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Lekhwiya lift Qatar Cup Baltimore death: Thousands 6 officers charged WASHINGTON: Prosecutors in Baltimore yesterday charged six officers with multiple counts including in connection of workers to with the death of a 25-year- old African American man in police custody. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the Baltimore Police Department officers over get IT training the death of Freddie Gray, which sparked days of protests and riot- ing in the US East Coast port city. Ministry signs deal with companies Nigeria frees 234 DOHA: Some 10,000 construc- tion workers and other blue- from Boko Haram collar expats are to be provided The Better Connections training in the use of comput- ABUJA: Nigeria has freed ers and information technology Programme, launched another 234 women and chil- (IT) as part of the government’s last year on the occasion dren from Boko Haram’s digital inclusion strategy. of Labour Day, will be Sambisa forest, the military said Known as Better expanded this year with yesterday. The hostages were Connections Programme, the 100 computer rooms rescued on Thursday through Ministry of Information and the Kawuri and Konduga end of to be set up in labour H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani handing the trophy to Lekhwiya SC captain after the team won Qatar Communications Technology is Sambisa forest. AFP expanding its digital literacy ini- accommodations. Cup. Lekhwiya defeated El Jaish 1-0 in the final at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha yesterday. See also pages 21 & 22. tiative which is meant for low- income workers. The idea is to ensure labour- ers have access to computers and The Better Connections multi-lingual ICT training. Programme was launched in The Ministry has signed agree- May last year on the occasion Afghan team heads to Doha for Taliban talks ments with a number of compa- of International Labour Day nies to set up rooms or designated and this year the Ministry has KABUL: An Afghan delegation in February that senior figures in said. “The open discussions are as part of a US-sponsored push to space in labour camps where announced its expansion and said is heading to Qatar for “open the Taliban were open to direct based on peace in Afghanistan. promote talks, have led nowhere. computers could be set up and that some 100 computer rooms discussions” with representa- talks with Kabul to end the war, There will be representatives A senior Taliban official in training provided to workers. are to be set up in labour accom- tives of Taliban insurgents over but until now there had been little from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Qatar confirmed that a meet- To begin with, 25 such rooms modations across the country as the next few days aimed at end- sign of progress. Taliban and some other organisa- ing was set for the coming days are to be set up and training is to part of the initiative. ing Afghanistan’s long war, an The Taliban and their militant tions,” Ludin said. with Afghan figures, as well as be offered in ICT in different lan- Qatar is home to more than official said yesterday. allies have if anything shown more He said there would be some from Pakistan and other guages, including Arabic, English, 1.2 million low-income work- The meeting is intended as a desire to fight than to talk. Last two representatives of Hizbe countries. Hindi, Nepali, and Bengali. ers, a vast majority of whom are step towards opening formal talks week, Taliban fighters entered the Islami, another group fighting The Taliban official also said Deals have also been con- engaged in the booming construc- to ending the war, but it was not outer districts of a northerly pro- Afghanistan’s US-backed govern- that Hizbe Islami figures would cluded with charities that will tion industry. clear yesterday whether it had vincial capital, Kunduz. ment that also has a political wing. participate. “It’s top secret so far,” provide volunteers who will train The influx of low-income work- been approved by the Taliban’s The 20-member Afghan delega- Few other details were immedi- he said. He added that the aim of some low-income workers in IT ers continues and they are being supreme leader, who has not been tion will attend preliminary talks ately available. Previous efforts to the meeting was “to sit in front and they would in turn train engaged in development projects seen in public for years. in Qatar tomorrow and Monday, open channels of communication, of each other and listen to each blue-collar workers in the labor being launched for the 2022 FIFA Pakistan’s army chief told Attaullah Ludin, deputy chief of including the establishment of other’s point of view”. accommodations. World Cup. THE PENINSULA Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, a political office in Qatar in 2013 REUTERS

Protest against Milan Expo Only 30 percent drink tap water Security Council fails to back in Qatar: Survey Russian appeal on Yemen

DOHA: As the debate over tap UNITED NATIONS: The UN reporters following the meeting. in the room on the exact working versus bottled water rages, a sur- Security Council was unable Russia had requested the of the statement,” said a diplomat. vey shows only 30 percent of the yesterday to agree on a Russian- meeting after UN Secretary- Russia’s diplomacy has been local population regularly drinks drafted statement demanding General Ban Ki-moon warned on greeted with some degree of sus- tap water, while most people pre- an immediate ceasefire or at Thursday that dire fuel shortages picion given the country’s close fer to drink bottled water. least humanitarian pauses in were threatening to bring all relief ties to Iran, which is supporting Both tap and bottled water in the fighting in Yemen. operations to a halt “within days.” the Houthi rebels who have seized Qatar are safe to drink, says a Russian Ambassador Vitaly Diplomats said the Russian the capital Sana’a and forced study that was part of the survey Churkin criticised the 15-mem- statement was not rejected out Yemen’s president into exile. conducted by Qatar Environment ber council, saying fellow envoys of hand during the closed-door Top UN official Jeffrey Feltman and Energy Research Institute showed “amazing indecision” in meeting but that the delegations told the council that the new UN (QEERI), a member of Qatar the face of the worsening humani- needed time to consider the word- envoy for Yemen will travel to Foundation for Education, Science tarian situation in Yemen. ing. “There was a strong degree the region next week for talks on and Community Development. “If you cannot agree to a of council agreement on the des- advancing prospects for a return to “The quality of Qatar’s drinking motherhood-and-apple-pie state- perate humanitarian situation peace negotiations, diplomats said. water is very high, higher than Anti-riot policemen run in front of a burning car during a rally against Expo ment, what can you agree on? I in Yemen and need to return to AFP many local consumers think,” said 2015 in Milan, Italy, yesterday. Italy opens the Milan Expo amid fears that don’t understand,” Churkin told political talks, but no agreement See also page 4 & 5 Nora Kuiper, a leading researcher it will be overshadowed by scandal and street protests. on the project at QEERI. “The real take away message is that tap water in the country is just as safe as bottled water, either locally produced or imported brands,” added Candace Rowell, a Al Furjan Markets lack toilets for employees fellow researcher working on this project. QEERI scientists used advanced DOHA: Built with much fan- in these markets to remove staff small companies owned by analytical tools to characterize fare by the government, Al toilets or they wouldn’t be given Qataris through an online raffle 113 tap water and 62 bottled Furjan Markets that cater to the license to operate. and monthly rent of the shops is water samples collected across residents of remote areas have “Where do we go to ease our- QR6, 000 ($1,648) each. Qatar. All samples were analysed no public toilet facilities. selves,” Al Sharq quoted some Many outraged staff members for elemental content and volatile And the employees of some out- employees of the bakery shops of bakery shops and restaurants compounds. lets in these markets, like baker- and eateries in these markets as in these shopping complexes said “We interviewed people in their ies and restaurants, are outraged saying. that they would have used com- homes to get an idea of what people that they have been asked by the The Ministry of Economy and mon public toilets but the mar- were drinking and why. We needed civic ministry to remove staff toi- Commerce has built Al Furjan kets have no such facility. to understand how local resi- lets from their premises. Markets in some 44 remote loca- They said there are mosques dents feel about drinking water,” All shops in Al Furjan tions of the country and they nearby so people could use the explained Candace Rowell. Markets have staff toilets together have 645 shops of dif- toilets therein but the mosques The answers were clear, only although the market as a whole ferent types. are closed to public after prayers. about 30 percent of the local popu- has no public toilet facilities, The idea behind Al Furjan One person said that lack lation regularly drinks tap water, reports Al Sharq. markets is to help residents of of coordination among various most people prefer to drink bot- But lately, the Ministry of remote areas access items of daily authorities was responsible for tled water. Municipality and Urban Planning need in their vicinity and not rush the absence of basic facilities like Continued on page 3 has asked the bakery shops and to Doha for every need of theirs. public toilets. THE PENINSULA restaurants, among other outlets, The shops were allotted to THE PENINSULA Al Furjan Market complex. SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME SCH updating data on Court overturns man’s medical practitioners 15-year jail sentence DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has asked all private Court of appeals finds police investigation faulty and public healthcare facilities in the country DOHA: A higher criminal The investigators didn’t furnish the window any material, which to provide information court here has overturned the any evidence that the accused was would indicate that he was smok- about any health practi- ruling of a lower court sentenc- either in possession of hashish or ing hashish and had thrown it tioner who has stopped ing a GCC national to 15 years was peddling or using it. away on seeing the police. working with them. in jail for peddling and smoking Witnesses denied in the court The man was caught in Al This is to update the hashish. having seen the accused peddle or Dafna area of Doha. The court national database on med- In a landmark judgment, the use the drug, and even the medi- said the investigation was not ical practitioners. Criminal Court of Appeals said cal report said that he had not conducted properly and raised The information should that there was no evidence to used the drug when he was taken many doubts about it. be given to the Qatar show that the accused had pos- into custody. The accused also didn’t confess Council for Healthcare sessed, used or trafficked in the The driver of the accused told to allegations made by the pros- Practitioners (QCHP) at drug. the court that he had never seen ecution in charges filed in the SCH, which is responsible The lower court had also fined him smoke or peddle drugs. court. for licensing and monitor- the accused QR200,000 ($55,000). The higher court asked the The accused had been sen- www.swiss-belhotel.com ing doctors, nurses and But the higher court, where the investigators why the house of tenced by the lower court in other medical profession- accused went in appeal, challeng- the accused or his car was not absentia and when he returned to Tel als, a local Arabic daily ing the lower court’s ruling, said searched when he was suspected the country he appealed against Fax reported yesterday, citing the investigation conducted by the of such a serious crime and when the verdict. a circular issued by QCHP police in the matter was faulty. they had a search warrant issued The defence lawyer for the to healthcare facilities. “The man is innocent,” said the to them by the Public Prosecution. accused was Ghanem Ali Al The facilities are appeals court, local Arabic daily And, when the man was Kubaisi. 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DOHA: Carnegie Mellon Tel University in Qatar Members of the organising committee, winners in competitions, judges and volunteers were honoured during Fax and Qatar First Bank (QFB) recently signed Mowasalat’s Spring Festival for its staff. a Memorandum of www.doha.hilton.com Understanding (MoU) to begin bilateral collabora- Tel 44233333 974+ tions in a number of areas. Mowasalat organises Spring Festival Fax 44233000 974+ Carnegie Mellon Qatar students will benefit from DOHA: Mowasalat recently the conclusion of the annual winners were given prizes such hands-on training oppor- organised a Spring Festival Mowasalat Chairman’s Cup as laptop, smartphone, LCD TV, tunities with QFB as part with a variety of entertainment 2015, in which members of the ipad, camera and iphone.. of its executive train- programmes for its 6,500 driv- organising committee, winners in “We are happy to organise ing program, while QFB ers and other staff. the competitions, judges and the such an event which is not a just employees will have the Minister of Transport H E volunteers were recognised with source of entertainment but also opportunity to participate Jassem bin Saif Al Sulaiti, who certificates of appreciation, cups helps foster work efficiency by in Carnegie Mellon Qatar’s is also chairman of Mowasalat, and medals. strengthening social connections executive education courses and other senior company offi- Mowasalat CEO, Khalid Nasser among our workforce, by creat- Tel in management, informa- cials attended the event. Al Hail gave away the prizes to ing a healthy work environment,” tion technology and human The event included a spe- winners. He also picked the win- said Al Hail. Fax resources. cial programme marking ners of the first raffle draw. The THE PENINSULA The MoU was signed by Ilker Baybars, dean of Carnegie Mellon Qatar, Tel and Ahmed Meshari, act- Fax ing chief executive officer of QFB. THE PENINSULA

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DOHA: The first Conference Independent schools, along with on Education 2015, being organ- 300 high-level Gulf, Arab and ised by the Supreme Education international educational and Council (SEC) in coordination academic delegations, will take with the Faculty of Education part in the conference. at Qatar University, under the The four-day conference will theme “Partners in Excellence”, discuss a number of topics such will start today at Qatar as the axis of educational reform, National Convention Centre. educational leadership, between Bahrain’s Minister of theory and practice, leadership Education, Dr Majid bin Ali Al and policies of education, learn- Nuaimi, and his delegation arrived ing, policy and education issues, in Doha yesterday to attend the in addition to development of edu- conference, which is being held cation , research, evaluation and under the patronage of the Prime curricula. Minister and Interior Minister H Senior Gulf educators and aca- E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin demics from the field of education Khalifa Al Thani, who is also the will attend the opening session of chairman of SEC. the conference along with repre- Al Nuaimi was greeted on sentatives of international and arrival by the Minister of regional organisations working Education and Higher Education in the areas of research and edu- K Mohanan (centre), agriculture minister of India’s southern state of Kerala, and others at the harvest of Qatar’s first paddy crop, at Al Dosari Park and Secretary General of the cation, principals of Independent in Shahaniya, yesterday. The minister and a group of organic farming enthusiasts from Kerala living in Qatar had planted the rice seedlings about SEC, H E Dr Mohammad bin and Arab private schools, teach- six months ago. BAHER AMIN Abdul Wahed Al Hammadi and ers, students, parents and repre- a number of Senior SEC Officials. sentatives of the media. Dr Ali bin Abdul Khaliq Al The 7th annual Student Qarni, Director-General of Arab Research and Creative Activity Bureau of Education for the Gulf Fair will be held during the con- States, has also arrived in Doha ference with participation from 64 Tap water, bottled water in Qatar safe to attend the conference. The Independent and private schools, other participating delegations which will present research in the Continued from page 1 arsenic) and organic compounds and can leach into the drinking be protected from the sun and are expected to arrive later. fields of science and literature. The study, which analyses tap (such as benzene) that may cause water source. extreme heat. More than 200 private and QNA water and bottled water, is a clear negative health outcomes or affect However, the levels observed Exposure to heat and the sun example of how the research and the taste or odour of water. in imported water in Qatar are weaken the bottle and can release development institutes of Qatar All the tap and bottled water in lower than those prescribed in chemicals such as antimony and Foundation support its goal of Qatar is safe to drink, but some health-based guidelines for drink- lead from the container into the improving the health and social imported water has higher con- ing water. drinking water. Both these ele- Dr Ahmad M Hasnah is well-being of Qatar’s population centrations of substances such as The guideline values for arsenic ments have been shown to have while preserving and improving arsenic (average concentration in and chromium are 10 ppb and 100 negative effects on health, includ- its natural and built environment. imported water is 0.62 parts per ppb, respectively. ing cardiovascular effects, if con- HBKU president QEERI scientists determined billion (ppb)), and chromium (1.04 The QEERI team went on to sumed over a prolonged period of that Qatar’s tap and bottled water ppb) than locally produced tap and investigate how people’s behav- time. Therefore, bottles should DOHA: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar conform to quality guidelines bottled water. iour can influence the quality of be carefully protected from these Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, established by the World Health This is likely because imported their water. Heat and UV radia- conditions to protect the health has appointed Dr Ahmad M Hasnah as President of Hamad bin Organisation and the United water comes from natural fresh- tion (from the sun) can have a real of the nation. This is as simple as Khalifa University. States Environmental Protection water sources that can contain impact on bottled water. Plastic not leaving bottled water in a car Dr Hasnah joined QF in 2002 and has been a key player in the Agency. naturally occurring elements, such bottled water containers are safe during the summer months. development of Education City into a hub for creating, sharing and The guidelines exist for trace as arsenic, that are present in dif- to use for storing and holding THE PENINSULA finding practical uses of knowledge through partnerships with world- elements (such as lead and ferent types of rock or sediment drinking water, but they should class educational and research institutions. In his roles as Director of Academic Affairs in the Education Division, and later as Associate Vice President for Higher Education, Dr Hasnah actively contributed to negotiations which led to the establishment of several QF partner universities, namely Texas A&M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Georgetown Nepalese throng University in Qatar, Northwestern University in Qatar, UCL Qatar and HEC Paris in Qatar. In 2014, he was appointed Executive Vice embassy for President and Provost of Hamad bin Khalifa University. Dr Hasnah represents QF in many bodies, including the boards passports of Texas A&M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, and Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, and in the DOHA: A large number of steering committee of Qatar National Research Fund. Nepalese gathered at their coun- He also took part in the conception and shaping of the World try’s embassy here yesterday, a Innovation Summit for Education, which aims to explore ground- Friday, to collect their passports breaking innovation and take steps to make improvements to educa- (both new and renewed ones). tion worldwide. The embassy is open from 12 Dr Hasnah holds a PhD in computer science from Illinois Institute noon to 2 pm on weekdays, as of Technology, USA. He graduated from University of Qatar in 1990 also on Fridays, to enable Nepalese with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics. nationals to collect their passports. THE PENINSULA There is no passport delivery on Saturdays as the embassy is closed for the weekend. Nitesh Sapkota, second sec- retary at the mission, said that Call for GCC cooperation the passport delivery service was made available on Fridays because most Nepalese workers had their to stop spread of MERS weekly day off on this day and so come to the embassy to avail of DOHA: A three-day inter- Organisation (FAO) of the the service. national workshop on MERS United Nations, co-organisers On average the embassy issues (Middle East Respiratory of the workshop urged the GCC and renews some 300 passports a Syndrome) concluded here countries to establish a regional day on weekdays and Fridays and on Wednesday with a call programme for animal health delivers them to their holders, A long queue of visitors at the Nepalese embassy yesterday to collect new and renewed passports. ABDUL BASIT to strengthen co-operation and food safety. This programme Sapkota said. THE PENINSULA between the GCC to prevent should include MERS and other a further spread of the deadly common diseases. disease. The workshop explored the pos- The workshop proposed to sibility of a regional agreement review the rules and regulations between GC countries for tracking on cross border movement of MERS virus in camels and con- Josoor Institute, QTA conclude workshops camels considering the fact that ducting laboratory tests before the camels are a major source in the camels enter these countries. DOHA: Josoor Institute and for Delivery & Legacy (SC), industry,” said Mushtaq Al-Waeli, our partnership with Josoor spread of the disease. A Doha Declaration approved Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) QTA, Ministry of Economy and Acting Executive Director of Institute as a leading entity Veterinary quarantines at bor- by the workshop urged partici- recently concluded professional Commerce, Ministry of Interior, Josoor Institute. to promote new ideas and to der points should be empowered pating countries to provide infor- development workshops focused Qatar University, Qatar Football Launched in 2013 as part of the build collaborative relationship to include follow up and research mation about MERS infection on building human capacities Association, Aspire, Qatar SC, Josoor Institute has played an between multiple sectors. The and include other animals which in camels to the World Health in sports tourism and events Museums, Wasserman Media instrumental role in elevating focus of our strategy at QTA is to have relations with camels, felt the Organisation (WHO) for creat- industries in Qatar and the Group and several hospitality the events industry in Qatar by transform Qatar as a world-class participants. ing an international data base. All MENA region. industry representatives. training many of the people who tourism hub with deep cultural They recommended that meat, infected camels should be isolated The two workshops titled ‘Sport “In Qatar we are preparing not will deliver large-scale sporting roots and now is the perfect time milk and urine of camels be stud- until they fully recover. Tourism – A Comprehensive only to host the region’s first FIFA and non-sporting events across to start,” said Hassan Al Ibrahim, ied because many people in the The MERS infection is found Overview’ and ‘The Implications World Cup but countless other glo- the region before and long after Chief Tourism Development region are still using them without to be through three sources- envi- of Mega Events for Tourism and bal, Asian and MENA region high 2022. To encourage further growth Officer at QTA. boiling and some are using camel ronment, camels or humans. The Hospitality’ were hosted from profile sporting and non-sporting of the sector, QTA also provides The workshops highlighted the urine for treatment. Role of all participants stressed the need for April 20 to 23 at Aspire Academy. events. In 2014, Qatar alone hosted investment opportunities for impact of large-scale sporting these elements in the spread of keeping the infected camels under The four days of interactive over 180 events, including global industry professionals. events on the public and private the disease should be investigated. observation for long time. panel discussions, case studies and sporting events such as the Men’s “The cooperation between mul- sectors. It focused discussions on The workshop also proposed a The workshop underlined the presentations brought together Handball Championship and FINA tiple industries and stakeholder the collaboration between the dif- joint budget for research among need for research for finding vac- almost 150 delegates from the World Swimming Championship. groups is crucial to maximise ferent business partners includ- all the GCC countries and other cines against the disease by doing sports, tourism and hospitality These are all important oppor- the opportunities created by ing hotels, tour operators, events international bodies and research comparative studies to find simi- industries in Qatar and around the tunities that must be fully max- mega events and sports tourism organisers and many others centres. larities between different cases. region, including representatives imised and they widen the scope in Qatar and the MENA region. required for the success of mega The Food and Agricultural THE PENINSULA from the Supreme Committee of operations for the tourism This is why we immensely value events. THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST US Navy may Police use tear gas on Turkey protesters offer protection May Day demonstrators throw stones and Molotov cocktails; over 200 arrested to other ships

ISTANBUL: Turkish police in the Gulf yesterday used water cannon and tear gas to disperse May Day WASHINGTON: US naval protesters in Istanbul as tens forces providing protection for of thousands of labour activ- American-flagged ships passing ists turned out to defend their through the Strait of Hormuz rights at a time of austerity. may extend the assistance to Turkish police and protesters other countries’ commercial engaged in pitched battles in some vessels using the waterway, offi- districts of Istanbul. cials said yesterday. Turkish police had blocked Pentagon officials said on all vehicle access and cut public Thursday that warships had transport to prevent protests on begun “accompanying” US-flagged Taksim Square in the centre of vessels in the strategic corridor Istanbul, the traditional focus for as a precaution after Iran seized demonstrations in the country’s a Marshall Islands-flagged ship largest city. this week and “harassed” an Police moved in on the protest- American-flagged ship last week. ers in the Besiktas district close “Yesterday, we had a total of to the shores of the Bosphorus four US-flagged ships that were as they tried to head towards accompanied through the strait,” the square, using water cannon spokesman Colonel Steven trucks and spraying tear gas, an Warren said. Defence Secretary AFP correspondent said. Ashton Carter approved the oper- Istanbul governor Vali Sahin ation and “this is going to con- said that 203 people had been tinue for an indefinite period of arrested, and six police and 18 time,” Warren said. protesters had been wounded in US Central Command, which a day of clashes around Istanbul. oversees forces in the Middle East, This is the first May Day in said it was possible the assist- Turkey, a national holiday in the ance could be offered to other country, to be marked after par- merchant ships sailing through liament passed a controversial the maritime chokepoint. “Our security bill this year giving the current plans are for accompa- police greater powers to crack nying US-flagged ships, although down on protests. there are discussions with other President Recep Tayyip nations to include their vessels as Erdogan’s administration — well,” Central Command spokes- shaken by weeks of deadly anti- man Colonel Patrick Ryder told government protests in May-June Police use a water cannon against protesters in Besiktas neighbourhood of Istanbul yesterday. reporters in a teleconference. 2013 centred on Taksim Square The USS Farragut, a guided- — is hugely nervous about public Baltimore in the United States. Square were immediately sur- date. We cannot do it any other as they sought a ride to the airport. missile destroyer, and three demonstrations ahead of June 7 “Not a single word about the rounded by police who roughly way, it is too symbolic for us,” In an apparent bid to discourage coastal patrol craft — the legislative elections. “I find that recent events in America. No arrested several people. Umar Karatepe, a leader of the protests, the city’s main metro line Thunderbolt, the Firebolt and the this insistance on (protests in) criticism at all,” he fumed. Taksim Square has been a flash- DISK labour confederation, said. was halted well before Taksim and Typhoon — were currently oper- Taksim is wrong. Having a meet- In the Istanbul district of point for clashes on Labour Day Turkish media said 20,000 police services on the city tram service ating in the area. US naval forces ing in Taksim means basically Okmeydani, known as a hub for the since dozens of people were killed had been deployed in Istanbul were stopping halfway. conducted a similar security oper- paralysing all Istanbul,” Erdogan far-left, protesters engaged in fero- there on May 1, 1977 when modern backed up by 62 water cannon Taksim Square, usually ation in the Strait of Hormuz in said in a speech in Ankara. cious clashes with police, throwing Turkey was going through one of trucks. thronged with thousands of peo- 2010, officials said. He also lashed out at foreign stones and Molotov cocktails. its most turbulent periods. The blocking of traffic left some ple in the day, was deserted save US officials said there were no media for focusing on unrest in A small group of a few dozen “In 1977 there was a massacre. locals with long walks to carry out for police, journalists and plain plans at the moment to send naval Turkey to “smear” the country Communist protesters who tried We simply want to be there (on their business while travellers car- clothes security agents. ships into Iranian territorial while ignoring the violence in to protest in the centre of Taksim Taksim) to commemorate that rying heavy luggage were stranded AFP waters. Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards forced a Marshall Islands- flagged ship, the Maersk Tigris, to Iran’s Larak Island on Tuesday after firing warning shots. The Pentagon said yesterday that the Maersk Tigris remains US envoy hits back anchored off of Larak island. Tourist train brings puff Iran said its forces seized control of the Tigris over a long-running commercial dispute and that the at Ankara mayor vessel would be released as soon as an alleged debt is settled. The of hope to Damascus ANKARA: The US ambas- posting a picture of himself with incidents prompted Washington sador to Turkey yesterday his normally brown hair turned to demand Iran uphold freedom DAMASCUS: The Syrian hit back at sexist remarks by blond. “American diplomats: of navigation in the area. AFP capital’s tiny tourist train is Ankara’s maverick mayor to the We’re all blonde,” he wrote in returning puffs of hope to a US State Department spokes- English and Turkish. city encircled by war with short woman by posting a picture of It was not immediately clear if Zarif greets trips to the greener suburbs of himself with blond hair. the ambassador’s hair had been Damascus. Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek, photoshopped or if he had actually The train, whose large yellow a close ally of Turkish President dyed his hair. Gokcek, who has wagon and leather seats can hold Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had on been mayor of Ankara since 1994, Saudi FM 100 people, had stopped running Wednesday fired off an extraordi- has earned notoriety in recent since the 2011 outbreak of Syria’s nary diatribe on Twitter over the years for outbursts on his Twitter TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign conflict. But it was relaunched Baltimore rioting, telling the US account @06melihgokcek, taking Minister Mohammad Javad yesterday and will be open to the State Department acting spokes- on anyone who dares challenge Zarif congratulated his newly- general public starting today. woman Marie Harf to “come on him. Showing no sign of step- installed Saudi counterpart on Train trips to towns in blonde answer now”. ping back from the controversy, his appointment, Iranian media Damascus province, like “Where are you stupid blonde, Gokcek defended his comments, reported yesterday. Zarif said he Zabadani, had been a favourite who accused Turkish police of saying “my wife is also blonde”. hoped that “relations between the weekend pastime for the capital’s using disproportionate force?” he “It has nothing to do with gen- Islamic Republic of Iran and the residents before the war. added, referring to US criticism der, they (the comments) shouldn’t Saudi monarchy will develop” fol- Since many of these areas are of the harsh response by Turkish read this way,” he said, quoted by lowing the nomination of Adel Al now controlled by anti-regime police to demonstrations. Hurriyet daily. Sniping at Bass’s Jubeir as Riyadh’s top diplomat. rebels, the train will carry trav- Harf herself had refused to rise Instagram picture, Gokcek said he A former envoy to Washington, ellers on short round trips to to the bait of the comments, say- could recommend the ambassador Jubeir was appointed foreign nearby neighbourhoods under ing in Washington: “I really don’t a hairdresser in Turkey. “There are minister in a major government regime control, like Dummar. A train starting its first 5km-long journey from Al Rabweh to Dummer district think I’m going to dignify them so many hairdressers in Turkey shake-up in the kingdom earlier For many in Damascus, the in Damascus yesterday after a five-year suspension. with a response.” But US ambas- who are very good at doing blond this week, replacing the world’s train is reminiscent of weekend sador to Turkey John Bass took to hair. The envoy can contact me if longest-serving chief diplomat, vacations and picnics in idyl- German engine 0will offer a trans- the Barada river before reaching Instagram to make his response, he wants.” AFP Prince Saud Al Faisal. AFP lic surrounding villages — areas portation alternative for residents Dumar to the northwest. now destroyed by fierce clashes of the traffic-jammed capital. The inaugural ride yesterday and heavy shelling. “It’s the train “We decided to restart this of the train, regaled with Syrian of my childhood... I want to ride it train to give people hope again flags, attracted dozens of people, Israeli forces fire tear gas again to remember those beauti- and put a smile on people’s faces gathered in front of a giant poster ful days,” Nour, a high-school stu- in Damascus,” said Zuheir Khalil, of embattled President Bashar Al dent, said. “This is going to make one of the officials behind the Assad. Throughout Syria, trans- people happy,” said Samir Khoury, train’s relaunch. The train leaves portation methods — especially a 43-year-old engineer. its station at Rabwa, near the bus routes — have been cut off by For 50 Syrian pounds (0.20 US Umayyad Mosque in the west of fighting and kidnapping. cents), the fuel-run train with a the capital, and runs alongside AFP

Kuwait arrests ex-lawmaker over Iran tweet

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait yesterday arrested a Al Ahmad Al Sabah, 76, with a new heir who has former opposition lawmaker for alleging Iran strong relations with Tehran. He said he hoped the was pressuring the emirate to change the crown attempts would fail. prince, the government and relatives said. Under the Kuwaiti constitution, the crown prince The interior ministry said Waleed Al Tabtabai is proposed by the Emir and approved by parliament. had been “arrested on the orders of the public pros- Sheikh Nawaf, half brother of Emir H H Sheikh Sabah ecution for spreading false news about the internal Al Ahmad Al Sabah, was appointed to the post in 2006. situation and undermining the status of the crown Tabtabai’s brother Anwar said the ex-lawmaker prince on social media”. was arrested by secret service police. Kuwaiti The former Islamist lawmaker, a long-time critic authorities have detained several online activists and of the Islamic republic, would now be referred to former lawmakers for allegedly criticising countries Palestinian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during clashes next to the prosecutors for questioning, it added. like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and Iran. Israeli Ofer prison, in the West Bank village of Betunia near Ramallah, yesterday, following a demonstration In comments posted on Thursday on Twitter, Courts have also sentenced dozens of online activ- against the building of Israeli settlements and the confiscation of Palestinian land by Israel. Tabtabai wrote that Iran had been putting pressure ists and opposition members to years in jail for on Kuwait to replace Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf insulting the Emir on social media. AFP SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Yemen fuel shortage to halt relief, warns UN Red Cross deplores health care situation

ADEN: The UN and Red Cross supplies are restored,” UN chief because it was being flooded by warned fuel shortages are Ban Ki-moon warned. those wounded in combat or air threatening to halt relief opera- Ban called for an “immediate strikes. The WHO said the col- tions in Yemen and urged war- resumption of fuel imports to lapse of access to health care had ring sides to spare hospitals, as avoid making the already cata- also fanned the spread of epi- Saudi-led air strikes entered a strophic humanitarian situation demic diseases, with 44 alerts of sixth week yesterday. in Yemen even worse.” suspected outbreaks of diseases The latest strikes and clashes The World Health including measles, dengue fever on the ground killed 47 people in Organization said that as of and meningitis. second city Aden, where the Red Monday 1,244 people had been Last week, Riyadh announced Cross also scrambled to evacuate confirmed killed in fighting in a halt to the coalition air war staff and patients from a hospital Yemen since March 19. but it has kept up its strikes when it became a front line. The Red Cross deplored the every day since. And after a meeting in Riyadh, health care situation in Yemen, The Custodian of the Two Gulf foreign ministers rejected where doctors say they are under Holy Mosques King Salman bin any moves to hold peace talks huge strain to operate hospitals Abdulaziz Al Saud and his son between Yemeni rivals at a neu- and care for patients with dwin- and Defence Minister Prince tral venue, as sought by Iran. dling supplies and almost no fuel. Mohammed have said repeatedly Yemenis inspect houses which were allegedly destroyed by Saudi-led coalition forces targeting Houthi rebels’ The conflict escalated in “The surgical team from the that it will go on until the rebels positions in Sana’a yesterday. March when a Saudi-led coali- ICRC and all local staff and concede. AFP tion launched strikes against patients were forced to evacuate Iran-backed Shia rebels who Aden’s Al Jumhurriya hospital overran much of the country, when the building itself became a Iran arming Houthis since 2009: UN report forcing President Abdrabuh front line in the fighting,” it said. Mansur Hadi to flee. The ICRC’s mission chief in The bombing has virtually Yemen said hospitals should be UNITED NATIONS: Iran Jihan, that was carrying weapons. support to Houthis in Yemen is to April 2009, the crew of an halted the delivery of humanitar- spared. “We are shocked by the has been shipping weapons to The information collected by consistent with patterns of arms unnamed Iranian vessel loaded ian aid and other goods, includ- lack of respect for the hospital, Yemen’s Houthi rebels since at the experts “suggests that the transfers going back to more than crates of weapons onto Yemeni ing fuel, with the International as a neutral health facility, by least 2009, according to a con- Jihan case follows a pattern of five years to date.” Iran denies boats in international waters Committee of the Red Cross the fighting parties,” said Cedric fidential UN report, indicating arms shipments to Yemen by sea accusations that it is meddling in which were then delivered in describing the situation as Schweizer. that Tehran’s support dates that can be traced back to at least Yemen and instead accuses Saudi batches and taken to a farm in “alarming”. Doctors in the capital Sana’a, in back to the early years of the 2009,” said the report. Arabia of carrying out a military Yemen for use by the Houthis. “After a month of air strikes statements reported by the Red Shia militia’s insurgency. One instance saw an Iranian “aggression” against the troubled And an Iranian fishing vessel and fighting, Yemen’s health sys- Cross, also spoke of the hardships The report by a panel of experts fishing vessel attempt to secretly country after it launched an air was seized by Yemeni authori- tem is struggling to cope and there they are up against. was presented to the Security ship hundreds of anti-tank and campaign on March 26. ties in February 2011 carrying are severe shortages of essential “We are running out of diesel. Council’s Iran sanctions com- anti-helicopter rockets to the The experts’ report details 900 Iranian-made anti-tank and items especially food and fuel,” the Our ambulances can no longer mittee last week as the United rebels. “The analysis further sug- six other incidents involving anti-helicopter rockets intended ICRC said in a statement. transport patients. Only half of Nations seeks to broker an end gests that the Islamic Republic Iranian ships, five of which are for the rebels, the report said. The World Food Programme our staff can come to work as the to the Saudi-led air campaign of Iran was the origin of these said to have been carrying weap- Iran is prohibited from sell- said it was halting its food dis- hospital buses have stopped run- in Yemen and a return to peace shipments and that the intended ons bound for Yemen. In one of ing weapons under a UN reso- tribution due to the shortage of ning,” said Issa Alzubh, head of Al talks. recipients were the Houthis in the cases, the panel said it had lution adopted in 2007 that also fuel in Yemen where most of the Kuwait hospital in Sana’a. The panel of experts reported Yemen or possibly in some cases received conflicting information instructs all countries to take stocks are in the hands of rebels. In Aden, Doctor Adel Al Yafyi on the findings of an investigation further recipients in neighboring about whether there were weap- action to prevent any arms flow “Humanitarian operations said his hospital was no longer into the 2013 seizure by Yemeni countries,” it added. ons on board the vessel. from Iran. will end within days unless fuel able to care for ordinary patients authorities of an Iranian ship, the “Current military Iranian In an incident dating back AFP

Palestinians ‘too Iraqi Kurd leader could face war Rebels battle Syrian army in Latakia to visit US AMMAN/BEIRUT: Islamist rebels and the Syrian army crimes probes’ fought fierce battles in Latakia tomorrow JERUSALEM: The Intern- province overnight close to WASHINGTON: The White ational Criminal Court’s chief President Bashar Al Assad’s House will next week host prosecutor has said she is ancestral home, the army and the head of Iraq’s autonomous weighing opening war crimes rebels said, after weeks of Kurdish region, a frontline ally investigations into Palestinians insurgent gains in the country’s in the fight against Islamist as well as Israelis after Palestine northwest. militants, a US official said. joined the tribunal’s jurisdiction Rebels seeking to topple Assad Massud Barzani will meet last month. have in the past sought to bring with both US President Barack Fatou Bensouda rejected Israeli their four-year-long insurgency Obama and Vice President Joe fears of bias by the court, promis- close to coastal areas in gov- Biden only weeks after a land- ing to consider the evidence “inde- ernment-held Latakia, heart- mark visit by new Iraqi Prime pendently and impartially without land of Assad’s minority Alawite Minister Haider Al Abadi. fear or favour,” in an interview community. Barzani’s last visit to Washington published by Israel’s liberal Haaretz An army source told state dates back to April 2012. newspaper yesterday. news agency SANA that fighter The Kurdish leader will arrive “We will of course look into jets hit insurgent hideouts in the tomorrow for a week-long visit the alleged crimes committed northern Latakia countryside which will also include talks on by all sides to the conflict. I have with “tens killed and wounded”. Wednesday with Deputy Secretary made this clear to both Israeli Latakia is the main port in of State Tony Blinken to dis- and Palestinian officials,” she Syria and along with the capi- cuss “the combined campaign to said. Bensouda said that so far her tal Damascus is one of the most degrade and ultimately destroy deliberations were still at a pre- important government-held areas ISIL,” State Department acting liminary stage and no investiga- in the country. The violence fol- spokeswoman Marie Harf said. tion had been opened into anyone lows advances in neighbouring Residents walk amid debris at a site damaged by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal A US-led coalition has carried from either side. Idlib province by the hardline to Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad at Al Sukkari neighbourhood of Aleppo yesterday. out more than 3,000 air strikes “At this stage we are not inves- Ahrar Al Sham group and Syria’s over Iraq since September in the tigating, as a decision on whether Al Qaeda wing Nusra Front as The Observatory, which col- and close to Qardaha, hometown Jisr al-Shughour, a town in Idlib fight against extremist Islamic to open an investigation in the well as other allied fighters. lects information from a network of the Assad family. province captured by insurgents State (IS) militants, also known situation of Palestine has not Rami Abdulrahman, who of sources on the ground, said at “The capture of the peaks would a week ago. as ISIL, who seized a swath of been made,” she said. Bensouda runs the Syrian Observatory least five insurgents were killed make the Alawite villages in our Battles raged around a hospital Iraqi and Syrian territory in a began a preliminary examination for Human Rights monitoring and an unidentified number from firing range,” said an Ahrar Al on the southwestern outskirts of lightning move last summer. in January of whether there was group, said the Latakia battles the pro-government side. Sham commander based in Idlib the town yesterday where army Kurdish peshmerga forces sufficient evidence to warrant started with an army offensive on Two rebel sources said the on Skype. In August 2013, Islamist forces and allied fighters have moved into parts of the disputed opening war crimes investigations Thursday, backed by local mili- fighting in Latakia was near the rebels and foreign fighters briefly been holed up since the insurgent northern territory after Iraqi into last summer’s conflict in the tias, aimed at pushing the insur- mountains of Jabal Al Akrad, captured Alawite villages. offensive began, the Observatory federal security forces withdrew, Gaza Strip between Israel and gents out of the province in order close to some of the highest peaks The Observatory said the army said, adding that a blast had tar- and Iraqi Kurdish forces have Palestinian Islamist movement to advance on captured areas of in Syria including Nabi Younis wanted to secure the valley and geted the army earlier in the day. been receiving weapons deliveries Hamas. AFP neighbouring Idlib. that overlook Alawite villages peaks in order to advance on REUTERS from coalition countries including Britain, France and Germany as well as the US. Between 4,000-6,000 Iraqis, many of whom fled the IS cap- ture of Mosul, are also now being trained in Iraqi Kurdistan for the France seals strategic new links in Middle East upcoming battle to retake the city. Mosul, which lies 90km west of PARIS: France’s tough line in Abdulaziz Al Saud’s invitation to ease sanctions on Tehran in being tougher than the Americans of military contracts in the region. the Kurdish capital, Arbil, holds talks with Iran and a similar to attend a summit of the Gulf return for monitoring and curbs in the Iran negotiations and that The Riyadh summit will see fur- special significance for the mili- analysis to Gulf Arab states on Cooperation Council (GCC) heads of its nuclear programme. can only please the Saudis,” said ther bilateral talks between France tants as it was where IS leader regional crises has sealed stra- of state, a first for a Western It also rebuked Washington Francois Heisbourg, a former and individual states on business Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi proclaimed tegic new links in the Middle leader, at which issues from the two years ago for backing down at defence official and special adviser ties, officials said. his “caliphate” straddling Iraq East that will be cemented when Saudi-led intervention in Yemen the last minute on bombing Syria at the Paris-based Strategic “Our American friends are and Syria. President Francois Hollande to Syria’s civil war will top the over the use of chemical weap- Research Foundation. aggressive competitors and have Kurdish peshmerga fighters, attends a regional leaders’ sum- agenda. ons, a decision that enraged Gulf “It has shown that it has a a very efficient diplomacy, but sent from Arbil, were also instru- mit next week. “It’s important for us because states. France is part of a US-led regional vision and the capacity France offers an alternative diplo- mental in defeating the jihadists’ Those ties, which Paris has it shows the appreciation of Gulf coalition against Islamic State to act where and when it feels it’s macy,” said Eric Trappier, the bid to capture the Syrian town sought to nurture since Hollande countries in our strategic choices militants in Iraq, has thousands necessary,” he said, adding that chief executive of Rafale-maker of Kobane on the border with came to power in 2012 - were with regard to Iran, Syria and the of troops in West Africa fighting the intention was not to sideline Dassault Aviation PA. Turkey, under a deal brokered by highlighted on Thursday when fight against Islamic State,” said Al Qaeda-linked groups and has the United States but remind “It has close strategic interests the US with Ankara to give them Qatar agreed to buy French-made a senior French diplomat. “We’ve a naval based in the United Arab Washington it wasn’t alone in with some countries and so with a safe passage into Syria. Rafale fighter jets in a $7bn deal. shown we’re a reliable partner Emirates. the world. a good fighter jet product as well Harf reaffirmed that US mili- Hollande travels to Doha that doesn’t shirk its responsibili- Hollande’s visit comes 10 days Paris’ shift to the Gulf states then the stars align,” Trappier tary assistance to the Kurdish on May 4 to sign the contract ties in the region.” before Gulf leaders travel to the first under former president said, adding there were talks with areas, which have long sought before heading to Riyadh at France, a UN Security Council United States for a summit with Nicolas Sarkozy and now Hollande other Gulf states for the sale of independence, was being coordi- the Custodian of the Two Holy veto-holder, has held out for strict US President Barack Obama. has paid off. Over the last year combat jets. nated through the Iraqi govern- Mosques King Salman bin conditions on Iran in any deal “France has a reputation of Paris has sealed more than $15bn REUTERS ment in Baghdad. AFP SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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UN Security Council meeting held yesterday Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate failed to agree on a statement demanding an immediate ceasefire or at least humanitarian Apauses in the fighting in Yemen. The reason was not that members didn’t want a ceasefire or flow of aid, but that the statement was drafted by Russia which has How media would cover if close ties with Iran which is supporting the Houthi rebels. Diplomats said the Russian statement was not rejected out of hand during the closed door meeting but that the delegations needed time to consider the wording. Baltimore happened elsewhere The fighting has intensified in Yemen and the humanitarian crisis is deepening. The UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon has warned that severe fuel BY KAREN ATTIAH shortages were threatening to bring all relief operations members of America’s ethnic minority especially in recent hot spots such as to a halt ‘within days.’ That’s a scary scenario; disruptions groups. The equal application of the rule New York, Missouri, Oklahoma, South in relief operations will affect all Yemenis, not just one F WHAT is happening in Baltimore of law, as well as the respect for human Carolina, Ohio, California, Michigan, happened in a foreign country, here rights of all citizens, black or white, Virginia and now Maryland. section, which is a situation no side will want. Airstrikes is how Western media would cover is essential for a healthy democracy.” International human rights groups by the Saudi-led coalition are continuing and there is no Iit: Britain has always maintained a keen have appealed to the global commu- immediate end in sight. International leaders expressed con- interest in America, a former colony. nity to facilitate asylum for America’s The UN Security Council meeting was convened at the cern over the rising tide of racism and Palestine has offered continued assist- ethnic black minorities. When asked request of Russia. Moscow must refrain from using the state violence in America, especially ance to American pro-democracy activ- whether the European Union was will- Council to push its agenda, which will only complicate concerning the treatment of ethnic ists, sending anti-tear-gas kits to those ing to take on more black refugees risk- minorities in the country and the cor- protesting police brutality in various ing their lives in fleeing American state the situation and throw hurdles in the path to a solution. ruption in state American cities. Egyptian pro-democ- violence, an EU human rights spokes- The Russian envoy was furious at the Council’s reluctance security forces racy groups have also said they will be man said: “More black refugees? We are to adopt his statement; he criticized the 15-member around the coun- sharing their past experience with U.S.- dealing with our own Mediterranean council saying fellow envoys showed try when han- made counter-protest weapons. crisis, so now is not really a good time ‘amazing indecision’ in the face of Palestine dling cases of A statement from the United Nations for that for us. Furthermore, we believe the worsening humanitarian crisis in police brutality. said, “We condemn the militarization in American solutions to American Yemen has offered The latest crisis and police brutality that we have seen problems.” The African Union has not Yemen. continued is taking place in recent months in America, and we responded to requests for comment. requires What is needed is a collective effort in Baltimore, strongly urge American state security American government officials took a pause in to find a solution by countries which assistance to Maryland, a forces to launch a full investigation into to state media, characterizing the pro- are not taking sides. The UN chief American pro- once-bustling the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. testers as “thugs,” a racially coded word fighting, but must take the initiative and exert city on the coun- There is no excuse for excessive police increasingly used to describe black try’s Eastern violence.” The U.N. called on the United males in America. Commentators in more efforts to bring both sides to the democracy that must Seaboard, where States to make a concerted effort to national media have frequently com- come through negotiating table. All sides in Yemen activists, an unarmed man make databases of police violence public pared the protesters and riots to various must abide by agreements reached in named Freddie to improve transparency and cut down characters and events from the popu- a consensus. the past instead of trying to impose sending anti- Gray died from on corruption in the justice system. lar television series “The Wire,” set in new realities on the ground. tear-gas a severed spine International analysts predict the early-2000s Baltimore. A US diplomat said Washington while in police seeds of a so-called “American Spring,” America’s ethnic blacks have been kits to those custody. fomented by technology. “It’s amazing displaced from many of their commu- supported humanitarian pauses and Black what social media is doing for the cause nities due to a phenomenon experts on was urging Saudi Arabia to take measures to ensure aid protesting Americans, a of justice in America,” said a political the region call “gentrification,” when deliveries reach civilians trapped in the fighting. “But let’s police brutality minority ethnic rights analyst based in Geneva. “The wealthier residents move into a lower- be clear - it is the ongoing, unilateral actions of Houthis group, are killed black youth of America are showing income area. Baltimore is no exception and forces loyal to former president (Ali Abdullah) Saleh in various by state secu- what 21st-century civil rights activ- to this trend, with some areas seeing that are responsible for the humanitarian crisis,” he added. rity forces at a ism looks like, using technology, social home values rise as much as 137 per- American rate higher than media and a decentralized organizing cent after corporate dollars move in on This position reflects the reality on the ground; there are cities. the white major- strategy to hold authorities account- opportunities in poverty-stricken areas. chances that Houthis and their backers will use any halt ity population. able and agitate for change. These kids Resident Joe Smith, a member of in fighting to consolidate their position and regroup. What Young, black represent what modern-day freedom the white majority ethnic group, said Yemen needs is a permanent solution to the crisis, and for American males are 21 times more fighting looks like. The revolution will be outside of a brand-new Starbucks near that to happen, the Houthis must return to their previous likely to be shot by police than white tweeted, Periscope-d and Snapchatted.” Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, “I don’t know American males. Local leaders in the American town- why these blacks are destroying their positions and achieve their objectives through negotiations. The United Kingdom expressed con- ship of Baltimore imposed a state of own communities. Why don’t these peo- The UN-appointed peace envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould cern over the troubling turn of events martial law this week after peaceful ple follow Martin Luther King’s exam- Cheikh Ahmed, is expected to travel to the region next in America in the last several months. protests turned violent. In response, ple? Those guys got it good from the week for talks on advancing prospects for a return to peace The country’s foreign ministry released countries around the world have advised police back then too, but they didn’t try negotiations. All eyes will be on the envoy and any failure of a statement: “We call on the American darker-skinned nationals against non- to rise up and fight back and make eve- his mission would be replete with disastrous consequences. regime to rein in the state security essential travel to areas noted for state ryone uncomfortable, you know?” agents who have been brutalizing violence against unarmed people of color, THE WASHINGTON POST The other side Quote of Census challenges the day

FTER lying in limbo for almost to bear in mind that the delays have share of seats in the Assembly change with the underlying population figures seven years, it looks like the been caused because of powerful fac- in a way that will have far-reaching of the status quo. census exercise is finally tors that are all too likely to challenge implications. This is also true for It is also worth noting that this is the Amoving again. the execution of the census from an revenue-sharing. third such exercise the PML-N govern- The government’s announcement early stage. At heart is the extent of in-migration ment has taken up in the year thus far, that the census will be held by March Two sticking points are particularly in Sindh, which if accurately counted, the other two being the NFC award and Humanitarian 2016 is a welcome development, important. One is the change in the would not only raise the province’s the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, and going by the work that is being seat share of each province in the share of total population significantly, both of which also have powerful inter- operations in assigned and the funds that have been National Assembly, which hinges on but also show that the internal ethnic provincial politics revolving around allocated for the demographic exercise, population data. The second relates to composition of the province is changing them. Yemen will end it does seem as if a credible effort is provincial shares in federal revenues, in important ways. If the PML-N can successfully exe- within days unless finally getting under way. 82pc of which are weighted according Now that the ruling PML-N has cute these jobs without stirring up a The announcement of a date, as well to population. decided to take on this conflicted exer- hornets’ nest of interprovincial issues, fuel supplies are as a budget and the National Census Since the new census is likely to cise, it is its responsibility to execute the it stands to credibly put to rest the per- Apex Committee add some credibility change the population share of the census in a way that allays the con- ception that it is a party that runs the restored. to the venture. provinces, it is reasonable to suppose cerns of both the provinces and the affairs of the country with the interests Ban Ki-moon But at this early point, it is important that each province stands to see its political parties whose fate is tied up of only one province in mind. DAWN UN Secretary-General SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Iraq poised to deploy Shia militia in Sunni areas

proven a more challenging envi- Islamic State has worked to prevent ronment for government forces than the Tigris valley around the emergence of a new ‘Awakening’ Tikrit. Government forces hold only movement in Anbar by killing off Sunni small, isolated pockets of terri- tory that are difficult to resup- tribal sheikhs and fracturing the tribes. ply and vulnerable to attack by militants, who are familiar with raq is poised to deploy Shia fighting on the government side the terrain and have the strategic paramilitaries backed by against Islamic State, also known advantage of holding waterways Iran to Sunni tribal areas as ISIS or ISIL, have issued calls and roads. Iwest of Baghdad, a move in recent days for Baghdad to An army officer whose troops supporters say is needed to defeat send the militia to their aid. are fighting in Anbar said the Islamic State militants but oppo- “We must recognise that it will militants were “everywhere”. nents say could inflame more sec- be too difficult for tribal fighters “We are under tremendous tarian violence. and security forces to defeat IS pressure,” the officer said. “We Shia paramilitaries have in Anbar,” said Sheikh Ahmed Al are in the midst of a war of attri- already played a central, if con- Assafi, who commands a group tion, which I am afraid will play troversial, role alongside regular of tribesmen fighting the mili- into the hands of IS.” army units in recent months in tants and who met Shia militia Iraqi security expert Hisham the Iraqi government’s first major commander Qais Al Khazali to Al Hashemi said combat in successful campaign against discuss the participation of the Anbar regularly sees Iraqi troops Islamic State fighters, helping to Hashid Shaabi in Anbar. run short on supplies and lose capture Saddam Hussein’s home- But others say this would be momentum: “This forces them town Tikrit on the Tigris River a dangerous mistake, provoking to retreat, and this scenario has north of Baghdad. tribesmen to rally behind Islamic been recurring for the past 16 So far, however, the govern- State, which presents itself as a months,” he said. ment has avoided deploying the defender against Shia militiamen Washington encourages the militia in the Euphrates River responsible for atrocities. Baghdad government to repeat valley province of Anbar west “If the Hashid enters (Anbar), the tactics it employed in Anbar Fighters from the Saraya Al Salam (Peace Brigades), a group formed by Iraqi Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, of the capital, a vast Sunni in whatever guise, the situation during the “surge” campaign tribal homeland that strides will not stabilise,” said Sheikh of 2006-07, when US marines carry weapons as they sit on a vehicle during military training in the southern city of Basra. the main routes to Jordan and Ali Hammad, who fled to the turned the tide against Al Qaeda Syria. Baghdad considers Anbar northern Kurdish region from fighters — forerunners of Islamic said Ahmed Ali, an expert in council member, said he attended show clear opposition to Abadi’s the next target in its campaign Fallujah, an Anbar city just west State — by arming and paying tribal dynamics in Iraq. a meeting at the weekend between government,” Bahadli said. “That to retake territory from the of Baghdad that is now largely local tribes in a movement known During the recent campaign Prime Minister Haidar Al Abadi, is the last thing Abadi needs.” militants. held by Islamic State. as the “Anbar Awakening”. in Tikrit, Shia militia fought on his defence minister and the US Hadi Al Amiri, a Shia law- But with the army advance After prevailing over the But pledges by the government the front line, with a general ambassador to Iraq. The United maker who heads the most having faltered, officials are now insurgents in Tikrit this month, to arm the tribes have not fully from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard States made its support for the powerful armed faction within speaking openly about dispatch- the Iraqi government declared materialised, in part due to a lack openly leading them on the bat- Anbar campaign conditional on the Hashid Shaabi, dismissed ing the militia, organised under it would take them on in Anbar of trust between the two sides. tlefield. After the city was cap- the participation only of groups the objections and said he had the umbrella of “Hashid Shaabi” next, before turning to the north- Even if the tribes were armed, tured, the militia were accused of under the direct command of a mandate from eighty Anbar — “Popular Mobilisation”. ern city of Mosul. Islamic State has worked to looting and burning the property Baghdad, Hashem said. tribal leaders to join the fight in This could alarm the United But the new campaign had prevent the emergence of a new of local Sunnis, which they deny. But Baghdad-based analyst the province. States, which is supporting the barely begun when the insurgents “Awakening” movement by kill- Washington, which fought Jasim Al Bahadli, an expert on “We will fight in Anbar with- Iraqi government from the air went on the offensive in Anbar, ing off sheikhs and fracturing the simultaneously against the Shia Shia armed groups, said deploy- out waiting for permission from against Islamic State fighters exposing the ongoing dysfunction tribes. militia and the Sunni insurgents ing the Hashid Shaabi to Anbar anyone,” Amiri told state TV on but is wary of Baghdad’s alliance of an army that partly collapsed “It’s a multi-pronged effort by during its eight year occupation would make both military and Wednesday. “We will go, not as a with Shia militiamen who openly last summer. ISIS to weaken the tribes, and that ended in 2011, has clearly political sense for Abadi. favour, but as a patriotic, ethical receive arms, funds and strategic The banks of the Euphrates, that’s why it has been difficult been wary of the role of the mili- “Excluding them will have and religious duty towards our direction from Iran. where tribes have been hostile until now for another strong tia against the common IS enemy. undesired consequences and give people in Anbar.” Some Anbar tribal figures to outsiders for centuries, have tribal force to emerge in Anbar,” Hamid Hashem, a provincial an opportunity for the Hashid to REUTERS Political pressure spurring Indonesia Burundi’s army faces test to keep the peace leader’s execution drive BY EDMUND BLAIR and Nyamitwe dismissed the idea that PATRICK NDUWIMANA ndonesia’s president invoked a national police—but he was criticised for dithering. the army could break up or, as in drugs crisis to justify this week’s exe- Once Widodo had He has also been accused of policy flip- Burkina Faso, turn against an incum- Icution of seven foreign traffickers, but flops, such as agreeing to increase the hen protesters in Burundi bent president seeking to extend his analysts say it was more about a weak- promised to take a allowance given to lawmakers to make cheer for soldiers who rule. “Burundi is not Burkina Faso,” ened leader acting under intense political down payments on new cars to $15,000, Wturn up at demonstrations he said. pressure. tough stance on drugs, double the previous amount. Following a against the president’s bid for a third Civil society activists, who oppose The execution by firing squad of two public outcry, he scrambled to reverse the term, it is redolent of uprisings further Nkurunziza’s third-term bid, say their Australians, a Brazilian, four Nigerians, as changing course under move. north in Africa, where the military only demand is that the army stay neu- well as one Indonesian, early on Wednesday In such a difficult environment, the was hailed as friend not foe. tral and protect demonstrators from sparked an international furore, with chance of Widodo cancelling the execu- But deploying the army on the police, widely seen as broadly aligned Australia recalling its ambassador and UN pressure from Australia, tions was low, analysts say, while a recent streets of Burundi may carry higher to the ruling CNDD-FDD party, a chief Ban Ki-moon expressing deep regret. survey showed public support for putting stakes than when generals inter- charge it denies. However, it was long expected after which has been vocal drug traffickers to death at more than 84 vened in Cairo and Tunis in 2011 and But staying neutral may mean dif- President Joko Widodo, who took office percent. Ougadougou in 2014 to turf out veteran ferent things to soldiers who were once in October, insisted that there would be in its opposition to the Experts have also questioned the data leaders. enemies, said Thierry Vircoulon, a no clemency for drug traffickers, shocking that Widodo has relied on to back up the Since Burundi’s ethnically fuelled Burundi expert with the International rights activists who had hoped the leader executions, would have claim of a drugs crisis. civil war ended in 2005, the army Crisis Group. — viewed as a reformer—would take a In an analysis for Australian news web- has been a symbol of reconciliation, For some, it may mean following softer line on capital punishment. been political suicide. site The Conversation, Claudia Stoicescu, absorbing rival factions that were orders from the commander-in-chief, He has backed up his claim that a graduate student at Oxford University, part of the bloodletting that killed whatever they might be; for others it Indonesia is facing an emergency with experience in national government, has noted that Widodo’s figures came from a 300,000 people in a nation of just 10 may mean avoiding the military being figures from the national anti-narcotics often seemed out of his depth in the cor- study conducted by a university working million. sucked into the political fray at all. agency, which says that dozens of people ruption-riddled world of Indonesian poli- for the anti-drugs agency, which she said Drawing the military into a political “My understanding is that those two are dying each day due to drugs and 4.5 tics, which remains dominated by figures used “questionable methods and vague row about whether President Pierre interpretations also divide the officers million users are in need of rehabilitation. from the autocratic past. measures”. Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader and in the security forces,” said Vircoulon, While Widodo points to such figures, Widodo faced his first real crisis when Of the 4.5 million people cited as drug now the army’s commander-in-chief, citing private discussions with several many analysts believe he was more he sought to nominate a controversial users in need of rehabilitation, around 1.6 should run for office again risks test- officers. motived by a desire to present himself as former aide of his party chief, ex-president million were recreational users who had ing that unity. It could drive troops But some want the army to take a tough leader and stave off pressure from Megawati Sukarnoputri, as chief of the tried drugs fewer than five times in their back to rival camps. sides. nationalistic lawmakers and the influen- national police, raising questions about his lives, she wrote. “Everything hinges on the army,” “If the police can be on the side of tial head of his own political party after a commitment to fight graft. Despite the concerns, there seems lit- said a senior diplomat who tracks the those who want to abolish the consti- series of political missteps. The president eventually dropped Budi tle chance of Indonesia changing course military. “Does it stay unified or does tution, it would be better if the army “He understands that Indonesians want Gunawan after the popular anti-corrup- any time soon, with the attorney-general it split up?” takes the side of those who fighting for a firm leader, he wants to show that he tion agency named Gunawan the subject declaring after Wednesday’s executions The answer may have repercus- respect of that constitution,” said oppo- is a firm president,” Yohanes Sulaiman, of a bribery investigation — sparking a the country was fighting a “war” on drugs. sions well beyond the borders of tiny sition leader and presidential hopeful a political expert from the Indonesian row between the graft fighters and the AFP Burundi. It lies in a region where gen- Agathon Rwasa, who like Nkurunziza Defense University, said. ocidal forces tore Rwanda apart 20 led a rebel force in the war. He added that during last year’s presi- years ago and where other presidents, Burundi’s civil conflict broadly pit- dential election campaign, Widodo, a such as Joseph Kabila in Democratic ted the army, at the time led by the former furniture exporter, was often Republic of Congo, face term limits ethnic Tutsi minority, against rebel viewed as weak compared to his oppo- soon. factions of the majority Hutus, one of nent, controversial ex-general Prabowo For now, protesters who say which was led by Nkurunziza. Subianto. Nkurunziza’s bid for a third five-year Bujumbura was a key battleground, Damien Kingsbury, an Indonesia expert term is unconstitutional clap and controlled by the army and was fre- at Australia’s Deakin University, said that chant when trucks of soldiers cross quently shelled by rebel fighters from once Widodo had promised to take a tough battle lines. They jeer police who fire the bush. stance on drugs, changing course under tear gas, water cannon and, say dem- Now, opposition groups have broad pressure from Australia, which has been onstrators, even live rounds. support in Bujumbura and other cit- vocal in its opposition to the executions, “The police are killing us, but ies, while 51-year-old president has his would have been “political suicide”. the army is behaving well,” said power base in the countryside. “Widodo — under domestic pressure Egide Nimbona, 27, at a protest in a The army, however, is now shared from his party boss to stick to his own Bujumbura suburb where barricades of between Tutsis and Hutus, a deal ham- policy platform, and facing pressure bor- stones and smouldering tyres blocked mered out in the Arusha peace process dering on hostility from the legislature streets. “They are very disciplined. that ended the 12-year civil war and with which he has to work — could not The army will be our saviour.” decades of sporadic ethnic massacres. back down,” he wrote in a commentary for The government says it called out That mixed make-up is what reas- the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. the army to end violence by opponents sures protesters that it will act fairly. Widodo’s election victory last year bent on derailing elections. It says the So far, the soldiers have lived up to was seen as a watershed moment for the president is eligible to run in the June expectations. world’s third-biggest democracy, fuelling vote because his first term, when he “Don’t use violence. If anything hopes that the country’s first leader from was chosen by lawmakers, not elected, worse happens, you will be responsible outside the political and military elites does not count. for that,” an army officer was over- would usher in widespread economic and “The army and the police are play- heard scolding a policeman on Monday social reforms. Indonesian activists carry placards during a protest against the death penalty outside the ing the same role to avoid violence,” at a protest in Bujumbura’s Nyakabiga But observers say the leader, a former attorney general’s office in Jakarta. said presidential media adviser Willy area. governor of Jakarta with no previous Nyamitwe. The army had no comment. REUTERS SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE / AMERICAS Six Baltimore cops charged over Gray’s death Five police officers in custody

BALTIMORE: Six Baltimore he was arrested a week earlier in police officers were charged a west Baltimore public housing yesterday over the death of a estate. 25-year-old African-American Facing the most serious from injuries sustained while in charges of second-degree mur- custody, in a surprise announce- der is Officer Caesar Goodson, the ment after days of riots and driver of the van that transported protests in the US city. Gray to a police station. Goodson, The charges — ranging from 45, was also charged with involun- second-degree murder and man- tary manslaughter, second-degree slaughter to misconduct — were assault, vehicular manslaughter set out by Maryland state pros- and misconduct. ecutor Marilyn Mosby. Baltimore Three other officers were Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake charged with involuntary man- said five of the six had been taken slaughter, second-degree assault in custody. and misconduct, and two more “The findings of our compre- charged with second-degree hensive, thorough and independ- assault and misconduct. One ent investigation, coupled with officer was also charged with the medical examiner’s determi- false imprisonment. All six offic- nation that Mr. Gray’s death was ers have been suspended with pay a homicide ... have led us to believe since Gray’s death. that we have probable cause to file Mosby — an African-American criminal charges,” Mosby said. woman who is the daughter, grand- Cheers broke out when Mosby daughter and niece of police offic- unveiled the charges on the steps ers — said Gray had been “illegally of Baltimore’s war memorial, arrested” as “no crime had been across the street from city hall — committed”. She urged protesters a focal point of protests demand- to keep the peace in the wake of ing justice over Gray’s death. the charges, and reiterated that the Many in this East Coast port city investigation was ongoing. of 620,000, about an hour’s drive In an open letter, Baltimore’s north of Washington, had expected police union called for an inde- Mosby only to say that the case pendent prosecutor to take over was still under investigation, one the case from Mosby, who at 34 is day after Police Commissioner America’s youngest big-city chief Anthony Batts submitted his prosecutor. It cited Mosby’s rela- detectives’ findings to date. tionships with Gray’s family law- “I didn’t know that a decision yer, who contributed $5,000 to her People celebrate in the streets of the Sandtown neighbourhood in Baltimore after State Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that six police officers are would be coming today,” said election campaign, and her hus- being charged in the death of Freddie Gray, in Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday. Congressman Elijah Cummings, band, a city council member who whose district includes much of represents the poverty-stricken In December, a grand jury simi- claims he thought he had drawn shackled by his feet and unre- unresponsive on the floor of the Baltimore. Cars honked their section of Baltimore where Gray larly did not indict a New York his Taser stun gun, not a firearm, strained” inside the police van. police van, yet “did nothing fur- horns, and youths chanted lived and died. police officer over the chokehold when Harris was apprehended En route to the Western District ther” despite being told he needed “Justice for Freddie Gray” as they Gray has become the latest death of Eric Garner. during a sting operation. police station, the police van medical help. lifted their fists into the air in a face of an intense national debate In North Charleston, South Recounting the circumstances stopped at least three times, “It is absolutely vital that the gesture of victory. over whether American police are Carolina, however, a police officer of Gray’s arrest, Mosby said police including once to pick up a sus- truth comes out on what hap- Baltimore is still under a state too quick to use violence against stands accused of murder after made eye contact with Gray, and pect in an unrelated case. pened to Freddie Gray,” Obama of emergency, with the National unarmed black males. he was captured on video fatally pursued him on foot and on bicy- Goodson got out to check on said at the White House after Guard alongside police in riot In the best-known case, a white shooting Walter Scott during a cles, but lacked probable cause to Gray’s condition, Mosby said, but the dramatic revelation of the gear on the streets, and an over- police officer fatally shot unarmed traffic stop on April 4. detain him — and repeatedly denied “at no point did he seek nor did charges. “What I think the people night curfew in place. Gray, who teenager Michael Brown in And in Oklahoma, a reserve his requests for medical help. he render any medical assist- of Baltimore want more than any- had a record of non-violent drug Ferguson, Missouri — prompting deputy sheriff has pleaded not Mosby said Gray “suffered a ance.” Among the other officers thing else is the truth. That’s what offenses, died on April 19 from riots in the St. Louis suburb— but guilty of manslaughter after severe and critical neck injury charged, Mosby said Sergeant people around the country expect.” spinal injuries sustained when was not indicted by a grand jury. he fatally shot Eric Harris. He as a result of being handcuffed, Alicia White, 30, witnessed Gray AFP

May Day rally Berlin deleted 12,000 NSA UN denies cover-up in Central spying requests, Africa child sex abuse scandal says report GENEVA: Faced with mount- had in the past spearheaded the “The allegations of what hap- ing pressure to shed light on UN work to address the scourge pened to these children are BERLIN: The German intel- accusations that French sol- of sexual abuse by peacekeepers. abhorrent. The details obtained ligence service BND, which diers sexually abused children His predecessor Navi Pillay, ... are utterly odious,” he said. is accused of helping the in the Central African Republic, who was still in office when the According to a French judicial United States spy on EU lead- the United Nations said yester- report was leaked to the French, source, 14 soldiers dispatched to ers and companies, had actu- day that suggestions of a cover- would also never shy away from the chaos-ridden nation to restore ally “deleted 12,000 requests” up were “offensive”. revealing sexual abuse of children, order after a 2013 coup are impli- targeting European officials, Revelations this week that an he insisted. cated in a probe into the alleged according to Saturday’s edition internal UN report was leaked So why did the allegations sexual abuse of several children of the Der Spiegel weekly. last July to French authorities against the French troops not there—the youngest just nine— The BND has come under fire with allegations that French come to light until a year after who had begged for food. after German media reported peacekeepers in the chaos-ridden UN teams began interviewing The abuse reportedly took place that it spied on officials from the country had sexually assaulted victims of the alleged sexual abuse at a centre for displaced people French presidency, French for- hungry children in exchange for last May? Colville said that some near the airport of the Central eign ministry and the European food have sparked uproar. investigations are kept secret African capital Bangui between Commission from its Bavarian The UN rights office, which is until concluded to protect espe- December 2013 and June 2014. post Bad Aibling. investigating the leak, has been cially very young victims, and to “If some soldiers have behaved But the Spiegel said that in fact, accused of trying to cover up the help ensure the perpetrators can badly, I will show no mercy,” a BND agent had in August 2013 crimes — something it flatly denies. be held responsible. French President Francois sifted through requests made by “I think any implication that He also stressed that the French Hollande told reporters Thursday. the NSA to the BND, as part (UN human rights chief) Zeid troops implicated in the scandal Soldiers from Chad and of the two agencies’ anti-terror Ra’ad Al Hussein would try to were not UN peacekeepers, mean- Equatorial Guinea are also cooperation agreement, and found cover up sexual abuse (of) chil- ing it was up to France, not the UN accused in the leaked UN report 12,000 which he referred to his dren is frankly offensive and highly to investigate. “We are extremely that implicates French troops, managers. unlikely if you look at his personal glad that the French authorities said Paula Donovan of the AIDS- The requests related to “a history,” spokesman Rupert Colville are investigating this and that they Free World advocacy group. The certain number of senior offi- told reporters here. have said they plan to call for the group acquired the leaked UN cials from the French foreign He pointed out that Zeid, who harshest punishments available report and passed it on to The service”, as well as members Demonstrators gather in the shadow of the National Gallery in Trafalgar took over as High Commissioner under law for anyone found guilty,” Guardian, which broke the story. of “EU institutions and sev- Square, central London, during the annual May Day rally yesterday. for Human Rights last September, Colville said. AFP eral European countries,” said Spiegel. On August 14, 2013, the agent raised the issue with his manager, asking what should be done with these requests. “Delete them,” he was told, according to the news weekly. The Searching for clues in UK’s deadlocked opinion polls daily Bild had reported on Monday that the German secret service LONDON: With a week to go until the The fragmentation of British politics also sums have been spent on polling in indi- to ditch traditional party allegiances. had helped the NSA to spy since British general election, experts are trawl- makes life harder for the pollsters, as vot- vidual constituencies, in the hope of taking Gideon Skinner, head of political research 2005 on EADS — which became ing through opinion poll data for some ers are increasingly ditching tribal loyalties a more accurate pulse of the nation. at polling company Ipsos MORI, said that Airbus — and Eurocopter, known clues to a race that remains stubbornly and could change their minds on the day. It has been funded by Lord Michael currently the Conservatives have the edge today as Airbus Helicopters. deadlocked, and the result wide open. In the 2010 election, the polls were largely Ashcroft, a billionaire businessman and on the economy, and Labour on public serv- The German chancellor’s Prime Minister David Cameron’s accurate in predicting the Conservatives’ former Conservative party donor who ices. It “makes it difficult for either to have office has known since 2008 of Conservatives and the opposition Labour share of the vote, but all underestimated says national polls should only be viewed a clear breakthrough because nobody owns US economic espionage target- party have been polling within a few per- Labour’s support and overestimated the as “mood music”. everything”, he said. ing European companies such centage points of each other throughout third party, the Liberal Democrats. Mike Smithson, founder of politicalbet- Another unknown is the impact of incum- as Airbus but did not react, said the campaign, both hovering at about 34 This year one certainty is that the ting.com, goes so far as to call national polls bency, a factor that could be crucial for the Bild, citing intelligence agency percent support. Scottish nationalists will win most, if not “irrelevant”, saying: “The election is deter- hopes of Cameron’s junior coalition partners, documents. If neither party moves ahead in the final all, of the 59 seats in Scotland, up from just mined by individual battles in 650 seats.” the centrist Liberal Democrats. The Lib The claims were compounded week, then neither will secure a parliamen- six in the 2010 vote. Beyond that, experts Ashcroft’s polling has reinforced predic- Dems are polling in fourth place and could by further allegations on tary majority and will have to negotiate can only agree that the result is the most tions that the anti-European, anti-immi- lose half their 57 seats, but some believe they Wednesday that the eavesdrop- with smaller parties in order to govern. unpredictable for a generation. gration UK Independence Party (UKIP) is may do better than expected because of local ping also extended to the French The exact make-up of the House of Nate Silver, the US polling supremo who unlikely to do as well as national polls pre- support for constituency MPs. presidency and the European Commons remains difficult to predict, accurately predicted Barack Obama’s elec- dict. UKIP has been polling in third place “Normally you reckon incumbency is Commission. A spokesman for the however, due to Britain’s “winner takes tion as president in 2008, admits he got it behind the Conservatives and Labour, but only worth a maximum of 1,500 votes,” said federal prosecutor in the western all” system that means votes are decided wrong in the 2010 British vote because of experts suggest it could only win between political commentator Iain Dale. “I think city of Karlsruhe said that they not on the overall popular vote but on the the difficulty in translating the national three and five seats. that’s slightly different in Liberal Democrat were considering whether to individual outcomes in each of the 650 vote to a seat count. Other factors are harder to predict, not seats — I think they can increase that quite investigate the allegations. AFP constituencies. For the first time in this election, huge least because of the growing voter tendency substantially.” AFP SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 6.8 magnitude Appeal for $2bn earthquake hits Papua New as Nepal toll Guinea: USGS

SYDNEY: A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Papua New crosses 6,200 Guinea yesterday, 106km south- southwest of the town of Kokopo, the US Geological Survey said, just a day after a 6.7 magnitude Anger grows at slow pace of aid tremor in the region. The quake hit at 0806 GMT, KATHMANDU: The death A home ministry official said 693 kilometres northeast of toll from Nepal’s devastating the death toll had risen to 6,204, the Pacific nation’s capital Port earthquake rose steadily past with 13,924 injured. Moresby, in the New Britain 6,200 yesterday as fresh after- Information Minister Minendra region at a depth of 57 kilometres. shocks and the stench of rotting Rijal said the government would The USGS had initially bodies made it hard for nerv- provide $1,000 in immediate reported the earthquake’s mag- ous survivors to return to their assistance to the families of those nitude at 7.1 with a depth of 53 homes. killed, as well as $400 for crema- kilometres, but later revised its Disposal of the hundreds of tion or burial. strength and distance from PNG. bodies still being found six days Prime Minister Sushil Koirala There were no tsunami warn- after the 7.9 magnitude quake said earlier this week the death ings, the Pacific Tsunami Warning devastated the Himalayan nation toll from the quake could reach Center said. of 28 million people was becoming 10,000. A 6.7 magnitude quake hit the a problem for officials, who have That would surpass the 8,500 An aerial view captured from an Indian army helicopter shows damaged homes in Gorkha District yesterday, same region on Thursday, 131 ordered immediate cremations. who died in a 1934 earthquake, following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck Nepal on April 25 kilometres southwest of Kokopo, “Morgues are full beyond the last disaster on this scale to but there were no reports of seri- capacity and we have been given hit the Himalayan nation sand- ous damage. “This is the second instruction to incinerate bodies wiched between India and China. 1,000 Europeans missing after quake earthquake that has occurred immediately after they are pulled Home ministry official Laxmi in that region over the last two out,” said Raman Lal, an Indian Prasad Dhakal said that, even days,” co-director of the Joint paramilitary force official working though the 1934 quake was more KATHMANDU: Nepali and Dhakal told Reuters. Himalayan nation, local officials Australian Tsunami Warning in coordination with Nepali forces. powerful, there were fewer people foreign officials were struggling The number of people miss- said. Centre Daniel Jaksa said. Aid was slowly beginning to living in the Kathmandu valley then. yesterday to locate thousands ing from France, Italy and Spain Home ministry spokesman “The previous one was about 10 reach remote towns and villages “The scale of reconstruction of people still missing after last is 221 according to checks made Dhakal said that though the kilometres to the southeast of this nestled in the mountains and foot- will be unprecedented,” Dhakal week’s massive earthquake, as with their governments, while 1934 quake was more powerful, particular epicentre. It’s a very hills but the overpowering smell of said. “We have still not even food and other relief supplies other European nations are yet there were fewer people in the uninhabited region off the island bodies trapped beneath the rub- been able to assess the damage began to trickle through to to provide an updated figure on Kathmandu valley then. of New Britain. ble of collapsed buildings in the in remote areas, which have been those stranded in remote parts how many of their citizens are “The scale of reconstruction “The earthquake was a meas- capital was making it hard for completely devastated.” of the country. unaccounted for. will be unprecedented,” Dhakal ure of 7.1, so that’s about 30 times residents to return to their homes. Officials have said the chances Up to 1,000 Europeans are The confirmed death toll from said. smaller than the (recent) earth- Many Nepalis have been sleep- of finding any more survivors among the missing, mostly around last Saturday’s disaster has risen Anger over the pace of the res- quake in Nepal. “It should be ing in the open since Saturday’s were fading, even though a boy popular trekking routes, the head to 6,250, with 14,357 injured cue has flared in some areas, with like the one yesterday — no real quake. According to the United and a woman had on Thursday of the European Union (EU) del- according to the government. Nepalis accusing the government impact.” Nations, 600,000 houses have been been pulled from the rubble egation in Nepal said. There is no number for the miss- of being too slow to distribute New Britain, the largest island destroyed or damaged. where they had lain trapped for “We don’t know where they are, ing, but bodies are still being international aid that has flooded of the Bismarck Archipelago, is Finance Minister Ram Sharan five days. or they could be,” Ambassador pulled from the debris of ruined into the country. “There have been east of mainland New Guinea Mahat said Nepal would need at As rescuers slowly started Rensje Teerink told reporters. buildings, while rescue workers cases where villages have pelted and has a population of around least $2bn to rebuild homes, hos- reaching outlying areas, wit- Officials said it was hard to trace have not been able to reach some stones on trucks carrying aid and 500,000 people. The island lies pitals, government offices and his- nesses reported seeing 70 to 80 the missing because many back- remote areas. food supplies. They must have on the 4,000km long Pacific toric buildings and appealed for percent of buildings severely packers do not register with their In the capital Kathmandu, been really hungry and angry to Australia plate, which forms part help from international donors. damaged in Chautara, northeast embassies in the country. many unclaimed bodies were do so,” said Purna Shanker, who of the “Ring of Fire,” a hotspot “This is just an initial estimate of Kathmandu towards the border However Nepal’s home minis- being quickly cremated because of works at the government’s com- for seismic activity due to friction and it will take time to assess the with China’s Tibet. try said it had not been informed pressure on mortuaries. Besides modity trading office. between tectonic plates. extent of damage and calculate the Anger over the pace of the res- the number of EU citizens miss- the possibility of disease, the Information Minister Minendra Jaksa said earthquakes of simi- cost of rebuilding,” Mahat said. cue has flared in some areas, with ing could be that high. stench of the corpses was spread- Rijal said the government would lar magnitudes that occur within The United Nations has said 8 Nepalis accusing the government “If that is the case then why are ing through localities where provide $1,000 in immediate 24 hours were not common, and million people had been affected, of being too slow to distribute the embassies not informing us? buildings had collapsed. assistance to the families of those cautioned there was a possibility with at least 2 million in need of international aid that has flooded Why have they not contacted the Many bodies could be migrant killed, as well as $400 for crema- the tremors could be foreshocks tents, water, food and medicines into the country. Nepal government?,” home min- workers from neighbouring India, tion or burial. ahead of a bigger seismic event. over the next three months. REUTERS istry spokesman Laxmi Prasad who would be living alone in the REUTERS AFP

Mass ‘migrant Clashes in Maldives as protesters call for ex-president’s release prison camp’ MALE/GENEVA: Clashes people had gathered earlier yes- protester Yameen Rasheed. religious party and paid for the yesterday she had visited Nasheed broke out in the Maldives terday, before marching through “People have poured out in travel of people to Male “with in detention in April. “We kind of grave found yesterday after thousands of the streets chanting “Free record numbers to demand the explicit purpose of creating started to get signals that even supporters of the tropical archi- Nasheed”. President Nasheed’s release.” violence”. the government recognises that pelago’s jailed former president The protest was the largest The Maldives, an Indian Ocean Yameen’s government has something went wrong with the in Thailand took to the streets to call for his since Nasheed was imprisoned archipelago of fewer than 400,000 repeatedly said Nasheed’s trial process of the trial,” she told a UN release. in March for his role in order- people, is increasingly polarised was fair, denied any politi- briefing in Geneva. BANGKOK: Authorities in Police used stun guns, tear ing the arrest of a judge in a between Nasheed’s supporters cal motivation and warned Rishmawi said his trial had Thailand uncovered a mass gas and pepper spray to disperse trial the United Nations has said and those backing President foreign governments against been politically motivated and the grave in an abandoned jungle crowds and stopped them from was highly flawed and politically Abdulla Yameen. intervention. Maldives legal system was “totally camp yesterday believed to con- entering the high-security gov- motivated. The government’s mission at Mona Rishmawi, chief of the incomplete”, with makeshift rules tain the remains of migrants ernment zone in the capital Male, “The regime’s unprecedented the UN said in a statement on rule of law, equality and non- and judges wielding “incredible from Myanmar and Bangladesh, a police spokesman said. efforts to intimidate (the opposi- Thursday that Nasheed’s party discrimination branch of the discretionary powers”. a grisly find in a region notori- A crowd of more than 10,000 tion) have failed,” said 27-year-old had joined forces with an Islamic UN Human Rights Office, said REUTERS ous for people-smuggling routes. The discovery was made at a remote camp in Sadao district, in Songkhla province bordering Labour Day in The Philippines Malaysia, and comes as Thailand’s junta cracks down on human traf- Death row Filipina’s ficking following accusations that officials have been complicit in the trade. The border area with Malaysia family slams govt is notorious for its network of secret camps where smuggled MANILA: The family of “Save Mary Jane” shirt, said. migrants are held, usually against a Filipina on death row in In an apparent reference to their will until relatives pay up Indonesia returned home yes- Aquino, she said: “He is telling hefty ransoms. terday with scathing criticism the whole world that he helped “There are 32 graves, four bod- of the Philippine government’s save my daughter’s life. That is ies have now been exhumed and alleged mishandling of her case. not true. Get ready, we are here are on their way... to hospital for Mary Jane Veloso’s mother said to charge you. We will fight you.” an autopsy,” Sathit Thamsuwan, President Benigno Aquino should Veloso’s sister, Marites Veloso- a rescue worker who was at the not be credited for the 11th hour Laurente, said the Philippine scene soon after the site was reprieve that saved her daugh- government failed to provide her found, said, adding it was unclear ter from death by firing squad on with a capable interpreter during how they had died. Wednesday. her trial. “The bodies were all decayed,” But the family nonetheless “Had the government not been he said, adding a single emaciated expressed hope that Indonesia remiss, my sister would not have man from Bangladesh survived would commute her death sen- been in trouble,” she said. and was being treated at a hospi- tence or free her after the Filipina Presidential spokeswoman tal in nearby Padang Besar. maid’s alleged recruiter turned Abigail Valte denied the charge, National police chief General herself in to authorities this week. saying that as early as 2011, Somyot Poompanmoung described Indonesian President Joko Aquino asked then president the site as a virtual “prison camp” Widodo stayed Veloso’s execution Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for where migrants were held in after Aquino asked that she be clemency. Aquino also asked makeshift bamboo cells. made a witness against a human Widodo for clemency and a review “There are 32 places that look trafficking ring that duped her of Veloso’s case twice, Valte said. like graves and whether there into smuggling drugs. “The records will bear out the is one body or several bodies in Veloso was caught with 2.6kg of president’s actions very clearly... It those graves, we will we have to heroin at Yogyakarta airport five is not an issue of who gets credit, wait and see,” he said. years ago. She claims the drugs but more importantly, Mary Jane He said the smugglers were were sewn into her suitcase lining was able to get a reprieve for her believed to have abandoned without her knowledge. sentence,” she said. the sick man when they moved “We’ve returned home to the Veloso’s alleged recruiter, Rohingya migrants across the Protesters ignite an effigy depicting Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a march to mark International Philippines for payback... This is Cristina Sergio, is under police border into Malaysia two days Labour Day, in Manila, yesterday. Thousands of Filipinos demanded better labour programmes and higher not about money. The government custody after she sought protec- ago. salary for low-income workers. owes us because they tricked us,” tion citing death threats. AFP 55-year-old Celia Veloso, wearing a AFP SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN MQM leader’s Haj pilgrims asked to declare their sect ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has introduced a new condi- tion for Pakistanis intending to travel to the kingdom to per- remarks draw form Haj; they have to declare whether they are Shia. The reason behind the prereq- uisite might be the situation in Yemen, where Shia Houthi rebels have ousted President Abdrabuh army’s ire Mansur Hadi and are seeking to gain control of the country. “Saudi Arabia will not entertain Anti-crime drive raising tensions any Haj applications from aspir- ing pilgrims who do not declare KARACHI: The Pakistani The MQM, Pakistan’s fourth their sect,” a Pakistani official said military yesterday lashed out largest party, has long held sway yesterday. at the leader of one of the coun- over Karachi, which is home to To comply with the kingdom’s try’s biggest political parties, in the main stock market and cen- demand, Pakistani authorities rare censure of a civilian poli- tral bank and generates half of have added a new question to Haj tician for his sharp criticism of government revenue. application forms: “Are you Shia?” the army. Law enforcement agencies have “The aspirants are supposed to The dispute marks a low in accused the MQM of retaining tick ‘Yes’ or ‘No’,” said Muhammad deteriorating relations between power through mafia ties, accu- Farooq, spokesman for the the military and the Muttahida sations the party denies. Ministry of Religious Affairs. Qaumi Movement, which controls Political insiders say the mili- Riyadh has made it mandatory Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest and tary is determined to shatter the for all aspiring pilgrims to answer richest city. MQM’s grip on Karachi. A mili- the question because the king- Residents fear a confrontation tary operation against criminals dom fears that the Houthis and could spark violence. is really directed at the MQM, the the Saudi-led coalition fighting “Altaf Hussain’s speech on party says. on Yemeni soil might spark ten- Supporters of the religious party Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam wave Pakistani national flags and party flags during a rally TV, containing remarks about Hours before the spokesman’s sions between the two major sects, in support of Saudi Arabia over its intervention in Yemen, after Friday prayers in Karachi, yesterday. the army and its leadership, was comments, MQM leader Altaf said an official of the Pakistan Haj uncalled for and disgusting,” mil- Hussain accused the military of Mission. Though the officials insisted (unmarriageable kin), but a Sunni Amin Shaheedi, representa- itary spokesman Major General targeting his supporters, asking “Our Saudi brothers don’t want that the Pakistani government had woman cannot,” explained Farooq. tive of the Shia community in the Asim Bajwa said on his Twitter why it had not rooted out crimi- another 1987-like situation during received no written instructions All Pakistan Ulema Council Council of Islamic Ideology, also feed, referring to the leader of the nals and militant sympathisers the pilgrimage.” from Saudi Arabia, an official said chief Maulana Tahir Ashrafi wel- saw no problem with the new MQM. from its own ranks. More than 400 people had died the decision to add the question comed the move. question. “Such reference to army or its “How many retired army men in Makkah on July 31, 1987, when was taken at a high level. “It’s the right of every country “If the Saudis are satisfied with leadership as reaction to arrest were caught in bank heists?” escalating tensions between dif- Ministry spokesman Farooq to set new terms and conditions the new move, then the Shia com- of criminals, who may have links Hussain asked in a televised ferent sects had resulted in a claimed that the question was to ensure better security of its munity is ready to abide by the with any political party, won’t be speech from London, where he clash. added at the request of repre- land.” amended laws.” tolerated,” he said, vowing to pur- has lived in self-exile since flee- Ministry officials, who, under sentatives of the Shia community He said the move wasn’t new. When he was asked if the new sue the matter legally. ing arrest in the 1990s. the government Haj scheme, are because “the absence of such a “The pilgrims should abide by move could cause a sectarian con- The military has ruled Pakistan Hussain was enraged by an assisting the applicants in obtain- question was providing opportu- the Saudi laws and declare their flict, he said: “Only to some extent, for about half its history and accusation from a senior Karachi ing a visa, said the Saudi authori- nities for manipulation”. sect. All pilgrims are treated but it is a positive move on the retains power over foreign rela- policeman earlier on Thursday, ties had slightly amended the Haj “A Shia woman can per- equally no matter which sect they whole.” tions and security, even during that his officers had captured two visa form requirements as well. form Haj without a ‘mehram’ belong to.” INTERNEWS civilian rule. But it rarely gets MQM workers acting as spies for openly involved in day-to-day Pakistan’s arch-enemy, India. politics, preferring to be seen as “I won’t call him pig, as a pig above the fray. is better than him,” Hussain The military has vowed to drive responded, as he urged his fol- criminals out of the southern port lowers to prepare for a showdown. Pakistan’s budget to be city of 18 million people, scarred “Get commando training, get Murder case filed against by violence unleashed by insur- training to use weapons and get presented on June 6 gents, drug lords and kidnappers. ready for a fight.” REUTERS CIA’s former station chief ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain will address a joint sit- ISLAMABAD: Police directed Secretariat police March 31, 2009, his house was ting of the parliament (Majlis-e-Shoora) on in the Pakistani capi- to register a case against attacked in drone strikes that June 4 and the national budget for next fis- tal yesterday registered the former CIA official, in killed innocent civilians. The cal year will be announced in the National Pakistani premier to visit a case of murder against response to a contempt strikes are believed to be car- Assembly on June 6. former CIA station chief application filed by Haji ried out by CIA from Langley, The president’s address in the joint session Jonathan Banks, who is Abdul Karim Khan, a native Virginia. of the parliament is a constitutional obligation currently heading the US of Mirali, North Waziristan, “Former CIA chief is as every parliamentary year commences with Afghanistan this month agency’s counterterror- against the police for non- responsible for the death of the same. ism programme in Langley, compliance with the court’s innocent civilians, includ- President Mamnoon will be addressing ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Virginia. orders to register the case ing my son Zahinullah and the joint session for the second time. The Afghanistan this month on an invitation from Afghan President Following a directive from against the former official. brother Asif Iqbal,” stated national budget will be presented by Federal Ashraf Ghani. Islamabad High Court (IHC), The complainant’s son, the complainant in the FIR. Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs It would be his first visit to Afghanistan during his present stint as Secretariat police formally Zahinullah, and brother Asif Mirza Shahzad Akbar, the Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar in the National premier and after Ghani took over. registered a murder case Iqbal, and other civilians counsel for the victim, said Assembly. Ghani has just concluded his first visit to India, and he had detailed against Banks for his alleged were killed in a drone attack that the police could not He will be placing his third budget on the eve discussions with the Indian leadership about regional developments. role in a surgical strike that on December 31, 2009. transfer or quash the case of commencement of the third year of Nawaz Departing from tradition, Ghani opted to make his first foreign trip killed the family members of Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti, before submitting a report Sharif’s PML-N government. to China after assuming office last year, and subsequently he opted to an anti-drone activist. Station House Officer, in the court. Highly placed sources said that Prime visit Pakistan, before his visit to India. The case was registered Secretariat police, said that He said the former Minister Nawaz Sharif had already given out- Highly placed sources told The News yesterday that Ghani was the under sections 302 (mur- the police had registered a CIA chief was residing in lines for the proposed budget proposals and he first head of state of Afghanistan to speak of cooperation between der), 109 (Punishment of murder case but will not pro- Islamabad and he was oper- had asked the minister to make the budget Pakistan and India through resolution of outstanding disputes between abetment), and 427(Mischief ceed further. ating from the capital, there- common-man friendly. the two countries. causing damage to the Bhatti said that the matter fore the case should proceed It is understood that the budget would pro- He referred to friendly ties with Pakistan during his stay in New amount of fifty rupees) of had been transferred to the in the capital. vide relief to low-income groups. The National Delhi. Islamabad closely watched the visit of the Afghan president to Pakistan Penal Code PPC. Fata secretariat as it did not Akbar said that he would Assembly, which was prorogued on Wednesday, the Indian capital. However, the police refused fall under their jurisdiction. file a fresh petition in IHC will begin its 22nd session in the first week Pakistan and Afghanistan are finalising the schedule of Sharif’s visit to proceed with the case on “FIR was registered on next week against the police of June and discuss the budget proposals. Its to Kabul, and it is likely that the visit will take place in the second the ground that the case did the direction of IHC but for transferring the case to session would continue until the end of June. week of this month. not fall within its jurisdiction Islamabad police will not Fata. The Senate will begin its 115th session on The prime minister’s adviser on national security and foreign affairs, and referred the matter to proceed with it under police Akbar said that the police June 4 and adjourn on the 15th of the same Sartaj Aziz, the special assistant to the PM for foreign affairs, Syed the Federally Administered rules 1923.” had not inserted Fata charges month. Tariq Fatemi, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry and some Tribal Areas secretariat. According to the FIR, the in the FIR, which was The budget proposals for 2015-2016 will be federal ministers will accompany the prime minister on the trip. On April 6, Justice Shaukat complainant’s family was “surprising”. sent to the Senate on June 6, sources said. INTERNEWS Aziz Siddiqui of IHC had residing in Fata. However, on INTERNEWS INTERNEWS

Fire in Kabul Differences emerge among PPP leaders Task force to monitor KARACHI: The doors of Bilawal House have been slammed shut on China-Pak projects Senator Rehman Malik, a close and trusted lieutenant of former ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Through this unit, the prime president and party co-chairman Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif minister will monitor the per- Asif Ali Zardari, sources disclosed has set up a self-nominated formance of all ministries yesterday. monitoring unit for better engaged in executing the 50 Security guards deployed around execution of projects related to odd projects under the China- the PPP’s political headquarters the multi-billion-dollar China- Pakistan Economic Corridor. have been instructed not to allow Pakistan Economic Corridor. An official statement issued Malik and 10 other men to enter the During his recent visit to by the PM’s office stated that the premises, sources added. Pakistan, Chinese President Xi premier had formed Pakistan’s “He is not the only person but a key Jinping had signed a historic first Prime Minister’s Delivery person whose name has been men- deal, with both countries agree- Unit, which started functioning tioned in the list,” sources said, add- ing to build more than 3,000 yesterday, “to bring a paradigm ing that 10 other people, including key kilometres of transport infra- shift in the standard of govern- people from the Zardari tribe, were structure in Pakistan to connect ance and to ensure the timely named on the list. Gwadar port in Balochistan to completion of key development Sources said the instructions had China’s northwestern region projects”. been given by Zardari. It was not of Xinjiang. The total invest- The delivery unit team, led by known if the reason was personal or ment for the different projects the PM’s spokesman Musaddiq political. has been estimated at well over Malik, also gave a presentation “These differences could be per- $46bn. to the prime minister on how sonal,” a source said. As the Chinese president the team would monitor the Differences within the PPP have reaffirmed his commitment for projects. emerged over the last couple of weeks the early execution of the eco- The unit, created in the since former Sindh home minister nomic corridor yesterday, the Prime Minister’s Office, com- and one of Zardari’s closest friends Afghan firefighters extinguish a huge fire which swept through a market in Kabul yesterday. Dozens of dry government created the “deliv- prises “top-flight professionals disclosed some secrets of the former fruit stalls burned down in the market in downtown Kabul, causing huge financial losses to shopkeepers. ery unit” for better execution from the private sector”. president. INTERNEWS of projects of Chinese investors. INTERNEWS SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Delhi slams US report on religious freedom Religious minorities have been ‘subject to derogatory comments by politicians linked to the ruling BJP, report says

NEW DELHI: India has constitution and its society.” political parties,” says the website. Laos, Malaysia, Russia, and violent, environment for religious Dialogues, at both the federal slammed a US government “We take no cognizance of The annual report, which Turkey. Other countries minority communities because and provincial level”; “Increase panel report that claims direct the report,” he said. The US devoted five pages to India, has monitored include Bahrain, they do not require any evidence the US embassy’s attention to link between the 2014 general Commission on International recommended that India along Bangladesh, Belarus, Cyprus, to support accusations.” issues of religious freedom and elections in India and the spike Religious Freedom (USCIRF) with 10 countries be placed as Tier Kyrgyzstan, and Sri Lanka. The report also notes US related human rights, including in attacks on religious minori- released its 2015 Annual Report 2 countries as “those countries The report, which devotes a President Barack Obama’s com- through visits by the Ambassador ties in the country. on April 30. whose governments engage in or section to “Hindu Nationalist ments on religious freedom in and other officials to areas where The report said since the 2014 USCIRF is an “independent, tolerate at least one of the ele- Groups and Forced Conversions”, India, including during his visit communal and religiously-moti- elections, religious minority com- bipartisan US federal government ments of the ‘systematic, ongoing, mentions the proposed “Ghar to India in January and during vated violence has occurred or munities in India have been “sub- commission, the first of its kind and egregious’ standard, but do Wapsi” plan of RSS leader Mohan the US National Prayer Breakfast is likely to occur and meetings ject to derogatory comments by in the world, dedicated to defend- not fully meet the CPC standard.” Bhagwat on Christmas Day last address in February. with religious communities, local politicians linked to the ruling ing the universal right to freedom CPC stands for “Countries of year as well as the other reported Obama in his town hall event governmental leaders, and police; BJP” as well as “numerous violent of religion or belief abroad,” the Particular Concern” — defined incidents of “ghar wapsi” (re- in New Delhi had “underscored “Urge the central Indian govern- attacks and forced conversions by website says. under law as countries where co0nversions) by Hindu rightwing the importance of religious free- ment to press states that have Hindu nationalist groups, such as “USCIRF reviews the facts particularly severe violations of groups. dom to India’s success”, urging adopted anti-conversion laws to RSS and VHP”. and circumstances of religious religious freedom are tolerated On the anti-conversion law the country to not be “splintered repeal or amend them to conform External affairs spokesperson freedom violations and makes or perpetrated: Central African passed by some states, it claims along the lines of religious faith”. with internationally-recognized Vikas Swarup said, “Our attention policy recommendations to Republic, Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, the law is “one-sided” and is “only Among its six recommenda- human rights standards”; “Urge has been drawn to a report of the the President, the Secretary of Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, and concerned about conversions away tions to the US government the Indian government to publicly USCIRF which has passed judge- State, and Congress. USCIRF Vietnam. from Hinduism but not towards are: “Integrate concern for reli- rebuke government officials and ment on religious freedom in India. Commissioners are appointed The eight Tier 2 countries are: Hinduism”. gious freedom into bilateral con- religious leaders that make derog- The report appears to be based on by the president and the Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Cuba, It says: “Observers note they tacts with India, including the atory statements about religious limited understanding of India, its Congressional leadership of both India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, create a hostile, and on occasion framework of future Strategic communities.” IANS

Indian flights to Nepal reach Army mistakenly normalcy flies into sensitive

NEW DELHI: Indian flights to Nepal have achieved nor- mal operational status and all China border flights are on schedule, officials here said yesterday. Air India is operating four PATNA/KATHMANDU: said a report published in Nepal’s connecting flights to Kathmandu Nepal’s Army chief said yester- Kantipur Daily yesterday. from Mumbai and Varanasi via day that the Indian Army made Gen. Rana faced tough ques- Delhi and one direct flight to one flight into Nepal’s northern tions from journalist as to why Kathmandu from Delhi. region bordering China due to were the Indians repeatedly vio- SpiceJet and Jet Airways will a misunderstanding of Nepal’s lating the norms. serve as the connecting flights for geography. “One should not think that Air India flights originating from Addressing his first press con- international military assistance Mumbai to fly to Kathmandu, ference after the devastating in such situation would under- officials said. earthquake at Nepal Army head- mine the national security,” Gen. Earlier yesterday morning, quarters, Gen Gaurav Sumsher Rana said, adding that “we know SpiceJet relief flight SG 8451 Rana said: “Yes, I admit that one how the Indian, Chinese and from Delhi to Kathmandu was Indian flight was made to the Nepali military assistance should cancelled and the confirmation northern border but that was be channelised at this juncture”. of flight SG 41 from Delhi to only due to misunderstanding of He expressed his dissatisfaction Kathmandu was pending. Nepal’s geography. But it was only over the delay in arrival of foreign Jet Airways is flying two con- in the spirit of helping (quake- assistance in Nepal immediately Military personnel prepare to drop supplies as part of earthquake relief operations near Laprak Village in Gorkha, necting flights to Kathmandu affetced people).” after the quake. Nepal, yesterday. from Mumbai via Delhi and a The army chief’s reaction came “The international community direct flight from Mumbai to amid media reports that criticised should have addressed the situa- aid has not reached the affected teams from 29 nations engaged in Seven earthquake victims died Kathmandu. the Indian Army for focusing on tion immediately within 30 hours people. Huge aid pouring in from rescue operations. The army said at the Patna Medical College and It also has a direct flight making flights to the Nepal-China after the earthquake struck, but international community has that around five million people Hospital (PMCH), and one at from Delhi to Kathmandu. border which the Himalayan that did not happen in Nepal. The been accumulating at Tribhuvan were affected by the earthquake. Darbhanga Medical College and Indigo airline’s lone flight nation considers as sensitive zone. way the international community International Airport but aid Hospital (DMCH), in Darbhanga from Delhi to Kathmandu Thed Indian Army team has should address the situation, it agencies are not effectively dis- EIGHT QUAKE VICTIMS DIE district. departed on time at 11:05 a.m. been making flights to China did not happen in that way,” he tributing them to the victims. Eight earthquake victims, PMCH official Sudhansu Singh and reached Kathmandu half- border without seeking prior said. “Had the assistance come on During the press conference, under treatment in two govern- said 43 people injured in the April an-hour later than its sched- approval from Nepali authori- time, we would have been able to the army made a presentation ment-run hospital in Bihar, have 25 earthquake were admitted to uled arrival time. ties and Nepal Army was not address the situation.” that showed that the toll could succumbed to injuries in the past the emergency ward of the hos- IANS happy with the Indian attitude, He said that international reach as high as 10,000 with five days, officials said. pital. IANS Pollution Controversial guru defends ‘son-bearing’ medicine NEW DELHI: The contro- versial Indian guru launched a defence yesterday of one of his herbal drugs, whose name claims to help women conceive sons, amid a row embroiling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Baba Ramdev, who has mil- lions of devotees through his yoga TV show, said the drug helped with infertility and not sex selection, a highly sensitive issue in India where boys are preferred to girls. “It has got nothing to do with sex selection....But if the name is misleading, we will include a disclaimer from the next batch onwards,” the saffron-robed Ramdev told a news conference A motorcyclist negotiates away from fluffy piles of foam at Varthur Kodi junction in east Bangalore yesterday. in New Delhi. The innocuous-looking foam, which from a distance, looks like snow covering the road is nothing but toxic The drug, called “Divya effluent caused by the polluted sewage water overflowing from nearby Varthur Lake. Putrajeevak Beej” which trans- lates as “Divine Son-Bearing Yoga guru Baba Ramdev with an ayurvedic health product during a Seed” in English, sparked uproar press conference in New Delhi yesterday. in parliament on Thursday with the opposition demanding it be a Scottish island and a global but rules are often flouted to Single-form registration for pulled from pharmacy shelves. herbal medicine business worth abort female foetuses. Health Minister Jagat billions, courted controversy In January, Modi launched Prakash Nadda told parliament two years ago when he offered a nationwide campaign aimed that “the government will look to “cure” homosexuals at his at reversing the skewed gen- new businesses launched into it and proper action will be ashram. der ratio, saying placing more taken”. “It’s a conspiracy to defame importance on sons was “a psy- NEW DELHI: In another move 2015. Stakeholders are requested include INC-1 for approval of the The row is potentially embar- me. People who are raising chological illness of the entire to make doing business in India to plan accordingly,” the corporate name of the company, INC-7 for rassing for Modi and his ruling such questions have no knowl- country”. easier, the government yester- affairs ministry said in a notice on registration of the company along Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) edge about nomenclatures and According to the 2011 census, day launched the single-form Labour Day. with memorandum of association after Ramdev campaigned Ayurveda (a traditional form of the nation recorded just 914 registration for new businesses, Entrepreneurs now need to and articles of association, INC- extensively for the Hindu Indian medicine),” Ramdev said. female births for every 1,000 reducing red tape in incorpo- only fill out one form — INC-29 22 for intimation of registered nationalist leader at last year’s Gender-selection is an male births owing to a prefer- ration of businesses from the — to start a business, which will office, DIR-12 for each director, general election. extremely sensitive topic in ence for sons who are seen as currently required up to eight make compliance and reporting and separate ones for allotment Ramdev, who reportedly has India where pre-natal sex breadwinners in a highly patri- forms. easier. of director identification number a trust worth around $250m, determination tests are illegal archal society. AFP “Versions of e-forms INC-7 and Currently, even for a single-per- (DIN) and digital signature cer- INC-22 are modified w.e.f 1st May son company, the forms required tificate. IANS SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Molestation case: Family refuses to cremate girl Deputy CM admits to owning bus company

CHANDIGARH: The fam- and want to assure them that town, 180km from here. ily of the teenage girl, who was those responsible for bringing this Shinder Kaur said that they killed after being molested and tragedy upon them would be given complained about the molestation thrown off a moving bus belong- exemplary punishment under the to the bus driver but he mocked ing to the ruling Badal family in law of the land.” at them and started speeding Punjab, has refused to cremate The victim’s mother, Shinder the vehicle. She said that no one her till the administration ful- Kaur, 36, who was also pushed helped them inside the bus and fils their demands for compen- out of the bus, was admitted to a alleged that she and her daughter sation and cancellation of the government hospital with serious were pushed out of the moving transport firm’s permit. injuries. bus by the molesters. The family members along In a statement here, Sukhbir The family of three, including with representatives of vari- Badal, who also holds the home a 14-year-old boy, had boarded ous political parties, including portfolio, said: “I am personally the bus at Moga town for opposition Congress and AAP, and deeply anguished over the Baghapurana town, which is 20 farmers organisations and social incident, more so because of the km away, on Wednesday evening. bodies are sitting on a dharna in bus in which it happened.” The mother and daughter were front of the local Civil Hospital Referring to his ownership of soon targeted with indecent ges- where the mother of the girl, who the company, he said: “The fact tures and molestation. was also thrown off the bus, is only adds to our responsibility. It Reacting to the incident, which recuperating. is absurd to even think that the has left the Punjab government, Silent for nearly two days after incident of such brutality and bra- the ruling Akali Dal and the Badal the teenaged girl was killed after zenness to go unpunished because family embarrassed, the Punjab being thrown out of a bus owned of the company’s ownership.” government on Friday set up a by him, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and his wife and high level committee headed by Congress workers burn the effigy of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, during a protest against the death Sukhbir Singh Badal finally union minister Harsimrat Kaur Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal of girl in Moga district in the state, in New Delhi yesterday. admitted that the bus service was Badal own the Orbit Aviation to suggest ways to ensure safety run by his company. Company to which the bus and security of commuters in “I am deeply pained by the relevance in Punjab,” he said. Noting that the bus company Expressing his “deepest sor- belonged. public transport. utterly irresponsible and inhu- He said that he would allow was operating in Punjab since row and outrage” over the Moga The opposition Congress had on Sukhbir Badal, whose father, man statements emerging from police to complete its investiga- 1947, he said that the opposition bus tragedy, in which 13-year old Thursday demanded that a case Chief Minister Parkash Singh some Congress leaders. Instead of tion into the matter independ- charge that the Orbit company Arshdeep was killed after being be registered against Sukhbir Badal had on Thursday disowned helping in assuaging the wounded ently. He said that he wanted prospered during the Akali Dal pushed out of the speeding vehicle Badal and his family members any association with the the Orbit feelings of the affected family, the to “change the perception in the rule was false as the party had by her molesters, Sukhbir said: who were owners of the company. Aviation Company, yesterday opposition leaders have been glee- country that those with political been out of power for a number “I am with the grieving family The incident took place on blamed the opposition for playing fully latching on to it as an oppor- links usually get away with outra- of years in between. in their hour of extreme sorrow Wednesday evening near Moga politics over the death of the girl. tunity to buy their lost political geous breach of law”. IANS

Hyderabad High Court to continue Arun Shourie attacks Modi’s policies as common court NEW DELHI: Arun Shourie, the first anniversary of the Modi it has made them laugh. You come things have gone too far. pin-striped suit that Modi wore HYDERABAD: The a BJP minister in the Vajpayee government. out as bullies.” “We have to wake up,” he said, during his interaction with US Hyderabad High Court on Cabinet, yesterday hit out at the Shourie, who is not active On the social front, Shourie adding that people like Ribeiro President Barack Obama earlier Friday ruled that it will con- Narendra Modi government, in BJP these days, said despite said there was “great anxiety” and former Punjab top cop KPS this year. tinue to as common high court saying its economic policy was promises the fears of foreign among the minorities in the Gill had saved Punjab for India. “It was inexplicable, incom- for both Telangana and Andhra “directionless” while the social investors on retrospective taxes wake of the incidents of attack Talking about alienation of prehensible and a big critical Pradesh till the central govern- climate was causing “great anx- and incentives for manufactur- on Christian institutions and the Muslim youth in the context of mistake,” Shourie said. “I fail to ment sets up a separate court iety” among the minorities. ing have not materialised on the “Ghar Wapsi” and “Love Jihad” “Love Jihad” and Moradabad vio- understand why he accepted and for the latter state. The 73-year-old journalist- ground. campaigns. He was critical of lence, Shourie said, “if 100 Muslim then wore that suit. You cannot Pronouncing its orders on the turned politician said the one- “They (investors) require Modi’s “silence” on issues relat- youth come together and conclude take Gandhiji’s name and wear matter, a division bench of Chief year rule of Modi was “good in stability and predictability,” he ing to social tensions on account that we are not getting justice such a thing,” he said, adding, it Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and parts”, his transformation as said, adding that the concern of activities of right wing organi- here and that ISIS is right then was good that he disposed it off Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar said it prime minister was good in for- expressed by eminent banker sations and statements by some we have a problem at hand”. quickly. Shourie rued the delay was the responsibility of the cen- eign policy, but the promised Deepak Parekh on the situation party MPs and leaders. Replying to questions, Shourie in filling up top vacancies in key tral government to allocate funds turnaround in economy has not on the ground should be seen as “You tweet when Sania Mirza said Modi, Amit Shah and Arun institutions like the CVC, the to create a new high court as per happened. a “wake up call”. wins championship or greet some- Jaitley were running the party. Central Information Commission the AP Reorganisation Act and “The government seems to be Asked if the Modi government one on birthdays but you don’t do “It has offended the opposition as and the Election Commission. the Constitution. more concerned with managing had done enough to put India on such things when moral questions well as frightened the members of “The vacancies are incompre- The bench observed that it was headlines than putting policies growth path, Shourie said that it are involved. People doubt why he the BJP,” he said. “They are the hensible,” he said. Shourie disap- for Andhra Pradesh government in place. The situation is like the was “all hyperbole”. is silent,” he added. Referring to ones responsible for mistakes and proved of frequent promulgation to decide where to set up the high many pieces of a jigsaw puzzle “Such claims are meant to grab former IPS officer Julio Ribeiro’s they are also the Supreme Court. of ordinances, calling them “ill court. It further ruled that after lying in a mess with no big picture headlines but lack substance,” he recent anguish that he felt like an The three leaders are not getting advised”. The former Minister establishment of separate high in mind about how to put them said. He was also critical of han- “outsider” against the backdrop proper feedback and no corrective also stressed the need for taking court in Andhra Pradesh, the together,” he said in an exclu- dling of the tax issues which was of attacks on churches, Shourie action takes place,” he said. the opposition along if the govern- existing high court in Hyderabad sive interview with Headlines keeping foreign investors away. said when people of such stand- Shourie also invoked the ment wanted to push its economic will serve the state of Telangana. Today’s Karan Thapar ahead of “First it alienated them but now ing make such remarks it means controversial monogrammed reforms. AGENCIES The court observed that till establishment of separate high court in Andhra Pradesh, its benches may be constituted at Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. The court passed the orders Moderate quake jolts Andamans on a plea seeking a separate high courts for the two states. KOLKATA: A moderate intensity earthquake jolted the Andaman Meanwhile, Joint Action islands yesterday, said an official of the India Meteorological Committee of lawyers from Department here. Telangana have decided inten- “Earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale has hit Andaman sify their movement for separate region at 2.29 pm,” an IMD official said. high court for the state. They are The depth of the earthquake was measured as 10 km, said the IMD seeking early bifurcation of the in a statement. existing high court so that the Officials said there were no immediate reports of damage to property newly created state gets its own or loss of life. The tremors in Andaman region come within a week of high court. Telangana Advocates’ the massive quake that hit Nepal and some parts of India on April 25. JAC argue that when two states can have separate legislatures and secretariats in Hyderabad, why can’t they have separate high Sonia to host dinner for party MPs courts. NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is hosting a din- ner for party MPs and office-bearers on May 6, informed sources said. They said that Gandhi usually hosts a dinner for MPs both Delhi lawyers’ during the budget session of parliament and the winter session. The sources said that the occasion is likely to see informal interaction strike to continue among party leaders on a host of issues including the land bill which is pending in the Rajya Sabha. NEW DELHI: The Delhi law- Congress leaders appear enthused over the way party president yers’ strike, which began last Rahul Gandhi has led the attack on the Narendra Modi government week to protest the delay in since the start of second half of budget session. passing the amended bill on Rahul Gandhi, who was on ‘leave of absence’ during the first part of enhancing pecuniary juris- Contractual and daily wage employees of state government shout slogans as they stage a protest marking the buget session, has attacked the government on the land bill and issues diction of district courts, was Labour Day in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, yesterday. concerning farmers inside and outside the parliament and sought to extended till May 6. put it on the defensive. Congress has 44 MPs in Lok Sabha and 68 in “A delegation of lawyers met the Rajya Sabha. Home minister Rajnath Singh, Kejriwal launches project for labourers who has assured that the bill would be cleared in the ongoing parlia- NEW DELHI: Assuring easy for construction workers will unorganised sector. ment session,” said R.K. Wadhwa, access to healthcare and edu- be enhanced. In addition, those He further said that houses Parrikar reviews Assam security chairman of the co-ordination cation for labourers in Delhi, employed in the unorganised would be provided to slum dwell- GUWAHATI: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday committee of the bar associations Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sector will get pension under the ers and their shanties would not reviewed the security at the army’s 4 Corps headquarters near of district courts in Delhi. launched the ‘Shramik Vikas ‘Dilli Swavlamban Yojna’. be razed. Tezpur town. After his assurance, the law- Mission’ at an event here on the “We will amend the existing Kejriwal also also promised He is likely to visit the troops deployed in the forward areas on yers postponed the rally, which occasion of Labour Day. minimum wages act by adding uninterrupted supply of power Saturday, said a statement issued by the defence ministry’s public was scheduled for May 1, outside Stressing on the need to give stringent punishment for those and drinking water to all. relation officer Lt. Col. Suneet Newton. parliament. The coordination priority to the working class, who do not pay minimum wages “We have already taken up the The top brass of the forces, including Corps commander Lt. Gen committee has said that despite Kejriwal said under the new to their workers. We will bring the matter (not to raze slum clusters) Sarath Chand, briefed the minister about the dynamic counter-insur- assurances, the government has project, action would be taken amendment in the June session with Ministry of Railways and at gency grid and the synergy achieved with the civil administration, not cleared the proposed bill against employers who do not of the Vidhan Sabha,” Kejriwal the same time we will also talk state police and other para military forces in restoring normalcy in enhancing the pecuniary jurisdic- pay minimum wages to work- said while ensuring justice to to the DDA (Delhi Development the state, it added. tion to `20m. IANS ers, while financial entitlements the workers from organised and Authority).” IANS IANS SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Saudi Aramco, ministry to be restructured Violent clashes mar Milan Expo opening

Firm to be separated from oil ministry MILAN: The opening of Expo 2015 was marred yesterday by DUBAI/AL KHOBAR: Saudi “They are trying to rearrange violent clashes between police Arabia is restructuring Saudi Aramco and restructure the and opponents of Milan’s host- Aramco, the world’s biggest whole company. They are also try- ing of the first world fair since energy company, in a move ing to restructure the oil minis- Shanghai five years ago. apparently aimed at letting it try and name Prince Abdulaziz as Police fired tear gas at stone- operate more at arm’s length minister of energy,” said an indus- throwing, masked protestors from the powerful oil ministry. try source in Saudi Arabia. “So who had smashed windows and Analysts expected technocrats that way, Aramco will be totally torched several cars and bins to get a freer hand in running the business-oriented, not an arm of during a “No Expo” march which state-owned giant. However, some the petroleum ministry.” organisers said had brought said the restructuring might be Aramco was once US-based 30,000 people onto the streets. only the first step in a shake-up and run by Americans but has Water cannons were used to of the Saudi energy sector, and long been a Saudi state corpora- put out blazes, including one at a possibly pave the way for a prince tion. It dwarfs all others in the bank branch where the wall had to take over the ministry itself, industry, with crude reserves of been graffiti-ed with the words: which is traditionally run by tech- 265 billion barrels, more than 15 “You’ve skinned us, today you nocrats rather than members of percent of all global oil deposits. pay.” the royal family. It produces over 10 million bar- The violent scenes helped make Citing unnamed sources, Saudi- rels per day, three times as much it a distinctly bitter-sweet start to owned Al Arabiya TV reported as the world’s largest listed oil a six-month food-themed event yesterday that Aramco would be company, ExxonMobil, while its Italy hopes will bolster its inter- separated from the oil ministry reserves are more than 10 times national standing and give a boost of the top Opec member. Aramco bigger. If Aramco were ever to go to the struggling economy. officials could not be immedi- public, it would probably become Thousands of visitors poured ately reached for comment but the first company ever to be val- into the specially created site on Arabiya’s reports closely reflect ued at $1 trillion or more. the edge of Milan. After months official thinking. On Wednesday King Salman of concern about delays partly Mohammad Al Sabban, a appointed Aramco’s chief execu- linked to a corruption scandal former senior adviser to Oil tive Khalid Al Falih as chair- which hit the organisation last Minister Ali Ibrahim Al Nuaimi, man of the state firm. Falih also year, it appeared most of the key said the move would strengthen becomes health minister under a construction work for the Expo Minister of Economy and Trade H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani with Mayor of Milan Aramco. “This decision will bring major reshuffle. had been finished in the nick of Giuliano Basabia on the sidelines of the opening of Milan Expo 1015 in Milan, Italy, yesterday. more flexibility to the company to This indicated Falih may not time. take decisions on a commercial become oil minister, said Ul-Haq. But there was grumbling from metres from here but we couldn’t airport-style security scanners. does not look like it is going away. basis, and keep full financial con- “(Falih’s) shift to the health min- participants over organisational bring it in because the site was Among those whose patience “Our generation does not want trol,” he said. istry suggests that he might not problems which meant many of sealed off for a security sweep was tested in the queue to get this corporate bullshit,” one Conventional thinking is that follow Naimi. His appointment to the pavilions and exhibits were until 3am this morning,” said in were a mother and son from militant, who gave her name as the ruling Al Saud family views the chairman of Aramco, on the not fully operational. Sebastien Steven, the pavilion’s New Delhi who were supposed to Annalisa, told AFP. the oil minister’s job as so impor- other hand, is only ceremonial,” Declaring the festival open, restaurant manager. “We feel a be inside opening a stall selling The protesters have been tant that giving it to a prince he said. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi bit let down. There has been a lot Indian crafts for their non-profit angered by Expo’s reliance on vol- might upset the dynasty’s delicate Aramco’s Senior Vice-President bullishly insisted Milan and Italy of disinformation.” organisation. unteer workers, the involvement balance of power and risk mak- Amin Al Nasser has been named had defied the critics who had Bangladesh reported simi- They told AFP organisers had of corporations like McDonalds ing oil policy hostage to princely chief executive until further said they would never be ready lar problems. “We can’t open been unable to provide them with and Coca-Cola and a perception politicking. notice, the company said on its in time. because we don’t have any staff,” security passes in time due to that much of the public money However, Ehsan Ul-Haq, Twitter account yesterday. It also “They said we would never do said MD Abdul Matin, its opera- “backlogging” in the processing ploughed into the project has been oil analyst at KBC Energy posted a statement earlier say- it but today the Expo is a real- tions manager. “Our display was of participants. lost to corruption. Economics, said it was highly ing it now has a new 10-member ity,” Renzi said, paying tribute to to be mainly cooking based but “I have been going to world Italy secured the rights to host likely that Prince Abdulaziz bin supreme council headed by the workers who have been labour- the chefs and other staff were exhibitions since Montreal in 1967 the Expo seven years ago, long Salman, a son of the Custodian kingdom’s deputy crown prince. ing round the clock for weeks to all due to come from Bangladesh and I have never seen anything before Renzi came to power last of the Two Holy Mosques King “The Saudi Supreme Economic ensure the show went ahead. and the Italians have not granted like this. We’re quite angry,” said year. But he has embraced it as Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Council agrees on Deputy Crown “In these coming months, the their visas.” the woman who did not want to an opportunity for the country to could be appointed to replace Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s world will be able to taste Italy, An official at Ireland’s pavil- be identified. show the world that it is regain- Nuaimi, the 79-year-old techno- vision of restructuring oil-giant its specialities but especially the ion said: “Problems? just a bit. Unable to have any of their ing its confidence and reinventing crat oil minister. Aramco,” Arabiya reported on its profound desire it has to write Anything to do with accredita- craft items delivered, her son was itself under his leadership. King Salman promoted Prince Twitter account. “Restructuring a new chapter of hope,” Renzi tion here has been a complete carrying as many as he could in The event plays to food-loving Abdulaziz, long a member of of Saudi Aramco includes separa- said. nightmare.” two large sacks. Italy’s strengths with its nutrition Saudi Arabia’s Opec delegation, tion from the petroleum ministry.” But exhibitors were confronted Ticketless visitors arriv- Her son added: “We’ve paid and gastronomy-based theme of to deputy oil minister earlier The Supreme Economic with an assortment of issues. ing by underground train faced 200,000 euros to have the stall for “Feeding the Planet, Energy for this year from assistant oil min- Council is a new body formed by Belgium’s pavilion opened with 90-minute waits in the Spring the six months and we are having Life”. ister, a post he had held for many King Salman earlier this year to only a food-themed diamond exhi- rain to get into the custom-built, to buy daily tickets for 39 euros Organisers are predicting 20 years. Some diplomatic and Saudi replace the Supreme Petroleum bition on display and none of the 110-hectare site. each just to get in. It’s ridiculous.” million visitors over six months sources have suggested his experi- Council, which used to help set country’s celebrated beer and That was due to a combina- Organisers insisted the prob- and a ¤10bn boost to economic ence might overcome the hurdles the kingdom’s oil policy. frites (fries) to serve up. tion of ticketing software prob- lems would be ironed out quickly. activity. to a royal becoming oil minister. REUTERS “The beer is in a warehouse 500 lems and long queues for the But the “No Expo” movement AFP

Irish central bank chief confirms retirement, cautions on recovery Oil falls from 2015 highs as DUBLIN: Ireland’s economy crisis management phase with the has been fixed,” Honohan told a yesterday, saying at the end of a post- The government are unlikely to is still showing the scars of the economy recovering and banks news conference. “The situation is bailout surveillance mission that revert to the pre-crisis tradition of financial crisis and will need back in profit. well on the road to repair but there while progress continued in Ireland, promoting the top civil servant at Iraq exports to be managed very carefully, A leading academic economist, is a degree of fragility which means the legacies of the crisis demand fur- the Department of Finance to the central bank Governor Patrick Honohan oversaw a mass recapi- management of the economy has to ther determined policy efforts. governor role. The current Secretary hit record Honohan said yesterday as he talisation of Ireland’s banks and be very, very prudent and cautious.” Honohan’s retirement before General at the department is less confirmed he would retire at an overhaul of financial regula- “A lot of the legacy damage is his term was scheduled to end in than a year in the job. Neither of NEW YORK: Oil prices eased the end of the year. tion. He helped negotiate the still there, it’s there in households, September 2016 means the gov- Honohan’s two deputy governors, off 2015 highs yesterday after Honohan, who was appointed international bailout sought in it’s there in firms, it’s still there ernment must name a successor, Stefan Gerlach and Cyril Roux, are Iraq said its crude oil exports in late 2009 during Ireland’s 2010 that Ireland emerged from in banks. There is certainly a lot who will also sit on the governing likely to be promoted to lead the hit a record in April, and financial difficulties, said it was 18 months ago. less fragility than there was.” council of the European Central bank, the Irish Independent said prices were pressured also by a a good time to step down as the “I don’t want to exaggerate the The European Commission Bank (ECB), before parliamen- yesterday, quoting unnamed sources. stronger dollar. bank was moving away from a degree to which the crisis damage backed up Honohan’s cautious tone tary elections due early next year. REUTERS Brent and US crude rallied between 20 and 25 percent in April, helped by a weaker dollar and bets that a global supply glut would ease, following the June-to- January sell-off that halved prices US automobile sales from above $100 a barrel. News that Iraq’s oil exports rose in April to a record 3.08 mil- lion barrels per day (bpd) from pick up in April 2.98 million bpd in March served as a reminder of ample supply in WASHINGTON: US car and “Consumer and commercial the market. truck sales picked up strength customer demand for pickups and Iraq’s data highlights increas- in April in a sign that the auto utility vehicles has been building ing output from Opec members, market remains firm after the since last fall, and that’s a clear whose supply in April rose to its winter economic downturn, the sign that the slowdown in GDP highest in more than two years at top three automakers reported growth during the winter months 31.04 million bpd, according to a yesterday. was caused by factors that are Reuters survey. GM sales rose 5.9 percent from mostly transitory in nature,” said June Brent was down 86 cents a year ago to 269,056 vehicles; Kurt McNeil, GM’s vice president at $65.92 barrel at 11:37am EDT Ford sales rose 5.4 percent to for US sales. (1537 GMT), after matching 222,498 vehicles, and sales by FCA For GM, truck sales were up Thursday’s 2015 peak of $66.93 US, the US unit of Fiat Chrysler 13 percent from April 2014, and and jumping 21 percent in April. Automobiles, gained 5.8 percent crossovers 25 percent. US crude for June delivery was at 189,027 units. Ford said it was continuing to down 84 cents at $58.79, after Pickup truck and SUV and expand capacity to meet demand hitting a 2015 high of $59.90. US crossover sales remained strong, for its aluminum-bodied F-150 crude futures gained 25 percent but overall sales were a bit below pickup. F-150 retail sales gained last month. analyst expectations, amid more 8 percent, it said, but overall Trading was thin, with some general signs that US consum- sales of the F line of trucks fell major markets closed for the May A GM Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck Cars parked outside a shopping mall in Alhambra, California. US car and ers remain cautious and business 0.9 percent. Day holiday. truck sales picked up strength in April. investment is slow. AFP REUETERS SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS China takes Shell, Total align trading, refining units measures Companies seek alternative ways to drive profits; Total beefing up Geneva trading hub to boost

LONDON: Top oil firms Royal certain extent, trading houses of the proposed change,” a Shell its output to respond to swift higher return on capital than the Dutch Shell and Total are bring- encouraged us to change,” said a spokesman said. changes in global demand for upstream,” said Henry. creativity, jobs ing their refining and trad- high level source from one of the Meanwhile, Total is beefing up products — such as a boost for Oil companies’ refining opera- ing operations closer together, oil firms, speaking on condition its Geneva trading hub so that a diesel or gasoline after unplanned tions have become increasingly BEIJING: China yesterday seeking alternative ways to of anonymity because he was not bigger team of dealers can opti- outages or bad weather - and lock unprofitable in recent years as the announced measures aimed drive profits as oil prices fall authorised to speak publicly on mise profits from the volatility of in high profits. Middle East and Asia have built at promoting innovation and and independent trading houses the matter. crude prices, company sources Refineries that process several their own refineries to meet their job creation, state media said, expand into their territory. Shell and Total have already said. kinds of crude oil can leverage own demand. as authorities seek to ensure The restructuring will enable started work on aligning their It is simultaneously restruc- profits from the different prices Total’s chief executive Patrick that slowing economic growth the Anglo-Dutch and French refining and trading operations turing its refining businesses of, say, Russian Urals or Nigerian Pouyanne was praised last year doesn’t harm employment. companies’ in-house traders and as a result both reported to expand its product line, by Bonny Light, by linking trading for merging refining and petro- According to measures released to capture profits faster from much better than expected first converting its unprofitable La teams into their operations. chemical businesses after the by the State Council, which the fluctuating prices of the quarter profits. Now both are Mede plant in southern France Shell’s chief financial officer group reached its target of return functions as China’s Cabinet, different crude oil sources and stepping up the restructuring. to a biodiesel plant and upgrad- Simon Henry said Shell made an on capital earlier than forecast the government should broadly products coming through their Shell plans to move dozens ing its Donges refinery on the extra $1 billion last year thanks - 15 percent in 2014, up from 9 encourage entrepreneurship as refineries. of traders from London, Dubai Atlantic coast to capture grow- to its restructuring, and added percent in 2013. well as startup enterprises to Snapping at their heels are and Singapore to Rotterdam, ing demand for low-sulphur that profits would likely increase Not all oil majors have followed serve as a new engine for eco- energy brokerages Vitol and where it is beefing up a trading marine gasoil following changes this year. Shell and Total’s steps. While BP nomic growth, the official Xinhua Gunvor, which have bought hub just miles from its flagship in EU rules. The action took return on capi- has a large global trading division, news agency said. refining plants in Europe in the Pernis refinery, Europe’s largest, Total is being more tight lipped tal in downstream at Shell to 13.4 the world’s biggest listed oil com- The announcement comes as last two years in order to do the according to company and trad- about the reforms and only said percent last year, 5 percentage pany ExxonMobil — which has a China’s economic growth in 2014 same. ing sources. It also plans to lay off this week that “downstream again points higher than for the over- much small global refining busi- registered its worst annual per- “As traders grew assets in dozens more traders as part of the generated excellent results due to all group and up from below 10 ness — uses its trading division formance in nearly a quarter downstream, majors realised move to a cheaper cost-base. its ongoing restructuring efforts”. percent several years ago. mostly to buy in supply for its own century, expanding 7.4 percent, there was a lot of money to be “We are completing staff con- A refinery closely linked to “It is not often in this industry refineries. while gross domestic product made on optimisation. So to a sultation and finalising the design trading operations can modify that the downstream has had a REUTERS (GDP) decelerated further in the first quarter of this year from the previous three months. Chinese authorities are tolerant of the slowdown, seen as a nec- essary element of their attempt Tesla unveils batteries to oversee a transformation of the economy in which consumer spending drives growth, a change that they and analysts envision as for homes, businesses leading to more sustainable long- term expansion. LOS ANGELES: Tesla Motors will also partner with many oth- But they are sensitive to the Inc yesterday unveiled Tesla ers, Musk said. potential impact on job growth, Energy — storage systems or Tesla has several hundred bat- which is seen as a key element batteries for homes, companies teries installed with SolarCity of social stability in the coun- and utilities that will expand its systems in California already. try with the world’s largest business beyond electric vehi- The growth of those projects population. cles and tap into a fast-growing has been helped by a subsidy A total of four measures call area of the energy industry. from California’s public utility for governments at all levels of Chief Executive Elon Musk said regulator. the country to place priority on the company’s goal was to “fun- Utilities have also been seeking creating jobs, increase employ- damentally change the way the out energy storage to help manage ment through the encouragement world uses energy on an extreme increasing amounts of renewable of entrepreneurship and start- scale.” He introduced the prod- energy on the grid. To address ups, help university graduates to ucts to a crowd of business part- that market, Musk unveiled secure employment or establish ners and journalists at a Tesla what he called the “power pack,” businesses, and offer improved facility near Los Angeles. a 100kWh battery block that is government and training services, In Tesla’s view, such storage meant to help smooth out power according to Xinhua. systems could become part of a from intermittent solar and wind “In order to encourage entre- fossil-fuel-free lifestyle in which energy production or add energy preneurship and startups, govern- people can have solar panels on to the grid quickly when demand ments at all levels were called on their roof generating electricity levels are high. to speed up related reforms and to power their home and recharge Tesla already has several util- refine policies to ensure fair treat- their electric car batteries. ity-scale batteries deployed on the ment, favourable financial and tax The smallest battery unveiled grid in California, which requires conditions, and basic social safety on Thursday, known as Powerwall, its biggest utilities to source large benefits for startups,” Xinhua is housed in a six-inch-wide con- amounts of energy storage. People take pictures of Tesla Powerwall batteries at the Tesla Design Studio in Hawthorne, California, yesterday. said. tainer that is meant to be hung Musk told reporters Tesla The government said in March inside a garage or on the outside expected to have a low but grow- Brauer, a senior analyst with auto uses could yield as much as $4.5bn IHS CERA. Tesla is not the only when releasing the first quarter wall of a house. ing gross margin in battery prod- industry research firm Kelley in revenue for Tesla. Analysts player in energy storage. Coda GDP figure that China’s unem- At $3,500 for a 10kWh model, ucts in the fourth quarter of this Blue Book, said. expect Tesla will build stationary Energy, which rose from the ashes ployment rate was “stable” at excluding inverter and installa- year and added that battery prod- Tesla will initially manufac- storage systems around the same of a failed EV maker and is now about 5.1 percent and that 3.2 mil- tion prices, the Powerwall can be ucts would be “materially profit- ture the batteries at its automo- basic batteries it will produce for owned by Fortress Investment lion new urban jobs were created used for backup power or to store able” some time next year. bile factory in California but will its vehicles at the large factory the and startups backed by the likes in the period. solar energy. “A cost effective home energy move production to its planned company is building in Nevada. of Total, GE and Siemens are Such a pace would put the Tesla’s lead installation part- storage system it could prove “gigafactory” in Nevada next year. Though valued at just $200m in among the many companies going country on course to best its ner for the home battery will be far more valuable, and profit- Deutsche Bank estimated sales 2012, the energy storage industry after shares of the stationary annual target of more than 10 SolarCity Corp, the solar installer able, than anything the company of stationary battery storage sys- is expected to grow to $19bn by storage market. million new urban jobs. backed by Musk. The company is doing with automobiles,” Karl tems for homes and commercial 2017, according to research firm REUTERS AFP

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LONDON: British supermar- by cost cutting, simpler promo- TOKYO: Japanese inflation March 2011, when Japan was ham- ket Sainsbury’s is expected tions and a focus on product picked up in March for the first mered by a quake-tsunami disaster to post on Wednesday its first quality and innovation, as well as time in 10 months, data showed and nuclear crisis. On Thursday, the annual profit fall since 2005, expansion of its non-food, online yesterday, but household spend- BoJ conceded the original timeline hurt by an industry price war and convenience business, can ing tumbled in a worrying sign for hitting its price target would that shows no sign of abating. combat the discounters’ threat for consumer confidence. be missed, as it cut its growth and Sainsbury’s, along with rivals and that of market leader Tesco, Core inflation, excluding volatile inflation forecasts. Tesco, Asda and Morrisons, is which is showing signs of recovery fresh food prices, hit 2.2 percent Japan’s gross domestic product grappling with food price defla- under new boss Dave Lewis. year-on-year, accelerating from will expand 2.0 percent in the year tion and an intensifying price war However, Coupe still expects the previous month for the first to March 2016, while the inflation launched to stem the flow of shop- supermarket like-for-like sales time since May 2014, and offering rate is seen at 0.8 percent, the pers to discounters Aldi and Lidl. in the sector to fall for the next a sliver of hope for Tokyo’s war BoJ said in a semi-annual report. All are also having to adapt as few years and some analysts are on deflation. However, stripping That compares with a previous consumers shop more frequently downbeat on the firm’s prospects. out the impact of a sales tax rise estimate of 2.1 percent and 1.0 and locally, and buy more online. “We remain unconvinced that last year, the rate was a tepid 0.2 percent respectively. “We expect the group to con- Sainsbury’s has the strategy to percent, well short of the central The report — which followed a firm more pain is likely in the overcome its relative scale dis- bank’s 2.0 percent target. meeting where policymakers held year ahead, with further like- advantage versus Tesco, deterio- Analysts say central bank pol- fire on fresh stimulus — pushed for-like (sales) declines the key rating industry conditions and a icymakers will almost certainly back an already murky timeline challenge,” said Jefferies analysts. challenged balance sheet,” said be forced to expand its monetary for hitting the bank’s inflation Sainsbury’s shares have fallen HSBC’s David McCarthy. easing scheme to jack up prices target to the first half of fis- 17 percent over the last year. Analysts on average forecast a and counter a downturn in the cal 2016, which runs from April Analysts’ on average expect full-year dividend of 12.9 pence a world’s number three economy. through September next year. Sainsbury’s to report underlying share, down 25 percent. Sustained inflation is a corner- The ambitious goal was origi- pretax profit of £659m ($1bn) for the Coupe is also having to deal stone of Prime Minister Shinzo nally supposed to have been year ended March 14, down 17 per- with an unwelcome distraction Abe’s drive to conquer stagnant or achieved around two years after cent from the £798m made in 2013-14. after it emerged he is contesting falling prices and revive growth. the launch of the BoJ’s stimulus The fall reflects Sainsbury’s a two-year jail sentence handed “Inflation is still close to zero in April 2013. announcement in November to down by an Egyptian court in and could drop in the coming But the bank has, over time, invest an additional £150m in relation to a business dispute months,” said Takeshi Minami, loosened that timeline as the data lower prices, as well as its absorp- Sainsbury’s had 14 years ago. chief economist at Norinchukin suggested it was unattainable. tion of record levels of food defla- Sainsbury’s has described the Research Institute. Weighed by a plunge in oil tion in categories where it trades sentence as “groundless”. “The reading was a little bit prices and tepid consumer spend- strongly, such as produce, dairy, Meanwhile, Morrisons’ new CEO An Indian student checks her mobile phone in Mumbai yesterday. positive, but worries (for the Bank ing, Japanese inflation stalled in fresh ready meals, meat and fish. David Potts will make his first pub- India raised a record $17.6bn during intense bidding on a government of Japan) have not disappeared.” February for the first time in In March, the firm reported a lic outing on Thursday to announce auction of wireless spectrum recently in one of the world’s largest Separate figures showed house- nearly two years. “It is true that 1.9 percent fall in fourth quarter first-quarter sales. Barclays and smartphone markets. The new spectrums for traditional voice and hold spending in March dropped the timing for achieving the 2.0 like-for-like sales, a fifth straight Jefferies analysts expect a 3.3 percent faster data services are seen as crucial for companies competing in almost 11 percent, the worst on percent inflation target has been quarterly decline. fall in like-for-like sales. They fell 2.6 the cut-throat market, which has around 952 million mobile subscrib- record since comparable data delayed,” BoJ governor Haruhiko Chief Executive Mike Coupe percent in the previous quarter. ers, according to figures released by India’s telecoms regulator, TRAI. started in 2001 and steeper than Kuroda told reporters on Thursday. reckons price reductions financed REUTERS an 8.2 percent on-year decline in AFP SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Individual investors shun Airlines make record profits, Japan bonds as BoJ sends yield below zero but no cheaper seats yet BY CHIKAKO MOGI and SHIGEKI NOZAWA BY DREW HARWELL average domestic flight last year have to. Demand for tickets today than in the past seven cost $391, the highest since fed- hasn’t dropped, and most planes years because of the continued HE Bank of Japan is pushing yields on the nation’s sovereign MERICAN Airlines, eral statisticians started tracking are close to full. affordability of air travel,” said bonds so low that now households are turning their backs on which excels at not fares in 1995. Adjusted for infla- For that, travellers can thank Melanie Hinton, a spokesperson Tthem just as institutional investors have done. much of anything, tion, fares are at a 12-year high. years of bankruptcies and mega- for industry trade group Airlines Holdings of Japanese government bonds in individuals’ accounts just banked $1.2bn Airlines’ record profits are mergers (remember AirTran? for America. Flights are still were 17.3 trillion yen ($144.7bn) at the end of March, the lowest in profit during its all the more staggering because Continental? Northwest?), “one of the best bargains for con- in 11 years, and less than half the peak of 36.7 trillion yen held by Amost profitable three months in the first three months of the which have further strengthened sumers, and airlines are meeting households at the end of December 2008, Ministry of Finance data history. The nation’s other major year — after the holidays but airlines’ grip on US skies. this demand.” show. Japanese families held 1.7 percent of their assets in bonds, airlines are also swimming in before spring and summer trips There were nine major domes- Nearly all the savings, airlines compared with 4.7 percent by Americans for US debt, according record profits, largely thanks to — are generally regarded as a tic carriers in the United States have said, are going toward buy- to central bank data. fuel prices that plunged 40 per- cash dead zone. US airlines lost 10 years ago. Now there are four ing new planes, launching new Since October, the government has cancelled sales of sovereign cent within a year. money in every first quarter (American, United, Southwest, routes and upgrading airport notes maturing in two years through financial companies to house- But for Americans booking except one between 2000 and Delta), and they’re not exactly lounges and ticket counters; holds because buyers would have to pay more in broker fees than their summer travel, plane ticket 2013, federal data show. worried about an upstart jumping that is, all the money not yet they would get in interest, according to the ministry. Two-year prices are flying just as high as Just how long the cheap-fuel in to compete. Running an air- returned to shareholders, execu- JGB yields plunged below zero on April 22 for the first time since always. Domestic flights booked days will last is anyone’s guess. line is exorbitantly expensive, but tives and employees. January, while the five-year JGB yield tumbled to the lowest since for between Memorial Day and But summer is airlines’ golden starting a new one is even worse. As John Rainey, United February on April 24. Labor Day have averaged about season, and several carriers “We are unquestionably liv- Continental Holdings’ executive “Households and retail investors are turning to overseas invest- $453.87, down a whopping $2.01 said they plan to bump up the ing with an air travel oligopoly,” vice president, told analysts last ments as interest rates including bank deposits fall, and low rates since last year, airline data show. number of tickets they’ll sell by Vinay Bhaskara wrote in week, “The opportunities that we are here to stay at least until 2020,” said Toru Suehiro, an econo- US airlines spend more on running more flights or flying Airways News column. “A fare have to improve our business with mist at Mizuho Securities Co in Tokyo. “The MOF probably wants fuel than anything else, guz- bigger jets. Airfare forecaster war requires some sort of com- the type of cash flow that we can them to be the main JGB holders because they are detached from zling more than 40 million gal- Hopper expects peak airfares petitive response to low fares, generate (off cheap fuel) are huge.” market players and unlikely to trigger a spike in yields.” lons a day, so you can imagine this June will be about $17 and a broad-based competitive But experts say unsinking Japanese investors, including households, were net buyers of how much historically cheap oil cheaper than last year’s. response to (ultra low-cost car- travel costs won’t change as long foreign equities and investment fund securities for the 23rd con- contributes to their bottom line. Airlines work off long-term riers like Spirit Airlines) doesn’t as airlines exhibit total, unrivaled secutive week through April 25, according to the Finance Ministry’s American, Delta, Southwest and fuel contracts, so they’re not appear imminent.” control. Without any pressure weekly portfolio data released on Friday. United saved about $3.3bn on able to benefit from cheaper Airlines say their pricing is from passengers or competitors, The BOJ on Thursday maintained its policy of expanding the fuel in the first quarter, financial oil prices as quickly as drivers necessary for the renewal of they say, airlines won’t see any monetary base by 80 trillion yen annually, buying bonds equivalent filings show. can. But it’s been months since their air fleets, the reduction of reason to change their tune. to 90 percent of what the government sells in its effort to pump But their average fares have jet-fuel prices began their steep their debt and the health of their “Airlines have the pricing money into the banking system. barely budged, highlighting once decline, and airlines have shown workforce. They add that other power,” Bob Mann, a former The average yield at Tuesday’s sale of 2.286 trillion yen in two- again just how much control little interest in returning any of costs have bumped up besides American Airlines executive, told year JGBs fell to zero from 0.03 percent in March, with bids declin- airlines have over their paying their savings back to fliers. fuel, including wages, airport Bloomberg in October. “Why are ing to 3.9 times for the amount of debt offered from 4.8 times at customers, and how little they So why aren’t airlines sharing rents and landing fees. “The they ever going to give it up?”. the previous auction. worry about competition. The the wealth? Simple: They don’t fact is more people are flying WP-BLOOMBERG Japan’s two-year note yielded 0.005 percent yesterday in Tokyo, while the five-year yield was 0.085 percent. The central bank’s quarterly flow of funds data show household holdings of JGBs fell 13.9 percent from a year earlier to 18 trillion yen at the end of 2014, or just 1.8 percent of the total and less than a fifth of the amount held by foreign investors. Japanese hold about 90 percent of the nation’s sovereign debt, while in the US, foreign- ers account for about half. The BOJ data also show households’ assets in investment trusts grew 17 percent to 92 trillion yen and ownership of equities rose 3.9 percent to 162 trillion yen. Cash and deposits still accounted for 52.5 percent of total assets, a 1.9 percent increase from a year earlier. BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s efforts to encourage invest- ments in riskier assets are starting to bear fruit as retail investors are turning their attention to overseas for higher returns. “Individual investors hold JGBs for safety reasons, not for prof- itability,” said Naomi Muguruma, a senior market economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. in Tokyo. “If yields fall further, the government may also forgo issuing five-year and 10-year bonds for retail.” Net purchases of foreign stocks by investment trust manage- ment companies were a record 4.287 trillion yen as of March 31, according to Finance Ministry data, signaling rising appetite among individuals. About half of that was bought after the BOJ expanded its stimulus on Oct. 31. Their buying last fiscal year amounted to about 90 percent of equivalent purchases by Japan’s pension funds, which totaled 4.7 trillion yen. Institutional investors including the $1.2 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund and Japan Post Bank as well as local insurers are also reducing JGB holdings and shifting more money abroad in a quest for better returns. The Finance Ministry has been scaling back publicity on promot- ing JGBs to retail investors as public interest waned. The government stopped airing television commercials for JGB sales aimed at individuals from last fiscal year and no longer taps personalities costing hundreds of millions of yen for its promotion material, according to the ministry. The budget for advertising retail sales of sovereign debt is now around 500 million yen, about half the peak of 1 billion yen seen in fiscal 2007 and 2008, according to the ministry. “Come to think of it, I haven’t really seen promotions for retail JGBs for a while,” Mitsubishi UFJ’s Muguruma said. “Given such low yields, there may be no point in spending taxpayer money.” — With assistance from Wes Goodman in Singapore. BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Who cares that IPOs lack accounting standards? BY LESLIE PICKER earnings and valuation metrics in document its review of journal giving it a market value of $6.7bn. merchants. After going public in $88bn, the most since 2000, was the hottest initial public offering entries. Since the Chicago-based Often times, material weak- November 2011, Chicago-based accompanied by a steep jump in OULD you market since the dot-com bubble, company’s debut last April, the nesses don’t amount to much Groupon reported a material valuations. The median debut buy stock in a said Lise Buyer, partner at Class stock has surged 58 percent, giving — which is one reason some inves- weakness in its financial controls price-to-sales ratio of 7.2 was the company that V Group, an IPO advisory firm. it a market value of $3.4 billion. tors say they aren’t deterred by and had to reduce fourth-quarter highest in seven years, according doesn’t regu- “Whenever you have a robust Zoe’s Kitchen, a Mediterranean such disclosures. While they can revenue by $14.3m. to data compiled by the University larly record its IPO market, it definitely signals restaurant chain, disclosed it increase a company’s risk profile, The stock, which reached a of Florida. Wdebits and credits? Or one that that investors are willing to take didn’t have adequate accounting the warnings are often a result of high of $26.19 two weeks after the The trend continues this year admits it lacks accounting skills? on risk,” she said. resources before its IPO last year. advisers being too protective, said IPO, never recovered. The shares as well. Etsy, the decade-old online How about one that couldn’t The requirement to report Installed Building Products, a pro- Eric Jackson, who runs a hedge are currently trading at nearly marketplace for handmade and account for some of its expenses? material weaknesses goes back vider of residential insulation, had fund in Naples, Florida. one-quarter of their record: $6.92 vintage goods, went public after Apparently you would. to passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley to make seven financial adjust- “One reason it’s rising is each. disclosing two material weak- About 30 percent of compa- Act in 2002. Public companies ments. Zoe’s market value has over-lawyering/CPA creep,” said “We’ve had accounting frauds nesses, including that it wasn’t nies that went public last year must prove to auditors that they climbed to $592m as of Thursday’s Jackson, president of Ironfire every five to 10 years, and peo- able to account for some non- acknowledged they were at serious have the processes and people in close, from about $289m based on Capital. “Just throw everything ple always seem to forget what’s income tax-related expenses. risk of incorrectly reporting their place that can prevent or detect the debut price. Both stocks have in there along with the kitchen taken place and engage in invest- While the company is working to financial information, according accounting errors. If they can’t, gained more than 80 percent since sink for the risk factors. ‘’What ment activities without taking remedy the issues, it said in the to a study by New York law firm they need to disclose as such. their IPOs. does it hurt?’ is probably what the certain precautions,” said Edward IPO prospectus that it’s still vul- Proskauer Rose LLP. That’s up “If the auditors are saying GoPro, which makes video cam- lawyers would say.” Ketz, an associate professor of nerable to errors. from 17 percent of issuers in 2013, there’s a material weakness, eras used by adventure-seekers, In some cases, though, mate- accounting at Pennsylvania State Etsy’s stock surged 88 percent the study shows. they’re saying you’re not set up said in its IPO prospectus that it rial weaknesses can create serious University. on day one, although it has since Yet investors weren’t both- like a public company should lacked accounting skills, moni- issues. Among the worst-case sce- The biotechnology industry, declined. The company now has a ered. The 32 companies — from be yet,” said Frank Lopez, co- toring activities and review proc- narios happened to Groupon Inc. filled with unprofitable compa- market value of $2.5bn. GrubHub to GoPro — that head of global capital markets at esses prior to 2013. Before GoPro’s In August 2011, two months nies with no revenue, accounted The disclosures “only add fuel reported material weaknesses in Proskauer, which helped conduct $491m IPO in June, the company after filing an IPO prospectus, for seven of the 32 firms in the to the fire that some of these their accounting systems last year the IPO study. said in the filing that it’s imple- the company abandoned its con- study. The remaining 25 compa- IPO names are lower qual- have surged an average of 42 per- GrubHub, a food-delivery and menting better internal controls, troversial accounting method and nies came from industries includ- ity and maybe the IPO market cent since their stock debuts. The pick-up website, disclosed in its although cautioned these efforts subsequently restated 2010 results ing technology, consumer, energy is getting frothy,” said Michael lack of concern is part and parcel prospectus that before merging still may not be enough to pre- because it had counted the total and financial services. Scanlon of John Hancock Asset of the risk-taking mindset that with Seamless Holdings in 2013, vent errors. GoPro’s stock has amount of its daily-deal sales as The surge in initial fund- Management. has seen investors overlooking the site had neglected to regularly more than doubled since the IPO, revenue, including fees paid to ings last year, which reached BLOOMBERG SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CLASSIFIEDS

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MADRID: Rafael Nadal yes- terday received a gold medal for McIlroy, Spieth from Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at a ceremony in Madrid in honour of the 14-time Duo books mouth-watering showdowns Grand Slam champion’s career success. “I never imagined getting a SAN FRANCISCO: World medal like this at such an impor- number one Rory McIlroy tant place for our country as this. and Masters champion Jordan I am very grateful,” Nadal said Spieth won their matches on after he picked up the Golden Thursday to set up mouth- Medal for Merit in Work, one watering showdowns for a place of Spain’s top civilian honours, in the last-16 at the WGC- at the Prime Minister’s official Match Play Championship. residence. McIlroy took care of Brandt “I always try to give all I have Snedeker 2-up to set up a grudge in everything I do. I think this has match with FedExCup champion been one of the keys to my success Billy Horschel as the American in my sports career,” the 28-year- won 3&2 over Jason Dufner to old added. leave both men 2-0 in group play “This has been a time of highs heading into at TPC Harding and lows, lets hope that with Park. the daily work I am doing I can World number two Spieth was recover my stability and the path too good for fellow American to victory.” Matt Every 4&3 leaving him with Nadal had originally been Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (right) applauds shortly after a do-or-die clash with England’s scheduled to pick up the award presenting the Working Medal of Honour to Rafael Nadal during a 26th seed Lee Westwood. in November last year but the ceremony held at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, yesterday. McIlroy seemed comfortably ceremony was called off after he in control of the match at 2-up had to undergo surgery to remove through 10 holes but Snedeker his appendix. his feet on the ground,” he said. points to defend at next week’s rallied with birdies on 11 and 12 Spain’s conservative govern- “He has received this award for Madrid Masters where he is the to square the match. ment decided in June 2014 to a job well done,” he added. double defending champion. McIlroy wrestled the lead back Jordan Spieth lines up his putt on the 11th hole during round two of the award him the honour, which Nadal, the nine-time French Nadal has just one title to his with a birdie on the 15th before World Golf Championship Cadillac Match Play at TPC Harding Park on aims to highlight an “exem- Open champion, sat out almost name this season – on clay in closing it out on the 18th hole. Thursday in San Francisco, California. plary performance” in any job or the entire second half of last sea- Buenos Aires – while his only “I did what I needed to do profession. son due to injury and illness and victory over a top-10 player came against Brandt today. I felt like I Rajoy said the medal was has struggled to recover his form against compatriot David Ferrer played very solid tee to green and and playing well. It’s going to be of day three matches thanks to to honour Nadal’s “hard work, since the turn of the year. in Monte Carlo, where he went made a few birdies so that’s nice,” a tough match.” other results in their pools. demanding standards, enthusi- He is down at four in the world on to a tame semi-final loss to in- said McIlroy. World number four Bubba Fowler was a 1-up winner asm, balance, modesty, for having rankings and has maximum form Novak Djokovic. AFP “The match tomorrow, it’s win Watson made light work of fel- over Ireland’s Shane Lowry or go home. Billy seems like he’s low major winner Keegan Bradley while Senden took down former playing well. I’m looking forward 4&2 to set up a meeting with the FedExCup champion Bill Haas Murray’s Munich quarter-final delayed to it. It’s do or die.” man he conquered in a play-off 4&3 a day after upsetting Henrik Spieth has continued his hot to win the 2012 Masters, South Stenson in 19 holes. form with the putter from his African Louis Oosthuizen. Among 22 with no chance to Masters triumph but knew it Oosthuizen, a former British advance are Stenson, defend- would count for nought if he could Open champion won 2-up against ing champion Jason Day, former not back it up against Westwood. Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez. world number one Adam Scott, “Win or go home (tomorrow),” American Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker, Ian Poulter and Spieth said of his mindset. Lee Australian John Senden clinched major winners Graeme McDowell, is coming off of a win (in Asia) spots in the round of 16 ahead Bradley and Dufner. REUTERS

Bulls pummel Bucks NBA Play-off Results Western Conference at San Antonio to reach second round Los Angeles Clippers 102 San Antonio 96 (Series tied 3-3) MILWAUKEE: Mike Dunleavy Bulls star Derrick Rose tal- Eastern Conference at Milwaukee scored a team-high 20 points lied 15 points, seven assists and Chicago 120 Milwaukee 66 as the Chicago Bulls cruised five rebounds and was given the (Chicago wins series 4-2) to a 120-66 drubbing of the fourth quarter off with the game A spectator holds an umbrella to protect herself against the rain as she waits for the start of the Munich Open Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday sewn up. Pau Gasol and Jimmy NHL Play-off quarter-final in Munich, yesterday. World number three Andy Murray’s bid to land his first clay court tournament to reach the second round of the Butler scored 19 and 16 points, of his career was delayed when his quarter-final match against Czech Lukas Rosol was postponed and will NBA play-offs. respectively. now be played today. The semi-finals will be played later in the day. The Bulls easily eliminated the The Bucks made it a competi- Results Bucks in game six, beating them tive series with two straight wins 1 2 3 T so soundly that their 54-point win after going down 3-0. But they Washington 1 0 1 2 margin was the third largest in trailed from start to finish and NY Rangers 0 0 1 1 Federer battles into Istanbul semis NBA postseason history. showed little fight except to land (Washington lead the They advance to face the a few cheap shots that resulted in best-of-seven series by 1-0) Cleveland Cavaliers in the technical fouls and ejections. ISTANBUL: Swiss world dink that ravished the crowd. 1 2 3 T Eastern Conference semi-finals. Dunleavy was on the wrong end number two Roger Federer Istanbul Open Playing with aggression and The Bulls win was just four of a Giannis Antetokounmpo body Anaheim 2 2 2 6 yesterday survived a serious abandon, Gimeno-Traver raced points shy of the 133-75 shellack- check late in the second quarter. Calgary 0 0 1 1 challenge from Daniel Gimeno- to a 5-2 lead in the second set but ing Minnesota delivered to St. Chicago was leading by 30 when a (Anaheim lead the best-of-seven series by 1-0) Traver of Spain to edge into the Results Federer pegged him back to force Louis in 1956. It was also the most frustrated Antetokounmpo ham- semi-finals of the Istanbul Open Quarter-finals another tie-break. lopsided postseason game for both mered Dunleavy as he was shoot- Baseball Results after a three set battle lasting Diego Schwartzman (ARG x8) bt Santiago Against the odds, Gimeno- franchises. ing a three-pointer. almost two-and-a-half hours. Giraldo (COL x4) 0-6, 6-2, 6-2 Traver raised his game once more In the other play-off contest on Dunleavy made the shot despite St. Louis 9 Philadelphia 3 Gimeno-Traver, 29, the world with some impressive shot mak- Thursday, Blake Griffin finished being blind-sided. Antetokounmpo LA Angels 6 Oakland 5 number 62, was in no way over- Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Daniel Gimeno ing, taking the breaker 7-5 when with 26 points, 12 rebounds and was ejected and had to watch Cincinnati 5 Atlanta 1 awed by the occasion as he met (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 Federer tamely pushed a service six assists, and the Los Angeles the rest of the blowout from the Washington 8 NY Mets 2 Federer for the first time with the return into the net. Clippers beat the Spurs in San locker room. All 13 players scored Toronto 5 Cleveland 1 Swiss eventually pushing through The 17-times Grand Slam win- But Federer showed his class in Antonio 102-96 to avoid elimina- for coach Jason Kidd’s team, with to win 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (5/7), 6-3. ner was kept in place in a tight the final set, taking it 6-3 despite Kansas City 8 Detroit 1 tion and force game seven in their Zaza Pachulia’s eight points lead- Federer showed exquisite touch first set, only moving ahead in showing signs of frailty on his first-round Western Conference ing the way. Milwaukee turned Houston 3 Seattle 2 at times but the Spaniard put up the tie break which he took with serve which forced him to save series. the ball over 18 times. AFP Minnesota 12 Chicago White Sox 2 strong resistance. a gorgeous backhand crosscourt four break points. AFP Bolt faces Gatlin showdown at World Relays

NASSAU, Bahamas: Six-time in Beijing in August, both sprint- Bolt, who acquired his Olympic gold track medallist ers have decided that they will be ‘Lightning Bolt’ nickname when Usain Bolt will face a showdown on show this time around, possi- setting three records at under-17 against American arch-rival bly in both the 4x100 and 4x200m level at the CARIFTA Games in Justin Gatlin at this weekend’s relays. “It’s going to be serious the Bahamas in 2002, has been This file picture IAAF World Relays in the business for me in the Bahamas,” entered for both sprint relays in taken on August Bahamas. Bolt said. Nassau. 18, 2013 shows Bolt, who has anchored Jamaica “The harder I run the better “I haven’t discussed it with my Jamaica’s gold to two Olympic titles and three I’ll get over the races so I have to coach as yet but I would person- medalist Usain Bolt world golds in the 4x100m relay, run hard to get my body used to ally want to do the 4x100m and celebrating on the missed last year’s inaugural com- competing and running hard and 4x200m just to get runs under podium during the petition in Nassau in an injury- just to get into race sharpness.” my belt to get some sharpness,” medal ceremony ravaged season. Gatlin was also Bolt recently ran a 20.20 sec- said Bolt, who has plans to com- for the men’s 200 an absentee. onds 200m at a meet in his home pete in the 2016 Rio Olympics and metres at the In last year’s 4x200m relay, town of Kingston, Jamaica. the world championships in the 2013 IAAF World Jamaica set a world record of He will face a 33-year-old United States a year later before Championships 1:18.63 at the inaugural relays, one Gatlin who last season topped retiring. at the Luzhniki of three world records to fall in a the rankings in both the 100 and This year’s World Relays will truly memorable first edition of 200m, the 2004 Olympic gold pit more than 600 competi- Stadium in Moscow. the latest addition to the roster medallist who served a four-year tors in five events each for men of IAAF competition. doping ban having posted the and women: 4x100m, 4x200m, And with the bigger goal of the fastest times in each event, 9.77 4x400m, 4x800m and the medley World Athletics Championships and 19.68sec respectively. distance relays over 4km. AFP SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

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LAS VEGAS: When Floyd place among the pantheon of box- Oscar de la Hoya Mayweather Jr and Manny ing greats. Even if Mayweather Mayweather faced boxing’s Pacquiao enter the ring tonight were to retire with an unbeaten top draw, ‘Golden Boy’ Oscar the stakes could not be higher, record there would have always be de la Hoya, on May 5, 2007, in even for a bout already labelled a question mark hanging over his a fight that broke records for the ‘Fight of the Century’. career if he never clashed with his gate receipts in Nevada, pay- The richest prize fight of all- great Filipino rival. per-view sales and revenue. In time will give each fighter a multi- “This fight is about one fighter Mayweather’s first fight in the million-dollar payday and smash who is at the top fighting another 154-pound (70kg) division he pay-per-view numbers while eye- fighter who is at the top. It’s about weighed in at 150 (68 kg) but popping ticket prices, out of reach giving you guys excitement,” said used his speed and agility to for all but the rich and famous, Mayweather. “We don’t know how good effect against the bigger will see the 16,800-seat MGM this fight is going to play out, but De la Hoya. Grand Garden Arena rival the I believe in my skills. I believe I Mayweather struggled Super Bowl in gate receipts. am going to be victorious. against de la Hoya’s jab in the There is a garish champion- REUTERS early rounds, but adjusted in ship belt embossed with 3,000 the second half of the fight to emeralds on the line along with neutralize one of De la Hoya’s the mythical title of world’s best ‘Fight of the key weapons and emerged with pound-for-pound fighter but more a split decision victory. significantly it is a bout that could Century’ Facts De La Hoya was on the cement a boxing legacy and a fight downslope of his career on which the future of the sport The heavily anticipated welterweight when he fought Pacquiao in could hang. showdown between undefeated American December 2008. Five-plus years in the making, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Filipino southpaw The speedy Pacquiao got off all the hype and elements are in Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand to a strong start, connecting place to elevate the welterweight Garden Arena is expected to be the richest with clean straight left leads showdown into one of those prize fight of all time. and continually beat De la memorable watershed sporting Hoya to the punch. He battered moments.  A fight that was more than five De La Hoya in the seventh and Or it could be a flop, providing years in the making, the clash between after a round eight that was all another blow for a sport that is Mayweather and Pacquiao is projected to Pacquiao, De La Hoya’s corner just starting to lift itself back off generate a record $300m or more in pay- stopped the fight, which was the canvas. per-view revenue, according to Forbes, De la Hoya’s last. “This fight has been talked with at least three million customers While Pacquiao posted the about for so long the anticipation paying to watch the action. more comprehensive victory now people are really looking for- over De la Hoya, even his ward to it and willing to pay any  Mayweather’s defeat of Oscar De La trainer Freddie Roach said De Hoya in 2007 has the buy record of 2.48m price to watch it,” Oscar De La WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (left) and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao la Hoya and his camp “did it households, while his 2013 showdown Hoya, one of the few boxers to face off during a news conference at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. to themselves” overtraining fight Mayweather and Pacquiao, with Canelo Alvarez has the revenue because of worries about mak- said. superior ring intelligence that has Briton Ricky Hatton in the sec- star, Pacquiao is a national hero record of $152m. ing the weight. “It this fight is dull, if it’s a dud allowed him to survive nearly two ond round. in his homeland where his image  then that can really affect the decades in the ring by avoiding “The ingredients are there and has featured on a postage stamp Mayweather is likely to earn at least Ricky Hatton overall game but if it is an excit- danger. it is only because of Pacquiao,” and video games. $180m from the bout while Pacquiao, a Mayweather fought popular ing fight, a fight people want to In contrast, Pacquiao brings said De La Hoya, who lost to His rags-to-riches story of a 2-1 underdog, is expected to come away undefeated World Champion see again, it can take boxing to an all-out attacking style to the both men. “We know what young man who once lived on the with more than $120m. Ricky ‘Hit Man’ Hatton on new heights.” showdown, a hard puncher capa- Mayweather is going to do, we’ve hard scrabble Manila streets is  December 8, 2007. In front With tickets on the resale mar- ble of landing a knockout shot been there, we’ve done that but inspiring, a source of motivation The MGM Grand in Las Vegas is of a raucous crowd of the ket commanding over $100,000 that could hand Mayweather his the one person who can make Pacquiao routinely draws upon, expected to pack in close to 16,500 fans Briton’s followers in Las for ringside seats and close to first professional defeat. this fight an exciting one is “I can’t imagine the boy who for the fight for a live-gate of $74m. Vegas, Mayweather survived 3m people expected to pay $100 While the fight is the most Pacquiao. was starving and sleeping on the an early charge by the rugged  Las Vegas resident Mayweather, who on pay-per-view, the unde- anticipated in decades, for most “He has a relentless style; he street has become what I am Brit — who went up in weight has a perfect 47-0 record as professional, feated Mayweather (47-0) and boxing experts it comes a half- will be the one pressing the action. now,” said the eight-division world for the bout — and went on to will be fighting his 11th consecutive bout at Filipino southpaw (57-5-2) will be decade too late with both fighters “It all depends on Pacquiao.” champion known as Pacman. “I dominate the bout. He sent expected to produce a spectacle past their prime. For Mayweather, it will be have a good feeling for this fight. the MGM Grand. Hatton sprawling with a hook worthy of such princely price tags. The 38-year-old American may his 11th consecutive fight at the “For me, it’s about how we  Kenny Bayless has been appointed as for a technical knockout in the The fight will be a classic not be as slick or fast as he was MGM Grand but it is Pacquiao can make the fans happy. They referee for the fight by the Nevada State eighth round. match-up of boxing styles. while there are questions about who will have an entire nation in are paying big money ... so they Athletic Commission while Burt Clements, Pacquiao faced the ‘Hit Man’ Considered one of the best Pacquiao’s power, the 36-year- his corner. deserve to have a good fight.” on May 2, 2009 at 140 pounds, Dave Moretti and Glenn Feldman were defensive fighters of all-time, old having not scored a knockout A politician, philanthropist, For Mayweather the fight is where Hatton had never lost a chosen as the three judges. Mayweather is crafty with a win since 2009 when he floored recording artist and action movie one that will define his legacy and fight. Pacquiao dropped Hatton twice in the first round before knocking him flat with a left in the second round for a spec- Pacquiao the people’s Trainers engage in verbal tacular knockout win. Shane Mosley Mayweather was a heavy choice in super-fight sparring ahead of megabout favourite against Mosley on May 1, 2010, but Mosley rocked LAS VEGAS: Floyd Most of that will be bet at LAS VEGAS: While trash- him in the second round with Mayweather is a slight favour- sports books on the Las Vegas talking by the two fighters a punishing right. ite, but Manny Pacquiao is the “Strip” where tourists and fans has been at a bare minimum Mayweather stayed on his people’s choice according to the are flocking to soak up the fight ahead of tonight’s welterweight feet and survived Mosley’s money being wagered on the week atmosphere even if they showdown between Floyd attempt to finish and by the Filipino icon ahead of tonight’s don’t have tickets to the bout. Mayweather Jr and Manny middle rounds had the fight welterweight showdown. “The further away you get Pacquiao, their trainers engaged in his grip, with Mosley flum- Jay Rood, Vice-President of from The Strip, the less financial in a war of words on Thursday. moxed by Mayweather’s accu- race and sports books at MGM impact it’s going to have on the Pacquiao’s corner man, racy and elusiveness. Four Resorts International, said that sports books,” Rood said. “I think Freddie Roach, complained that months after that fight Mosley some two thirds of the bets placed the handle on The Strip could be the Mayweather camp had not had looked awful in a 12-round at MGM sports books have so far astronomical.” yet submitted gloves for testing draw with Sergio Mora, and it been for Pacquiao. MGM Resorts has 47-0 before his opposite number, Floyd was after that bout that he met That included one $500,000 Mayweather listed as a minus- Mayweather Sr, countered by say- Pacquiao, on May 7, 2011. wager on the World Boxing 200 favourite, meaning one ing that the Pacquiao camp was Pacquiao knocked Mosley Organization champ, who will must bet $200 to win $100, with simply running scared. down on the way to a lopsided bring a record of 57-5 with two Pacquiao a plus-170 underdog, or Roach and Mayweather Sr unanimous decision, Mosley drawn and 38 knockouts to the a bet of $100 to win $170. have got on like oil and water FROM LEFT: Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny looking even less of a threat fight. “It’s a great price for either over the years and, hardly sur- Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach pose during a news conference at against the Filipino than he “Hopefully by this evening one of these fighters,” Rood said, prisingly, there was no eye con- the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. had against Mayweather. we’ll have taken a million-dollar a fact that has encouraged “really tact between them as Roach bet on Mayweather,” Rood said. good two-way action”. ended his news conference and frequently recites pithy poems “(The Pacquiao camp) keep Miguel Cotto “We’re trying to get that hooked However, he said many of the passed by Mayweather Sr on the about his fighters’ opponents. talking about how scared Floyd Pacquiao took on Cotto first, up now.” bettors on this fight won’t neces- media centre stage at the MGM “But he doesn’t get under my was for five years, but they were on November 14, 2009 on the While Nevada’s legal sports sarily be shopping for an attrac- Grand. skin.” Roach, who declared that scared. We weren’t scared.” heels of his victories over De books are taking some big wagers tive price. “I don’t hate Floyd Mayweather he and Pacquiao had developed Mayweather Jr. will put a la Hoya and Hatton. After an on Mayweather, the money com- While boxing doesn’t lend Sr, I just hate his poems,” Roach “a winning formula” to beat 47-0 professional record on the action packed first two rounds, ing in from Pacquiao believers itself to the many proposition said of his fellow American, who Mayweather Jr, was unhappy that line against Pacquiao, an eight- Pacquiao dropped Cotto in the have narrowed the odds to about bets bookmakers offer for the their opponent’s gloves had not division world champion, and his third round and again in the 2-1. NFL’s Super Bowl — a betting yet been tested. father claimed the fight was as fourth. “We took quite a bit of money behemoth that spawned $116m Tale Of The Tape “I just asked the (Nevada good as over. From there he punished yesterday, well over seven fig- in wagering in Nevada this year Tale of the tape for the super-fight between Athletic) Commission if both “I don’t think it’s going to Cotto, his speed and power too ures, and 60 per cent of it was to — Rood said MGM sports books Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao: gloves will be weighed,” said be much of a fight, the fight is much for the Puerto Rican, and Pacquiao,” Rood said on Thursday. are offering a “little bit broader Mayweather Pacquiao Roach. “Their gloves are hand- already won, trust me,” he said, referee Kenny Bayless stopped “Public opinion is definitely menu” of wagers to appeal to 38 Age 36 made. I just want to make sure before adding that a knockout the fight in the 12th and final Manny Pacquiao.” casual bettors. the weight is fair, but his gloves was on the cards. “It ain’t going round. 47 Wins 57 The high-profile bout is a lock “We’ve put up the five pack: the haven’t showed up yet.” to be no sucker punch. It’s going Cotto had bounced back from to break a bevy of records for box- one fighter by decision or KO, the 0 Losses 5 Mayweather Sr scoffed when to be the real shot.” that defeat with a rematch win ing revenue, and Rood expects it other fighter by decision or KO 26 KO 38 asked why his fighter’s gloves had Roach predicted that Pacquiao over Antonio Margarito in 2011 to generate the highest handle for and the draw,” he said, adding 0 Draws 2 not been submitted. would win on a 12-round decision. by the time he signed to fight any fight in Nevada state history, that MGM books also offer “over 147 pounds Weight 147 pounds “The gloves are not an issue “That’s what my game plan is,” Mayweather in a 154-pound with the total money wagered and under” bets for the fight to go because Manny has put on the said Roach. “If (Mayweather) bout and made Mayweather 5’8” Height 5’6 1/2” statewide coming in “somewhere seven full rounds, nine full rounds same kind of gloves,” said the stays in the pocket too long, he work for a 12-round unanimous between $60m and $80m.” and to go the distance. AFP 72 inches Reach 67 inches 62-year-old trainer. “Fear, that’s will get hit. If he wants to run, we decision. AFP Orthodox Style Southpaw all it is. will cut the ring off.” REUTERS SATURDAY 2 MAY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT ICC probes company registrations amid fears of split NEW DELHI: The ICC con- “Australian Cricket Control Pty concern to the sport of cricket, Clarke and David Warner would senior Essel Group official, told had turned him down. “Subhash firmed it was investigating the Ltd” and had made similar efforts and the matter is under investi- be offered $40m, 10-year con- the newspaper. is a powerful body no doubt but it registration of company names in other cricket-playing nations. gation,” an International Cricket tracts to play in a rebel league. A “I can’t give you details of the is a foolish plan at the moment,” which it regarded as of “con- Owned by billionaire Subhash Council spokesman said yester- report in Thursday’s Hindustan project as it is going to be made he said in an interview with the cern to the sport of cricket” Chandra, the driving force behind day. Whether it is merely an Times said Essel, which through public in the next six months.” Guardian on Thursday. as reports of a rebel organisa- the ill-fated rebel Indian Cricket international Twenty20 league or its Ten Sports channel owns Lalit Modi, who helped set “But he does what he wants tion which might split the game League (ICL), Essel issued a a full scale assault on the ICC’s rights to cricket around the world up the lucrative IPL Twenty20 and I wish him all the luck. It continued to emerge yesterday. statement on Monday saying governance of the game, it is but not in India, had registered 15 league before falling out with the could be very close, who knows? The Guardian newspaper they were “geared up to enter the clear some challenge to cricket’s city-based leagues in India. Board of Control for Cricket in If he presses the button and reported last weekend that sports business at a global level, status quo is afoot. “We have a massive plan for India (BCCI), said he had been puts the money on the table Indian media conglomerate, the focusing on cricket”. Cricket Australia yesterday cricket in India and ground- approached by Chandra to get things could start very quickly. Essel Group, had attempted “The ICC is aware of certain dismissed as “highly specula- work has been going on in many involved in a plan to set up a The ICC should be fearing him.” to register the company name recent registrations which are of tive” media reports that Michael states,” Naresh Dhoundiyal, a new global governing body but REUTERS

Scoreboard

KINGS XI PUNJAB 2-0-10-1; AD Mathews 3-0-19-0 (1w); Imran V Sehwag c Mathews b Khan ...... 1 Tahir 3-0-36-0 (1w) Tamim, Imrul thwart M Vohra c Jadhav b Khan ...... 1 DELHI DAREDEVILS SE Marsh lbw b Duminy ...... 5 MA Agarwal (not out) ...... 52 WP Saha c Jadhav b Coulter-Nile ...... 3 SS Iyer c Patel b Thakur...... 54 DA Miller c Tiwary b Coulter-Nile ...... 42 SS Tiwary (not out) ...... 5 GJ Bailey lbw b Mishra ...... 18 Extras (LB 2, W 5, NB 1) ...... 8 NLTC Perera c Tiwary b Coulter-Nile ...... 3 Total (1 wkt; 13.5 overs) ...... 119 AR Patel c Agarwal b Coulter-Nile ...... 22 Did not bat: JP Duminy*, Yuvraj Singh, AD Pakistan in Khulna SN Thakur (not out) ...... 7 Mathews, KM Jadhav, NM Coulter-Nile, A Anureet Singh (not out) ...... 8 Mishra, Z Khan, Imran Tahir Extras (LB 1, W 7) ...... 8 Fall of wickets: 1-106 Openers put on record stand of 273 after visitors’ 628 Total (8 wkts; 20 overs) ...... 118 Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 3-0-10-0; SN Did not bat: Sandeep Sharma Thakur 3-0-38-1 (2w); Anureet Singh 3-0-24-0 Fall of wickets: KHULNA: 1-1, 2-6, 3-10, 4-10, 5-37, (1nb, 2w); NLTC Perera 2-0-22-0 ; AR Patel Openers Tamim Mushfiqur Rahim for the fifth 6-45, 7-102, 8-104 2.5-0-23-0 (1w) Iqbal and Imrul Kayes hit wicket against Sri Lanka in Galle Bowling: Z Khan 4-0-17-2; JP Duminy 4-0- Player-of-the-match: NM Coulter-Nile (Delhi unbeaten centuries to lead a bril- in 2013. 15-1; NM Coulter-Nile 4-0-20-4 (1w); A Mishra Daredevils) liant fightback by Bangladesh Tamim said the advice from on the fourth day of the first his team’s Sri Lankan coach Test against Pakistan in Khulna Chandika Hathurusinghe to for- yesterday. get the scoreboard and enjoy the Daredevils thrash Kings; The left-handed pair put on time out in the middle stood both their nation’s highest partner- him and Imrul in good stead. ship for any wicket as Bangladesh, “The coach told us not to Bangladesh trailing by 296 runs on the first look at the scoreboard and that opener Mumbai pip Rajasthan innings, closed the day strongly helped,” he said. “We just wanted Tamim Iqbal at 273 for no loss in their second to enjoy the game and when we (right) and NEW DELHI: Led by pacer Stadium in Mumbai, hosts knock. got a ball to hit, we played our Imrul Kayes Nathan Coulter-Nile, Delhi Mumbai Indians overcame Tamim was unbeaten on 138 shots.” run between Daredevils demolished Kings Rajasthan Royals by eight runs. to become the first Bangladesh Tamim dedicated his third suc- the wickets XI Punjab’s batting order before The winners posted a massive batsman to score seven Test cen- cessive Test century to his aunt, during the chasing down a paltry total 187-5 and later restricted their turies. He beat former captain Fatema Hossain, who died of a fourth day with nine wickets in hand at the opponents for 179-7 in 20 overs Mohammad Ashraful’s tally of heart attack in Chittagong on of the first Ferozeshah Kotla to earn their to claim victory. six hundreds. Thursday. Test against fourth win from eight matches A late cameo from Ambati It was Tamim’s third century Tamim and Imrul had put on in the Indian Premier League Rayudu (53; 27b, 4x4 3x6) ensured Pakistan at in as many Tests, having made an opening stand of 224 during (IPL) here yesterday. that Mumbai Indians reached the Sheikh identical scores of 109 in the last Bangladesh’s previous Test – A brilliant bowling perform- a challenging 187/5 against two matches against Zimbabwe against Zimbabwe in Chittagong Abu Naser ance, led by Coulter-Nile helped Rajasthan Royals in their Indian in November. – and carried on in the same Stadium Daredevils restrict Kings XI Premier League (IPL) encounter Imrul scored 132 not out, his manner yesterday. in Khulna Punjab to 118/8 in 20 overs. In at the Wankhede Stadium here third hundred, as the bowlers Fears that Bangladesh may yesterday. reply, the hosts chased down the on Friday. toiled on the placid wicket at the struggle to bat out two days to target in only 13.5 overs to rise Put in to bat, Mumbai Indian Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium that save the match, after Pakistan to fourth spot in the eight-team got off to a flying start with has already produced 1,233 runs ran up 628 in their first innings, league, where Kings XI still lie openers Parthiv Patel and Lendl and just 20 wickets over the four proved unfounded as the openers last. Simmons striking the ball to all days. settled in to tame the bowling. Put in to bat, Kings XI were parts of the park scoring at over The pair batted through just Tamim reached his century reduced to 10/4 by the fourth over nine runs per over in the first over two sessions to surpass the after tea with two consecutive as the visitors’ top-4 failed to four. previous Bangladesh record of 267 boundaries off Junaid Khan. click and got out for single-digits. However, looking to quicken by Ashraful and current skipper Imrul swept Zulfiqar Babar for a They were further tottering at the scoring rate, Parthiv (23 off 45/6 in the 10th over but South 14 balls) failed to judge the slower single soon after to bring up his with creditable figures of six for Africa’s David Miller (42) led a ball, and was caught and bowled Scoreboard own landmark in front of some 163. revival as he anchored the innings by Dhawal Kulkarni in the fifth Bangladesh (I innings): ...... 332 Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-277, 3-339, 4-402, 5,000 delighted home fans. Shafiq said Pakistan were con- to help his side cross the 100-run over. After getting hit for 13 runs Pakistan (I innings): 5-468, 6-594, 7-595, 8-617, 9-617, 10-628. Tamim has so far hit 13 bound- fident the Test could still be won. mark. Miller’s 41-ball innings in his first over, the local boy M Hafeez c Mahmudullah b Shuvagata ....224 Bowling: Rubel 22-3-82-0 (3nb), Shahid 19- aries and four sixes. Imrul has 15 “The first session tomorrow included four boundaries and a came sharp in his second to put Sami Aslam c Rahim b Taijul ...... 20 4-59-1 (1nb), Taijul 46.4-4-163-6, Shuvagata fours and three sixes. will be important,” he said. “We six. the brakes on Mumbai. Azhar Ali b Shuvagata ...... 83 34-1-120-2 (w3), Shakib 37-4-146-1, Mah- Earlier, the tourists took their are still in the game and two Captain George Bailey (18) and But Parthiv’s departure didn’t Younis Khan b Taijul ...... 33 mudullah 4-0-30-0, Soumya 1-0-2-0, Mominul overnight score of 537 for five or three wickets quickly in the Axar Patel (22) also made small put the brakes on the Mumbai Misbah-ul Haq c Rubel b Taijul ...... 59 5-0-13-0. to 628 before they were all out morning will help us press for contributions when all other bats- scoring as Simmons kept tim- Asad Shafiq c and b Shakib ...... 83 Bangladesh (II innings): shortly before lunch. victory. man failed to reach double-digits. ing the ball well to keep the runs Sarfraz Ahmed c sub (Das) b Shahid ...... 82 Tamim Iqbal (batting) ...... 138 The overnight pair of Asad “The wicket is playing well and Daredevils bowlers were on the coming. Wahab Riaz b Taijul ...... 0 Imrul Kayes (batting) ...... 132 Shafiq (83) and Sarfraz Ahmed both Tamim and Imrul batted spot today as Coulter-Nile picked As the West Indian was look- Yasir Shah lbw b Taijul ...... 13 Extras: (W1, NB2) ...... 3 (82) carried their sixth-wicket really well. But the complexion of up a fantastic 4/20 from his four ing to take the bowlers from both Zulfiqar Babar st Mahmudullah b Taijul ...... 11 Total (for no loss, 61 overs) ...... 273 partnership to 126 to build a size- the game can change if wickets overs. The Australian was given ends, spinner Ankit Sharma got Junaid Khan (not out) ...... 0 Bowling: Junaid 8-0-44-0 (nb2), Zulfiqar 16- able lead for Pakistan. come our way.” The second and good backing by veteran Indian him leg before in the ninth over, Extras (B5, LB8, W3, NB4) ...... 20 0-60-0, Hafeez 9-0-46-0, Wahab 13-2-57-0 Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam final Test begins at the Sher-e- pacer Zaheer Khan, who returned bringing his small but quick-fire Total (all out, 168.4 overs) ...... 628 (w1), Yasir 15-0-66-0. picked up three of the five wickets Bangla stadium in Dhaka from to the playing XI with impressive innings to an end. Enroute his in the morning session to finish May 6. AFP figures of 4-0-17-2. 31 ball 38, Simmons struck four Captain JP Duminy and spin- boundaries and one six. ner Amit Mishra also picked up Unmukt Chand (13 off 14 balls) a wicket each for the hosts, who – who came at the fall of Parthiv Cook stands firm as Trott flops again played the last match of the 2015 – also gave away his wicket in the season here. 11th over by hitting a loose shot to In reply, Daredevils hardly mid on for Stuart Binny to take BARBADOS: Alastair Cook’s bowlers. Cook will resume in the broke a sweat in chasing down an easy catch off the bowling of third consecutive half-century final session of the day alongside the target with absolute ease. Tim Southee. steered England to 151 for four Moeen Ali, the all-rounder’s 37 Openers Mayank Agarwal Incoming batsman Ambati at tea on the opening day of the not out proving invaluable in (52 not out) and Shreyas Iyer’s Rayudu gave most of the strike third and final Test against the helping to redress the balance of (54) struck half-centuries to to skipper Rohit Sharma who was West Indies at Kensington Oval play. guide their team home with the looking comfortable in the middle yesterday. They put on 60 runs for the help of a 106-run opening wicket for a perfect captain’s knock. Having seen his side reduced fifth wicket by the break after Joe England’s partnership. But his innings came to an to 38 for three in the morning Root’s was the only wicket to fall Agarwal hit six boundaries end when he was caught by Alastair session after winning the toss in the afternoon session. and a six in his knock while Ankit Sharma off the bowling of Cook in and choosing to bat, the England Jason Holder earlier dispelled Iyer, whose wicket was the only Kulkarni, who picked up his sec- captain displayed great resolve in doubts about his fitness with two action minor hiccup provided by Kings ond wicket. compiling an unbeaten 60. important wickets after opening during the XI medio Thakur, smashed four For Royals, Kulkarni was the It was a patient knock that has bowler Jerome Taylor exploited opening boundaries and three sixes. pick of the bowlers, finishing with already occupied four hours and Jonathan Trott’s vulnerability to day of the Meanwhile, at the Wankhede two for 26. AGENCIES 170 deliveries on a pitch offering fast, short-pitched bowling. third Test some encouragement to the faster Stretchered off the field on the against last day of the second Test when West Indies Scoreboard Scoreboard he appeared to turn over his left at the MUMBAI INDIANS RAJASTHAN ROYALS ankle badly while bowling, Holder Kensington LMP Simmons lbw b Ankit Sharma ...... 38 AM Rahane c Rayudu b Vinay Kumar ...... 16 England (I innings): showed no ill effects of that injury Oval, PA Patel c & b Kulkarni ...... 23 SR Watson b Suchith ...... 28 A Cook (batting) ...... 60 and enjoyed swift success. Barbados UBT Chand c Binny b Southee ...... 13 SV Samson c Suchith b McClenaghan ...... 76 J Trott c Permaul b Gabriel ...... 0 Playing on his home ground, the yesterday. RG Sharma c Ankit Sharma b Kulkarni ...... 27 SPD Smith c H Singh b McClenaghan ...... 23 G Ballance b Holder ...... 18 tall fast-medium bowler uprooted AT Rayudu (not out) ...... 53 KK Nair c Patel b McClenaghan ...... 7 I Bell c&b Holder ...... 0 Gary Ballance’s middle-stump KA Pollard c Samson b Theron ...... 24 STR Binny (not out) ...... 9 J Root c Ramdin b Permaul ...... 33 and then induced an indetermi- Harbhajan Singh (not out) ...... 0 DJ Hooda c Chand b Malinga ...... 1 M Ali (batting) ...... 37 nate prod from new batsman Ian Extras (LB 3, W 5, NB 1) ...... 9 TG Southee run out (Pollard/Vinay Kumar) ....6 Extras (NB-3) ...... 3 Bell with a slower delivery to take Total (5 wkts; 20 overs) ...... 187 J Theron (not out) ...... 1 Total (for 4 wkts, 56 overs) ...... 151 a sharp catch off his own bowling Did not bat: J Suchith, R Vinay Kumar, MJ Mc- Extras (LB 2, W 9, NB 1) ...... 12 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-38, 3-38, 4-91. before the prolific right-hander Clenaghan, SL Malinga Total (7 wkts; 20 overs) ...... 179 To bat: B Stokes, J Buttler, C Jordan, S Broad, had scored. Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-73, 3-84, 4-120, Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-71, 3-127, 4-161, J Anderson Trott, who has endured a 5-181 5-161, 6-162, 7-177 Bowling: J Taylor 10 - 5 - 24 - 0(nb-3); S wretched run since returning to Gabriel for Permaul to dive for- concerns about his ability to Bowling: TG Southee 4-0-36-1; DS Kulkarni Bowling: MJ McClenaghan 4-0-31-3 (4w); SL Gabriel 8 - 2 - 21 - 1; J Holder 11 - 3 - 24 - 2; the England side in this series ward and take the catch at for- cope with what are expected to 3-0-26- 2 (1w); J Theron 4-0-40-1 (2w) Malinga 4-0-34 -1; R Vinay Kumar 4-0 -39 -1 M Samuels 14 - 5 - 24 - 0; V Permaul 13 - 1 after 17 months out of the inter- ward short-leg. be much tougher challenges from SR Watson 3-0-36-0 (1nb); STR Binny 2-0-17- (1nb); J Suchith 4- 0-39-1 (2w); Harbhajan - 58 - 1 national game, fended at a lift- It was Trott’s third “duck” New Zealand and Australia in the 0; Ankit Sharma 4-0-29 -1 (1w) Singh 4-0-34-0 (1w) ing delivery from pacer Shannon in five innings and heightens upcoming English summer. 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Lekhwiya celebrate Qatar Cup triumph

Lekhwiya players run in jubilation after referee blew final whistle at the end of the Qatar Cup final at Lekhwiya Stadium yesterday. Lekhwiya defeated El Jaish 1-0 in the final, thanks to a second half goal by Andres Sebastian Soria Quintana. PICTURES: OSAMA FAISAL & M FARAJ

Jubilant Lekhwiya team’s members take selfies after winning the final against El Jaish. RIGHT: Players toss their head coach Michael Laudrup in celebration.

Electronic board shows fans turnout for the final. LEFT: Fans watch proceedings of the final.

Lekhwiya’s goalkeeper Ivanildo Rodriguesdos Santos gestures after triumph. RIGHT: Lekhwiya hero Andres Sebastian Soria Quintana poses with the Qatar Cup trophy along with children. Lekhwiya players lift the Qatar Cup trophy. RIGHT: Laudrup lifts the trophy along with his team’s players and officials. Most Popular Bangladeshi Newspaper

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Players of Lekhwiya SC celebrate with the Qatar Cup trophy after defeating El Jaish 1-0 in the final at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha yesterday. PICTURES: OSAMA FAISAL AND M. FARJ Sweet revenge as Lekhwiya edge El Jaish to lift Qatar Cup Sebastian Soria’s header ensures second trophy of the season for ‘Red Knights’

DOHA: A superb goal by Andres Lekhwiya striker Soria flashed a Sebastian Soria Quintana ena- low shot across the face of goal bled Lekhwiya SC to take sweet from a tight angle. revenge on El Jaish as the Qatar The game started to look as Stars League champions added though it might go to penalties the Qatar Cup to their trophy as both sides were able to nullify cabinet yesterday. each other’s attacks. The win gave Lekhwiya their Then, Vladimir Weiss, who second trophy of the season. came on as a sub, won a free kick. Lekhwiya had been smarting Korean play-maker Nam Tae- for a year after El Jaish edged Hee sent in a perfectly timed in- them on penalties in the inaugu- swinger and Soria only needed a ral edition of the tournament in flick of the head to put the ‘Red 2014. Knights’ into the lead. So it wasn’t surprising that Laudrup’s men then shut out before the match Lekhwiya’s the game as the minutes ticked Secretary General Adnan Al Ali by and El Jaish could not make a gave one simple statement: “We breakthrough. seek revenge.” H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad By the time the referee blew Al Thani handed the winners the final whistle, Al Ali was over their trophies. The President of the moon. “It has been an excep- the Qatar Football Association tional season for us because we (QFA), H E Sheikh Hamad bin have already managed to win Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani two championships. It is a great handed the El Jaish players their achievement for the team and the runners-up trophies. management. I congratulate the El Jaish player Mohammed Abdulla Methnani reacts after the Qatar Cup Lekhwiya now have their sights players. We can improve further final at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha yesterday. on the Emir Cup in hopes of com- and play even better,” Al Ali said pleting a domestic treble. after the presentation ceremony. gritty battle of attrition with both Boudiaf went on a marauding run Left-back Khalid Muftah Although possession was fairly teams waiting to see who would through the middle before laying reflected his team’s mood. “This equal, El Jaish were more threat- blink first. off to Nam Tae-Hee, who hit a is great achievement for our team ening in the initial moments of Late in the first half the strong effort on target but the and we are looking forward to the match — time and again slip- ‘Soldiers’ rallied and a cross keeper was well positioned for the Emir Cup,” he said after the ping past Lekhwiya’s back line, from Yousef Muftah was headed the save. match. THE PENINSULA but their finishing left a lot to be down by Muntari into the path Then in the 62nd minute, El desired. of Romarinho, but the Brazilian Jaish keeper Al Khater flirted Mohammed Abdulla Methnani couldn’t keep his shot down. with danger as he feigned a clear- Lekhwiya’s Sebastian Soria gave El Jaish their first real After the restart Methnani was ance and toyed with Lekhwiya celebrates after scoring chance in the 11th minute when awarded a free-kick in a central strikers before getting rid of a goal against El Jaish he broke down the right and sent position just outside of the box. the ball. The keeper was living during the Qatar Cup final in a low cross to Romarinho, Defender Anderson Martins lined dangerously to the obvious frus- at the Abdullah bin Khalifa who completely wasted the up and struck a fierce shot that tration of the Jaish coach Sabri Stadium in Doha yesterday. opportunity. went just over the bar. Lamouchi. 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