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MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 • 29 Rajab 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6434 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 All charities to Deputy Emir meets Canadian delegation have common bank account Qatar’s Barshim 3 committees to monitor relief projects wins gold in DOHA: The authority regulat- charitable works. Shanghai ing charitable activities is plan- All other bodies having permis- ning to set up a unified bank sion to conduct charitable activi- SHANGHAI: Qatar’s Mutaz account for all charitable organ- ties will also be regulated by the Essa Barhsim won gold in isations to effectively monitor Authority as well as individuals the World Challenge of the their financial wtransactions, a who have permission to collect IAAF Diamond League yes- senior official has disclosed. donations and transfer funds for terday. The Qatari athlete All charitable bodies will charitable purposes. jumped 2.38m. be required to use this unified Al Abdullah said the Authority Barshim has the best two account to raise funds and receive was keen to promote cooperation jumps of last year, 2.42m donations and financial aids, Talal between charitable bodies. The and 2.43m. His rival Bogdan Sabah Al Abdullah, director of forum was intended to introduce Bondarenko came second with the monitoring and supervision the role of the Authority to the 2.32m. It is Barshim’s ninth department told Al Sharq. participants and explore ways Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani receiving the members of Canadian Senate delegation win over Bogdan. Al Abdullah, who is also direc- of cooperation and exchange of at Emiri Diwan yesterday. They exchanged views on a number of topics of mutual interest. President of Qatar and tor of the licensing department information. Asian Athletics Federations at the Authority, was speaking Khalid Abdul Wahid Al Dahlan Al Hamad expressed on the sidelines of the first forum Hammadi, director general of his delight at Barshim’s strong involving the Authority officials the Authority told the forum that start. “Barshim has a strong and representatives of all chari- the Authority’s objective was to El Nino: Summer to be hotter, longer desire and will represent table and humanitarian organisa- create a healthy and sustainable Qatar well in international tions in the country at the Doha environment for charity work , DOHA: This summer is likely due to a complex series of factors in 2009-2010. The disturbances sporting events,” he said. Sheraton. prevent suspicious and abusive to be hotter in Qatar and the related to the atmosphere and which occur due to this phenome- See also page 28 He said the Authority will set transactions and promote the cul- entire Gulf region, thanks to the oceans extending to Arabian Sea. non leads to drought waves in some up three committees including a ture of transparency in this field. El Nino climatic phenomenon, This situation may lead to a area and floods in other places technical committee dedicated to Nasser Mohammed Dawood, the Meteorology Department rise in temperature in East and such as South USA and Southern Saudi reports 12 relief projects. Another commit- director, planning and quality at said yesterday. South Africa, Asia and Gulf area America, which may cause heavy tee is to monitor and scrutinise the Authority, disclosed plans to The region may also see a pro- the coming summer,” said a state- rain fall affecting the agricultural Coronavirus cases financial donations to ensure they set up an electronic network for longed summer this year extend- ment issued by the Department. crops. Researches indicate that El are sourced and channelised in exchange of information between ing beyond September. Some global Numerical Nino will become stronger as the RIYADH: Saudi Arabia the legal way. the charities. Citing observations by the Weather Production shows that temperature increases over our reported 12 new cases of the The Authority, set up through There is also a plan to establish meteorology departments in the continuation probability of planet, said the department. Coronavirus over a week in Emiri Decision No 43 of 2014, is coordination committees to pro- Australia and other countries, this phenomenon during summer Meanwhile, the strong dust Riyadh, Hafoof, Taif, Jeddah, the regulatory body for charitable vide guidance to the charities as the Met office said the El Nino may reach 80 percent and extend winds that lashed the country and Qunfudhah. The Saudi activities in the country. well as a special unit to deal with phenomenon could cause a distur- until after September. over the past two days is expected Ministry of Health said this in a All private charity organisa- their queries on legal matters. bance in natural life in the tropi- The El Nino phenomenon is to continue today. Temperature in weekly statement on its website tions and institutions should The Authority will also launch a cal region of Pacific Ocean. now considered in its first stage. Doha would hover between 30 to yesterday. work under the authority, as hotline service for charities, he “There is a rise in sea surface It happened in 1997-1998, and the 40 degrees Celsius. QNA per law No 15 of 2014 regulating added. THE PENINSULA temperature of the Pacific Ocean last observed was five years ago THE PENINSULA

QP planning Construction worker revamp to cope killed in crane collapse with oil price fall DOHA: State-owned Qatar DOHA: An Arab expatriate died and Medical Corporation (HMC). Petroleum will announce a three others, including an Indian, were The Indian has undergone a surgery, restructuring plan in the com- injured when a crane collapsed at a while the other Egyptian also remains ing months to adapt to the construction site near the Air Force admitted at the hospital, said a source. drop in oil prices, the head of Intersection on F-Ring Road yesterday The crane toppled over between the its wholly owned international morning. Ahmed Al Ahmed intersection and the subsidiary said. The deceased in his late 20s is an Air Force intersection causing heavy traf- “The restructure comes at the employee of the construction company fic congestion in the area and a partial right time, with low oil prices a which owns the crane, according to road closure. The reason for the collapse great motivation for the institu- sources. was not known yesterday. tion to be more capable of fac- Those injured in the incident were “An accident led to partial closure ing challenges in the upcoming two Egyptians and an Indian. One of the of the road from Air Force signal to years by getting rid of all bur- Egyptians is in critical condition and is Parachute signal, authorities are taking dens that accumulated dur- being treated at the Trauma Intensive procedures to ensure traffic flow,” the ing the previous period,” Qatar Care Unit (TICU) of Hamad General Ministry of Interior said on its Twitter Petroleum International (QPI) Hospital (HGH). account yesterday. The ministry, however, Chief Executive Officer Nasser The victims were rushed to the hospi- didn’t disclose any further details. Khalil Al Jaidah told state news tal by an ambulance team of the Hamad THE PENINSULA agency QNA. The collapsed crane near the Air Force Intersection on F-Ring Road. Earlier this year, QP said it would absorb QPI into its struc- ture, a move suggesting authori- ties want to consolidate the industry after the price drop. Al Air strikes on Aden resume Jaidah said demand for Opec oil is EU denounces Mursi death verdict likely to improve, as prices below $100 will hinder the growth of after five-day truce ends BRUSSELS/CAIRO: The fair trial and to an independent face the death penalty for their shale oil. European Union denounced investigation. Her statement said role in a mass jailbreak during the “The coming period will wit- ADEN: Coalition air strikes resumed against rebel positions in yesterday the death sentence the EU believes the sentence will 2011 uprising. ness an improvement in prices Yemen’s main southern city Aden after a five-day ceasefire expired handed down against Egypt’s be revised upon appeal. He ruled for only a year before but they will not reach $100,” late yesterday, army officials said. ousted president Mohamed “The EU opposes capital pun- mass protests spurred then-army he said. Al Jaidah said QPI’s Air raids hit the rebel-held presidential palace in Aden as well as Mursi and at least 100 others, ishment under all circumstances,” chief and now President Abdel international projects were a base of the pro-rebel special forces in Yemen’s second city, military noting the penalty stemmed Mogherini said. “The death pen- Fattah Al Sisi to overthrow him in currently being evaluated in officials and witnesses said. from a flawed trial. alty is cruel and inhumane.” July 2013. Washington expressed terms of geopolitics, prices and The raids come despite calls by UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould “The court decision to seek the The United States expressed concern over Saturday’s verdict, “current challenges”, giving no Cheikh Ahmed for an extension of the humanitarian ceasefire that death penalty... was taken at the alarm yesterday at death sen- saying it has “consistently spoken further details. expired at 2000 GMT. end of a mass trial that was not tences for Egypt’s ousted presi- out against the practice of mass QPI was formed in 2007 as he Since late March the coalition had been bombing Iran-backed Shia in line with Egypt’s obligations dent Mohamed Mursi and dozens trials and sentences”. “We con- foreign investment arm of the firm. Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen, who had seized Sana’a and under international law,” said of others, a verdict experts called tinue to stress the need for due Over the last few years, it has cre- have swept across many other regions, to stop their advance. the EU’s top diplomat Federica a declaration of “total war” on his process and individualised judi- ated 10 joint ventures in the US, UN envoy Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed called for an extension of the Mogherini in a statement. Muslim Brotherhood. Mursi was cial processes for all Egyptians in UK, Italy, Singapore, Egypt and ceasefire in Yemen as the Houthi Shia rebels boycotted political talks She added that Egypt has to among more than 100 defendants the interests of justice,” a State elsewhere. in Riyadh. AGENCIES guarantee defendants’ rights to a ordered by a court on Saturday to Department official said. AFP REUTERS MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

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Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani met Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Metodiev Borissov Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met Algerian and his delegation at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Talks dealt with ways of enhancing cooperation on matters National Security Director-General Major General Abdelghani Hamel and his delegation and reviewed coopera- of mutual interest. tion, especially in the security field. 2022 organising team QU programme, Al Bairaq, selected as one of 2015 WISE Awards finalists wins BSI certification DOHA: Al Bairaq, an innovative economy. It stresses interdisciplinary highlights Al Bairaq’s contribution high school programme presented research that can cover any of STEM to strengthening links between high DOHA: British Standards National Vision 2030 by build- of SC’s commitment to fos- by Qatar University’ Centre for (Science, Technology, Engineering school students and high education Institution (BSI) has ing a capable and motivated ter a capable and motivated Advanced Materials (QU-CAM), and Mathematics) subjects. institutions, and advancing a culture awarded an industry stand- workforce. workforce. Organisations that has been selected as one of the 2015 Under the programme’s modules ‘I of research in Qatar. ards certificate to the Mohammed Al Marzouqi, implement the ISO 9001:20008 WISE (World Innovation Summit am a Researcher,’ ‘I am Discovering “This shows Al Bairaq’s commit- human resources division of Acting Assistant Secretary- continually monitor and man- of Education) Awards finalist. Materials,’ ‘Science in Sport’ and ment to help high school students the Supreme Committee for General, Corporate Affairs, age quality across all areas of Al Bairaq has been chosen from 15 ‘Problem solving,’ students are guided acquire research values, skills and Delivery and Legacy (SC). SC, said: “I am delighted by operation, as the system out- projects from 12 countries shortlisted through projects and work in teams professional experiences and shape The ISO 9001:2008 Quality the motivation and dedication lines ways to achieve consist- for their innovative solutions to edu- with university-level scientists. them into the next generation of Management Certification the HR team has shown. It is ent performance and quality cation, adoption of cutting-edge prac- They formulate research questions leaders and researchers to contrib- confirms SC’s best practices further evidence of SC’s com- service to all stakeholders.” tices, and their positive social impact. related to materials science; build a ute to the country’s development and and excellence in the divi- mitment to excellence and Omar Rashid, General The finalist projects will be evalu- research plan; investigate using state- growth towards a knowledge-based sion. The globally recognised provide high quality services Manager, BSI Qatar, said: ated by a pre-jury of internationally- of-the-art technology and scientific economy.” quality management stand- to our stakeholders. Human “For more than a century recognised education experts and six instrumentation; and report find- Stavros N Yiannouka, CEO, WISE, ards outline ways to achieve resources capacity building is we have been showing busi- winning projects will be announced ings in a public forum evaluated by said,“This year the WISE Awards and benchmark high quality part of the work SC under- nesses how to improve per- in September and celebrated at the representatives from business and finalists again demonstrate how sus- performance and services at takes for Qatar in preparation formance, reduce risk, and seventh World Innovation Summit industry. Faculty members train and tainable and creative solutions help work place. for 2022 FIFA World Cup.” achieve sustainable growth. for Education between November 3 mentor the future generation of sci- overcome barriers to education and SC is one of the first pub- Mahmoud Qutub of SC, SC has demonstrated ongoing and 5. entists, and help them develop and transform lives everywhere. These lic sector organisations in whose quality and excellence commitment to improve qual- Al Bairaq promotes innova- enhance critical-thinking, problem- grassroots efforts are having a posi- Qatar to achieve independ- team has been leading the ity standards and as such can tion, entrepreneurship and applied solving and team-work skills. tive impact on their communities. ent certification for its divi- certification process for the be considered a role model for research in line with Qatar National Dr Noora Al Thani, Supervisor, Al Our role at WISE is to help dissemi- sion. The award reiterates organisation, said, “The ISO other organisations in Qatar Vision 2030, and the country’s ambi- Bairaq, said, “Being named among the nate excellence in education on a glo- SC’s commitment to Qatar 9001:2008 is clear evidence aiming to excel.” QNA tions towards a knowledge-based top finalists of 2015 WISE Awards bal scale.” THE PENINSULA

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Greetings sent to Qatar set for highest food consumption growth in GCC Norwegian king DOHA: Food consumption in show an annual average growth increasing affluence and rising improve food security,” said established in 2008 to develop DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Qatar is expected to witness of 3 percent from 2014. Oman, tourist inflow within the region. Ahmad. a master plan for food security. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani highest growth in the GCC in Kuwait and Bahrain show similar High health awareness and a As per the report, cereals are Supported by a sovereign invest- yesterday sent a cable of con- the next five years driven by growth patterns ranging from 2.7 developing taste for a westernised likely to remain the most con- ment of $25bn, QNFSP involves gratulations to King Harald rising population. percent to 3.2 percent. diet, introduced by the increasing sumed food category, accounting the development of 1,400 farms, V of Norway on his country’s Qatar’s food consumption is The report said the Qatari expatriate population, are bring- for 46.5 percent of the region’s water desalination projects, a National Day. expected to grow at a Compound food industry is strengthened by ing about a change in the region’s total food consumption in 2019. solar park, waste water treatment Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) factors such as rising expatriate dietary habits, creating demand However, rising consumption and renewable energy projects. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani of 5.5 percent during 2014-19, population, tourism and a devel- for organic and international of high-priced protein-rich and Qatar invested $5.1bn in QNFSP also sent a congratulatory cable according to Alpen Capital’s GCC oping taste for Western foods. The foods,” said Sameena Ahmad, healthy foods is expected to grad- in 2012, as part of a 10-year plan to King Harald V Food Industry report. country’s 2014 food retail sales are Managing Director, Alpen Capital ually eat into the share of cereals to improve food security and self- Prime Minister and Interior The report, released yesterday, estimated at $11bn, showing a 13.1 (ME) Limited. in the total food consumption. sufficiency. Another food secu- Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin said food consumption in the GCC percent year on year increase and “In contrast, GCC food pro- Cereals consumption is rity master plan was launched Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent is expected to grow at a CAGR accounting for 46.4 percent of duction is restricted due to its expected to show an annualised in July 2013, to achieve 40-60 a similar cable to King Harald V. of 3.5 percent between 2014 and total retail sales. arid climate, less arable land and growth of 3 percent between percent self-sufficiency in the 2019 to reach 51.9 million metric Qatar’s food production and water scarcity, making it heavily 2014 and 2019, compared to 4.4 short to medium term, up from Qatar TV and Radio tonnes. consumption stood at 0.1m MT reliant on imports. percent and 3.8 percent annual less than 10 percent in 2012. The Saudi Arabia is the largest food and 1.4m MT, respectively, in “However, the region’s abun- rise in meat and fruit consump- plan includes the development of wins three awards consuming nation in the GCC and 2012, the report said. dant oil revenues have supported tion, respectively. Qatar has ini- a large agro-industrial park as a expected to remain so for the fore- “Demand for food in the GCC its food imports and enabled the tiated food security plans. The designated area for the country’s TUNIS: Qatar Television and seeable future. Food consumption is driven by factors, includ- governments to make multi- Qatar National Food Security food processing industry. Radio has won three awards in Saudi Arabia is estimated to ing a growing population base, billion-dollar investments to Programme (QNFSP) was THE PENINSULA at the 16th edition of the Arab Festival for Radio and Television which ended last night in Hammamet city in Tunisia. Qatar Television won the first prize in the children’s pro- grammes competition for Schools, and the second prize in the doc- Ministry ‘keen to serve disabled’ umentaries on the Palestinian Cause competition for Borderless DOHA: Minister of programme is the beginning World. Municipality and Urban of activities to qualify them for Qatar Radio won the first Planning H E Sheikh Abdul interacting with people with prize in the Palestinian Cause Rahman bin Khalifa Al Thani hearing disabilities. Programmes competition for stressed the ministry’s con- He praised Qatar Cultural and Threat and Judaisation. tinuing interest to serve people Social Centre for the Deaf for The festival was organised by with disabilities as part of the cooperation in implementation Arab Satellite Communications country’s keenness to integrate of the first and second phases of Organisation in cooperation with them into society. the programme. Arab States Broadcasting Union The Minister announced the Omar Al Yafei, Director, Public and Tunisian radio and television commencement of a new era in Relations and Communications corporations. the ministry’s interaction with Department, Jabr Abdullah More than 600 media figures its customers with disabilities, Al Attiyah, Director, Human from all the Arab world attended particularly those with hearing Resources Department, and Saleh the event which featured 150 TV disabilities, owing to their equal Al Marri, Director-General of the and 88 radio programmes in com- rights and duties. centre were also present. petitions, a market for TV and He was speaking at the gradu- The Minister presented cer- radio programmes, an exhibition ation ceremony of Phase II of the tificates of appreciation to Ali of modern technological equip- ‘Adaptation of the Sign Language Obaid Al Sennari, Chairman, ment and workshops. for Dealing with People with Qatar Cultural Centre for the Hearing Disabilities, which was Deaf, received on his behalf by Police job skills held from May 3 to 14 for the Al Marri and several instructors ministry’s customer service staff. The ministry organised workshop begins The Minister also stressed that Phase I of the programme from Minister of Municipality and Urban Planning H E Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Khalifa Al Thani honours one of the DOHA: rehabilitating customer service September 21 to October 2 last officials at the ceremony. A five-day workshop on staff to adopt the sign language year. THE PENINSULA behavioural skills for investiga- tors started at Capital Security Department yesterday. Speaking on ‘Ethical Model of a Policeman’, Brigadier Khalifa Abdullah Al Noaimi, Director- General, General Directorate of Ooredoo unveils new Dawli offer Qatar to attend World Criminal Investigations, said, “A police officer should be responsi- DOHA: Ooredoo yester- Card, which can be used to make activation day, plus 24 hours. ble in his dealings with the pub- day launched a new Dawli calls to popular locations such International minutes will be Education Forum lic. He should know that he is not International Calling Card as Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, valid for one month. only representing himself as an offer giving customers 2GB of Sri Lanka and the Philippines, To activate Dawli cards as easy DOHA: Qatar will participate and the publication ‘Rethinking officer, but also the Ministry of free data for activating a Dawli offers 45 international minutes as possible, Ooredoo offers activa- in the World Education Forum Education: Towards a global com- Interior and is entrusted to pro- QR20 card, as the company for QR20, bringing the effective tion via customer’s mobile devices. 2015 in Incheon in South Korea mon good’. tect security, safety and dignity of continues to provide access to calling rates below QR0.45 per Hala customers need to dial tomorrow. The forum will also discuss every member of society.” Qatar’s biggest and fastest net- minute. ‘*127* voucher number#’ on their Qatar’s delegation will be global goals of the post-2015 Brig. Salim Saqr Al Meraikhi, work at the best price. With the new offer, Hala cus- keypad to activate the minutes headed by Minister of Education education agenda and sustain- Director, Legal Affairs The offer has become available tomers who activate the Dawli and data. Customers will receive and Higher Education and able development goals related Department, spoke on the quali- due to strong customer demand, card before June 14 will auto- an SMS confirming the extra data Secretary-General of Supreme to education and key measures ties that must be shown by the after a recent promotion offer- matically receive 2GB free mobile has been added. Education Council H E Dr in developing policies, strategies investigating officer. He said the ing 100MB with the popular Dawli Internet and international call- Dawli International Cards can Mohamed Abdul Wahed Al and actions within the framework investigator being the first to QR20 card ended. ing minutes. The 2GB bonus data be purchased at any Ooredoo Hammadi. of its implementation. receive a criminal case, has the The Dawli International Calling will be valid for the rest of the Shop or authorised dealer. The forum, organised by It will also focus on contribu- primary role in ascertaining facts To activate the card, cus- Unesco in coordination with tion of education to achieving and circumstances and therefore tomers need to scratch off the South Korean Ministry of sustainable development and holds a leading role in gathering the secret panel to reveal Education, is expected to dis- obligations related to education evidence. the voucher number or QR cuss topics related to education, for 2015-2030. Lt. Colonel Nasser Misfir Al code, and follow instruc- including how to take advan- During his participation in the Qahtani, Head, Al Sadd Police tions on the back of the tage from the findings of 2015 four-day forum, the Minister will Division, said the workshop is card to redeem interna- EFA Global Monitoring Report, also visit educational institutions organised by the division and tional call minutes. the regional analyses of some in South Korea. the Training Section of Human THE PENINSULA 120 National EFA 2015 Reviews QNA Resource Department. QNA Silatech starts employability portal, Ta3mal, in Algeria

DOHA: Unemployed In Algeria, Ta3mal their professional skills, in young Algerians and is being implemented addition to openings for aspiring entrepre- in partnership with entry level jobs. neurs now have the Emploitic, World Learning The portal offers young opportunity to realise and AIESEC, who will entrepreneurs informa- their ambitions with bring their knowledge tion about how to set up the launch of Djazair and expertise in training, and finance a business. (Algeria) Ta3mal supervision and support Djazair Ta3mal offers (djazair.ta3mal.com) for young people, con- employers the opportunity employability portal. tribute to content devel- to recruit qualified young Founded in 2012 by opment, and ensure that jobseekers that meet their Silatech and Microsoft, Djazair Ta3mal is adapted employment needs. Ta3mal is a regional for the specific needs of “Young Algerians using network with special- young Algerian jobseekers Djazair Ta3mal will ben- ised country online por- and entrepreneurs. efit from free and easy tals developed for Egypt, At 30 percent, Arab access to tools that will Qatar, Iraq, Tunisia, countries have the high- help ease their path into Algeria, Palestine and est rate of youth unem- the world of work or Morocco. ployment in any region entrepreneurship. I would Silatech and Microsoft in the world. According like to thank all partners are regional co-partners, to International Labour who are providing the while at the local level, Organisation, youth tools and expertise that over 65 partners from unemployment in Algeria make Djazair Ta3mal the non-profit, educa- stands at 24 percent. an invaluable resource tional, government and Djazair Ta3mal pro- for young jobseekers and private sectors provide vides jobseekers with employers,” Ghizlane specialised content, job career guidance and advi- Zouai, National Project opportunities and access sory services, skills train- Manager, Ta3mal, said at to services appropriate for ing and access to over 700 the launch. each country. online courses to enhance THE PENINSULA MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Guardian must ‘accompany kids under 18 seeking medical care’

DOHA: All children under 18 “It is desirable that before a barriers between healthcare seeking treatment at Hamad doctor can treat a patient, they workers and helpers or drivers. Medical Corporation’s (HMC) need a family member to give Having a parent or guardian Paediatric Emergency Centres their consent for medical pro- present ensures they get vital (PECs) must be accompanied cedures to be undertaken, or for information about their child’s by a parent or legal guardian medication or therapies to be condition directly and are able to to receive non-urgent medical administered,” said Dr Al Ansari. make informed decisions about care, HMC said yesterday. “According to Article 49 of next steps, he said. HMC has urged all parents to Qatar Civil Law No. 22 of 2004, However, Dr Al Ansari strictly follow this rule, which adulthood starts from 18 years emphasised that when imple- came in force on April 1. of age in Qatar. menting the new measures, no In cases where parents are not “Anyone under 18 is consid- child brought into PEC without able to attend, a blood relative ered a minor, thus we need to a parent will be turned away. (such as a grandparent, uncle have an adult parent or guard- “Any child requiring urgent or aunt) must accompany the ian to give consent on a child’s and critical care is attended to Some of the participants at the event. child to provide necessary emo- behalf to carry out any medical and put in a stable condition tional and psychological sup- procedures,” he added. until a parent arrives and other port the latter requires during There are important and necessary procedures can be assessment. practical reasons why this ruling done. According to Dr Khalid requires that a sick child must “PEC staff will make all efforts Al Ansari, Medical Director, be accompanied by his or her to contact the child’s parents and Paediatric Emergency Services, parent. It is only a parent who keep them informed until they 49 HMC employees HMC, the new rule is applicable can provide details of a child’s arrive,” he said. to HMC’s network of hospitals medical history, including medi- “Non-urgent cases are and facilities and is a precaution- cation allergies and immunisa- assessed, made comfortable ary effort to prevent children tion records. and kept in the PEC waiting from being brought by the fami- “If a parent is present during area with their helper or driver complete training ly’s housekeeper, helper or driver their child’s assessment, they until a parent arrives and a full instead of a parent or guardian. will be able to receive first-hand assessment of the child can be “As with adults, we have a duty necessary advice about medica- undertaken. DOHA: Hamad Medical Mannai, Executive Director programmes were in addition to of care to ensure that any child tion and any follow-up care per- “In this case, the child may Corporation’s (HMC) for Development, HBKMC, the department’s programme to requiring medical assistance is taining to their child’s health,” have to wait longer than usual,” Engineering Department held and Robert Charles Smith, encourage high school students given the safest and most effec- stressed Dr Al Ansari. added Dr Al Ansari. its second employee train- Executive Director, Engineering to take up engineering profes- tive treatment. There are often language THE PENINSULA ing certification ceremony to Department. sion through HMC scholarships. honour 49 engineers and tech- Michael Strachan, Assistant “Members of our Engineering nicians who have completed Executive Director, Engineering Department visit schools and courses. Department, Abdulla Khalaf encourage them to consider Dhafi Al Marri, Assistant Al Kubaisi, Head, Engineering careers in the field,” he said. Executive Director, Engineering Training and Development, “During visits, we hold engi- Department, said: “Through Vincent R Cicchino, Deputy neering and technical training programmes conducted by the Chief of Facilities and Ammar programmes to equip students Training and Development Al Awad, General Manager, with the right skills, outlining Section of the Engineering Environmental and Green the potential for further study Department, in collaboration Energy Services Company, were and certification.” As part of with the Engineering Profession also present. its commitment to encouraging Awareness Programme, our Strachan said the department high school students to take up department aims to develop had held courses for its 339 engi- engineering professions, HMC a specialised technical team neers and technicians and three has established partnership with to lead engineering works at specialised technical courses Qatar Independent Technical HMC.” were attended by 53 employees. School and developed a two- The event was held at Bayt In addition, 38 hospitality train- year professional training pro- Al Dhiyafah Conference Centre ing sessions in three languages gramme in addition to providing in Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical were held for 741 staff. scholarships for students. City and attended by Naji Al Al Marri said the training THE PENINSULA

Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora and Qatar Chamber CEO Remy Rowhani inaugurate Lulu Mango Mania 2015 at Lulu Hypermarket in Al Gharaffa. Mohamed Althaf, Director, Lulu Group International, R Seetharaman, CEO, Doha Bank, Mohamed Basheer, General Manager, Lulu Hypermarket, Al Gharaffa, Adil Al Mannai, President, Tyseer Motors, and several other officials were present. SALIM MATRAMKOT Mango Festival begins at Lulu outlets DOHA: Lulu the mangoes. at all Lulu Hypermarket outlets in Hypermarket Group, as The festival continues for one week Qatar. THE PENINSULA part of its promotion cal- endar, once again set the stage for Mango Festival under the title ‘Mango Mania’ yesterday for one week. The festival was inaugurated by Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora at Lulu Hypermarket in Al Gharaffa in the pres- ence of dignitaries and senior executives from the retail industry. The idea behind the festival is to promote the agricultural produce of India and make it popu- lar among the local com- munity and in the Middle East at large. This year the festival is showcasing over 120 vari- ety of mangoes from India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, Kenya, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Thailand, Malaysia, Uganda, Ghana, the Philippines, Yemen, Ecuador and Africa. It also features mango- based products. Fresh stocks of man- goes from 18 countries have been imported for the festival. Lulu outlets have made it convenient for the con- noisseurs of the exotic fruit to taste the versatility and buy the best variety that suits their palate. Leading varieties of mangoes are on sale at all Lulu Hypermarket outlets at highly modest prices. The Middle East is one of the biggest markets for MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME WCMC-Q in deal with Al Ahli Hospital offers MY Alliance for Academic Asthma MD app for patients Internal Medicine DOHA: Al Ahli Hospital has Pulmonologist and Intensivist, daily medications. Most chil- conditions prevailing in the offered a special mobile app said, “The app is important dren aged six and above should Middle East, the app could be DOHA: Weill Cornell Medical ensure that the highly skilled fac- for asthma patients to help to know that a patient’s peak be able to use a peak flow meter more helpful for patients to College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) has ulty at WCMC-Q consolidate and monitor their condition. flow meter only measures the with good results. People with control and prevent an asthma signed a memorandum of under- enhance abilities to provide a world- The MY Asthma MD app amount of airflow out of the moderate to severe asthma attack. standing with the US-based class medical education to our could be downloaded on a large airways of the lungs. should download the app and Dr Abdul Azim Abdul Wahab Alliance for Academic Internal students.” smart- phone for accurate Changes in airflow caused have a peak flow meter at Hussain, Medical Director, Al Medicine (AAIM) that fosters Based in Virginia, AAIM is a monitoring of asthma. by small airways (which also home. Ahli Hospital, said, “Many peo- professional development of medi- consortium of five academic medi- The calculation of the app occur with asthma) will not be “Peak flow is only one param- ple suffer from asthma due to cal faculty. cal organisations that collectively is based on personal informa- detected by a peak flow meter. eter for tracking asthma. Users the weather conditions — with AAIM members will collabo- represent departments of internal tion such as age, height and Early warning signs, however, want to track medications, dust and heat in Qatar and the rate with WCMC-Q’s Division medicine at some of the best teach- gender. Users may customise may be present. It is impor- symptoms, triggers and add region. The app will be very of Continuing Professional ing hospitals across the US and information by entering their tant for you to also be aware notes. Including a [wireless] useful for them to control and Development to help faculty at the Canada. highest personal peak flow of your symptoms and early connection would require users prevent asthma attacks.” college incorporate latest advances It facilitates sharing exper- measurements. warning signs to best manage to fiddle with connecting and The app includes integrated in student and medical resident edu- tise that teaching institutions can The app connected with a your asthma. syncing an electronic peak flow medication reminders that cation into their skills sets. draw upon to support their efforts peak flow meter is an inex- “It will use the chart — the meter with the app, while still change depending on the user’s Dr Thurayya Arayssi, Associate to achieve the highest educational pensive, portable, handheld highest of your three readings having to manually enter medi- prescription. It also tracks Professor of Medicine and Associate standards in their internal medicine device for those with asthma — into the app. Also list any cation and other parameters,” adherence so users can share Dean for Continuing Professional programmes. to measure how well air moves possible triggers and symptoms said Dr Sawaf. information with their physi- Development, WCMC-Q, heads the A two-day activity addressing out of their lungs. Measuring you may have been experienc- “We realised that we didn’t cian through MyAsthmaMD team that has developed the rela- recent advances in student and the peak flow using the meter ing as well the medication you want to provide connectivity portal. Families and caregiv- tionship between WCMC-Q and medical resident education is sched- is an important part of man- will be taking,” he added. just to create something that is ers of the patient can log in to AAIM. uled to take place at WCMC-Q this aging asthma symptoms and The app is helpful if you cool, but not have real practical the portal if they also want to She said, “We are pleased to have November. preventing an attack. or your child have moderate value to most users,” he added. track the user’s progress. entered into this agreement with It will feature keynote lectures Dr Hassan Sawaf, Consultant to severe asthma and require With the harsh weather THE PENINSULA AAIM, which we feel will be of huge and workshops developed by a team benefit to faculty and students at of expert medical educators from WCMC-Q. the US, Qatar, the UAE, Oman and “What AAIM offers is an extraor- Lebanon. It will also build upon ped- Forger duo held dinarily effective organisational agogical skills of the faculty relat- QCS to mark World structure that will allow our faculty ing to the assessment of Entrustable to interact with leading experts in Professional Activities, re-mediating No Tobacco Day medical education from elite medical the struggling learner and being a institutions. digital citizen. DOHA: Qatar Cancer Society “This relationship will help us THE PENINSULA (QCS) will commemorate World No Tobacco Day International on May 31 to raise awareness about dangers of smoking and its role in increasing the inci- dence of cancer. Presentations entitled ‘Cigarette trial’ have been made at schools on dangers of smoking and negative effects of a smoker’s life. Among people aged 15 and above, some 12 percent admitted smoking tobacco in 2014, up 10 percent from 2013, shows Global Adult Tobacco Study. According to Global Youth Tobacco Survey, nearly 10 percent of 13-15-year- olds in Qatar smoke cigarettes, up from 6.5 percent in 2007. While in 2007, some 2.3 percent of girls aged 13-15 said they smoked cigarette, the figure has risen to 4.7 percent. Among boys of the same age, the number of cigarette smokers increased by 1.5 percent- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested two Asians for using forged credit cards to age points, from 13.4 percent in make some purchases. “CID has arrested two Asians after they attempted to make some purchasing 2007 to 14.9 percent in 2014. using credit cards that were suspected to be forged,” the Ministry of Interior tweeted last evening. It also THE PENINSULA posted a picture of the duo with the booty seized on its Twitter account. Vodafone launches Android smartphone DOHA: Vodafone yesterday reliable data network, particu- file sync and share service, is “It’s a smartphone for the launched the Vodafone Smart larly when combined with the preloaded onto Smart first 6 and price of a feature phone which first 6, the most affordable company’s low-cost data plans. adds extra storage to the build means that our customers will Android 4 smartphone, to cel- Features of Smart first 6 in 4 Gigabytes (GB) memory be able to stay confidently con- ebrate World Telecom Day include a four-inch touchscreen (1.9 GB available for customer nected. It is the best ever value yesterday. with simple to navigate Android data storage). Vodafone smartphone.” Offered at a special price of 4.4 Kitkat operating system Marc Norris, Chief Vodafone also launched a QR229, Smart first 6 will be with access to thousands of Commercial Officer, Vodafone social media competition to available at all Vodafone retail mobile applications through the Qatar, said: “Smart first 6 is mark the annual occasion and stores and eShop via www.voda- Play store. here to enable as many people as will give away five Vodafone fone.qa/go/smartfirst6 It has 1,400 milliampere hour possible to join the mobile data Smart first 6’s on Facebook. Smart first 6 is a handset in-built battery which means up experience. Users will need to share the with a full Android experience to seven hours of talk time or up “It is an incredibly smart post for the chance to win with that will further lower the cost to 15 days on standby before a and amazingly affordable device Vodafone announcing one win- for customers to enjoy benefits recharge is needed. bringing great value and high ner each day on its Facebook of using Vodafone’s fast and Dropbox, the world’s leading performance. page. THE PENINSULA FACT Qatar to host awards ceremony

DOHA: FACT Qatar magazine will host an awards ceremony for its successful FACT Dining Awards 2015 campaign this month at Doha Marriott Hotel. Over 250 guests will enjoy a night of entertainment, food and beverage, as the winners from the 27 categories will be announced. Sponsors of the event include Maserati Doha and classifieds website Qatar Living. The awards recognise excellence in the food and beverage industry, with winners based on public vote and critics’ choice. Each category will be given two awards, divided into a popular choice decided through online vot- ing, and a critics’ choice decided by an independent panel of Qatar- based bloggers and industry experts. Edward Smith, Publishing Director, Nans Group, said: “The Officials at the event. awards are our way of giving back to an industry which has given us so much enjoyment over the years. campaigns in Bahrain so far, with Abu Dhabi for the first time this The awards are being held hundreds of venues awarded for year, with a ceremony on Yas in Qatar for the first time. The excellence. Island last month. awards have enjoyed five years of The awards also took place in THE PENINSULA MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Protest in support of Mursi Egypt hangs Iran aid ship to six militants dock in Yemen for attack on soldiers on Thursday CAIRO: Egyptian authorities yesterday hanged six men con- victed of killing soldiers, police said, ignoring appeals to spare Vessel carrying 2,500 tonnes of aid them amid allegations two of them had been in custody at the TEHRAN: An Iranian aid ship States was tracking the Iran time of their alleged crimes. bound for Yemen in defiance of Shahed, after an Iranian naval A military court upheld the US warnings has entered the commander told state media death sentences last March, fol- Gulf of Aden and is expected to that warships might escort it to lowing a trial in which the six reach port on Thursday, media Yemen. were convicted of carrying out the reported. Passengers on the Iran Shahed attacks in the months after the The vessel, the Iran Shahed, include doctors, anti-war activists army’s overthrow of Islamist presi- is carrying 2,500 tonnes of aid from the United States, France dent Mohamed Mursi in July 2013. including flour, rice, canned food, and Germany, and other journal- Prosecutors said they were medical supplies and bottled ists, according to Tasnim. members of the Sinai Peninsular- water, all urgently needed in the The vessel’s captain, Masoud based Ansar Beit Al Maqdis jihad- conflict-wracked and impover- Qazi Mir-Saeed, said that if ist group, which late last year ished state. weather remained fair it should pledged allegiance to the Islamic But the ship’s mission has been dock in rebel-controlled Hodeida State organisation. The sentence overshadowed by US calls for it on Thursday. was carried out by hanging in a to head to a UN emergency relief The Pentagon had urged the ship Cairo jail, according to officials. hub in Djibouti instead of docking to divert to Djibouti — where the Pro-Islamist demonstrators shout slogans in favour of former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi during a Some of the men had been in the Yemeni port of Hodeida. UN has an aid hub across the nar- protest in support of him at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. arrested when police and soldiers With a five-day humanitar- row strait that separates Yemen raided their safe house north of ian pause in a Saudi-led bombing from the Horn of Africa — to prove Cairo in March 2014. Two army campaign against the Iran-backed its cargo was humanitarian. explosive experts and six militants rebels who control much of Yemen The dispute raised concerns were killed in an ensuing gun- due to end, the Iranian aid ship has of a potential confrontation fight, adding to the list of charges become another bone of contention between the US and Iran in the against the six men. between Tehran and Riyadh. vital sea lane which links the Gulf 400 Europe-bound migrants But human rights groups had A reporter from Tasnim, a and the Indian Ocean with the appealed for a stay of execution, news agency associated with Mediterranean through the Suez saying two of the defendants had Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Canal. But Iran said on Thursday been in custody at the time. reported that the vessel had left that it had made all the appro- held in Libya dawn raid Amnesty International said the Omani waters and was in the Gulf priate arrangements for the aid men underwent a “grossly unfair” of Aden. shipment. TRIPOLI: Libyan authorities security services”, the official the Italian island of Lampedusa, trial and that the only witness It was under escort by a frigate, “The required coordination has arrested 400 illegal migrants, said. The government in Tripoli 300km from Libya’s shores. during the hearings was a secret the reporter said, but that vessel been done with relevant authori- including several pregnant was created by the powerful One man who had hoped to police officer. was a foreign ship that is part of ties in the UN for docking of the women, at dawn yesterday as Fajr Libya militia alliance last reach Italy before his arrest Hundreds of Islamists have international anti-piracy efforts, ship carrying Iran’s humani- they prepared to board boats August during a power struggle Sunday was Adam Ibrahim been sentenced to death in mass the Fars news agency said. tarian aid for Yemen,” deputy for Europe, officials said. with the internationally recog- Abdullah from Somalia. “I paid trials since Mursi’s overthrow, A Pentagon spokesman had foreign minister Hossein Amir- Most of the migrants were nised administration now based $1,400 to come to Tripoli. I stayed but only seven, including the said on Tuesday that the United Abdollahian said. AFP Somalis and Ethiopians and in the east. here in a compound for two six on Saturday, have been exe- included “pregnant women”, Fajr Libya is one of several months, and then I paid $1,400 cuted. Another Islamist, accused said Mohammed Abdelsalam Al heavily armed militias that have again to go to Italy,” he said. He of involvement in the murder of Kuwiri, spokesman for a unit in been vying for power in Libya said he wanted to start a new anti-Mursi protesters after his the Tripoli-based government since the end of the 2011 upris- life in Italy “because my coun- ouster, was hanged in March. that combats illegal migration. ing that toppled veteran dictator try is in conflict and there is no The six men hanged yesterday He said they were arrested as Muammar Gaddafi. government”. had been accused of taking part they were getting ready to board Jihadists from the Islamic State Maneh from Niger and in two attacks on the army in boats in Tajura, east of the capital. group have also gained a foothold Anabelle from Nigeria said they early 2014, one which killed six Witnesses said dozens of in the oil-rich North African hoped to join relatives who have soldiers at a Cairo checkpoint and migrants were taken by car to country, feeding on the politi- already left for Europe, pleading the other three soldiers in a bus. a detention centre in Tripoli. A cal breakdown and lawlessness. not to be deported back home. The attacks were claimed by migration squad official said the People smugglers have operated in “I don’t want to go back to my Ansar Beit Al Maqdis, which has arrests coincided with the launch Libya for years, but have exploited country. There is nobody to help killed dozens of soldiers and police- of an operation targeting people the chaos since the end of the me there. I beg you, keep me in men in the Sinai Peninsula. The smugglers. revolt to step up their lucrative Libya,” Maneh said, tears running group had assassinated a senior The operation, run by the trade. down her cheeks. Illegal migrants secret police officer, tried to kill Tripoli-based government which With a coastline of 1,770km, arrested in Libya are usually held the interior minister using a car Yemeni labourers unload contents of an Emirati ship carrying 1,200 tonnes is not recognised by the inter- Libya has always been a stepping in detention centres before being bomb, and blew up two police head- of food supply in the port of Aden yesterday. national community, calls for stone for Africans seeking a bet- deported. quarters, killing at least 20 officers. “coordination between various ter life in Europe. Most head for AFP AFP Egypt restricts women travelling to Turkey

CAIRO: Egypt has imposed restrictions on on Thursday, a Cairo airport official said. many of them have fought in Syria, which female citizens travelling to Turkey, police In March, Egypt’s state-sponsored borders Turkey. said yesterday, months after introducing Islamic authority, Dar Al Ifta, warned Egypt has accused Ankara of “backing similar measures for men to stop them women against marrying IS fighters over terrorism,” while Turkey has repeatedly joining the Islamic State jihadist group. the Internet who woo them to travel to branded Mursi’s overthrow a “coup”. Turkey Women aged 18 to 40 are now required jihadist-controlled territory. has denied accusations that it tolerates the to obtain security clearance before going to The compulsory security clearance for flow of foreign fighters into Syria. Turkey, a senior police officer said, without men, introduced in December, applies to Cairo has also regularly raised concerns specifying why. war-torn Libya as well as Turkey. over the war in Libya, which has plunged into “A security clearance can be acquired Jihadists have regularly launched attacks chaos since the ouster and killing of long- within 72 hours, and it is now mandatory for in Egypt, mostly in the Sinai Peninsula, time leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. In women travelling to this country (Turkey),” since Islamist president Mohamed Mursi February, Cairo carried out air strikes inside the officer said. The restriction took effect was ousted in 2013, and officials say that Libya targeting IS fighters. AFP

Israeli leaders honour Ethiopian Jews

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin yester- day denounced racism against the country’s Ethiopian Jews. “There is no place for racism and discrimination in (our) society, none,” Netanyahu said at the annual commemoration for around 4,000 Jews who died while trying to flee their homeland for Israel in the early 1980s. They perished while en route to the Ethiopian- Sudanese border where they waited in transit camps to be airlifted to Israel, with around 8,000 survivors com- pleting the journey. “We shall fight with all possible force against this unacceptable phenomenon. We shall simply uproot it from our lives,” he said. AFP MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE Mediterranean used to be the focus of a migrant crisis unfolding in a number of countries due to war, poverty and ethnic strife. The problem Tnow is as serious if not more in Southeast Asia. With thousands of migrants adrift in the seas off Thailand, West clings to weak Ukraine Myanmar, Indonesia and Malaysia,the world is faced with a crisis of gargantuan proportions. The nations with long coastlines in the region are the targets of these migrants who are either ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar or peace deal despite Kiev doubts Bangladeshi nationals on the lookout for a better quality of life. estern powers are clinging a conflict that has killed more than 6,100 Even the gains achieved under the Most migrants, it has been revealed, are headed to to a fraying peace deal in people in just over a year. He may simply Minsk deal are flawed. Both sides have Malaysia, a prominent member and the current chair of the Ukraine and forcing Kiev be waiting till the EU decides in June on pulled back large-calibre guns and tanks Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Success Wto follow suit, even though extending sanctions on Russia’s finan- from most of the front line, but they stories of nations draw people in the hope of a better life. Russian President Vladimir Putin shows cial, defence and energy sectors before are still being used against government For economic migrants, it is the lure of more money and no sign of wavering and Nato is warn- showing his hand. troops at the main pressure points, ing that Moscow may be preparing for It has been sickly from birth, no-one Kiev says. an elevated economic status that fuels the desire to try out a new offensive. wants to administer the last rites on Despite some prisoner exchanges, untested shores. The United States and European the ceasefire. Moscow is still holding Nadia Savchenko, Nations like Bangladesh and Myanmar have struggled Union are still backing the three-month “Based on the Minsk agreement a celebrated air force pilot seized in east- with their economies and haven’t been able to find a firm old ceasefire, despite a growing feeling from February, we have to note that we ern Ukraine and spirited into Russia. economic footing. It is from such places that most migrants that it is in its death throes, telling are not yet where we want to be. We More importantly for Ukrainians, the in the region emerge, looking to make it to Malaysia where Putin that sanctions will remain if he still don’t have a complete ceasefire,” Minsk agreements include no plan for does not honour his promises. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Kiev to recover territory lost to the they hope to make it big. This offers little consolation to in Berlin alongside Poroshenko. rebels. The situation can be compared with the Mediterranean Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Lithuania’s anti-Moscow president, As long as violence continues in the that is surrounded to the south and east with war-torn who, while under pressure at home over Dalia Grybauskaite, was blunter. “The east, even at a reduced level, Kiev has countries and flailing economies. a steady loss of troops fighting pro- ceasefire no longer exists,” she told little chance of holding local elections Libya is almost a failed state and Moscow rebels in the east, has to keep Reuters. there as planned at the end of this year. insurgencies in Syria and Iraq have in diplomatic step Kiev-based political analyst “The simple reason why the political Asean nations with the West Volodymyr Fesenko believes the the agenda of Minsk-2 has gone nowhere pushed a sea of migrants to cross whose political Europeans in particular are labouring very fast is that the agenda ratifies should come over to Greece, Italy or Spain. and financial help under an illusion. “They try to cling to Russian strategic gains and therefore Malaysia has refused to take in he needs. this mirage and move things in that runs counter to the national goals together to the migrants. It is trying to avoid It is not in His feelings direction,” he said. “Ukraine’s Western set by the Ukrainian government,” becoming the favourite destination showed in Berlin partners will not undertake anything Christopher Granville, managing Putin’s nature on Wednesday new. They will try, to the very last, director of London-based consultancy find a solution of ethnic and economic migrants — when a German to revive the corpse called the Minsk Trusted Sources, wrote in a note. to the migrant something that the European Union to “blink”. He journalist sug- agreements.” Despite frequent meetings with did last year to discourage people cannot afford gested eastern Some commentators detected a softer Western leaders, Putin’s end-game crisis. from crossing over from the Middle Ukraine was rela- tone when US Secretary of State John is not clear. He appears to have little East and Africa. to back down tively calm. Kerry met Putin last week. However, interest for now in annexing separatist- Hundreds of Rohingya and “I’d like to the United States has accused Russia controlled areas, which would be costly on Ukraine contradict that of failing to withdraw heavy equipment as their local economies are depressed. Bangladeshi migrants are in because Ukraine such as air defence systems, tanks and It is not in Putin’s nature to “blink”. Indonesian shelters after having been rescued from the sea as he would is paying a very artillery from eastern Ukraine in viola- He cannot afford to back down on following dangerous voyages that stretched for weeks. A boat lose popularity high price today tion of the Minsk plan. Ukraine as he would lose popularity at with hundreds of people had been sailing for close to two for this pseudo- Nato’s top commander, General Philip home and looking weak is not an option. months. Sordid tales of death, starvation and disease are at home and ceasefire,” he Breedlove, told the US Congress last He has ordered Russia’s first naval war emerging. There have been reports of deadly clashes onboard retorted, not- month that Russia’s military might be games in the eastern Mediterranean looking weak is ing 83 Ukrainian using the truce to prepare for a new with China and held a string of meet- for food and water. About 100 people were killed in a fight servicemen had offensive in support of the separatists. ings with military top brass recently. over food not much of which was left on the boat. not an option. died since a sec- Any new Russian-backed thrust is But, with the deaths of Russian There is room for emotions in the stories of the boat ond peace deal likely to focus on the coastal city of troops in Ukraine a possible threat to people, but there is one for firm and quick decisions too. was signed in the Mariupol. If it fell, the rebels might be his standing, he might judge that wag- Malaysia has urged Myanmar to engage in talks to help Belarus capital of Minsk in February. able to open a land corridor to Crimea, ing a full-blown war in Ukraine is too “Ukraine is losing heroes every day which Russia annexed last year. economically and politically risky. solve the crisis. Otherwise, it would call an emergency Asean but we continue to absolutely support Many see a fundamental difference Russian companies not under sanc- meeting, the Malaysian foreign minister said yesterday. the Minsk agreements,” he told ZDF of perception between European lead- tions are hoping to return to the inter- Southeast Asian countries need to come to a decision on TV. Three Ukrainian soldiers were ers and Poroshenko. While the EU can national bond market later this year as the migrants as soon as possible. They should not repeat killed in the past 24 hours, a military live with a patchy ceasefire that avoids investors are tempted by high-yield- the mistake of the European Union that used to send back spokesman said yesterday. large-scale loss of life, Kiev must face ing debt. But any re-intensification migrants so that other people are not encouraged to follow Few people in Kiev believe Putin will the steady flow of casualties and uncer- of the Ukraine crisis could sink such lessen his support for the separatists in tainty over what Putin might do next. ambitions. WP-BLOOMBERG them. The other side Quote of Developing human capital the day

ROM 66th place out of 122 Advanced economies topped the HCI, and enrolment rates, however, pulled number of Filipinos right in their own countries in 2013 to 46th out with Finland leading the list followed by the country down to 73rd spot in the land, the Philippines must aim for a of 124 this year is a significant Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, under 15 group. greater share of knowledge BPO while Fimprovement for the Philippines Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, For a developing country, 46th spot maintaining its lead as the world’s voice in terms of human capital. In 2013 the New Zealand and Belgium. Yemen is good, but there is always room for BPO center for English speakers. Rehabilitation and World Economic Forum created an ranked worst, followed by Chad and improvement. The continuing exodus of The Philippines ranks among the top index of how well countries develop Mauritania. In Asia, Singapore was the Filipinos for jobs overseas indicates that 10 best places in the world in terms reconstruction is and put to productive use their second best performer after Japan, there aren’t enough decent employ- of gender equity. The country can human resource endowment. The placing 24th; South Korea ranked 30th. ment opportunities in the country. The aspire for similar rankings in terms of very important for 2015 Human Capital Index assessed By age group, the Philippines fared fact that most of the 10 million overseas human capital. Jumping 20 places in countries based on education, skills best in the 15 to 24 bracket, placing Filipino workers are engaged in blue- the HCI is a welcome development, us and we hope our and employment in five age groups, 20th in terms of higher education and collar work also illustrates the need to with the Philippines ranking ahead of friends will come from under 15 to over 65 years. skills used in the workplace. It placed upgrade the quality of education and Malaysia, which placed 52nd; Thailand, In developing the Human Capital 33rd in the over 65 group, 40th for ages skills of the average Filipino. 57th; Vietnam, 59th; China, 64th; and with a large heart to Index, the WEF noted that it could be 55 to 64, and 51st for ages 25 to 54 Even in business process out- Indonesia, 69th. But at 46th place, the assist. the best determinant of a nation’s pros- for continued learning and employment sourcing, which is providing meaning- Philippines can still do better. Sushil Koirala pects for long-term economic success. opportunities. Low primary education ful employment to an ever growing The Philippine Star Nepalese PM MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 For Republicans, problem of plenty

they have so many candidates to Borges and other prominent Bush has shown consider. At Bush’s event, Darlene Republicans said they fear if the Block, 73, the party co-chairman primary campaign devolves into himself to be in Jackson County, ticked through a purity test — or “a theology her short list: “Jeb’s on it. So is class,” as former Oklahoma gover- Dr [Ben] Carson. And I like — nor Frank Keating put it — there politically rusty I keep forgetting his name, but could be trouble. he’s the senator from Florida. “To have a baker’s dozen and — most acutely Marco? Marco Rubio! I’m terri- a few more as our candidates is ble on names. I’ve met Ted Cruz, impressive, enabling and exciting,” I’ve found that [former Texas gov- Keating said. “But it’s problematic last week, as he ernor Rick] Perry was so much because if it looks like total chaos, more sensible than I thought he people will switch the channel.” twisted himself would be. . . . And Rev [Mike] For now, the candidates say Huckabee. . . . They all are so they want to avoid chaos. good.” “This whole process is to elect a into knots over Party officials laud their deep Republican nominee,” Huckabee, field, drawing comparisons to a former Arkansas governor, told the unpopular the lengthy 2008 primary battle reporters Friday in Scottsdale. between Clinton and President “It’s not to provide a media cir- war started Obama that ultimately worked cus. It’s not to provide entertain- to the Democrats’ benefit. ment to the masses and to create This time, argued Sean Spicer, a show that would be delightfully by his brother, the RNC’s chief strategist, “The pleasant for the opposition to attention’s going to be on our side, watch.” former president the horsepower’s going to be on But they may not keep their our side, the enthusiasm’s going word. “You always hope that US Senator Ted Cruz and his wife Heidi wave to the crowd at the Vine Center of Liberty University in Virginia. to be on our side.” we follow what Ronald Reagan George W Bush. The downside is that with said about not criticising each internecine battle could stretch Republican officials are dis- to his dynastic family’s deep net- such stiff competition, there are other, but that’s probably not the BY PHILIP RUCKER and well into the spring of 2016. mayed that months of relentless, work, began building a juggernaut incentives for candidates to make real world,” said Rob Gleason, JENNA JOHNSON This could cost presidential negative press coverage of her use of a campaign. flashy moves that might stir the chairman of the Pennsylvania aspirants tens of millions of dol- of private email servers, foreign But he has shown himself to be conservative base but turn off Republican Party. o take back the White lars, pull them far to the right donations to her family’s charita- politically rusty — most acutely mainstream voters. Last week brought a preview House after eight years ideologically, from hot-button ble foundation and her six-figure last week, as he twisted himself “If we go back to the old way of the jousting to come. As Bush in the political wilder- social issues to foreign policy, and paid speeches have done mini- into knots over the unpopular of fighting amongst ourselves struggled to talk about Iraq, Tness, Republicans believe jeopardise their general-election mal damage to her favourability war started by his brother, former and saying, ‘You’re not right- many of his GOP rivals pounced they must soften their image and chances. And in such a muddled ratings. president George W Bush. Finally, eous enough, you’re not perfect to make unfavourable correlations expand their appeal in particular lineup — officials are planning to “She’s like the Timex watch: he said on Thursday that he enough, you’re not this enough,’ between him and his brother, who to women and Latino voters. As squeeze 10 or more contenders She takes a licking, but keeps would not have invaded Iraq had we’re not going to win,” Bush said left office with dismal approval Jeb Bush, a leading presidential onto the debate stage — candi- on ticking,” said Steve Duprey, a he known about the intelligence in a speech to RNC members this ratings. “There’s plenty of time contender, puts it, “We’re going to dates will be rewarded for finding Republican National Committee failures at the time. Meanwhile, week. for the Bush comparisons,” win if we show our hearts.” creative ways to gain notice. member from New Hampshire. among activists in the early vot- This is particularly worrisome Santorum said, while Sen Rand But the GOP’s strategic imper- “We’re in a danger zone,” said At last week’s Republican ing states, he has yet to catch on, considering the GOP is trying to Paul, Ky, warned the country ative is running headlong into its Doug Gross, a top Republican National Committee meeting in raising doubts about his ability to shed its image as a retro party could get “George Bush 3.” structural reality. Party officials establishment figure in Iowa. Scottsdale, Arizona, party leaders unite the party. that protects the wealthy and “I think without question the are growing worried about a wide- “When the party pooh-bahs plotted their path back to power Instead of a front-runner, project a more forward-looking toppling of [Saddam] Hussein open nominating contest likely to put this process together, they and confronted the demographic Republicans have an array of can- vision by trying to demonstrate made the place less stable, more feature a historically large and thought they could telescope this changes that have made the didates demonstrating strength. that Republicans care about the chaotic, more of the rise of radi- diverse field. At best, they say, to get us a nominee who could Electoral College more challeng- Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker got poor and disadvantaged and craft cal Islam, more of the ascend- the Republican primaries will be appeal to a broad cross-section ing for Republicans, with their off to a fast start in January and policies to lift them up. ance of Iran, and did no good for a lively showcase of political tal- of people. What we’ve got instead heavily male, overwhelmingly sits at or near the top in many “Anybody who doesn’t believe America,” Paul said Saturday in ent — especially compared to the is a confederation of a lot of can- white base. polls, while Sen Marco Rubio, this hasn’t been paying attention Iowa. “We should’ve never gone relative coronation taking shape didates who aren’t standing out “To win in a presidential elec- Fla, rose with a splashy April the last few years,” said Matt in.” on the Democratic side. But offi- — and in order to stand out, you tion year, the Democrats have to campaign launch that highlighted Borges, the party chairman in Campaigning in Iowa City, cials also acknowledge just how need to scream the loudest.” be good,” RNC Chairman Reince his charisma and youthful vig- Ohio, the quintessential general Bush was asked Saturday why he risky their circumstance is for a Looming above the GOP show Priebus said. “As Republicans, we our. Others have impressed, too, election swing state. “If our party wasn’t better prepared for ques- party that hasn’t put on a good is Hillary Rodham Clinton, the need to be about perfect in order including Carly Fiorina, a former isn’t seen as leading on these tions about Iraq and whether his show in a long time. dominant Democratic candidate to win.” technology executive and the lone things, we’re running the risk of fumbles are a sign of weakness. With no clear front-runner and whom Republican officials brashly Perfection will be difficult to woman in the field, who is consid- becoming a permanent minority.” “Nah, I don’t think so,” he Bush so far unable to consolidate dismiss as a scandal-plagued, achieve, however. At the start of ered a long shot but wowed RNC Borges said he only sees a few told reporters. “Look, we are his path to the nomination — his out-of-touch relic of the past but the year, Bush was seen as the members in Scottsdale with her contenders developing that mes- all going to make mistakes. If fumbles over the Iraq war and his whose early strength and political most electable contender and a substantive stump speech and sage: Bush, Rubio, Ohio Gov John you’re looking for a perfect can- brother’s legacy further exposed durability is nevertheless giving favourite for the nomination. The cutting attacks on Clinton. Kasich and former Pennsylvania didate, he probably existed 2,000 his vulnerabilities — the GOP’s them a serious scare. former Florida governor, thanks Republican activists love that senator Rick Santorum. years ago.” WP-BLOOMBERG Iran’s diplomatic fairy tales Venezuela needs BY MASIH ALINEJAD to lie every now and again. We all have to cut him some slack, uring an interview last they say. the world’s help month with TV host Privately and publicly, these BY LEOPOLDO LÓPEZ DCharlie Rose, Iranian supporters warn dissenters not inflation rate is the highest in the Foreign Minister Mohammad to write in English so as not world, our murder rate is the sec- Javad Zarif asserted that Iran to undermine Zarif’s position. t has been almost a year and ond highest. doesn’t “jail people for their Nothing to see here, they say, a half since the people of Change can start with an end opinions,’’ a comment that was let’s all move along. If you criticise IVenezuela took to the streets to the state-sponsored persecu- met with howls of protests from Zarif, you are labelled a warmon- demanding change, and my coun- tion of those who think differ- Iranian activists and journalists ger and a supporter of the sanc- try’s crisis has only gotten worse. ently from the Maduro regime. who have tasted the hospitality tions. Let me shout out that I am Venezuelans of all backgrounds This repression delegitimises the of Iran’s prison system. A pho- against war and that these sanc- denounced our failed state and ruling government and makes a toshopped image of Zarif with tions have devastated the lives of marched for a constitutional functioning democracy impossi- a long wooden nose was circu- ordinary Iranians. change of the current regime. It ble. We also demand the release lated online. Journalist Bahman But let me be frank: Zarif does was because we spoke out publicly of all political prisoners. The more Ahmadi Amouei, who was jailed what he is paid to do, which is against the government’s corrup- than 70 in Venezuela are merely a in the 2009 crackdown, challenged protect the Islamic Republic tion and inefficiency that I and so symptom of the overall poor state Zarif’s claim in an open letter on of Iran. As a diplomat, he will many others are in prison. Last of democracy in the country. Our Facebook: defend the country’s unsavory year, the United Nations found liberation, however, cannot be an “I testify that [President human rights record. He will that I am being held in violation isolated event but must be part Hassan] Rowhani’s government deny UN reports of abuse. He will of international law, and I will not of a process in which we restore and his foreign minister are lying back Iran’s judiciary as it keeps relent until the people’s demand is a functioning democracy to our about this issue,’’ he said, noting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (centre) during nuclear Rezaian and others in detention. met: Democracy must be restored people. Those committing or that he was subjected to psycho- talks in Vienna. He will defend the persecution of to Venezuela. To achieve this criti- complicit in serious human rights logical and physical torture while the Bahai religious minority. cal goal, we need an end to state abuses must resign. And the judi- being held “because of his opin- lawmakers were paying them- happen in Iran when you express I’ve interviewed the families of repression, the release of all polit- ciary and electoral commission ions and articles written in the selves. After I became a column- an opinion. dozens of protesters killed during ical prisoners and free and fair must be free from the influence country’s newspapers.” ist, I lost my position for a while And, as if to prove Zarif wrong, peaceful demonstrations in 2009. elections. of the executive branch. Stung by the reaction, Zarif for criticising then-President last week security agents arrested I’ve interviewed the families of The Venezuela we live in today Maduro claims that those of us offered an explanation on his Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. human rights activist Narges those executed for their political calls itself a democracy, but this demanding change want to carry Facebook page. He said his com- Such reprisals are not supris- Mohammadi, the deputy direc- or religious beliefs. They — and is a facade. Under the heavy hand out a coup against the govern- ments were only about Jason ing to Iranian journalists, who are tor of the Defenders of Human too many others like them — are of President Nicolás Maduro, ment. That is false. Rezaian, The Post reporter who used to being threatened or called Rights Center (DHRC), which the ones who deserve sympathy our country is in a profound eco- Venezuela is supposed to have has been imprisoned for more in for questioning. It’s a part of was cofounded by Nobel Peace and understanding. nomic, social and political crisis. parliamentary elections this than nine months on espionage the job that creates internal red Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi. For I’m against lies. Mr. Zarif, We have a government that fears year, but already we see worry- charges. He urged his critics to lines; if we express our opinions, what possible reason other than Iranians wish you success in your its people. Rather than listening ing signs of electoral corruption. be fair and respect “national there are consequences. her views could she have been efforts to see sanctions removed to what its citizens have to say, It is almost halfway through the interests.’’ I cannot even express an arrrested? and to reach a peaceful resolu- it seeks to silence us. Forbidden year, and no date has been set for But whose national interests opinion in how I dress. Iranian This is not the first time Zarif tion to the nuclear question. But from speaking out, from exercis- the vote. Should there actually be are we talking about? women are required to wear a has made comments that sound don’t expect us to applaud when ing our constitutional rights to elections, we must have experi- I’m an Iranian woman who was headscarf. Last year, more than like an Ahmadinejad rant; in you claim “national interests” freedom of expression and free- enced, independent, international jailed at age 19, while pregnant, 3.6 million women received warn- March 2014, for instance, he trump human rights abuses dom of peaceful assembly, we are observers in the country, not just for helping to create a student ings from the police for wearing claimed that political executions against journalists, dissidents, persecuted; we are imprisoned; we on election day, but in the months newsletter — in other words, improper hijabs, according to offi- do not take place in Iran. Zarif’s religious minorities and women. are killed. Our media are silenced. leading up to it. For us to have full for having an opinion. Like too cials. Through the My Stealthy defenders will say that he’s one of We — the Iranian people — also And now the president has even faith in these elections, we need to many others, I have been forced Freedom campaign, I have con- the good guys. They argue that, want a negotiation to secure our authorised the use of deadly force know that those monitoring it will into exile, which has prevented nected with nearly a million for him to gather support from rights and our freedoms. against protesters. At a time in be impartial — a basic right that me from seeing my family for six people worldwide in an effort to the hardliners, he needs to secure Masih Alinejad is an Iranian our country’s history when we has become a luxury in today’s years, because of my opinions. challenge government-enforced a nuclear deal with the United journalist living in New York and have the potential to be one of Venezuela. At 30, I was barred from par- hijab rules. For this, I’d unques- States and to achieve his goal of creator of the My Stealthy Freedom the world’s largest oil producers, López is the leader of Venezuelan liament for my work as a jour- tionably be jailed if I were to ending sanctions and allowing campaign on Facebook. our children have less food to eat, opposition party Popular Will. nalist exposing how much the return to Iran. That’s what can Iran to rejoin the world, he has WP-BLOOMBERG our sick can’t find medicine, our WP-BLOOMBERG MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Pope Francis canonizes two IS jihadists take over Ramadi Palestinian nuns VATICAN CITY: Two 19th- Militants pinned back in Palmyra century nuns yesterday became the first Palestinians to gain BEIRUT: The Islamic State civilian and military, have been sainthood during an open-air group sealed its capture of killed over the past two days,” mass celebrated by Pope Francis Ramadi after a dramatic pull- Haimour said. in St Peter’s Square attended by out by Iraqi forces but was pre- But he said that the city had Palestinian President Mahmoud vented by Syrian troops from not completely fallen, as fighting Abbas. taking over the heritage site of continued in some areas. The pontiff urged the faithful to Palmyra. Prime Minister Haider Al follow the “luminous example” of Hundreds of fighters and civil- Abadi said he had approved the two 19th-century sisters and ians were killed in both battles, sending forces from the Popular two others, from France and Italy, which also added thousands more Mobilisation units (Hashed Al who were canonised along with families to the millions already Shaabi) to try to rescue Ramadi. them on a sunny spring morning. displaced by conflict on either side The move marks a U-turn Marie Alphonsine Ghattas was of the border. from the Sunni province’s pre- born in 1843 in Jerusalem during The effective loss of the capital vious opposition to resorting to its rule by the Ottoman Empire, of Iraq’s largest province marked the force, an umbrella for many and died there during the British one of Baghdad’s worst setbacks Shiite militias. “The provincial mandate period in 1927. since it began a nationwide offen- council of Anbar decided to call She was beatified — the final sive last year to reclaim territory on Hashed Al Shaabi which oper- step before canonisation — in lost to the jihadists in June 2014. ates under the umbrella of the 2009. Mariam Bawardy was “Anbar operations command commander in-chief of the armed born in Galilee, now in northern has been cleared,” Muhannad forces,” Mahdi Saleh Al Numan, Israel, in 1846. She became a nun Haimour, spokesman and adviser the Anbar governor’s security in France and died in Bethlehem to the provincial governor, said. adviser, said. in 1878 and was beatified by pope Several security officials con- He added that the forces John Paul II in 1983. firmed the retreat. IS fighters, deployed would be drawn “from Around 2,000 pilgrims from the who already controlled most of the disciplined brigades known Displaced Sunni people fleeing the violence in Ramadi arrive on the outskirts of Baghdad yesterday. Palestinian territories, Israel and the Anbar provincial capital, used for their honest work,” suggest- Jordan, some waving Palestinian a wave of suicide car bombings to ing that some Shia militias would loyalist militiamen, 115 IS fighters site. “We have good news today, said a US raid late on Friday on flags, attended the mass as well take most of the city and raised be barred. Three days after IS as well as 57 civilians, dozens of we feel much better,” Abdulkarim one of Syria’s largest oilfields as Abbas, who had a private audi- their black flag over the provin- supremo Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi whom were executed by the jihad- said. killed 32 IS members, including ence with the Pope on Saturday. cial headquarters. tried to galvanise his troops in a ists, the Observatory said. Unesco chief Irina Bokova has four leading officials. Ghattas, through her focus on “Daesh has just taken full con- rare audio message, the jihadists Barazi said the army was “still appealed to Syrian troops and “The US operation killed 32 women’s education and commu- trol of all main security bases,” an were denied a similar victory on combing the streets for bombs” jihadists to spare Palmyra, which members of IS, among them four nity work, left behind a network army lieutenant colonel, who was the Syrian side of their self-pro- after recapturing the northern the organisation describes as one officials, including IS oil chief Abu of convents, schools and religious among the troops that withdrew claimed “caliphate”. districts. of the most important cultural Sayyaf, the deputy IS defence centres — a more palpable legacy from the operations command On Saturday, the jihadists Observatory head Rami Abdel centres of the ancient world. minister, and an IS communica- than Bawardy, who lives on more centre, said, using an Arabic acro- pressed their offensive and seized Rahman said the jihadists were Governor Barazi voiced con- tions official,” said Abdel Rahman. through the memory of her tough nym for IS. the northern part of the modern still just a kilometre away from cern for the population, saying the US officials have said “about and mysterious life. Fighting took place in several town of Palmyra, but were driven the Unesco-listed heritage site fighting had forced civilians in the a dozen” people were killed in For sainthood, the candi- neighbourhoods of Ramadi but out by regime forces. and its adjacent museum housing countryside to swamp Palmyra, the operation by Iraq-based US date must have lived a holy life, reinforcements were too little “IS’s attack was foiled,”said thousands of priceless artefacts. home to 70,000 people. commandos trying to capture as determined by the Catholic too late as IS fighters used their provincial governor Talal Barazi. Syrian antiquities chief IS posted pictures online Abu Sayyaf. Abdel Rahman said Church, and must usually have at momentum to complete their The Syrian Observatory for Mamoun Abdulkarim expressed of what it said was one of two three of the four leading officials least two miracles to their name, conquest of the city. Human Rights monitoring group relief that IS, known for its wan- checkpoints fighters seized inside killed in the raid were from north attributable to prayers made to “We don’t have an accurate said nearly 300 people have been ton destruction of archaeological Haql Al Hail gas field, triggering Africa, but that the communica- them posthumously. count of casualties yet but we killed in four days of fighting. The sites in territory it controls in more clashes with pro-regime tions official was a Syrian. A miracle that led to Ghattas’s believe at least 500 people, both toll comprised 123 soldiers and Syria and Iraq, did not attack the forces. The Observatory director AFP canonisation was the resuscita- tion of a Palestinian engineer in 2009, who was electrocuted and suffered a heart attack, but regained consciousness two days later after relatives prayed for her intercession. AFP Turkey PM seeks to rouse Turkey arrests 7 soldiers in ‘Syria voters in huge poll rally arms’ case ISTANBUL: Prime Minister He is under huge pressure to putting the AKP on anything ISTANBUL: A Turkish court Ahmet Davutoglu yesterday show his political mettle in the from 38-47 percent of the vote. yesterday remanded in custody hosted the biggest rally yet of polls, the first election battle Any result to the lower end of seven serving soldiers accused Turkey’s legislative election where the Islamic-rooted AKP that scale would be a massive blow over the interception last year of campaign, as the ruling party has not been led by Erdogan since for Davutoglu’s leadership, after an alleged consignment of arms battles three weeks ahead of the it first came to power in 2002. the party scored almost 50 per- bound for Syria, state media said. polls to maintain its total domi- Criticised by some for lacking cent of the vote in the 2011 polls Following police raids in pre- nance of politics. Erdogan’s charisma, Davutoglu and 46.5 in 2007 under Erdogan. vious days, a total of 10 soldiers Tens of thousands of people arrived in rock star-style fashion, Davutoglu whipped up the appeared before the Istanbul filled the gigantic outdoor area in circling the crowds in his helicop- crowds by angrily slamming the criminal court, the Anatolia news the Maltepe district of Istanbul ter before landing nearby. death sentence handed by Egypt agency reported. After hearings on the Sea of Marmara to hear “We are watching history, we to ousted president Mohamed that lasted all day, three were Davutoglu, who said only the are writing history,” Davutoglu Mursi — who Turkey had strongly allowed to go free while seven ruling Justice and Development said in live comments from the supported. “The modern pharaohs were arrested ahead of trial and Party (AKP) could be trusted helicopter broadcast to the crowd of Egypt will be consigned to the will now be sent to prison. with Turkey’s future in the June before landing. dustbin of history,” he said, lash- They have been charged with 7 polls. Speaking in front of a giant pic- ing out at Egyptian President membership of a terrorist group, “Dear Istanbul are you with ture of himself under the slogan Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who led the impeding the work of the govern- us? Are you behind us?” shouted “Stronger Together”, Davutoglu overthrow of Mursi. ment and espionage. Davutoglu, his voice hoarse from spoke from a long catwalk plat- He compared Mursi to former The arrests are the latest in a campaigning in over 40 cities. form that jutted out from the Turkish premier Adnan Menderes, string of detentions related to the “On June 7, is there going to stage, throwing out flowers. who was executed in 1961 after a stopping and searching of trucks be a new Turkey?” he said, as the At the end, loudspeakers military coup and remains an idol in the southern provinces of crowds roared their approval. blared the election song writ- for many in the AKP, saying today Hatay and Adana near the Syrian “They (the opposition) talk. ten for Davutoglu, “Ahmet Hoca” no-one remembers those who sent border in January 2014 on suspi- The AKP acts,” he said, repeating (“Ahmet the Teacher”), in refer- him to the gallows. cion of smuggling arms into Syria. his party’s main election slogan. ence to his academic background. Davutoglu said Turkey’s enemies Documents circulated on Davutoglu, the former foreign Erdogan had used precisely wanted to set a “trap” in the polls the Internet claimed the seized minister, became premier and the same venue for his final after over a decade of new prosper- trucks were Turkish National AKP leader when Recep Tayyip major rally before his triumphant ity led by the AKP. “Are you going Intelligence Organisation vehi- Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his wife Sare Davutoglu wave Erdogan moved to the presidency August 2014 presidential election. to allow this? When the giant has cles delivering weapons to Syrian to supporters during a general election rally in Istanbul yesterday. in August last year after over a Opinion polls can vary widely now stood tall?!” he asked. Islamist rebels fighting President decade as prime minister. in Turkey, with the latest surveys AFP Bashar Al Assad. AFP Clashes in occupied east Jerusalem

JERUSALEM: Israeli nationalists away on a stretcher by Red Crescent “A divided Jerusalem is a past mem- and police clashed with Palestinians in ambulance staff. ory: the future belongs to a complete occupied east Jerusalem yesterday as Police would not say how many jubi- Jerusalem which will not be divided crowds of Jewish hardliners marched lant Zionists descended on the Old City’s again.” Jerusalem Day is marked by a across the city to mark the 48th anni- Muslim Quarter on their way to pray at series of state ceremonies and an annual versary of its capture. the Western Wall Jewish holy site, only march through western Jerusalem and Known as Jerusalem Day, the anniver- that “large crowds” were expected. into the east side, which is predominantly sary marks the seizure in the 1967 Six- “They are coming here with the support attended by nationalist hardliners. Day War and later annexation of mainly of an extremist government that paid for Every year, police deploy in strength Arab east Jerusalem in a move never rec- their buses,” a Palestinian woman, Muna to secure the march, which frequently ognised by the international community. Barbar, said outside Damascus Gate. provokes clashes. This year, two non-gov- Police said two officers were wounded The Palestinians want the eastern ernmental organisations appealed to the by Palestinian stone-throwers and at sector of the city as the capital of their Israeli High Court to change the route least four Palestinians were arrested near promised state, and vigorously oppose any so the march would not pass through the the walled Old City’s Damascus Gate. attempt to extend Israeli control. But Muslim Quarter. The demonstrators were dispersed by Israeli leaders have repeatedly vowed that But last week, the court rejected the baton-wielding police, some on horseback. the city will never again be split, calling it appeal, noting it did so “with a heavy A police statement said that in one their “eternal, indivisible” capital. heart”. In their ruling, the justices incident “several dozen Muslims scuffled “Jerusalem has always been the capital stressed there should be “zero tolerance” with a group of Jews”. of the Jewish people alone and not of any of anyone involved in violence, and that Onlookers said at least two Palestinians other people,” Prime Minister Benjamin police should arrest anyone chanting A Palestinian protester is detained by Israeli security forces outside Damascus Gate in were wounded in various clashes, and Netanyahu said at an official Jerusalem “death to Arabs”. Jerusalem’s old city yesterday. video footage showed a man being taken Day ceremony. AFP MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 UK’s Labour Germany helped frontrunner US find Bin calls for EU referendum

Laden: Report LONDON: Andy Burnham, frontrunner to become leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, threw his weight behind the idea of Spy service ‘provided tip-off’ a referendum on the country’s EU membership, and said he would BERLIN: Germany’s foreign report about the German spy demand it took place in 2016 if he intelligence agency helped the agency’s “apparent act of hero- becomes party leader. CIA track down Osama bin ism” was published “right in the Burnham’s pledge to back a Laden in Pakistan where US middle of the BND affair” and referendum is a break with the special forces killed the Al asked “is it plausible?” left-leaning Labour Party’s exist- Qaeda leader, according to a The BND has been accused ing stance, which has been to only German news report published of helping the US National back a referendum if there was a yesterday. Security Agency (NSA) spy not substantial further shift of powers The BND spy service pro- just on extremists and crimi- from London to Brussels. vided a tip-off that Bin Laden nals but also on political and He said the vote was needed was hiding in Pakistan, with the business targets, including the in 2016, earlier than the knowledge of Pakistani security French government, European Opposition leader Zoran Zaev (centre) addresses the crowd during an anti-government protest in Skopje yesterday. Conservative government’s cur- services, according to the Bild am Commission and Airbus Group. rent timetable for 2017, to clear Sonntag report, which was pub- The claims — and questions of up uncertainty for British busi- lished as the agency is battling how much the office of Chancellor ness, as he launched a leadership heavy criticism in a spy scandal. Angela Merkel knew about the Protesters pledge to force out campaign with a series of inter- The information came from a reported joint snooping — have views yesterday. BND informant within Pakistan’s occupied German politics and “Under my leadership the Inter-Services Intelligence agency media for weeks, and are subject Macedonia PM, crisis deepens Labour party will not be a grudg- and confirmed CIA suspicions, to two parliamentary inquests. ing presence on that stage. We will said the newspaper report which Merkel has pledged to testify now embrace (the referendum.) cited unnamed US intelligence before the panels if asked, while SKOPJE: Macedonia’s opposi- many supporters for his rally in around 100 remained around a It should be brought forward to sources. her Social Democratic Vice tion vowed to continue street the capital today evening. Waving small stage set up outside the 2016,” Burnham told the Observer The American source was Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has protests after 20,000 people Macedonian and Albanian flags, grandiose white building. newspaper yesterday. “It is not quoted as saying the German tip- heaped pressure on her, demand- marched through the capital opposition protesters chanted Macedonia’s problems deep- going to be in anybody’s interest off was of “fundamental impor- ing her office reveal the search Skopje yesterday demanding “Resignation!” and “Victory! ened last weekend after the for this to rumble on through this tance” in the hunt for the architect terms for electronic surveillance that the country’s embattled Victory!” The rival demonstra- bloody shootout in the northern parliament,” he added. of the September 11, 2001 attacks. which the NSA gave to the BND Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski tions come after a year-long town of Kumanovo between police Prime Minister David Cameron, Pakistan has denied that it over the years. step down. stand-off between Gruevski and and ethnic Albanian rebels, many re-elected in the general election knew Bin Laden was living within Yesterday, Gabriel demanded With the small Balkan coun- his centre-left opponents that has of them from just across the bor- earlier in May, said this week he its borders or that it had advance Merkel’s government show try divided by a deep political split the multi-ethnic country of der in Kosovo. would hold a vote on British EU knowledge of the 2011 US special “backbone” and release the clas- crisis — and still in shock after two million people. No violence was reported at membership earlier than the end forces operation which killed him sified list of search terms even last weekend’s battle with ethnic “Join us, for you, for your chil- the protest that brought together of 2017 if possible, after reshaping in a walled compound in the city if Washington objects to their Albanian gunmen in which 18 dren, for free and prosperous demonstrators from all corners Britain’s ties with the EU. of Abbottabad. publication. died — Gruevski’s supporters are Macedonia,” Zaev urged the pro- and ethnicities of the tiny land- Describing himself as a “strong The German newspaper said His party has also charged to march today after yesterday’s testers, calling the ongoing politi- locked country, with protestors pro-European”, Burnham said a that ultimately US services Merkel’s conservatives deceived big show of force by the opposition. cal crisis “one of the most severe also carrying flags from the renegotiation of Britain’s links with tracked down Bin Laden’s exact the electorate by voicing unreal- “We will stay here in front of the since Macedonia’s independence.” Turkish and Roma minorities. the EU was needed to convince location by following one of his istic hopes for a US-German “no- government. Nikola Gruevski must “It is necessary to reach a A protester from Kumanovo, British voters of the benefits of couriers, as Washington has said. spy agreement” in the lead-up to resign,” the leader of the main political agreement for an interim 33-year old psychologist staying in the bloc. “There is clearly The report also said the BND 2013 elections. opposition SDSM party Zoran government... that would create Aleksandar Krstevski said: “We an appetite for a referendum... The used its Bad Aibling listening post Justice Minister Heiko Maas, Zaev told the crowds drawn up conditions for early free and fair will stay as long as it takes, until public are asking for this,” he said. in Germany’s southern Bavaria meanwhile, demanded reforms to in front of the government’s neo- parliamentary elections,” Zaev the final victory, until the prime Burnham is standing for the state to monitor telephone and boost political oversight over the classical offices. “Until he goes we said. An opposition source said minister’s resignation.” Labour Party’s leadership alongside email traffic in northern Pakistan spy agency, telling the Welt am are not going to leave either.” that they plan to keep enough Carrying a placard saying home affairs spokeswoman Yvette to ensure the secrecy of the Sonntag newspaper that “we need Gruevski — who only months protesters in front of the prime “Goodbye Nikola”, 29-year old Cooper, Liz Kendall, a health planned US Navy Seals’ operation. to make all of the BND’s activities ago seemed to have an unshak- minister’s offices “to keep the Jelena said, “There is a need to spokeswoman, and Mary Creagh, News portal Spiegel Online subject to democratic controls”. able grip on power — is now pressure on the government.” finish with this government.” a spokeswoman for international pointed out that the newspaper AFP under pressure to assemble as But by yesterday evening only AFP development. REUTERS

Russia not to Heavy rain, tornadoes touch down across US midsection sign ‘weak’ OKLAHOMA CITY: A pow- Weather Service forecaster Daryl Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota, extending from the North Central that damage after daybreak. Cain erful storm system stretch- Williams. He said another tor- where there were some additional Plains into the Southern Plains warned a risk of isolated flooding UN arms ing from Texas to Minnesota nado touched down briefly near reports of possible tornadoes. that pushed up behind warm, remained. raked midsection of US early Elk City along Interstate 40, and Bill Bunting, chief of opera- moist air. US Highway 283 at Elmer was yesterday, hours after kick- there were several other possible tions for the National Weather In Oklahoma, Department of closed because of a downed power trade treaty ing up damaging tornadoes in tornadoes. Service Storm Prediction Centre Emergency Management spokes- line and the town was without Oklahoma and heavy wind and Authorities said they had in Norman, said yesterday that woman Keli Cain said damage was power, the Oklahoma Highway MOSCOW: Russia will not sign rain around the region. reports a tornado touched down flash floods remained a concern reported in western Oklahoma Patrol reported. Public Service the United Nations Arms Trade There were no immediate late on Saturday northeast of in some areas in the wake of pre- and more than 3,000 power out- Company of Oklahoma reported Treaty that requires govern- reports of any deaths or injuries. Tulsa. And there were reports of vious storms. He said damaging ages were reported statewide at about 1,800 power outages in the ments to ensure their exports Forecasters said the system was large hail, some the size of base- straight-line winds up to 60mph one point on Saturday. She said region. Jared Guyer, a forecaster will not fuel conflicts, a senior continuing its march eastward as balls in the state. were also a feature of the system power polls fell and roofs were with the weather service’s Storm foreign ministry official said radar showed storms across Iowa, Oklahoma emergency officials in some areas. damaged. Prediction Centre, said storms yesterday. Missouri and a large area of Texas. said they also received reports of “We are seeing pockets of Cain said authorities in with rain and hail could continue. “We decided not to join. We Tornadoes touched down damage to homes and businesses damaging winds from Missouri Wagoner County in the state’s Last weekend’s weather caused weighed all the pros and cons on Saturday in southwestern and significant damage to power south to northeast Oklahoma,” northeast also reported roof dam- several tornadoes, flooding and at and decided it is not obligatory Oklahoma near the towns of lines. Rain and wind were moving Bunting said and added that the age and power poles down but least four deaths. for us,” Mikhail Ulyanov, who Elmer and Tipton, said National overnight across parts of Texas, storm grew out of a cold front that teams would have to inspect THE GUARDIAN heads the foreign ministry’s non- proliferation and arms control department, told TASS state news agency. He criticised the Bust of Putin as Roman emperor “too weak treaty” which however “places certain burdens on its Amtrak ordered to take rail Russia probes participants”. “We don’t have a negative atti- tude to this treaty but we don’t safety steps after crash space failures see the point of joining it,” said MOSCOW: Russia yesterday Ulyanov, arguing that Western WASHINGTON: Amtrak Robert Sumwalt, a member began investigating the loss of a countries and Russia already have must take immediate steps to of the National Transportation commercial satellite and a sepa- export controls in place, and that improve the safety of its busi- Safety Board, the agency con- rate glitch on the International the treaty would not be effective est route after a derailment ducting the federal probe, said Space Station, sparking fears for developing countries. in Philadelphia this week that this week positive train control over the industry’s safety. The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) killed eight passengers and sent would have prevented the acci- A commission to investigate entered into force in December. more than 200 to local hospi- dent if it was in operation along the accident with the Proton-M So far 130 countries have signed it tals, US federal regulators said. that stretch of track. rocket carrying a Mexican tele- and 67 have ratified it. China, also The Federal Railroad Under current law, the rail communications satellite met yes- a permanent member of the UN Administration ordered Amtrak industry must adopt the technol- terday morning, the TASS state Security Council, has not signed to put a speed-control system in ogy by the end of this year. The ill- news agency reported. the treaty either. use on all northbound trains along fated train was barreling north at Russian Prime Minister Dmitry UN Secretary-General Ban the stretch where a train crashed more than twice the 50-mile-per- Medvedev had demanded answers Ki-moon this month urged all on Tuesday night as it headed to hour speed limit when it entered a from space agency chief Igor member states to sign up. The New York. The system, called sharp curve and derailed, leaving a Komarov and the names of those first major arms accord since automatic train control (ATC), trail of tangled metal and human responsible, suggesting that heads the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear is already in use on southbound carnage alongside the track. could roll over the incident. Test Ban Treaty, the ATT covers trains near the derailment site. ATC detects when a train is President Vladimir Putin was international transfers of eve- “These are just initial steps, traveling above the speed limit, also said to be aware of the acci- rything from tanks to combat but we believe they will immedi- sending a signal to the engineer. dent, though he has not com- aircraft to missiles, as well as ately improve safety for passen- If the operator fails to act, the mented on it. Neither has Dmitry small arms. gers on the Northeast Corridor,” system will automatically apply Rogozin, the deputy prime minister The treaty compels countries FRA acting Administrator Sarah the brakes. who oversees the space sector. to set up national controls on Feinberg said. Amtrak said it The FRA’s order came as In the accident, the engines of arms exports. States must assess would implement the FRA’s the Southeastern Pennsylvania the third stage of the rocket tak- whether an exported weapon directives immediately. Transportation Authority con- ing the satellite into orbit mal- could circumvent an international A cossacks poses besides a bust of Russian President Vladimir Putin Feinberg added that the most firmed that an unidentified pro- functioned. The rocket’s third and embargo, be used for genocide and which depicts him as a Roman emperor, during its unveiling ceremony important safety step will be full jectile hit one of its commuter upper stages and the satellite fell war crimes, or be used by terror- in Leningrad region, yesterday. implementation of positive train trains operating near the derail- back to Earth from a height of ists and organised crime. control, a more robust system for ment site about 20 to 30 minutes 161km, burning up in the atmos- AFP avoiding accidents than ATC. before the crash. AFP phere. AFP MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Okinawans protest Nepal appeals Despite tension, for $2bn to rebuild country

US-China ties KATHMANDU: Nepal’s prime minister yesterday appealed for $2bn to rebuild his country, shattered by two mas- are stable: Xi sive earthquakes in three weeks that have killed thousands and devastated the impoverished nation’s infrastructure. Kerry ends two-day visit to Beijing On April 25 a 7.8-magnitude quake, the deadliest to hit the BEIJING: China’s relations “In my view the China-US rela- country in more than 80 years, with the United States remain tionship has remained stable,” Xi killed more than 8,500 people and stable, Chinese President Xi told Kerry at Beijing’s Great Hall destroyed half a million homes. Jinping said yesterday, as he of the People at a session open to That was followed weeks later sought to defuse tension over reporters. by a second massive tremor that a territorial dispute in the China claims about 90 percent triggered landslides and brought South China Sea that has pitted of the 3.5 million sq km (1.35 mil- down houses, triggering fresh Washington against Beijing. lion sq mile) sea. The Philippines, misery for people still trauma- “I look forward to continuing Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and tised by the earlier quake. to develop this relationship with Vietnam also claim large parts The disasters have also left President Obama and to bring of it. their mark on the impoverished China-US relations to a new Recent satellite images have Himalayan nation’s infrastructure height along a track of a new shown that since about March Residents of Japan’s southwestern island Okinawa protest against the construction of a new US base at Henoko and development. model of major country relation- 2014, China has conducted rec- in Nago coastal area, at a baseball stadium in Naha, Okinawa, yesterday. About 35,000 people participated in Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, ship,” Xi told US Secretary of lamation work at seven sites in the rally. Japan and the US governments plan to relocate US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, a whose year-old government has State John Kerry at the end of the Spratlys and is constructing densely populated area, to the coastal area of Nago on Okinawa Island. faced criticism over the speed of Kerry’s two-day trip to China. a military-sized air strip on Fiery its response to the quakes, said Kerry’s trip has been domi- Cross Reef and possibly a second Sunday that the administration nated by deepening security con- on another reef. has set up a national rehabilita- cerns about Beijing’s maritime The Philippines, a US treaty tion and reconstruction fund, and ambitions in the South China Sea. ally, has called for urgent action. Burundi president appears in urged donors to help. China’s rapid reclamation effort Kerry said the United States around seven reefs in the Spratly had stated its concerns about the Four killed in archipelago of the South China pace and scope of China’s land capital, warns of Islamist threat Sea has alarmed claimants such reclamation in the South China as the Philippines and Vietnam. Sea. Tokyo hostel fire On Saturday, Kerry urged On Saturday, China’s top dip- BUJUMBURA: Burundian Al Qaeda linked militant group harsh reprisal against protesters, China to take action to reduce lomat, Yang Jiechi, urged Kerry President Pierre Nkurunziza Al Shabaab. “We take seriously civil society activists and opposi- TOKYO: At least four people tension in the South China Sea. to “properly control our differ- yesterday made his first pub- the threat of al Shabaab,” said tion leaders,” Nshimirimana said were killed in a fire early yes- His call was rebuffed by China’s ences and sensitive issues” as lic appearance in the capital Nkurunziza. in a statement. terday at two adjacent hostels in Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who well as “view our strategic inten- Bujumbura since an attempted He did not elaborate, but Until the coup attempt, pro- Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, said Beijing’s determination to tions objectively and rationally”, coup last week failed to oust him, Burundi contributes forces to tests had occurred almost daily while 19 others were injured protect its interests in the area according to a report by state-run warning of a threat posed by an African Union peacekeep- in the outskirts of Bujumbura. and sent to hospital, firefighters is “as hard as a rock”. China News Service. Islamist militants from Somalia. ing mission battling al Shabaab Protesters hurled rocks while said. Kerry’s trip is intended to pre- “I hope the United States can The east African nation in Somalia. In recent years, the police fired tear gas, water can- Firefighters and police are pare for the annual US-China do more for peace and stability was plunged into crisis after group has attacked Kenya and non and were also seen firing guns investigating if any more people Strategic and Economic Dialogue in the region,” Yang, who holds Nkurunziza said he was seeking Uganda, which also provide at the protesters. remain unaccounted for among next month in Washington and the title of State Councillor, was a third term of office. troops. Diplomats say the longer unrest the roughly 60 who were staying Xi’s expected visit to Washington quoted as telling Kerry, referring Critics said the move would be A spokesman for the Islamist continues the more chance that a in the two wooden buildings after in September, a trip that Xi said to the South China Sea. unconstitutional, and there have group had no immediate conflict, which up until now has the blaze broke out in one of the he looked forward to. China has expressed its con- been almost daily protests since comment. been largely a struggle for power, hotels, an official of Kawasaki Xi has repeatedly told Obama cern about a possible US plan to Nkurunziza’s announcement, A leader of a group of reopens old wounds in a region Fire Department said. of his desire for a “new model of send military aircraft and ships stirring memories of an ethni- Burundian civil society groups, with a history of ethnic killing. “Three were confirmed dead in major country relationship,” in to assert freedom of navigation cally driven civil war that ended Vital Nshimirimana, said dem- More than 105,000 people the hospitals, while one was found which China would be viewed as in the South China Sea. a decade ago. onstrations against Nkurunziza’s have fled to neighbouring states, dead in the debris of the fire,” an equal global player. China rejects US involvement At a news conference, third term bid, which had largely including next-door Rwanda, with she said, adding their identities, But the model also outlines a in the dispute and has blamed Nkurunziza, who has not been come to a halt in recent days, the same ethnic mix as Burundi including gender, were unknown. respect for “each other’s sovereign the United States for stoking ten- seen in the capital for days, did would resume on Monday. and which was torn apart by More than 10 people remained and territorial integrity as well as sion by encouraging countries to not address the crisis in his coun- “We ask the international com- a genocide in 1994 that killed unaccounted for, Kyodo News political system and development engage in “dangerous behaviour”. try but said he was “very preoc- munity to follow closely the situa- 800,000 mostly Tutsis and mod- agency said, citing unnamed path”. REUTERS cupied” by the threat posed by the tion in Burundi in order to stop the erate Hutus. REUTERS sources from police. AFP Osaka voting Malaysia presses Myanmar to solve migrant crisis over reforms KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia The three nations have sparked Minister Muhyiddin Yassin yes- in Malaysia with Bangladeshi the issue in regional forums. It TOKYO: The people of Japan’s yesterday pressed Myanmar to outrage by turning away vessels terday pointed the finger squarely Foreign Minister A H Mahmood considers Rohingya to be illegal second city Osaka voted yester- engage in talks on Southeast overloaded with migrants from at Myanmar. Ali. The visit was arranged before immigrants from Bangladesh, day on a plan to streamline its Asia’s boat-people influx, warn- Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya minor- “We want their (Rohingya) the latest boat-people exodus. denying them citizenship, and governance in the mould of other ing it may otherwise call an ity and with poor Bangladeshis. influx to be brought under control Recently arrived migrants have disavows responsibility for them. global metropolises, as the one- emergency meeting on the Nearly 3,000 such migrants have before it becomes a big burden to recounted grim stories of people It has already said it may snub time commercial capital seeks to unfolding humanitarian crisis. swum to shore or been rescued off (Malaysia),” he said, according to dying at sea of starvation, sick- an invitation from Thailand to recapture its glory days. “If necessary, we will call for Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand Bernama. ness or drowning when rickety attend a May 29 meeting there On the table is what supporters an emergency regional meeting,” over the past week. All three He also took a swipe at the UN boats sank. to address the crisis. say is a way to slash waste, cut Foreign Minister Anifah Aman nations along with Myanmar are High Commissioner for Refugees Activists say thousands more In contrast to the Rohingya, out administrative duplication was quoted as saying by the state- among the 10 members of the (UNCHR) which earlier criticised are feared to be drifting helplessly the Bangladeshi boat-people are and strengthen the city’s brand run Bernama news agency. Association of Southeast Asian the boat push-backs, saying the at sea after a Thai crackdown on believed to be mainly economic at home and abroad, making it Anifah said Malaysia as chair of Nations (ASEAN). agency “is not that effective”. human-trafficking disrupted busy migrants seeking to escape their more attractive to investors and regional grouping ASEAN “hopes Along with criticism of recipi- Anifah will host Indonesian migration routes from the Bay of country’s grinding poverty. sports event organisers. Myanmar can sit together to find ent nations, attention is increas- Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi Bengal to Southeast Asia. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Apeing the set-up of big a solution before it is brought to ingly being focused on Myanmar’s and their Thai counterpart On Saturday Malaysian Prime Shahidul Haque — who works brother Tokyo, the proposal the international level”. much-criticised treatment of Tanasak Patimapragorn for talks Minister Najib Razak urged under foreign minister Ali — on would see Osaka’s current 24 Malaysia had earlier announced its Muslim ethnic Rohingya in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday Myanmar to help solve what he Saturday said his country was separate wards merged into five that Anifah would host a meeting minority — which is blamed in response to the migrant crisis, called a “humanitarian catastro- struggling to contain surging ille- “special districts”. on Wednesday with his Indonesian for fuelling the mass migra- a foreign ministry official said. phe”. Myanmar has previously gal migration through the Bay of Each would have limited and Thai counterparts. tion. Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Earlier yesterday Anifah met steadfastly refused to discuss Bengal. AFP autonomy under a souped-up mayoralty, which would focus on providing public services. Costly urban development would be managed by the existing prefec- ture, a body similar to a US state. Manila pushes job safety Vietnam opposes laws after deadly fire fishing ban in MANILA: Philippine officials called Relatives of the victims said the workers yesterday for criminal penalties for were paid well below the minimum wage of disputed sea factory owners who violate safety 481 pesos ($10.90) a day and forced to toil HANOI: Vietnam said it reso- standards days after a deadly fire at a 12-hour shifts, seven days a week without lutely opposes a Chinese ban on footwear plant claimed 72 lives. overtime pay. all fishing activities in a sea area Occupational safety standards were They said legally required social secu- that covers the Gulf of Tonkin, adopted by the Asian nation in 1978 but rity and health insurance payments were claiming the act to be a “worth- lack teeth because parliament has failed also withheld, and workers were forced to less decision”. to pass a law imposing penalties against constantly inhale foul-smelling chemicals. The ban on all fishing activi- violators, Labour Secretary Rosalinda A lawyer for the gutted footwear fac- ties between May 16 and August Baldoz said. tory has rejected allegations it had flouted 1 violates international law and “I (can) not overemphasise its impor- labour laws. Vietnam’s sovereignty and juris- tance — and the timeliness of our plea to Baldoz said the legislature has yet to dictional rights, said a statement our lawmakers — in the light of accidents act on three related bills, including one on the foreign ministry website in our workplaces, some of which have imposing criminal penalties for non- late on Saturday. injured and claimed the lives of our work- compliance with occupational safety and China’s move came as the two ers,” she said in a statement. health standards. neighbours seek to patch up ties A huge fire that killed 72 people and The second bill calls for occupational since a bilateral row erupted gutted a flip-flop factory in a Manila sub- safety regulations in the construction in May last year when China urb on Wednesday exposed the unsafe industry and the third would require pro- deployed a $1bn oil rig in waters conditions many work under across the tective equipment and uniform warnings claimed by Vietnam. That lead to nation. at work places, she added. confrontation at sea between rival Baldoz has called the factory’s owners Some of the proposed measures were vessels and violent anti-Chinese pro- A child touches a portrait of his missing mother, a footwear factory worker, during a special mass “immoral” and accused them of a raft of drawn up as early as 2011, Baldoz added. tests in Vietnam. AGENCIES in Manila yesterday for 72 people who were killed when a fire gutted the factory on May 13. illegal labour practices. AFP MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Pakistani Three killed in attack on foreign forces beheaded in Briton among killed as militant drives explosive-laden vehicle into foreign convoy Saudi for drug

KABUL: Three people includ- out on foreign forces near the trafficking ing a British national working gate of Kabul airport,” spokes- with the European Union police man Zabihullah Mujahid said on RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yes- were killed yesterday when a Twitter. terday beheaded a Pakistani Taliban militant rammed his On Friday the militant group national convicted of drug explosives-laden car into a for- justified its targeting of foreign- trafficking, bringing to 84 the eign convoy in Kabul, the latest ers, saying that people from number of such executions in attack of Afghanistan’s fighting “invading countries” do not count the kingdom in 2015. season. as civilians. The convict, identified as At least 18 people were “Every foreigner from an invad- Iftikhar Ahmed Mohammed wounded in the assault, which ing country especially NATO is Anayat, was beheaded in the comes three days after 14 people considered an invader. We don’t Red Sea city of Jeddah, the Saudi -- mostly foreigners -- were killed classify any of them as civilian,” Interior Ministry said in a state- in a Taliban attack on a Kabul Mujahid said on Twitter. ment carried by the official Saudi guest house that trapped dozens Afghan forces are facing their Press Agency. attending a concert. first fighting season against the The man was found guilty of The suicide bomber tar- Taliban without the full support attempting to traffic heroin into geted the foreign convoy, which of US-led foreign combat troops. the kingdom in balloons concealed included two vehicles of the Khalilullah Hodkhil, the deputy in his stomach. European Union Police Mission head of Wazir Akbar Khan hos- In recent months, a significant in Afghanistan (EUPOL), during pital, said he had so far received number of foreign nationals and the Sunday morning rush hour the bodies of two young girls and workers have been beheaded in near Kabul airport. 19 wounded people. the kingdom, triggering an outcry “A suicide bomber detonated “All of them are civilians, from human rights organisations. his Toyota sedan targeting a for- including women and children,” In 2014, Saudi Arabia beheaded eign forces convoy near Kabul he said. “They are under treat- a total of 87 convicts. airport today at 9:00 am,” Kabul ment and their wounds are not Saudi authorities claim that the police spokesman Ebadullah life-threatening.” executions show the kingdom’s Karimi said. Deputy interior ministry commitment to “maintaining “The target of the attacker Afghan and foreign security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul yesterday. A powerful suicide blast spokesman Najib Danish said security and realising justice”. was the foreign forces convoy. struck near Kabul airport during the peak morning rush hour yesterday. three civilian vehicles, one of Saudi Arabia has come under So far we have two women dead, them belonging to foreign troops, particular criticism from human 18 others wounded, all of them personnel. British national and “strongly at this incredibly difficult time.” were damaged at the site of the rights groups for the executions. civilians,” he said, adding that Two mission members who condemned (the Taliban’s) cow- An AFP photographer at the attack. Amnesty International says Saudi three children were among those were also in the vehicle suffered ardly actions”. scene saw troops hauling away The attack came after Arabia has one of the highest exe- wounded. injuries which are not believed to “I can confirm that a British the body of a person in military- NATO on Wednesday formally cution rates in the world. EUPOL in a statement con- be life-threatening, EUPOL said security contractor is among style uniform, pulled out from the announced plans to retain a small Muslim clerics have also firmed that one of the mission’s in the statement. those killed in the attack,” twisted wreck of a badly damaged military presence in Afghanistan slammed Riyadh for indicting and vehicles was hit by the explo- In London, UK foreign sec- Hammond said in a statement. sedan. Taliban insurgents claimed after 2016 to help strengthen local then executing suspects without sion near Kabul airport result- retary Philip Hammond con- “His family has been informed responsibility for the car bombing. security forces. giving them a chance to defend ing in the death of one security firmed that the victim was a and my thoughts are with them “A suicide attack was carried AFP themselves. IANS

Taliban free PML-N is largest party in No representation for Balochistan dozens of captives after Gilgit-Baltistan elections in federal secretaries roster ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz investigation (PML-N) has emerged as the largest party in the campaign for ISLAMABAD: While During the Senate question province was increased, there Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) elections as it has fielded candidates for all Balochistan province of hour this issue was raised by were now reasonable number of KABUL: Taliban insurgents seats in the contest. Pakistan has absolutely no Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi officers in BPS-17, 18 and 19, but who kidnapped dozens of people The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is runner-up with 16 while representation in the present and then by Senator Saeed the province is not represented in southeast Afghanistan early Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on third position with 15 candidates pool of 40 federal secretaries, Ghani. in the federal secretaries cadre. Saturday released most of them so far. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who informally kicked-off the Sindh has just one and Punjab They alleged that the two “In order to ensure that night but at least two are campaign last month by visiting Gilgit would visit the area immediate tops the list with a lion’s smaller provinces were meted Balochistan rightly benefits still being held, officials said. after the election next month to fulfil the commitments that he made share, followed by Khyber out injustice. The Senate from the quota, the unfortunate The insurgents set up road- with the people during his previous visit. Pakhtunkhwa. Chairman, Mian Raza Rabbani, practice of non-locals obtaining blocks in the Sayed Karam dis- Political Secretary to the PM Dr Syed Asif Saeed Kirmani who is Ahmad Bux Lehri was the last the other day, called on the State Balochistan’s domicile will have trict of Paktia province, pulling coordinating PML-N candidates efforts pertaining to the campaign federal secretary, who retired as Minister for Parliamentary to be discouraged. passengers out of cars at gunpoint has announced the completion of distribution of tickets issued by the secretary of the Establishment Affairs Shiekh Aftab Ahmad to In the present lot of officers on suspicion they were govern- party president and prime minister. He said the PML-N has desig- Division several months back. bring this matter to the notice of from our province, almost half ment workers before taking them nated most popular and strongest candidates on all 24 seats and he He is now member of the Federal Prime Minister and report back of them have fake domiciles and to an unknown location. is hopeful that the party would return victorious in the polls as the Public Service Commission. to the House. this problem needs to be fixed to A total of 25 people who had pheople of GB have enormous faith in the leadership of Nawaz Sharif. Presently, Pakistan’s area-wise Similarly, in concurrance end sense of deprivation among been abducted were freed, inte- The PML-N will depute its leaders to steer the election campaign largest province has one addi- with Mashhadi and Ghani’s officers from the province,” they rior ministry spokesman Sediq for the GB elections next week and the government would ensure free tional secretary Pir Bakhsh concerns, Leader of the House maintained. Sediqqi said on his Twitter and fair polls. Kirmani maintained that the caretaker administration Jamali in BPS-22. Raja Muhammad Zafarul Haq Mashhadi said he was confi- account Sunday. in the area is neutral and it is not siding with any party. On ground, the job quota of had also promised to bring this dent justice would be done to the The Taliban who have been The PML-N GB Chapter President, Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman and Balochistan in federal services issue to the notice of premier so officers, belonging to Sindh and waging a fierce insurgency since Secretary General Haji Akbar Taban will lead party’s campaign as was enhanced from 3.5 to 6 per that justice should be done to all. Balochistan, after it would be their regime was toppled in late both are contesting for the assembly berths. It is likely that the PPP, cent in 2009, however, it has not Two senior bureaucrats, who brought to the notice of Prime 2001, confirmed the release. PTI and Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen will also contest the poll in a been reflected so far accordingly hail from Balochistan, said that Minister approval authority. “The suspects arrested yester- big way. The elections will be held on June 8. INTERNEWS in the pool of federal secretaries. though after the quota for their INTERNEWS day were released after investi- gation, only two of them are still under investigation,” spokesman Displaced families Zabiullah Mujahid said. Provincial police chief Zalmai Uryakhail gave different numbers, Climate change damaging saying 38 passengers were kid- napped with three still remaining in Taliban captivity. wheat crops in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Mohammad acres while in Jhelum and Eight Afghan Iqbal has almost lost his entire Rawalpindi districts the same gram and wheat crops in the crop was sown on 1,022 and 8,615 soldiers, 15 recent rains and hailstorms. “I acres, respectively. sowed wheat and gram but now “But blight damaged the crop, insurgents die there is nothing left to harvest,” reducing the yield,” says a senior regrets Iqbal. official in the Punjab agriculture “What is more painful is the department. in military raids government’s silence over the In Attock and Chakwal, blight KABUL: Eight soldiers and situation. It has not announced eliminated the gram crop. 15 insurgents have been killed any compensation package for the “The disease breaks out in in military operations across farmers of this region,” said the humidity and heavy rains,” the the country, Afghan Ministry distraught middle-aged farmer official adds. The crop of lentils of Defense (MoD) announced from Lawa, the largest village of which needs less water has also yesterday. Chakwal district. been affected by the excessive A statement issued by the “The government should at rains. “Due to heavy rains the Ministry of Defense states that least declare the area calamity lentil plant overgrew. The stems the eight soldiers were killed in stricken,” he demanded. could not bear the load of grains,” landmine explosion and militant Iqbal is one of the thousands of said Rai Moham mad Yasin, the fire in past 24 hours. farmers of Potohar region whose district officer agriculture in MoD statement further crops have been damaged by the Chakwal. states 15 militants were killed rains which lashed the region Sown on an area of 8,290 acres, and 10 others wounded during from February to April. Chakwal is the largest producer of separate military operations The land of low-lying areas lentils in Rawalpindi division, but conducted in four provinces in have been the most suitable this year it is feared that the yield past 24 hours. for wheat cultivation but this could drop by 50 to 60 per cent. Twenty Improvised Explosive year they could not be plouged “The oilseeds like mustard and Devices (IEDs) were also discov- for being too wet. The rainwa- tara meera do not need much ered and defused by military dur- ter swept away the paths which water but the yield of oilseed ing these operations, Ministry of connect villages with farmlands. crops also drastically dropped. Defense statement adds. According to data, the Chakwal The hailstorms had damaged it,” Beside causing casualties to the Afghan families displaced from regions where Afghan forces are engaged in an operation against armed agriculture department had set an official said. “All this is hap- security forces, IEDs are consid- the target of sowing gram on an pening due to climate change,” opposition groups wait to receive aid in Kunduz, Afghanistan, yesterday. According to reports, some 2000 ered the second biggest cause area of 30,610 acres but it could says Dr Mohammad Tariq, the families have been displaced as the Afghan National Army (ANA) continues to clash with armed opposition of civilian casualties during the only be cultivated on 26,800 acres. director at Barani Research ongoing Afghan war. fighters who have been effectively laying siege to Kunduz for the past three weeks and in the viallges of Mula Similarly, in Attock district, Institute Chakwal. AGENCIES Afghan and Kal Tapa where fighting once again broke out. gram was cultivated on 10,584 INTERNEWS MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Mizoram to take back A tailor’s way of life its tribals from Tripura Repatriation process to begin in June after listing

AGARTALA/AIZAWL: agreed to take back all the refu- People’s Forum (MBDPF), an Following pressure from the gees sheltered in Tripura,” said organisation of the refugees, sub- union home ministry and the Das, who was also present in the mitted a six-page memorandum Tripura government, Mizoram meeting. to the central ministers accusing has finally agreed to take back The Tripura government team the Mizoram government of dis- all the tribal refugees sheltering was led by additional district mag- criminating against them. in Tripura for the past 18 years. istrate of North Tripura district The Mizoram government “The repatriation of refugees Ranjit Das while Mizoram’s team remains ambiguous on the expected to start from June 8. A was led by Mamit district Deputy refugees’ demands, which also tripartite meeting between the Commissioner Vanlalngaihsaka. included free supply of food grain officials of Tripura and Mizoram Meanwhile, Mizoram’s addi- for two years, and allotting land governments and refugee lead- tional secretary of home depart- to them. ers took this decision,” Panisagar ment Lalbiakzama said in Aizawl Mizo organisations, however, Sub-divisional magistrate Biplab that following the Supreme have opposed the MBDPF’s Das told IANS. Court’s directives and the deci- demands. He said: “It was decided in sion made in the meeting of the Tripura Revenue and Relief the meeting that from June 2 to union home ministry in presence Minister Choudhury told IANS: June 4, a study would be done of Mizoram and Tripura govern- “We urge upon the central gov- about how many of the refugees’ ments’ officials on January 30, ernment to ask the Mizoram names have been enrolled in the it was proposed to repatriate all government to take back the electoral list of Mizoram. Then the remaining tribal families from refugees.” A tailor repairs used clothes at roadside stalls in Amritsar. The tailor repairs used clothes to earn around sub-divisional level officials of the the relief camps in north Tripura “The union home minister Rs 300 a day. two states in presence of the refu- district. tried to hold a meeting with the gee leaders would be held before “The union home ministry has chief ministers of Tripura and starting of the repatriation on recently released Rs.4.7 crore for Mizoram to finalise a road map June 8.” the repatriation purposes, but to repatriate the refugees to According to Relief and the amount would not be suffi- Mizoram. However, the Mizoram Centre wants to ‘trip’ us: Kejriwal Rehabilitation Minister Badal cient for repatriation of all the chief minister did not attend Choudhury, there are 5,286 tribal remaining Reang tribal families,” the meeting nor did he send his families comprising 31,223 men, Lalbiakzama said. representative.” NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief (Gamlin) appointment but the loan being taken by Delhi power women and children sheltered in The Mizoram government ear- “It is very unfortunate that Minister Arvind Kejriwal yes- Narendra Modi-led BJP govern- companies,” Kejriwal said. seven camps in Kanchanpur and lier sought around Rs.70 crore the tribals despite being Indians terday attacked the Narendra ment made her the acting chief “That secretary had come to Panisagar sub-divisions under financial assistance from the nationals and permanent inhabit- Modi government over the row secretary of Delhi,” he said. “The get that guarantee paper signed North Tripura district adjoining union home ministry to reha- ant of a state, are unable to live in related to a top Delhi official, Modi government wants to fail for the loan. She wanted us to Mizoram. bilitate the repatriated tribal their homeland. This is dangerous saying her appointment was us.” back the power companies and The Reang tribals, who locally refugees. for the ethnic amity, stability and meant to trip his government. Kejriwal accused the officer of burden the common man. call themselves “Bru”, have lived Union Home Minister Rajnath peace,” the minister said. Addressing thousands of auto- siding with power distribution “It was the wisdom of our min- in makeshift camps camps in Singh and his deputy Kiren Rijiju “A serious socio-economic rickshaw drivers here, Kerjriwal companies. ister that he did not sign that Tripura since October 1997 when had visited the refugee camps and problem has cropped up due to touched upon the controversy He said when his Aam Aadmi guarantee paper. Otherwise, if they fled western Mizoram after held talks with 2the refugee lead- the long stay of the refugees in involving chief secretary in- Party formed a government the power companies had failed the killing of a Mizo forest officer ers on February 14 and persuaded Tripura. The refugees have dam- charge Shakuntala Gamlin but in Delhi in February, a power to repay the loan, the residents triggered ethnic trouble. the tribal to go back to their vil- aged vast areas in forests in didn’t take her name. department secretary asked the of Delhi would have to bear the The Mizoram government lages in western Mizoram. Kanchanpur causing serious envi- Gamlin’s appointment by Lt. power minister to sign a paper burden as the electricity tariff earlier refused to take back all Refugee leaders told the cen- ronmental problems,” he added. Governor Najeeb Jung has come which she claimed to be a comfort would have increased two-to- the refugees citing that all the tral ministers that they were “Some refugees are involved in under scathing attack from the letter for a loan being taken by three times,” he added. migrants are not the resident of willing to return to their homes terrorist activities. The refugees AAP leader. Jung has refused back the power companies from banks. Jung on May 15 gave Gamlin Mizoram. in Mizoram if their 10 points also work for cheap wages, creat- off, and the central government “When our minister looked the additional charge of chief sec- “In the Friday’s district magis- demands, including security and ing an awkward situation for local has accused Kejriwal of character into it, he found out the paper retary of Delhi since incumbent trate-level meeting, the Mizoram rehabilitation, were met. labourers,” the minister said. assassinating the official. was not a comfort letter but a Chief Secretary K.K. Sharma is government officials more or less The Mizoram Bru Displaced IANS “We opposed Secretary’s guarantee towards Rs.11,000 crore in the US. IANS

Banyan tree worship BJP leaders hobnobbing with Mamata has Roopa seething

KOLKATA: The apparent closeness between the Union Minister of State for Urban Development BJP’s central leadership and Mamata Banerjee Supriyo recently travelled with the chief minister in has irked West Bengal BJP leader Roopa Ganguly, her car during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip who on Saturday wondered whether singer- to the city. He also shared jhalmuri (spicy puffed rice turned-union minister Babul Supriyo has asked salad) with Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress the chief minister why his party workers are fac- supremo. ing repeated attacks. Later, Supriyo lavished praise on Banerjee, while “Minister Babul Supriyo is a close friend. But it is she called him a “son of the soil”. not that I agree with him on everything. Of late, sections in the media as also the state’s “I know if you are a minister, you have to talk opposition parties have been raising a hue and cry sweetly and work well. But I would like to remind over perceived closeness between Banerjee and the Babul Supriyo once again at the way BJP work- top BJP leadership. ers are being beaten up in our state,” said the Modi, who toured the state last week, held two actor-turned-politician. meetings with Banerjee. “Minister Babul Supriyo, you are sitting in Delhi. The opposition parties have alleged while Modi You should know, take our calls. We are leading a needs the votes of Trinamool MPs to carry through very unhappy life in our chief minister’s rule. We are reform proposals and key bills in the Rajya Sabha, living amid lot of insults,” said Ganguly, who gained Banerjee is eyeing an increased central grant and a cult status by playing Draupadi in the popular serial moratorium on repayment of central loans, besides Mahabharat (1988-1990). She joined the Bharatiya a halt in the Central Bureau of Investigation’s probe Hindu married women tie sacred thread around a Banyan tree as they offer prayers during the ‘Vat Savitri Puja’ Janata Party in January. into the Saradha chit fund scam, where a number (Banyan tree worship) festival in Bhopal yesterday. Married women pray for long lives of their husbands with “Babul Supriyo should ask the chief minister why of Trinamool leaders have been either arrested or a day-long fast and worship of the Banyan tree. the BJP workers are facing repeated attacks in the questioned. state,” she said. IANS

Expelled RJD MP Pappu Yadav Micro-endoscopic surgery for back pain Two police chiefs in floats new party MUMBAI: A medical treat- a specialised tubular retractor is surgery is highly beneficial for the ment termed as Micro- used for the opening up the spi- patients above 65 years. Gurgaon face action PATNA: Lok Sabha mem- endoscopic decompression nal canal and making the nerves “Micro-endoscopic decompres- ber Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu surgery proved beneficial for free. Therefore, he was admit- sion surgery is highly beneficial GURGAON: In an attempt to clean the veritable Augean sta- Yadav, who was expelled by the 67-year-old Rajendra Sanghvi ted to the city-based Mumbai for the patients with lumbar canal bles within his own department, Gurgaon police chief Nardeep RJD for six years for anti-party and his family members, who Spinal Scoliosis and Displacement stenosis. The biggest advantage Singh Virk has initiated action against two senior officers, it was activities, yesterday launched a were obese and faced severe Center. of this surgery is that the scar is announced yesterday. new political outfit -- Jan Kranti spinal issues. They got cured for The surgery was done using an hardly 1.5-2 cm long and appears Sunil Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) of Sohna has been Adhikar Morcha. their health complications at a 18 mm incision (key-hole) with like an ordinary scratch unlike arrested on corruption charges. Another officer Navin Kumar, chief “We have decided to launch a city hospital here, doctors said tubular retractors with minimal a long ugly scar after laminec- of DFL-Phase II police station, was suspended for “failing to maintain new political outfit for a third on Saturday. tissue trauma and blood loss. The tomy,” said Arvind Kulkarni, head law and order”, a top police official said. alternative in Bihar’s politics,” It began with Sanghvi who had patient had complete pain relief, of Mumbai Spinal Scoliosis and At the orders of Gurgaon Police Commissioner Virk, Sunil Kumar Pappu Yadav, the Lok Sabha a history of back pain and numb- started walking after surgery and Displacement Center. was arrested as soon as a case was registered by Sohna’s Assistant member from Madhepura, told ness in his both lower limbs. He was discharged the next day. He said that since there is Commissioner of Police (ACP) under various sections of the Prevention media persons here. was later diagnosed with lumbar Being completely satisfied no muscle or bony trauma, the of Corruption Act. He said the new party would canal stenosis, which meant nar- with the surgery, Sanghvi also contours of the back are well “On the directions of Sunil Kumar, two civilians were extorting be different from Lalu Prasad’s rowing of the spinal canal and brought his wife Kantiben after preserved. Besides, he also said money from dumpers and trucks in the area. The SHO extorted money Rashtriya Janata Dal and the compression on the leg’s nerve. six months. She also faced the that since the tissue trauma is illegally from overloaded dumpers and allowed them to move with the Janata Dal-United of Bihar Chief Though he was informed that complications of obesity. Micro- so minimal, there is no stress on area of his jurisdiction,” Police Commissioner Virk said in his order Minister Nitish Kumar. surgery was the only solution, endoscopic decompression sur- the patient’s metabolic functions initiating action against the two officers. He claimed that hundreds of Sanghvi could not undergo an gery proved to be beneficial for unlike after a bigger surgery with “Naveen Kumar has been suspended with immediate effect as he workers and leaders of the RJD, open surgery due to the preci- Kantiben too, with 100 percent significant tissue trauma. failed to control crime, specially vehicle thefts, in his jurisdiction,” Virk who felt ignored and sidelined, sion complications and lengthy pain relief. “In obese patients, the surgery said in his order. The order read: “Until May 15 this year, 101 cases of would join his party. hospital stay followed by a slow Two years later the couple’s son makes a big difference. Obese vehicle theft have come to the light in DLF-2 area. Last year, around Pappu Yadav said his party recovery. also underwent the same surgery patients have wound healing the same time, the number stood at 32. Out of the total 102 percent will also contest the assembly He was suggested to undergo for the slipped disc problem with problems and the spine is also rise in the whole commissionerate (23 police stations), DLF-2 police polls. micro-endoscopic decompres- 100 percent results. quite deep. station alone accounts for more than 50 percent.” IANS sion surgery, a process in which Health experts say that the IANS IANS MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

BARC machine Modi in Mongolia seeking stronger ties donated to Delhi in bid to strengthen influence in Chinese backyard; offers $1bn credit to Ulan Bator cancer centre in Ulan Bator ULAN BATOR: Indian Prime -- depends largely on trade with Minister Narendra Modi China. ULAN BATOR: Prime held talks yesterday with his Yet it remains wary of China's Minister Narendra Modi yes- counterpart during a visit to economic dominance, which has terday handed over Bhabhatron, Mongolia, with the two nations prompted a rise in protectionist a telecobalt machine developed upgrading relations as Delhi government policies and resource by the Bhabha Atomic Research tries to strengthen its influence nationalism in the country of only Centre for cancer treatment, in China's backyard. three million people. to Mongolia's National Cancer Meeting Prime Minister Mongolia has also sought to Centre here. Chimed Saikhanbileg, Modi strengthen relations with Japan Modi, accompanied by praised the resource-rich nation and has maintained trading ties Mongolian Prime Minister as "the new bright light of democ- with neighbouring Russia, host- Chimed Saikhanbileg, also laid racy in our world" and said the ing President Vladimir Putin last the foundation stone of the two were "closely linked to the year. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Centre future of the Asia-Pacific region". Modi, who began his East Asian for Excellence in Information Mongolia is seeking to counter- tour in China, is the first Indian Technology and Communication balance China's growing influence prime minister officially to visit and Outsourcing. in the landlocked nation. Mongolia. He will go on to South Both leaders unveiled a copper The leaders signed a joint Korea. plaque after the symbolic ground statement upgrading relations to On Sunday he visited the breaking ceremony. A Buddhist a "strategic partnership", just a Gandan Monastery, a Tibetan- monk then placed a scarf around year after Mongolia and China style Buddhist institution in the Modi's shoulders in a symbol of reached a similar agreement. capital Ulan Bator. honour. Other agreements included After posing with China's The handing over of the a $1 billion line of credit from Premier Li Keqiang last week, Bhabhatron followed by inking of India to support the expansion Modi pressed on with "selfie diplo- a Memorandum of Understanding of Mongolia's infrastructure, and macy" -- posting a mobile phone between the Tata Memorial promises to deepen cooperation snap of himself and Mongolian Centre of India and the National on border security and defence. President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Cancer Centre of Mongolia for Mongolia's economy -- fuelled on Twitter. Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mongolian Parliament speaker Enkhbold gifting of Bhabhatron-II tele- in recent years by a mining boom "President Elbegdorj and I say Zandaakhuu, and Mongolian Prime Minister Chimed Saikhanbileg pose for a photo at the Mongolian Parliament therapy unit along with a radio- that led to high rates of growth, hello!" he wrote. in Ulan Bator yesterday. therapy simulator. peaking at 17.5 percent in 2011 AFP IANS

25-year-old Centre slams Delhi govt’s opposition to Gamlin’s appointment gang-raped NEW DELHI: Minister of with unnecessary character government has to work within for a few days. If she has done through showing letters," he State for Home Affairs Kiren assassination of one of the senior the confines of the Constitution. anything wrong, they need added. in Defence Rijiju yesterday condemned officers by Arvind Kejriwal. He "Just because they were to prove it. People from Lieutenant Governor Najeeb the Delhi government's move is trying to create anarchy and I elected, doesn't mean that they Arunachal Pradesh, Assam Jung had on Friday appointed Colony to oppose the appointment of condemn this act by the Kejriwal can do anything. They have to and other northeastern Gamlin as Delhi's acting chief Shankuntala Gamlin as the government," said Rijiju. perform under the regulations states called me, criticising secretary despite strong opposi- acting chief secretary, adding "We knew from the beginning of the Constitution. They cannot Kejriwal's move. tion from Kejriwal. NEW DELHI: A 25-year- that the people of the northeast that Kejriwal's government has no work according to their own will," "Manish Sisodia should not use Meanwhile, Gamlin, in a old woman was gang-raped were upset with Chief Minister interest in working for the public he said. words like 'takhtapalat', it is an written complaint to Jung, by five men in Defence Arvind Kejriwal's 'charac- but only on creating drama. They He further said Deputy Chief unconstitutional word. It reflects claimed that she was being Colony area here on ter assassination' of a capable have proved it that they believe Minister Manish Sisodia's use how irresponsible they are," Rijiju intimidated and blackmailed Saturday night, police said officer. in anarchy. If they are elected of the term 'takhtapalat' said. by senior officials of the Delhi on Sunday. "The way they are running the by the public in Delhi which was unconstitutional and "This is not a matter of the government. Out of the five accused, government is giving a wrong is the national capital, they have reflected the city government's government of India or the home She also accused the state gov- police have arrested message. Everyone knows the to work in a certain way," he "irresponsibility". ministry but they are accusing ernment of casting aspersions on three while two are still track record of Gamlin. The peo- added. "(Gamlin) is a capable officer a good officer for no reason. I her integrity to service and level- absconding. ple of the northeast are upset Rijiju further said the Delhi and she was only appointed condemn the act of threatening ling false charges. IANS The arrested were identi- fied as Akash (23), Deepak (20) and Aman (26). One Rohit, who was in Mass marriage the car when the woman was kidnapped but did not rape her, was also arrested, Kabuliwalas saddened police said. A police team found the woman lying by the road- side in Khanpur, in south by Afghan terror attacks Delhi, here. She informed police that she was raped by five men KOLKATA: Far away "The way we dine together who abducted her from near from their homeland, the and our food culture, our fes- Moolchand Hospital here in Kabuliwalas of Kolkata, who tivities have remained the same. a car. lead a sheltered and secluded Some of us now put on pants and Initially, police received a life in the city, are deeply sad- shirts, but when the occasion call from an auto driver who dened by the terror attacks in demands, we dress up in the tra- had witnessed the girl being Afghanistan, fervently wishing ditional shalwar-kameez (loose abducted. peace would prevail in their fitting linens) and turban," said The auto driver also country soon. Amir Khan. informed police that the The Kabuliwala or man from They have also embraced woman had been calling him Kabul was immortalised by Hindi in the last few decades. up every day for the last one Nobel laureate Rabindranath Daulat Khan, a third genera- week to avail of his auto. Tagore in the widely-translated tion Pashtun, proudly points out The auto driver picked classic "Kabuliwala" set in the his grand-mother's native dress her up from Uttam Nagar early-20th century. in one of the photographs. here and dropped her at Thriving in the eastern "As much as proud we are to Moolchand Hospital but a metropolis, the community now hold on to our traditions, we are few minutes later he saw the is a blended one. equally participative in Kolkata's girl being abducted. Thanks to journalists-pho- festivals. We attend Indian wed- "We got a call from an tographers Moska Najib and dings, functions and love the cul- auto driver at 10.30 p.m. Nazes Afroz, the 21st century ture here. We are all mixed up," on Saturday. He informed Kabuliwalas have been frozen said Daulat Khan, who owns a us that a few people had into vibrant photographs in cloths and tailoring business. abducted a woman in a the exhibition 'From Kabul to However, a shadow crosses white-coloured Santro car Kolkata: Of Belonging, Memories Daulat Khan's fair features as and had taken off towards and Identities'. one mentions the recent ter- Khanpur," police said. A bride has her make-up applied ahead of a mass wedding in Ahmedabad yesterday. Some eleven visually- Fondly reminiscing their ror attacks in Kabul by Taliban IANS impaired couples tied their knots in a wedding organised by a chritable organisation. origins in Pakhtunistan (the militants. geographic region at the "Innocents have suffered too Pakistan-Afghan border), they much because of the alliances are no strangers to the present. between some nations to foster "Whatever is happening in terrorism. It is high time that Sign treaties to deport immigrants, Assam appeals Afghanistan is not humane... yeh peace is established," he said. insaniyat nahi hai. Our hearts go Echoing him, Shah Khan, a out to them. Peace will prevail money lender, said he wants to GUWAHATI: Political par- "There is the need for a repa- Those who attended the the Hindu Bangladeshis, why soon...," Amir Khan, president, revisit his native village one day. ties and non-political groups in triation treaty with Bangladesh convention said the indigenous don't they take them to Khudai Khidmatgar (the com- "Thanks to India, we are liv- Assam yesterday appealed to and Nepal to deport illegal people of the state have been Gujarat, Maharastra or Delhi?" munity's collective), told IANS ing a sheltered life here. We Prime Minister Narendra Modi migrants to be identified through facing serious identity crisis due he said. on the sidelines of the exhibition have a roof on our head, food, to take the initiative for sign- the NRC update. Hence we urge to unabated infiltration from The convention also made a on Saturday. education and identity as vot- ing repatriation treaties with the Centre to sign repatriation Bangladesh. public appeal for a boycott of all There are roughly 5,000 ers. Those subject to the ter- Bangladesh and Nepal in order treaties with our neighbouring The appeal for repatriation foreigners who migrated to the Afghan men living in city pock- ror in Afghanistan have to fight to deport illegal migrants and countries to solve the foreigner comes days after India ratified state after March 24, 1971. ets like Kashipur, distinctive in for their livelihoods each day," solve the state's long pending problem in our state. the Land Boundary Agreement Assam Pradesh Congress their appearance - tall, hefty, Shah Khan said, gazing at a problem of foreigners. "It has been a political issue (LBA) with Bangladesh and ahead Committee president Anjan strong jawed, and with a zest photo showing him in Afghan The appeal was made after a in Assam since 1936 but if the of Prime Minister Narendra Dutta said although many for life. They have Indian wives. traditional attire at an Indian convention here on Sunday, where NRC is updated irrespective of Modi's visit to Bangladesh next people blamed the Congress Once known for selling asa- wedding. the groups pledged their sup- religion and the illegal migrants month. for the delay in updating foetida (heeng), dry fruits and Najib, who is an Afghan liv- port for update of the National are deported after signing of the Akhil Gogoi, leader of the the NRC, it was then prime soorma (kohl), they are now into ing in India for the last 20 years, Register of Citizens (NRC) 1951 repatriation treat, this problem Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti, minister Manmohan Singh transport, money lending and concurs. in Assam. will be solved," said one of the a pressure group in Assam, said who had held tripartite talks sartorial ventures. "There is much to the culture The process for update of the resolutions. all illegal migrants who entered on May 5, 2005 where March A second generation Afghan, but at the moment they have to NRC, with March 24, 1971 as the Educationist Udayaditya Assam after March 24, 1971 24, 1971 was accepted as the Amir Khan is proud of the fact ensure their basic livelihood in cut-off date has begun in the state Bharali said updating the NRC "must be deported, irrespective cut-off date for the NRC that basic tenets of his native the midst of terrorism," Najib following a Supreme Court order had been a decades-old demand of their religion". update. Pashto culture still survive in said. in December. by various quarters. "If the BJP wants to protect IANS Kolkata. IANS MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

Voters to get 40 Clooney goes back to future in Tomorrowland

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney million flowers straps on a jet pack again for Disney’s new movie Tomorrowland, a retro-futur- istic spectacle mixing envi- in Turkey ronmental themes with sci-fi wizardry — and some good old- fashioned fun. ISTANBUL: Perhaps they flowers largely came from export Clooney, who fired up his hope that the fragrant smells surplus and were cultivated in thrusters only two years ago and blooming petals will be Yalova in northwestern Turkey, in Oscar-winning space drama transformed into instant elec- Izmir in the west and Antalya on “Gravity,” stars as a burned-out toral success. the southern coast. engineering genius in the film But the penchant of Turkey’s “We don’t see sending the to be released next week, just politicians for throwing flowers flowers to politics as a financial in time for the summer block- into crowds at rallies has given a gain. The flower as symbol of buster season. The actor said huge boost to the domestic flower power, peace and love in politi- the movie, which is difficult to industry, which expects to deliver cal meetings makes great sense,” categorize, was a courageous 40 million flowers in the run-up to he said. gamble by the studio giant, going June 7 legislative polls, an associa- The AKP is waging an all-out up against sure-fire box office tion chief said yesterday. campaign in the elections in the hits like the latest “Avengers” “The interest in cut flowers hope of scoring a landslide victory sequel, “Age of Ultron.” on the part of politicians has and a big enough parliamentary “It’s a really bold thing for increased in recent years,” said majority to change the consti- Disney to be willing to do a film the head of the central Anatolian tution and create a presidential that isn’t a sequel and isn’t a plant producers association, system under President Recep comic book and truly invest in a Osman Bagdatlioglu. Tayyip Erdogan. summer film of this sort of ilk,” “We expect to deliver this year Opinion polls can vary widely he said, presenting the film ahead 40 million flowers to politicians in Turkey, with the latest surveys of its US release on May 22. for voters,” he told the official putting the AKP on anything The movie’s plot has been Anatolia news agency. from 38-47 percent of the vote. shrouded in secrecy and, with- He said that practice of hand- Any result to the lower end out giving away spoilers, it cer- ing out flowers dates back just five of that scale would be a massive tainly provides a rollercoaster US actor George Clooney arrives to the European premiere of ‘Tomorrowland: A World Beyond’ in Leicester or six years in Turkey. blow for Davutoglu’s leadership, cinematic ride worthy of Square in London yesterday. The movie opens across British theaters on Friday. It has become hugely promi- after the party scored almost 50 Disney’s Tomorrowland theme nent in the campaign for the percent of the vote in the 2011 parks whose name it shares. character, David Nix. optimism should overcome cyni- have included 2002’s “Solaris.” June 7 legislative elections, with polls and 46.5 in 2007 under It tells the story of teen- The climax comes after some cism. “What I loved about the Robertson said climate leaders such as Prime Minister Erdogan. age rebel Casey, played by spectacular scenes, including film was that it reminds you change was also a key theme. Ahmet Davutoglu and his wife Davutoglu whipped up the Britt Robertson, who finds one featuring the Eiffel Tower, that young people (are) not... “It’s us that’s creating that Sare throwing flowers into the crowds by angrily slamming the herself sucked into a mis- showcasing computer-generated born and start out their lives issue, it’s not anything other crowds at the start and end of death sentence handed by Egypt sion to unearth the secrets imagery by director Brad Bird, cynical or angry or bigoted, you than the people and the environ- every political rally. to ousted president Mohamed of “Tomorrowland,” a future who won an Oscar for animated have to be taught all of those ment and what we’re doing to But the habit is far from Mursi — who Turkey had strongly realm ruled by a despot played film “The Incredibles” in 2005. things,” said Clooney. the environment,” the 25-year- restricted to the ruling Justice supported. “The modern pharaohs by British “House” star Hugh It is unclear what “I watch the world now and old actress said. “I do think it’s and Development Party (AKP), of Egypt will be consigned to the Laurie. Clooney plays inventor Tomorrowland represents — think I see really good signs all of these issues that provoke with main opposition leader dustbin of history,” he said, lash- Frank Walker, who found his some kind of collective con- from young people out there, the post-apocalyptic movies you Kemal Kilicdaroglu also hurling ing out at Egyptian President way into Tomorrowland as a sciousness of the future might and I feel as if the world will see where the world is ending, flowers into the crowds. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who led the young boy but became cynical be a best bet — but the basic get better,” added the actor, whether it be environmental or Bagdatlioglu said that the overthrow of Mursi. AFP and was thrown out by Laurie’s theme of the movie is that whose previous sci-fi outings technological,” she added. AFP

Pitch Perfect 2 races past Mad Max: Fury Road Lion shot dead

LOS ANGELES: “Pitch satire racked up during its It has much more ground after attacking Perfect 2” hit all the right domestic engagement. to make up before it pushes notes at the box office, Like the “Austin Powers” into profitable terrain, how- trainer in China snagging first place on the film, “Pitch Perfect” put up ever. “Pitch Perfect 2” cost a charts with a smashing big numbers on home enter- modest $29 million to produce, BEIJING: A lion was shot dead at a $70.3m debut despite fierce tainment platforms, allow- while “Mad Max: Fury Road” zoo in east China’s Shandong prov- competition from “Mad ing people to catch up with a carries a $150m price tag. ince yesterday after it attacked a Max: Fury Road.” movie they may have missed There was a clear gender trainer and broke out of its cage. Universal’s acapella sequel while it was in theaters. divide when it came to the The management committee of the earned more in its first That helps explain the surge weekend’s top two releases. Taishan Scenery Area said the attack weekend than the $65m that in interest between the two The crowd for “Mad Max: happened at 6.20 am in Tai’an Tiger the original “Pitch Perfect” installments. Fury Road” was 70 percent Mountain Park when the trainer pulled in during its entire “Mad Max: Fury Road” male. entered the lion’s cage for cleaning, North American theatrical also put up strong numbers, The sequels’ strong per- Xinhua news agency reported. The run. racking up $44.4m across formances pushed “Avengers: trainer died in the hospital. The zoo The only comparable per- 3,702 locations. The Warner Age of Ultron” from its perch called police to shoot the lion in order formance is the way that Bros. release capitalised on atop box office charts. The to ensure the safety of tourists. A sim- “Austin Powers: The Spy rapturous critical notices Marvel and Disney sequel had ilar animal attack happened in March, Who Shagged Me” opened with some reviewers tossing to settle for third place and a when a zookeeper was mauled by a with $54.9m, more than the around words like “genius” roughly $39m finish. tiger at a zoo in east China’s Jiangxi $53.9m that the first spy and “masterpiece.” REUTERS province. IANS

The Planetary Society, a publicly-funded space advocacy group founded by the late Carl Sagan, is developing a satellite propelled by solar wind. The first of two test launches takes place on May 20. Twitter harassment on the rise: Study

NEW YORK: Do you feel you Twitter might be able to help, The are being harassed on Twitter? Verge reported. WAM focused If yes, you are not alone, a study specifically on 811 harassment said. reports. The study by feminist activist About a quarter of the reports group Women, Action and the concerned “hate speech” like rac- Media (WAM) found that, among ist, sexist or homophobic com- other things, around a quarter of ments, and a slightly smaller young men and women have been number involved releasing private physically threatened online, and details about individuals. a quarter of young women have Actual threats of violence were been sexually harassed. lower down the list. They made WAM got approval from up 12 percent of the reports. It Twitter to accept and submit har- found, however, that despite all its Aisikaier Wubulikasimu, a 42-year-old Uighur acrobat, walks backwards on tightrope with his eyes covered by a red cloth, during a challenge assment reports, putting together well-meaning measures, Twitter in Kunming in China’s Yunnan province, yesterday. Aisikaier successfully completed the challenge on a 100-metre-long tightrope between a picture of who is complaining can still do little to curb online two buildings about 150 metres above the ground. about accounts or tweets and how harassment. IANS Monday 18 May 2015 29 Rajab 1436 Volume 20 Number 6434 Price: QR2

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LONDON: Prospects for a Bank in Sintra, Portugal, and doubt will re-assure investors a before recent news that the job A more than 50 percent col- to show optimism and current step-change in global economic billed as a discussion on inflation rate rise isn’t likely for another market has not veered off its lapse in oil prices that began last conditions remain high. “In growth are better than they and unemployment in Europe. year, while ECB President Mario solid course — are not expected June is still holding it down. But Europe, the boost from oil prices have been in many years, but Flash Purchasing Managers’ Draghi has made it clear he has to reveal anything likely to revive some fret the inevitable rebound looks to have been frontloaded,” much depends on solid evidence Indexes for May also are due no intention of tapering its bond talk of a near-term rate hike. once the base for comparison noted James Sweeney at Credit that an awful first quarter for on Thursday, with little change purchases. That comes despite widespread shifts may be accompanied by a Suisse, adding that the ECB’s the United States is far in the expected to the overall story: The Fed, having long been jitters across government bond change in the weak underlying bond purchases due to extend to rear-view mirror. a solid bounceback in the US, expected to raise rates by June, markets in recent weeks. Some trend. That plunge in oil appears next September are likely to keep With Wall Street’s bench- steady growth in Europe, but will now struggle to justify a first say this was merely a healthy cor- to have damaged the US economy that expansion humming. “So glo- mark stock index near a record ongoing weakness in the world’s rate rise in nearly a decade so rection from exceptionally low or by curtailing nascent investment bal growth should see an unusual high and bond yields on the rise, second-largest economy, China. soon after a terrible quarter in even negative yields; others worry in high-cost domestic oil produc- phase of concerted strength in the the coming week is packed with Taken together, the data may which the economy almost cer- higher inflation is on the horizon. tion, despite the tumble in fuel next few months,” he wrote. important global data releases not be enough to convince many tainly shrank. September is more One thing is certain: serious prices for consumers. Consumer Others aren’t so sure. Few and policy minutes from three that the global bias towards lower likely, although many traders in inflation pressure is still nowhere sentiment plunged unexpectedly question that the US economy is major central banks, including rates and easier monetary policy financial markets are extending to be found. The main inflation in May, too. in a much stronger position than the US Federal Reserve. from the world’s central banks is a stand-off with the Fed, betting gauges for the US, eurozone and But cheaper energy bills clearly it was just a few years ago, prob- Several of the world’s top nearing an end, despite the bond rates won’t rise until later this Britain are all expected to show gave a lift to eurozone consum- ably best exemplified by a halving central bankers will meet at a market rout. year and perhaps not until 2016. no price rises on a year ago, ers in the first quarter. And the in the unemployment rate since three-day forum later in the week Indeed, minutes from the Bank Minutes to the Fed’s April pol- according to a polls. German Ifo business sentiment its peak after the financial crisis hosted by the European Central of England’s May meeting no icy meeting — which took place The reason is well-understood. index due on Friday is expected to 5.4 percent. REUTERS

Commercial Qatar executives Bank raises foreign second highest paid ownership cap DOHA: With the GCC’s eco- of this momentum. Companies, nomic growth once again on an too, stand to benefit with the DOHA: Qatar Central upswing, pay packages are now knowledge that these talented Securities Depository seeing a return to form follow- executives are capable of add- (QCSD) yesterday ing the dip in 2014. As per mar- ing value in terms of leading announced the decision to ket research, average income organisational development and raise the foreign owner- across the region and across augmenting income and profits,” ship in Commercial Bank of different sectors has registered said Mohamad El Turk, Partner Qatar (CBQ) to 49 percent a 7 percent surge with the turn at Rasd; the regional executive of the bank’s capital. The of the year. search firm. decision will be effective Meanwhile, top-tier executive Lagging slightly behind the from today. salaries have seen a whopping 39 construction sector in top-level The QCSD explained that percent hike in some sectors in executive pay scales are the com- the decision is in line with the GCC. Once again, this year mercial banking sector’s CEOs the implementation of Law Saudi Arabia and Qatar remain who earn basic incomes of any- No. (9), which allows foreign the highest paying regions within where between $600,000 and $1m. investors to own a percentage Minister of Economy and Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (right) with Mohamed the GCC, especially for profes- Meanwhile, executives within not more than 49 percent of Choucair, Chairman of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Lebanon and head sionals in CEO-level roles. the real estate, consumer goods each company listed on Qatar of the Beirut Chamber and Mount Lebanon, yesterday. CEOs in the construction sec- retail and automotive sectors are Stock Exchange. The Law also tor now rake in up to $1.2m per now drawing anywhere between provides for the treatment of annum as basic pay. Qatar-based $350,000 and $550,000 per annum. the GCC citizens as Qataris in tier-one executives, ranking the “Another trend we’re noticing terms of owning the shares of Qatar, Lebanon in business talks second highest-paid in the region, is the need for candidates who the listed companies. are on average paid anywhere have a profound understand- This move comes after between $37,393 to $45,314 per ing of local market dynamics. A the Commercial Bank has DOHA: Minister of Economy with a number of key Lebanese Chairman of Qatar Chamber month across sectors 2. trend that is driving companies, received an approval from its and Commerce H E Sheikh businessmen in the field of Commerce and Industry “The construction and real that are particular about their general assembly to amend Ahmed bin Jassim bin of services, tourism and Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin estate industries have experi- requirements, to invest in attract- the articles of association in Mohammed Al Thani met telecommunications. Mohammed Al Thani. enced exponential growth in the ing talented indigenous executives line with the law provisions, Mohamed Choucair, Chairman During the meeting, they Trade exchange between Qatar last year. This is especially the who understand the corporate and following the approval of of the Federation of Chambers discussed aspects of economic, and Lebanon reached around case in KSA, Qatar and UAE, and cultural challenges, and as the Ministry of Economy and of Commerce, Industry and commercial and investment coop- QR529.5m in 2014, as Qatari where multiple new projects are a result able to capitalise on the Commerce on the amend- Agriculture in Lebanon and eration between the two countries exports to Lebanon amounted to materialising. Top-level execu- promising economic outlook of ment. THE PENINSULA head of the Beirut Chamber and ways to support them. about QR128.5m, while imports tives within these sectors are now the region,” added El Turk. and Mount Lebanon, along The meeting was attended by stood at nearly QR400.1m. QNA in a position to reap the benefits THE PENINSULA GM’s lighter 2016 Camaro ups the ante in US muscle car wars

DETROIT: General Motors Co kicked in. Now the Detroit com- should average more than 30 unveiled the sixth generation of panies are using advanced engine miles per petrol on the highway, its Chevrolet Camaro, upping and transmission technology to better than the previous model. A the ante as Detroit’s muscle put the old names on cars that Camaro SS model will come with cars enjoy a renaissance fuelled in many cases are more power- a 455 horsepower V-8. by cheap oil. ful, and in all ways safer, than the GM has not released prices for Chevrolet marketers staged the originals. the new Camaro, which goes on official debut of the redesigned The new Camaro, like the new sale later this year. The current Camaro on Belle Isle in downtown Mustang, represents an evolution model starts at $24,700. Detroit less than a year after in styling, sleeker inside and out, Sales in the segment that Ford Motor Co launched the lat- but with numerous visual hom- includes the Camaro, Mustang est version of its rival Mustang ages to their late 1960s ancestors. and Challenger have not recov- sports car. The Camaro is a reminder that ered their pre-recession peak but The Camaro, Mustang and Fiat consumers in their 50s and older have been trending up since 2009, Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCHA. still buy most new cars, even if according to data from Ford. MI) Dodge Challenger, another Chevrolet marketers are increas- Mustang sales are up 60 per- two-door sports car with styl- ingly focused on the Millennial cent for the first four months of ing rooted in the late 1960s, are generation, people 18 to 34 years this year, while sales of the Dodge getting a second wind thanks to old who are now the largest age Challenger are up nearly 41 per- lower fuel prices and nostalgia cohort in the United States. cent for the year, according to fig- among baby boomers for the glory The 2016 Camaro is longer and ures compiled by Autodata. Sales days of Detroit muscle. wider than the outgoing car but of the outgoing Camaro are down Those days ended some 40 years is 200 pounds lighter, GM said. A 15 percent so far this year. A year ago when gas prices spiked and version of the car will be offered ago, the Camaro was outselling The new 2016 Camaro is driven down the runway during the unveiling on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, yesterday. federal fuel efficiency standards with a 2.0 litre engine GM said the Mustang. REUTERS MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Qatari stocks extend gains for third day QE index breaks 12,600 mark DOHA: Qatari stocks extended close below the 12,250 points level its winning streak for the third during last week”, business por- straight sessions yesterday to tal Mubasher quoted analysts as break the 12,600 levels before saying. settling at 12540 points. The The market is expected to wit- Participants at the leadership programme. benchmark index rose 0.19 ness speculations especially on percent or 24.4 points on real active stocks with high trading estate and telecoms. volume and turnover. Commercial Bank launches leadership programme Ezdan was the top gainer. The Ezdan, which was included real estate major jumped 6.57 in MSCI’s Index surged 18 per- percent to lift the sector index cent in two sessions last week, DOHA: Commercial Bank, from the Bank’s Turkish alliance institutions, subject to fulfill- and Chief Human Capital by 3.26 percent. according to Reuters. But Qatar Qatar’s first private bank, bank, ABank, will take part in the ing the institution’s admissions Officer Sharoq Al Malki said: Analysts said long-term inves- Insurance, which had also has launched its latest Future Future Leaders Programme. The requirements. “Commercial Bank is committed tors could remain in the market risen on MSCI index inclusion, Leaders Executive Training programme has been designed Speaking at the event, to investing in human capital and as long as the index closes above dropped 4.6 percent on Sunday. Programme for staff at an specifically for Commercial Bank Commercial Bank Deputy the Future Leaders Programme the 10.250 points. Commercial Bank, whose for- official ceremony in Tornado by HEC Paris to develop strategic CEO Colin Macdonald said: is firmly in line with the Qatar Barring real estate and tel- eign ownership was lifted to 49 Tower. First run in 2009, the and leadership capability. “Commercial Bank values our National Vision 2030 by providing ecoms, the entire sector indices percent from today, slipped 0.18 Future Leaders Programme is Over the course of thirteen employees and the Future Leaders our talented employees with the fell yesterday. Insurance sector percent. one of Commercial Bank’s pro- months, selected Commercial Programme is testament to the encouragement, skills and train- tumbled 2.98 percent. While Elsewhere, the main Saudi prietary educational and pro- Bank staff will undergo a unique Bank’s desire to nurture and sup- ing they need to succeed as future banking sector slipped 0.80 per- index climbed 0.9 percent to fessional career advancement and challenging learning journey port budding talent within our leaders of the Bank and Qatar’s cent, Industrials lost 0.62 percent 9,815 points as most stocks rose. programmes, and is delivered involving seven different mod- organisation. We are committed to banking industry. and Telecoms edged 0.29 percent Last week it confirmed technical in partnership with HEC Paris, ules centered around leadership. working with HEC Paris and Qatar Dean & CEO of HEC Paris in down. support on its 200-day average, ranked number one in the world Participants who complete the Foundation to provide talented Qatar, Prof. Laoucine Kerbache Market experts noted investors now at 9,566 points, and it faces for Executive Education by the Future Leader Programme suc- young individuals at Commercial said: “The Future Leaders will tend to shift between posi- chart resistance at its April peak Financial Times in 2014 and a cessfully will be eligible to receive Bank with world-class training to Programme is a significant step tions of some high-priced stocks of 9,897 points, Reuters reported. member of Qatar Foundation credits which could be applied fast-track their careers towards forward in enhancing the leader- listed. High liquidity would push Dubai’s stock index slipped Twenty-eight Commercial towards coursework on Masters positions of leadership.” ship skills of Commercial Bank the index to break key resistance 0.1 percent as construction Bank staff and two employees Degrees at HEC Paris or other Commercial Bank EGM employees”. THE PENINSULA levels and help investors build firms Arabtec and Drake and strong positions, they said. Scull International, which both “The index will see resistance reported worse-than-expected at the respective levels of 12,550, first-quarter earnings last week, 12,650 and 12,800 points, while continued to slide. They fell 1.2 the support level stands at 12,500, and 1.1 percent respectively. Avaya launches Sheikh Abdul Aziz to 7Up unveils special new 12,350, 12,250 and 12,050 points Abu Dhabi’s bourse fell 1.0 per- respectively, according to the cent as all major local lenders fell. Middle East, head QIIB govt services integrated ad campaign analyst. It is important for QE First Gulf Bank dropped 2.0 per- index to stay above the respective cent, National Bank of Abu Dhabi DOHA: International Islamic DOHA: Through an integrated 7 Up TV cam- levels of 12,350, 12,250 and 12,000 lost 1.4 percent and Abu Dhabi Africa and India (QIIB) has named Sheikh paign, digital activation and an online hub www. points, the analyst said, adding Commercial Bank was down 1.3 Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin originalspotting.com 7Up invites the region, to that the index managed not to percent. THE PENINSULA chapters Faysal Al Thani (pictured) spot acts of originality and post them using the as the head of the bank’s hashtag #originalspottingvia social media. government banking serv- The acts of originality will stand side by side other DOHA: The International ices section. Jamal Al Jamal, acts from various cities across the region and will Avaya Users Group (IAUG), Deputy CEO of QIIB congrat- be an inspiration to our diversity and to spread our has announced the launch of its ulated Sheikh Abdul Aziz on inner sparkle and natural flair. Eastern Libyan oil firm Middle East, Africa and India his new assignment. and we would like The Original Spotting regional campaign led Chapter for the region in pres- “We are proud of our Qatari to expand it to all by the MEA region is an extension of the global ence to more than 200 of Avaya staff for the excellent way departments of the 7Up campaign to celebrate the new positioning for customers from across the they serve the QIIB”, said bank.” Sheikh Abdul PepsiCo’s second biggest beverage, announced in produces 270,000 bpd region. Al Jamal. “We are keen to Aziz has a bachelor March 2014, “Feels Good to Be You”. The new posi- The IAUG MEA & India chap- provide an ideal and friendly degree in business tioning and mantra, celebrates everyone’s unique- BENGHAZI: Libyan state another oil official said. ter will consist of organisations work environment for Qatari management from ness and is an invitation to be true to yourself, and oil company AGOCO, which is The closure of several oilfields across this region that use Avaya staff, both males and females. North Carolina who you naturally are, the most authentic you, to active in the east of the Opec across the North African country solutions and services, and will QIIB is keen on hiring Qatari University, US. express your originality and impact your world with member country, is producing has reduced Libya’s oil production serve as the primary resource nationals to senior positions THE PENINSULA a positive beat. THE PENINSULA about 270,000 barrels a day of to between 380,000 and 400,000 for advocacy within Avaya, edu- crude, unchanged from a week bpd, an industry source has told cation, networking and support ago, a company spokesman said Reuters. of the global Avaya community of yesterday. Libya had pumped up to 1.6 customers and users. The company’s Hariga export million bpd in 2010, before an Ali Sajwani, CIO of Emirates port and connected Sarir and uprising ousted leader Muammar NBD and president of the newly Messla oilfields are working nor- Gaddafi. formed IAUG MEA & India Toyota City: Symbol of auto rise mally, he said, adding: “We are The loss of oil revenue has Chapter, said: “Technology con- facing no problems at all.” triggered a public-finance crisis, versations across the world, focus The port located in the eastern forcing the central bank to use on the impact of four dimensions TOYOTA CITY: Toyota City city of Tobruk has had to close up a quarter of its foreign cur- on businesses: mobile, social, stands as a testament to the several times this year because rency reserves in 2014, official analytics and cloud. The IAUG meteoric rise of its namesake, of protests and a pipeline blast. data shows. presents the opportunity for us, now the world’s biggest car- The Arabian Gulf Oil Co Libya is now caught in a strug- Avaya users, to be part of a jour- maker with record profits and (AGOCO) is part of the NOC gle between two governments, ney that Avaya is taking to deliver sales of more than 10 million state oil company controlling the one based in the east and a effortless engagement solutions cars globally last year. country’s oil and gas sector. rival administration controlling that address these dimensions.” But this sprawling city of But crude supplies to the Tripoli, as rebels who helped to Members will also benefit from 422,000 people, just east of the Zueitina port, also located in the oust Gaddafi in 2011 have fallen increased education and training industrial centre Nagoya, was east, are still blocked due to a out along political, regional and on all areas of communication once a struggling textiles town protest by locals demanding jobs, tribal lines. REUTERS technologies. THE PENINSULA called Koromo whose inhabit- ants depended on silk production to make a living. Times got tough for the lit- tle community as the sector began to decline from the end of World War I, and it was further shaken by the 1923 Great Kanto An ultra-compact electric vehicle charging at a Ha:mo (Harmonious Mobility Earthquake, which took 140,000 Network) RIDE station in front of Toyota City hall. lives across the country, as well as the Great Depression six years later. By 1933, as Japan focused on While the Corolla and Prius many faces, which is sometimes bolstering its domestic industries hybrid maker now has plants in masked by cars.” and imperial ambitions, Kiichiro every corner of the globe, Toyota But the reality is, despite efforts Toyoda decided to build automo- City still has a total of 10 factories to diversify the local economy, biles with the same pioneering building cars and parts in the city it is still heavily dependent on spirit as his father Sakichi, who proper and surrounding area. Toyota and local suppliers, with invented the automatic loom. There are about 70,000 local the company’s subsidiaries also But where could he build a fac- people working for Toyota in the involved in real estate, tourism, tory big enough to roll out cars? area, many whose parents or and insurance. “When Toyota A string of communities were grandparents also relied on the coughs, the whole city catches a interested. In a stroke of fate, giant company for a pay cheque, cold” is a common phrase, a point Koromo got the nod for its cheap with about 40 percent of local underlined during the 2008 finan- land and nearby transit links -- employees working in the auto cial crisis that saw Toyota lay off and the enthusiasm of the town’s sector. So it seemed appropriate thousands of temporary employ- then mayor who faced off with that, in 1959, the town changed ees, while tax revenue from the sceptical local landowners. its name to Toyota-Shi, or Toyota company temporarily dipped. “At that time, people didn’t City in English, although that was “The atmosphere was morose, really believe in the auto industry a controversial move at the time it depressed the entire region,” but he (the mayor) had the right — and the current mayor says his the mayor says. intuition,” a municipal official community is about more than Still, the city avoided the fate of said, adding that the sector was just one industry. another auto city, Detroit, whose “crucial for the city’s prosperity”. “It is true that this is the city declining fortunes saw it declare And on August 28, 1937, of the car — the name speaks for bankruptcy two years ago. “Toyota Jidosha Kogyo” (Toyota itself — but that isn’t everything,” And with the recovery came a Automotive Industry) was born says Toshihiko Ota. “We are the renewed optimism for Toyota City, with a 495,000 sqm factory big leading producer of rice in Aichi beefed up by municipal projects enough for 5,000 workers opened prefecture and we also grow including new schools and hospi- the following year. grapes and pears. Toyota City has tals... sponsored by Toyota. AFP MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 India betters Germany pressures Greece on reforms fiscal deficit German economy minister says no third aid package without more reforms target of 4.1pc BERLIN: German politicians that Greece might need a referen- German conservative lawmaker back down from its red lines, such Greek exit would not only be kept up the pressure on Greece dum to approve painful economic Markus Ferber told German news as no cuts to wages and pensions. highly dangerous economically NEW DELHI: India’s finance over the weekend to imple- reforms on which its creditors are magazine Der Spiegel that there Volker Kauder, parliamentary but also politically.” ministry said in a statement ment reforms, with Economy insisting, and Gabriel said such was no majority in Germany for leader of Merkel’s conservatives, “Nobody would have any con- yesterday that it had managed Minister Sigmar Gabriel warn- a vote might speed up decisions. a third aid package for Greece. told Germany’s Welt am Sonntag fidence in Europe anymore if we to better its fiscal and revenue ing Athens in an interview that Athens has said it had no plans Athens has depended on money newspaper that the situation was break up in our first big crisis. deficit targets for the year 2014- a third aid package would not be for a referendum at the moment. from its 240 billion euro bailout “very difficult” and “the Greeks We shouldn’t talk ourselves into 15, as per provisional accounts on the cards unless the Greeks Gabriel, head of the Social by the European Union and the must show that they are continu- a Grexit,” he said. for the year. made some changes. Democrats (SPD), Chancellor International Monetary Fund to ing down the agreed path”. But Hans-Peter Friedrich, “Government betters its own Greece is fast running out of Angela Merkel’s junior coalition pays its bills since 2010. It has not He added that people should deputy head of the conservative financial targets during 2014-15; cash and talks with its lenders partner, stressed that the Greek received any loan tranches since not be talking about a third aid parliamentary group, told Der fiscal deficit for the financial year have been deadlocked over their government needed to take action last August. package for Athens when the final Spiegel: “If we don’t insist on the stands at 4.0 percent (of GDP) demands for Greece to implement in any case. “A third aid package On Friday Greek Prime aid tranche from the second bail- reform commitments we’ll really against the target of 4.1 percent,” reforms, including pension cuts for Athens is only possible if the Minister Alexis Tsipras said out had yet to be paid out. damage the currency union and finance ministry said. “While rev- and labour market liberalisation. reforms are implemented. We Athens had found some common Gabriel warned about the con- this damage would be bigger enue deficit stands at 2.8 percent Finance Minister Wolfgang can’t simply send money there,” ground with its foreign lenders sequences of Greece quitting the than if Greece ultimately left.” against target of 2.9 percent.” Schaeuble suggested on Monday he told the paper. but the government would not single currency bloc, saying: “A REUTERS The ministry said that these provisional figures “may undergo changes during the final compila- tion of accounts after audit.” India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi govern- QNB holds strategy ment’s first full-budget earlier in February, said at the time that the country would achieve its goal of cutting the fiscal deficit. meet in Muscat Modi’s right-wing government announced an increase of $11.3bn DOHA: QNB Group held its GCEO, Ali Ahmed Al Kuwari in spending on crumbling roads, Annual Strategy Conference in said: ‘’ This is the first time that rail and other infrastructure in the Omani capital of Muscat. this important Group Strategy the budget. The meeting, took place on May Conference is being held in the Modi and his right-wing 15 and 16, was hosted by Group Sultanate of Oman. It is particu- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Executive Officer, Ali larly significant given that QNB swept to power last year on a Ahmed Al Kuwari. The theme opened its first GCC branch here pledge to revive India’s flagging of the two-day Conference was in 2007 and today, we are proudly economic fortunes and provide built around QNB Group’s operating through 6 branches jobs for its 1.2 billion people. stated vision of being a “MEA located across the Sultanate.’’ Besides crediting its “prudent Icon” by 2017, and focussed on Welcoming the representa- policies and commitment to fiscal highlighting best practices tives from QNB’s newly launched consolidation,” the government’s to develop the Group’s strat- Vietnam Representative Office in Sunday statement also attributed egy both domestically and Ho Chi Min City, he said Vietnam a part of its fiscal success to a 9 Participants at the annual strategy conference in Oman. internationally. is another significant step in the percent year-on-year growth in Members representing the Group’s international expansion gross tax collections. AFP Group’s Executive Management strategy and the strong and resil- to develop opportunities that business plans but importantly providing a comprehensive range team in Qatar, and General ient emerging market of Asia is present themselves to us as it also provides the ideal forum of value added products and serv- Managers, and Executive strategically important to QNB our reputation and presence in to project our aspirations as a ices. The total number of employ- LinkedIn launches Management representatives moving forward. South-East Asia grows. Group” he added. ees is more than 14,500 operating from the QNB International The increasing flow of “East- “Our Strategy Conference is QNB Group’s presence through across more than 615 locations, network attended the Strategic West” trade between Qatar and the perfect setting to allow us its subsidiaries and associate com- with an ATM network of more B2B, B2C brands Conference. Asia is very much part of our the opportunity to discuss, share panies extends to more than 27 than 1,310 machines. Addressing the conference, future plans and QNB is keen and reflect upon our progress and countries across three continents THE PENINSULA DOHA: LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, announced the availability in Mena of a new set of products Marriott Marquis City Center wins award for marketers working for B2B or ‘high-consideration’ B2C Irish state scrutineers brands. The announcement follows the acquisition of B2B marketing company Bizo in August 2014. for Aer Lingus sale The expanded LinkedIn Marketing Solutions portfolio DUBLIN: The Irish govern- the offer for its 30 percent stake. consists of five new products: ment-appointed group examin- IAG’s 2.55 euros-per-share LinkedIn Lead Accelerator, ing British Airways owner IAG’s approach, its third since December, Sponsored Updates, LinkedIn bid for Aer Lingus will recom- is conditional on winning the Onsite Display, LinkedIn Network mend a sale of the state’s stake, approval of Ryanair and the Irish Display and Sponsored InMail. the Sunday Times reported, quot- government, which holds a 25 per- LinkedIn Lead Accelerator is the ing a senior government source. cent stake core product fueling this effort as The group’s report could be Facing pressure from some gov- LinkedIn’s new lead generation presented to cabinet within the ernment lawmakers, opposition and nurturing offering. next three weeks, the newspaper parties and trade unions, Dublin Among the first regional quoted the source as saying, but presented IAG with a list of new brands to adopt the new products only if Ryanair, Aer Lingus’s other demands in February that it said is Emirates NBD. major shareholder, first signals its must be fulfilled before it would The bank will benefit from intention to sell. consider what could be a politically LinkedIn’s ability to identify A spokesman for Ryanair said difficult sale. relevant professional audiences, its board will consider any offer A spokeswoman for the trans- extend their reach and effectively “if and when an offer is made”. port minister said the minister nurture them through the buy- International Consolidated was still awaiting the final report ing process, and better measure Airlines Group’s (IAG) proposed from the group of government offi- success. €1.36bn bid was recommended by cials who were appointed to assess Through media agency, Aer Lingus in January. the proposal. “He (the minister) Mediavest, Emirates NBD is FROM LEFT: Paul Marlow, Area Vice-President, Marriott International UAE & Africa; Philip Bryson, Ryanair, which has said little expects to bring the matter to strengthening its presence on Senior Area V-P, Marriott International Middle East & Africa; Arne Sorenson, President & CEO, Marriott publicly about the sale, asked in conclusion in the coming weeks LinkedIn to bolster its marketing International; Andreas Wissdorf, GM, Marriott Marquis City Center Doha; Alex Kyriakidis, President and March for details of IAG’s plans and has no further comment to efforts, and is also one of the early MD, Marriott International Middle East & Africa; Mark Satterfield, COO, Marriott Middle East & Africa; for Aer Lingus, including possible make until such time as he makes creators of an Arabic-language Ibrahim Barghout, Area V-P, Marriott International Middle East & Africa at the award ceremony where remedies to competition concerns, a recommendation to cabinet,” the company page on the platform. the Marriott Marquis City Center Doha Hotel was announced as Best Full Service Hotel of the Year at before it decides whether to accept spokeswoman said. REUTERS THE PENINSULA the Marriott Middle East & Africa General Managers’ Conference. Emerging bond funds scrambling for Asian debt in tight market

LONDON/HONG KONG: Paribas. That’s up from a 51 per- within Asia. For instance last recently had been placed within $400bn National Pension fund issue surpassed $7bn. Emerging corporate bond funds cent share last year and a meagre week, Chinese bank CCB took hours. One reason is that Chinese, and Singapore’s $200bn Central The Hong Kong-based banker searching for debt to buy up 17 percent in 2008, BNP says. orders of $7bn for a $2bn bond, 88 Korean and other local investors Provident fund. Japanese pension said Asian funds, familiar with in the absence of Russian and So far so good. But Asia’s swell- percent of them from local buyers. are keen to put cash into dollars as funds are also investing more in local borrowers, were willing to Brazilian borrowers have found ing pension and mutual fund Chinese Times Property’s their own currencies weaken and emerging markets. take lower yields. “It is good news themselves jostling with a grow- industries have also created a $280m deal in March came from interest rates fall. China’s recent The downside for fund manag- for issuers, and as a result the ing number of cash-rich Asian huge new demand base at home, an overflowing book worth $1bn, cut in banks’ reserve require- ers is that companies are able to bonds are usually more allocated investors for new issues from elbowing out the Western funds. with 90 percent of the bids from ments alone was seen unleashing minimise or even do away with to Asian investors for the lower the region. Greg Saichin, head of emerging Asia. These volumes have lifted 1 trillion yuan ($160bn) into the the yield premium that new bonds returns they ask for,” she said. Bonds from Asian companies, debt at Allianz Global Investors, Asia’s weight with bond investors, economy and markets. typically pay to lure investors. Critics also say investors’ largely Chinese, are dominating estimated that 60 to 70 percent with China toppling Brazil as the For emerging markets, typi- “You have the state-owned eagerness may be blinding them the new dollar issue market now of the average new issue in Asia biggest component of the CEMBI cally reliant on Western capital, enterprises come out with new to default risk, with coal firm that once-prolific Russian and is snapped up by locals. Broad and Diversified indexes, the the rise of a domestic investor issues that price virtually on the Winsway this month becoming Latin American borrowers have “Some years ago the syndi- benchmark for most investors in base is undoubtedly positive. curve, the concession they are the third Chinese entity in 2015 been shut out by Western sanc- cates would come to Europe and emerging company debt. “If you In Asia, this is driven by savings giving is virtually zero. These are to default on offshore bonds. tions on Moscow, a corruption the United States peddling these are not effectively on the ball with pools that are seeing pension and chunky issuances but they have Meanwhile, Russian companies scandal at Brazil’s biggest com- bonds and no broker would ever eyes on the book, by noon you will mutual fund assets grow around been extremely well-absorbed returning to the market will likely pany Petrobras, weaker commod- close the book before people in have missed the bus,” Saichin said 10 percent a year, according to by the market,” said Nish Popat, be welcomed by investors. “There ity prices and fears of a default in these latitudes had a look,” he To compete with local buyers, consultancy PwC. Asia-Pacific a fund manager at Neuberger is still too much money chasing Venezuela. said. more and more funds including pension assets will hit $6.5 tril- Berman. too few bonds,” Saichin of Allianz Asian companies have stepped “Right now, my feel is whatever his own are opening offices in the lion by 2020 and overall assets Chinese refiner Sinopec, which said, adding he had passed on in to fill the void, accounting for is left of Asian issues for outside region, he said. will reach $16.2 trillion, PwC raised $6.4bn in five tranches last many Asian bonds which offered almost 60 percent of this year’s investors is between 20-30 per- A banker at a US bank’s bond predicted, more than double their month, paid 3 and 5 basis points no yield concessions. “This only emerging corporate bond sales, cent — tops.” syndicate desk in Hong Kong said 2012 levels. respectively over existing five- builds up pent-up demand for having raised $70bn as of the Allocations in some recent Chinese investors were cash-rich Asia is already home to huge and 10-year dollar bonds. But later on as people are delaying end of April, according to BNP cases were filled almost entirely now and some deals marketed investors such as South Korea’s orders for the $2.5bn five-year investing.” REUTERS MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Waha weighs QFC adds six second more business investment fund for ME network events DUBAI: Waha Capital PJSC, the Abu Dhabi investor which co-founded the Mena Infrastructure Fund with Efforts to build local relationships HSBC Holdings Plc in 2007, is weighing a second such invest- DOHA: With the growing of attracting the leading busi- ment vehicle to profit from importance of networking ness and financial professionals higher demand for building events for business and financial in Qatar. projects. professionals, Qatar Financial The QFC’s 13th Networking Waha, which holds a 17.9 per- Centre (QFC) has incorporated Event for Business and Financial cent limited partner stake in the six annual networking events Professionals was held last month fund, “is looking at the possibil- into its corporate calendar, at the St Regis Hotel in Doha. ity of launching Fund II,” Chief accompanied by a digital and Over 400 guests from across the Executive Officer Salem Rashid social media marketing strategy. business and financial services Al Noaimi said in a phone inter- The aim is to assist QFC- communities in Qatar gathered view from Abu Dhabi. Its size licensed firms in their efforts to to discuss new opportunities, and “will be north” of the $300m that build local business relationships. the event continued the success the first fund raised, he said. In a statement QFC yester- of the previous year’s events, in Yousuf Al Jaida (fourth from left), Deputy CEO of QFC, and other senior business leaders at QFC’s 13th Networking Mena Infrastructure Fund, day said that following the suc- part from the strategic partner- Event for Business and Financial Professionals in Doha recently. which also has Fajr Capital as a cess of the 13th Networking ship of two leading private sector co-sponsor, has invested in four Event for Business and Financial organisations. projects including the Alexandria Professionals, derived from a stra- “Networking events are cru- anywhere in the Middle East,” he to key influencers in your indus- interest of the audience to the International Container tegic partnership formed between cial to the development of Qatar’s added. try and within your target mar- end, it also gathered a consider- Terminals in Egypt and Saudi the QFC and the International business environment, and we are The QFC has evolved with ket, also an excellent opportunity able amount of important play- Arabia’s Qurayyah Independent Chamber of Commerce (ICC) delighted to work alongside ICC Qatar’s development, fulfilling to start relationships that will ers from various industries which Power Project. The size of Waha’s Qatar, it discussed the importance Qatar to bring Qatar the best the its mandate to support business lead to strategic alliances, joint made it a great networking event investment in Fund II is still of networking in Qatar and how business and finance sectors have and the private sector. Over the ventures, and referrals,” said for business purposes,” she added. being considered, Al Noaimi said. crucial it is to business success in to offer,” said Yousuf Al Jaida, years, the business community Stefania Badea, Senior Business Networking is, of course, an Waha is also in the final the region. Deputy CEO of the QFC. has worked together effectively to Development Manager, Axa essential part of building a suc- stages of receiving approval from The QFC has successfully built “This was the second event we transform Qatar into an extraor- Insurance. cessful business in any sector, in the market regulator to invite a broad networking platform, hosted in partnership with ICC dinary success story. “The QFC’s networking event any region. However, in Qatar, institutions and wealthy indi- in part from understanding the Qatar, and we look forward to “Networking is very impor- was a very well organised and it’s even more important that viduals to invest in its regional- importance of forging partner- cultivating this relationship in tant for various reasons, it helps put together event, very informa- networking is at the top of your focused equity fund and global ships, for example with ICC Qatar, order to help grow a professional increase your visibility, offers the tive with well delivered speeches agenda when building your profes- fixed-income fund, Al Noaimi in order to maximising its scope networking platform unrivalled opportunity to become connected that kept the attention and the sional profile. THE PENINSULA said. Waha manages about Dh2bn ($545m) of its own money in both. The equities fund has returned 40 percent since the beginning of 2014 until March, while the fixed- income fund delivered 55 percent China to invest $50bn in Brazilian infrastructure since January 2012, Waha said yesterday. BRASÍLIA: China will invest giant Petrobras, Brazil is seeking to countries. The Chinese premier commodities. But that demand has the port of Santos to the Peruvian “We have a great business that $50bn to help overhaul Brazil’s revamp its sagging infrastructure will visit Colombia, Peru and Chile since dipped, putting a brake on Pacific port of Ilo. Graca Lima said is doing well for us and we are ageing infrastructure, Brasilia ahead of next year’s Rio Olympics, on the South American swing, Brazilian growth. the “complex” scheme would take opening it up for other investors said, ahead of an official visit the first Games to be held in South aimed at boosting Beijing’s influ- Brazilian President Dilma some “three to four years” to real- to come alongside us,” Al Noaimi by Chinese Prime Minister Li America. ence in the region. Rousseff said on Wednesday she ize, but assured it is “advancing.” said. “We’ll be able to do some Keqiang. A Brazilian government source China has been Brazil’s chief wanted to see greater trade coop- The countries are also expected good fund raising.” “There are $50bn in new said Brazil, Latin America’s biggest trading partner since 2009 and eration between Brasilia and to announce the delivery of 22 jets Waha earlier reported a 20 per- projects,” said Jose Graca Lima, economy, was determined to over- one of its main sources of foreign Beijing, and will push for a free from Brazil’s Embraer to China — cent rise in first- quarter profit to Brazil’s undersecretary of state, haul its dilapidated roads, railways, investment. trade accord during Li’s visit. part of a larger order of 60 air- Dh182.2m, as it benefited from its who oversees Asia and Oceania. airports and ports ahead of the Bilateral trade between the The two countries also hope planes from the world’s number stake in aircraft leasing company “We shall have to await the end Olympics. The Chinese cash infu- two BRICS nations jumped by to bring to fruition an ambitious three commercial aircraft devel- AerCap Holdings NV. of the visit to expand upon which sion is set to cover various sectors, a factor of 13 between 2001 and scheme to create an interoceanic oper. Graca Lima said Rousseff The shares fell 1.9 percent to projects,” he said, without provid- including transport and energy. Li 2013, reaching $83.3bn. Brazilian railroad stretching from Brazil to and Li will ink “a series of accords” 2.55 dirhams at 2:55 pm yesterday. ing details. arrives in the capital Brasilia this exports outstripped imports from Peru, allowing Brazilian exports to on various political issues, along They have dropped 10 percent this Battling a fifth straight year of week for the official visit, during China by $8.72bn in 2013, as the be shipped to China more expe- with four major commercial agree- year compared to a 1.5 percent poor growth and mired in a bruis- which he will also travel to Rio de South American giant benefited diently. The proposed rail link ments, and as many as 30 invest- rise in Abu Dhabi’s benchmark ing graft scandal involving state oil Janeiro, before touring neighboring from high Chinese demand for would stretch some 3,500km from ment deals. AFP index. BLOOMBERG

Wyndham Grand Regency gets award US Fed, data take centre stage as earnings dwindle

NEW YORK: Investors will John Williams takes his turn on than a week after data showed watch for any change in the Thursday, a day after minutes of US retail sales were flat in April, economic outlook from housing the Fed’s April meeting are due. the latest sign the economy was data and remarks by various Yellen signaled earlier this struggling to rebound strongly Federal Reserve speakers this year that the Fed will likely start after a very soft first quarter. week, while retailers will take raising borrowing costs later this Wal-Mart, however, is seen over on the earnings front as year, even before inflation and beating first-quarter expecta- the first-quarter reporting sea- wages have returned to normal tions on the top and bottom lines, son trickles to its end. levels. “From Yellen, markets according to a data. The highlight comes at the end want to know whether or not Housing data in the form of of the week with Fed Chair Janet she continues with that direc- starts and permits is due Tuesday, Yellen speaking on the economic tion,” said Quincy Krosby, market while home resales are out on outlook on Friday. Any hint of a strategist at Prudential Financial Thursday. “If we have an 8 percent downgrade to the economy could in Newark, New Jersey. rise in starts to a million homes, signal a delay in monetary policy “Any color that you can give that would be a good sign that tightening; central bank watchers to the debate on expectations for the spring bounce is back,” said now expect the Fed to begin rais- liftoff will certainly be picked up Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio ing interest rates in September. by the market.” strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Yellen will be preceded by On the earnings front, the Management in Menomonee Chicago Fed President Charles week’s top billing will be the Falls, Wisconsin. Ayman Lotfy, Cluster General Manager of Wyndham Grand Regency Doha & Ramada Encore Doha, with other Evans, who will talk about policy world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, “If we fall short of a million, team members at the World Travel Awards ceremony. Wyndham Grand Regency Doha was recognised for on Monday and Wednesday in which will report early tomorrow. that doesn’t augur well for the the fourth consecutive year by the World Travel Awards as “Qatar’s Leading Conference Hotel”, an award Europe. The San Francisco Fed’s The results will come less economic recovery.” REUTERS that reflects the extensive meetings and events facilities and services offered by the property. Free from creditors’ control, Portugal still struggling with austerity

LISBON: One year after gaining continues to grapple with high unem- The officials of the troika, the financial the beginning of the crisis in 2009 and I it has taken the right route. “More than freedom from the control of its inter- ployment rates and increased taxation. trio consisting of the European Union, have little hope of getting it back,” said ever, I am convinced that the path we national creditors, Portugal has suc- In a sense, Portugal made the painful International Monetary Fund and the Carlos Navarro, 48, a former jeweller who have taken is the one we must follow,” ceeded in dramatically improving its decisions that people in Greece, another European Central Bank, celebrated came to seek work at an unemployment said Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho. economy, though most people are still eurozone country that is now deep in an Portugal’s renewed financial sovereignty centre in Lisbon. But worry persists around the banking struggling under the stringent auster- economic crisis, bridled at. in 2014, while stressing it did not mean an Divorced and a father of two girls, sector, which was shaken after the col- ity measures. Economic forecasts in Portugal are end to sacrifices. “Unemployment is still Navarro is no longer entitled to unem- lapse of the Espirito Santo group, whose In 2011, Portugal received a €78bn loan looking promising this year, with the gov- high, along with taxes and public debt. ployment benefits. He lives from odd jobs, debt escaped the vigilant watch of the to save its failing economy, joining one ernment expecting 1.6 percent growth, The growth is small, and Portuguese peo- and makes just enough to reach the mini- troika. of the EU’s other struggling economies, but experts say that this apparent suc- ple continue to emigrate,” said Amaral. mum wage. “I make 348 euros a month, “The recovery is still very fragile and Ireland, in being bailed out. cess does not mean much for the people Nearly one out every five Portuguese or 40 euros less than before,” he said. due in part to external factors, such as Now, the deficit is under control, tour- — yet. “The numbers are better, but the live below the poverty line, with an income Unpopular at home, the Portuguese the drop in oil prices and the (value of ists are coming in record numbers, the life of the Portuguese hasn’t changed. below €411 per month. Unemployment government has been able to win the the) euro,” said Joao Cesar das Neves, a real estate market is recovering and One year after the era of the troika, has decreased, but is still high at 13.7 per- confidence of foreign investors, who were professor of economics at the Catholic exports and investments are increasing. the economic miracle appears to be a cent of the working population and 34.4 quick to snap up the country’s debt secu- University. Das Neves says that the But in return for the bailout, the mirage,” Domingos Amaral, a professor percent among young people. rities. But with legislative elections five Espirito Santo collapse in particular government had to cut wages, pensions of economics at the Catholic University “Nothing has changed for me since the months away, the centre-right govern- shows a lack of stability in the Portuguese and social benefits, and its population in Lisbon, said. departure of the troika. I lost my job at ment is convinced that with austerity, economy. AFP MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Would leaving euro prove Why Cameron’s win means a catastrophe for Greece? BY LARRY ELLIOTT Britain won’t be leaving EU BY WILL HUTTON anis Varoufakis rues the day when Greece joined the Eurosceptics by offering to an agreement as it can get to human right does Britain want euro. The Greek finance minister says his country would repeal the Human Rights Act, control migration, centring on to drop? Second, the arguments be better off if it was still using the drachma. Deep down, ory high command even to the point of withdrawing at least a two-year wait to be against the European Court are Yhe says, all 18 countries using the single currency wish will throw a few from the European Convention eligible for benefits, and a com- bogus. It is an international, not that the idea had been strangled at birth but understand that rightwing morsels to on Human Rights and have a mitment to open up EU markets a “foreign”, court, and a British once you are in you don’t get out without a catastrophe. satisfy the prejudices meaningful, if limited, negotia- and the accountability of EU judge sits on all British cases. All of that is true, and explains why Greece is involved in a of the Eurosceptics tion that did not involve treaty institutions. Critics can identify one ruling game of chicken with all the other players in this drama: the TEurosceptics were relish- change that other EU member If the by-product of the – to allow prisoners to vote – International Monetary Fund, the European commission, the ing the prospect of a minority states would resist. They could British referendum is extend- as “silly”; even if you agree, to European Central Bank and the German government. Varoufakis Miliband government and the then throw the Tory machine – ing the single market to serv- withdraw is a sledgehammer wants more financial help but not if it means sending the Greek inevitable resignation of David backed by the opposition parties, ices – a vital national interest to crack a nut. Then there is economy into a “death spiral”. Greece’s creditors will not stump Cameron. Whoever succeeded business and the City, inward that has been stalled for 20 the little matter that Scotland, up any more cash until Athens sticks to bailout conditions that him as Conservative leader investors, unions, agriculture, years – and cleaning up the EU’s Wales and Northern Ireland are Varoufakis says would do just that. could only have won by harden- the arts, universities, Scotland, murky financial procedures so within their legal rights under Things will come to a head this summer because it is clear ing the anti-EU line and then Wales and Northern Ireland – the Court of Auditors can sign the devolved settlements to Greece cannot make all the debt repayments that are coming up. relentlessly harrying what they into winning the referendum. off EU accounts,unintentionally remain in the ECHR, a right It has to find €10bn (£7.3bn) in redemptions to the IMF, the ECB expected to be a weak Miliband As they know from the govern- Britain will have done the EU a they will undoubtedly exercise. and other bondholders before the end of August and the money government for its pro-Euro- ment’s own “balance of compe- great service. There is another In England, human rights will is not there. Greece’s creditors know that and are prepared to peanism. Euroscepticism would tences” study, which identified silver lining. All this is only in effect be whatever the party let the government in Athens stew. They know that Greece really reach new and impassioned no losers and only winners from politically possible within the controlling the Commons says has only two choices: surrender or leave the euro, and since it has heights. membership, the yes case is British right because of the com- they are, as in any one-party said it wants to stay inside the single currency, they expect the All of that is stone dead. One of overwhelming. They could even mitment to repeal the Human state unconstrained by the white flag to be fluttering any time soon. Greece’s willingness to the silver linings from the elec- recruit one or two Tory newspa- Rights Act, exit the ECHR rule of law, while citizens in go ahead with the privatisation of its largest port, Piraeus, will tion result is the death of Brexit. pers to the cause. and replace it with a UK Bill Scotland, Wales and Northern be seen as evidence by the hardliners in Brussels and Berlin that There will be alarms along the All is unfolding to plan, with of Rights. This is where high Ireland will try to remain part they have been right to take a tough approach in negotiations way to the referendum, but the the icing on the cake the open command has decided to have of the European system. The with the Syriza-led government. Tory high command has taken dissent in Ukip over Nigel its necessary struggle with das- constitutional and legal posi- But before he admits he has lost the game of chicken, Alexis the decision that, come what Farage’s flawed leadership. tardly foreigners, which it judges tions are lethally unstable. The Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, should think hard about may, Britain must stay in and The foreign secretary, Philip less damaging than Brexit, but government is also planning to Varoufakis’s analysis. Was it a mistake for Greece to join the it is politically skilled enough to Hammond, who once declared vital to assuage the rightwing deny Scottish MPs full voting euro? Clearly, the answer is yes. Would Greece be better off ride the political white surf and that he wanted to light a fire appetite for European blood and rights in the Commons, inciting with the drachma? Given that the economy has shrunk by 25% deliver the necessary yes result. under the EU, told the FT that to assert parliamentary sover- Scotland to leave the union. The in the past five years and is still shrinking, again the answer is Mr Cameron’s private view, he now aimed to support the yes eignty – code for uninhibited Lords will vote against with- yes. Can you leave the euro and return to the drachma without echoed by George Osborne, has campaign – joining Cameron Tory power unchallenged by drawal and, in the Commons, a catastrophe? Undoubtedly there would be massive costs from always been that it is of exis- and Osborne. Importantly, he “foreign” courts. The trouble is enough good Tories will want doing so, including credit controls to prevent currency flight, and tential importance that Britain publicly clarified what has been that, while writing a UK Bill of to hold the country together a profound shock to business and consumer confidence . There remain in the EU. This explains obvious for some time: the gov- Rights to replace our interna- to abstain. But the Tory party are also the practical difficulties involved in substituting one why bothDouglas Carswell and ernment does not want to take tional legal commitments seems wants to reserve those deci- currency for another. Mark Reckless last autumn negotiations so far as to neces- easy at first sight, it opens up sions for itself There will not be In a way, though, this is not the question the Greek government correctly doubted their leader’s sitate any treaty change. Britain a constitutional, political and a constitutional convention yet, should be asking itself. Greece has been suffering an economic Eurosceptic credentials and left will not challenge the EU’s core philosophical quagmire. but the march of events that the catastrophe since 2010. It is suffering from an economic catastro- the Conservative party to join freedoms or the body of acquired In the first place, there is no Tories are unleashing will force phe now and will continue to suffer from an economic catastro- Ukip. EU law. The deal that will sat- legal or national interest in leav- one. A key law of economics is phe if it stays in the euro without generous debt forgiveness and The task of Cameron and isfy it is a protocol not to com- ing: the position is driven solely that what is unsustainable can- policies that facilitate, rather than impede, growth. So the real Osborne was to hold the party mit the country to ever closer by prejudice and low politics. not be sustained. question is not whether leaving the euro would be a catastrophe, together up to the election, union,protections for the City As Lord Bingham challenged, . because it would. The real question is whether it would be more throw some red meat to the outside the eurozone, as tough which internationally agreed THE GUARDIAN of a catastrophe than staying in. There are both political and economic dimensions to this ques- tion. Politically, Tsipras has a real dilemma: the Greek people voted for less austerity, Greece’s creditors want no let-up in austerity. He can please one or the other but not both. Bowing the knee to Angela Merkel would allow Greece to get access to the short-term finance that will allow it to pay its debts, but it will be political suicide for Syriza. Sooner or later, Tsipras has to decide what he wants to do: continue with a populist approach that is incompatible with euro membership or return reluctantly to the policies that have been pursued by the centre-left and centre-right governments since the crisis erupted. Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister, has suggested that one solution would be for Greece to hold a referendum on whether it wants to go or stay. The message coming out of Berlin is that Germany doesn’t care much either way. If Greece wants to knuckle down to structural reform, that’s fine. If Greece wants to return to the drachma, that’s also fine. Schäuble strongly suspects that faced with the choice, Greece would vote to remain a member of the single currency. But plebi- scites are funny things, and the question asked would matter. The answer to the question “do you want Greece to continue using the euro?”, would be different to “do you want Greece to continue using the euro if it means cuts in wages and pensions?”. Germany should also not underestimate how strongly resentment still burns in Greece about how the country suffered when it was occupied during the second world war and how many Greeks feel they are being deliberately punished for choosing the sort of government that doesn’t suit the rest of the eurozone. When it comes to the economics, the question is whether Greece would get the pain over more quickly by having control over its own affairs. The fall in the krona was important, since it made exports cheaper and provided a boost to tourism, where the number of visitors has risen by 60% to 800,000 a year between 2008 and 2014. “The fall in the krona boosted net trade by enough to kick-start Iceland’s economic recovery without the need for the aggressive wage and price adjustments that have occurred in the euro- zone periphery. Iceland was also able to tighten fiscal policy less aggressively than the periphery. Iceland’s fall in GDP of about 12% was around half as short as that seen in Greece since 2008.” Bootle and Hinds say that Greece, too, would see tourism ben- efit from a cheaper currency, while the vast amount of unused capacity in the economy would limit the extent of the increase in inflation caused by the devaluation that would follow euro exit. THE GUARDIAN

Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Finance is important for renewal, but don’t forget culture BY RICHARD LEESE either of another fundamen- A walk through Manchester’s of business, economic, transport, Library – using the very best of in the benefits MIF would bring to tal that doesn’t just make cities streets shows a city not just education and community infra- the past to ensure it meets the the city – financial and otherwise here was plenty of chat- function better, but makes them awash with evidence of the structures, but also at cultural needs of the future – while the – has seen our investment repaid ter last week about the indisputably better places to be. Victorian pride of our ancestors, infrastructure. Ensuring a city has newly expanded Whitworth Art many times over. Like the rest of northern powerhouse That fundamental is culture. but embracing the new, future- a “cultural offer” that makes it a Gallery has seen visitors queuing Manchester’s substantial cultural Tand it’s great to see – The importance of culture and proofing itself. Despite a backdrop place where people and businesses around the block. provision, it draws in tourism and with Jim O’Neill’s appointment the arts to Manchester’s grow- of funding pressures that means want to live, work and invest is We are also very proud of attracts wider inward investment as commercial secretary at the ing reputation cannot be over- prioritisation is king in the land not just desirable – we believe ManchesterInternational festival. by positioning the city as an inter- Treasury – that this common- stated. Cultural regeneration of less than plenty, our experience it is essential. From the 1980s A festival of firsts celebrating new national centre for culture and sense idea is gaining some trac- is as much a part of the city’s proves that the need for cities to and the early forays of Factory and original works, it has been the arts. This clustering of cul- tion. We firmly believe that with future as the many ground- constantly reinvent themselves Records, bringing students and called by the New Yorker. tural landmarks and events is it will come enormous benefits for breaking developments includ- has never been more important. visitors to the city in their droves, That the festival has been a not, of course, a coincidence. Nor Manchester and the whole of the inggraphene (famously isolated Hence the opening last week of to last autumn’s announcement of positive driver for change in the is it simply a celebration of the north. by researchers Andre Geim and Home – the city’s new centre for government’s £78m investment in city is indisputable. With 250,000 creativity that runs through the But in shouting loud for the Kostya Novoselov at Manchester international contemporary art, The Factory Manchester – a new, visitors to MIF 2013, and an esti- history of the city. It’s a direct need to control our own budg- University) and the like that are theatre and film, a £25m cultural large-scale arts space for the city mated economic impact of £38m, acknowledgment of the catalyst ets for infrastructure including at the same time reshaping and offering that includes £19m of – Manchester’s cultural regenera- the figures alone show its value to that culture can be for economic transport, health and social care advancing the city’s global stand- council cash. This reinvention – tion has continued to gather pace. the city. While underwriting the growth, as well as firing imagina- and apprenticeships – all hugely ing within the knowledge and regeneration by another name – Then there was last year’s reo- first festival in 2007 raised eye- tions and creative skills. important – let’s not lose sight skills economy. must look not just at the staples pening of the magnificent Central brows in some quarters, our belief THE GUARDIAN MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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China debt dispute spurs closer look at developers’ books

BY LIANTING TU and CHRISTOPHER LANGNER has increased worries about the curbs on real estate financing a senior analyst in Hong Kong. companies cut debt ratios, as Kong-based director at BDO Ltd. contingent and unreported debt.” from 2010, including limits on Sunac China Holdings Ltd. is a international standards allow “Although it sits nicely as equity The accurate assessment of onshore loans, bonds and fund- prime example of the joint-ven- the proceeds to be counted as during normal times, it can hurt nvestors are scrutiniz- China’s corporate debt, which ing from shadow banks. While ture trend, according to Leung equity. While the notes have no as a double whammy by reduc- ing Chinese developers’ S&P says was the highest in authorities have since eased and S&P’s Yip. Moody’s estimates set maturity, their coupons can ing equity and increasing debt if books after Kaisa Group the world at $14.2 trillion at the some of the rules, homebuilders Sunac’s adjusted debt-to- capi- rise if the company doesn’t pay a company defaults,” Lam said. Holdings Ltd’s default, as end of 2013, has taken on new still face higher hurdles to access talization ratio after factoring in them off by defined dates. Kaisa’s debt more than doubled rating companies highlight urgency as Premier Li Keqiang credit. “With the tightening in joint-venture debt was 67 percent Evergrande Real Estate Group to 65bn yuan at the end of 2014 Iaccounting red flags. allows more delinquencies while credit, financial ratios such as as at the end of 2014, compared Ltd, the third-largest Chinese from six months earlier, which it A doubling of Kaisa’s debt trying to prevent contagion. The debt to equity and interest cover with 59 percent without such developer by assets, has the most explained in statements as related only came to light after a poten- use of off-balance sheet vehi- have become crucial to obtain obligations added. Liu Qiang, perpetuals among rated devel- to requests from independent tial buyer reviewed its accounts cles and structured finance tools financing,” said Liu Xuong, a an investor relations official at opers with 52.85bn yuan at the third parties for a “refund of and customers sought refunds has prompted billionaire inves- Shanghai-based managing direc- Sunac, confirmed the adjusted end of 2014, according to Moody’s their deposits with interest.” It on deposits for buying proper- tor George Soros to note “eerie tor at the transaction advisory figure by phone on May 13. He Leung. Its revenue-to-debt ratio said trust financing and other ties without presale clearance. resemblances” between China and group of Alvarez & Marsal. “So declined to comment further on was 53.3 percent after treating borrowings also contributed. Advance payments, bookkeep- the US in the run-up to the 2008 if there is a way to improve the the joint-venture accounting. perpetual securities as debt, com- BDO and Lucror Analytics ing for joint ventures and per- global financial crisis. ratios, they would do that.” Sunac’s 12.5 percent bonds due pared with 71.4 percent before the analysts said the advance depos- petual bonds are among areas Debt at China’s developers has One method property compa- 2017 are little changed in the past adjustment, he said. its had characteristics of interest- needing attention to assess risks, ballooned since 2008, when the nies have used that complies with year at 107 cents as of Friday, John Peng, assistant chief bearing debt and booking them Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s crisis prompted the government the country’s accounting rules according to prices compiled financial officer at Evergrande, under current liabilities may have Investors Service said. to unveil 4 trillion yuan ($645bn) involves joint ventures, which by Bloomberg. Its shares have said its perpetuals accounting hidden credit risks. Calls to the “Investors are taking a closer of stimulus that sparked a wave they needn’t always consolidate jumped 142 percent. “The pres- complies with standards in Hong mobile phone of Frank Chen, a look at the small print because of building. During the boom, onto their balance sheets. ence of a significant number of Kong, where it is listed. Kaisa investor relations official, they have begun to think Kaisa speculators using less-transpar- “Many developers are using JVs joint ventures could be at times Evergrande’s 8.75 percent notes went unanswered Friday. There may not be the only one,” said Ben ent shadow financing built an to build out their portfolio without opaque from a disclosure stand- due 2018 rose 1 cent in the past was no immediate reply to an Sy, head of fixed income, foreign excess of housing in some places. inflating their debt,” said Chris point,” said Swee Ching Lim, a year to 91 cents as of Friday. Its e-mail seeking comment. Current exchange and commodities for Researcher SouFun Holdings Ltd Yip, director, corporate ratings credit analyst at Western Asset shares leapt 101 percent. liabilities at China’s 100 biggest Asia at JPMorgan Chase & Co’s says the nation has more than 10 at S&P. “So we adjust for debt Management Co, which managed Perpetuals often carry rules listed developers have ballooned private banking division. “The “ghost cities” haunted by empty guaranteed by Chinese develop- $455bn of assets as of March 31. saying any nonpayment on other to the equivalent of $497bn from accounting issues surrounding apartment blocks. ers’ from joint ventures.” “This certainly adds another layer obligations would force the issuer $107bn at the end of 2009. Debt Chinese developers have always Seeking to rein in the excesses, Moody’s also makes such of complexity.” to repay the securities, accord- jumped to 169 percent of equity been there, but the Kaisa default policy makers began enacting adjustments, said Franco Leung, Perpetual securities also help ing to Andrew Lam, a Hong from 96 percent. BLOOMBERG MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

French Grand Prix Results MotoGP: Lorenzo leads Le Mans, France: French Motorcycling Grand Prix results yesterday from the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans: MotoGP 1. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 43min 44.143sec, 2. Valentino Rossi (ITA/ Yamaha) at 3.820sec, 3. Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha 1-2 at Le Mans (ITA/Ducati) 12.380, 4. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 19.890, 5. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati) 20.337, 6. Bradley Smith Veteran rider Valentino Rossi reaches podium to grab key points (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 21.145, 7. Pol Espargaro ((ESP/Yamaha Tech3) 35.493, 8. Yonny Hernandez (COL/Ducati Pramac) LE MANS, FRANCE: Spain’s 39.601, 9. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Suzuki) Jorge Lorenzo celebrated his 41.571, 10. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati second successive MotoGP win Pramac) 42.789, 11. Nicky Hayden (USA/ after beating team mate and Honda Aspar) 53.636, 12. Loris Baz (FRA. championship leader Valentino Yamaha Forward) 1min 00.617sec Rossi in a Yamaha one-two at yesterday’s French Grand Prix. 18 of 25 riders finished race Italian Andrea Dovizioso was World Championship standings third for Ducati, with world champion Marc Marquez finish- 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 102pts, ing only fourth for Honda after 2. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 87, 3. starting on pole position but los- Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 83, 4. ing out in the battle off the line. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 69, 5. Andrea The result left Rossi on 102 Iannone (ITA/Ducati) 61, 6. Cal Crutchlow points while Lorenzo, who won (GBR/Honda LCR) 47, 7. Bradley Smith the previous race in Spain and is (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 46, 8. Pol Espargaro the first rider to triumph twice (ESP/Yamaha Tech3) 35, 9. Aleix in a row this year, has 87 after Espargaro (ESP/Suzuki) 31, 10. Maverick five rounds. Dovizioso is on 83 and Vinales (ESP/Suzuki) 27, 11. Danilo Marquez 69. Petrucci (Ducati Pramac) 25, 12. Yonny Marquez’s team mate and fel- Hernandez (COL/Ducati Pramac) 20, 13. low-Spaniard Dani Pedrosa failed Scott Redding (GBR/Honda Marc VDS) 13, to score on his comeback, having 14. Hector Barbera (ESP/Ducati Avintia) missing the last three races due 13, 15. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 10, 16. to arm surgery, after crashing on Nicky Hayden (USA/Honda Aspar) 8 the second lap. He rejoined in last Moto2 place and finished 16th. Lorenzo started in third place, 1. Thomas Luthi (SUI/Kalex) 42min following Dovizioso past Marquez 27.011sec, 2. Tito Rabat (ESP/ESP/Kalex) at 1.767sec, 3. Johann Zarco (FRA/Kalex) before taking the lead on the Winner Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo (right) of Movistar Yamaha, and second-placed Italy’s Valentino Rossi (left) celebrate with Yamaha’s Japanese technical 3.760, 4. Sam Lowes (GBR/Speed Up) opening lap, while Rossi had to director Tsuji Kouichiand after the French Grand Prix in Le Mans, western France, yesterday. RIGHT: Lorenzo celebrates with the trophy on the podium 4.076, 5. Franco Morbidelli (Kalex) 14.492, fight through from seventh. after winning the MotoGP race. Marquez momentarily regained 6. Julian Simon (ESP/Speed Up) 14.681, the lead but then ran wide almost 7. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Kalex) 14.845, immediately, dropping down as 8. Xavier Simeon (BEL/Kalex) 15.135, 9. low as sixth before regaining Hafizh Syahrin (MZL/Kalex) 19.243, 10. fourth. Dominique Aergerter (SUI/Kalex) 19.531 Lorenzo said his aggressive 26 of the 31 riders finished the race start had been the key to the race but Rossi, who moved into sec- World Championship standings ond place with 16 laps to go and 1. Johann Zarco (FRA/Kalex) 89pts, 2. smashed the circuit lap record, Thomas Luthi (SUI/Kalex) 68, 3. Jonas had pushed him hard later on. Folger (GER/Kalex) 57, 4. Sam Lowes “I saw Valentino in second (GBR/Speed Up) 54, 5. Franco Morbidelli place, he really was very quick so (ITA/Kalex) 54, 6. Tito Rabat (ESP/Kalex) I had to push even at the maxi- 53, 7. Alex Rins (ESP/Kalex) 49, 8 Xavier mum...but changing a little bit my Siméon (BEL/Kalex) 39, 9. Mika Kallio riding style I could survive and (FIN/Kalex) 31,10. Hafizh Syahrin (MAL/ finish the race with another vic- Kalex) 31 tory,” he told reporters. It’s very important for the championship Moto3 so I am very satisfied.” 1. Romano Fenati (ITA/KTM) 41min Rossi, who shook hands with 22.829sec, 2. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Honda) his team mate after they got at 0.122sec, 3. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/ off the bikes, was happy to have QMMF Racing Mahindra) 0.457, 4. Danny Kent (GBR/ kept his overall lead after taking Swiss rider Luthi wins Moto2; Team riders Honda) 0.693, 5. Niccolo Antonelli (ITA/ a gamble with the set-up follow- Honda) 2.244, 6. Jakub Kornfeil (CZE/ Julian Simon ing difficulties in practice and QMMF Racing Team impresses KTM) 2.421, 7. Isaac Vinales (ESP/ (right) and qualifying. Husqvarna) 2.587, 8. Miguel Oliveira “We suffered a lot during the LE MANS: Swiss rider Thomas Luthi’s love affair with the French Anthony West (POR/KTM) 4.065, 9. Andrea Migno (ITA/ practice because I wasn’t able Grand Prix continued yesterday as he won the Moto2 race for the (above) finished KTM) 14.876, 10. Philipp Oettl (GER/KTM) to ride the bike at the limit,” he fourth time on the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans. in 6th and 22.588 said. “It also happened in Jerez. The 28-year-old -- the 2005 125cc world champion -- led home a 11th spots But this time we risked more and Kalex bike 1-2-3 with Spaniard Tito Rabat finishing runner-up and respectively 20 riders finished of the 34 that started. for the race did something very Johann Zarco of France third. Zarco remains atop the world champi- in the Moto2 World championship standings different,” said the 36-year-old. onship standings. British rider Sam Lowes finished in fourth position class at the 1. Danny Kent (GBR/Honda) 104pts, “I needed two or three laps to for the Speed Up Racing team. Despite starting from pole position, French Grand understand but after I had the Paginas Amarillas HP 40 rider Álex Rins didn’t have much success. 2. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Honda) 67, 3. Prix yesterday. Efren Vazquez (ESP/Honda) 60, 4. Fabio good pace...had a great battle with Rins & his team mate Luis Salom both suffered crashes during the Simon picked up the two Ducatis. When I arrived session, but Rins was able to rejoin the race and finished in 17th place. Quartararo (FRA/Honda) 52, 5. Romano 10 points while Fenati (ITA/KTM) 51, 6. Isaac Vinales (ESP/ behind Jorge, I tried but today he Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing Team) took fifth place in West collected 5 was too fast. But anyway this is a today’s race, followed by Julian Simon (QMMF Racing Team) Husqvarna) 47, 7. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) points from the great result for the championship. and Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) respectively. 44, 8. Miguel Oliveira (POR/KTM) 41, 9. race. “Solid race, solid ride, I enjoyed AGENCIES Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Mahindra) 37, 10. it, 20 points. Good job.” AFP John McPhee (GBR/Honda) 28

NHL: Moore’s Baseball Results late goal gives Atlanta 5 Miami 3 Squash: Jahangir Khan unveils Minnesota 6 Tampa Bay 4 Rangers win Detroit 4 St. Louis 3 Chicago Cubs 4 Pittsburgh 1 over Tampa Bay L A A n g e l s 6 B a l t i m o r e 1 Pakistan ‘rescue’ mission Philadelphia 7 Arizona 5 NEW YORK: Dominic Moore N y M e t s 1 4 M i l w a u k e e 1 KINGSTON UPON HULL, UNITED to participate in national and international Khan, the director of the programme, and scored late in the third period S a n F r a n c i s c o 1 1 C i n c i n n a t i 2 KINGDOM: Pakistan’s Jahangir Khan events, including an upcoming tournament in Rashid Ahmed, the co-ordinator. to lead the New York Rangers H o u s t o n 6 T o r o n t o 5 often described as the greatest squash Penang, Malaysia. The task, however, is formidable. First a 2-1 victory over the Tampa player of all time, has outlined a new plan In some cases, squash will also be used as a Pakistan’s squash hopes were hit by a growth Bay Lightning in the opening N Y Y a n k e e s 5 K a n s a s C i t y 1 which he hopes will spark a revival of the way of creating a transformation of the lives of funding in other countries, enabling them to game of their NHL Eastern Cleveland 10 Texas 8 sport in his homeland. of less fortunate youngsters. All this has been take advantage of vastly superior and rapidly Conference final on Saturday. Washington 4 San Diego 1 It involves transforming a situation in which made possible by the sponsorship of Kazim developing sports science. Kevin Hayes threw the puck in Pakistan, once by far squash’s most successful Anwar, a businessman and philanthropist who Then the country’s always narrow playing Chicago White Sox 4 Oakland 3 front of Tampa Bay’s goal, where nation, has had no British Open winner since runs a trust. There is plenty of tradition on base made it far harder in the modern era to it bounced off ex-Lightning for- Boston 4 Seattle 2 1997, nor a world top ten player since 1997. which to build and inspire budding Pakistani develop talent in an increasingly competitive ward Moore’s leg and into the Colorado 7 La Dodgers 1 Currently there are no Pakistani players able squash champions. world and eventually the whole country was open net with 2:25 left to break to qualify for the British Open main draw. During the 20th century Pakistan produced hit by political instability which has prevented a 1-1 tie. NHL Playoff “We have to do much more to turn that seven British Open champions -- in years Pakistan from holding a major event for nearly “Dominic’s done a lot of good around,” said Jahangir,” speaking at the when it was usually regarded as the world’s a decade. No PSA World Tour tournaments things for us throughout this sea- Results British Open -- a tournament he won a record top tournament -- and these players held the were held at all in Pakistan in 2009. son and to see him get that goal, 10 times -- in Hull, northern England. title for their country for 30 of the 78 years in Jahangir was at pains to emphasise that the New York: Results on Saturday in the NHL the benefit of that bounce, the “It involves funding and good organisation, which the men’s event has been held. new project was not intended to compete with Stanley Cup playoffs (series best-of-seven): hard work pays off,” said Rangers and now we have a plan which has a chance “I believe we still have the talent to make the work of the Pakistan Squash Federation, coach Alain Vigneault. Game Two Eastern Conference Finals at New York of starting a recovery.” great squash players,” asserted Jahangir, 51. the governing body of the sport in his country. is today in New York. NY Rangers 2 Tampa Bay 1 Part of Jahangir’s bid to arrest the decline “It’s a question of getting the resources and “Basically Egypt’s styles and Pakistan’s are The Rangers showed no signs (NY Rangers lead 1-0) of Pakistani squash involves the creation of a the organisation together to make use of it.” the same,” Jahangir said. of fatigue after their emotional junior academy which will use the facilities The project intended to do this is called “I was there (in Egypt) two weeks ago. They Game Seven overtime win over went on to win the coveted trophy. of his own squash centre, the Roshan Khan/ CHIPS, signifying the Champion Hunt have the organisation. There everyone knows the Washington Capitals on Ben Bishop stood tall in the Jahangir Khan complex in Karachi, recruiting, Initiative Programme, which will provide about squash, and about their great players. Wednesday as they pressed Tampa Bay goal, using his massive coaching and developing talent, and providing training for boys in five age group categories We can provide help to our young talent to Tampa Bay. The Lightning are 6-foot, 7-inch (201 cm) body to resources for travel to overseas tournaments. as well as full-time coaches. do well again. But squash is a full-time job searching for their first Stanley turn aside everything that came The academy will provide accommoda- Jahangir himself will help with the coach- now and you need a very professional attitude. Cup berth since 2004, when they his way. REUTERS tion, food, equipment, and funds for boys ing, and also working on the project are Saeed That’s what we really need to develop.” AFP MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Al Attiyah wins Pharaon’s Rally Second win of the season for Al Attiyah; Qatar’s Mohammed Abu Isa tops quad class

CAIRO: Dakar Rally champion Nasser bin Saleh Al Attiyah won the 32nd edition of the Pharaon’s Rally. 2015 Dakar The Qatari rally driver finished Rally the fourth round of the Cross champion Country Rally in 14 hours and Nasser two seconds. bin Saleh It is Al Attiyah’s second win this season after winning the Al Attiyah Sealine Rally in his hometown. of Qatar Saudi Yazid Al Rajhi and Vladimir celebrates Basiliev came second and third winning respectively. the 32nd They failed to challenge the edition of the leadership of Nasser Al Attiyah, Pharaon’s that summed an advantage 10 Rally. RIGHT: minutes. Qatar’s In the T2 category, Sheikh Mohammed Hamad bin Eid Al-Thani couldn’t Abu Issa after hold on to the lead and ended up winning the in third place. quad class. In the quad category Mohammed Abu Issa, ahead by 12 minutes over rival Polish Rafal Sonik, only had to finish the rally to complete his win. AGENCIES

Strauss Yuzvendra Chahal is ‘Pietersen’s wants congratulated by team England captain Virat Kohli on comments the wicket to follow of Quinton de Kock All Blacks’ during Royal Challengers hard to Bangalore’s example IPL match against Delhi LONDON: Andrew Strauss Daredevils, in Bangalore overlook’ wants England to learn from rugby union giants New Zealand yesterday. The as he seeks to build a united match was LONDON: Andrew Strauss (pictured below) said yesterday that cricket side capable of beating eventually “inflammatory comments” made by Kevin Pietersen in his contro- the world’s best teams. rained off. versial autobiography helped explain the star batsman’s ongoing The All Blacks, the reign- exile from the England team. ing world champions, have long Pietersen, England’s leading all-time run-scorer across all formats, been the pre-eminent team in has been in the international wilderness since the team returned from their sport and Strauss believes their 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia last year. it is New Zealand’s “unbelievable One of Strauss’s first acts as the new England and Wales Cricket pride” which has helped them Board’s director of cricket was to tell Pietersen, his predecessor as achieve so much success. Zimbabwe tour to England captain, that a “mas- Strauss has faced a testing first sive trust issue” prevented him week in his new role as England’s being recalled for this season’s director of cricket, sacking coach home internationals with New Peter Moores and then, far more Zealand and Australia. controversially, insisting Kevin Pakistan is on: Coach That appeared to contradict Pietersen’s ongoing exile from earlier comments from new the international set-up would CAPE TOWN: Zimbabwe will fly to Pakistan for withdrawn and Zimbabwe Cricket spokesman ECB chairman Colin Graves continue for at least this home a limited-overs tour, their coach Dav Whatmore Lovemore Banda said yesterday discussions were that a return was possible if season. said. still ongoing. Pietersen scored enough runs A former England captain, The tour, the first in six years by a test-playing It is understood that concerns also emanated from in county cricket. Strauss -- in comments reported nation to Pakistan, was throw in doubt last week the players themselves, some of who were reluctant Unfortunately for Pietersen, by several British newspapers when a terrorist attack on a bus killed 47 people to travel but have now been persuaded to tour after and indeed for the image of the yesterday -- said a “philosophy” in Karachi. additional security measures were announced by the ECB, Strauss told him he would of pride was key to a team doing “The tour is going ahead and we leave tonight,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). remain frozen out of England well. Whatmore said via telephone from Harare before Those were still deemed not good enough for contention shortly after the Strauss said he was keen to reconfirming his belief the tour would be successful the International Cricket Council, though, which 34-year-old has scored his learn from other sports and cited and that security measures put in place by Pakistan released a statement on Sunday saying they would maiden first-class triple cen- the examples of the All Blacks will be adequate. not be sending match officials for the series. tury, during Surrey’s County and Manchester United under Zimbabwe will play two Twenty20 internation- They cited a report by a security consultant who Championship match against manager Alex Ferguson as well- als, starting on May 22, and a three-match one-day advised against sending a team of officials to the Leicestershire at The Oval. run teams. series that begins four days later. All the matches country. Strauss’s first week in his “One that stands out is the are in Lahore. The ICC said the PCB would have to appoint new post also saw him sack All Blacks,” Strauss said. “There Zimbabwe Cricket released a statement on its own officials, but that this would not affect the England coach Peter Moores, are a number of other examples Thursday saying a decision had been reached not status of the games which would remain as full but it was his take on Pietersen of strong sporting cultures -- to tour on the advice of the country’s supreme sports internationals. that provoked the greatest pub- Manchester United under Alex regulatory authority, the Sports and Recreation Zimbabwe are the first Test-playing nation to tour lic criticism. Ferguson, everyone knew what Commission (SRC). Pakistan since a 2009 gun attack on Sri Lanka’s One subsequent report even went as far to say that England captain that stood for, what was expected, The SRC cited concerns over the safety of the team bus in Lahore left six Pakistani policemen and Alastair Cook would have quit international cricket had Pietersen, what was allowable and what squad. a van driver dead. Some players and a local umpire currently sidelined with a calf injury, been allowed back into the side. wasn’t allowable. I think part of However, just minutes later the statement was were injured. REUTERS Meanwhile the new-ball pairing of James Anderson and Stuart my job is to look at other sports Broad, who in Pietersen’s autobiography were described as operating and work out what we can take a “bullying culture” in the England dressing room, may well have not from them, in terms of bringing Haddin retires been thrilled by the prospect of again being in the same side as the together a four-year plan, how South Africa-born shotmaker. they develop their young sports from ODIs Strauss, who infamously let slip exactly what he thought of his people” former team-mate with an obscenity picked up on a stray broadcast As captain, Strauss was a big SYDNEY: Australia’s Brad mic last year, gave his most complete explanation to date as to why believer in the importance of the Haddin has announced his Pietersen was still barred from the England set-up in an article for ‘team ethic’ and it’s one he intends retirement from one-day inter- Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper. to promote in his new role. national cricket. “Regardless of form, I hope people can appreciate why it is still not “That sort of philosophy is The wicket-keeper/batsman right for Kevin Pietersen to come back into the team,” Strauss wrote. absolutely spot on. England play- made the announcement as he “Despite the depth of public feeling on this issue, the fact is that ers need to be unbelievably proud prepares to fly out for Australia’s over the 16 months since his last appearance in an England shirt little to be putting on that shirt,” he Test tours of the West Indies and has happened to heal the wounds, on both sides, from the fall-out over said. “There’s got to be a whole the United Kingdom tomorrow his omission and the inflammatory comments made in his book about culture that’s associated with morning. members of the team cannot easily be overlooked,” the 38-year-old that. That drives everything, and It brings to a close Haddin’s former opener added. it has to be policed and bought 126-match one-day interna- But Australia captain Michael Clarke said England, would be a into by the players themselves -- tional career that began against weaker team without Pietersen, who in 104 Tests has scored 8,181 runs, that’s the only way that the cul- Zimbabwe at Hobart in January including 23 hundreds, at an impressive average of 47.28. ture really works properly.” 2001 and culminated in Australia’s A Pakistani cricket fan holds tickets for the Pakistan-Zimbabwe cricket Clarke, set to lead Australia during their Ashes defence in England Meanwhile, following England’s ICC Cricket World Cup vic- series after purchase at a shopping mall in Lahore yesterday. in July, said Sunday: “There’s the personal side where I feel for KP humiliating first-round exit from tory over New Zealand at the because I get on well with him and I’d love to see him back playing the World Cup, where they failed Melbourne Cricket Ground on cricket for England. His form has been outstanding, he’s still a great to beat a single major nation, 29 March this year. runs at an average of 31.53 with a get to write a script like mine player and I know he wants to play, so I feel for him on that side.” Strauss said it was time to “think Throughout his one-day inter- top score of 110. Haddin said yes- at the end of their careers and He added yesterday: “The other side (is) we go there soon to play radically” regarding limited national career Haddin claimed terday: “I have had a privileged I have been lucky enough to do against England. Any team without Kevin Pietersen in it I don’t think overs cricket. This could mean 170 catches and 11 stumpings, one-day career and I have been just that after winning a World is as strong. His statistics speak for themselves. He’s been a wonderful a revamp of the fixture sched- leaving him with the third most fortunate enough to be involved Cup on home soil. I leave the team player over a long period of time and he’s obviously still in career-best ule and abandoning early season dismissals for a wicket-keeper in in three Cricket World Cups and with Australian ranked number- form.” home Tests in order to let leading Australia behind Adam Gilchrist now is the right time to walk one in the world and I am proud Prior to the Ashes, England have a two-match series at home to players take part in the Twenty20 and Ian Healy. away.” of everything we have achieved.” New Zealand, with the first Test at Lord’s due to start on Thursday. Indian Premier League. AFP With the bat he scored 3122 He added: “Not many players AGENCIES REUTERS MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Saeed Juma’s Retirement Festival

Former Qatar captain and Al Arabi star Saeed Juma Al Hitmi (third right), poses for a picture with Minister of Youth and Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali, Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) Secretary-General Mohammed Ali Al Mohannadi, QVA Executive Director Ahmed Al Shebaani and Al Arabi Club President Hitmi bin Ali Al Hitmi at Al Arabi Stadium in Doha yesterday. Saeed Juma the 40-year-old Al Arabi player of the 24-time league champions, retired from the game this season. A festival to honour Saeed Juma was held today on the occasion a match was played between Qatar National Team and a team comprising of professional players playing in the QVA League. Djokovic, Sharapova win in Rome Men’s top seed beats Federer in final, Russian warms up for French Open with title

ROME: Top seed Novak recent tournaments. Djokovic, break for 2-0 and, after taking a the breakthrough. Sharapova Djokovic warmed up for the meanwhile, has brought his game three-game advantage behind a broke the Spaniard in the eighth French Open with a comprehen- to boiling point this week to claim total of 30-12 baseline points won, game of the second set for a 5-3 sive 6-4, 6-3 victory over Roger his fifth title of the season and was never in danger. lead and, after going on to hand Federer to claim his fourth take his head-to-head record over Djokovic secured his fourth her opponent three break points Italian Open title yesterday. the Swiss ace to 21-18. Rome trophy in just 76 minutes in the next game, she recovered In the absence of seven-time On this performance, Djokovic as Federer struck a forehand wide to level the match. champion Rafael Nadal, ousted will be hard to beat at the French on match point. Sharapova admitted she had in the quarter-finals, the Serbian Open, where Nadal’s bid for a 10th Meanwhile, Russia’s Maria too many errors in the opening produced a near flawless perform- title could be compounded by a Sharapova warmed up for the set and beginning of the second, ance on centre court to defend his lack of top seeding. defence of her French Open title but said: “I thought the errors I title and hand Federer his fourth The Serbian traded blows with by securing her third Italian Open was making... were really close. final defeat in Rome. Federer from the opening stages crown with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over I felt like I was doing the right With Roland Garros a little and, at 5-4 ahead, converted his Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro thing and I’m glad I gave myself more than a week away, Djokovic first break of the set with a return yesterday. a chance to cut those down. could emerge as the favourite to winner that clipped the edge of Suarez, bidding for only the “She’s a really all-around claim what is an elusive title in the tramline. second title of her career but player who can step in, can step the French capital, especially in Federer was not without some first from the Masters 1000 series, back. She was really far behind light of Nadal’s current woes on choice shots of his own, the classy made a stunning start at the Foro the baseline and I feel like I took clay. Swiss powering a backhand win- Italico where the players faced advantage of that. The Spaniard has won only ner down the line to save a second sweltering conditions. “I felt that I was the fresher one, one title on the surface this break point in the second game of The Spanish 10th seed broke felt like I was more aggressive.” year, at Buenos Aires, and been the second set. the world number three midway The diminutive Suarez strug- beaten by Italian Fabio Fognini, But Djokovic’s precision, power through the opening set and had gled with Sharapova’s movement Andy Murray, Djokovic and and pace looked unstoppable. Sharapova on the ropes in a tight and variety of shots, in particular Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka in He took the early lead with a second before the Russian found the Russian’s two-handed back- hand, which she used to devastat- ing effect throughout. However Sharapova will be looking to improve several aspects of her game -- notably in terms of unforced errors -- if she is to go all the way in Paris in the com- ing weeks. American rival Serena Williams, the winner in Rome the past two years, withdrew before Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with the trophy after beating Roger the third round earlier this week Federer of Switzerland in their final match of the Italian Open tourna- citing an elbow injury and will ment at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, yesterday. be desperate to improve in Paris, where she was knocked out in the second round last year. final spot with victory over The Russian held her serve It is only Sharapova’s second Victoria Azarenka, handed Suarez for a 4-1 lead and, with Suarez’s title of the year after her win in a break point in the opening game confidence deserting her, earned Brisbane, and she admits the form of the third set and, despite twice a double break point before taking that had deserted her of late is saving the game, Suarez moved her lead to 5-1, holding serve on only now beginning to return. ahead when Sharapova hit an her final game to seal the victory. “Late in the third set I wasn’t easy return just wide. Suarez, who beat three top- there, I hadn’t prepared enough to That setback only served to 10 players on her way to the be ready. To see where I was phys- spur the Russian, who broke back final, could spring a surprise at ically in the third set today was a immediately, sealing the game Roland Garros in less than a huge difference against someone with a two-handed backhand week’s time. who can withstand a very long return that Suarez did not even She said: “It was a really close match,” added the Russian. bother to try and reach. match. I knew I needed to start “That give me a lot of confi- Sharapova moved 3-1 ahead really strongly and I did but at the dence. I’ve come a long way physi- when Suarez, having first saved end of the second set Maria began cally in the last few weeks. But it’s break point, conceded the game to play more aggressively. Maria Sharapova of Russia holds her trophy after winning the women’s final match against Carla Suarez taken a lot of mental and physical with a weak return that hit the “I think that was the key. But Navarro of Spain in Rome yesterday. work to get to this stage.” net -- effectively ending her overall I am happy with my per- Sharapova, who secured her challenge. formance.” AFP Nadal woes raise French Open flag for rivals

ROME: For the past 10 years confirmation that things were not Djokovic and Swiss Roger and then feel like he’s back on the out there. It seems that he’s doing Rafael Nadal (pictured) has quite going to plan, his failure to Federer, , have both commented right path. just fine and regardless of what been virtually unbeatable at reach the latter stages in Rome on the Spaniard’s current “This year is quite different and anybody says to me, he is the Roland Garros, but that could means he will likely miss out on dilemma. it will be interesting to see how he favourite for the French Open. all change at this year’s French top seeding for Roland Garros. Although neither have dis- bounces back for Roland Garros, “That guy has only lost once in Open as the Spaniard’s woes Seedings for the second and missed Nadal, they admit his the most successful tournament 10 years, there’s no way past that continue on the clay courts. arguably most difficult Grand virtually barren run on clay has he has ever played in his career.” guy being the favourite for that Nadal, stunned in the final of Slam of the year, which begins surprised. Given Nadal’s record in Paris, tournament.” the Madrid Masters last week by on May 24, will be announced “I think to be honest it sur- few will rule the Spaniard out Given the huge expectations on Britain’s Andy Murray, has won by the French Open organisers prised every body considering -- even if he has to meet a top Nadal, the Spaniard has reacted only one tournament -- Buenos shortly, and Nadal is unlikely to his record on clay courts over the seed like Djokovic as early as the as champions only know how: in Aires -- on his favoured surface be given the luxury of avoiding years,” said Djokovic. quarter-finals. defiance. this year. any of the top four seeds until the “It’s something that hasn’t hap- Federer, meanwhile, said Nadal “I don’t know what’s going to Having already lost twice this quarter-finals. pened in the last ten years. But has the ability to dispel doubts happen (at the French Open), but year to Italian Fabio Fognini, Barring 2009, when Sweden’s he’s human as well and does have about his clay court game and I’m going to fight,” said Nadal. Serbian rival Novak Djokovic and Robin Soderling upset him in his periods where he’s not confi- battle his way to a 10th title in Djokovic, who has never beaten Murray, the 14-time Grand Slam Paris, Nadal has won the French dent or not winning matches. the French capital. Nadal at Roland Garros, joked winner was eliminated from the Open every year since 2005, “This is the surface that always “You may be shocked to hear that avoiding him at any stage quarter-finals of the Italian Open stretching his record to nine titles allowed him to regain his confi- that at times we doubt ourselves, would be a bonus. by Stan Wawrinka, who also beat in 2014 last year with victory over dence if he was losing more on and anybody who says something “I’ve never won against him Nadal to the Australian Open Djokovic. hard courts than clay courts. else is lying to you,” said Federer. at Roland Garros, so if I get the title. It goes without saying Nadal’s Whenever he would get to the “But that to me is no news, chance to play somebody else it If Nadal’s defeat to Murray was struggles have not gone unnoticed. clay season he would win matches that’s just normal for any player would be better, honestly!” AFP MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Carver ready Place in ACL quarters at stake for Newcastle’s do or die finale

LONDON: Newcastle man- ager John Carver admits next as Al Sadd, Lekhwiya clash weekend’s final-day “do-or-die” showdown with West Ham will be one of the biggest matches in the club’s history. AFC Champions League: Qatari clubs clash in first leg of Round of 16 The Magpies’ fight to stay in the Premier League will go down to their last game after Leroy DOHA: Former continental Fer’s stunning winner condemned champions Al Sadd will take them to a 2-1 defeat to already- on Qatar Stars League cham- relegated QPR on Saturday. pions Lekhwiya in an all-Qatari Newcastle remain just two clash in the first leg of their points clear of 18th-placed Hull AFC Champions League Round and only a victory at home to of 16 tie tomorrow as the race West Ham next weekend would for a place in the quarter-finals leave them absolutely certain of of the continental competition survival due to the Tigers’ supe- resumes. rior goal difference. The meeting between 2011 AFC Carver’s side had led at half- Cahmpions League winners Al time at Loftus Road following Sadd and domestic league cham- Emmanuel Riviere’s first league pions Lekhwiya, who successfully goal yet once again the frail- defended their title under Danish Action from Emir Cup quarter- ties which have characterised coach Michael Laudrup, will be final match between Al Sadd Newcastle’s slide down the table the second tie within a span of and Lekhwiya at Al Sadd under Carver in recent months five days. Stadium on Friday. were exposed. The two sides clash in the Emir Chris Ramsey’s team Cup semifinal in Doha on Friday responded with two second-half with Al Sadd getting the better of goals in seven minutes, with the QSL winners. Matty Phillips and Fer restoring A lot will be at stake in the first some pride following last week- leg of the clash which Group C end’s humiliating thrashing by runners-up Al Sadd will host. Manchester City which confirmed These is the fourth time Al Sadd their relegation. will be playing in the second phase Carver now wants the embat- of the competition. tled club to unite with its dis- On the other hand, former enchanted support for next quarter-finalists Lekhwiya sealed weekend’s St James’ Park show- the top spot in Group A with a down, which he has referred to as 3-1 win over Al Nassr in Riyadh a do-or-die situation, as they bid which secured them their second to avoid a repeat of their disas- appearance in the knockout stage, will fix these mistakes,” said Al “We were in the toughest group Gregorio Manzano’s Beijing side Fixtures trous relegation in 2009. Al Sadd midfielder Jasser Hilal coach Giorgos Donis follow- alongside the Saudi Arabian topped Group G ahead of Korea’s Kala Lumpur: A reminder of the fixtures to “I am really disappointed about Medany, though, is suspended ing the victory over Al Sadd in champions, Qatari champion and Suwon Samsung after sharing come when this season’s AFC Champions today as I thought we were in for the first meeting between the Riyadh a fortnight ago. the best team in Uzbekistan,” said a 1-1 draw with the two-time League Round of 16 gets underway on control of the first half but 10 domestic rivals. “We showed good strength Ivankovic, who succeeded Hamid Asian champions two weeks ago, Tuesday. minutes after half-time we shot Elsewhere, last year’s final- against Al Sadd and we hope Derakhshan as Persepolis coach although midfielder Piao Cheng is Persepolis (IRN) vs Al Hilal (KSA) ourselves in the foot,” he said. ists Al Hilal from Saudi Arabia that we can continue our good during the group stage. suspended for the first leg. “We could have put it to bed First leg: May 19, Second leg: May 26 will take on Iran’s Persepolis in performances in the next game “We have the same chance The final fixture in the first toay but we haven’t. This will be the first leg in a highly-antic- to come.” against Al Hilal, who I believe round of knockout ties sees Al Sadd (QAT) vs Lekhwiya (QAT) the biggest game this football club ipated clash at Tehran’s Azadi Striker Nassir Al Shamrani are a better team than Al Nassr. Suwon, winners of the Asian Club First leg: May 19, Second leg: May 26 has had for a long, long time. Stadium. will, however, again be absent I’m completely satisfied with my Championship in 2001 and 2002, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) vs “I want the same atmosphere Al Hilal sealed a return to for Al Hilal due to suspen- players’ performances so far and entertain former semi-finalists Beijing Guoan (CHN) as we had against West Brom (in the knockout stage as Group C sion. Persepolis, meanwhile, I’m proud of them.” and Group E winners Kashiwa First leg: May 19, Second leg: May 26 the 1-1 draw) last week as it could winners following a 2-1 win over have shaken off their domes- In the East, K-League Classic Reysol from Japan. Suwon Samsung FC (KOR) vs Kashiwa be the fans which get us over the Qatar’s Al Sadd in the final round tic troubles when playing in champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Having qualified for the Reysol (JPN) line and keep our Premier League of group fixtures earlier this the AFC Champions League Motors will entertain Beijing group stage via the play-offs, First leg: May 19, Second leg: May 26 status. month. and in their last two home ties Guoan with Choi Kang-hee’s side Kashiwa have advanced from “They want this team to stay Naft Tehran vs Al Ahli (KSA) And the two-time Asian cham- beat two-time Saudi champi- hosting the Chinese Super League the first phase in each of their in the Premier League and if it First leg: May 20, Second leg: May 27 pions will now travel to Tehran ons Al Nassr and Uzbekistan’s side in Jeonju in the first leg. three appearances in the AFC means them giving us that extra where Group A runners-up Bunyodkor in front of capacity Jeonbuk, who won the 2006 Champions League and reached Al Ahli (UAE) vs Al Ain (UAE) 5-10 percent that will keep us in Persepolis will look to add to a 100,000 crowds. AFC Champions League title, the final four in 2013. First leg: May 20, Second leg: May 27 the Premier League then we need 100% group stage record at home, Branko Ivankovic’s side have secured their place in the Round Suwon, meanwhile, are return- Seongnam FC (KOR) vs Guangzhou it. AFP with the three wins achieved in appeared in the Round of 16 twice of 16 as Group E runners-up after ing to the knockout stage for the Evergrande (CHN) front of an average of 72,000 fans. in 2012 and 2009, but have yet to comfortably defeating China’s first time since 2011 when they First leg: May 20, Second leg: May 27 “Although we made some mis- reach the quarter-finals in four Shandong Luneng 4-1 at Jeonju were edged out in the semi-finals FC Seoul (KOR) vs Gamba Osaka (JPN) Berardi ends takes against Al Sadd, I have full previous AFC Champions League World Cup Stadium earlier this by eventual winners Al Sadd. First leg: May 20, Second leg: May 27 confidence in my players and they appearances. month. THE PENINSULA AC Milan’s Euro dream

Liverpool prepare for ROME: A hat-trick from Sassuolo striker Domenico Berardi in a 3-2 home win over AC Milan yesterday has ended the seven-time European cham- life after Gerrard pions’ hopes of playing in Europe next season. LIVERPOOL: Liverpool man- necessarily expect Gerrard to Filippo Inzaghi’s visitors trav- ager Brendan Rodgers braced appear on a white charger. elled to the Mapei Stadium hoping supporters for a close-season There is a feeling that Gerrard for the win that would maintain rebuilding process after long- could return to Anfield on loan their chances of claiming one of serving captain Steven Gerrard -- following the examples of David three Europa places on offer. (pictured) played his final home Beckham and Thierry Henry dur- But Berardi, whose first goal game for the club. ing their stints in Major League was awarded despite Milan pro- Gerrard, 34, declared himself Soccer -- but he told the BBC that tests having appeared not to fully “devastated” following Saturday’s he would only consider returning cross the line, gave the hosts a 2-0 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace at a sold- in an “emergency situation”. lead by 31 minutes. out Anfield and must now prepare Rodgers’s side took a 26th- Despite Giacomo Bonaventura for his last ever Liverpool appear- minute lead when Adam Lallana and Alex bringing Milan on level ance at Stoke City next weekend. seized on a misplaced pass from terms by the 51st minute, Berardi Gerrard’s departure echoes former Liverpool player Martin completed his hat-trick 13 min- that of his fellow stalwart Jamie Kelly before beating Wayne utes from time to seal the points. Carragher, who bowed out in 2013, Hennessey. Milan remain in 10th place, 37 and with Luis Suarez still to be But Palace equalised through points behind Juventus after the satisfactorily replaced following Jason Puncheon’s free-kick just champions’ 2-1 win at Inter Milan his move to Barcelona last year, before half-time and second-half on Saturday, and eight points Rodgers knows there is a pressing goals from substitutes Wilfried behind sixth-placed Sampdoria. need to bolster his squad. Zaha and Glenn Murray secured Because Juventus and Lazio Asked if it would be possible to a first league win at Anfield since will contend the Italian Cup final replace Gerrard -- who joins the November 1991. on Wednesday and neither are in Los Angeles Galaxy in July -- with Rodgers complained with justi- contention for the Europa League, one player, Rodgers told his post- “We have to (be). “In my time fication that Zaha had been off- the competition’s qualifying place match press conference: “I dont here, we’ve lost a couple of play- side when he tapped in Yannick Paris Saint-Germain’s normally given to the Cup win- think there is that. ers with 700-odd games for the Bolasie’s low cross on the hour and French head coach ner will now go to the team that “He is a player and a person club in Jamie Carragher (737) and that the foul on Zaha by Lucas Laurent Blanc finishes sixth this season. who is irreplaceable for the club. Steven Gerrard (709). Leiva that led to Murray’s stop- receives the best With two games remaining, What he’s given over his time “Those two guys have been page-time penalty had occurred L1 coach award Milan now have no chance of here and the standards he’s set monumental players for the outside the box. during the 24th edi- catching Sampdoria although are second to none. club, so losing both of those is a But he also conceded that his Inter and Genoa remain hot on tion of the UNFP “We’ll go forward at the end of big blow. Throw in a world-class side had been “punished” for com- the heels of Sinisa Mihajlovic’s (French National the season and we’ll have to plot player like Luis Suarez, and of mitting “poor defensive errors”. side. Inzaghi’s future with the club a way to improve in the summer. course it’s difficult. Former Palace midfielder Alan Professional Football remains uncertain, but after com- That’s our challenge.” “This year has been very dif- Pardew has rejuvenated the club players Union) trophy plaining Sassuolo’s opener “was Having pushed Manchester ficult for us in many aspects. But since returning as manager in ceremony in Paris not valid”, the former Rossoneri City all the way in last season’s the players have given everything January and he hopes that per- yesterday. RIGHT: striker launched a plea for a stay title race, Liverpool have slipped they possibly can and hopefully formances such as Saturday’s win Lyon’s forward Nabil of execution. back in 2014-15 and are yet to in the summer we can add that will help the club make trans- Fekir receives the “I have a contract with Milan secure even the consolation of a quality that the group clearly formative signings. best hope player tro- and feel honoured to be here,” he Europa League place after miss- needs and take the opportunity “For the chairman (Steve phy during the 24th said. “Sassuolo wanted me when I ing out on a Champions League next year.” Parish) and the board, it must edition of the UNFP was Milan’s youth coach, but I am berth. - Pardew targets top eight - be quite exciting,” said Pardew, yesterday. too close to Milan and I hope to But asked if he felt optimistic Should Liverpool falter again whose side had lost their four stay because I still have so much about the future, Rodgers replied: next season, they should not previous games. AFP to offer.” AFP MONDAY 18 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Rangers Barcelona win La Liga title progress to play-off Messi nets match winner in 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid at Calderon semi-final MADRID: Barcelona claimed their fifth La Liga title in seven GLASGOW: Rangers came years and their 23rd overall as from behind to secure a 1-1 Lionel Messi scored the win- draw with Queen of the South ner in a 1-0 victory at Atletico yesterday to scrape into the Madrid yesterday. semi-finals of the Scottish Exactly a year to the day since Premiership play-offs with a 3-2 Atletico won the league in a title aggregate win. decider at Barca’s Camp Nou, the Rangers missed a host of chances Catalans exacted some measure to add to their slender 2-1 first-leg of revenge to seal the first of a advantage before Queens levelled potential treble of trophies this the tie when Derek Lyle headed season. them into a 35th-minute lead at Luis Enrique’s men face Ibrox. Alexander Clark produced Athletic Bilbao in the final of a wonder save to keep out Kenny the Copa del Rey on home soil Miller’s header before captain Lee at the Camp Nou on May 30 Wallace knocked home the equal- and Juventus in the Champions iser on the hour mark. League final a week later in Lyle then had a late effort Berlin. cleared off the line in a nervy fin- Cristiano Ronaldo struck his ish as the Glasgow giants held on 30th Real Madrid hat-trick as for an aggregate win. Los Blancos bounced back from Rangers will have little rest their Champions League elimina- before facing Hibernian, who fin- tion at the hands of Juventus to ished second in the second-tier beat Espanyol 4-1, but it mattered Championship, on Wednesday little as they still trail Barca by in the first of a two-leg play- four points with just one game to off that leads to a final against play. Motherwell, who will finish sec- Meanwhile, defeat means ond bottom of the Premiership. Atletico need just a point on Gers gaffer Stuart McCall, who the final day to secure their left Motherwell earlier this sea- place in the group stages of the son, thought the finish was more Champions League next season by nervous than it should have been. finishing third as Valencia could “If we had got the first goal it only manage a 1-1 draw at home would have made it easier for our- to Celta Vigo. selves, but we didn’t,” McCall said. With temperatures at kick-off Barcelona’s players celebrate winning the 2015 Spanish Liga championship after they won the Spanish league match against Atletico Madrid at the “I think over the piece we above 30 degrees celsius, a some- Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid yesterday. deserved to go through and we what subdued start wasn’t sur- probably proved a lot of people prising, but it was the hosts who wrong.” In contrast, a dejected had the better openings early on. The visitors were then left furi- from a set-piece at the start of the to continue his seven-game scor- to level for Espanyol. However, Queens manager James Fowler Claudio Bravo made a stun- ous at referee Alberto Undiano second period but unlike his title ing streak as he blasted over with Marcelo put Carlo Ancelotti’s couldn’t hide his disappointment. ning save to palm Jose Maria Mallenco as he turned down two winning strike last season, the just Oblak to beat. men back in front before Ronaldo “I’m a bit disappointed as I Gimenez’s header from a corner huge penalty claims. unmarked Diego Godin couldn’t That miss mattered little, struck twice more in the final thought we did enough to take and the Chilean produced another Firstly, another goalbound turn his header on target. though, as the visitors comfort- eight minutes. the game into extra time. But fine stop moments later from Messi header was diverted off As so often this season, it ably saw out the final few minutes. At the bottom Deportivo la I’m really proud of the players Antoine Griezmann, although target by the arm of Juanfran was Messi who provided the Madrid did all they could to Coruna and Granada moved out and their performance. I don’t the Frenchman had already been before Dani Alves went down moment of magic for Barca as keep the pressure on Barca as of the relegation zone with vic- think there was much between flagged offside. under pressure from Diego Godin. he played a neat one-two with Ronaldo all but ensured he will tories over Levante and Real the teams,” he said. Both sides Barca grew into the game as Godin was booked for a foul Pedro Rodriguez inside the area at least win his duel with Messi to Sociedad respectively. made just one change apiece for the half wore on with Messi test- outside the box despite contact before prodding the ball into the be the league’s top scorer by tak- They now lead Eibar and the crucial match with Nicky ing Jan Oblak with a drive from continuing inside the area and far corner. ing his tally for the league season Almeria by two points with all Clark replacing Steven Smith for the edge of the area and then a Messi curled the resulting free- Messi then teed up Neymar to 45. The Portuguese put Madrid four fighting for survival on Rangers while Mark Millar came headed effort that was easily held kick off the crossbar. with a great opportunity to seal ahead before an error from Keylor the final day of the season next in for Stephen McKenna in the by the Slovenian. Atletico threatened once more the title, but the Brazilian failed Navas allowed Christian Stuani Saturday. AFP visitors’ midfield. AFP City into Champions League group stage, Arsenal edge closer LONDON: Manchester City making his United debut. The “It (the qualifying round) is back for Swansea on the stroke did when the club won the English assured themselves of direct match may have been de Gea’s English Premier League always stressful as you can meet of half-time. French striker title last season. But City manager entry into next season’s last at Old Trafford, amid reports London: English Premier League results an opponent who is half-way Bafetimbi Gomis equalised for Manuel Pellegrini said he had Champions League group stage the Spaniard could be joining Real yesterday: through a season already. It is the Swans midway through the never lost faith in the 32-year- yesterday as Arsenal stayed on Madrid. Manchester United 1 not so easy.” second half before Toure, with old Ivory Coast midfielder. course for a top-three finish as Only the top three sides in (Herrera 30) Arsenal 1 (Blackett 82-og) However, United will be in the Fabianski out of position, made “I didn’t have any doubt about well. England at the end of the season Swansea 2 (Sigurdsson 45, Gomis 64) top four come what may in van it 3-2 to City. Yaya,” the manager insisted. City won 4-2 away to Swansea -- which include already crowned Manchester City 4 Gaal’s first season in charge and Former Swansea forward “Maybe the media started with City before third-placed Arsenal champions Chelsea and City -- (Toure 21, 74, Milner 36, Bony 90) the Dutchman said: “I am sat- Wilfried Bony completed the him after his birthday. After moved two points clear of are guaranteed a place in the isfied we have set our goal and scoring in stoppage time with only that he went to the Africa Cup Manchester United after coming group stage of European football’s Playing today: reached that...Next year we will his second goal since he moved in (of Nations) and we couldn’t win from behind to earn a 1-1 draw at elite club competition, with the West Bromwich Albion v fight for more.” the mid-season transfer window. (the Premier League). Old Trafford. Premier League’s fourth-placed Chelsea (1900 GMT) Meanwhile, Arsenal manager Before Bony put the result “Maybe an important player Ander Herrera’s volley gave team having to enter a qualifying Arsene Wenger said: “We are feel- beyond doubt City, last season’s has more criticism, but I never United, fourth in the table, the round instead. and Sunday respectively, while ing like we are making progress Premier League title winners, had doubts.” lead on the half-hour mark. And United now have it all to only three are available to and want to clinch third place.” were indebted to a couple of Despite this defeat, Swansea But the Gunners equalised do to overtake Arsenal. United when they travel to Hull Earlier, three goals came before superb saves from Joe Hart. will finish the season in an eight minutes from time when The Gunners, who have a City on the final day of the sea- half-time at the Liberty Stadium. Toure’s future at City -- fuelled impressive eighth position and Theo Walcott’s cross diverted off superior goal difference, can son next weekend. Yaya Toure, assisted by an error by some provocative comments manager Garry Monk said: “I am defender Tyler Blackett and, with take six points from their “We have not yet qualified for from Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz from his agent -- has been the disappointed with the result but David de Gea off injured, past remaining two matches, at the Champions League (proper),” Fabianski, and James Milner put subject of intense speculation, once again the players’ character wrong-footed substitute goal- home to Sunderland and West United manager Louis van Gaal Manchester City 2-0 up before with many observers feeling he and commitment was there to keeper Victor Valdes, who was Bromwich Albion on Wednesday told Sky Sports. Gylfi Sigurdsson pulled a goal hasn’t hit the same heights as he see.” AFP Mumbai and Bangalore qualify for IPL play-offs

HYDERABAD: Mumbai solid 106-run opening stand that hopes of posting a strong total drizzle, RCB began their reply but Indians produced a clinical bowl- snuffed out any hopes Hyderabad Scoreboard went up in smoke and they showers that grew in intensity as ing display to brush aside the might have harboured to make a stomped and stumbled to 113. time went by, forced the players might of Sunrisers Hyderabad, match out of it after getting shot SUNRISERS HYDERABAD -21-0; J Suchith 3-0 -14-2; HH Pandya 1-0-11- Mumbai’s opening pacers indoors after just 1.2 overs with the winning by nine wickets in a out at 113. DA Warner c Pollard b McClenaghan ...... 6 0 (2w); Harbhajan Singh 3-0-18-1; KA Pollard Malinga (4/17) and McClenaghan home team on two for no loss. With group stage match to advance to Earlier, a superb bowling dis- S Dhawan b Malinga ...... 1 2-0-14-1 (3/16) were spectacular. They the rains not abating, the umpires the play-off stage of the Indian play from Mumbai Indians ena- MC Henriques st Patel b Suchith ...... 11 MUMBAI INDIANS bowled in tandem and struck eventually called off the game. Premier League (IPL) here bled them to bowl out Sunrisers EJG Morgan c Simmons b McClenaghan .....9 LMP Simmons c Dhawan b Sharma ...... 48 crucial blows to their opponents. Earlier, the Daredevils innings yesterday. Hyderabad for a paltry total of KL Rahul b Harbhajan Singh ...... 25 PA Patel (not out) ...... 51 Their good work was carried looked far from convincing Mumbai clinched the second 113 runs. NV Ojha c Sharma b Suchith ...... 0 RG Sharma* (not out) ...... 7 on by the slower bowlers, spear- despite the big total that was pos- spot in the standings with 16 Sunrisers Hyderabad captain KV Sharma c Suchith b Malinga ...... 15 Extras (B 1, LB 2, W 5) ...... 8 headed by Harbhajan Singh sible mainly due to de Kock and points after the group stage with David Warner chose to bat. But A Ashish Reddy c Vinay Kumar b Pollard ....17 Total (1 wkt; 13.5 overs) ...... 114 (3/18). Duminy, who chanced their arms a superior run-rate, joining lead- their plans of capitalising on a B Kumar c Pandya b McClenaghan ...... 0 Did not bat: AT Rayudu, KA Pollard, HH Pandya, Meanwhile, Royal Challengers with some success but received ers Chennai Super Kings (18 from pitch that was full of runs boo- P Kumar run out (Pandya/Pollard) ...... 4 Harbhajan Singh, J Suchith, MJ McClenaghan, Bangalore (RCB) confirmed their little support at the other end. 14 matches), ahead of third-placed meranged spectacularly as they DW Steyn (not out) ...... 19 R Vinay Kumar, SL Malinga berth in the IPL play-offs after Young Shreyas Iyer (20) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (16) ran into trouble from the very Extras (LB 2, W 4) ...... 6 Fall of wickets: 1-106 their concluding league match de Kock provided a solid start for and four-positioned Rajasthan first over of their innings. Total (all out; 20 overs) ...... 113 Bowling: DW Steyn 3-0-27-0 (1w); B Kumar against Delhi Daredevils was Daredevils with a 55-run stand Royals (16). Shikhar Dhawan, one of their Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-7, 3-23, 4-51, 5-51, 3-0-16- 0 (1w); P Kumar 2-0-13-0 (2w); MC abandoned midway due to heavy for the first wicket before the Mumbai made their task easier batting mainstays departed after 6-61, 7-84, 8-86, 9-91, 10-113 Henriques 3-0-17-0 (1w); KV Sharma 2.5-0-38-1 showers in Bengaluru yesterday. former departed, caught at point. at the Rajiv Gandhi International just 1 run, getting bowled by Sri Bowling: SL Malinga 4-0-17-2 (1w); MJ Mc- Player-of-the-match: MJ McClenaghan The no-result gave RCB one Duminy and de Kock then Stadium in a virtual knockout Lankan pacer of the last ball of Clenaghan 4- 0-16-3 (1w); R Vinay Kumar 3-0 (Mumbai Indians) point which took their tally to added a further 55 runs for the match when they bowled out the first over, putting an end to 16 and into second place behind second wicket when RCB bowlers Sunrisers for a mere 113 runs. his opening partnership with McClenaghan delivery. They bowled a probing line and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) struck a few telling blows as four And then they had no problems skipper David Warner (6) that With their two best batsmen length and swiftly reduced SRH while Daredevils ended their dis- wickets fell in as many overs. in chasing down the small total, has been SRH’s key to big totals back in the hut, there was no way to 51 for five inside 10 overs with appointing league campaign on 11 First to go was de Kock, who with their openers making short in the tournament. out for SRH who succumbed to Hyderabad’s other two depend- points. Batting first, Daredevils was out to a brilliant running work of the task. But that was just the begin- the pressure losing wickets at able foreign imports, England’s made 187/5 on the back of half- catch by RCB skipper Virat Kohli, West Indian Lendl Simmons ning of what was a miserable regular intervals. Eoin Morgan (9) and Australia’s centuries by opener Quinton de while Yuvraj Singh (11), Kedar (48) and Parthiv Patel (51 not batting performance as they lost Credit must be given to the Moises Henriques (11) also back Kock (70, 39b, 9x4, 3x6) and skip- Jadhav (0) and Angelo Mathews out) showed commendable under- their skipper on the very next entire Mumbai bowling line-up in the pavilion. per JP Duminy (67 not out, 43b, (1) did not last long as Daredevils standing, mixing caution with delivery, caught by West Indian who delivered in unison, keeping That broke the backbone of 4x4, 3x6). slid from 110/1 in the 12th over to aggression, to put together a Kieron Pollard off a Mitchell up the pressure on SRH batsmen. SRH’s batting. Any Hyderabad’s After a brief delay due to a 141/5 in the 16th. IANS Monday 18 May 2015 29 Rajab 1436 Volume 20 Number 6434 Sport Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Shanghai Diamond League Results Shanghai: Results from the Shanghai Barshim beats arch-rival in Diamond League meeting yesterday: Men Long jump 1. Aleksandr Menkov (RUS) 8.27 m 2. Jeff Henderson (USA) 8.26 3. Wang Jianan (CHN) 8.25 China; Fraser-Pryce flops Discus 1. Piotr Malachowski (POL) 64.65 m 2. Robert Urbanek (POL) 64.47 The target here in Shanghai was to win: Qatar’s Olympic Games star 3. Vikas Gowda (IND) 63.90 High Jump 1. Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.38 m SHANGHAI: Mutaz Essa LEFT: Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar 2. Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2.32 Barshim of Qatar won his high reacts after winning the high jump 3. Zhang Guowei (CHN) 2.32 jump showdown with Ukraine’s event at the Diamond League athletics 400m Bohdan Bondarenko with a sea- meeting in Shanghai yesterday. 1. Kirani James (GRN) 44.66 son’s best 2.38m as World and BELOW: Former hurdle star Liu Xiang Olympic champion Shelly-Ann of China delivers a speech during 2. Tony McQuay (USA) 45.54 Fraser-Pryce finished a poor his retirement ceremony at the same 3. LaShawn Merritt (USA) 45.58 fifth in the Shanghai Diamond athletics meeting in Shanghai. 200m League 100m. 1. Alonso Edward (PAN) 20.33 Barshim and Bondarenko dom- 2. Julian Forte (JAM) 20.36 inated the event last season. Bondarenko, the world cham- 3. Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) 20.44 pion, reached 2.42m last June 1,500m before Barshim produced 2.43m in 1. Silas Kiplagat (KEN) 3:35.29 Brussels last September to clinch 2. Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich (KEN) 3:35.40 the Diamond League title. 3. Collins Cheboi (KEN) 3:35.46 Barhsim yesterday took the 3,000m steeplechase world lead from Bondarenko and 1. Jairus Kipchoge Birech (KEN) 8:05.36 the early points in Shanghai yes- terday (17) in what should be a 2. Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 8:11.39 year-long rivalry through the rest 3. Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 8:14.59 of the IAAF Diamond League. 110m hurdles Indeed, Bondarenko was the 1. David Oliver (USA) 13.17 only one of the two to attempt a 2. Orlando Ortega (CUB) 13.19 height above 2.40m. 3. Aries Merritt (USA) 13.25 He had to, as two misses at Women 2.38m saw him trailing Barshim who sailed over it first time. Shot put When he missed his one and only 1. Gong Lijiao (CHN) 20.23 m attempt at 2.41m, Barshim opted 2. Christina Schwanitz (GER) 19.94 not to go any higher. 3. Tia Brooks (USA) 18.66 Barshim won at 2.38m, a world second Diamond League meeting, Xiang, America’s David Oliver Triple jump lead one centimetre higher than David Oliver stormed to victory clattered four barriers in the Tearful send-off for Chinese 1. Caterine Ibarguen (COL) 14.85 m Bondarenko had jumped at the in the 110m hurdles, and Almaz 110m hurdles but still managed 2. Olha Saladukha (UKR) 14.62 IAAF World Challenge meeting Ayana won the women’s 5,000m to beat a top-class field. 3. Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 14.38 in Kawasaki a week ago. in a world-leading 14min 14.32sec. The powerful world champion track and field star Liu Bondarenko was second at Olympic title-holder Kirani clocked 13.17 to finish two-hun- Javelin 2.32m – he had passed 2.35m as James took out the 400m in a dredths ahead of Cuba’s Orlando SHANGHAI: China’s greatest track and field athlete Liu Xiang 1. Lu Huihui (CHN) 64.08 m the top two played cat-and-mouse clear statement ahead of the Ortega with Aries Merritt, the said goodbye to his adoring fans in his hometown of Shanghai yes- 2. Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 63.60 – ahead of China’s Zhang Guowei August world championships in Olympic champion and world terday in a tearful ceremony after the Diamond League meeting. 3. K Mickle (AUS) 63.60 on countback at the same height. Beijing. record-holder, third. “I have been moved by your concern for me, your understanding and Pole vault Afterwards Barshim explained But Fraser-Pryce suffered a “Although it is a season’s best, I your encouragement,” said Liu, the 110m hurdles champion at the 2004 1. Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou (GRE) 4.73 m why he did not attempt to go big loss in her first 100m of the think I can run faster,” America’s Olympics, a month after he announced his retirement. 2. Katerina Stefanidi (GRE) 4.58 higher. season, behind Nigerian winner Oliver said. “My main goal is to “I am grateful and very honoured,” added the 31-year-old, his eyes “It’s too early,” he said. “This Blessing Okagbare and Jamaican win Beijing but also to win the glazing as he struggled to contain his emotions. 3. Yarisley Silva (CUB) 4.58 was my first competition and my team-mate Veronica Campbell- Diamond race.” Many fans at Shanghai Stadium stood motionless with their hands 400m hurdles body is not ready yet. I can jump Brown, who was fourth. In the 5,000m, Ethiopia’s Ayana over their mouths, while others wiped tears as Liu spoke from the 1. Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 54.71 it, but I don’t want to put my “The feeling is OK,” said ran a stunning race to clock trackside. 2. Tiffany Williams (USA) 55.27 body under that stress so early 28-year-old Fraser-Pryce, who the third best time in history, Liu’s retirement last month sparked an outpouring of emotion for 3. Cassandra Tate (USA) 55.68 in the season. The target here in now has three months to find threatening compatriot Tirunesh an athlete who was loved for his achievements and also won wide 800m Shanghai was to win.” form before the world champi- Dibaba’s 2008 world record of sympathy for his heart-breaking setbacks. 1. Eunice Jepkoech Sum (KEN) 2:00.28 Bondarenko was not that close onships. “I am looking forward 14:11.15. After claiming China’s first men’s track and field gold at Athens, at either 2.38m or his one attempt to my next race. What comes, “I didn’t know I was so close to Liu was hotly tipped to claim victory at the 2008 Olympic Games in 2. Milika Akkaoui (MAR) 2:00.73 at 2.41m. Barshim, too, had a little comes.” the world record,” she said. Beijing, but limped out of the first heat, stunning home fans at the 3. Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 2:01.14 wobble, requiring two attempts Okagbare, who won the 200m “During the race, I went faster Bird’s Nest Stadium. 100m at his second height of 2.29m and and the long jump at last year’s and faster. I was surprised that Despite appearing to hit form leading up to London 2012, Liu clat- 1. Blessing Okagbare (NGR) 10.98 giving the bar a decent whack on meet in Shanghai, was ecstatic at my body could do that.” tered into the first hurdle in his opening heat and after being helped 2. Tori Bowie (USA) 11.07 the successful jump. her victory. Ayana, who led after five laps up, he hopped the length of the track before symbolically kissing the 3. Michelle-Lee Ahye (TTO) 11.13 Barshim agreed he had strug- “It is not easy to compete with in Shanghai and broke away not last barrier and exiting the arena. He has not run competitively since. 5,000m gled a little early. the best in the world but I won,” long after the half-way point, said “I am very happy that today I have an opportunity to say goodbye,” 1. Almaz Ayana (ETH) 14:14.32 “I needed three or four jumps she said. “Shanghai loves me and she would make an attempt at the Liu said, before giving his backing to a new generation of Chinese ath- to get the rhythm,” he said. the track loves me.” Watched by record at the world champion- letes. “I am convinced that from today we will have even more athletes, 2. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (KEN) 14:40.32 Also yesterday, in the season’s recently retired Chinese great Liu ships. AGENCIES who are even more outstanding,” he said. REUTERS 3. Senbere Teferi (Eth) 14:41.98 PSG will not rest on their laurels, says Blanc

MONTPELLIER, FRANCE: Ancelotti as coach after the the season is not over, there is still “We pulled ourselves together “We are confronted with differ- Laurent Blanc says while he and Italian left for Real Madrid fol- the Cup final against Auxerre. and I maintained above all my ent situations. At the highest level the Paris Saint Germain players lowing the first title win in 2013, “We will do an overall analysis faith in the players and that was it is imperative to analyse these will treasure their third succes- said he could not say if PSG were after that match. a good call because they repaid situations in order to do better. sive Ligue 1 title the goal is to set to dominate domestic foot- “We will try to do better next this confidence. Thank you also “This year has provided us with build on the success and there ball like the Lyon side did at the season, see where we can make to my staff, they did a great job, the opportunity to reflect on the remains room for improvement. beginning of the century. improvements and to go further they are rarely in the limelight small step we have to take which The 49-year-old coach -- who “I cannot tell you if that will next year.” but they work hard and I did well will see us go further in Europe.” could yet land an historic domes- come to pass,” said Blanc, whose Blanc, who also won the title to choose them because without Blanc, a member of the team tic treble as PSG take on Ligue 2 major disappointment was the with Bordeaux before a two year their daily input we would not that won the 1998 World Cup Auxerre in the French Cup final tame way PSG lost to Barcelona spell post the disastrous 2010 have won the title.” and Euro 2000 titles although he -- admitted this title had been in the Champions League quar- World Cup finals as French Blanc, who had a swipe at the was suspended for the final of the won in adversity. ter-finals having shown great national coach which ended media for their negative com- former, said he expected to still be PSG, who landed the League character to beat Chelsea in the after they exited in the Euro ments especially in the first part in charge next season. Cup earlier in the season beating previous round. 2012 quarter-finals, said the title of the campaign, said like the “I am speaking of how it is with Bastia, had to battle hard to win “However, Paris do not want was reward for an all round team players he was always learning the directors,” he said. the title this time round with first to stop now, we want to continue effort. new things. “I am talking about next sea- Marseille and then ultimately to make progress, to get better, “A title always tastes good, but “Yes, I am learning all the son, because I have a contract PSG’s Qatari president Nasser Lyon giving them a tough fight, whether it be the players, the the manner in which one wins it time,” said. Blanc yesterday won that runs through to the end of it. Al Khelaifi applauds after PSG but a 2-1 away win on Saturday (coaching) staff, the board of can bring an extra satisfaction. the Ligue 1 coach of the year “If you are not convinced that beat Montpellier at La Mosson over Montpellier saw them retain directors. “We were up against it in the prize, voted for by his peers. I will be there next season, I have Stadium on Saturday. the trophy with a game to spare. “I hope that will happen. First, first part of the season for vari- “It is not a case of age, older nothing to add, it is your opinion.” Blanc, who replaced Carlo though, we will savour the title, ous reasons. coaches also learn,” he said. REUTERS