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Al Shaqab wins Darley Prix Morny Ministry plans Firms warned 55 new parks

DOHA: The Ministry of on healthcare Municipality and Urban Planning is considering set- ting up 55 new parks across Qatar. Mohammed Ali Al Khoury, at labour camps Director, Public Parks Department, said a plan to estab- lish 55 parks is under study to Ministry plans punitive measures meet public needs, local Arabic daily Al Raya reports. DOHA: The Ministry of Labour complying with the above provi- He said two new parks will and Social Affairs is getting sions of the labor law may find it be opened in Umm Salal and Al tough with companies and may hard to conduct their transactions Wakrah in a few months. force them to comply with the with the labour ministry and get Development of parks will provisions of the labour law on their licences renewed. continue, he said, adding that making medical facilities avail- Companies need to get their 15 public parks were opened last able to workers in camps. commercial licence renewed peri- year. The labour law specifies that odically and must deal with the Al Khoury said the department based on the number of workers labour ministry on a regular basis is working with the Supreme (over 500), companies must have to get worker visas, among other Council of Information and on its payroll a doctor. Firms with things. Communication Technology to 100 to 500 workers must employ Companies have also been offer free Internet service at all a full-time qualified nurse to take asked to periodically provide, parks and the shortage of lights care of medical emergencies in through an application on the and children’s games in parks will their lodgings. Companies with website of the ministry or in CDs, also be resolved. workers from five to 25 must all the necessary details regarding President of Qatar Olympic Committee H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani with Al Shaqab Racing’s Shalaa THE PENINSULA have first aid materials and basic their employees. and rider Frankie Dettori after winning the Darley Prix Morny at Maisons-Laffitte, Paris, yesterday. medicines at their lodgings, as per These details must include the law. workers’ names as they appear However, Al Sharq, quoting in their ID cards, their salary the ministry sources, said that and annual allowances or perks companies with more than 100 in Qatari currency, their quali- workers will be required to have fications and the exact nature of a tie-up with a doctor. their work. Gulf stocks nosedive on oil woes Companies with up to 100 A company should save the file workers and less must employ on the ministry’s website citing its DUBAI: Stock prices in Gulf petrochemicals industry lost 7.94 daily limit. The Abu Dhabi to new lows during trade Friday, a nurse full-time and must have permanent commercial registra- states nosedived yesterday in a percent, while the real estate Securities Exchange plunged five with New York’s light sweet crude first aid materials with stocks of tion (CR) number as the title, or massive market sell-off sparked sector tumbled 9.50 percent. In percent, while Qatar Exchange, plunging to $40.04 per barrel, the basic medicines ready at their save the details in a CD and cite by descending oil prices, with Dubai, the leading DFM Index the second largest in the Gulf, lost lowest level since March 2009. labor lodgings to take care of its CR number. the Saudi and Dubai bourses slumped 6.96 percent to close at almost 5.3 percent. World stock markets were also emergencies. Companies not providing these leading the slide. 3,451.48 points. The Kuwait Stock Exchange hammered with heavy losses on The labour law covers all pri- details to the ministry could face The Tadawul All-Shares Index Real estate developer Emaar shed 2.36 percent, while Muscat Friday, as China’s economic woes vate sector companies that must a ban and may also be fined as in Riyadh, the Gulf’s leading mar- Properties lost 8.31 percent while Securities Market and Bahrain triggered European and Wall fulfill the above conditions but so per the provisions of Article 144 ket, shed 549.51 points or 6.86 builder Arabtec Construction, lost 2.94 percent and 0.37 percent Street equity sell-offs and stirred far the provisions are not strictly of the Labour law (number 14 of percent to close at 7,463.32 points. another market leader, dropped respectively. The falls across the up fears for global growth. enforced. It is likely companies not 2004). THE PENINSULA The kingdom’s all-important 9.6 percent, nearing its 10-percent region come after oil prices slid AFP

Crash at Swiss air show UAE confirms Bolt retains title presence of troops in Aden ABU DHABI: The UAE, a longtime Western ally and a key partner in the Saudi-led coali- tion that in March launched air strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, has officially confirmed that its troops were on the ground in Aden. The coalition has provided mili- tary equipment to loyalist forces and reportedly sent troops, with Saudi media reporting that some 1,500 soldiers, most from the UAE, had entered Aden. This was confirmed by the offi- cial WA M news agency after the UAE troops rescued a British hos- tage held for more than 18 months by Al Qaeda in Yemen. “This action by the UAE forces in Aden is renewed evidence of the UAE’s unchanging policy towards terrorism in all of its forms,” the Jamaica’s Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Swiss police officers inspect the wreckage of a plane involved in a collision with a second plane during an air statement said. men’s 100m final during the Beijing 2015 IAAF World Championships show in Dittingen, near Basel, northern Switzerland, yesterday. Backed by the coalition, pro- at the National Stadium in Beijing yesterday. Report on page 28 government forces retook Aden in mid-July and in recent weeks have been pressing a major offen- sive against the rebels. Migrants crisis threatens EU’s As well as Aden, the coalition UK, Iran reopen embassies troops have recaptured four other southern provinces and in recent soul, says Italian minister TEHRAN: Britain’s foreign be Britain’s top diplomat in is fully implemented by all sides,” days have fought fierce battles for secretary reopened his coun- Tehran. Hammond said. control of Yemen’s third-largest PRESEVO, SERBIA: Thousands of migrants, mostly Syrian refu- try’s embassy in Tehran yes- Iran’s embassy in London also “Through this embassy’s city, Taez. The conflict has killed gees, travelled through Macedonia and Serbia yesterday towards terday in a long-awaited step reopened yesterday. The two efforts we will support British more 4,500 people since March, western Europe, as Italy’s foreign minister said the escalating crisis signalling better relations four nations are expected to appoint trade and investment, once according to the United Nations. threatened the bloc’s “soul”. years after a mob stormed the ambassadors within months. sanctions are lifted. That will Kidnapping has long been rife in More than 7,000 men, woman and children crossed into southern compound, forcing its closure. Hammond, the first British for- bring benefits for Britain and Yemen, with hostages often used Serbia from Macedonia overnight Saturday to Sunday alone, the UN’s Philip Hammond’s two-day trip eign secretary to visit Iran since the Iranian people.” as bargaining chips between rival refugee agency (UNHCR) said, with many more still expected to arrive. comes five weeks after Britain and Jack Straw in 2003, described “We have seen our relation- groups. Earlier this month French The mass movement came after Macedonian police on Saturday five other world powers struck a the violence that shuttered the ship steadily improve, step by hostage Isabelle Prime arrived finally re-opened the border with Greece after three days of trying to deal with Iran to end a 13-year Tehran mission as “a low point” step,” Hammond said, mentioning in Oman following her release in hold back streams of migrants. dispute over the Islamic republic’s but said a new journey was Prime Minister David Cameron’s Yemen after nearly six months of Macedonia had on Thursday declared a state of emergency and nuclear programme. beginning. meeting with Rouhani in New captivity. Last year British teacher sealed off its border to halt the influx, leaving thousands stranded He led a ceremony shortly “Over the coming months, York last autumn, the first at that Mike Harvey was released after in no-man’s land. After a tense standoff on the border, hundreds of after noon in the embassy gar- we will work to ensure that the level between the countries since being held for five months in Yemen stranded refugees, many carrying small children, forced their way den with Ajay Sharma, the nuclear agreement is a success, the 1979 Islamic revolution. AFP following negotiations. AFP through barbed wire fences in dramatic scenes on Saturday as police new charge d’affaires who will including by making sure that it See also page 6 See also page 6 hurled stun grenades. AFP Full report on page 10 MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir receives Al Attiyah meets US official Qatar-Afghan ties reviewed letter from Modi DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received a letter from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ambassador Sanjiv Arora pre- sented it to Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah. Arora also presented a com- memorative set of postal stamps and coins issued by India to mark First International Day of Yoga on June 21 and sent by Modi to the Emir as a token of India’s appreciation for Qatar’s support for the initiative. The meeting also discussed ties and multi-dimensional coop- eration between both countries, including issues related to the welfare of the Indian community in Qatar. Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Major General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah yesterday Condolence cables met US Deputy Secretary of Defence for Middle East Policy Andrew Exum and his delega- tion. Talks dealt with relations and latest regional developments. Qatar Armed Forces Chief Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H E Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi yesterday met sent to India of Staff Major General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem, US Ambassador Dana Shell Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Labour Husam Al Din Hamrah and discussed cooperation Smith and senior officers were present. and topics of mutual interest. DOHA: Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yester- day sent a cable of condolences to Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on the death of his wife Suvra Mukherjee. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh 20 participants for Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani also sent a cable of condolences to Mukherjee. Qatar attends ‘Artist in Residence’ civilisation meet

CAIRO: Qatar participated in a meeting of Arab focal points First programme in mid-September at Doha Fire Station of United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) which DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) Himsworth. artists selected as part of our began yesterday. yesterday announced the 20 Launched in March 2015, the QM’s Fire Station: Artist in Committee for Alliance of artists selected to take part programme is scheduled to start Residence programme. Civilisations Vice-President in the inaugural ‘Artist in in mid-September and marks a “Each application we received and Ambassador Dr Hassan Residence’ programme at the milestone in QM’s goal to provide was unique and impressive and bin Ibrahim Al Mohannadi and newly-renovated Doha Fire support for the next generation every artist used their talent and Adviser to the Foreign Ministry Station building. of cultural producers and help creativity and showed commit- Abdullah Ahmad Al Sada repre- They include Noor Abuissa, inspire an indigenous culture ment to the initiative,” said Al sented the country. Nasser Al Attiyah, Sebastian of creativity and innovation in Khalifa. In a statement, Al Sada said Betancur-Montoya, Tarek Qatar. “This programme reflects QM’s the meeting focused on plans Darwish, Waqas Farid, Maryam The programme is open to vision of enriching the lives of all and projects proposed by Qatar, Al Homaid, Shaha Al Khulaifi, Qatari artists and residents in the those who live in and visit Qatar Bahrain, Oman and other Arab Othman Khunji, Kelly Lowe, country will take regional artists and inspiring an indigenous cul- League members and discussed Charles Mahaffee, Wassem at a later stage. ture of creativity and innovation. proposed budgets for them. Al Marzouki, Lulu Al Musfir, The creative exchange pro- “We hope the nine-month res- He said the projects covered Roudha Ibrahim Al Nassr, Sara gramme runs in nine-month idency will enable these artists the four key areas of Alliance Al Obaidly, Fatma Al Remaihi, cycles, each with a different group to be recognised on an interna- of Civilisations — immigration, Hana Al Saadi, Christto Sanz, of artists. tional scale to become the creative youth, media, and education. Emelina Soares, Aisha Nasser To welcome and congratu- sparks of our future,” she added. Al Sowaidi, Andrew Weir and late the first group of artists, The programme will involve Serbian minister Samreen Zahra. H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint mentoring and tutoring from The group includes 11 Qataris Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, local artists and will give resi- meets Qatar envoy and consists of artists from disci- Chairperson, QM, and Hala Al dents opportunity to be in contact plines, including art, photography, Khalifa, Director, Fire Station, with some of the big international BELGRADE: Serbian Minister design, architecture and others. hosted a get-together where the names QM attracts to Qatar, of Justice Nikola Selakovic met They were chosen from a pool artists were able to meet and such as Richard Serra, Louise Qatari Ambassador Sheikh of over 150 applications by a judg- greet one another and share with Bourgeois, Takashi Murakami Mubarak bin Fahad Al Thani ing panel of Sheikh Abdullah Al Sheikha Al Mayassa their vision and Damian Hirst in addition to and reviewed means of enhanc- Thani, Mahmoud Obaidi, Fatima and plans for their residencies. world-class curators, art histori- ing relations. Al Rumaihi, Jean-Paul Engelen, “It is with great pleasure that ans and professors. A section of the newly-renovated Doha Fire Station building. QNA Wissam Al Mana and Rhys we announce the 20 talented THE PENINSULA

QU professor wins award for research DOHA: Dr Fathi Ihmeideh, of the home learning environment for excellence. It is committed to Associate Professor of on early child development, and supporting research that is respon- Psychological Sciences, College impact of multimedia practices on sive to national needs and develop- of Education, Qatar University, developing children’s personalities. ing human capabilities by offering has won Abdul Hameed Shoman “The award contributes to promot- opportunities to enhance teaching Award for Arab Researchers 2014 ing applied and scientific knowl- and research competencies.” in recognition of his scientific edge, raising awareness about the Launched in 1982 by Abdul achievements. culture of scientific research, and Hameed Shoman Foundation, the He was awarded in Literature and fostering a generation of future award is given for medical and Human, Social and Administrative researchers, experts and specialists health sciences; engineering sci- Sciences category and was among in scientific fields,” he said. ences; basic sciences; literature and 146 candidates from universities “QU continues to ensure that its human, social and administrative and institutions from the Arab academic and research environ- sciences; agricultural sciences; and world. He was recognised for his ment is of a standard that moti- applied sciences. research on child rearing, impact vates faculty and students to strive THE PENINSULA

INJAZ students at Vodafore Qatar. Stroke of creativity Vodafone trains INJAZ students DOHA: In line with its com- INJAZ Qatar, said: “I would like “The job shadowing day for mitment to support entrepre- to thank Vodafone for allowing each group of students was full neurial tutoring endeavours, INJAZ youth to take part in its of learning where they observed Vodafone staff volunteered for job shadowing initiative. Thanks the daily work, involving activities INJAZ Qatar and took stu- to Vodafone employees’ hospi- such as meetings and employees’ dents through a job shadowing tality and hard work, students interactions. It was a great oppor- programme. experienced a work atmosphere tunity for students to explore Rita El Helou, Susan Winfield, incomparable to any they had future career.” Yaman Al Jundi, Shahzad Khan, experienced before. This expe- One of the students said: “The Asim Mirza, Ola Youssef, Javed rience was informative and fun best thing about the programme Qureshi, Zeena Abu Issa and and both key components made was the opportunity to link theo- Javeria Masrour shared with student time well spent.” retical and practical parts in the students first-hand insights into Haeefa Al Malki, Qatarisation work environment. the corporate world and their Manager, Vodafone Qatar, said: “We loved the working envi- experiences in the workplace and “We’re proud to partner with ronment at Vodafone and how provided coaching and mentoring INJAZ Qatar to reach out to employees interacted and they around what they aspire to build students and contribute to their were very helpful and support- and achieve. learning journey with work life ive. It was great to have had the Sessions started with an intro- insights, tips and advice. chance to talk with profession- duction to Vodafone, taking stu- “Supporting such initiatives is als and set our expectations for dents through Vodafone values at the forefront of our priorities future careers. and included a workshop on com- as we believe in our role and com- “The multi-culture environ- munication skills. mitment to lead in knowledge- ment attracted us and we would Artists paint a panoramic view of the sunset on their notebooks on the Corniche yesterday. BAHER AMIN Kariman Mahmoud, Director, sharing and contribute to youth love to be part of it.” Programmes and Operations, development. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Es’hailSat signs deal with Promer QR8.2m QRCS project for Philippines to build teleport Homes for 650 families, classrooms and depot being built in Leyte Province DOHA: Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has inked DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent $150,000. A public tender was a contract with Promer Qatar Society (QRCS) is implement- conducted in February, followed Contracting Company to design ing a development project in by another which is in the proc- and build Es’hailSat Teleport. the Philippines worth QR8.2m. ess of awarding. A 50,000 square meters site Under Qatar Alliance for A readymade depot will be north of Doha has been chosen for Relief of the Peoples of Somalia built near PRCS branch in Leyte. the new, state-of-the-art teleport and the Philippines, the project QRCS is building 650 housing facility which will provide satel- includes housing units, class- units in northern Tacloban, in lite control and communications rooms and a depot. cooperation with PRCS. Houses support (TT&C) and capacity It follows a memorandum of are being built with wood and management, along with teleport understanding signed in June cement, each with a separate toi- services such as uplink, downlink, 2014 by QRCS and Philippine let and sewerage chamber. So far, contribution, multiplexing, encod- Red Cross Society (PRCS) as a 112 houses have been completed. ing, playout and broadcasting, tai- framework for cooperation. The 650 targeted families were lored for our business partners. Under it, QRCS provided selected based on case studies According to a statement issued nonfood aid, including 594 tents, among families whose homes yesterday, the high-tech teleport 4,488 mattresses, 3,510 blankets, were completely destroyed; peo- will also provide back-up stu- 3,390 water tanks and 592 tar- ple with special needs; families dios for TV channels and serve paulins, serving 1,548 affected whose breadwinners are chil- as a disaster-recovery facility for families in Leyte Province. dren, women or elderly; and broadcasters. Last September, the project’s chronic patients. The site will be connected with agreement was signed, with Beneficiaries are trained in key media broadcasters in Qatar subsequent amendments this safe shelter standards and emer- by means of a redundant, dedi- March to adapt to changes on the gency measures. cated fiber optic link. Design for ground. It involved building 650 Qatar Alliance was formed as a Qatar Red Crescent Society provided non-food aid for Leyte Province. the teleport is expected to be ready housing units, seven classrooms, result of Qatar Day of Solidarity by Q1 2016 and the site is to be and a depot in Tacloban. with the Peoples of Somalia and Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. alliance involves Qatar Charity, Mohammad Al Thani Charitable built and project completed by the Seven classrooms will be built the Philippines observed on Apart from QRCS, which was Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Association, and Al Asmakh first quarter of 2017. at the central school of north- November, 19, 2013 in response assigned to implement the execu- Foundation for Humanitarian Charity Foundation. Es’hailSat broadcasts premium ern Burauen, Leyte, at a cost of to a call by Emir H H Sheikh tive work of the campaign, the Services (RAF), Sheikh Eid bin THE PENINSULA content for news and sports chan- nels such as Al Jazeera and beIN SPORTS. Es’hail 1 and Es’hail 2, scheduled for launch in fourth and last quar- ter of 2016, have been designed with 26 register for Fath Al Kheir voyage to India advanced anti-jamming capabili- ties and with a dedicated ground DOHA: Twenty-six partici- until September 3. They must go of Katara Traditional Dhow infrastructure, Es’hailSat has the pants have signed up for the through tests such as swimming, Festival. The dhow will reach optimum solution for broadcasters second edition of Fath Al Kheir climbing and rescuing and must Sur, Oman, on October 15; arrive in the region in terms of techni- voyage as registration closes accumulate 45 out of 70 points in India on October 25, return cal capabilities, performance and tomorrow, organisers say. to pass. to Muscat on November 15 and security of content. For this edition, the 32-year- The 45-metre dhow was conclude journey in Doha on Ali Ahmed Al Kuwari, CEO, old Fath Al Kheir dhow embarks built for then Emir in 1983 by November 17. Es’hailSat, said: “The establish- on a journey to India to revive Amireya workshop to promote The first voyage was held ment of Es’hailSat’s teleport centuries-old maritime herit- tourism trips of the Ministry from November 22 to December marks a milestone in our plan to age of Qatari ancestors as they of Information and Tourism. 18, 2013 under the patronage of provide a secure and independent reached foreign shores in search It is now part of the collection Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad satellite system to meet the needs of livelihood. of Qatar Museums Authority. bin Khalifa Al Thani. of our customers now and in the Ahmed Al Hatmi, Director, Katara is taking care of the It sailed to five neighbouring future. Beach Department, Katara, and maintenance and preparation GCC countries — Saudi Arabia, “The teleport is being designed Chairman of the Organising of the dhow for its voyage under Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and the from the outset to allow for sig- Committee, said 26 participants Captain Hassan Issa Al Kaabi. UAE. The inaugural journey nificant growth and will feature had registered and there was a The 32-year-old Fath Al Kheir dhow at Katara. The journey will last 48 days. was first-of-its-kind initiated by all major requirements to provide huge turnout of young Qataris. The dhow will leave Katara Katara to revive centuries-old customers with satellite ground Al Hatmi said they also youth to events that enhance Participants have passed medi- Beach on October 1 and return maritime heritage Qatar shares station and platform services,” Al received inquiries which con- their relationship with the legacy cal tests and are preparing for on November 17 in time for with neighbouring countries. Kuwari added. firmed the enthusiasm of Qatari of their ancestors. physical tests from August 30 the launch of the fifth edition THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Al Shamal Port cleaned up Eight erring outlets fined DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce inspected stores in Old Airport area to monitor their com- mitment to laws and regula- tions governing commercial activities. Inspectors fined eight out- lets for violations, including conducting commercial activi- ties not included in the licence and using expired commercial licences and part of the store for accommodation. Inspectors also issued notices to correct their status. The surprise raids were part of the ministry’s efforts to control markets and commercial activities, punish vio- lators and disclose malpractices. The ministry urged consumers to report any violations pertaining An inspector checks documents at one of the outlets. to commercial licences through email [email protected]; Twitter: Android and IOS: MEC_Qatar systems installed in malls, which The Beaches & Islands Section of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has removed tyres, fishing and @MEC_Qatar; Instagram: MEC_ Consumers can also submit allows for direct contact with the metallic nets and submerged objects from Al Shamal Port and plastic cans and wooden items from the wharf. Qatar and MEC mobile app for complaints through electronic ministry. THE PENINSULA It also put up caution signs on abandoned boats and urged boat owners and fishermen not to throw waste in the sea so that the environment and the general view of the area are preserved. Toyota unveils eighth generation Hilux pickup in Mideast DOHA: Toyota has unveiled is a worthy successor to the ear- and safety due to enlarged side the new Hilux to mark the lier generation of models and rail cross-section; enhanced off- introduction of the eighth gen- set to create a reputation while road performance and comfort eration of the pickup in the enhancing core values of qual- due to the upgraded leaf spring Middle East. ity, durability and reliability to a suspension and shock absorb- It is a redesign of one of the higher level.” ers; newly developed engine best-known and best-loved name- The name Hilux, a combination and transmission; excellent plates with changes in response to of the words “high” and “luxury”, torque in all rev ranges, with customer demand and feedback to was given to underline the truck’s improved torque at low speed, exceed their expectations. splendour and superiority and thanks to the newly developed Hiroki Nakajima, Executive the slogan illustrates its reputa- diesel engines; extended cruising Chief Engineer behind the Hilux tion as a sturdy, all-conquering distance enabled by improved and a Managing Officer of Toyota vehicle constantly evolving to set fuel efficiency; reduced engine Motor Corporation (TMC), said: new benchmarks for comfort and noise; balanced torque and “Our development concept was performance. fuel efficiency due to newly centred on ‘redefining toughness’. It is offered in the Middle East developed six-speed automatic We aimed to make the new Hilux in single cab and double cab con- transmission with more steps ‘tougher’ based on a broader figurations, in 2WD and 4WD. and optimised gear ratio to interpretation of the word. The It is offered in Super White 2, maximise engine performance; message we want to deliver to our Silver ME, Gray ME, Attitude cutting-edge, luxurious fea- customers is embodied in our slo- Black MC and White Pearl CS tures, including audio system gan for the vehicle: A New Era for introduced for the first time due with electrostatic multi-touch Pickup. Every Inch a Hilux.” to high demand from Middle East control panel, 4WD changeover Takayuki Yoshitsugu, Chief customers. switch and luxury seats; and Dr Nasser Abdulghani (centre), Managing Director, AAB, with other officials and guests at the launch of Toyota Representative, Middle East and Main features include: Newly rear seat A/C duct that provides Hilux pickup at Toyota showroom yesterday. ABDUL BASIT North Africa Representative developed frame and suspension; improved cooling for passengers. Office, TMC, said, “The new Hilux improved comfort, toughness THE PENINSULA MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME HMC launches programme for Summer Career Camp begins DOHA: Qatar Career Fair making smart decisions and new nurses (QCF), a member of Qatar choices that reflect positively on DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation Foundation for Education, their academic and professional (HMC) has introduced a programme Science and Community path and introducing them to to help new nurses make the transi- Development (QF), launched the Qatari labour market, its tion from the classroom to the clinical its third annual Summer growth sectors and recruitment environment. Career Camp yesterday. needs. The Preceptored Internship The two-week course at “The camp is one of the Programme supports new graduate Education City’s Recreational projects and initiatives being nurses from University of Calgary-Qatar Centre will see male and rolled out by QCF, complement- by helping them move from university to female Qatari high school stu- ing collaborative efforts with the professional world. dents participate in activities, public and private institutions Preceptorships are short-term rela- programmes, and interactive to empower and prepare local tionships between graduates, known as workshops. youth to enter the labour mar- interns, and experienced nurses who By hosting the camp, QCF ket – and its key growth drivers have completed a specialised programme supports QF’s mission of mod- – with force.” that supports them in creating a safe ernising the country to build a He said the camp aims to learning environment to practise theory, knowledge-based economy by recruit male and female Qatari clinical skills and decisionmaking. unlocking human potential and youth and equip them with As interns make the transition from enhancing skills of the labour skills that will enable them to student to staff nurse, role model- force. optimally plan for their aca- Officials and some of the participants at the launch of the camp. ling and reflective practice are used to In his opening speech, Saad demic and professional future. encourage and enhance learning and Abdullah Al Kharji, Head He praised QF’s efforts to pro- economy to world-class levels by highlighting guiding principles Qatari professionals and the professional development. The one-year of Operations, QCF, said: mote educational, research and elevating Qataris’ competen- in career paths, academic spe- importance of basing college programme is helping graduates develop “Through the event, we strive developmental sectors under cies by honing their skills and cialisations and major choices. specialisations on specific sets practical nursing knowledge and clinical to reinforce students’ confi- Qatar National Vision 2030 and strengthening their talents. Speakers addressed labour of standards. competence. dence by guiding them towards propel Qatar’s knowledge-based The launch featured speeches market needs for talented THE PENINSULA Jacqueline Sullivan, Director of Nursing (Education), said : “The pro- gramme promotes communication and leadership skills resulting in independ- ence and confidence in the workplace. Nurse educators and preceptors are Institute gears up to receive first batch of students working with interns to strengthen clinical skills and enhance application DOHA: Doha Institute for office, have finalised proce- and faculty to guide and provide Arabic and English languages and of critical thinking to nursing practice.” Graduate Studies is finalis- dures to launch the academic new students with information expected contributions to society Each month, new graduates enrolled in ing preparations to receive its year 2015-2016,” said Dr Hend they need to start the academic upon graduation.” the programme attend lectures to assist first group of Master’s stu- Al Muftah, Vice-President, year. “Activities aim to offer the She said over 40 professors in them in developing skills and competence dents on October 4. Administration and Finance. best services to students and are various disciplines have joined to translate scientific evidence learned in “The logistical, administra- She said preparations include based on specific foundations, pro- the institute. “The institute has the university setting into general prac- tive and academic units, in col- organising events and orienta- grammes and dates to facilitate attracted an elite group of academ- tice and clinical decisionmaking. QNA laboration with the admissions tions to be conducted by staff a smooth and effective process of ics and researchers from some of joining the institute,” she said. the best universities in the world,” The admissions office has she added. announced student acceptance, The not-for-profit private insti- including 28 Qataris who will join tution is operated for educational, nine programmes at School of research and public service pur- Social Sciences and Humanities and poses. It was founded last year School of Public Administration as an autonomous legal entity, by and Development Economics. Arab Centre for Research and By the March 31 deadline, the Policy Studies. It is licensed as institute had received 903 applica- a national institution of higher tions from the Arab world, of which education by Supreme Education 125 were accepted — 42 students interviews between faculty and Council. Dates for applications at School of Public Administration shortlisted candidates. for the academic year 2016-2017 and Development Economics and “The institute attracted students will be announced during the 83 at School of Social Sciences and with outstanding academic record first semester. For details, con- Humanities. from universities from across the tact the Communications and Admission decisions were based Arab world,” said Dr Al Muftah. External Relations Department at on a rigorous and competitive “Selections were made accord- [email protected] or call selection process that assessed each ing to applicants’ exceptional 44199446. student’s abilities and included undergraduate record, mastery of THE PENINSULA RasGas concludes summer internship programme DOHA: A user guide Company Limited’s with the potential to (RasGas) liquefied increase a machine’s natural gas produc- efficiency by six per- tion and bolsters the cent enhances the company’s revenues. quality of RasGas With his ingenious

First place winner Al Maha Al Mana with officials.

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Turkey oppn Lebanon trash crisis escalates leader accuses Police, anti-govt protesters clash again in Beirut, 20 hurt; Prime Minister threatens to resign Erdogan of ‘civilian coup’ BEIRUT: Lebanese riot police Protesters now demand that sprayed thousands of protesters the country’s top politicians ISTANBUL: The leader of with water cannons and hurled resign, saying they are not fit to Turkey’s main opposition party stones at them yesterday in rule to country. yesterday accused President downtown Beirut, marking the Salam said in a news conference Recep Tayyip Erdogan of seek- second day mass demonstra- earlier yesterday: “I warn that we ing to stage a “civilian coup” tions against an ongoing trash are going are going towards col- over plans for snap elections crisis have become violence. lapse if matters continue,” Salam after coalition talks failed. At least 20 people were said in a televised address. Erdogan’s Justice and injured, medics said. Around 200 “Frankly, I have not and will Development Party (AKP) lost its youths, some wearing scarves not be a partner in this collapse. overall majority in June 7 legislative or masks to cover their faces, Let all officials and political forces polls but was unable to form a coa- threw stones and bottles filled bear their responsibilities.” lition. The opposition Republican with sand at police and tried to He described as excessive the People’s Party (CHP), which held pull down security barricades, force used against protesters on weeks of coalition talks with the witnesses said. They also set on Saturday and said those responsi- AKP, says Erdogan deliberately fire a motorcycle and tried to set ble would be held to account. stymied the negotiations in the up their own barricades using The Salam government brings hope of triggering new polls and a tables and wood. together rival Lebanese parties, better result for his party. Police retaliated with water including the Sunni-led Future “There is no law in Turkey at the cannon and tear gas. Some pro- Movement of Saad Al Hariri, moment,” said CHP leader Kemal testers suffered smoke inhala- Shia Hezbollah, and competing Kilicdaroglu. “Democracy is cur- tion and were taken away by Christian groups. rently suspended and the consti- ambulances for treatment. Should it collapse, Salam’s tution is is not working,” he told A Lebanese Red Cross official government would stay on in the a televised meeting of CHP MPs said 20 protesters were injured, caretaker capacity. However, his in Ankara. “We are faced with a including 13 who were hospital- resignation would trigger a con- civilian coup,” he said, in nod to his- ised. Some shots also rang out in stitutional crisis. tory which has seen Turkey living central Beirut, near the prime In Lebanon, it is the president through three military coups — in minister’s office. who appoints the prime minis- 1960, 1971 and 1980. The violence came hours ter, but the presidency has been He said the CHP, which came after Prime Minister Tammam vacant since last year. second in the polls, was willing Salam hinted he might step Salam said that if a cabinet to be the minority partner in a down following violent protests meeting scheduled for Thursday coalition led by Prime Minister on Saturday that injured more Lebanese protesters wave the national flag in front of a barbed wire fence during a demonstration organised by was not productive on issues Ahmet Davutoglu, that would than 100 people. “You Stink” campaign to protest against the country’s trash crisis, in Beirut, yesterday. including a tender to decide on have been “respected inside and The demonstrations, the larg- a new refuse collection company, outside” of Turkey. est in years to shake Lebanon, had been gathering since the to listen to you and sit with you.” set fire to the piles of trash, while “there would be no necessity for But his party wanted to see seek to upend what protesters morning. The protests started In a statement to journalists at some municipalities have collected the government after it”. change on three major issues — see as a corrupt and dysfunctional over garbage piling up on the the protest site, the movement’s rubbish but then disposed of it at “The trash is the straw that foreign policy, which needed a political system that has no func- streets after the capital’s main leadership rebuffed Salam’s offer illegal dump sites. broke the camel’s back, but the “180 degree transformation”, the tional Cabinet or parliament, nor landfill was closed a month ago. of talks and demanded the gov- Furious demonstrators have story is much bigger than this “big problem” of the economy a president for more than a year. An online group calling itself ernment’s resignation. posted videos and photos on social straw. It is the story of the politi- and an education system “that Yesterday’s clashes broke out “You Stink!” and other civil society Protesters have been calling media of security forces firing into cal garbage in the country and leaves no parent satisfied”. shortly before sunset when angry groups organised the rallies, calling for a concrete solution to a cri- the air and beating back protest- the political trash in the country,” On Friday, Erdogan said he protesters tried to break through on Lebanese to join them in a revolt sis that has seen piles of waste ers during Saturday’s unrest. Salam said. would meet the Speaker of the barbed wire leading to the govern- against the corrupt system. growing in Beirut and the popu- Joey Ayoub, who sits on You He also warned the heavily Turkish parliament today to exer- ment’s headquarters. Police beat Moving to ease tensions, Salam lous Mount Lebanon region since Stink’s organising committee, indebted government would be cise his right to call snap elec- back protesters with clubs and said he was ready to meet with the country’s largest landfill was said the movement’s most press- unable to pay salaries next month. tions, slated for November 1. The water cannons. At least two riot members of the “You Stink” shut on July 17. ing demand now was for security Unable to issue new debt, it risked CHP is incensed that Erdogan police officers were injured and movement which is organising the With the summer heat at its forces to be held accountable. being classified “among the fail- did not offer the party a chance whisked away by their colleagues. demonstrations and has blamed peak, the stench from the growing “Our most urgent demand is ing states”. Lebanon’s public debt to form a coalition government Ambulances carried away at political divisions and corrup- mountains of waste has spread accountability for the police and currently stands at about 143 per- after the failure of talks with the least five injured protesters from tion for the crisis. Salam said he through the streets of Beirut and army men,” Ayoub said. “We will cent of gross domestic product, a AKP, accusing him of violating Riad Solh Square in central stood “with the people and with the green hills above the city. not leave the street until that government source said. the constitution. Beirut, where the demonstrators the citizens,” adding: “I’m ready In recent weeks, people have demand is met.” AGENCIES AFP MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Iran, Britain restore diplomatic ties Tunisia rescues 124 migrants from boat adrift near Libya: ICRC

TUNIS: Tunisia’s coast guard yesterday rescued 124 would- be migrants bound for Italy from a boat adrift at sea near Libya, said the International Committee of the Red Cross. The migrants, all Africans, had been “attempting to ille- gally reach the Italian island of Lampedusa before they were res- cued” and taken to the southern port of Ben Guerdane, said Mongi Slim, an official at the ICRC. They had been at sea for three days after setting off from the Libyan coast on board a large inflatable vessel that later broke down, he said. Among them were 109 Nigerians, including 19 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with his British counterpart Philip Hammond in Tehran yesterday. Britain’s foreign secretary reopened his country’s embassy women, seven Ghanaians, includ- in Tehran in a long-awaited step signalling better relations four years after a mob stormed the compound, forcing its closure. RIGHT: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Danesh Yazdi ing four women, four Ethiopians, speaks with former British foreign secretary Jack Straw, at the residence of Iran’s charge d’affaires in London. Iran reopened its embassy in London yesterday, reciprocating hours after a couple from Cameroon and two Congolese. Britain restored diplomatic ties with Tehran. Tunisian has been at the fore- front of rescue efforts for a flood of mainly African migrants bound for Europe on unseaworthy boats that run into trouble. In June, its navy rescued 356 migrants, mainly Africans UAE troops free Israel under fire to curb but also including Syrians and Pakistanis who had left Libya on a makeshift vessel. People smugglers have taken advantage of the chaos grip- UK hostage from detention without trial ping Libya since the 2011 upris- ing toppled dictator Muammar JERUSALEM: A Palestinian prisoner’s hun- extensive way,” said Sarit Michaeli, spokeswoman Gaddafi to step up their lucrative ger strike has sparked new calls for Israel to for Israeli rights group B’Tselem. This is “unac- smuggling business. AFP Qaeda in Yemen curb its use of a form of detention without ceptable legally and morally”, she said. trial, with activists charging routine abuse of According to B’Tselem, some 370 Palestinians a measure aimed at preventing attacks. are currently held in administrative detention Sudan appoints Mohammed Allan, 31, ended his hunger strike compared to three alleged Jewish extremists. The 64-year-old Semple flown to Abu Dhabi on Thursday after Israel’s top court suspended Jewish suspects were held amid an outcry follow- defence minister his administrative detention. He had twice been ing the July 31 firebombing of a Palestinian home ABU DHABI: Forces from the statement carried by WAM said in a coma. The lawyer said to be a member of that killed an 18-month-old child and his father. KHARTOUM: Sudan appointed United Arab Emirates have res- Semple had been met at the airport the militant group Islamic Jihad had been held Rights groups have also criticised those moves, a new defence minister yesterday, cued a British hostage held for in Abu Dhabi by UAE officials and since November and has reportedly vowed to pressing authorities to follow due process. Israeli the state news agency and a pres- more than a year by Al Qaeda in the British ambassador. resume fasting if the courts reinstate adminis- officials did not respond to request for comment idential source said, three days Yemen, authorities in London and He was taken to hospital for health trative detention against him. on Sunday, but Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon after President Omar Hassan Abu Dhabi said yesterday. checks and spoke to his wife by tel- The measure allows internment without trial last week defended the practice. Al Bashir proposed a two-month A statement carried by the UAE’s ephone, it said. He was to leave for for six-month intervals that can be renewed “Administrative detention of an Arab or a Jew is ceasefire with rebels fighting to official WAM news agency said Britain following the medical checks. indefinitely, with Israeli officials saying it is an a Draconian step, but when there is no choice, you overthrow his government. 64-year-old Douglas Robert Semple, WAM said Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince essential tool in preventing attacks and pro- need to protect yourself,” he said. “One needs to be Bashir, who extended his a petroleum engineer, had been kid- Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al tecting sensitive intelligence because it allows very, very careful, but I have no doubt that we have 25-year rule in April when he napped by Al Qaeda in February 2014 Nahayan had telephoned British Prime authorities to keep evidence secret. put the right people into administrative detention.” was re-elected with over 94 per- in Yemen’s vast desert Hadramawt Minister David Cameron on Saturday It has been strongly criticised by rights activ- Administrative detention dates back to British- cent of votes after most opposi- province. night to inform him of the operation. ists, who have called on Israeli authorities to pros- mandated Palestine, though Israeli military law is tion groups boycotted the poll, It said UAE forces had freed Kidnapping has long been rife in ecute or release such detainees. Rights groups say used for cases involving Palestinians in the West had only appointed an acting Semple in a military operation and Yemen, which has been wracked by international law allows for such detention under Bank. The degree of its use has varied, with the defence minister at the start of taken him to Yemen’s main south- conflict since March, when a Saudi- extreme circumstances, but that Israel uses it as number of detainees skyrocketing during the his new term. ern city of Aden, from where he was led coalition launched air strikes a punitive measure that circumvents the justice first and second Palestinian intifadas, or uprising. The new minister, Awad Al flown to Abu Dhabi. It provided no against Iran-backed Huthi rebels. system or as a crutch to avoid trial. Detainees have been held for between six Karim Ibnouf, is a retired army further details about the operation. Yemeni loyalists are backed by coun- Activists have called on Israeli authorities months and several years. Many Palestinians lieutenant-general who once The Foreign Office in London tries including Saudi Arabia and to charge or release those held under admin- have gone on hunger strike in protest, though served as the head of Sudan’s confirmed that a British hostage in the UAE. The war has killed nearly istrative detention. “Our research into the way few have continued as long as Allan’s. Detainees military intelligence agency and Yemen had been freed by UAE forces 4,500 people, many of them civilians, Israel uses administrative detention vis-a-vis are allowed to appeal to the courts, but activ- later as ambassador to Oman, a but did not identify him and also pro- according to the United Nations. Palestinians concludes that Israel violates this ists say the chances of having their detainment presidential source said. vided no further details. Last year, British teacher Mike very narrow allowance and uses it in a very wide, overturned are extremely slim. AFP REUTERS “I’m pleased to confirm that a Harvey was released after being British hostage held in Yemen has held for five months in Yemen fol- been extracted by UAE forces in lowing negotiations by the govern- a military intelligence operation,” ment in Sana’a. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said in a statement released while he (AQAP), the local branch of the jihad- Turkey jails five mayors over ‘self-rule’ claims was in Tehran to reopen the British ist network, is considered among its embassy. most dangerous affiliates and has Hammond added that the freed taken advantage of the chaos in Yemen ISTANBUL: Turkish courts arrest the co-mayors of the be shared between a man and last week as part of an inves- hostage was “safe and well” and to seize territory including Hadramawt yesterday remanded in cus- city’s central Sur district, Seyid a woman to promote gender tigation into moves by some that Britain was “very grateful for provincial capital Mukalla. tody five mayors from the Narin and Fatma Sik Barut. equality. Anatolia said they had Kurdish-dominated regions in the assistance of the UAE”. The AFP Kurdish-dominated south- Also remanded in custody by been all charged with seeking Turkey to declare “self rule” east on charges of seeking the Diyarbakir court was Yuksel “to break up the unity of the since the latest crisis took hold. to destroy national unity by Bodakci, mayor of the town of state and integrity of the coun- Reports said that so-called allegedly supporting calls for Silvan in the Diyarbakir region, try”. It is not clear when the people’s assemblies in districts regional self-rule, reports said. as well as two other municipal trials will start. including Silopi and Cizre in The investigation comes officials from Sur. All five are members of the Sirnak province had declared as Turkey carries out its big- Meanwhile, a court in the Democratic Regions Party self-rule and would no longer gest operation in years against extreme southeastern city of (DBP), which has close ties to recognise state institutions. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Hakkari close to the borders Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish polit- Tensions are riding high in militants who have responded by with Iraq and Iran placed under ical force the Peoples’ Democratic Turkey’s southeast as the mili- tearing up a 2013 ceasefire and arrest the two co-mayors of Party (HDP). The local head of tary presses on with its cam- staging daily attacks against the Hakkari city, Dilek Hatipoglu the HDP in Hakkari, Ismail Sihat paign against PKK militants both security forces. and Nurullah Ciftci. Kaya, has also been arrested. within the country and in their A court in the southeastern It is common in Kurdish Turkish media reports said strongholds in northern Iraq. city of Diyarbakir placed under regions of Turkey for posts to they had been initially detained AFP

Insurgents shell main prison near Damascus, 11 killed

DAMASCUS: Insurgents shelled the central prison near the Syrian capital yesterday as well as residen- tial neighborhoods in the city, killing at least 11 and wounding more than 40. The Interior Ministry statement, carried by state TV, said the shelling of the prison area killed 10 and wounded 40. It did not say if the dead and wounded included pris- oners from the jail known as Adra Prison, just northeast of Damascus. The statement did not say which specific insurgent group was responsible for the attack. Later, insurgents fired shells into residential neighbourhoods in Damascus killing one person and wounding seven. Insurgents have shelled Damascus on several occasions in recent weeks, killing and wounding dozens of people. The shelling of Adra Prison and nearby areas came a day after government airstrikes on a Damascus suburb killed more than 20 people and wounded dozens in the latest wave of government attacks on the crowded rebel- held area. Also, government air force attacks killed more than 50 militants in the coastal province of Latakia. AP MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 EUROPE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Migrant crisis Thousands of migrants cross Macedonia may rip apart Eight huge UN refugee tents set up on Serbia border as 6,000 refugees arrive ‘selfish’ EU:

PRESEVO, Serbia: Thousands southern border with Greece of migrants, most of them refugees and migrants keep com- Italy minister Syrian refugees, were marching ing in groups of few hundreds at through Macedonia and Serbia a time. ROME: A deepening immigra- yesterday in a bid to reach the “Since early morning, more tion crisis is threatening to rip EU after being stranded for than 500 people have crossed the the “soul” out of the European days on the Greek border. border,” a Greek policeman at the Union, Italy’s foreign minister The mass movement came after frontier said shortly before noon warned yesterday. Macedonia police on Saturday (1000 GMT). In a hard-hitting interview, reopened the country’s south- More than 400 were in no- Paolo Gentiloni said the kind of ern frontier, enabling thousands man’s land, patiently waiting to chaotic scenes witnessed this to travel north towards Serbia be allowed in, a reporter said. weekend at the Greece-Macedonia from which they seek to enter Rostom Mohamed arrived in border represented a real threat the European Union (EU). Greece after travelling from Iraq to the free movement of people. The border was opened after with his wife and three children. Separately, German Vice- dramatic scenes on Saturday in He said they had paid ¤4,000 Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel called which hundreds of refugees forced ($4,550) to smugglers for a boat for the EU’s asylum policy to be their way through the barbed transport from Turkey to Greece, overhauled, and for member- wire fences, many carrying small adding that “three people died on states to share the migratory children, as police hurled stun the way”. influx “fairly.” grenades to try and stop them. “I want to go to Germany for “On immigration, Europe is in Macedonia had on Thursday work. I want to be safe and live danger of displaying the worst of declared a state of emergency and like a human being. That’s why itself: selfishness, haphazard deci- sealed off its southern border in I choose to come to Europe,” he sion-making and rows between a bid to halt the influx, leaving said, as his family was waiting to member states,” Gentiloni told thousands stranded in no-man’s enter Macedonia and continue Il Messaggero. “I am very wor- land. northwards to the EU. ried. Today it is on this issue that But on Saturday night, it lifted Police had previously said Europe will either rediscover its the restrictions. they would only admit “a limited soul or lose it for good.” By mid-Sunday, more than number” of people but they were Gentiloni urged EU partners to 6,000 refugees and migrants had not making any attempt to stop start working on a common solu- crossed into Serbia where eight those crossing, the correspond- tion to the crisis. The alternative, huge UN refugee agency tents ents said. he warned, would be the inevitable were set up in the border village Late on Saturday, more than collapse of the Schengen accords of Miratovac, providing food and 1,500 people who had been which allow free travel across Migrants from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan wait to be transported to a temporary centre for refugees on the border shelter from the chilly weather, stranded in no-man’s land for much of continental Europe. between Serbia and Macedonia near the village of Miratovac, southern Serbia, yesterday. Amet Alimi, president of Presevo three days were allowed to cross “What is at risk is one of Red Cross, said. into Macedonia, joining thousands the fundamental pillars of the “We have worked all night to who had managed to break through try to make their way to Hungary, In Rome, Italian officials said danger of displaying the worst of European Union: the free circula- admit them. There is a flow of the police cordon or who sneaked which is a major crossing point the coastguard had rescued 4,400 itself: selfishness, haphazard deci- tion of people,” the minister said. people who keep coming,” he said. in through the forested hills. into the EU, although the country migrants from 22 boats in the sion-making and rows between “From the Sicilian coast to Kos, People were visibly exhausted They then headed for is building a four-metre barbed Mediterranean on Saturday in member states,” Gentiloni said. from Macedonia to Hungary and and many asked for medical aid. Macedonia’s northern border wire fence along its 175km border what was understood to be the And in Germany, Vice at Calais, tensions are mounting There were many children and with Serbia, travelling the 180km to stop the influx highest daily figure in years. Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel and and, over time, they could put pregnant women among them, a journey in buses, taxis and trains, Europe is currently struggling The number raises to more Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Schengen in question. photographer said. local media reported. with a huge influx of migrants than 108,000 the number that Steinmeier issued a joint call for “Can we imagine a Union with- They were then being bussed to Until this weekend, more than in what the EU has described as have arrived in Italy alone this Europe to “fairly” share out the out Schengen? A return to the old the nearby town of Presevo where 42,000 people, including more its worst refugee crisis since the year, prompting Foreign Minister refugees in an article published in borders? Migrants are not arriv- police handed out documents than 7,000 children, entered Second World War. Paolo Gentiloni to warn that the Sunday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine. ing in Greece, Italy or Hungary. and helped them take buses to Macedonia from Greece since Official figures show a record deepening immigration crisis They also called for a “European They’re arriving in Europe. That the border with Hungary, an EU mid-June, the government in 107,500 migrants crossed into the could pose a major threat to the asylum code” that would guaran- is why the reception rules have to member state. Skopje said. EU last month in a figure which “soul” of Europe. tee bloc-wide asylum status. be ‘Europeanised’.” In Gevgelija on Macedonia’s Once they reach Serbia, many looks set to increase. “On immigration, Europe is in AFP AFP

Germany France train gunman ‘dumbfounded’ by terrorism allegations vows to fight PARIS: A heavily-armed gun- Witnesses say he opened fire, stumbled upon a weapons stash Paris where he is being questioned tomorrow evening. man previously flagged by injuring a man before being wres- and decided to use it to rob pas- by counter terrorism officers. Armed with the weapons, the intelligence services who was tled to the floor by three American sengers, according to Sophie David, “He said he found it in the attacker exited a toilet cubicle on xenophobia overpowered by passengers in passengers and tied up, until the a lawyer assigned to his case at the park which is just next to the the high-speed train just after it a crowded train said he was train stopped in the northern beginning of his detention in Arras. Midi Station in Brussels, where crossed from Belgium into north- after attacks “dumbfounded” by accusations French city of Arras where he was “He is dumbfounded that his act he often sleeps with other home- ern France. A French passenger of terrorism levelled against taken into police custody. is being linked to terrorism,” she told less people. “He says that the who happened to be there tried BERLIN: Germany’s interior him, his lawyer said yesterday. Intelligence services in several BFM-TV, adding the suspect who Kalashnikov didn’t work and he to disarm Khazzani, but he got minister led calls yesterday The alleged attacker, named as countries had previously flagged is believed to have lived in Belgium was brought under control imme- away and fired at least one shot, for a crackdown on right wing 25-year-old Moroccan national him as a radical Islamist, and describes himself as a homeless man. diately without a single shot being wounding a Franco-American militants and racists after a Ayoub El Khazzani, on Friday French investigators who are “He says that by chance he fired,” David added. traveller in his 50s. But the attack second night of scuffles between evening boarded a high-speed questioning him are focussing on found a suitcase with a weapon, Under French law, suspects in was quickly stopped when two off- protesters and police outside a train in Brussels bound for Paris an extremist attack. with a telephone, hidden away,” probes related to alleged terror- duty US servicemen and their refugee shelter in the eastern armed with a Kalashnikov assault But Khazzani has denied any said David, who is no longer rep- ism can be questioned for up to friend charged the gunman and German town of Heidenau. rifle, Luger automatic pistol, nine intention of waging a jihad- resenting him as Khazzani has been 96 hours, which means Khazzani restrained him. Just one day after 31 police cartridge clips and a box-cutter. ist attack, saying he had merely transferred to Levallois Perret near could remain in custody until AFP officers were hurt in violent pro- tests against the asylum seekers, a photographer on Saturday night Greek police saw some 200 mostly drunk mili- Greek leaders spar tants in Heidenau throwing fire- works and bottles at police. break drugs Some shouted “Heil Hitler”. As Europe struggles with an over snap election racket influx of migrants fleeing war in countries such as Syria and Iraq, ATHENS: An unprecedented war of words has broken out ATHENS: Police in Greece yes- German politicians are worried between Greece’s outgoing government, the parliament chief terday said they had arrested a about the financial and social and the president over early elections likely to be held on criminal group who trafficked effects on their country, the EU’s September 20. drugs and women on the island biggest recipient of refugees. The government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has accused of Mykonos, one of the country’s Germany, which has relatively parliamentary speaker Zoe Constantopoulou of “behaving like a most popular tourist islands. liberal asylum laws, expects the dictator” after she branded the early election procedure “undem- A police statement said the number of refugees to quadru- ocratic and unconstitutional.” gang, composed of three Greeks ple this year to 800,000, almost Tsipras resigned on Thursday, going on the offensive to defend in their thirties, targeted mainly one percent of the population. the tough terms he accepted in the ¤86bn ($96bn) rescue package wealthy clients. Chancellor Angela Merkel says which had triggered a rebellion in his radical-left Syriza party. While legally operating as tour- the issue is a bigger problem for The mutiny scuppered his parliamentary majority and last ist operators handling hotel, yacht Europe than Greece’s debt crisis. week 25 of the rebels broke away to form a rival anti-bailout and club bookings, the gang also Interior Minster Thomas de group called Popular Unity. The head of state, President Prokopis sold their clients drugs including Maiziere has described the situ- Pavlopoulos, is expected to name a caretaker government on cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy, ation as a big challenge and con- August 28, and announce an election date. the police said. One of the sus- demned attacks on refugees. Under the constitution, Pavlopoulos was obliged to invite the pects is a former coastguard while “At the same time as a we see a largest opposition parties to try and form a government before another had been arrested for wave of people wanting to help, we formally setting a date for elections. bank robbery in 2011. have a rise in hate, insults and vio- The conservative New Democracy party was on Friday given lence against asylum seekers. That a three-day exploratory mandate, but Tsipras on Sunday turned is obscene and unworthy of our down a meeting with their leader Vangelis Meimarakis. British crash toll country,” de Maiziere told Bild am The procedure has no chance of success, as neither New Sonntag newspaper. “Anyone who Democracy nor Popular Unity can muster enough lawmakers likely to hit 11 acts like that faces the full force of for a parliamentary majority in the 300-seat chamber. LONDON: A total of 11 people the law.” Justice Minister Heiko “There is no possibility of forming a government under the are likely to have died after a Maas said there was zero toler- present parliament,” the government said in a note. vintage military plane crashed ance for xenophobia or racism. The breakaway Syriza rebels will be next in line today. on to a busy road near an air Many politicians have warned But Constantopoulou, Greece’s youngest parliament speaker show on the south coast of about a rise in hostility towards at 38, has accused the 65-year-old president of breaking the England, police said yesterday. foreigners and, in the first half of rules by skipping a parliamentary technicality in order to hasten Seven deaths have already the year alone, some 150 arson or the procedure. Late on Saturday, the president — an esteemed been confirmed after the Hawker other attacks were recorded on professor of constitutional law — responded by dismissing her Hunter, a type of jet first devel- refugee shelters. Vice Chancellor arguments as “legally baseless”. oped in the 1950s, failed to pull Sigmar Gabriel yesterday called Constantopoulou, whose father was a former head of Syriza’s out of a loop and crashed into for a tripling of the money munic- precursor party Synaspismos — and was a Greek presidential traffic on Saturday. ipalities get for accommodation, candidate a decade ago — vehemently opposed the third EU bail- The pilot of the Hawker Hunter, medical care and education for out Tsipras signed on July 13 and repeatedly sought to frustrate who works for British Airways, is refugees. its ratification through stalling tactics. in hospital in a critical condition. REUTERS AFP AGENCIES MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE GARBAGE crisis is the straw that broke the camel’s back. Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s statement yesterday sums up what is wrong Twith the country. The problem of trash collection in the capital Beirut has acquired alarming proportions, and How the US can help curb politicians and parliament haven’t been able to do anything to solve the crisis that has now led to stinking piles of garbage even blocking thoroughfares. Salam was forced to call a press conference and address the nation on television yesterday after police action against police torture in China demonstrators on Saturday sparked widespread outrage. More BY MAYA WANG Jinhua” — not his real name — spent out of the centres, tortured and then than 50 Lebanese were injured in the clashes after police used eight years shackled hand and foot. His returned. This was sufficiently common force to disperse thousands protesting against the trash crisis, hen Chinese President Xi sister told us he was unable to feed or that former detainee “Wu Ying” told us lack of basic amenities and political corruption. The prime Jinping arrives for a state properly dress himself. that detainees feared nothing more than minister has promised to hold police to account for its actions visit in Washington next Detainees who are ill-treated have being taken out of their cells. against protesters. Wmonth, will President few opportunities to get help. Although Many procurators showed little Barack Obama press him to improve they have a right to a lawyer, an esti- enthusiasm for investigating or hold- The garbage crisis was precipitated when the main landfill China’s disturbing record on torture in mated 70 percent to 90 percent of crimi- ing police responsible for abuse. Torture site for dumping waste was closed on July 17 after becoming detention? nal defendants in China have none. They victims and families told us that their full. Slowly, mounds of trash started building on the streets of If so, Xi might point to the case of are not allowed to have lawyers present credible allegations of torture were the Lebanese capital. Citizens launched a social media campaign Nian Bin, who was released last year during interrogations, and they have no given little consideration throughout YouStink and started criticising government inaction. through a rare exoneration after spend- right to remain silent. the process. In one case, a provincial Lebanon has been without a president for more than a ing eight years on death row in China, One former suspect, “Cao Zuowei,” procurator in Fujian refused to inves- convicted of a crime he did not commit told Human Rights Watch that while tigate, telling “Chen Aomin” that the year after Michel Suleiman’s term ended in May 2014. The on the basis of a confession that he says being beaten by police in Hunan prov- torture that left her husband disabled parliament, which was elected in 2009 is on an extension, was obtained through torture. But Xi ince, he threatened to hire a lawyer to was “just a small issue.” postponing elections to 2017. Given the political crisis, will probably not mention the reality sue. The police retorted, “Hire a lawyer? Although judges are required to squabbling lawmakers have been that Nian remains plagued by flash- You think this is . . . the US?” and kept exclude coerced evidence, they some- Beirut’s unable to find a solution to the backs of being tortured in detention on beating him. Detainees also have very times ignore clear evidence of mis- trash problem. Even water and and reflexively limited access to their families and no treatment or fail to examine the claims assumes the access to independent medical person- seriously. We searched a large database trash crisis electricity are in short supply in position of being nel, a critical link for reporting torture of more than 150,000 newly published embodies the the Lebanese capital as the political shackled while he or ill treatment in an otherwise closed court verdicts in the first four months crisis prevents decisions to be taken Why is it so hard sleeps. environment. of 2014 and found 432 verdicts that ref- administrative by the executive that trickles down Beijing has Why is it so hard to end torture in erenced torture allegations. The court to an administrative stalemate. to end torture adopted some China? At the heart of the matter is threw out evidence in only 23 of those measures over broad police power. The police make all cases, and none led to an acquittal. paralysis Protesters on Saturday were in China? At the past six years initial decisions to detain people and can The new rules prompted Nian’s exon- triggered not only venting their rage against to rein in abusive subject them to 37 days of incommuni- eration, and some well-known cases are the garbage problem. They had, the heart of the police conduct cado interrogation before the procura- being reheard. But some of the victo- by political in fact, erupted against general matter is broad during criminal torate, an agency with investigatory and ries are pyrrhic: There has been no uncertainty in administrative apathy and political investigations, prosecution powers, must approve their meaningful accountability for Nian’s ill corruption. The 20,000 tonnes police power. The but research for continued detention. In many other treatment or wrongful conviction, and a new Human places, including Hong Kong, suspects late last year Fujian police reopened the the country. of garbage in Beirut has raised a police make all Rights Watch must be taken before a judge within 48 case, saying that they found new evi- stink that seems to overwhelm report shows hours. The Ministry of Public Security, dence against him in the case in which the shaky government. In Salam’s initial decisions to there is a long which is in charge of the police, operates he was convicted of poisoning his neigh- words, the problem is bigger than the straw that broke the detain people and way to go before the detention centres, permitting police bours — and so he is again a criminal camel’s back. Lebanon may not be able to pay the salaries of a routine torture is unlimited and unsupervised access to suspect. large number of public sector workers because of the failure to can subject them eradicated. detainees. Few officers are disciplined Unless the government substantially Former crimi- — let alone prosecuted and imprisoned curtails police power and significantly take decisions. The inability to service the public debt through to 37 days of nal suspects told — for torture. increases the basic rights of the accused, bond sales could push Lebanon’s rating down to the ranks of us that, to make New measures adopted since 2009 officers will still be able to get away with the “failed states,” Salam told mediapersons yesterday. incommunicado them confess, include an “exclusionary rule,” which torture, and wrongful convictions such In his televised address, Salam threatened to resign, interrogation. police officers should mean that confessions obtained as those of Nian will continue to occur. signalling an impending constitutional crisis. shackled them through torture cannot be admitted as The failure to eradicate routine tor- for days to “tiger evidence in court. But some police and ture prolongs terrible suffering and Lebanese politicians would be forced to find a solution to chairs” — metal chairs with hand and other key officials appear to have adapted undermines public confidence in the the trash problem since the crisis has peaked and threatens leg cuffs — hung them by the wrists and their tactics to thwart or circumvent the justice system. If the United States is public security after Saturday’s and yesterday’s protests. deprived them of sleep. Others described new measures. With some detention serious about pushing for legal reform However, the country is likely to live with a political stalemate beatings at the hands of cell bosses, facilities now equipped with metal bars in China, Obama and Xi should discuss and economic crisis, much of it fuelled by the war in fellow detainees who oversee cells for separating interrogators and suspects steps toward ensuring that Nian — and neighbouring Syria from where tens of thousands of refugees the police in detention centres. Like or other facilities to prevent torture, so many others — can again sleep at all those given death sentences, “Yang several people told us they were taken night. WP-BLOOMBERG have entered Lebanon, hurting Lebanon’s frayed economy• The other side Quote of Park’s attendance reflects common stand on history the day HE ATTENDANCE of Republic states of the Shanghai Cooperation warring parties remains a luxury, and willing to improve ties with Japan as long of Korea President Park Geun- Organization — Kazakhstan, the prospect of all countries joining as it squarely faces up to its history of hye at China’s celebrations to Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and hands for common development and aggression, which is clear proof of how mark the 70th anniversary of Uzbekistan — have also confirmed prosperity without bearing grudges is much they value regional development Tthe victory of the Chinese People’s their attendance at the events in Beijing. still a pipe dream. Both Beijing and and integration. Next month’s V-Day War of Resistance Against Japanese The commemorative events, including Seoul deem Japanese Prime Minister commemorations could have been a I think that Aggression, which was confirmed on the military parade, are designed to Shinzo Abe’s statement issued on historic opportunity for China, the ROK Thursday, sends the message that remember the victory against fascism Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of and Japan, the major players in Northeast Hillary may be Beijing and Seoul stand on the same and celebrate peace. Seventy years the end of WWII unsatisfactory. Park Asia, to reflect on those days and look ground when it comes to historical after the end of World War II, the world said Japan needs to back its words forward to forging a better future together. very damaged, issues. According to the ROK is still not free from armed conflicts and with deeds on historical issues, while At this stage, regrettable as it seems, presidential office, Park will attend the wars. This shows strenuous and con- Hua Chunying, China’s Foreign Ministry there is little chance of this desirable pic- however ... celebratory activities on September certed efforts need to be made to build spokesperson, urged Japan to make ture becoming a reality, because for the because of the 3, although she has not yet decided peace and maintain stability worldwide. sincere apologies for its military past. region to lay down the burden of history whether she will attend the military In Northeast Asia, due to Japan’s On historical issues, Beijing and and step forward together, Japan needs email thing. parade that will take place the same day. repeated denials of its war atrocities, Seoul are in the same camp. Yet both to address its self-serving shortsighted- Donald Trump The leaders of all the other member reconciliation between the former countries have repeatedly said they are ness toward history. CHINA DAILY US presidential hopeful MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Voters never get what they want

native-born American males. Even the In a representative role of trade is marginal compared to the impact of automation. democracy, But let’s look past what seems to be motivating these voters. The goals they have in mind aren’t illegitimate: to see this is what we value in a lower level of immigration, to wish that Asian markets were as open have. There is no to our goods as ours are to theirs, or to think that more should be done to pre- vent people from entering this country superhero strong illegally. But Trump’s supporters seem to think enough to overcome that he will somehow escape the con- straints that have prevented other poli- ticians from addressing those priorities, the villain. There is because finally here we have a candidate with sufficient will and imagination to actually not even unleash the full powers of the presiden- tial Green Lantern ring. End birthright a villain to defeat, citizenship! Get Mexico to pay to build a wall! Force companies to build more stuff here! How? By being really tough. Don’t only the unslayable ask for details. That might work in elections. But amoeboid then politics is all details. And each of those tiny little details has to be end- lessly negotiated, because the system is agglomeration set up precisely to frustrate a powerful guy with a big idea. You may recall your of 300 million middle school social studies teacher talk- ing about “checks and balances.” This is what that looks like. Kryptonite, if you citizens’ worth will. So there is no shortcut around the of unenlightened long days spent debating whether the tax credit should be 3.45 percent or 3.65 percent, and drafting pages of legisla- self-interest. Federal workers demonstrate against the government shutdown in front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, in 2013. tion that amend some obscure subclause BY MEGAN MCARDLE of the immigration code to read “that” East and maybe leap some tall buildings compromise by horse-trading with vari- was so large that a straight shutdown rather than “which,” and ending up with in a single bound. You know, the usual. ous interest groups; instead, we need a would require us to do things like shut- a middling programme that costs too f you want to understand American Time passes. These voters notice hero with the will to make things happen, ter immigration enforcement, leave the much and doesn’t do anything close to elections, read a comic book. that these things have not been done. perhaps bolstered by a patriotic band of troops stranded in Iraq and close federal what its visionary proponents promised. Now, you won’t learn much about Obviously, they have elected the wrong citizens who will stand behind him caring prisons. They would respond that they Governing is not like building a build- Ihow politics happens. Politics doesn’t superhero. It is time to stop messing their little hearts out. had no choice, because nothing else they ing; it’s not like running a business. It’s have clear villains or decisive, powerful around with Squirrel Girl and Jack of Unfortunately, this is not a very good had tried had resulted in the shrinkage of like, well, trying to herd three branches action. Politics muddles along on a heavily Hearts and elect Superman, already. So description of the real world. And when the government to the size they desired. of government in roughly the same direc- adulterated biofuel composed of inter- the story starts all over again. all the caring and the willing fails, peo- They had not elected Superman. Harsh tion. These branches are composed of personal favour — trading, compromised The tendency of American voters to ple start talking crazy. Faced with the realisation. thousands of people, each of whom has ideology, soul-sucking proceduralism, and treat political problems as if they were unhappy reality that their desired out- As predicted, the debt ceiling show- their own agenda, and represents mil- ponderous interest-group mobilisation. occurring in an alternate universe was comes are simply not achievable in the down completely failed to advance the lions more, each of whom has their own But elections — that’s where your first noted during the Iraq war debate by current political landscape, they embrace Republican agenda. This was easy to see agenda, and will hound out of office any- back issues of Action Comics will come Matthew Yglesias, now executive editor of extreme, destructive measures that have — if you didn’t assume that the prob- one who strays too far from it. This is a in handy. They tell you a lot about what the Vo x website. Yglesias coined the Green no chance of succeeding. The only thing lem was a lack of superheroes who were wildly ponderous and inefficient way to voters think. Lantern Theory of Geopolitics, in which that can be said for many of these ideas finally willing to get out there and take do anything, which is why I am a libertar- Voters rally to get a candidate elected, the US military has unlimited powers if is that they haven’t been tried yet. The down some villains. ian; almost anything can be done better then call on the politician to stop tech- only it is wielded by someone with suf- same can be said for picking up this fork But I don’t want to pick on conserva- when you’re not trying to build it by a nological change from tanking the local ficient will; Julian Sanchez expanded I happen to have sitting next to me and tives especially; the debt ceiling mess committee. economy, to give them much more gener- this to the home front with the Care jamming it into my brain stem. was certainly debacletacular, but I’ve But in a representative democracy, this ous health care at half the cost of what- Bear Stare Theory of Domestic Politics: The core problem, of course, is the had similar versions of this conversa- is what we have. There is no superhero ever they’ve currently got, to cut their “They’d line up together and emit a glow- inability to conceive the dismaying pos- tion with innumerable liberals over the strong enough to overcome the villain. taxes without touching Social Security or ing manifestation of their boundless car- sibility that our greatest desires simply years. And it’s exactly what I’m hear- There is actually not even a villain to Medicare because they earned those ben- ing, which seemed capable of solving just cannot be realised. During the debt ceil- ing from Donald Trump supporters now. defeat, only the unslayable amoeboid efits, to provide large new entitlements about any problem.” Sounds familiar? If ing showdown, I must have had the same Take immigration: I happen to think that agglomeration of 300 million citizens’ paid for entirely by taxing hedge fund only people cared enough. argument dozens of times with conserva- their beliefs about the economic harms worth of unenlightened self-interest. managers, to reform the education sys- What we need, in other words, is not tives who favoured a shutdown. I would of immigration are empirically incor- — Megan McArdle is a Bloomberg View tem so that all the students will be above some image-conscious politician who point out that they were losing the politi- rect. Immigrants play little to no role columnist who writes on economics, business average, to defuse conflict in the Middle is going to assemble some half-hearted cal battle, and that moreover, the deficit in the wage decline among lower-skilled and public policy. BLOOMBERG The dirty bomb threat is serious What citizenship by radioactive material and con- can and should be replaced with specific steps they must take to The materials taminate significant portions of technologies approved by the develop and sustain a more effec- birth meant for me a major US city. We are exposed, Food and Drug Administration tive security programme. that could be and the clock is ticking. that don’t use radiological mate- Fourth, states should immedi- BY CHRISTOPHER purpose, of identifying with and Unlike a nuclear weapon, a rial but achieve equivalent medi- ately be allowed to go beyond a FLAVELLE caring about the place you live, radioactive dirty bomb would not cal outcomes. All hospitals should federal minimum security stand- than having your child be a citizen used to wreak cause catastrophic levels of death replace these irradiators to reduce ard if they choose. As it stands, ntil three years ago, my of that place. and injury, but depending on its their risks and potential liability even if a state wants to voluntarily wife and I were like a lot Of course, the immigrants most havoc are chemistry, form and location, it if their dangerous materials harm increase security for its radiologi- Uof immigrants: Drawn to people have in mind when they could leave billions of dollars in others. This risk reduction is a cal sources beyond federal mini- the US by jobs better than what argue against birthright citizen- damage due to the costs of evac- high-priority national security mums, the NRC regulations don’t we could find at home, we saw ship probably aren’t Canadians dispersed across uation, relocation and cleanup matter, and governments should allow it. State regulators’ hands ourselves as outsiders — tempo- who sit at keyboards. But pro- — and the inevitable follow-on render appropriate assistance are tied because state regulations rary resident aliens, as the gov- viding an incentive to integrate, thousands of threats could have severe eco- when required. for the majority of US radiologi- ernment called us. Even living in a reason to adopt the values and nomic and psychological reper- Second, liability and insurance cal material essentially must be Washington, I followed US politics customs of your new country as cussions. Buildings would likely gaps must be carefully reviewed identical to those established by with detachment, the way you’d if they were your own, ought to sites in more have to be demolished and the by those possessing and responsi- the NRC. One size does not fit watch a football game between be just as important for people debris removed. Access to a con- ble for the security of radiological all, however. New York City has two schools in states you’ve whose foreignness helps drive than 100 taminated area could be denied sources. A hospital, for instance, a higher risk profile than Kansas never been to. When our friends public sentiment against them. for years as a site is cleaned well could be financially devastated if City, Missouri, or New Orleans. back home in Canada asked if If Republicans are worried that countries. enough to meet even minimum required to pay huge damages in Finally, the international com- we planned to stay, we’d shrug, undocumented Mexican immi- environmental guidelines for pro- the wake of a dirty bomb attack munity should do more. Last and joke about the weather being grants are changing the fabric BY SAM NUNN and tecting the public. using its materials, unless the year, 23 countries at the Nuclear better. of the US, then weakening the ANDREW BIENIAWSKI The materials that could be hospital specifically has insur- Security Summit agreed to secure And then our daughter was means by which they assimilate used to wreak such havoc are dis- ance that covers such losses. their most dangerous radioactive born. I went to the DC vital makes little sense. mid a campaign of terror persed across thousands of sites Hospital officials should evalu- materials. Other countries should records office to pick up her birth The counterargument is that that has included behead- in more than 100 countries, and ate their current coverage and join this pledge. Next year’s sum- certificate; they would have mailed severing future immigrants’ Aings and suicide bombings, many of them are poorly secured. likely will find that eliminating mit offers governments a valuable it, but I didn’t want to wait. What emotional connection to the US, recent reports from the Middle Concerns about the Islamic State their radioactive sources is more opportunity to announce their I remember, tucked among the preventing their children from East that Islamic State extrem- are a powerful reminder of what’s cost-efficient than paying high fulfilled commitments and launch many indelible moments of her automatically becoming citizens, ists may now have stolen enough at stake — and should provide premiums for expanded coverage a major new initiative to replace first few weeks, is looking at that helps stem their flow into the material for a radioactive “dirty impetus for governments, the and funding proper security. In all cesium blood irradiators and piece of paper and feeling excited country and eases the removal of bomb” are chilling — but should medical community and industry addition, publicly traded compa- other dangerous radiological at her being an American. She those who make it in. not be shocking. globally to immediately secure all nies that use radiological sources sources where alternatives exist. belonged here, just as much as That’s a dangerous argument, This new threat originates such materials or replace them should provide more specific Given the stated interest by anyone did. And if she belonged, because however this debate ends, overseas, but the potential for dis- with alternative technologies. information about the associated terrorist groups and the wide- then maybe we did too. the US will still need immigrants. aster posed by dangerous radio- At home, there are a number of risks in response to Securities and spread availability of potentially As the country argues the mer- And immigrants will still oblige: logical materials here at home steps we should put on the front Exchange Commission disclosure dangerous radiological sources, its of ending birthright citizen- People like me will still move is just as serious. Radiological burner: First, although securing and reporting obligations. it is nothing short of a miracle ship — Would that stem illegal here, and so will the people who materials used in medical equip- the materials is crucial, a better Third, we need to strengthen that we have not yet seen a dirty immigration? Would it require a so bother Donald Trump. What ment and scientific research are option exists for some isotopes the regulatory framework for the bomb terrorist attack. We must constitutional amendment? How stands to change is whether the at risk. Concerns have been brew- that would result in permanent security of radiological sources. act before our luck runs out. would it affect the Republican mechanisms that help transform ing for years because the very threat reduction. Thanks to As noted in a 2012 Government Nunn is co-chairman of the Party’s electoral prospects? How immigrants into Americans get same isotopes that can make recent technological advances, it Accountability Office report, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) does this all tie in to the legacy dismantled. The risk of repeal- life-saving blood transfusions is no longer necessary to use one security requirements put forth and a former Democratic senator of slavery? — something intan- ing birthright citizenship is that and cancer treatments possible of the most dangerous materials, by the US Nuclear Regulatory from Georgia. Bieniawski is vice gible is getting overlooked: For a immigrants’ new sense of identity — such as cesium-137, cobalt-60 cesium-137, in medical and sci- Commission (NRC) are too president for Material Security and nation built on assimilation, it’s will be eroded, along with all the and iridium-192 — could be used entific equipment. Cesium-based broadly written. The NRC should Minimization at NTI. hard to think of anything that good that identity entails for their to build a bomb that would spread blood irradiators at hospitals provide medical facilities with WP-BLOOMBERG better instills a sense of common new home. 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Tropical Sanders courts depression Kilo strengthening, black voters in Loke forms

HAWAII: Tropical depression K i lo w a s e x p e c t e d t o s t r en g t hen back into a tropical storm later South Carolina yesterday as it travels across the central Pacific toward the west end of the Hawaiian Vows to end institutional racism islands, the National Weather Service said. NORTH CHARLESTON: gays, immigrants, Jews.” Further west in the Pacific a Democratic presidential candi- Sanders is trying to beat new storm, Loke, has been named date Bernie Sanders brought his Clinton by building grassroots and a tropical storm watch issued progressive populism to deeply support in the states that hold the for Midway Island. That could Republican South Carolina, and first nominating contests ahead of be upgraded to a warning later made a pitch to connect with the general election in November yesterday. the black voters that provide 2016. There are no coastal storm most of the Democratic support A recent CNN poll showed watches or warnings in effect for in the early primary state. Sanders is supported by 29 Kilo, which is expected to miss It was the Vermont sena- percent of Democratic and Hawaii, on its current forecast tor’s first visit to the state since Democratic-leaning voters, a gain path. announcing his candidacy in of 10 points since July, compared Kilo, with sustained winds late April, in a challenge to with 47 percent for Clinton. of up to 35 miles per hour, was Democratic front-runner Hillary Sanders’ campaign staff met centred roughly 570 miles south- Clinton. with the Charleston chapter of west of Honolulu by yesterday at Sanders had cancelled a activist group Black Lives Matter 5am Hawaiian time (1500 GMT), planned appearance in Charleston on Friday night, said local activist People greet Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as he enters to speak at a rally at Ladd-Peebles moving west at about 15mph, the in June in the wake of the massa- Muhiyidin D’Baha who attended stadium in Mobile, Alabama. NWS said. cre at the city’s Emanuel African Saturday night’s speech. “They’ve Kilo is expected to turn north- Methodist Episcopal Church that been really good in receiving cri- west within 12-24 hours, then left nine dead. tique. We’re really hoping that we Restrained enthusiasm for Trump gradually northward. In North Charleston, the last of have impacted his message.” Loke was centred about 560 miles five stops in the state, he invoked “Black Lives Matter” has south-southwest of Midway Island the names of Michael Brown, Eric become a rallying cry for dem- COLUMBUS, Ohio: While nomination and widened his AFP President Tim Phillips told at 5am Hawaii time, with maximum Garner, Freddie Gray and Walter onstrators protesting grand jury thousands streamed into a lead over the crowded field in a Reuters on Saturday the group sustained winds of 40mph and was Scott, all unarmed black men who decisions not to charge white football stadium Friday evening Reuters/Ipsos poll on Friday, with would keep its “laser” focus on moving north at 9mph. died in the hands of police officers police officers in the killings of in Mobile, Alabama to see 32 percent of those surveyed say- advocating for issues like tax In the Atlantic, tropical storm in a little over a year. unarmed black men in Ferguson, Donald Trump, a much smaller ing they backed the billionaire. reform, repealing the Affordable conditions, with strong winds and 2 “We are going to end institu- Missouri, and New York City. crowd of committed conserva- But among this self-selected Care Act and fighting environ- to 4 inches of rain, are expected to tional racism and we are going to Sanders drew crowds of more tives unwound at a bar and group of politically engaged con- mental regulations, no matter hit the Leeward Islands at the east- transform and make changes in than 2,000 in Greenville, a con- mused over the good, the servatives, his popularity has yet who is elected. ern edge of the Caribbean yester- the criminal justice system that servative enclave in the northwest bad and the unknown of the to solidify. Trump the phenom Former Florida Governor Jeb day evening as Danny, downgraded isn’t working,” he said to loud corner of the state, and Columbia, unlikely Republican presiden- dazzles, but Trump the candidate Bush, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, from a hurricane, moves west at cheering from a crowd of about the state capital, where he met tial front-runner. is getting the same scrutiny as the Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, a speed of 15 mph, the NWS said. 3,100. “When a police officer with black pastors, said campaign They were volunteers and staff other 16 Republicans. former Texas Governor Rick A tropical storm warning — breaks the law, that police officer spokesman Michael Briggs. for Americans for Prosperity, The apparent reticence among Perry, and Florida Senator Marco meaning storm conditions expected must be held accountable. We need A mostly white crowd of sup- a non-profit group funded by this influential grouping plays Rubio were among the scheduled within 24 hours — was in effect for new rules on the use of force.” porters began lining up hours industrialist billionaire brothers into one of the big political ques- speakers. When it came to choos- Antigua, Barbuda, Monteserrat, St He also mentioned the ahead of Sanders’ speech Charles and David Koch, two of tions of the moment: Can Trump ing candidates to invite to the Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, with a Charleston slayings, which “He’s for getting the money out the most effective conservative turn his strength in the polls summit, Phillips said “We talked storm watch for Puerto Rico and authorities have called racially of politics,” said Matt Thomas, 24, activists in US politics. and undeniable attractiveness to people who had records that for nearby islands, the NWS said at motivated. a college student. Some 3,600 people came to to a slice of voters into victories the most part were philosophi- 8am EDT (noon GMT). “I’m not just talking about Sanders has no Super-PAC this year’s annual Defending the in Republican primary elections cally aligned with us.” Danny, which was the first hur- somebody who walked into a and has raised $15m and counts American Dream Summit from early next year? “We didn’t want a cattle call,” ricane of the 2015 Atlantic season, Bible study class, prayed with 400,000 individual donors, Briggs around the country on Friday In the mid-term 2014 elections, he added, while noting that Trump was to be near or over parts of the people in that group and said. Clinton, in contrast, has and Saturday, taking in appear- AFP achieved a 95 percent success had appeared at past AFP events. the Leeward islands late yester- then took out a gun and killed raised more than $45 million. ances by a handful of the 17 rate in the election races where it AFP officials don’t mince words day or early today, and is expected nine people. I’m talking about “Other candidates just want Republican presidential candi- spent money. As a non-profit, it about politicians they dislike and to weaken to a tropical depression the hundreds of hate groups to benefit the super wealthy and dates. Trump was not invited. cannot advocate for specific can- Phillips recalled how AFP was in 36-48 hours as it passes near that exist in this country today corporations,” said Greg Zills, who On the national level, Trump didates, but it runs ads to defeat critical of Cruz during the gov- or south of the Virgin Islands and whose only function is fomenting drove from Jacksonville, Florida. is dominating the contest for candidates who it believes are not ernment shutdown two years ago. Puerto Rico, the NWS said. of hatred of African Americans, REUTERS the 2016 Republican presidential doing a good job on specific issues. REUTERS REUTERS

Former New Mexico governor Smoke blankets parts of Washington state, firefighters guard town backs Hillary WASHINGTON: Firefighters week toward Chelan, a town of 86,000 acres and are 35 percent households to evacuate in the including 15 from New Zealand, battling a group of fierce wild- about 4,000 people, authorities evac- contained. towns of Twisp and Winthrop. were flying to the worst-hit fires in central Washington uated many residents from the area. With roughly 560 firefighters The most badly hurt of the state of Idaho and are also being WASHINGTON: Former state laboured to expand con- About 1,000 people remained deployed against the fires, crews surviving firefighters remained deployed to the affected states of New Mexico Governor Bill tainment lines outside a lake- evacuated, but sheriff’s deputies took advantage of light winds to in critical condition on Saturday Washington, Montana, Oregon, Richardson yesterday said side resort town, as large blazes were escorting some residents to extend containment lines west at Harborview Medical Center in Idaho and California, Australian he would endorse Democrat scorched dry land in other parts check on their properties, said Brian of the town center along Lake Seattle, a day after undergoing authorities said. Hillary Clinton in her bid to win of the US West. Lawatch, a fire information officer Chelan in the area of a yacht club surgery to treat his burns, Susan They will face challenging con- the November 2016 presidential The continuing fight against a for the team fighting the blaze. and at a nearby ridge, officials said. Gregg, a spokeswoman for the ditions that have already claimed election, calling her the best complex of fires near the town of Heavy smoke hung over the About 64km northeast of hospital, said in an email. the lives of three firefighters in candidate in the running for the Chelan came a day after President central Washington state region, Chelan, another group of blazes Meanwhile, dozens of fire- Washington. “They’ve had a lot of Democratic nomination. Barack Obama signed a federal creating a visibility and breathing called the Okanogan Complex fighters from Australia and New different fires burning, so trying Clinton is the frontrunner in declaration of emergency for hazard for firefighters. They also has burned more than 162,000 Zealand departed for the United to get containment on some of the the field of Democratic presiden- Washington state to coordinate had low humidity to worry about, acres. The complex includes the States yesterday to help crews fires... that’s going to be the key,” tial candidates, supported by 48.5 relief efforts in 11 counties and with increased likelihood dry tim- so-called Twisp River fire, which battle deadly blazes that have New South Wales state’s Rural percent of Democrats polled in a several Indian reservations hard ber and grass would fuel the so- killed three firefighters and scorched the country’s drought- Fire Service deputy commissioner new Reuters/Ipsos poll released hit by wildfires. called Chelan Complex of blazes injured four others on Wednesday ravaged west. Rob Rogers said. on Friday. When flames advanced late last that officials say have burned over night after forcing thousands of Seventy-one firefighters, AGENCIES Richardson, who served as energy secretary and US ambas- sador to the United Nations under Clinton’s husband, former president Protest against Guatemala president Bill Clinton, told ABC’s This Week programme that he had “patched Crowd packs for Carter’s things up” with the Clintons, after he drew their ire in 2008 by endors- ing President Barack Obama. “I’m supporting her now,” Sunday school lesson Richardson said. “She’s the best candidate by far of all the ATLANTA: Larger-than-usual can help resolve any conflict, be candidates.” crowds of wellwishers meant it between two countries or two He said that while he had not former President Jimmy Carter people. handled his decision to endorse had to teach an extra Bible class A smiling, comfortable-looking Obama in 2008 as well as possible, at his rural Georgia church yes- Carter, in a dark jacket and a bolo he stood by it. Richardson cited terday, after he announced on tie, spoke from the floor at the Clinton’s expertise in foreign policy Thursday cancer had spread to front of the room. issues and her fundraising ability. his brain. Carter taught a second Bible Carter, 90, a lifelong Baptist class before returning to the Fire hits refinery and church deacon, has taught church sanctuary to pose for pho- Sunday school for decades and tos with people for more than a in Tulsa the Maranatha Baptist Church half an hour. in Plains, Georgia is used to a Pictures on the Atlanta Journal TULSA: A fire at HollyFrontier throng. Constitution and on social media Corp’s 125,000 barrels per The church’s website asks showed dozens of people lining up day (bpd) refinery in Tulsa, people to line up before 9am and outside the church in the rural Oklahoma, is being handled attend an orientation before the town of Plains, where Carter lives by the company’s in-house fire 10am class. with his wife. One held a fan with crews, according to a Twitter The theme of the lesson was Carter’s photograph on it. message by a local journalist. love, Carter told the 300 people The first person lined up The Tulsa Fire Department who filled the church’s sanctuary, at midnight, local television said it had not been notified of a after briefly alluding to his health. reported. fire that required outside assist- He mentioned his conflict reso- Due to the security detail for ance. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Demonstrators wave Guatemalan national flags during a protest against President Otto Perez in Guatemala City. lution work, including the Camp the former president, every- also said they had not been Guatemala’s attorney general sought to impeach Perez over a customs fraud that led to the arrest of his former David peace agreement and nego- one was searched going into the contacted. vice president, deepening a government crisis ahead of presidential elections next month. tiating a nuclear program with church. AGENCIES North Korea, and said mediation REUTERS MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 North, South Korea on alert amid talks Seoul flays Pyongyang for deploying arms, submarine

SEOUL: Top aides to the lead- pressure to get something out The South Korean defence ers of North and South Korea of this,” said Jeon Young-sun, ministry said the North had dou- negotiated into the evening yes- professor at the Institute of the bled its artillery units at the bor- terday after talking through Humanities for Unification at der and deployed two-thirds of its the previous night to try to ease Konkuk University in Seoul, who total submarine fleet, or around tensions involving an exchange said the length of the high-level 50 vessels, outside their bases. of artillery fire that brought the meeting may be unprecedented. “The North is adopting a two- peninsula to the brink of armed The talks took place in South faced stance with the talks going conflict. Korea’s Peace House, just south of on,” said a ministry spokesman The rare and unusually long Panmunjom’s often-photographed who described the scale of the sub meeting at the Panmunjom truce sky-blue huts, and the same movement as “unprecedented”. village inside the Demilitarised venue where lower-level talks “We take the situation very Zone (DMZ) began last Saturday between the bitter rivals took seriously,” he added. evening, shortly after North place in February 2014, without The discussions at the bor- Korea’s deadline for Seoul to agreement. der truce village of Panmunjom halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda The negotiating session that resumed in the afternoon after broadcasts or face military action. began last Saturday was inter- a marathon negotiating session It broke up before dawn yester- rupted with breaks for both sides the night before. Analysts saw day and restarted in the afternoon to consult with their respective the decision to keep talking as a with the rivals on high military governments, and for snacks, the positive sign, with the presiden- alert. The North had deployed report said. tial Blue House in Seoul saying twice the usual artillery strength “North Korea wants to stop the two sides would “continue to at the border and had more than broadcasts, while South Korea narrow down differences”. 50 submarines away from base, can’t do it without achieving any- But the gaps to be bridged are the South’s defence ministry said. thing back,” Jeon said. Yesterday’s daunting, with both militaries on South Korea, also on high talks were open-ended, with the maximum alert and flexing their South Korean soldiers take guard on a military truck leading to the truce village of Panmunjom in the border city alert, said it had no plans to halt South’s Blue House expected to weaponry across a border that of Paju, yesterday. the propaganda broadcasts that announce the results after they has already seen one exchange of triggered the latest standoff. The conclude. artillery fire. high-decibel propaganda mes- extremely unlikely to apologise, Pyongyang’s past record of mak- envoys, shown on TV exchang- North Korea and South Korea While the North moves around sages into North Korea for the while the South will not accept a ing dramatic but largely unreal- ing handshakes and tight smiles have remained technically in a subs and artillery units, South past week. compromise that might be seen to ised threats, the ultimatum sent at the start of their meeting state of war since their 1950-53 Korean and US fighter jets have Seoul says Pyongyang must first reward Pyongyang’s belligerence. tensions soaring to their highest last Saturday, discussed ways to conflict ended in a truce, not a been carrying out simulated apologise for landmine explosions That would leave open the level for years. resolve tension and improve ties, peace treaty, and inter-Korean bombing sorties not far from the that maimed two members of a issue of the propaganda broad- The United States, which has South Korea’s presidential Blue relations have been in a deep border. Pyongyang is threatening border patrol earlier this month. casts, which Seoul has vowed to 28,500 soldiers based in South House said in a brief statement freeze since the deadly 2010 sink- a concerted military attack unless It activated the loudspeakers in continue in the face of an ulti- Korea, is conducting annual joint early yesterday. ing of a South Korean warship. Seoul switches off banks of loud- retaliation. The North denies matum from Pyongyang to desist military exercises with the South. “Both sides are under big Pyongyang denied responsibility. speakers that have been blasting any role in those blasts and is or face military action. Despite REUTERS

East China plant blaze After ravaging Manila, Goni heads to Japan

MANILA: A weakened said Alexander Pama, the coun- of heavy rainfall with particular She is one of 80 Wulai residents kills one, injures nine Typhoon Goni was headed try’s civil defence chief. concern for areas left damaged who have been living in a tem- towards Japan yesterday, after The 17 people missing were and waterlogged by Typhoon porary shelter in Taipei for more leaving at least 10 dead in the from a small mining community Soudelor earlier this month. than two weeks, bedding down on BEIJING: An explosion at a The plant is a subsidiary of northern Philippines and caus- that was buried by landslides, Thousands were evacuated the floor in sleeping bags. chemical plant in east China Shangdong’s Runxing Group and ing thousands of people to be police in the area said. from outlying islands and moun- “But any further rains could late Saturday killed one person produces chemicals including adi- evacuated in Taiwan. By yes- Although the Philippine tainous areas as a precaution, trigger landslides,” she said. and injured nine people with 150 ponitrile, a combustible chemical terday afternoon the storm was weather station said most of the including 1,500 from the hot Ahead of the typhoon, 1,700 tour- firefighters battling the result- mainly used in the production of 240km east of Taiwan’s capital danger had now passed, 40 evacu- spring region of Wulai just out- ists were also evacuated from ing blaze, a report said. nylon. Taipei and was moving north ation centres are still operational side Taipei, which was devastated outlying tourist destinations, The blast comes after 121 peo- In Tianjin, 54 people are at 19 miles an hour, the island’s with over 4,000 people housed by Soudelor. bringing the total number of ple were killed in massive explo- still missing after the explosions Central Weather Bureau said. inside, said Tess Briones, disas- Wulai residents had piled evacuees to almost 4,000. sions earlier this month at a which sparked fears of toxic The Philippines was hit hard- ter response chief at the social large sandbags along the river to Authorities warned people not hazardous goods storage facility in pollutants contaminating the air est by the storm, which triggered welfare department. prevent flooding, with the area to visit coastal areas due to tower- the northern port city of Tianjin. and water of the city, which has landslides and floods -- killing at In the northern province of already receiving 130 millime- ing waves. By yesterday afternoon, The incident occurred last a population of around 15 million least 10 and leaving 17 missing in Ilocos Norte, an island town in the tres (five inches) of rainfall in the some evacuees were returning Saturday at a plant in Huantai people. the north of the main island of middle of a river had its bridge last two days as Goni approached. home as the storm moved away county near the city of Zibo in Thousands of tonnes of hazard- Luzon. destroyed, leaving about 730 fami- Some have been unable to return from Taiwan and there were no Shangdong province. The fire was ous chemicals were stored at the “Pre-emptive evacuations have lies stranded, officials said. The home since Soudelor due to reports of serious damage. Goni extinguished early yesterday. site, officials have said, including been conducted in most of the storm is the ninth out of an aver- blocked roads. was expected to move near a Earlier it said firefighters about 700 tonnes of highly poi- area but sad to note, some of the age of 20 that hit the Philippines “We all would love to go home remote Japanese island chain from neighbouring cities were sonous sodium cyanide, a white areas did not do a pre-emptive each year. as early as possible,” one evacuee called the Sakishima Islands by heading to help tackle the blaze. powder or crystal which can give (evacuation) and some did real- Goni weakened as it moved from a tiny village in Wulai, who yesterday evening, according to The cause of the fire is still being off lethal hydrogen cyanide gas. time evacuation when the event northwards off Taiwan’s east gave her name as Yukyu, said the Japan Meterological Agency. investigated. AFP was already starting to happen,” coast, but the authorities warned yesterday. AFP Nepal police Nigeria repulses Boko foil strike, arrest 30 Haram attack, kills 10 ABUJA: Suspected Boko had chalked up a number of vic- protesters Haram fighters ambushed a tories against the jihadists. convoy carrying the head of An 8,700-strong Multi-National KATHMANDU: Nepalese the Nigerian army, the military Joint Task Force, drawing in police arrested 30 demonstrators said yesterday, sparking a fire- Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon in the capital yesterday for trying fight in which 10 militants and a and Benin, is expected to go into to enforce a nationwide strike, soldier were killed. action soon. the latest in a string of protests Lieutenant General Tukur Military officials have said it against the new constitution. Buratai, who was unharmed, will be more effective than the “We have arrested 30 demon- was visiting troops in the north- current alliance in the battle to strators in Kathmandu for trying east last Saturday when insur- end Boko Haram’s six-year insur- to block roads, vandalise vehicles gents attacked in Faljari village, gency, which has claimed at least and close shops,” police spokes- 45km east of Borno State capital 15,000 lives. man Kamal Singh Bam said. Maiduguri, army spokesman Sani Ban is due to hold talks with The protesters were from Usman said in a statement. Buhari on development, climate Nepal’s federation of indigenous “The terrorists encountered an change, human rights and coun- People ride past a digital billboard showing a sketch of the main suspect in Monday’s attack on Erawan shrine, nationalities, which called a overwhelming firepower from the tering violent extremism during in Bangkok, yesterday. nationwide strike against the bor- troops in which 10 of them were his two-day visit, according to his ders of new provinces proposed in killed. The troops captured five spokeswoman Eri Kaneko. the draft constitution. terrorists,” he said. He will lay a wreath to com- Nepal’s bickering parties struck “During the encounter, sadly, memorate the fourth anniver- a breakthrough deal earlier this we lost a soldier, while an officer sary of a car bombing at United Police urge patience as lack of month to carve the country into and four soldiers sustained gun- Nations House, the headquarters six provinces in a new constitu- shot wounds.” for around 400 UN employees, tion, since modified to include a News of the attack came that left 21 dead in the capital on equipment hits Thai blast probe seventh province. with United Nations Secretary- August 26, 2011. But hundreds of demonstra- General Ban Ki-moon due to The visit will be Ban’s second BANGKOK: Authorities yes- under a bench at the Erawan a device exploded last Tuesday tors have campaigned against the arrive in Nigeria later yesterday since taking office in 2007. He terday urged patience in their shrine minutes before the blast. A without injuries. But police have proposed internal borders, saying to commemorate the fourth anni- last visited Nigeria in May 2011 hunt for the Bangkok shrine sketch of the man has been widely not publicly linked the two blasts they fail to ensure political repre- versary of a deadly attack on the to discuss the crises in southern bomber, as the police chief circulated and a bounty of more despite pressure to reveal more. sentation for marginalised com- global body by Boko Haram in the Sudan and Libya with then leader admitted Thailand lacks some than $300,000 has been offered He did not reveal the equip- munities, including the Madhesis capital Abuja. Goodluck Jonathan. of the “modern equipment” to for his arrest. ment the police need but it is and Tharus. The demonstrations The Islamist group has stepped Ban will visit members of find the prime suspect captured He is described on his arrest likely to be facial recognition have sparked clashes with police up its attacks in Borno and two “Bring Back Our Girls”, the cam- on security cameras. warrant as “foreign” but police technology or programmes to who have shot dead three people neighbouring states in its north- paign said on its website, although Anxiety is mounting six days have since said he could in fact enhance security camera foot- in Nepal’s midwest and south over eastern heartland since President the announcement has not imme- after the attack, which killed 20 be Thai or of mixed race. age. Earlier in the week junta the last two weeks. Muhammadu Buhari came to diately been confirmed by the gov- people in the capital’s commer- Unverified footage, time- chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha bristled Political agreement on the bor- power in May. ernment or UN. The group will cial heart, with the bomber still stamped just a few minutes after at suggestions his government ders was struck four months after The fresh wave of violence has mark 500 days next week since on the run. last Monday’s blast, shows a sec- should seek overseas help in a April’s devastating earthquake claimed more than 1,000 lives over the abduction of more than 200 The hunt has so far focused ond man in a blue T-shirt kick- complicated inquiry, with several helped bring a halt to the seem- the last three months, dealing a schoolgirls from the northeastern on a suspect in a yellow T-shirt ing a package into water near a nations offering their expertise. ingly endless bickering between setback to a four-country offen- village of Chibok by Boko Haram. seen on CCTV placing a rucksack bridge in the same spot where AFP rival parties. AFP sive launched in February that AFP MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Afghan militants kill Pakistan’s new human rights body faces funds crunch four Pakistan soldiers ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s investigating human rights vio- powers to check human rights newly constituted, first National lations by government depart- violations by government insti- Commission for Human Rights ments and individuals, suo motu tutions, it is still in the process Tensions continue to rise between the neighbours (NCHR) has not been able to on petitions; visiting detention of initial preparation due to the start its functioning as a full- centers to ascertain the legal- negligent attitude of the federal ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said group of terrorists,” the state- leadership of the Pakistani Taliban fledged entity despite the pas- ity of the detention of various government. militants firing from Afghan ment said. - a group loosely allied with the sage of three months after its people and ensuring detainees One of the senior members of territory killed four of its sol- Afghanistan recently accused Afghan Taliban, but fighting establishment, a senior offi- are being treated according to the NCHR, on condition of ano- diers along the border yester- Pakistan of not doing enough to mostly against Pakistan’s govern- cial of Law ministry revealed law; reviewing and suggesting nymity revealed that they have day, as tensions continue to rise arrest Afghan Taliban leaders who ment - is based in Afghanistan. requesting anonymity. amendments to Pakistan’s con- not received their monthly sala- between the neighbours. have been meeting to decide on a Last year new Afghan President The members of the NCHR stitutional and legal framework ries or official vehicles as yet. “We Afghanistan and Pakistan successor to the group’s founder Ashraf Ghani made closer ties were notified on 20 May, on human rights; making rec- cannot discharge our responsibili- accuse each other of doing too Mullah Mohammad Omar, whose with Pakistan a priority, hoping three years after the National ommendations for the effective ties without proper staff” he said. little to prevent Taliban fighters death was confirmed last month. Islamabad could push Afghan Commission for Human Rights implementation of international The commission has been allot- and other Islamist militants from Kabul officials say the Taliban are Taliban leaders to the bargaining Act was passed by the parliament human rights treaties; and devel- ted a single room in an official operating on their territory. meeting semi-openly in Pakistan. table to end Afghanistan’s long in June 2012. oping a national plan of action building in Blue Area by the Law The Pakistani army’s press Islamabad insists any such meet- war. However, the commission is for promotion and protection of Division. wing said four soldiers “embraced ings are held in Afghanistan. The new relationship resulted faced with numerous difficulties human rights. The Law Division official said martyrdom” and four others were Afghan officials have long last month in groundbreak- in discharging its duties as the The commission has powers of an old building which housed the wounded by heavy weapons fired accused Pakistan of tolerating ing official peace talks with the federal government has not been a civil court and the government Federal Shariat Court for many across the Afghan border in the or even supporting the Afghan Taliban. But after news of Omar’s able to meet even the basic needs under the Act will have to appoint years, when its present building 8,000ft-high Akhandwala Pass. Taliban, a charge denied by death, talks were suspended with of the human rights watchdog. a special court for the trial of was still under construction has “Pakistani troops befittingly Pakistan. the Taliban launching a wave of Under the Act, the commission human rights violators. been allotted to the commission. responded and eliminated the For its part, Islamabad says the attacks in Kabul. REUTERS has massive powers including While the commission has vast INTERNEWS

Mourning border death Pakistan urged Speaker cuts sorry to keep hosting figure, PTI shines Afghan refugees ISLAMABAD: Kabul has ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader custodian of the house it will have requested Islamabad to allow and ousted speaker of Pakistan’s a great impact”. nearly 1.5 million registered national assembly Ayaz Sadiq In response to a question, Afghan refugees to stay on in may manage to get a stay order Murtaza said there seemed to be Pakistan for another two years, from the Supreme Court, but no legal or constitutional bar on officials said yesterday as a the decision of the Lahore elec- Sadiq to continue to perform his meeting of the representatives tion tribunal against him has duties as speaker, provided he got of both governments and the definitely made him a ‘contro- a stay from the Supreme Court - UN refugee agency concluded in versial figure’. the only forum available for chal- the Afghan capital. Political and legal experts lenging the tribunal’s decision. The tripartite talks focused on believe that it will be difficult PTI’s Asad Umar said that the fate of nearly three million for Sadiq to maintain the pres- Sadiq had a legal right to file an Afghan refugees in Pakistan, the tige and sanctity of the office of appeal before the apex court and largest protracted refugee situa- National Assembly speaker till seek a stay on the implementa- tion in the world. In addition to the completion of the court’s tion of the tribunal’s decision, but the registered refugees, Pakistan proceedings. he had lost “moral grounds” to hosts another 1.5 million unreg- “You can hide a small stain on occupy the speaker’s seat. istered Afghan nationals dis- coloured clothes, but it becomes Leader of the Opposition in placed by unrest in its war-torn visible even from a distance if it the National Assembly Khurshid neighbour. is on white clothes,” remarked Shah said the speaker had a An official who attended the Kamran Murtaza, when con- right to appeal in the apex court meeting confirmed that Kabul tacted for his comments on the and political parties should wait had asked Islamabad to allow tribunal’s decision in favour of till the outcome of the court’s the registered refugees to stay in PTI Chairman Imran Khan. proceedings. Pakistan for two more years. The The tribunal’s decision would He admitted that the election legal stay of 1.5 million Afghans not have had much impact had tribunal’s decision was a blow for who have been issued proof of Sadiq been a simple member of the PML-N and it had rejuve- Mourners at the funeral ceremony of a man killed in alleged mortar fire from the Indian Army over the Line of registration (PoR) cards by the the assembly, “but since he is the nated the PTI. REUTERS Control, at Kakoota Village Battal sector of Rawalakot, yesterday. Pakistan has refused to hold security talks Pakistan government is set to with India, saying they will serve no purpose if held under pre-conditions set by New Delhi. expire by the end of this year. “The Pakistani delegation [led by Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch] told the Afghan side that their request will be shared with con- Road accidents kill 15 in Pakistan daily cerned departments and the issue will later be discussed in the fed- ISLAMABAD: The last 10 accidents in Pakistan from 2004 Out of total casualties, as many people killed per accidents across average number of people died per eral cabinet,” the official said. years data on traffic accidents to 2013, the ratio of killings in as 29,524 were killed in 51,715 the country, it was found that the accident in Punjab is up to 60 per The Pakistani delegation also present a horrific picture as road accidents in Sindh was accidents in Punjab, 9,639 died in ratio of deaths per accident is 55 cent which is the second highest presented Islamabad’s strategy to average 15 people died every recorded the highest at up to 13,965 accidents in Sindh, 9,494 per cent in last 10 years across in the country. deal with the refugees during the day in traffic accidents across 86 per cent. The overall ratio of people died in 27,939 accidents in the country. Similarly, the ratio of Similarly, the number of injured meeting. Pakistan. deaths in road accidents across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 2,250 injured people per accident is per people per accident was recorded According to a Pakistani official Sindh province proved the the country has been recorded up people died in Balochistan in cent. Punjab is on top in terms of up to 129 per cent. The data fur- who participated in the meeting, deadliest in terms of average peo- to 55 per cent which according 4,085 accidents. number of accidents, casualties ther shows that the number of Islamabad will not forcibly expel ple killed in accidents, followed by to the experts and former traffic Out of the total number of and people injured in the traffic accidents in Balochistan is lowest Afghan refugees. Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber police officials is the highest. accidents, 43,582 were recorded accidents. among other provinces as 4,085 Instead, the government will Pakhtunkhwa. According to the data, total as fatal which is 47.3 per cent. The number of accidents in accidents had been reported in encourage them to return to According to Pakistan Bureau 51,416 people died in 97,739 road While analysing the data fur- Punjab is 52 per cent of the total. the province from 2004-13. Afghanistan voluntarily, he said. of Statistics data on traffic accidents across the country. ther in order to know the ratio of The data shows that the INTERNEWS INTERNEWS

Afghan Migrants Captive Chinese tourist rescued Floods washed out after one year crops worth $0.85bn ISLAMABAD: Pakistani KARACHI: The ready to har- two million acres and sugarcane intelligence agencies have res- vest major and minor crops, at an area of 400,000 to 450,000 cued a Chinese tourist kid- including cotton, paddy, chilly acre. napped last year in an area close and vegetables worth almost Fodder is another notable sum- to insurgency-prone regions, it Rs85bn ($0.85bn) have been mer crop, which farmers have cul- was announced yesterday. The completely washed out by the tivated on large area this season, unidentified man was abducted rain and floods in Sindh, an Nizamani added. in May last year from Daraban official of Sindh Abadgar Board According to a World Bank’s in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prov- said yesterday. study, 92 per cent chilly of the ince near the border with “Almost all the summer crops country is produced by Sindh. Baluchistan province and the planted on 2.1 million acres of Nizamani further said a part of South Waziristan tribal dis- riverine land on two sides of the paddy crop on mainstream agri- trict, both of which are rife with Indus River were ready for the culture land has been impacted insurgents. harvest,” the president of Sindh in lower parts of the province. “The Chinese tourist was Abadgar Board Abdul Majeed On the contrary, “the same crop recovered last Saturday night Nizamani told, adding that rains is plentiful in upper Sindh, as after a successful operation,” and floods wiped out the standing this part of the province has not Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar crops completely. received rains in that quantity,” Ali Khan said in Islamabad, with- The average value of the he added. out giving details. washed out crops comes to around Only in Ghotki district, farmers Officials said the man was Rs40,000 acre, which brings the have planted cotton, chilly, cane, apparently travelling through total cost to around Rs85bn. vegetables and other crops at an the area on a bicycle when he A part of the crops planted on area of 30,000 acre riverine land. was seized last year. China in mainstream agriculture lands “Except cane, which was grown April announced it would invest in the province have also been at an area of 4,000 acre, all the $46bn in infrastructure, energy impacted, the farmers added. crops on the district’s reverine and transport projects dubbed An Afghan mother comforts her crying child moments after a dinghy carrying Afghan migrants arrived on the The farmers in the province land have been destroyed com- the China-Pakistan Economic island of Lesbos, Greece, yesterday. grow cotton at an estimated area pletely,” he said. Corridor. AFP of 1.8 million acre, paddy at 1.8 to INTERNEWS MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Left accuses Jaitley of Clashes over Geelani arrest cosying up to Mamata Union Minister says CPI-M rule hurt W Bengal business

KOLKATA: Taking strong companies were shifting out and Because of the impetus to ground exception to union Finance even intellectuals were leaving the level entrepreneurship (by the Minister Arun Jaitley taking a state. Left) Bandhan is Bandhan now," dig at West Bengal's erstwhile Attributing the Left Front poli- said Salim. Left Front government, the cies for Bandhan's growth into a "Actually by saying all this he is CPI-M yesterday accused him bank from a microfinance institu- sending out a message to Mamata of sending out feelers to Chief tion, Communist Party of India- Banerjee that look I am an oppo- Minister Mamata Banerjee and Marxist MP Mohammad Salim nent of the CPI-M," he added. her Trinamool Congress. slammed Jaitley for his barbs. State Congress president Adhir Speaking at the launch of the "Despite participating in a Ranjan Chowdhury did not find Bandhan Bank here, Jaitley sar- private event, Jaitley preferred Jaitley's assurances of contribut- castically remarked that there to look out for political colours, ing towards Bengal development was flight of capital from the state which are unwarranted. Bandhan convincing. when it was painted 'red'- the has become what it is today not "As a finance minister he is colour symbolising the Marxists, because Jaitley is at the centre suppose to ensure that politics who spearheaded the Left Front. or her friend Mamata is ruling doesn't come in between the "I recollect my days from the Bengal. state's development, his assur- younger years when I used to see "It is because, for the last two ances are welcome. But what are this city painted red. And when decades self help groups have the centre's plan for Bengal. We it was painted red, of course new flourished and the rural economy did not hear anything from him Police try to disperse supporters of the All Parties Hurriyat Confrence (APHC) holding a protest against the institutions were not being born," of the state has improved. Jaitley on that," said Chowdhury. house arrest of its leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in Srinagar, yesterday. Geelani was detained while leaving he said, adding then the existing must be aware of the history, IANS his residence to address a seminar organised by the APHC. Police used tear gas shells and water cannons to disperse hundreds of supporters. Hold talks in neutral nation: Farooq JAMMU: India and Pakistan “Otherwise I don't see there is how terrorism was affecting it. Govt fell prey to Pakistan's must hold their dialogue in a going to be ever any breakthrough He said everybody was hoping neutral country, former Jammu between these two countries,” he that something better would come and Kashmir chief minister said. out of the NSA talks in New Delhi Farooq Abdullah said yesterday Islamabad last Saturday axed and bombing on the Kashmir bor- designs on talks: Congress after the collapse of the NSA- the talks between the Indian der would stop. level talks. and Pakistani national security “I think Pakistan does not real- NEW DELHI: The Congress its designs and fell prey. It (the was "hardly a good sight for the “I think the way forward is advisers after New Delhi strongly ise that how terrorism is eating yesterday accused the gov- government) should have been solidity of Indian foreign policy, they can't talk in this country opposed to any meeting by the its own land. “Every day they ernment of not preparing alert. They should have had prior which is based on coherence, con- or in Pakistan. They have to find visiting Pakistani officials with also have incidents where lots of adequately on the issue of the information and should have pre- tinuity and consistency". another third neutral country Kashmiri separatists. people die. If they do not want NSA talks and falling prey to pared a plan so that Pakistan does "I think the government needs where they can talk,” the National The former chief minister also to stop terrorism, India cannot Pakistan's designs. not succeed," Singhvi said. to get its house in order. It needs Conference leader told the media. said Pakistan needed to realise help,” Abdullah added. IANS Congress spokesperson He said the vicissitudes of to make sure that either the mul- Abhishek Manu Singhvi told India's domestic policy should not tiplicity is eliminated or complete reporters here that the Narendra be allowed to make a mockery of unity and coherence are intro- Modi government had not done India's status in the world due to duced in all those multiple agen- Student driver Lalu flays PM on onion prices proper hard-nosed groundwork its proud democratic status and cies to speak through one agency and its approach lacked focus. its humongous economic power. and in one voice," he said. in campus PATNA: RJD chief Lalu tweeted. Lalu Prasad said, “The He said Pakistan was provided "We deprecate the ham-handed He also slammed Pakistan Prasad Yadavyesterday asked the NDA government is not able an opportunity to wriggle out of way in which the several aspects and said the country wants to the Prime Minister to check the to catch onion black-marketeers discussing the serious issue of have been handled by the govern- run away from all issues relating death arrested rising onion prices and arrest in the country. How can it bring terrorism. ment," Singhvi said. to terrorism and does not want hoarders. black money from foreign lands?” "It is unfortunate that the gov- The Congress leader said "peo- exchange of information particu- THIRUVNANTHA PURAM: “The Modi government has His remarks came as onion ernment, due to its less prepara- ple scoring debating points across larly on those serious matters on A fourth-year engineering failed to raid and catch onion prices touched `80 per kg in Bihar. tion and its not taking concrete the border" after the NSA-level which it can be cornered. student who fatally knocked black-marketeers,” Yadav IANS steps, allowed Pakistan to act on talks were called off by Pakistan IANS down a junior student has sur- rendered to the police here, police said yesterday. Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar Gurudin, who is head- ing the probe, said that Baiju was forced to surrender last Himachal BJP objects to renaming of central scheme Saturday night. Baiju was driving a jeep that SHIMLA: The opposition BJP Street Lighting Programme It was unfortunate that the on his 71st birth anniversary scheme launched by the then BJP knocked down his junior, 21-year- in Himachal Pradesh yesterday -- were launched by Prime Congress government in the on August 20, Chief Minister state government in 2008. old Thasni Basheer. “Police are slammed the state government Minister Narendra Modi to save state has changed the name of Virbhadra Singh launched the He said LED bulbs should going ahead with the investiga- for changing the name of a cen- energy, Leader of Opposition the Energy Efficient Smart Street LED-based streetlight project be distributed free of cost to tion. The other accused would tral scheme and renaming it in Prem Kumar Dhumal said in a Lighting Programme as Rajiv in Shimla named RISHTA that all electricity consumers in the also be arrested,” said Gurudin. the state after Congress leader statement. Gandhi Illuminating Scheme aims to replace 63,484 lights in 56 state. Poor consumers would Basheer was hit by a jeep car- and late former prime minister Dhumal -- a former chief min- for Hill Town Advancement urban development bodies. not be able to bear the cost rying students engaged in Onam Rajiv Gandhi. ister from the BJP -- said these (RISHTA) to take political ben- Dhumal said the Domestic of LED bulbs as the cost of celebrations last Wednesday on Two schemes -- Domestic schemes were being implemented efit, the two-time chief minister Efficient Lighting Programme the monthly installment will be the College of Engineering cam- Efficient Lighting Programme across the country under these said. should be implemented on the more than their monthly electric- pus here. She passed away last and Energy Efficient Smart names. As a tribute to Rajiv Gandhi pattern of the CFL distribution ity bills, he said. IANS Thursday. When Baiju heard that his parents had been called to the police station, he surrendered last Saturday. The college has suspended 12 students in connec- Trinamool support for tion with the death. Meanwhile, a meeting to be chaired by Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb has been called tomorrow FTII students criticised to set guidelines on campus cel- ebrations in the state. KOLKATA: The CPI-M and regard for democratic values and the BJP yesterday ridiculed principles is showing solidarity West Bengal's ruling Trinamool to a students' movement. This Congress for sending three of is nothing but mockery,” CPI-M Panchayat denies its MPs to Pune to express soli- Rajya Sabha member Ritabrata darity with FTII students pro- Banerjee said.. killing stray dogs testing against the appointment Banerjee, also the gen- of Gajendra Chauhan as the eral secretary of the Students KANNUR: Officials of institute's chairman. Federation of India, said the Puzhathi panchayat in Kerala Lok Sabha members Abhishek motive behind the Trinamool yesterday said it had no role in Banerjee and Satabdi Roy and MPs' visit to Pune was to derive the mass killing of stray dogs Rajya Sabha chief whip Derek political mileage. nor had it commissioned anyone O'Brien are to interact with the “The Trinamool is feeling to do so. Film and Television Institute of left out as the CPI-M has been “We have no role in the India students today. championing the causes of the mass killing of strays,” N The decision was announced students,” added Banerjee. Ramakrishnan, after residents Congress party workers stage a protest against the soaring price of onions, in Bhopal, yesterday. last Saturday, a day after Chief BJP national secretary said 40 stray dogs, including pup- Minister Mamata Banerjee Siddharth Nath Singh too pies, were killed using potassium urged the Narendra Modi gov- denounced the Trinamool's move. cyanide last Saturday. ernment to resolve the impasse. “Trinamool has a history Dog-lovers objected to the Odisha acts to check prices Incidentally, the announce- of denouncing democracy. So killings, while another section of ment of the visit came on a how can they let go an oppor- residents said they were bitten by BHUBANESWAR: The He addd that while Odisha Onion is being sold at `60 a kg day when the Trinamool's tunity to support a movement strays. Odisha government yester- depends on other states for while dal is priced at `150 in the students wing - Trinamool Chhatra which is completely undemo- For the past few months, the day asked district collectors to onion and dal, around 35 percent state, said Sudhakar Panda, state Parishad - took out a rally here cratic?” Singh said. stray dog menace has been hugely crack down on hoarders follow- production has decreased across traders' association secretary. denouncing student agitation in The decision to include debated in the Kerala assembly, ing a public outcry due to the the state causing rise in prices of Meanwhile, the supply depart- Presidency University. Abhishek, Banerjee's nephew, in forcing Chief Minister Oommen skyrocketing prices of onion products. He said they would fix ment officials have been asked A section of the Presidency the delegation has also drawn Chandy to call a meeting of vari- and pulses. a rational price of dal in the state to maintain a strict vigil on the students have been demanding sharp criticism. ous departments. The Food Supply and Consumer after consulting various stake- retailers so that they display the the resignation of vice chan- Abhishek had flayed last year's The meeting resolved on Welfare department was asked holders. Onion and pulse price receipts of the rate bought from cellor Anuradha Lohia. They massive agitation by Jadavpur accepted norms like birth con- to form special squads and raid have been soaring constantly the wholesaler and earn only a allege that she refused to act University students demanding trol measures and sterilisation hoarders and black market- at the retail market across the profit range of Rs2-3 over the after several students were the resignation vice chancellor of dogs at special camps. It was ers. FS&CW Minister Sanjay state for over last one month due wholesale rate instead of thrust- assaulted by police during the Abhijit Chakrabarty for 'order- also decided that rules should be Dasburma said the district collec- to inadequate supply from out of ing a monopoly on the daily Friday visit of Mamata Banerjee ing' a violent police crackdown on adhered to when dangerous dogs tors were asked to implement the state depots against the daily con- market. to the university. them. need to be culled. IANS Essential Services Act strictly. sumer demand. IANS “The party which ... has no IANS MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA BJP to target opposition Congress stalling Union ministers to shame opposition in Bengal, Kerala for stalling parliament progress: Jaitley KOLKATA: Describing the which wants to grow and minis- NEW DELHI: Acting on IANS, BJP’s campaign in Amethi the Left. In Kerala, ruled by the Mohan Dev. passage of the stalled Goods cule minority which wants to Prime Minister Narendra and Rai Bareily will be headed by Congress-led United Democratic Union minister Prakash and Services Tax (GST) Bill block... I hope it will instill some Modi’s directions, the BJP has Irani and Singh, and four MPs - Front, the party has deputed Javadekar will lead the party’s as a parameter to measure the sense in those who want to block,” finalised the union ministers to Nagendra Singh, Laxmi Narayan P Radhakrishnan, Bandaru campaign in Madhya Pradesh’s maturity of India’s political sys- he said. tour parliamentary constituen- Yadav, Priti Pathak and Jyoti Dattatreya and General V K Guna constituency, represented tem, union finance minister Comparing the bicameral leg- cies of Congress and Left MPs Dhruve - have also been deputed Singh (retd.). by Congress chief whip in Lok Arun Jaitley yesterday made a islative structure between India to highlight their “disruptive” for the purpose. They will be assisted Sabha, Jyotiraditya Scindhia. veiled attack on the Congress and Britain, Jaitley said since practice in parliament. Around two dozen minis- by 27 MPs including Similarly union minister for “stalling the country’s the upper house of parliament Human Resource Development ters and 98 MPs have been Rajya Sabha member Vijay Piyush Goel has been assigned to progress”. there is not elected, the House of Minister Smriti Irani and asked to campaign agaist the Goel and Lok Sabha MPs Kirit campaign against former union “The maturity of our politi- Commons or the lower house can Minister of State for Defence Congress and Left MPs from Somaiya, Poonam Mahajan, minister and senior most Lok cal system is being tested. Not push its bills despite the House of Rao Inderjeet Singh have been August 20 to August 30 and Jagdambika Pal and Shobha Sabha Congress MP Kamal Nath only the government in power Lords opposing it. deputed to Amethi and Rai Bareli, asked to tell the people of the Karandlaje among others. in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara. but most regional parties also However, since both the houses the bastion of Gandhi family. selected constituencies that their For Congress-ruled Karnataka, The Amritsar constitu- supported the GST move. But in Indian Parliament are elected The maximum five minis- representatives have disrupted BJP has deputed union minsters ency, represented of Congress one political party wanted to use - directly and indirectly - a sin- ters have been deputed in West the monsoon session, due to which Shripad Yesso Naik, Santosh deputy leader in Lok Sabha disruption as a tactic to prevent gle house’ diktat cannot evolve Bengal, where the assembly elec- important bills like Goods and Gangwar and Sadhvi Niranjan and former Punjab chief minis- it - otherwise there would have a Bill into an Act. The minister, tions are due next year with BJP Service Tax (GST) Bill could not Jyoti and 13 MPs, who will cam- ter Capt. Amrinder Singh, has been a consensus,” he said during nevertheless, expressed optimism also sending three of its ministers be passed. paign against Congress leader in been assigned to union minsters an interactive event here organ- about it. “I do hope as the world’s in Kerala to take on the Left and In West Bengal, party’s cam- Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge Vijay Sampla and Ram Shankar ised by the Indian Chamber of largest democracy we get out of Congress MPs. paign will be led by union min- as well as and senior party lead- Katheriya. Commerce. this process of stalemate between On the last day of a wasted isters Dharmendra Pradhan, ers M Veerappa Moily and K H No significant business was The minister termed the last directly and indirectly elected monsoon session that began Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Muniyappa among others. conducted in the monsoon ses- session of parliament as “some- houses,” he said. on July 21, the ruling National Jayant Sinha, Nirmala Sitaraman Union ministers Jitendra Singh, sion, except clearing the sup- what disappointing but reason- The minister further blamed Democratic Alliance had decided and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Sarbanand Sonowal and Mahesh plementary demands for grants ably educative” as the GST Bill the former UPA government for to hold public rallies in parliamen- they will be assisted by 11 MPs. Sharma have been deputed in relating to the general budget and could not be pushed through stalling India’s growth alleging tary constituencies of Congress They have been assigned to take on Assam where Congress has three railways. Key legislation includ- despite a consensus being build that the Congress-led regime and Left MPs to highlight their Mausam Noor, Abhijit Mukherjee MPs including Chief Minister ing the GST and land acquisition around it. adopted the policy of redistribut- “disruptive” practice. and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Tarun Gogoi’s son Gourav Gogoi bill could not be passed due to the “People will see reason and ing resources without increasing According to the list, a copy the Congress and Mohammad and Sushmita Dev, daughter of disruptions led by Congress. when they see reason this whole productivity. of which is in possession with Salim and Badruddoza Khan of veteral Congress leader Santosh IANS polarisation between an India IANS Congress took farmers’ land for family trust: Smriti Irani

AMETHI: Union minister gathering. for poor street vendors of Amethi Smriti Irani yesterday alleged Irani, who was in Amethi to also under Prime Minister’s that 65 acres of land was taken hand over the first installment Mudra Yojana. away from Amethi residents of premium of Pradhanmantri She also regretted that devel- during the 1980s to set up a Bima Surakhsha Yojana to about opment works in Amethi, the cycle factory and later it was 25,000 women of Amethi who sub- parliamentary constituency of transferred to the Rajiv Gandhi scribed to the scheme, added that, Congress vice-president Rahul Charitable Trust. “The factory has not been set up. Gandhi, have been neglected by “Rajiv Gandhi Charitable trust The land should go back to the successive governments, adding bought that 65 acres of farmers’ Uttar Pradesh State Industrial that the Narendra Modi govern- land allotted to Samrat Cycles in Development Corporation.” ment at the Centre was trying the 1980s,” Irani, the union human The minister promised to the its level best to cover the gap by resource development minis- people that she would try to get implementing various schemes in ter said here while addressing a coverage of `50,000 to `10 lakh the area. IANS BSF seizes Delhi’s crime rate spurt Villagers ferry sheep on a banana raft to a safer place in the flood-affected Buraburi village, in the Morigaon district fake currency of north eastern Assam, yesterday. KOLKATA: The Border breaks 15-year record Security Force apprehended two people and seized fake NEW DELHI: The law and “The image of police has Six NDRF teams rushed to Indian currency notes (FICN) order situation is deteriorat- changed. Now people do not hesi- with a face value of nearly `.3 ing in the national capital, tate to approach police stations lakh from West Bengal, an Delhi Police crime figures for and we register each and every officer said yesterday. the first seven months of 2015 case. That is why the numbers of Assam’s flood-hit areas The two people were nabbed last indicate. In fact, the number of cases are on the rise in Delhi,” a Saturday night from Mohanpur cases recorded (106,422) breaks police official said. NEW DELHI/GUWAHATI: been the most affected but dam- memorandum, and once this was village in Malda district. a 15-year record for the months A total of 106,422 cases were Even as nearly 5,92,000 peo- age has been limited due to received, the central government “The accused are residents of of January to July. But police registered in Delhi between ple have been affected by the immediate response by various would accordingly plan out fur- Malda and the consignment of says the data does not indi- January 1 and July 31 as compared floods in Assam, six teams of agencies, including the NDRF. ther help and assistance. FICN of face value of `2.98lakh cate “the city is becoming more to 84,472 cases in the correspond- the National Disaster Response According to the Assam Last Thursday, Youth was being smuggled from dangerous”. ing period in 2014. Force (NDRF) have been State Disaster Management Affairs and Sports Minister Bangladesh. We have also seized The number of snatching, rob- Of this, the number of hei- rushed to four districts of the Authority’s (ASDMA) lat- Sarbananda Sonowal met some mobile phones and SIM bery and rape cases registered nous crimes registered in the state, Development of North est flood report on Sunday Home Minister Rajnath Singh cards from them,” said a BSF by Delhi Police have witnessed city was 6,345, about 900 more Eastern Region (DoNER) evening, 15 districts have been and apprised him of the flood officer. an increase over the figures for than the cases registered in the Minister Jitendra Singh said affected -- Dhemaji, Kokrajhar, situation. The BSF so far this year the corresponding period last same period in 2014. The capital yesterday. Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, According to Sonowal, has seized FICN of more than year. Police data shows a 35 per- reported 5,532 snatchings, 4,219 Addressing media persons Bongaigaon, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Rajnath Singh sought a report `1,83,10,500 and apprehended 20 cent, 28 percent and two percent robberies and 1,222 rapes in 2015 here, Jitendra Singh said four Barpeta, Jorhat, Goalpara, from the Assam government persons involved in the racket. increase in the number of snatch- compared to 4,078 snatchings, NDRF teams have been dis- Morigaon, Dhubri, Kamrup and after which the centre would The National Investigation ing, robbery and rape cases over 3,291 robberies and 1,196 rapes in patched to Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Golaghat. send assistance to the state. Agency is probing three such the last year's figures for January the corresponding period of 2014. Kokrajhar and Kamrup, The DoNER minister said Sonowal said he has written cases from West Bengal. IANS 1 to July 31. IANS while one battalion has been sta- over 600 people have been to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi tioned in Guwahati to move into evacuated from flood-affected seeking a report on the flood action as and when required with- areas and relief materials situation. According to yes- out loss of time. have been distributed. In addi- terday’s ASDMA report, four Quick sleep The minister for DoNER said tion, medical and paramedical people have lost their lives in that following heavy rains since teams were being moved to flood- the current floods -- one each in August 17, the Brahmaputra river affected areas and a plan was Goalpara and Morigaon and two and its tributaries, including the being worked out to preempt the in Kokrajhar. Jia Bharali, Puthimari, Beki and onset or spread of epidemics in The authorities have set Manas, began flowing above the the aftermath of the floods, he up 238 relief camps and danger level. said. in Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, He said the districts of Jitendra Singh said the Assam Dibrugarh, Dhubri, Bongaigaon Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Dhubri, government has been asked and Nagaon, where 152,072 people Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, to furnish a detailed report are taking shelter. Dibrugarh and Tinsukia have of the damage in the form of a IANS Builder shot dead in Delhi, five arrested

NEW DELHI: A small-time gangster Deepak Gautam aka Police seized four locally-made builder who also had a crimi- Pandit, and four members of pistols with 22 cartridges and nal record was shot dead in the his gang -- Kapil Panwar (21), three mobile phones from their national capital early yester- Shanker (28), Shan Mohammad possession, as well as the SUV day, police said adding that five aka Shanu (23), and Birender aka used in the crime. members of a gang have been Bindu (34) -- in connection with “Deceased Rao also had a arrested in connection with the the murder. criminal record and was involved murder. Panwar is a resident of Deoli, in various cases registered at Raju Ramakant Rao was riding Shan and Birender of south Ambedkar Nagar, Okhla and a motorcycle around 2am when he Delhi’s Tigri Colony, while main Sangam Vihar police stations,” was shot in south Delhi’s Greater accused Deepak and Shanker are an official said. Kailash area. residents of Sangam Vihar, police “This incident took place as “Raju, a small-time builder, said. a consequence of long-standing died on the spot after being shot According to police, Deepak rivalry. All the accused arrested An man takes a quick nap on a hand-cart surrounded by sacks containing waste material, in the streets of by the assailants who were driv- was wanted in many cases of in this case are notorious crimi- ing an SUV,” a police official said. murder and attempt to murder nals,” he said. Mumbai, yesterday. Police arrested 37-year-old in the city. IANS MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 FEATURES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Appreciating juice for its own sake

By Maura Judkis School of Pharmacy, who added he cannot believe that flavours. At Rasika in Washington, a rotating selection in 2015, he is still having this conversation. of small-batch specialty juices appears on the lunch ou don’t need to do a cleanse. You don’t have “We have undernourished and overnourished people. menu, and also on the brunch menu at the latter. When to Instagram it with the hashtag #cleaneating That’s much more of an issue, in my mind, than people he juices fruits such as watermelon and cantaloupe, Yor #fitspo. You don’t have to say a word about who subscribe to a detox regimen,” said Clemens. But executive chef Vikram Sunderam adds a bit of spice toxins or inflammation or “rebooting your system.” And he said he continues to speak out because he wants to to connect the drink to the meal. no one wants to hear you utter the word “colonic.” You protect consumers from what he sees as fraud. “We use things like green cardamom, black pepper” can just drink it: It’s juice. “Our bodies are wonderfully made. We eliminate in juices, said Sunderam. “These spices are also used But thanks to the staying power of the cleanse-diet toxins on a regular basis,” said Clemens. “[If] you have a in cooking.” trend, the freshly squeezed fruit-and-vegetable bev- working liver and kidneys, you’re going to be just fine.” erage has seemingly become something more loaded: Clemens lives in Los Angeles, a hotbed of competi- ‘Juice has replaced the Starbucks cup’ at best, a status symbol, and at worst, an accessory tive juicing. It’s a place where, he noted dryly, some Some consumers are finding that juicing has another to martyrdom. Whatever happened to drinking juice people spend a small fortune to inject toxin into their attraction. Like SoulCycle and Lululemon, a premium because it tastes good? faces in the form of Botox, then eschew food in favor juice (no Tropicana or Minute Maid here!) tells the The concept of premium juice may be due for its own of juices they think will eliminate other vaguely sur- world that a person is health-conscious, fit — and cayenne pepper-scented reboot. mised toxins from their GI tract. “I’m in the epicenter flush with disposable income. At Fruitive, a juice and “When we started the company, I don’t think of controversy,” he mused. health-food restaurant set to open this summer in we realized how strong of an association there was That said, he’s a fan of juice when it’s consumed in Washington’s upscale CityCenterDC complex, a single [between] cold-pressed juice and cleanses,” said Ann an appropriate balance. day of six Total Detox juices and a shot of wheatgrass Yang, co-founder of Misfit Juicery. “Fighting that asso- starts at $78. ciation has been something that we’ve had to do.” ‘It’s like creating a dish’ “Absolutely, cold-pressed juice has totally become Misfit, which utilizes “ugly” produce that would Common sense looks a lot like the offerings at a status symbol, especially if it’s locally sourced, otherwise go to waste, describes itself as a “body posi- Georgetown’s Peacock Cafe, which has been making organic, non-GMO and in a glass bottle,” said Danielle tive” company and does not make the popular blend of juice, lemonade and smoothies to order since 1992. Charboneau, director of operations at LA’s Juice Served lemon juice and cayenne pepper found at many juice Chef-owner Maziar Farivar launched the juice bar as Here, which offers a $20 glass-bottled juice made of shops. That combination of ingredients is the foun- an alternative to the bottled beverages such as Snapple vanilla, honey, bee pollen and colloidal silver. “The dation of many cleanses, such as the Master Cleanse that were popular at the time. people who really get our brand and understand our trend that became popular in 2006 after Beyoncé lost “We were just doing simple carrot juice and orange product is the fashion crowd.” 20 pounds for her role in “Dreamgirls” by drinking juice, selling maybe a handful a day in those early days,” That’s because Juice Served Here was founded by the spicy lemonade. The fact that the singer’s juice- he said. Greg Alterman, former chief executive of Alternative enabled slimdown made news is part of the problem, But in recent years, he expanded his menu to include Apparel, and entrepreneur Alex Matthews. Cleanses said Yang. more vegetables such as kale, a concession to the cur- are the foundation of their business — “The best way rent trend. Still, he sees the juice as a component of a to drink a cold-pressed juice is on a empty stomach,” ‘Please don’t only drink juice’ meal, not a meal replacement. Over the past 20 years, said Charboneau. “Whether or not you eat during the “When you think about cleanse culture, it’s about he has seen diet trends come and go: “In the ‘90s it was day, before or after that, is entirely up to you.” — but fitting into a specific body type, and it is targeted at no-fat, and then low-carb/no-carb became the thing Charboneau says they have plenty to offer the casual, women,” Yang said. “Neither of those things are some- for a while.” flavor-invested juice fan as well. Their downtown LA thing we particularly support.” When he develops his juice recipes, which include location offers juice flights: colourful, Instagram-worthy So, along with co-founder Philip Wong, Yang has the apple-beet-carrot-ginger drink he calls Red Zinger, shot glasses of various juices “developed with the foodie Adapted from Vikram Sunderam, executive chef of taken an unusual position: that of the anti-cleanse, he focuses on taste, something that can fall by the in mind,” she said. Rasika in DC. cold-pressed premium juicer. Wong and Yang prefer wayside in the cleanse craze. It’s as if we’ve forgotten “It’s incredibly visually appealing; it’s very beautiful,” that their four flavours of fruit and vegetable juices be that juice isn’t merely a liquefied vehicle for superfoods she said, noting that the flight makes a popular post Ingredients enjoyed as an accompaniment to solid, chewable food. and greens; it can be a composed drink with ingredi- on Instagram. “It’s presented to you in the same way 1 ripe cantaloupe (2 pounds) “Anyone that goes on a juice cleanse for five days, ents that lend themselves to pleasure as much as to that maybe a fancy cheese plate would be presented to 1/2 teaspoon ground green cardamom you’re clearly not getting all the nutrients you need,” nutrition. you at an awesome restaurant.” said Yang, whose juice ranges in price from $5 to $7 a “Juice is absolutely delicious,” said Ryan LaRoche, Method bottle — below the usual $7 to $12 for a premium juice, executive chef at Blue Duck Tavern in DC, where the Peel and seed the cantaloupe; cut the flesh into as a signal that it’s not intended to be a meal replace- menu offers a number of fresh juices that go beyond Cantaloupe-Cardamom Juice chunks. The yield should be about 4 cups. ment. “Please drink our juice once a day, or several your basic orange and grapefruit but not too far into Press the cantaloupe chunks through a juicer; times a week, but please don’t only drink juice.” superfood land, with flavours including pineapple-mint 2 servings (makes 2 cups) strain, if desired, then stir in the ground cardamom. Her opinion echoes the professional advice of and honeydew-apple-honey-mint. He lightly carbonates The small amount of spice in this simple, freshly Refrigerate until well chilled. nutritionists. some of his juices, which can stand in as an all-natural pressed juice is truly transformative. In India, fresh Divide between tall glasses; serve chilled. “There’s no clinical evidence to say that any of these alternative to soda at lunch. juices are often served before lunch, and they have Nutrition | Per serving: 110 calories, 3 g protein, 26 g modalities actually work,” said Roger Clemens, a nutri- “It’s like creating a dish. You have to have balance been served that way at the Bombay Club in downtown carbohydrates, 1 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, tion expert and associate director of the regulatory sci- between sweet, sour and acidic,” said LaRoche. Washington for the past 26 years. 50 mg sodium, 3 g dietary fiber, 25 g sugar ence program at the University of Southern California Juice can also be a window into another culture’s Be sure to serve this well chilled. WP-Bloomberg

City Lifestyle launches ‘Back to School’ campaign in Qatar stores

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Compelling ‘crushed jeans’: Holes, abrasions symbolize free spirit By Midori Yamamura matched his with a white T-shirt said, “The point is to accentuate your jeans’ processed elements by ith large holes and striking abra- wearing simple garments on the upper half of your sions, “crushed jeans” are a hit fash- body.” ion item. They’re a more extreme Just as he said, I saw many people wearing their Wversion of conventional distressed crushed jeans with white or black upper garments jeans, which are made with holes and other dam- that had few ornaments. Make the upper half look age in them. simple while making the lower half of your body I saw many people wearing crushed jeans recently stand out - this clever coordination seems to be the in the Omotesando area in Tokyo. My attention was key to cool fashion involving crushed jeans. first drawn to a female nail artist wearing jeans with Crushed jeans look new and fresh, as simple slim large tears in the knees. jeans were the dominant fashion for a long time. “Crushed jeans have a wild, hard image, so I can Fashion journalist Rie Miyata said: “People tended incorporate masculine elements into my clothing,” to avoid wearing striking clothes in the wake of the the 36-year-old woman said. Great East Japan Earthquake. But four years have A 17-year-old high school girl in denim shorts said, passed now since the quake, so people have begun “I expanded the holes [my jeans originally had] by enjoying the essential diversity and free expression Vir Das to launch myself with scissors.” She said she enjoyed treating of fashion again.” and customizing the jeans to be different from other Another reason for crushed jeans’ popularity may people who wear similar pants. be their functionality — many people say they’re cool quirky clothing line Coordinating crushed jeans with other clothes in the burning heat. seems tricky, but a 29-year-old hair dresser who WP-BLOOMBERG tand-up comedian and actor Vir Das will launch a quirky clothing Sline under his company Weirdass Comedy soon. He will launch a range of unisex quirky T-shirts and boxer shorts, which he has conceptualised himself. “I am happy to launch the collection, I have conceptualised each design in a quirky way. According to me, your clothes reflect your personality, let them speak for you,” Vir said in a statement. Each design will reflect his style of zani- ness, and will cater to young and humour- loving men and women. IANS MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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Sailing competition Passenger crash-lands plane after pilot collapses

MADRID: A woman was seriously injured yesterday in an ultralight aircraft crash in Spain after she was forced to fly the plane — despite having no flight experience — when the pilot lost consciousness, officials said. The woman suffered burns and multiple contusions, while the pilot died, though it was unclear if that happened before or after the plane crashed near Seville airport in southwestern Spain, an emergency services spokesman said. “He died, possibly before the accident, during the flight,” the spokesman said. Spanish media reported that the man and woman were married. “The woman kept flying, she did not how to fly, so they guided her from the control tower to see if she could control the plane until landing it at the airport,” he added. Emergency services also dispatched a helicopter and a plane to guide the light plane down. “The plane can fly without any problem. Don’t worry the plane is not going to crash,” an air traffic controller can be heard telling the woman according to a recording of their exchange released by the online edition of local daily newspaper Diario de Sevilla. “Don’t worry you are going to land without any problem,” he added before asking her the plane’s altitude. The plane crashed about three kilometres (two miles) short of the beginning of the runway at Seville airport during the attempted landing, according to Spain’s airport authority AENA. The airport remained closed for just under two hours because of the crash forcing four flights bound for Seville to be diverted to the nearby city of Jerez de la Frontera, the airport author- ity added. The ultralight aircraft had taken off from the city of Trebujena and had been scheduled to land in Coria del Rio, a small town near Seville. Seville is Spain’s 13th busiest airport. It moved 3.9 million pas- sengers last year, according to AENA’s website. Tall ships leave the SAIL Amsterdam 2015, during the Sail Out on the last day of the event in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, yesterday. AFP

Now, an app Annual parade Australian PM spends to ease office frustration week with Aborigines NEW YORK: Having pent up feelings about your office cul- SYDNEY: Australian Prime been neglected for the last couple projects, land reforms and cut- ture or the colleagues? There is Minister Tony Abbott yester- of hundred years. ting red tape. “We all know that a new avenue now where you can day kicked off a one-week stay “So, there’s a sense in which remote Australia — principally unload your frustrations without with indigenous communities Aboriginal people are finally remote indigenous Australia — the risk of bumping into your in the country’s north as he getting the attention they has employment issues, has health boss. The app called Memo gives sought to boost development deserve and that’s certainly issues, has education issues, has workers an opportunity to share and jobs in the sparsely popu- going to be the full focus — my community safety issues, but their stories and post anonymous lated region. full focus and the government’s there’s also so much potential,” messages about their employers, Abbott vowed to be the full focus — over the next week Abbott added. SFgate.com reported. “prime minister for Aboriginal or so.” Among the issues set to be Workers from Oracle, Cisco, affairs” before he was elected to Aborigines are believed to have raised by Thursday Islanders HP, eBay, Delta Airlines and more power in September 2013, and numbered around one million at are the high cost of living in are already logging on to share said he would spend one week the time of British settlement the Torres Strait, fishing rights their views and experiences on every year ruling the nation in 1788, but there are now just and economic development, everything from workplace cul- from a remote indigenous 470,000 out of a total population the Australian Broadcasting ture, policies, managerial style, community. of 23 million. Corporation reported. etc. Memo users are verified He will head to Thursday They are the nation’s most Abbott is expected to be joined through LinkedIn or a corporate Island — which has a population disadvantaged citizens and have by several ministers during email address and Memo imme- of just over 2,600 — in the Torres a much shorter life expect- the trip, including Indigenous diately deletes identifying data Strait off Australia’s northeastern ancy than other Australians Minister Nigel Scullion, Health about a person, the company said. tip before spending time on the while suffering disproportion- Minister Sussan Ley and The app comprises a public mainland at nearby Cape York ate levels of imprisonment Social Services Minister Scott message board that can be viewed later in the week. and social problems such as Morrison. by all users, as well as a private The Australian leader said he unemployment. He is also reportedly due to board that is limited to employees hoped the stint would help him Abbott’s government in June visit the grave of Aboriginal man of a given company. The app per- “to become as practically familiar unveiled an ambitious plan to Eddie Mabo, who waged an ulti- mits users to post memos, com- with the real issues in indigenous develop northern Australia — a mately successful 10-year court ment on existing memos and links Australia as possible”. vast area spanning more than battle for recognition of native to websites. Users will soon be “To spend... just one week in 52, three million square kilometres land rights. able to upload files, including pho- focused on indigenous issues is not (1.16 million square miles) with The Australian leader last tographs and documents to the too much,” Abbott told reporters a population of over one million year spent several days in remote app’s public and private streams. from the far northwestern town people and which includes the Arnhem Land in the Northern Memo founder Ryan Janssen of Kununurra before heading to Great Barrier Reef. Territory running the govern- was reported as saying that he the Torres Strait. The white paper set out a ment from a tent before cutting developed the app to create a “It really isn’t too much, given development plan to 2035, with short his stay to farewell troops platform for employees to share that that section of our popula- Aus$1.2bn (US$880m) of initial deployed to the Middle East. feedback about company policies A Portuguese woman wears a traditional gold attached costume as she tion have to a considerable extent investment in infrastructure AFP and practices. IANS takes part in an annual parade that opens the Our Lady Of Agony (Agonia) Pilgrimage in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, yesterday. Zoo staff help Washington panda with newborn twins WASHINGTON: National Zoo She was trying but she wasn’t switch them out. Mei Xiang was staff are helping giant panda able to pick up both of the cubs artificially inseminated on April Mei Xiang adjust to life with ... At the right moment, we were 26 and 27 with frozen sperm from her newborn twins by occasion- able to go in and grab one of the Hui Hui, a panda in China, and ally switching out one cub and cubs and take it out safely when fresh sperm from the National keeping it in an incubator, zoo Mei Xiang was not really close to Zoo’s Tian Tian. Zoo veterinarians officials said yesterday. it,” Thompson told reporters. first detected evidence of a fetus on Mei Xiang, a star tourist One cub was placed in an incu- an ultrasound on August 19. draw, took staff by surprise on bator in line with protocol when Mei Xiang previously has given Saturday by giving birth to twins twins are born. Dr Don Neiffer, birth to two surviving cubs, Tai about four-and-a-half hours the zoo’s chief veterinarian, said Shan in 2005 and Bao Bao in 2013. apart. Giant pandas are among the first few hours after birth were Bao Bao marked her second birth- the world’s most endangered spe- critical for the panda cubs, espe- day on Sunday. cies and she had been artificially cially since they have almost no fur. Giant pandas have a very low inseminated. “They are not able to thermo- reproductive rate, particularly in Laurie Thompson, a giant regulate very well and they need captivity. Their natural home is panda biologist, said she and other to constantly be receiving some in a few mountain ranges in cen- staff had monitored Mei Xiang to calories and fuel for the fur- tral China. There are about 1,600 Giant panda cub Bao Bao is given a cake to enjoy on her second birthday, at Smithsonian’s National Zoological see if she was strong enough to nace,” he said. To track each cub’s giant pandas known to be living in Park, in Washington, DC, USA, yesterday. Bao Bao’s second birthday comes a day after her mother, 17-year-old pick up the second cub on her progress, officials are measuring the wild and some 300 in captiv- Mei Xiang, gave birth to twins. own. “She was really struggling. and weighing each cub as they ity. AFP Monday 24 August 2015 9 Dhul-Qa’da 1436 Volume 20 Number 6532 Price: QR2

Protesters re-open access to Iraq’s port

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Mideast stocks plunge on oil woes Fitch decision to cut outlook for Saudi’s debt adds to distress DOHA/ DUBAI: Major Middle to 3,451 points, its lowest close to negative in February; the third markets in their current mood Eastern stock markets plunged since March 30. The index fin- major rating agency, Moody’s, has and it might require a stabilisa- in relentless selling yesterday ished just off the intra-day low not yet taken such action. tion of oil prices and big foreign because of sliding oil prices, a and close to major technical sup- Most bankers and economists equity markets, and therefore an decision by Fitch Ratings to cut port on the March low of 3,233 in the region think Riyadh is very easing of worries about China’s its outlook for Saudi Arabia’s points. unlikely to favour the risky step economy, for selling in the Gulf debt, and Friday’s sharp losses Saudi Arabia’s benchmark lost of breaking the riyal’s peg to the to dry up. When that happens, on Wall Street. 6.9 percent to 7,463 points, near- US dollar, and believe the scale of there may be substantial buying Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) ing support on its December low it foreign reserves mean it won’t back of stocks in markets such index dropped 595.53 points, or of 7,226 points. be forced into such a measure for as the UAE, where valuations 5.25 percent, when the bourse That brought its losses so far many years at least. have reached attractive levels, he closed trading at 10,750.00 points this month to 18 percent — a drop But one-year US dollar/Saudi said. The UAE is trading near 11 yesterday. The daily turnover which has erased some $75bn of riyal forwards have jumped to times this year’s projected cor- increased to QR414.72m with market value. “There was no dis- their highest levels since 2003 in porate earnings — reasonable in a volume of 9,434,325 shares crimination in the selling — it was the last few days as banks have historical terms and compared to from 5,915 deals compared to across markets, across sectors, hedged against the risk of the peg other emerging markets. More QR375.32m with a volume of across names,” said Sebastien breaking — further alarming the than 10 Dubai stocks plunged by 7,766,317 shares from 6,638 deals Henin, portfolio manager at The equity market. One-year dollar/ their daily 10 percent limits yes- on Thursday. Indices of all sectors National Investor in Abu Dhabi. riyal forwards were quoted at 340 terday, including builder Arabtec. ended in red yesterday. He noted that even stocks in points, their highest level since Top real estate developer Emaar Telecoms index dropped 7.16 traditional defensive industries March 2003 and up from a pre- Properties sank 8.3 percent. percent to 896.68 points. Real such as telecommunications and vious close of 310 points, as some In Saudi Arabia, petrochemical estate index decreased by 6.90 food were hit hard in the Gulf. banks used the market to hedge producer Saudi Basic Industries percent to 2,480.14 points and “That was a bit worrying.” against the risk of riyal deprecia- Corp lost 9.1 percent, miner consumer goods and services The major Gulf oil exporting tion. A fresh fall in oil prices in Ma’aden was down 9.8 percent index declined 6.38 percent to states have huge fiscal reserves recent days, China’s decision to and Alinma Bank sinking 5.9 6,362.67 points. QSE Total Return which will allow them to prevent devalue the yuan this month and percent. index decreased by 5.25 percent to cheap oil from damaging their concern about the health of its Abu Dhabi’s index fell 5 per- 16,709.32 points, QSE Al Rayan economies for years. Nevertheless, economy, and general turmoil in cent to close at 4,286 points and Islamic Index lost 6.5 percent to the fact that a clear base for oil emerging markets have increased Egypt’s stock index dropped 5.4 4,131.60 points and QSE All Share prices has still not emerged is concern about Saudi Arabia. percent to 6,784 points. Although Index dropped 5.20 percent to spooking investors. The United Arab Emirates Egypt’s economy should benefit 2,875.12 points. Of the 43 com- Their jitters were magnified has a more diversified economy from low oil prices, it receives aid panies listed on QSE, investors by Fitch lowering its outlook for than Saudi Arabia and is fiscally and investment from the Gulf. exchanged shares of 40. Of them, Saudi Arabia’s foreign and local stronger. But it, like other mar- The Kuwait index fell 2.4 per- one gained, 37 went down, two currency issuer default ratings kets around the region, is vulner- cent to end the day at 5,909 points, unchanged. to “negative” from “stable”, cit- able to a pull-out of Saudi money while the Oman index dropped 2.9 Dubai suffered its biggest one- ing cheaper oil, while affirming if Riyadh slumps. percent to close at 5,911 points. day fall since last December, with the ratings at ‘AA. Standard & Henin said it was difficult to The Bahrain index fell 0.4 percent Traders work at the Egyptian stock exchange in Cairo yesterday. its main index tumbling 7 percent Poor’s cut the kingdom’s outlook identify support for the Gulf to 1,315 points. QNA/REUTERS Egypt lowers top tax Qatari banks post flat loan growth in July

DOHA: Loan growth, which is 48.8 percent YTD). The overall rate and suspends vital to banks’ income growth, loan book showcased flat per- was flat for Qatari banks in formance in July. Total domestic July, but showed a 6.8 percent public sector loans declined by 2.6 capital gains tax increase year-to-date (between percent MoM (down 6.9 percent January and July, 2015), says a YTD) as against a gain of 3.4 per- report. cent MoM in June 2015. CAIRO: Egypt lowered the top In its July report for Qatar’s The government segment’s loan tax rate and the threshold for Egyptian pound banking sector , QNB Financial book contracted by 11.5 percent companies and individuals in Services said yesterday that MoM (down 18.2 percent YTD) high income brackets yesterday deposit growth of the banks also against a strong increase of 17 and suspended a 10 percent tax steady at suffered in the month as it fell by percent in June. on capital gains in an attempt 3.1 percent month-on-month but On the other hand, the gov- to attract investors and boost official auction grew year-to-date by 3.8 percent. ernment institutions’ segment the economy. Banks’ credit disbursal suffered (represents nearly 63 percent of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi CAIRO: Egypt’s central in July as dispensation to the pub- public sector loans) inched up by issued a decree lowering the top bank kept the pound steady lic sector dipped by 2.6 percent 0.6 percent MoM (down 1.9 per- tax rate on companies and individ- at 7.73 per dollar at a foreign month-on-month and fell by 6.9 cent YTD) after exhibiting nega- uals from 25 percent to 22.5 per- exchange auction yester- percent year-to-date. tive performance in June (down cent. The decree also suspended day, and the currency was Private sector continued its 1.0 percent MoM). a 10 percent capital gains tax for weaker at exchange bureaus. positive trajectory led by real Moreover, semi-government two years as of August 2015. The The central bank said it had estate and the contracting sec- institutions’ segment ticked up highest income bracket to which offered $40m and sold $38.4m tor. But personal loans declined, by 0.5 percent MoM (down 6.2 the new 22.5 percent rate will at a cut-off price of 7.7301 QNB said. Moreover, public sector percent YTD). Hence, the govern- apply went down from 250,000 pounds per dollar, unchanged deposits contracted by 10.8 per- ment sub-segment restrained the Egyptian pounds ($31,948.88) to from the rate at the last auc- cent month-on-month (and down growth of the overall loan book 200,000, the decree said. tion on Thursday. 10.8 year-to-date). for the month of July 2015. The government had said in The central bank kept the The liquidity to deposit ratio Private sector loans continued May it would put the 10 per- pound at 7.5301 for five months (LDR) jumped to 112 percent in its positive trajectory growing by cent tax on capital gains on hold, until last month, when it the month as against 108 percent 2.1 percent MoM (up 14.0 percent reversing a central component of allowed it to weaken to 7.6301. at the end of June. YTD), said the report. its economic reform agenda that On July 5, the bank let it slide Public sector deposits con- The Real Estate followed by investors had criticised. a further 0.10 pounds. tracted by 10.8 percent month- the Contractors segments posi- It kept in place a 10 percent Letting the pound weaken on-month, against an uptick of 1.1 tively contributed toward the loan tax on stock dividends. The Cairo in a controlled way could boost percent month-on-month in June. growth. Loans to the Real Estate bourse had previously been exempt exports and attract further Delving into segment details, segment (contributes about 28 from any taxes on capital gains or investment, but also raises the government segment con- percent to private sector loans) dividends. The taxes, approved by Egypt’s already large bill for tracted by 20.8 percent month- expanded by 13.9 percent MoM Sisi in July 2014 as part of efforts imported fuel and food staples. on-month (down 24.7 percent (a growth of 19.1 percent YTD) to overhaul an economy battered Two traders at exchange year-to-date) after gaining by while Contractors (contributes 9 by years of political turmoil, were bureaus said the pound was 5.8 percent MoM in June (and percent to private sector loans) in April challenged in court. changing hands at 7.94/95 dropping by 6.0 percent and 6.9 climbed up by 3.1 percent MoM Former army chief Sisi, who pounds per dollar, weaker than percent in May and April 2015, (up 19.0 percent YTD). ousted Egypt’s first freely elected the 7.93 quoted on Thursday. respectively). On the other hand, president following mass protests, The central bank gave banks Moreover, the semi-govern- Consumption & Others segment has promised a programme of permission in January to trade ment segment followed suit and (contributes about 30 percent to reforms to win back foreign inves- dollars up to 0.10 pounds above declined by 18.8 percent MoM private sector loans) declined by tors who fled the country after a or below the official rate, with (down 16.8% YTD). 4.9 percent MoM (up 14.6 per- 2011 uprising. Egypt must balance currency exchange bureaus Furthermore, the government MoM (down 2.6 percent YTD). On the other hand, the consumer cent YTD). Moreover, Services attempts to narrow a budget defi- allowed to trade at 0.15 pounds institutions’ segment (represents As for the private sector, the segment declined by 1.2 percent (contributes nearly 17 percent to cit of around 10 percent of GDP above or below the official rate. around 62 percent of total public companies and institutions’ seg- MoM (and down 7.2 percent private sector loans) dipped by with efforts to boost business REUTERS deposits) also posted weak per- ment climbed up by 1.5 percent YTD). Non-resident deposits 1.4 percent MoM (up 6.4 percent activity. REUTERS formance, sliding by 4.1 percent MoM (rising 22.0 percent YTD). increased by 5.6 percent MoM (up YTD). THE PENINSULA MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Opec emergency Gold expects meeting may stop oil price price boost in slide: Iran DUBAI: Iran’s Oil Minister, Bijan Zanganeh, said yester- day that holding an emergency Opec meeting may be “effective” currency war in stabilising the oil price, Iran’s oil ministry news agency Shana reported. Algeria said earlier this Metal up 8pc from July’s 5-year low month that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries PANAJI: Gold prices could rise Michael Mesaric, chief executive could hold an emergency meeting above $1,200 an ounce in the next of the world’s biggest gold refiner, to discuss the drop in oil prices few months as fears of a currency Valcambi, said deposits in gold- but other Opec delegates said no war following the devaluation of backed exchange-traded funds are meeting was planned. the yuan make equity markets hovering near their lowest levels “Iran endorses an emergency choppy, boosting physical gold since 2008 but current prices will Opec meeting and would not and ETF buying, leading industry attract new buying. He expects gold disagree with it,” Zanganeh told analysts said at a conference. prices to rise to $1,350 by mid 2016. reporters in Tehran, according to The metal has already rebounded The recent bounce notwithstand- The Umm Qasr port near Basra, southeast of Baghdad. Shana. about 8 percent from July’s 5-1/2 ing, gold has been under heavy pres- US oil prices fell below $40 a year low, boosted by minutes of sure this year from expectations barrel on Friday for the first time the Fed’s last policy meeting that the Fed would raise rates for the since the 2009 financial crisis, dented expectations for an immi- first time in nearly a decade, lift- Protesters re-open access to Iraq’s pressured by signs of oversupply nent rise in US rates. Spot prices ing the opportunity cost of holding in the United States and weak hit a peak of $1,168.40 on Friday. non-yielding bullion while boosting Chinese manufacturing data. “After the devaluation of the the dollar. But analysts like Jeffrey Umm Qasr port after job promises Brent oil ended $1.16, or 2.5 per- Chinese currency, people are wor- Rhodes, founder of Dubai-based cent, lower at $45.46 a barrel. It ried,” said Rajan Venkatesh, head of RPMC, said: “All the bad news for BASRA: Road access to Iraq’s said. The harbour near the oil- politicians’ security details and hit a low of $45.07 and threatened India bullion at ScotiaMocatta, part gold is in the press”. southern Umm Qasr commodi- exporting city of Basra receives other perks, encouraged corrup- to break below $45 a barrel for the of Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia. “There is room in the world for ties port was restored yesterday grain shipments and heavy equip- tion investigations and gave him- first time since March 2009. “They are afraid of a currency war. strong dollar and strong gold,” said following a two-day closure by ment used in the oil industry, but self the power to fire provincial Opec is not due to meet until They are going back to gold.” Rhodes, expecting higher demand protesters after the authorities does not export crude oil. governors and regional officials. December 4. While Opec rules Prices could rise to $1,230 to in countries such as India, China promised to create new jobs, a Nearly a third of Iraq’s terri- The moves, aimed at reducing say a simple majority of the 12 $1,240 within a month, he said on and Greece, where currencies are port company spokesman and tory has fallen to Islamic State corruption and incompetence Opec members is needed to call the sidelines of the International depreciating. “And strong gold is port workers said. militants over the past year and which critics say have made Iraq an emergency meeting before Gold Convention in the city of an alternative to emerging market Thousands of Iraqis have pro- the central government faces a nearly ungovernable, followed a then, some Opec delegates say a Panaji in western Goa state. currency.” REUTERS tested in recent weeks in Baghdad financial crisis from the collapsing call by the country’s leading Shia meeting is unlikely unless Saudi and southern Iraqi cities, calling price of its oil exports. cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sis- Arabia is in favour. Saudi Arabia, Global gold demand for jobs, government services and Demonstrations began last tani to “strike with an iron fist” the world’s top oil exporter, and Jewellery and investments make up the most of the global demand for gold. reforms of the judiciary, parlia- month in response to power cuts against corruption. other Gulf states pushed Opec’s Gold and Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) Gold demand ment and local governing bodies. amid a sweltering heat wave. On Friday Sistani again backed strategy shift last year to defend ETFs - million ounces Gold price $/ounce In tonnes 80 $2,000 800 At Umm Qasr, negotiations Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Abadi’s reforms and said they market share rather than cut out- with security officials and the has since launched a campaign of should focus on the judiciary. put to support prices. Relatively 70 1,800 600 director of the state-run General major reforms. “The steps of reform must be wealthy, they are better able to Jewellery Company for Ports of Iraq The initiative is the biggest carried out according to legal cope with low oil prices than Iran, 60 1,600 400 Total bar and resulted in a pledge to create move yet by Abadi to strengthen procedures so that those who Venezuela or African members. coin demand up to 75 new jobs, said company his hand. Abadi sacked a third of are affected have no room to file Opec delegates see little chance Central bank 50 1,400 200 net purchases spokesman Anmar al-Safi. his cabinet last week, reducing complaints to courts to have them of the exporting group diverting Technology Dozens of demonstrators, who the number of ministers to 22 by annulled ... which may reduce from its policy of defending mar- 40 1,200 0 ETFs & similar had set up tents in front of the eliminating positions or combin- these steps to mere ink on paper,” ket share, although the latest products port’s two main gates, agreed to ing some ministries with others. Sistani said in a sermon delivered drop in prices is starting to sour 30 1,000 -200 ’102011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 let trucks pass and employees He earlier eliminated Iraq’s by his aide Ahmed al-Safi. the business mood even in Saudi '13 '14 '15 enter the facility, Safi and workers three vice president positions, cut REUTERS Arabia. REUTERS Starwood Hotels introduces new premier tier Sheraton Grand

Employees and others celebrating Sheraton Grand status.

DOHA: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, convention properties, and urban hotels that offer Inc introduced Sheraton Grand, a new premier unrivaled standards of service and outperform guest tier that recognises exceptional Sheraton hotels satisfaction benchmarks; Dynamic guestrooms and and resorts for their enticing destinations, dis- public spaces exhibiting sophisticated design and ele- tinguished designs, and excellence in service and vated finishes; Desirable and sought-after locations guest experiences. ranging from primary city settings to spectacular Starwood revealed the first ten Sheraton Grand beachfronts; Impressive hotel amenities, including properties, which span from Bangalore to Beijing, top-rated restaurant concepts and renowned chefs, Dubai to Edinburgh, Miyazaki to Seoul, Taipei to superior gyms, unique Sheraton Club lounges, and Bangkok, and Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro. By year an array of idyllic spa options; Inspiring and state- end, Starwood expects to have 50 newly-designated of-the-art function space for events, meetings, and Sheraton Grand hotels around the world with plans conferences. for 100 by early 2017. “We expect many of our Sheraton hotels to Sheraton Grand is one of many initiatives cur- achieve the Sheraton Grand designation, and we rently underway for Sheraton 2020, a comprehensive will work with our owners to open new Sheraton plan designed to solidify Sheraton as a leading global Grand hotels or renovate existing properties to hotel brand of choice, everywhere. ensure a consistent and exceptional experience in “Sheraton is Starwood’s largest and most global our new premier tier,” said Dave Marr, Global Brand brand, and as we continue our work to firmly keep Leader, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts. “The worldwide Sheraton in the spotlight, we recognise the need network of Sheraton Grand will promote growth to better match guest expectations for the brand and lure more high-end travelers for the Sheraton around the world,” said Adam Aron, Starwood CEO brand globally, and we look forward to welcoming on an interim basis. “Sheraton Grand celebrates 100 Sheraton Grand hotels by early 2017.” our standout hotels and helps us further reinforce As Sheraton Grand formally launches worldwide, Sheraton as a trusted voice in global travel.” the tier will also encompass a number of existing The Sheraton Grand designation signifies an properties that historically list Grand or Grande exemplary hotel offering for both guests and local in their title and also demonstrate the best of the communities, with hallmarks including: Resorts, brand. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Mood sours among Saudi businessmen Economy still growing, state has big fiscal reserves but may be entering long period of modest growth

RIYADH/KHOBAR: Saudi circumstances. That realisation businessmen are urging officials to little debt. That means Riyadh kingdom’s financial position was last week. Consumers and busi- Arabian entrepreneur Essam is reflected in a tumbling stock do more to diversify the economy, can still spend to support the very strong and Riyadh would nessmen wonder if they will face al-Zamel has overcome many market and a public debate about reduce the kingdom’s dependence economy, which appeared to grow spend on development projects to new taxes and fees. Last week obstacles to found a string of the kingdom’s economic future - on millions of foreign workers, and strongly in the second quarter as stimulate the private sector. But the International Monetary Fund technology companies in the some of it coming close to criticis- restructure state spending. Saudi Arabia boosted oil output, top officials have publicly given urged Riyadh to alter domestic past decade, but he thinks slid- ing government policy, which is Consultant Fawaz al-Alami partially offsetting low prices. few details of how they will handle energy prices, curb public sector ing oil prices will be hard to unusual in a country where dis- wrote in the Al Watan newspa- A consumer boom has contin- an age of low oil prices. wages, and introduce value-added handle. “A black economic cloud sent is tightly controlled. “Over per that instead of issuing bonds ued, helped by a salary bonus to This has left businesses guess- tax and land tax in coming years. is covering the skies of Saudi the past 10 years, expert advice to finance itself in an era of cheap state employees in January. Major ing. In July the government began Many economists think such Arabia,” Zamel tweeted last has been ignored. The economic oil, the government should save retailer Jarir Marketing reported issuing bonds for the first time policies are probably inevitable week, warning that prices might system did not heed it and pre- money by cutting subsidies that a 9 percent year-on-year rise in since 2007 but it has not revealed in the long run. But Saudi offi- not recover for five or 10 years. ferred to sleep on the cushion of keep electricity prices low — a second-quarter sales. Nevertheless, its projected borrowing require- cials did not respond publicly to Oil’s drop to six-year lows, less the oil boom,” tweeted prominent politically sensitive reform from many Saudis fear handouts such as ment, so bankers worry about an the IMF’s advice, so it is not clear than half mid-2014 levels, is begin- economist Abdulhamid al-Amri. which authorities have so far shied the January bonus may not survive eventual liquidity crunch. when or even if the government ning to sour the business mood Saudi Arabia must wean the away. Financial reserves mean in an era of cheap oil. This belief has The absence of official state- will summon the political will to in the world’s top oil exporting private sector off an addiction to Saudi Arabia is far from crisis. contributed to a 16 percent stock ments on policy leaves markets act. The rigid, top-down struc- nation. After a decade of sky-high oil-fueled government spending With Brent crude at $45 a bar- market plunge in August, destroy- open to speculation. Stocks were ture of the government can make oil revenues and rapid growth, and curb speculation in the stock rel, the government is running an ing $65bn of value, and could start hit this month by talk the govern- economic policy changes difficult, Saudis are grappling with the and real estate markets, which annual budget deficit near $150bn to dampen consumer spending. ment might sell share holdings to said a Saudi banker. “Everyone idea they may be entering a long is widening social inequality, he — but it has over $600bn of foreign Finance Minister Ibrahim raise money; state news agency is having to wait for direction.” period of more modest economic wrote. Other economists and assets at the central bank and Alassaf declared in May that the SPA finally denied the rumours REUTERS China to allow Markets watching China’s next move

MADRID: Markets will be to the Rocky Mountains, where watching for China’s next move policymakers are due to gather pension fund to as signs of a slowdown in the from August 27-29 for the Fed’s world’s second-largest economy conference of central bankers, stack up, raising expectations it finance ministers, academics and will act to stoke growth. financial market participants in A looming snap election in Jackson Hole. invest in stocks Greece and a closely watched Fed chair Janet Yellen is not conference hosted by the Federal expected to attend, raising the BEIJING: China will allow Reserve in the United States are prospect that other Fed officials its huge state pension fund to Premature to also likely to keep investors on may be more tight-lipped about invest in domestic stocks in the their toes next week, in particular the likelihood of the first rate wake of a massive market sell- as they look for hints on when the increase in almost a decade, some off, it was announced yesterday. speak of China US will raise interest rates. analysts said. The fund will be able to invest Fears that Chinese growth is The prospect of an increase as up to 30 percent of its net assets crisis, says IMF weakening, dragging down the glo- soon as September receded this in equities, according to final bal economy with it, are already week as the Fed released minutes guidelines from the State Council RIMINI: China’s economic hammering commodities and of July meeting. They gave no clear (cabinet) quoted by the official slowdown and a sharp fall world stock markets. Both tumbled signals as to the timing of such a Xinhua news agency. The fund, to in its stock market herald on Friday after a survey showed move — which would affect mar- which workers must contribute, not a crisis but a “neces- Chinese manufacturing slowed kets across the world and could The New York Stock Exchange in New York City. The Dow fell over 500 had 3.5 trillion yuan ($548bn) in sary” adjustment for the the most since the global financial cause more pain for emerging points in trading on Friday as global markets continue to react to economic net assets at the end of 2014. world’s second biggest econ- crisis in 2009 — adding to other market assets, already being hit events in China. The move could allow the fund omy, a senior International worrying clues about the country’s by China’s woes. REUTERS to invest billions of yuan into Monetary Fund official said. health, including its falling exports. domestic equities after a stock Fresh evidence of eas- China devalued the yuan earlier market rout forced the govern- ing growth in China ham- in August, by pushing its official ment to take emergency support mered global stock markets guidance rate down 2 percent. measures. on Friday, driving Wall Street The central bank has said there Xinhua depicted the decision to its steepest one-day drop in was no reason for the currency as an attempt to boost returns nearly four years. to fall further, but investors are as China struggles to care for “Monetary policies have also bracing for further interest its increasing elderly population. been very expansive in rate cuts. “It will be all eyes on the But it acknowledged the recent recent years and an adjust- Chinese authorities for any further decline in the nation’s stock ment is necessary,” said Carlo policy support steps, alongside the markets. Shanghai shares closed Cottarelli, an IMF executive People’s Bank of China yuan fix- down 4.27 percent Friday, bring- director representing coun- ings and trading swings,” analysts ing losses for the week to more tries such as Italy and Greece at Investec Economics said in a than 11 percent on worries over on its board. “It’s totally note to clients. the flagging economy and fears premature to speak of a cri- China is also widely expected to of weaker government support sis in China,” he told a press relax reserve requirements ratios for equities. Chinese shares have conference. for its banks again in the coming been highly volatile in recent He reiterated an IMF fore- months, a measure intended to months, plunging almost a third cast for a 6.8 percent expan- spur lending by reducing the cash in a matter of weeks in June and sion in the Chinese economy they need to hold. It is trying to early July, after having risen over this year, below the 7.4 percent keep its economy on course to grow 150 percent in the preceding year. growth achieved in 2014. 7 percent in 2015 — its slowest pace After the June collapse, Beijing “China’s real economy is in a quarter of a century. intervened with a rescue package slowing but it’s perfectly natu- “We continue to expect a total of that included funding the state- ral that this should happen ... 100 basis points of reserve require- backed China Securities Finance What happened in recent days ment ratio cuts by end-2015, with Corp to buy stocks on behalf of the is a shock on financial markets the first cut likely to take place government. Previously, the pension which is natural,” he added. within the next two weeks,” econo- fund could only invest in treasury China’s stock markets have mists at Standard Chartered said. bonds and bank deposits. The new fallen more than 30 percent The cash reserves ratio has rules also allow the fund to invest since mid-year. already been cut three times in convertible bonds, futures and REUTERS this year. By the end of next infrastructure projects. AFP week attention may shift away

Expo Milano 2015

Iran’s Industry and Trade Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh (centre) attends the Iran National Day at the Expo Milano 2015, in Milan, Italy, yesterday. The exhibition runs till October 31. This is the second time Milan hosts the Expo, the first Milan International Exposition took place in 1906. The event’s 2015 theme is ‘Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life’. MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Investments heat up online news sector Investors anticipate accelerating shift away from traditional media

WASHINGTON: Suddenly the $1bn, a group which also includes more earning power,” he said. The more successful media and TechCrunch, is known for ad traditional newsroom job losses online news business is red-hot. Vice Media, which unveiled a Interestingly, much of the startups have found ways to technology which measures effec- are accelerating. Money is flowing into digital $500m funding round last year. money flowing into these organi- connect and use technology bet- tiveness of online messages. These large venture-funded news ventures at an unprece- The flood of capital to the sec- zations is coming from traditional ter than legacy firms, say some Rebecca Lieb, an independent news groups have been adding dented pace, as investors antici- tor suggests confidence in the media, seeking fresh ways to deal analysts. media analyst and consultant, staff, along with smaller ones pate an accelerating shift away ability of digital media to con- with a transition to digital news. “BuzzFeed and Vox and other said she sees benefits from bring- like Ozy, Fusion and Vocativ. from traditional media, and new nect with readers — especially The Murdoch family’s 21st high-profile startups make the ing old and new media together. Additionally, eBay founder Pierre ways to generate revenue from younger audiences which eschew Century Fox is an investor in Vice claim they are not just content Comcast’s NBC can reach Omidyar has pledged to invest news. traditional media — and generate Media, for example, while Time companies, they are tech compa- young audiences by sharing video $250 million in his online news BuzzFeed made news this profits, say analysts. Warner has invested in the online nies,” says Nikki Usher Layser, a from programming including the operations, which include inves- past week with a $200m capi- “Right now it’s an arms race. news site Mashable. journalism professor at George Olympic Games. tigative site The Intercept. tal injection from Comcast’s These are companies growing “It’s as much a hedge as any- Washington University special- “We’re seeing an era of declin- Doctor said most new media NBCUniversal, and with the quickly and they have to grow thing else,” Doctor said. izing in digital media. ing television viewership and groups spend 60 to 70 percent of announcement of a joint venture quickly,” said Ken Doctor, a media “It’s a lot of money but not a This means “using data science increased cord cutting,” she said. their budgets on news and con- with Yahoo Japan for Japanese analyst with the research firm bank-breaking amount.” to understand how information is “We have a large number of tent compared with just 12 per- readers. Outsell. The analyst added that big spreading” and being shared, she millennials who are never going cent for the newspaper industry. Earlier this month, Vox Media Doctor said a key for these media groups which saw troubles said, to better adapt news feeds to sign up for television pack- “These companies have a belief also secured $200m from NBCU organisations is capturing the for print a decade ago are now and enable advertisers to reach ages so I’m sure NBC is hoping that good content and appropri- as the startup seeks to ramp up attention of “millennials,” or waking up to digital disruption specific segments of readers. that BuzzFeed can help drive new ate content is a business driver,” its news websites including Vox. young adults born after 1980 who of television. BuzzFeed is known for using audiences.” Doctor said. com, The Verge, Re/code and rarely subscribe to print publica- With consumers slowly moving technology to help understand For journalism, the good Still, it remains unclear if the Bleacher Report. tions or cable television, and who away from cable TV bundles, “you how news goes viral, while news is that this trend is driv- companies are seeing an invest- Vox and BuzzFeed joined the get most of their content online. can see the fault lines,” Doctor Mashable uses its own system ing investment in content, which ment bubble which gives them club of “unicorns,” or venture- “Marketers have discovered the said. “Digital eats everything, and for this. AOL, which owns news means more hiring and in- unjustifiably high valuations. funded startups worth at least millennial generation as they get television is not immune.” sites such as The Huffington Post depth reporting at a time when AFP

Emerging economies Saudi Aramco considers new let currencies slide industrial LONDON: The world’s emerg- known as the renminbi — by the ing economies are allowing country’s central bank was simi- city project their currencies to slide in a larly viewed by many observers quest to remain competitive, as an effort to reverse the recent AL KHOBAR: State oil giant following China’s devaluation slump in exports amid accu- Saudi Aramco is considering of the yuan and the dollar’s mulating signs of an economic whether to build a new indus- strength in anticipation of US slowdown. trial city in the south of the Al rate hikes. In response to China’s currency Ahsa district in Saudi Arabia’s The currencies of emerging cut, Vietnam widened the spread Eastern Province, as authori- nations in Asia have especially its central bank allows the dong ties seek to expand the king- suffered in recent weeks from to trade, provoking a fall to its dom’s industrial base, industry market speculation that the US lowest ever level of 22.41 against sources said. Federal Reserve will lift interest the dollar. International engineering com- rates this year — possibly as soon In doing so, say forex experts, panies have already bid for engi- as September. Vietnam effectively devalued the neering work, the sources added, According to Societe Generale dong for the third time this year. declining to give details for com- analyst Kit Juckes, those coun- In Russia, under pressure since mercial reasons. Saudi Aramco tries “fear a resumption of sig- 2014 from falling oil prices and declined to comment. nificant capital outflows if the the effects of Western sanctions One source said the new city Fed does raise rates next month, over the Ukraine conflict, the would be built around energy- as well as fear of further (yuan) ruble resumed its decline against related industries, such as support weakness and concern about the the dollar this week. services for power generation and sluggish pace of global growth” — The ruble’s slump as Russia’s transmission. Renewable energy all of which are strengthening the economy sank into recession has A ‘for sale’ sign in front of a home in Miami, Florida. According to the National Association of Realtors, US home such as solar may be included, dollar, euro and yen. had serious consequences for the resales rose more than expected in July to their highest level since 2007. he said. Other factors, including slump- country’s neighbours — figuring If the project goes ahead, it ing prices of oil and natural gas— as a major factor in Kazakhstan’s will suggest that despite the exports that many emerging devaluation. US home sales climb 2pc in July plunge of oil prices since last economies rely on heavily — are Such weakening of currencies year, which has slashed the rev- also pulling currencies lower or has been rife across the world’s enues of Aramco and the Saudi prompting governments to let emerging economies, with Lawler WASHINGTON: Americans finally revitalised the housing six months’ of supply — instead government, authorities remain their value drop. pointing to this week’s plunge stepped up their home-buying market. Home sales have soared of less than five — and provide determined to invest heavily in On Thursday, Kazakhstan of the South African rand and for a third straight month in in recent months, as more cur- potential homebuyers with a long-term efforts to create jobs decided to cease intervention Indonesian rupee to historic lows July, as sales accelerated to the rent homeowners have returned greater selection of homes. and diversify the economy beyond to support the Central Asian against the dollar as examples. strongest pace in eight years. to the real estate market for an Current homeowners with oil. nation’s tenge currency, and But if Indonesia’s currency dip The National Association of upgrade or to downsize as they equity have been able to absorb The creation of “industrial allowed it to float freely to cope is due largely to depressed prices Realtors said that sales of exist- approach retirement. Yet the some of that price appreciation cities” — huge projects in which with the plunging price of oil — its for commodities it exports, Juckes ing homes rose two percent last upswing also reflects increasing as they’ve shopped for another state institutions play key roles primary export. says the slide of the Brazilian real month to a seasonally adjusted problems with affordability that home. But the recent sales explo- in planning and raising finance, The result was an historic 23 and Turkish lira extend beyond annual rate of 5.59 million, the have left first-time buyer on the sion also reflects two critical fac- but which seek to attract private percent drop in value to 257 tenge pure economics. fastest rate since February 2007. sidelines. tors: the economy adding a solid investment — is part of the gov- to the dollar. Brazil, he notes, is facing an Sales have jumped 9.6 percent “When first-time homebuy- 2.9 million jobs over the past 12 ernment’s efforts to jump-start The objective of that move, says enormous corruption scandal as over the past 12 months, while the ers compete with people who are months and the average, 30-year development. CMC Markets analyst Jasper well as flatlining growth, while the number of listings has declined more qualified borrowers that fixed mortgage rate staying Among industrial city projects Lawler, was to allow Kazakh drop of Turkey’s lira was caused 4.7 percent. have additional cash, they tend around four percent. At roughly already underway are King goods to become more competi- by growing security concerns and Steady job growth and relatively to lose,” said Budge Huskey, chief two percentage points below the Abdullah Economic City, a zone tive with less expensive foreign increasing political instability. low mortgage rates have convinced executive of the real estate bro- historical level, mortgage rates on the Red Sea coast near Jeddah. imports. “It is the weakness of senti- current homeowners to purchase kerage Coldwell Banker. have reduced monthly borrowing “The government and central ment in (emerging market forex) homes, while first-time buyers The median home price climbed costs for buyers. bank decided to let (the tenge) which is striking — oil and China’s remain scarce. The housing mar- 5.6 percent over the past 12 Still, the trajectory of mort- NCB selling free float in order to compete with slowdown are the main factors, ket contains a mere 4.8 months’ months to $234,000. Just 28 per- gage rates — and sales — going the declining currencies of its two but the Thai baht is weaker after supply of homes, meaning that cent of the purchases last month forward is unclear. It’s possible $533m sukuk biggest trading partners; Russia a deadly bomb blast, the Brazilian prices are rising for an increas- went to first-time homebuyers, a that a weakening global economy and China,” explains Lawler. real’s woes are as much political ingly narrow set of properties. group that historically accounted will cause more investors to buy DUBAI: National Commercial This month’s surprise devalua- as economic,” says Juckes. The slow six-year recovery for 40 percent of sales. A more US Treasury bonds. Bank (NCB), Saudi Arabia’s tions of the Chinese yuan — also AFP from the Great Recession has balanced market would contain AP largest lender, is selling a SR2bn ($533.3m) sukuk as part of its plans to raise capital, two bank- ing sources with knowledge of Fire forces plant closure the matter said yesterday. The offer, which enhances the World’s 400 richest lose bank’s Tier 1 — or core — capital and is compliant with Basel III banking regulations, is the third such transaction by NCB since $182bn in market rout June, and is part of a plan to raise as much as SR7bn of capital LONDON: The world’s 400 Aspiriant, which oversees more before the end of 2015, one of the richest people lost $182bn last than $8bn for high net worth sources said. week from their collective for- clients. “A week like this feels In the same way as the previ- tunes as weak manufacturing really bad, but when you take a ous two issues, the latest sukuk is data from China and a rout in step back, in a big picture view structured with a perpetual tenor commodities sent global mar- it’s not a disaster by any means.” but with a clause in the docu- kets plunging. Friday’s losses put the world’s mentation which allows the bank The weekly drop for the richest 400 into the red for the to redeem the Islamic bond after Bloomberg Billionaires Index, year to date. They’re now down a certain date, the two sources a group that includes Warren $74bn in 2015, with a collective said, adding that NCB Capital Buffett and Glencore Plc’s Ivan net worth of $3.98 trillion. was acting as sole arranger. Glasenberg, was the biggest since The week’s largest setback in The transaction will be pri- tracking of the expanded list dollar terms was experienced by vately placed with one or more began in September 2014. The Buffett, who saw his fortune drop government-owned investment combined net worth of the index by $3.6bn as Berkshire Hathaway funds, the second source added. members fell by $76bn on Friday Inc slipped more than five percent. NCB didn’t immediately alone, when the Standard & Poor’s The slump in oil, which had its respond to a request for comment. 500 Index of US stocks ended its longest weekly losing streak since The bank’s Tier 1 capital ratio had worst week since 2011. 1986 amid signs of an extended slipped to 14.2 percent at the end Storage tanks across the street from where a fire broke out at a key petrol-making unit at a PBF Energy Inc “For them that’s a fractional supply glut, contributed to $15.2bn of June, down from 15.5 percent at percentage, even though $182bn in losses for the world’s wealthiest the same point of 2014, according refinery in Delaware City, Delaware. PBF Energy Inc shut down the unit, and is running the rest of the plant is a big number,” said John Collins, energy billionaires. to its latest financial statement. at reduced rates. director of investment advisory at BLOOMBERG REUTERS MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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Germany’s only deep water port ready for container ships

WILHELMSHAVEN: The Hamburg and Bremerhaven money from the regional states of up, says Andersen. first years proved a difficult unable to handle the new super- Bremen and Lower Saxony, was Since February, three long- start for Germany’s only deep size ships, Wilhelmshaven is deserted. “We’ve had a very dif- distance services leave from water port, Wilhelmshaven’s seeking to give Rotterdam and ficult period,” Andersen admits. Wilhelmshaven every week for Jade-Weser-Port container Antwerp a run for their money, “Before it was opened, the ports in China, Japan, the Middle hub, inaugurated in 2012, but and become the main stopping project was more than 10 years East or India. Smaller ships from its operators are now seeking point in Europe for giant con- in the planning”, during the time Scandinavia also frequently dock to make it a top terminal for tainer vessels arriving from of the 2008 financial crisis and there. “We’re noticing very large supersize ships. Asia. “The boats are getting ever the subsequent slump in interna- interest on the part of customers The head of the Eurogate con- larger, longer and higher” as ship- tional trade, he explained. these past few months,” Andersen tainer terminal on Germany’s ping companies seek economies “As a result of the crisis, busi- says. North Sea coast, Mikkel of scale, says Soenke Maatsch ness volumes were reduced and The port has managed to con- Andersen, smiles as he watches from the Institute of Shipping additional capacity was unused. vince chemicals giant BASF the busy comings and goings Economics and Logistics (ISL) That was one of the reasons why and coffee and consumer goods down on the quay from up high in Bremen. the port was in difficulty,” says retailer Tchibo to transit their in his office. Among the vessels Few ports around the world Maatsch of ISL. goods via Wilhelmshaven. docked below is a ship with a car- are able to handle the new giant The failure of a planned tie-up Andersen did not provide rying capacity of 6,000 TEU or container ships, sometimes meas- between three of the world’s big- any concrete numbers, but said “Twenty-foot equivalent unit” — uring up to 400 metres in length, gest shipping companies also hurt there would be “no comparison” the unit of measure in the sector. or have the necessary sea depth the port, which had to wait for between this year’s business and That is still a featherweight for them to dock. Danish giant Maersk Line, the the slim takings of 2013 and 2014, compared to the supersize ships In Hamburg, the wind and world’s biggest container ship when around 70,000 TEU were of 15,000 TEU or more that the tide can make it difficult for the group, and the Italian-Swiss turned around. port was built for. giant ships to anchor, leading to company MSC to tie the knot in According to ISL’s estimates, Yet despite already ranking as delays that can be very expen- 2014 before customers started to the port handled around 200,000 Germany’s largest naval base and sive for shipping companies. arrive. With no work to do, 300 TEU of goods in the first six the largest import terminal for Wilhelmshaven’s 18-metre deep of the terminal’s 350 employees months of this year. crude oil, Wilhelmshaven —situ- port allows the huge new ships were compelled to go on part- Even if no one is willing to A straddle carrier is seen at the JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven. ated around 100km from Bremen to dock fully loaded, independent time hours, as well as forego predict when the port will start — hopes the Jade-Weser-Port of the tide at any time of night part of their salary for a year in making a profit, ISL thinks the Container Terminal will catapult or day. exchange for a job guarantee. container port will be running at Down on the docks, activity container ships in the world, with it into the world’s premier league. Until recently, however, the But now, “there’s a lot of work” full capacity — 2.7 million TEU stays busy until the evening. Like 18,000 TEU, is scheduled to arrive With the nearby ports of €1bn port, funded by public and overtime hours are building per year — in 10 or 15 years’ time. every week now, one of the biggest from China. 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aYESTERDAY’S ANSWER MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Russian GP could become night race in 2017 Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Hamilton of Britain The Russian Grand Prix could leads from pole become a night race as early as position during 2017, according to Formula One the Belgian F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and Grand Prix in Spa- organisers. “We’ve talked about it. Maybe Francorchamps, in 2017 – So you know you can Belgium, yesterday. book your tickets for the next 10 years,” Ecclestone told reporters at the Belgian Grand Prix. The race in Sochi has a contract to 2020 but Alexander Saurin, vice-governor of the Krasnodar region, and Russian GP chief executive Sergey Vorobyev said an extension was already being discussed. “Bearing in mind the sig- nificantly growing popularity of Formula One in Russia, we are considering extension of the con- tract,” Saurin, speaking through Vorobyev, told reporters after meeting Ecclestone. Brilliant Hamilton extends “We are assessing the idea (of a night race) from a commercial perspective and now we are calcu- lating the cost of that,” he added. “But we are working towards hav- ing a night race some time in the future. Not earlier than 2017.” lead with Belgium triumph Last year’s race in the Black Sea resort was Russia’s debut on the calendar but it is set to Briton beats Rosberg to take 28-point lead, Grosjean finishes third move from an October slot to May 1 next year at the organis- ers’ request to fit in with Russia’s SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, “I am so happy with that. major holiday period. Belgium: Defending two-time Thank you.” Saurin said ticket sales for this world champion Lewis Hamilton He added, from the podium, year’s race on October 11 would extended his lead in this year’s that it was too soon to talk exceed last year and had been title race to 28 points when he about winning the drivers’ boosted by the success of Red claimed a near-flawless victory championship. Bull’s Russian driver Daniil Kvyat, ahead of Mercedes team-mate Rosberg, whose wife Vivian is who finished second in Hungary Nico Rosberg in the Belgian due to give birth to their first child last month. Grand Prix. at any time, said he was keen to “Even last year he was attract- Starting from his 10th pole get home, but added: “Lewis did a ing a huge interest having a local position of the season and sixth great job and he deserved to win.” hero is transforming also the in succession, the 30-year-old Four-time champion German event for the people for whom Briton dominated with some ease Sebastian Vettel, in his 150th race, Formula One is a new sport,” he as he finished a controlled 2.058 looked likely to finish third for said. seconds clear of the German. Ferrari, in their 900th Grand Prix “We expect and are finding Hamilton now has 227 points and race, until he suffered a right rear ways to have even more people Rosberg 199. tyre failure on the penultimate this year. The second place for It was Hamilton’s second vic- lap, as the team risked running Daniil Kvyat in the previous race tory at the Belgian race, having him on a one-stop strategy. has helped greatly. We have seen won for McLaren in 2010, his That spectacular incident a huge rise in ticket sales right sixth of the season and the 39th ensured that Frenchman Romain after that.” of his career. It was also his 80th Grosjean, who had mounted a The Russian Grand Prix was podium, equalling the mark of the thrilling attack for Lotus in the held up as a legacy of the breath- late great Brazilian Ayrton Senna. final laps, took third place in an takingly expensive 2014 Winter “Thank you guys, what a great enthralling race. Olympics in Sochi and the track job,” said Hamilton from his It was Grosjean’s first podium snakes around the park that cockpit. of the season for the troubled housed some of the venues. Lotus team, which has faced Saurin said the race, and the Belgian GP severe financial problems, and his use of the circuit for other events, first podium since the 2013 United Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after winning the 2015 Belgium Formula One Grand Prix. had lived up to expectations for Results States Grand Prix. post-Olympic development. SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Russian Daniil Kvyat followed “From the previous event we’ve Results from Formula One up his podium finish in Hungary front row for the ninth time this controlled the contest with some retired after losing his Renault had more than 70 big corporate Belgian Grand Prix at Spa- with a bold drive to fourth for year, but they were separated ease. He was 8.5 seconds clear by engine’s power at the Bus Stop and sporting events,” he said. Francorchamps yesterday. Red Bull ahead of Mexican Sergio immediately when the lights went lap nine when Perez pitted. This on lap 21, prompting brief use of “The circuit is constantly work- Perez of Force India, Brazilian out. Hamilton surged clear at sparked a rash of stops behind the Virtual Safety Car. ing so this is a major legacy. 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1hr 23min 40.387sec, 2. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) Felipe Massa of Williams and the front from his 48th pole, but him which put Rosberg up to Amid widespread paddock “We believe that in 2016 we will at 2.058sec, 3. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) Finn Kimi Raikkonen in the sec- Rosberg was swamped and fell to second before he pitted, on lap 13. rumour of Red Bull’s intention have at least one or two other 37.988, 4. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Red Bull) 45.692, ond Ferrari. fifth as Perez rose from fourth to In a blur of speed on lap 10, to end their contract with the international series coming.” 5. Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India) 53.997, Local hero Dutch teenager Max second. Knowing that only three Verstappen produced a coura- French supplier by citing per- REUTERS 6. Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams) 55.283, 7. Verstappen thrilled his fans in a men had won from pole in the geous passing move on Brazilian formance failings, it was no sur- Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) 55.703, 8. Max big crowd by driving from 16th on previous decade, Hamilton was Felipe Nasr, the 17-year-old prise to see team chief Christian Verstappen (NED/Toro Rosso) 56.076, 9. Valtteri the grid to take eighth place for extra determined to exploit his Dutchman going round the out- Horner’s glum disappointment. Bottas (FIN/Williams) 1min 01.040sec, 10. Toro Rosso ahead of Finn Valtteri advantage and, after resisting an side of the 320 kph Blanchimont Hamilton made his second stop Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Sauber AG) à 1:31.234. Bottas of Williams and Swede attack from Perez at Les Combes, corner to overtake the Sauber. from the lead on lap 31, switch- Overall standings Marcus Ericsson of Sauber. he pulled away. Hamilton followed Rosberg in, ing back to softs for the final 12 Unusually for one of the German Nico Hulkenberg, on lap 13, gifting Vettel second laps, Rosberg led and then fol- Drivers sport’s most spectacular venues, in the second Force India, had for a lap before the German, in lowed the champion in, emerging 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 227pts, 2. Nico the majestic circuit in the for- retired on the grid with mechan- Ferrari’s 900th F1 championship with a deficit of 5.4 seconds. The Rosberg (GER) 199, 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER) ests remained dry on a warm, ical problems and the field was race, came in. When the order re- pair traded fastest laps again as 160, 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 82, 5. Felipe if cloudy, day in the Ardennes. cut to 18 cars when Venezuelan settled, it was Rosberg who had Rosberg sought to catch his team- Massa (BRA) 82, 6. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 79, The weather was a welcome gift Pastor Maldonado pulled up in his gained as he was only 3.4 seconds mate and, behind them, Grosjean 7. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) 57, 8. Daniel Ricciardo for the fans packed on the grass Lotus Renault, following a power behind the leader. chased after Vettel who, buckled (AUS) 51, 9. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 38, 10. banks beneath the trees. failure, on the opening lap. Last year’s winner Australian under the pressure when his tyre Bernie Ecclestone Max Verstappen (NED) 26. Mercedes had annexed the At the front, Hamilton Daniel Ricciardo pulled up and exploded. AFP Mets’ bats smash Rockies again

NEW YORK: For the second any of the eight batters he faced Eric O’Flaherty came on and straight game, the New York in the third inning as New York’s shortstop Jose Reyes greeted him Baseball Results Mets tore into Colorado’s start- batters piled on eight runs to pro- with his second homer with the NY Yankees 6 Cleveland 2 ing pitcher and walloped the pel the team to an 11-3 lead. Rockies and sixth overall this sea- Rockies 14-9 on Saturday. Third baseman Juan Uribe son to cut the Mets’ lead to 14-8. Chicago Cubs 9 Atlanta 7 But unlike Friday, when they led off the big third inning Meanwhile, Starling Marte’s Pittsburgh 3 San Francisco 2 watched a six-run lead vanish with his 13th home run and two-out home run in the bot- Minnesota 3 Baltimore 2 before pulling away to win by the fifth with the Mets. Other run- tom of the ninth inning gave the Washington 6 Milwaukee 1 same score, the Mets won their scoring hits included catcher Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 victory 10th straight game and sixth of Travis d’Arnaud’s double, pitcher over the San Francisco Giants. Texas 5 Detroit 3 the season with ease. Jonathon Niese’s two-run sin- Marte hit the first pitch from Philadelphia 4 Miami 2 The win maintained their five- gle, center fielder Juan Lagares’ reliever George Kontos into the Arizona 11 Cincinnati 7 game lead over Washington in the single and right fielder Curtis left-field bleachers for his 15th Houston 3 LA Dodgers 1 National League East, while the Granderson’s two-run double. home run of the season and sec- Rockies fell to 6-14. The Rockies drove Jonathan ond walk-off homer of his career. Kansas City 6 Boston 3 Coming off a complete game Niese from the game after 5 1/3 The left fielder had two of the NY Mets 14 Colorado 9 shut-out in his last start on innings. Center fielder Charlie Pirates’ four hits. San Diego 8 St Louis 0 New York Mets right fielder Curtis Granderson two run doubles in the Sunday, Chris Rusin was torn Blackmon hit his 14th homer to Miguel Montero and Jorge Toronto 15 LA Angels 3 apart, giving up eight doubles and finish Niese (8-9), who gave up Soler hit back-to-back home third inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, US Tampa Bay 5 Oakland 4 on Saturday. a home run to allow 11 runs. a season-high tying 11 hits and runs in the 8th inning to propel He left after failing to retire seven runs. Chicago past Atlanta.AGENCIES C White Sox 6 Seattle 3 MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Fitting farewell for captain Clarke Australia seal consolation win by an innings and 46 runs in final Ashes Test at the Oval

LONDON: Australia sent cap- long before the floodlights were tain Michael Clarke into inter- switched on. national retirement with an The question was could innings and 46-run victory in England hold on long enough for the fifth and final Ashes Test at the forecast bad weather to help the Oval yesterday. them in their quest for a draw. When impressive paceman England started Sunday on Peter Siddle had Moeen Ali (35) 203 for six, still 129 runs behind, caught behind, England, follow- Australia’s having suffered the blow of los- ing-on, had been dismissed for 286 captain ing captain Alastair Cook late in their second innings. Michael on Saturday for 85 after his Siddle, only playing after Josh Clarke marathon innings of more than Hazlewood was injured, bowled receives a five-and-a-half hours was ended with both pace and control on guard of when the left-handed opener fell his way to innings figures of four honour from to part-time leg-spinner Smith. for 35 in 24.4 overs -- including his Australia Jos Buttler was 33 not out 12 maidens. team-mates and nightwatchman Mark Wood His return made the experi- as he leaves nought not out. enced seamer’s omission from the the field after Australia took the new ball and previous four Tests all the more Australia soon had a breakthrough when surprising. wrap up the Siddle, playing his first match Even so England, who had of this series, had Wood lbw for game on already regained the Ashes, won six – although it needed a review the fourth the series 3-2 with Clarke the of umpire Kumar Dharmasena’s first Australian in more than a day of the initial decision to confirm the century to be on the losing side fifth Ashes dismissal. in four successive Ashes series in Test against England’s 221 for seven was Britain. England at soon transformed into 223 for Australia’s victory yesterday the Oval eight after Buttler, on 42, tamely meant none of the Tests in this in London, chipped all-rounder Marsh low to Ashes had gone to a fifth day – a yesterday. Mitchell Starc at mid-off. testament to the general lack of The wicket-keeper batted batting resilience in both sides. for just short of two-and-a-half This series equalled the fewest hours, facing 107 balls with four days in a Test series of five or fours for his highest score of a more matches of five or more poor series with the bat. scheduled days each of 18 that Rain halted play for more than took place when England faced two hours but merely delayed the West Indies in 2000. Australia’s victory. It also set a new record, in Five minutes after play re- terms of days played, for an Ashes to a finish. Australia, after losing 500 runs in an Ashes series in Australia collapsed to 60 all out, dismissal with poor strokes as started, Siddle bowled Broad (11) series of five or more matches of the toss at the Oval, piled up 481. England since Matthew Elliott with Stuart Broad taking eight the recalled pair of Siddle and and then dismissed Ali to ensure five or more days each. This included captain-elect in 1997. for 15, to set up England’s Ashes- Mitchell Marsh both took wickets Australia opener Chris Rogers, This had stood at 19, a mark set Steven Smith’s 143 – an innings It was a far more resolute first- clinching innings and 78-run vic- in a meagre total of 149 all out. also retiring after this match, way back in 1884/85, an era when which saw him become the first innings batting display than in the tory. At the Oval, several England Play resumed yesterday ended his Test career on a win- Tests were ‘timeless’ and played Australian to score more than fourth Test at Trent Bridge where batsmen contributed to their own beneath grey skies and it was not ning note as well. AFP Scoreboard Ton-up Guptill Australia (I innings): ...... 481 England (I innings): ...... 149 India eye win after Sangakkara England (II innings): helps NZ level A Lyth c Clarke b Siddle ...... 10 A Cook c Voges b Smith...... 85 ODI series I Bell c Clarke b Marsh ...... 13 J Root c Starc b Johnson ...... 11 fails in final international innings J Bairstow c Voges b Lyon ...... 26 against SA B Stokes c Clarke b Lyon ...... 0 COLOMBO: Kumar J Buttler c Starc b Marsh ...... 42 Sangakkara, the fifth-highest Reaction to Kumar POTCHEFSTROOM, South M Wood lbw Siddle ...... 6 run-scorer in Test history, was Africa: An unbeaten century M Ali c Nevill b Siddle ...... 35 dismissed for 18 in his last inter- Sangakkara’s Final from opener Martin Guptill S Broad b Siddle ...... 11 national innings yesterday to eased New Zealand to an S Finn (not out) ...... 9 leave Sri Lanka in trouble in the Test Innings emphatic eight-wicket victory second Test against India. over South Africa in the sec- Extras (B-12, LB-18, W-7, NB-1) ...... 38 Following is reaction to Sri Total (all out) ...... 286 The hosts, set a tough victory ond One-Day International at target of 413, slumped to 33-2 Lankan batting great Kumar Senwes Park yesterday. Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-62, 3-99, 4-140, Sangakkara after he scored 5-140, 6-199, 7-221, 8-223, 9-263. after Sangakkara’s dismissal Set a modest 205 for victory, before closing the fourth day’s 18 his last test innings against New Zealand cruised to their tar- Bowling: Johnson 16-2-65-1 (2w); Starc India yesterday. 16-4-40-0 (1nb); Lyon 28-7-53-2; Siddle play at 72-2 at Colombo’s P Sara get with 33 balls to spare on the Kumar Sangakkara 24.4-12-35-4; Marsh 16-4-56-2 (5w); Oval. back of Guptill’s 103 not out as @KumarSanga2: Thank you for all the love. Smith 1-0-7-1. Opener Dimuth Karunaratne they finished on 207 for two. was on 25 and skipper Angelo Been my privilege to play for my country and The victory levels the three in front of all the fans. Mathews was on 23. Sri Lanka Sri Lankan cricketer match series at 1-1, with the Former India great Sachin Tendulkar begin the final day’s play today Kumar Sangakkara deciding match to be played in needing 341 more to win with @sachin_rt: Well played @KumarSanga2. Durban on Wednesday. India’s Ishant raises his bat as he eight wickets in hand. You have been a terrific ambassador for South Africa never got momen- walks to the pavilion India, looking to level the the game & a thorough gentleman. Warm tum in their innings and were fined for three-match series after losing after being dismissed welcome to the club of the Retired! bowled out in the final over for the first Test in Galle, declared during the fourth day India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh 204, not helped by losing their last their second innings at 325-8 in of the second Test @harbhajan_singh: Well done @ three wickets to run outs. misconduct the post-tea session after Ajinkya against India at the KumarSanga2 for fantastic 17 years of Only middle-order batsman COLOMBO: India’s pace spear- Rahane top-scored with 126. P Sara Oval Cricket international cricket!!All the best for your 2nd Farhaan Behardien found any head Ishant Sharma was yes- It left the hosts facing a little Stadium in Colombo, inn with ur family,friends,loved ones sort of fluency as he accumulated terday fined 65 percent of his less that four sessions to achieve yesterday. India batsman Suresh Raina a neat 70 from 87 balls to give the match fee for on-field miscon- the huge target or bat out for a @ImRaina: A gentleman beyond the game home side some sort of target to duct on two occasions during draw on a slow, wearing pitch that well played @KumarSanga2 you are legend defend. REUTERS the ongoing second Test against should favour India’s spinners. thank u for memories Sri Lanka in Colombo. The highest successful fourth- Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Scoreboard Sharma was charged with innings run chase at the venue is Jayawardene breaching provisions of the play- 352-9 by the hosts against South @MahelaJay: It wasn’t to be in this match SOUTH AFRICA ers’ code of conduct which relates Africa in 2006. but what he was for SL cricket is some thing H Amla c Elliott b Milne ...... 8 to “using language, actions or Sangakkara did not have to that you can’t take away. Very proud of you M van Wyk b Milne...... 2 gestures which could provoke wait long to bat after Sri Lanka mate. R Rossouw c Williamson b Bracewell ...... 39 an aggressive reaction from a lost opener Kaushal Silva in the A de Villiers c Guptill b Elliott ...... 31 batsman upon his dismissal,” the third over, tapping a full toss D Miller c Munro b Bracewell ...... 5 International Cricket Council from Ravichandran Ashwin to the He hit three boundaries but against Bangladesh in Chittagong partnerships but one good session F Behardien c Williamson b Bracewell ...... 70 (ICC) said in a statement. short mid-wicket fielder. fell to Ashwin for the fourth time last year. for us can win us the Test.” D Wiese lbw Sodhi ...... 8 The lanky seamer was fined A full house of some 7,000 in as many innings in the series The Sri Lankan great follows Dhammika Prasad, who took V Philander (not out) ...... 30 15 per cent for provoking Lahiru home fans applauded warmly as when he edged a catch to Murali Sachin Tendulkar of India, Ricky four wickets in India’s sec- A Phangiso (run out-Guptill) ...... 1 Thirimanne after dismissing Sangakkara was welcomed to the Vijay off the 18th ball he faced. Ponting of Australia, Jacques ond innings, said Sri Lanka D Steyn (run out-Latham) ...... 2 him during the third day’s play crease by two guards of honour Sangakkara finished with Kallis of South Africa and Rahul had not given up hope of giving Imran Tahir (run out-Guptill) ...... 4 on Saturday, and another 50 per- – one formed by young children 12,400 runs from 134 Tests at an Dravid of India in the all-time list Sangakkara a winning farewell. Extras (LB-3, W-1) ...... 4 cent for repeating the act against with raised bats near the bound- average of 57.40. He scored 38 of leading Test scorers. “If we can win this game, that Total (all out in 49.3 overs) ...... 204 Dinesh Chandimal three overs ary and another by Indian fielders. centuries including a best of 319 Rahane anchored the Indian is the best gift we can give him,” Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-20, 3-68, 4-76, later. innings before being dismissed said Prasad. “To go out with a win 5-107, 6-134 7-188, 8-192, 9-195, 10-204. Match referee Andy Pycroft Scoreboard shortly before tea for 126, his is the best farewell anyone can Bowling: Wheeler 9.3-1-39-0 (1w); Milne said Sharma’s aggressive behav- fourth Test century that was get.” 10-0-39-2; Bracewell 10-0-31-3; Sodhi 10- iour against Chandimal “war- India (I innings): ...... 393 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-143, 3-171, 4-256, studded with 10 boundaries. Prasad said he was fortunate 0-59-1; Elliott 7-0-25-1; Worker 1-0-5-0; ranted a higher sanction than the Sri Lanka (I innings): ...... 306 5-262, 6-283, 7-311, 8-318 Rahane put on 140 for the sec- to have played with Sri Lankan Munro 2-0-3-0. first offence,” the ICC said. India (II innings): Bowling: Prasad 15-0-43-4 (nb1); Herath 29- ond wicket with Vijay (82) and 85 greats like Muttiah Muralitharan, NEW ZEALAND Sharma admitted the offences M Vijay lbw Kaushal ...... 82 4-96-0; Chameera 14-0-63-0 (w3); Mathews for the fourth with his Mumbai Mahela Jayawardene and M Guptill (not out) ...... 103 to Pycroft yesterday, the govern- L Rahul b Prasad ...... 2 2-1-1-0; Kaushal 31-1-118-4. team-mate Rohit Sharma (34). Sangakkara. T Latham c Rossouw b Imran Tahir ...... 64 ing body added. A Rahane c Chandimal b Kaushal ...... 126 Sri Lanka (II innings): Rahane said India must be “These are the three best crick- K Williamson b Phangiso ...... 7 On Saturday, Thirimanne V Kohli lbw Kaushal ...... 10 K Silva c Binny b Ashwin ...... 1 patient on the final day to claim eters from Sri Lanka,” he said. G Worker (not out) ...... 20 had been fined 30 percent of his R Sharma c Mubarak b Kaushal ...... 34 D Karunaratne (batting) ...... 25 the remaining eight wickets. “I gave them a lot of respect. Extras (LB-3, W-10) ...... 13 fees for showing dissent at the S Binny c Thirimanne b Prasad ...... 17 K Sangakkara c Vijay b Ashwin...... 18 “I think the match is poised Hopefully I will be able to do that Total (for 2 wkts in 44.3 overs) ...... 207 umpire’s decision after being W Saha (not out) ...... 13 A Mathews (batting) ...... 23 pretty well,” he said. again tomorrow for Sanga.” Fall of wickets: 1-126, 2-140. given out. The exact amount R Ashwin c Chandimal b Prasad...... 19 Extras (LB-4, NB-1) ...... 5 “Through the four days we have Indian wicket-keeper Bowling: Philander 6-0-21-0; Phangiso 10- of fines was not disclosed since A Mishra c Mubarak b Prasad ...... 10 Total (for 2 wkts) ...... 72 played some good cricket but we Wriddhiman Saha, whose suf- 1-37-1 (2w); Steyn 8-1-38-0 (4w); Wiese match fees of the players are not U Yadav (not out) ...... 4 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-33. need to stay in the present. fered a hamstring strain while 4-0-23-0 (1w); Imran Tahir 10-1-42-1 (1w); made public. Sri Lanka lead the Extras (LB-4, W-3, NB-1) ...... 8 Bowling: Ashwin 10-5-27-2; Yadav 2-0-10-0; “Tomorrow we will take it one batting, did not take the field in Behardien 2-0-18-0 (1w); Rossouw 2.3-0- three-match series 1-0 after win- Total (for 8 wkts decl) ...... 325 I Sharma 4-0-18-0 (nb1); Mishra 5-1-13-0. wicket at a time. The key will be Sri Lanka’s second innings. Rahul 14-0 (1w); De Villiers 2-0-11-0. ning the first Test. AFP to stay patient. There will be some kept wicket in his absence. AFP MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Djokovic, Federer reach final I gave myself another chance to fight for the trophy, says the world number 1

CINCINNATI: World number month’s Wimbledon final. “I’m one Novak Djokovic will be aim- excited to be in another final,” ing for a slice of ATP history said Federer, who has beaten today when he takes on six-time Djokovic in two Cincinnati finals. champion Roger Federer in the “It’s the ultimate test to play ATP Cincinnati Masters final. Novak, he’s had a great run the Djokovic battled back to beat last few years.” Ukrainian qualifier Alexandr Federer’s win over Murray was Dolgopolov 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 on his fifth straight over the Scot. Saturday to set up his 41st career The 34-year-old Swiss earned RIGHT: Serena meeting with Federer -- who dis- the opening set with a break in Williams patched last week’s Montreal win- the third game but had to duel celebrates after ner Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6 (8/6). in a tiebreaker to claim another Djokovic, seeking a 20th ATP straight-sets win and secure his defeating Elina Masters 1000 title, will try to spot in the final on his second Svitolina of claim his first trophy on the hard- match point without the loss of Ukraine in the courts of Cincinnati after losing serve this week. semi-finals of in the final four times. “I got off to a good start in the the Western & With a win he’d become the first set,” said Federer, whose Southern Open at first player to triumph in all nine impressive Cincinnati record the Lindner Family of the ATP’s elite Masters 1000 stands at 41-8. “It was my first Tennis Center in events -- a feat that Federer said day match so I had to be focused Cincinnati, Ohio. would be “quite unbelievable.” to the conditions. Williams won 6-4, “I gave myself another chance “In the second there were not 6-3. FAR RIGHT: to fight for the trophy,” Djokovic that many chances. I focused on Roger Federer said. “That was the goal and that serve. It was great to hold against of Switzerland was the wish coming here in a quality player like Andy. I tried in action against Cincinnati. to mix up the second serve and Andy Murray “Obviously the last couple of today it worked pretty well. of Great Britain years it was always in the back Winning the semi-final also during their semi- of my mind, the potential history opens the door for Federer to making, and obviously that moti- steal back the ATP number two final. Federer vates me even more. ranking which Murray claimed won 6-4, 7-6. “Having that in back of my this week after his victory in Ohio. BOTTOM: mind helped me to go through Montreal. Novak Djokovic matches like one today.” With a seventh title he would of Serbia in action But Djokovic said he’d have to return to world number two spot against Alexander play better than he did against in time to gain the second seeding Dolgopolov of 66th-ranked Dolgopolov. at the US Open, which begins on Ukraine during Although Djokovic gained the August 31. their semi-final. upper hand in the second set “I won’t lose sleep over it,” Djokovic won 4-6, with a break for a 5-3 lead, the Murray said of the ranking. 7-6, 6-2. Ukrainian promptly broke back “Obviously I would rather be to push the set to a tiebreak in ranked number two going (into which Dolgopolov led 3-0 and 5-4 the US Open).” before Djokovic managed to level Murray said the defeat carried the match at a set apiece. one positive -- the chance to get From there, Djokovic took con- an extra days’ rest. trol, breaking Dolgopolov twice “I need that,” he said. “I played for a 4-1 lead in the third en route a lot of tennis the last couple of to the victory in two hours and weeks, and obviously a lot of the 20 minutes. other guys that have been play- The outcome mirrored their ing a lot didn’t participate in the most recent meeting, in which Davis Cup this year either.” Djokovic defeated Dolgopolov 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 6-0 in the round of 16 Serena recovers at the Miami Masters. Along the way Djokovic to reach another received on-court treatment early in the second set for tightness in Cincinnati final his abdomen. But the Serbian star said the trouble was nothing to CINCINNATI: World number worry about with the US Open one Serena Williams came from approaching in nine days. a break down in the opening set “It’s OK, nothing major,” to produce a patchy 6-4, 6-3 win Djokovic said. Saturday over Elina Svitolina Djokovic and Federer are even to reach the WTA final in with 20 wins apiece in 40 prior Cincinnati. career meetings. Djokovic has The top seed was far from effi- won the last three, including last cient in the semi-final, appearing to lose her way on some shots, before squeezing through for a Cincinnati Masters chance at a second consecutive Cincinnati title. Results In the final she will face CINCINNATI, United Romanian third seed Simona States: Results on the sev- Halep, who crushed former cham- enth day of the ATP and pion Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-1, WTA Cincinnati Masters on 6-2. Saturday (x denotes seeded Halep will also return to player): number two in the world behind the French Open because I’ve had Williams won her 47th match She will be playing her third matter when I play well. I only Williams as a result of her win an elbow problem,” Williams said. against just two defeats this Cincinnati final in a row and aim- have one more match here and Men Semi-finals: Novak and will take the second seeding “Even before the French I didn’t season. ing for her fifth title this season. then I can recover for the Open,” Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Alexandr at the US Open starting in nine serve much until the day before “I just need to serve with She hammered nine aces but had said Halep. Dolgopolov (UKR) 4-6, 7-6 days. the tournament started. aplomb, and I’m not doing that eight double faults. “Serena is the best player and (7/5), 6-2; Roger Federer (SUI The 33-year-old Williams -- “I’ve been dealing with that right now,” Williams told report- Halep has beaten Williams I have no pressure. Reaching x2) bt Andy Murray (GBR x3) who will be trying to secure a for a long time. I’ll get through ers after the match. twice in the last two seasons, number two doesn’t matter to 6-4, 7-6 (8/6). rare calendar Grand Slam when regardless. The 21-time Grand Slam sin- including an Indian Wells semi- me much. Women Semi-finals: Serena the US Open begins on August 31 “I don’t know how I turned gles champion improved to 20-4 final in March. “I just want to win the match. Williams (USA x1) bt Elina -- blamed her stuttering form on the match around. I got off to a at Cincinnati, the last major event She goes into the final without I have confidence to win, maybe Svitolina (UKR x14) 6-4, 6-3; an elbow injury she has had for super slow start. But I managed prior to the start of the year’s pressure but dealing with some that’s why I played my best ten- Simona Halep (ROM x3) bt several months. to start going for my shots. I just final Grand Slam at Flushing pain in her left leg. nis tonight,” Halep said yesterday. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-1, 6-2. “I haven’t served much since told myself to dig deep.” Meadows. “I have the pain but it doesn’t REUTERS Trinh-Duc surprise omission from France Cup squad

MARCOUSSIS, FRANCE: Experienced only after seven weeks but also after three Vincent Debaty (Clermont), Nicolas Mas fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc will miss the years of life with the squad,” said Saint-Andre, (Montpellier), Rabah Slimani (Stade World Cup after he was surprisingly omit- who also cited Trinh-Duc’s lack of accuracy Français), Guilhem Guirado (Toulon), ted from the France squad announced by at placekicking. Benjamin Kayser (Clermont), Dimitri coach Philippe Saint-Andre yesterday. For Michalak, who will celebrate his 33rd Szarzewski (Racing Metro), Alexandre The 28-year-old -- who played an influen- birthday during the tournament, it repre- Flanquart (Stade Français), Yoann tial role for France at the 2011 World Cup sents his third World Cup, having first made Maestri (Toulouse), Pascal Pape (Stade when they lost 8-7 to New Zealand in the final an impression at international level during Français), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), -- lost out to unpredictable veteran Frederic the 2003 edition in Australia Despites con- Bernard Le Roux (Racing Metro), Yannick Michalak, who played in Saturday’s win over cerns over his fitness and form, Saint-Andre Nyanga (Toulouse), Fulgence Ouedraogo England, and Remi Tales. has kept faith with the 72-times capped (Montpellier), Damien Chouly (Clermont), Trinh-Duc, capped 50 times since being playmaker. Louis Picamoles (Toulouse) Backs (14): Rory blooded by Marc Lievremont in 2008, had The side will be captained, as it was in 2011, Kockott (Castres), Morgan Parra (Clermont), found it difficult to impose himself under by 33-year-old flanker Thierry Dusautoir, Sebastien Tillous-Borde (Toulon), Frédéric Saint-Andre and a serious injury last season whose outstanding performances at the last Michalak (Toulon), Rémi Tales (Racing ruled him out of contention for this season’s tournament earned him the world player of Metro), Mathieu Bastareaud (Toulon), Six Nations. He was given a chance to prove the year accolade. France will also play Six Alexandre Dumoulin (Racing Metro), Gaël himself worthy of a spot in the first game Nations champions Ireland, Romania and Fickou (Toulouse), Wesley Fofana (Clermont), against England a week ago -- a 19-14 defeat Canada in the pool stage of the tournament Brice Dulin (Racing Metro), Sofiane Guitoune France’s Mathieu Bastareaud vies with England’s Billy Vunipola during at Twickenham -- but evidently failed to con- that runs from September 18 to October 31. (Bordeaux-Begles), Yoann Huget (Toulouse), their test match at the Stade de France stadium on Saturday. vince Saint-Andre and his coaching staff. Squad: Forwards (17): Uini Atonio (La Noa Nakaitaci (Clermont), Scott Spedding “It is a choice which has been made not Rochelle), Eddy Ben Arous (Racing Metro), (Clermont) REUTERS MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Ennis-Hill pockets another gold This time last year I’d just had my son and now I am world champion: Ennis-Hill

BEIJING: Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, who only decided to compete four weeks ago, regained the heptathlon world title yesterday after what she described as her “hardest year ever”. Ennis-Hill became a mother for the first time 13 months ago, and had originally intended for 2015 to be a “transition” year to prepare for the defence of the Olympic title in Rio de Janeiro. The Briton’s victory followed a dramatic twist in the day’s first discipline, the long jump, when her closest rival, team mate Katarina Johnson-Thompson, scored zero points following three foul jumps. Ennis-Hill jumped 6.43 metres and threw the javelin 42.51 metres to give her an 86-point lead before the final event, the 800 metres. She put in a determined dis- play, sprinting past the pre- championship favourite, Canada’s Brianne Theisen-Eaton, down the home straight to win in 2 minutes Britain’s Jessica Ennis-Hill celebrates after winning the heptathlon event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium in Beijing yesterday. RIGHT: Ennis-Hill 10.13sec. celebrates with her coach Toni Minichiello. Ennis-Hill, who won the world title in Berlin in 2009, finished with 6,669 points. Having been in contention feeling,” the 29-year-old Ennis Olympics) was hard, with differ- the day within 80 points of her first round because that always Theisen-Eaton, who is mar- for gold overnight, Johnson- told reporters. ent pressures and challenges in older team mate and with strong puts you in the back foot,” said ried to American decathlon world Thompson finished 28th and last “It was just a massive surprise that respect. But this year, jug- events to come was reckoned to the 22-year-old from Liverpool. record-holder Ashton Eaton, with 5,039 points having been just to be here, to be honest. I am gling all my mummy duties and have a golden opportunity. “The second one was meant to repeated her silver medal-win- compelled by the rule book to really lost for words. training. Everything has been But three times she over- be a safe one, but unfortunately ning performance at the 2013 jog around her 800m in order to “If I had come here and come so hard. But it’s been the most stepped the plasticine marker that was a no jump as well. world championships, with a be allowed to compete again this away with a bronze medal I would amazing year as well because I’ve on the take-off board for fouls “At that point, it was all or score of 6,554. week in the individual long jump. have been so, so happy. To have got my son and now I’m here on -- including a final effort which nothing for me. I had to give it The bronze went to Laura “This time last year I’d just won the gold is even better. a global stage with a world title looked close to 6.90 metres. my all. It was just a very slightly Ikauniece-Admidina with a had my son and now I am world “This has been the hardest year again, which is just amazing.” “The first one was unfortunate. margin, but that’s what it is in Latvian record 6,516 points. champion. It’s just an incredible ever. Going into London (for the Johnson-Thompson had started I hate getting a no jump on the athletics, I guess.” REUTERS Qatar athletes in action at Beijing World Championships ‘Hardest’ Athletics: World Championships Results victory never BEIJING: Results from finals on day two of the world athletics championships in Beijing yesterday: in doubt, Men’s 20km race walk 1. Miguel Angel Lopez (ESP) ...... 1hr 19min 14sec 2. Wang Zhen (CHN) ...... 1:19:29 says Bolt 3. Benjamin Thorne (CAN) ...... 1:19:57 LEFT: Nijel BEIJING: Usain Bolt (pic- 4. Ihor Hlavan (UKR) ...... 1:20:29 Amos of tured) said his last-gasp world 5. Cai Zelin (CHN) ...... 1:20:42 Botswana, 100m victory over controversial 6. Caio Bonfim (BRA) ...... 1:20:44 David Lekuta rival Justin Gatlin yesterday was 7. Eider Arevalo (COL) ...... 1:21:13 Rudischa the “hardest” of his sparkling 8. Dane Bird-Smith (AUS) ...... 1:21:37 of Kenya career -- but quickly added that 9. Chen Ding (CHN) ...... 1:21:39 and Musaeb it was never in doubt. 10. Kim Hyunsub (KOR) ...... 1:21:40 Abdulrahman Bolt scorched home at Beijing’s Men’s hammer throw Balla of Qatar Bird’s Nest in 9.79 seconds, beat- 1. Pawel Fajdek (POL) ...... 80.88m compete during ing off a stumbling Gatlin by just 2. Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) ...... 78.55 one-hundredth of a second in a the heat 2 3. Wojciech Nowicki (POL) ...... 78.55 thriller of a race. of the 800m 4. Krisztián Pars (HUN) ...... 77.32 The win meant Bolt retained semi-final 5. Sergej Litvinov (RUS) ...... 77.24 during the 15th his world 100m title and contin- 6. David Soderberg (FIN)...... 76.92 IAAF World ued his amazing domination of 7. Mostafa Al-Gamel (EGY) ...... 76.81 Championships sprinting, having now won 10 of 8. Marcel Lomnicky (SVK) ...... 75.79 at the National 11 individual sprint titles on offer 9. Ashraf Amgad Elseify (QAT) ...... 74.09 since he notched up the sprint Stadium in 10. Tuomas Seppänen (FIN) ...... 73.18 double in the Beijing Olympics in Beijing, China 11. Nick Miller (GBR) ...... 72.94 2008. 12. Roberto Janet (CUB) ...... 72.50 yesterday. With global track and field BELOW: mired in doping allegations in Men’s shot put Qatar’s Ashraf the build-up to the worlds and 1. Joe Kovacs (USA) ...... 21.93 Amgad Elseify Gatlin a two-time offender, Bolt’s 2. David Storl (GER) ...... 21.74 competes in win also carried more potent 3. O’Dayne Richards (JAM) ...... 21.69 the final of the overtones. 4. Tomas Walsh (NZL) ...... 21.58 hammer throw “This was definitely my hard- 5. Reese Hoffa (USA) ...... 21.00 athletics event est race,” said the 29-year-old 6. Tomasz Majewski (POL) ...... 20.82 at the 2015 Jamaican who missed six weeks 7. Asmir Kolasinac (SRB) ...... 20.71 IAAF World of action this year with pelvic 8. Jacko Gill (NZL) ...... 20.11 Championships. joint pain. 9. Germán Lauro (ARG) ...... 19.70 “I’ve been through a lot this 10. Jan Marcell (CZE) ...... 19.69 season and Justin’s been running 11. Inderjeet Singh (IND) ...... 19.52 great and showing up fast times. Heptathlon “I’ve learned over the years that when Justin Gatlin comes to 1. Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR) ...... 6,669 points a championship, he always shows 2. Brianne Theisen Eaton (CAN) ...... 6,554 up. I knew that if I came here to 3. Laura Ikauniece (LAT) ...... 6,516 win I’d have to run a great race.” 4. Nadine Broersen (NED) ...... 6,491 Bolt added: “I’ve been strug- 5. Claudia Rath (GER) ...... 6,441 gling up and down so for me to 6. Gyorgyi Farkas-Zsivoczky (HUN) ...... 6,389 come together at the right time, 7. Anastasiya Mokhnyuk (UKR) ...... 6,359 it’s a great victory. 8. Nadine Visser (NED) ...... 6,344

“It’s definitely number one Gatlin, unbeaten since August when it comes to competition,” 2013 and in the form of his life he said. at the age of 33 having served a While agreeing that he was an year’s ban in 2001 and then sat example that it was possible to out 2006-10 after a positive tes- race clean, through “hard work tosterone test, was magnanimous and dedication”, Bolt was quick in defeat. to avoid other questions about “If I had to lose to anyone, it’d whether his victory over Gatlin be to this man here,” he said, was a symbolic strike against ath- pointing at Bolt. letes who have doped. “I had a good stretch and “That’s for you guys to write,” showed my competitiveness. The he told reporters. last five metres were crucial here, “For me I came here to add to I leaned too far forward coming to my legendary status and to win the finish line and caught myself and continue my championship off-balance. I looked across and rise. he was there!” “You can ask any top athlete There was less joviality when -- anyone who doubts themselves, Gatlin was asked for a reaction to then they’ve already lost the race. whether Bolt’s victory was signifi- I never doubt myself and I know cant for the sport. my ability. All I had to do was put A stony-faced Gatlin replied: together a good race. It wasn’t “Nothing. Specifically nothing.” perfect but I got it done.” REUTERS MONDAY 24 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Maroons continue Austria drills

Qatar’s national coach Jose Daniel Carreno in action during the team’s training session in Austria, yesterday. CENTRE: National players during the practice match in the session. RIGHT: Qatari goalie takes part in practice session. Qatar are preparing for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifying tournament, under the supervision of coach Carreno. The team has played several friendly matches so far and is scheduled to take on professional Austrian players in a friendly today. La Liga: Barca gain revenge in Pedro sparkles as Bilbao thanks to Suarez stunner

MADRID: Barcelona exacted revenge for their Spanish Super Chelsea earn win Cup defeat to Athletic Bilbao to get off to a winning start in La Liga thanks to Luis Suarez’s EPL: City back on top after beating Everton solitary second-half strike. Lionel Messi’s troubles from the penalty spot continued as he LONDON: Debutant Pedro saw a first-half spot-kick saved by Rodriguez inspired 10-man Gorka Iraizoz. Chelsea to a 3-2 victory at West However, his strike partner Bromwich Albion yesterday, ensured that miss didn’t prove while Manchester City recap- costly as Suarez volleyed home tured the Premier League sum- early in the second-half to hand mit by winning 2-0 at Everton. Chelsea’s the champions all three points. A £21.2m ($33.2m, €30m) Spanish Luis Enrique’s men were signing from Barcelona earlier midfielder returning to the ground where this week, reportedly snatched Pedro they were thrashed 4-0 in the from beneath Manchester celebrates first leg of the Super Cup just nine United’s noses, Pedro scored after days ago and were without the Chelsea’s opener and created scoring suspended Gerard Pique, whilst a goal for Diego Costa as Jose a goal Neymar wasn’t fit to take part Mourinho’s side went 2-0 up at against after just returning to training The Hawthorns. West following a bout of the mumps. Having earlier missed a pen- Bromwich Athletic were also missing a alty, James Morrison scored twice Albion number of first-team regulars, in response, but despite captain during their though, and struggled to match John Terry’s red card for a last- the English their high-energy performances man foul, Cesar Azpilicueta’s in the two Super Cup matches Premier first league goal proved enough after also playing in the Europa League to give Chelsea a first victory of League on Thursday. the Premier League season. match After a quiet start the game Asked for his thoughts on at the burst into life when referee Carlos Terry’s dismissal, which came Hawthorns del Cerro Grande controversially after he was substituted at half- in West pointed to the spot when Suarez time of last weekend’s 3-0 loss Bromwich, went down under a challenge at Manchester City, Mourinho central from Gorka Elustondo. told Sky Sports: “I prefer to have England, However, Messi failed to open no views. I prefer to try to keep yesterday. the scoring from the resulting quiet. spot-kick as Iraizoz flew to his It was Chelsea’s first win at right to make a brilliant save. West Brom in five attempts and The Argentine has now missed saw the defending champions five penalties for club and country belatedly find their gear after in the past year and failed to find a 2-2 draw with Swansea City the net in 14 of the 63 penalties and the chastening defeat at the he has taken for Barca. Etihad Stadium. Pulis dropped Saido Berahino Kolarov, who deceived Tim Iraizoz produced an even bet- They finished the weekend from his squad after he was the Howard with a near-post finish ter stop moments later to pre- Barcelona’s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (left) and Athletic Bilbao’s in ninth place, five points below subject of an unsuccessful bid from an almost impossible angle. vent Suarez sweeping home Sergi midfielder Carlos Gurpegi react during their La Liga match at the San Manchester City, who replaced from Tottenham Hotspur, but After Vincent Kompany had Roberto’s cross to ensure Athletic Mames Stadium in Bilbao, yesterday. Leicester City at the top after the Welshman was reluctant to cleared a header from Gareth went in level at the break. second-half goals by Aleksandar discuss the matter after the game. Barry off the line, Nasri sealed The Uruguayan wasn’t to be Kolarov and Samir Nasri put paid victory in the 88th minute by denied just eight minutes into the Barca threatened to double their over when the ball fell invitingly to Everton. At Goodison playing a one- second-half, though, as he con- advantage. inside the Barca box. On a dark, squally afternoon Park, both sides two with Yaya nected sweetly on his left-foot However, the visitors suffered And Messi nearly sealed the in the West Midlands, Morrison hit the wood- Premier League Toure and neatly with Jordi Alba’s cross. another injury blow when Sergio three points with a stunning squandered an early chance to work either side lobbing Howard. Roberto was deputising in an Busquets was stretchered off with individual run past a host of tired put West Brom ahead when his of half-time, with Results Victory unusual position at right-back an ankle problem and were left Athletic defenders, reminiscent penalty was blocked by Thibaut Romelu Lukaku Everton 0 Manchester City 2 (Kolarov 60, saw Manuel after replacing the injured Dani hanging on with a makeshift back of his opening goal in the Copa Courtois – back in the Chelsea skimming the Nasri 88); Watford 0 Southampton 0; West Pellegrini’s Alves midway through the first- four. del Rey final between the sides goal following suspension – after crossbar from Brom 2 (Morrison 35, 59) Chelsea 3 (Pedro side complete a half, but his impressive showing Ibai Gomez had the Basques’ in May, but his finish lacked the Nemanja Matic had tripped an Everton free- 20, Costa 30, Azpilicueta 42). sequence of nine continued as he smashed a shot best chance to equalise 10 min- accuracy needed to beat Iraizoz. Callum McManaman. kick and David Playing today (1900 GMT) league wins for off the bar from a narrow angle as utes from time, but he blasted AFP Fifteen minutes later, Pedro Silva rattling the Arsenal vs Liverpool the first time announced his arrival in English post for City. since September football by darting infield from Lukaku had earlier seen a goal 1912 and left them as the only Bundesliga: Dortmund Juve slump to the right, exchanging passes with ruled out for offside, but it was side in the top flight with three Eden Hazard and finding the bot- City who took the lead on the wins to their name. In yester- tom-right corner with the aid of hour. day’s other game, Watford and opening day a deflection. Raheem Sterling glided into Southampton were both left wait- go top after big victory Chelsea’s fans launched into the Everton box from the left and ing for first their win after a 0-0 home defeat a chorus of “Are you watching slipped a pass to the overlapping draw at Vicarage Road. AFP BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund’s Germany winger Reus doubled Manchester?” and United’s sup- dream start to the season con- the lead by converting a pen- MILAN: Serie A champions porters will have found them- tinued yesterday as their 4-0 alty on the hour after Marcel Juventus slumped to a shock 1-0 selves looking away again 10 Manchester win at new-boys Ingolstadt saw Schmelzer was fouled. home defeat against Udinese in minutes later when Pedro’s cross- City’s them leapfrog Bayern Munich at Kagawa added the third with their opening game of the new shot was turned in by Costa. players the top of the Bundesliga table. a superb shot off his left foot league season yesterday. Morrison reduced the arrears embrace Dortmund after beating two Juventus, who have gone by bludgeoning home when Samir Nasri claimed their defenders on 84 through the last two seasons with- Salomon Rondon hooked James after he sixth win in all Bundesliga Results minutes before out losing at home in the league, McClean’s cross back into the box, scored the competitions Ingolstadt 04 0 Borussia Dortmund 4 (Ginter Aubameyang dominated the game as expected only for Azpilicueta to restore the goal during under new coach 55, Reus 60-pen, Kagawa 84, Aubameyang claimed his sixth but were caught out when Cyril visitors’ two-goal cushion in the the English Thomas Tuchel 90+1); Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 goal in six games Thereau scored at the far post 42nd minute by rolling in a shot Premier as defender (Herrmann 54) Mainz 05 2 (Jairo 42, Clemens in stoppage time. after 78 minutes. The Frenchman after Costa had chested down League Matthias Ginter, 79) Dortmund was left unmarked and volleyed Cesc Fabregas’s pass. Marco Reus, are top on goal him after Panagiotis Kone swung match Terry saw red nine minutes Shinji Kagawa difference ahead the ball across from the right to against into the second half for pulling and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Bayern, who needed a 90th- hand Juventus a miserable start Rondon back as he bore down on Everton at scored second-half goals. minute Robert Lewandowski to a campaign in which they hope goal before Morrison reduced the Goodison Dogged Ingolstadt defend- goal to earn a dramatic 2-1 win to win a fifth consecutive title. arrears with a glancing header, Park, ing meant Dortmund only went at Hoffenheim on Saturday after Juve’s last home league defeat but Chelsea held out, Courtois Liverpool, ahead when right-back Ginter conceding the joint fastest goal in was against Sampdoria in thwarting Rondon in added time. yesterday. fired home Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s German league history and had January 2013, a run of 47 games. 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Bolt blazes to glory in Beijing I came out relaxed. My aim is to be number one until I retire: Jamaican superstar

BEIJING: Usain Bolt (pic- Olympic champion Bolt repelled tured above) brutally ended Gatlin’s challenge after the sport two-time doping offender Justin was plunged into crisis by allega- Gatlin’s attempt to controver- tions of widespread doping. sially usurp him as the king of Britain’s Ennis-Hill, returning sprinting when he blazed to the to the sport after giving birth last 100 metres world title yesterday. year and a battle with niggling The towering Jamaican roared injuries, was all but gift-wrapped past Gatlin at the halfway mark the gold medal after Johnson- to retain his crown in a season’s Thompson failed to post a mark best of 9.79 seconds, with his in the long jump. American rival taking silver just Last world champion in 2009, one hundredth behind on a pul- Ennis-Hill capped a remarkable sating evening at the world cham- two days by storming home to win pionships in Beijing. the final 800 metres heat in two Before their blockbuster minutes, 10.13 seconds to finish as clash, Olympic champion Jessica the runaway winner with a total Ennis-Hill completed a fairytale of 6,669 points. comeback by winning her second Canada’s Commonwealth heptathlon world title, helped Games winner Brianne Theisen- in no small part by an astonish- Eaton, the gold medal favourite ing meltdown by fellow Briton coming into the competition, Katarina Johnson-Thompson. settled for silver with 6,554 But the night belonged to Bolt, while Latvian Laura Ikauniece- who had played a high-stakes Admidina took bronze with a game of poker in the heats, run- national record 6,516. ning well within himself as Gatlin, A shell-shocked Johnson- dressed in a blood-red lycra suit, Thompson was left languishing a posted eye-popping times of 9.83 distant 28th on 5,039 points. The and 9.77 to seemingly gain the 22-year-old came unstuck after psychological edge. who turned 29 on Friday. “It is American Trayvon Bromell and deciding to go for broke in the long Gatlin, the sport’s pantomime all about running the race and Canada’s Andre de Grasse shared jump, attacking the board aggres- villain after twice serving dop- getting it done. My aim is to be bronze after recording a time of sively in a bid to claw back some ing bans, looked stunned at the number one until I retire.” 9.92 in a final in which four of of Ennis-Hill’s overnight advan- finish as Bolt danced and struck Gatlin, 33, was philosophical the nine men had returned from tage. But her high-risk strategy a gunslinger’s pose and a Bob after tasting defeat for the first doping suspension, including backfired as she fouled her first Marley tune pumped out around time in 29 races, a streak dating Americans Tyson Gay and Mike two attempts and was red-flagged the Bird’s Nest stadium, where back two years. Rodgers, along with Jamaican again despite landing a huge third he shook the world at the 2008 “I feel good,” he shrugged. “It Asafa Powell. jump, prompting an official pro- Olympics. was a great race, I just got nibbed New world athletics boss test from British officials which “I came out relaxed, no stress, at the line by the great Usain.” Sebastian Coe will privately be was quickly withdrawn. and brought it home,” said Bolt, Behind Bolt and Gatlin, breathing a sigh of relief that Ennis-Hill, who nailed a sea- son’s best long jump of 6.43m, gave the young pretender a consoling hug after watching her suddenly crash out of medal contention from second overall. Among the muscle men, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Poland’s hulking hammer king 100m final during the Beijing 2015 IAAF World Championships at the Pawel Fajdek retained the title he National Stadium, also known as Bird’s Nest, in Beijing, China. ABOVE: Usain won in Moscow with a heave of Bolt (centre) 80.88 metres to make it 16 consec- World Championships Men’s 100m of Jamaica utive victories in all competitions. wins the 100m Tajikstan’s Dilshod Nazarov Final Results in Beijing final ahead of took silver with 78.55, edging Pole BEIJING: Results from the World championships Men’s 100m Justin Gatlin of Wojciech Nowicki (78.55) into Final yesterday bronze position by dint of having the US. LEFT: 1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) ...... 9.79 a better second-best throw. Bolt reacts American Joe Kovacs shattered 2. Justin Gatlin (US) ...... 9.80 after winning German David Storl’s hopes of a 3. Andre De Grasse (Canada) ...... 9.92 the 100m final. hat-trick of world titles to win the 3. Trayvon Bromell (US) ...... 9.92 men’s shot put with a best effort 5. Mike Rodgers (US) ...... 9.94 of 21.93 metres. Spain’s Miguel 6. Tyson Gay (US) ...... 10.00 Angel Lopez broke Chinese hearts in the men’s 20 kilometres walk, 7. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) ...... 10.00 the European champion overpow- 8. Jimmy Vicaut (France) ...... 10.00 ering Olympic bronze medallist 9. Su Bingtian (China) ...... 10.06 Wang Zhen. REUTERS