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Egypt information Qatar looking minister hits out at Al Jazeera at ways to Mubasher DOHA: Egypt’s interim govern- ment has hit out at Al Jazeera Mubasher Egypt (Al Jazeera Live Egypt) TV channel, say- save Syrians ing it didn’t have the licence to operate in the country. However, the government UNSC failed to act responsibly: FM added in the same breath that closing down the channel might DOHA: Qatar is looking at civilians. Davutoglu said the inter- not help as it could begin its tel- alternative ways under the aegis national community was shocked ecast from some other country. of the UN to rescue the Syrian by the news of the massacre in The Information Minister, people since the UN Security Syria using chemical weapons. He Doriya Sharafal-Din, told an Council (UNSC) has failed to warned that more crimes against Egyptian news website almas- act with responsibility towards humanity will take place in Syria ryaalyoum.com in an interview the killing of innocent civil- if the international community that to close down Al Jazeera ians in Syria, Foreign Minister fails to move forward. Mubasher was a popular demand H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al “Whoever have used chemical in her country. Attiyah said yesterday. weapons in Syria, we are against The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah (left) and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu “The satellite channel is reach- Addressing a joint press confer- them. Refusal of the Syrian ing all over Egypt and people have address the joint press conference in Istanbul yesterday. ence with his Turkish counterpart regime to allow UN inspectors been complaining and asking why Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul, Dr to visit the massacre site proves we can’t close it down,” she said. Al Attiyah called on the Security that the regime wants to hide the “It doesn’t have the proper Council members to bypass the crime it committed,” he said. US mulls military response on Syria licences also.” council and go directly to the On Egypt, Dr Al Attiyah said But the thing is, closing it down UN General Assembly and get the (regime) change in Egypt might not serve the purpose as international consent to save the did happen by force. Those who WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama Syrian units believed to be responsible for chemical the channel would shift base and Syrian people, Al Jazeera reported have made the change had other considered options yesterday for a possible mili- attacks or on Assad’s air force and ballistic missile begin telecast from elsewhere, the yesterday. options to solve the problem polit- tary strike on Syria in response to an alleged sites, officials said. Such strikes could be launched minister added. Both countries also reiter- ically. “Still there is a chance to nerve gas attack that killed about 1,300 people as from US ships or combat aircraft capable of fir- THE PENINSULA ated their call to release politi- solve the problem in Egypt by Syria sought to avert blame by saying its soldiers ing missiles from outside Syrian airspace, avoiding cal prisoners in Egypt, including releasing political prisoners and had found chemical weapons in rebel tunnels. Syrian air defences. the ousted president Mohammed conducting a comprehensive dia- Senior UN official Angela Kane arrived in Major powers, including Russia, Assad’s main ally Mubarak appears Mursi and restore democracy in logue. Any division in Egypt will Damascus to seek access for inspectors to the site which has long blocked UN-sponsored intervention the country. affect the whole Arab world,” said of last Wednesday’s attack. against him, have urged the Syrian leader to coop- in court today Doha and Ankara are work- Dr Al Attiyah. “Egypt is not a The accounts and video footage of the victims erate with UN inspectors. Syria accuses rebels of CAIRO: Egypt’s former presi- ing together to overcome the marginal country. It represents — men, women and children — have heightened staging the attack to provoke intervention. State TV dent Hosni Mubarak returns to obstacles created by the Security the Arab nation,” he added. Western calls for a robust, US-led response after said soldiers had found chemical weapons in tunnels court today to face charges over Council regarding the situation in He said Doha will stand by its two-and-a-half years of international inaction on a that had been used by rebels. protester deaths, as Muslim Syria after the massacre of 1,300 principles and use its good rela- conflict that has killed 100,000 people. A defence official said the US Navy would expand Brotherhood leaders make their Syrians on Wednesday, who were tions with Turkey to help the US military and national security advisers met its presence in the Mediterranean to four destroyers first appearances in court on reportedly killed by chemical Egyptian people come to dialogue. Obama at the White House to consider options for from three. And Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, similar but unrelated charges. weapons, said the ministers. Davutoglu said Turkey and a response, the day after Washington said it was en route to Asia, said Obama had asked the Pentagon Separate hearings in different “My country — Qatar — is look- Qatar have continuous consul- realigning forces in the Mediterranean to give him for options. “The Defence Department has respon- parts of the capital come against ing for alternative ways to res- tation and were sharing opinion the option of attacking Syria. sibility to provide the president with options for all the backdrop of continued tension cue the Syrians under the UN regarding the situation in Egypt. In a development that could raise pressure on him contingencies,” Hagel said. “And that requires posi- in the country, which has been umbrella,” Dr Al Attiyah said. “We want to immediately restore to act, US and European security sources said US tioning our forces, positioning our assets, to be able rocked by political turmoil since The ministers called on the democracy in Egypt.” He also and allied intelligence agencies had made a prelimi- to carry out different options — whatever options the army ousted Islamist presi- UN to inspect the areas where called for the release of political nary assessment that chemical weapons had been the president might choose.” He did not elaborate. dent Mohammed Mursi on July 3. the Syrian regime is said to be prisoners, including Mursi. used by pro-Assad forces. AGENCIES Mubarak, who left prison for using chemical weapons against THE PENINSULA Among military options are missile strikes on See also page 5 house arrest this week, is sched- uled to appear at a hearing in his retrial on charges of complicity in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising that force him to resign. 2013 IHF Super Globe The case is one of several against the former president, who was granted pre-trial release this week by a court. handball begins today Full report on page 8

DOHA: Qatar Handball Association has completed preparations for the 2013 IHF Super Globe which begins in Doha today at Gharaffa Week of protests Indoor Hall. Five teams have arrived yesterday, including FC Barcelona (Spain), starts in Tunisia Sydney University (Australia), Taubate (Brazil), Etoile Sportive du TUNIS: Thousands of protest- Sahel (Tunisia) and HSV Hamburg (Germany). ers gathered outside Tunisia’s The draw of the 2013 edition was held in Sarajevo on July 27 on the national assembly yesterday, fringes of the Men’s Junior World Championship. demanding the ouster of the In group A, European Champions League winner HSV Hamburg Islamist-led government, amid faces tournament host Al Sadd (Qatar), El Jeish (Qatar, wild card political deadlock a month after team) and Sydney University (Oceania representative). the assassination of an opposi- Al Sadd as the organiser had the right to choose its group and opted tion MP. for Group A. Organisers said the protest In group B, FC Barcelona (replacement for defending champion marks the first day of a week- Atletico Madrid) plays against Etoile Sportive du Sahel (winner of the long campaign to bring down the African continental club competition), Al Rayyan (Qatar, Asian club government, dubbed the “week of Artists rehearse the opening ceremony of IHF Super Globe 2013 — Qatar yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL champion) and Taubate (Pan-American club champion). QNA departure”. See also page 22 Full report on page 4 Guardian teams up with New York Times over Snowden files WASHINGTON: The Guardian has Communications Headquarters, Britain’s case we will make an exception since it is The Guardian said its partnership with newspaper was threatened with possible agreed with the New York Times to equivalent of NSA. public. The Times is reporting on material the Times would enable it to “continue legal action by senior government offi- give the US newspaper access to some “In a climate of intense pressure from from The Guardian and other matters exposing mass surveillance by putting the cials. Rusbridger said he had put British classified documents leaked by former the government, The Guardian decided related to Snowden,” the Times quoted Snowden documents on GCHQ beyond officials on notice that copies of material National Security Agency contractor to bring in a US partner to work on the her as saying. government reach.” It said Snowden, who destroyed had been sent outside govern- Edward Snowden, both papers said GCHQ documents provided by Snowden. A source said the deal had been struck disclosed US Internet and phone surveil- ment jurisdiction. yesterday. We are working in partnership with the several weeks ago and Abramson was lance programmes in June and obtained Both newspapers previously collabo- The Guardian said on its website it NYT and others to continue reporting involved in negotiating it. asylum in Russia, is aware of the deal. rated on stories related to alleged phone “struck a partnership” with the Times these stories,” the British newspaper said. The website Buzzfeed said Scott Shane, The Guardian’s Editor, Alan Rusbridger, hacking by UK tabloids and on cover- after the UK government threatened the The Times’ Executive Editor, Jill a Times reporter who covers national said earlier that under the supervision of age of secret US military and diplomatic Guardian with legal action unless it either Abramson, confirmed the collabora- security and intelligence, was working representatives of GCHQ, the newspa- documents made available by US soldier surrendered or destroyed files it received tion. “We don’t usually comment on our on stories expected to be published next per’s staff had destroyed computer equip- Bradley Manning to the WikiLeaks web- from Snowden about Government reporting before publication, but in this month jointly with The Guardian. ment containing Snowden files after the site. REUTERS SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Expert: Diabetes patients underestimate disease ‘Following a healthy lifestyle daily is the responsibility of the patient’

DOHA: Many diabetes It’s a very serious condition and patients fail to give enough can lead to a diabetic coma,” attention to their health until says Othman. “Warning signs they experience complications, of DKA include fruity breath according to a senior diabe- and a fruity taste in the mouth.” tes educator at the National HHS occurs when blood sugar Diabetes Center in Hamad levels remain high for a long General Hospital (HGH). period of time. It is caused by Diabetes is a major health a combination of illness, dehy- problem among the Qatari pop- dration and the inability to take ulation, however, many diabetic traditional diabetes medications www.swiss-belhotel.com patients underestimate the dis- due to their effect. Symptoms ease, says Manal Othman at the of HHS include frequent urina- Tel National Diabetes Center. tion, extreme thirst, nausea, dry Fax “Many patients only start giv- skin and confusion. HHS may ing the required attention after also cause drowsiness and loss experiencing complications,” of consciousness. says Othman. “Patients who experience Tel “Many complications of dia- any of the above complications Fax betes can be irreversible. The should contact their diabetic most common chronic complica- educator for a consultation. tion among the Qatari popula- If they suspect having DKA tion is retinopathy, which affects or HHS they should go to the the retina in the eyes. This com- emergency department. These Tel plication is very serious and may Manal Othman, senior diabetes educator at the National Diabetes Center. conditions present serious risks Fax lead to blindness. Such compli- to the body and may lead to cations usually result from lack coma,” said Othman. of care and not following a doc- blood sugar and pressure levels, heartbeat, cold sweat, dizzi- The Diabetes Center aims to tor’s orders.” take medication as prescribed ness, anxiety, shaking, increased provide patients with guidance Tollfree Diabetes patients who don’t, by their physician and follow a hunger and blurred vision. and support to manage their or are unable to, control their healthy diet. Hyperglycaemia is the opposite; own health. Fax blood sugar levels and follow a Diabetes complications are blood sugar levels elevate and “Our role here at the Diabetes healthy lifestyle may suffer from divided into two categories: patients experience extreme Center is to give patients the chronic complications such as acute and chronic. Acute com- thirst, frequent urination and guidance, support and education Tel heart attacks and strokes, plications include hypoglycae- dry and itchy skin. they need. Patients are their blindness, kidney failure and mia, hyperglycaemia, diabetic DKA is the increased acidity own physician when it comes Fax amputation. ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyper- of blood due to the accumulation to managing diabetes. Taking To avoid these complica- glycaemic hyperosmolar state of ketones and results from the medication and preventing its tions it is advised that diabetes (HHS). body’s inability to use insulin to complications by following a Tel patients incorporate physical Hypoglycaemia is the term make energy. This complication healthy lifestyle every day is the Fax activity into their daily lives, used to describe low blood sugar. mainly affects type 1 diabetes. responsibility of the patient,” quit smoking, maintain a Patients experiencing hypogly- “Diabetes patients should be said Othman. healthy weight, maintain steady caemia will suffer from a rapid very cautious regarding DKA. THE PENINSULA

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DOHA: A senior delegation representing Qatar Tourism Tel Authority (QTA) will take their agenda to develop the Fax tourism in the country to an international platform at the 38th meeting of the UN World Tourism Authority Tel Commission for the Middle Fax East, and the 20th session of the UNWTO General Assembly. The meeting will be held until August 29 in Tel Livingstone and Victoria Falls Senior government and medical officials from Serbia with officials of Aspetar and Aspire Zone Foundation. Fax in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Attended by ministers, poli- cymakers and tourism industry leaders, the General Assembly Top Serbian delegation visits is the meeting point for the Tel UNWTO’s 156 member states. Fax The meeting addresses the state of the global tourism sector and Aspetar, Aspire Zone Foundation mainstreaming tourism in the global agenda. Tel DOHA: A delegation of sen- Zone Foundation and the Anti- Professor Sanja Mazic, Chief Qatar’s participation in this ior government and medi- Doping Lab Medical Officer at the Institute important international tour- Fax cal officials from Serbia Hosted by Aspetar, Qatar’s of Sports Medicine Belgrade, ism meeting demonstrates the recently made a three day Orthopaedic and Sports Jasminko Pozderac, Director strong positioning of the coun- visit to Aspetar and Aspire Medicine Hospital, the team General of the Serbian try in this growing sector of the Zone Foundation to further included Predrag Perunicic, Institute of Sports and Sports economy. It is an opportunity to Tel enhance their partnership Serbian Minister of Sport and Medicine Belgrade, and Vesna share, learn and discuss devel- Fax and collaboration. former handball player for Repic-Cujic, Advisor of the opments in the global tourism During the visit, the Serbian Al Rayyan, Professor Dragan General Director of Serbian sector with peers from around delegation met with members Radovanovic, President of the Institute of Sports and Sports the world. of Aspetar’s senior manage- Medical Commission of the Medicine. QTA representatives will ment made a tour of Aspire Serbian Olympic Committee, THE PENINSULA speak about the strides made by Qatar and the Authority to further develop the tourism sec- tor in the country. QTA recently entered into Tel a framework agreement with Fax Qatar needs to adopt SDN now, say experts UNWTO which consists of implementing action plans – DOHA: Although software- flow management, Brocade the management and utilization from preparing and reviewing defined networking (SDN) Communications said in a press of the network differently, ena- tourism policies and legislation Tel emerged a few years ago in release. bling customers to fully utilise in line with international best Fax response to the challenges of International Data the power of virtualiszation of practice, to achieving all the set the rigidity of physical net- Cooperation (IDC) reports that hardware and software effec- requirements for sustainable works and manual operations, globally SDN currently accounts tively across the infrastructure. tourism projects and facilities www.renaissancedoha.com its adoption in Qatar remains for around $360m in annual “However, it is not, despite in Qatar. gradual, according to a net- business in a $30bn network- the hype, a replacement of the Qatar has been a member of Tel +974 44195000 working solutions firm. ing industry. This is expected physical infrastructure, and UNWTO, a specialised agency Fax +974 44195100 Early adopters of SDN in the to grow significantly in future. unfortunately if the physical of the UN, since 2002. country are currently investi- Nimer Ghazal, country infrastructure is still a three- QTA manages Qatar’s bur- gating a wide range of appli- manager Qatar at Brocade tier, legacy affair, with redun- geoning tourism industry and cations and use cases. These Communications, says that SDN dancy and resilience issues, any develop it through establishing include network virtualisa- is actually fairly simple, but the investment in SDN will reap high profile international and tion, large-scale data centre preparation to be able to deploy little real reward, the company local exhibitions as successful infrastructure management, SDN needs to start now. claims,” Brocade said in its annual calendar events in Qatar. traffic engineering, and WAN SDN is a way of approaching release. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

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Vietnamese national Bao Ngo. Ambassador Le Hong Phan. Qatar jobs stir little interest in Vietnamese ‘Some Asian states offer better salaries’

BY AZMAT HAROON 2005 and their number has been increasing ever since,” Phan said, A view of Salwa Road near Azizya after the completion of eight lanes from Midmac to Abu Samra and four new underpasses yesterday. The Public DOHA: Despite Qatar trying adding that Vietnamese were gen- Works Authority (Ashghal) recently announced the awarding of contracts worth QR7.2bn to build 24 expressways across the country. Once completed, to woo labourers from Vietnam, erally regarded highly in the steel these projects are expected to help ease traffic congestion. ABDUL BASIT many Vietnamese workers are industry. not willing to come here to take Cultural differences were also up jobs because of what they cited as a major challenge for say are low salaries and life- many from Vietnam who tend style challenges they find hard to choose against working in the QRC’s $10m projects bring relief to people of Gaza to adapt. Gulf. The average salary of One community member said Vietnamese labourers in Qatar is even if Vietnamese labourers get DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent between QR1,000 and QR1,500, higher salaries in Qatar, they (QRC) has carried out 27 according to some, which is less prefer not to come here because projects in the Gaza Strip with than what most of them are paid of the living conditions in most a total cost of $10m, including in southeast Asian countries labour camps. 19 projects related to services such as Japan, North Korea and He said his countrymen are rendered to the disabled and Malaysia. community-oriented people who eight projects for higher educa- “The average basic salary of enjoy freedom to move and mingle tion and the society. skilled and semi-skilled workers with others. The projects implemented are is higher in South Asian countries “Here, many are huddled in collaboration with Palestinian compared with Qatar. Here, we together with men from differ- Red Crescent Society, and funded find disparity in salaries of people ent nationalities in labour camps. by QRC and its strategic part- in same jobs in different compa- That’s a very challenging envi- ners such as Al Fakhoora and nies,” a Vietnamese embassy offi- ronment for them,” Bao Ngo, a the Islamic Development Bank cial told The Peninsula. Vietnamese, said, talking about (under the programme of the There are an estimated 500 challenges faced by many who Council of the GCC countries for Vietnamese in Qatar, a majority leave their families behind. reconstructing Gaza). The Director of the Ophthalmic of whom work as mechanics and He said the cost of visa and These projects resulted in sev- Hospital, Dr Salam Sabah. in the construction industry. air ticket also discouraged many eral success stories, where a posi- Asked why the Vietnamese Vietnamese labourers from mov- tive impact was made to the lives longer than it is supposed to, community in Qatar was so small ing to Gulf countries, including of people and made life easier for especially since there is a shortage despite efforts to recruit them, Qatar. them due to the visual impair- of specialised eye doctors and lack Ambassador Le Hong Phan said “For many of them it doesn’t ment services and the college of of medical equipment in Gaza. the salary here is not ‘attractive’ make sense to come so far from abilities project among others. “The moment we started our enough for many of them. their homes when salaries are Dr Salam Sabah, director of the cooperation with Qatar Red He said the embassy is negoti- not very different from what they ophthalmic hospital, said: “People Crescent on developing disability ating with many local companies are being paid in neighbouring get exposed to diseases that can services in Gaza Strip, especially to recruit more workers from countries.” easily lead to losing their sight if the visual impairment services, The College of Abilities in the Gaza Strip. Vietnam. Ngo said differences in weather they ignore the symptoms or wait we covered approximately 90 per- A Dutch company here has and food also made Vietnamese longer than they should to consult cent of the patients who needed shown better working prospects feel alienated here. a doctor.” surgical intervention inside the The dean of the College of classes. This has also encour- for many Vietnamese compared “Most cooks here are from He said considering the compli- Strip, sparing them the trouble Abilities, Jean Calder, said: “The aged us to double the number of with other companies. India, and we generally find it cated situation in Gaza, one would of travelling abroad and all the students now will have a much advertisements for students with “Most Vietnamese labour- difficult to adopt to Indian food,” notice that having a surgery additional financial costs as well,” more convenient environment to disabilities to apply and join our ers started coming to Qatar in he added. THE PENINSULA appointment would take much Dr Sabah said. study, learn and focus on their college.” THE PENINSULA Cattle owners critical of grazing ban DOHA: A number of cattle owners in remote areas of the country are bitterly critical of the environment ministry’s recent decision to extend the ban on grazing for another two years. Many of them said they had lost a lot of their stock due to the continuing restrictions on grazing and suffered financial losses that run into hundreds of thousands of riyals. At least one owner, comment- ing on a local social network- ing site, has made fun publicly wondering where the “so-called green patches in the country are”. “My cattle are sick and I know there is nothing for them to graze. We don’t have enough greenery. Do we?” asked the Camels seen grazing on a patch of grassland outside Doha. citizen. Grazing is just an excuse. of the restrictions has come in ago it said the move was aimed rued the commentator. “What we actually want is that as a surprise,” said another at helping expand the green Many cattle owners have our cattle come out of the barn commentator. “We are shocked.” cover in the country. moved to neighbouring coun- and venture into the open. They It is important that the cattle “Where has the green cover tries due to the ban, he claimed. need sufficient exposure to sun- are herded out of their barn for increased in those two years? If the ministry wants to light. They need to be out for a a while everyday so their health Instead, we see barren land all expand greenery, instead of while.” is good. “That prevents them over and our cattle have died en banning grazing, it should stop Commentators said they from blindness. Many of my masse. What we have actually the dumping of sewage and con- thought that due to the prob- cattle have turned blind now.” seen in these two years is only struction waste in these areas. lems cattle owners faced, as The commentator said the death of cattle,” said another “And, the other major threat they reported diseases among cattle were now dependent commentator. to green patches in remote their cattle and large-scale entirely on fodder, which is not The new environment min- areas is reckless car driving deaths, the ministry would lift good for their health. ister visited a few cattle barns and stunts and other danger- the ban on grazing. “I have lost many cattle and in the North of the country ous motor sports by youngsters. “We had been reading in tens of thousands of riyals as a after he took over recently so That also must stop, and the newspapers for the past two result.” hopes were re-lived that he ministry must plant trees all months that the ban would be When the ministry would order lifting of the ban on over,” said the commentator. removed so the recent extension announced the ban two years grazing. But that didn’t happen, THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME / MIDDLE EAST

Emir sends greetings Dialogue a source of peace: Al Nasser to Ukraine president DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of con- Senior Qatari diplomat addresses Kazakh parliament on the sidelines of Unesco event gratulations to the President of the Republic of Ukraine ASTANA: The UN High to promote mutual understanding Viktor Yanukovych on the Representative for the Alliance and respect for diversity, rights occasion of his country's of Civilizations, H E Nassir and equal dignity between peoples, Independence Day yesterday. Abdulaziz Al Nasser, yesterday through intercultural dialogue The Prime Minister and held talks here on the sidelines and concrete initiatives,” she said. Interior Minister H E Sheikh of the International Decade for Unesco Director-General, Abdullah bin Nasser bin the Rapprochement of Cultures Irina Bokova, the Chairperson Khalifa Al Thani has also sent (2013-2022), which was launched of the National Commission of a similar cable to the Ukrainian here earlier Friday. the Republic of Kazakhstan for president. QNA “International dialogue can Unesco and ISESCO, Imangali act as a major source for build- Tasmagambetov and the Minister ing peace and attaining sustain- of Foreign Affairs of the Republic able development. This idea lies of Kazakhstan, Erlan Idrissov, offi- at the heart of the International cially launched the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures, initiated by Kazakhstan Cultures. Names of Haj and led by Unesco,” highlighted During his visit to the city Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser. of Astana, which comes at the The Unesco Director-General, official invitation of the Kazakh pilgrims to go Irina Bokova said: “The objec- government, Nassir Abdulaziz Al tive of the Decade is to promote Nasser met with Khairat Mami, online today mutual understanding and respect the Chairman of the House of for diversity, rights and equal Representatives in the Kazakh DOHA: The Haj and Umrah dignity between peoples, through Parliament, who invited Al Nasser department at the Ministry intercultural dialogue and con- to the ambassador to deliver a of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs crete initiatives.” speech to parliament. will today announce the She said these tasks have The top Qatari official held names of applicants selected never been as important as they bilateral meetings with Kazakh for this year’s Haj pilgrim- are today — in a world changing Foreign Affairs Minister, Erlan age through the online reg- quickly, where all societies are Idrissov, Minister of Culture istration system. transforming and deeply fragile, Mokhtar Mohammed, and A number of applicants are where ‘differences’ are too often the Governor of the city of likely to miss the opportunity seen as ‘challenges.’ Astana, Imangali Nurgaliyevich UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, H E Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser (right), with a Kazakh official. because the Saudi government “The objective of the Decade is Tasmagambetov. QNA has announced a major cut in the quota of pilgrims this year due to the ongoing expansion work in the holy premises in Makkah. Meanwhile, the joint com- mittee comprising repre- Thousands rally in Tunis to launch anti-govt demos sentatives from the Ministry of Municipality and Urban TUNIS: Thousands of protest- of the slogans chanted by the pro- The protest took place in a cel- the impoverishment of the peo- Mohamed Brahmi was assas- Planning and the Civil ers gathered outside Tunisia’s testers, the latter referring to the ebratory atmosphere, with dem- ple,” said Mongi Rahoui. sinated, the second attack of its Defence department visited national assembly yesterday ruling Islamist party Ennahda’s onstrators draped in the Tunisian “Soon we will go to the Kasbah kind in six months, which plunged Saudi Arabia to inspect the demanding the ouster of the veteran leader. flag and singing the national and surround it,” he added, refer- Tunisia into crisis. accommodations arranged for Islamist-led government, amid The organisers, who say the anthem, while opposition MPs ring to the location of the govern- The opposition National pilgrims from Qatar, Al Sharq political deadlock a month after protest marks the first day of addressed the crowd. ment’s headquarters. Salvation Front (NSF), which reported yesterday. the assassination of an opposi- a week-long campaign to bring “We must bring down the gov- An evening concert was organised the protest, has repeat- One of the accommoda- tion MP. down the government, dubbed ernment of shame... because of planned by artists backing calls edly insisted on the resignation of tions was not sanctioned “The people want the fall of the the “week of departure,” claimed which there are only political for the dissolution of the cabinet. the Islamist-led government step because it was found lacking regime,” “Get out!” and “(Rached) 60,000 people attended, while the assassinations, terrorism and the Yesterday’s gathering comes down and the formation of a non- fire exits. It was replaced by Ghannouchi assassin,” were some police gave an estimate of 10,000. harassment of political activists, one month after secular politician partisan administration. AFP another, said the daily. THE PENINSULA Baghdad funerals for 28 killed in bombing BAGHDAD: Baghdad residents campaign, even as analysts and — killed at least 28 people and held funerals yesterday for vic- diplomats voice fears that Iraq is wounded 58, security and medi- tims of a suicide bombing that teetering on the edge of a return cal officials said. killed 28 people in a city park, to the all-out sectarian war that “This morning, there was a even as authorities pressed oper- killed tens of thousands in 2006 funeral for 30 people and many, ations against militants to stem and 2007. Friday’s violence killed 37 many others were wounded, and growing violence. people, most of them in Baghdad. most of them will die because Authorities have launched a In the worst attack, a suicide nobody cares about them,” said fierce crackdown on militants bomber detonated explosives in a one of the mourners, Sharif blamed for a wave of nationwide small park in the confessionally Mohammed. He slammed what attacks that has killed more than mixed north Baghdad neighbour- he said was apathy among politi- 3,600 people this year, but have hood of Qahira, where families cians and said: “Isn’t this blood- faced criticism for not addressing were gathered in the evening. shed enough for them?” the root causes of the violence. The blast — like many recent Nine other attacks in Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki ones targeting crowded areas Mosul, Dujail and Hilla killed nine has vowed to press on with the to inflict maximum casualties people on Friday. AFP

Erdogan fires back at US over claims on Israel, Egypt

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yes- terday criticised Washington for its response to his claims of Israel’s involvement in the Egypt crisis. The Turkish leader on Tuesday accused the Jewish state of being behind the military- backed ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi last month. Erdogan’s accusation was furiously rejected by the White House describ- ing it as “offensive and unsubstantiated and wrong.” “Why is the White House making a statement on this? The White House should not have spoken about this. If there’s some- body to speak on this, it should have been Israel,” Erdogan said in televised remarks yesterday. He also said that the White House’s state- ment “upset” him, calling Washington’s approach to its Nato ally was “unbecoming.” But he added: “This is very important to show the world’s double stand- ards,” without elaborating. AFP SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Syria, rebels trade chemical arms charges Damascus will allow UN inspectors to visit sites of alleged attacks, says Iranian minister MSF says 355 DAMASCUS: The Syrian gov- General Ban Ki-moon with estab- ernment and its foes accused lishing the terms of an inquiry. Syrians died each other yesterday of using Ban is determined to “conduct chemical weapons, as Doctors a thorough, impartial and prompt PARIS: Around 3,600 Without Borders said 355 peo- investigation” into the chemical patients displaying “neu- ple had died earlier this week of attack claims, his spokesman said. rotoxic symptoms” flooded “neurotoxic” symptoms. UN experts have been on the into three Syrian hospitals Meanwhile, a senior UN envoy ground in Syria since Sunday to on the day of alleged chemi- was in Damascus to press for probe three other sites. cal weapons attacks, and an investigation into the alleged Meanwhile, Information 355 of them died, Doctors chemical attack on Wednesday, as Minister Omran Al Zohbi said the without Borders (MSF) said US President Barack Obama met regime has never used chemical yesterday. his top national security advisers weapons. The victims all arrived to weigh a possible response. “We have never used chemi- within less than three hours of Obama is under mounting pres- cal weapons in Syria, in any form each other, and MSF director sure to act following the reported whatsoever, be it liquid or gas,” he of operations Bart Janssens attack near Damascus that oppo- told a Beirut-based Arabic televi- said the pattern of events sition groups say was carried out sion channel. and the reported symptoms by President Bashar Al Assad’s In Washington, a White House “strongly indicate mass expo- forces and had killed more than official said: “The president has sure to a neurotoxic agent”. 1,000 people. directed the intelligence commu- “Medical staff working The Syrian government has nity to gather facts and evidence in these facilities provided strongly denied the allegations so that we can determine what detailed information to MSF but has yet to accede to demands occurred in Syria. doctors regarding large num- that UN inspectors already in the “Once we ascertain the facts, the bers of patients arriving with country be allowed to visit the president will make an informed symptoms including convul- sites of the alleged attacks. decision about how to respond.” sions, excess saliva, pinpoint However, Syrian Foreign The violence continued yes- pupils, blurred vision and res- Minister Walid Muallem was terday, with a watchdog accusing piratory distress,” he said. quoted by his Iranian counter- Chemical materials and gas masks in a warehouse at the front line of clashes between opposition fighters and the regime of striking by air sev- MSF provides drugs, medi- part, Mohammad Javad Zarif, as eral rebel positions, including in cal equipment and technical government forces, during a guided tour by the Syrian Army in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, yesterday. saying Damascus would facilitate Jobar, and reporting that insur- support to the three hospitals such a visit. gents seized a strategic town in the near Damascus, which its staff “The Syrian government will government denials, state news mortar bombs and grenades. National Coalition Ahmad Al northwest. have not been able to access cooperate with the United Nations agency SANA said soldiers “suf- Next to them were several rolls Jarba and the head of the rebel French Foreign Minister for security reasons. mission now in Syria to create fered from cases of suffoca- of tape, rope and some gas canis- Free Syrian Army General Salim Laurent Fabius, during a visit to “MSF can neither scien- the conditions for a visit to zones tion” when rebels used chemical ters, normally used for domestic Idriss denied that rebels had used the West Bank yesterday, blamed tifically confirm the cause of where terrorist groups have car- weapons against them in the ovens. Gas masks were seen near chemical weapons. Syria for a “chemical massacre” these symptoms nor estab- ried out attacks with chemical Damascus suburb of Jobar. some vials labelled “atropine”. At a press conference in and said “the Bashar regime is lish who is responsible for the weapons,” he was quoted as saying. It said clashes were still rag- The presenter said that these Istanbul Idriss said the rebels responsible.” attack,” said Janssens. “We are currently in the proc- ing in the area but that the army images were proof that the rebels would respond to the attack But Damascus ally Iran blamed “However, the reported ess of discussions with the United had advanced and found “chemi- had used chemical weapons but but would not commit “similar the rebels and warned the West symptoms of the patients, in Nations mission on preparing cal agents” in rebel tunnels. did not say which of the items crimes”, referring to chemical against any military intervention. addition to the epidemiological this visit.” State television said rebels contained them. weapons. “There is proof terrorist groups pattern of the events — char- Syrian state television said used poison gas “as a last resort” Activists say President Bashar Jabra said the “most important carried out this action,” for- acterised by the massive influx soldiers found chemical weap- after government forces made Al Assad’s forces fired nerve cause” of the attack was the lack eign ministry spokesman Abbas of patients in a short period of ons yesterday in tunnels that “big gains” in Jobar. gas projectiles into Jobar and of action by the international Araqchi said, without giving any time, the origin of the patients, had been used by rebels, deflect- But footage did not appear to other suburbs before dawn on community, the West in particu- details. Warning against any and the contamination of ing blame for a nerve gas attack show evidence of chemical weap- Wednesday. Later in the week, lar, and its silence. Western military intervention in medical and first aid workers that killed hundreds this week ons. It showed five blue and green activists crossed front lines With the two sides trading the conflict, Araqchi said “there is — strongly indicate mass expo- and heightened Western calls for plastic drums, normally used to around Damascus to smuggle accusations, UN Under Secretary no international authorisation for” sure to a neurotoxic agent.” foreign intervention. transport oil, lined against a wall out tissue samples from victims. General Angela Kane was in such action. AFP In an attempt to strengthen in a room, as well as several rusty Leader of the opposition Syrian Damascus, tasked by Secretary AGENCIES One held for Lebanon bombings

BEIRUT: Lebanese security in front of nearby shops. neutrality on the Syria war. forces arrested a suspect yes- Mourners buried dozens of peo- “We must end this political terday in connection with the ple killed in the bombings as the polarisation... We must return to devastating double bombing the country observed a day of mourn- the policy of dissociating (from day before that killed at least 47 ing yesterday under tight security. the Syria conflict),” he said in his people in the northern city of Armed men in civilian cloth- hometown after talks with several Tripoli, the state news agency ing stood guard outside the head- city officials. said. quarters of political parties and at “Enough of victims and enough The National News Agency the houses of MPs and religious of bloodshed,” Mikati pleaded. identified the suspect as Sheik officials. Outside his Tripoli home, the Ahmad Al Ghareeb, and said Prime Minister Najib Mikati, streets were deserted as funer- police took him into custody at his a native of Tripoli, called for als were held for several victims home in the Miniyeh region out- an end to the bloodshed and including three siblings aged side Tripoli. It said Al Ghareeb, urged rival Lebanese politi- seven, five and four. who has ties to a Sunni organi- cians to unite and maintain AGENCIES sation that enjoys good relations with Lebanon’s powerful Shia Hezbollah militant group, appears in surveillance video at the site of one of the explosions. The coordinated explo- sions on Friday outside two mosques in Tripoli, a predominantly Sunni city, raised already simmering sectarian tensions in fragile Lebanon, heightening fears the country could be slip- ping into a cycle of revenge attacks between its Sunni and Shia communities. For many Lebanese, the bomb- ings also were seen as the latest evidence that Syria’s bloody civil war — with its dark sectarian overtones — is increasingly drawing in its smaller neighbour. Lebanese police officials said yesterday that 47 peo- ple were killed and more than 500 wounded in the attack. Some 300 people were still in the hospital a day after the attack, 65 of them in critical condition, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. In Tripoli, armed civil- ians set up checkpoints yesterday near the two mosques hit in the attacks, while Lebanese secu- rity forces patrolled the streets. A team of forensic experts was sifting through the mangled wreckage at the blast sites. Some resi- dents used shovels and brooms to clean up shards of glass and shrapnel that littered the pavement SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ne more gang rape,this time in Mumbai,has shocked India. The nation has erupted in fury eight months after it cried itself hoarse over another sexual Oassault that galvanised the nation against atrocities Iran’s supreme leader does on women. The gang rape of a woman on a bus in Delhi in December last year led to a global outcry against rising sexual crimes. And now, it’s Mumbai, till now considered a relatively safe city for women. Women of Delhi, till now, used to think not rule supreme that the home of Bollywood—that often shows women in a BY YEGANEH TORBATI and is being said before he gives the last by popular ballot, albeit one in which poor light—was safer than Delhi, where it has increasingly JON HEMMING word and the last word may be more of only approved candidates are allowed become hard for women to travel in public transport without a coalition-building effort than dictating to stand. As such, he represents the being harassed and go out alone after sundown. S President Barack Obama has exactly what the policy will be,” he said. republican half of the Islamic Republic Rape has become a crime that has consumed the attention twice written to Iranian Supreme “When an issue is raised in an expert equation. of law enforcement authorities, the political class and civil ULeader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei report, or various factions argue a point, Khamenei’s backing of Ahmadinejad’s society groups in no small measure. There has been a sharp believing that he, not the president, holds and not just one faction, he pays a lot of disputed 2009 re-election in the face of ultimate power in the Islamic Republic attention,” said Ramezanpoor. huge demonstrations eroded the popular rise in reported incidents of sexual assault since the Delhi and the key to unlocking the dispute over Khamenei’s public comments suggest legitimacy of the Islamic Republic and gang rape case in which a physiotherapy student had to pay Tehran’s nuclear programme. he believes that even if Iran were to give may well have dissuaded the leader from with her life.The latest incident in the financial capital of But the surprise emergence of up atomic energy work that the West standing in the way of Rowhani’s win. India has brought home the malaise troubling the nation President Hassan Rowhani, a close deems a smoke screen for attaining a Khamenei, said Ramezanpoor, “felt once again. The victim is a photojournalist working in an associate of Khamenei who advocates nuclear arsenal, the United States is bent that all the people ... were worried about moderation, has shown a more nuanced on regime change and so any concessions the situation in the country, and were English magazine. The girl, in her early twenties, had gone picture of power in Iran in which the are futile. getting upset with him and that things to an abandoned factory in the heart of the city to shoot an clerical leader listens to opposing views From the supreme leader’s perspec- might get worse for him. On this basis assignment. They were accosted by a man,who called four of and then reaches a consensus. tive, there are good grounds for thinking he compromised”. his accomplices to the site. The Though supreme leader, Khamenei that way. Even though Obama offered A high-echelon insider who has The latest gang photographer’s male colleague was does not rule supreme. soon after coming to office in 2009 to worked with Khamenei since before the tied to a tree with a leather belt “Of course Mr Khamenei has his extend the hand of peace to Iran if it 1979 revolution, Rowhani has a better rape in India own personal “unclenched its fist”, his administration chance than his predecessors of negotiat- and she was violated by the five viewpoints which has imposed sanctions on Iran’s vital ing Iran’s Byzantine corridors of power. shows that the men who took turns. in the last 10, 15 oil industry, its shipping and banking For now Rowhani has the blessing, or government The girl, who is recovering at years until now sectors. at least the acquiescence, of Khamenei, a hospital in Mumbai, has sent a Khamenei have been stable Together, US, European Union and but probably a limited window in which needs to take an and he insists United Nations sanctions have helped his attempt to engage with the outside strong message from her hospital allowed each of unconventional bed. She wants women in the on them and cut in half Iran’s oil exports since 2011, world and ease sanctions has to show the two previous repeats them,” raise inflation to more than 40 percent results, or be cast aside. route to address country to know that ‘rape is not said Aliasghar and devalue the rial currency by nearly But even before beginning the task, the end of life’. presidents Ramezanpoor, a two-thirds since the start of 2012. Rowhani may already be facing turf the issue, as The December gang-rape a period of former deputy Yet Rowhani has said he is open to battles at home. More than two months other measures pushed the federal government culture minister, direct talks with the United States, with after his election, the president is still to enact a law with stricter grace in which listing Khamenei’s which Iran has had no diplomatic rela- deciding whether to switch the job have been deep distrust tions since soon after its 1979 revolution. of chief nuclear negotiator from the punishment. It set off an they pursued of the United In doing so, the president has at least Supreme National Security Council to ineffective. unprecedented debate over policies he States, Western proclaimed a change of tactics that the Foreign Ministry. women’s position in a country cultural influence appear to be at odds with Khamenei’s While the council would retain over- where gender roles are foggy and a resurgent middle class is disliked before and his insistence views. It is not, however, a change of sight, removing it from the talks process trying to come to terms with a women’s movement seeking to he blocked them on the nuclear policy since Rowhani also insists he will could streamline negotiations from Iran’s assert itself in a largely conservative society. programme as a never relinquish the Islamic Republic’s side since the likes of the Revolutionary and rendered red line. “right” to nuclear technology. Guards, the judiciary and parliament all Rape has become a monstrosity in the country, the Hindu Himself presi- Indicating he will at least give have places on the council. majority of which still worships the mother deity as a symbol them ineffective. dent from 1981 to Rowhani a chance to try out the new Rowhani himself was the chief nuclear of power. The government has not taken the problem lying 1989, Khamenei posture, Khamenei has most recently negotiator during Khatami’s presidency. down. But only stricter laws and a wider security crackdown “knows that on administrative issues said he is also not against direct talks, Securing the backing of Khamenei, won’t help, as the latest incident shows. of the country he must be flexible,” but merely doubts they will succeed. perhaps better described as a final arbi- Taking an unconventional route to go behind the problem, Ramezanpoor said. Khamenei allowed each of the two ter than leader, will prove the key to “Khamenei is not a dictator in the previous presidents, the reformist Rowhani’s progress. the establishment should commission an extensive research classic sense, but there is no question Mohammad Khatami and the populist “He is taking one step at a time, he is taking the help of international social scientists. Even if that on particular issues such as the hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a probably clearing it as he goes, staying its takes a few years, the effort will be worth it. Acting on nuclear file he probably will have the period of grace in which they pursued in touch with the supreme leader and the results of the study combined with a sustained public last word,” said Gary Sick, an Iran policies he disliked before he blocked bringing him on board ... that is good relations campaign would compliment other long-term expert and former US National Security them and rendered them ineffective. politics and a smart way to run your Council official. What power each president has is show,” said Sick. measures to fight the scourge. • “He will listen very carefully to what founded on the fact that he is elected REUTERS The other side Quote of A defining moment in Syrian savagery the day N HALABJA and then again in presented against them by the pros- victims. This week another great crime their main concern will have been the Srebrenica, political leaders who ecution, the act of putting them on has been committed. Maybe as many protection of their families, homes and enjoyed pretending they were trial was unemotional. Though griev- as 1,300 people died from asphyxia- businesses. They did not wish to join Iavuncular men of the world, ing relatives outside the courtrooms tion, when poison gas shells were fired the already immense tide of refugees. displayed their true colours by ordering might have wished to tear them limb at their neighbourhood in one of the So they stayed. And hundreds of them massacres as acts of terror. Saddam from limb and though many decent outer suburbs of Damascus. This was paid a terrible price for this decision. Even if we speak of other Hussein met the hangman’s noose people would have sympathized with an area of the capital the Free Syrian There will come a day when some, neighbouring countries — for his crimes, as did his cousin Ali their white fury, the power of justice was Army is fighting to hold in the face of a at least, of the Assad regime’s leader- Hassan Al Majid, or “Chemical Ali”, who that these men, obvious though their heavy assault by the regime’s far better- ship is captured after the dictatorship the dramatic conflict in actually planned and carried out the guilt may have been, were given the equipped armed forces. falls. Pumped-up rebel troops might Syria, Lebanon, Egypt — 1988 crimes. Radovan Karadzic, the benefit of due process in a court of law. There were undoubtedly opposition want to administer summary justice the fact remains that the Bosnian Serb president, is still on trial They could defend themselves against soldiers among those who died in the there and then. It must, however, be in The Hague for the slaughter of up to their accusers. clouds of toxic gas fired into the sub- hoped that the detainees will escape Israeli-Palestinian issue is 6,000 men and boys in 1995. Even in their downfall and humilia- urb. But there were also civilians, who the same fate as Libya’s Muammar one of the issues, perhaps What is important about the trials of tion, when they were powerless prison- had discovered that the nightmare of Gaddafi — dragged out of a storm the central one, for the these men is that despite the horrific ers, a dispassionate judicial system give street fighting had come to their part drain, obscenely tortured and then shot crimes that they had committed, and them the chances that they all too hap- of the capital. Their sympathies may dead on the spot. region. Laurent Fabius despite the often-harrowing evidence pily denied their thousands of helpless have been with the rebel fighters, but ARAB NEWS French Foreign Minister SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Right time for action against Syria The US administration is not likely to become substantially forward-leaning in Syria — no matter what outside pressure is brought to bear.

BY ANJA MANUEL a growing segment of the rebel move- ment, and some groups are reportedly he Syrian civil war now creating “safe havens” within Syria and threatens to split the Middle Iraq, similar to those in Afghanistan in East along a Sunni-Shia the late 1990s. chasm. The horrifying news Third, the administration believes reports Wednesday about the that US military intervention short of TAssad government’s possible chemical using ground troops is unlikely to lead to attack on civilians, if proven true, mean the creation of a new post-Assad regime that the Obama administration’s “red that will be friendly to the US, as the line” has been crossed yet again. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Thursday, both France and Turkey Martin Dempsey, recently warned called for stronger action — including Congress about in a letter. a possible use of force. Senator John For these reasons, Secretary of State McCain (R-Ariz) renewed his call for John Kerry’s efforts months ago to arm a no-fly zone. the rebels were watered down by the But does all this mean that the US administration to such a small level that and the European Union will now follow it has had little impact on the ground. a more assertive policy in Syria? The international community and Sadly, that’s unlikely. For now, the Washington have let the Syrian conflict Smoke rises above buildings after what Syrian rebels claim to be a toxic gas attack by government forces in eastern Ghouta on the Obama administration is still scrambling fester for so long that almost no good outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday. to walk back President Barack Obama’s policy options remain. But continuing vow from last year about any use of our hand-wringing and inaction has a Arab states on one side and Shia Iran/ non-lethal aid to rebel groups vetted by efforts to pry Syrian Alawite business chemical weapons “changing the calcu- serious cost. Hezbollah on the other — is massively the US as not allied with Al Qaeda or and military leaders away from loyalty lus.” The administration is not likely to In Syria, the longer Assad remains destabilising to Iraq. Without the US other extremists. Such aid should not to Assad, including offers of amnesty and become substantially forward-leaning in in power, the more violent and sectar- presence there, the fighting threatens include anti-aircraft weapons, which shelter abroad. Syria — no matter what outside pressure ian the struggle will become, and the the fragile Baghdad government. It is could fall into terrorist hands. With the death toll in Syria approach- is brought to bear. more it will open the door to Al Qaeda. also spreading chaos into Lebanon, where Lean heavily on Arab states which ing 120,000, the number of Iraqis killed Their likely reasoning is as follows: It grows ever more unlikely that any political violence has been reported; have actively supported the hard-liner over 10 years of war there, the entire First, Washington seems to have moderate regime can succeed him. We Jordan, which is a long-standing US Islamist factions in the Syrian conflict, region threatens to be engulfed in a con- decided that “stability” in Syria — even are already beginning to see the return ally; Saudi Arabia, which has an Shia to stop their counterproductive policy. flict that could have repercussions for at if that means a continuing, limited civil of Al Qaeda, which was on the ropes in minority and is in the midst of an unsta- Make a credible threat to Assad of least a generation. war — is more important than a decisive 2008-9 and is now roaring back in both ble royal succession period, and Turkey, providing US air support to the Syrian The US and EU can no longer afford victory over President Bashar Al Assad. Iraq and Syria. This could be a seri- which has a restive Kurdish minority. opposition — if that opposition is able to to sit on the sidelines and watch this Second, the Obama administration is ous blow to an administration that has To prevent this parade of horribles, unite. Then work actively toward that chaos unfold. understandably hesitant to side with the made the defeat of Al Qaeda a centre- the US needs to initiate a more robust end. One hopes that US military inter- rebel groups, which — in part due to US piece of its national security strategy. policy — but one that still stops short Significantly step-up diplomacy and vention will not be necessary. But if the unwillingness to actively assist moderate Meanwhile, Syria’s sectarian war of US ground troops in Syria. Such a increase security aid to Iraq to stop Al Obama administration seeks “stability,” Syrian elements for the past two years between Sunnis and Alawite Shias policy could prove effective. But it would Qaeda’s resurgence and its efforts to a more active policy is necessary now to — have become increasingly radicalised. has already spread beyond its borders. require the administration to: promote sectarian violence there. prevent the need for full intervention. Al Qaeda-allied extremists now make up The civil war — backed by the Sunni Massively increase both lethal and Increase US intelligence services’ REUTERS Mubarak is free and Egypt on fire Scotland going alone

from the 18 days. We also have structural Mubarak could still problems with the judiciary.” despite referendum One of the issues, Ennarah continues, has be re-imprisoned as been the judiciary’s lack of faith in technology. BY STEVE RICHARDS Videos, Ennarah explains, are not trusted as reliable evidence by the judges, who fear they have spent the last month in a different political world from the one cases against could be doctored. I am used to. As Scotland prepares for its historic referendum next “They still get government experts to com- year on independence, comment pages in the Scottish newspapers him proceed. ment on the videos, who can be biased,” he I are crammed with columns relating to the referendum. Each day said. there are front-page news stories on the latest twists and turns. Bump BY BEL TREW Nasrallah says the case was quickly taken into any politician in Scotland, political adviser or pollster, and the talk to court “to please the people in the streets” turns intensely to the battle ahead. without collecting enough evidence, a move Yet the battle is already won. In its political culture and its powers gypt’s prosecutor general which hampered the trial from the beginning. to define what form that culture takes, Scotland is already so incompa- announced this week that the Nor is it easy to prove that Mubarak was rably different from England that a form of separation is taking place release of Egypt’s longtime auto- directly involved in the police crackdown dur- in front of our eyes. Even in the absurdly artificial environment of the crat is final. However, state media ing the uprising — his defence team, after all, Edinburgh festival it is impossible to avoid the sense that Scotland and reported that the country’s prime insists that he was unaware of most of the England are separating even if, as the pollsters here predict, there is Eminister quickly ordered that Mubarak would actions his own security forces were taking. no formal divorce next year. be placed under house arrest — part of the “They can prove that he didn’t know about The referendum plays an ambiguous role in the unstoppable sequence. “emergency measures” instituted in the the security forces’ plan from the beginning,” Without doubt, insular, parochial England should pay more attention to a country after the military ousted President Nasrallah says. referendum that is definitely taking place instead of obsessing about one Mohammed Mursi last month. The largest problem has been that the same on Europe that might never be held. And yet, inadvertently, the indif- Heshan Amin, a 24-year-old student, sits police force tasked with collecting evidence ference is not entirely misplaced. Of course, if Scotland were to vote for with his head in the hands, just a few hundred in the trial was the body largely responsi- independence there would be a tumultuous constitutional crisis months feet from Tahrir Square, where he and his ble for the killings. This conflict of interest, before a general election – but even if there were to be such a dramatic friends fought the police during the Jan. 25, Nasrallah said, meant that the police ham- outcome, the trauma would be felt more at Westminster. Scotland has 2011 revolution. pered the investigation at every turn. already made its moves and will continue to do so. He had broken the government-imposed “[T]he prosecution had to do the investi- There have been three staging posts that will, I suspect, prove to be curfew to come here when news reached him gating, which is not their job,” she says. “They more significant than next year’s referendum. The first was the estab- that Egypt’s toppled leader Hosni Mubarak are not trained nor have the political will to lishment of the Scottish parliament after the 1997 election. At the time would be released from prison. do it.” it seemed to be an act of New Labour expedient caution. “I feel like I stabbed myself in the back, I Other state agencies have been just as The more influential ministers in the coalition ache above all to radi- didn’t know going to the streets to protest obstructionist as the police. Egypt’s General cally challenge the role of the state, to achieve the reverse of the 1945 would give me such false hope,” Amin says A supporter chants slogans and another Intelligence Service sent the prosecutor gen- Labour government. Remarkably, given that they rule in a hung parlia- bitterly. “I have been protesting for change for eral tapes that did not have any evidence on ment, they have found the space to pursue their radical ambitions. Few displays a portrait of former president Hosni two years and look where we are. Mubarak is them, claiming the relevant recordings had in England voted for a revolutionary overhaul of the NHS, the near Mubarak outside a military hospital where he walking and the country is on fire.” been “taped over.” privatisation of universities, a further decline in the power of local gov- Mubarak’s release from prison is ill-timed: was transferred after his release from prison on Nasrallah relates another disaster: A sen- ernment, a framework for education that paves the way for a return to Violent battles between security forces and Thursday in Cairo. ior police officer said he “accidentally” wiped selection and the introduction of profit-making schools, but that is what Mursi’s supporters have rocked the nation a crucial CD containing calls from the opera- they are getting. In their fervent disdain for the state as a mediating in the past week, leaving hundreds dead. profiting from export of gas to Israel, appro- tions room of the Central Security Forces. agency, ministers focus with special energetic intensity on areas over But however politically charged Mubarak’s priating funds for the upkeep of the presi- Without such information, it is impossible to which they happen to have no powers in Scotland. release may be, there is a solid legal justifica- dential palaces, and receiving gifts from prove that the police crackdown on the street As a result Scotland becomes more markedly different than ever. In tion behind the decision. state-owned press institutions. But at some during the 18 days of revolution in 2011 was Scotland the NHS is spared the haphazard revolution in England. The More than two years after Mubarak fell point, Nasrallah said, those endless exten- ordered by the top political officials of the education secretary, Michael Gove, is powerless to impose his resolute from power, he still has not been found guilty sions had to come to an end. Mubarak era. will on schools in Scotland and the same applies to his other more of a crime. In June 2012, a court did find him By this week, the only pending case was the Even if he walks, Mubarak is due back evangelical colleagues moving England rightwards. Without doing very guilty being involved in the killing of protest- charges against him for receiving gifts from in court today for another hearing of his much Scotland becomes more different because of what is happening in ers — but that verdict was overturned when state-owned media. retrial. The timing provides an insight into England. The limited powers handed over to the Scottish parliament are the court of appeal found procedural errors “His lawyers contested his detention, as he the tumultuous period through which Egypt precisely the ones that partly protect it from the ideological mission of in the case. had repaid the value of the gifts [that the] is currently passing: On the same day, six the Westminster government. The cautiously incremental New Labour As the aged autocrat awaits a retrial in that state-owned news outlet Al Ahram had given top Muslim Brotherhood leaders will also settlement becomes the basis of historic distinctiveness. case, he ran out the clock on the maximum him,” Nasrallah says. be in the dock — placed there on charges The campaign for independence is currently seeking to convey an time in pre-trial detention allowed under Mubarak could still be re-imprisoned as arising out of their opposition to the new awkward message. In an attempt to reassure the many undecided vot- Egyptian law, explains Hoda Nasrallah, a law- the cases against him proceed. But whether government. ers, its current broad theme is that the referendum is a moment of epic yer for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal or not that happens, his trial has still been This has led many to fear the legal system significance, but do not worry, nothing much will change if they vote for Rights (EIPR). a signature disappointment for those who is once again helping out the old regime. For independence. Any campaign with a contradictory message is in some “Two years is the maximum period allowed hoped that the 2011 revolution would usher the protesters who have been fighting for a difficulty. And yet although the message from advocates of independence for defendants accused of committing a crime in a country governed by the rule of law. new Egypt, it is hard news to swallow. is too complex to resonate in what will become a noisy contest, it speaks that carries the death penalty, in his case the “It has been a sham trial since day one, “Mubarak will be acquitted, it’s clear. If to a broader truth. The referendum is historic and yet, in Scotland at killing of demonstrators,” says Nasrallah, who there has been a lack of political will and a that happens, I give up,” says Amin. “To be least, change will be limited because so much is changing anyway. Soon has represented protesters killed during the commitment to justice,” says Karim Ennarah, honest, I don’t think protesting brings any- England will wake up to the fact that a referendum is taking place of January uprising. a member of the criminal justice team at thing anymore. In the end, it’s just people historic note. After that it needs to wake up to the fact that, irrespective Since April 15, Mubarak had been detained EIPR, who has closely observed the case. sitting in the street.” of a single campaign next year, Scotland is going its own way, a course of based on other cases against him, such as “Thousands of testimonies were dismissed WP-BLOOMBERG travel triggered in 1997 and with some distance to go. THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Mubarak due in court today Muslim Brotherhood leaders also set to face judge

CAIRO: Egypt’s former presi- on the evening of June 30, when dent Hosni Mubarak returns to Curfew shortened millions of Egyptians attended court today to face charges over anti-Mursi protests. protester deaths, as Muslim CAIRO: Egypt’s army- Another three Brotherhood Brotherhood leaders make their backed government short- members will stand trial with first appearances in court on ened a night-time curfew by them, accused of carrying out the similar but unrelated charges. two hours yesterday, 10 days murders in question. Separate hearings in different after imposing it during a All six face the death penalty parts of the capital come against fierce crackdown on Muslim if convicted. the backdrop of continued ten- Brotherhood protesters in Egyptian authorities have sion in the country, which has Cairo. issued arrest warrants and been rocked by political turmoil Effective immediately, the detention orders for hundreds since the army ousted Islamist curfew will last from 9 pm to of Brotherhood members and president Mohammed Mursi in 6 am, except on Fridays, when detained several senior leaders a July 3 coup. it will still start at 7 pm, the of the group in recent days. Mubarak, who left prison for cabinet said in a statement. According to security sources, house arrest this week, is sched- It said the decision had been at least 2,000 have been arrested uled to appear at a hearing in his taken “to lighten the burden since August 14. retrial on charges of complicity on citizens and in response to Mursi, who is being held at an in the deaths of protesters during popular demand”. undisclosed location, faces charges the 2011 uprising that forced him Protests are commonly held related to his escape from prison to resign. on Fridays, the first day of the during the 2011 uprising, as well The case is one of several Egyptian weekend, following as complicity in the deaths and A bus passes through the Rafah border terminal in the Gaza Strip after it reopened yesterday. against the former president, who noon Muslim prayers. torture of protesters. was granted pre-trial release this The authorities imposed The latter charge involves dem- week by a court. the curfew on August 14 when onstrations against him outside Mubarak was placed under police destroyed Brotherhood the presidential place in late 2012. house arrest by interim prime protest camps in Cairo set up Today’s court cases come after Rafah border crossing reopens minister Hazem El Beblawi, act- to demand the reinstatement days of relative calm in Egypt, fol- ing on the basis of special powers of ousted Islamist President lowing a week of unprecedented GAZA: Egypt reopened its bor- crossing was shut and hundreds complained that Egypt has lim- granted to him under the coun- Mohamed Mursi. They said bloodletting in the country that der crossing with the Gaza Strip wanting to return home have ited the number of passengers try’s state of emergency. the curfew would stay in place began on August 14. yesterday after four days of it been stranded outside the Gaza from 1,200 a day to only 300 since The 85-year-old former presi- for at least a month. That was when security forces being closed, allowing stranded Strip. July 3 when the Egyptian military dent is being held at a military REUTERS moved to break up two pro-Mursi passengers to cross in and out Israel cites security concerns dismissed Mursi, following mass hospital in Cairo and it was not protest camps in Cairo, sparking of the Palestinian territory that and allows only a small number protests against his rule. immediately clear if he would Al Shater — are to make their clashes that left nearly 600 peo- is controlled by the Islamist of Gazans through its land cross- Egyptian officials have accused attend the morning hearing at first appearance before a court on ple dead across the country in a Hamas group. ing with the territory, mainly for Hamas of aiding the Muslim the Police Academy. charges of inciting the murder of single day. Hamas, an offshoot of the medical treatment, making Rafah Brotherhood in the Sinai penin- Mubarak was convicted last protesters. Additional violence followed in Muslim Brotherhood, has ruled the only window to the outside sula and say the slow operation of June and sentenced to life in Badie was taken into custody the days after. Gaza since 2007 and has an world for most of the enclave’s 1.7 Rafah crossing is linked to poor prison, but a retrial was ordered just last week — the first time a But authorities have mounted uneasy relationship with Egypt’s million people. security conditions in the Sinai, in January after he appealed. Brotherhood supreme guide has a fierce crackdown against the new army-backed leadership, Maher Abu Sabha, the Hamas- where Egypt is fighting radical He could face the death pen- been arrested since 1981. Brotherhood and its allies, that which toppled the elected Islamist appointed director of crossing, Islamist militants. alty in that case, and is also fac- Khater and Bayoumi were has thinned the group’s ranks and president, Mohammed Mursi, a said Egyptian authorities were Last week, militants killed 25 ing charges in several corruption rounded up earlier, following sent many members into hiding. Hamas ally, last month. opening the Rafah passengers for Egyptian soldiers in the desert cases. the ouster of Mursi, a fellow The arrests have also shattered Thousands of Palestinians, only a few hours a day. He said territory. As his hearing begins, Brotherhood member. the group’s structure and made it including students and patients travellers needing medical care Hamas leaders deny they have Brotherhood supreme guide They are accused of inciting the difficult for them to turn out in seeking medical treatment, abroad and others with time con- any armed presence in Egyptian Mohamed Badie and two deputies murder of protesters who died force at demonstrations. have been unable to travel to straints would get priority. territory. — Rashad Bayoumi and Khairat outside their Cairo headquarters AFP Egypt since the Rafah border Hamas officials have REUTERS Constitutional tweaks may empower Mubarak-era politicians

CAIRO: Changes suggested by discussed the road map and the consti- establishment, had also left this alone. Once Mubarak was gone, the Islamist Islamic Shariah the source of legislation. Egypt’s army-backed rulers would tutional process in a call with interim One of the most significant suggested movement emerged from the shadows However, the provision, due to revert to scrap Islamic additions to a constitu- Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on Friday, changes would return Egypt to voting and used its organisational muscle to its original form in the proposed changes, tion forced through under deposed state news agency MENA reported. for individual candidates, rather than win five successive victories at the polls, was only patchily applied from 1971. President Mohammed Mursi and The United States has voiced concern reserving some seats for party lists, in gaining seats in parliament both for “We will protest in all legal ways avail- revive a voting system dating back to about the army’s bloody crackdown on parliamentary elections. those on party lists and those running able against any change to the state’s his predecessor Hosni Mubarak. the Muslim Brotherhood and other vio- Under the current system, in which as individuals. Islamic identity,” said Ahmed Habashi, Islamists and liberals have voiced alarm lence in which more than 1,000 people, two-thirds of seats go to party lists and Dawoud said he was worried by plans a leader in the ultra-orthodox Islamist about the proposals made by a constitu- about a tenth of them soldiers and police, one-third to individuals, the Muslim to retain articles under which journal- Nour Party in the Delta town of Mahalla. tional committee set up by the generals have been killed since Mursi fell. Brotherhood and other Islamist parties ists risk jail for “insulting the president” If that effort failed, he said, “we will call who removed the Muslim Brotherhood’s President Barack Obama has won about 80 percent of seats in the first and newspapers can be closed for press for protests”. Mursi on July 3 amid widespread protests stopped short of cutting the $1.5bn that parliamentary election after Mubarak’s crimes - penalties enforced under Mursi, Before the new constitution is ratified, against Egypt’s first freely elected leader. Washington provides each year in mostly overthrow in 2011. as well as during Mubarak’s 30-year rule. it must be approved by a referendum The army has suspended the constitu- military aid to Egypt, but has ruled out “This change seems to target Islamists “I want new freedoms, more freedoms and signed by interim President Adly tion adopted under Mursi late last year. any “return to normal business”. and it will be wrong and undemocratic,” and not to end up with something similar Mansour. It had been endorsed by a referendum The constitutional amendments Eid said. “We had complaints ... about to the 1971 constitution or one worse than Younes Makhyoun, head of the Nour after he grabbed extraordinary powers to drafted by the committee are due to go the Brotherhood and Islamists, but that Mursi’s 2012 constitution,” he said. Party, which initially backed the army’s ensure its passage, igniting some of the to a diverse 50-strong assembly to be does not mean ruling them out of politics Islamists are also up in arms, for removal of Mursi, has warned against any bloodiest street protests of his turbulent appointed by the interim government, as this will only lead to more violence.” different reasons, saying the changes arbitrary campaign targeting Islamists year in power. but they are already proving contentious. Khaled Dawoud, a member of the lib- amount to an assault on Egypt’s “Islamic after the crackdown on the Brotherhood, Now an army-installed government is Curiously, given that popular protests eral Dostour party, described the pro- identity”. and has urged the government to pro- revising a document faulted for embed- helped sweep away Egypt’s last two lead- posal as a return to the Mubarak era, According to MENA, the committee tect freedoms won by the anti-Mubarak ding Islamic influence in lawmaking and ers, one new article would outlaw this and when votes were routinely rigged to ena- has proposed scrapping articles that revolt. for short-changing human rights, espe- would give parliament the sole right to ble the president’s National Democratic accorded Islam more weight in lawmak- The legal committee, which proposed cially of women and minorities, including dismiss a president. Party (NDP) to maintain its dominance ing, gave the Sunni Muslim religious cancelling 32 of the constitution’s 236 Christians who form some 10 percent of “What is the point of having an article of parliament. authority Al Azhar a role in vetting leg- articles and amending 109, suggested the population. like that?” asked rights activist Gamal The system allowed individuals, mostly islation, committed the state to upholding abolishing the toothless upper house of The changes drafted by a 10-member Eid. “The whole world will laugh at us.” aligned with the NDP, to run as “inde- “morals and public order” and banned parliament. committee - and leaked to the media on The committee is likely to propose pendents” using local patronage networks insults to “prophets and religions”. According to the military’s road map, Wednesday, the same day a court ordered retaining an article that exempts Egypt’s to get into parliament. Brotherhood can- To the dismay of liberals and the new constitution should be adopted Mubarak freed from jail - are part of an powerful military from financial or politi- didates also ran candidates as independ- Christians, the constitution adopted in about four months, with parliamentary army road map back to democracy. cal auditing, insiders on the body said. ents to keep a limited presence in the under Mursi had strengthened a provi- and presidential elections to follow. US Secretary of State John Kerry Mursi, anxious not to alienate the defence assembly. sion in its 1971 predecessor that made REUTERS

France stresses need for Mideast deal RAMALLAH: A successful successful, it will be a thunder- “On all sides, particularly that outcome to the US-brokered bolt for peace...a great stabilising of the United States, there are negotiations between Israel element.” elements which are serious and and the Palestinians would be “Our support is more necessary encouraging regarding the suc- like a “thunderbolt” for peace than ever,” he added. “This is the cess of the negotiations,” official in the crisis-ridden Middle moment when we must make a Jordanian news agency Petra East, French Foreign Minister breakthrough for peace.” quoted him as saying. Laurent Fabius said yesterday. Israeli and Palestinian nego- Fabius arrived early yester- “Even if we speak of other tiators formally resumed direct day on a visit to Israel and the neighbouring countries — the dra- peace talks earlier this month Palestinian territories aimed at matic conflict in Syria, Lebanon, after a hiatus of nearly three encouraging the sides. Egypt — the fact remains that the years, thanks to an intense Speaking at a joint press con- Israeli-Palestinian issue is one of bout of shuttle diplomacy by US ference with the visitor, Abbas the issues, perhaps the central Secretary of State John Kerry. said that his team entered the one, for the region,” he said in They are expected to last about talks, about which no details the West Bank city of Ramallah, nine months. have so far been revealed, in good after meeting Palestinian presi- Speaking in Amman yesterday faith. dent Mahmoud Abbas. after talks with chief Palestinian “I should like to say that the “In a particularly troubled negotiator Saeb Erakat, Jordanian Palestinians are negotiating with regional environment, it is even Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh good intentions,” he said. “We more important that we advance said he expected the next round want to negotiate in a positive French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a joint press conference towards peace here,” Fabius said. to take place “in a few days from spirit.” after a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday. “If these negotiations are now.” AFP SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Putin’s Olympic security decree draws criticism Violation of human rights: Critics

MOSCOW: Russian President He told Ekho Moskvy radio Vladimir Putin has signed a such restrictions required passage decree to tighten security in the of a law or imposition of a state Black Sea resort of Sochi dur- of emergency. ing the 2014 Winter Olympics, “Under such conditions the imposing restrictions on free- Olympics, which are supposed dom of movement and assembly to be celebration of sport and that critics said violated human democracy, will become the exact rights. opposite,” prominent Russian The decree creates a “prohib- environmental activist Alexei ited zone” encompassing much of Yablokov said in a comment the sprawling city, barring travel posted on the Internet. into Sochi by road without special “Nature is being destroyed, permission and banning public people are being evicted from gatherings “not connected” with their homes, and now it turns out the Olympics in high security that a state of emergency is being areas on land and sea. imposed,” he said. Putin has staked his reputa- Gay rights activist Nikolai tion on the security and success Alexeyev said he planned to hold of Russia’s first Olympics since a gay pride march in Sochi on the the Soviet era and has ordered opening day of the Olympics and law enforcement authorities to that it could not be prohibited by prevent any attacks by Islamist presidential decree. T he Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise entering the Northern Sea Route (NSR) off Russia’s coastline to protest against Arctic oil drilling yesterday. militants based in the nearby “Are the Olympics an emer- North Caucasus provinces. gency situation, like a war or a In early July, insurgent leader natural disaster?” Alexeyev was Greenpeace defies Russia in Arctic protest Doku Umarov revoked a previous quoted as saying by the website order to refrain from attacking grani.ru. “There has been no prec- Russian targets outside the North edent in history in which peaceful MOSCOW: Greenpeace defied thinly veiled attempt to stifle and threatened Arctic wildlife, was so far moving forward unhin- Caucasus and urged militants to demonstrations have been banned the prospect of a possible show- peaceful protest.” and faces an infinitely greater dered by military ships or border use “maximum force” to prevent in a city where the Olympics were down with Russian authorities In defiance of the Russian threat from reckless oil com- guard vessels. Putin staging the Games. being held.” yesterday when it deployed an authorities, Greenpeace said its panies than a fully equipped Russian officials said the ship Published in the official news- A law Putin signed this year icebreaker through an Arctic ship Arctic Sunrise entered the Greenpeace icebreaker. owner was violating Russian law paper Rossiiskaya Gazeta on banning gay “propaganda” has shipping route without per- Northern Sea Route at 0330 GMT “If Rosneft and ExxonMobil and the UN Convention on the Friday, the decree enters into been criticised by Western gov- mission to protest against oil Saturday to protest plans by the bring in offshore drilling plat- Law of the Sea. force on January 7, a month ernments and prompted calls for drilling. country’s top oil firm Rosneft forms they will risk catastrophic “The transportation ministry before the opening ceremony, a boycott of the Olympics. Russia The Russian transportation and its US partner ExxonMobil blowouts and spills that could dev- sent a letter to the foreign minis- and expires on March 21, a month has offered assurances that the ministry immediately accused the to drill near the Russian Arctic astate the region,” said Ferguson, try with a request to get in touch after the Olympics end. law will not affect athletes or Dutch-flagged vessel of “crudely” National Park. adding that the two oil giants with the Netherlands’ maritime Human rights activists said the spectators. violating Russian and interna- “We refuse to let illegal “rely on secrecy and evasion.” authorities with the aim of influ- restrictions were draconian. In the decree, Putin said its tional law. attempts by the Russian govern- The Arctic Sunrise was head- encing the owner of the vessel on Barring cars from outside purpose was the “implementation Earlier this week Greenpeace ment stop us from exposing dan- ing to the Kara Sea where sev- behalf of the flag state,” a spokes- Sochi restricts Russians’ free- of increased security measures” said Russia had refused the per- gerous oil drilling in the Arctic,” eral vessels contracted by Rosneft woman said. “By being in the dom of movement and the ban called for in a law adopted in 2007, mission to enter the Northern Sea Christy Ferguson, a Greenpeace and ExxonMobil are conducting Northern Sea Route waters the on most public gatherings vio- when the Olympics were awarded Route on several occasions citing campaigner aboard the ship, was seismic testing to prepare for off- vessel presents a serious threat lates their constitutional right to to Sochi. Kremlin officials could concerns about the icebreaker’s quoted as saying in the group’s shore drilling. to the environment.” free assembly, said Pavel Chikov, not immediately be reached for ability to withstand thick ice. statement. Vladimir Chuprov, head of The Russian foreign ministry a human rights lawyer and head comment yesterday. The global environmental “The Russian Arctic National the Russian energy unit at did not immediately react. of the legal aid group Agora. REUTERS group has called the move “a Park is a special place full of rare Greenpeace, said the icebreaker AFP

Swaziland votes Merkel ally fuels Greek aid row ahead of election in first round of BERLIN: Germany’s com- that Greece would need a third Opposition parties have seized Analysts have long predicted a financing gap had never been missioner to the European bailout, going much further than on Schaeuble’s comments, saying Greece will need more aid, albeit hidden. parliament polls Commission said yesterday he Merkel had done. The govern- Merkel has been hiding the risks on a smaller scale than previous “Citizens should know that expects a new bailout for Greece ment has since sought to play of more aid before the Sept. 22 bailouts totalling about 240 billion there are no secret plans for MBABANE, Swaziland: to amount to a little more than down his remark. election in which she is tipped to euros. The IMF estimated last after the election and that we Thousands of Swazis voted ¤10bn, fuelling a debate that Oettinger, a member of Merkel’s win a third term. month Greece would face a funding are not delaying any decisions in yesterday in the first round of could hurt Chancellor Angela conservatives, said he thought As Europe’s largest economy, gap of nearly ¤11bn for 2014-2015. Europe because of an election in parliamentary elections that Merkel in next month’s election. another package for Greece would Germany has the biggest exposure Merkel and Schaeuble have Germany,” he said. pro-democracy groups have dis- Although Guenther Oettinger, be significantly smaller than the to Greece and voters are reluc- repeatedly ruled out a debt writ- Schaeuble also said it would missed as window dressing in EU Energy Commissioner, does second bailout. tant to provide more aid. Pollsters edown for Greece, but Oettinger be a priority after the election to Africa’s last absolute monarchy. not deal directly with euro zone “It will be a manageable sum. say Merkel could lose votes if peo- said the possibility should not be push through plans to cut income Some 415,000 people regis- debt issues, his comments are the I personally expect the figure to ple think she is being less than excluded forever although it was tax which had been blocked by the tered to vote for candidates who most concrete about the likely size be a little over 10 billion euros. open about the Greek risks. not a question for now. opposition in the Bundesrat upper are standing as individuals in the of any new bailout from a senior The programme should cover the Merkel’s conservatives have a In an interview with house. southern African country where German politician since the issue years 2014-2016,” he told the Welt lead of at least 15 points over the Wirschaftswoche weekly, Merkel’s government has long political parties have been banned burst into the election campaign am Sonntag weekly. SPD, but it is unclear whether she Schaeuble reiterated that it was wanted to stop the effects of “cold for 40 years. last week. He added that it had not been will win sufficient votes to con- still too early to say what aid progression” under which tax Amid pressure on King Mswati Finance Minister Wolfgang necessary to bring up the thorny tinue her centre-right coalition might be needed after the cur- thresholds are not adjusted for III to allow multiparty democ- Schaeuble provoked a storm by question of Greek aid so soon with her preferred partners, the rent Greek programme expires inflation. racy, the spokesman of the Swazi saying more explicitly than before before the election. Free Democrats (FDP). in 2014 but that the possibility of AFP opposition People’s Democratic Movement, Zakhele Mabuza, dis- missed the polls as futile. “Fine, people have gone out to Protest against asylum seekers vote, but what purpose does it serve if they do not have political Mandela ‘unstable at power to govern?” he asked. The general secretary of a regional civil society group, the Southern African People’s times but resilient’ Solidarity Network, also rub- bished the vote as a window dress- JOHANNESBURG: Nelson he responds to treatment, but there ing exercise to buy time and delay Mandela is “unstable” at times are times when it’s not stable,” he genuine democratic reforms. but has shown “great resilience” said. “But he’s stable,” he added. “There is no political change as he remains in a critical con- In late June, Zuma cancelled a that we can expect as a result of dition in hospital, South Africa’s trip abroad after Mandela’s health these elections,” Collins Magalasi presidency said yesterday. deteriorated but on Saturday he said. “Because the traditional sys- “While at times his condition will travel to Malaysia for an offi- tem in place supports the king, becomes unstable, the doctors cial visit as planned. he still wields enormous power indicate that the former presi- While there, he will also receive over the courts, parliament and dent has demonstrated great a peace award on Mandela’s behalf. the executive.” resilience and his condition tends Zuma urged South Africans to con- The final round of voting takes to stabilise as a result of medical tinue praying for Mandela and to place on September 20 in the tiny interventions,” a statement said. keep the country’s first black presi- mountain kingdom of 1.1 million The ailing 95-year-old anti- dent constantly in their thoughts. people. apartheid icon, fondly known The presidency is the offi- The first vote takes place at the by his clan name “Madiba”, was cial channel for public updates level of chiefdoms where five to 10 hospitalised in Pretoria on June about Mandela’s health, and had candidates have been nominated. 8 with a recurring lung infection. not issued a statement since The winning individuals then “Doctors are still working hard August 11. Then, Mandela was go through to the secondary to effect a turnaround and a fur- said to be making “a slow but vote to select lawmakers in 55 ther improvement in his health steady improvement” but that constituencies. and to keep the former president he remained critically ill. “We have confidence in our comfortable,” President Jacob His youngest daughter Zindzi candidate that he will bring the Zuma’s office added. Mandela said two days earlier development and opportunities Presidency spokesman Mac that he was able to sit up unac- we want,” said Gcinile Ngwenya, a Far-right NPD party activists hold up German flags as they protest against the new home for asylum seekers Maharaj did not elaborate further companied and was “more alert, 20-year-old voter in the northern in the district Hellersdorf-Marzahn in Berlin yesterday. on his condition. “There are times more responsive”. chiefdom of Ludzibini. when he has those down moments, AFP AFP SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Snowden suspected of deleting electronic logs Hacking prowess may dramatically increase the NSA leaker’s value to foreign governments: US govt official

WASHINGTON: The US gov- that the NSA surveillance pro- Vines would not say whether also could dramatically increase Snowden, a former US intel- didn’t know necessarily how the ernment’s efforts to determine grams can’t be abused because its Snowden had found a way to view the perceived value of his knowl- ligence contractor, was employed programmes functioned. which highly classified mate- spying systems are so aggressively and download the documents he edge to foreign governments, by Booz Allen Hamilton in Hawaii He dipped into compartmen- rials leaker Edward Snowden monitored and audited for over- took without the NSA knowing. which would presumably be eager before leaking classified docu- talised files as systems adminis- took from the National Security sight purposes: If Snowden could In defending the NSA surveil- to learn any counter-detection ments to the Guardian and The trator and took what he wanted. Agency have been frustrated by defeat the NSA’s own tripwires lance programmes that Snowden techniques that could be exploited Washington Post. He managed to do so for months Snowden’s sophisticated efforts and internal burglar alarms, how revealed, Deputy Attorney against US government networks. As a system administrator, without getting caught. In May, to cover his digital trail by delet- many other employees or contrac- General James Cole told Congress It also helps explain the recent Snowden had the ability to move he flew to Hong Kong and even- ing or bypassing electronic logs, tors could do the same? last month that the administra- seizure in Britain of digital files around data and had access to tually made his way to Russia, government officials said. Such In July, nearly two months after tion effectively monitors the belonging to David Miranda — thumb drives that would have where that government has logs would have showed what Snowden’s earliest disclosures, activities of employees using the partner of Guardian jour- allowed him to transfer infor- granted him asylum. information Snowden viewed or NSA Director Keith Alexander them. nalist Glenn Greenwald — in an mation to computers outside the NBC News reported Thursday downloaded. declined to say whether he had a “This programme goes effort to help quantify Snowden’s NSA’s secure system, Alexander that the NSA was “overwhelmed” The government’s forensic good idea of what Snowden had under careful audit,” Cole said. leak of classified material to the has said. in trying to figure what Snowden investigation is wrestling with downloaded or how many NSA “Everything that is done under Guardian newspaper. In his job, Snowden purloined had stolen and didn’t know every- Snowden’s apparent ability to files Snowden had taken with it is documented and reviewed Authorities there stopped many files, including ones that thing he had downloaded. defeat safeguards established to him, noting an ongoing criminal before the decision is made and Miranda last weekend as he detailed the US government’s Insider threats have troubled monitor and deter people look- investigation. reviewed again after these deci- changed planes at Heathrow programmes to collect the meta- the administration and Congress, ing at information without proper NSA spokeswoman Vanee sions are made to make sure Airport while returning home data of phone calls of US citizens particularly in the wake of permission, said the officials, who Vines said Alexander “had a sense that nobody has done the things to Brazil from Germany, where and copy Internet traffic as it Bradley Manning, a young soldier spoke on condition. of what documents and informa- that you’re concerned about Miranda had met with Laura enters and leaves the US, then who decided to leak hundreds of The disclosure undermines the tion had been taken,” but “he did happening.” Poitras, a US filmmaker who has routes it to the NSA for analysis. thousands of sensitive documents Obama administration’s assur- not say the comprehensive inves- The disclosure of Snowden’s worked with Greenwald on the Officials have said Snowden had in late 2009 and early 2010. ances to Congress and the public tigation had been completed.” hacking prowess inside the NSA NSA story. access to many documents but AP

Tens of thousands gather UK deputy PM distances himself in Washington to mark from detention of ‘I have a dream’ march reporter’s partner LONDON: Britain’s deputy WASHINGTON: Tens of thou- Organisers had planned for as prime minister called for urgent sands gathered yesterday to many as 150,000 people to attend checks to see if the arrest last mark 50 years since the March yesterday’s mass rally and after- weekend of a journalist’s part- on Washington, the civil rights noon march to the nearby Martin ner under anti-terrorism laws watershed where Martin Luther Luther King Jr monument, ahead was legal, distancing himself King Jr famously declared: “I of another commemorative march from his coalition partners have a dream.” Wednesday to be addressed by who defended the nine-hour Under blue skies, the predomi- President Barack Obama. detention. nantly — but by no means exclu- The March on Washington is Nick Clegg said yesterday he sively — African American crowd best remembered for King’s stir- was not consulted before the swelled around the Reflecting Pool, ring vision of a US free of inequal- detention of David Miranda, the cheering a procession of speakers ity and prejudice, telecast live to a partner of American journalist who addressed them from the nation undergoing a phenomenal Glenn Greenwald, who led cov- white marble steps of the Lincoln decade of soul-searching, crisis erage of former National Security Memorial. and change. Agency contractor Edward “This is not a time for nostalgic Yesterday’s event,spearheaded Snowden’s leaks about US and commemoration... The task is not by civil rights firebrand Reverend British electronic spying. done. The journey is not complete. Al Sharpton with prominent The contrasting responses to We can and we must do more,” trade-union backing, underscored Miranda’s arrest from Britain’s said King’s son Martin Luther a fresh list of concerns, from governing coalition partners come King III, speaking from the precise income inequality and threats as battle lines are being drawn for spot where his father delivered to voting rights to immigration a general election in 2015. one of American history’s great- reform and urban violence. Clegg’s Liberal Democrats have est speeches. “We have another fight. We held fast to Prime Minister David “Fifty years ago, my father stood must stand up and fight the good A Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteer focuses a lifeboat spotlight onto a ditched helicopter near the Cameron’s Conservatives in vital upon this hallowed spot and the fight... We are one people. We are mainland coast of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. areas such as economic policy but spirt of God spoke through him... one house. We all live in the same they disagree over issues ranging I can almost hear my father hum- house,” said Congressman John from Britain’s role in Europe and ming, ‘A train’s a-coming’,” he said. Lewis of Georgia,returning to the its nuclear deterrent. “Their march is now our exact spot where he addressed Miranda, a Brazilian, was car- march, and it must go on,” ech- the March on Washington as a Four dead in North Sea oil rying documents held on com- oed Attorney General Eric Holder, 23-year-old a half-century earlier. puter between Greenwald and honoring the estimated 250,000 “We cannot go back. We have one of Snowden’s contacts when who assembled on the National come too far... We can not give in.” British police detained him last Mall in sweltering heat on August His feelings were shared in the industry helicopter crash Sunday, triggering a complaint 28, 1963 to denounce racial segre- largely middle-aged crowd which, from Brazil’s government and gation and demand equal rights. in the front rows, held up signs criticism from British opposition “Today we look to the work that condemning racial profiling and LONDON: Four people were “The bodies of three people RNLI rescue coordinator Jim politicians, rights lawyers and the remains unfinished,” Holder said. demanding statehood for the confirmed dead after a heli- have been recovered and work is Nicholson said there appeared “to press freedom watchdog. “We want this nation to be all it District of Columbia, which has copter transporting employees under way to recover the body of have been a catastrophic loss of Miranda was later released was designed to be, and all it can no voting member of Congress. from an oil rig crashed off the the fourth person.” power which meant the helicop- without charge minus his laptop, be.” AFP Scottish coast, police said yes- The victims were named ter suddenly dropped into the sea telephone, a computer hard drive terday, in the latest in a series as Duncan Munro, 46, Sarah without any opportunity to make and memory sticks. of air incidents in the North Sea Darnley, 45, Gary McCrossan, 59, a controlled landing”. oilfields. and George Allison, 57. CHC, which is based in HIGHLY SENSITIVE French oil giant Total said the Amanda Smith, the mother of Vancouver, Canada, said it was dead were all from contractor one of the rescued people, Sam temporarily suspending all flights On Thursday, the police said organisations. The helicopter was Smith, told Britain’s Sky News worldwide by its Super Puma fleet the documents were “highly sen- operated by Canadian-based avia- that her son described how the as a precaution. sitive” and, if disclosed, could put tion firm CHC. helicopter “seemed to lose power “We do not know the cause of lives at risk. The Super Puma AS332 L2 and there was no time to brace — the incident. A full investigation Home Secretary Theresa May, helicopter was travelling from they just dropped into the sea”. will be carried out in conjunc- a Conservative, defended the the Borgsten Dolphin platform “He was by the window so he tion with the UK Air Accident police’s use of anti-terrorism pow- to Sumburgh airport on Shetland was able to escape that way as it Investigation Branch,” it said in ers on Tuesday, saying they were island when it came down 3km rolled over,” she said. a statement. entitled to take security measures west of its destination on Friday. “He said he had come off bet- The AAIB confirmed it had if they thought the data he was Fourteen people including two ter than a lot of people, were his sent a team of investigators to carrying put lives at risk. crew members were rescued from words. It doesn’t seem real.” the area. Writing in the Guardian news- the sea and taken to hospital. Rescuers in dinghies could be The Super Puma L2 is manu- paper, which published many of “Police Scotland can confirm seen recovering parts of the heli- factured by Eurocopter, part of Snowden’s leaks, Clegg said he that four people have died after copter from churning water at the European aerospace giant was not consulted before Miranda a helicopter went down in the the foot of a cliff, in video footage EADS. was detained under Schedule 7 Marchers gather along the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall during the North Sea near Shetland on provided by the Royal National Total said it had sent its own of Britain’s Terrorism Act, which 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, yesterday. Friday, 23 August, 2013,” said a Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) and emergency response teams to the allows police to stop and question statement. filmed from a rescue helicopter. accident site. AFP passengers travelling through airports and ports to determine whether they are involved in plan- ning terrorist acts. “I acknowledge the many con- cerns raised about the use of Fast-moving wildfire enters Yosemite, threatens San Francisco Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for these purposes,” he wrote. “It is immensely important that SAN FRANCISCO: unfortunately the steep terrain infrastructure serving the city, of this fire,” Taylor said. “They’re pine and was about 5 percent con- the independent reviewer of ter- Firefighters yesterday battled definitely has posed a major and forced the San Francisco working very hard to take this tained as of late Friday. rorism powers, David Anderson to gain control of a fast-moving challenge,” said Daniel Berlant, Public Utilities Commission to down.” The fire had blackened about QC, reports rapidly on whether wildfire raging on the edge of a spokesman for the California shut down power lines. The Hetch Hetchy Reservoir 11,000 acres in the northwestern this was a legitimate use of the Yosemite National Park that is Department of Forestry and Fire There have been no reports of provides water to 2.6 million cus- corner of Yosemite as of Friday Terrorism Act, and whether that threatening power and water Protection. blackouts in San Francisco. tomers in the San Francisco area, afternoon. Berlant said about legislation should be adjusted.” supplies to San Francisco about “Today we’re continuing to see Ashley Taylor, a spokeswoman and Brown in his declaration said 2,700 firefighters were expected to David Anderson, a lawyer who 322km to the west. warm weather that could allow for the US Forest Service, said the city’s water supply could be be on the front lines on Saturday acts as Britain’s Independent The so-called Rim Fire, this fire to continue to grow very high humidity and firefighting affected if the blaze affects the to fight the fire, which started on Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, which had grown to just over rapidly as it has over the last sev- efforts through the night had reservoir. Aug. 17 in the Stanislaus National wrote to Home Secretary May on 125,000 acres as of early yester- eral days,” Berlant said. helped some. On Friday, the fire was about Forest. Thursday to say he would inves- day, remained largely unchecked California Governor Jerry “Firefighters are still working 6.4km west of the reservoir and Yosemite, one of the nation’s tigate whether the powers under with extreme terrain hampering Brown on Friday declared a state with the same difficult situation, some 32km from Yosemite Valley, major tourist destinations, which police detained Miranda efforts at containment. of emergency, warning that the and they’re really taking every the park’s main tourist centre. It attracted nearly 4 million visitors were used lawfully. “We are making progress but fire had damaged the electrical opportunity they can to take hold was consuming brush, oaks and last year. REUTERS REUTERS SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Bo admits faults over embezzlement ‘I was too careless, because these are state funds’

BEIJING: Fallen Chinese poli- providing on its account on Sina for Heywood’s murder. Days later tician Bo Xilai admitted “some Weibo, a Twitter equivalent. Wang fled to a US consulate to responsibility” yesterday for The courtroom scenes come seek asylum, blowing the scandal embezzled public funds and after a lurid scandal triggered wide open, and Bo said his errors making mistakes in connection by the death of British business- had “tarnished the reputation of with his wife’s murder of British man Neil Heywood -- for which the Party and the country”. businessman, his first confes- Bo’s wife Gu was convicted of “I failed to handle this incident sions in a dramatic trial. murder -- that rocked the ruling at a critical point in a calm way Bo denies embezzling five mil- Communist Party. and I made a serious misjudge- lion yuan ($800,000) intended for He also admitted mistakes ment,” he said. “I feel ashamed for a local government construction relating to the investigation into this. “I never meant to... protect project, but said he “should take Heywood’s killing, although he Gu. I didn’t mean to force Wang some responsibility” for the money denied charges of abuse of power. Lijun away.” ending up in his wife Gu Kailai’s A picture showed him staring The former policeman said in bank account and for failing to at Wang Lijun, his police chief and court Gu told him she had killed investigate. right-hand man in Chongqing, the Heywood the day before his body “I feel ashamed. I was too care- megacity he headed, as Wang tes- was discovered, and that the poli- less, because these are state funds,” tified in court against him. tician drew blood when he struck he said according to transcripts Bo admitted slapping Wang and him -- adding that he believed Bo Former regional leader Bo Xilai (front centre) standing trial for the third day at Jinan Intermediate People’s Court that the Intermediate People’s sacking him as police chief after ousted him to try to save his wife. yesterday. Court in Jinan, eastern China, is he told him Gu was responsible AFP Hagel arrives 91 Thais to return home Couple on trial for assaulting maid in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR: United States Defence Secretary HONG KONG: A Hong Kong the South China Morning Post for two days, the court heard. To Chuck Hagel arrived yester- from distraught Egypt couple left their Indonesian reported. punish her, Tai allegedly slapped day for a three-day visit in domestic helper without food or The court heard the couple, who her face three times, tied up her what observers say is an effort BANGKOK: The Ministry of The group of 91 Thais will water after tying her to a chair deny the charges, would tie their arms and legs and pushed her into to reaffirm long-standing Foreign Affairs says another arrive separately from Cairo and forcing her to wear a dia- maid up whenever they left their the bathroom before leaving the defence ties with Malaysia. 91 Thais will be returning with the first batch of 11 peo- per while they went on five-day home or went to bed. It also heard flat. Reports said the visit was at home in the next two days ple arriving at Suvarnabhumi vacation, a report said yesterday. that Au allegedly used a paper After realising the bathroom the invitation of Malaysian from Egypt, Thai News Agency International Airport on Aug 24 The pair, 42-year-old Tai Chi- cutter on Puspitasari’s hands and door was unlocked, Puspitasari Defence Minister Datuk (TNA) reported. in the afternoon via Egypt Air. wai and his 41-year-old wife stomach and banged her head on crawled into the living room, Seri Hishammuddin Tun Deputy Permanent Secretary Onthe other hand, another Catherine Au were in court Friday a tap, the Post said. loosened her ties and escaped to Hussein during their meet- for Foreign Affairs Nuttavudh 80 will arrive via a Singapore for “assault occasioning actual The couple also allegedly beat the streets where she sought help ing at the 12th Asia Security Photisaro said some of the Airlines flight before noon on bodily harm” according to the her with a bicycle chain, a shoe from a compatriot and was taken Summit in Singapore last returnees will resume their Aug 25. city’s official Judiciary website. and scorched her arms and face to the Indonesian consulate. June. Hagel is expected to work or study in Egypt once Nuttavudh also said about 300 Tai and Au also face charges of with an iron. The Hong Kong Judiciary and meet Prime Minister Datuk peace is restored in the strife- Thais consisting of workers and false imprisonment, assault, and Puspitasari made her escape the Indonesian consulate were Seri Najib Tun Razak as well torn country. students have expressed their six counts of inflicting grievous last October shortly after she was not immediately available for as Hishammuddin in Kuala A total of 332 Thais arrived at intention to continue remain- body harm on their former maid punished for eating chicken and comment. Lumpur tomorrow. The last Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport ing in Egypt. Kartika Puspitasari over a period a piece of cake from the couple’s The trial continues on Monday. visit by a US defence sec- from Egypt on Friday morning. AFP of two years ending last October, fridge after she was denied food AFP retary to Malaysia was by Robert Gates in 2010. Nuclear tanks to be emptied North Korea angry as Switzerland blocks ski lift deal TOKYO: Fukushima opera- tor Tokyo Electric Power SEOUL: North Korea by the end of the year. The of mankind and the people in rel- SECO said selling supplies civilised and happy living condi- Co (Tepco) said yesterday it expressed anger yesterday after North’s Skiers Association said evant countries,” it said. to the ski project fell under the tions and make them enjoy all would empty two more cool- Switzerland blocked a deal to yesterday that ski courses have Swiss company Bartholet expanded sanctions on luxury blessings”. ant tanks that hold radioac- supply key equipment for a ski already been built with a hotel Maschinenbau had reportedly exports to the nuclear armed “Cableway equipment for the tive water over fears of fresh resort which has been under and other facilities nearing all but agreed to sell mechani- country. ski resort do not produce any leaks at the crippled nuclear construction as one of leader completion. cal chair lifts and cable cars to According to a report in rocket or nuclear weapon,” it plant. Earlier this week, it Kim Jong-Un’s pet projects. But “some countries” are Pyongyang. Swiss daily Le Temps Monday, said. said around 300 tonnes of The Masik ski resort has been blocking the import of “cableway But Switzerland’s State the world’s leading ski lift pro- “If the governments of some radioactive liquid was believed heavily promoted by the North’s equipment” for the resort, it said Secretariat for Economic vider, Austria’s Doppelmayr, had countries consider that ordinary to have escaped from one of propaganda machine since Kim in a statement. Affairs (SECO) said Monday it turned down the North Korean inhabitants of (North Korea) the hundreds of tanks used visited it in June. “This is a wanton violation of had blocked the deal, report- order “for political reasons”, as should not be allowed to use the to cool the broken reactors. Kim wanted the facility -- the UN Charter clarifying that edly worth 7.0m Swiss francs had French firm Pomagalski. ski resort, it is an unpardonable Tepco said the affected tank with 110 kilometres (70 miles) of sanctions should not impose ($7.6m), after the Swiss govern- The North’s association insult to its social system and was one of three to have been multi-level ski runs, a hotel, heli- sufferings and damage on the ment expanded its sanctions on insisted the resort was aimed at people.” relocated because of ground port and cable cars -- completed peaceful existence and activities the North in July. providing its citizens with “highly AFP subsidence in the area. Six killed in Protest ship blaze Sri Lankan editor Taiwanese president’s JAKARTA: Rescuers were held at knife-point searching for seven peo- ple still missing after a ship as home searched caught fire off Indonesia’s confidante granted bail Sumatra island, killing six, COLOMBO: Five armed men a disaster management offi- held a Sri Lankan newspaper TAIPEI: A Taiwanese politi- The 49-year-old was a rising cial said yesterday. A total of editor at knife-point as they cian known for her close ties star in the ruling Kuomintang 184 people were rescued from searched her home yesterday with the president and cur- (KMT) party chaired by President the Express Bahari which was before police burst in and shot rently on trial charged with Ma Ying-jeou and formerly served sailing from Bangka island to one of the intruders dead, offi- taking bribes has been released as its spokeswoman. She was also Belitung island, said a spokes- cials said. on bail, court officials said. the director of Ma’s office in the man for the National Disaster The attack was the latest Lai Su-ju, a member of the KMT. Management Agency. The in a string of violent incidents Taipei City Council, went on trial As a lawyer, she had repre- fire was believed to have been involving the staff of the Sunday on August 9 and was released on sented Ma and other top politi- caused by a burning cigarette Leader and media activists said bail of Tw$15m ($500,000) late cians in several high-profile court thrown by a passenger. they suspected the incident at the Friday, said the Taipei district cases. Colombo home of Associate Editor court. She became the second KMT Candidates for Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema She was charged in July with politician with close links to the was an attempt to intimidate her. soliciting a Tw$10m bribe, of president to be implicated in cor- family reunions Police spokesman Buddhika which she already received ruption scandals. Siriwardena said three officers Tw$1m, to help facilitate a mas- Taiwan has been rocked by a SEOUL: South Korea’s Red were injured when the intruders sive construction project in the string of corruption scandals Cross yesterday announced attacked them with knives. “One capital, according to prosecutors. involving top officials in recent a list of 500 potential can- intruder was shot dead and the Bangladeshi garment workers and activists protest on the fourth-month Lai, who had been detained years, including ex-president didates for reunions next other four have been arrested,” since March, has admitted Chen Shui-bian who is serving a month with their North anniversary of the nine-storey building collapse, outside Bangladesh he said. accepting Tw$1m but claimed it 20-year jail term on multiple graft Korean relatives separated Garment Manufactures and Exporters Association in Dhaka yesterday. Police described the pre-dawn was a political donation rather convictions. for decades by the 1950-53 They demanded compensation for survivors and a full account of the intrusion as an attempted armed than a bribe. AFP Korean War. The list, gen- robbery but the island’s main missing labourers of the disaster which took place in Savar on the out- erated by a computer taking press freedom organisation, the skirts of the capital. age and family background Free Media Movement (FMM), into account, was released said they suspected the attack a day after the two Koreas was linked to her work. agreed to go ahead with the Abeywickrema has been criti- Three civilians gunned down in restive south Thai first family reunions in three cal of the government in her polit- years. The programme was ical commentary and recently set BANGKOK: Gunmen dressed province on yesterday morn- injured in the shooting. army chief General Prayut suspended after the North’s up a trade union for journalists. as local officials killed three ing. “They were dressed like Rounds of peace talks in Chan-O-Cha said authorities shelling of a South Korean “The intruders spent a lot Muslim civilians at a tea shop security officials and carried Malaysia between Thai authori- were willing to continue talks border island in November of time inside the house going in Thailand’s insurgency-hit official documents pretending ties and some rebel groups, next month, but urged rebels to 2010. The reunions will be through files and documents,” south yesterday, according to that they were there to gather including the Barisan Revolusi end their attacks. held on September 25-30 at FMM convenor Sunil Jayasekera police, in the latest act of vio- information,” Major Prathuang Nasional, had raised tentative Talks began on March 28 in the North’s Mount Kumgang said. lence in the festering rebellion. Suwanchatri of Raman police hopes of peace. neighbouring Malaysia but have resort. South Korean Red “If they wanted only the valu- Up to eight suspected rebels said. But the rebels had threatened so far failed to halt near-daily Cross chief Ko Kyung-Suk ables, they could have taken them wearing government-style “All three victims were former to pull out of the peace dialogue, violence, raising questions about said his office would speed up and got out much earlier. But they caps and carrying apparent village headman or deputy head- although new discussions about the rebel group’s influence over the selection of the final 100 were clearly looking for some- official documents opened fire men who had cooperated with the direction of the peace talks increasingly violent grassroots candidates. thing else.” with machine guns on the tea authorities in the past,” he said, took place on Friday. insurgents. AGENCIES AFP shop in Raman district of Yala adding another person was After the meeting Thailand’s AFP SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PHILIPPINES Navigation freedom vow Talks with US on forces resume

MANILA: The United States commerce through its claims and the Philippines have vowed over most of the South China Sea, to maintain freedom of navi- including areas close to the coast gation in a Southeast Asia of the Philippines. increasingly beset by maritime While the United States has territorial rows, the two mili- insisted it does not take sides in tary allies said. the dispute, it has been seeking The military chiefs of the two to rebuild its military footprint countries made the pledge in the in the Philippines, a military ally United States on Thursday as since 1951, as part of President their governments held talks on Barack Obama’s strategic “pivot” expanding the American military to Asia. presence in the Philippines, a joint “We expect a robust, balanced statement said yesterday. and responsive security partner- “We share a common inter- ship... (through) mutually ben- est in maintaining freedom of eficial bilateral military training, navigation, unimpeded lawful exercises and operations, pro- commerce, and transit of people vided by an increased rotational and goods across the seas,” said and temporary presence of US Philippine military chief General military forces operating from Emmanuel Bautista and General Armed Forces of the Philippines- Martin Dempsey, chairman of the controlled facilities,” the state- US Joint Chiefs of Staff. ment said. “We resolve to... strengthen the The allies held talks in Manila Southeast Asia security environ- on August 14 to draw up rules for ment in a manner that protects temporary deployments of more the interests of all who value US forces and military assets in A file photo of the nuclear-powered USS George Washington, a 97,000-tonne aircraft carrier from the US 7th fleet, sailing off Manila Bay. unimpeded commerce transiting the Philippines. through the maritime domain, The negotiations are scheduled while deterring those who would to resume in Washington before restrict it or act in a manner that the end of the month. might place it at risk.” The Philippines had hosted 2 Chinese surveillance ships in Ayungin Shoal The Philippines has been look- tens of thousands of US soldiers ing to the United States for mili- at two bases near Manila, but MANILA: Despite the pre- cooking and eating their meals no alarm to the Chinese vessels. could not find safe mooring for tary and political support as part they were forced to leave in 1992 vailing rough weather condi- without the Chinese ships seeing “We have yet to get clear visu- their fishing vessels, he added. of efforts to protect its claims to after the Philippine Senate voted tion in the West Philippine Sea, them. als of these foreign ships because Since May, Chinese ships, South China Sea waters from an to end their lease contracts amid two Chinese surveillance ships “Our local fishermen who of bad sea conditions.” including missile-firing frigates, increasingly assertive China. strong anti-American sentiment. have remained in the vicinity of sought shelter in Ayungin for Having just arrived in mainland in varying numbers were moni- Both generals called for a A new agreement in 1999 Ayungin Shoal. them to be able to cook their Palawan from Pag-Asa, Bito-onon tored near Ayungin, where a “rules-based approach in resolv- allowed US troops to return to Local fishermen reported yes- meals which they could not do in again called for the national gov- contingent of Philippine Marines ing competing claims in maritime the Philippines for joint military terday to the satellite office in the open sea due to bad weather, ernment to fast-track the planned is deployed aboard a grounded areas by peaceful means -- within exercises every year. Puerto Princesa City of Kalayaan spotted the two stationary construction of a safe harbour in Philippine Navy logistic ship. the framework of international US special forces have also Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon the Chinese surveillance (ships) also Pag-Asa Island to boost the local In Pag-Asa Island, the seat of law”. been rotating through the south- presence of the two Chinese in the area,” he said. fishing industry. Kalayaan town, three unidenti- Though the statement did not ern Philippines since 2002 to help paramilitary vessels near the “But unlike in the past (when) Last week, several groups of fied big ships with booms were mention China, the Philippines local soldiers who are fighting Philippine-owned territory. they chased other boats sailing fishermen from Batangas and seen engaged in the destruction has accused Beijing of endanger- Islamic militants. Bito-onon said the fishermen near the shoal, the presence of Iloilo dropped anchor in Pag-Asa of coral reefs five kilometres away. ing Asian peace and maritime AFP left the area for Palawan after the Filipino fishing boat caused but immediately left because they THE PHILIPPINE STAR

Three killed in Abra ILO convention ensures protection for seafarers shooting rage MANILA: The world’s 1.5 mil- 20, 2012. It will enter in force 12 seafarers to work on a ship and tonnage, are needed to ratify the in maritime history,” he said. lion seafarers, including Filipino months after ratification in other contains provisions on conditions MLC for the treaty to enter into “It enables decent working and BAGUIO CITY: A shooting seamen, were assured of pro- countries. of employment, hours of work and force. living conditions for seafarers to rampage In Dolores, Abra left tection and ship owners fair The International Maritime rest, accommodation, recreational To date, more than 45 ILO be advanced, along with fair com- a former vice mayor of that competition after International Organisation (IMO) said the facilities, food and catering, health member states representing more petition for ship owners in this, town, his cop-brother and a Labour Organisation’s Maritime Labour Convention set and medical care and welfare and than 70 percent of global gross the most globalized of industries. bodyguard of the incumbent Maritime Labour Convention improved benefits and protection social security protection. shipping tonnage have ratified the “I call on all countries with a town mayor killed Friday (MLC, 2006) came into force that seafarers, including around The Philippines became the convention. maritime interest to ratify – if night, in what witnesses said last August 20. 300,000 Filipino seamen, are 30th ILO member state to ratify ILO director-general Guy they have not yet done so – and was prompted simply by an On that date, the new conven- expected to receive. the treaty. Ryder said the convention is a urge governments and ship own- altercation over a dice game. tion became binding international IMO secretary-general Koji Thirty ILO member states, product of tripartite dialogue and ers to work effectively to imple- Cordillera police said one of its law for the first 30 countries with Sekimizu said the convention representing more than 33 per- international cooperation. ment this Convention.” own, PO3 Dindo Guzman, 45, registered ratifications on August sets minimum requirements for cent of the world’s gross shipping “This convention is a milestone THE PHILIPPINE STAR assigned at the police station in Bangued, Abra’s capital; his elder brother – former Dolores Vice Mayor Dante Guzman, 53 and Jun Cabanaoan, a bodyguard of incumbent town Navy, Coast Guard clear sunken ship debris Court amends decision mayor Roberto Seares, Jr were killed in an apparent shooting MANILA: Divers from the after the ship sank last Aug 16. He said that the divers are at around 11:20pm at a wake Philippine Navy and the The ship collided with M/V also hoping to find more bodies on Piatco compensation in Sitio Balneg, Barangay Philippine Coast Guard are now Sulpicio Express 7 off the coast trapped inside the vessel. Poblacion. clearing debris from the com- of Talisay City in Cebu. At least Fabic added that a 130-strong partments of the sunken M/V 80 people were killed. Central Command contingent is MANILA: The Court of Appeals (CA) has clarified its recent Cops charged Thomas Aquinas I in a bid to Navy Spokesperson Lt Cmdr still conducting oil spill clean-up decision doubling the just compensation earlier awarded to the locate the 40 passengers and Gregory Fabic said the operation in Cordova, Cebu. Philippine International Air Terminals Co Inc (Piatco) by a Pasay with murders crewmen who are still missing started 8am yesterday. THE PHILIPPINE STAR City court for the expropriation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. BATANGAS: Charges have The third division of the appellate court issued an amended deci- been filed against two police- Highrise workers sion last Thursday, explaining the legal interest it has imposed on the men for the deaths of two amount of $300,206,639 in actual compensation. female preachers of the Jesus In its ruling promulgated on August 7, the CA imposed legal interest Is Lord Movement in Balete of six percent on the principal amount plus another 12 percent from town. Public Attorney’s Office finality of the ruling. chief Persida Rueda-Acosta “Upon finality of judgment, interest on the sum due by then shall said two counts of murder be at 6 percent per annum until fully paid,” the amended ruling read. and two counts of rape were The CA said that the six percent legal interest – which is half of the filed with the provincial pros- previously imposed 12 percent legal interest on compensation cases – is ecutor’s office against PO3 based on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Circular No 799, 39 Jose Rico Benitez and PO2 Series of 2013, which took effect last July. Mhelven Pagkaliwangan, both It stressed that the BSP order “effectively modified the interest rate from a mobile patrol unit of rulings in Eastern Shipping Lines Inc vs Court of Appeals. Eastern Balete police. Witnesses Shipping was the basis of the court’s earlier imposition of a 12 percent identified them as the kill- interest from finality of judgment.” The amount of the total compensa- ers of preachers Adelaida tion with interest so far, however, remained the same. Fabricante and Leonila Cafe. “The Republic is thus ordered to pay Piatco just compensation as herein determined and which sum has reached a net sum of Another body $371,426,688.24 as of 31 July 2013,” read the ruling penned by Associate Justice Apolinario Bruselas Jr. found in Manila The CA issued the amended decision pursuant to Rule 135, Section 5(G) of the Rules which empowers the court on its own initiative “to MANILA: The body of an amend and control its processes and orders so as to make them con- unidentified man, wrapped in formable to law and justice.” a garbage bag and stuffed in a In its ruling, the CA modified a May 23, 2011 decision of a Pasay balikbayan box, was found on City court, which awarded Piatco just compensation of $175,787,245.10 Matimyas street in Sampaloc, less than $59,438,604 already paid by the government to the NAIA-3 Manila yesterday morning. builder in September 2006, or a total of $116,348,641.10. Last week, the body of former It pegged the compensation at $300,206,639 minus the $59,438,604 call centre agent Mark Rey or a net sum of $240,768,035 – an amount more than double the net Abesamis was found in a amount set by the lower court. similar condition on the same The CA also imposed legal interest of six percent on this compensa- street. His head and legs had Employees work at a construction site in Manila yesterday. The central bank sees inflation staying low over the tion, making the amount over 300 percent more than what the lower been cut off. AGENCIES coming years even as economic growth picks up. court had set. THE PHILIPPINE STAR SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Court rejects Karzai seeks release of more rebels Musharraf’s Islamabad last year freed 26 prisoners, including Taliban’s ex-justice minister Nooruddin Turabi security fears QUETTA: A court yester- KABUL: Afghan President will travel with Karzai and call the insurgents with decreasing Sharif has all the right intentions the visit. Pakistan has a genu- day dismissed a petition by Hamid Karzai will visit Pakistan for the release of the most sen- help from the international coa- for stability and peace in Pakistan ine interest in lasting peace in former military dictator on Monday seeking the release ior Taliban figure detained in lition. But a Taliban office that and Afghanistan.” Afghanistan.” Pervez Musharraf for his of key Taliban prisoners as he Pakistan, former deputy leader opened in Doha in June to foster Karzai, who has visited Pakistani officials have been trial over the death of a rebel tries to restart peace talks with Abdul Ghani Baradar. talks instead enraged Karza and Islamabad regularly since he tight-lipped about further pris- leader to be transferred due the militants after they col- “We will seek the release of the resulting dispute shut down came to power after the fall of oner releases. to security fears. Musharraf lapsed acrimoniously. some Taliban prisoners who are embryonic peace efforts as Karzai the Taliban, will be making his Analysts warned against was head of state in 2006 Pakistan is seen as key to in Pakistani jails for political rea- threatened to boycott any future first trip since Sharif was elected expecting too much from the visit, when the main rebel leader ending the 12-year conflict in sons and who are interested in negotiations with the Taliban and in May. which officials said was scheduled in the southwestern prov- Afghanistan before presidential peace talks, Mullah Abdul Ghani broke off separate security talks Elements of the Pakistan state to start on Monday. ince of Baluchistan, Akbar elections in April and the with- Baradar will be one of them,” with the United States. are widely accused of funding, “Karzai is hopeful that he will Bugti, died during an army drawal of 87,000 Nato-led combat HPC member Mohammad Ismail Karzai has insisted on his gov- controlling and providing shel- be able to bring the Taliban to the operation. Musharraf, who troops by the end of next year. Qasemyar said. ernment taking a central role ter for the Taliban, but a senior negotiating table with the help of returned home from four Ties between the two neigh- Pakistan released 26 Taliban in any peace talks, despite the Pakistani foreign ministry official the new Pakistani administra- years of self-imposed exile in bours appeared to improve at prisoners in two batches late Taliban’s refusal to open contact said Islamabad backed all efforts tion,” Abdul Waheed Wafa, analyst March, has been under arrest a summit hosted by Britain in last year, including the militants’ with him or his appointed nego- to halt unrest in Afghanistan. and director of the Afghanistan in his villa on the edge of February, but have since frayed former justice minister Nooruddin tiators as the rebels say he is a “Pakistan fully supports the Center at Kabul University said. Islamabad since April 19. He badly in a series of public rows Turabi, and Afghan peace negotia- puppet of the United States. Afghan peace and reconciliation “But we haven’t seen anything is facing charges in several that rekindled long-held mutual tors hailed the moves as a signifi- “We hope the visit will bear process and also the Doha talks,” to conclude that they are prepared high-profile cases, including suspicion. cant boost to efforts to end the war. good results in regards to peace the official said. to change their long-term policy the 2007 murder of former Members of the High Peace The search for a peace deal negotiations and security of “The regional situation and towards Afghanistan and give up prime minister Benazir Council (HPC), the official is an urgent priority as Afghan Afghanistan,” Karzai said on post-2014 situation in Afghanistan supporting the insurgency.” Bhutto. His lawyers yester- Afghan government negotiators, forces take on the fight against Saturday. “Prime Minister Nawaz will also be discussed during AFP day asked the Chief Justice of Baluchistan High Court to shift his trial over Bugti to Homeless Rawalpindi in Punjab prov- ince. “The court dismissed our petition saying it is not maintainable,” lawyer Ilyas US must help villages Siddiqui said. Earlier, the Chief Justice allowed the pro- vincial government to with- hit by army killing draw a similar petition. An interim government, set up in the province for the May 11 general election, had filed spree, says Karzai a request for the case to be transferred for security rea- KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the sons. The new elected pro- United States should ensure a better future for villages where an vincial government withdrew American army sergeant went on a killing rampage last year. the application. Robert Bales was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday for murdering 16 civilians when he slipped away from his base to attack ‘No rush on US homes in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province in the south of Afghanistan. Bales, 40, had earlier pleaded guilty to the killings in a security pact’ deal brokered by his defence to avoid the death penalty. “A life sentence or a death sentence will not bring back the children KABUL: Afghanistan is in he killed or the happiness of the families,” Karzai told a press confer- no rush to sign a pact with ence in Kabul. “We are more trying to bring an end to suffering of the US setting out how many Afghan people rather than revenge. “What I want from the US is to US troops will stay after a go back to those families and to provide them (with) an opportunity Nato mission ends next year for a better livelihood... to replenish their orchards and vineyards... so and may delay a decision until the next generation can live in a better environment.” after a presidential election, Afghan survivors of the soldier’s massacre were in the US court President Hamid Karzai room as Bales, who had been drinking before the attack, was ordered said. Foreign combat troops to spend the rest of his life behind bars. are due to leave by the end of Relatives in Kandahar echoed the survivors’ calls for a death sen- 2014, when the Nato-led mis- tence, saying Bales should have been tried in Afghanistan, where capital sion winds up and the respon- punishment is legal. “Now they are telling us that they have put the sibility for fighting Taliban guy in jail,” Sayed Jan, who lost four members of his family, said. “That insurgents is handed over is not enough for us, we want him hanged. “I always dream about my to Afghan forces. But Nato family who were killed and when I wake up I don’t see them around. plans to keep a slimmed- My tears start falling when I talk about them. I still remember all down training and advisory Homeless people sleep on a road divider in Lahore, yesterday. Pakistan’s GDP grew 3.7 percent last year of them soaked in blood.” Although sentenced to life without parole, mission after 2014 although but it needs more growth to keep pace with the rapid rise in population. Weak economic growth, a sliding Bales could seek clemency after serving 20 years of his sentence. AFP the US and other allies have currency and shrinking foreign exchange reserves add to economic woes. been slow to provide detailed numbers of troops. “Although the Americans asked for October, we are not in a hurry and if the document is Nato paratrooper killed, Pakistan seeks power from India, Iran agreed upon during this gov- ernment, good,” Karzai said. “And if not, the next presi- two soldiers hurt in blast ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s secretary-level talks were held discussed with Indian delega- dent can discuss whether to Minister for Water and Power between Pakistan and India on tions on June 11, 2013. The NTDC or not to accept it.” The col- Khawaja Muhammad Asif said April 27-28, 2011 to undertake the has endorsed the draft MoU. lapse of a similar pact with WARSAW: A Polish paratrooper was killed in Afghanistan yes- yesterday that the government assignment of import of electric- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Iraq in 2011 led to the US terday and two other soldiers wounded when a landmine exploded was negotiating with India and ity from India to Pakistan.” has approved the summary for pulling its troops out. in the southeastern province of Ghazni, Poland’s army told Iran for importing electricity to The statement added that a approval of trade with India in journalist. meet the energy crisis. working group was constituted by electricity. Taliban sacks The Polish forces were leading an operation, alongside Afghan troops, In a written reply, the minis- the Ministry of Water and Power, The minister said that as a to destroy a hidden explosives pile when the blast happened, the army ter said that some projects were government of Pakistan on July first step, an interconnection will commander said in a statement. under consideration including two 1, 2011 for follow up of commerce be build between Amratsar and The death brings the number of Polish soldiers killed since the start projects of import of 1,174 mega- secretary talks. Lahore, which will be through PESHAWAR: The Pakistani of the war in 2001 to 42. watts (MWs) from Iran; CASA “Pakistan and Indian officials either 400KV DC or 500KV DC. Taliban yesterday announced With 1,600 troops, Poland accounts for one of the larger contingents 1,000 MW and import of power on August 2, 2012 discussed The MoU is subject to approval they had removed a key of Nato’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. From from India. planed to import 500 MW of elec- of all relevant ministries, depart- commander for welcoming October Poland is set to reduce the number to 1,000. About import of power from tricity through high voltage direct ments and agencies of both gov- a call for dialogue by Prime Poland would be limiting the presence of its troops overseas to con- India, the minister stated that in current (HVDC) link between the ernments, where after it will be Minister Nawaz Sharif over centrate on modernising its force, President Bronislaw Komorowski April 2011, India proposed to sell two countries.” signed jointly by both govern- ending bloodshed that has left announced earlier this month. electricity to Pakistan. After several meetings, a draft ments, he added. thousands dead. Ismatullah AFP “As a consequence commerce MoU had been prepared and INTERNEWS Muaweea, head of Tehreek- e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) Punjab province chapter, on Thursday hailed Sharif’s offer. “The Taliban decision making body met under Commander Hakimullah Mehsud and Afghan president calls for head-to-head poll race decided that Muaweea has no relation with the TTP,” KABUL: Afghan President election that will be the first ever Karzai appealed to all Afghans Shahidullah Shahid, Taliban Hamid Karzai yesterday called democratic transfer of power in to register to vote and repeated spokesman, said. for next year’s crucial election Afghanistan. But there is wide- his call for the insurgent fighters to be a US-style head-to-head spread uncertainty over who and who wage a guerilla war against Curfew in three contest between two candi- how many people will run. international and Afghan soldiers dates, and named three possible More than 40 candidates stood to participate in the election. Pakistan towns runners in the wide-open race. in the chaotic 2009 election, which “Even the Taliban can join this The April 5 election to succeed was marred by massive fraud process,” he said. “If they use vot- ISLAMABAD: A 24-hour Karzai, who has ruled since the and delays until Karzai emerged ing cards, they would be able to curfew was imposed in trou- Taliban hardliners were ousted triumphant. prove their power more effectively bled areas of central Pakistan in 2001, is seen as the key test Karzai named controversial than they do today.” after 11 people were killed in whether 12 years of massive inter- former warlord Abdul Rasul The Taliban have vowed to sectarian violence, authori- national military and aid inter- Sayyaf, 2009 runner-up Abdullah step up attacks ahead of the ties said yesterday. Police vention has been worthwhile. Abdullah and former finance withdrawal of Nato-led coalition placed Darya Khan, Kotal “My desire is that we should minister Ashraf Ghani as possi- forces by the end of next year, and Jam and Panj Garaeen towns have a limited number of can- ble candidates. “There are others their leader Mullah Omar last of the district under a three- didates as this is good for the as well, I don’t want to leave any month dismissed the elections as day curfew since Friday country,” Karzai told a press con- names unmentioned but it is not “a waste of time”. night. Rallies and political ference in his palace gardens. “In possible for me to mention them Karzai rejected Omar’s claim meetings in Bhakkar city are the US there were only two candi- all,” he said. said that Afghan elections were also banned. Shahbaz Sharif, dates. “If we have two presidential Other potential runners decided in Washington, saying An Afghan woman waits for an identity card to vote in upcoming elections Chief Minister of Punjab, in candidates, it would be better, but include Qayum Karzai, the pres- “that’s not right, the White House at a registration centre in Herat, yesterday. which Bhakkar is located, if we had four that is also not a ident’s brother, Omar Daudzai, tried in 2009 but it failed” -- a ordered an investigation into problem.” the ambassador to Pakistan, reference to alleged US interfer- ensure the election is credible, the vote will produce a transpar- the killings. After serving two terms, Karzai and former interior minister Ali ence in the vote. but international donors have ent result accepted by defeated AGENCIES must stand down next year for an Ahmad Jalali. Karzai has pledged to work to expressed concern about whether candidates. AFP SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Police arrest third man in gang-rape case Incident sparks nationwide protests

MUMBAI: Mumbai police an intern, was taken for treat- arrested a third suspect late ment at Mumbai’s Jaslok Hospital, yesterday over the gang-rape where staff said that she was in of a photographer -- an attack stable condition with internal and that has renewed anger over external injuries. India’s treatment of women. “The patient’s condition is Five men are alleged to have much better today. However, we raped the woman, in her early are monitoring her health from 20s, in the centre of the Indian all aspects of care,” Dr Tarang financial hub where she was on Gianchandani, director medical a magazine assignment with services at Jaslok Hospital, said a male colleague on Thursday in a statement. evening. The attack, which dismayed a The attack brought back mem- city seen as far safer for women ories of the fatal gang-rape of a than the capital, sparked outrage Journalists stage a protest against the gang-rape of a female colleague in Mumbai, at the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad yesterday. student in New Delhi in December on social media sites, uproar in that sparked nationwide protests. the Indian parliament and pro- Officers arrested the first tests in Mumbai and elsewhere. Delhi, while her male compan- one of the suspects arrested was suspect on Friday and a sec- Sonia Gandhi, president of ion was beaten up. She died two a juvenile, the commissioner said: ond arrest was made overnight, India’s ruling Congress party, weeks later from severe injuries. “We will tell you about the pro- police spokesman Satyanarayan added her voice to the concerns A trial is in its final stages in file, age and other related things Choudhary said. yesterday, saying she was “sad- that case, which sparked massive once the other accused have been Late yesterday, police said they dened and pained” over the case. protests and led to a tougher rape arrested.” had arrested a third suspect after “It is a heinous crime,” she told law. Bollywood superstar Amitabh being told his whereabouts by one reporters in the capital. The Mumbai gang-rape took Bachchan told India’s NDTV of the other accused. A front-page editorial in the place in the abandoned Shakti news that the attack was “incred- “The probe is heading in the Mumbai Mirror said the latest Mills compound next to a fashion- ibly horrid”. right direction and the other attack “only reaffirms Mumbai’s able area of apartment and office “This is a city that prides itself accused will be arrested soon,” rapidly declining safety record blocks, shops and restaurants. on women feeling secure -- this Mumbai police commissioner and its decaying moral core”. The victim and her male col- breaches all social norms... some- Satyapal Singh told reporters. “While we may still believe league were approached by mem- thing is going wrong with us,” he “The police have all the evi- that Mumbai is a safe city for bers of the group and told they said. dence against the accused and a women, today that belief lies badly should not be there, after which Since the December incident, comprehensive charge sheet will bruised,” it said. the man was tied up with a belt dozens of rapes of Indian women be filed against them.” The local Mid-Day newspaper, and the woman was raped repeat- and foreign tourists have been Earlier yesterday, one of the under the headline “Real change edly nearby, police commissioner highlighted in the media. suspects was remanded in cus- needed”, said the challenge was Singh told reporters. India was forced confront the Police officers escort a man (head covered), who is accused of raping a tody after appearing in court. “to build society that looks at Police had released sketches of reality that women are often photo journalist, at a court in Mumbai yesterday. His grandmother told media he women as equal citizens”. the suspects to the public and said blamed for crimes committed was only 16 and should be tried The incident comes eight more than 20 teams, including 10 against them due to the coun- attacks to authorities. Activists the justice system respond swiftly as a minor. Police initially said he months after a 23-year-old from the elite crime branch, were try’s conservative culture, forc- say passing new, strong laws is and efficiently to crimes against was in 20s. woman was gang-raped by five involved in the hunt. ing many to keep quiet and not enough, and that the govern- women. The young woman, reportedly men in a moving bus in New Asked about the claim that discouraging them from reporting ment must ensure that police and AFP

School bus mows down helper Mamata Banerjee takes on GURGAON: A teenaged boy employed as helper in a private non-performing ministers school bus yesterday died here after coming under the vehicle’s wheel, said police. The driver is KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief to rope in private players. At absconding. Kamal Kumar, 19, Minister Mamata Banerjee has the same time, departments like a resident of Pataudi town, was delivered a stern message to her finance, housing and transport killed after falling from the bus team - “perform or perish”. In a drew the chief minister’s praise. due to rash driving by Dharampal review meeting of all the depart- The ministers and the bureau- driver in sector 40, police said. ments earlier this week, Banerjee crats, though, would be thanking The incident took place on pulled up the “non-performing” their stars that the censure came the T-point of sector-9 when the ministers and bureaucrats, asking behind closed doors. Banerjee has school bus was on its way to drop them to deliver or face the music. often reprimanded her adminis- students after classes, police said. The Trinamool supremo, who trative or personal staff during “The driver of the bus was driv- earlier in the month rubbed shoul- public functions. ing at high speed. Kamal fell off ders with top business honchos in Not known for keeping her the bus and was run over by the a summit in Mumbai, made clear composure, Banerjee once publicly vehicle. He died on the spot,” said her displeasure over the handling had said “you should be whipped” a police officer. of departments related to indus- to her security guards who made try, information technology and her wait for her car to arrive. infrastructure. With a ministerial reshuffle 20 missing after truck Ever since coming to power in said to be on the cards, Banerjee’s the state, Banerjee has been keen ministers now seem to be on plunges into UP river to shed the tag of anti-industry tenterhooks. LUCKNOW: Twenty people she earned after leading sustained In the past, there were were missing after a speed- and violent peasant movements instances when an “irked” chief ing mini truck plunged into against “forcible land acquisition” minister shunted people out the Ghaghra river in Uttar for industrial projects during the from key portfolios - be it former Pradesh’s Barabanki last night, previous Left Front rule. city police commissioner R K police said. Despite some high-profile busi- Pachnanda who was removed The accident took place in the ness meets, the Banerjee regime for his department’s failure to Ramnagar area when the driver has often been ridiculed by rival “timely” nab the killers of a cop or lost control of the vehicle, which political parties for its “failure to Damayanti Sen who was shifted broke the railing of the bridge attract big ticket investment”. out the city police for going out of over the river, which is in spate, At the “successful” Mumbai the way to solve the “fabricated” and plunged into it. meet, Banerjee had assured the Park Street rape case. Barabanki’s Superintendent of Who’s Who of the business world Sen, as the then joint commis- Police (SP) Anand Kulkarni said about the “advantages of invest- sioner, had cracked the rape of an that while the driver and three ing in Bengal”. But she was livid Anglo-Indian lady which Banerjee others managed to swim out of at the slow progress both in the had dubbed as “fabricated”. Soon the gushing waters, 20 other pas- IT as well as urban development Sen was given the marching sengers were still to be traced. fronts back home. orders to take up her responsi- “If you can’t do it you are free bility as the new DIG, (Training), to quit,” Banerjee reportedly told and later DIG (Darjeeling Range). 12 injured in Rajasthan one of the ministers concerned. Even as Banerjee was busy con- Banerjee is said to have told fronting the “non-performers” a university polls two other ministers that if they senior IPS officer has taken on JAIPUR: At least half a dozen could not do their work in time, the chief minister herself as well people were Saturday injured in she would herself “do the work”. as other senior officials, accusing violence during students’ union Among the departments which them of denying him promotion polls in Rajasthan government faced the chief minister’s ire were and launching a “criminal conspir- universities and colleges, police information technology, PWD, acy” to humiliate and defame him. said here. Two vehicles were environment, urban development, Additional Director General torched and police tear gased animal resources development, of Police (Provisioning) Nazrul students at one place. Paschimanchal Unnayan (West Islam, who earlier had alleged At least half a dozen people Zone Development) and law. “corrupt practices” during were seriously injured when two The ministers and babus were Banerjee’s tenure as railways groups of students clashed in hauled up for failing to coordinate minister, has filed a police com- Dausa, some 100 km from Jaipur, properly with other departments plaint against Banerjee, Chief while the votes were being cast and not managing to spend the Secretary Sanjay Mitra, Home at a college, a police officer said. allotted funds. Secretary Basudeb Bannerjee, The students also entered houses Banerjee also ticked off the Director General of Police in neighbourhoods and misbehaved tourism department for non- Naparajit Mukherjee and a few with women, said the officer. implementation of some of her other senior officials. IANS pet projects and for its inability IANS SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Congress routs Security tightened in Ayodhya BJP-backed JD-S in by-polls Sonia congratulates Karnataka CM

BANGALORE: The ruling million voters and saw over 58 per- Congress in Karnataka Saturday cent turnout. humbled the BJP-backed JD-S in There were eleven independents its bastion in the state by wrest- in Bangalore Rural and seven in ing two Lok Sabha seats for which Mandya but the battle was between by-polls were held on August 21. the Congress and the JD-S. D K Suresh of the Congress Though the winners will have defeated Anita Kumaraswamy, less than a year’s tenure in the Lok daughter-in-law of Janata Dal- Sabha as general elections are due Secular (JD-S) president and next April-May, the Congress and former prime minister H D Deve the JD-S had turned the bypolls Gowda, by over 137,000 votes in into battle of prestige. Bangalore Rural constituency. He The Congress wanted to win the is brother of Congress legislator seats as the bypolls were the first and former minister D K Shiva to be held after the party returned Kumar. to power on its own in May after In Mandya, about 80km from nine years. here, popular Kannada actor The party was keen to defeat the Ramya of the Congress beat C S JD-S in its strongholds hoping to Puttaraju of the JD-S by more than demoralise that party ahead of the 67,000 votes. general elections. This was the first election The JD-S sought to retain the Ramya fought and she will be the seats as a loss would be a big blow Security personnel patrol a street in Ayodhya yesterday. The Uttar Pradesh state government denied permission for a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) first Kannada actress to enter Lok to the Gowda family which has the organised procession scheduled to start today in support for the construction of a Ram Temple. Sabha. B Jayashree, another female final say in party matters. Kannada actor, is a nominated A beaming Chief Minister member of the Rajya Sabha. Siddaramaiah told reporters in The JD-S defeat in its strong- Bangalore: “I had said earlier holds, particularly in Bangalore the Congress will win both the Bank manager, Rural, is a double blow to Gowda seats. This is not just the defeat Government stuck with food family as the seat was won by his of JD-S, but also of the BJP and two associates son H D Kumaraswamy in 2009 by the Karnataka Janata Party around 130,000 votes. Anita is mar- (led by former BJP leader B S arrested for fraud ried to Kumaraswamy. Yeddyurappa).” bill as opposition gets tougher The bypolls were held as The KJP too did not field can- NEW DELHI: A senior man- Kumaraswamy and his party col- didates in the two constituencies. ager of UCO Bank was arrested league N Cheluvarayaswamy, who In New Delhi, Congress presi- NEW DELHI: The much- seeking the prime minister’s The food bill is in the lower along with his two associates represented Mandya, quit the seats dent Sonia Gandhi congratulated touted food security bill, the statement on the missing files. house; hence it makes sense for for getting loans sanctioned on getting elected to the Karnataka the party’s state unit for the pet welfare legislation of The government hopes the the opposition to disrupt it, said on fake documents, police said assembly in the May 5 elections. victory. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, issue would be resolved tomor- a Congress leader. yesterday. The convincing victory of Gandhi telephoned Chief could not be passed in the Lok row when the prime minister is The possibility of the bill not Rama Chandra Dash, 56, the Congress came in the face of the Minister Siddaramaiah and told Sabha this week because of expected to make a statement in getting through in the session manager of the bank in east JD-S-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) him “your efforts have yielded poor floor management by the the Rajya Sabha but the opposi- is not ruled out with only four Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area, would plan of ensuring that the anti-Con- results. I congratulate you and your ruling party’s managers and tion may yet again find fault with working days remaining next sanction the loans in connivance gress votes in the two constituen- team. Take the state forward with an aggressive opposition that it and carry on blocking the food week. The Congress is prepared with his associates - Subodh, 30 cies were not split. your good work,” according to an cornered the government on bill. for the worst, sources indicated. and Sunny Rakhrai, 29. On this ground, the BJP with- official release. the missing files relating to the The Congress has sensed the Sonia Gandhi had already According to police, Subodh, drew its nominees from the fray Congress general secretary allocation of coal blocks, politi- game plan and can only hope the launched the subsidised foodgrain an MBA from Odisha, was the and backed the JD-S. Senior BJP Digvijaya Singh, incharge of the cal sources say. legislation gets through in this scheme on August 20 in Delhi. mastermind behind the racket leader and former minister R party in Karnataka, used the vic- Even after much hype that the session, which ends on August 30. More Congress-ruled states and used his contacts with Dash, Ashoka had campaigned for Anita tory to take a dig at the media. bill would be passed on August 20, “We did not think so earlier. would follow suit in the coming to cheat people applying for car Kumaraswamy. He told reporters that the the birth anniversary of former But it looks like that the oppo- days and the party would take loans. He was involved in similar Shocked by the loss, results would not have any bear- prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, the sition parties are playing poli- the issue to the people, saying it cases earlier as well while work- Kumaraswamy announced he ing on the general elections but goal could not be achieved. tics over the food bill,” Congress tried its best to pass the right to ing with other companies like was resigning as state party chief they showed that the media had a The suddenness with which spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit food bill but the opposition played HDFC and Citi Life. and was also thinking of quit- “negative image” of the Congress the BJP raised the case of the told reporters. spoilsport. “He (Subodh) would contact ting as leader of opposition in the and now that should be corrected. missing files and demanded a “Parties are looking at reasons The bill, which replaces an people whose loans had been assembly. Though the JD-S and BJP have clarification by Prime Minister not to pass the food bill. Their ordinance promulgated July 5, rejected by the bank and would Announcing the results, an elec- 40 seats each in the 225-member Manmohan Singh in the house main aim is not to let the food can still be taken up in the win- get them approved illegally using tion commission spokesperson said assembly that includes one nomi- stunned the Congress floor bill pass,” he added. ter session of parliament sched- fake income tax return docu- Suresh got over 578,608 votes to nated member, the JD-S is rec- managers who had thought they Another indicator of the oppo- uled for November-December. ments,” said a police officer. Anita’s 441,601. The Bangalore ognised as the official opposition would be able to take up the food sition’s game plan to block the Another view in the Congress However, when the loan was Rural constituency has over two party as it polled more votes than bill. bill is that while the Lok Sabha is that the ordinance, which was sanctioned, the advance amount million voters, of whom nearly 52 BJP in the May assembly elections. Sensing an opportunity to has barely functioned since the withdrawn before the bill was paid by the customer was kept by percent exercised their franchise. The Congress had won 122 seats. corner the government, even session began on August 5, the introduced, can be re-promul- the gang. Ramya polled over 484,085 votes The remaining seats are held by the Left parties and the Janata Rajya Sabha has by and large gated before the bill is taken up “One of the victims paid while Puttaraju received 416,474. smaller parties and independents. Dal-United supported Leader been functioning and has even in the winter session. `250,000 as advance for a car The constituency has around 1.6 IANS of Opposition Sushma Swaraj passed a slew of bills. IANS costing `1.35m but the amount was not deducted in the sanc- tioned loan,” said the officer. Meanwhile, Rakhrai was arrested as he first got a loan sanctioned from the bank and then encashed it through a fake With weak rupee, NRIs turn towards property bank account posing as a car dealer. nce again, a combination of NRIs can also take interest-free loans Dera Basi, Mohali near Chandigarh, NRI investments in the country varies rather stressful factors for from close relatives who are resident in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, from city to city. Going by past sales, Jain the home economy has turned India. The lender is subject to the FEMA Ahmedabad, Pune, Dehradun, Chennai etc. has pointed out that NRIs account for 40 Teenager stabbed out to the advantage of non- limit of $200,000 per financial year under The survey reveals that interest for buying per cent of apartment sales in Kochi and resident Indians (NRIs). The the Liberalised Remittance Scheme. NRIs property by NRIs have increased due to 15 to 20 per cent in Bangalore. In other to death by friends Orecord low levels at which overseas Indians are also subject to TDS withholding (at the favourable exchange rates. Indian cities they are in the region of five can now purchase the Indian rupee com- rate of 1 per cent) for property purchases According to the survey a majority of to 10 per cent. NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old bined with a sluggish real estate market over Rs 500,000. real estate developers said that the NRI There are certain areas and pockets boy was stabbed to death here promises yet another very good investment Media reports from the Gulf suggest that demand is coming primarily from the that NRIs have traditionally favoured. NRI by his four friends over a trivial opportunity for the expats. Indian expats are busy taking loans from Gulf region, US, Singapore, Australia, UK, property investors tend to stay away from issue, police said yesterday. This time, the chance of good returns institutional as well as personal sources Canada and South-Africa. The demand is unfamiliar, historically over-speculative Ravi, who was reported miss- on property investments is underlined by to send more and more money home. more for high end properties and commer- cities and focus on either on their cities of ing, was Friday found murdered the recent RBI directive that restricts Exchanges and money transfer houses cial buildings. origin or on those that offer assured and near a mall in Mayur Vihar in resident Indians from buying real estate in the GCC region have Three in every four stable returns on investment. east Delhi, police said. outside India. This bottling up of outflow reported a huge surge in realtor surveyed said that A study by realty consultancy firm According to a police officer, will surely find a vent in more money being remittances to India. The THE NR EYE buying a property back Cushman & Wakefield has also confirmed Ravi was missing from his house pumped into the domestic real estate sec- last time, we discussed home is the top-most that depreciation in the Indian rupee pro- after he went out to meet his tor thus pushing up the prices in future for how the liberalisation of Moiz Mannan priority of every NRI and vides a psychological boost to the NRIs. friends Thursday. those who invest now. interest rates on fixed the weakening rupee has The Reserve Bank of India’s curbs on When Ravi’s parents The import of these factors is by no deposits in banks in India given an impetus to fulfill Indians investing in international real approached police the next day means lost on property developers and offers a better chance to NRIs to make that objective. estate under the liberalised remittance with a complaint that their son dealers in India who are bracing for a 30 their money grow. The study ranked Bangalore as the scheme will further push up the prices in was missing, the investigators to 35 per cent surge in demand from NRIs. For those with higher incomes and sav- most favoured destination based on early a few months as these investors will look to showed them a body which they There is no economic or financial expert ings, there is an opportunity to go beyond enquiries, followed by Chennai, Mumbai, put money in domestic properties. had recovered. Ravi’s family iden- worth his salt who can, at this point, ven- the NRE and FCNR deposits and buy Ahmedabad and Dehradun in that order. More and more rich Indians had been tified the body, police said. ture to take a shot at predicting where the property, particularly in the commercial The demand appears dull in the Delhi-NCR investing in properties abroad. For exam- Ravi was Thursday called by rupee will bottom out against the US dol- segment, to sell higher in a few years time. belt. ple, Indians were among the top 10 buyers friends for consuming liquor but lar. However, they are near unanimous in According to realty experts, NRIs buying The findings were further confirmed by of residential real estate in Central London. an argument broke out between forcasting a rather long period of gloom. property in India now can save between 20 Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ An average purchase by an Indian in prime them over a trivial issue and he During this time, those who can set aside to 30 per cent on the investment’s value. Association of India (CREDAI) whose London was for around 1.5mn pounds. In was stabbed to death with a bro- some money out of their earnings in foreign In a recent survey across India, devel- members too reported an increase of the last three years, Indians have also ken bottle of beer, police said. currencies, particularly those pegged to the opers have reported a jump of 30 to 40 around 35 per cent in enquiries from NRIs. been the fourth largest property buyers The victim’s friends disfigured greenback, stand to gain substantially. per cent in enquiries from NRIs. The CREDAI chairman Lalit Kumar Jain was in Singapore. his face with a heavy stone so that NRIs can purchase residential or com- Associated Chamber of Commerce and quoted by the media as saying: “People According to one report, high networth the body could not be identified, mercial property in India but not agricul- Industry of India (Assocham) recently (NRIs) are waiting to see to how far rupee individuals typically with Rs.10 to15 crore police official said. tural land, plantation property or farm released a study on ‘Falling rupee sparks will fall. Since financial experts are project- set aside for property investments abroad “We nabbed all the four house. There are no upper limits for inward property boom from NRIs’ that speaks of ing that rupee will stabilize in the long run, have already begun enquiring about real accused, who live in the same remittances and normal banking channels an impending surge in demand. The paper NRIs who invest now will can cash in on a estate opportunities in India. The premium area, Friday night,” said a police and NRE, NRO or FCNR accounts can is based on a random survey of nearly weak rupee and also expect good real estate and luxury segment, in particular, is likely officer. be used. 1250 real estate developers in Delhi-NCR, appreciation”. to get a boost. THE PENINSULA AGENCIES SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

PRAYER TIME Bollywood Sri ICT Penetration Lanka war film News in Numbers and Usage CHART: 1 13 Fajr (Dawn) 3:52 pulled in UK, Shorook (Sunrise) 5:11 Zuhr (Noon) 11:36 south India Asr (Afternoon) 3:05 MUMBAI: A Bollywood spy Maghrib (Sunset) 6:01 thriller set against the back- Isha (Night) 7:31 drop of the Sri Lankan civil war has been pulled from British and some Indian theatres after protests over its depiction of WEATHER rebel fighters, the movie’s dis- tributors said yesterday. Weather Madras Cafe, which opened on Today Monday Tuesday Conditions: Friday, features John Abraham as ICT Penetration at Individual Level in Overall Population Partly cloudy Clear Clear an Indian secret agent sent to Sri Hot during the day Lanka during the island’s decades- with slight dust and long conflict between the govern- Continuing almost a decade of remarkable progress, the 2012 ment and separatist Tamil rebels. High: 42° some clouds and High: 41° High: 43° But the film has failed to reach landscape data once again shows gains for nearly every key Low: 32° Low: 33° Low: 32° hazy by night. a number of cinema halls after indicator of ICT penetration and usage among households and ethnic Tamil populations in India and in Britain complained that individuals in Qatar, including mobile, Internet, broadband, they were unfairly portrayed. and newer devices like smartphones and tablet computers. In DOHA - SUN & SEA “Our UK exhibitors, Cineworld, decided to hold back the film after particular, the country’s mainstream population is now highly SUN TIDE SEA protesters gathered outside their SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND UK offices,” said Rudrarup Datta, connected: mobile, computer, and Internet penetration rates for marketing head at the film’s 05:14 17:57 07:45 & 19:30 01:45 & 13:30 05-15/20 KT Indian co-producer and distribu- this group have risen consistently since 2008, and are now at an tor Viacom18 Motion Pictures. THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW all-time high. Today, more Qatari citizens and mainstream “Exhibitors do not want to take HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER a risk and withdrawing screen- expatriates are using multiple digital devices including the very ings of the film is their preroga- latest technologies to access the Internet for a range of increasingly MUSCAT 35/28 Clear 37/29 Partly cloudy tive,” Datta said. No British cinemas are cur- KUWAIT 46/29 Clear 45/30 Clear advanced communication needs. rently showing the film although BAHRAIN 43/26 Partly cloudy 43/27 Clear they were still hopeful of a release SANAA 28/16 Chance of storm 29/17 Partly cloudy at a later date, he added. 99% 99.5% RIYADH 41/25 Partly cloudy 41/24 Partly cloudy A full release has gone ahead 100 94% DUBAI 44/33 Clear 42/32 Partly cloudy in the United States, Canada and BAGHDAD 42/26 Clear 41/28 Clear the United Arab Emirates. 80 Indian media reports said thea- 72% 67% 69% 69.3% tres also refused to show the film THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW in southern Tamil Nadu state 60 HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER after protests from its large Tamil population. 38% ATHENS 33/24 Clear 34/25 Clear Activist group Naam Tamilar 40 32% WASHINGTON 27/18 Clear 28/21 Partly cloudy (We Tamils) asked the state government to block the film’s SYDNEY 25/08 Clear 23/12 Mostly cloudy release, unhappy that rebels were LONDON 24/16 Chance of rain 24/15 Partly cloudy 20 depicted as “terrorists”, according PARIS 21/13 Rain 23/16 Chance of storm to media reports. ISTANBUL 28/22 Clear 28/22 Clear In Britain, an online petition was 0 MANILA 30/24 Chance of storm 32/25 Chance of storm launched calling for a halt to the Computers Internet Mobile DHAKA 33/26 Mostly cloudy 33/26 Chance of storm film’s release there because it was DELHI 34/28 Clear 37/28 Partly cloudy believed to portray Tamils “in a 2008 2010 2012 ISLAMABAD 35/25 Partly cloudy 36/27 Clear poor light”. Nearly 2,000 people have given their support to the petition. Source : Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology AFP US air guitarist wins Baby panda is born, but who’s the daddy?

WASHINGTON: A giant panda gave birth While many advances have been made in physiological stages whether she is going world championship to a cub at the US National Zoo on Friday, reproductive technology for pandas in recent through a true pregnancy or a false one. raising hopes for a rare success after a years, experts are still unsure whether a Ultrasounds can be done on pandas but are series of false pregnancies and a death. female is pregnant or is experiencing a pseu- often inconclusive because of the animals’ vast “WE HAVE A CUB!!” the zoo announced dopregnancy until the very end of the three- network of bamboo-digesting intestines and on Twitter, after the birth was shown live on to-five-month gestation period. fatty tissue, making a tiny fetus hard to detect. two Internet webcams from the panda’s den. The giant panda experiences the same AFP The tiny pinkish-white cub was born at 5.32pm (2132 GMT), about two hours after its mother Mei Xiang’s water broke, the zoo said. Mei Xiang picked up the cub and cradled it, then began nursing. “I’m glued to the new panda cams and thrilled to hear the squeals, which appear healthy, of our newborn cub,” said zoo director Dennis Kelly. “Our expansive panda team has worked tire- lessly analysing hormones and behavior since March, and as a result of their expertise and our collaboration with scientists from around the world we are celebrating this birth.” The sex of the cub remains unknown for now. The birth was the third for Mei Xiang, who along with her male counterpart Tian Tian is on loan to the US zoo from China. However, no one is yet sure about the father’s identity. Mei Xiang and Tian Tian attempted to con- ceive a cub naturally during their once-a-year mating ritual this winter. But after reproductive specialists deter- mined that bid was unsuccessful, they per- US air guitarist Eric “Mean Melin” Melin performs at the 2013 Air Guitar formed artificial insemination using sperm World Championships in Oulu, Finland. samples from both Tian Tian and another male panda, Gao Gao, who resides at the San OULU, FINLAND: American Eric “Mean” Melin was crowned Diego Zoo. air guitar world champion on Friday after his fierce rendition of “We never did that before because Mei alternative rock band Weezer’s “Hash Pipe” impressed judges at an Xiang was inseminated with the semen of annual competition in the northern Finnish city of Oulu. one male only,” reproductive scientist Pierre Melin narrowly beat compatriot Doug “The Thunder” Stroock after Comizzoli said. a play-off by showing off a combination of energetic headbanging and The baby’s daddy will be revealed after a charismatic stage presence. DNA test is condcuted, possibly as early as in “This is insane. It’s so amazing,” Melin said after his performance the next day or two, the zoo said. which, unlike that of many air guitarists who play in the privacy of The DNA sample will be taken during the their bedrooms, won thunderous applause from a real-life audience cub’s first neonatal exam, along with measure- and a top score from judges. “This is the best night in my life.” ments of the cub’s weight and overall health. The Finns started the competition in the 1990s and it is one of many Baby pandas are born in a nearly premature offbeat events such as wife-carrying and mobile phone-throwing held state, fragile, unable to see and about the size in the summer, when normally reserved Fins like to celebrate the of a stick of butter. The early days of life are warmer weather with goofy games. particularly precarious for these endangered Melin wore a sleeveless T-shirt and dark jeans, while some rivals animals, experts say. opted for more dramatic costumes including the leather, viking-style A cub born to Mei Xiang last year died six bodysuit of 2012 champion Justin “Nordic Thunder” Howard. Melin days later. Scientists said the cub was unable described his pursuit as both silly and to survive due to liver and lung problems. serious. The giant panda had five consecutive false “All the people from around the world pregnancies from 2007 to 2012. who do this crazy thing that we do, that In 2005, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian had a is so ridiculous and so nuts and so silly... son, Tai Shan. He was the first cub from the we want to elevate the art of air guitar National Zoo to reach adulthood, and now to performance art,” he said. “We’re not resides in China at the Bifengxia Panda Base. pretending to play the guitar, we’re not A pair of giant pandas was first donated playing invisible guitars. We’re playing the to the US capital’s zoo in 1972, shortly after air guitar.” president Richard Nixon made a historic visit REUTERS to China. The National Zoo’s female giant panda Mei Ziang gave birth to a cub live on camera. Sunday 25 August 2013 18 Shawwal 1434 Volume 18 Number 5802 Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 SocGen plans Manufacturers to prop up Chinese economy $300m sukuk in Malaysia Funds for buying assets in Dubai

KUALA LUMPUR: Societe market for primary sukuk issu- Generale will launch a one bil- ances, with its strong regulatory lion ringgit ($300m) Islamic framework, low taxes and geo- bond programme in Malaysia, graphical proximity to expanding two sources familiar with the Asian wealth. deal said, becoming the second The Malaysian central bank major European bank to issue last month implemented new laws sukuk and the first to do so in to stress compliance with Islamic Asia. laws, introducing higher penal- SocGen, France’s second- ties and making sharia advisors largest listed bank, is planning legally liable for the first time. to issue the first tranche of the Hong Leong Islamic Bank is sukuk by the year-end, said one advising the SocGen deal, accord- of the sources, who declined to be ing to the source. identified as he was not author- SocGen will soon seek approval ized to speak on the matter. for its issuance plans from Western banks looking to raise Malaysia’s Securities Commission, capital are increasingly drawn to having already received the green the Islamic bond market as the light to become a bond issuer from cost of credit is lower than in con- the central bank, the source said. ventional markets. The Middle The central bank did not East unit of HSBC Holdings immediately respond to a request tapped the market in 2011 with a for comment, while a Hong Kong- five-year $500m issuance. based spokesperson for SocGen The growing popularity of declined to comment. A man sleeps outside a boutique at Taikoo Li Sanlitun North, in Beijing, yesterday. Efforts by China to halt a slide in economic growth and fend off Islamic debt as a choice of invest- The funds raised will go a potential credit crisis may be paying off, judging from the latest results of a closely watched survey of the country’s manufacturers. ment among Muslim banks and towards buying assets in Dubai, funds is also buoying the outlook for where SocGen’s Middle East pri- sukuk, as Islamic bonds are known. vate banking operations are head- Issuers of sukuk do not pay inter- quartered, said the source. est, a practice forbidden in Islam. “Everything is in place,” the Rentals, entertainment push Qatar inflation up Instead, buyers of sukuk become source said. co-owners of the debt and receive The issuance will help SocGen annual profits from the issuer. diversify its funding sources DOHA: Qatar inflation edged Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) that became cheaper. The group miscellaneous goods and services Global sukuk issuance grew 54 while benefiting from attractive on entertainment and rentals said in a release yesterday. dropped 3.2 percent in July 2013 declined to 1.3 percent. percent to $131.2bn last year, with premiums. in July 2013 on year-on-year A year-on-year CPI compari- compared to the same period in A CPI exclusive of the Rent, Malaysia accounting for 74 per- In the past year, three-year basis. The rent, fuel and energy son showed an increase at the 2012. Fuel and Energy group has also cent of primary market issuances. AAA-rated sukuk have offered group was up 6.5 percent in July overall level. Entertainment, On Month-on- Month, been calculated. Saudi Arabia followed with a yields of 3.65 to 3.72 percent, compared to the same month in recreation and culture group Entertainment, recreation and After eliminating the effect of eight percent market share, and while conventional bonds with 2012. became costlier by 9.3 percent. culture rose by 1.2 percent. rent, the overall index reached the United Arab Emirates with a comparable tenor and rating The inflation rate, based on con- Rent, fuel and energy group rose Garments and footwear was 126.3, showing no change com- 4.7 percent and Indonesia with have yielded 3.69 to 3.76 percent. sumer price index (CPI), showed 6.5 percent. marginally up by 0.5 percent. pared to the CPI of June 2013, 4.6 percent, according to KFH The lower yield range for sukuk stability on Month-on-Month Medical care and medical Furniture, textiles and home was and an increase of 1.9 percent Research, an Islamic invest- translates into higher savings for basis; but the figure showed an services became expensive by 2.5 slightly up by 0.3 percent. when compared to CPI of July ment research firm. Malaysia issuers. increase of 3.1 percent, when com- percent. Miscellaneous goods and Food, beverages and tobacco 2012. has emerged as the world’s No. 1 REUTERS pared to the index of July 2012, services was the only segment dropped 0.8 percent as THE PENINSULA

Peru electric train programme Blackstone eyes Europe, Asia for investment in real estate

NEW YORK CITY: Global offering of Hilton Worldwide, its assets.” Blackstone itself is selling investment giant Blackstone is biggest real estate asset, bought its 50 percent stake in Broadgate reshuffling its vast real estate in 2007 for $25bn including debt. office complex in London to GIC, portfolio, shedding US assets Blackstone also appears to be Singapore’s sovereign wealth to buy new ones in Europe and seeking a disposal of La Quinta fund, which was learned from Asia. Inns & Suites hotels, acquired in sources familiar with the situa- The New York-based firm has 2006 and valued at about $4.5bn. tion on Thursday. plenty of firepower, with $64bn in It also is planning IPOs for Meanwhile, Blackstone has tar- real estate assets under manage- Brixmor Property Group, a gro- geted a $5bn European real-estate ment, the world’s largest portfolio cery-anchored shopping center investment fund, a person close to in the sector. owner that is the company’s the matter said. Blackstone recently has been third-largest real estate invest- And elsewhere in Europe, lining up its strategy with an eye ment, and Extended Stay Hotels, Blackstone teamed up with Caisse on juicier investment prospects which it co-owns. de Depot du Quebec to buy debt outside the United States. The company, meanwhile, is secured by equity in French That includes a slew of asset going ahead with several acqui- real-estate investment company sales and IPOs of units to gener- sitions, including the purchase Gecina. ate cash for other acquisitions. of 30,0000 apartments from US Asia also was beckoning “We are in a period of time industrial conglomerate General Blackstone, which has $230bn in where you can expect to see real- Electric for about $2.7bn, a source total assets under management. estate realisation growing,” Tony close to the situation said last “In real estate, we had our James, Blackstone’s president and week. first Asia fund closing of $1.5bn, chief operating officer, said in a In last month’s conference call, marking strong investor recep- July conference call. Schwarzman said that “in the US, tion to our first dedicated fund Overall, the company raised markets are healthier, properties in the region,” Schwarzman told $14bn in the second quarter alone, are doing better and credit mar- analysts in the July earning call. mostly from its real estate and kets are very accommodating.” According to The Wall Street credit businesses, Blackstone “In Europe though... to the Journal, the private-equity firm A view of construction for the second section of the electric train project in the San Juan de Lurigancho chief executive Steve Schwarzman contrary there’s been a lot of dis- also is in negotiations to buy district of Lima yesterday. Peru’s capital, a city with more than eight million habitants, will inaugurate the said in the same call. tress,” the CEO said. Chinese property developer Tysan second section of an electric train that will unite the southern and northern districts of the capital from Villa In the US, Blackstone, the “But the spigots are starting to Holdings, based in Hong Kong, for El Salvador to San Juan de Lurigancho. country’s leading hotel owner, loosen up and people are start- $2.5bn. is working on an initial public ing to face that and want to sell AFP SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

JPMorgan India needs structural reforms: QNB curbs business Ever-growing current account deficit blamed for rupee fall; policy responses undermine growth with banks to

DOHA: India’s role as one of the the growth momentum in the minister Singh took the oppor- to the decline of the rupee has demand. This ever-growing cur- tighten controls world’s growth engines is wan- economy. A more appropriate tunity of the financial crisis to end been to reduce foreign exchange rent account deficit was financed ing as its currency fast declines. response would be to expedite the the decades-long “licensing raj”— outflows. The Reserve Bank of up to April 2013 through higher NEW YORK: JPMorgan The country’s current economic process of structural reforms that a system of elaborate licenses, India has repeatedly raised pol- capital inflows to emerging mar- Chase & Co, the biggest bank situation reminds the world could sustain economic growth regulations, and red tape that icy rates in the last few weeks kets (EM), which kept the Indian in the United States, will not of its balance of payment cri- over the medium term. This had stopped the Indian economy to defend the rupee. At the rupee relatively stable. Since then, take on more correspond- sis in the early 1990s and India would be similar to the first wave from achieving its growth poten- same time, restrictions on gold however, there has been a signif- ent relationships with foreign requires structural reforms to of liberalisation in the early 1990s tial. The results were impressive. imports and capital outflows have icant withdrawal of EM capital banks in a move to comply sustain its growth story, QNB engineered by then finance min- Since the mid-1990s, the Indian been tightened to reduce foreign flows reflecting concerns about with orders from regulators to Group analysts noted yesterday. ister Manmohan Singh that led economy managed to grow at an exchange outflows. This policy the impact of a possible tapering tighten risk controls, includ- The Indian rupee has been to two decades of higher growth average annual rate of 6.5 per- response has backfired. Clearly, of Quantitative Easing in the US. ing safeguards against money the worst-performing emerging and lower poverty for the Indian cent and poverty was significantly short-term measures of this kind The underlying problem of the laundering. market currency since May 2013 economy. reduced. are not going to be enough to Indian economy is therefore rooted The decision was announced against the backdrop of deepen- The current situation draws India suffers from the largest restore confidence. in an uncompetitive export sector, in an August 15 memo to ing concerns over the authori- similar parallels to the Indian current account deficit in Asia According to QNB Group, the according to QNB Group. Only employees in the company’s ties’ policies. Higher interest balance of payments crisis in the bar Myanmar, foreign direct origin of the rapid decline in the structural reforms aimed at liber- Treasury Services unit, accord- rates and a liquidity squeeze, early 1990s. In 1991, investors investment has stalled, and its rupee is the ever-growing Indian alising the domestic economy and ing to a person who has seen together with the tightening of deserted India in the aftermath of international reserves are falling current account deficit over the reducing India’s still relatively high the memo who asked not to be gold imports and capital restric- the first Gulf War. This resulted rapidly. Notwithstanding strong last 10 years. The widening deficit cost of doing business can therefore named as the information is not tions to reduce foreign exchange in rapid capital outflows, a deple- real GDP growth of five percent reflects a structural weakness in restore competitiveness and bring public. outflows, have not stemmed tion of international reserves, and in 2012, there are increasing signs Indian exports, which have stag- about higher economic growth. The decision and existence of the rupee decline. According to an IMF programme to restore that the economy is slowing rap- nated since 2011, while imports Without such reforms, the Indian the memo were reported by the the QNB Group, such a policy financial stability. At that time, idly this year. continue to grow at a rapid pace tiger is unlikely to roar again. Wall Street Journal on its web site response is merely undermining the newly-appointed finance The authorities’ policy response on the back of higher domestic THE PENINSULA on Friday. Correspondent banking has historically been one of JPMorgan’s core franchises and Lexus LF-CC the bank has long boasted that it Greece may get is the bankers’ bank, the memo noted. The bank has thousands of another $13.36bn, correspondent banks with which it moves money from one account says EU official to another. While the bank said it will not BERLIN: Germany’s commis- take on new business “until fur- sioner to the European Union ther notice,” the memo added that says he expects a future aid JPMorgan is “not exiting the cor- package for Greece to amount respondent banking business” and to a little more than ¤10bn will continue to provide current ($13.36bn) — which is much services to existing clients. smaller than the country’s In a statement issued in existing two rescue deals. response to the report, the bank Guenther Oettinger, the EU’s said, it is “important for us to Energy Commissioner and a pause and assess our business, member of Chancellor Angela particularly in select markets, to Merkel’s ruling conservative ensure we are well-positioned to party, said yesterday the third aid meet our responsibilities for the package should cover the years long-term.” 2014-2016. In January, JPMorgan In two bailout packages so far, agreed to consent to orders Greece’s European partners and from US bank regulators that the International Monetary Fund it improve its risk controls, have committed ¤240bn ($320bn) including its systems for abid- in loans. This week, German ing with anti-money laundering Finance Minister Wolfgang requirements. Schaeuble said there will have to The actions followed stepped be another aid programme after up examinations of the bank by the current one expires next year. regulators following JPMorgan’s Oettinger’s comments to weekly $6.2 billion derivatives loss on Welt am Sonntag came four its so-called “London Whale” weeks before Germany’s general trades. elections on September 22. In April, CEO Jamie Dimon said the company was postpon- ThyssenKrupp, ing some investments in growing its business and changing staff EADS venture assignments in time in order to make improving its control sys- raided over bribe tems its top priority. Visitors look at a Lexus LF-CC concept car during a preview of the “Intersect by Lexus” luxury retail space in Tokyo. Toyota Motor Corp’s Lexus REUTERS FRANKFURT: A joint venture will open its first “Intersect by Lexus” space in Tokyo’s Aoyama district on August 30. of EADS and ThyssenKrupp and offices of Rheinmetall were raided this week in Germany on suspicion of paying bribes related to an order of subma- Lawsuit challenging Moody’s rating independence dismissed rine equipment from Greece, a spokesman for the state prose- cutor in Bremen said yesterday. NEW YORK: Moody’s Corp and Moody’s share price. The law- rated structured finance secu- computer glitch that led to false with respect to loss causation,” The Atlas Elektronik joint ven- its Chief Executive Raymond suit by the Teamsters Local 282 rities. It said a series of events ratings on complex European debt Daniels wrote. ture and Rheinmetall Defence McDaniel won the dismissal of Pension Trust Fund of Lake brought these conflicts to light, products known as constant pro- Ira Press, a lawyer for the Electronics were searched as a lawsuit accusing the parent Success, New York and two indi- and hurt Moody’s share price. portion debt obligations. plaintiffs, did not immediately they are suspected of paying ¤18m of Moody’s Investors Service viduals, Charles McCurley and These events allegedly included Daniels, however, concluded respond to requests for comment. ($24m) in bribes and of avoiding of defrauding shareholders by Lewis Wetstein, concerned alleged an August 2007 statement by that none of these events was Moody’s spokesman Michael taxes, the prosecutor’s spokesman making false statements about conflicts of interest in Moody’s Alabama Senator Richard Shelby linked closely enough with alleged Adler said the company is pleased said. He was confirming a report the independence and objectiv- “issuer-pays” model, where debt that rating agencies deserve some misstatements about Moody’s with the court’s decision. in German paper Sueddeutsche ity of its credit ratings. issuers pay for ratings. blame for the US housing crisis, ratings independence to justify a The case is unrelated to lawsuits Zeitung. In a decision made public on First brought in 2007, the law- and Moody’s October 2007 release securities fraud claim. brought in February by the US gov- EADS and ThyssenKrupp both Friday, US District Judge George suit accused Moody’s of inflating of quarterly results and a subse- “Plaintiffs fail to establish a ernment and many states accusing confirmed the raid on their unit, Daniels in Manhattan said the its share price by having made quent analyst downgrade. connection between the loss- McGraw Hill Financial Inc’s Standard which they bought from BAE shareholders failed to show a suf- statements in its code of conduct, They also allegedly included a causing events and the actual & Poor’s of misleading investors by Systems. ficient link between the alleged regulatory filings and to the press May 2008 article about Moody’s share price declines as required inflating its credit ratings. AGENCIES misstatements and declines in that concealed conflicts in how it failure to correct a known to survive summary judgment REUTERS

China’s shadow banking sector Nokia says committed to India

NEW DELHI: Finnish telecom company added. Foreign direct decisions to develop one’s opera- giant Nokia said yesterday it is investment in India has slowed tions in India”. in talks with India’s government sharply amid mounting domestic But Nokia said in its statement about how to create a better economic woes including a plung- it remained “committed” to India business climate and remains ing rupee, a huge current account which remains a “priority market” “committed” to its manufactur- deficit, slowing growth and per- and its Chennai plant plays an “inte- ing plant in the country. ceived government policy paralysis. gral part in our global manufactur- The statement followed an A string of tax disputes ing strategy”. The Chennai plant is Indian Express newspaper report embroiling Nokia and other mul- one of Nokia’s biggest worldwide. on Friday that said the mobile tinationals including Cadbury India has stepped up its pur- maker had told New Delhi the Royal Dutch Shell and Vodafone suit of alleged tax delinquents country is now its “least favour- has also deterred investors. to reduce a hefty budget deficit. able market” in which to operate Nokia, fighting a Rs20bn Nokia insists software down- and it made better sense to export ($311m) tax demand from Indian loaded onto its mobiles in India its products from China. authorities, did not elaborate on should to be taxed in Finland “Nokia can confirm that it has the contents of its talks with the under a bilateral treaty between been in discussions with the cen- government. The Indian Express the countries, but India’s tax tral government and state govern- report said Nokia had urged the authorities view it differently. ment over ways to bring greater government to “act quickly to India — one of the world’s clarity to the business environ- correct the wrong perception of fastest-growing mobile phone ment in India,” the company said India as a place for business”. markets — is the second largest in an emailed statement said. It quoted the phonemaker as market for Nokia which began A general view of centre Tianjin taken from Tianjin World Financial Center. Nowhere is this more evident than “These discussions have been saying “the political risk of oper- operations in the country in in China’s shadow banking sector, the non-bank financiers that have pumped credit into the economy at a both constructive and productive, ating in India” has become “sud- 1995 and employs 8,000 workers spectacular rate. and both sides have worked in a denly substantially higher and directly in Chennai. true spirit of cooperation,” the may inevitably influence future AFP SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Central banks Colombian farmers’ wrath cautioned on global liquidity Cross-border liquidity in focus

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming: spurred massive capital inflows Central banks should coordi- into faster growing emerging nate to avoid unwanted side economies, which are now suf- effects as they exit from ultra- fering as investors anticipate an easy monetary policies that end to the easy money. have left the world awash in Landau acknowledged that cheap money, top policymakers central bankers dislike the idea were told yesterday. of coordinating monetary policy Opening the second day of an because their job is to focus on annual monetary symposium in domestic goals. But they worked Jackson Hole, Wyoming, after a well together during the 2007- week in which several top emerg- 2009 financial crisis, when the ing markets suffered steep losses, Fed, European Central Bank, a former Bank of France deputy Bank of Japan and other central governor painted a grave picture banks coordinated rate cuts and of the problem. currency swap lines. “The main challenge will be to As cross-border liquidity pres- manage the consequences of mon- sures build, they will find it pro- etary policies, and their evolutions, ductive to do so again, although on cross-border liquidity move- cooperation is more likely through A man passes by a truck burnt down by protesters on a highway in the municipality of Ubate. The demonstrations, which began on Monday, ments,” Jean-Pierre Landau con- regulatory and financial struc- are the second wave of so-called national strikes against Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos’ agriculture and economic policies which cluded in a paper he presented to tures aimed at preventing exces- farmers say leave them unable to make any profit. an audience that included top cen- sive leverage or harmful asset tral bankers from advanced as well bubbles, he said. as emerging market economies. In an ideal world, the coopera- “Amplifications, feedback loops tion would extend to monetary and sensitivity to risk perceptions policy because policies in major will complicate the task of exit and economies such as the United Argentina loses appeal in US debt case necessitate very close and constant States can have an international dialogue and cooperation between impact that amplifies their mag- NEW YORK: A US appeals after Argentina’s congressional problems that might arise in poor as they consider taking the central banks,” said Landau, now nitude with domestic implica- court gave Argentina’s spurned elections in October. hypothetical future litigation case.” a professor at Princeton. tions, Landau argued. bondholders a substantial $1.4bn President Cristina Fernandez involving other bonds and other But Theodore B Olson, a But he lamented that the nec- “The system itself is produc- victory in their lengthy legal has publicly vowed to pay “not nations,” the judges added. lawyer for bondholder Elliot essary coordination on monetary ing more accommodative mon- battle to collect debts unpaid one dollar to the ‘vulture funds’,” Argentine officials have warned Management Corp, said the policy was unlikely, and warned etary conditions than warranted since the country’s world-record led by New York billionaire Paul that the impact of a ruling against decision was sound. “Today’s of the potential for the “fragmen- by the situation,” he said. “In a 2001 default. Singer and other US investors, the country could be severe, since unanimous, well-reasoned deci- tation” of global capital markets. reverse environment, when mon- The 2nd US Circuit Court of whom she accused of preying on a novel payment formula already sion appropriately condemns Stocks and currencies plunged etary policies need tightening, the Appeals in Manhattan unani- countries in crisis. Argentina’s generally upheld by the appellate Argentina’s persistent violation in India, Indonesia, Brazil and effects could be symmetrical and mously rejected every Argentine lawyers even told the judges that court last year could prompt the of its obligations and its extraor- Turkey this week as investors complicate the exit from non- argument, saying the country her government won’t pay no South American government to dinary defiance of the laws of the fretted over a looming reduc- conventional measures.” had failed to provide any proof matter how they rule. default again if it doesn’t comply. United States and the orders of tion in the US Federal Reserve’s In addition, much could be that “cataclysmic repercussions” Argentina also made a point But the judges essentially said US courts,” Olsen said in a state- monthly bond purchases. gained through an international could result if it’s forced to keep backed by the Obama adminis- the Fernandez government would ment. “It confirms that Argentina Turkish Central Bank Governor “lender of last resort,” which the promises it made in its 1990s tration and the International only have itself to blame if that is not above the law.” Erdem Basci was attending the would remove the motive for some bond contracts. Monetary Fund: That the court’s happens. Activists who believe Fernandez made no immediate conference, although his Brazilian nations to maintain massive for- “What the consequences pre- method of forcing payment, by that powerful lenders should take comment about the ruling, which counterpart, Alexandre Tombini, eign exchange reserves, he added. dicted by Argentina have in com- stopping other bond payments a backseat to a country’s citizens came down as she met privately canceled to stay home and deal “All countries have a common mon is that they are speculative, if it doesn’t comply, could desta- during sovereign debt crises criti- with top ministers inside her offi- with the crisis. interest in finding ways to dis- hyperbolic and almost entirely of bilise the global financial system cized the ruling. cial residence in suburban Buenos The Fed’s bond buying, or so- connect reserve accumulation the Republic’s own making,” the and make future debt relief much “The religious community is Aires. called quantitative easing, has from exchange-rate manage- three-judge panel wrote. more difficult worldwide. saddened by today’s decision as The US case stems from been at the heart of its aggres- ment,” Landau said. “The need The only good news for But the judges said “such it hurts poor people around the Argentina’s financial crisis a sive efforts to revive US economic for national reserves could be Argentina was that the judges cases are unlikely to occur in globe,” Eric LeCompte said in a dozen years ago, when the gov- growth after it cut interest rates reduced if credible mechanisms stayed payment pending a US the future” because “Argentina statement from the Jubilee USA ernment defaulted on $100bn in to nearly zero in 2008. Interest exist to provide for the supply of Supreme Court appeal. The high has been a uniquely recalcitrant Network, a religious anti-poverty debts, and some investors scooped rates in Europe and Japan are official liquidity on a multilateral court rarely accepts such cases, debtor.” campaign. “Our eyes are on the up nearly worthless Argentine also ultra-low. basis.” but the stay probably puts off any “Our role is not to craft a US Supreme Court. We pray the bonds. However, the purchases have REUTERS final decision until next year, well resolution that will solve all the court will not forget the world’s AP Alitalia, Etihad in talks on commercial deal

MILAN : Italian airline Alitalia is in talks including recently appointed Alitalia Chief road operator Atlantia and holding company with Etihad Airways on a commercial deal Executive Gabriele del Torchio. IMMSI. In its industrial plan presented in that may even lead to the Abu Dhabi-based Del Torchio, who is known as a turna- July, the new CEO said the company planned carrier taking a stake in the money-losing round specialist, was recruited earlier this to increase its financial resources by ¤300m Italian company, daily il Sole 24 Ore reported year to lead the struggling Italian airline by the end of this year. Alitalia and Etihad yesterday. Neither Alitalia nor Etihad could back to profitability. Alitalia, which is 25 were mentioned in the context of a possible immediately be reached for comment. percent owned by Air France-KLM , was tie-up earlier this year, but Etihad said at Citing unnamed sources, the paper said rescued from bankruptcy in 2008, when the time there were no talks between the there had been several meetings in recent it was bought by a consortium of Italian two firms beyond those on code sharing. weeks between managers at both companies, companies including bank Intesa Sanpaolo, REUTERS Qatari portfolio pushes index up BY BASHEER YUSIEF KAHLOOT price of General Insurance (1.67 percent), Electricity and Water by 1.27 percent, Al atar Exchange Index witnessed Mannai (1.14 percent), Qatar Insurance steady rise throughout its five (0.81 percent). straight sessions during this Regarding liquidity, the total trading vol- week which reached its peak ume has risen to the level of QR1.8109bn, on Monday. and the daily average rose to QR362.6m, QThere was no special news during the compared with QR300.1m. week about the listed companies; however, The total trading of the top six companies the consolidated balance sheet for the banks amounted around QR622m, 34.4 percent of issued on Monday showed reduction of the the total. Where trading on shares of indus- assets of their assets by the end of August tries came in the foreground by QR147.1m, at about QR2.8bn from June. real estate 2.44 percent, banks increased followed by trading on the shares of Qatar Despite lack of supportive and motivating by 1.94 percent, industry zone by 1.45 per- Insurance valued at QR109m, QNB valueat news for trading during the week; however, cent, while insurance sector lagged by (0.79 QR97.7m, Commercial Bank at QR92.6m, the general index gain surprised everyone percent). Gulf International at QR90.9m and the as breached the barrier of 10,000 points and The rise was a result of higher prices for Investors at QR84.7m. even crossed 10,100 points, an increase of shares of 28 companies, and reduction in The total market capitalisation increased 2.25 percent from the previous week. 10 companies’ share prices, with the stabil- by about QR9.1bn to reach at the close of All-share index also rose by 1.88 percent, ity of the share prices of four companies, the week to QR550.5bn. Qatar institutional and the six-sector indices gained. The mar- which are Gulf International, Al Ahli, Gulf ivestors’ net buying worth QR 99.7m against ket capitalisation added QR9.1bn to reach Warehousing, and Islamic Holding — all net sales from all other categories, where QR550.5bn. remained unchanged from the previous Qatari individuals sold a net of QR83.6m, This past week the general index week. and non-Qatari individuals sold stocks (QEIgained 222.8 points or 2.25 percent, to Al khalij share price was the highest with worth QR9.4m, and non-Qatari institu- reach the level of 10109.5, while the all-share 11.79 percent, followed by ihe Investors’ tional investors’ net selling amounted to index rose by 46.9 points or 1.88 percent to share price which rose by 8.54 percent, QR 6.8m. 2,539.8 points. Qatar Navigation share price by 7.85 per- To sum up, the stock index has once again The general index and index of the all- cent, the price of shares of Aamal 6.53 per- succeeded in continuing to rise strongly and share depended in their rise on the gain of cent, and those of International Islamic 6.43 re-install itself above the level of 10,000 the six-sector stock prices. The transporta- percent. points. All main groups, except the insur- tion sector increased by 5.06 percent, the In contrast, Cinema share price dropped ance sector, gained in the past week. telecommunications sector by 2.50 percent, by 3.84 percent, followed by the share THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday China’s manufacturing activity hits four-month Output at two-year high as UK’s high in August economic recovery expands to Beijing: Activity in China’s vast manufacturing sector hit all sectors a four-month high in August as new orders rebounded, a Japan’s trade balance Recession-hit Spain sees record number London: Production amongst preliminary private survey showed, reinforcing signs of logs record deficit of tourists in July, Britons top list stabilisation in the world’s second-largest economy. The US July existing home sales British manufacturers rose to its for July Madrid: A record number of foreign tourists Flash HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 50.1 jump to three-year high highest level for two years in the Tokyo: Japan’s goods have visited Spain this July, welcome news from July’s final reading of 47.7, which was the weakest WASHINGTON: US home resales three months to the end of July, trade deficit expanded to for a country mired in recession and suffering in 11 months, though it barely passed the watershed rose in July to their highest level the CBI said yesterday, providing a record 1,024.0 billion massive unemployment. Frontur, the tourism 50 line which demarcates expansion of activities from in over three years, suggesting a further evidence that the economic yen for the month of department’s statistics agency, said Thursday contraction. sharp increase in borrowing costs recovery in the first half of the year July, as the weaker yen that 7.9 million people visited in July, up 2.9 is having only a limited impact on is being felt across all sectors. The and growing demand for percent from July 2012. Britain led the influx the housing market’s recovery. business lobby’s latest industrial energy in summer drove with 1.8 million visitors, followed by France FP0822_HomeSales_C_JRThe trends survey of over 400 UK up fossil fuel import costs, and Germany with 1.2 million each. National Association of Realtors manufacturers showed them to be eclipsing a rise in exports, said that existing home sales in buoyant mood with total orders the government said. The jumped 6.5 percent to an annual and export orders seeing a sharp trade deficit was the third rate of 5.39 million units. rise in the second quarter. A total largest for any month as of 37 percent of manufacturers Japan recorded its 13th reported seeing an increase in straight month of red ink output, compared to 16 percent for the first time since India’s rupee hits another record saying output had fallen. 1979. low against US dollar Brazil’s real slides to four-year New Delhi: India’s rupee hit another record low against the dollar on low despite bank action Slowdown in China ‘to hit SA hard’ Wednesday, despite policymakers taking Australian dollar takes a hit SAO PAULO: Brazil’s real slid on Friday Johannesburg: South Africa’s economy fresh measures to try to put a floor Sydney: Over the last week, the to its weakest level against the dollar is set to “suffer terribly”, a top China under the sliding currency and stave Australian dollar has fallen from since February 2009, wrapping up a specialist warned on Wednesday as off a full-blown financial crisis. The around US$0.9200 to below savage week in which the currency he forecast a steep fall in commodity Federal Reserve’s $85bn (£54.2bn)-a- US$0.8950, putting it within striking has lost nearly 5% of its value amid prices and cautioned that the Asian month bond-buying spree unleashed a distance of three-year lows. Rising anaemic growth prospects, slowing superpower was headed for a debt global tidal wave of cheap money, which emerging market fears account for exports and high inflation. Brazil’s real crisis. flooded into emerging markets. a lot of the slide, said Sean Callow, is one of the biggest losers against currency strategist at Westpac the greenback among major global Banking Corp. currencies this year, and the prevailing view that the currency will weaken further was strengthened as the chief executive of the world’s biggest meatpacker, JBS SA, said the trend is likely to last for some time.

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WINSTON-SALEM, United States/North Carolina: Djokovic Austrian veteran Jurgen Melzer won the ATP Winston-Salem Open yesterday as Frenchman pays a visit Gael Monfils quit with an abdominal muscle injury while trailing 6-3, 2-1. to the UN HQ The 15th-seeded Monfils was unable to go on after playing the NEW YORK CITY: World third game of the second set. number one Novak Djokovic He was already down a break took a break from his US in the set when he took a medical Open preparations yesterday time out, opting not to continue to address the United Nations, and handing ninth-seeded Melzer where he encouraged young- a fifth career title. sters to follow his path to glo- In the semi-finals, Monfils bal stardom. shrugged off pain in his left hip The 26-year-old Serb told the to reach his second ATP final of UN General Assembly, where the season. an International Day of Sport The French 15th seed defeated Jurgen Melzer of Austria celebrates with the trophy after defeating Gael for Development and Peace was 10th-seeded Ukrainian Alexandr Monfils of France after Monfils retired due to an injury in their final at the declared for April 6, that he FROM LEFT: Novak Djokovic, UN General Assembly President Vuk Dolgopolov 7-6 (11/9), 6-3 to Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest University, yesterday. was inspired to play tennis by Jeremic and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques advance to the title match of this watching American great Pete Rogge at the United Nations headquarters in New York, yesterday. US Open tuneup. Sampras. Melzer, was a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win- “I dreamt of being just like him, ner over sixth-seeded American WTA New Haven Kvitova to face the number one tennis player in “Sport can help direct general Meadows where the last Grand Sam Querrey. the world,” said Djokovic. attention to the most at risk and Slam tournament of the season The win was the first for the Results Halep in final “It took me 13 years to achieve vulnerable in our community, gets underway tomorrow and 32-year-old Austrian over Querry NEW HAVEN, United my goal. I hope this international especially disadvantaged chil- where he was champion in 2011. after two defeats. States / Connecticut: Results NEW HAVEN: Former day will motivate each of us to dren. When we encourage kids “It was a real honor to address Monfils called for the trainer of the WTA New Haven tour- Wimbledon champion Petra invest in every way additional to dream big and work hard, we the UN and be given special priv- after just 11 minutes on court, nament yesterday: Kvitova stormed into the final efforts in cultivating the intrinsic can make a tangible difference ilege to speak on behalf of global having surrendered two breaks of the New Haven Open, the sporting values such as fairplay, in their lives.” family of athletes on this historic Semi-finals of serve to trail Dolgopolov 0-3. last women’s warm-up event teamwork and respect for the Djokovic later returned to day,” Djokovic later tweeted. But after a consultation and Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt before the US Open, with a opponent. the US Open venue of Flushing AFP on-court treatment, he changed Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-0, ruthless 6-0, 6-1 win over Klara his attitude and got on with the 6-1; Simona Halep (ROM) bt Zakopalova yesterday. job of mounting a comeback. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) Kvitova showed no mercy “I had thigh muscle pain which 6-2, 7-5. against her Czech Fed Cup team- FROM LEFT (back): was going to my hip. The trainer mate, racing to victory in just 50 Mats Wilander, told me I was just tight,” Monfils ATP minutes, to remain on course Ivan Lendl, Jimmy said. to defend the title she won in Connors, Ilie “When we resumed I told Winston-Salem Connecticut last year. Nastase, Novak myself to focus on the match, not WINSTON-SALEM, United Kvitova’s opponent in today’s Djokovic, Rafael the pain. States/North Carolina: final will be Romania’s Simona Nadal, Roger “OK, I have some pain but it’s Results yesterday in the ATP Halep, who upset four-times Federer, Andy no reason not to play tough. I just Winston-Salem Open: New Haven Open winner Caroline Roddick and Lleyton needed to focus less on my body. Wozniacki of Denmark 6-2, 7-5. Semi-finals Hewitt. FRONT: “I tried to keep it simple and it “I don’t think I’ve played FROM LEFT: Gael Monfils (FRA x15) bt worked,” added Monfils. “I needed Simona before,” said Kvitova. Stefan Edberg, Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x10) to get my rhythm back.” “I know that she’s a very good Gustavo Kuerten, Monfils kept the pressure on 7-6 (11/9), 6-3; Jurgen Melzer mover.” John McEnroe, Dolgopolov, who faced 13 break (AUT x9) bt Sam Querrey (USA For Kvitova, who won Bjorn Borg and points in the contest. x6) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Wimbledon in 2011, today’s final In the first set, the Ukrainian provides her with the chance to Jim Courier attend double-faulted to lose the sixth three set points and won the claim her 11th career title and her the ATP Heritage game for 4-2 and then found him- opener on his own second chance. second this year. Celebration at The self at 5-all after saving one break The victory was Monfils’ sec- She had struggled in her pre- WaldorfAstoria point but then netting a backhand ond over Dolgopolov this year. He vious matches so was relieved to in New York City, on another. also won their Australian Open get through quickly against her yesterday. In the tiebreaker, Monfils saved first-round meeting. AFP compatriot. REUTERS

LPGA Canadian Mendez keeps Women’s Open Kuchar ends second round with title in Tyson’s EDMONTON, CANADA/ ALBERTA (PROVINCE): debut as Leading second-round scores yesterday in the US LPGA two-shot lead in New Jersey promoter Canadian Women’s Open (a-denotes amateur, USA JERSEY CITY, New Jersey: NEW YORK CITY: unless noted, par 70): Matt Kuchar completed a round US PGA Tour Argenis Mendez retained his 132 Park In-Bee (KOR) 67-65, Cristie Kerr of six-under-par 65 early yes- International Boxing Federation 66-66 terday morning to claim a two- Barclays Classic junior lightweight world title stroke lead after 36 holes of The yesterday with a majority draw 133 Karine Icher (FRA) 67-66, Angela Barclays, the opening event of Scores against Arash Usmanee on Stanford 65-68 Matt the FedExCup play-offs. Kuchar of Scores from the US PGA Tour the first fight card promoted 134 Laura Davies (ENG) 68-66, Paula Kuchar was at 11-under-par the United Barclays Classic at the par-71 by former heavyweight champ Creamer 66-68, a-Lydia Ko (NZL) 65-69 course yesterday in Jersey City, 131, with 2012 US Open cham- States Mike Tyson. pion Webb Simpson and long- New Jersey. The cut was set at Tyson, whose ring career 135 Kathleen Ekey 71-64, Charley Hull (ENG) watches hitting Gary Woodland tied for 142. veered from triumph to dis- 69-66, Park Hee-Young (KOR) 68-67, his tee Stacy Prammanasudh 68-67 second at nine-under 133 at the 131 Matt Kuchar (US) 66 65 grace, was much in evidence at halfway mark of the weather-hit shot on Turning Stone Resort in Verona, 136 Lexi Thompson 71-65, Catriona Matthew tournament. the second 133 Webb Simpson (US) 67 66; Gary New York, in his latest incarna- (SCO) 70-66, Jessica Korda 70-66, Woodland (US) 69 64 World number six Kuchar hole during tion as the head of Iron Mike Gerina Piller 70-66, Suzann Pettersen returned with 39 other players the second 135 Rickie Fowler (US) 71 64; Keegan Productions. (NOR) 69-67, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) to complete the second round round Bradley (US) 72 63; Adam Scott In the main event, Dominican 68-68, Brittany Lincicome 68-68 in windy conditions and put the of The (Australia) 69 66; Charl Schwartzel Mendez retained his belt against event back on schedule after Barclays (South Africa) 68 67 Usmanee, an Afghan-born thunderstorms caused more than at Liberty 136 Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 68 68; Canadian who was getting his six hours of delays on Friday’s National Sergio Garcia (Spain) 70 66; David first world title chance. opening day. Golf Club Lynn (Britain) 71 65; Brendon De Usmanee was the more aggres- The 35-year-old Kuchar birdied in Jersey Jonge (Zimbabwe) 67 69; Rory McIlroy sive fighter, with one judge three of the five holes he had left City, New (Britain) 71 65; Justin Rose (Britain) 68 rewarding his relentless effort to play, rolling in a 28-footer at Jersey, 68; Jonas Blixt (Sweden) 69 67; Tiger by scoring the bout 115-113 in his the par-three 14th, and bogeyed yesterday. Woods (US) 67 69; Jim Furyk (US) 70 favor. the two others including the 18th. 66 But the more skilled Mendez “I was kind of hoping for nice, 137 Kyle Stanley (US) 70 67; John Huh (US) was able to avoid the worst that still conditions this morning, and 73 64; Hunter Mahan (US) 69 68; Kevin Usmanee had to offer and in the some really good scoring condi- Stadler (US) 64 73 later rounds was able to dictate tions,” said Kuchar, who has wins the pace and counter effectively. at the WGC-Accenture Match 138 Bubba Watson (US) 68 70; Martin The two other ringside judges Play and the Memorial tourna- Kaymer (Germany) 68 70; Rory Sabbatini scored it 114-114, allowing Mendez (South Africa) 71 67; Nick Watney (US) ment this season. South African Charl Woods, the group also included to keep the title he earned in 68 70; Ryan Palmer (US) 65 73; Kevin “And 15, 20-mile-an-hour Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters US Open champion Justin Rose March with a fourth-round Streelman (US) 70 68; Jordan Spieth (winds, it was a little more winner, completed a second-round and fellow Briton David Lynn, knockout of Mexico’s Juan Carlos (US) 70 68; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 65 challenging.” 67 to reach seven-under 135, a Spain’s Sergio Garcia, Sweden’s Salgado. 73; Charles Howell III (US) 72 66; Bryce Kuchar will return to the total he shared with reigning Freddie Jacobson and Jonas Blixt, Mendez emerged with a record Molder (US) 69 69; Camilo Villegas course in the afternoon for the Masters champion Adam Scott Brandon de Jonge of Zimbabwe of 21-2-1 with 11 wins inside (Colombia) 65 73 third round as scheduled. of Australia, 2011 PGA cham- and American Jim Furyk. the distance, while Arash now World number one, Tiger pion Keegan Bradley and Rickie Among those missing it were 139 Ryan Moore (US) 67 72; Luke Donald has a record of 20-1-1 with 10 In-bee Park of South Korea Woods, playing in the same group Fowler. former US Open winner Graeme (Britain) 67 72; Matt Jones (Australia) 71 knockouts. 68; Bill Haas (US) 73 66; Jason Kokrak reacts to her putt on the fifth as Kuchar, missed a 13-foot putt Twice major winner Rory McDowell of Northern Ireland On the undercard, Argentina’s (US) 70 69; Daniel Summerhays (US) 70 hole during the second round for birdie when play resumed at McIlroy returned yesterday to (143), England’s Ian Poulter (145) Jesus Cuellar posted a unanimous 14 after the suspension due to complete a 65 that featured eight and American Brandt Snedeker 69; Charley Hoffman (US) 68 71; Chris decision over Dominican Claudio of the CN Canadian Women’s Stroud (US) 73 66; Jason Day (Australia) Open at Royal Mayfair Golf Club, darkness, but birdied the 17th birdies to join a group of nine at (143), who entered the event in Marrero to claim the World to improve to six under par, five 136. third place on the FedExCup 66 73; Matt Every (US) 67 72; George Boxing Association interim feath- yesterday. shots off the pace. Along with world number one points list. REUTERS McNeill (US) 71 68 erweight title. AFP SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Top handball clubs begin

Teams quest for title glory in Doha Group A HSV Hamburg (Germany) Al Sadd (Qatar) Eljaish (Qatar) Qatar’s Al Sadd, Eljaish and Al Rayyan to compete in Super Globe tourney Sydney University (Australia) Group B FC Barcelona Intersport DOHA: Qatar’s Al Sadd, (Spain) Eljaish and Al Rayyan will be Etoile Sportive de Sahel among the eight teams compet- (Tunisia) ing at the 2013 IHF Super Globe Al Rayyan (Qatar) tournament which gets under- Taubate (Brazil) way today at Al Gharafa Sports Club, with the aim of becoming The top two teams from each the world’s best club side come group will advance to semi- finals. Other teams will play August 30. placement matches to determine Defending champions Atletico their position. Madrid will be absent from this year’s high profile handball event that features the continental Fixtures champions as well as guest teams Today in what will be the seventh edition 1.00pm of the competition. Etoile Sportive du Sahel vs Some of the world’s top play- Taubate ers will be on show during 3.00pm the six-day event and Qatar Handball Association President FC Barcelona Intersport vs Al and Executive Director for Qatar Rayyan 2015 (world championships that 5.00pm will take place in Doha), Ahmed HSV Hamburg vs Eljaish Mohammed Al Shaabi said the 8.15pm three Qatari teams Al Rayyan, Al Asian champions Al Rayyan members are seen during a training session at Al Gharafa Sports Hall yesterday. Al Rayyan will play Etoile Sportive du Sahal, Al Sadd vs Sydney University Sadd and Eljaish will learn alot Taubate and Barcelona Intersport in their Group B matches. RIGHT: Tunisian side Etoile Sportive du Sahal players train during a session. BOTTOM Tomorrow from the tournament. RIGHT: Spain’s Jose Javier Hombrados, formerly of Athletico Madrid, holds up the trophy on the podium after beating Germany’s THW Kiel to win the He said: “They will for sure gain Super Globe 2012 handball tournament in this file photo. Hombrados will play for Al Sadd in this year’s campaign. 2.00pm a lot of experience at this tourna- Al Rayyan vs Etoile Sportive ment, playing against the strong- du Sahel est teams in the world. There is Speaking of the tournament Nikola Karabatic, who has won tie will be difficult. He said: “It a member of Denmark’s sil- 4.00pm no doubt that this experience will and replacing Atletico Madrid, all of the Olympic, European is a big challenge. We know that ver medal team at the World help out Qatari National Team Pascual said to Spanish media: and World titles twice with the Barcelona are a very strong team Championships in January to try Taubate vs FC Barcelona for the Men’s Handball World “It’s a challenge we face with national team, and Macedonia’s but we have great prospects.” and advance to the semi-finals. Intersport Championship 2015.” great enthusiasm but we did Kiril Lazarov. Also in Group B, will be Asian Surprise European champi- 6.00pm Atletico Madrid, who defeated have to change the plans for the Both players have experience of champions Al Rayyan. Coached ons HSV Hamburg, who beat Sydney University vs HSV Germany’s THW Kiel 28-23 in season.” playing in this competition. by Croatia’s Illija Puljevic, who Barcelona Intersport 30-29 in a Hamburg last year’s final, suffered finan- He added: “We are short of Drawn in Group B, Pascual’s has just taken charge of the team thrilling final in June, will prove 8.00pm cial problems and the team was preparation but it is more than side will face Brazil’s Taubate, at the start of the month is eyeing to be tough competition for the Eljaish vs Al Sadd disbanded earlier this year. a title. As always, we want to win who like the Spanish club, will be a semi-final spot. Qatari sides. Their replacement, debutants and this tournament only consists making their first appearance in He said: “I took charge of Hamburg beat last year’s August 27 Barcelona Intersport, coached by of the world’s best sides.” the tournament. Rayyan on August 1, and have runners-up THW Kiel in the 2.00pm four-time Spanish League coach The Spanish giants have seven Taubate defeated domestic only had limited time to work semi-final en-route to becoming FC Barcelona Intersport vs of the year Xavier Pascual will be players from the national team rivals Pinheiros 25-23 in the final with them. We’ve a fair chance the first team to win the EHF Etoile Sportive du Sahal a dominant force throughout the who triumphed at the World to book their ticket to Doha. of the reaching the semi-finals.” Champions League from the 4.00pm tournament and will be eager to Championships earlier this year. Speaking of the match against Al Rayyan will be able to bank qualification stages. clinch their first Super Globe tro- The club have also recently Barcelona Intersport, Taubate’s on the experience of Russia’s Two-time European champi- Al Rayyan vs Taubate phy in Doha. acquired French international coach Marcus Tata admits the Filippov Vasilij, Croatia’s Vladmir onship winner Hans Lindberg 6.00pm Bozic and Moldova’s Maxim will be in action for the German HSV Hamburg vs Al Sadd Butenko. side, who will be keen to make an 8.00pm Tunisia’s Etoile Sportive du impression on their competition Eljaish vs Sydney University Sahal, champions of Africa, com- debut. plete Group B. The other side to complete In Group A, Al Sadd and Eljaish Group A is Sydney University, will be aiming to advance to the who have recently signed Silvio semi-finals but face stiff compe- Alvim, Christoph Scholl, Jonathan tition from European champions Lennstrom and Manuel Posbiegel HSV Hamburg and Australia’s to their team. Sydney University. The Australian club booked Al Sadd are coached by their berth following a 51-41 win Algeria’s Lakhdar Arrouche. over Auckland Region Handball The Algerian, who coached the in May. Qatar youth team to the Asian Coach Phillipp Enders, who has title in 2010 is keen to give the put his team under a strict train- local players experience in this ing regime and have undergone tournament. intensive camps, will be eager to Arrouche said: “We didn’t want see his Oceanian team, be the first to recruit a whole new team just side to pick up their first points for the Super Globe. This year, in the history of the competition. our focus is to give more chances The top two sides from each A ball hits the back of the net during Etoile Sportive to local players.” group (that consists of four du Sahal’s training session yesterday. RIGHT: The hosts have signed former teams) will advance to the semi- Eljaish players train at Al Gharafa Sports Hall. The Atletico Madrid goalkeeper finals, that will take place on Qatari side will face European champions HSV Javier Hombrados for this year’s Thursday. The final will take place Hamburg, hosts Al Sadd and Oceanian champions campaign. on Friday. Sydney University in their Group A matches. Wild-card entrants Eljaish, Teams who do not qualify for who recently enjoyed a training the semi-finals will play place- PICTURES BY: SHAIVAL DALAL/ MOHAMMED FARAJ camp in Croatia, can count on the ment matches to determine their experience of Nicolaj Markussen, position. THE PENINSULA Rugby: Ruthless All Blacks retain Bledisloe Cup

WELLINGTON: New of an All Black (Warwick Taylor). the Wallabies were only able to moments,” Hansen said after the Zealand winger Ben Smith fol- I thought he coped tremendously convert their dominance into two big victory. lowed up last week’s hat-trick of well all week.” Leali’ifano penalties. Hansen added: “I was very tries in Sydney with two more Christian Leali’ifano kicked “We didn’t get the points on the proud of our team with the way as the All Blacks capitalised on three penalties for the Wallabies board that I thought we deserved they fought back and in the end their opportunities to beat arch and converted Israel Folau’s late for different reasons,” Australia got on top.” rivals Australia 27-16 in their intercept try but the script fol- coach Ewen McKenzie said. The All Blacks forwards took Rugby Championship clash yes- lowed a regular pattern for the The Australian coach added: over in the second half and put terday and retain the Bledisloe visitors, who have not beaten the “We got six points and should the Wallabies under immense Cup. All Blacks in New Zealand since have got more. We let them off pressure, particularly at the Debutant flyhalf Tom Taylor 2001. the hook just before halftime.” scrum, as Taylor slotted three put on an assured display with 14 The All Blacks have held the New Zealand scored 15 points more penalties to pad the advan- points and a composed perform- Bledisloe Cup, the symbol of in that period just before the tage while Leali’ifano responded ance in general play, while Israel trans-Tasman supremacy since break after soaking up intense with his third successful kick. Dagg added a penalty when his 2003, and the third match in the Wallabies pressure for the first Folau scored a consolation try Crusaders team mate was receiv- series in Dunedin on October 19, 30 minutes, with Smith grabbing from an intercepted pass deep ing medical treatment for a rib which is not part of the Rugby both tries before the break after inside his own half with less than injury late in the game. Championship, is now a dead some superb counter attacks. 10 minutes remaining but it was “He was outstanding consid- rubber. Taylor slotted his first test not enough to spark a remarkable ering the circumstances that he The first half was reminis- points by converting the opening turnaround and Dagg completed is in to come into the team,” All cent of the tournament opener try and added a penalty to give the scoring with a routine penalty Blacks coach Steve Hansen told in Sydney with the Wallabies the All Blacks a 10-6 lead before from close range. reporters of Taylor’s impres- making much of the early play, Steven Luatua set up another New Zealand’s next Rugby sive debut after injury ruled out though unlike last week, Australia attacking opportunity, with Championship match is against Daniel Carter, Aaron Cruden and retained possession better inside Smith finishing off in the corner Argentina in Hamilton while the Richie McCaw (left) of New Zealand with team-mate Tony Woodcock Beauden Barrett. the All Blacks half with scrumhalf to secure a nine-point lead at the Wallabies host South Africa in hold the Bledisloe Cup, marking Woodcock’s 100th Test match, after the “Everyone knows he’s the Will Genia kicking more. break. Brisbane. second Bledisloe Cup match against Australia at the Westpac Stadium fourth choice, he comes with a lot The world champions, however, “For long periods of the Both games are next month on in Wellington, yesterday. of pressure because he is the son again soaked up the pressure and game they (Australia) won the September 7. REUTERS SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

Bale already in Spain ahead of Arsenal revival continues move: Reports

In-form Sturridge guides Liverpool past Villa; Stoke edge Crystal Palace MADRID, Community of Madrid: Gareth Bale has arrived in Spain ahead of the LONDON, England: Lukas the left was dummied by Philippe completion of his move from Podolski claimed a brace as English Premier Coutinho and Sturridge slipped Tottenham Hotspur to Real Arsenal kicked their Premier between a pair of Villa defenders Madrid, Spanish sports daily AS League campaign into gear League Results before rounding goalkeeper Brad reported yesterday. yesterday with a 3-1 win over LONDON, England: English Guzan and poking the ball into the Bale is reportedly set to Fulham at a sodden Craven Premier League results roof of the net. Villa’s best chance become the world’s most expen- Cottage. yesterday: of an equaliser fell to Christian sive player should the deal go Arsene Wenger’s side were Benteke late on, but the Belgian’s through with Real ready to pay Everton 0 West Brom 0 beaten at home by Aston Villa on well-struck half-volley drew a fine more than the £80m they spent the season’s opening day, but they Fulham 1 (Bent 77) Arsenal 3 (Giroud 14, full-length save from Liverpool to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to the beat Fenerbahce 3-0 in mid-week Podolski 41, 68) goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. Bernabeu four years ago. in the first leg of their Champions Hull 1 (Brady 22-pen) Norwich 0 Elsewhere, Stoke came from The newspaper claims that League play-off and carried that Newcastle 0 West Ham 0 behind to deny promoted Crystal Bale flew into a private airport momentum into yesterday’s game. Southampton 1 (Fonte 88) Sunderland 1 Palace their first points of the in Malaga at 1.00pm local time Heavy downpours in west (Giaccherini 3) season with a 2-1 win at the (1100GMT) before heading to London made for a saturated Stoke 2 (Adam 58, Shawcross 62) Crystal Britannia Stadium. Marouane Marbella, a coastal city 30 miles playing surface, but it did not stop Palace 1 (Chamakh 31) Chamakh side-stepped Robert (48 kilometres) away. Arsenal taking the lead in the Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 1(Sturridge 21) Huth to put Palace ahead in the Several Spanish media sources 14th minute when Olivier Giroud 31st minute with his first league printed pictures on Friday that Playing today (both 1500GMT) gathered a low shot from Aaron goal since September 2011, but showed a stage had been erected Ramsey and stabbed the ball Cardiff vs Manchester City, Tottenham vs two goals in four second-half min- in the directors box at the past Fulham goalkeeper David Swansea utes from Charlie Adam and Ryan Bernabeu which is normally used Stockdale. Tomorrow Shawcross gave Stoke the points for the presentation of big-name Podolski made it 2-0 four min- Manchester Utd vs Chelsea (1900GMT) in manager Mark Hughes’s first signings. utes before half-time when he home game. And Real were also forced to side-footed home after Stockdale “We had a disappointing result Hull City fared rather better briefly shut down the club shop saved from Theo Walcott, and the against Villa and it was impor- than their fellow promoted side, on their website earlier in the Germany forward sealed victory tant to respond, and we’ve had with Robbie Brady’s 22nd-minute week after a link appeared offer- in the 68th minute by gathering two convincing wins, first against penalty enough to secure a 1-0 win ing Real shirts with Bale and the a pass from Santi Cazorla and Fenerbahce and again today here.” at home to Norwich City despite number 11 on the back. arrowing a shot into the bottom- In-form striker Daniel new signing Yannick Sagbo’s first- Meanwhile, Barcelona boss right corner. Sturridge scored his eighth goal half red card for an off-the-ball Gerardo Martino has labelled the Darren Bent pulled one back in his last seven league games to tussle with Russell Martin. sum Real are set to pay for Bale for the hosts in the 77th minute, give Liverpool a 1-0 victory over “The boy was silly -- it was a as having a “lack of respect.” tapping in a low cross from Villa at Villa Park. rush of blood,” said Hull manager Martino, whose own club Dimitar Berbatov to mark his The England international had Steve Bruce. spent 57m euros to sign Brazilian debut with a goal following his scored the only goal of the game “He’s done something stupid, Neymar back in May, lauded the loan move from Villa. in Liverpool’s opening 1-0 win but we have got away with it Welshman’s ability but seemed “It’s never easy to play away over Stoke City and he repeated today.” An 88th-minute goal from Olivier Giroud of Arsenal celebrates a goal during the English Premier surprised that Los Blancos are or win away and we did it in a the trick with a neatly taken 21st- centre-back Jose Fonte earned League match againist Fulham at Craven Cottage in London, Britain, set to break the world transfer convincing way,” Arsenal manager minute effort. Southampton a 1-1 draw at home yesterday. Arsenal won 3-1. record for a fourth time during Wenger told BT Sport. Jose Enrique’s drilled pass from to Sunderland. AFP Florentino Perez’s two spells as president. “Bale is a very good player and Barca confirm how they fit him into their team is up to them,” said the Argentine Messi out of Ribery, Robben strike as yesterday. “But it seems to me that the numbers involved are a lack of Malaga clash respect to the world in general.” Due to injuries Bale hasn’t MADRID, COMMUNITY OF Bayern earn third win played for Spurs since a friendly Madrid: World Player of the against Swindon Town on July 16 Year Lionel Messi (pictured) BERLIN: Bayern Munich defender Per Nilsson, but the and Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas will miss Barcelona’s trip to earned their third straight win German Bundesliga replay showed the Dutchman confirmed that he didn’t expect Malaga today due to a thigh of the season with a 2-0 vic- used his hand to keep the ball Bale to attend his side’s Premier injury, the club have confirmed. tory over Nuremberg yester- Results from going out. Justice was served League match against Swansea The Argentine was taken off day, but still found themselves BERLIN: German Bundesliga when David Alaba’s spot kick was City at White Hart Lane on at half-time in Barca’s 1-1 draw third on goal difference in the results yesterday: saved by Nuremberg goalkeeper Sunday. with Atletico Madrid in the first- Bundesliga. Raphael Schaefer. “We have no rules or obligation Bayern Munich 2 (Ribery 69, Robben 78) leg of the Spanish Super Cup on French winger Franck Ribery’s With time running out, Ribery for players not selected to be on Nuremberg 0 Wednesday and won’t travel with club,” he said. “We have to take it header on 69 minutes broke the headed home before a crisp shot the bench or in the stadium, so I his teammates to Andalusia. bit by bit so that everything goes deadlock before Dutch star Arjen Bayer Leverkusen 4 (Kiessling 22-pen, Sam 28, from Robben on 78 minutes to don’t expect Gareth to be seen at “His progress is satisfactory, well in the end. My intention is Robben scored for Pep Guardiola’s 61, Castro 72) Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 maintain Bayern’s 100 percent the club,” Villas-Boas said. (Stranzl 54, Arango 57) but he has been left out as a that when he plays he is able to European champions who had record this season in the league. AFP precaution,” said a statement show all that he can do. missed a first-half penalty. Hanover 96 2 (Huszti 15-pen, Diouf 42) Schalke Goal-difference leaves Bayern released by the club on Saturday. “Just because Leo isn’t there, The win at Munich’s sold-out 04 1 (Szalai 55) third behind leaders Borussia Scottish Premier However, manager Gerardo doesn’t mean Neymar has to take Allianz Arena in front of 71,000 Hoffenheim 3 (Salihovic 10-pen, Volland 25, Dortmund, who beat Werder Martino refused to confirm that the reigns.” fans marks the start of a busy Strobl 77) Freiburg 3 (Sorg 13, Guede 29, Bremen 1-0 at home on Friday, and Messi’s absence would mean a Martino though stressed that seven-day period for Bayern who Freis 65) second-placed Bayer Leverkusen. League Results first start in a Barca shirt for his side won’t have any excuses have an away league game at Mainz 05 2 (Choupo-Moting 61, N Mueller 78) Schalke, suffered another confi- GLASGOW: Scottish Premier Neymar. should they fail to collect the Freiburg on Tuesday, then travel VfL Wolfsburg 0 dence-sapping defeat as they lost League results yesterday: The Brazilian came off the three points against Malaga. to Prague for Friday’s showdown Playing today 2-1 at Hanover 96. Celtic 2 (Mulgrew 42, Matthews 82) Inverness bench to score his first goal for “To have or not have the best with Chelsea for UEFA’S Super Eintracht Braunschweig vs Eintracht Frankfurt The guests had defender CT 2 (Doran 14, Foran 35) the club against Atletico in mid- player in the world with you Cup. (1330 GMT), Augsburg vs VfB Stuttgart (1530 Benedikt Hoewedes sent off on Dundee Utd 4 (Watson 4, Goodwillie 25, week, but Martino is still not makes it a different game. But Guardiola started with a star- GMT) 14 minutes for bringing down Mackay-Steven 40, Armstrong 53) St convinced that he can last 90 we have a lot of very good play- studded attacking midfield with Hanover striker Mame Diouf Johnstone 0 minutes having missed much of ers to play a good match and the wingers Robben and Ribery either denied Nuremberg when striker with only the goalkeeper to beat Hearts 2 (Walker 18, McGhee 88) Aberdeen 1 pre-season due his participation absence of Messi shouldn’t give us side of Spain’s Thiago Alcantara Daniel Ginczek’s shot clattered off and Hungary midfielder Szabolcs (McGinn 68-pen) in the Confederations Cup and an any excuse.” and Germany playmaker Mario the underside with Munich goal- Huszti drilled home the penalty. Kilmarnock 1 (Nicholson 23) Hibernian 2 operation to remove his tonsils. Just as he did for the second- Goetze, who made his debut keeper Manuel Neuer beaten on Diouf then headed home three (Craig 47, 80) “Neymar is improving all the half at the Vicente Calderon for Bayern after joining from 15 minutes. Bayern were awarded minutes from the break to leave time. The number of sessions he in midweek, Cesc Fabregas is Borussia Dortmund. a penalty on 33 minutes by referee Schalke reeling before striker Motherwell 1 (Sutton 21) Partick 0 has done is growing and he is get- expected to take Messi’s place in The hosts rode their luck in Christian Dingert when Robben Adam Szalai pulled one back for Ross County 3 (Kettlewell 9, Brittain 24, 57) ting to know the squad and the the side. AFP the first-half as only the crossbar was brought down by Sweden Schalke in the second-half. AFP St Mirren 0 Record-setting Shehzad leads Pakistan to victory HARARE, Zimbabwe: Ahmed Scoreboard overs, but the introduction of the Shehzad hit the highest inter- spinners saw the home side stran- national Twenty20 score by a PAKISTAN S Williams st S Ahmed b Z Babar ...... 25 gled as the next five overs yielded Pakistani to lead his country to Ahmed Shehzad (not out) ...... 98 E Chigumbura (not out) ...... 35 just 21 runs for the loss of Vusi a second win in two days over Nasir Jamshed c C’bura b S Masakadza .....23 T Maruma c Mohd Hafeez b Z Babar...... 0 Sibanda and captain Brendan Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Mohd Hafeez (not out) ...... 54 M Waller c S Afridi b Anwar Ali ...... 20 Taylor. Pakistan’s Club yesterday. Extras (W-3, NB-1) ...... 4 S Masakadza (not out) ...... 0 Both batsmen fell to Hafeez, batsman Shehzad smashed 98 to follow Total (for 1 wkt in 20 overs) ...... 179 Extras (LB-7, W-5, NB-1) ...... 13 who then had Hamilton Ahmed on from his 70 on Friday which Masakadza caught in the deep Fall of wickets: 1-36. Total (for 6 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 160 Shehzad had set Pakistan up for a 25-run for 41 to finish with figures of 3 Bowling: Utseya 4-0-35-0; Vitori 4-0-41-0; Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-57, 3-95, 4-109, salutes victory in the first game of the Panyangara 4-0-29-0; S Masakadza 4-0-42-1; 5-109, 6-146. for 30. tour. Once Zulfiqar Babar had the crowd Williams 2-0-15-0; Chigumbura 1-0-13-0; Bowling: Sohail Tanvir 4-0-28-0; Asad Ali 3-0- on reach- Yesterday, he followed that up Waller 1-0-4-0. 26-0; Anwar Ali 2-0-24-1; Zulfiqar Babar 4-1- removed both Sean Williams and ing his 98 with 98 not out as the tourists ZIMBABWE 21-2; Shahid Afridi 3-0-24-0; Mohammad Ha- Timycen Maruma in the follow- during the clinched a 19-run win and 2-0 V Sibanda c S Tanvir b Mohd Hafeez ...... 23 feez 4-1-30-3. ing over, Zimbabwe’s chase was series sweep. H Masakadza c U Amin b Mohd Hafeez...... 41 Result: Pakistan won by 19 runs. dead in the water as they were second The right-hander struck six B Taylor c S Ahmed b Mohd Hafeez ...... 3 Series: Pakistan won the two-match series 2-0. left needing 71 from the final five and final sixes en route to the highest overs. Twenty20 score by a Pakistani batsman in circumspect start after being off Shingirai Masakadza. “It’s Elton Chigumbura and interna- the Twenty20 format, but missed put in to bat, scoring 37 for one important to be consistent I think Malcolm Waller hit three sixes to tional at an opportunity to reach three fig- in the opening six overs as Nasir so I’ve been trying very hard to narrow the margin of defeat, but the Harare ures when he could only manage Jamshed was dismissed for 23, achieve that and it’s paid off,” as in the first match, Zimbabwe Sports a single from the final ball of the Shehzad opened up beautifully Shehzad said. were unable to threaten the Club, innings. from the ninth over and regularly “In the first six overs I didn’t Pakistani total. yesterday. After Pakistan finished on 179 found the boundary. get much strike and I could easily “They got about 20 too many as for one, with skipper Mohammad At the other end Hafeez rotated have had a panic attack, but as our bowlers missed their mark a Hafeez unbeaten on 54 from 40 the strike effectively as the pair soon as the captain came in that few too many times,” said Taylor. balls, Zimbabwe mustered 160 for built an unbroken 143-run stand, changed.” “They just outplayed us and six in reply. and then went to his half-century In reply, Zimbabwe raced to they showed why they’re a world- Although Pakistan made a with a huge six over midwicket 44 without loss in the first five class team.” AFP Sunday 25 August 2013 18 Shawwal 1434 Volume 18 Number 5802 Sport Price: QR2

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MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow of Great Britain riding his Hamilton proves king motorcycle competes in the third free practice session at the Czech of qualifying again Republic Grand Prix, in Brno ahead of the Grand Prix Mercedes driver secures fourth consecutive pole position today.

SPA FRANCORCHAMPS, It brought Hamilton his sev- settling in well to the team. And Formula One Grid Belgium: Lewis Hamilton enth front row start of the season he is a delight to work with. SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, secured his fourth consecu- on a memorable afternoon from “All our team is gelling very Belgium: Grid for today’s tive pole position with a per- start to finish. well. I’m not sure we’ve seen all Crutchlow grabs Formula One Belgian Grand fectly-timed lap in rollercoaster “It was a good job by the team,” of it yet.” Prix following qualifying weather conditions in the final said Hamilton, who is fourth over- In quintessentially capricious yesterday: seconds of yesterday’s qualify- all 44 points in arrears of Vettel. Spa conditions, with the track 1st row ing session for today’s Belgian “I was surprised when I came drying out following a pre-ses- Czech MotoGP pole Lewis Hamilton (GBR/ Grand Prix. across the line. I went wide in sion downpour, the first part of Mercedes); Sebastian Vettel The 28-year-old Briton, in his Turn One and my dashboard told qualifying saw the Caterham and BRNO, Czech Republic: Czech city of Brno, for his second (GER/Red Bull-Renault) Mercedes, grabbed his fifth pole me I was three seconds down and Marussia teams create a surprise Britain’s Cal Crutchlow stunned pole position of the season. 2nd row of the year and 31st of his career then it was four seconds and then after making an early switch from the favourites in yesterday’s “A fantastic job today,” said Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull- with a late lap that saw him clock six. ‘wet’ tyres to intermediates. qualifying session and grabbed Crutchlow, lavishing praise on Renault); Nico Rosberg (GER/ a best lap in two minutes and “So I didn’t know what was This resulted in a dramatic pole position for today’s Czech his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Mercedes) 1.012 seconds. going on, but I kept pushing. final few minutes to Q1 that saw MotoGP. team. 3rd row This came just a second after “It’s a blessing I am up here. Alonso fastest ahead of a rejuve- The 27-year-old Yamaha rider “We did a good job at pro- Paul di Resta (GBR/ Australian Mark Webber and Generally I feel comfortable in nated Hamilton with, remarkably, clocked 1min 55.527sec, a new gressing every session. We’ve Force India-Mercedes); his Red Bull team-mate defend- changing conditions. I can find Dutchman Guido van der Garde record at the 5.4-kilometre (3.4- struggled this weekend in most Jenson Button (GBR/ ing world champion German the limit and I pushed through taking third for Caterham ahead mile) circuit in the southern sessions and we seem to be get- McLaren-Mercedes) Sebastian Vettel had gone succes- the middle sector and really of Rosberg. ting better and better as the 4th row sively fastest with laps of 2:01.325 caned it,” added the 2008 world Marussia also delivered a shock Czech Grand Prix weekend goes on.” and 2:01.200. champion. with Frenchman Jules Bianchi BRNO, Czech Republic: Crutchlow already dominated Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus- Hamilton’s lap delivered a final Mercedes chief Ross Brawn 11th and Briton Max Chilton 16th, the free practices, clocking the Renault); Kimi Raikkonen Results of qualifying here stunning moment of drama at was understandably delighted. his first experience of progressing. fastest time in the third one (FIN/Lotus-Renault) yesterday for today’s Czech the very end of a qualifying hour “You try and put things in place Out went luckless Frenchman motorcycling Grand Prix: yesterday. In the qualification, 5th row packed with incident and shocks and it’s really up to the drivers Jean-Eric Vergne, who had been MotoGP he improved it by more than six Fernando Alonso (ESP/ as sweeping rain produced rap- to see if they can make the most fast in dry conditions, and his 1. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Yamaha) 1min tenths of a second. Ferrari); Felipe Massa (BRA/ idly-changing conditions. of it. Toro Rosso team-mate Australian “I look forward to rest, tomor- Ferrari) 55.527sec, 2. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Honda) at Vettel, the series leader, wound “We were just on the limit of Daniel Ricciardo - the man tipped 0.227, 3. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 0.336, row hopefully we can head for a 6th row up second ahead of Webber with being the last car. It did work out to be switching to Red Bull along- 4. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 0.341, 5. Jorge podium,” added Crutchlow, who Nico Hülkenberg (GER/ Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate for us and with the track drying, side Vettel next year. Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 0.422, 6. Bradley Smith had scored his first-ever MotoGP Sauber-Ferrari); Adrian Sutil German Nico Rosberg fourth. Lewis did a great job. He really is AFP (GBR/Yamaha) 0.487, 7. Valentino Rossi (ITA/ podium finish in Brno last year (GER/Force India-Mercedes) Yamaha) 0.659, 8. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda when he finished third. 7th row LCR) 0.950, 9. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) Crutchlow, fifth in the MotoGP Sergio Perez (MEX/ 1.298, 10. Nicky Hayden (USA/Ducati) 1.452, standings, edged eighth-ranked McLaren-Mercedes); Giedo 11. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati) 1.928, 12. Alvaro Bautista of Spain in the van der Garde (NED/ Colin Edwards (USA/FTR Kawasaki) 2.865. qualifying. Caterham-Renault) Moto2 The Honda Gresini rider fin- ished second 0.227 seconds behind 8th row 1. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Kalex) 2min Crutchlow after holding the cir- Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia- 02.202sec, 2. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Kalex) at cuit record for a few minutes Cosworth); Max Chilton 0.397, 3. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) 0.397, 4. himself. (GBR/Marussia-Cosworth) Mika Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 0.456, 5. Sandro Cortese “I’ll try to make a good start 9th row (GER/Kalex) 0.465, 6. Jordi Torres (ESP/Suter) 0.488, 7. Johann Zarco (FRA/Suter) 0.502, 8. and push as hard as I can,” said Pastor Maldonado (VEN/ the 28-year-old, adding he had Williams-Renault); Jean- Thomas Luthi (SUI/Suter) 0.627. experienced problems with the Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Moto3 rear grip in free practices. Rosso-Ferrari) 1. Alex Rins (ESP/KTM) 2min 07.622sec, 2. “Today we found something 10th row Maverick Vinales (ESP/KTM) at 0.567, 3. Alexis that helped me a lot and in the Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Toro Masbou (FRA/FTR Honda) 0.837, 4. Jack Miller qualifying I (could) push so Rosso-Ferrari); Valtteri Bottas (AUS/FTR Honda) 0.861, 5. Luis Salom (ESP/ much,” he said. (FIN/Williams-Renault) KTM) 1.017, 6. Alex Marquez (ESP/KTM) 1.027, Bautista’s compatriot and over- 7. Jonas Folger (GER/KTM) 1.094, 8. Arthur 11th row all leader Marc Marquez, who British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes AMG in action during the qualifying session at the Sissis (AUS/KTM) 1.221, 9. Efren Vazquez (ESP/ Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/ won the previous three MotoGP Spa-Francorchamps race track near Francorchamps, Belgium, yesterday. The 2013 Belgium F1 GP will take Mahindra) 1.366, 10. Miguel Oliveira (POR/ Sauber-Ferrari); Charles Pic races, was third fastest, 0.336sec place today. Mahindra) 1.487. (FRA/Caterham-Renault) slower than Crutchlow. AFP Rain washes out fourth day of fifth Ashes Test

LONDON: Australia’s hopes of behind and still requiring a some decent cricket obviously,” forcing a consolation win in their further 46 runs to avoid the said Gooch. “The Australian fast Ashes finale against England follow-on. bowlers have bowled exception- were left hanging by a thread Ian Bell, who came into this ally in the last two or three Tests after rain washed out the whole match having scored exactly 500 and have really put our top order of the fourth day’s play at The runs in the series with three hun- under pressure so credit to them,” Oval yesterday. dreds, was 29 not out and Test explained Gooch, whose own Test Conditions worsened through- debutant Chris Woakes unbeaten career started with a pair -- two out the day and, with rain pelt- on 15. noughts -- against Australia at ing down under increasingly dark The way England batted on Edgbaston in 1975. skies, the umpires finally aban- Friday, scoring at barely two runs “You can’t play the ideal game doned play for the day at 4.06pm per an over, suggested they were every day. We are the ones with local time (1506GMT) with only a in no mood to give arch-rivals three Test wins and they are the handful of hardy spectators, some Australia a sniff of victory. ones with nil Test wins,” added sheltering under umbrellas, still Meanwhile, batting coach former opening batsman Gooch in the ground. Graham Gooch defended of an Australia side seeking a first The bad weather was especially England’s go-slow tactics in the victory in nine Tests. frustrating for Australia, who fifth and final Test as Australia’s However, Gooch accepted were seeking a first win in nine James Faulkner warned the improvement was required if Tests and trying to avoid their return Ashes ‘Down Under’ later England were to win a fourth first Ashes series without a Test this year would be “played on our straight Ashes campaign when victory since 1977. terms”. they faced their arch-rivals a England, who at 3-0 up had Former England captain Gooch return series starting at Brisbane already won the five-match series refused to apologise for the team’s in November. and retained the Ashes, were 246 approach at The Oval. “We know that to beat for four at stumps on the third “You go out there and do the Australia in their own back yard day in reply to Australia’s first best you can every day and, at we are going to have to be a lot Ground staff work on the pitch as rain delays the start of the fourth day’s play of the fifth Ashes Test match innings 492 for nine declared, the end of the series, if you are better both with the bat and the between England and Australia at The Oval Cricket Ground in London, yesterday. That left England 245 runs in front then you have played ball.” AGENCIES