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Sunday 21 September 2014 • 26 Dhu’l-Qa’da 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6195 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Outlets to have Tajikistan President meets Ezdan Chairman OPINION Contractors new health, to fight ISIS y December 2011, when the US military forces Bwithdrew from Iraq, safety rules I wrote in my column that the Obama administration made a big mistake for Regulations await Minister’s orders which the region and DOHA: The Ministry of There is no reconciliation in the inter- Municipality and Urban case a customer suffers perma- national Planning has plans to issue new nent disability caused after using community health and safety rules for vari- a food item. Such crimes are pun- would pay a ous outlets, including, possibly, ishable with a prison term. price today. eateries and others. Al Sayed said his department Amid Khalid Al Sayed A senior Doha Municipality was considering setting up tem- doubts EDITOR-IN-CHIEF official has said the regulations porary cells at the abattoirs dur- over the effectiveness of the would be issued on the directives ing the upcoming Eid Al Adha US plan to “degrade and of the Minister soon. festival to oversee the slaughter Tajikistan President Emomalii Rahmon met Ezdan Holding Group Chairman Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani Al Thani ultimately destroy” ISIS, Mohamed Ahmed Al Sayed, of animals. at the Presidential Palace in Dushanbe on Thursday and underpinned the strength of Qatar-Tajikistan relations. President Barack Obama Head of Health Monitoring To a question, he said it is a vio- The Ezdan Chairman said the Qatari business community is ready to share expertise in Islamic banking and remained firm on his deci- Section at the municipality, how- lation of health and safety rules if is interested in establishing Tajikistan’s first Islamic Bank. See also page 17 sion to keep American troops ever, gave no details of the pro- an outlet switches off a refrigera- away from the battlefield in posed rules. tion unit at night. Iraq. He said in an interview to the “It is also a violation if the tem- But how will the anti-ISIS local Arabic daily Al Watan pub- perature of a refrigeration system coalition completely destroy lished on Friday that according in an outlet is not between zero the terrorist group, given a to Qatari laws, all imported food and four degrees Celsius.” UN council briefed on Qatar’s perceived lack of US troops items have a maximum validity The official said that inspec- on the ground? of one year irrespective of the tors from his department not only The answer is military duration of their validity in the check foodstuff at outlets but also steps to protect workers’ rights contractors. countries of their origin. the condition and hygiene at these The new war will techni- Citing an example, Al Sayed places. The inspectors have judi- cally be between local forces said: “Suppose there is a particu- cial powers. DOHA: Qatar’s human rights And this is mostly true of con- public service and law-enforce- and ISIS fighters, but both lar food item and its expiry date is According to Al Sayed, Qatar’s committee says challenges struction companies, particularly ment employees. They also ask sides will get assistance from after five years in the country of civic food monitoring laws are remain in protecting workers’ the smaller ones often run by Qatar to continue to work to their respective allies. In the its origin. But when it lands here, quite effective and straightfor- rights in the country as many non-Qataris. develop laws and institutions con- case of the Iraqi government its validity will be for one year.” ward and inspectors from the smaller contracting companies Al Marri also welcomed the cerned with human rights. and the Free Syrian Army, Al Sayed said this year some 40 neighbouring states are appre- often run by non-Qataris fail to recommendations for Qatar at a Al Marri said the working they will be supported by the outlets have been referred to the ciative of them. respect their workers’ rights. Universal Periodic Review (UPR) group has in its report made 28 international community. Public Prosecution over violations “We have food experts work- “There are challenges facing at the meeting, Qatar News recommendations to enhance Obama made it clear in his of health and safety rules. ing with us and they help us the protection of workers’ rights,” Agency (QNA) reports. He said the status of women in society to recent speech the role the US These were the outlets catch food items that are not fit said Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri, Qatar had received 84 recommen- ensure equality, arm them with will play in the war – they that failed to approach Doha for human consumption,” said Al Chairman, Qatar’s National dations that directly address the economic, civil and political rights will arm and train Iraqi secu- Municipality for reconciliation Sayed. Human Rights Committee. area of work of the NHRC. and prevent violence. rity forces and Syrian rebels, the law permits. Animals meant for slaughter He told the 27th session of the The recommendations urge He also talked about plans to and provide humanitarian aid However, 95 percent of them are vaccinated here and can be UN Human Rights Council in Qatar to continue efforts to abolish the sponsorship system to affected people. are expected to settle the mat- slaughtered only 21 days after Geneva yesterday that workers of improve mechanisms to pro- for foreign workers. THE PENINSULA ter amicably with the Public that, he added. many companies have a hard time tect and promote human rights THE PENINSULA Continued on page 4 Prosecution. THE PENINSULA claiming their salary arrears. and create awareness and train Continued on page 6

Juventus win Serie A match Kuwait sets up Reduced prices for over 300 team to monitor medicines from tomorrow IS sympathisers DOHA: Pharmacies and wholesale distributors are gearing up for a proposed reduction in the prices of over 300 medicines that is DOHA: Kuwait has set up a expected to take effect tomorrow. crack team of 80 public security Prices are expected to fall by up to 70 percent based on a GCC deci- officials to comb the country sion to unify the prices of about 2,500 medicines in phases. and make sure no Islamic State The Pharmacy and Drug Control Department at the Supreme (IS) operatives are active there Council of Health (SCH) earlier issued a circular to retailers and nor are there any sympathisers wholesalers, saying the reduced prices will be in force from September of the militant outfit. 22. It also issued a list of the current and new prices of over 300 The officials, from the law- medicines. enforcement agencies, includ- Several pharmacists said they were expecting the decision to be ing the Criminal Investigation implemented as scheduled. Department, have been group into “We have not been informed about any change and we are preparing 40 patrol teams, each consisting accordingly. Tonight, we will put the new prices for medicines included of two officials. in the list, for sale on Monday,” a pharmacist said last evening. According to the Kuwait-based He said pharmacists would incur losses on the stocks because of news website alanbar.com (alan- the new prices. “We have stocks, especially of medicines that require bar in Arabic means news), the a prescription from the doctor.” team has close coordination with The reduced prices will apply to most sought-after medicines like state public security agencies and Juventus player Roberto Pereyra (right) fights for the ball with AC Milan’s Jeremy Menez during their Serie A panadol and aspirin and drugs for common diseases like hypertension will work in different parts of the and diabetes. THE PENINSULA football match at San Siro Stadium in Milan yesterday. Juventus won 1-0. See also page 28 country. The order to form the team IS jihadists free 46 Turkish hostages was issued by the Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Interior ISTANBUL: Forty-six Turks, including diplomats and children, Minister Sheikh Mohamed FIFA to finish ethics probe by early November were freed yesterday more than three months after the Islamic State Khalid, alanbar.com said. (IS) jihadists kidnapped them from Turkey’s consulate in Mosul as Members of the team have been ZURICH: FIFA ethics judge The German judge has been Ethics in Sports in Zurich. “You militants overran the northern Iraqi city and swept through much asked to keep track of some 60 Hans-Joachim Eckert, respon- handed a 430-page report, plus can rest assured that we profes- of the country’s Sunni Arab heartland. “Early in the morning our suspected IS sympathisers, 22 of sible for deciding whether there 200,000 pages of evidence, follow- sionals know how to safeguard citizens were handed over to us and we brought them back into our whom are based in Al Ahmediya was corruption in the bidding ing a year-long probe by Michael the report, and not give anyone country. At 5am they entered the country,” Prime Minister Ahmet province while 16 are in Al process for the 2018 and 2022 Garcia, FIFA’s ethics investigator. access to it”. Davutoglu said, adding all were in good health. In Ankara, President Farwania province. World Cups, said only four peo- The 2018 World Cup was He said details of the report Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement that Turkey had carried Meanwhile, Kuwait’s cen- ple have seen the report follow- awarded to Russia and the 2022 would be made public once the out a “pre-planned, detailed and secret operation”. See also page 7 tral bank has asked banks and ing an investigation into the event to Qatar in December. decision had been made. “You will exchange houses in the country decisions. “This report has definitely know, but you will also have to Smoke: Villaggio food court evacuated to closely monitor their transac- Eckert, Head of adjudicatory been seen by only four people... respect that the persons who are tions and keep an eye on huge chamber of ethics committee, nobody else has seen it. Neither potentially affected deserve to be DOHA: Firefighters yesterday evacuated people from the food remittances. The Department hoped to finish his work by the FIFA nor any other organisa- protected in their privacy, so we court area of the popular Villaggio after smoke was sighted billow- of Customs has also been put on end of October or early November, tions have got this report and have to presume people are not ing from the chimney of a restaurant there, the Ministry of Interior alert and asked to be vigilant. adding he understood the case this is how it was meant to be,” guilty until the end of the pro- said on its Twitter account late last night. Details were not avail- THE PENINSULA was “urgent”. Eckert told the World Summit for ceedings.” AGENCIES able until the time of going to press. AGENCIES

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QPSF honours Futsal team SCH denies Minister hails report of ban formation of on motilium DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has denied reports circulating through the social media about a recall in new Iraqi govt Qatar of motilium (domperi- done), a medicine for treating nausea and vomiting. Al Attiyah addresses Security Council The Pharmacy and Drug Control Department at SCH DOHA: The Foreign Minister This requires above all depriv- said yesterday that none of the H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al ing these terrorist organisations GCC countries including Qatar Attiyah hailed the formation of from funding sources, not to suc- has imposed a ban nor ordered a a new government in Iraq as a cumb to their extortion, and not recall of the medicine. promising step, while stressing to link terrorism with religion, The World Health the need for a comprehensive nationality or region, he said. Organisation (WHO), the national dialogue to preserve The lessons learned from the European Medicine Agency or the unity and integrity of Iraq. growing terrorist organizations the British Medical Association Addressing a special min- in the region is that those organi- Qatar Police Sports Federation (QPSF) honoured Police Federation team who won the second place in the (BMA) have also not called for isterial meeting of the United zations have benefited from the fourth Qatar Olympics Committee Futsal championship. The ceremony was attended by the Vice-Chairman a suspension or recall. Nations Security Council on results of the repressive poli- of QPSF Colonel Adel Ahmad Mal Allah, teams and Competitions Department Head Flight Leiutenant Walid International health organisa- Friday, Al Attiyah expressed cies of the dictatorship systems Ali Al Jassim and a number of officials. tions have only recommended to Qatar’s hope that formation of resulting in a security vacuum put rules and regulations on the the new government would be and a sense of injustice among use of motilium considering its reflected positively on the situa- the affected social classes, said potential side effects, said a state- tion in Iraq and the region after Al Attiyah. ment issued by the department long years during which it wit- He added that those organisa- Jellyfish plays spoilsport on Sealine yesterday. nessed painful events. tions, which were rejected by the It urged doctors to follow the “While we look forward to the international community due to international health guidelines completion of the formation of their criminal policies and grave BY FAZEENA SALEEM Around 5am on Friday the same day,” said the mother. while prescribing the medicine the Iraqi government in order to violations of international law child, swimming with her parents, This is not an isolated incident. to patients in Qatar. be able to face the serious chal- and human rights, have promoted DOHA: Several visitors to the suddenly cried out of excruciating Many beachgoers on social media Motilium is associated with lenges, particularly terrorism, themselves as a partner in the Sealine beach experience their pain on her right arm and near and forums have shared their the risk of sudden cardiac death the participation of all compo- international campaign against leisure trips ending with stings the stomach. Within minutes, her experience with jellyfish stings and ventricular fibrillation, a nents of the Iraqi people is the terrorism. by jellyfish. For some beachgoers arm and stomach area was swol- at Sealine beach. life-threatening disruption of the most effective way to address the “We believe that the ter- their weekend outings turned into len with red patches. “Be Carfeul. Dont go in the heart’s rhythm. serious threats faced by Iraq to rorist organizations and those a nightmare and they decided to “Luckily there was an ambu- water when you go to Sea line The medicine can be pre- ensure the unity and success of systems are two sides of the avoid the beach in future. lance patrolling near the beach. beach or Mesaeeid. There is jelly- scribed for treatment of nausea the national unity government in same coin, both are working Jellyfish have tentacles that They gave first aid, applied vinegar fish in the water. They sting really and vomiting only at a dosage its efforts to address these seri- against the interests of the contain venomous sacs which and ointment on affected areas, bad. I saw many people being of 10mg three times a day by ous challenges,” said Al Attiyah. people, peace, security and sta- release toxins upon contact with gave some medicine to make her stung. But why haven’t they put mouth for adults and adolescents He stressed that this will not bility in the world,” Al Attiyah human skin. Jellyfish stings could (child) sleep and advised to go to up warning signs on the beaches?” or 30mg twice daily as supposi- be achieved without a serious explained. be extremely painful. Victims the primary health centre imme- said one commentator on a popu- tories for one week, the SCH and comprehensive national dia- He stressed that the political could develop allergies which diately,” said her mother. lar social media site. said in a recent circular issued logue, emphasising Qatar’s sup- and security challenges should not could potentially become lethal. Vinegar is used as a common Another commentator said: “A to all healthcare facilities in the port for the Iraqi people in any distract the international com- Swimmers hurt by jellyfish remedy to jellyfish stings. Salt lot of people will go to the beach country. step that would consolidate the munity from its responsibilities seek first aid from the rescuers water may be used as an alterna- this coming Eid. In Sealine beach, The drug should not be pre- unity and preserve the integrity towards the serious humanitar- or an ambulance services avail- tive if vinegar is unavailable. there are plenty of jellyfish. I wish scribed for patients who have of Iraq. ian situation faced by the Iraqi able near the beach and either go She complained of a lack of somebody could advice on how to suffered heart failure, have car- Al Attiyah said that the success people, expressing concern over to the Mesaieed Primary Health signs warning beachgoers of jel- avoid being bitten by jelly fish or diac arrhythmias and angina, of the international community in the disastrous numbers of victims Centre or consult a dermatologist lyfish on the beach. “There should how to treat its sting.” and a past history of heart the fight against terrorism will and displaced. for proper medical care. be some signs or warnings dis- In 2012 Rescuers from Red attack. not be achieved without a political Qatar had established an air What supposedly was weekend played, we can’t stop the fish, at Crescent said that they have pro- The Department urged peo- will and concerted international bridge for humanitarian aid in outing turned into a nightmare least can keep children safe. The vided first aid to some 167 who ple to check the facts thoroughly efforts while addressing the root Iraq and would continue to assist for a family whose two-year-old staff at the health centre told us were stung by jellyfish in the seas before posting such sensitive causes that led to the formation of its neighbours, he added. child was stung by a jellyfish at that my child was the fifth to be off Sealine in 15 months. items on social media. an incubator for terrorism. THE PENINSULA Sealine beach on Friday morning. treated for jelly fish stings on the THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

A totally different Watch out for war in Iraq Continued from page 1 He won the backing of the US Congress and their allies for this high-profile initiative, although lymphoma in some were still sceptical about it. Even Iranian President Hassan Rowhani wondered how Obama will annihilate ISIS without any children: Expert US ground troops in Iraq. It will look like the US is just watching a chess match where the players are shedding blood to wipe out the Early detection, treatment stressed pieces of their opponents. With Obama’s statement, it is DOHA: Almost 10 percent or groin; weight loss, fever, night clear that there will be another of childhood cancers diag- sweats, weakness, chest pain or contractors’ war in Iraq more than nosed at Hamad General trouble breathing, and abdominal a decade after the US invaded the Hospital (HGH)’s Paediatric swelling. At an advanced stage, Middle Eastern country in 2003, Haematology and Oncology lymphoma may present with high deploying hundreds of thousands unit have lymphoma, a com- fever and weight loss. of American and Iraqi soldiers, as mon type of cancer among “The mainstay of therapy for well as those from private military children, according to a senior both types of lymphoma is chem- and security companies. Maybe, health expert. Hamad Medical otherapy, and 90 to 95 percent we will see more contractors such Corporation (HMC) has high- of patients are expected to be as “Blackwater” in Iraq to fight lighted the importance of early cured when Hodgkin lymphoma ISIS. detection and treatment of lym- is diagnosed and treated at an Obama’s strategy — “No phoma in children. early stage,” said Dr Kesudeen. Students at one of the schools. Strategy” — may be the best for Lymphoma develops in cer- “When the Hodgkin lymphoma Americans since there will be tain cells of the immune system is diagnosed at an advanced stage, fewer casualties on their side. known as lymphocytes. The can- the cure rate is at 80-85 percent. QC completes QR77m school projects But will it really bring stability, cer may start from the bone mar- However, the patient may need if not peace, in Iraq and Syria? row, lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils, significant chemotherapy and I agree Americans “cannot thymus or other lymphatic tissues probably radiotherapy as well.” DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) and medium and small projects illiteracy rate, as well as provid- do for Iraqis what they must do as well as the lymph vessels that Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, on carried out educational projects and contributions were imple- ing a comfortable learning envi- for themselves”. But this war is connect them. There are two main the other hand, has a cure rate in 16 countries on the three mented in 41 countries at a cost ronment for students, in light of totally different from the one in categories of lymphoma: Hodgkin of 90-100 percent when the dis- continents of Asia, Africa and of QR269,610. the fact that poor educational the past because we are now deal- lymphoma and non-Hodgkin ease is diagnosed at an early Europe, at a total cost of around Education projects in the conditions are a major cause of ing with more complex problems. lymphoma. The type of abnormal stage, which is higher than the QR77m from the beginning of Asian continent covered illiteracy, as parents are reluc- At the end, America does cells identified in a biopsy sam- 70-90 percent when the disease 2013 to July 2014. Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon, India, tant to enrol their children in not want to experience another ple determines what type of lym- is diagnosed at an advanced The projects included the Bangladesh and Indonesia at a school. September 11. phoma is present in a patient. stage. “Non-Hodgkin lymphoma establishment and maintenance cost of QR45,266,020. The school, which cost THE PENINSULA “About 10 percent of all child- is a more aggressive tumor that of educational facilities at a cost In Africa, the projects covered QR182,000, was erected on an hood cancers diagnosed in HGH’s quickly develops and spreads to of QR37,345,142.82 and educa- Tunisia, Mali, Somalia, Sudan, area of 400 square meters, com- Paediatric Haematology and other areas of the body,” he said. tional sponsorships at a cost of Eritrea, Niger, Benin and Ghana prising five classrooms and two Cultural exchange Oncology unit involve lymphoma, “In accordance with highly QR23,565,504.16, a press release at a cost of QR18,556,164. management rooms, in addition to with the number of cases evenly advanced protocols, we now use issued by QC said yesterday. And in Europe projects in sanitation facilities, and will serve programme distributed between the two Positron Emission Tomography or Total spending on running France and Albania amounted to 250 students. main types of lymphoma,” said PET scanning to determine, after educational institutions was QR13,060,430. A school for basic education DOHA: A delegation representing Dr Mohamed Kesudeen, Fellow chemotherapy, whether a patient has valued at QR14,667,843.82, with The projects focused on poor was also established in Indonesia the Ministry of Youth and Sports’ at Paediatric Haematology and remaining cancer and needs radio- QR1,063,673.82 being spent on nations and specifically those with at a cost of around QR 350,000. Youth Affairs Department will Oncology at HGH, on the occasion therapy as further treatment for training and rehabilitation and disadvantaged education institu- The school was built on an area take part in a cultural exchange of World Lymphoma Awareness Hodgkin lymphoma. This is to avoid QR9,460,591 on equipping edu- tions; particularly those lacking of 350 square meters, with six programme organised by the Day, which is observed globally to unnecessary radiotherapy, as the cational facilities, educational basic educational facilities. classrooms for 300 students, in Japanese government for the raise awareness about the disease. radiation used in this treatment can support and the unconditional QC recently established a addition to staff rooms and stu- first time from September 23 to Dr Kesudeen advised parents to cause side effects such as reduced education project. new school for basic educa- dent activity spaces, and health October 8 with the participation of seek professional medical advice bone growth, and can increase the One hundred and twenty five tion in Somalia, with the aim facilities for students, teachers, seven countries. The programme when they notice symptoms in risk of secondary cancer in the long large-scale educational projects of contributing to raising administrators and other school includes an international youth their children such as unexplained term,” Dr Kesudeen said. were implemented in 35 coun- school attendance in poor and staff. conference which will discuss the swelling on the neck, underarm THE PENINSULA tries, at a cost of QR67,613,003 remote areas, thus reducing the THE PENINSULA role of youth at this stage. QNA DFI invites young jurors for Ajyal

DOHA: Doha Film Institute Film Festival, said: “The Doha aged 8 to 12 years, view a series (DFI) has opened registration Film Experience is at the heart of short films and two feature- for young jurors who will evalu- of our Ajyal Youth Film Festival. length movies. Hilal (‘crescent ate the films screened at the sec- It offers young people the oppor- moon’ in Arabic) comprises 13- to ond Ajyal Youth Film Festival, tunity to become part of a truly 17-year-olds; this jury considers to be held from December 1 to 6 global festival, discuss ideas and four feature films and two pro- at Katara. issues relevant to their lives and grammes of shorts. Bader, mean- Those aged 8 to 21 years can above all, develop an appreciation ing ‘full moon’, is the senior jury, register. In addition to judging for quality cinema. Our youth jury aged 18 to 21. They select their the films, they will take part in reflects the essence of the festival favorite films from among four special workshops and discus- as one that showcases the best in features and two programmes of sions with film directors, actors creativity by talented filmmakers shorts. and technicians. around the world and sparks dia- Registration can be done online Fatma Al Remaihi, Acting logue between generations.” at www. dohafilminstitute.com/ CEO of the Doha Film Institute Mohaq (Arabic for ‘new dfe. and Director of the Ajyal Youth moon’), Ajyal’s youngest jurors THE PENINSULA Ooredoo extends Shahry promotion

DOHA: Ooredoo extended the Shahry Super Pack SIM pro- motion until October 21, according to a press release issued by the tel- ecom firm yesterday. Since the launch of the promotion in August, Ooredoo has seen an unprecedented surge for the Shahry Super Pack, with many prepaid cus- tomers making the leap to postpaid due to the promo- tions value-packed benefits. The promotion gives new Shahry customers unlimited free local calling minutes to call Ooredoo mobile and landline numbers for just QR150 per month, as well as 200 international minutes for making calls to 121 coun- tries and 1GB of mobile data. The special lifetime offer is valid for all new Shahry SIM numbers activated any time on or before October 21 and has been designed to encourage Qatar’s large prepaid customer base to make the affordable and money saving switch to postpaid with Ooredoo. Other Shahry Smart Packs start from denomi- nations as low as QR15 up to QR 750, each pack is valid for 30 days. THE PENINSULA HOME SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 No safety issues with Dreamliner: Al Baker Disgruntled Boeing employees blamed for allegations

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB which, according to him, featured The documentary, broadcast by some “disgruntled” employees of Al Jazeera America about a cou- DOHA: Qatar Airways’ Group Boeing. ple of weeks ago, featured some Chief Executive Akbar Al “I completely disagree with this employees of Boeing raising can- Baker said that every organisa- notion. We have an aggressive cers about safety standards of the tion across the world has issues team of inspectors on the ground, plane and other issues related to related to drug-abuse, includ- including Qatari engineers, who the production process, such as ing entities in the Middle East are monitoring the built of our some workers involved in drugs. region. If one or two Boeing airplanes,” said the Group CEO He said that the programme had workers are involved in this of Qatar’s national carrier, adding “sensationalised” comments made practice, it does not mean the “None of our engineers has ever by some “disgruntled employees”, entire labour force is taking told us anything negative about alleging drug-taking by workers at drugs. the plane (787) that we have the South Carolina assembly line. “Every single organisation in taken delivery of.” “It is dust being kicked up by the world has issues of drug- Asked whether the reported a group of unionists who do not abuse, most so in the US. We also production shortcomings of like the fact their organisation has have in our region. So if an indi- Dreamliner have broken QA’s established a plant where the union vidual or two take (s) drug it does dream, especially with reference is not recognized,” said Al Baker, not mean the entire employee of to the Al Jazeera documentary during a press briefing held recently company is on drug and mak- titled ‘Broken Dreams’. at Hamad International Airport to ing planes,” said Al Baker in his He said: “The Dreamliner has unveil the newly inducted A380, . reply to a question on a documen- not broken our dreams. Actually Commenting further on the tary broadcast by Al Jazeera on it has fulfilled our dreams. The anonymous employees of Boeing, Boeing’s 787s (Dreamliner). 787 is an airplane which is fuel he added: “Yes, there will be Reiterating Qatar Airways’ efficient, modern, state-of-the-art always disgruntled employees in (QA) high safety standards, he and emits low carbon.” companies that will try to create stressed: “QA will not put a sin- However, Al Baker, with the sensation out of nothing. If you gle passenger in an airplane that same breath, admitted some really look at people who have is unsafe.” “serious issues” with the perform- reported issues about the safety of Al Baker disagreed with the ance of the airplane, including the airplane are no longer work- safety concerns raised related issues related to software, elec- ing with the company, if they to Dreamliner in a recently- trical panels and slats of 787s. But are really courageous than they broadcast documentary by the these are not problems big enough should stand-up (on camera). Doha-based media network, to jeopardise the programme. THE PENINSULA

Public Prosecution gets ISO certification

DOHA: The Public Prosecution highest international quality and specifications in the work has been awarded the ISO standards. fields of those departments. certification in financial and Officials of the ISO-obtaining They noted that the Public administrative affairs. departments told Qatar News Prosecution is applying modern Departments of Financial Agency (QNA) that their depart- systems using electronic tools and Administrative Affairs, ments’ obtaining the certification that spare paper work within the Information Systems and was not a target in itself, but Public Prosecution departments, Criminal Affairs got ISO rather came as a natural result between employees or with the 9001:2008 from TUV in recog- for their adoption of the maxi- public. nition of its application of the mum levels of distinction, quality QNA SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Jet Airways QF conference to add services tackle research to Doha from Indian sectors challenges DOHA: With a record loss of Rs4,129 crores ($678.9m approximately) during the 2013- 2014 fiscal year, Indian private Annual research meet on Nov 18,19 carrier Jet Airways is looking forward to a major expansion of DOHA: Qatar Foundation Research its international services next Foundation’s Annual and Development winter. Research Conference (QF R&D), one of the New services have been planned (ARC), this year aims main pillars of Qatar to Doha from Mumbai, Kozhikode to address Qatar’s Foundation, is lead- and Thiruvanthapuram; Dubai research challenges ing Qatar’s science and from Kochi and Mumbai; and and critical issues as research efforts in these Abu Dhabi from Ahmedabad, well as the social chal- fields. Lucknow and Goa. lenges and opportuni- Announcing ARC’14, Company sources have said ties in Qatar and the Dr Nabeel Al Salem A scene from The Mai Brothers. that it is working on a three-year region. (pictured), Executive Director business plan to turn profitable The conference, being held of Outreach and Communications by 2017. under the patronage of H H at Qatar Foundation Research Brazil Cinema Showcase on Thursday The airline feels increasing Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, and Development (QF R&D), foreign operations will boost for- Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, said: “Since its inception in 2010, eign exchange earnings and offset announced it is advancing on its ARC has grown as a platform DOHA: Doha Film Institute 63 film festivals in 22 countries. It for something amid the immen- rupee’s depreciation. journey towards research excel- for discussing Qatar’s ambitious (DFI) will hold the screening of a narrates the story of Ricardo, a sity of the landscape. International operations lence at ARC’14, on November 18 research agenda to propel the compelling showcase of Brazilian vulnerable, lonely boy who finds The Comforting Hand is a account for 56 percent of Jet’s and 19. country towards a diversified short films on September 25 and a puppy that belongs to Téo, a fantasy film directed by Gabriela overall revenue; the airline plans Following the success of last economy and the realisation of 26 at 7pm at the Museum of homeless kid. Ricardo will do any- Amaral Almeida. It depicts the to increase this to about 60 year’s conference, ARC’14 will Qatar National Vision 2030. Islamic Arts Auditorium. thing to stay with his new and life of Estela, a telemarketing percent. offer attendees from around the “ARC’14 offers a unique oppor- Organised in partnership with only friend, while Téo fights to operator, who plans a party for It is scaling down domestic world thought-provoking panel tunity for local, regional and inter- the Qatar Museums Authority, the recover what belongs to him. her only child’s ninth birthday services, adding flights on short discussions, technical presenta- national experts to come together Brazil Cinema Showcase is pre- The Mai Brothers by award- that has minimal chances of international routes, and explor- tions, and high-powered debates to recognize local research excel- sented by the DFI every month, winning filmmaker Thais success. ing new flights to Yangon and where leading experts will share lence, as well as activate multidis- underlining the year-long cultural Fujinaga, charts the journey of Directed by Juliana Rojas, To Seychelles. It is also consider- constructive experiences and ciplinary knowledge sharing and collaboration between Qatar and two brothers who go through the Sleep Quietly is a horror film ing resuming services to Kuala innovative approaches on the collaboration to tackle pressing Brazil to build a legacy of artis- city centre in search of a birthday that tells the story of Luis, whose Lumpur. theme, ‘Towards World-Class national and international chal- tic exchange. This month, the gift for their grandmother — but nanny died a few weeks earlier. The airline has already Researchand Innovation.’ lenges in research.” Institute screens five short films the more they walk, the further When the nanny reappears, hid- announced new flights to Ho The November conference aims ARC’14 will feature various ses- — The Boy at the Five, The Mai they seem from achieving their den in the closet, Luis must go Chi Minh City in Vietnam via to address Qatar’s research grand sions related to the four thematic Brothers, Sana, The Comforting goal. to great lengths to satisfy her Bangkok from November, as challenges and critical issues such pillars defined in Qatar’s National Hand and To Sleep Quietly. All The documentary Sana is hunger. well as additional flights on the as the country’s cyber and water ResearchStrategy (QNRS) films are screened with Arabic directed by Marcos Pimentel, Tickets are priced QAR 35; stu- Mumbai-Bangkok and Mumbai- security, solar and renewable — Energy and Environment, and English subtitles. who has several creative docu- dents receive discounted rates of Colombo routes. energy solutions, health manage- Computing and Information Directed by Marcelo Matos de mentaries to his credit. Set in QR25 on presenting a valid student ment systems, as well as the social Technology, Health, and Social Oliveira and Wallace Nogueira, the backcountry of the Brazilian ID. Sale has commenced online at Several laws are challenges and opportunities in Sciences, Arts and Humanities. The Boy at the Five has won 23 state of Maranhao, it brings to www.dohafilminstitute.com. Qatar and the region. Qatar THE PENINSULA awards, and has been screened in screen the life of a boy searching THE PENINSULA being amended Continued from page 1 Al Marri said the sponsor- ship system for foreign work- ers would be replaced with a system based on employment RAF receives QR200,000 contracts (signed between workers and their employers). He said several laws are being contribution from Lulu amended. The labour inspection system DOHA: The Sheikh Thani the two departments nor will it be is being upgraded and efforts Bin Abdulla Humanitarian the last”. He announced more coop- are being made to help strike Services Foundation (RAF) has eration between Lulu and RAF in a balance in work relationship received QR200,000 from Lulu a number of projects in the coming to ensure the rights of work- Hypermarket Group Qatar, being months. ers and their employers are the value of the returns from the Althaf said: “The selection of RAF protected. food materials and other items has come from the big confidence in The protection and promo- allotted for the campaign of “Buy the efforts made by the Foundation tion of human rights is not the and Donate” during Ramadan. to serve the humanitarian and responsibility of the government Dr Ayedh Al Qahtani of charitable cause inside and outside alone, he said, adding that devel- RAF received the amount form Qatar. The cooperation with RAF oping civil societies is crucial to Mohammed Althaf, Director of Lulu will not be limited in supporting the building a strong society that Group International Al Qahtani charitable projects only but there allows dialogue and is character- said: “This good humanitarian ini- would be cooperation between RAF ised by self-confidence. He said tiative from the higher administra- and Lulu in the countries where he was confident that the rec- tion of Lulu Hypermarket Group both departments have existence on ommendations would be imple- to support the charitable projects international level, especially, in the mented before the next UPR in Dr Aayedh Al Qahtani receives a cheque for QR200,000 from Mohammed Althaf in the presence of other officials of RAF inside and outside Qatar, South East Asian countries.” 2017. from RAF and Lulu Group. is not the first of its kind between THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Businessmen urge more investment in food security DOHA: Businessmen are wondering why food prices are still high in Qatar when there is a decline globally. There are some food such like rice and flour are subsidised for Qataris by the government by more than 50 percent and their prices were lower on the local market compared to those in the global markets, reported Al Sharq. The business people’s concern, however, was with the non-subsidised food items whose prices were declining in the global market but still unchanged in the local market. According to the authorities in Qatar, the prices of non- subsidised food items are also expected to decline in the near future but consumers needed to understand that it was not only the costs of these items that determined their prices but also a number of other factors including the costs of transportation. They said that the best way to keep these prices low was to encourage more investments in the food security sector. This investment which is also part of the Qatar National Vision 2030 can be achieved with creating a partnership between the private and pub- lic sectors and efforts to reduce dependence on imports. According to Ahmed Hussein Al Khalaf, a local busi- ness man, the decline of global food prices is dependent on the nature of seasons and this year and last year were considered good harvest seasons with frequent rains and this has led to the reduction of prices on the global market. He said that if these prices are low this must be passed on to consumers across the world. He said that already food prices had dropped considera- bly compared to the prices in 2011 which reached its peak because of bad weather in most agricultural countries. Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Abdoli a member of the Qatar Chamber who chairs the Committee of Agriculture and Environment, said that the global decline in prices was to be mostly seen in producing countries but will not immediately be reflected in non-producing countries. This he said was because there were other expenses like transportation, insurance, rising rents of warehouses in these countries which instead of declining with food prices are simply increasing. He also said that the recent population increases as a result of construction boom has also put pressure on various services and rent. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 46 Turks held by IS militants return home Officials speak of ‘secret operation’

ANKARA: Forty-six Turks atop a bus at Ankara’s airport. held hostage for months by President Recep Tayyip Islamic State jihadists in Erdogan said the Turkish northern Iraq were freed and authorities had carried out a returned to Turkey yesterday, to “pre-planned, detailed and secret emotional family reunions and operation”. a triumphant Prime Minister “It continued all through the Ahmet Davutoglu. night and was successfully com- The Turkish diplomats and pleted in the early morning. From their children were seized along the very first day, our intelligence with special forces officers in their agency has followed the issue with consulate in the city of Mosul on patience and determination and June 11 as IS militants overran finally carried out a successful res- whole swathes of northern Iraq. cue operation.” Davutoglu announced their Private NTV television said liberation early yesterday and Ankara had not paid any ransom cut short a visit to Azerbaijan to and instead had negotiated with greet the ex-hostages. He gave no local authorities in Iraq. details of the circumstances of No other countries were their release, though other offi- involved in the operation and cials and media reports spoke of there were no clashes with the IS a “secret operation”. militants, NTV said, citing anony- Syrian Kurds carry their belongings after crossing the border between Syria and Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, yesterday. “Early in the morning our citi- mous security sources. zens were handed over to us and The hostages were taken to we brought them back into our eight different locations during country,” Davutoglu told report- their captivity and the spy agency ers before leaving the Azerbaijani tracked their whereabouts by Syrian Kurds fleeing IS flood into Turkey capital Baku. drones and other equipment. Ankara said three of the consu- Turkish Foreign Minister SURUC: Tens of thousands Kurdish officials for international late’s Iraqi staff had been released Mevlut Cavusoglu said IS had of Syrian Kurds flooded into Nusra Front kills Lebanese soldier intervention, with one leader earlier by the militants. promised to free the hostages ear- Turkey yesterday, fleeing an warning of “ethnic cleansing”. Turkey’s intelligence agency, lier in contacts through mediators, onslaught by the jihadist Islamic BEIRUT: A Lebanese soldier has been executed by the Al Nusra The Syrian opposition National armed forces and police had but the promises were not kept. State group that prompted Front, the Syrian affiliate of Al Qaeda, the government said yes- Coalition urged international air worked to secure the hostages’ “The last date they gave was an appeal for international terday. The soldier “was killed by terrorist groups who threatened strikes to “stop mass atrocities” freedom, Davutoglu said after September 20. Therefore we did intervention. to kill other hero soldiers in captivity”, Defence Minister Samir if IS advances into Ain Al Arab. going to meet them in the city of what was necessary when the time Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Moqbel said after meeting security officials. “Air strikes are needed to help Sanliurfa near the Iraqi border came,” he said. Numan Kurtulmus said more One of Al Nusra’s Twitter accounts announced that the group had opposition forces protect vulner- and flying on with them to the “I hope we will never face such a than 60,000 Syrian Kurds had killed the soldier it was holding hostage. able civilians,” the coalition’s US Turkish capital Ankara. test in the future. I think our state crossed into the country since the The soldier “Mohammed Hammiya, first victim of the Lebanese representative Najib Ghadbian “There are unnamed heroes, was very successful in passing this frontier was opened up on Friday. army’s stubbornness,” the Tweet read. said. like those who brought our citi- test,” he said. The exodus was prompted It was the first claim of its kind made by Al Nusra since around And Salih Muslim Mohamed, zens back to Turkey. They acted On his Twitter account, he by intense clashes between the 30 soldiers and policemen were kidnapped in the town of Arsal near a leader of the Democratic for the sake of our country, for thanked “all those who contrib- Islamic State (IS) group and the border with Syria, during fighting between the Lebanese army Union Party (PYD), urged the the sake of our people. I salute uted to the release of the hos- Kurdish fighters trying to hold and jihadists from Syria. The fighting in Arsal was the most serious United States and Europe to them,” the prime minister told tages”, especially the spy chief off an assault on the town of Ain border incident since the Syrian conflict erupted in March 2011. help Ain Al Arab/Kobane avoid a cheering crowd of supporters Hakan Fidan. Al Arab, known as Kobane by the In the same Tweet, Al Nusra accused the Lebanese army of hav- the fate of the Iraqi town of waving Turkish flags as he stood AFP Kurds. ing “become a puppet in the hands of the Iranian party”, a reference Sinjar, which has been emptied It is the third largest Kurdish to the Shia movement Hezbollah, which is backed by Shia-majority of its Yazidi minority residents town in Syria and a strategic Iran and loathed by jihadists and Syrian rebels for sending forces to in the wake of an IS onslaught. prize because it lies on the border support Damascus in the country’s civil war. “Kobane is facing the most Qaeda Tunisia offshoot backs IS with Turkey in northern Aleppo AFP barbaric attack in its history,” he province. warned. TUNIS: An Al Qaeda-linked Tunisian group has offered back- Since Tuesday night, IS fight- Yesterday, the Observatory said and threatened everyone. They “If you want to avoid an eth- ing to the Islamic State organisation, becoming the third jihad- ers have been advancing around 300 Kurdish fighters had entered bombed our village and destroyed nic cleansing even more barbaric ist group to do so this week, a US-based monitor says. the town, hoping to seize it and Syria from Turkey to reinforce the all the houses. They beheaded than that in Sinjar, you must sup- Okba Ibn Nafaa, whose militants Tunisian armed forces have been secure their control over a large Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection those who chose to stay,” said port Kobane because the next few hunting in mountains near the Algerian border for two years, has swathe of Syria’s northern border Units fighting IS. Mohammed Isa, 43, who left with hours will be decisive,” he added identified itself with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the inter- with Turkey. People of all ages were among his family of seven. in a statement late on Friday. national jihadist network’s North African branch. The group has moved quickly, those seeking shelter in Turkey, Turkish forces cut the barbed The Observatory reported yes- “The mujahedeen brothers in the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade from... seizing at least 60 villages around including a child clutching a wire along the frontier to make terday that IS militants had exe- (Tunisia) are supporting, endorsing, and strongly sustaining the the town, although the Syrian sibling’s hand as they marched it easier for people to enter while cuted at least 11 Kurds, and that State of the Islamic Caliphate,” the group said, quoted by SITE Observatory for Human Rights, across the dusty border and an soldiers and aid workers handed the fate of some 800 residents Intelligence Group late on Friday. a Britain-based monitor, said 18 elderly woman in a wheelchair out food and water to the refugees. who fled their villages remained AFP IS fighters were killed in clashes helped by relatives. IS’s advances have prompted “unknown”. overnight. “The IS came to our village calls from Syria’s opposition and AFP

Israeli drone crashes in Lebanon Somali famine TYRE: An Israeli drone There was no immediate Israeli aircraft regularly could kill crashed inside Lebanon yes- comment from Israel, but the cross into Lebanese airspace, terday, coming down close incident is not the first of its and the border area in south- thousands: UN to the demarcation line with kind. In February, an Israeli ern Lebanon has been the scene the Jewish state, a military drone crashed on the Blue of tense standoffs in the past. MOGADISHU: Famine is source. Line, the UN-demarcated line The Blue Line was drawn stalking Somalia after a year of “The drone crashed on between Lebanon and Israel. up in 2000 by the UN after poor rains and heavy fighting, the Lebanese border, inside Israeli soldiers crossed into Israeli troops withdrew, ending with more than a million lives Lebanese territory. Lebanese Lebanese territory during a 22-year occupation of south at risk, the top UN envoy to the troops are in the area,” the that incident to retrieve the Lebanon. country has warned. source said. wreckage. AFP Three years ago food shortages killed 260,000 people. Many of the warning signs ahead of that disaster have appeared again this year, includ- ing poor rainfall, large numbers of people fleeing their homes, and roads blocked by the extremist Al Shabab group. “In plain language we are con- cerned about the risk of a repeti- tion of the famine of 2011,” said Nicholas Kay, head of the UN mission in Somalia. More than a million people are just “one step below” famine, he said, already hungry and in danger of worse. “A mixture of climatic reasons, displacement of population, and active Al Shabab tactics of pre- venting food reaching towns by road, that combination of circum- stances means we could tip over into famine.” Another two million people are only just able to feed them- selves and their families, the UN has estimated. A call for $1bn to cover food, education, shelter and healthcare for the country’s most vulnerable people has only won A Lebanese soldier carries an Israeli drone in the Marjeyoun countryside in south Lebanon yesterday. promises of $313m. THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ICOLAS Sarkozy’s clarion call to France saying he is back in the political arena is a savvy move aimed at the French presidency, which he lost in 2012. N The suave former president of the French Republic has cleverly timed his move to leverage the ISIS: Illusion versus reality weaknesses of the current presidency laid bare after a series of gaffes by President Francois Hollande. France is fighting a BY ALON BEN MEIR future. They are consumed with anger on the growing sense of unease among recession which has hit jobs hard and Hollande’s popularity is and hatred of their corrupt and unre- the Alawites with Assad, as they are at an all-time low — fuelled not only by his political actions, uch has been said about sponsive leaders and the West, which increasingly realising that there will be but also by indiscretions in his personal life. Hollande’s former President Obama’s strategy acted only when the conditions served no end to the civil war as long as he partner Valerie Trierweiler recently came out with a book to degrade and eventually its interest. remains in power. “destroy” the Islamic State For these reasons, the military cam- An Alawite-Sunni axis in Syria is that painted the Socialist leader as a rich-loving person who M of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Regardless of paign must be accompanied by sustaina- possible once the Alawites are assured looked down upon the poor of his country. the soundness of the president’s strat- ble economic development programmes that Assad’s butchery of the largely Sarkozy, who was voted out by the French after an eventful egy, to ensure greater success in defeat- to create jobs. Sunnis communities will not be held and controversial presidency spanning five years, made the ing ISIS, three distinct interlinked The US, European countries, and against them once Assad is ousted announcement to come back on his Facebook page on Friday. aspects must be factored in: Careful the oil-rich Arab states must raise bil- and the Sunnis form a representative consideration of the root causes behind lions of dollars strictly dedicated to that government. The right-leaning leader had a strong image as president the rise of ISIS, inclusion of socio-polit- end and give young men and women The American aerial onslaught which got dented by some legal headaches related to probes ical and economic development along the incentive to reject extremism and against ISIS must be overwhelming and on campaign financing. On the personal front, Sarkozy’s break with the military campaign, and the embrace moderation. simultaneously target ISIS in Iraq and up with his wife and a whirlwind romance with Italian model real, not illusionary, role and capability Sustainable development projects Syria to prevent them from regrouping, and singer Carla Sarkozy culminating in a marriage peppered of the coalition members Obama has will galvanise local resources, and allow recruiting, and developing new defen- his presidency with some fodder for the French press. assembled. Acting accordingly will per- for the development of ownership and sive positions and make their recovery manently degrade ISIS and stop it from a sense of empowerment that build a extremely difficult. It is hard to fathom how Sarkozy will be readmitted to rising again. social and economic structure from the Saudi Arabia: The war against ISIS the roughshod of French politics after a disappointing stint. The rise of many jihadist groups can bottom up. is in principle a religious war that tran- It is, however, clear that the astute politician has announced be traced decades back to the reigns We must carefully assess the role scends the defeat of ISIS. Shia Iran and the comeback at an opportune of corrupt and ruthless Arab dictators. and responsibility of each member of Sunni Saudi Arabia are waging a war The re-entry moment. Though Hollande has Adding to this mix is President the coalition (many of whom remain by proxy in Syria and Iraq to secure vowed to rise above all difficulties Bush’s misguided a mystery) and have no illusions about regional hegemony. Their battle is one Iraq war, which their importance and efficacy. for survival and will not abate any time of former holding him back, it is hard to has ignited the Iraq: We should have no delusions soon. Saudi Arabia should have every believe that he would be able to long-dormant about the makeup and effectiveness of incentive not only to train Syrian rebels right-leaning stage a comeback in the 2017 Sunni-Shia con- the new Iraqi government. Whereas the but actively participate in the military president into elections. The American flict, and the Kurds will join the military campaign campaign. But three years is a long time violent upheaval willingly to safeguard their territory Iran has been and will always be part aerial onslaught in the wake of and autonomy, the full support of the of regional conflicts by supporting one the French in politics. Modern politics and on ISIS must be the Arab Spring Sunni tribes is not assured given their side against the other. It is illusionary political arena electoral dynamics have become that swept sev- long, violent conflict with the former to assume that Tehran can be part of so unpredictable that surprises overwhelming and eral Arab states, Shia Maliki government. the solution. is another hit are no longer frowned upon and culminating with Before they throw their weight behind Turkey: President Erdogan, who is sometimes the TINA — There Is simultaneously the still-raging the Shias, they want to know what is in guided by his Islamic convictions, will to Hollande’s No Alternative — factor is what civil war in Syria. store for them. I maintain that nothing not help the fight against ISIS and noth- target ISIS in ISIS is an off- short of autonomous Sunni rule with ing should be expected from Ankara political voters are finally left with. shoot of Al Qaeda equitable revenue-sharing from oil with other than lip service. Turkey has been Hollande has more than two Iraq and Syria to (disavowed by a loose federalism will suffice. and continues to be the gateway for prospects. years to stabilise his rocking boat prevent them from them because of The US must begin to lay the ground jihadists coming from all over to cross while Sarkozy will try his best to their savagery) for this eventuality, and make it clear the Turkish border into Syria and Iraq. whip up waves that make it hard regrouping. which converged, to the Abadi government that an Iraq There are Arab states, including for the Socialist leader to do so. Hence, the run-up to the among other free of violence depends on the Sunnis’ Egypt, Jordan, the UAE, Oman, Kuwait jihadist groups, conviction that their fight against ISIS and others, who should assist in dif- French presidential elections is going to be an eventful one. into a disinte- will benefit them rather than further ferent capacities in the campaign to While Hollande will have a hard time making voters forget grated Syria. consolidate the Shias’ hold on power. defeat ISIS. It is incumbent on the US his troubled legacy, former hyper-president Sarkozy will try At the same time, secular and reli- Syria: President Obama’s plans to to ensure that this war is an inter-Arab his best to promote himself as the next alternative. gious authoritarian regimes in the mobilise and train moderate Syrian war, with Western powers only support- But what course the right-leaning leader will take to region have been adding fuel to the rebels to fight ISIS will go nowhere ing the moderate Arab camp while pro- fire by supporting one jihadist group or regardless of how well-trained and tecting their strategic interests. convince his voters? Sarkozy will likely try to shine the light another financially and with military equipped the Syrian rebels may be. They To help defeat Islamist extremism, on Hollande’s faults to obfuscate the weaknesses of his own equipment, while engaging in hate nar- cannot be effective if they must fight on we must condition our future support to five years in power that saw him run from one controversy ratives against one another and against two fronts — ISIS and Assad’s forces. any Arab state affected by the scourge to another. The energetic and fidgety Sarkozy will not leave the West. The US must immediately target and insist that they commit to long– anything to chance in making a strong comeback, adding Millions of dispossessed, despairing, ISIS fortifications in Syria and some of term and substantial socioeconomic and another bump to Hollande’s bumpy ride and despondent Arab youth are left Assad’s military assets. political programmes. . with no place to go, no hope, and no Moreover, the US should capitalise THE PENINSULA The other side Quote of Slow progress on hunger the day UT the bad news is that million people in the world — one out of Development and the World Food win the war against hunger and should about 805 million people in every nine human beings — suffer from Programme this week released their inspire countries to move forward, with the world — one out of every hunger, and almost 2.8 million newborns annual ‘State of Food Insecurity in the the assistance of the international com- Bnine human beings — suffer die within the first 28 days; a million World (Sofi 2014)’ report, while Unicef munity,” observed the heads of the We believe that the from hunger, and almost 2.8 million babies don’t even live to see their sec- came out with its ‘Committing to Child three agencies. The report establishes newborns die within the first 28 days; a ond day of life. While two new reports Survival: A Promise Renewed’ progress a strong relationship between overall statement ‘Russia is million babies don’t even live to see their by UN agencies reveal that there have report. The Sofi 2014 report notes that economic progress and access to not Europe’ is a lie second day of life. First, the good news: been dramatic improvements globally the overall trend in hunger reduction in food, which improved in eastern and there has been a dramatic decline in on both the hunger and child mortality developing countries means that the southeast Asia, south Asia and Latin that is being imposed the number of hungry people in the fronts, they also indicate that the situa- Millennium Development Goal (MDG) America. But many countries around on society on purpose. world, which has fallen by 200 million tion continues to remain grim and that of halving the proportion of undernour- the globe continue to languish and are since the early 1990s, and child survival the international community and govern- ished people by 2015 is within reach, “if unable to feed their people. More than This is being done by rates have increased dramatically since ments must continue to make efforts to appropriate and immediate efforts are a quarter of the people in sub-Saharan 1990, with the absolute number of eliminate these two scourges. stepped up.” To date, 63 developing Africa are chronically undernourished, those who want to under-five deaths slashed in half from Three UN agencies, the Food countries have reached the MDG tar- while Asia is home to more than 525 rule the country for 12.7 million to 6.3 million. and Agriculture Organisation, the get, and six more are on track to reach million hungry people. Mikhail Khodorkovsky But the bad news is that about 805 International Fund for Agricultural it by 2015. “This is proof that we can Khaleej Times life.... Former Russian tycoon SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Why the Ukraine ceasefire will stick

the Ukraine crisis are equally ambiguous. If sanctions push Russia is certainly suffering from the economic sanctions. In the long run, how- Russia onto a ever, it could reap economic benefits from them, while its politics become even more authoritarian. path of greater Russia’s economy is based on exporting energy to finance the import of Western self-reliance, its consumer and capital goods — a glaring example of the “natural resource curse” described by textbooks of development manufacturing and economics. Textbooks, however, often fail to men- service industries tion that the resource curse is a logical consequence of David Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage: the classical will surely grow free-trade idea that every country should specialise in whatever it makes most effi- faster, even if their ciently and import other goods. Overcoming the resource curse means quality falls further counteracting comparative advantage. One obvious way to do that is trade protectionism. behind Western A country that wants to become less dependent on exporting resources must standards. take steps to reduce its imports and sup- port domestic production of the goods and services it wants to consume. BY ANATOLE KALETSKY While policies of self-reliance have sometimes proved disastrous — as in he war in eastern Ukraine, India, Argentina and the old Soviet which has had more impact Union — protection of domestic indus- Residents of the eastern city of Mariupol rally in support of Ukrainian unity while Russian tanks were reportedly advancing on the strategic on the European economy tries has been crucial for economic than any news coming out port on the Sea of Azov on September 4, 2014. President Poroshenko and pro-Russian separatists professed readiness for a ceasefire. development in Japan, South Korea, of Frankfurt or Brussels, China and Brazil. It also was key to the Tappears to be ending. Despite the spo- a war with Russia. They also understood Angela Merkel to abandon her role as Russia’s annexation of Crimea was not, as US and Germany in their early stages radic attacks that have wrecked previous that Western military assistance is not an honest broker and simultaneously is often claimed, the first attempt since of industrialisation. ceasefire attempts. coming. emboldened Ukrainian hopes of gaining 1945 to move European borders by mili- Russia, in its two decades of post- Investors have mostly assumed that the This may sound like a grimly defeatist Western military support. tary force. Communist development since 1992, has ceasefire would not hold, either because analysis. Yet a modest victory for Russia Second, Putin shows no sign of want- Borders were forcibly changed in the zealously applied the theory of compar- Russian President Vladimir Putin is was actually the least bad outcome to be ing to extend Russia’s boundaries after breakup of Yugoslavia, the Turkish inva- ative advantage and become one of the deceitful and greedy for more territorial expected — given that there was never absorbing Crimea and destabilising the sion of Northern Cyprus and the “fro- most open large economies outside the conquest, or because Ukraine’s President any chance of economic sanctions stop- Donbas. Putin has proved that he will zen conflicts” in Moldova, Georgia and Organisation for Economic Cooperation Petro Poroshenko would not accept the ping Putin, for reasons explained here fight against any further encroachment Azerbaijan. and Development. Its trade-to-gross splintering of his country that Russia in March. onto Russia’s boundaries by the EU and Finally, what about the economic con- domestic product ratio of 52 percent demands. But this fashionable pessimism There are several good reasons to wel- Nato, which he now views as an expan- sequences for Russia and Ukraine? For is equal to China’s, far higher than is probably wrong. come the incipient Ukraine deal: sionist empire. Ukraine, which could potentially chal- Indonesia’s or India’s and almost double The ceasefire no longer relies on good First, this compromise is infinitely bet- This does not mean, however, that lenge Poland as the dominant power in Brazil’s faith or benevolence but on a convergence ter for Ukraine, as well as for Europe, than Putin hopes to restore Russian con- Central Europe and overtake France as If sanctions push Russia onto a path of of interests: Putin has achieved all his a protracted war. Though Poroshenko has trol over countries already absorbed Europe’s leading agricultural producer, greater self-reliance, its manufacturing key objectives, and Poroshenko recog- been forced to make major concessions by by the EU and Nato, such as Poland or the key question is how much help the and service industries will surely grow nises that trying to reverse militarily the offering partial autonomy to the Donbas Lithuania. Whatever Putin’s ambitions, EU will provide by way of financial sup- faster, even if their quality falls further Russian gains would be national suicide. rebels, this was inevitable. he understands that Russia is too weak port and technical assistance. behind Western standards. If Putin wants Admittedly, there is still a “party of In fact, the compromise now under economically to compete directly against Ukraine’s population of 44 million to strengthen domestic industries, he will war” in Kiev, seemingly led by Prime discussion seems close to the deal that EU and Nato “imperialism.” is roughly equal to Romania, Bulgaria have to improve business and strengthen Minister Arsenyi Yatsenyuk, who has Putin and Poroshenko were near reach- Rather than trying to reverse the ter- and the former Yugoslavia combined. the rule of law. called on the North Atlantic Treaty ing over the summer, partly in response ritorial expansion achieved in the 1990s Whether the EU is willing to devote The Ukraine confrontation and sub- Organisation to back his country in an to the German government’s appeal by the EU and Nato, Putin’s record sug- the huge resources in money, time and sequent sanctions could help trans- all-out war with Russia. But this week’s for a nonmilitary resolution to the cri- gests a status quo leader trying to pre- manpower necessary to reform Ukraine form Russia from a petro-dollar society vote in the Ukrainian Parliament on tem- sis. Unfortunately, potential progress serve existing spheres of influence. is far more important to the country’s addicted to imports of Western luxury porary autonomy for the rebel regions was shattered when pro-Russian rebels Third, the precedent set by carving out future than the precise terms of a Donbas into a poorer economy that is less flashy suggests that most of the country’s poli- shot down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. parts of Ukraine is not necessarily cata- autonomy deal. — but better balanced and ultimately str ticians have abandoned hope of winning This outrage forced German Chancellor strophic for international law in Europe. For Russia, the long-term effects of onger. REUTERS US needs to restore its military spending British Muslims not obliged to speak against IS crimes

The US military is an indispensable BY REMONA ALY instrument underpinning the he welcome note that greeted my brother, sticky-taped to the front door of his new home in south-east London is - “All diplomatic, economic and Muslims out of the UK!” It is just one among many incidents Tthat take place across the country daily, some of which are reported to the Tell Mama (Measuring Anti Muslim Attacks) project. intelligence elements of our In June it received notice of 56 instances of anti-Muslim prejudice, both online and offline – a noticeable spike that was caused, they believe, by the Rotherham abuse scandal. national power. Tell Mama has recorded more than 2,040 reports of religious hatred since its inception in 2012, including arson attacks on mosques and BY MICHELE FLOURNOY the nation to accumulating stra- violence towards Muslim women. They increased in the months follow- and ERIC EDELMAN tegic risk. The commission’s ing the murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich. After the brutal killing of report concluded that, without British aid worker David Haines, Tell Mama received 39 hate incidents his summer’s dramatic budgetary relief, the US armed in three days. Fiyaz Mughal, the founder of Faith Matters, which runs global events — from the forces soon will be at high risk of Tell Mama, said: “When something takes place in the UK or involves rise of the Islamic State, not being able to accomplish the US Army paratroopers board a helicopter in the training area in Grafenwoehr, a British national, we see spikes.” But there appears to be a low-level, TRussia’s invasion of national defence strategy. Germany, last week. simmering current of anti-Muslim hatred regardless. Ukraine, war between Hamas and The provisions of the Budget A good friend of mine who wears a headscarf told me that she has Israel, violent confrontations and Control Act and sequestration aggression in multiple theatres, civilian and contractor defence been on the receiving end for years. She has been spat at, had bottles air strikes in Libya and continued have already precipitated a read- not just one, even when engaged workforce. thrown at her, and was threatened by a skinhead on the tube in London tensions on the Korean Peninsula iness crisis within our armed in a large-scale war. This requires These savings and additional who rolled up a magazine and, holding it under her chin, said: “You and in the East and South China forces, with only a handful of urgently addressing the size and budgetary resources must go might want to reconsider your beliefs.” No one intervened. seas — have reminded us all that Army brigades ready for crisis shape of our armed forces so toward investment in critical More recently, a young married couple – the wife wears a headscarf, the United States faces perhaps response, Air Force pilots unable they can protect and advance our capabilities, such as long-range the husband has a short beard – told me they were waiting at a train the most complex and volatile to fly sufficient hours to keep up interests globally and provide the strikes, armed unmanned avia- platform in southeast London when two white men in suits in their security environment since World their skills and Navy ships unable war-fighting capabilities neces- tion, intelligence surveillance early 40s walked by and one muttered under his breath, “terrorists”. War II. to provide critical US security sary to underwrite the credibility and reconnaissance, undersea Horrific crimes carried out in the name of religion are as much This realisation has led to presence in key regions. of the US’ leadership and national warfare, directed energy, cyber- anathema to the average Muslim Briton as they are to any Briton. repeated calls for US leadership The US military is an indis- security strategy. security and others that will An additional burden for us, however, is the warped assumption that to sustain the rules-based inter- pensable instrument underpin- Whether confronting the threat safeguard our continued military British Muslims are somehow to blame for the actions of murderers. national order that underpins ning the diplomatic, economic of the Islamic State or reassuring superiority. The notion that Muslims should feel some form of collective guilt and US security and prosperity. But and intelligence elements of our allies in Asia, the president must The threat of sequester was be collectively punished is a reprehensible one, but it seems to be evi- scant attention has been paid to national power: It keeps key trade have options, and the Defence never meant to be carried out. dent into an increasing number of people’s attitudes. ensuring that we have a robust routes open, maintains stability in Department needs the flexibility It was supposed to be a “sword A Muslim friend said her colleague’s Facebook status asked why and ready military, able to deter vital regions such as the Persian to provide the best alternatives of Damocles” ensuring that law- Muslims hadn’t posted their outrage about the beheading of Haines. would-be aggressors, reassure Gulf and sustains alliances that that secure our interests. In par- makers would reach an agree- Tweets have floated around asking the same question, demanding that allies and ensure that any presi- serve US and global interests. ticular, the Pentagon needs relief ment on ways to cut the federal Muslims speak out against these atrocities. But expecting Muslims to dent, current or future, has the That’s why the National from the budget cuts of the past deficit. Those efforts failed, constantly be engaged in a rhetoric of apology is absurd. It is irrational options he or she will need in an Defence Panel urged — and we few years and from limitations on putting the defence budget on and entirely unhelpful, and in itself constitutes a form of everyday increasingly dangerous world. reiterate today — that Congress its authority to make judicious the chopping block and holding Islamophobia. The National Defence Panel, and the president repeal the cuts where they are most needed our nation’s security hostage at a I support initiatives like the UK Imams against IS video, which a bipartisan commission char- Budget Control Act immediately, and least harmful to our security. particularly dangerous moment in featured Muslim leaders, both Sunni and Shia, coming together in tered by Congress and on which end the threat of sequestration This would allow further savings world affairs. As a new Congress condemnation, but it makes no sense to expect Muslims to apologise we have served for the past 13 and return, at a minimum, to through modest cuts to the rate of is elected and we enter another for crimes they played no part in. Muslims are as disgusted by them months, concluded in its recent funding levels proposed by then- growth in already generous mili- presidential election cycle, our as any civilised person is. report that the Budget Control Defence Secretary Robert Gates tary compensation and benefits, nation’s leaders will need to Hazel Blears yesterday called for “more integration” by British Act of 2011 was a “serious strate- in his fiscal 2012 budget. further reforms in the acquisition examine the National Defence Muslims. Things are getting worse, but integration is not the issue here. gic misstep” that has dangerously The report argues that, to meet of equipment and materiel, elimi- Panel report and explain to vot- It is bigotry and prejudice and a language exclusive to the far right. I tied the hands of the Pentagon the increasing challenges of the nation of an estimated 20 percent ers how they intend to address still firmly believe Britain is leading the way in Europe in its religious leadership, forcing across-the- deteriorating international secu- excess in military infrastructure its recommendations. The stakes tolerance and inclusivity. But this could easily change. Now is not the board “sequestration” cuts in rity environment, the US mili- such as bases, and reductions could not be higher. time to get complacent about a prejudice that seems to get stronger defence spending and subjecting tary must be able to deter or stop in overhead and the burgeoning WP-BLOOMBERG by the day. THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST UN announces Tunisia president declares re-election bid TUNIS: Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki yesterday announced he will stand for re- election in November, in a key deal to resolve vote almost four years after a revolt that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. The polls, along with parliamen- tary elections in October, are seen Yemen crisis as the final step in Tunisia’s tran- sition after more than two decades under strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was toppled in 2011. Fierce fighting reported in capital The moderate Islamist party Ennahda won Tunisia’s first post- SANA’A: The UN envoy to Yemen has been swept by politi- Ben Ali election the same year. Yemen yesterday announced cal turmoil since the 2012 ouster of Marzouki, a fierce opponent that an accord had been reached autocratic president Ali Abdullah of Ben Ali and a secular ally of to “resolve the current crisis” Saleh. Ennahda, was chosen as president after a week of deadly fighting The rebels hail from the Zaidi in December 2011 in a vote in the between Shia rebels and pro- Shia community, a minority in National Constituent Assembly. government forces. the mostly Sunni nation, and are The 69-year-old kicked off his Jamal Benomar’s announcement believed to be trying to establish re-election campaign with an came hours after the government themselves as the main political attack on “dirty money” in politics. imposed a curfew in parts of the force in the region. “My candidacy is an example of capital because of the intensity of Also known as Huthis or transparency,” he said. “We must the fighting, which has left dozens Ansarullah, they have battled the not allow corruption in this first dead as the rebels demand politi- government for years from their democratic experience,” he said cal change. heartland of Saada, complaining after registering for the November The combat prompted both a of marginalisation. 23 vote. suspension of international flights Hadi has called the rebel Critics often accuse cronies of Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki waves to onlookers after submitting his candidacy for the upcoming presidential to Sana’a and an interruption of offensive a “coup attempt” as he Ben Ali’s former autocratic regime broadcasts by state television for received ambassadors from the of seeking to derail the reform elections, in Tunis yesterday. the second straight day. countries that helped to foster process. Forces allied to the govern- the political agreement that ended Marzouki faces a number of rival blamed on hardline Islamists who between Prime Minister Mehdi to ensure sustainable democracy. ment have been battling to halt Saleh’s rule. candidates, including National were suppressed under the former Jomaa, who has the dominant role, His rise to power came almost the rebels, who swept into Sana’a Yemeni media said he saw proof Assembly speaker Mustapha Ben dictator, as well as social unrest and the president, who retains a year after the self-immolation of from their mountain stronghold in of this in the targeting of the head- Jaafar, a former central bank chief, over poor living conditions. important prerogatives, notably a Tunisian street vendor sparked the northwest weeks ago and set quarters of the state broadcaster. and one-time premier Beji Caid The authorities have struggled in defence and foreign affairs. a protest movement that spread up protest camps to press their There was fierce fighting in Essebsi. to root out militant groups, some Marzouki, a French-trained across much of the Arab world, demands. northern Sana’a last morning, Essebsi, 87, earlier this month of them Al Qaeda loyalists, who doctor and veteran opposition sweeping away long-time dictators Benomar said in a statement and attacks resumed on the TV accused “infiltrators” in his party have killed dozens of police and rights activist, was Ben Ali’s bete in Egypt and Libya. that the deal came after “intense headquarters. who oppose his candidacy of want- troops since the revolution, par- noire throughout his political Marzouki headed the Tunisian consultations with all the politi- Presenters said the facility had ing to kill him, prompting an ticularly near the Algerian border. career and was forced to live in League for the Defence of Human cal parties, including (rebels) come under heavy gunfire and inquiry by prosecutors. In January, Marzouki and other exile in France for a decade. Rights from 1989 until 1994 when Ansarullah, to resolve the current pleaded for the authorities to send Tunisia’s transition to full leaders signed a new constitution His critics say presidential he was forced out by Ben Ali sup- crisis based on the outcomes of the forces to their aid. democracy has been turbulent at — seen as one of the most mod- ambitions motivated him to form porters. A prolific writer, he has National Dialogue Conference”. Witnesses said part of the times. ern in the Arab world — that took an alliance with Ennahda. penned several books in French The statement added that building was on fire. In the wake of the 2011 uprising, more than two years to draft. Marzouki has insisted that and Arabic. preparations were under way to Eventually, broadcasting Tunisia was rocked by violence Executive power is divided the coalition was the only way AFP sign the agreement. resumed from another location. He said the accord will be a Meanwhile, medics also said “national document that will three civilians were killed in advance the path of peaceful a bombardment of the main change, and will lay the founda- road in the area, near the Iman tions for national partnership and University that rebels tried to for security and stability in the seize from fighters of the Sunni Gaza ceasefire talks to resume in Egypt country”. Islah (Reform) party. He said he regretted the con- And a hospital was hit by shell- RAMALLAH: Indirect heavyweights of Palestinian poli- However, the celebration of the delegation invited to Cairo, tinuing bloodshed and reiterated ing that killed one person and talks between Israelis and tics, Fatah Palestinian President Rosh Hashanah begins in Israel on said Fatah and Hamas delegations that the “time has now come to wounded three. Palestinians on consolidat- Mahmoud Abbas and Islamist Wednesday night and Thursday of five senior members would overcome narrow interests and Rebels fired several shells at the ing the Gaza truce are set to Hamas. and Friday are holidays. Saturday, travel to Cairo for the inter-Pal- that the higher national interest former headquarters of the first resume in Cairo on Wednesday, “Egypt has invited Palestinian Shabbat, is also a day off. estinian talks. should prevail”. armoured division, sending plumes two days after new reconcilia- and Israeli delegations to resume In April, Hamas agreed to The sides will discuss the issue Earlier, as fighting raged, a of smoke into the sky. tion negotiations between Fatah talks in Cairo on September 24,” work with its rivals in Abbas’s of the transfer of power in Gaza security committee chaired by And the nearby Sana’a and Hamas, officials said. a Palestinian official said. Fatah movement to form an to the national unity government President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi University told students to stay on On August 26, both sides There has been no official word interim consensus government and security in the enclave after decreed a curfew from 9 pm to 6 holiday until mid-October after its agreed a truce that ended 50 days yet from Israel, but an Egyptian of technocrats which would work the war ended last month, Bseiso am in Sana’a’s northwestern dis- campus was also hit by artillery. of deadly conflict in the enclave official confirmed the date and towards long-delayed national added. tricts of Shamlan, Al Madhbah, The education ministry ordered and provided for a resumption of added that Fatah and Hamas elections. Bseiso said “negotiations with Thabat and Balaa. schools to suspend lessons negotiations within a month to had also been invited to meet A new cabinet took office on Israel must be based on a clear That followed an announcement indefinitely. discuss unresolved issues. tomorrow. June 2, with Gaza’s Hamas gov- vision on which the Palestinians, from an airport source that the One of the capital’s main mar- The indirect talks between The office of Israeli Prime ernment officially stepping down particularly Fatah and Hamas, suspension of incoming and outgo- kets, the Ali Mohsen Souk, has Israel and a delegation of all Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the same day. will agree in advance and on a ing international flights was con- been closed for three days. Palestinian groups will be pre- refused to comment on the Sakher Bseiso, a member of unified Palestinian strategy.” tinuing for a second day. AFP ceded by talks between the two announcement of talks. Fatah’s central committee and of AFP

Egyptian forces shoot Palestinians infiltrating through tunnel Mediators urge CAIRO: Security forces shot Egypt’s army says it has In a separate incident in Sinai, confirmed the death sentences of In addition to the policeman’s end to fighting dead a Palestinian and wounded destroyed more than 1,600 tunnels security officials announced the five men convicted of the January killing, the seven men were also two others yesterday after they connecting the Sinai Peninsula death yesterday of a leader from killing of a policeman guarding a charged with forming a “terrorist in South Sudan tried to enter Egypt from Gaza and the Gaza Strip, most of them Egypt’s deadliest militant group, church in Cairo. cell” and plotting attacks against through a tunnel under the bor- since the ouster of Islamist presi- Ansar Beit Al Maqdis (Partisans Two others were sentenced to the security forces. ADDIS ABABA: East African der town of Rafah, security offi- dent Mohamed Mursi last year. of Jerusalem). life imprisonment, which is equiv- The death sentences were mediators seeking to broker cials said. The Islamist group Hamas, Officials said the slain jihadist alent to 25 years. handed down in August. They peace in South Sudan yesterday The men, who were spotted by the main power in the blockaded was an explosives expert who was The authorities say about 500 were then forwarded to the grand denounced ongoing “senseless a security patrol, tried to run back Palestinian enclave, uses the tun- attempting with three others to police and troops have been killed mufti, who granted his approval, fighting” between rival sides in into the tunnel after being ordered nels to smuggle in arms, food and plant a roadside bomb. by militants since the army ousted before being confirmed yesterday. a conflict that has ravaged the to stop and were shot. money. In Cairo, a court yesterday Mursi in July 2013. AFP new country for the past nine months. East Africa’s regional IGAD bloc, which has been mediating the talks between President Salva Kiir and his sacked deputy Riek Rival PMs address Libyans Machar, lamented the fighting in Renk county and near Malakal BENGHAZI: Libya’s rival Minister Abdullah Al Thinni, who town, both in northeastern Upper prime ministers both addressed is recognised by the international Nile State near the Sudan border. the nation, with each claiming community, said in a televised “The (IGAD) special envoys legitimacy and denouncing the address. “The government will regret this unfortunate turn of other side, highlighting deep return to Tripoli sooner than events and call upon both parties divisions in the oil producing later.” to immediately stop the senseless country. “We do call on all elders to hold fighting,” it said in a statement. The North African country has talks for the interest of Libya. The With negotiations set to resume two parliaments and two govern- armed groups should surrender in Ethiopia in the next few days, ments since an armed group from and leave Tripoli,” he said. the envoys added: “It is unfortu- the western city of Misrata seized He said he would form a govern- nate that this trend of events has the capital in Tripoli in August ment to include all parts of Libyan been observed every time a new and set up a rival assembly and society. He added that Libya’s session of talks begins, and any cabinet. oilfields were under government such sideshows aimed at derail- Since then, senior offi- control. ing the peace process will not be cials and the elected House of Late on Friday, Omar Al Hasi, tolerated.” Representatives have lost control a prime minister appointed by the Fighting broke out in the oil- of ministries in the capital and rival parliament in Tripoli, said his rich country in December 2013 have moved to Tobruk in the east government was preventing the following a clash between Kiir’s near the Egyptian border. country from being destroyed. troops and fighters loyal to Western powers and Arab “Inevitably we will win, inevi- Machar. The war spread rapidly neighbours fear Libya will break tably we will win,” Hassi said at across the country and has been up as the country is divided among a pro-Misrata rally on Tripoli’s marked by human rights abuses competing tribes and the armed Martyr Square. Recalling the and atrocities by both sides. groups that helped oust Muammar uprising against Gaddafi in 2011, Previous ceasefire agreements Gaddafi three years ago and now he said: “We won in 2011 and we have all been broken, and efforts Supporters of Operation Dawn, a group of forces mainly from Misrata, call for the removal of the new Libyan dominate the desert nation. will win in 2014. We are going to to form a unity government have parliament based in the eastern city of Tobruk, at Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli. “What is going on in Tripoli is renew the victory.” so far failed. an attempt to divide Libya,” Prime REUTERS AFP SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Poll: Economy behind Scotland’s ‘No’ vote Many believe referendum may be re-run sooner

LONDON: Scots were driven to decisions about Scotland be taken reject independence in a historic Britain must in Scotland, while 20 percent said referendum more out of fears they were driven by the feeling over the economic risks of going honour pledge: that the future would be brighter alone than a strong attachment as an independent country. to the United Kingdom, a sur- One in 10 said their main rea- vey analysis shows. Gordon Brown son for backing independence The post-referendum survey EDINBURGH: Former prime was to ensure they would no by independent pollster Lord minister Gordon Brown longer be ruled by Conservative Michael Ashcroft also reveals told British leaders yester- governments. that young people voted in droves day that they must honour British Prime Minister David to break up the centuries-old their promise to grant fur- Cameron’s party is currently the union — suggesting that a future ther powers to Scotland after biggest in Westminster but has referendum might go the other voters backed staying in the just one Scottish MP. way. United Kingdom in an inde- Warnings that independence The “No” campaign focused on pendence referendum. was the only way to save the the economic dangers of inde- “The eyes of the world have state-run National Health Service pendence, in particular warning been upon us and now I think (NHS) from savage spending cuts Army soldiers from battalion “Aydar” practise shooting during a military drill in the village of Schastya, near the of uncertainty over the currency the eyes of the world are upon also made their mark, with 54 eastern Ukrainian town of Luhansk, yesterday. after the British government said the leaders of the major parties percent of “Yes” voters saying it the separatists would not be able in the United Kingdom,” Brown was an important factor. to keep the pound. told supporters in Fife, Scotland. After a slow burning campaign Ashcroft’s survey of 2,047 peo- “These are men who have that reached a frenzy in the last Kiev, rebels sign buffer zone deal ple who cast ballots in Thursday’s been promise makers and they fortnight when opinion polls referendum, weighted to reflect will not be promise breakers and suggested the “Yes” camp might KIEV: Ukrainian forces and rested on the creation of a 30km Kiev and Western allies accuse the 55 percent who voted against I will ensure as a promise keeper deliver a shock win, two-thirds of pro-Russian militias were due buffer zone. Russia of clandestinely slipping independence, reveals that the that these promises that have those who made up their minds to pull back their troops from Forces from both sides are at least 1,000 paratroopers into message hit home. been made are upheld,” he said. in the last few days voted “Yes”. a demilitarised zone created required to retreat 15km from east Ukraine to help the guer- When “No” voters were pre- Prime Minister David Despite the clear result, the under a new peace plan agreed current frontlines within 24 hours rillas mount a surprise counter- sented with three options explain- Cameron, Labour leader Ed survey indicates that the issue of in marathon overnight talks. of the signing of the accord and offensive late last month. The ing their decision, some 47 percent Miliband and Liberal Democrat independence has not been decided A nine-point agreement allow monitors from the OSCE Kremlin denies ordering soldiers said the risks were too great when leader Nick Clegg promised to for good. Some 71 percent of 16- to thrashed out in the early hours pan-European security organisa- into Ukraine. it came to matters such as the guarantee Scotland high lev- 17-year-olds, who were allowed to yesterday in the Belarussian capi- tion into the area to make sure But Moscow’s Kiev envoy currency, EU membership, the els of state funding and grant vote for the first time in a British tal Minsk also requires the with- the truce holds. The areas under Mikhail Zurabov told Russian economy, jobs and prices. Scots greater control over election, voted “Yes”, while 73 per- drawal of all “mercenaries” from rebel control would be left open media after the signing of the Around 27 percent said they health care spending. cent of people over 65 voted “No”. the conflict zone and an immedi- to their administration under a Minsk deal that both sides were driven by a strong attach- After Scots rejected inde- And although Cameron said ate end to hostilities. temporary self-rule plan adopted appeared to have hired foreign ment to the United Kingdom, pendence, Cameron said the the issue of independence had But Russia appeared ready by lawmakers in Kiev on Tuesday. mercenaries. The sides agreed its shared history, culture and issue of Scottish independence now been settled for a generation, to keep up the pressure on its The Minsk pact — also signed by to leave the most divisive politi- traditions. had been settled “for a genera- many voters believe the referen- westward-leaning neighbour by Moscow’s ambassador to Kiev and cal issues for future negotiation And around 25 percent said it tion” but pledged a swift consti- dum may be re-run sooner. sending in a new 30-truck convoy the self-proclaimed “prime min- in order to get the terms of the was the promise of new powers for tutional shake-up for all parts of Some 31 percent said the issue it said was carrying aid for the isters” of the rebel-run regions of truce worked out first. the devolved Scottish Parliament the UK. REUTERS was settled for five years, 17 per- rebel-held city of Donetsk, but Donetsk and Lugansk — aims to Donetsk separatist leader that would result in “the best of cent for a decade, 24 percent for that Ukraine never approved. shore up a ceasefire deal agreed Alexander Zakharchenko stressed both worlds”. a generation — while 19 percent Former Ukrainian president two weeks ago. The agreement that the explosive question of the By contrast, “by far the biggest Conservative party donor, in an said independence would never be Leonid Kuchma — who is rep- crucially requires both sides to status of rebel-held Donetsk and single driver for ‘Yes’ voters was online commentary. revisited. The respondents were resenting Kiev in the stuttering immediately withdraw “foreign Lugansk was not discussed in disaffection with Westminster Seven in 10 “Yes” voters said interviewed by telephone and efforts to resolve the five-month mercenaries” from the conflict Minsk by mutual consent. politics”, said Ashcroft, a former they were most concerned that online. AFP conflict — said the agreement zone in industrial eastern Ukraine. AFP New Zealand Premier John Key sweeps to third term victory Spain to repatriate missionary with Ebola

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s conservative Prime Minister MADRID: Spain is preparing with officials of the foreign and 12 years, it said. It added that he immediate details of the likely John Key swept to a historic election victory yesterday, securing to repatriate from Sierra Leone defence ministries “to organise had been a member of the order timing of Garcia’s return. In a third term as voters ignored campaign allegations of dirty tricks a Catholic missionary infected the transfer”, it added. for 52 years and had worked in August a 75-year-old Spanish and mass spying. The resounding win makes Key the first New with the deadly Ebola virus, Garcia is a member of the Africa for the past 30 years. priest became the first European Zealand leader able to govern in his own right since proportional the government said yesterday, Hospital Order of San Juan de Sierra Leone began the sec- to die from Ebola during the cur- voting was introduced in 1996 and means his centre-right National the second Spanish case in the Dios, a Roman Catholic order ond day of a 72-hour nationwide rent outbreak in west Africa, the Party has increased its vote in all three elections he has contested. outbreak. which runs Juan Ciudad, a char- shutdown aimed at containing the worst since the disease was first “I’m ecstatic, it’s a great night,” the 53-year-old former currency Brother Manuel Garcia Viejo, ity working with Ebola victims. spread of the deadly virus. Most discovered four decades ago. trader said after a result that confounded opinion poll predictions 69, director of a hospital in the Yesterday, he was being treated of the country’s six million peo- That missionary, Miguel of a tight race. National won 61 of 121 parliamentary seats, up from Sierra Leonean town of Lunsar, in an Ebola unit in Freetown, the ple were confined to their homes Pajares, was infected in Liberia, 59 at the last election in 2011, while the main opposition Labour “has tested positive (for Ebola) capital of Sierra Leone, the order from midnight on Friday, with where he worked with Ebola Party managed only 32. The Internet-Mana party, bankrolled by and has expressed his desire to be said. He is a specialist in internal only essential workers such as patients. The epidemic has so flamboyant tech mogul Kim Dotcom, did not win a single seat. transferred to Spain”, the health medicine, also qualified in tropical health professionals and security far killed more than 2,600 peo- ministry said.Spain’s Health medicine, and has been director of forces exempt. ple in west Africa, the UN World Man sparks evacuation at White House Minister Ana Mato was meeting the hospital in Lunsar for the past Spanish authorities gave no Health Organisation said. AFP

WASHINGTON: A man sparked an evacuation at the White House late on Friday after he scaled and jumped over a fence and made it into the building before being captured. US President Barack Obama and his family were not at the White House at UN summit rallies global the time, though officials and journalists were rushed out of the building during the disturbance that began on the North Lawn around 7:20pm (2320 GMT) on Friday, the Secret Service said. action on climate change Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary identified the suspect as Omar Gonzalez, 42, from Copperas Cove, Texas. UNITED NATIONS: Some 125 world leaders are expected to commit to action on climate change at a UN summit on Security upped at Vatican over attack fears Tuesday called to inject momentum in struggling efforts to tackle global warming. ROME: Security has been tightened in Saint Peter’s Square The gathering will be the largest ever of governments and after intelligence services intercepted a possible plan to attack heads of states on climate change and the first of its kind since the Vatican, Italian media reported, increasing fears Pope the Copenhagen summit collapsed in disarray in 2009. Francis could be in danger. A foreign security service alerted US President Barack Obama is to outline his vision for limit- Italy this week after intercepting a conversation between two ing global warming, but key polluters China and India are send- people which referred to “a demonstrative act on Wednesday, ing lower-level representatives in a move seen as reducing the at the Vatican,” Il Messaggero daily reported. Wednesday is the summit’s authority. “Action on climate change is urgent. The day the Pope holds his weekly general audience in the square. more we delay, the more we will pay in lives and in money,” UN Checks by Italy’s anti-terrorism unit revealed that one of the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said this week. speakers passed through the country eight months ago, height- Ban called the summit to set the stage for a breakthrough ening concerns the threat may be real. The Repubblica daily said at the crucial Paris conference in December next year that is plain clothes special operations officers with sniffer dogs trained intended to yield a new deal on cutting greenhouse gas emis- in seeking out explosives were helping Vatican police vet tourists, sions after 2020. while hotels in the area were also being kept under surveillance. While the summit is separate from the negotiations to be held under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Ban Australia plans tougher anti-terror laws has urged leaders to come forward with offers and voice their commitment for a deal. “Extraordinary forces are gathering SYDNEY: The Australian government will introduce tough new together in New York to put political wind into the sails of the legislation in parliament next week to tackle terrorism, reports formal negotiations,” said UN climate chief Christiana Figueres. said, in the aftermath of the biggest crackdown in the country’s Diplomats point to the failure of the Copenhagen conference history. Prime Minister Tony Abbott will seek sweeping coun- as a cautionary tale, underscoring the need to enlist political ter-terror powers when the proposals go before the House on leaders now if the talks stand of chance of coming together in Wednesday, NewsCorp Australia reported. Thursday’s unprece- Paris in December 2015. dented raids in Sydney and Brisbane had foiled a plot by Islamic Today, about 100,000 demonstrators including Hollywood State jihadists to carry out gruesome “demonstration executions” celebrity Leonardo DiCaprio and climate-change crusader Al which could have taken place within days, Abbott said. Gore are to take part in a “People’s Climate March” in New York to demand action from world leaders. Billed as the larg- 36 killed in shootout in Nigerian town est climate change protest in history, the march will highlight the role of civil society in the push for climate change, just days MAIDUGURI: Fighters from Nigerian Islamist militant group before the UN summit welcomes not only world leaders, but Boko Haram stormed the northeastern town of Mainok on also leaders from business, finance and mayors. Friday, sparking a gun battle that killed at least 36 people and The United Nations is seeking to limit global warming to two continued into Saturday, two security sources said. Four civil- degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial ians were also killed in the remote north of Cameroon in a cross- levels, but scientists say current emission trends could hike border attack by Boko Haram militants. AGENCIES temperatures to more than twice that level by century’s end. AFP SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

American wanted jail to expose rights: Pyongyang SEOUL: A US citizen jailed this month in North Korea wanted to be imprisoned so he could reveal the human rights situation inside, the North’s state media said yesterday. Matthew Miller allegedly ripped up his tourist visa and demanded asylum at Pyongyang’s airport in April, and was sen- tenced to six years’ hard labour by the country’s Supreme Court last Sunday. The 24-year-old nurtured “a foolish idea of spying on the prison and human rights situa- tion while experiencing ‘prison life’,” the North’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, in a story entitled “Detailed Report on Truth about Crime of American.” His “inveterate hostility” toward the regime was fostered by anti-Pyongyang broadcasts and publications he absorbed after arriving in South Korea’s capital as a jobless university dropout, it said. Children (left photo) wade through a muddy street full of debris, while others (right photo) rest inside a temporary evacuation centre in Marikina, Philippines, yesterday. “(He) deliberately perpetrated such criminal acts for the purpose of directly going to prison..., spy- ing on ‘human rights’ perform- ance and making it known to the world.” Philippines storm leaves five dead In its report issued in February, the UN Commission on Inquiry into the North’s rights record detailed a wide range of systemic Heavy rains paralyse metropolis of more than 12 million, as Taiwan braces for onslaught abuses including murder, enslave- ment and torture. MANILA: Thousands of peo- already full of similarly displaced Navy rescuers along with preparation for tropical storm 31 and wounded more than 300 The verdict against Miller ple displaced by floods triggered neighbours. nearby commercial ships retrieved Fung-Wong as it churns toward people. came two weeks after he and the by tropical storm Fung-Wong Three weeks’ worth of rain 31 people from the stricken ves- the island with threats of down- Fung-Wong, which was 200 two other US detainees, Kenneth returned to their mud-caked swamped the region on Friday, sel, Philippine Navy spokeswoman pours and powerful winds. kilometres south-southwest of Bae and Jeffrey Fowle, pleaded homes in the Philippine capital state meteorologists said, as the Commander Marineth Domingo Three counties in southern Taiwan’s southernmost tip at for Washington’s help in a tel- yesterday, as the death toll from eye of the relatively weak storm said. Taiwan have decided to close 0900GMT, was moving north at 17 evised interview with CNN in the disaster rose to five, officials brushed past the northern tip of An average of 20 typhoons or offices and schools from yesterday kilometres per hour and packing Pyongyang. said. the main island of Luzon, more major storms hit the Philippines night while dozens of flights and gusts of 119 kilometres per hour, A photo of the evidence pre- Heavy rains paralysed the than 400 kilometres away. each year, killing hundreds and ferry services were suspended, according to the Central Weather sented during his trial showed sprawling metropolis of more Many of the areas hardest bringing misery to millions. authorities said. Bureau. what appeared to be Miller’s than 12 million people and nearby hit by floods, such as Barbosa’s Super Typhoon Haiyan, bring- Uni Air, which cancelled “Fung-Wong is maintaining ripped-up visa, as well as his US regions on Friday, with roof-high neighbourhood, are shantytowns ing the strongest winds ever 12 domestic flights yesterday, its strength and is likely to make passport, a tablet computer and floods chasing 83,000 people from illegally occupying the banks of recorded on land, left 7,300 peo- announced that it will suspend landfall in the south today when a smartphone. their homes, according to the rivers and other waterways. ple dead or missing across the all services scheduled for today. its impact will be the strongest. National Disaster Risk Reduction “Generally, the floods have central Philippines in November The defence ministry said it It will bring heavy rains all over and Management Council. already subsided. People are last year. has ordered 48,000 soldiers to be Taiwan starting tonight and all Japan clears “We have no choice but to come starting to return to their homes,” In September 2009, Tropical on stand-by in preparation of the day tomorrow, especially in south- back. We can’t afford to rent an Alexander Pama, executive direc- Storm Ketsana dumped a month’s storm while the authorities urged ern parts,” the bureau said. air on skulls apartment,” butcher’s wife Lovi tor of the disaster council, said worth of rain across Manila in people in low-laying areas to take In July, typhoon Matmo Barbosa, 35, said as she attempted yesterday. just six hours, unleashing the precautions against flooding as pounded Taiwan with fierce winds TOKYO: Japan’s foreign min- to remove dirt from the floor of The bad weather left five people worst flooding in the capital in the storm is expected to generate and downpours, leaving nine peo- istry insisted there was no mys- her home near a still swollen dead and one missing, he told a four decades and killing more torrential rains across the island. ple injured while interrupting rail tery behind human skulls stored creek. news conference. than 460 people. In the southern metropolis and air transportation. at its consulate in Chicago for She said she and her five chil- The storm itself caused power The state weather service said Kaohsiung, television footage A TransAsia Airways domes- three months, saying officials dren, aged between two and 10, outages across northern Luzon, Fung-Wong was forecast to hit showed residents pile up sand- tic flight crashed after an aborted were checking if they were the spent a sleepless night sat on the while rough seas left a small ferry Taiwan today. bags outside their houses along landing during the typhoon, killing remains of WWII soldiers. cold floor outside a tyre repair off the central port of Cebu badly Taiwan yesterday read- the roads badly damaged by gas 48 people on board while ten pas- A box containing human bones, shop because the local school was damaged on Friday, Pama added. ied nearly 50,000 troops in explosions on July 31 that killed sengers survived. AFP including two skulls, arrived at the consulate in the post in mid- June with an unsigned letter say- Thai police probe murder ing they were those of Japanese soldiers killed on a small Pacific island during World War II, a ministry official in Tokyo said. Indonesia brands The Chicago Tribune had reported the letter, post-marked June 14 in Minnesota, asked Japanese diplomats to take the four China Uighurs bones back to Japan to be prop- erly buried. The daily said the skulls were delivered to local police only terror suspects after staff members “found the box” while cleaning out a closet JAKARTA: Four foreign men discovered to be fakes and had recently. The newspaper said it detained in Indonesia for alleg- been obtained for around $1,000 was not clear why there had been edly planning to take part in from a broker in Bangkok. a three month delay in the trans- militant training were officially They now believe the men are fer to law enforcement officers. named suspects for break- from China’s Xinjiang province But the Japanese official said ing counter-terrorism and and are Uighur, a mostly Muslim there was nothing untoward or immigration laws, police said ethnic minority, but have not offi- improper and the box had been yesterday. cially confirmed their identities. properly stored. The men, who police believe to “Today we have been work- “It took us time to check if the be ethnic Uighur from China, are ing with officials at the Turkish bones could actually belong to suspected of arranging to meet embassy to investigate their back- former Japanese soldiers as the the country’s most wanted mili- ground,” national police spokes- letter said,” the official said. tant, Santoso, for training. They man Ronny Sompie said. “We reported the case to Chicago were formally arrested on Friday “On Sunday, officials from the police soon after the box arrived night after a week in custody. Chinese embassy will coordinate and carried out the examination Police are also investigating with counter-terrorism police to Chief of Royal Thai Police Somyot Pumphanmuang (third right) and Royal Thai Police adviser Jarumporn in cooperation with local police,” whether the men have links to help determine their identities he said. AGENCIES Suramanee (fourth right) yesterday look on near the spot on the island of Koh Tao where bodies of two killed the Islamic State group that has and nationalities,” he said. British tourists, David Millar and Hannah Witheridge, were found on a beach early last Monday. seized control over parts of Syria Three Indonesians were also and Iraq, but say their motives formally arrested and named for seeking training are so far suspects for aiding the foreign unknown. men. Under Indonesia’s legal sys- Santoso’s Eastern Indonesia tem, suspects are only formally Mujahidin (MIT) network hides charged once they face court. N Korea threatens attack over leaflets launch out in the central mountains of Sulawesi island, a known hotbed BLEAK HISTORY SEOUL: North Korea yester- website Uriminzokkiri said. planned,” Park Sang-Hak who South’s recent proposal for high- for militancy, and is blamed for a Indonesia has in the past day threatened to attack South It said the North’s military had leads the activists’ group said. level talks. spate of police killings in the area. struggled to quell Islamist mili- Korean activists if they launch already warned it would immedi- The warning came days after Civic groups in the South regu- This is the first known case in tant groups, which carried out anti-Pyongyang leaflets across ately “wipe out” those “provoca- the North sent a rare message larly float leaflets over the border recent years of foreigners coming a string of deadly attacks last the border while the South teurs” and their supporters if they to the South Korean president’s with messages criticising the Kim to Indonesia for training. decade, including the 2002 Bali hosts the Asian Games. push through with such launches. office, demanding an end to such dynasty and urging the North bombings that killed 202 people, A group of South Korean activ- These were not “simply empty” anti-Pyongyang leaflets. Korean people to rise up against CAUSE FOR CONCERN mostly foreigners. ists plans to launch 200,000 leaf- words, the website warned. The message, addressed to the repression. Authorities have been more A successful clampdown in lets slung from gas-filled balloons “Should puppet authorities presidential Blue House, was sent Police have prevented some concerned with the dozens of recent years has seen the end of into the North from a site near instigate so-called ‘defectors’ to through a military hotline last events when the risk of a North Indonesians joining jihadist major lethal attacks, but has given the border today. push through with the leaflet Monday by the North’s powerful Korean retaliation has been groups in Syria and Iraq, fearing rise to smaller splinter groups. “We will never sit by idly as a launch, there would be unpredict- National Defence Commission deemed dangerously high, but they may return with networks Indonesia is home to the world’s vicious provocative act, openly able consequences,” it added. (NDC). otherwise they are allowed to go and skills to carry our deadly biggest Muslim population. It backed by South Korean authori- But South Korean activists It urged Seoul to stop anti- ahead. North Korea has sent 150 attacks in the country. is also the world’s third-biggest ties, is being committed against us said they would not flinch at the North activists sending leaflets athletes for the Asian Games, Police initially thought the men democracy, where the vast major- at a time when our athletes are threats. over the border, saying action who are being guarded by hun- were Turkish nationals but later ity practise a moderate form of taking part in the Asian Games,” “Let the North rage in anger would have to be taken before dreds of South Korean security said their Turkish passports were Islam. AFP the North’s official Internet and scream. We will do it as the North would consider the personnel. AFP SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Afghan poll winner to be announced today Spokesman says Abdullah will pull out of unity govt talks if poll audit released before reaching an agreement

KABUL: Afghanistan’s elec- of Abdullah, who charged massive body is legally bound to release tion commission will announce fraud and said he was the rightful results now that all technical long-delayed final results in the winner. details have been completed. bitterly disputed presidential Final results have been delayed “It is clear that tomorrow vote today, whether or not the for weeks by a UN-monitored the IEC will announce the final rival candidates claiming vic- audit of all 8 million ballots cast in results based on the 100 percent tory reach a power-sharing deal, the June 14 run-off vote between audit,” Noor said. a spokesman said yesterday. Ghani and Abdullah, the top fin- Abdullah spokesman Mujib Two months of crisis over the ishers of the first round in April. Rahimi said, however, that if election to replace President The audit was part of a deal in results are made public without Hamid Karzai have further July brokered by US Secretary of a deal, Abdullah would walk away destabilised violence-plagued State John Kerry to avoid unrest from a unity government “and we Afghanistan as foreign troops that could descend into violence. will be back to square one”. prepare to withdraw at year’s end, Both Abdullah and Ghani The election dispute ruined leaving Afghan forces to fight the pledged to accept the audit results hopes for a smooth democratic Taliban insurgency. and to form a unity government transition to replace Karzai, who The rival candidates - former with the winner as president and has held power since the Taliban’s finance minister Ashraf Ghani the runner-up holding or nomi- hard-line Islamist government and ex-foreign minister Abdullah nating a chief executive with was ousted in 2001 in a US-led Abdullah - were meeting yester- expanded powers. Prolonged invasion. day. Aides said they were close to negotiations over details of the It threatened to stoke eth- finalising a deal but an Abdullah power-sharing arrangement have nic tensions that had plunged spokesman threatened to pull out so far yielded no deal. Afghanistan into civil war in the of the talks if the poll results were Election officials had expressed 1990s. Abdullah derives much of released before an agreement. hope the two candidates would his support from the ethnic Tajik Preliminary results released reach a unity government and Hazara communities, while President Karzai (centre) and presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah (right) listen to the national anthem on the in July showed Ghani in the lead agreement before results were Ghani is widely supported by third anniversary of the assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani, at the loya jirga hall in Kabul, yesterday. with 56 percent of the vote. announced. However Independent Pashtuns, the country’s largest The early results prompted Election Commission spokesman ethnic group. ratification of a key bilateral secu- to allow a small US force to stay training the Afghan military and street protests from supporters Noor Mohammad Noor said the The crisis has also delayed rity agreement with Washington past the end of 2014 to continue police. AFP

Military plane Taiwanese tourist dies Four killed in NW Pakistan clash crash injures ISLAMABAD: A soldier and Ullah Shahid, spokesman for and identity of those killed. in mountain accident three militants have been killed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan North Waziristan has become two in Quetta in fighting in restive north- (TTP) said. a major base for the Tehreek-e- ISLAMABAD: A Taiwanese the nearby village of Passu. western Pakistan near the “Hassan was also fight- Taliban Pakistan, which rose up QUETTA: A Pakistan army tourist has plunged to her death The dramatic scenery of the Afghan border, the military ing against Nato troops in against the state in 2007. aircraft crashed in the south- in a popular mountaineering Hunza Valley is popular with said yesterday. Afghanistan and was recently The United States has long western city of Quetta yes- area in northern Pakistan, offi- tourists, who often trek without The four were killed in an released from Kabul pris- called for action in the area terday injuring two pilots, the cials said yesterday. guides as the area is considered exchange of fire in the Boya area ons where he spent a couple of because the militant groups have military said. The woman fell from a cliff in relatively safe for foreigners, of North Waziristan tribal dis- months,” Shahid said. targeted Nato forces in neigh- “Two pilots were wounded the scenic Hunza Valley on Friday unscathed by the insurgency grip- trict, the military said in a state- He added that Pakistani bouring Afghanistan. after their MFI-17 Mushshak as she and a male French climber ping other parts of Pakistan. ment to the media. Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah Pakistan’s army says it has aircraft-fixed gear trainer air- were returning from a trek to a Imtiaz Ali, owner of local tour “Three terrorist were killed, led funeral prayers for the slain killed more than a thousand mili- craft, crashed near the hills of nearby glacier. operator Hunza Holiday, said a naib subedar (junior officer) commander. tants and lost 86 soldiers since the Ziarat, about 40 kilometres east “Yu-Ching Chang, a female most independent trekkers in the of Pakistan Army also embraced In June, the army began major start of the operation. of Quetta yesterday morning”, a tourist from Taiwan has died area stick to safe routes, but the Shahadat (martyrdom) in offensives in North Waziristan North Waziristan i a mountain- military official said. after falling from a cliff while accident took place on a treacher- exchange of fire with terrorists,” aimed at clearing the area of ous region of northwest Pakistan, The incident was confirmed by returning from Patundas peak ous stretch of the mountain. the statement said. insurgent groups, including the bordering Afghanistan and cov- another military official who said on Friday,” local police official “The descending route that the The Pakistani Taliban, mean- Taliban, after a bloody raid on ering 11,585 square kilometres. the crash was a result of techni- Fakhruddin Ahmed said. tourists took is very dangerous -- while, confirmed the military had Karachi Airport ended faltering Waziristan comprises the area cal fault. Police and local volunteers have even the locals take very care and killed one of its commanders, but peace talks. west and south-west of Peshawar “The wounded pilots were retrieved her body from the gla- avoid the Bandh trek,” Ali said. did not specify when. Residents have said many civil- between the Kurram River to the transported to Quetta for treat- cier, he added. “One miscalculated step will “Commander Mohammad ians have died in air strikes, but north and the Gomal River to the ment. They are in stable condi- Hussain Jami, another official, result in nothing short of death as Hassan embraced martyr- as the conflict zone is off-limits south, forming part of Pakistan’s tion,” he said. said Chang’s French friend had one would fall thousands feet down dom while fighting against to journalists, there is no way to Federally Administered Tribal The Pakistan army uses reported the accident to police in on rocks.” AFP the Pakistani soldiers,” Shahid independently verify the number Areas (FATA). AFP Mushshak aircraft to train pilots in its aviation wing. Military raids Displaced Pakistanis kill 35 rebels PIA pilot on long-haul

KABUL: At least 35 Taliban militants were killed and 25 flight without rest others were injured during military operations by Afghan KARACHI: The Pakistan around 5pm and had to take a national security forces in the International Airlines (PIA) rest of 34 hours before operating past 24 hours. reportedly compromised air the Toronto-bound flight. The Ministry of Interior fol- safety rules when it allowed But, he did not take the sched- lowing a statement said, “In past a pilot to operate a long-haul ule flight and instead reached 24 hours, Afghan National Police flight without mandatory rest, Lahore at 8.45pm on September conducted several anti-terror- as prescribed by the Civil 8 through a Shaheen Air flight. ism joint operations with Afghan Aviation Authority. The sources said that by not National Army and NDS to clean Sources said that senior pilot taking the mandatory rest of 24 some of the areas from terrorists Amir Hashmi, who is also pres- hours before the Toronto-bound and enemies of peace and stability ident of the Pakistan Airlines flight Hashmi had violated CAA of Afghanistan,” Khaama Press Pilots Association, operated rules and put lives of hundreds (KP) reported. PIA’s Lahore-Toronto flight PK of passengers at risk. The statement further added 789 at 7.30am on September 9 A spokesperson for PIA said that the operations were con- after taking less than 12 hours he could not confirm whether ducted in Kabul, Nangarhar, of rest in Lahore. Hashmi had taken the man- Baghlan, Kunduz, Zabul, Uruzgan, According to rules of the avia- datory rest or not for the Maidan Wardak, Khost and tion regulator, pilots must take September 9 Toronto-bound Helmand provinces. rest of at least 24 hours in the flight. At least four militants were city from where they operate However, he added, the airline also arrested and confiscated var- long-haul flights so that they would look into the matter if a ious types of weapons by Afghan are fully acclimatised and fresh. complaint was registered. National Security Forces during The sources said that Hashmi When contacted, the same operations. was scheduled to fly from Hashmi refused to com- People affected by floods wait for relief as they live in temporary shelters in Multan, Pakistan, yesterday. Flooding Karachi to Lahore by PK 304 on ment on the matter. Curfew imposed has begun to subside after affecting nearly three million people in two weeks. Mudslides and flooding have killed September 7, arrive in Lahore at INTERNEWS in Khyber district 320 people in the central province of Punjab and parts of the Kashmir region. ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district on Friday extended its curfew to PPP chief Bhutto to speak out on ‘mass vote rigging’ the Mingora City and its sub- urbs following killing of two LAHORE: Pakistan People’s ministers Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan,” he said. accepted the results for the sake Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo intro- peace committee members Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Raja Pervez Ashraf and other At an earlier meeting with of continuity of democracy. There duced to Bilawal Bhutto the in Kabal tehsil, according to Bhutto Zardari says he will PPP leaders, he visited various party leaders at Bilawal House in could be no compromise on con- party’s emerging political person- Khyber News website. inform the nation how last areas and distributed relief goods Lahore, he vowed to again make stitution, democracy and rule of alities and office-bearers. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s secu- year’s general elections were among flood-affected people. Punjab a citadel of PPP. law, he added. The PPP chairman offered rity forces have already imposed rigged to deprive his party of its He formed a committee com- “Marsoon, Marsoon, Punjab Na He said the PPP was deter- Fateha for the martyrs of the curfew in Kabal and Kanju areas share of votes. prising Ali Musa Gilani and Daisoon (We will die but not sur- mined to get back Punjab and said Zarb-i-Azb military operation of Swat district. “You and I will complete the Malik Amir Dogar to mobilise render Punjab),” he said. there should no doubt in anyone’s and said, “Terrorists and extrem- The Mingora bazaar, govern- mission of Shaheed Benazir PPP workers from south Punjab He said all sections of society mind in this regard. ists cannot be allowed to make ment offices and education insti- Bhutto. At the October 18 gath- to attend the October 18 public should devote their attention to the nation hostage in the name tutions remained closed while the ering in Karachi (to commemo- meeting. Bilawal Bhutto said this mitigate the sufferings of the PPP’s PURPOSE of irrelevant and redundant ide- residents were restricted to their rate the Karsaz tragedy) I will tell was not the time for politics. flood-affected people and any The PPP has the best solu- ology.” Former MPA Irshad Sial homes. you how the elections were rigged “I appeal to everyone to unite distraction would hamper relief tion for the problems of the poor said the PPP chairman visited the In Mingora, the security forces from Karachi to Khyber,” he told to serve the flood-affected peo- work and efforts to rehabilitate of Punjab because it believes in bridge because his mother Benazir have started house-to-house his party workers and supporters ple. Today Punjab is inundated but the people. people’s politics and their genuine Bhutto had pledged to build it for search operation. in Multan yesterday. some people in Islamabad are con- He said the PPP was the victim empowerment. the people of Muzaffargarh. AGENCIES Accompanied by former prime spiring to submerge the whole of of the rigging in 2013 elections but The party’s Punjab president INTERNEWS SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Climate march Defamation Rein in leaders who spew charge against Arvind Kejriwal venom: Muslims to Modi NEW DELHI: A court here yesterday framed defamation charges against former Delhi Leaders, organisations hail Prime Minister’s statement chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and three others in a case filed NEW DELHI: Prime Minister always be loyal and patriotic to Cultural Centre, said the state- by former union minister Kapil Narendra Modi’s comment on India. ment was “surprising”. Sibal’s son Amit. Metropolitan Muslims that they will “live for In the national capital, how- “It was a very surprising state- Magistrate Sunil Kumar India and die for India”, was ever, Muslim organisations asked ment but we wholeheartedly wel- Sharma framed the charges yesterday welcomed by many why should the community need a come it. Modi is not just a BJP against Kejriwal, former Delhi Muslim groups and leaders, even certificate from the prime minis- leader now. He is not the prime minister Manish Sisodia, Aam as some said that Modi should ter on their loyalty towards India. minister of any one community Aadmi Party leader Prashant rein in leaders who “spew venom” “Why is Modi saying this? either. He is everybody’s prime Bhushan and former AAP against the minority community. Indian Muslims have always been minister,” Sajid said. He said the leader Shazia Ilmi. The case Maulana Kalb-e-Jawwad, imam patriotic and they do not need any IICC hopes Modi will take up the was filed by Amit Sibal after of the Asfi mosque in Lucknow, certificate for this,” Ansar, associ- cause of Muslim youth implicated Kejriwal, during a press con- Uttar Pradesh, said that Muslims ate PRO of the Jama Masjid, said. in false terrorism cases. ference in 2013, alleged conflict should breathe easy now since He said Modi should instead “IICC president Sirajuddin of interest over his appear- the prime minister has put their convince those within the Qureshi met Modi two weeks ing in the Supreme Court for patriotism in the right perspec- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after he became prime minister. telecom major Vodafone while tive. “Ever since Modi was elected and other Hindu leaders who have Modi had assured that he under- his father was the union com- prime minister, various political been spewing venom against the stands that the case of Muslim munication minister. The forces were trying to cow them community. “If the prime minis- youth implicated in false terror court set January 17, 2015 for down by creating a bogey of fear,” ter is really interested in advocat- cases is a sensitive one,” he said. commencing the recording of he said. ing our cause, he should go and Meanwhile, Ashraf Usmani, statement of witness in the Maulana Fazal-ul-Rehman, the tell the same to Yogi Adityanath, PRO of Darul Uloom, said Modi’s case after the four leaders imam of the Teele Waali mosque, Maneka Gandhi and Praveen statement though late was an apt pleaded not guilty. said there was no reason to doubt Togadia,” Ansar said. one. “Muslims have always been what the prime minister said. In an exclusive interview to loyal to the country and will Gold price dips “While we welcome Modi’s state- CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, his first always remain so. Modi gave this ment, we will also urge him to rein after becoming prime minister, statement late but this is a very below Rs27,000 in the likes of Sakshi Maharaj Modi said: “If anyone thinks correct statement,” he said. and Adityanath in his party who Indian Muslims will dance to Hoping that actions do not belie NEW DELHI: Buyers of jew- are spewing venom against the their (Al Qaeda) tune, they are words, Usmani said Modi should ellery may have a reason to minority community,” he said. delusional. Indian Muslims will live up to what he said. cheer as gold prices dipped to Maulana Khalid Rashid live for India, they will die for “He should prove his good the lowest level since July last Farangi Mahali, imam of the India, they will not want anything intent for the Muslims by ensur- Participants holding placards and posters shout slogans as they take year, just a few days ahead of Aishbagh Eidgah in Lucknow, said bad for India.” ing that our community is not part in the People’s Climate March to draw attention towards the issue the festive season. Gold prices Muslims in India were always full Wadood Sajid, media adviser to treated as second class citizens,” of climate change, ahead of the UN Climate Summit to be held in New dipped below Rs27,000 per 10 of love for the country and would the president of the India Islamic Usmani said. IANS grammes yesterday with the York, in New Delhi, yesterday. yellow metal trading around Rs26,970 per 10 grammes here. Pankaj Parekh, vice-chairman, Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council, said: “The Premier gets Africa summit postponed over Ebola outbreak price might go further down.” In Delhi, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 percent purity dropped by Rs40 world’s largest NEW DELHI: The deadly Ebola 1,000 delegates including minis- of possible economic catastrophe. But health experts have voiced to Rs26,970 and Rs26,770 per 10 outbreak in west Africa has ters, government officials and Ebola fever can fell its victims worries that India’s already over- grammes respectively. birthday card forced India to postpone plans business leaders for the meeting within days, causing severe mus- burdened health services could for a December summit in New on December 4, expected to be cle pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and not cope with an Ebola outbreak. Mandarin Chinese AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Delhi attended by representa- one of the biggest international — in some cases — unstoppable They say setting up adequate Narendra Modi got a unique gift tives of more than 50 African events in the country in years. internal and external bleeding. isolation and containment facili- course in JNU soon on his birthday on September nations, officials said yesterday. The government will work with India’s airports went on alert ties and equipping medical per- NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal 17. The school where he studied The spread of the virus, which the African Union on reschedul- in August to screen arrivals from sonnel with protective gear would Nehru University (JNU) will in Gujarat made him the world’s has killed more than 2,600 peo- ing the trade-focused summit for west Africa as part of measures to be beyond the country’s capacity. soon start a course in Mandarin largest greeting card with birth- ple in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra 2015, foreign ministry spokesman prevent an outbreak of Ebola in US President Barack Obama Chinese under its school of day wishes in 23 languages, his Leone this year, made it “logis- Syed Akbaruddin told a media the country of 1.25 billion people. announced the deployment of language, literature and cul- brother said yesterday. tically difficult given the public briefing. India’s Health Minister Harsh troops to west Africa earlier this ture studies, a Taiwanese offi- The 14.3-metre-wide and health guidelines to manage” the The Ebola outbreak has cut a Vardhan has said the country week, appealing for urgent global cial said yesterday. “We have 16.2-metre-long card was spe- Third India-Africa Forum Summit, swathe through entire villages has “put in operation the most action to prevent the virus from already recruited teacher to cially crafted by students of the a foreign ministry official said. at the epicentre and prompted advanced surveillance and track- spreading “exponentially”. teach Mandarin Chinese and B N High School in Vadnagar India had been expecting nearly warnings from the World Bank ing systems” for the virus. AFP by October the course will where Modi studied from Class start,” Yi-Ta Chen, secretary of 8 to 11, the prime minister’s Taipei Economic and Cultural elder brother Somabhai Modi Centre in India, said. Mandarin said. Birthday wishes in 23 Heavy rains in Kolkata Chinese is already being taught languages were written on the in Jamia Millia Islamia. card, he said. Bengal rape case: 13 Moi turned 64 on September BJP wins by-poll 17. Somabhai also said the Namo get 20 years in jail Tea Stall Owners’ Association of in Chhattisgarh Ahmedabad contributed a day’s KOLKATA: A West Bengal court yester- RAIPUR: The BJP’s Bhojraj income of Rs70,500 for relief day sentenced 13 people convicted of raping Nag yesterday won the measures for the flood-affected a tribal woman in Birbhum district of the Antagarh assembly by-poll people of Jammu and Kashmir. state to 20 years rigorous imprisonment. in Chhattisgarh. Nag won Guinness World Records offi- The 20-year-old woman was gang-raped in by over 51,000 votes in the cials have been contacted who will January in Subalpur village in the district, fol- by-election that was held on send the details of the birthday lowing the orders of a kangaroo court which September 13. There were card to Britain for confirmation found her “guilty” of having an affair with a only two candidates in the fray, of the record. man outside her community. Nag and Rupdhar Pudo of the The current record for the big- “All the accused were convicted of gang-rape, Ambedkarite Party of India. gest birthday card was registered assault and wrongful confinement,” public pros- The election was necessitated on March 21 this year in Dubai. ecutor Shamsul Zoha said. During the course as BJP legislator Vikram That card was 10.29 metres long of the trial, the court examined 31 witnesses, Usendi quit the seat after he and 14.8 metres wide. A woman holds an umbrella while waiting to board a train during heavy rains at a railway station including medical experts and police officers. was elected to the Lok Sabha IANS in Kolkata yesterday. Weather officials expect rains to weaken from this weekend. IANS from Kanker constituency. IANS From ‘Empire’ to ‘Republic’, the Indian passport has travelled a lot

ROM the time the first utterly fascinated by the prospect government had issued passports In a case reported earlier this continuously resided in India, for passport was issued by of going phoren, the slender little THE NR EYE in exercise of its executive power month, seven Hindu and Sikh grant of Indian citizenship. the British to citizens of booklet becomes one of the most on foreign relations. Afghan refugees staying in India In the Gulf, Indian missions Fthe ‘Indian Empire’ after prized possession. Moiz Mannan As, the Parliament was not on long-term visas for nearly 20 have had to issue directives to World War I, to this era when the Passports came into vogue in in session at that time, the years were been arrested by Punjab their citizens to replace initials travel document is becoming an India decades before the coun- the British Indian Passport had President of India promulgated police for procuring Indian pass- entered in passports with the full electronic marvel, the Indian pass- try’s independence. The British limited scope as it was valid for an ordinance namely “The Indian ports on fake credentials. They expanded names. It has come to port has indeed come a long way. rulers started issuing such docu- travel only within the British Passport Ordinance, 1967”. were arrested from different air- the diplomats’ notice that such Indian missions across the ments under the Indian Passport Empire, Italy, Switzerland, Shortly afterwards, the Passport ports in the country just before abbreviated names lead to mis- globe have, of late, been issuing Act of 1920. It became a proof of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Act of 1967 was passed to replace they were to catch flights to vari- taken identity and have even advisories to their citizens to get national status as well as a travel Germany, France, Spain, Norway, the ordinance. ous European destinations. Police landed the wrong people in jail. rid of any handwritten passports document for people of the ‘Indian Sweden and Holland. In those Now the the Indian passport had traced 135 such passports In any case, as per the they may have or those with Empire’ that included all of mod- early days, a passport would come is the primary travel document issued from the regional passport International Civil Aviation 20-year validity. They will now ern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh for just one rupee. issued to citizens of the ‘Republic office (RPO) in Jalandhar. Organization (ICAO) has set a have just over a year’s time to get and Burma (Myanmar). It is interesting to note that for of India’. It enables the bearer to The passport also assumes deadline of the November 25, the new machine-readable travel The passport was based on the two decades after independence, travel internationally and serves importance for specific groups 2015 for globally phasing out all documents before the deadline set format agreed upon in the 1920 there was no proper legislation as proof of Indian citizenship as such as persons of Goan origin non-Machine Readable Passports by the International Civil Aviation League of Nations International governing the issuance of pass- per the The Passports Act 1967. who were born overseas and (MRPs). From that day, foreign Organisaion (ICAO). India has Conference on Passports. The ports in India. It took the historic While the passport is an essen- entered Goa before Liberation Governments may deny visa or introduced a slew of e-services cover of the document was of navy Satwant Singh Sawnhey vs Union tial document to travel anywhere as minors on their parent’s pass- entry to any person travelling for passports, including the revo- blue colour with emblazoned with of India case in the Supreme in the world, for those moving ports and who have been unable with a non-MRP passport. lutionary ‘e-passport’ (biometric the British Empire’s Royal Arms of Court to do this. to the Gulf for employment, it to claim Indian citizenship for All handwritten passports with passport). the United Kingdom). The words The Apex Court held that the holds special significance. There lack of travel documents. pasted photos earlier issued by For Indians, though, the pass- “British Indian Passport” was right to travel was a Fundamental has been opposition worldwide to Goa’s NRI commission has taken Government of India are con- port is not just a document. It printed above the emblem and right under Article 21 of Indian the practice by employers of tak- up the case of these persons with sidered non-MRP passports. All signifies the hopes and aspira- “Indian Empire” printed below. Constitution and the government ing possession of their workers’ the Centre, and according to the 20-year validity passports will also tions of the ‘pravasi’ (traveller) The text of the passport was could not refuse a passport to an passports and preventing them latest reports, the ministry of home fall in this category. Holders of such looking for something special in printed in English and French. applicant. It thus became neces- from leaving at will. There have affairs has decided to consider documents need to apply for re- a foreign land. In a country like This passport went out of use sary to regulate the issuance of also been numerous instances of applications from such individu- issue of passports and obtain MRP India, where such a large propor- in 1947 after the independence of passport and travel documents gullible workers being duped by als that are supported with docu- passports well before the deadline. tion of the teeming population is India and Pakistan. In any case, by law. Prior to the act, the passport fakers. mentary evidence of their having THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Call for religious harmony Bill Gates in bid Kashmir floods: to boost charity among rich Hospitals begin NEW DELHI: US billionaire Bill Gates will dine with some of country’s wealthiest peo- ple this weekend in a bid to encourage them to give more clean-up drive to charity. The gathering will be hosted by tycoon Azim Premji, founder of Wipro and one of India’s biggest donors. Toll rises to 280; Haj flights resume Rich Indians gave an average 3.1 percent of their income to SRINAGAR: Hospitals in persuade the central government charitable causes in 2011. The Srinagar started clean-up so that loans to farmers under the tech tycoon, who is on a trip operations to resume routine Kisan Credit Card scheme are to India with his wife Melinda, functioning as soon as possible waived off,” he said. said this week in New Delhi even as the number of deaths He said nobody could say how that he did not believe it was a due to the floods in Jammu and much time will it take to bring the good idea for the rich to leave a Kashmir has climbed to 280, an state out of the crisis. The state lot of money to their children. official said. government has said that the Fifty-eight mobile health clin- secretariat will start functioning IAF jet crash lands ics have been set up in Srinagar from September 22. even as water has been drained Meanwhile, Akashvani’s in Chandigarh out from the G B Pant Hospital, Srinagar radio station popu- Students of Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts perform during an inter-religious meeting for harmony in New CHANDIGARH: An Indian L D Hospital and SMHS Hospital, larly known as Radio Kashmir Delhi yesterday. The Dalai Lama condemned mindless violence in the name of religion, saying the concept of Air Force AN-32 transport officials said adding that four Srinagar resumed its routine jihad was being misused and misinterpreted by Islamist extremists. aircraft with 11 people on mobile hospitals have been broadcasts yesterday. The radio board crash landed at the pressed into service. station had to suspend opera- Chandigarh airport yester- In the bone and joint hospital, tions on September 7 when flood day, The aircraft, which was functional for the past one week, waters submerged its installations coming back from Jammu one block has been converted in Srinagar city trapping 12 staff Shiv Sena puts Sushma to interact with over and Kashmir, broke into three into a gynae and obstetrics unit. members inside. portions as it crash landed and The maternity hospital at Sanat After two days, Radio Kashmir forth formula caught fire. The incident took Nagar is already working round authorities had started an emer- 100 foreign ministers in NY place around 8.40pm. People the clock, the officials said and gency FM broadcast service from on seat-sharing on board the aircraft suffered added that all district hospitals atop the Shankaracharya hill. In NEW DELHI: External Affairs York on the sidelines of the UN minor burn injuries and were were running normally. the absence of other means of MUMBAI: A day after sav- Minister Sushma Swaraj would General Assembly. She will hold safely evacuated. The exact Health minister Taj Mohi ud public communication including ing their 25-year alliance from be meeting more than 100 of bilateral meetings as well as par- cause of the fire was not yet Din directed the officials to begin landline and mobile phones, locals splitting, the BJP and the Shiv her counterparts from across ticipate in plurilateral (more than known. The IAF has ordered anti-measles vaccination in the were relying on Radio Kashmir to Sena were yet to reach an the world, including the new two) and multilateral meetings a probe into the incident. flood-hit areas on war footing. send messages to friends and rela- agreement on seat-sharing for British Foreign Secretary Philip while she is in New York. The SMHS Hospital has suffered tives trapped in inundated areas. the October 15 Maharashtra Ha m mond, du ri ng a slew of meet- Among the bilateral meetings Chinese troops in losses of around Rs100 crore to its After working round-the-clock assembly elections. ings in New York this month. she will hold there would be with machinery and diagnostic equip- the engineering and other staff of The Sena has now proposed a new According to external affairs Hammond who took over as for- intrusion anew ment in floods. the radio station resumed routine formula. “Shiv Sena’s fresh proposal ministry spokesperson Syed eign secretary on July 15. She NEW DELHI/LEH: Yet At least 203 people have died medium wave broadcast services proposes 126 seats to the BJP, 155 Akbaruddin, the minister would would be attending the G4 foreign another intrusion by Chinese in Jammu region and 77 in the at 11am yesterday. for Sena, and seven for Swabhimana be travelling to New York on ministers meeting, along with her soldiers in Indian territory has Kashmir Valley. The loss in terms Also, Haj flights from Srinagar Sanghatana. Out of the BJP’s 126, we September 23. She will accom- counterparts from Japan, Brazil been reported with around 50 of private properties, businesses to Saudi Arabia, which were sus- have to accommodate other three pany Prime Minister Narendra and Germany, on UN Security troops entering the Chumar and infrastructure in the valley is pended due to floods, resumed. partners with about nine seats, Modi to Washington for his sum- Council reforms. area of Ladakh. According to more. “We have no means at present “Haj flights from Srinagar to Saudi leaving us with 117 seats,” Leader mit meeting with US President She would also attend the IBSA army sources, Chinese soldiers to arrive at a firm figure,” Chief Arabia have been resumed and two of Opposition in Legislative Council Barack Obama on September 30. (India, Brazil, South Africa) for- withdrew from Chumar late Minister Omar Abdullah said. flights took off from the Srinagar Vinod Tawde of the BJP said. Sushma Swaraj will stay back, eign ministers meeting, the on Thursday, only to return Omar said it was not only pub- International Airport carrying 275 This formula would now be after the prime minister returns, GCC ministerial meeting and after few hours on Friday. lic and private property that have pilgrims in each flight,” the chief finalised at a meeting between to attend the October 2 observ- the India-Community of Latin Chumur is located more than been devastated by the floods. minister said. He expressed hope BJP state president Devendra ance of the UN Day of Non American and Caribbean States 300km northeast of Leh and “Crops and horticultural produce that all the remaining Haj pilgrims Fadnavis and Shiv Sena chief Violence in honour of Mahatma ministerial meet with the troika borders Himachal Pradesh. have suffered huge losses. I will would undertake the holy journey Uddhav Thackeray, he announced. Gandhi. She will be participating of Costa Rica, Cuba and Equador . IANS use all my influence and power to from Srinagar smoothly. IANS IANS in a series of meetings in New IANS SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK PRAYER TIME Coffins keep Fajr (Dawn) 4:05 Shorook (Sunrise) 5:22 Zuhr (Noon) 11:27 burglars away Asr (Afternoon) 2:54 CULLINAN, SOUTH “My husband said ‘let me just Maghrib (Sunset) 5:33 AFRICA: Many properties in put it up maybe it will help to Isha (Night) 7:03 crime-ridden South Africa are keep the thieves away,’ which it secured by electronic burglar did,” said Gatinho. “It’s been, wow! alarms and high concrete walls I must say touch wood, it’s work- WEATHER topped with high-voltage elec- ing,” she said stretching her hand tric fences, but in the quaint to the coffin. small diamond mining town of Pieces of yellow reflective tape Weather Cullinan, coffins are the latest are stuck on the coffin which is Today Monday Tuesday Conditions: security gadgets. gradually decomposing in the sun Clear Clear Clear Following a spate of robberies and the rain. South Africans last Slight dust and in the semi-rural town of around year reported more than 300,000 some clouds to 28,000 people, some residents burglaries at residential and haze by night. have found that caskets are keep- business properties, according to High: 40° High: 39° High: 39° ing burglars at bay. Crime Stats SA — which collates Low: 29° Low: 30 Low: 31° Tired of the break-ins, a cou- crime figures released by police. ple that runs a scrap metal trad- Some hundreds of metres away ing firm thought they would from the shop, biker and former experiment with a coffin to deter prison warder Rusty Pool has con- thieves. verted his treasure chest-shaped DOHA - SUN & SEA From three burglaries a trailer into a wooden coffin, com- SUN TIDE SEA week, they have registered zero ing with all the trimmings of since they erected a black coffin stainless steel handles. WIND SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW among rusting pieces of iron pip- His original idea was not to 05:22 17:33 03:15 15:30 08:30 22:15 05-15/20 KT ing strewn around the open-air scare off anyone because there are hectare surrounded with a wire no superstitions around coffins in THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW mesh perimeter fencing. his culture. After all coffins were So the low cost and no-frills but used for storing dried fruits and HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER quirky idea to protect their wares, stacked on house roof tops during must be effective. the olden days. MUSCAT 30/29 Clear 30/27 Clear “Crime is high,” said Rita So his idea then had been to MAKKAH 39/26 Partly cloudy 41/25 Clear Gatinho, company manager. come up with a novelty sleeper KUWAIT 43/27 Clear 41/26 Clear “I don’t carry guns, am totally trailer which he would use when BAHRAIN 41/27 Clear 38/28 Clear against that, what do we do to he goes camping during biking SANAA 26/14 Clear 27/13 Partly cloudy protect ourselves?” rallies. Coincidentally he decided RIYADH 38/25 Clear 39/26 Partly cloudy It started off as joke when a on the design shortly after the DUBAI 38/30 Clear 37/31 Clear customer came in last year offer- sleepy town east of Pretoria had Scrapyard manager Rita Gathino stands by a displayed coffin used to scare BAGHDAD 37/21 Clear 36/20 Clear ing to sell them an unused coffin. experienced a spike in crime. AFP away thieves near the main gate of her property in Cullinan, South Africa.

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HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER ATHENS 32/22 Clear 33/23 Clear Bolivian president plans to open restaurant after retirement WASHINGTON 29/18 Chance of storm 23/14 Partly cloudy SYDNEY 19/09 Partly cloudy 20/11 Partly cloudy LA PAZ: Bolivian President has “big dreams of opening a 64 percent support. LONDON 18/08 Partly cloudy 19/04 Clear Evo Morales said he plans to restaurant” featuring “excel- He is estimated to win reelec- PARIS 22/13 Thunderstorm 19/10 Partly cloudy open a barbeque restaurant lent cooks specialising in barbe- tion with a resounding 74 percent after retiring from politics, qued meat,” the Bolivian leader in next year’s balloting, according ISTANBUL 23/19 Partly cloudy 25/16 Partly cloudy a local newspaper reported said in an interview with the El to opinion polls. MANILA 30/24 Mostly cloudy 32/24 Chance of storm Friday. Morales is slated to win Deber de Santa Cruz newspaper. Once he retires after serving DHAKA 31/26 Thunderstorm 30/25 Chance of storm next year’s election to serve a Bolivia’s first indigenous presi- his third term, Morales said he DELHI 35/26 Clear 35/26 Clear third term until 2020, after he dent, Morales, 54, was elected in could open the eatery with two could turn his attentions from 2005 with 54 percent of the vote members of his Movement for ISLAMABAD 33/23 Clear 34/23 Clear politics to hospitality. Morales and was re-elected in 2009 with Socialism party. AFP Sunday 21 September 2014 26 Dhu’l-Qa’da 1435 Volume 19 Number 6195 Price: QR2

Fertiliser sector set to grow: Qafco CEO

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Tajikistan President Higher land prices to push up rents meets Ezdan chairman August registers a 7.9pc increase in rent inflation Sheikh Dr Khalid DOHA: With Qatar’s fast analysts at QNB Group noted to a strong increase in the growing population rate yesterday. demand for housing, push- DOHA: Tajikistan President Emomalii continuing to push up land “Land prices have been ing up real estate prices. As Rahmon received Sheikh Dr Khalid bin prices, the country is head- rising rapidly since March the population expands and Thani Al Thani, Chairman, Ezdan Holding ing to higher rent inflation. 2014, following a lull during per capita income rises, both Group at the presidential palace in the capi- Land prices have increased the previous eight months. a base and an income effect tal city Dushanbe on Thursday. 52.7 percent since the begin- This rise has put pressures on push land prices higher. This Receiving Sheikh Dr Khalid, Emomalii ning of this year, leading to a Qatar’s rent inflation, which is likely to continue over the underpinned the strength of bilateral relations 7.9 percent increase in rent has been accelerating stead- coming years. between Qatar and Tajikistan. inflation in August 2014. ily since November 2012. In Counterbalancing these On the business opportunities in the coun- The Ministry’s August fact, rent inflation in August domestic inflationary pres- try, he said: “The Republic of Tajikistan is cur- data reveals that land plots was the highest since end- sures, foreign inflation has rently offering great investment opportunities continued to dominate real 2008. We expect this trend to been on a downward trend for foreign investors. The country’s new law estate transactions during continue into the remainder this year as international guarantees big incentives to foreign investors.” the last week of the month, of 2014 and 2015, leading to food prices have been falling Sheikh Dr Khalid expressed his pleasure representing 54.7 percent a 4.2 percent and 5 percent on record global food harvests in visiting Tajikistan and thanked the warm of the total deals in August increase in domestic infla- and large stockpiles. reception and generous hospitality he received. compared to 45.3 percent of tion, respectively”, the ana- According to the “This visit falls within the framework of eco- other transactions across the lysts said. International Monetary Fund nomic and trade relations between Qatar and country. Rising rent inflation is (IMF), this trend is expected Tajikistan, which grows and evolve in a positive Doha Municipality saw a leading to a moderate accel- to persist into 2015. Lower light under the wise leadership of the Emir H H transaction of 923 sqm plot eration in domestic inflation. international food prices Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani,”, he said. for a high QR30m during the This is countered by lower would therefore result in The business community of Qatar has great first week of this month. international food prices, lower food prices in Qatar. interests in Tajik market. Qatari business com- The week also witnessed a which are keeping foreign “We also forecast other munity is ready to share Qatar’s expertise in top deal of 911 sqm plot for inflation down. “Overall, we components of foreign infla- the Islamic banking with Tajikistan. QR25m in Mamoura area. expect rising rents to cause tion covering clothing and The trend of growing popu- could lead to supply bottle- The Qatari business community is also inter- “The cost of land is the inflation to rise to 3.4 percent footwear; and furniture, tex- lation and higher land prices necks in the economy. Under ested in establishing Tajikistan’s first Islamic fundamental driver for rent in 2014 and 4 percent in 2015- tiles and home appliances to is likely to continue into 2015 these conditions, domestic Bank. Sheikh Dr Khalid emphasised Qatari inflation. If land prices rise, 16,” it said. rise moderately, leading to a with moderately higher over- inflation could rise more than businessmen’s readiness to support and pro- rents for villas, apartments According to QNB Group, 1.1 percent increase in for- all inflation. However, there our baseline projections over vide advisory services in the financial sector and office space will also go up the combination of rapid eign inflation in 2014 and -0.6 is a risk that higher growth, the medium-term, QNB’s to Tajiksitan. to recoup the overall cost to population growth and higher percent in 2015,” QNB Group large investment spending research note said. THE PENINSULA landlords, albeit with a lag”, GDP per capita are leading noted yesterday. and the growing population THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Al Khaliji offers Fertiliser sector set to grow: Qafco CEO special lending Diversification, R&D key for industry rate at 3.99pc

DOHA: Fertiliser indus- America will be the centres of DOHA: Al Khaliji bank (al tries in the Middle East is set population growth hence, ferti- khaliji), has announced offer- to play significant role in the liser industries in the Middle east ing more rewarding special years to come by the virtue of stand to play significant role in lending rates for its premium their geographical location and the years to come by the virtue of customers, said the company easier access to raw materials, their geographical location as well in a press statement yesterday. Khalifa Al Sowaidi, Qafco CEO as easier access to raw materials.” The premium customers and Vice-Chairman said in his Speaking on sustainability, one can now avail mortgages, per- opening address at the just-con- of the key themes of the conven- sonal and auto loans at just 3.99 cluded annual GPCA fertiliser tion, Al Sowaidi said, “Adopting a percent. In addition, al khaliji convention held in Dubai. sustainable approach to fertiliser is the only bank in Qatar to offer This year, the convention production is a fundamental pillar real cash rewards rather than focused on challenges ahead for of the industry’s commitment to points. the industry in ensuring global sustainable agriculture and prod- In maintaining this unique food security. uct stewardship. Efficient produc- way of rewarding premium The world population which is tion of fertilisers via operational banking customers for their projected to increase by almost improvements is key towards loyalty, al khaliji will give up to one billion people within the improving fertiliser performance QR4,000 cash back on taking a next twelve years presents a and efficiency, and in turn sup- personal and/or auto loan and huge challenge before us, he said. porting nutrient efficiency. gold bars worth up to QR30,000 Emphasising on increasing yield At Qafco, through the adoption when taking a mortgage. per hectare, Al Sowaidi said: of state-of-the-art and energy However, these benefits may “With the talks of agricultural efficient technologies, we were not be around for too long, this intensification gaining ground, able to achieve 13 percent reduc- is a limited time offer, said the the road map for our industry’s tion in specific energy consump- company in the statement. future is more or less defined. tion for urea production, which Khalifa Al Sowaidi, Qafco CEO and Vice-Chairman, at the annual GPCA fertiliser convention in Dubai. Premium banking customers Augmenting production, product consequently resulted in reduced can now receive the best value value addition, diversification and carbon emission intensity of our and provide facilities that will pilot plant and appoint a Qafco connecting research with educa- on their loans and mortgages focus on research and develop- products.” benefit many industries in Chair in Energy Systems at the tion for achieving the objectives and continue to benefit from a ment will be the drivers of growth Speaking on Qafco’s collabora- Qatar, such as deployment of College of Engineering (CENG). and priorities for Qatar.” range of banking privileges that in the coming years.” tion with universities of Qatar, DeNOx technology. The com- Through this initiative, we aim Qafco has sponsored 25 stu- are second to none, said the com- On the role of regional fertiliser he said, “Qafco has taken the pany has signed an MoU with to strengthen collaboration dents from Qatar to be part of pany in a press statement. manufacturers, he said, “Parts lead to collaborate in research Qatar University to build and between industry and academia the international convention. These include a choice of Visa of Africa, South East Asia and activities with local universities commission a heat exchanger to enhance the process of THE PENINSULA Platinum or Visa Signature credit cards offering cash back, airport lounge access and zero foreign exchange loadings on overseas transactions, in addi- Qatar International tion to the exceptional personal attention. Court hearing today Total to showcase commitment to HSE Be it the ability to speak to an agent anytime through al khaliji DOHA: The Qatar International DOHA: Total, the French discussions on various issues on Total E&P Qatar’s Health, Emissions Quantification”. contact centre or having a rela- Court will today hear the case energy gaint, is proud to show- Health, Safety, Environment and Safety and Environment Manager, Other experts from Total who tionship manager come to a cus- of Chedid & Associates Qatar case its commitment to Health, Sustainable development issues Mohamed Basser, has been will participate in the conference tomer’s office or home, al khaliji LLC vs Said Bou Ayash. The Safety and Environment (HSE) affecting the oil and gas industry. involved in the programme of the include Yousef Al Jaber, Head of defines doorstep banking. case will be presided over by in Qatar through its sponsor- In addition, Total will showcase exhibition and conference as the Institutional Relations and CSR al khaliji’s premium banking Justices Cullen, Al-Sayed and ship of the 7th Middle East its leading expertise and initia- Chairperson for the Environment in Total E&P Qatar’; Emmanuel proposition has been recognised Robertson. Health, Safety, Environment tives in contribution to safety and committee. He will also be a co- Garland, Senior HSE Adviser at different levels by the Banker The Registrar of the Court, and Sustainable Development environment by setting up its chair in two of the technical pro- at Total who will be a modera- Middle East awards for the last Christopher Grout, has stated Conference and Exhibition to be booth which was designed specifi- gramme sessions, namely ‘How tion in the ‘Best Practices in three consecutive years for offer- that hearings before the Qatar held from September 22-25, said cally for this occasion. to Change Culture to Support Water Management’ session; ing the “Best Premium Banking International Court are ordinarily a press statement yesterday. Total welcomes all visitors to Operations Effectiveness’, and Dominique Copin, a Carbon Service” to affluent and high net held in public and so members of The three-day event to be held its booth where they can engage ‘Safety Culture and Behaviour Capture and Storage Coordinator worth customers. the public are welcome to attend in Qatar National Convention with Total’s top executives, as based Safety”. who will be a panelist in ‘Climate Winning the Industry award to observe proceedings. Centre (QNCC) under the well as learn about Total’s Safety In the environment domain, Change’ session, and delegates which measures banks amongst The hearing is scheduled to patronage of H E Dr Mohamed Culture. Total E&P Qatar’s delegates, Andi from Total E&P Indonesia, Total their peers is a true indica- begin at 10am in the courtroom bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister A number of Total’s delegates Suliono and Hend Hassan, will Abu Kosh will be presenting tion that al khaliji continues to on the 12th Floor of QFC Tower of Energy and Industry. from Qatar and worldwide affili- present a “Comparative Study during the ‘Environmental exceed its preferred customer’s 2. The time estimate for the case It provides a great platform for ates will be participating in the between Manual Calculation and Impact’ session. needs and remains innovative. is 2-3 days. THE PENINSULA professionals to engage in fruitful exhibition and conference. Infrared camera for Fugitive THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

QIB is bank G u l f A i r s e t s r e c o r d i n sponsor for Aug with best results

forum of MANAMA: Gulf Air, the operations to Athens and perma- national carrier of the Kingdom nent schedule increases on flights contractors of Bahrain, recently released its between Bahrain and Cairo (from August 2014 results which, fol- 10 to 12 flights per week), since DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank lowing record summer travel July 23, and between Bahrain and (QIB), Qatar’s leading Islamic demand, reflect a major turna- Kuwait (from 40 to 42 flights per Bank, is to be the official bank round month for the airline week), since July 28 — all catering sponsor of the Qatar Contractors realising an almost break-even to high passenger demand. Forum and the second Annual situation with operating losses Gulf Air’s Summer 2014 sched- Qatar Contractors Awards, to of only BD42,000 and a bottom ule also provided additional flights be held on September 22 to 23 line of only BD200,000 net loss. during the holiday season between at in Qatar. Alongside the dramatically Bahrain and the popular desti- The event is bringing together enhanced financial results for nations of Istanbul, Larnaca, decision makers who are involved the month of August, Bahrain’s Amman, Beirut and Bangkok. with various major projects in national carrier recorded a higher In tandem the airline welcomed Qatar, to discuss the emerging seat factor while also delivering the arrival of its first revamped challenges faced by contrac- 25 percent higher revenue than A330 product in July featuring tors in the country, together last year. fully-flat bed seats in the airline’s with their projects, objectives, The results follow recent posi- Falcon Gold Class, upgraded seats financial requirements, procure- tive developments implemented in Economy Class and a state-of- Officials at the Kawader programme launch in Doha. ment strategies, finding reliable by the airline which saw its net- the-art in-flight-entertainment partners, and analysing funding work enhanced in June of this system throughout. options that will facilitate greater year with the resumption of THE PENINSULA profitability. This important economic forum QFCA, QFBA launch Kawader is taking place at a time when the Qatar is undergoing a large urban DOHA: Qatar Finance and with the right tools and trainings. with enhanced personal develop- renaissance in preparation to host EU, IMF in no mood for Business Academy (QFBA) He also indicated that such pro- ment skills which will drive their the 2022 World Cup, and follow- and Qatar Financial Centre grammes aim at growing Qatar’s growth in the industry. ing Qatar National Vision 2030. Authority (QFCA) have human capital to match the devel- Kawader 2013-2014 helped engi- Where massive investments a Greek debt haircut launched ‘Kawader’ 2014-2015, opment seen in the country’s rap- neer 14 young talented Qataris in Qatar’s infrastructure include the second run of the flagship idly progressing financial sector. to become business leaders. The the construction of the recently ATHENS: Greece’s international creditors have no appetite for programme, said a press state- Addressing the ‘Kawader’ par- alumni currently hold managerial inaugurated Hamad International considering a haircut as a way to lighten its debt load, the head ment yesterday. ticipants, Fahad Zainal, CAO roles in the industry, wherein they Airport, the new Doha port of the European Stability Mechanism, the eurozone’s bailout QFBA is the educational arm of QFCA encouraged them to are already bringing in positive project and the Qatar Railways fund organisation, told Greek Sunday newspaper Realnews. of the QFC Authority developed take advantage of the intern- changes. Unprecedented success project, for the design and con- Athens is anticipating further debt relief measures from its euro- with the intention to create a ship opportunities that the pro- of the programme lead to a huge struction of tunnels and stations zone partners and the International Monetary Fund later this year Qatar-based learning and devel- gramme provides. He emphasised demand by the financial industry, for the initial phase of the Doha after managing to shore up its finances and post a budget surplus opment organisation that delivers that, learning from the industry for ‘Kawader’ 2014-2015 and this Metro. All of these and other before interest payments. “There is no political mood in the EU or pragmatic and innovative finan- experts and adapting industry year QFBA has enrolled 22 young related projects have multiple the IMF for a Greek debt haircut,” ESM’s managing director Klaus cial services education. best practices can prove ben- Qataris who are either in their areas of construction contracts Regling was quoted as saying by the paper. It targets entry-level to senior eficial while practicing different 4th year of university or are fresh estimated to be worth up to Athens has relied on a €240bn EU/IMF financing package since executive professionals, instruct- job roles. ‘Kawader’ programme graduates. $140bn over the next five years. the second half of 2010 to stay afloat. Bailout funding from its euro- ing them in essential financial dis- is an innovative learning initia- QFBA’s CEO, Dr Abdulaziz Al Bassel Gamal, QIB’s Group CEO, zone partners ends in December while IMF aid will run out in the ciplines within the banking, asset tive by QFCA and QFBA, who Horr added: “We are extremely said there are reasons for QIB to first quarter of 2016. Further relief on Greece’s debt, which is seen management, capital markets and believe in investing in the future pleased to have a very capable take on the role of the Official topping 177 percent of economic output this year, is likely to come insurance sectors. of the potential business leaders and dynamic group for ‘Kawader’ Banking Partner of this event. in the form of stretched maturities and reduced interest rates, the Yousuf Al Jaidah, Deputy CEO and decision-makers of Qatar’s 2014-2015. QFBA believes that “QIB is a leading Islamic finan- country’s finance minister told another newspaper, with Athens of QFCA congratulated the par- emerging industry of financial young talented Qataris are the cial institution in Qatar — and building its own funding buffer by tapping markets. ticipants on their selection and services sector. The programme most valuable asset of the country the region as a whole — to provide “(The buffer) is a sum of about €5bn to €7bn ... it’s our secu- encouraged QFBA to continue endeavors to equip participants and we are eager to see the youth Islamic financial solutions for the rity,” Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis was quoted as saying by supporting the participants’ with internationally recognised achieve their full potential.” implementation of large projects,” Sunday’s To Vima. REUTERS career path by providing them professional certifications along THE PENINSULA he said. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 G20 for OECD tax avoidance plan Biggest change in global tax rules in a century to tackle corporates

CAIRNS: OECD chief Angel Gurria yes- companies pay tax in the countries where terday handed the G20 recommendations Leaders aim to ‘change they generate income. They were compiled on the biggest changes to international by 44 countries, including all the G20 mem- tax rules in more than a century in a bid destiny of global economy’ bers, Gurria said. They include proposals on to tackle corporate tax strategies that are closing loopholes that allow for the abuse of costing countries billions. CAIRNS: Finance chiefs from G20 tax treaties and to neutralise the “cash boxes” The secretary-general said the plan, which nations held talks yesterday, confident of multinational businesses kept offshore in seeks to close international loopholes used they can “change the destiny of the global low-tax jurisdictions, which Gurria estimated by multinational firms to avoid paying large economy” despite rising world political at about $2 trillion. They also seek to address amounts of tax, was “the most prominent step tensions and mounting fears of financial the impact of the digital economy on tax. towards the modernisation of the interna- instability. The meeting aims to thrash Multinational firms, including digital giants tional tax system in a hundred years”. out a set of policies to achieve the ambi- such as Apple and Google, have been accused Gurria revealed that global efforts to crack tious goal of raising the total GDP of the by countries of using tax strategies that mini- down on tax avoidance had already identified 20 major world economies by 2 percent mise their payments. “Right now there is a $53bn from voluntary disclosure programmes over the next five years. AFP unifying criteria — everybody needs the money. involving 24 countries over five years, adding We’re short,” Gurria said as he acknowledged that “more will come”. The project “is about the impact of the tax revenue shortfall on tackling aggressive practices which erode endorse the finalised common reporting countries still struggling to recover from the the tax base and artificially shift corporate standard for the automatic exchange of infor- global financial crisis. profits to low- or no-tax jurisdictions”, he mation between countries on tax issues today. Hockey added that it was “absolutely essen- said at the G20 meeting of finance ministers “This will allow us to identify offshore income tial” for the tax reform measures to be on the and central bankers in the Australian city of multinationals and high-wealth individuals, agenda of G20 leaders at their November sum- of Cairns. “These are places where there is so there will be nowhere to hide,” Hockey said. mit in Brisbane. “Going after the tax cheats no link between the profit generated and the Some countries, including Australia, are set can be politically very difficult in some coun- underlying value-creating activity.” to implement the reporting standard in 2017, tries, so we want to give everyone air cover for Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey, who is while others will start in 2018. going after the tax cheats,” he said. chairing the G20 meeting, said finance min- Australian Tax Office commissioner Chris Business leaders from the G20 countries isters had agreed to tackle base erosion and Jordan said his country raised Aus$480m — known as the B20 — said they “strongly profit-shifting “to make sure companies pay ($429m) in additional tax revenue last year support” the OECD plan, and that “profits their fair share of tax”. “We have also agreed from the exchange of information. should be paid in the countries where income to increase transparency and crack down on The first recommendations of the Base is earned”. “We all want tax policies to operate Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman tax evasion,” he said in a statement. Erosion and Profit Shifting Project (BEPS) on a level playing field,” B20 Australia chair (left) speaks with US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen at the G20 He added that G20 nations were set to has seven goals that would help to ensure Richard Goyder said yesterday. AFP Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Cairns yesterday.

Nissan USA aims to keep electric battery production Court dismisses Citibank appeal WASHINGTON: Japanese commitment continues for the plants in England and the United the company’s founder billionaire Francisco and Seattle. automaker Nissan is dismiss- foreseeable future, and we have States in order to instead pur- Elon Musk. Parman noted the Nissan has helped install more ing speculation that it intends not taken any decision whatso- chase electric vehicle batteries Nissan Leaf is the best-selling than 650 quick chargers in mar- in Argentine row to scale back electric car bat- ever to modify battery sourcing from the Korean company LG electric vehicle in the US, hav- kets across the US, and Nissan tery production at its US plant allocation.” Chem. The speculation about ing set records for 18 consecutive is working with partners on 500 NEW YORK: A US court on in Tennessee. Parman said Nissan has no Nissan’s cutbacks circulated as months. Leaf sales are up 34 per- additional chargers over the next Friday dismissed an appeal by Nissan’s ambitious electric plans to “impair” its battery Tesla, the electric vehicle maker cent through August. In addition, year, Parman said. Citibank and Argentina to let vehicle programme has been investments in the United States based in Palo Alto, outside San electric-powered Leaf sales have Nissan has also announced the country make payments on a signature initiative of Carlos or Britain. Francisco, joins with Panasonic to topped 3,000 units in three of the plans for introducing for a bat- debt tied up in a bitter legal bat- Ghosn, the chief executive at His comments came after build a new $5bn battery factory last four months, Parman said. tery electric cargo van in the US. tle with hedge funds. both Renault and Nissan. “The media reports suggested that the in Nevada set to build 500,000 Nissan is promoting the Leaf The Nissan battery plant in The Federal Appeals Court Renault-Nissan Alliance remains Renault-Nissan alliance was re- batteries a year by 2020. through a “No Charge to Charge” Smyrna. opened in the spring for the Second Circuit ruled it 100 percent committed to its evaluating its battery strategy. Tesla currently sells about 1,500 incentive offering two years of no- of 2013 and is the largest Li-ion did not have jurisdiction in the industry-leading EV programme,” The proposal under considera- vehicles per month but has new cost charging to new Leaf buy- automotive battery plant North case and sent the appellants spokesman Travis Parman said tion includes curtailing produc- smaller, less expensive models on ers, in 11 key markets around America and the only plant con- back to New York District Judge in a statement. “This global tion at Nissan-operated battery the drawing board, according to the US such as Los Angeles, San trolled by a carmaker. AFP Thomas Griesa, who has blocked Argentina from servicing its restructured debt until it settles its $1.3bn dispute with the two US hedge funds. The acrimonious court battle Air France pilots extend Hyundai directors kept in dark on has forced Argentina to default on its debt for the second time in 13 years, after Griesa blocked it from paying creditors who agreed strike until September 26 size of record $10bn land bid to take huge losses on their bonds until it pays the hedge funds in PARIS: Air France pilots have with management. Air France SEOUL: Hyundai Motor and headquarters complex, hotel and “I think it’s worth it,” he said. full. Citibank was caught up in the voted to extend their week-long said on Friday it expected to oper- two listed affiliates did not seek automotive theme park, the bid Hyundai Motor, headed by row when Griesa expanded his strike over cost cuts and plans ate 45 percent of its flights, based board clearance for the size of price was not shared with directors 76-year-old Chung Mong-koo, initial payment freeze to include for the company’s Transavia on an estimated 60 percent of the their record $10bn bid for a plot as it was deemed to be confidential, declined to comment on board level bonds issued under Argentine law. unit by a further four days until pilots walking out. The situation of land in Seoul, more than tri- three of the directors said. decision-making behind its bid, and That is the portion of September 26, the head of the is expected to worsen today, with ple its appraised value, four board The Hyundai Motor and Kia also said it had not yet decided how Argentina’s debt for which SNPL union said yesterday. just 38 percent of flights going members of the companies said. Motors boards unanimously the purchase price would be divided Citibank is the payment agent. More than four-fifths of the 74 ahead — the lowest level since the Thursday’s winning bid for the approved making a bid for the among the three companies. The three appeals court judges percent of pilots who took part strike began on Monday — and 65 land sent shares in Hyundai Motor, KEPCO land, two directors said. In sealed bidding, Hyundai ruled the change-up was beyond in the ballot agreed to pursue percent of pilots walking out. Kia Motors and Hyundai Mobis “The price was top secret, so it was Motor Group won the auction by their purview. the industrial action beyond the The pilots are protesting over plunging, wiping out $8bn in share- not something we discussed at the a “a wide margin”, said an official “We decline to find jurisdiction current deadline tomorrow, said Air France’s plans to expand holder value, and sparked howls of meeting,” said one. “The intangi- with the seller, KEPCO. The other because the order appealed from Jean-Louis Barber, head of the the low-cost operations of its protest from investors, rekindling ble benefits go beyond the appraisal bidder, Samsung Electronics, has is a clarification, not a modifica- Air France section of the SNPL. Transavia brand by setting up worries about corporate govern- price of the land.” Another director not said how much it bid, but media tion, of the amended February “It could continue even further foreign bases as it seeks to fight ance at South Korea’s conglomer- said its board heard and discussed reports put it in the $4-$5bn range. 23, 2012 order,” they said in their (beyond September 26), given the back against fierce competition ates, or chaebol. information about the appraisal Hyundai had long made clear it ruling. “However, nothing in very strong mandate,” Barber from budget carriers. The expan- While boards of the three firms price of the KEPCO land and the coveted the 79,342 sqm site, the last this court’s order is intended to added, calling for a meeting with sion is part of a new strategic discussed and approved bidding value of nearby buildings. “Hyundai big piece of land available for devel- preclude Citibank from seeking French Prime Minister Manuel plan unveiled this month aimed for the plot in the capital’s high- has many grand ideas around the opment in the prestigious southern further relief from the district Valls to help resolve the conflict at boosting earnings. REUTERS end Gangnam district to house a KEPCO land,” he said. Gangnam district. REUTERS court.” AFP

Wangjing SOHO opens

A woman in front of Wangjing SOHO, on the opening day of the compound, in Beijing, yesterday. Wangjing SOHO, the latest commercial real estate project completed by SOHO China, is designed by Pritzker Prize winner Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. The compound is comprised of three towers, the tallest of which reaches 200 metres. SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Exxon halts drilling as Putin at RusVinyl plant sanctions hit Russia Companies have until September 26 to stop work

WASHINGTON: Exxon Mobil Friday without elaborating. other major oil companies, includ- said it will wind down drilling “Following the short time ing BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell. in Russia’s Arctic in the face of extension, the licence is non- An analyst said the move US sanctions targeting Western renewable and no further work showed the Obama administra- cooperation with Moscow’s is permitted,” Exxon spokesman tion’s willingness to tailor sanc- oil sector, after the Obama Richard Keil said. tions to accommodate challenges administration granted a brief In July, Exxon began moving associated with complicated busi- extension to safely mothball its a rig called West Alpha from ness projects in Russia. operations. Norway to the Russian Arctic. “The flexibility it demonstrates Washington extended sanc- The company is hoping for a offers serious relief to inter- tions on Russia last week over its major crude discovery in the national oil and gas companies aggression in Ukraine. The new Kara Sea with Russian state oil concerned about the reach and measures seek to stop billions company Rosneft, with which it effect of tough US sanctions,” said of dollars worth of cooperation signed a $3.2bn agreement in 2011 Elizabeth Rosenberg, who worked between Western and Russian to develop the region. on sanctions at the Treasury energy companies on oil drilling Exxon said the Treasury Department and now heads the in Russia’s Arctic, in Siberia and granted a licence to it and other energy programme at the Center offshore. Companies have until US contractors and individuals for a New American Security. September 26 to stop the work. involved with the University-1 The US sanctions seek to slow The US Treasury Department well, where the rig was drilling, Russia’s future oil production by gave Exxon a short extension to “to enable the safe and responsi- banning US and European Union wind down a rig, beyond the 14 ble winding down of operations” cooperation on all energy services days outlined in the sanctions, related to the well. and technology in Russia’s uncon- Russian President Vladimir Putin (third left) at a launching ceremony of a RusVinyl LLC plant in Nizhny the Texas-based oil major said on The sanctions could affect ventional oil fields. REUTERS Novgorod region. RusVinyl LLC is a Russian-Belgian joint venture created for the construction and operation of a Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) integrated plant in Nizhny Novgorod region. France dodges rating downgrade, for now Moody’s confirms Britain’s PARIS: Moody’s spared France deficit had prompted speculation Breaking the latest of many five-year bonds also drew record ‘Aa1’ rating after vote result a fresh downgrade of its debt among economists and in the promises to EU partners, lows. “French debt is among the rating even though Paris has press that a downgrade was all President Francois Hollande’s safest and the most liquid in the WASHINGTON: Ratings Moody’s said a ‘yes’ vote for overrun its deficit targets, but inevitable. Socialist government said last euro one. It has a solid and deep agency Moody’s confirmed independence on Thursday would warning the outlook was nega- “Moody’s would likely down- week that it would not be able to investor base,” French Finance Britain’s credit rating at “Aa1”, not have significantly changed tive in light of difficulties push- grade France’s government debt cut its public deficit as soon as Minister Michel Sapin said in saying that Scotland’s rejection Britain’s credit profile. ing through reforms. rating if the rating agency’s confi- planned because of weak growth a statement. “This investor of independence has preserved According to the ratings firm, Moody’s kept its rating on dence in the government’s ability and low inflation. Largely flagged confidence is fed by a coherent the strengths of the coun- the promises made by the govern- French bonds at Aa1, the second- to undertake the necessary fiscal by the government in advance, the economic strategy, which the gov- try’s institutions and financial ment to confer more powers to highest level in its scale, saying consolidation measures and struc- announcement has done little to ernment intends to pursue with system. the four nations that make up the the size and wealth of the euro- tural economic reforms were to dent investor demand for French determination,” he added. “Moody’s decision to affirm the United Kingdom will not affect zone’s second-biggest economy, decline further,” it said in a state- debt, with expectations of further The government is hoping UK’s rating follows the outcome the outlook for one of the world’s coupled with its currently ultra- ment. “Further deterioration in ECB easing helping to keep yields to revive growth with plans to of the referendum on Scottish most credit-worthy countries. low borrowing costs, justified the government’s fiscal metrics low on all eurozone government phase out $38.48bn in payroll tax independence, which maintains Moody’s said it was keeping keeping the rating for now. beyond the rating agency’s cur- bonds. on companies over three years the 307-year-old union, thereby Britain’s outlook stable, sug- The government’s admission rent expectations would also France sold two-year bonds on while wringing 50 billion euros preserving the country’s current gesting that it did not expect to last week that it would take likely lead to a downgrade of the Thursday with yields fractionally in savings from the budget over institutional and fiscal frame- change the rating in the coming longer than planned to cut its rating,” Moody’s added. above zero, at 0.01 percent, and its the period. REUTERS work,” the company said. months. AFP

Apple CEO Tim Cook (centre) takes a selfie photo with people waiting in line to buy the new iPhone 6 at an Apple Store on Friday in Palo Alto, California. Some consumers say Apple is losing its ‘cool’ factor

SAN FRANCISCO: Holly 8-13 and had a margin of error of politics, with battling Democrats Riggle, a 29-year-old white-col- 2.9 percent. and Republicans, said Rob Janoff, lar worker from Ohio, is just the When questioned on how they the designer of the Apple logo kind of everyday customer Apple perceive five popular technology and an independent branding and Inc would love to have for its brands — Apple, Android, Microsoft design expert based in Chicago. new iPhone 6, which launched on Corp, Dell Inc and Hewlett-Packard “You can’t carry that magic for- Friday. Co — respondents gave the high- ever,” Janoff said, but that does not But Riggle is sticking to her est coolness factor rating to the mean consumers should dismiss Android smartphone, calling Android brand, which includes mature brands. Apple less “original” than it was devices such as Samsung and oth- Last year when it launched its under former Chief Executive ers that run on Google Inc’s mobile previous version of the iPhone, Officer Steve Jobs. She is one of operating software. About 50 per- Apple sold 9 million iPhone 5Ss and the 16 percent of respondents in a cent said that in the last one to 5Cs in the first three days in stores. Reuters/Ipsos poll who said Apple two years, the Android brand had But drawing a comparison with the had become somewhat or much less grown cooler, compared with 48 iPhone 6 is tricky as sales are based cool in the last two years. percent who voted for Apple. on availability, and Apple has not By comparison, some 11 percent Although the poll is based on shared comparable details. Also, of respondents said that Android a limited sample, it reflects how this time the iPhone is not launch- had lost some sheen in the same Android products, which tend to be ing in China on Friday, unlike last timeframe. In a similar poll a year less expensive, have caused Apple to time, Shannon Cross, an analyst ago, 14.3 percent of 1,379 people shed some of its buzz. with Cross Research, explained. surveyed thought Apple had lost “Especially when you have com- Many customers will need to its cool image between 2011 and petitors who are doing a lot of inno- wait until next month for their 2012. While still a juggernaut, with vative things themselves and great new iPhones after Apple logged analysts expecting sales of around advertising, it’s not surprising that a record 4 million first-day pre- 9 million iPhone 6s in its launch Apple doesn’t have the same cachet orders, double the number for the weekend, Apple may be losing some and coolness that it once did,” said iPhone 5 two years ago. Errand- of its shine, according to the poll. Kevin Lane Keller, a branding service TaskRabbit, said about 550 More Americans feel that Apple expert and professor at Dartmouth people in the US and London have has lost its “coolness” quotient than College’s Tuck School of Business. hired individuals at $25 an hour to has the Android brand, according The mobile phone wars stand in line at Apple stores to grab to the poll, conducted September have become a lot like the new iPhone. REUTERS SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Excitement on Alibaba’s After buying own Internet, debut, but also red flags what’s next for the 1pc? BY DREW HARWELL BY JESS ZIMMERMAN pinkos don’t want rich people to have bet- haven. For going on a generation now, we he Alibaba Group, China’s e-commerce powerhouse, ter Internet. have insisted upon a place where accidents made history Friday when it raised more than $21bn in n one of the best moments of the gen- Well, it’s too late. Rich people already have of birth and fortune are smoothed out. On a record-breaking stock market debut. So what exactly ius webcomic Achewood, occasional better Internet. Mercifully, cable modems the Internet, nobody knows you’re a pedi- Tdid investors buy? protagonist Ray – a Scottish Fold cat are fairly common these days – remember greed dog. Maybe it’s not a completely equal- A piece of a Caribbean-based holding company with tenuous who is also a wealthy playboy – goes on when the best you could afford was DSL? opportunity utopia, since there are still ties to the actual firm. An ownership stake that’s overshadowed eBay while high and impulsively types, – so for now, the rich don’t necessarily get potentially costly barriers to entry (com- by the powers granted to a small group of insiders. And poten- Iin the search bar, What’s the best thing you faster Internet. But they do get Internet puter, ISP), but it is at least supposed to be tial future conflicts with Chinese regulators, who are notoriously got? The screen blinks, then lights up with Platinum Reserve. free of the most restrictive forms of elitism. hard to predict. the message “Welcome to eBay Platinum The rich have better dating sites, like The truth is, money gets you better eve- The red flags surrounding Alibaba, now the world’s largest Reserve.” The League, an invite-only dating app for rything, and always has. Better education, retailer, did little to temper investor excitement for a firm now “Congratulations. By thinking like the “successful” people that’s basically snobby better Internet, better Keith Moon’s head bigger than Facebook, Disney and Amazon.com. world’s greatest, you have unlocked a wealth Tinder. The rich have better Facebook; in a jar. Even if it isn’t that much better, “The company has all the magic words that make investors of incredible opportunities,” the message the new social network Netropolitan costs at least it’s separate, and strictly reserved and brokers salivate, which are ‘Chinese exposure,’ ‘the next continues. These are, to be specific, pur- $6,000 to sign up plus $3,000 a year, and for you. Steve Jobs’ and ‘Internet,’ “ said Andrew Stoltmann, a Chicago chasing opportunities. Purchasing oppor- is specifically geared towards “people with This is why we need net neutrality: securities attorney. “But we’re talking about a relatively young tunities that, as it turns out, include the more money than time”. Netropolitan, because the net is not and never has been company that has just gone public, that is heavily subjected to actual Airwolf helicopter ($20bn) and Keith which was just announced this week, seems neutral. Income inequality is baked into the waning Chinese economy, that has a horrifically bad manage- Moon’s head in a jar ($4.7bn, “eyes may close like a particularly egregious example. It’s it, the same way it’s baked into everything ment structure . . . and that is now officially in the crosshairs of in transit – there is no technology to guard not even clear what, functionally, this new else; there’s nothing special about this series Amazon, Google and some of the biggest companies in the world.” against this”). It’s an entire hidden eBay, social network has over Facebook, other of tubes that makes it immune to capital- There’s plenty to love about Alibaba. It’s growing quickly. It’s accessible only by password – and the pass- than allowing members to converse about ism. Profit is, in fact, its guiding spirit. ambitious. It’s hyper-profitable. Most of the people online in China word is the grasping entitlement of the rich. “everything from fine wines to classic cars Maintaining net neutrality is like main- use its marketplaces, and most of the stuff they buy goes through Proponents of net neutrality worry about to vacation destination recommendations” taining the public school system; it’s a tiny, its sites. this happening for real. Or at least they What’s next: Richipedia? Reddit for rich feeble kick against the elitism that shapes For Western investors, it’s one of the most visible ways they can worry about a future in which a small hand- people, with karma replaced by gold bullion? our lives. It means that, even if you’ll never bet on the explosive boom of China’s strengthening middle class. ful of monopoly-happy telecoms are able to Words with Rich People? Maybe there’s get access to the secret rooms of the wealthy, Alibaba’s shares soared to $93.89 at closing Friday, 38 percent throttle access to any website that doesn’t business to be done in lolcat dressage or you’ll get something. Corporations won’t be higher than the company’s initial stock price. make them money or provide lower-paying custom-painted animated GIFs. Or 4chan able to hold information hostage until you But the worries with Alibaba start at the highest level, in its customers with slowed and restricted serv- could offer the option to pay a huge lump pay. Like public schools, a neutral Internet top-heavy leadership structure. Under Alibaba’s “dual class” sys- ice. Net neutrality boosters want govern- sum and get a cruel hoax invented just for acknowledges that information is the best tem, founder Jack Ma and his top partners control the company ment regulation to dictate that all sites and you. currency some of us are going to get. and its board of directors, even though they own only a tiny slice customers get the same treatment, rather If Internet Platinum Reserve is surpris- But it won’t buy you that Airwolf chopper. of the company’s shares. Unlike in a traditional “one share, one than splitting the web into “slow lanes” and ing, that’s only because we’ve been trying For that, you’re on your own. vote” policy, outside shareholders would have little influence and “fast lanes” along financial lines. Internet to fool ourselves that the web is a populist THE GUARDIAN could be easily overruled, no matter how much they’ve invested. It’s not just that shareholders won’t have an influential own- ership stake in Alibaba. They won’t even really have ownership. Investors aren’t really buying shares in Alibaba, they’re buying shares in a Cayman Islands-based “variable interest entity,” a kind of shell company Chinese firms use to get around the country’s strict rules on foreign ownership. Chinese government regulators have tolerated the loophole. But they could just as easily close it, too, by revoking the busi- ness licenses of Alibaba’s subsidiaries or restricting the group’s operations, analysts said. Ma, the group’s gregarious billionaire founder, is well-liked, but he has stumbled in the 15 years since founding the company from his small apartment. Analysts have questioned the firm’s recent tech buying sprees. And Ma’s $192m surprise investment earlier this year in a popular Chinese soccer team, which he agreed to after a night of drinking with a fellow billionaire, didn’t help. One of Alibaba’s biggest snags centred around Alipay, its fast- growing payment service, which Ma split from the rest of the company in 2011 and moved to a firm that he controlled. Done without board approval, the move enraged two of Alibaba’s biggest investors, Web giant Yahoo and Japanese telecom powerhouse SoftBank. The three firms later negotiated a settlement, but analysts said their trust was weakened. Analysts at Morningstar, which liked a lot about Alibaba’s performance, nonetheless said the firm had “high uncertainty and poor stewardship.” Alibaba will likely face even more growing pains as it pushes to enter retail markets in Europe and the United States, where it will confront fierce competition from the tech world’s most established players. Analysts said Alibaba will need to spend more on new technology, marketing, employees and other expensive proposi- tions that could cut into its earnings and hurt its bottom line. “Trust us. Trust us the market, trust the young people, trust the new technology. The world is getting more transparent. Everything you worried about, I’ve been worried about for the past 15 years,” Ma told CNBC on the floor of the NYSE. “When you trust, everything is simple. If you don’t trust, everything gets complicated.” All companies face obstacles, and Alibaba will have more resources to deal with them than most. But when asked Friday about how investors should cope with Alibaba’s risks, Ma instructed shareholders to take solace in something that was much less con- crete: “Trust.” WP-BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Financial markets seem to be in a world of their own

BY MOHAMED EL ERIAN advanced-country monetary proposed a grand policy bargain policymakers and politicians, deflation. Systemically important increase dividends and buy back policy cohesion is giving way to to European governments: if they has highlighted concerns about emerging economies are also sub- shares, and then to pursue merg- his has been an unu- a multitrack system, with the implement structural reforms the risk of increased financial ject to considerable uncertainty. ers and acquisitions at a rate last sual year for the global European Central Bank stepping and improve fiscal flexibility, the instability and rising inequality Brazil’s presidential election in seen in 2007. economy, characterised harder on the stimulus accelera- central bank will expand its bal- – both of which could undermine October will determine whether The question is whether com- Tby a series of unantici- tor, while the US Federal Reserve ance sheet to boost growth and America’s already weak economic the country makes progress panies also will finally devote pated economic, geopolitical, and eases off. These factors are send- thwart deflation. recovery. toward a new, more sustain- more cash to new investments in market shifts – and the final ing the global economy into the The ECB is the central bank Complicating matters further able growth model or becomes plant, equipment, and people – a quarter is likely to be no differ- final quarter of the year encum- for the euro and administers are the US congressional elections more deeply mired in a largely key source of support for the glo- ent. How these shifts ultimately bered by profound uncertainty in monetary policy of the Eurozone, in November. Given the likelihood exhausted economic strategy bal economy. play out will have a major impact several areas. which consists of 18 EU member that the Republicans will continue that reinforces its stagflationary This is a rather weighty list on the effectiveness of govern- Looming particularly large over states and is one of the largest to control at least one house of tendencies. of questions. Yet financial-mar- ment policies – and much more. the next few months are escalat- currency areas in the world. It is Congress, Barack Obama’s policy In India, the question is ket participants have largely So why have financial markets ing geopolitical conflicts that are one of the world’s most important flexibility will probably remain whether the recently elected bypassed them, brushing aside been behaving as if they were in nearing a tipping point, beyond central banks and is one of the severely constrained – unless, prime minister, Narendra today’s major risks and ignoring a world of their own? which lies the spectre of serious seven institutions of the European of course, the White House and Modi, will move decisively to the potential volatility that they Apparently unfazed by disap- systemic disruptions in the global Union (EU) listed in the Treaty Congress finally find a way to fulfil voters’ high expectations imply. pointing growth in both advanced economy. on European Union (TEU). work together. for economic reform before his Instead, financial investors and emerging economies, or by This is particularly true in If member states do not uphold Meanwhile, in Japan, the pri- post-victory honeymoon is over. have trusted in the steadfast sup- surging geopolitical tensions in Ukraine, where, despite the cur- their end of the bargain, the ECB vate sector’s patience with the And China will have to mitigate port of central banks, confident eastern Europe and the Middle rent ceasefire, Russia and the will find it difficult to carry the three-pronged strategy of Japan’s financial risks if it hopes to avoid that the monetary authorities will East, equity markets have set west have yet to find a way to ease policy burden effectively – expos- prime minister, Shinzo Abe, to a hard landing. eventually succeed in transform- record after record this year. tensions definitively. Without a ing it to criticism and political reinvigorate the long-stagnant The final source of uncer- ing policy-induced growth into This impressive rally has breakthrough, the inevitable new pressure. economy – so-called “Abenomics” tainty is the corporate sector. So genuine growth. And, of course, ignored a host of historical rela- round of sanctions and counter- Across the Atlantic, the Fed – will be tested, particularly with far this year, healthy companies they have benefited considerably tionships, including the long- sanctions is likely to push Russia is set to complete its exit from regard to the long-awaited imple- have slowly been loosening their from the deployment of corporate established correlation between and Europe into recession, damp- quantitative easing (QE) – its pol- mentation of structural reforms purse strings – a notable depar- cash. the performance of stocks and ening global economic activity. icy of large-scale asset purchases to complement fiscal stimulus and ture from the risk-averse behav- In the next few months, the government bonds. In fact, cor- Even without such compli- – in the next few weeks, leaving it monetary easing. iour that has prevailed since the buoyant optimism pervading relations among a number of cations, invigorating Europe’s completely dependent on interest If the third “arrow” of global financial crisis. financial markets may prove to different financial-asset classes increasingly sluggish economic rates and forward policy guidance Abenomics fails to materialise, Indeed, an increasing number be justified. Unfortunately, it is have behaved in an atypical and, recovery will be no easy feat. In to boost the economy. investors’ risk aversion will rise of firms have started to deploy more likely that investors’ outlook at times, unstable manner. order to kick-start progress, the The withdrawal of QE, beyond yet again, hampering efforts the massive stocks of cash held is excessively rosy. Meanwhile, on the policy front, ECB president, Mario Draghi, has being unpopular among some to stimulate growth and avoid on their balance sheets, first to THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday UK inflation rate dips China industrial production growth slumps to six-year low unexpectedly in August German economic outlook LONDON: The UK’s inflation weakens BEIJING: China’s economic engine rate dipped unexpectedly in sputtered in August as industrial Japan logs trade deficit for MANNHEIM: The German US inflation gauge falls for first August, suggesting the Bank of production growth slowed to its 26th month in a row economic outlook weakened in lowest level since the 2008 global time since 2013 England will be in no hurry to September, a survey of financial TOKYO: Japan logged a 948.5 financial crisis, according to data raise interest rates even though analysts released Tuesday showed, billion yen ($8.7 billion) trade WASHINGTON: Consumer prices released Saturday, increasing the fell in August, the first monthly the economy is growing at a suggesting that uncertainty over deficit in August, the 26th solid rate, official data showed the eurozone economy and the chance that Beijing will step up straight month of red ink, as slack decline for the inflation measure stimulus measures to bolster the since April 2013, a reading that on Tuesday. effect of sanctions on Russia demand from China and the U.S. continues to weigh on sentiment. world’s second-largest economy. could lend support to some Federal stymied exports, the Finance Reserve policy makers who are Ministry said. seeking to move slowly in lifting ultra-low interest rates. India’s export growth continues to slow Brazil’s real falls to seven-month NEW DELHI: India’s merchandise low on concern over Fed rate exports grew a modest 2.35pc in RIO DE JANEIRO: The real fell to a August, the slowest rate in five seven-month low a day after the US months, the Trade Ministry said, Federal Reserve supported the dollar SA’S August inflation raising uncertainty about the by raising its forecast for interest quickens to 6.4pc strength of the country’s economic rates as investors awaited the results JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s rebound. of a new Brazilian presidential poll. headline consumer inflation New Zealand’s GDP growth quickened to 6.4 percent year- above estimates in Q2 on-year in August, above market WILLINGTON: New Zealand’s expectations of 6.2 percent and Growth Domestic Product (GDP) compared with 6.3 percent in July. grew 0.7pc in the second quarter However on a month-on-month of this year compared with 1.0pc in basis CPI slowed to 0.4 percent the previous three months, and the from 0.8 percent in July. reading topped analysts’ estimates of 0.6pc. Moreover, NZ Bureau of Statistics said that business services rose 4.2pc between April and June, which helped to offset the 2.8pc fall in forestry and fishing.

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Smith leads in Eldest captain Watson seeks Malaysia after sick Lahiri stumbles

Ryder Cup redemption for US KUALA LUMPUR: Australian Cameron Smith will take a one shot lead into the final round The 65-year-old hopes his team will bounce back from Medinah setback of the Asian Tour’s Selangor Masters after benefiting from a Saturday meltdown by a poorly EDINBURGH: Tom Watson, just a hole in my stomach, after Anirban Lahiri. the oldest captain in Ryder Cup our defeat at Medinah,” Watson The 27-year-old Indian led by history at age 65, will serve as said. two from Smith before yesterday’s an inspirational leader for a “I don’t think there’s going to third round on the outskirts of United States golf team seeking be much motivation necessary, the Malaysian capital but had a redemption at this year’s Ryder maybe just a word or two about tough day with a stomach bug, Cup. we don’t want this to happen compounded by finishing with two Watson, who came within a again will maybe carry them over double bogeys for a five-over-par shot of a stunning triumph at the hump and they may make a 76. age 59 in the 2009 British Open few more putts when they need That dropped him down into a at Turnberry, captained the most to.” US Ryder Cup tie for seventh on five-under for recent US Ryder Cup victory on Watson, an eight-time major Captain Tom the $400,000 event, three behind European soil in 1993. champion and five-time British Watson poses with Smith who also struggled over US player Jordan Spieth was Open winner, will surpass the the Ryder Cup in the closing holes, dropping three two months old when Watson Ryder Cup captaincy age mark New York, in this shots from the 15th in his level guided the Americans to that of John Henry Taylor, who led the September 3, 2014 par round of 71. victory at the Belfry in England. British side to victory in 1933 at file photo. The 21-year-old Smith, who But the Americans have lost age 62. only turned professional last seven of the nine trophy matchups And Watson confronts the age year, is eight-under for his three with Europe since then, including question by citing the experience rounds, one clear of Thai duo a 14 1/2-13 1/2 heartbreaker at he has with winning in Europe. Chapchai Nirat (69) and Sattaya Medinah in 2012 thanks to a last- “To have that respect and the Supupramai (68). day singles rally by the visitors. trust from the players that we Smith said he would be working Watson will try to fan the know what’s going on, can help on his putting before today’s final flames of that frustration into them, the age difference actu- round as he looks to close out a motivation when the US team, ally it’s kind of like a professor,” first win on the Asian Tour. including seven members of the Watson said. “You go to learn “I played pretty good but it 2012 lineup, tries to reclaim the from a professor. He’s been there. was a disappointing finish. It Cup at Gleneagles, Scotland. He knows. He has the experience. says of Scotland. “The Scottish that Tom has made to get to know when Bishop called and had him was pretty tough out there and I “My job as a captain is to He has the knowledge.” people, they are knowledgeable. the players, play with the players,” call back later that same day. didn’t putt that well ... no one to inspire them if I can and the One thing Watson knows is They understand the game and of Bishop said. “I was waiting for about 20 blame except myself. I’m going to motivation is there, I can tell you Scotland, a land he loves and course they are going to be very “At times he’s beaten some of years to get the call,” Watson said. relax,” the Brisbane resident said. without hesitation,” Watson said. whose fans love him. Expect partisan. We know that.” our players at these events. But Watson, who ranks sixth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit “That was a hard loss for the Watson to receive cheers even PGA of America president Ted I think that gives him a great all-time major win list, won the leader David Lipsky fired a 69 American players and it still as the American team will face Bishop says Watson has made an amount of credibility with the 1977 and 1981 Masters, the 1982 to move up into a tie for fourth sticks with a lot of them. They spectators who are clearly against impression upon his players in the players and we are certainly very US Open and the British Open in alongside Australian Jake want to make amends for what them. past year. confident of his ability to lead our 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983. He Higginbottom (71) and Taiwan’s happened at Medinah two years “I love it there. I love the way “What has impressed me more team.” was elected to the World Golf Hall Hung Chien-yao, who fired a best ago. “It left a pit in my stomach, they love the game,” Watson than anything has been the effort Watson was on a hunting trip of Fame in 1988. AFP of the day 67. REUTERS

Paula Reto of South Africa LPGA: Reto leads at Yokohama event plays a shot on the fifth PRATTVILLE, United a couple close, so that was nice, Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn that was really nice,” Reto said. hole during States: South Africa’s Paula got the momentum going pretty (69). “Just trying to stay patient and the second Reto fired a six-under 66 to early,” Reto said. Jane Park (70), Christina Kim not think too much, just simple round of the take a three-shot lead over Hur South Korea’s Hur carded a (71) and Cydney Clanton (72) are things.” AFP Yokohama Mi-Jung after 36 holes of the two-under 70 and is alone in tied for seventh at six-under 138. Tire LPGA LPGA Tour’s Yokohama Tire second place at minus-10. World Reto began her Friday round LPGA Scores Classic at the Classic on yesterday. number one Stacy Lewis managed on the back nine. She made birdie Leading scores yesterday after Robert Trent Tour rookie Reto completed the a 71 and is alone in third at nine- at the fourth hole and another at the second round of the LPGA Jones Golf first two rounds at the Capitol Hill under 135. Lewis and Hur shared the sixth. Tour’s Yokohama Tire Classic Trail at Capitol Golf Club course at 13-under-par. the first round lead on Thursday. However, she gave one back by (par 72, USA unless noted): Hill Senator Her 131 total matched the tourna- American Sydnee Michaels making bogey on the par-three 131 Paula Reto (RSA) 65-66 ment’s 36-hole record that Stacy fired a seven-under 65, the low seventh. Reto made amends for Course 134 Mi Jung Hur (KOR) 64-70 yesterday Prammanasudh set in 2007. round of the day yesterday to that error with a birdie on the 135 Stacy Lewis 64-71 in Prattville, “I was just really patient with vault into a tie for fourth at ninth, her last hole of the day. 137 Sydnee Michaels 72-65, Alison Walshe Alabama. myself. I hit a couple good irons seven under. Michaels was joined “It was nice to birdie the last especially early in the round. I hit there by Alison Walshe (68) and hole yesterday as well as today, 69-68, Moriya Jutanugarn (THA) 68-69 Philadelphia’s Giroux out Dodgers outsmart Cubs to take for weeks after injury

PHILADELPHIA: little time jumping onto the ice at play-off spot; Tigers rout Royals Philadelphia Flyers’ captain Consol Energy Center. He skated Claude Giroux will miss approx- for about 50 minutes. imately two weeks with a lower- “I’m just happy to hear (I could NEW YORK: Left-hander body injury sustained yesterday. practice), and hopefully I can put Clayton Kershaw became the General manager Ron Hextall a string of days here (together),” first 20-game winner of the sea- said Giroux left the ice about 15 Crosby said. “(The injury was son in the major leagues and minutes into the team’s first prac- caused by) just working out the helped Los Angeles clinch a spot tice of training camp. last couple days. Hopefully it’s not in the play-offs as the Dodgers “We don’t want to start camp anything I have to miss any time beat the Chicago Cubs. Los Angeles like that but what are you going with. Kershaw (20-3) picked up his Dodgers’ Clayton to do?” Hextall said. “We’ll bat- Crosby led the league with 104 sixth straight win and reached Kershaw (right) high- tle through and be the best we points in 80 games last season. 20 victories for the second time fives AJ Ellis after can be.” Spurred on by the injury to since 2011. Since June 2, he’s 16-1 Ellis hit a two-run Giroux, the Flyers’ leading goaltender Josh Harding, the with two no-decisions, including home run during the scorer in 2013-14 with 86 points in Minnesota Wild signed restricted a no-hitter on June 18 against first inning against 82 games, was also a Hart Trophy free-agent goalie Darcy Kuemper Colorado. the Chicago Cubs finalist for the first time in his to a two-year contract with a Los Angeles (88-66) secured a at Wrigley Field career. reported cap hit of $1.25 million postseason berth for the fifth time Pittsburgh Penguins star center per season. in nine seasons. yesterday in Chicago. and reigning most valuable player In addition, it was reported Kershaw gave up three runs Sidney Crosby participated in the that Harding was suspended by in the first inning before he set- Pittsburgh Penguins’ practice, a the Wild without pay while he tled down and held Chicago to day after it was announced he misses time with a fractured right seven hits while striking out would be held out of the opening foot allegedly suffered in an off-ice nine and walking three through of training camp. incident with another player in five innings. Kershaw’s Dodgers’ Crosby was cleared to practice the organisation this past week- Friday morning and he wasted end. AGENCIES team-mates made sure he was Verlander (14-12) limited the their first lead of the game. The Baseball Results never seriously threatened, sup- Royals to one run and seven hits Pirates notched their first five- LA Dodgers 14 Chicago Cubs 5 NFL Commissioner plying a 6-0 lead in the top of the in 7 1/3 innings, striking out four game win streak of the season Boston 5 Baltimore 3 first inning. and walking none. He improved to (83-70) and extended their lead Roger Goodell speaks NY Yankees 5 Toronto 3 Tigers 10, Royals 1 4-1 in his past six starts. to 3 1/2 games over Milwaukee to the media at a Justin Verlander pitched into Pirates 4, Brewers 2 (79-75) for the National League’s press conference on Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 2 Washington 3 Miami 2 the eighth inning and second Pittsburgh catcher Russell second wild-card spot. Domestic Violence baseman Ian Kinsler stroked Martin hit a three-run home run Cardinals 2, Reds 1 Chicago White Sox 4 Tampa Bay 3 Issues and the NFL’s three hits, including a home run, in the eighth inning to help the Veteran right-hander John Personal Conduct NY Mets 5 Atlanta 0 and drove in three runs as the Pirates overcome seven shutout Lackey worked 7 2/3 quality Policy in New York City Detroit 10 Kansas City 1 Detroit Tigers routed the Kansas innings by Milwaukee Brewers innings and scattered six hits as yesterday. Goodell Minnesota 5 Cleveland 4 City Royals. right-hander Yovani Gallardo and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the admitted that he “got Seattle 10 Houston 5 The Tigers continued their beat the Brewers. Cincinnati Reds. Lackey (14-9) it wrong” when it came Colorado 15 Arizona 3 mastery of the Royals, winning A night after blowing a save in gave up one run with no walks to the recent Ray Rice St Louis 2 Cincinnati 1 12 of 17 games this season. They the Brewers’ 13-inning loss to St. and five strikeouts as he improved incident, pledging that also opened a 1-1/2 game over Louis, Milwaukee right-hander to 3-2 with Cardinals. He hadn’t Oakland 3 Philadelphia 1 he “will get it right” the Royals as they aim for their Jonathan Broxton entered in the started since September 10, when Texas 12 LA Angels 3 going forward. fourth straight American League eighth inning and gave up the he was ejected in Cincinnati in San Diego 5 San Francisco 0 Central title. home run that gave the Pirates bottom of third inning.REUTERS SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Wozniacki, Ivanovic enter Pan Pacific final Semis: Wozniacki pips Muguruza, Ivanovic outwits Kerber

TOKYO: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia She did not lose any more serves ousted top seed Angelique and broke world number eight Kerber in straight sets yesterday Kerber four times altogether. to reach the final of the $1m Pan “It was for sure a tough match,” Pacific Open against US Open said Kerber. finalist Caroline Wozniacki. “We played great but she Third seed Ivanovic charged (Ivanovic) was able to catch the back from 3-5 down in the important moments.” first set to beat the 26-year-old Wozniacki, 24, broke German favourite 7-5, 6-3 in the Muguruza’s serve five times but Renowned footballer Raul Gonzalez giving the trophy to one of Pohang semi-finals. lost hers four times in a marathon Steelers’s captain during the presentation ceremony of the first Aspire Denmark’s Wozniacki, seeded match spiked with long rallies. Academy “Tri-Series Football Tournament” in Doha last week. Pohang second and looking to get over her “I kept fighting. It was a Steelers claimed victories in all age groups. loss to world number one Serena very competitive match,” said Williams in the US Open two Wozniacki, who was the world weeks ago, outplayed Spaniard number one in 2010 and 2011, Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 now ranked ninth after returning Steelers steal show at in two and a half hours. to the top 10 with her US Open “I started a little bit slow but performance. after the break I tried to get “I just tried to stay in there and more explosive and moving a little in the end I think maybe I had a first Aspire Tri-Series Caroline Wozniacki (left) of Denmark shakes hands with Garbine Muguruza more,” Ivanovic said of her second little bit more energy than what of Spain after defeating the latter in the singles semifinals of the Pan broken serve which put her 2-1 she had.” Pacific Open women’s tennis tournament in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. DOHA: The first Aspire the players have to be eager to down at the start of the match. Muguruza, aged 20 and ranked Academy “Tri-Series foot- play, but as a next step they have ball tournament” of the new to know why they train what 26th, beat Wozniacki in their two on match point. “She broke me at Academic year 2014-15 con- they train and when the need it Ana Ivanovic previous encounters, taking an the start of the third. But I knew I cluded last week at Aspire in the game,” Younggil said about of Serbia Australian Open round of 32 clash was right there. I had just to keep Academy and the final day was his team, that consists of some of serves the 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in January. going and I was still believing in dominated by the youth teams the best players from their region. ball against Wozniacki, the 2010 Pan myself,” said Wozniacki, who has of Pohang Steelers. According to him, men- Angelique Pacific Open champion, broke 22 career WTA titles including They won against the teams tal strength is one of the most Kerber of the Spaniard’s serve in the 10th the lower-tier Istanbul Cup this of Aspire Academy 2-0 (U-15), important factors when it comes Germany game to take the first set after year. 3-0 (U-14) and 4-0 (U-13) as to winning and losing regardless during their surviving nine break points on her Muguruza later teamed up with the South Koreans eventually of the age. singles own serve. fellow Spaniard Carla Suarez crowning themselves the win- “Success is all in your head. semi-finals But she lost serve three times Navarro in the doubles final. ner of every age group of this Some skills can still be developed in the second set and lost the first But they lost to defend- tournament. in the process, but the motivation of the Pan two games in the decisive set. ing champions Cara Black of Aspire Academy also showed to win every the time you are on Pacific Open Wozniacki rallied back to take Zimbabwe and India’s Sania some strong performances the pitch is the key to become a in Tokyo, six straight games, breaking Mirza 6-2, 7-5. throughout the competition and winner.” THE PENINSULA Japan, her opponent three times. An Top-seeded Black and Mirza finished second in every group yesterday. increasingly erratic Muguruza earned the prize money of $44,835. ahead of Energie Cottbus from Tri-Series Results served and shot a forehand wide AFP Germany. “We came here with the goal to Under-13 win the tournament and we are Aspire Academy bt Energie Cottbus 2-0 satisfied with the performances of Pohang Steelers bt Energie Cottbus 4-1 Niculescu clinches Guangzhou title our players,” commented Pohang’s Pohang Steelers bt Aspire Academy 4-0 U-14 coach You Younggil on the Final standings: 1. Pohang Steelers, 2. Aspire GUANGZHOU: Romanian tired,” Niculescu said after her set and lost just 17 games in the injury at the Metz ATP tourna- victories. Academy, 3. Energie Cottbus Monica Niculescu overcame win. five matches. ment yesterday. Monfils was hurt After also winning against Under-14 heat and fatigue to beat second “But to finish so strong was “I think it’s very tough to play in his 7-6 (8/6), 6-2 defeat to Joao every team of the German club seed Alize Cornet in the final amazing for me. I have many against me because I put many Sousa in the semi-finals of the Energie Cottbus, the success- Aspire Academy draw Energie Cottbus 2-2 of the Guangzhou International emotions right now, but most of balls back and run a lot and fight hardcourt tournament and will ful Asian club, whose first team Pohang Steelers by Energie Cottbus 6-2 Women’s Open for her second it is joy and confidence. It’s my for every ball - I think in this undergo an MRI scan on Tuesday has won three AFC Champions Pohang Steelers bt Aspire Academy 3-0 WTA career title yesterday. second WTA title and that’s just heat and humidity it’s definitely to assess the damage. League titles so far is a more than Final standings: 1. Pohang Steelers, 2. Aspire The world number 60 rallied an amazing feeling.” not easy to play against me,” “I did not want to get injured deserved winner. Academy, 3. Energie Cottbus from 4-2 down in the first set to Cornet, 24, struggled with her Niculescu added. and that’s what has happened,” “We are thankful for the Under-15 win 10 games in a row and beat serve and committed 12 double “I had a good feeling about this said Monfils.“I will have an MRI chance to come here. It has been a Aspire Academy bt Energie Cottbus 3-1 her 22nd ranked French oppo- faults against an opponent who tournament when I entered it.” on Tuesday and hope that it’s great experience and the organi- Pohang Steelers bt Energie Cottbus 1-0 nent 6-4, 6-0. had none. Meanwhile, Flamboyant nothing serious.” zation and facilities here are “I was so happy to finish in the The 26-year-old Niculescu French star Gael Monfils could France will host Switzerland in outstanding.” Pohang Steelers bt Aspire Academy 2-0 end because it was very hot and had a great week at the $500,000 miss the Davis Cup final against Lille from November 21-23 in the “At this stage it’s all about Final standings: 1. Pohang Steelers, 2. Aspire very humid, and I was very, very event where she did not drop a Switzerland after suffering a knee Davis Cup final. AGENCIES understanding the game. First Academy, 3. Energie Cottbus

Korea awarded automatic QREC Organises Horse Sale Auction ice hockey berth in 2018

INCHEON: South Korea’s ice such as Canada, United States hockey teams will compete at and Sweden on Olympic ice. the 2018 Winter Olympics after Paek, who left Seoul when he the sport’s governing body gave was one-year-old and grew up the hosts automatic entry into in Canada, was the first Korean the competition in Pyeongchang. to play in the NHL and the only The International Ice Hockey one to have won the Stanley Cup, Federation (IIHF) had been keen lifting ice hockey’s biggest prize for South Korea to compete at with Mario Lemieux’s Pittsburgh their home Olympics but were Penguins in 1991 and 1992. wary of the potential for the He was named national coach kind of lopsided losses that would of Korea in July, tasked with get- embarrass the hosts and damage ting the team to Pyeongchang the sport’s reputation. and building an ice hockey pro- However, with the promise of gramme from the ground up. financial backing, and after the But with few facilities to groom Korean Ice Hockey Association talent and a nationwide pool of (KIHA) presented details of a just 60 professional players to four-year plan on how it would choose from, the task of turning develop the game, the IIHF Korea into an ice hockey force is decided to grant them automatic a daunting one. spots in four years’ time. Paek said that with the qualifi- South Korea’s head coach Jim cation hurdle out of the way, the Paek was thrilled with the deci- onus was now on him and the Scenes from the sion but said it was just the first team to deliver. Qatar Racing & step towards doing the country “Now it’s up to us. Now we have proud in Pyeongchang. our destiny in our own hands and Equestrian Club’s “When the decision came down that is great,” he added. (QREC) horse it was a feeling that I can’t really IIHF President Rene Fasel said sale auction held describe,” he told Reuters by tel- South Korea had shown it had the yesterday. The ephone on Friday from the IIHF’s proper plans in place, as well as QREC organised the semi-annual congress in Spain. the ambition, to continue its ice auction at the Horse “It was a sense of, this is what hockey development and to be Parade Ring that was we’ve been working towards. competitive in Pyeongchang. attended by a good “The Korea front office worked “The IIHF is confident that, number of people. really hard to follow the IIHF’s given the sizeable investment rules and regulations, to prepare into the men’s and women’s pro- all the necessary documents, to grams, along with the changes in do whatever needed to be done. the KIHA’s structure and opera- South Korea enjoys regular tions, Korea should have a chance success at the Winter Games in to show the world it is capable of short track and speed skating but competing at the highest level of few had even dared to dream of international hockey.” facing ice hockey powerhouses REUTERS SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Stop blabbing and fight me, Pacquiao tells Mayweather

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines: Philippine box- ing superstar Manny Pacquiao threw down a fresh challenge Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton to Floyd Mayweather Jr on of Britain steers his car during the Thursday, daring the American second practice session of the world champion to “fight me” Formula One Singapore Grand instead of setting terms that Prix at the Marina Bay Street could torpedo the dream bout. Circuit yesterday. “He’s all talk. Until now he has not yet agreed to fight me. Instead of blabbing, he should face me atop the ring,” Pacquiao said in an interview. Ring fans the world over have been baying for a mega-fight between two of the world’s great- est boxers of their generation, but previous talks have always bro- ken down before a deal could be signed. Pacquiao, 35, has held world titles in eight separate weight divisions. He is training to defend his World Boxing Organization wel- terweight title against another undefeated American, Chris Algieri, in Macau in November. Last-gasp effort earns Mayweather, who scored a lopsided victory over Marcos Maidana in a rematch in Las Vegas last Saturday, pushing his record to 47-0, later denied he was trying to safeguard his unblemished record by avoiding Hamilton Singapore pole Pacquiao. However, he said a Pacquiao bout would have to be on the Briton grabs top starting position from Rosberg by just 0.007 seconds American’s terms. Pacquiao retorted Thursday that great fighters did not duck SINGAPORE: A remarkably “Street circuits keep you on facing the best and did not let any cool Lewis Hamilton snatched your toes, but it was certainly Singapore Grand challenge pass by. a dramatic last-gasp pole posi- good fun. “I’m tired of his alibis. If he tion from his Mercedes team- “I have got a few mates here Prix Starting Grid really wants to fight me, he knows mate Nico Rosberg for today’s this weekend and maybe some how to reach me. We can fight Singapore Grand Prix with I don’t know about. It’s close to 1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes anytime, anywhere,” Pacquiao a phenomenal qualifying lap home so it’s really nice to see a 2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes added. yesterday. few Aussie flags and hopefully The Filipino, who has won 56, The 29-year-old Briton left it I can see a few more from the 3. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault lost five and drawn two fights, late, crossing the line after three podium!” also dismissed the manner of rivals had in succession cut their Behind the two Red Bulls, two- 4. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault Mayweather’s second Maidana times to take provisional pole to time former champion Fernando win, in which the American the raucous delight of the crowd Alonso qualified fifth for Ferrari 5. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari retained his World Boxing Council as he secured the prime starting ahead of Felipe Massa of Williams and World Boxing Association position by just 0.007 seconds — and Kimi Raikkonen, who was 6. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes welterweight titles. or less than the length of their seventh in the second Ferrari. 7. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari “To me, Maidana won that Mercedes’ nose cones. On a tense and thrilling fight. Mayweather’s face and Rosberg, who leads him by 22 evening, Valtteri Bottas was 8. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Mercedes lips were swelling compared to points in the drivers’ champion- eighth in the second Williams 9. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren Maidana’s unblemished face,” ship with six races remaining, will Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain (centre) shakes hands with ahead of Danish rookie Kevin 10. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Renault Pacquiao said. start alongside him from second team-mate Nico Rosberg of Germany as he celebrates his pole position Magnussen of McLaren and Ahead of his bout in Macau, place after the Mercedes pairing while Red Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo of Australia (left) looks on Daniil Kvyat for Toro Rosso. 11. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren Pacquiao said he would not under- grabbed their team’s seventh one- After the usual suspectsw had after the qualifying session of the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix at 12. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso estimate Algieri, 30. two of the year. the Marina Bay Street Circuit yesterday. dropped out in Q1, Alonso and “I’m not taking Algieri lightly. It was Hamilton’s third pole in then Hamilton set the pace in - Renault He’s taller than me and moves Singapore, his sixth this season “It’s the most incredible feeling seven thousandths of a second is Q2 as Ferrari continued to flex 13. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India around the ring with savvy. That’s and the 37th of his career. when you do it on your last lap, nothing — a little bit here or there their new-found muscle before a - Mercedes why I started my training early,” Rosberg’s reaction was pithy, with all the pressure and when and I could have done it,” he said. late Rosberg lap lifted him top by Pacquiao said. but understandable when he was the smallest mistake could lose But Lewis did a good job today so nearly half a second. 14. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari His assistant trainer Buboy given the news on team radio: you a lot. fair play to him. Jenson Button missed out on 15. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India Fernandez said they would focus “Dammit!” But, after an intrigu- “I made a mistake and locked “Second place, it is OK. Sure the top ten shootout, finishing - Mercedes on developing a game plan, as well ing session, there was none of the up at the first corner and I was first is better, but it’s a long race 11th for McLaren ahead of job- as honing Pacquiao’s technique acrimony that has punctuated already two tenths down, but I ahead, so that’s fine.” hunting Jean-Eric Vergne of 16. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault and footwork. their duel for glory this year. said to myself let’s keep going and Australian Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso, the two Force Indias, 17. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari “Algieri uses the ring well and Hamilton, who is putting see what happens. delighted many of his compatri- Esteban Gutierrez of Sauber and he loves to lean on the ropes. We Rosberg under pressure with “The previous lap wasn’t per- ots packed into the Marina Bay Romain Grosjean, who was 16th 18. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus must devise a strategy to coun- his speed in recent races, raised fect either, I lost time in 13 and street circuit by claiming third in his Renault. - Renault ter this,” Fernandez added, warn- a fist to celebrate in his car, but 16, but I fixed that and got the on the grid for Red Bull ahead For Button, it signalled that 19. Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia - Ferrari ing Pacquiao to beware of the stayed calm after the session. In time back and the last sector was of his team-mate and defending he had been out-qualified 8-6 by American’s left uppercut. torrid conditions, he is handling pretty hard core fast! four-time champion Sebastian Magnussen this year while for 20. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Caterham “He’s fast, but not as fast as the heat. “It’s a great day for the team, Vettel, winner of the last three Grosjean, a front-runner last - Renault Timothy Bradley. So he can be “I knew I had the pace, but it but there is a lot to do tomorrow.” Singapore races. year, frustration boiled over. “I 21. Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia - Ferrari an easy target for our boxer,” was just about putting the sec- Rosberg was understandably “It was good fun out there and cannot believe it, bloody engine, Fernandez said. tors together which is not easy,” amazed and exasperated. the track was improving as quali- bloody engine,” he complained. 22. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Caterham American Bradley beat he said. “If I think back over the lap, fying went on,” said Ricciardo. AFP - Renault Pacquiao in a controversial split decision in 2012, but lost the rematch by unanimous decision last April. Meanwhile, Mayweather has been ordered to appear before Langdon fourth, AlBalooshi 12th after first day Nevada boxing officials who want to question him about events ENNIS, Texas: It was a day of drivers and the World Champion the order for the evening session in his gym that were aired opposites for the Qatar Al Anabi was brilliant. His 3.774-second — when conditions are best for recently on the Showtime sports Racing Top Fuel team on Friday. effort at more than 320mph was quick runs. The gold Al Anabi network. The team’s reigning world the best Top Fuel run of the day car launched brilliantly and was The Nevada Athletic champion Shawn Langdon had by far. However, as the track tem- on a superb run but the car went Commission says it wants to ask trouble early but finished strong perature cooled, the race track into tire shake —the tune-up was Mayweather about how sparring while Khalid AlBalooshi had a improved and three drivers made a bit too aggressive for the race sessions are conducted in his gym good start but a weak finish on quicker runs than Langdon. Still, track — and AlBalooshi aborted and another scene that included the first day of qualifying at the Langdon is fourth and in excellent the remainder of the run. He is women apparently smoking mari- 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA shape heading into the remaining 12th after the first day. juana inside the facility, the Las Fall Nationals in Ennis, Texas — qualifying rounds and race day. In first qualifying session yes- Vegas Review-Journal reported the 20th of 24 races that make up “That second run was a great terday, AlBalooshi was scheduled Friday. the United States’ NHRA Mello way for the Al Anabi team to to race veteran driver Morgan Mayweather did not participate Yello Drag Racing Series season bounce back after smoking the Lucas in the postponed second but was shown telling someone and the second of six races that tires in the first round,” Langdon round of eliminations from last else to get some rolling papers for comprise the Countdown to the said. “We know the Al Anabi car week’s race near Charlotte, North the ladies. AGENCIES Championship NHRA Play-offs. is capable of making runs like Carolina. Langdon finished fourth and that every time it goes down the “The first run Friday after- AlBalooshi was 12th after the first race track. Everybody on the noon was a good way to start the day. Qualifying resumed yesterday team is working hard to make weekend,” AlBalooshi said. “In and eliminations were for today. the car consistent, so that we can the night run, the car was very The resumption of eliminations have a run at defending our World good early but we had a little too from last week’s postponed Pep Championship for Sheikh Khalid much power — the car shook the Boys NHRA Carolina Nationals and everyone in Qatar that sup- tires. I feel good about our car would happen during yesterday’s ports our race team.” for the rest of the week. I think qualifying rounds. AlBalooshi’s day got off to an we can have a very good week. Langdon’s day got off to a diffi- excellent start when his gold Al Saturday afternoon we will fin- cult start when his silver Al Anabi Anabi car zipped right down the ish the Charlotte race and I like Qatar Al Anabi Racing Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon makes his Floyd Mayweather and Manny car smoked its tires in the first race track with the sixth-quickest the way our car is running in the qualifying attempt at the AAA Texas NHRA Nationals in Ennis, Texas, Pacquiao qualifying round. In the evening run of the first session — plac- hot part of the day,” AlBalooshi on Friday. session, he was one of the early ing the Dubai-born driver late in added. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Qatargas League Results Ozil helps Arsenal trounce Qatar SC 1 (Yousif Mohammed Al Kubaisy 13) Al Shamal 2 (Sultan Salim Saeed 10, Ahmed Nasser Al Sayadi 56) Al Khor 0 Al Ahli 3 (Amro Mamoun Mohamed 51, Hassan Al Qadi 79, Mulatto Kapanjo 87) Villa; Liverpool stumble Al Wakrah 1 (Adel Ahmed 13) Al Markhiya 0 Mseimeer 1 (Aguinaldo Policarpo 51) Welbeck gets first for Gunners; Southampton beat 10-man Swansea Lekhwiya 1 (Ali Yehya 20) Stoppelkamp LONDON: Mesut Ozil helped Arsenal shake off the hango- ver of a midweek pounding in scores from Germany with a starring role in a 3-0 win at Aston Villa while sloppy Liverpool lost 3-1 at West 83 metres, Ham United in the Premier League yesterday. Bayern draw Arsenal’s record signing came in for particular criticism BERLIN: Moritz Stoppelkamp after the 2-0 defeat by Borussia scored an extraordinary goal Dortmund in the Champions from deep inside his own half, League on Wednesday, but he a Bundesliga record 83 metres, came alive before halftime at one to cap a 2-0 win for upstarts of Arsenal’s happiest hunting Paderborn over Hanover 96 yes- grounds. terday, helping the promoted His first away goal in an side go to of the table. Arsenal shirt put his side ahead Hanover, trailing 1-0 to an Elias after 32 minutes, he then teed Kachunga goal, won a free kick in up Danny Welbeck to open his the Paderborn half deep into stop- Arsenal account two minutes page time and goalkeeper Ron- later before an own goal by Villa’s Robert Zieler went up to join the Aly Cissokho ended the game as attack as they threw everything a contest after 36. forward. Victory extended Arsenal’s Paderborn cleared the ball unbeaten run at Villa Park to 16 which fell to Stoppelkamp on and lifted them to nine points the edge of his own area. Facing from five games — three points his own goal, he chested it down, behind leaders Chelsea who play turned and thumped it down the Manchester City today. pitch into the unguarded goal, Last season’s runners-up the ball landing just inside the Liverpool, who unlike Arsenal Hanover half and bouncing six enjoyed a winning start to their times before it trickled into the Champions League campaign this net. week, slipped to defeat against Schalke 04 drew 2-2 at home West Ham United after conced- to Eintracht Frankfurt despite ing two goals in the first seven playing the last 20 minutes with minutes at Upton Park. nine men after Kevin-Prince Winston Reid and Diafra Boateng and goalscorer Julian Sakho put West Ham ahead and, Draxler were sent off, while the although Raheem Sterling replied visitors had Slobodan Medojevic before halftime, Liverpool suf- dismissed in the 85th minute. fered a third defeat in five league Arsenal’s German midfielder Mesut Ozil celebrates after scoring the opening goal during an English Premier League match against Arsenal at Villa Park Troubled Hamburg SV, playing games this season when substi- in Birmingham yesterday. RIGHT: Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli reacts at the end of the match against West Ham United at Upton Park in London yesterday. their first match under new coach tute Morgan Amalfitano scored Josef Zinnbauer after he replaced on the counter late on. Mirko Slomka, held champions Southampton are a point ahead control but Cisse’s double lifted almost struck first when Ciaran Villa were stunned and fell fur- Bayern Munich to a goalless draw of Arsenal after a 1-0 win at winless Newcastle off the bottom Clark’s header from a Tom ther behind a minute later when English Premier at home in a bad-tempered game. Swansea City who had Wilfried with three points. Cleverly free kick was superbly Cissokho diverted a Kieran Gibbs Borussia Dortmund, compre- Bony sent off in the first half. Arsenal produced the per- saved by Arsenal keeper Wojciech shot into his own net. League Results hensive 2-0 winners over Arsenal Victor Wanyama’s 80th-minute fect response to a week of criti- Szczesny. “I’m particularly pleased to get in the Champions League on goal moved the impressive Saints cism over their performance in But former Real Madrid off the mark. It was a good team Aston Villa 0 Arsenal 3 Wednesday, stumbled to a 2-0 into second place with 10 points, Dortmund, although a sickness playmaker Ozil, taking up his performance,” Welbeck said. Burnley 0 Sunderland 0 defeat at Mainz 05 after new the same as Villa who until bug that swept the Villa camp favoured role just behind striker “They had their chances but Newcastle United 2 Hull City 2 signing Ciro Immobile missed a Saturday’s first-half capitulation helped their cause. Welbeck, lit the touchpaper for when we took our first one we second half penalty and Mattias had been unbeaten. “Ashley Westwood was being an exhilarating spell of football looked in control of the game.” QP Rangers 2 Stoke City 2 Ginter scored an own goal. Alan Pardew’s job prospects sick in the warm up and Andreas by the Londoners. In the day’s early kickoff Niko Swansea City 0 Southampton 1 Paderborn lead with eight looked gloomy as Newcastle Weimann was getting it during Welbeck played a perfect Kranjcar’s superb late free kick West Ham United 3 Liverpool 1 points from four games, ahead of United trailed 2-0 at home to the game. Nathan Baker and through ball and Ozil made no rescued a point for Queens Park Hoffenheim and Bayern on goal Today’s Matches Hull City but two late goals from Darren Bent were also out with mistake with a cool side-foot Rangers in an entertaining 2-2 difference. Papiss Cisse earned his side a 2-2 it,” Villa boss Paul Lambert said. finish. draw at home to Stoke City, for Leicester City vs Manchester United The Bundesliga’s official web- draw at St James’ Park where “To play Arsenal you need eve- Ozil’s inviting cross was then whom former QPR striker Peter (1230GMT) site measured Stoppelkamp’s fans waved “SackPardew.com” ryone fit.” struck high into the net by a Crouch was on target. Tottenham Hotspur vs West Bromwich Albion goal at 83 metres, a record for posters. There was little early sign that grateful Welbeck, who wasted Burnley drew 0-0 with (1230 GMT) the championship and 10 more A sensational Nikica Jelavic Villa were suffering during an chances against Dortmund in Sunderland, a result that leaves Everton vs Crystal Palace (1500 GMT) than Giorgos Tzavellas’s effort in volley and a thumping strike from even opening half hour. midweek and on his debut against both clubs seeking their first win a Schalke-Eintracht Frankfurt Mohamed Diame had put Hull in It was the home side who Manchester City last weekend. of the season. REUTERS Manchester City vs Chelsea (1500 GMT) match in March 2011. “I didn’t even know I could hit the ball so far,” Stoppelkamp said. Alex Meier and Marco Russ Ronaldo nets treble as Real hit eight past Depor put Frankfurt 2-0 ahead in less than half an hour at Schalke, MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo “We showed the quality we underside of the bar. Lux was before Eric Maxim Choupo- scored a hat-trick as Real have. We have a phenomenon in badly at fault for Real’s third Moting pulled one back with a Madrid equalled their biggest Ronaldo and we have other play- goal, though, as he raced off Panenka-style chipped penalty ever away win in La Liga with ers with great quality. They com- his line to close down Benzema after Medojevic handled in the a 8-2 thrashing of Deportivo la bined very well together and that and despite bringing down the 40th minute. Coruna yesterday. was the best thing we can take Frenchman, referee Pedro Jesus Draxler, celebrating his 21st Ronaldo opened the scoring from the game.” Perez Montero allowed play to birthday, drew Schalke level five with a fantastic header from The European champions had continue so Ronaldo could dou- minutes into the second half Alvaro Arbeloa’s cross, but dismissed some of the early sea- ble his tally for the afternoon by before the cards began to flow. the Portuguese was upstaged son pessimism at the Santiago rolling the ball into an empty net. Ghana midfielder Boateng was by James Rodriguez and the Bernabeu with a 5-1 hammering Deportivo were given a glimmer dismissed for a second book- Colombian doubled the visitors’ of Basel in the Champions League of hope at the start of the second- able offence just after the hour, advantage with a sumptuous left- in midweek, but badly needed a half as Ramos was harshly penal- followed nine minutes later by footed effort that curled into the win to keep in touch with leaders ised for handball and Medunjanin Draxler after a clash with Carlos top corner. Barcelona who have made a 100 sent Iker Casillas the wrong way Zambrano. A goalkeeping howler from percent start to life under new from the penalty spot. Medojevic was dismissed in German Lux then allowed boss Luis Enrique. However, Real put the game to the 85th minute when his trip on Ronaldo to fire into an empty net And Ancelotti is still looking bed 24 minutes from time when Tranquillo Barnetta earned him to make it 3-0 before the break, for an improvement in other Marcelo played in Bale on the left a second yellow card. but Depor did manage to pull one areas of the pitch. side of the area and this time he Bayern Munich coach Pep back when Haris Medunjanin “We have to improve. Today finished via the far post to regis- Guardiola had made four converted from the penalty spot we showed the quality everyone ter his third goal of the season. changes to the team which after Sergio Ramos was adjudged knows we have which is the capa- Bale produced another moment beat Manchester City in the to have handled. bility to score in many different of quality to make it 5-1 as he Champions League, but was then However, Gareth Bale struck ways. flicked Isco’s through ball over forced to make another when twice in the final 25 minutes “We need to continue improv- Lux with ease before Ronaldo Arjen Robben suffered a muscular before Ronaldo rounded off his ing the balance and our consist- collected Rodriguez’s pass and problem in the warm-up, accord- hat-trick to ensure Real bounced ency. After two defeats we have powered the ball home with his ing to German media. back in style after suffering con- scored 13 goals and that is a good left foot to complete his hat-trick Bayern goalkeeper Manuel secutive defeats to Real Sociedad sign that we have responded well.” 12 minutes from time. Neuer gave supporters some and Atletico Madrid in their last Depor’s resistence was broken Deportivo snatched a conso- anxious moments with his forays two league outings. just before the half hour mark, lation six minutes from time as upfield and nearly came a cropper Toche headed home a late con- though, as Ronaldo leaped to meet Toche headed home, but Real late in the game when he slipped solation for the hosts, but Javier Arbeloa’s cross and directed a fine fittingly had the final word as around 40 metres from his goal, Hernandez rounded off a fine header into the far corner from Hernandez made his case for lost possession and then handled. day for Real when he volleyed 15 yards out. a start at home to Elche in He was booked but angry home his first two goals for the Karim Benzema then forced midweek. Hamburg players demanded that club since joining on loan from Lux into another smart save The Mexican international he be sent off for denying them a Manchester United. moments later, but there was thumped a volley into the clear scoring chance. “The game was defined by the nothing the Argentine ‘keeper top corner two minutes from Thomas Mueller had an oppor- Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring goal against skill and quality we have up front could do nine minutes before half- time before seeing his next effort tunity to give Bayern a late win- Deportivo Coruna during their La Liga match at the Riazor Stadium in and how clinical we were with the time when Rodriguez scored his loop of a stray Depor defender’s ner when he pounced on a mistake Coruna yesterday. chances we had,” said Real boss first goal in La Liga with a curl- leg and over the hapless Lux. by Johan Djourou but his shot was Carlo Ancelotti. ing effort that dipped in off the AFP deflected over. 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Japan’s Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui perform during their women’s duet synchronised swimming competition at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon yesterday. RIGHT: North Korea’s Om Yun Chol competes in the men’s 56kg clean and jerk weightlifting competition at the Moonlight Festival Garden during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, yesterday. Om broke his own clean and jerk world record on the way to winning his country’s first gold medal of the Asian Games in Incheon. The North Korean weightlifter who won a gold medal at the London Olympics, raised 170 kilogrammes to better his old record by 1kg in the men’s 56kg class. He earlier lifted 128kg in the snatch for a combined total of 298kg. Asian Games: Hosts South Korea set the medal pace on first day North Korean breaks weightlifting world record; India’s Rai wins men’s 50m pistol event

INCHEON, South Korea: the women’s 10 metre air pistol. gold medals at the 2010 Games, South Korea’s third city, Jakarta Hosts South Korea were the North Korea’s Om Yun-Chol led the table for most of the day was rubber-stamped as host of Asian Games’ surprise first- set the first world record of the before being caught by South the next Asiad in 2018. day medal leaders yesterday but Games when he beat his own Korea. Olympic president Thomas they had to share the limelight clean and jerk best with 170kg in Army sharpshooter Jitu Rai Bach told the Olympic Council of with China and record-breaking the 56kg class. held his nerve on the final shot Asia’s general assembly that bids North Korea. But victory in the men’s team to snatch 50m pistol gold from for future Summer and Winter South Korea won titles in sprint and men’s epee late in Vietnam’s Nguyen Hoang Phuong Games must address the issue of cycling, fencing, equestrian and the day took South Korea to five and put India among the golds. “sustainability”. wushu to narrowly top the med- golds, ahead of China on overall And China’s Zhong Tianshi “We need to address the fact A South Korean als table ahead of China as the medals won. rode to victory in the women’s that in today’s world the Games hostess watches Olympic-size event rolled into Yesterday was the start of 15 team sprint, a day before she need to make a greater contribu- as North Korea’s action in Incheon. days of competition involving challenges Hong Kong’s Olympic tion to sustainability,” he said. Om Yun Chol They got off to a rocky start 9,500 athletes from 45 nations, medal-winner Sarah Lee Wai-sze “In the future we want to invite celebrates with when China, led by the unher- and with 439 gold medals on offer in the keirin. potential bidding cities to tell us his gold medal alded Zhang Menyuang, beat across 36 different sports. While 18 gold medals were con- how they see the Olympic Games after winning the them to the Games’ first gold in China, who won a record 199 tested in venues scattered across fitting into their social, economi- men’s 56kg snatch cal, ecological and sports environ- weightlifting ment,” he added. Through hosting Asiad, competition. Incheon has become South Korea’s most indebted city and South Vietnam pulled out of organising Korea’s the next Asian Games because of Kim Kyun- the cost involved. sub, Hwang China’s Zhang is only ranked Young-shik, 29th in the world but after help- ing win the team 10m air pistol Chung Yoo- title, she beat South Korea’s hot yeon and favourite Jung Jee-Hae into sec- Kim Dong- ond place. down the field in the dressage, seon bite Chinese coach Wang Yifu said but there was an emotional team Asian Games their gold her triumph was doubly impres- win for South Korea’s Kim Hyun- medals as sive as organisers had “deliber- Sub, whose uncle was crushed to they pose ately” arranged the 10m air pistol death by his falling horse at the Medals Table after win- as the first event, hoping for a 2006 Asiad. On day two, Chinese INCHEON, South Korea: ning the home victory. swimming superstar Sun Yang Asian Games medals table equestrian “It was hard for us to win this will meet South Korea’s Park after yesterday’s competition: Dressage medal,” Wang said. Tae-Hwan in the first of three G S B T Team The UAE suffered a blow when explosive races in the pool. South Korea 5 5 3 13 its three-strong judo team was And China will want to find an competi- China 5 1 5 11 tion at the expelled from the Games for immediate response after coming breaching eligibility requirements. off second best to South Korea on Mongolia 2 1 1 4 Dream Park Kazakhstan 2 0 3 5 Equestrian Mihail Marchitan, Ivan the first day of full competition. Japan 1 4 3 8 Venue Remarenco and Victor Scvortov “We have been leading both were sent home from because medal and gold medal tables India 1 0 1 2 yesterday. they failed to meet an Asiad at nine straight Asian Games,” North Korea 1 0 1 2 three-year residency rule for said China’s delegation chief Liu Malaysia 1 0 0 1 naturalised citizens. Peng. Vietnam 0 2 2 4 Thailand’s equestrian princess “We certainly want to keep Sirivannavari Nariratana was winning this time.” AFP Indonesia 0 2 0 2 No royal treatment for Thai princess

INCHEON, South Korea: The I would not be here, I’d be in equestrianism, including me to go to the Olympics, why Thai princess taking part in another stable, with beautiful Britain’s Zara Phillips, a 2012 not?” she said. the Asian Games insisted she’s decorations. Everybody has the Olympics silver-medallist. Away from the sport- Thailand’s treated just like any other ath- same -- the one thing they give Sirivannavari finished well ing domain, the energetic Princess lete after she made her debut me is respect.” down the field in yesterday’s Sirivannavari is a keen fashion Sirivannavari in the dressage competition The down-to-earth royal individual dressage, which was designer and has had two shows Nariratana riding yesterday. arrived back at her high-rise dominated by South Korean and at Paris Fashion Week. Prince Charming Princess Sirivannavari accommodation late on Friday Japanese riders. Her second Paris outing, Wpa raises her Nariratana, whose horse is named after the Games’ opening cer- But she said she was pleased inspired by 1970s and 80s hard hands after per- Prince Charming, is the grand- emony -- poor preparation for a with her performance after just rock, featured models poured into forming during daughter of Thailand’s king and competition. two months working with Prince stretch lame cropped biker jack- the equestrian was once listed among Forbes’ But Srivannavari, who also Charming. ets and jeans, and studded biker Dressage Team “Top 20 hottest royals”. competed in badminton at the “Overall big picture, I’m very boots. competition at But she said she was getting 2006 Asian Games, said a blast of happy that he’s very relaxed but The French connection goes no special treatment at the Asian pop star Rihanna helped her gear I know that he wants to work too beyond Sirivannavari’s fashion the Dream Park Games, where she is staying in up for a day in the saddle. much sometimes, so I need to hold shows, and her habit of switch- Equestrian Venue the athletes’ village just like thou- “For me it was no problem, it’s him back,” she said. ing between French and English yesterday. sands of her co-competitors. like: wake up, some vitamin C, a And she is not ruling out fol- in conversation. “They treat me like friends, a lot of water and feel fresh, good lowing Phillips’ example by The whole Thai dressage team normal rider,” Sirivannavari said music -- I listened to Rihanna this appearing at the Olympics. prepared for the Games in France at the stables of Incheon’s Dream morning,” she said. “Today is today, tomorrow is under veteran trainer Alain Park equestrian centre, after her The 27-year-old is the tomorrow. I want to go little by Francois, who says his royal pro- performance yesterday. latest in a line of roy- little, work hard today, work hard tege has made great progress on “If they treat me as a princess als to compete in top-level tomorrow and then if God wants her new horse. AFP Sunday 21 September 2014 26 Dhu’l-Qa’da 1435 Volume 19 Number 6195 Sport Price: QR2

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Qatar Olympic Committee Qatar’s Al Tamimi (QOC) Secretary-General Sheikh Saoud bin enters squash Abdulrahman Al Thani (left) is seen with Olympic quarter-finals Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah in Incheon, INCHEON, South Korea: Qatar’s Abdullah Al Tamimi South Korea, yesterday. (pictured) sneaked into the The OCA President handed quarter-finals of the squash over a certificate of appre- tournament at the Asian Games ciation to Sheikh Saoud, but not before being taken the also President of the Qatar full distance by his Kuwaiti Olympic Academy (QOA), rival, who incidentally shares for its efforts in developing his surname. Olympic values through its Abdullah, considered one of training programmes. The the rising stars from Qatar with QOA holds coaching camps several regional-level titles to his for teams from all over the credit at the junior level, finally world. RIGHT: A Qatari prevailed over Ammar Al Tamimi player scores a goal during 11-9, 5-11, 12-14, 12-10, 11-7. their Asian Games handball With precious little to choose match against Oman in from between the two players, the Incheon yesterday. Qatar match became a battle of nerves, began their campaign with especially after the Kuwaiti won the second and third sets after a 31-19 win over Oman. losing the first. PICTURES BY: QOC Abdullah, however, produced a fine comeback and kept his cool during the big points to edge out Ammar. “It was a tough win but in the end I somehow managed to pull through,” said Abdullah, a prod- uct of Qatar’s renowned Aspire Academy. Confident Qatar thrash “The match could have gone either way and in the end it boiled down to who would make fewer mistakes and I am happy I prevailed,” Abdullah Oman in handball opener added. The Qatari will now take on Hong Winning opening match is always advantageous, says coach Rivera Kong’s Lee Ho Yin today’s quarter-finals. INCHEON, South Korea: saves but for which his team would “It could be Qatar showed they are a force have lost by an even bigger margin. another tough to reckon with in handball when Al Bulushi even managed to impress match but it’s they thrashed Oman 31-19 in Rivera with his performance, the only a question of winning one their opening Group C match at Qatar coach describing him as an match now to make the semi- the Asian Games yesterday. “excellent” goalkeeper. finals and I am feeling confident,” At the Seonhak Handball “I am not the kind of person he said. Gymnasium, a brand new facility A Qatari player who will put any team down. Meanwhile, in shooting, Qatar’s built for the Games, the Qataris breaks past the True, we won the match hand- Rashid Al Athba was entertaining displayed enough intent and char- Oman defence somely, but Oman also fought hopes of making the main draw of acter to rally from a 2-0 deficit to score dur- well. I have only one word for the Men’s Trap competition after in the opening minutes to post ing their hand- them and that is ‘respect’. Their finishing in 10th position overall what in the end was a compre- ball match goalkeeper was excellent.” following three qualifying rounds hensive victory after leading 15-9 yesterday. Oman, however, had conceded yesterday. Al Athba shot 23-25-23 at half-time far too many goals by the end of for a total of 71 out of 75 targets Hadi Hamdoon was the top the first half to entertain any and with two more rounds to go scorer for Qatar with five goals, realistic hopes of a comeback, can hope to be among the top followed by Rafael Capote, especially because Qatar were not eight in order to qualify. Abdulrazzaq Murad and Vidal too keen on taking the foot off the Qatar’s women shooters failed Borje with four apiece. Kamalaldin accelerator. In fact, they came out to make an impact with Nasra Mallash and Youssef Benali also with renewed vigour in the second Mohamed, Aldana Mubarak and made handy contributions, scor- session which saw Vidal regain his Hanadi Salem crashing out in the ing three each. “Qatar sees handball as a very Dughaishi and Nasr Al Tamimi. the athletic Capote found the net scoring touch after having fluffed 10m Air Pistol qualifiers. “Winning the opening match of important sport that has the But they showed no signs of twice in two minutes from acute several chances earlier. Meanwhile, Qatar’s beach vol- a competition is always advanta- potential to develop into a popular panic as Mallash put Qatar on angles to put his team 5-3 ahead. The powerful playmaker scored leyball team comprising Abdelaziz geous,” Qatar coach Velero Rivera spectator sport. This is evident the score sheet and then Hassan From then on it was Qatar three superb goals, and with Khallof and Tamer Abdul Rasool told journalists later. from the number of people watch- Mabrook equalised with a bril- all the way as they launched Benali and Murad also excelling drubbed the Maldives duo of “We never underestimate any ing handball games at important liant shot before Hamdoon’s first swift attacks from both wings up front, Oman stood no chance. Adhil Ibrahim and Adnan Abdul team, especially in as big a com- tournaments in Qatar.” goal of the match put them 3-2 and severely tested the Omani Coach Rivera said he felt no Hameed 21-13, 21-7. petition as the Asian Games.” Qatar, who won the Asian ahead. defence with some sharp passing pressure at the Games, although Qatar, however, had a day Rivera added that the efforts Championship in Bahrain Qatar managed to hold on to and skillful dribbling. he would try to eliminate some to forget in tennis with their made by Qatar to promote hand- recently, were a tad slow to start their slender lead for almost five Only the Omani goalkeeper of the ‘mistakes’ the team made men suffering a 3-0 blowout to ball on a vast scale were paying off, conceding two goals early in minutes before Oman drew level Muneer Al Bulushi acquitted himself when they take on the UAE today. Pakistan in the men’s team com- off well. the match, scored by Imad Al through Imad Al Dughaishi, but well, bringing off several stunning QOC petition. QOC Tevez on target as Juve stun Milan

MILAN: Carlos Tevez scored punished by an alert Tevez. It midfield that is still missing But minutes later, a Tevez chip his fourth goal in the space was the Argentinian’s fourth injured Andrea Pirlo. for Pereyra saw the Argentinian of a week to hand champions goal in seven days having scored If any extra tension was volley the ball back into the Juventus a precious 1-0 win once in a 2-0 win over Udinese required for the first major fix- path of Fernando Llorente, who over Milan, and new coach last week and twice in a 2-0 ture of the season it came from skipped a challenge before seeing Massimiliano Allegri the brag- Champions League win over Allegri’s presence on the side- his toe poke blocked by Christian ging rights, at a packed-out San Malmo in Turin. lines, prompting a mass chorus of Abbiati at the near post. Siro yesterday. Spanish striker Fernando whistles as the 47-year-old former Milan were finally made to pay Milan had taken full points Torres started on the bench Milan handler’s name was read in the 71st minute thanks to a fine from their opening two matches for Milan, with Keisuke Honda, out. piece of Tevez magic. under new coach Filippo Inzaghi Stephane El Shaarawy and But by the end of the first half, The Argentinian stumbled to following two horrendous cam- Jeremy Menez spearheading Juve were on the ascendancy. the ground as he took possession paigns under Allegri and, latterly, Milan’s 4-3-3. Milan had shown plenty of on the edge of the area, but some- Clarence Seedorf. Allegri made only one change early promise in the tense open- how got the ball to Pogba. But after a promising first from his Champions League start- ing exchanges, Honda notably Tevez then ran on to the AC Milan’s Keisuke Honda (centre) is tackled by Juventus’ Kwadwo half performance, the Rossoneri ing side, Patrice Evra dropping to forcing Buffon to block his header Frenchman’s dink to beat Abbiati Asamoah (left) and Giorgio Chiellini during their Italian Serie A match allowed themselves to be pegged the bench with Roberto Pereyra from Sulley Muntari’s long cross with a chip at the keeper’s far at the San Siro Stadium in Milan yesterday. back for the second before being starting among a reshuffled at the back post on 27 minutes. post. AFP