on current supply, and if com- been reserved by various retailers. nologies such as carbon capture conference said the heads of the renewable energy such as wind and detailing how much they plan to pleted as planned, this will have AlHazm Mall on Al Markhiya and storage (CCS). national oil companies of Saudi solar power. curb their emissions. a major impact on the dynamic of Street is expected to open later “We have international oil com- Aramco and Mexico as well of “Sometimes in all these dis- The World Bank estimates the retail market in Qatar this year. This is expected to con- panies and national oil companies India’s Reliance Industries pre- cussions you have the impression around 300 million tonnes of car- Overall supply or organised centrate on providing high-end and some of the nations have a ferred not to include a reference that all fossil fuels are the bad bon dioxide (CO2) is emitted from retail accommodation currently retail and restaurant accommo- different view on carbon pricing to carbon pricing. The rift will guys. But the bad guys are part of gas flaring each year, equivalent stands at approximately 690,000 dation, targeting exclusive inter- as a group,” BP chief executive amplify an already deep divide the solution,” Pouyanne told a gas to around 77 million cars. sqm across 14 shopping centres. national fashion brands. officer Bob Dudley said. between Europe’s Total, BP, BG and electricity summit in Paris on Villagio Mall, City Centre Mall “We actually think this is the Group, Eni, Statoil and Repsol Thursday. 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US ‘oil trade king’, BP’s Porteous, to retire in 2016 Reliance ducks oil slump to LONDON: One of the world’s than that of BP Chief Executive Alex Beard, who became a billion- in early 2009, when traders saw cessful traders, many of whom most powerful and best-paid oil Bob Dudley, who made $12.7m last aire after that company’s initial record profits. carry on long past the point at traders, BP’s head of crude Don- year, the sources said. public offering in 2011. Oil trader BP’s US trading desk has tradi- which they could bow out includ- post 12.5pc ald Porteous, will retire from BP is not obliged to disclose how Gunvor’s current owner Torbjorn tionally been one of the strongest ing such famous names as Andy the company in 2016 after what much it pays its traders because Tornqvist also started his career contributors to profits but also a Hall, a 64-year-old former Citi- profits rise industry sources described as they are not deemed to be execu- at BP. source of controversy. group trader. several years of bumper profits. tives. BP declined to comment BP Chief Financial Officer In 2007, BP paid $303m in fines Porteous’ predecessors, Nick MUMBAI: India’s Reliance Porteous, in his early 40s, is on Porteous’ retirement and pay. Brian Gilvary was head of trad- to settle criminal and civil cases Wildgoose and James Dyer, also Industries posted expectation- dubbed in the industry as “The Porteous could not be reached for ing at the company between 2005 related to manipulation of the US left BP at a relatively young age. beating quarterly profits yes- King of Cushing”, the United comment. and 2010. The last time BP dis- propane market. It also had an They emerged later at oil trader terday as earnings from its key States’ main oil trading hub, “Oil trading is a very competi- closed figures for trading, in 2005, independent monitor sitting on Arcadia. refining and petrochemical oper- where BP controls large storage tive industry and as with most it earned $2.97bn, or over a tenth its trading desk for several years. In 2011, Wildgoose and Dyer ations offset the impact of a sharp facilities, pipelines and a refinery, traders you have to reward per- of the firm’s net profit. This year, US investigators are were accused by the US Com- fall in global oil prices. giving it a big logistical advantage formance,” a source familiar with As oil market volatility picked probing whether BP broke anti- modity Futures Trading Com- The Mumbai-based energy firm over competitors. the situation said. The source said up in recent quarters, BP reported fraud and reporting rules on using mission of manipulating U.S. owned by Mukesh Ambani, India’s BP has one of the biggest oil Porteous was retiring for personal “stronger” contributions from oil pipelines that deliver Canadian crude prices and settled for wealthiest man, also benefited trading desks in the world and reasons. BP employs 1,800 people trading, helping partially to offset oil to the United States. The oil $13m last year without admit- from a near 50-percent drop in Porteous has made hundreds of in oil trading, which has been one much lower earnings from oil pro- giant said it submitted a detailed ting or denying wrongdoing. The the cost of raw materials to post millions of dollars for the com- of its highest-paying divisions for duction as energy prices tanked. defence to US regulators in mid- focal point of that probe was oil a 12.5 percent profit rise for the pany in recent years, according to decades. Gilvary has said BP’s trading December. trading around Cushing, Okla- second quarter. industry sources. His own annual The trading desk was the alma performance during some quar- Early retirement isn’t neces- homa. Reliance said in a statement remuneration was often higher mater for Glencore’s head of oil ters recently was as strong as sarily the norm for the most suc- REUTERS that consolidated profit for the three months to September 30 soared to Rs67.20bn ($1bn) from Rs59.72bn a year ago. Nestle sales fall A survey of 12 analysts by Bloomberg had expected Reliance Alibaba makes offer to buy shares to report just a 2.4 percent rise in profits to Rs58.8bn. Ambani, Reliance’s chairman, said in the statement that the company’s of China’s online video company “refining business performance was notable”. He added that the SHANGHAI: Chinese e-com- remaining stake in Youku Tudou, Founder Jack Ma has sought to petrochemicals side of the busi- merce giant Alibaba yesterday Bloomberg News reported, quot- reassure investors. “I do not agree ness saw “strong volume growth, made a multi-billion-dollar offer ing a person familiar with the with the notion that consumption product mix improvement and to buy the outstanding shares matter. The deal valued the entire will decline as economic growth lower energy costs”. of online video company Youku Internet television company at slows,” he said in a letter to share- Reliance’s gross refining mar- Tudou — the country’s equivalent more than $4bn, it said. holders earlier this month. gin — earnings from each barrel of YouTube — the firms said, in its The offer represents a 30.2 “It is inaccurate to think that of crude — leapt nearly 28 per- latest push into entertainment. percent premium over the stock’s the slowdown of the Chinese cent to $10.60 in the quarter just Alibaba, often described as Chi- closing price on Thursday, said economy means that Chinese peo- ended from $8.3 a year ago. It was na’s eBay or Amazon, is king of Youku Tudou, which described ple are unwilling to spend.” Ma up from $10.40 per barrel in the e-commerce in the Asian country, the “going private” proposal as said his company aimed to develop first quarter. Reliance’s revenues but is making a string of acquisi- preliminary. But the statement the firm as China’s leading digital for the second quarter slipped tions as it seeks to develop beyond added that Youku Tudou’s chair- entertainment platform. 33.8 percent to Rs751.17bn from its traditional transaction plat- man and chief executive officer Most of Youku Tudou’s online Rs1,133.96bn a year ago. forms into a broader Internet Victor Koo and other major video offerings are professionally The robust margins and lower company. shareholders supported the deal, produced content licensed from raw material costs, helped Reliance Analysts said the deal could making it likely to go through. copyright holders. “Youku Tudou’s negate the impact of a 35 percent help Alibaba draw more traffic “Alibaba needs more media high-quality video content will dip in its export earnings. Although to its sites and offer a vehicle to resources to induce more traffic in become a core component of Reliance derives most of its earn- integrate its media and entertain- the next quarter and it also needs the digital products of Alibaba’s ings from its massive energy opera- ment assets. a strong leader to integrate the e-commerce (business),” Alibaba tions, it is trying to diversify and The firm, which already owns media assets under its name,” Guo- CEO Daniel Zhang said. owns a supermarket chain and a 18.3 percent of the New York- tai Junan Securities analyst Ray Alibaba’s Taobao platform holds Nestle Chief Executive Paul Bulcke (left) with Chief Financial Officer telecommunications company. listed target company, is offer- Zhao said. “But Alibaba still needs more than 90 percent of the con- Francois-Xavier Roger at a news conference at the company head- Reliance Jio Infocomm has ing $26.60 in cash per American to integrate all the resources it has sumer-to-consumer market in already taken billions of dollars quarters in Vevey, Switzerland, yesterday. Nestle, the world’s largest depositary share (ADS), a Youku now to make it work,” he said. The China, while its Tmall platform from its parent for purchasing packaged food company, lowered its full-year outlook, as a Maggi Tudou statement said, without stock price of the firm, also listed is believed to command more than wireless spectrum and other giving a total value for the deal. on the New York Stock Exchange, half the Chinese market for busi- noodle recall in India knocked sales and undercalculated US Skin infrastructure and is expected Each ADS represents 18 ordi- has fallen around 40 percent from ness-to-consumer transactions. Health rebates weighed on profits. Sales dropped 2.1 percent to $68bn to offer 4G mobile services from nary shares in Youku Tudou. Ali- its peak in November, as a proxy in the nine months through September. 2016. baba had offered $3.6bn for the for China’s slowing economy. AFP AFP SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Tata Steel to European markets advance, Dow gains cut 1,200 jobs Asian equities rise; euro slides to $1.1359 at Scunthorpe LONDON: World markets although China’s third-quarter the tech-rich Nasdaq Compos- LONDON: Tata Steel, the big- pushed higher Friday on increas- economic growth data coming out ite Index climbed 0.23 percent to gest steelmaker in Britain, is ing hopes that the US Federal on Monday capped gains. 4,881.21. expected to cut around 1,200 jobs Reserve would put back an Shanghai finished 1.60 percent GE shares jumped 1.36 percent at its Scunthorpe plant, a union interest rate hike in reaction to higher, with dealers betting on after the company beat profit source said yesterday as the gov- a stream of weak economic data. China’s leaders announcing a new expectations with $2.51bn in its ernment convened a crisis sum- European stocks advanced after round of measures to shore up the third quarter, though it slightly mit on the sector. a fresh round of gains in Asia, as stuttering economy. missed on revenues, which Scunthorpe, which produces investors bet the US central bank While weak readings this declined 1.3 percent to $31.7bn. steel mainly used in construction would keep rates at record lows week on trade and inflation ini- Global markets have enjoyed a and infrastructure projects, is close to zero for the time being. tially sent stocks lower, investors broadly strong month so far after part of Tata Steel’s loss-making Markets were also spurred by now see the possibility of another suffering their worst quarter in long products unit, which the hopes that Chinese authorities Chinese interest rate cut — after four years in the July-to-Sep- company is trying to sell. The unit could unleash more stimulus to five since November — or other tember period, when trillions of employs about 6,500 people. counter a slowdown in the Asian monetary loosening. Hong Kong dollars were wiped off valuations. The liquidation of the UK’s sec- powerhouse economy. stocks added 0.78 percent and The main story behind the lat- ond largest steelmaker, SSI UK, The rally “remains driven by Sydney ended 0.73 percent higher. est rally has been the likelihood the was announced this month, with weak, mixed macro data from Meanwhile, expectations the Fed will have to put off a rate hike An investor speaks to another in front of an electronic board showing stock the loss of over 2,000 jobs and China, US and Europe, delaying Bank of Japan will soon increase until the new year owing to a slow- information at a brokerage house in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, thousands more indirectly related expectations for a Fed rate hike its own monetary easing scheme down in world economic growth. yesterday. China stocks rose to seven-week highs, with main indexes to steelmaking. and high hopes of additional global also helped the Tokyo stock mar- After saying in early 2015 that registering their best weekly performance in four-and-a-half months after “This is yet another blow to stimulus which is considered posi- ket close 1.08 percent higher yes- a rise was expected as the US data showed Chinese loans surged in September. our steel communities and dem- tive for risk appetite”, said Mike terday. economy picked up pace, bank onstrates the precarious state van Dulken, head of research at US stocks continued to rally, policymakers have gradually low- affect the US market is watched “Any suggestion of a delay regard- of the UK steel industry,” said traders Accendo Markets. buoyed by forecast-beating earn- ered their expectations, with tur- closely by markets elsewhere,” ing a Fed interest rate hike can Roy Rickhuss, general secretary London’s benchmark FTSE 100 ings at industrial heavyweight moil unleashed by China’s yuan said ETX Capital analyst Daniel send stocks surging because it of union Community. “(This) index ended the day up 0.62 per- General Electric. In late-morn- depreciation in August playing a Sugarman. suggests that people will keep emphasises the need for govern- cent compared with Thursday’s ing trade in New York, the Dow major role. “Raising interest rates leads buying goods or services at the ment action which Community close to 6,378.04 points. Frank- Jones Industrial Average added A recent run of weak data to higher charges on things like same rate for the time being.” and the employers have been call- furt’s DAX 30 finished 0.39 per- to Thursday’s 217-point gain out of Washington—including mortgage rates and credit card In foreign exchange activity, the ing for at the summit today.” cent higher to 10,104.43 points another 35.94 points, a 0.21 per- below par jobs growth and retail rates. With less money left to European single currency slid to A Tata Steel spokesman said: and the Paris CAC 40 rose 0.59 cent increase to 17,177.69. sales—have also muddied the Fed’s spend, people tend to buy less, $1.1359, from $1.1495 late in New “We’ve made a number of struc- percent to 4,702.79. The broad-based S&P 500 rose waters. “As the world’s foremost which has a knock-on effect on York on Thursday. tural changes to our UK business Back in Asia, equities rose 0.22 percent to 2,028.34, while economy, anything which could company’s sales figures. He added: AFP over the last months and years to make us more competitive. “Like all companies we con- tinue to review the performance Mazda recall of our business,” he said, without addressing reports of job losses. Pakistan, Russia Europe’s second-largest steel- BP, China’s CNPC to maker, Tata has cut thousands of sign gas pipeline jobs since it bought Anglo-Dutch producer Corus in 2007. In July agreement unveil oil alliance it said it could cut more than 700 jobs, mostly at its operations in ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Rotherham. Russia signed an agreement LONDON: BP Plc and China’s BP will also seek to use the alli- The company spun off its long yesterday to build a gas pipeline CNPC will next week unveil ance to expand its operations in products division into a stan- stretching hundreds of kilome- a strategic alliance to develop China, which have been limited dalone business in August after tres from Karachi on the Arabian oil resources in Iraq and other mainly to a fuel retail joint ven- the withdrawal of Klesch Group, a Sea to the eastern city of Lahore. regions, industry sources said ture. Its peers Royal Dutch Shell global commodities business, from Russian Energy Minister Alex- yesterday, as Britain and China and Total have natural gas opera- talks to buy the division. ander Novak and Pakistan Petro- seek to tighten economic ties. tions with CNPC. British media reports on Friday leum Minister Shahid Khaqan The pact, one of several high- For CNPC, the alliance could said jobs were also at risk at Tata Abbasi signed the agreement at a profile deals to be signed during offer opportunities also to deepen Steel operations in Scotland. ceremony witnessed by Pakistani a visit by Chinese President Xi operations in the North Sea and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Jinping to Britain, will aim to West Africa, where BP has exten- REUTERS broadcast live. bolster cooperation between the sive operations. Mazda Motor Corp’s compact car Demio in Tokyo. Mazda yesterday Officials said the North-South two companies in Iraq, where they A BP spokesman declined to Aston Martin’s announced that it was recalling 923,672 vehicles in Japan due to gas pipeline project would be built are developing the giant Rumaila comment. CNPC was not imme- possible defective ignition switches. The recall includes 21 models, by Russian company RT Global oilfield. diately available to comment. The Resources — a part of Russian Rumaila, in southern Iraq, is British government wants to use including Demio, Familia, MPV, Ford Festiva and Ford Laser. losses triple state corporation Rostec. the world’s second-largest oilfield Xi’s October 19-23 visit to tighten The 1,100km pipeline, with and produced 1.34 million barrels cooperation between the two LONDON: British luxury car- a capacity of 12.4 billion cubic per day in 2014, according to BP’s countries with a number of eco- maker Aston Martin saw its metres (438 billion cubic feet) per website. nomic and cultural agreements. losses almost triple in 2014, the year, will connect liquefied natu- The two companies will also Britain hopes to sign an agree- fourth consecutive year it has Algeria’s Sonatrach begins ral gas (LNG) terminals in Kara- seek to expand into new joint ven- ment with Chinese utility compa- failed to post a profit, following a chi with those in Lahore. Russia is tures in other parts of the world, nies CGN and CNNC to finance recall of thousands of its cars and to invest about $2bn in the pipeline according to the sources. No clear the construction of two nuclear declining sales in China. revamp in face of oil crisis and its first phase is expected to production or investment targets reactors at Hinkley Point. It was The brand, famous for making be completed by December 2017, are expected to be included in the unclear, however, whether the the DB5 sports car driven by fic- ALGIERS: Algeria’s state energy ouzi said Sonatrach should base a senior government official said. deal, they said. long-mooted deal would be inked tional secret agent James Bond, firm Sonatrach has begun a its work on a “strategy to reduce The project will take coopera- State-owned China National during the trip, China’s ambassa- posted a loss of £71.8m ($110.9m) restructuring aimed at saving costs”. The restructuring of its tion between Russia and Pakistan Petroleum Corp is Asia’s largest dor Liu Xiaoming told reporters. last year, compared with a loss of money and coping with the dra- state energy company comes at a “to a new level”, Novak said in a oil producer and parent of Pet- £25.4m in 2013. matic slide in global oil prices, an sensitive time for Algeria as the statement issued by ministry. The roChina Co Ltd. REUTERS Chief Executive Andy Palmer internal document seen by Reu- slump in oil prices is expected to statement said the pipeline will be said earlier this week the firm ters shows. slash its energy revenues by 50 operated by the manufacturer for would not return to profitability The measure is the latest percent this year. 25 years before being transferred until at least 2017 as it pumps attempt by the Algerian energy Oil and gas account for 97 per- to the Pakistani government. High-speed railway deal money into an expansion that giant to help the North African cent of Algeria’s state revenues, Russia has long been the larg- includes plans to build its first Opec state manage a sharp fall and the price drop has forced the est supplier of weaponry to Paki- crossover sport-utility vehicle. in its energy revenues and weak government to put on hold some stan’s nuclear-armed arch rival Sales of the brand’s elite range foreign investor interest in help- infrastructure projects and cut India, which is the world’s top of luxury sports cars fell from ing develop new fields to push up back on budget spending next year. arms buyer. But now Moscow 4,200 in 2013 to 3,661 in 2014, production. Algeria has already announced appears to be pivoting towards Palmer said. It had to recall most The new charter gives newly it will not launch a bidding round Islamabad as New Delhi becomes of its cars built between late 2007 appointed Sonatrach boss Amine for oil and gas exploration rights closer allies with Washington. and the start of last year due to Mazouzi four new assistants in this year, a clear signal that Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency the use of a counterfeit plastic charge respectively of its down- Sonatrach is putting its house reported in June that the country material. The carmaker saw rev- stream, upstream, transport and in order before moving forward, had lifted its embargo on arms sup- enues fall 10 percent in the period pipelines, and commercial sectors. energy analysts say. plies to Pakistan and was holding which it blamed on a drop in sales, “The evolving domestic and Thirty foreign energy firms talks on supplying Islamabad with especially in China, according to external environment obliges are present in Algeria, but its combat helicopters. Sharif at the a filing posted on Britain’s Com- us to adapt our organisation ... energy bidding round last year time invited Russian companies to panies House financial register. so we can meet our goals that only placed four deals. Oil compa- invest in Pakistan, particularly in A model looks at scale models of Chinese-made bullet trains on exhibi- It said it could axe nearly 15 are to increase production and nies have complained about offer the energy sector, and benefit from tion at a shopping mall in Jakarta. Chinese and Indonesian state-owned percent of its workforce as it reserves,” Mazouzi said in the terms and bureaucratic red tape the business-friendly policies of the tries to turn around the loss- companies yesterday signed a $5.5bn deal to build the first high-speed document dated October 12. in the country. government. making business. railway in Southeast Asia’s top economy, after Beijing beat Tokyo to In the same document, Maz- REUTERS REUTERS REUTERS win the construction project. UK competition body expected to call for clearer bank fees

LONDON: Britain’s competition watch- market and provide more than 9 out of £7bn and £8bn ($11-12bn) each year from Virgin Money Chief Executive Jayne- be popular with new banks. “To me that dog is likely to call for bank charges to be 10 loans to small businesses. personal current accounts even though Anne Ghadia told Reuters so-called “free plays right into the hands of the big made clearer when it publishes the find- However, the watchdog is expected to accounts are presented to customers as banking” distorts the marketplace but banks,” said Pester. ings of an investigation into the industry resist calls for big banks such as Lloyds “free” and without monthly fees. questioned whether there would be the The watchdog has examined the pos- next week, banking sources say. and RBS to be broken up and will instead The banks make money because inter- political appetite to take it away. Industry sibility of enabling customers to switch The Competition & Markets Author- focus on pricing and measures to encour- est rates on personal current accounts experts agree that such a move might banks while keeping the same account ity has been investigating the market age switching between lenders and make are often lower than the levels offered prove unpalatable for politicians. number and whether rules allowing cus- for personal current accounts and small it easier for new banks to compete. with savings accounts or the benchmark “MPs might have to explain to their tomers to switch banks within 7 working business banking services since Novem- Executives at so-called “challenger” rate set by the Bank of England. Custom- lower middle income constituents why they days have been effective, the sources said. ber last year and is due to publish its pro- banks have this week called for changes ers are also charged for going overdrawn now have to find around 50-120 pounds The CMA has also reviewed compe- visional recommendations next Thursday. in the way banks charge for services. without permission and for making cer- per annum to pay for a current account tition in small business banking. Many Lawmakers and regulators are keen to TSB Chief Executive Paul Pester said tain transactions. that for most part has been fee-free for small firms find it hard to move banks break the dominance of Britain’s ‘big 5’ banks should be required to tell custom- “There is a myth of it being free which decades,” said Peter Hahn, senior lecturer because they cannot take overdraft facil- banks — Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland, ers how much they’ve paid for their bank- is about making customers feel they don’t in finance at Cass Business School. ities with them to a new lender. The Barclays, HSBC and the British arm of ing services each month. need to switch. I don’t understand how Banking sources say the CMA could findings could look at ways to make that Spain’s Santander — which control 85 Pester said TSB’s internal research had something that is free generates 7 to 8 recommend a cap on the fees that banks easier. percent of the personal current account suggested British banks make between billion pounds a year,” Pester said. can charge but such a move would not REUTERS SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS

This time, good news could be bad news for China Markets ostracise VW,

By Michael Schuman

n Monday, the Chinese government will once again try but consumers pile in to convince the world its troubled economy is not that bad off after all. Third-quarter GDP data will be released, Oand whether the growth rate beats or misses consensus By Leonid Bershidsky — except Tesla — showed fast last year’s net income for VW “intention- behavior gap.” People estimates, it’s likely to be touted by the government as proof of the growth. But then in the US, and 60 percent more than BP’s profess certain principles that economy’s continued resilience. he September sales the German manufacturer had cost of dealing with the Gulf of are supposed to guide their pur- No doubt that’ll help further calm investors, whose worst fears numbers are in, to quarantine a quarter of its Mexico spill. chases, but they don’t always act about China have ebbed recently. Overly bearish perceptions of and Volkswagen inventory. That its sales didn’t That estimate, however, comes on them in reality. China’s economy have become “thoroughly divorced from facts has shown healthy drop under these circumstances from the financial world, which Earlier this month, Inter- on the ground” proclaims the latest China Beige Book study. In a growth in Europe. It is an indication of serious con- has panicked about Volkswa- brand put out the latest ver- survey conducted in October by Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Twas easy to assume the German sumer loyalty. gen since its emissions cheating sion of its Best Global Brands only 39 percent of fund managers queried considered China the big- carmaker’s reputation would be In a harshly competitive mar- came out. Its stock price is down list, factoring in the emissions gest “tail risk,” down significantly from 54 percent a month earlier. heavily affected by its cheating ket, VW is doing all it can to 40 percent in the last month. scandal. Volkswagen’s brand Those investors shouldn’t get too comfortable. The panic that on emissions tests, but car buy- support that loyalty with big dis- Consumers are turning out to value would have risen by 10 roiled global stock and currency markets over the summer may ers appear to be defying that counts and dealer incentives. In be more lenient. If VW’s brand percent had the cheating not well have been overblown. But the real risks to China’s economic assumption, aided by VW’s gen- the US, it’s paying dealers $1,500 and all of the group’s sub-brands come out; instead it dropped by well-being are long-term, and they haven’t diminished. In fact, erous discounts. Perhaps War- per car and giving them money were ruined in their eyes, Sep- 9 percent. Yet Interbrand calcu- the strong growth rates could be setting the stage for a harder ren Buffet’s adage, “It takes 20 for “discretionary purposes,” as tember sales would have gone lates it’s still worth $12.5bn, the landing later. years to build a reputation and well as offering $2,000 rebates down despite the discounts. A 35th most expensive brand in Even the regime agrees that China’s economy is seriously flawed. five minutes to ruin it,” doesn’t to current VW owners. In Ger- car is a serious purchase, and if the world. VW is higher on the Excess capacity is rampant in steel, cement and other industries. really apply to the formidable many, according to Ferdinand there were any stigma attached list than Ford, Nissan or Land Debt has risen to astronomical levels. The growth model China reputation German engineers Dudenhoffer, who studies the to owning a VW or an Audi, Rover. used during its hyper-charged decades — unleashing productivity enjoy. auto industry at the University a couple of thousand dollars’ In the eyes of the average con- by tossing its 1.3 billion poor workers into the global supply chain In September, new car regis- of Duisburg-Essen, big Internet savings wouldn’t help erase it. sumer, cheating a regulator on — has lost steam as costs rise and the workforce ages. trations in Europe increased 9.8 dealers were offering the VW Besides, VW buyers will drive emissions will never be as seri- How well is China tackling these problems? Not very. Debt con- percent compared with Septem- Golf with 21 percent off the list the cars for years to come; if ous an offence as, for example, tinues to rise even as growth slows. IHS Global Insight estimates ber, 2014. VW unit sales grew 8.3 price in September. they’re willing to purchase them covering up defects that could debt will increase to 254 percent of GDP in 2015, up from 248 per- percent, slower than the market The discounts are meant to now, it suggests they don’t have endanger their lives. VW’s new cent last year. In all-too-many sick industries, zombie companies in general, but Audi and Skoda show competitors that they serious concerns about the qual- chief executive, Matthias Muel- are being kept afloat by creditors and the government. sales grew 10 percent each, and won’t be allowed to take mar- ity of the product. ler, was probably right when he Deeper free-market reform is needed to spur entrepreneur- Porsche’s sales increased by 50 ket share easily. They will cut A recent Kelley Blue Book told staff on Thursday that the ship and innovation and better allocate financial resources to the percent (they’re up by a third in into the company’s margins, survey of US consumers showed firm will have a chance to shine most efficient companies. Yet despite much talk from President the first nine months of the year, but Volkswagen can afford it for 53 percent of them now say again in two or three years’ time, Xi Jinping and his Communist Party comrades, progress has been so this is not a fluke). now. Its margins are better than they have “complete” or “gen- when the recalls are over, if it glacial. The government’s new plan to improve the performance These data compare favora- those of US car manufacturers. eral” mistrust of Volkswagen. can continue to innovate rather of bloated state enterprises is underwhelming. bly to VW’s performance in the Credit Suisse has estimated Researchers into ethical con- than turn inward. Authorities have done little to make the banking sector more US, where its sales were flat in the total cost of the emissions sumption, however, are familiar commercially oriented or to open the economy to greater foreign September while other brands scandal at $87bn -- eight times with a phenomenon they call an BLOOMBERG competition or capital flows. The government’s heavy-handed inter- vention to quell a mid-summer stock market swoon was rightly seen a step backwards. Above all, the economy needs to “rebalance” away from its unhealthy reliance on investment — which according to Goldman Sachs’ Ha Jiming, totaled 46 percent of GDP last year, more than during Mao’s disastrous Great Leap Forward. Government officials and some economists use top-line GDP data to claim consumption is playing a bigger role in the country’s recent growth. Since invest- ment has dropped off somewhat, that’s probably true. But that hardly means Chinese consumers have gone on a shop- ping binge. According to research outfit LMC Automotive, sales of passenger vehicles in China dropped by 1 percent in August from a year earlier, while consulting firm IDC recently forecast only 1.2 60% percent growth in 2015 for shipments of smartphones in China, down from nearly 20 percent in 2014. 55 Nor is the government exactly helping matters: A long-awaited liberalization of interest rates on bank deposits remains incomplete, 50 even though it could swiftly put more cash in the pockets of the average family. 45 Economist Christopher Balding has done some crack research pointing out that the service sector isn’t expanding as quickly as 40 the bulls believe. His figures also show that the “new economy” — IT, retail, accommodation — is making little headway against the “old 35 economy” sectors such as construction, manufacturing and property. “The China rebalancing story still has many large hurdles of facts 30 and strategy to overcome,” he concludes. Meanwhile, the government continues to find ways to bolster that old economy. Yet another round of debt-financed infrastructure spending is in the works. Beijing’s ambitious Silk Road initiative to build roads, ports and railways throughout Asia and beyond is meant to be a bonanza for Chinese construction firms. All this may tamp down joblessness today, but at the cost of greater productivity and efficiency in the economy. A reckoning could be unavoidable. The Conference Board figures that unless China presses ahead more aggressively with pro-market reforms, GDP growth could sink to 4 percent from 2020. That sharp a slowdown would spur widespread unemployment and destabilize debt-laden companies. So don’t worry so much about the data out of China today. Worry about what those numbers may look like five years from now.

BLOOMBERG

Lack of inflation bad news for senior citizens

By Lisa Rein gasoline prices. The lack of a raise higher incomes. White House a year ago, say economists, who hybrid that includes Social Secu- medical care, recreation, educa- triggers other bad news for reti- press secretary Josh Earnest said have predicted for months that rity. Groups representing retired tion — these all go into the calcu- ens of millions of seniors rees: Higher medical costs. last Thursday that the adminis- there would be no cost-of-living federal employees estimate that lation. If prices rise, benefits rise. will see no annual cost- Most Americans have their tration “is aware of this, frankly, increase. more than 800,000 retirees in If they stay more or less flat, so of-living adjustment in outpatient care premiums for unintended policy consequence Shortly after the Social Secu- this system would have to pay the do benefits. Ttheir Social Security Medicare Part B deducted resulting from the formula for rity announcement, Medicare higher premiums. People who are working have checks in 2016, the government directly from their Social Secu- calculating cost of living adjust- announced the start of open The lack of an inflation adjust- different spending patterns than said last Thursday, unwelcome rity checks, and the annual cost- ments. And so we’re aware of this enrollment for seniors who want ment also likely means there retirees, they argue, driving more news that also will flatten ben- of-living increase usually covers problem and it is something that to change their coverage or sign will be no change for 2016 in and spending less on health care efit payments for retired federal any increase to premiums. When we’re concerned about.” up for benefits. But the govern- the investment maximums in and long-term care than those workers and service members. it doesn’t, a longstanding “hold Earnest said the White House ment did not give details on next employer-sponsored retirement who have stopped working. But It is only the third time in 40 harmless” law protects about 70 has had “discussions” with mem- year’s premiums, which also take savings plan such as 401(k)s and medical care is where prices are years — all of them during the percent of seniors from having bers of Congress about the issue effect in January. the Thrift Savings Plan for federal rising faster than other goods. Obama administration — that their Social Security payments “and our interest in trying to Close to 70 groups represent- employees. Currently the general Only twice before, in 2010 and the Social Security Administra- reduced. resolve it” but declined to elabo- ing seniors and federal retirees limit is $18,000, with another 2011 since cost-of-living adjust- tion has not increased its pay- But that leaves about 30 per- rate. The Consumer Price Index is groups have been lobbying Con- $6,000 “catch-up” investment ments started, has there been ments. The raises are tied to the cent of Americans on Medicare based on the Labor Department’s gress for months to pass leg- allowed for investors in the year no bump up in benefits. Retirees consumer price index (CPI). to cover a hike to premiums that assessment of inflation, which is islation to stop the increase in they turn age 50 and after. Also did receive a 1.7 percent cost-of- About 65 million retired and otherwise would be spread across being held in check by increas- premiums for everyone. Demo- likely to be unchanged are limits living increase for 2015, a 1.5 per- disabled workers, spouses and everyone. That group includes ing gasoline production and lower crats in Congress have introduced on individual retirement account cent boost for 2014, a 1.7 percent children collect Social Security people new to Medicare, federal prices at the pump. Labor officials bills to freeze the Part B premium investments, currently $5,500, increase for 2013 and a 3.6 per- benefits every month, the equiv- retirees who don’t receive Social said Thursday that CPI for all and deductible for 2016, but their with an extra $1,000 “catch-up” cent bump for 2012. alent of about 1 in 4 households. Security payments and about items fell 0.2 percent in Septem- chances of passage are uncertain. allowed. Congress enacted automatic Another 15 million are disabled 3.1 million people with higher ber after a decline of 0.1 percent According to the latest govern- By law, the cost-of-living increases for Social Security ben- veterans, federal retirees and incomes, that is, those making in August. ment data, as of a year ago there adjustment is based on the Con- eficiaries in 1975, when inflation their survivors, and those on Sup- more than $85,000. While medical costs are were 1,461,000 federal retirees sumer Price Index for Urban was high and there was a lot of plemental Security Income, the Their premiums could rise by increasing, consumer prices for drawing benefits from the older Wage Earners and Clerical Work- pressure to regularly raise ben- disability program for the poor. 52 percent, by about $54 a month a range of goods from food to system. Some of them do qual- ers, a wide-ranging assessment of efits. Since then, increases have The raises are tied to the con- to $159, according to calculations housing have not risen enough ify for Social Security benefits consumer prices by the Bureau of averaged 4 percent a year. sumer price index (CPI), which earlier this year by the Medicare overall to produce an increase in through other employment, and Labor Statistics. 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DEAD SEA, Jordan: Qatar’s a wheel rim. All this left Al-Atti- started the special ahead of Group drove on the tyre until the tyre Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and yah out on his own as he chases a N rival Husam Salem and man- went out.” French co-driver Matthieu ninth win in Jordan. aged to snatch the lead of the Al Attiyah reached service with Baumel emerged unscathed from “I am very sad for the retire- showroom category by six-tenths a lead of 6min 33.9sec over Salem, one of the most dramatic morn- ments for the others, especially of a second heading to the next as the surviving teams took a ings in FIA Middle East Rally for Yazeed (Al Rajhi) and Khalid Rawda special, despite a problem short respite from the heat and Championship history to extend (Al Suwaidi) and the problems with his exhaust. the rigours of the five stages they their lead in the Jordan Rally to for Abdulaziz (Al Kuwari) today,” Salem incurred a 10-second were about to tackle for a second a massive 20min and 19.5sec after said Al Attiyah sportingly. penalty for his late stage arrival, time in the full glare of the after- 11 special stages. “I hope everyone can continue but he was in impressive form in noon sun. Damage sustained to his and finish the rally tomorrow. I Rawda and scorched through to Al Attiyah’s lead grew to 7min Ford Fiesta RRC at the end of try not to lose my concentration regain the Group N initiative. 51.3sec with a cautious fast- Thursday evening’s opening now and keep a good rhythm. Al Attiyah extended his lead to est time through the re-run of stage meant that Saudi Arabia’s “It is very hot. From the data 28.7 seconds through there and Suwayma and, despite being Yazeed Al-Rajhi was not able we have 58 (degrees Centigrade) another quickest time in Turki 8.5 seconds slower on the re- to restartyesterday. But no one inside the car, but the organis- saw the gap widen to 44.8 sec- run of Rawda, he extended that envisaged the carnage that would ers are doing a fantastic job. We onds at refuelling. But the stage advantage to 11min 58.1sec head- befall Al Attiyah’s other rivals in are given cold water at the end of proved to be the undoing of both ing to Turki after Salem was the punishing heat and dust of a every stage.” Al Suwaidi and Al Naimi. Both delayed. The Jordanian’s prob- thrilling October day’s rallying at The demise of three of the fan- Qataris stopped in the stage with lems increased when he incurred the Dead Sea. cied front-runners left the door technical issues. half a minute in time penalties The Qatari duo of Khalid Al open for the Jordanian Group N Al-Naimi said: “This is a very and this enabled Khaled Juma to Suwaidi and Rashid Al Naimi driver Husam Salem and his co- difficult rally. There were a lot of snatch second place and a 1min suffered mechanical issues and driver Nancy Al Majali to storm blind crests and I saw a ditch and 12sec lead in the showroom sec- Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari lost 23 min- through into second overall in Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel we hit it hard and we damaged tion. Asem Aref retired on the utes in the fifth timed test when their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolu- cruising at the Jordan Rally, yesterday. the engine.” road section to Rawda. he clouted a small rock and broke tion IX. Al Attiyah continued in cruise Al Attiyah cruised through control through Nebo and his lead Turki 2 to extend his advantage When Salem was delayed for event. Local female driver Lina grew to a massive 5min 09.4sec to 14min 07.9sec and that lead was over three minutes in the eighth Hadadi was the front-runner when news filtered through that 16min 24.2sec after SS10. There stage, Jordanian national rally in this category after losing her Al Kuwari had stopped in the spe- were no dramas for the Qatari champion, Khaled Juma, moved place in the main event with FIA cial and Husam Salem inherited through the last stage of the day, up to second and topped Group homologation issues. second place. The Qatari managed although Al Kuwari managed N in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolu- Yazeed Al-Rajhi clouted a rock to struggle to the finish with the to find a way into fourth at the tion VII, only to fall back to third and damaged the transmission on loss of over 23 minutes. expense of Shorafa and Salem overall after a time loss on the his Ford Fiesta RRC just after “We hit small rock and dam- overtook Juma to snatch the lead last stage of the day. he had finished second on the aged the wheel,” groaned Al- back in Group N. Meanwhile, Al Kuwari and super special stage on Thursday Kuwari. “We stopped and went There will be 10 further special British co-driver Marshall Clarke evening. The Saudi required serv- out of the car to change the tyre, stages in the Dead Sea. recovered from their delays to ice support to repair the damage but we got stuck between stones Valley areas before the ceremo- reach parc ferme in fourth place and it meant that he was not able and rocks. I tried to drive and nial finish takes place around 5pm after passing to continue for the remainder of could not until some spectators at the Dead Sea. Ihab Al Shorafa’s Mitsubishi the leg. came. They were watching and Lancer on the 11th stage This was Under the new regulations, that then they helped get us out. I THE PENINSULA despite incurring 2min 10sec of meant he would incur 10 minutes additional road penalties for late of time penalties for each of the JORDAN RALLY – POSITIONS AFTER SS11 stage arrivals. 10 stages he missedyesterday, Asem Aref and Moad Arja although he did have the option 1. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Ford Fiesta RRC 1hr 36min entered the event in a diminutive to start leg two today. 40.3sec; 2. Husam Salem (JOR)/Nancy Al-Majali (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1hr Fiat Stilo but retired from sixth Al Attiyah was first into the 56min 59.8sec; 3. Khaled Juma (JOR)/Faris Al-Tal (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1hr on the road section to stage eight. Suwayma stage and he carded 57min 57.0sec; 4. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (QAT)/Marshall Clarke (GBR) Ford Fiesta RRC 2hr Qatar’s Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari and co-driver Marshall Clarke in action at Several Jordanian teams are a time of 6min 15.4sec to extend 03min 47.9sec; 5. Ihab Al-Shorafa (JOR)/Rakan Khair (JOR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX the Jordan Rally, yesterday. running behind the international his advantage over a chasing Al- 2hr 06min 51.7sec. rally in a separate section of the Kuwari to 15.7 seconds. Al Naimi

El Jaish’s Ribeiro confident about his team’s resurgence QSL: Al Wakrah target maximum points DOHA: El Jaish’s Brazil- the last 20 minutes, and I was against Al Sailiya as action resumes ian attacker Wagner Renan a little lucky. I took the corner Ribeiro feels his team has one which led to our second goal and of the best attack among the we won the match. DOHA: Ninth-placed Al Wakrah Qatar Stars League (QSL) Q: What’s your favourite today will look to pick up three teams. position in the team? points against Al Sailiya as Qatar In an interview with the A: In the last two years at El Stars League (QSL) matches qsl.com.qa ahead of the much Jaish, I am playing as a striker. resume following a two-week Al Arabi’s Ali anticipated clash between Al But this is not my natural posi- break. Jasemi and Gharafa and El Jaish in Round tion; normally I like to play Al Wakrah, who have just one Al Wakrah 5, the seasone player is upbeat behind the striker as a number win out of four games, host Al Soud Sabah about his team’s showing in the 10. This is the position I enjoy, Sailiya in a round five game today. (right) vie remaining matches. currently I move around a lot, “We are playing a difficult for ball pos- Q: El Jaish haven’t had the sometimes I pop up on the left, team, a tough opponent,” Al Wak- session best start to the season with sometimes on the right. rah coach Jose Mauricio said yes- during their two draws and two wins ; does Q: What would you say is terday. QSL match the team feel more settled now the difference this year with “They are of a similar level as at Al Arabi after your last victory over regards to the squad? us in the table. The game will be Stadium Kharaitiyat? A: Well, we got some new difficult because they have good in this A: We were very motivated players; I think the team is more players. We have to try our best to for the new season and we were compact this season. We don’t take three points from this game,” September upset by our start, but we are lose the ball easily anymore. The he added. 13, 2015 file happier now after our win over new acquisitions are of a very “Al Sailiya played well but they photo. Kharaitiyat. Things are starting good quality so I think we can didn’t have good results because to go in the right direction and go far this season. they played good opponents. We hopefully now we can put a good Q: How do you find the new have tried to use this two-week run of wins together. Head Coach Sabri Lamouchi, break to help our injured players Q: How about your own per- what is he like and what is his recover and also continue train- formances so far this season? coaching style? ing,” the coach added. complimented by the quality of ance. That was a big issue for us against seven players from the A: My start to the season A: He is a coach of a high “We have had good sessions and the foreign players which makes in our earlier games. We had a Qatar national team and four has been a little frustrating, I quality, the players like him a also looked to resolve mistakes for a strong spine,” Mauricio said. very difficult start to the season players with their respective started the first game and then lot. He is a very motivated and from our earlier games. We are “We think that we are a very where we played tough teams. national sides,” he said. after that I got a small injury on focused coach; he always gives happy with our first good result good team too. We have to utilise We haven’t played teams like us Al Rayyan are leading the my foot during a training ses- 100% during the training ses- and we want to continue in the our strengths. We are fighting so far,” Trabelsi said. QSL points table with a tally of sion which kept me out of the sions. The players have a good same vein,” he said. and playing for the same posi- Eleventh-placed Al Sailiya have 12. Former champions Al Sadd other two matches. connection with him. “Of course this win will give us tion,” he added. one win out of four games with are in second spot with 10 points. I just came back in the last more motivation and confidence Al Sailiya coach Sami Trabelsi three losses. Lekhwiya, the defending champi- game against Al Kharaitiyat for THE PENINSULA to do well and also to bring more said his team has regrouped well “What are we missing you ask? ons, have nine points from three good results for the team. during the two-week QSL break. Well, 6-7 players who play for the games. “Al Sailiya game will be diffi- “We tried to use the break as national teams. When we played cult. They are a hard team to play. much as possible to re-group,” he against Lekhwiya we were up THE PENINSULA They have a very good goalkeeper said. “We also tried to foster cohe- sion in the team. Now we will play a team that’s on the same level as QSL FIXTURES us. We are looking for these three points because that can help us a Today lot,” he added. Al Ahli vs Al Kharatiyat (17:30) at Hamad bin “Al Wakrah hasn’t changed Khalifa Stadium a lot from last season - players Al Khor vs Al Rayyan (17:30) at Thani bin or tactically. We always have a Jassim Stadium difficult game against Al Wak- Al Wakrah vs Al Sailiya (19:45) Thani bin rah. I hope that we will be ready Jassim Stadium physically and mentally for this Mesaimeer vs Umm Salal (19:45) at Hamad game and take the three points,” bin Khalifa Stadium Trabelsi added. Tomorrow “For us it’s a good thing to have Al Gharafa vs El Jaish (17:30) at Thani bin this international break. We need Jassim Stadium to work with the whole team but we haven’t been able to do that Al Sadd vs Qatar SC (17: 30) at Jassim bin but we still gained a lot from Hammad Stadium Al Rayyan’s Rodrigo Barbosa (centre) in action against Mesaimeer’s the league break. We have tried Wagner Renan Ribeiro (right) of El Jaish in action against Al Rayyan’s players during a QSL match at Gharafa Stadium, in this October 6, Lekhwiya vs Al Arabi (17:45) at Jassim bin to prepare our players and also player during a QSL match in this file photo. 2015 file photo. Hammad Stadium improve in our physical perform- SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Al Naimi clocks fastest time at Losail practice Qatar Superbike Championship: Home rider outpaces Cudlin as India’s Krishnan produces third best time

DOHA: Qatar’s Mashel Al Naimi Qatar’s Saeed Al Sulaiti (2’06.519). last night emerged as the fastest In the Qatar Supersport Cham- In-form Torres rider in combined free practice pionship practice, Saudi rider sessions of the second round of Abdul Aziz Bin Ladin was the grabs top spot Qatar Superbike Championship fastest in his category with a time at Losail International Circuit. of 2.09.292 clocked in the second in floodlit FP1 Despite strong winds engulfing session. the circuit bathed under artificial Fahid Al Sowaidi of Qatar DOHA: The Pirelli Qatar lights, Al Naimi clocked 2.03.948 (2’11.145) and Ahmed Al Muyini round of WorldSBK began recorded in the second practice of Saudi Arabia (2’11.426) finished under floodlights with first session. behind Bin Ladin. honours going to Jordi Torres Australian rider Alex Cudlin Also yesterday, it was (Aprilia Racing Team – Red produced the second best time of announced that Pirelli, for the Devils) after an enthralling 2.04.187 that he recorded in the second consecutive year, will Qatar’s Mashel Al opening 45 minute session, that second practice session. be the main sponsor of the last Naimi storms to saw action aplenty throughout. The third fastest rider was round of the eni FIM Superbike top spot in yester- With the circuit condition India’s Rajini Krishnan who World Championship round at day’s free practice improving as more and more clocked 2’04.332 (second session). the Losail International Circuit session at the rubber was laid down, the fast- Qatar’s Nasser Al Malki fin- in Doha, Qatar. Qatar Superbike est time of the day saw super- ished fourth fastest with a time This round is therefore called Championship bike rookie Torres a mere 1.7s of 2’04.715 (first session) on his the Pirelli Qatar Round. at the Losail away from the 2014 Tissot- BMW bike. The Losail International Cir- International Superpole winning time of Germany’s Nina Prinz was cuit, inaugurated in 2004, is Circuit yesterday. Davide Giugliano, set last year. impressive with her rounds, fin- located a few kilometres away Pics: Baher Amin Dominant throughout the ishing with best time of 2’05.298. from the capital of Qatar and one first 30 minutes were the A notch behind Prinz was of its unique strengths is that it Kawasaki Racing Team pair- ing, with Jonathan Rea tak- can rely on an innovative lighting ating wear marks. On the rear, for sand on the circuit that reduces ing 2nd overall, ahead of Tom system which offers the opportu- the same reason, you can have a the grip and produces micro lat- Sykes making it a KRT 2-3. nity to race at night. kind of “leopard spots” look. eral slipping (stick and slide) 4th overall was Michael van The track is 5.380 km long with The circuit also has never been which can cause tearing on the der Mark (Pata Honda World a 1.068 metres long finish straight. re-asphalted so now is more worn tread surface. Superbike Team) who strung Six left turns and 10 right-hand- and requires tyres, especially the The Pirelli solutions for the together half a dozen per- ers make up this 12-metre wide front, with a good grip and able to Superbike and Supersport classes: sonal improving laps to edge track. compensate for the lost grip over For the event that closes Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Rac- The track is made up of high the years from the asphalt. the 2015 season of the eni FIM ing – Ducati SBK Team) and and medium speed corners The circuit requires a good Superbike World Championship, Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent plus a super fast main straight. compromise between front wheel Pirelli brings to Qatar a total of Suzuki) who rounded out the Although artificial grass is stability during challenging brak- 2721 tyres that will be available to top 6. placed around the circuit to limit ing zones plus a good level of trac- Superbike and Supersport riders, Randy de Puniet had a solid the deposition of sand from the tion at the rear to properly set the the only two classes that will be start to his Qatari weekend desert, the early sessions can see trajectories out of the fast turns. present. in 7th on the second Voltcom sand on the asphalt. So at the front you need a tyre In Superbike, each rider will Crescent Suzuki while Leon This is due to the winds on the capable of absorbing the high have an option of 65 tyres, 32 Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team Qatar peninsula moving sand that power accumulated during brak- front and 33 rear slicks in differ- – Red Devils) and Niccolo is then deposited on the track, ing without suffering high ‘crush- ent solutions plus the interme- Canepa (Althea Racing) com- dirtying it. ing’. At the rear instead we need diate and wet tyres. Riders who pleted the top nine. At the sessions yesterday the to focus on a soft tyre to properly will enter the Superpole on Satur- Xavi Fores (Aruba.it Rac- riders are usually called to clean face the road surface and provide day will also have a qualifier rear ing – Ducati SBK Team) had Australian rider Alex Cudlin in action in yesterday’s free practice session the track doing curves with con- adequate traction. super soft tyre. a difficult first session, crash- at the Losail International Circuit. stant radii where the front tyre This choice, however, is compli- ing on in the first 7 minutes as tends to ‘tuck’ at some point, cre- cated by the constant presence of THE PENINSULA he exited the final turn. The Spaniard was unhurt and was able to re-join the session after some quick repair work by his team, he was classified 13th QMMF welcomes famous bike group Soul Riders after improving on his final lap of the session.

DOHA: Qatar Motor and here in large numbers and enjoy THE PENINSULA Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) themselves,” Al Attiyah said. QMMF yesterday welcomed “They will be working under hugely popular bike group Soul the umbrella of QMMF. They SCHEDULE Riders at Losail International are a hard working group. They Circuit during the last round of are continuously planning activi- TODAY the eni FIM World Superbike ties around the country. They can 13:00 13:20 QSS Championship. now be officially part of our activi- 13:35 13:55 QSBK At an impressive gathering held ties. In the future we can work 15:00 QSS Race 1 15 Laps km inside the VIP enclosure at Losail together not only locally but in 80.700 Circuit, QMMF President Nasser the region also,” he added. 16:00 QSBK Race 1 15 Laps km bin Khalifa Al Attiyah met with Al Hamaidi said: “We thank 80.700 founding members of Soul Riders QMMF for this opportunity. It 17:00 17:45 WSS Abdullah Al Hajjaj and Khalid Al is an achievement for us to be 18:00 18:45 WSBK Free Practice 3 Hamaidi. associated with them. We hope to QMMF Secretary General make this relationship stronger. 19:00 19:30 Pit Walk Mohammed Saad Al Moraikhi We will try to make more and 19:45 20:30 WSS was also present as Al Attiyah, more activities and charity 20:45 21:00 WSBK who is FIM Vice President and events.” 21:10 21:25 WSBK FIA Deputy President, addressed Al Hajjaj said: “We are proud of 22:00 QSS Race 2 15 Laps km a huge gathering. this development. We have found 80.700 “We welcome Soul Riders at people who believe in change. I QMMF President Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah along with other officials and members of Soul Riders following 23:00 QSBK Race 2 15 Laps km Losail International Circuit,” Al thank Mr President for his gen- an impressive ceremony at the Losail international Circuit yesterday. 80.700 Attiyah said yesterday as WSBK erous consent to welcome us. 23:45 0:15 0:30 WSBK Free Practice 4 riders spent time on Losail Cir- QMMF is the home of motor cuit ahead of tomorrow’s final sport and we are not a guest any around 170 members, is actively share their bike experience. For yah said. “I would urge Soul Rid- TOMORROW round under lights. longer. We are a part of the motor visible at sports events and char- sure, all the groups will have to ers not to forget the enjoyment 17:15 17:30 WSBK “We know this a group which sport home.” ity programmes in Qatar all register with us and take their factor. They must enjoy our events 17:45 18:00 WSS undertakes to hold many fun He added: “Whether it is a round the year. activities forward in a profes- and be part of what happens at 19:00 WSBK Race 1 17 Laps activities around Qatar. They are charity event or a sports event, Al Attiyah said: “We welcome sional way,” he said. Losail Circuit,” Al Attiyah said. km. 91.460 free to be part of our activities we will delighted to be part of Soul Riders and any other simi- “We have seen such groups Later both parties exchanged 20:30 WSS Race 15 Laps km and enjoy the wide range of racing future QMMF activities. I thank lar group that aspires to be active in other countries also and they souvenirs with Al Hamaidi pre- 80.700 events we stage at Losail Circuit,” my members at Soul Riders. We with such activities. Losail Circuit increase their activities with a lot senting Al Attiyah with a mem- 21:05 21:30 Pit Walk Al Attiyah added. couldn’t have been here without is a place for bike fans. We wel- of energy, I am sure Soul Riders bership card of Soul Riders. 21:05 21:30 MKT “They approached us and you. We will show them what we come everybody.” will also do this and more impor- wanted to be part of our pro- can do with our group.” “We will be on their side if tantly, they will get to enjoy our 22:00 WSBK Race 2 17 Laps km grammes. We urge them to come Soul Riders, which nearly totals more groups or people come and events at Losail Circuit,” Al Atti- THE PENINSULA 91.460 Kallio shines at Australian GP practice

DOHA: In his best performance with cool and windy weather con- if the bike keeps the line better in “It was very cold this morning since joining the QMMF Rac- ditions, and also with the set-up the high-speed bends.” and this afternoon it still was very ing Team one month ago, Mika of the bike. Whereas Kallio lost Kallio hoped for a better show windy and I couldn’t push at the Kallio stormed to eighth place some time in the slower corners in the qualifying round today. end of the session the same way on the first day of practice at the of the track, Simon had problems “All in all, we made a positive I pushed at the beginning,” said Australian Grand Prix in Phillip in the highspeed bends and will step even though we are still los- Simon. Island, Australia yesterday. try a different swingarm on Sat- ing time in other sections of the “The feeling with the bike was According to details received urday in order to improve feeling track, especially the two really not bad, I just need more grip on here, intermittent rain showers and grip. slow corners,” he said. the rear, especially for the last had disrupted the first free prac- “In the end we were quite good “On the exit of those two cor- and the third corner, which are tice session yesterday morning, and we can be satisfied with our ners and maybe also in corner both very fast,” he said before but when conditions improved lap time and the level we showed six, we lose quite a lot. For some hinting at changing his tactics. and the sun came out in the after- today,” Kallio said after the day’s reason, I am not able to get on “For tomorrow, I will to try a noon, the Finnish rider got faster proceedings. the throttle like the other guys. different swingarm and I’ll switch and faster, finally setting a lap “The gap to the front is not too Without this problem, we could to the aluminium version like time of 1.33,556 minutes on the big, less than half a second. It was be even closer to the front.” Sam Lowes and Mika Kallio, in high-speed Phillip Island circuit, a good start for us, and it’s easy to While Kallio excelled, it was order to compare and to under- less than half a second behind see that this layout and the track a tough day for his team-mate stand the bike better. We will see Spaniard Alex Rins in provisional characteristics of Phillip Island Simon. if this gives me a better feeling in pole position. suit our bike very well,” he added. “It was a difficult day. I still these fast corners and if I can do Team-mate Julian Simon had a “After FP1, we changed the have some pain in my foot from a better time tomorrow,” said the difficult day in comparison, strug- linkage of the rear, which gave the practice crash in Japan, but QMMF rider. QMMF Team rider Mika Rider in action during the opening day of gling with some pain from his me better turning in the middle this was not my real problem,” Australian Grand Prix, yesterday in Phillip Island, Australia. practice crash in Japan last week, of the corner, and it also seems as he said. THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Djokovic, Murray set up English FA suspends Shanghai showdown support for Platini LONDON: The English Football Asso- ciation yesterday suspended support for Michel Platini’s (pictured) FIFA presi- Nadal sails into the semi-finals with Wawrinka scalp dential bid because of new information on his legal battle. SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic The new blow to the leader of Euro- beat Bernard Tomic and Andy pean football’s ambitions came less than Murray overcame heated rival 24 hours after UEFA had given support Tomas Berdych as the world to its president. number one and two set up a The FA said it had been told of more Shanghai Masters semi-final to information “relating to the issues at savour yesterday. the centre of this case from Mr Platini’s Djokovic had to work in a tough Brendan Steele holds up his lawyers” at a UEFA meeting on Thurs- first set before he blew Tomic ball after putting for birdie on day. “As a result of learning this infor- away, winning 7-6 (8/6), 6-1, and the sixth green during the first mation, the FA Board has on Friday Murray saw off Berdych 6-1, 6-3 round of the Frys.com Open on morning concluded that it must suspend its support for Mr Plati- to make it three straight victories Thursday in Napa, California. ni’s candidature for the FIFA presidency until the legal process over the Czech this year. has been concluded and the position is clear,” said a statement. Earlier, Rafael Nadal’s resur- “We have been instructed that the information must be kept gence moved ahead with a 6-2, confidential and therefore we cannot go into specifics.” 6-1 win over Stan Wawrinka, set- McIlroy behind The French leader of UEFA and former football golden boy ting up a clash with Jo-Wilfried had been favourite to take over as FIFA president from Sepp Tsonga who was taken to three as Steele sets Blatter until he was named in a criminal investigation Blatter sets by Kevin Anderson. faces in Switzerland. Top-ranked Djokovic was the pace in Napa Swiss prosecutors are looking into a $2m payment that the pushed all the way by Tomic in 60-year-old Platini received from FIFA in 2011 for work carried a thrilling opening set but after NAPA, US: Brendan Steele out a decade earlier. Platini has strongly denied any wrongdoing he edged the tiebreak 8/6, it was charged one stroke clear after the but has been suspended by FIFA’s ethics watchdog for 90 days plain sailing as the Australian opening round of the Frys.com because of the case. His presidential bid now faces major doubts, capitulated. Open on Thursday, though golfing with talk mounting of alternative candidates coming forward. “I think physically maybe he heavyweights Rory McIlroy and The head of the Asian Football Confederation Shaikh Salman felt a bit exhausted. Last night Justin Rose were among those in bin Ebrahim al Khalifa is on the verge of announcing a bid, a foot- he played three sets. He finished hot pursuit. ball source said. Others could follow as the February 26 election after midnight. Maybe that has American Steele took advan- goes ahead amid mounting turmoil. FIFA’s executive committee influenced a little bit his game in tage of near-perfect conditions at will meet on Tuesday and is likely to discuss whether the date the second set,” Djokovic said. Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates his men’s singles quarter-final win a sun-splashed Silverado Resort can be maintained. Tomic has a reputation for against Bernard Tomic of Australia at the Shanghai Masters in Shanghai, in Napa, California, firing a bril- UEFA’s 54 member nations on Thursday released a statement quick losses and was once dubbed yesterday. liant nine-under-par 63 on the backing Platini’s “right to a due process and a fair trial and to “Tomic the tank engine”. Last North Course to rocket to the top the opportunity to clear his name.” year he lost the fastest recorded of the leaderboard. The European body called on FIFA’s investigators and match 6-0, 6-1 to Jarkko Niem- first set and it wasn’t much dif- Steele, whose only PGA Tour appeal committees “to work very rapidly to ensure that there is inen in 28 minutes, 20 seconds in ferent in the second as he moved SHANGHAI victory came at the 2011 Texas a final decision on the merits of the case by, at the latest, mid- Miami. quickly into a semi-final against Open, birdied seven of his last November 2015.” But the 23-year-old, who had Djokovic, a fellow two-time win- MASTERS RESULTS eight holes for a red-hot home- The English FA and other leading federations in Europe have a late-night tussle with Richard ner in Shanghai. ward nine of seven-under 29 to expressed increasingly cautious support for the Frenchmen how- Gasquet on Thursday, has been Elsewhere Nadal easily beat Collated results from the ATP Shanghai set a sizzling pace in the season- ever in recent days. The German, Dutch and Danish associa- Masters yesterday. rising up the rankings and he is fourth-ranked Wawrinka to bring opening event on the US circuit’s tions have all said Platini must clear his name. UEFA Secretary now projected to reach a career up his first win over a top-five Men’s Singles Quarter-finals: Jo-Wilfried 2015-16 schedule. General Gianni Infantino said after Thursday’s meeting that high of 18. player in more than a year and Tsonga (FRA x16) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas discussions would take place about the possibility of supporting “For me it was very, very extend a hot streak after he also x12) 7-6 (8/6), 5-7, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP carded a 64 while American another candidate. important this first set -- after, reached last week’s China Open x8) bt Stan Wawrinka (SUI x4) 6-2, 6-1; rookie Harold Varner III and Brit- FIFA has been in even greater turmoil since Blatter and Platini I think I was dead,” Tomic said. final. Spain’s Nadal was on court Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Bernard Tomic ain’s Martin Laird returned 65s were suspended over the Swiss investigation. “I was trying to stay with him for just 64 minutes against the (AUS) 7-6 (8/6), 6-1; Andy Murray (GBR x3) but Steele will certainly be keep- Both have appealed against the 90-day ban even though Blatter but he looked so fresh and so Swiss, who was also feeling the bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x5) 6-1, 6-3. ing a wary eye on world number is promising to stand down in four months time. energetic.” effects of his marathon three-set- seven Rose (67) and third-ranked Blatter won his fifth election in May, two days after US authori- Murray and Berdych, who is ter against Marin Cilic late the For Nadal, hours of extra work McIlroy (68). ties charged 14 football officials and business executives over more trained by the Briton’s former previous night. The French Open on the practice court look to be “I was really comfortable,” than $150m in bribes. But amid intense pressure over scandals coach, played a combustible four- champion, who won last week in paying off as after a tough year, Steele, 32, told Golf Channel engulfing the world body he announced four days later that he set match at this year’s Australian Tokyo, made 34 unforced errors he fights to recapture the form after racking up nine birdies in would stand down. Despite suspending its support, the English FA Open but their 13th career meet- and was on target with just 45 that brought him 14 Grand Slam a bogey-free display in the open- said it “wishes Mr Platini every success in fighting these charges ing turned out to be one-sided. percent of his first serves as he titles. ing round. and clearing his name, and has no interest in taking any action Murray owned the Czech in the folded meekly. AFP McIlroy, making his first trip that jeopardises this process.” to the idyllic wine country of AFP California’s Napa Valley, bogeyed his fourth hole of the day before rebounding with five birdies to Williams storms through to semis climb into contention. “I felt like I played pretty well,” Real prepare for Levante clash HONG KONG: Venus Williams But she has to get past former said the Northern Irishman, 26, took just an hour to secure her HONG KONG world number one Jelena Jankovic who won three tournaments ear- place in the semi-finals of the OPEN RESULTS who eased through her quarter- lier this year before being side- Hong Kong Open yesterday in a final against sixth seed Daria lined for almost two months after 6-1, 6-1 victory against a lacklus- HONG KONG: Results from day five of the Gavrilova 6-1, 6-1. rupturing an ankle ligament while tre Alize Cornet. WTA Hong Kong Open yesterday: World number 10 Angelique playing soccer with friends on The French player, who beat Kerber, the top seed left in the July 4. “I got off to a bit of a slow Williams’ sister Serena in their Women’s singles Quarter-finals: Jelena tournament, took two hours to start this morning but gradually last three meets, struggled to gain Jankovic (SRB x4) bt Daria Gavrilova (RUS edge out French player Caroline got into the round and started a foothold in a match dominated x6) 6-1, 6-1; Venus Williams (USA x3) bt Garcia. hitting some better shots and by the seven-time Grand Slam Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-1, 6-1; Angelique Ker- She eventually took the quar- giving myself plenty of chances. winner. ber (GER x2) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 7-5, ter-final 7-5, 6-3 with fast returns “I didn’t convert many of them Williams, 35, unleashed power 6-3; Samantha Stosur (AUS x5) bt Heather and deft touches at the net in a but still a pretty solid score and in serves and even gained resigned Watson (GBR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. match which saw a succession of good position going into the next applause from her opponent, 10 long deuce wrangles. three days.” years her junior, after whipping Kerber will meet fifth seed REUTERS over a cross-court return to go to get the points she needs. “I’ve Samantha Stosur in the semi- 5-1 up in the second. been under a lot of pressure in finals after the Australian was “It’s never easy. We had some my career, playing big moments, given a scare by Britain’s Heather USPGA OPEN SCORES tough games there,” Williams said all that experience hopefully will Watson. 63 Brendan Steele as she hopes to claw her way into help me,” she said as she looked Watson took the first set and 64 Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) the eight-player WTA Finals in ahead to today’s semi-final. went 3-1 up in the second in their 65 Harold Varner, Martin Laird (SCO) Singapore later this month. If Williams reaches the final in quarter-final match, before the She is currently 11th in the Hong Kong she will have enough Australian turned on the power 66 Justin Thomas, D.H. Lee (KOR) Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (centre), Brazilian Road to Singapore rankings points to make the top eight for and took it 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. 67 Jason Gore, Justin Rose (ENG), Russell defenders Marcelo (left) and Danilo Silva (top right) take part in a train- after a resurgent season and Singapore, the WTA said on its Henley, Graham DeLaet (CAN), Scott ing session at the team’s Valdebebas Sports Complex in the outside of Hong Kong is her last chance website. AFP Langley, Daniel Summerhays Madrid, Spain, yesterday. Real Madrid will face Levante UD in a Spanish Primera Division Liga match today. Marquez shades Lorenzo at Australian MotoGP practice

PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia: trailed Lorenzo in the morning winner Dani Pedrosa (+0.493sec) Stricken world champion Marc session. But as the sun came out was in sixth. Championship leader MOTOGP FREE Marquez edged Jorge Lorenzo to Honda and the track dried, the reign- Rossi trailed in ninth, but the finish fastest rider in yesterday’s MotoGP ing MotoGP world champion “Doctor” did not switch to a fresh PRACTICE TIMES free practice for this weekend’s rider Marc ended the day on top, still some set of tyres at the end of FP2 as PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia: Overall Australian MotoGP at Phillip Marquez of way short of Lorenzo’s track pole did the majority of the riders. standings after the first two MotoGP free Island. Marquez, who broke his Spain rides record of 1:27.899 set in 2014. The Italian, who will equal practice sessions yesterday ahead of left hand in training last month during free “Today was a good day -- I the all-time record of 328 Grand tomorrow’s Grand Prix of Australia: and cannot successfully defend his practice 2 enjoyed it and we improved the Prix starts tomorrow, preferred world title, clocked the fastest lap before the set-up, which is most important,” to work on his pace on used tyres. MOTOGP of one minute 29.383 seconds to Australian Marquez said. “The feeling was not so bad, shade fellow Spaniard Lorenzo by Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Maver- especially my pace this afternoon Grand Prix 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 1min 0.050sec. ick Vinales bounced back from was quite good and also with a 29.383sec, 2. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) at Phillip Only Lorenzo and his Italian his failure to finish at Motegi in used tyre I was able to do some at 0.050sec, 3. Maverick Vinales (ESP/ Movistar Yamaha team-mate Val- Island, Japan last weekend to complete good lap times,” Rossi said. Suzuki) 0.135, 4. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati entino Rossi can win this year’s yesterday. the provisional front row, just “We have to work a little bit on Pramac) 0.161, 5. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/ MotoGP crown heading into the 0.135sec off the pace of Marquez. the bike, but it’s OK. We will wait Honda) 0.196, 6. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) final three races of the season. Italian Andrea Iannone for the good conditions tomorrow 0.493, 7. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati) 0.638, World championship leader (+0.161sec) was fourth fastest on and will try to work on improv- 8. Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha) 0.649, 9. Rossi, who was third quickest to finish ninth quickest overall, is 86 points adrift of Rossi on the his Ducati ahead of LCR Honda’s ing in some places and try to be Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 0.658, 10. behind Lorenzo in morning prac- 0.658sec down on Marquez. championship standings with a Cal Crutchlow (+0.196sec). stronger.” Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Suzuki) 0.730 tice, slipped down the time charts Repsol Honda’s Marquez, who maximum of 75 points available, Last weekend’s Japanese GP AFP Most Popular Bangladeshi Newspaper

PROTHOM ALO WEEKLY 22 Published every Thursday Available in all leading stores in Qatar SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015       www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Tel: 4465 0600 Email: [email protected] Sport Rugby World Cup: All Black power aims to rewrite French history

CARDIFF: The All Blacks are history was what motivated his great rugby brain. Richie McCaw “We will need to improve in the backing a band of ageing warri- side. - great rugby brain. They have rucks and take a lot more indi- ors led by Richie McCaw in their “We know what’s on the game, been in places that some of the vidual initiative,” he said. showdown with France today and as everyone else does. You don’t other guys haven’t been. The All Blacks backs have been the chance to bury a nightmare have to be a rocket scientist, France have spoken of “rage” working themselves into form and In a file pic- in a rematch of their 2007 World but that’s the sort of thing that after folding against Ireland in produced some scintillating play ture taken Cup quarter-final. excites this team. their last pool game and have in the second half of their last on October New Zealand v France is more “Everyone’s really excited, the targeted the All Blacks to show match against Tonga. 9, 2015 New than just the first knockout match atmosphere’s growing, it’s the their true worth. Wing Nehe Milner-Skudder, Zealand’s wing of the 2015 tournament. time of the tournament when the While the All Blacks have while still a novice at this level, Nehe Milner- It has all the ingredients for big boys have got to stand up or to erase their 2007 nightmare, has shown in his first World Cup Skudder (right) a colossal showdown at Cardiff’s we’re going home. France are still bitter over the he knows the way to the try line. runs with Millennium Stadium between two Hansen’s answer is to bank 2011 final, claiming an avalanche Around him, the Smith trio the ball dur- sides with bitter history. on experience, selecting a side of inexplicable penalties in the -- Ben, Conrad and Aaron -- as ing a Pool C New Zealand are again over- stacked with 1,295 caps, six play- final 30 minutes aided the All well as Julian Savea, Nonu and match of the whelming favourites, but it is well ers over 30 and an average age Blacks. Carter have been the core of the 2015 Rugby documented how a fragmented of 28. French coach Philippe Saint- All Blacks seldom-bettered run- World Cup French can galvanise when they McCaw, the world’s most expe- Andre has recalled experienced ning game in recent years. between New face the All Blacks in a do-or-die rienced Test player, is back from scrum-half Morgan Parra and But like France, the All Blacks Zealand and situation. They showed that in injury to lead the side in his 146th replaced blockbusting centre forwards have yet to produce the 1999 semi-finals and the 2007 international. Mathieu Bastareaud with the a dominant performance, but Tonga at St quarter-finals. Dan Carter, the world’s leading more elusive Alexandre Dumoulin Hansen maintained there was James’ Park France, made at losing the 2011 points scorer, plays in his 110th in an indication he wants to take nothing to worry about. in Newcastle- World Cup final 8-7 to New Zea- Test while Ma’a Nonu, who won the game to the All Blacks. “Worry is a waste of emotion,” upon-Tyne, land, are again lapping up being out over Sonny Bill Williams to But to do that they need pos- he said as he tried to ease the ten- northeast the underdogs. mark Wesley Fofana will be start- session and Saint-Andre, even sion on his players who are well England. But All Blacks head coach ing his 101st Test. with a talented loose trio of Louis aware that they carry the weight Steve Hansen, who was assistant “When you are under the pump, Picamoles, Bernard Le Roux and of a nation demanding revenge.” coach when the world champions you need people in that group that Thierry Dusautoir conceded that capitulated eight years ago, said can cope with it. Conrad Smith - has not been their strong point. AFP

NY Mets topple Cook’s double ton frustrates Pakistan Dodgers to reach England captain hits 263 during third longest innings in history as first Test heads for draw League Series

ABU DHABI: Alastair Cook and was caught at backward LOS ANGELES: The New York played the third longest innings in square-leg by Shan Masood, end- Mets punched their ticket to the Test cricket as he scored a monu- ing his 528-ball knock which had National League Championship mental 263 to help his team into 18 boundaries. Series for the first time since 2006 the lead over Pakistan in the first Pakistan’s Hanif Mohammad with a 3-2 victory over the Los Test in Abu Dhabi yesterday. holds the record of the longest Angeles Dodgers on Thursday. The skipper batted for 836 min- Test innings with 970 minutes Second baseman Daniel Mur- utes to guide England to 569-8 at during his 337 against the West phy belted the go-ahead home close on the fourth day to thwart Indies at Bridgetown in 1958, run as the Mets won the decisive Pakistan’s pace-cum-spin attack ahead of South African Gary fifth game, advancing to face the on a flat Sheikh Zayed Stadium Kirsten’s 878-minute knock dur- Chicago Cubs in a best-of-seven pitch. ing his 275 against England at series with the winner getting a But even on a docile pitch it Durban in 1999. berth in the 2015 World Series. needed a strong resolve from Cook added 141 for the fourth Game one of the Mets-Cubs Cook as he came to the crease in wicket with Joe Root (85) and series is today at Citi Field in the last hour of play on the second another 91 for the sixth with New York. The Mets allowed two day under the pressure of a big Ben Stokes (57) after England runs in the first inning to erase total of 523-8 declared by Paki- resumed at 290-3. a one-run lead but then held the stan. Jonny Bairstow made just eight Dodgers scoreless over the next As well as the nominal hosts’ before becoming Wahab Riaz’s eight innings in front of a crowd bowling attack, Cook also battled third victim, trapped in front of of 54,000 at Dodger Stadium. hot conditions as the first of three the wicket. “We have a tough game and matches in the series heads for Left-arm paceman Riaz was England cap- something doesn’t go right, we an inevitable draw, barring an the pick of Pakistan bowlers with tain Alastair bounce back,” said Mets manager extraordinary batting collapse by 3-116 while spinner Shoaib Malik Cook in Terry Collins. Pakistan today. took 2-97. action against “We have tremendous heart. He finally played a tired looking It was a nightmarish pitch for Pakistan during We have some young guys and sweep off spinner Shoaib Malik the spinners as the first wicket to the fourth day veteran guys. They meshed a slow bowler came in the 171st of opening Test together. It’s been a blast.” Scoreboard over when Malik bowled Stokes. in Abu Dhabi, Murphy’s sixth-inning home Pakistan’s frontline spinner yesterday. run to right field, off Dodgers ace Pakistan (I innings): ...... 523-8 decl Zulfiqar Babar managed just one pitcher Zack Greinke, was his England (I innings): wicket in his 70 overs conceding third of the series. A Cook c Masood b Malik ...... 263 180 runs. He went three-for-four with Moeen Ali c Ahmed b Khan ...... 35 At close Adil Rashid was two RBIs and two runs in game I Bell c Hafeez b Riaz ...... 63 unbeaten on six and with him huge amount of skill, concentra- a bowler,” said Riaz. “He has got Pakistan’s review once again went five and was seven-for-21 with five M Wood b Riaz ...... 4 Stuart Broad has yet to score as tion and fitness,” said Root of a great temperament and on this unsuccessful. Root was finally RBIs in the series. J Root c Ahmed b Rahat ...... 85 England lead by 46 runs. Cook’s knock. “We spoke a lot pitch he exhibited all his batting trapped leg-before wicket by Mets starter Jacob deGrom J Bairstow lbw Riaz ...... 8 It was Cook’s third double cen- about batting for long periods of skills to the fullest.” paceman Rahat Ali who finished struggled in the early innings B Stokes b Malik ...... 57 tury that enlivened an otherwise time and how important its going Pakistan were once again with 1-73. Root hit seven bounda- allowing two runs in the first, J Butler c Shafiq b Babar ...... 23 dull day. to be to give ourseleves a chance sloppy in the field as they missed ries in his 14th half-century. but battled through to get the vic- Adil Rashid (batting) ...... 6 Cook flicked Riaz to backward of winning and our captain has another chance to dismiss Cook Stokes also clobbered seven tory in the winner-take-all Major S Broad (batting) ...... 0 square-leg for two to complete his led from the front. when wicket-keeper Sarfraz boundaries, reaching his fifth fifty League Baseball contest. Extras (B-7, LB-5, NB-10, W-3) ...... 25 double century off 395 deliveries, “It has set an example for the Ahmed failed to take an inside and hit Babar for a four to give The reigning NL rookie of the Total (for 8 wkts) ...... 569 the second of the match behind rest of the series and give us some edge off Riaz when the England England the lead. He was finally year gave up six hits, struck out Fall of wickets: 1-116, 2-281, 3-285, Shoaib Malik’s 245 for Pakistan. hope that we can get some sort of captain was on 173. bowled by Malik. seven and had three walks in six 4-426, 5-443, 6-534, 7-549, 8-563. Cook reached his 250 after tea, result tomorrow,” said Root. Fawad Alam had let off Cook on The remaining two Tests will be innings. Bowling: Rahat 26.3-1-73-1; Khan 25-6-72- taking a single off Babar. Riaz admited Cook’s knock had 147 off Babar on Thursday. played in Dubai on October 22-26 Collins considered taking 1; Babar 70-17-180-1; Riaz 33-3-116-3 (10nb, Root said Cook’s long batting left bowlers frustrated. Root also survived a confident and Sharjah on November 1-5. deGrom out several times in the 3w); Shafiq 7-0-19-0; Malik 35-4-97-2. has set an example. “The way he (Cook) batted it leg-before shout when fast bowler early innings but then decided to “Two days in that heat shows was frustrating at times for me as Imran Khan trapped him but AFP keep him in. “He didn’t have his best stuff but he was still able to go out there and pitch like that,” Col- lins said. Herath dazzles to rattle West Indies in opening Test “I thought in the middle of the game he started to pitch inside a GALLE: A dazzling display of his second successive five-wicket little bit better, which speeds the spin bowling by Rangana Her- haul at Galle. Scoreboard bats up, so the off-speed stuff is ath left West Indies struggling to He is now just 15 short of Sri Lanka (I innings): ...... 484 Bowling: Prasad 15-6-38-2; Pradeep 15-4- a little more effective.” avoid an innings defeat yester- becoming the third Sri Lankan West Indies (I innings): 56-1; Herath 33-9-68-6; Kaushal 14-4-65-1; Noah Syndergaard relieved day in the first Test against Sri to take 300 Test wickets. K Brathwaite lbw Herath ...... 19 Siriwardana 5-2-13-0. deGrom, who was pitching on five Lanka, and still needing another “The wicket has become more S Hope b Herath ...... 23 West Indies (II innings): days’ rest, and worked a score- 166 to force their hosts to bat bowler-friendly today after it D Bravo c Chandimal b Herath ...... 50 Kraigg Brathwaite lbw Herath ...... 34 less seventh before closer Jeurys again. favoured the batsmen on the first M Samuels b Herath ...... 11 Shai Hope b Siriwardana ...... 6 Familia came on in the eighth for After taking six for 68 in the two days,” Herath told reporters J Blackwood c Siriwardana b Prasad ...... 11 Darren Bravo (batting) ...... 20 the six-out save. Familia retired West Indies’ first innings, Herath after play. D Ramdin c Perera b Pradeep ...... 23 Devendra Bishoo (batting) ...... 6 all six batters he faced. then claimed the wicket of opener None of the West Indies players J Holder c Perera b Prasad ...... 19 Extras (NB-1) ...... 1 Greinke, who might have Kraigg Brathwaite, who fell for looked comfortable against Her- K Roach St Perera b Herath ...... 22 Total (for 2 wkts) ...... 67 pitched his last game for the 34 as play drew to a close, for the ath throughout the day. J Taylor c Mathews b Kaushal ...... 31 To bat: Marlon Samuels, Jermaine Blackwood, Dodgers since he can opt out of second time in the match. Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath’s dismissal of D Bishoo (not out) ...... 23 Denesh Ramdin, Jason Holder, Jerome Taylor, his contract, gave up three runs Made to follow on after putting Herath gestures at the end of the Braithwaite was the second S Gabriel b Herath ...... 0 Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel. on six hits with nine strikeouts up 251 the first time round, West West Indies first innings during wicket to fall in the tourists’ sec- Extras (B-4 LB-7 W-1 NB-7) ...... 19 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-60. and no walks in 6 2/3 innings. Indies face a mammoth task to the third day of their opening ond innings, following that of Shai Total (all out) ...... 251 Bowling: Prasad 3-1-4-0; Herath 7-3-17-1 The Dodgers have now gone save the match at the Galle Inter- Test in Galle, yesterday. Hope. Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-49, 3-70, 4-111, Pradeep 4-1-7-0; Siriwardana 6-1-30-0; nine playoff appearances with- national Stadium with two days The 21-year-old Hope made 5-132, 6-165, 7-171, 8-217, 9-251, 10-251. Kaushal 7-3-9-0. out making it to the World Series, still left to play. only six before he became the tying the all-time league record. The 37-year-old Herath domi- first innings, 33 runs short of the debutant Milinda Siriwardana’s “It’s just disappointing,” Dodg- nated the third day’s proceed- follow-on mark. first victim in Test cricket, drag- Darren Bravo was unbeaten on Bishoo who has made six. ers manager Don Mattingly said. ings as he helped to bundle out Herath’s 23rd five-wicket haul ging the ball onto his stumps as 20 at stumps, batting alongside the West Indies for 251 in their came in his 64th Test and it was he tried a back-foot pull. the nightwatchman Devendra AFP AFP SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 EASY SUDOKU CROSSWORD 123456 789101112 CH I C HOPE STAGE

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How to play Kakuro: NOVO SHOWING AT The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any KAKURO SCREEN 1 Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 11:30am 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 & 11:55pm VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells SCREEN 2 Momentum (2D/Action) 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00 pm TEL: 444933989 / 444517001 like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, SCREEN 3 The Curse of Downers (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some Before We Go (2D/Action) 12:00, 4:00, 8:00 & 11:55pm cells will contain two numbers. SCREEN 4 The Walk (2D/Drama) 10:00am, 2:20, 6:30 & 11:15pm However, in a crossword the numbers reference Infinitely Polar Bear (2D/Animation) 12:30, 4:40 & 9:00pm clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! SCREEN 5 Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 11:50am, 1:40 & 3:30pm They denote the total of the digits in the row or War Pigs (2D/Action) 5:20, 7:25, 9:30 & 11:45pm column referenced by the number. SCREEN 6 Ahwak (2D/Arabic) 10:00 am, 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40pm & 12:00am Within each SCREEN 7 Pan (2D/Adventure) 10:00am, 12:15, 2:30 & 4:45pm collection of cells Knock Knock (2D/Thriller) 7:00, 9:30 & 11:45pm - called a run - any SCREEN 8 The Martian (2D/Action) 10:30am, 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 & 11:50pm of the numbers 1 SCREEN 9 Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 10:30am, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pm to 9 may be used SCREEN 10 Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 12:15, 4:45 & 9:15pm but, like sudoku, Momentum (2D/Action) 10:15am, 2:45, 7:15 & 11:45pm each number may only be used once. MALL

Yesterday’s SCREEN 1 The Fighter (2D/Telugu) 2:00pm answer The Curse of Downers (2D/Horror) 5:00pm Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Before We Go (2D/Action) 7:00pm Momentum (2D/Action) 8:45pm Life of Josutty (2D/Malayalam) 10:30pm SCREEN 2 Infinitely Polar Bear (2D/Animation) 2:15pm; Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 4:00pm War Pigs (2D/Action) 5:45pm. Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 7:30pm & 11:30pm ALL IN THE MIND Stung (2D/Comedy) 9:45pm SCREEN 3 Life of Josutty (2D/Malayalam) 2:00pm; Ahwak (2D/Arabic) Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, 5:00pm; Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2D/Hindi) 7:15 & 11:15pm War Pigs (2D/Action) vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. 9:30pm LANDMARK SCREEN 1 The Fighter (2D/Telugu) 2:00pm; Infinitely Polar Bear (2D/ Animation) 5:00pm; The Curse of Downers (2D/Horror) 6:45pm Life of Josutty (2D/Malayalam) 8:30pm Momentum (2D/Action) 11:30pm SCREEN 2 Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 2:15pm Before We Go (2D/Comedy) 4:00pm; War Pigs (2D/Action) 5:45 & 9:45pm; Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 7:30 & 11:30pm SCREEN 3 The Wedding Pullav (2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 11:00pm Hoy en la Historia Stung (2D/Comedy) 5:00pm Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 6:45pm Ahwak (2D/Arabic) 8:30pm October 17, 1855 Henry Bessemer patented a process using oxygen in air blown ROYAL PLAZA through molten pig iron to burn off SCREEN 1 Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 3:00pm the impurities and create steel Before We Go (2D/Comedy) 5:00pm; Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) inexpensively 7:00 & 9:15; War Pigs (2D/Action) 11:30pm SCREEN 2 The Wedding Pullav (2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 8:30pm 1915: American playwright Arthur Miller The Curse of Downers (2D/Horror) 5:00pm was born War Pigs (2D/Action) 6:45pm; Momentum (2D/Action) 11:00pm 1945: Colonel Juan Peron addressed SCREEN 3 Infinitely Polar Bear (2D/Animation) 2:30pm 300,000 people in Buenos Aires after Ahwak (2D/Arabic) 4:15pm; The Martian (2D/Action) 6:30pm Momentum (2D/Action) being released from custody by 9:00pm Stung (2D/Comedy) 11:00pm Argentina’s military government

ASSAIL, ATTACK, BATTLE, CHALLENGE, CHAMPION, 1995: At the age of 120 years and 238 ASIAN TOWN days, Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment CLASH, COMBAT, COMPETITION, CONFLICT, Rudhramadevi (Telugu) 1:00, 10:00pm & 12:45am became the longest-living human CONQUEST, CONTENDER, CONTEST, DEFEAT, The Wedding Pullav (2D/Hindi) 1:30 & 4:00pm DEFEND, DRAW, ENEMY, FIGHT, GAME, 1995: Actor Christopher Reeve made Life of Josutty (2D/Malayalam) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 MATCH, OFFENSIVE, OPPOSITION, OUTDO, his first appearance in public after a & 10:00pm OUTFLANK, OVERCOME, OVERPOWER, PARRY, riding accident left him paralysed The Fighter (2D/Telugu) 12:30, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00 & PLAYER, PROTECT, REPEL, RESIST, RIVAL, SPORT, 9:30pm Picture: Newscom © GRAPHIC NEWS STRUGGLE, TRIUMPH, VANQUISH, VICTORY, WARRIOR, WITHSTAND. SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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DENVER: For the $2 he spent to cisco company specialising in US Bonney gave that photograph bloody skirmishes among cattle buy three old photographs, Randy gold coins and Western Ameri- to his fellow cattle rustler, Dan barons in the sprawling terri- Guijarro may have hit the mother cana, to determine whether it was Dedrick, whose descendants kept tory. lode. Among them was a tintype genuine. it in their family until it was put The company retained experts purported to be of Wild West Kagin’s ultimately authenti- up for sale in 2011. in wet-plate photography, 19th- gunslinger Billy the Kid, now cated the photograph as only the It was purchased for $2.3m at a century apparel, facial recognition valued at $5m. second known image of Bonney, Denver auction by Florida billion- technology and even on vintage The 4-by-5-inch image shows and the only one that includes aire and energy executive William croquet sets, McCarthy said. Henry McCarty, also known as members of his gang, said David Koch. He said researchers placed William Bonney, playing cro- McCarthy, the company’s senior Koch said that he spoke with Bonney and his cohorts in the quet with accomplices from his numismatist. Kagin’s about the recently-sur- Chaves County area after a Texas New Mexico gang known as the The firm is brokering the sale faced photo. cattle drive that wound up in New Regulators, according to experts of the metallic image, which it has But he said would not bid on Mexico. retained by the firm selling the appraised and insured for $5m, the item, and that he agrees They even located the build- artifact. he said. with some sceptics who doubt its ing in the background which is Guijarro, who describes him- Much of Bonney’s life is steeped authenticity. still standing, McCarthy said, self as an US history buff, said he in myth, including reports that “I already own the archetype although a facade was built over bought the photo at a junk shop in he killed 21 men. What is certain Billy the Kid photograph,” said it in the 1930s. A lumber expert Fresno, California in 2010. It was is that he was shot dead at age Koch, who possesses a vast col- concluded the underlying struc- not until he studied it closely that 22 by Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1881, lection of American West art and ture was from the period, he he realized he might be holding an months after a daring jailbreak. memorabilia. added. Close-up of a newly discovered 4-by-5-inch tintype photograph shows important 19th-century historical For decades, the only known McCarthy said Kagin’s experts All those elements, including legendary Wild West gunslinger Billy the Kid playing croquet with item. photo of Bonney was an iconic “validated every detail in this the ring on Bonney’s pinkie finger accomplices from his New Mexico gang known as the Regulators. “The faces in the picture were 2-by-3 inch tintype portrait of photo.” and his telltale clothing, point to very clear, and I thought that one the outlaw standing outside a McCarthy believes it was its authenticity, McCarthy said. the year-long effort by Guijarro technician so he could devote of them sure looks like the Kid,” New Mexico saloon, gripping the taken in September 1878 outside “I defy you to find another cow- to authenticate the photo is set himself full time to his avocation. Guijarro said. barrel of a Winchester carbine Roswell, New Mexico shortly boy wearing a cardigan sweater,” to air tomorrow on the National “I guess I’m now an antiquarian,” Guijarro took the ferrotype rifle and with a single-action Colt after the end of the so-called he said. Geographic Channel. For Gui- he said. print to Kagin’s Inc, a San Fran- pistol holstered on his hip. Lincoln County War, a series of A documentary chronicling jarro, he quit his job a telecoms REUTERS

Parachute simulator Frankfurt fair reaches out to refugees FRANKFURT: Food and shel- material and books readily avail- to education, the willingness to qualified workers that Germany ter may be a priority for the able to them.” read and to learn the language, will lack by 2020 at 1.8 million. record numbers of often desper- “Our industry is driven by the are very much more positive,” he Mazyek pointed out that the ate refugees arriving in Germany idea that a free society cannot argued. refugees also represented a poten- but they also need “intellectual function without the book,” said Top education expert Wassilios tial new target audience for Ger- nutrition”, say experts at the the head of the German book Fthenakis agreed, arguing that many’s publishing industry. Frankfurt Book Fair. trade association, Alexander the refugees could also help to “But that’s not going to hap- Underlining the crucial part Skipis. enrich Germany as a whole. pen so quickly. I wouldn’t look at education plays in migrants’ inte- “We want to help and live up to “The starting conditions for it in purely economic terms like gration, the fair’s organisers and our responsibility in society and this new integration process are that,” countered Boos. “I feel the the German book trade associa- that means making books acces- incomparably better than ever integration aspect is much more tion launched a special initiative sible, not only as education, but before, because the intellectual important.” entitled “Books Say Welcome” as intellectual nutrition.” qualifications of the people com- As another gesture of welcome, last month. Skipis insisted that the two- ing to us are very different,” he the fair is offering free passes to “The ability to read is a basic week-old initiative was already said. refugees this year, when it opens condition for participating in working very well and had been “These people are like the yeast to the general public on Saturday society and in democracy,” said enthusiastically received. in the dough. They want to rise to and Sunday. Juergen Boos, organiser of the But he pointed out that it the top. That brings movement The organisers were working Frankfurt exhibition — the would be a long-term project. into the system and the whole together with refugee aid organi- world’s biggest book fair which “This is not just a seasonal system can benefit from this,” sations to organise special vis- opened this week. thing. We must be aware that Fthenakis said. its accompanied by designated Under that scheme, around we’re in it for the long haul.” The German population has mother-tongue experts, said Boos. 6,000 bookshops across the coun- Aiman Mazyek, head of the largely welcomed the massive The refugees would be able try are collecting financial dona- central council of Muslims in influx of refugees, primarily from to visit the stands of publishers tions from their customers. Germany, insisted that the con- Syria, with open arms, even if from their home countries, such The money will help purchase ditions for the successful integra- critics are becoming more vocal as Syria. books, primarily school books, tion of the refugees were much about the economic and social And enquiries had already been language teaching material and better than in the past. consequences. received from groups from Erit- dictionaries, but also novels and Unlike earlier waves of immi- But experts agree that, given rea and Syria. literature. These will be distrib- grants such as the Turkish “guest the demographic change in The Frankfurt fair dates as far uted to special reading and learn- workers” who came to Germany Germany, with its rapidly ageing back as the Middle Age with the ing corners close to the refugee in the 1950s, a “large part” of the population, Europe’s biggest invention of the Gutenberg press, homes around the country, said refugees arriving now were highly economy needs additional and this year, some 7,300 exhibi- Boos. educated, Mazyek said. workers in order to maintain its tors will be present, with 300,000 A boy tries a parachute simulator as part of “Maker Faire Rome” “ “We have to go to where the “That means the points of con- prosperity. visitors expected. exhibition, at La Sapienza University in central Rome, yesterday. The refugees are and make learning tact, particularly when it comes Estimates put the number of AFP event, the largest gathering of Makers in Europe, features 600 projects. ‘Kawaii’: Born in Japan, taking on the world Bonds past and present on

TOKYO: Bubblegum-pink Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. But the sight of women “Every time a new aes- hearts, tulle skirts and polka But it has begun winning wearing items usually aimed thetic emerges here, it really show at Madame Tussauds dots: the unapologetically fans further afield, including at children — from headbands is about girls dressing for feminine fashion that origi- musicians like Katy Perry, embellished with cat-ears to themselves as opposed to girls LONDON: From Sean Connery to Dan- General Manager at Madame Tussauds nated in Tokyo has exploded Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj. frothy skirts and tops show- dressing to get a date,” said iel Craig, London wax museum Madame London, said. “This is the first time that in the West with Hollywood A watered-down version casing strawberry cupcakes Tiffany Godoy, author and Tussauds is putting on display figures anybody can get up and stand close and celebrities earning brickbats of the style has made inroads or cartoon characters — have editor in chief of the bilingual of the six James Bond actors before the get personal with every single one of their for adopting the “girly” style. into US pop culture, embod- aroused the ire of feminist The Reality Show Magazine. release of the latest 007 film, “Spectre”. favourite Bonds.” The hugely popular ied by Disney star Ariana commentators based in the In Tokyo’s trendy Hara- The waxworks are dressed in tuxedos The museum said Connery, who was “kawaii” (cute) look, which Grande and actress Zooey West. juku neighbourhood, where for the exhibit, which will show in London the first to play the secret agent in Dr. No blends traditional Japa- Deschanel in her leading role “To make a woman look US clothing chain stores for six weeks before embarking on a tour in 1962, is portrayed as he appeared in nese concepts of purity and as a quirky schoolteacher in like a child is to make her compete with tiny boutiques of Madame Tussauds museums worldwide From Russia With Love. George Lazenby innocence with the doll-like the TV show, New Girl. unthreatening, helpless and crammed with stuffed uni- in December. stands as 007 in his only Bond film On aesthetic embodied by Hello Miley Cyrus’ current worthy of condescension. corns, glitter-covered ballet Looking suave, some of the figures stand Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Roger Moore Kitty and other beloved mas- psychedelic look also contains When women dress like flats and heart-shaped bags, with their arms folded holding a gun, is featured from The Spy Who Loved Me. cots, traces its roots to the plenty of kawaii inspiration. children, they encourage this 26-year-old singer Momo while others have a more relaxed pose. Timothy Dalton is portrayed as he was late 1970s. As the glitterati gathered attitude,” wrote Hadley Free- Ninomiya said she was on “It’s taken about 20 expert sculptors in his two Bond films The Living Daylights While it made significant in Tokyo for fashion week, man, columnist for the Brit- the lookout for a “kawaii” and teams about four months to put and Licence to Kill, while Pierce Brosnan inroads into Southeast Asia Japanese designers show- ain’s Guardian newspaper. accessory. together these six Bonds. It’s a huge is represented from Tomorrow Never Dies. throughout the 1990s, west- cased plenty of outfits with a Industry insiders dismiss “This kind of style is so amount of investment, a huge amount of ern fashion sentiments had cute twist. such concerns. girly... I love cute things, time, but really worth it,” Edward Fuller, REUTERS remained largely impervi- Designer Keita Maruyama “Just because a woman that’s why I enjoy dressing ous to — and even somewhat dressed models in feather- dresses like a doll doesn’t like this,” Ninomiya said, sneering about — its cutesy topped ankle socks and suits mean she wants to be treated referring to her frilly ankle charms. embellished with pompoms like a doll,” Janette, host of socks, headband and fifties- The vivid aesthetic occu- while offbeat label DRESS- popular TV show Kawaii style skirt printed with pies pride of place in Japanese CAMP opted for pink taffeta International, said. perfume bottles and flower pop culture, particularly in capes and sequinned tulle Furthermore, in a coun- bouquets. the visual stylings of 22-year- petticoats. try that values conformity, “Some of my friends say old “kawaii” entertainer, Tokyo-based blogger and fashion offers a rare window they are embarrassed to walk TV host, Misha Janette for self-expression, Janette with me when I am dressed says Japan also expe- added. like this... (but) I don’t think rienced a new surge in Tokyo’s streets are famous there’s anything wrong with kawaii culture after the for the proliferation of fash- the way I dress,” she said. 2011 earthquake-tsunami ion tribes ranging from According to fashion edi- disaster. gothic schoolgirls to pas- tor Godoy, the criticism lev- “I think people needed tel princesses, with young elled at young women like the infusion of fun, which men and women seizing the Ninomiya represents a dated is why we saw these col- opportunity to explore sub- take on feminism. Employees putting some finishing touches on the wax figures of four of all six ‘James Bond’ ourful fashion statements cultures and stand out from actors, with five completely new wax 007s joining the existing figure of Daniel Craig. emerge,” she added. the crowd. AFP