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Sunday 5 October 2014 • 11 Dhu’l-Hijja 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6209 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Traffic woes prompt many to buy online Online stores doing brisk business BY FAZEENA SALEEM sellers have a wide range of designer clothes available. I’m DOHA: Traffic congestion very happy to buy my Eid dress and chaos on the city roads from an online store.” combined with huge rush at Online traders in Doha deliver malls and hypermarkets have items within a day of receiving prompted many people to opt orders and claim that the demand for online shopping this Eid Al from customers has increased Adha. compared to last year. Among the most favourite “We have more designer wear items of purchase were, of course, and exclusive patterns, and as The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday performed the Eid prayer at Al branded clothes, but several soon as a customer makes the Wajba prayer ground. H H Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Thani took part in the prayer along with sheikhs, ministers, ambassadors and citizens. women chose to rely on online order we deliver within 24 hours See also page 2 bookings even for henna. free of charge,” said Rukshana “It was easy to place the order Yunus Saiyed, from Rukshana’s online and get items delivered Collection, which sells ladies wear. right at your doorstep within “The number of people who buy a short time,” an Asian woman clothes online has increased and Colourful Eid events wow crowds told this newspaper. A number of three days before Eid we were online traders have been smart very busy,” she added. Saiyed also DOHA: Thousands of faithful diplomatic missions, officers of Among the shows and activi- throng to the Cultural Village enough to choose social media said that they have a strong cus- yesterday gathered at nearly 300 the Armed Forces and police, ties that enthralled audiences in starting today as ‘Dreams On Ice’ as a marketing tool for clothing tomer database with more than mosques and prayer grounds heads of national institutions and the malls included Dora’s Ballet circus and acrobatic show opens. brands and to attract customers 21,000 followers on Facebook. across the country for the early citizens. Adventures, face painting, free- In addition the educational and for things like henna designs. Some others who shopped from morning prayers at 5.42am, Festive mood could be felt all style football, traditional Arda entertaining ‘Angry Birds’ exhibi- “It was the first time I bought online stores outside Qatar also marking the start of the four- over Qatar as people thronged dance, Fritters show, Shaun the tion will soon open adjacent to the clothes online for Eid. It’s easy say that it’s convenient. “It takes day Eid Al Adha celebrations. popular venues to spend the first Sheep, Tannoura dance, Oriental circus show venue. and safe, because the seller is in around seven days to get items The historic Eid Prayer Ground day of Eid with relatives and Parade, Adventure Time, Steve The West End Park and Al Doha and you don’t even need to delivered in Doha, after an order located at Msheireb Downtown friends sharing with them the Kaos, Bubblez and Balloonz show, Khor Sports Club saw hundreds pay before delivery,” said Razani is placed. Yet it’s easy and will get Doha, which opened to the public spirit of the joyous occasion. Dan Druff Circus show, Mr. in attendance for ‘Eid Al Adha Ismee, a young expatriate woman. unique designs,” said a frequent after many years, saw hundreds The malls pulsated with life Potato Head, speed painting show Fest 2014’, an entertainment “I just saw the dress on the online shopper. of people including members of as performers presented col- and Sweets for Kids show. and cultural event for expatri- Facebook page of the seller, and Several others choose to select various expatriate communities. ourful shows as part of the ‘Eid Hundreds of people also ates organised by the Ministry placed the order by calling the their henna design and fix an The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Celebrations in Qatar’ pro- headed to Katara to witness of Interior. number that was mentioned,” she appointment online as it saves bin Hamad Al Thani and the gramme organised by Qatar the Big Bang show capped by Games and cultural per- added. Online stores display big- time. “If we walk into a salon and Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad Tourism Authority. City Centre a 15-minute spectacular fire- formances were held for single ger collections of products, luring select the design it will take more bin Khalifa Al Thani received Doha, Lagoona, Hyatt Plaza, works display, something that workers and families of Indian, customers to buy more. time especially during the Eid yesterday morning at Al Wajba Landmark, The Mall and Al was missed by many last Eid Al Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Another online shopper who season. We go through designs Palace Eid Al Adha well-wishers Khor Mall offered shows and Fitr when Katara cancelled all Lankan, Nepalese and Indonesian had bought a collection of clothes online and fix a time, so it’s done including their Excellencies the activities many of which have its events in solidarity with the communities. said, “It’s easier than going to a quickly,” said an Asian expatriate Sheikhs, the Ministers, Advisory been brought to Qatar for the Palestinians suffering in Gaza. THE PENINSULA shopping mall as these online woman. THE PENINSULA Council members, heads of first time. More people are expected to Continued on page 4

Biden says sorry Man killed in accident to Erdogan; DOHA: A man driving a saloon car died on the spot when his vehicle rammed into a trailer on the Airport-Al Wakra Road late Briton beheaded on Friday evening. Eyewitnesses said the impact of the collision was so bad that the car was completely destroyed. It being the WASHINGTON: United States eve of Eid Al Adha on Friday evening, there was a lot of rush on Vice-President Joe Biden yes- the roads everywhere. Ambulances and the traffic police were terday apologised to Turkish rushed to the spot. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over comments suggesting that Ankara and other regional pow- 600 complain of indigestion ers had financed and armed jihadist organisations in Syria. DOHA: This Eid Al Adha was no different for the staff of the Erdogan reacted furiously emergency unit of Hamad General Hospital (HGH), as a majority of earlier at comments made by some 600 people who visited it yesterday complained of indigestion Biden at Harvard University on and stomach upsets due to eating lots of meat and sweets. Thursday, in which Biden criti- Doctors at the emergency unit of HGH said many of those who cised allies in Turkey and the came complaining of stomach upsets and other woes were diabetics, Arab world for supporting Sunni elderly people or heart patients. “It seems they just crossed their militant groups in Syria such as limits and forgot those were forbidden food for them,” an emergency the Islamic State (IS) group and health care consultant at HGH told Al Sharq. Al Qaeda-linked Al Nusra. Pilgrims throw pebbles at pillars during the ‘Jamarat’ ritual in Mina yesterday. Some complained of nausea as well, said Dr Assad Suleman. Being A statement from Biden’s the first day of Eid Al Adha yesterday, for many it was impolite to office said the deputy US leader say no if they visited a neighbour, friend or relative and were offered had called Erdogan to “clarify” Over 2 million stone devil at Mina sweets or a meat preparation or both. his remarks. “The vice-president Most of the complainants were provided treatment and were apologised for any implication allowed to leave, he said. Some were kept under observation for that Turkey or other allies and MINA: More than two million town were blocked as the crowds believed to have given his final a while. One death was reported during the day due to heart fail- partners in the region had inten- faithful ritually stoned the devil dressed in white flowed into the sermon 14 centuries ago. ure. The deceased was a 52-year-old man. Five injury cases were tionally supplied or facilitated the yesterday in the last major rite area to toss pebbles at one of With the end of Haj approach- reported, four of them minor in road accidents. One injury was growth of ISIL or other violent of Haj in Saudi Arabia, while three walls representing Satan. ing, men shaved their heads before reported in a quarrel. extremists in Syria,” a summary fellow believers around the The pilgrims will stone two other taking off their ihram clothes, leav- of the phone call said. world celebrated Eid Al Adha, sites today and tomorrow as the ing locks scattered on the ground. Meanwhile, Kurdish fighters the feast of sacrifice. Haj concludes. Women cut off small strands of 12,500 sheep offered at subsidised rates supported by US-led air strikes The failthful included almost They collected the stones at their hair. In conjunction with the DOHA: Syrian and Jordanian sheep are quite popular with citizens held back IS militants attack- 1.4 million from abroad, accord- Muzdalifah on the way to Mina, stoning, the faithful offer sacrifices and being quite expensive, the government is providing some 12,500 ing a Syrian border town. IS ing to statistics published by the for the ritual. Pilgrims had moved by slaughtering a sheep, whose of them to the community members at subsidised rates during this also released a video showing official Saudi Press Agency. The to Mina overnight on foot, motor- meat goes to the needy. Eid Al Adha. A Syrian sheep is being made available to a national the execution of Alan Henning, balance of almost 700,000 came bikes, and buses from Mount Meanwhile, a total of about 1.5 for QR1,350 while the discounted price for a Jordanian sheep is a 47-year-old British volunteer from within the kingdom. Arafat after the Haj reached its billion Muslims around the world QR1,080. Meanwhile, Al Sharq reported that there was so much rush driver. A fellow aid worker from The stoning took place in the zenith with a day of prayer, as celebrated Eid. Hundreds gath- at the abattoirs in Doha yesterday that many people, including nation- America, Peter Kassig, is also Mina valley, about 5km east of the well as tears by pilgrims moved ered for prayers in front of the Al als and expatriates, carried sheep and goats home for slaughter. Many shown alive and threatened by Grand Mosque in the holy city of by the sanctity of the spot where Aqsa mosque compound. The Haj people waited for hours on end to get their sheep or goat slaughtered. the knife-wielding militant. AFP Makkah. All roads leading to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is officially ends tomorrow. AFP THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir, Father Emir receive well-wishers

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received scores of well-wishers on the occasion of Eid Al Adha at Al Wajba Palace last morning. The Emir received their excel- lencies sheikhs, ministers, the Advisory Council speaker and his deputy, ministries’ undersecretar- ies, Advisory Council members and citizens. He also received heads of dip- lomatic missions, officers of the armed forces and police, heads of national institutions and departments, and children from Qatar Foundation for Orphans, ‘Dhreima.’ Noted Islamic scholar and President of International Union for Muslim Scholars, Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi was among those who called on the Emir. The well-wishers congratulated the Emir, praying that Eid would Wajba praying area. H H Sheikh member, who led the prayer, deliv- bring blessings to the Qatari peo- Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Thani ered the Eid sermon, in which he ple and Arab and Islamic nations. took part in the prayer along with urged the praying crowd to prac- Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa sheikhs, ministers, ambassadors tise love and tolerance and benefit Al Thani attended the reception. and citizens. from Eid Al Adha by doing good Earlier, in the morning, the Dr Thaqeel Sayer Al Shammari, deeds, maintaining ties of kinship Emir and the Father Emir per- Court of Cassation judge and and following the path of Prophet formed the Eid prayer at the Al Supreme Judiciary Council Muhammad (PBUH). QNA

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The faithful offering prayers at the historic Eid Prayer Ground at Msheireb Downtown Doha yesterday. People greet each other after prayers at Qatar Indian Islahi Centre. Wary residents avoid beaches Beauty salons booked MoI advice, memories of tragedy last Eid keep some away from water a month in advance BY SIDI MOHAMED or shining done, or they go for BY YASIN ABU TAQIU immediately search and help save Dowsary farm in Al Shaihaniya that have recently affected them. a glowing skin, manicure and their lives,” said one Kenyan resi- today. The event will bring Inflation in Qatar has DOHA: There was so much pedicure, or waxing and facials. DOHA: Beach goers are tak- dent, who preferred anonymity. together couples, children and affected some expatriates’ Eid demand for beauty treatments The owner of another par- ing heed of the Ministry of “I was myself a fan of swim- even single Nigerians living in celebrations. ahead of Eid Al Adha that most lour told the daily that they got Interior’s advice to be cautious ming on holidays like Eid, but Doha. “Last year, I bought a sheep beauty salons in the city and its at least a hundred requests for while going for a swim this Eid with a situation like what I saw “The arrangement is always for QR400, and this year simi- suburbs were fully booked at appointments on Friday, just a Al Adha. last time, I cannot take further that each family that slaughters lar sheep was selling for QR650,” least a month in advance. day before Eid. “We were lit- During Eid Al Fitr earlier this risks,” he said. a goat should also prepare food said Musa, a Ugandan expatriate. Nearly all of the parlours had erally inundated with calls for year, four people drowned while Beaches in Al Wakra, for about 10, 15 or 20 other peo- He pointed out that besides the to work overnight on Friday booking,” she said. swimming off public beaches. Mesaieed, Katara, Al Khor, ple, and also drinks, so that we price of the animal, one had to to cope with the rush as many An expatriate woman told For many Kenyans in Qatar, West Bay, Dukhan, Al Shamal have enough food and drinks for pay to get it slaughtered in an women chose to walk in without this newspaper that while she Eid Al Adha has brought back and Al Udaid South are popular everyone,” Nasir said. abattoir as slaughter of animals a prior appointment and waited had got an appointment with a memories of losing two members with those who go for a swim on According to O J Miller, a at home is banned in the country. for hours on end for their turn. beauty parlour in advance, she of their community, who drowned holidays. Nigerian community leader, An Indian expatriate who The parlours make a killing saw many Asian women just near Al Wakra beach during Eid Members of various communi- there are 2,000 to 3,000 Nigerian spoke to this paper on condition during Eid and this year was no walk in without an appointment. Al Fitr. ties were taking part in scores of Muslim expatriates in Qatar, and of anonymity also said that infla- different, with many custom- A woman who gave her name A number of Kenyans said that festive events yesterday in shop- during Eid Al Adha families get tion had dented his Eid Al Adha ers complaining of sudden price as Lima told Al Raya that she the community was still in shock ping malls, farms, beaches and together to celebrate. “Many celebrations this year, with his hikes, local Arabic daily Al Raya suspected that some parlours from that tragedy and many were other places in Doha and other families arrange to celebrate Eid rent going up from QR3,500 to reported. were using low-quality prod- avoiding swimming and beaches cities to celebrate Eid. Al Adha together in one place,” QR4,000, which had affected his “We began getting requests ucts and charging more, taking in their celebrations this Eid. Mohammed Bashir Nasir, he said. monthly budget. for booking at least a month undue advantage of the Eid rush. “There were some other people president of the Nigerian Muslim Miller said that on the side- He said prices of basic food- before the festival,” the daily “Additionally, the salons have swimming and many were on the Community in Doha, an associa- lines of the celebrations, Nigerian stuff had also gone up recently quoted the owner of a beauty nearly doubled their tariffs showers, even after realising that tion with about 300 members, Muslim expatriates were also while there had been negligible salon as saying. for various treatments,” she the couple was missing in the said that they planned to have expected to pray for their country increment in his salary. While the bookings are made said, citing the rates for some water there was no lifeguard to Eid Al Adha celebrations in Al to overcome the many problems THE PENINSULA weeks in advance, women turn services. up for beauty treatments just Another woman told the daily a few days before the first day that the demand for henna of Eid. Many prefer to get the application on the eve of Eid Al treatments on the very eve of Adha had spiked so much that the festival. some parlours were charging as Most prefer to get their hair much as QR500 for it. dyed or cut, or want streaking THE PENINSULA

Eid crowds at restaurants, parks Continued from page 1 Restaurants and cafés in Souq Waqif were also filled with customers yesterday and more visitors are expected in the most popular souq in Doha starting today as a number of shows begin, including Cinderella, circus and games starting at 5pm. Sout Al Rayyan’s music festival will also start its six-day nightly concerts starting at 9pm tonight, featuring some of the finest singers in the region. The Corniche and parks were also filled with many visitors who enjoyed meeting friends on the first day of a long break from work. More than usual police were seen deployed at places frequented by people while traffic police personnel were also stationed at major intersections in the city to ensure smooth flow of traffic. Meanwhile, many passengers complained of taxi drivers cashing in on the Eid holidays and demanding more than the regular fare. People snap pictures during a fireworks show off the Corniche last evening. PICTURES: SALIM MATRAMKOT AND BAHER AMIN THE PENINSULA

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Qataris supporting many orphans abroad DOHA: Qataris are helping thousands of orphans to go to school and have Sidra honours top nurses a good quality of life in impoverished countries, officials have said. In all, 13,326 orphans in 23 African countries are being provided for by the Qatar-based Organisation of Islamic Daawa (Munazzamat). War-torn African countries have the largest number of orphans on the organisation’s Three nursing professionals get Qatar’s first Daisy awards sponsorship list. These include Sudan with 1,655 orphans, Somalia with 1,433 orphans and Uganda with 1,807 orphans, local Arabic daily Al Arab reported. DOHA: Sidra Medical nursing from the University of In Yemen, 3,981 orphans are receiving such support. and Research Center has Miami and a Master of Science Hamad Al Sheikh, director of the organisation in Doha, said that monthly announced the recipients from the University of Texas in contributions of QR200 to QR500 from Qatari citizens and residents enabled of the organisation’s inau- the US. a student to go to school in Africa. People willing to contribute to the orphans gural Daisy Award for “Dr Nabila’s career and ded- can visit the organisation’s offices or to call its hotline (40407400). Extraordinary Nurses. The ication to the nursing profes- THE PENINSULA Daisy Award is presented by sion is a strong reflection of over 1,700 healthcare organi- Qatar’s welcoming and caring sations around the world as a culture. She is an inspiration way of honouring nurses. for nurses as her achievements The ceremony marked the encapsulate the hard work and first time that an organisa- commitment demonstrated by tion in Qatar had presented a visionary nurses throughout Daisy Award to a member of its history. We are honoured to nursing staff. It is also the first acknowledge her outstanding time a hospital has recognised leadership in the field,” added the contributions of nurses in Dr Boyd. helping to design a Greenfield Thirteen Sidra nurses were facility. nominated by their colleagues Tina Anselmi-Moulaye, for the Daisy Award and the Clinical Educator, Rachel winners were selected to Browne, Clinical Nurse Leader receive the award by a judging and Jason Simpson, Acting panel made up of senior mem- Director, Perioperative Nursing bers of Sidra’s expert nursing Services, were nominated by team. colleagues to receive the award The achievements of the in recognition of their extraor- nominees and award recipients dinary leadership, commitment alike were celebrated at a cer- to education spanning local emony hosted by Dr Boyd and and international communities featuring an address by Bonnie and dedication to a culturally- Barnes, president of the Daisy sensitive, multidisciplinary Foundation. environment. The Daisy Award was estab- Commenting on the award, lished by the Daisy Foundation, Dr Mary Boyd, Sidra’s Chief which was set up in the US by Nursing Officer, said, “The care, the family of J. Patrick Barnes, compassion and devotion nurses who died in 1999 from an auto- show patients sets the tone for immune disease. their experience at the hospital. The care that Barnes and The three recipients are truly his family received from exceptional professionals whose nurses during his hospitalisa- commitment to excellence in tion inspired a unique means patient care not only embodies of thanking nurses who have the spirit of Sidra but also the gone above and beyond their qualities of a Daisy Award win- daily routine to ensure patients ner. We are delighted to bring receive exceptional care. the Daisy Award to Qatar and Sidra Medical and Research Rachel Browne, Clinical Nurse Leader at Sidra Medical and Research look forward to celebrating the Center, currently under con- achievements of Sidra’s grow- Center, poses with her Daisy award. struction in Doha, is poised ing nursing team in the future.” to become a groundbreaking In addition, Dr Nabila named the Honorary Daisy spanning nearly 40 years, Dr hospital, research and educa- Al Meer, Deputy Chief of Award recipient in recognition Al Meer helped restructure tion institution, focusing on the Continuing Care and Supreme of her pioneering contribu- nursing governance, education health and wellbeing of women Council of Health Nursing tions to the nursing profession and nursing practices in Qatar. and children regionally and Affairs at Hamad Medical in Qatar. She was also the first Qatari globally. Corporation (HMC), was Throughout her career nurse to obtain a PhD in THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Parents of US man held by IS appeal Kurdish fighters hold back jihadists for his release IS releases video showing execution of British volunteer; mass exodus from Kobane INDIANA: The parents of an American humanitarian MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Kurdish fighters had been buoyed worker held hostage by Islamic Kurdish fighters supported by by their success at holding off State militants appealed for his US-led air strikes held back the assault so far, noting that the release yesterday, speaking in a jihadists attacking a Syrian jihadists had hoped to capture the statement and a video message border town yesterday, follow- town by yesterday for the Muslim that highlighted his aid work ing an international outcry at Eid Al Adha festival. and mentioned his conversion the murder of a British hostage “So far they have failed to enter to Islam. by the Islamic State group. the town,” Ebdi said. Ed and Paula Kassig, of Dozens of militants with the IS “Clashes continue now, they are Indianapolis, Indiana, urged the organisation — which has seized shelling on all three fronts. They release of their son, Peter Kassig, large parts of Syria and Iraq — tried to invade Kobani last night 26. Kassig was threatened in a were reported killed in the latest but they were repelled,” senior video issued on Friday by Islamic coalition raids. Kurdish official Asya Abdullah State militants that purported to The dusty Syrian town of said from the town yesterday. show the beheading of British aid Kobane on the Turkish border “We think they are planning worker Alan Henning, 47. has become a key battleground to launch another big attack but Kassig’s parents have said between IS jihadists and their YPG is prepared to resist them.,” through a spokesperson that he opponents, who include Kurdish she said, referring to the Kurdish was taken captive on his way to fighters as well as the United armed group defending it. the eastern Syrian city of Deir States and its allies. IS began its advance towards Ezzor on October 1, 2013. He was The US military said four Kobane on September 16, seek- doing humanitarian work through air strikes hit the Kobane area ing to cement its grip over a long Special Emergency Response and overnight. stretch of the border. Assistance, an organization he Fighting raged yesterday as It has prompted a mass exo- founded in 2012 to treat refugees IS militants attempted to seize a dus of residents from the town from Syria, the family has said. strategic hilltop that would give and the surrounding countryside, Kassig converted to Islam while them access to the town, activ- with some 186,000 fleeing into in captivity and has adopted the ists said. Turkey. name Abdul Rahman, the family Mortar rounds pounded the Syrian state media also spokesperson said. In their appeal town as smoke rose above it, an reported coalition strikes yester- for his release, his parents men- AFP team on the Turkish side of day in Al Quriyah in the eastern tioned the Muslim holy festival of the border said. province of Deir Ezzor, with a Eid, observed on Saturday. “The resistance is continuing. tank destroyed. “As Muslims around the world, The danger has not yet been over- In neighbouring Iraq, unidenti- Forces loyal to Syrian president walk in Al Mathana area, north of Aleppo after saying they have regained control including our son Abdul-Rahman come,” Sebahat Tuncel, a Kurdish fied gunmen killed 10 soldiers and of the area and its surrounding farms yesterday. Kassig, celebrate Eid Al Adha, the member of Turkey’s parliament, Shia allied militiamen in two sep- faith and sacrifice of Ibrahim, and told reporters after visiting arate attacks in Diyala province alliance. “The blood of David Swift offensives by Islamic denounced the “brutal murder” the mercy of Allah, we appeal to Kobane. northeast of the capital Baghdad. Haines was on your hands, State since June have sent shock- and vowed decisive action against those holding our son to show the Five jihadists were killed in American bombers and fighter Cameron,” he said, referring to waves through the region and IS. same mercy and set him free,” the American air raids near the town, jets also carried out five air another British aid worker killed prompted the United States and Washington is leading a coali- Kassig parents said in a written as well as 30 more around Shadadi strikes against IS in Iraq, the US by the group. its allies to carry out a series of tion of nations against the jihadist statement. In the video, Paula in northeastern Syria, the Syrian military said. “Alan Henning will also be bombing raids to halt the insur- organisation, which has declared Kassig addressed her son in a Observatory for Human Rights On Friday night, IS released slaughtered, but his blood is on gents’ rapid advance. an Islamic “caliphate” in parts of personal message that she said said. a video showing the execution the hands of the British parlia- Rami Abdelrahman, who Syria and Iraq. she hoped he would see. IS militants fired at least 80 of Alan Henning, a 47-year-old ment,” he declared. runs the Britain-based Syrian British police are also inves- “We are so very proud of you mortar rounds on Friday into British volunteer driver who A fellow aid worker from Observatory for Human tigating video footage of an and the work you have done to Kobane, also known as Ain Al went to Syria with a Muslim America, Peter Kassig, is also Rights, said several hundred unmasked IS fighter, speaking bring humanitarian aid to the Arab. charity. shown alive and threatened by people had been killed on with a British accent and identi- Syrian people,” she said. The fighting killed at least 10 A masked militant directly the knife-wielding militant. both sides since the assault on fied by the SITE monitoring group Kassig served in the US Army Kurdish militia members, said the addressed British Prime Minister In Britain, Henning’s family Kobani started two weeks ago. as Abu Saeed Al Britani, railing during the Iraq war before being Britain-based Observatory, which David Cameron, who has sent paid tribute to the “decent, caring British Muslims condemned against Cameron over British air medically discharged, the family monitors the conflict. RAF bombers to strike jihad- human being” who was a husband his killing. strikes on Iraq. has said. But activist Mustafa Ebdi said ists in Iraq as part of the US-led and father of two. US President Barack Obama AGENCIES REUTERS Canada poised to join coalition US faces limits of air power in battle over Syria town WASHINGTON: The United Kurdish fighters face a well- Even with the advanced cam- micro-manage the application rejected any suggestion that the strikes in Iraq States is facing the limits of air organized and well-funded ISIS eras and sensors on US warplanes, of air power,” said Deptula, who air strikes were being held up by power in the Syria border town (IS group) force,” he said. clearly identifying an enemy tar- oversaw air campaigns in Iraq meddling from the White House OTTAWA: Canada is poised of Kobane, where Islamic State “This is a notable concern get remains difficult, and even and Afghanistan. or bureaucratic rules. to join the international coali- jihadists are steadily closing in across Syria, where US air power more challenging in poor weather, In Kobane, “there needs to be “The idea that the war is being tion launching air strikes on on Kurdish fighters despite a is not being coordinated well with Connable said. 24/7 constant overwatch, and conducted out of the White House the Islamic State group in Iraq series of US bombing raids. ground forces — in part since “It’s hard to tell,” he said. “You every time there are ISIL (IS) is wrong. General Austin (at after Prime Minister Stephen Fighter jets and drones from there are a plethora of rebel may think you have identified troops, vehicles, weapons that Central Command) has all the Harper sought parliament’s the world’s most powerful air groups in Syria,” Jones said. something in a video, but you may are observed—they need to be hit authorities he needs,” said the support on Friday. force have carried out at least The number of US strikes near not have.” immediately,” he said. official, who spoke on condition If lawmakers greenlight the eight attacks over the past week Kobane has been limited, and But Kurdish leaders and The elaborate approval process of anonymity. action on Monday — as expected against the IS group near Kobane, on a smaller-scale compared to some critics in Washington for strikes is a legacy of the war The Pentagon suggested Friday — it will be Canada’s first military but the air raids have failed so some other locations, which some have accused President Barack in Afghanistan, he said, where that the air strikes in Syria were expedition since Libya in 2011. far to turn the tide in the battle experts say reflects a murky intel- Obama of taking an overly cau- US forces took extra precautions not about altering the outcome of Harper said members of the for the strategic town near the ligence picture. tious approach, arguing that US after disastrous mistakes that left battles there but disrupting the IS House of Commons, where his Turkish border. Without forward air control- air strikes could stop IS extrem- civilians killed. group’s supply lines to help offen- Conservative Party enjoys a solid For some analysts and former lers in Kobane, fighter pilots ists in their tracks if it the full But he said the war in Syria sives carried out by Iraqi forces majority, would be asked to vote US officials, the town’s plight likely find it difficult to distin- potential of American air power and Iraq is a much different situa- next door. on the six-month “counter-ter- illustrates how bombing from the guish friend from foe, particu- was unleashed. tion, where the targets are troops “I just want to make sure that rorism” mission. air has serious limitations with- larly as the IS militants seek to Retired US Air Force lieuten- in trucks moving down roads and I stress again that the focus In his Commons address, out troops to guide the strikes to move among civilians to conceal ant general David Deptula said clearly on the move. in Syria has really been about Harper said fighter jets and air- a target or a well-organised ally their location, said Ben Connable, the air crews flying the combat Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel the sanctuary and safe haven to-air refuelling aircraft would be who can take advantage of the air a retired Marine Corps intelli- missions are hampered by cum- has denied that the air campaign they enjoy,” spokesman Rear sent to the region to strike targets raid. gence officer. bersome procedures and restric- is being micro-managed by the Admiral John Kirby told a news within Iraq’s borders. The Kurdish defenders are far “We probably don’t have good tive approval rules for strikes that president or his aides, and that conference. Six hundred aircrew and other from a coherent army and are enough intelligence to separate are undercutting the impact of the head of US Central Command, “In Iraq, it’s really been much personnel will be headed to the badly outgunned, said Seth Jones, all the prospective targets from the campaign. General Lloyd Austin, has full more focused on supporting Iraqi Middle East. a former adviser to US special friendly fighters,” Connable, now “There is a sense and there authority to wage an unfettered Security Forces and Kurdish Harper said Canadian war- operations forces. a senior anlayst at the RAND is feedback that there are air war. forces on the ground.” planes could also target the “At this point, it looks like Corporation think tank, said. too many people trying to A senior defense official AFP militant group in Syria, but only “with the clear support of the gov- ernment of that country.” Syrian refugees face The prime minister also asked to extend the deployment of up to 69 special forces soldiers advis- ing security forces fighting the insults in Lebanon Islamic State group in the north- ern part of Iraq. BEIRUT: Insults, attacks and were often treated with a mixture There will be “no ground com- curfews have become com- of condescension or mistrust, in bat mission,” Harper insisted. monplace experiences for some part a legacy of resentment over In making a case for war, Sy rian war refugees in Lebanon, Syria’s 30-year military presence Harper said: “The threat ISIL with rights watchdogs saying in Lebanon. (IS) represents is real, serious, the community faces growing But the situation has deteriorated and explicitly directed in part at discrimination. since the beginning of the conflict our country.” In many parts of the country, it in 2011, with more than a million “Left unchecked this terrorist is no longer unusual to see posters refugees flooding into Lebanon, threat can only grow.” prohibiting “foreigners” — under- which is profoundly divided between Harper accused IS jihadists of stood to mean Syrians — from those who back President Bashar Al having “conducted a campaign of being outside after 8pm. Assad and those who support the unspeakable atrocities against the And both Lebanese and Syrians uprising against him. most innocent of people. report witnessing harsh treat- The influx has placed new pres- “It tortured and beheaded chil- ment of Syrians or even attacks sure on already scarce resources, dren, raped and sold women into against them, including by munic- and created resentment against slavery, it slaughtered minorities, ipal guards who at times enforce Syrians in some places. captured prisoners and innocent the curfews. Some Lebanese justify the civilians whose only crime is being Human Rights Watch, a New- measures taken against Syrians, or thinking differently from ISIL,” York based group, has identified accusing refugees of crime, and he said. at least 45 municipalities in the urging them to “go home”. The Islamic State group gained country that have imposed cur- “There must be limits for international attention in August, fews on Syrian refugees. Syrians,” one local official in the when its fighters and those from In a new report on Friday it Mount Lebanon region said on other militant groups swept called for an end to practices condition of anonymity. through the northern Iraqi city “that feed into a climate of dis- “They take jobs from the of Mosul, then overran swaths crimination against and stere- Lebanese. It’s not that bad if we of provinces north and west of otyping of Syrians in Lebanon.” teach them a lesson now and Baghdad. Syrian children play in a makeshift swing in Aleppo, yesterday, on the first day of Eid Al Adha. Syria’s President Even before the flood of war ref- again,” he said. AFP Bashar Al Assad made a rare public appearance yesterday, attending prayers at a mosque in Damascus. ugees, Syrian workers in Lebanon AFP SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Sisi performs Eid prayers Turkey says Gazans mark will hit back if IS attacks Eid Al Adha Syria exclave

ANKARA: Turkey warned yesterday it would not hesi- amid war ruins tate to strike back at Islamic State jihadists if they attacked Turkish troops stationed at Ankara’s exclave inside Syria. Palestinian groups distribute meat to poor “We will absolutely not hesitate to respond if something happens GAZA CITY: Surrounded by into the hearts of the children of there,” President Recep Tayyip the rubble of a deadly war with our martyrs,” said Mohammad Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul, Israel, Gazans marked a som- Sukkar, as handed out just dates referring to the tomb of Suleyman bre Eid Al Adha yesterday with and coffee to well-wishers. Shah, the grandfather of the prayers and visits to the graves “The economic situation is founder of the Ottoman dynasty. of relatives. dire,” said Karam Al Batsh who The small patch of land inside Thabet Al Hamami pitched a runs a charity organisation that Syria around the tomb is consid- tent by the ruins of his home — bought sheep with money from ered Turkish territory under a one of 60,000 totally or partially donors. 1920s treaty signed between the destroyed by Israeli strikes during Some of the Palestinian fac- Turkish authorities and France, the recent conflict — and offered tions in the Strip have also dis- who at the time had a mandate sweets to relatives and friends. tributed meat to the homeless and on Syria. “Forty of our soldiers “We will celebrate the feast, no to families who lost a loved one in are stationed in this zone, which matter what,” his son Naeem said. the war, he added. is Turkish territory,” he said. The seven-week war that Early yesterday, thousands of “If one so much as touches a ended with a truce on August 26 Gazans headed to mosques for hair on the their heads, Turkey killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians, special Eid prayers before going to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi (centre), along with Grand Imam of Al Azhar Shiekh Ahmed El Tayeb with its army will do all that is mostly civilians, and 73 on the cemeteries to pray for their dead. (right) and Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab (left), performing Eid Al Adha prayers in Cairo yesterday. necessary and everything will Israeli side, most of whom were Nine-year-old Majd Dahduh change from that moment on,” soldiers. clutched a bouquet of flowers as Erdogan warned. It caused huge destruction to he knelt by the grave of his father His warning came just two days homes and infrastructure, leaving at the Sheikh Radwan Martyrs after Turkey’s top general issued more than 100,000 Palestinians Cemetery and said softly: “Happy Settlement plans threaten Israel ties: EU an unusual message of support for homeless in the long term, Eid, father.” the Turkish troops stationed at according to the United Nations. “He used to bring us presents BRUSSELS: Plans for new set- “This represents a further ¤14m ($17.6m) in EU funding over the tomb, saying that the army In the eastern Gaza district of for the Eid and we used to go with tlements in East Jerusalem pose highly detrimental step that the next seven years, while the EU “will be there for you the moment Shejaiya, where entire apartment him to the mosque to pray. Now a threat to peace and Israel’s undermines prospects for a is Israel’s biggest trading partner. we hear a single word from you.” blocks were flattened in some of he is in heaven,” he said, sobbing. relations with the European two-state solution and calls into Palestinians want a state Some press reports said this the heaviest bombardments of the His father, Shaaban Dahduh, Union, the 28-member bloc said, question Israel’s commitment encompassing the West Bank and week that the exclave had been conflict, children gathered around was a top commander of the joining the United States in its to a peaceful negotiated settle- Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem surrounded by Islamic State (IS) a butcher slaughtering a sheep for Islamic Jihad group who was criticism of the decision. ment with the Palestinians,” the as its capital. Israel withdrew jihadists, who have taken over Eid. killed in an Israeli attack that The strong language from the European Union’s External Action from Gaza in 2005 but has con- swathes of northern Syria, and But only two sheep and a cow targeted an eight-storey apart- European Union, the biggest aid Service said in a statement. tinued expanding Jewish settle- the few dozen, lightly-armed were available, donated by a char- ment bloc. “He meant everything donor to the Palestinians who “We stress that the future ments in the West Bank and East Turkish troops stationed there ity. The meat will be distributed for us and we are proud of him,” seek statehood in territories development of relations between Jerusalem. had been taken hostage. to the poorest residents of the said his widow. captured by Israel in the 1967 the EU and Israel will depend on The latest round of US-brokered Turkey’s leaders have categori- coastal enclave. Former Hamas prime minis- Middle East war, echoes criti- the latter’s engagement towards peace talks foundered in April over cally dismissed the reports. Flanking Israel and Egypt, the ter Ismail Haniya also delivered a cism from Germany, France and a lasting peace based on a two- Israeli objections to a Palestinian Its parliament this week Gaza Strip is home to 1.7 million speech to mark Eid stressing the Washington. state solution,” the EEAS said, political unity pact including the authorised the government to Palestinians who live in just 362 need to rebuild the Strip. French Foreign Minister referring to an independent and Islamist Hamas movement, which take military action against IS square kilometres, making it one He pledged Hamas “will con- Laurent Fabius said the decision democratic Palestinian state that controls Gaza and seeks Israel’s extremists, whose forces have of the most densely-populated tinue to bolster and develop its to build 2,610 homes in Givat would exist alongside Israel. destruction, and Palestinian objec- been battling Kurdish fighters territories on the planet. resistance until the land has been Hamatos would be the first new It did not say whether any tions to unremitting Israeli settle- around a key town just across the “We don’t feel the holiday but liberated” from Israeli occupation. settlement in the East Jerusalem action would be taken over its ment growth. border with Turkey. we are trying to bring some joy AFP area for 15 years. criticism. Israel is eligible for REUTERS AFP Tunisia begins election race

TUNIS: Campaigning officially parliament the following year. ago in a desperate act of pro- got under way yesterday for But the process was delayed by test that launched the first Arab Tunisian parliamentary elec- political crises which culminated Spring uprising. tions seen as a milestone in with the assassination last year Last month the World Bank efforts to establish a democratic of two opposition lawmakers by called for sweeping reforms in foothold in the birthplace of the suspected Islamist militants. Tunisia, warning that bureauc- Arab Spring. Under an agreement finally racy, a lack of competition and a Hailed as a rare success story reached to break the deadlock, banking system in ruins had ossi- following the uprisings that swept parliament ratified a new consti- fied the economy. much of the region in 2011, the tution in January and Ennahda Official figures show that 31.4 North African nation hopes the handed power to an interim gov- of university graduates are unem- vote will be a highlight of a some- ernment of independents. ployed. Ennahda, which clinched times troubled transition. About 5.2 million people are 37 percent of the vote three years Tunisia has grappled with social eligible to vote with 13,000 can- ago, is aiming to do even better unrest over the feeble economy, didates vying for a seat in the this time. violence blamed on Islamists, and 217-strong National Assembly. “We have confidence in our peo- attacks by militant groups includ- The polls will be followed by ple, who gave us a high percent- ing Al Qaeda loyalists. an election in November giv- age last time,” its leader Rached The October 26 parliamentary ing Tunisians the opportunity to Ghannouchi said last month. polls will be the second since the directly elect their president for the The party will not field a presi- revolution four years ago that first time in the post-Ben Ali era. dential candidate, but will back swept away longtime dictator The parliamentary race got a “consensus” hopeful in the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. off to a slow start because of the November 23 polls to help “pull Stalwarts of the deposed Muslim Eid Al Adha festival, but Tunisia out of catastrophe and regime as well as members of the the candidates have pledged to impasse,” said Ghannouchi. once-outlawed Ennahda moderate focus on crippling poverty and The upcoming vote is seen as Islamist party are among those unemployment. a landmark in the West, where standing for office. Social discontent in Tunisia many countries and institutions In 2011, Ennahda won the often leads to violence, especially consider Tunisia as the last hope largest share of seats in the in the impoverished centre of the for democracy to take root in an National Assembly, which was country, where a street vendor set Arab Spring nation. due to be replaced by a permanent himself on fire nearly four years AFP

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ILLIONS of Muslims in the Gulf and other countries celebrated Eid Al Adha yesterday and the remaining among the world’s about 1.5 billion Mof this faith will celebrate Eid today. From Lagos Bombing friend and to Kabul and Manila to Moscow, Muslims are taking part in events to commemorate Prophet Abraham’s readiness to sacrifice his son, and in the process, to re-connect with Allah and reenergise themselves spiritually to lead a life foe alike in Syria of self-fulfillment and purity. As they celebrate Eid, their hearts are turned towards Makkah where their brethren BY MOHAMMED ALAA up-to-date intelligence on Islamic State State territory and rebel territory, but are performing Haj. In the last major ritual of Haj, two GHANEM positions, often because they can see its never Assad. Though the United States million Muslims stoned the devil yesterday in Mina, about troop movements with their own eyes. declared war on the Islamic State, which five kilometres east of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of AST week, warplanes from But the United States has not availed primarily fights the rebels, the anti- Makkah. the United States and its part- itself of this information. Multiple coa- Assad Al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Al Nusra Muslims from all over the world are gathered in Makkah ners began strikes against lition air strikes appear to have been was also bombed. On Monday, targeting with a unity of purpose. There is no distinction between rich LIslamic State positions in Syria. based on faulty intelligence, leading to was expanded to include Liwa Al Haq, President Obama justified the attacks missed targets or civilian deaths. which is affiliated with a coalition of and poor in this congregation, no difference between the by saying that the United States would Initial coalition air strikes in Syria 60,000 rebels called the Islamic Front. young and the old, the sick and the healthy. Every pilgrim “not tolerate safe havens for terrorists,” included attacks on the Islamic State’s Syrians have no way of knowing who from every country is accorded the same warm and solemn an objective that is both correct and long headquarters in Raqqah, and my con- will be targeted next, and the United welcome as they arrive for a transforming journey of their overdue. However, the air strikes are tacts there reported strikes that States therefore risks losing its criti- lives. falling short in ways that could soon appeared to target longtime Islamic cal Syrian ground partners. The U.S.- Unlike in the previous years, Muslims are marking Eid jeopardize this objective. State nerve centres. However, the group endorsed Free Syrian Army’s general Air strikes alone will not defeat the had already evacuated these buildings in staff has requested clarification on which Al Adha at a time when their faith and its followers are Islamic State. Despite nearly two months anticipation of the strikes. The Syrian groups are “moderate” enough to avoid facing several challenges. The Muslim world has possibly of strikes in Iraq, Islamic State fight- rebels knew where the Islamic State had targeting. Even the Aleppo Provincial never before faced such challenges and divisive tendencies. ers attacked Iraqi gone, but because they were not con- Council, Syria’s first democratic council Terrorists have hijacked their army checkpoints sulted the strikes did not accomplish since 1963, has condemned the strikes religion and Islamophobia is on close to Baghdad their objective. If air strikes were lim- outside of Islamic State territory. The the rise globally as peace-loving, last weekend, and ited to Islamic State territory, failure Obama administration should quickly Muslims are reports this week to coordinate would have only reduced take three concrete actions to remedy innocent Muslims are forced to Although Obama celebrating indicate a strong their effectiveness. But the United States this problem: watch helplessly. For example, administration Islamic State has also struck targets deep inside rebel First, the Free Syrian Army’s request Eid Al Adha British Muslims are celebrating presence just a territory. Some of these attacks caused must be answered. The United States Eid this time with fury and officials are mile west of the substantial civilian deaths or struck must identify its partners and demon- at a time when anguish as Islamic State terrorists city. Although close to command centres of moderate strate its commitment to them with correct that Obama adminis- Free Syrian Army brigades. Rebels were coordination that makes a difference on murdered a British citizen who terrorists have tration officials not consulted on these strikes either. the ground. This would also enhance the was taken hostage by them. More the anti-Islamic are correct that US officials claim that strikes inside effectiveness of U.S. air strikes by pro- hijacked their than 100 high-profile Islamic State campaign the anti-Islamic rebel territories targeted the Khorasan viding targeting intelligence and ground leaders had appealed for Alan State campaign Group, a small, shadowy Al Qaeda follow-up. faith. Henning to be released, but their will take time, will take time, branch said to have been planning an Second, the United States must win calls went unheeded. Muslims all they need to imminent attack on the United States or back Syrian public support through they need to accelerate and Europe. But none of my Syrian contacts transparency on civilian casualties. The over the world are being made to significantly had heard of this group. Nor have many United States still has not said whether pay for the hate-filled, inhuman violence of a few who have accelerate and modify the effort European counterterrorism specialists. it carried out an air strike on an Islamic deviated from the faith. significantly to prevent further Adding to the confusion, coalition forces Front facility in Badama that killed and Scholars have used this Haj to tell the world that advances toward bombed on Monday an anti-Assad bri- injured civilians last week. Syrians do terrorists have no connection with their faith. This they have modify the effort Baghdad. gade with no affiliation to Al Qaeda. not know whether this was a coalition said before, but Muslims need to come out more vociferously Close coor- Let’s look at this ambiguity from the or Assad attack. To regain public sup- to prevent further dination with perspective of most ordinary Syrians. port, the United States must be honest to condemn the acts committed in the name of their faith. Syrian rebels They approve of Obama’s plan to back about collateral damage and compensate Haj and Eid Al Adha are also an occasion for self- advances toward would accomplish Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State. families of victims. examination, renewal of faith and enhancement of the Baghdad. this. By enabling But after his “red line” chemical weap- Third, the United States needs to tar- spirit of brotherhood. Sectarianism is one of the biggest rebels to escalate ons debacle last year, most Syrians do get Jabhat Al Nusra differently. Nusra threats facing the community, which is against the spirit of ground attacks on not take Obama at his word. The presi- has to go. It threatens Americans as an the Islamic State’s dent’s statements conflict with allega- Al Qaeda branch, and its hard-line ideol- brotherhood and unity advocated by Eid. Muslims must use western front, coordination would force tions from hard-liners that the United ogy conflicts with the pluralistic spirit this Eid Al Adha to reexamine and rethink their relations the group to divert resources from States is waging war on Sunni Islam and of the Syrian revolution. But unlike with people of other sects in their faith. It’s time to realize Baghdad. And unlike the Iraqi army, with a stream of Syrian regime propa- the Islamic State, Nusra did not gain that sectarian divisions and killings only tarnish the image moderate Syrian rebels have a proven ganda suggesting a Western partnership strength by conquering rebel territory. of their faith. The focus should be on live and let live. In this record of rolling back Islamic State with dictator Bashar Assad. Rather, it leveraged its superior weapons diverse and democratic world, it’s utopian to think that every forces. But no coordination of any sig- Without conclusive evidence, Syrians and funding to lure Syrians desperate to . nificance is occurring. can judge only by what they see: The stop the regime’s killing spree. Muslim must follow a single sect The Syrian rebels possess the most United States has bombed Islamic WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Let reason prevail the day

ITH chaos from the Worse, a grimmer scenario looms citizens that what the political extrem- law - a key cornerstone for democratic “Occupy Central” after “Occupy” organizers openly ists really want is to advance their development, as well as social stability campaign beginning admitted that the crowds in the streets agenda by seizing power to rule Hong - the foundation of the city’s economic Wto rattle Hong Kong’s were now beyond their control. Kong by any means, rather than by prosperity. This is definitely not what We will use all financial markets, and disruptions to It is hardly convincing to argue that promoting democracy. Hong Kong society wants in the current social order in the city now clearly democracy in the city can be enhanced The facade of democracy covering discourse on political reform for elec- the assets we evident, it is high time to let reason by storming government headquarters their campaign has been completely tion of the Chief Executive by universal prevail again over recklessness. in Admiralty. It is equally unthinkable shattered by the fact “Occupy” organ- suffrage in 2017, nor is it the outcome have ... to defeat The 2 percent plunge in the Hang that a better society can be achieved izers have over the past couple days the city’s idealistic students have been Seng benchmark index on Tuesday, with violent action against police offic- started to promote the idea of creating striving for. this organisation initial signs of capital outflows from the ers carrying out their duties. It is also a “shadow Chief Executive” in the SAR After all, the ultimate objective city, the temporary shutdown of doz- unimaginable that social harmony with an illegal referendum. of advancing democracy is to bring (IS) which is ens of business and bank outlets and can be improved by bringing politics The events unfolding on the streets improvements to people’s livelihoods utterly ruthless, massive disruption to traffic suggest the to school campus or encouraging of Hong Kong have clearly demon- and to make a better society. It is time illegal campaign has begun to take its young students to participate in street strated that street politics won’t con- for participants of the “Occupy” move- senseless and toll on not only the economy but also confrontations. tribute to democratic development. ment to have second thoughts about David Cameron on social harmony and stability. By now it should have been clear to Rather, they are undermining rule of their endeavors. China Daily barbaric. British Prime Minister SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Fear an attack on America, but not too much US and European governments need to identify opportunities to encourage potentially dangerous individuals to take more peaceful paths and to help determine which individuals deserve arrest, visa denial, preventive detention, or monitoring.

BY DANIEL BYMAN and that went to Afghanistan in the 1980s JEREMY SHAPIRO and their connection to the 9/11 attacks. They worry that Westerners might go n May 24, 2014, a man to the region to fight dictators but will walked into the Jewish return as radicalised and battle-hardened Museum in Brussels and foot soldiers of jihadist groups eager to opened fire, killing four peo- bring the war to the West. ple. This attack was more Indeed, they note that the foreign Othan just another incident of senseless fighter problem in Iraq and Syria is far gun violence. bigger than in the past. Recent reports The alleged perpetrator, Mehdi estimate that between 2,500 and 3,000 Nemmouche, was a French national who foreign fighters from Western countries had spent the previous year fighting in have travelled to Syria and Iraq as of Syria; his attack was the first deadly August 2014, including more than 100 spillover of the Syrian civil war into Americans; France, Britain, Belgium, Europe. But Nemmouche is not alone — and Germany have the largest numbers thousands of young Muslims from around of citizens in the fight. the world have gone to fight in Syria and As the wars continue, the flow is likely Iraq. to increase. The overwhelming majority of foreign But while the threat of foreign fighters Police personnel work at the site of a shooting at the Jewish Museum in central Brussels, Belgium on May 24, 2014. fighters have come from the Arab world. is real, it’s been exaggerated, and effective But Europe’s 16 million and America’s 2 policy can further diminish it. Similar if he had never left home. years after the 2003 invasion and did not As the flow of foreign fighters increases, million Muslims can also feel the pull: fears about foreign fighters have been Intelligence officials are paid to worry, attack the American homeland or carry this may require increased funding. The carnage in Syria, the refugee crisis, raised before — especially after the 2003 but they ignore their own remarkable out a significant attack in Europe. Taken together, these measures will and the violence between religious com- US invasion of Iraq — and those fears record of success: They regularly detect The threat does require a response. reduce the likelihood that any one indi- munities in the Middle East have echoed were largely not borne out. The battle jihadists and disrupt their plots, in locales US and European governments need vidual will either want to move or suc- throughout the West. against the IS in Iraq and Syria and other ranging from Kosovo to Australia. to identify opportunities to encourage ceed in moving all the way down the Satellite television and social media Syrian jihadist groups is unlikely to be In contrast to Al Qaeda in Pakistan, potentially dangerous individuals to take path from concerned observer to foreign bring images of sorrow and slaughter into any different. most jihadist groups in Iraq and Syria, more peaceful paths and to help deter- fighter to terrorist. the homes of Western Muslims every day. The vast majority of foreign fighters including IS, have an agenda that is first mine which individuals deserve arrest, That said, terrorist attacks carried Many of the most radical will blow will never present a serious problem back and foremost local and regional: killing visa denial, preventive detention, or some out by returnees from Syria or Iraq are themselves up in suicide attacks or per- home. Many never return home, prefer- Alawites and Shia, toppling the Iraqi and other monitoring. almost inevitable. Terrorism has unfor- ish in firefights against opposing groups. ring to move on to the next jihad. Some Syrian governments, and so on. (The so- Steps include increasing community tunately become a feature of modern life. US and European security officials of those who go to Syria and Iraq quickly called Khorasan Group, which has strong engagement efforts to dissuade poten- It cannot be eradicated, only controlled, are paying attention. For many of them, become disillusioned, and even those who links to the Al Qaeda core, may be an tial fighters from going to Syria or Iraq, and the fallout of the civil wars in Syria Nemmouche’s violence is a harbinger return with their illusions intact often exception.) working more with Turkey to disrupt and Iraq will make that problem more of a wave of terrorism that could easily have no plans for further violence, believ- Most Syrian jihadists have not pri- transit routes, improving deradicalisa- difficult. result in mass-casualty terrorist attacks ing it is not a theatre of jihad. oritised the struggle against Europe and tion programmes to “turn” returning The US and Europe have dealt with in the West. FBI Director James Comey Security services arrest or disrupt America. Even the US bombing of IS fighters into intelligence sources or make this problem before and already have warned in May that “there’s going to be others, particularly if returnees group forces does not necessarily change that them less likely to engage in violence, and effective measures in place to greatly a diaspora out of Syria at some point together to attempt large-scale attacks. calculus. avoiding blanket prosecution efforts when reduce the threat of terrorism from and we are determined not to let lines Indeed, becoming a foreign fighter — par- IS beheaded American journalists but fighters return. jihadist returnees. But the standard of be drawn from Syria today to a future ticularly with today’s heavy use of social did not try to launch attacks outside Most important, security services success cannot be perfection. If it is, we 9/11.” These officials draw on their expe- media — makes a terrorist far more likely the region, and its predecessor jihadist must be properly resourced to handle are doomed to fail and, worse, doomed rience with the flow of foreign fighters to be identified by security services than organisation in Iraq fought US forces for the potential danger. to overreact. WP-BLOOMBERG Putin set to bring serfdom back to Russia Democracy will flow to Tiananmen Square European countries and the US probably have much less BY MA JIAN or the past week, at home in London, I have been living in the Hong Kong time zone. At night I watch live feeds of pro-democracy government property in Russia protesters waking at dawn in an occupied street of Admiralty; the Fnext morning, I turn my computer back on and see the same street than the Russian President’s filled with a swollen river of humanity chanting their political demands in unison and holding up luminous mobile phones to the night sky. These riveting scenes have filled me with profound admiration for the courage of cronies have foreign assets. the protesters, and renewed hope for democracy in both Hong Kong and mainland China. Whatever the eventual outcome of this movement, it BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY from anti-Putin legislators, but marks a historic turning point. It is the largest and most concerted act of the new Cold War changed things. defiance against China’s totalitarian regime for the last 25 years. f the US and Europe ever On September 23, Vladimir As a Chinese exile and former resident of Hong Kong (I lived there get serious about finding and Ponevezhsky, a member of the for 10 years after my books were banned in China), these protests freezing the assets of sanc- pro-Putin United Russia party are particularly poignant for me. When the protesters opened their Itioned Russian oligarchs, which dominates the legislature, umbrellas against a torrential downpour four days ago, my mind flashed they should keep it in mind that reintroduced the bill. This time, back to the rain-soaked night of 30 June 1997, when fellow artists and Crimean residents watch a TV broadcast with Russian President Vladimir it will be ordinary Russians who the government backed it, point- writers gathered in my studio in Sai Ying Pun to lament the territory’s might be forced to reimburse ing out that Russians’ property Putin after the peninsula was annexed by Moscow earlier this year. handover to Chinese rule. Seventeen years later, this sense of betrayal is them. could be seized by executive order, still strong, and it is the desire to assert their independence and regain During the 2014 pro-Russian not just through the courts, and of Putin’s sanctioned friends’ government-owned Rossiyskaya their dignity that has driven Hong Kong’s people on to the streets. unrest in Ukraine, a number of the victims should be compen- fortunes, made mostly on vastly Gazeta that the abrupt abolition When I saw the images last weekend of riot police in helmets and gas governments applied sanctions sated in these cases, too. inflated government contracts, of serfdom in 1861 may have been masks shooting canisters of teargas into crowds of peaceful, unarmed against individuals and busi- “The sanctions imposed by Russian taxpayers have already a mistake. “Despite all its draw- students, my thoughts travelled further back, to 4 June 1989, when 200,000 nesses from Russia and Ukraine. European countries and the US paid for their villas, hotels and backs, serfdom was the brace armed soldiers advanced on Beijing and attacked peaceful protesters Sanctions were approved by the have nothing to do with interna- luxury condos. holding together the nation’s with machine guns, bayonets, batons and teargas, leaving in their wake US, the European Union (EU) tional law,” Vladimir Pligin, head Now, they will have to pay a internal unity,” he wrote. “It unknown numbers of corpses crushed by their armoured tanks. Those and other countries and interna- of the parliament’s constitutional second time: European coun- was no accident that, according umbrellas reminded me of a torrential downpour in the spring of 1989 that tional organisations. Russia has legislation committee and another tries and the US probably have to historians, the peasants told for a few hours washed the crowds of protesters and hunger strikers from responded with sanctions against United Russia member, said after much less government property their former masters after the Tiananmen Square. Although motivated by a multitude of discontents, a number of countries, including the committee voted to support in Russia than the Putin cronies reform: ‘We were yours and you the strength of the “umbrella revolution” lies in its narrow focus on one a total ban on food imports from the bill on Sept 30. have foreign assets. The Russian were ours.’” demand: genuine universal suffrage and, more precisely, the scrapping of the EU, US, Norway, Canada and The backing of United Russia government, however, doesn’t Zorkin’s historical ruminations the Chinese government’s decision that a pro-Beijing committee vet the Australia. and the government usually really consider ordinary citizens are no accident. Before Russia candidates allowed to run for Hong Kong’s next chief executive. Next week, Russia’s rubber- makes a bill a shoo-in. The legis- as taxpayers, as political com- annexed Crimea and became a de- The Chinese authorities have condemned the protests as illegal acts, stamp parliament will consider, lature will consider it on October mentator Stanislav Belkovsky facto pariah state, membership and stated that true democracy in Hong Kong would lead to social and probably pass, a bill that envi- 7, Putin’s 62nd birthday. recently pointed out. in the international community chaos. But it is clear the opposite is true: it is the refusal to grant genu- sions government compensation Once it is passed, billionaire “Our government is its own restrained the Putin elite, forc- ine electoral freedom that is the cause of the current uprising. Rejecting for Russians’s seized overseas Arkady Rotenberg, whose four taxpayer,” he wrote. “It sells oil, ing it to show at least superficial demands to resign the chief executive, CY Leung, has promised the assets. villas and luxury hotel were gas and other minerals, and it respect for human dignity. Now, students talks with his second-in-command, no doubt hoping that the The idea began circulating sealed by the Italian authori- distributes the proceeds to the it’s no longer necessary, and protests will peter out before he is forced to make any concessions. among allies of Vladimir Putin ties last week, will be able to file population according to how valu- Russian citizens are being openly The attacks launched on the protesters since then by organised mobs 18 months ago, after the US suit in a Russian court, seeking able they are within the current treated as property of the state. are both disturbing and predictable. But the Occupy movement must Congress passed the Magnitsky reimbursement from the finance system of power.” The government has already not be cowed by thuggery, and should continue to push for reform. Act, which empowered the US ministry. Russians, who have acquiesced confiscated part of their pension For it is hard to imagine a people more equipped for democracy than government to freeze the assets of If the court rules the foreign in Putin’s external aggression and savings to finance Crimea and is the restrained, educated citizens of Hong Kong. These are protesters Russians guilty of human-rights asset freeze illegal, the Russian intolerance of internal dissent, now about to scrap the $10,800 who, while calling for freedom, hand out biscuits and bottles of water, violations. government will pay out the are no more than serfs, expected subsidy paid out to mothers who shield policemen from the rain and hang up notices apologising to local The 2013 bill, almost identical value of the property and will to accept whatever their lord tells give birth to a second or third residents for “any inconvenience caused”. to the one under consideration be empowered to take a bite of them in the name of the all-pow- child. The people of Hong Kong should take heart, and realise that although now, allowed Russians faced with Italy’s assets in Russia, rang- erful state. There will be no mass protests each one of them may be but a single drop of rain, they converged this “illegal” property seizures by for- ing, presumably, from diplomatic A prominent member of because, though Russians once week to become an unstoppable river of democracy. The river will eign courts to seek redress from mission buildings to Italian state the Putin elite, Constitutional again belong to a master, they feel flow again, despite efforts to block it, and will one day, perhaps this the Russian government. companies’ property. Court Chairman Valery Zorkin, he belongs to them. year or many years from now, surge across the border all the way to That bill died amid opposition Considering the provenance recently suggested in the WP-BLOOMBERG Tiananmen Square. `THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Three allies Pressure on Russia to of Sarkozy save Ukraine truce charged in Insurgents intensifying raids for control of airport fraud probe

KIEV: Russia came under have clung on to the transport Former Ukrainian president PARIS: Three allies of French mounting pressure from hub — once the busiest in the Viktor Yushchenko — a leader of former president Nicolas the West yesterday to save industrial east — with growing the 2004 pro-democracy Orange Sarkozy were charged yester- Ukraine’s crumbling truce with desperation. They briefly lost Revolution who fought bitterly day in connection with a probe pro-Kremlin insurgents who are control of the first floor of its old with Moscow while in power in into the financing of his 2012 engaged in intensifying raids on terminal on Friday before claim- the subsequent five years — said presidential campaign. an airport vital for sustaining ing to have seized it back. he was “disappointed” in some The so-called “Bygmalion their independence drive. The escalating assaults pushed eastern European nations for affair” concerns invoices for But analysts said Russian US Secretary of State John Kerry resisting further punitive steps. events staged by PR company President Vladimir Putin was to call Russian Foreign Minister “I am particularly disappointed Bygmalion during the campaign ready to weather isolation and Sergei Lavrov with an urgent in our own neighbours, and also that were allegedly charged to economic sanctions as the cost of demand for the Kremlin to rein in Austria,” he told Vienna’s Profil Sarkozy’s UMP party rather than cementing his grip on Ukraine’s in the rebels and call back army weekly. The economic punish- the campaign coffers. industrial east. units it has massed on Ukraine’s ment imposed already has forced Former top aide Eric Cesari, More than 70 Ukrainian sol- eastern border. Russia’s largest banks and oil described as the “eyes” of the diers and civilians have died “Russia must use its influence companies to appeal for massive former president, was charged since Moscow and Kiev signed a with the separatists to end these financial rescues that the govern- with forgery and abuse of trust September 5 truce aimed at halt- attacks immediately and stop ment can ill afford. along with party financial director ing the five-month war that has the flow of weapons, equipment Ukraine’s tough-talking prime Fabienne Liadze and former com- claimed nearly 3,300 lives on the and militants into Ukraine,” US minister — courting nationalist munications chief Pierre Chassat, European Union’s doorstep. State Department spokeswoman voters ahead of crunch parliamen- a legal source said. Ukrainian defence spokesman Jen Psaki said. tary polls on October 26 — said it Sarkozy announced two weeks Andriy Lysenko said yesterday that “Russia must also withdraw all was time for Kiev to declare its ago that he would run for the another two soldiers had died in of its military forces and equip- own trade war with Russia. leadership of the conservative the past day. The original ceasefire ment including the Russian fight- “If the United States and UMP, seen as clear positioning for was reinforced by a September 19 ers it is supporting from inside Europe are introducing sanc- another presidential bid in 2017. deal to set up a demilitarised zone Ukraine.” UN Secretary General tions, Ukraine must do the same,” Sarkozy, who lost re-election along the frontline that severs a Ban Ki-moon and the European Arseniy Yatsenyuk told a popular in 2012 to Socialist rival Francois small part of the Russian-speaking Union have also expressed grow- Friday night political talk show. Hollande, has always denied any southeast claimed by the rebels ing concern. But not everyone in Russia has countered the wrongdoing in the Bygmalion from the rest of Ukraine. Kiev is pleased with the Western Western measures by banning affair. According to a source close But the fighting has raged response. the sale of most US and EU food to the inquiry, the UMP picked up on and no troop withdrawal Washington has rejected items — a step that prompted Ukrainian servicemen check and repair their tank at the military camp near the tab for around ¤18.5m ($23.3m) has followed. The guerrillas are Ukrainian President Petro some farmers in Europe to the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve yesterday. in expenses that should have been now waging an concerted battle Poroshenko’s appeal for military rise up in protest against their billed to the Sarkozy campaign. for control of an airport on the assistance and some EU members governments. Putin’s popularity to record levels whatever economic storms Despite a prime-time television edge of their main stronghold — concerned about possible retali- Some analysts note that the that make it even less likely that are necessary in pursuit of its outing and several days travelling city of Donetsk that could give atory cuts in Russian gas supplies Kremlin’s use of state media to he will change course on Ukraine. broader objectives in Ukraine,” around France drumming up sup- them access to airlifted Russian — are trying to reverse the bit- incite jingoistic fervour — and “All signals from President the Eurasia Group political risk port, Sarkozy’s return to politics supplies. ing sanctions imposed on Putin’s a sense of Russia coming under Putin are that the Russian gov- consultancy said. has become mired in his several Outnumbered Ukrainian forces inner circle and state firms. Western attack — has raised ernment is prepared to weather AFP legal battles. He received a boost last week in another case when a probe into corruption and influ- ence-peddling was frozen pending a study of a request by Sarkozy to have it dismissed. Mali unrest: Ban At the same he does not appear Catalans defy court in independence duel to be energising the voters. A outraged by YouGov/Huffington Post poll pub- BARCELONA: Catalan lead- parties declared they were own vote. In another move of obeyed, because it has an obligation lished on Thursday showed that ambush on UN ers forged ahead yesterday for a “united” on the issue to the press, defiance, Catalonia’s moderate to make sure everyone respects 56 percent of voters were opposed vote on independence, defying a after holding meetings to forge conservative government formally democracy.” But Catalonia’s presi- to his return, with only 32 percent peacekeepers court challenge by the national a common front in the tense decreed the creation of a commis- dent Artur Mas vowed to push on in favour. government in their bid to standoff, which threatens to trig- sion to supervise the ballot. with the bid for independence. “We Sarkozy’s comeback also suffered redraw the map of Spain. ger Spain’s biggest constitutional The national government will will forge ahead and we will do it another kind of blow on Thursday UNITED NATIONS: UN Spain’s Constitutional Court crisis in decades. ask the Constitutional Court to together,” he said. when ex-president and still-pop- Secretary General Ban had provisionally blocked their The central government has suspend that decree, just as it has Mas is walking a legal and ular Jacques Chirac came out in Ki-moon said yesterday that he plan for the vote, but parties in vowed to keep Spain whole suspended other Catalan legisla- political tightrope, under pressure favour of his main rival to head the was “shocked and outraged” by the northeastern region opted to against the drive for independ- tion this week over the vote, said from hardline separatists to push UMP, Alain Juppe, a former pre- a deadly ambush on UN peace- launch a legal gamble. ence for Catalonia. Deputy Prime Minister Soraya on with a potentially illegal vote, mier and foreign minister. keepers in Mali and emphasised “We have agreed to maintain But, fired up by last month’s Saenz de Santamaria. which is fiercely opposed by Spain’s “I have always known that such attacks were a “serious the election decree so that citi- independence referendum in “No one in Spain can say on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Alain Juppe would answer the violation of international law.” zens can exercise their right to Scotland — although voters there their own authority what is legal Spain’s opposition Socialist call of his destiny and that of The attack on a UN convoy vote on November 9,” the Catalan rejected independence — hun- and what is not. That is a mat- party also opposes independence France. Few things would give me in northeastern Mali killed nine regional government spokesman dreds of thousands of Catalans ter for the courts,” she said. “This for Catalonia, but has called for a as much pleasure, for me, for him peacekeepers from Niger, in the Francesc Homs said here. have protested in the streets in government has an obligation to federal constitutional reform to and especially for our country,” worst-ever strike against the mis- Catalan pro-independence recent weeks, demanding their obey the law and to make sure it is answer Catalan demands. AFP Chirac said. AFP sion. Their deaths bring the death toll for UN peacekeepers in Mali to 30, with another 90 wounded, since the start of the mission on Latvia vote July 1, 2013. Ban “reminds the armed groups operating in northern Mali of Ebola strikes fourth their commitment to cooperate with the United Nations to pre- vent attacks against peacekeepers American in Liberia in line with their declaration of 16 September in Algiers.” “All parties must demonstrate MONROVIA: A US television On Friday, the US military good faith and commitment to a network prepared on Friday to announced that it now expects political solution and that the per- evacuate a cameraman who con- to ramp up the number of troops petrators of these appalling actions tracted Ebola in Liberia, as the deployed to Liberia to help fight the are brought to justice,” he said. UN’s pointman flew to Sierra outbreak to nearly 4,000, up from a The secretary general also Leone, calling the epidemic the planned 3,000-strong force. “assures the people of Mali of the world’s “highest priority”. Anthony Banbury, head of the United Nations’ steadfast support Ashoka Mukpo, 33, who was UN Mission on Ebola Emergency to their search for peace.” working as a freelancer for NBC Response (UNMEER), travelled On the urging of France, the news, discovered he was running to Sierra Leone on Friday for the Security Council “condemned in a fever on Wednesday, his net- second leg of a tour of the three the strongest terms” the inci- work said, and is in quarantine hardest-hit nations. dent and said “attacks targeting in a Medecins Sans Frontieres “The only way we will end this peacekeepers may constitute war (MSF) treatment centre. crisis is if we end every single last crimes under international law.” Hired by NBC only three days case of Ebola so there is no more The ambushed UN convoy ago, he is the fourth American to risk of transmission to anyone, included a tanker truck, which Leader of the pro-Russian Harmony Centre party and Mayor of Riga, Nils Usakovs, casts his ballot at a poll- contract Ebola in Liberia. “The and when that’s accomplished, could explain the high number doctors are optimistic about UNMEER will go home,” he told ing station during general elections in Riga yesterday. Latvia’s centre-right coalition led by Prime Minister of casualties, UN spokesman his prognosis,” Mukpo’s father journalists in Liberian capital Laimdota Straujuma scored a resounding majority in the vote. An exit poll by the SKDS agency gave three Stephane Dujarric said. AFP Mitchell Levy said in a message Freetown. The UN envoy said parties in her coalition 63 seats in the 100-member parliament, while their pro-Kremlin rival took 23. to family and friends quoted by he was intent on contributing to NBC, adding that his son had “the highest priority for the inter- worked on humanitarian projects national community — for the in Liberia for several years. whole world, not just the United By far the most deadly epidemic Nations”. of Ebola on record has spread into The World Health Organ- Nobel laureates fret for sickly Earth five west African countries since isation said in its latest situ- the start of the year, infecting ation update there was still a PARIS: Eleven Nobel laureates will pool He is among 11 laureates scheduled to sustainability, sustainability of the atmosphere.” more than 7,000 people and kill- “significant shortfall” in capacity their clout next week to sound a warning, attend the four-day huddle from Wednesday Overlapping with the 2014 Nobel Prize ing about half of them. in west Africa, with 1,500 more declaring that mankind is living beyond its — the fourth in a series of Nobel symposia on announcements from October 6-13, the laure- The virus, spread through beds needed in Liberia and 450 means and darkening its future. the precarious state of the planet. From glo- ates gathering will focus on the prospects that infected bodily fluids, can only in Sierra Leone. At a conference in Hong Kong coinciding bal warming, deforestation and soil and water global warming could reach double the UN’s be transmitted when a patient Around 160 health professionals with the annual Nobel awards season, holders degradation to ocean acidification, chemical targeted ceiling of two degrees Celsius (3.6 is experiencing the symptoms — pledged by Cuba to Sierra Leone of the prestigious prize will plead for a revo- pollution and environmentally-triggered dis- degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial times. severe fever, vomiting, diarrhoea arrived on Thursday. Britain has lution in how humans live, work and travel. eases, the list of planetary ailments is long and Underpinning their concern are new figures and, in some cases, massive inter- pledged £120m ($190m) to help Only by switching to smarter, less greedy use growing, Doherty said. highlighting that humanity is living absurdly nal haemorrhaging and external build an estimated 700 treatment of resources can humans avert wrecking the The worsening crisis means consumers, beyond its means. According to the latest analy- bleeding. beds, fund new community treat- ecosystems on which they depend, the laureates businesses and policy makers must consider sis by WWF, mankind would need 1.5 Earths The alarming rate at which the ment centres, support existing will argue. The state of affairs is “catastrophic,” the impact on the planet of every decision they at current consumption rates. In other words, contagion is spreading has trig- public health services and sup- Peter Doherty, 1996 co-winner of the Nobel Prize make, he said. “We need to think sustainability we are gobbling up 50 percent more resources gered international action to help port aid agencies in Sierra Leone. for Medicine, said in a blunt appraisal. — food sustainability, water sustainability, soil than Nature can replenish. AFP battle the outbreak. AFP SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Guantanamo force-feeding case to begin Judge calls for transparency

WASHINGTON: A long- in great pain.” awaited trial on force-feed- In a dramatic order just days ing practices at Guantanamo before the trial is due to begin, Bay, decried as torture by Kessler demanded Friday that the rights groups, begins tomor- Obama administration release 28 row in Washington before a videos showing such feeding ses- judge calling for openness and sions at Guantanamo Bay. transparency. The videos show a so-called It will mark the first time since “forcible extraction team” terror suspects first arrived at the restraining, intubating and force- US naval base in southern Cuba feeding Dhiab. nearly 13 years ago that a federal Only five defense lawyers have judge will hear a case about prison watched the recordings so far. conditions and treatment. “They are procedures in place US District Judge Gladys that cause unnecessary pain, are Kessler has rebuked the govern- not related to any legitimate secu- ment’s “deeply troubling” request rity objective and there are ready to hold the trial behind closed alternatives that can allow it to be doors. In May 2013, at the height done in a more humane and less of an unprecedented hunger painful manner,” Lewis said. strike, President Barack Obama Kessler, appointed by former had asked: “Is that the America president Bill Clinton, a Democrat we want to leave our children?” like Obama, also ruled against the Muslims pray for murdered aid worker Alan Henning in Manchester Central Mosque in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. “Our sense of justice is stronger government on Thursday, when than that,” added the president, she denied Washington’s request who has called for the interna- to close proceedings to the public. Cameron, British Muslims condemn beheading tionally denounced prison camp The government had claimed to be shuttered but has struggled that public viewing of the videos to do so in the face of fierce oppo- would harm national security. LONDON: Muslim groups which is utterly ruthless, sense- seizing swathes of Iraq and Syria. a hospital in northwest Syria in sition at home in Congress and But the judge ruled in favour across Britain united yesterday less and barbaric in the way it His case had prompted a December last year when it was reluctance from allies to host the of 16 media outlets that had to join Prime Minister David treats people.” wave of appeals for his release stopped by gunmen and he was terror suspects in third countries. requested that the videos be made Cameron in condemning the Henning had been held captive from British Muslim leaders abducted. Among the 149 detainees still public. Only the defence has had beheading of aid worker Alan in Syria for nine months before and on Saturday morning sev- Fears for his safety had grown held there is Abu Wa’el Dhiab of access to the recordings so far, Henning by Islamic State insur- a video was posted on YouTube eral expressed their shock at the since the British parliament voted Syria, who has been held without following a May ruling. gents, with one leading cleric on Friday showing him kneel- murder. last month to take part in air charge or trial since 2002 and was “I want Americans to see what is calling it a “despicable and ing before a masked knife man Shuja Shafi, Secretary General strikes against Islamic State in cleared for release in 2009. He has going on at the prison today, so they offensive act”. against a desert setting. of the Muslim Council of Britain, Iraq. protested his detention regularly will understand why we are hun- Prayers for the 47-year-old taxi The masked man spoke briefly tweeted: “Saddened by reported In the YouTube video he through hunger strikes. ger-striking, and why the prison driver from Salford in northern with the same southern British murder of Alan Henning. A appears to read from a script He has filed suit to protest his should be closed,” Dhiab said in a England were said in mosques accent as that of the killer of despicable and offensive act. He before being killed. “Because force-feeding by Guantanamo court document. “If the American throughout the country at the previous hostages widely dubbed helped Muslims. My thoughts and of our parliament’s decision to handlers, using a tube inserted people stand for freedom, they start of the Eid Al Adha. “Jihad John”. prayers with his family.” attack the Islamic State, I, as a and removed inserted and should watch these tapes.” Cameron called Henning a A second video featuring an A group calling itself Muslims member of the British public, will removed for each feeding from He is among six prisoners who gentle, compassionate man who unmasked, apparently British of the North of England called now pay the price for that deci- the nostrils down the esophagus have been cleared for release and had simply tried to help others. fighter pouring scorn on Cameron Henning a “national hero” while sion,” he says. and into the stomach. transfer to Uruguay. During the Britain would do all it could to for failing to send in ground Mohammed Shafiq, chief execu- Britain’s Muslim leaders have “In our view, it is extremely two days of hearings, three wit- destroy his killers, he said. troops was being urgently exam- tive of the Ramadhan Foundation in the past been criticised for painful and unnecessary,” said nesses are set to testify: former US Speaking after meeting the ined by police on Saturday. that aims to help young Muslims, what some critics have said is Dhiab’s attorney Eric Lewis, who Army psychiatrist retired briga- heads of Britain’s armed forces Henning was the fourth hos- said: “This barbaric killing is an a lack of willingness publicly has watched 11 hours of vide- dier general Stephen Xenakis, and intelligence agencies, tage to have been beheaded by attack against all decent people to confront what Cameron has otaped force-feeding sessions torture expert Sondra Crosby and Cameron said in a broadcast mes- Islamic State (IS), which has around the world.” called the “poisonous ideology” filmed over the past 18 months. ethics specialist Steven Miles. sage: “we will use all the assets we faced air strikes by US, British, Henning had been part of an aid of Islamic extremists. “He has made clear that he is AFP have ...to defeat this organisation French and Arab fighter jets since convoy taking medical supplies to REUTERS

Surfer hurt US defends Ebola response, about 50 under observation in California DALLAS/WASHINGTON: the visitor, Thomas Eric Duncan, reason I said there wouldn’t be of 7,492 suspected, probable and As part of the US effort to US officials broadly defended was able to get past screening in an outbreak is because of what is confirmed cases. The epidemic help contain the spread of Ebola, shark attack, the response to the country’s his journey from Liberia on Sept. going on right now,” Fauci said. has hit hardest in impoverished the Pentagon on Friday said the first case of Ebola, although one 19 and then be sent home after Fauci said although it “may be Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. number of military personnel that acknowledged that while the telling a Dallas hospital a few days entirely conceivable” that there At Friday’s news confer- could be deployed to West Africa beaches closed government was confident of later about his travel to a country would be another Ebola case in ence, White House adviser Lisa could reach nearly 4,000, more than containing the virus, it had been where there had been an Ebola the United States, the strength Monaco was asked whether she earlier estimates of about 3,000. LOS ANGELES: A shark “rocky” in Dallas where the outbreak. of the healthcare infrastructure would recommend to President A cleanup crew was decontami- attack that left a surfer injured patient is in serious condition. “There were things that did “would make it extraordinarily Barack Obama that he impose nating the Dallas apartment where on the central California coast Health officials in Dallas not go the way they should have unlikely that we would have an a travel ban on West Africa, as Duncan had been staying before late on Thursday has prompted charged with checking the spread in Dallas, but there were a lot of outbreak.” some public officials have called he was admitted to the hospital the closure of three public of Ebola have narrowed their things that went right and are The case has put authorities for. “Right now we believe those five days ago. Four people close to beaches in the area controlled focus to about 50 people who had going right,” Dr Anthony Fauci, a and the public on alert over con- types of steps actually impede the Duncan who were quarantined in by Vandenberg Air Force Base, direct or indirect contact with an director at the National Institutes cerns that the worst epidemic response,” Monaco said. the apartment in a northeastern the military installation said infected Liberian visitor, includ- of Health, told reporters at the of Ebola on record could spread US Senator Lamar Alexander, section of the city have been moved yesterday. ing 10 at high risk who are being White House. from West Africa, where it began a Republican from Tennessee, to an undisclosed location, said The surfer suffered lacerations checked twice daily for symptoms. “So, although certainly it was in March. The World Health urged Obama to order US air- Sana Syed, the public information to his knee, and his surfboard was In Washington, officials were rocky” in terms of how people Organization on Friday updated ports to screen travelers coming officer for the City of Dallas. scraped in the attack by a shark asked at a news conference why perceived the response, “the its death toll to at least 3,439 out from Ebola-hit countries. REUTERS measuring 8 to 10 feet in length, according to a report by Shark Research Committee President Ralph Collier, who is investigat- ing the incident. The base and Collier’s report Neves passes Silva did not say what type of shark was involved, but local media described it as a great white. Vandenberg Air Force base, one day before polls about 160 miles northwest of Los Angeles, said in a notice that Surf, BRASILIA: Pro-business 4 percentage points and is now Minuteman and Wall beaches candidate Aecio Neves has third with 21.4 percent. would remain closed until late overtaken environmentalist The gap between Neves and afternoon today “due to safety Marina Silva in second place Silva is within the margin of considerations.” one day before Brazil’s presi- error of the poll, but MDA said The attack occurred in the dential election and would face the trend was firm because the early evening on Thursday in President Dilma Rousseff in a proportion of voters saying they waters one-quarter mile north of likely runoff, a new poll showed would never vote for Neves had Wall Beach, the base said. yesterday. come down markedly. Despite intense media atten- If Neves does come in second in The polling firm projects that tion generated by shark attacks Sunday’s first-round vote, leftist the presidential election will on humans, such incidents incumbent Rousseff would defeat be decided in a runoff between are fairly rare along the U.S. him in the second-round runoff by Rousseff and Neves. Pacific Coast, with 154 unpro- 46.0 percent against 40.8 percent Polls by bigger research firms voked attacks authenticated off for Neves, according to the survey Datafolha and Ibope that are California since 1900, according to by polling firm MDA. more closely watched will be the Shark Research Committee. For the first round, support released later on Saturday. Thirteen fatal shark attacks on for leftist incumbent Rousseff If no candidate wins an out- people have been documented in was unchanged at 40.6 percent, right majority as expected in the California during the past 60 years while Neves has gained four per- first round on Sunday, the elec- , with the two most recent of those, centage points from the previous tion will be go to a runoff between in October 2010 and October 2012, MDA poll and moved into sec- the top two vote-winners on occurring at Vandenberg’s Surf Defaced election campaign posters with the face of Brazil’s President and Workers’ Party (PT) presidential candidate ond place with 24 percent, ahead October 26. Beach, the group said. Dilma Rousseff cutouts are seen in Brasilia yesterday. of Silva who has fallen almost REUTERS REUTERS SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES HK protesters reopen door for talks Tens of thousands hold peace rally

HONG KONG: Tens of thou- headquarters for a seventh night sands of pro-democracy pro- of their campaign in the semi- testers held a peace rally in autonomous Chinese city. central Hong Kong in defiance Tensions appeared to be ratch- of recent attacks against their eting up with reports of fresh ranks, as students late yester- clashes with police using batons day re-opened the door for talks in Mong Kok, a densely packed with government over their working-class district that saw political reform demands. some of the worst scenes of vio- Hong Kong’s main student lence the previous night. Two of union, which had called off the Hong Kong’s busiest shopping negotiations saying police failed to districts descended into chaos act over the violent clashes, said it on Friday as angry opponents would meet with the government clashed with protesters, tearing on the condition it responded over down their tents and barricades. the police handling of the ugly Police said several suspected scenes on Friday. triad members were among those “The government should show arrested after Friday’s clashes, commitment in investigating but the city’s security chief angrily the incident, investigate why the denied allegations that the gov- police were so lax in enforcement, ernment had called on paid thugs accusations of helping criminals to break up the protests. and to give an explanation to As night fell on the city, tens of the public as soon as possible,” thousands waving smartphones the Hong Kong Federation of and singing democracy anthems Students (HKFS) said. chanted “Peace! Anti-violence!” as The city authorities yesterday they gathered in the downtown strongly denied using paid thugs Admiralty district near govern- to harass the protesters. “As long ment headquarters. as the government responds to “The feeling is really strong Pro-democracy protesters attend a rally to protest the violence in Mong Kok, in Hong Kong, yesterday. the above, the students are willing tonight. You can see people are to talk again,” HKFS said. so calm — unlike in other coun- scenes last Sunday, when riot furiously denied working with prostitution and extortion but are campaigners of destabilising the Pro-democracy protesters have tries where they burn things and officers fired tear gas at peaceful criminals to disrupt the protests. increasingly involved in legitimate city. The People’s Daily newspaper taken to Hong Kong’s streets to destroy cars,” said 36-year-old protesters. “These accusations are made ventures such as property and the said in an editorial that the pro- demand the right to nominate protester Chris Ng. “The police used tear gas and up and are very excessive,” an finance industry. testers were “daydreaming” over who can run as their next leader But there were also angry pepper spray against peaceful angry Secretary for Security Lai Some are believed to also have the prospect of change. in 2017 elections. Beijing insists accusations that the police failed students—but where is the tear Tung-kwok said. But pro-dem- links with the political establish- In a speech broadcast on tel- only candidates it has approved to protect the demonstrators gas and pepper spray for those ocrat lawmaker Albert Ho said ment and there have previously evision, Hong Kong’s leader said will be able to stand. against the opposing crowds — who use violence against us?” the police “seemed to show a lot been allegations of triads sending he was determined to clear the Huge crowds streamed into some of whom showed up to con- protester Lau Tung-kok shouted of indulgence to triad activities”. paid thugs to stir up trouble dur- streets of protesters by tomorrow the main protest site oppo- front them waving Chinese flags through a loudspeaker, to cheers Triad gangs have traditionally ing protests. when the city returns to work. site the besieged government — and comparisons to the chaotic from the crowd. City authorities been involved in drug-running, China has accused democracy AFP

Taiwan health North Korean officials hold talks on visit to South minister quits INCHEON: Three top North Asian Games, but the trio went seen as the second most powerful Kim Jong-Un has not been seen for reunification, the sports field Korean officials, including the straight into a series of meet- man in North Korea after para- in public for a month, fuelling spec- is leading the way,” said Choe, over tainted oil nuclear-armed nation’s de facto ings with the South’s top offi- mount leader Kim Jong-Un. ulation about his health and even who heads the national Sports number two, made a surprise cial for North Korean affairs, With him was another Kim triggering rumours of a coup. Commission. TAIPEI: Taiwan’s health min- visit to South Korea yesterday Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl- confidante, Choe Ryong-Hae, The South’s Unification North Korea has exceeded all ister Chiu Wen-ta has resigned and held the highest-level talks Jae, and President Park Geun- and Kim Yang-Gon who heads Ministry, which was only informed expectations at the Games and, over a food safety scare that for years, fuelling hopes of a Hye’s national security adviser the ruling party’s United Front of the visit late Friday, said Park with just a handful of events has gripped the island after breakthrough in troubled cross- Kim Kwan-Jin. Department in charge of South would have liked to meet the del- remaining, lies seventh in the hundreds of tonnes of products border ties. It was a marked turnaround Korea-related affairs. egation, but it had not been pos- medals table with 11 golds. made with “gutter oil” were The meeting had an immediate after months of military tensions “This is a very big deal,” said sible to schedule a visit to the But the North Korean officials removed from sale. impact, with the two sides agree- and vicious personal attacks in the John Delury, a North Korea presidential Blue House. made it clear that the Games Chiu had repeatedly offered ing to resume a formal high-level North Korean state media against expert at Yonsei University in During the talks, which lasted were not the main focus. to step down from office after dialogue that has been in limbo the “political prostitute” Park. Seoul. “If you are Park Geun-Hye several hours, Choe thanked the “We have come here in the hope the tainted oil case surfaced for seven months. The delegation included the and you want a credible channel South for the hospitality it had that this opportunity will provide a last month, and his resignation The extremely rare trip was newly elected vice chairman of to the leadership in Pyongyang, shown the North Korean athletes chance for the North and the South was finally approved by Premier ostensibly made to attend yes- the National Defence Commission then this is your dream team,” attending the Asiad in Incheon. to strengthen their relations,” Kim Jiang Yi-huah late Friday, a cab- terday’s closing ceremony of the Hwang Pyong-So, who is widely Delury said. “I am proud that in the effort Yang-Gon said. AFP inet statement said. He is the third minister to have stepped down in recent months. Economic affairs minister Chang Eid celebrations in Manila Chia-juch resigned over fatal gas blasts in August, while education Rescuers find Corruption case against minister Chiang Wei-ling quit in July after he was implicated in an four bodies on academic scandal. Binays strong: Senator Chiu’s resignation came as prosecutors on Friday indicted Japan volcano Yeh Wen-hsiang, chairman of ZAMBOANGA CITY: Senator Binay’s camp in a statement Chang Guann Co, on 235 accounts TOKYO: Authorities found Antonio Trillanes IV believes earlier described the allegations of fraud and food safety violations four more bodies on a still- that there is enough evidence to against the vice president and for selling hundreds of tonnes of smouldering Japanese volcano pin Vice President Jejomar Binay members of his families as mere “gutter oil” to food companies, yesterday as they resumed a for the allegedly anomalous political propaganda to discredit bakeries and restaurants. search stalled by heavy rain, but Makati parking building project. him and thwart his plan to run Three people, including the a typhoon threatened to further “In the case of the Vice for president in 2016. manager of an unlicensed fac- hamper the recovery operation. President we can consider the “These are indications that tory that supplied the firm, were Local authorities said Friday case closed. That is my view, he is backing out already, he is indicted for the same offences that 16 people remained unac- based on documentary and testi- already hiding, he is now being while four others were charged counted for on Mount Ontake, monial evidences submitted, said hit. Whatever it is, he can with violating waste disposal law, which erupted a week ago. It Trillanes, who was in the city on no longer stop the investiga- prosecutors said. was not immediately clear if the Friday, referring to the testimo- tion because he can no longer Yeh has been detained since four bodies found yesterday were nies presented during the Senate explain (his unexplained wealth). September 13 after investigators included in that figure. blue ribbon committee hearings Trillanes added. discovered his company had pur- The bodies of 47 other victims on the parking building. Meanwhile, as the Makati chased 243 tonnes of tainted oil have already been retrieved from Trillanes said that the commit- parking building probe is in aid collected from cookers, fryers, and the mountain, in Japan’s deadliest tee will transfer all evidence and of legislation, Trillanes said the grease traps, as well as recycled eruption for almost 90 years. testimonies to government law- committee will recommend the grease from leather processing Rescue workers have spoken of yers so they can pursue the case crafting of a bill that will propose plants. up to half a metre of thick, sticky against Binay and his son, Makati the mandatory video recording of The contaminated fat was ash smothering the slopes, with Mayor Junjun Binay, who are both the bidding process for govern- then mixed with regular lard some of the dead found half-bur- A Filipino Muslim family gathers for a selfie after attending morning facing corruption charges before ment projects. before being distributed to cli- ied, leading to fears others may prayers, in celebration of Eid Al Adha, in front of the Blue Mosque in the Office of the Ombudsman. THE PHILIPPINE STAR ents. AFP be entombed. Taguig City, south of Manila, yesterday. “Rescuers found a total of three more people in cardiac arrest today, and are now preparing to carry them down,” said a police spokesman in Nagano, central Japan, where the volcano sits. Pyongyang may have shut down reactor: US think-tank In Japan only doctors can declare someone officially dead, so VIENNA: North Korea may which quit the nuclear Non- meaningful steps toward denu- Security (ISIS) said commercially said on its web site. “For this rea- first responders typically report have shut down a recently Proliferation Treaty two decades clearisation and refrain from available satellite imagery from son, ISIS assesses that it is pos- that someone’s heart has stopped restarted reactor which can yield ago, defends its nuclear arms pro- provocative acts. September 2013 until June this sible that the reactor is partially and they are not breathing. plutonium for bombs, possibly for gramme as a “treasured sword” to Early last month, the year had shown it was operating. or completely shut down.” Police later said another body renovation or partial refuelling, a counter a US-led hostility. International Atomic Energy “This assessment was based North Korea may be carry- was found near the summit US security institute said, citing On Thursday, So Se Pyong, Agency (IAEA) said in an annual on the presence of either steam ing out a partial refuelling of the shortly before the search opera- new satellite imagery. North Korea’s Ambassador to report on North Korea that it had venting from the reactor’s tur- reactor’s core or it may have shut tion finished for the day. North Korea announced in the United Nations in Geneva, seen via satellite imagery releases bine building or water being dis- it down for maintenance or reno- Some 930 troops, firefighters, April 2013 that it would revive said that Pyongyang was ready of steam and water indicating charged into the river through a vation purposes, it said. police restarted their search its aged five-megawatt research to resume the so-called six-party that the Yongbyon reactor may pipeline buried east of the reac- “The question of refuelling yesterday morning after heavy reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear talks and was not planning a be operating. tor,” the think-tank said. requires closer scrutiny, because rain had suspended their recov- complex, saying it was seeking a nuclear or missile test. In line with this view, the However, in imagery from late the plutonium would be expected, ery operation on Thursday after- deterrent capacity. The United States responded Washington-based Institute August and late September “both after separation ... to be assigned noon. AFP The isolated East Asian state, that Pyongyang must first take for Science and International these signatures are missing,” it to nuclear weapons.” REUTERS SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Five killed in bomb attack on Hazaras Another car bomb injures 7 in Quetta

QUETTA: At least five people who came for Eid shopping,” said were killed and dozens wounded Quetta police chief Abdul Razzak in a suspected suicide attack on Cheema. a predominantly Shia Hazara “In total, five people were killed neighbourhood of the volatile and 27 people, including two Pakistani city of Quetta yester- women, were wounded.” day, police said. Meanwhile, a huge roadside No one immediately claimed bomb explosion in Pakistan’s responsibility. southwestern Baluchistan prov- Last year, members of Quetta’s ince wounded at least seven peo- Hazara community, an ethnic ple yesterday, security officials minority in predominantly Sunni said. Pakistan, staged a sit-in in protest Planted in a car parked by at their lack of protection, refus- the side of the road, the bomb ing to bury the bodies of people went off in a suburb of the city of killed in a bomb blast in a Shia Quetta as police officer’s vehicle commercial area of the city. was passing. Officials said it was Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a radical unclear whether he was intended Sunni Pakistani militant group, the target. has carried out many gun and “The bomb was planted in a car Security personnel inspect a destroyed vehicle after a bomb blast in Spini Road, Quetta, yesterday. bomb attacks on Quetta’s Hazaras in a relatively deserted location on in the past. Spini Road. It exploded just after remote control was used in the bomb disposal chief Commander responsibility for the attack but home to a long-running separatist The latest attack took place a police deputy superintendent blast. Abdul Razzak. “Luckily the area Islamic sectarian militants and conflict that was revived in 2004, outside a local high school, police passed,” Cheema said. “A planted device was used for was not that crowded. This huge Baluch separatists are active in with nationalists seeking to stop said, on the Muslim festival of Eid “Seven people who got injured the explosion which was deto- quantity of explosives could have the area and often attack minor- what they see as the exploitation Al Adha. The explosion reverber- in the blast were taken to hospi- nated by remote control. Up to killed many people if exploded in ity Shia Muslims as well as gov- of the region’s natural resources ated across the city. tal,” Cheema added. 40 kilogrammes of explosives a busy area,” he said. ernment forces and installations. and alleged rights abuses. “The dead included two women Bomb disposal experts said a were used in the blast,” said No group has yet claimed Resource-rich Baluchistan is AGENCIES Ghani vows to fight corruption Taliban envoy’s tweet Govt, PAT expected to KABUL: Afghan President annually until 2017. ‘sent from Pakistan’ Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on The British prime minister is Friday vowed to fight corrup- the first foreign dignitary to visit KABUL: The Taliban’s main account has been manipulated -- strike a deal tion and bring reforms to ensure Afghanistan after Ghani assumed spokesman in Afghanistan yes- as part of weak efforts of enemy ISLAMABAD: Negotiations good governance in the country. office. terday denied a tweet in which plot, it showed that I am based between the government and “We are committed to fight Cameron also said British he claimed the group had killed in Sindh of Pakistan, I call this Pakistan Awami Tehreek corruption and bring reforms troops would not return to 13 Afghan soldiers was sent attempt as fake and shame. (PAT) are likely to bear fruit in to ensure good governance,” the Afghanistan after leaving for from southern Pakistan. “Now, the enemy fake act has a day or two as both parties are president said at a joint press home at the end of the year. Zabihullah Mujahid denounced been exposed, and with full con- continuously engaged with each conference with British Prime However, he added that some the tweet as an ‘enemy plot’ after fidence, I can say that I am in my other to reach a final consen- Minister David Cameron in the service members would remain to the social network’s geolocation own country.” sus draft, sources privy to the Presidential Palace here. train Afghan security forces. facility tagged the militant in The Afghan spokesman’s development said. Ghani, who assumed office Ashraf Ghani Cameron, who has visited Sindh, hundreds of miles from tweets are usually in his country’s The government committee, led tomorrow, has already instructed Afghanistan 13 times, expressed the Afghan border. two local languages of Pashto and by Federal Minister for Planning the authorities to fight against The Afghan president also confidence in the capability of Afghan officials harbour Dari but sometimes in English, and Development Ahsan Iqbal, corruption, saying he would begin thanked Britain and all other the Afghan national security long-standing suspicions of con- and often claim responsibility for held important round of talks reforms from the Presidential countries for supporting forces, saying Afghan forces nections between the hardline attacks on Afghan security forces with the PAT delegation, led by Palace, a step that has been widely Afghanistan over the past 13 were capable enough to ensure movement’s Afghanistan branch and US-led Nato coalition troops Raheeq Abbasi on Wednesday welcomed by Afghans. years and urged the continued the country’s security after the and Islamabad’s powerful intel- in Afghanistan. night in Islamabad during which In a major step to fight cor- support of the international com- pullout of the Nato-led forces ligence services. Many Afghan Taliban lead- they came close to a consensus, ruption, the president ordered munity for the militancy-plagued from the country at the end of The tweet, which also claimed ers seek shelter in Pakistan, according to sources. Following an the Attorney General’s Office to nation, Xinhua reported. the year when their combat mis- the group had taken over three and Islamabad’s Inter-Services agreement the PAT might wind resume investigation of the Kabul In his remarks at the press sion would be over. security checkpoints on Thursday Intelligence (ISI) spy agency is up its sit-in in Islamabad before Bank scandal case and bring to conference, Cameron assured However, he stated that the in the Kamdesh district of often accused of maintaining ties Eidul Azha, they added. According justice all those responsible for his government’s support for countries that had supported Nuristan, eastern Afghanistan, to the militants to ensure future to details shared by sources, PAT bringing to the verge of collapse Afghanistan, saying Britain would Afghanistan over the past decade appeared on a Twitter feed rec- influence in Afghanistan after chief Dr Tahirul Qadri’s two key in 2010 the first private bank in continue to provide 178 million would continue to back the coun- ognised as belonging to Mujahid. US-led Nato troops withdraw. demands have been accepted. the war-damaged country. British pounds to Afghanistan try in future. AGENCIES He later tweeted: “My twitter AFP Now Punjab government will form a Joint Investigation Team on Model Town incident with con- sensus of the PAT and all cases registered against Dr Qadri or his followers will be quashed. Apart Pakistan polio cases from this, around 600 of the PAT’s workers will also be released. soar after threats Donors’ meet for relief planned ISLAMABAD: The number of hit in recent years by attacks on polio cases recorded in Pakistan immunisation teams. ISLAMABAD: The govern- has soared to its highest level in Some 59 people including ment of Pakistan has decided 14 years after attacks on immu- health workers and police provid- to host a donors’ conference to nisation teams led to a surge in ing security have been killed in secure the assistance of interna- incidences of the disease, health militant attacks on polio vaccina- tional lending agencies for reha- authorities said. tion teams since December 2012. bilitation and reconstruction in “We have recorded 15 fresh Officials said 136 cases reported parts of the country devastated cases of polio in last two days, the were from the troubled north- by the recent monsoon floods. number of polio cases has reached western tribal areas that border The decision to seek help – 202 for this year,” a senior official Afghanistan and are home to likely as loans or grants – from at the Pakistan National Institute Taliban and Al Qaeda militants. the UN, the World Bank (WB) of Health in Islamabad said on Local warlord Hafiz Gul and the Asian Development Bank Friday, adding that the annual Bahadur, first banned polio vac- (ADB) was taken on Wednesday tally had surpassed the previous cinations in Pakistan’s troubled during the third meeting to record of 199 cases in 2000. tribal region of Waziristan in June review the damages caused by A WHO official in Islamabad 2012 which was later endorsed floods and subsequent rescue and confirmed the figures. Saira Afzal by tribesmen and other militants Security personnel inspect the remains of a van used to transport passengers in Kohat after an explosion yesterday. relief work. Tarar, Pakistan deputy minister groups in rest of the tribal dis- It came despite the govern- for health, said the fresh cases tricts and in the adjacent Khyber ment’s inability to fully uti- came from the areas where ‘polio Pakhtunkhwa province. lise loans obtained from Asian teams received threats’. “All these Their ban— at the time was to Development Bank earlier to cases were recorded in the areas protest against US drone strikes Explosion in KP province kills six reconstruct roads damaged by where we have security prob- and because they allege that the previous floods in the country. lems,” Tarar said. anti-polio campaign is a cover for PESHAWAR: At least six peo- explosion,” Salim Khan Marwat, It is the second attack on a pas- During the meeting, the Tarar said the ‘polio virus is espionage — risked the health of ple were killed and 17 others district police chief in Kohat, tsaid senger vehicle to hit northwest National Disaster Management active in the same areas where tens of thousands of children, par- wounded when a bomb exploded yesterday. Pakistan in a week. Authority (NDMA) shared the polio teams had difficulties’. She ticularly in the northwest, offi- at a bus stop in Pakistan’s north- “The explosion has left six peo- On Thursday, a bomb blast on initial estimates of losses with asked the local authorities to cials say. western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ple dead and 17 injured,” the police a coach in the city of Peshawar Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, a launch a comprehensive cam- Militants had in recent past province yesterday, officials said. chief added. killed at least seven people and finance ministry handout said. paign and to reach and vaccinate attacked polio vaccination work- Officials said the bomb targeted Fazal Khaliq, head of the emer- wounded another six. The estimates were the result all those children who had missed ers in other parts of Pakistan a pick-up van used to transport gency department at Kohat’s Pakistan’s northwest has been of a multi-sector initial rapid previous inoculation. including country’s largest passengers locally in Kohat city main government hospital, also targeted for more than a decade assessment (MIRA) carried out Pakistan is one of only three Karachi city, also capital of Sindh and surrounding villages. confirmed the toll. by Al Qaeda and Taliban-led mili- in five districts, namely Mandi countries in the world where province, which recorded 18 polio “The blast occurred at a small In February, 12 people including tants based in the semi-autono- Bahauddin, Hafizabad, Chiniot, polio remains endemic but efforts cases this year, most of them in bus stop in Kohat city. At least two women and a child were killed mous tribal regions bordering Jhang, and Multan. to stamp it out have been badly Karachi. AFP two vehicles were damaged in the in a bombing at the same bus stop. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. AFP AGENCIES SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Stun grenade Festival highlights on-board Air India: Minister Airline claims object is plastic wrapper

NEW DELHI: Cracking the ‘explosive’ that was found early whip against negligent Air India Saturday morning was a plastic employees, Civil Aviation Minister wrapper. The incident occurred Ashok Gajapathi Raju yester- on-board a stand-by VVIP air- day suspended ground handling craft that had later been pressed and security officers for lapses in into commercial service. detecting a stun grenade in one “After a thorough screening of of the airline’s planes that was to the aircraft, the object “was found operate from Jeddah to Mumbai. to be a plastic wrapper”, a official According to a civil aviation said. The Jeddah Airport security ministry spokesperson, staff that cleared the Boeing B-747 aircraft were involved in clearing the - AI 965 - for further operations aircraft for operations were sus- later Saturday morning. pended, including officials from The Indian security apparatus the security branch. went into a tizzy early Saturday The minister, who contradicted after the suspicious object, ini- Air India’s denial that no lethal tially presumed to be an explosive, object was found in its aircraft, was found by the cabin crew on will hold a high level meeting with the Mumbai-Hyderabad-Jeddah Women devotees of the Bengali community apply Sindoor or vermillion on each other’s faces as they take part in the ‘Sindoor Puja’ on the occasion senior airline officials to find out flight at its termination point. of the end of the Durga Puja festival in Bhopal yesterday. Sindoor puja marks the end of Navratri festival. the reasons for the security lapse. “We have already formed a Earlier in the day, the minis- committee to look into the mat- ter confirmed that a stun grenade ter of how such an object, though was found in the aircraft and harmless in nature, come on might have been left there after board. The aircraft was secured a security drill that was carried and cleared by the airport author- India to the rescue of fire outbreaks in Ghana out in the aircraft before it was ities in Jeddah,” a senior Air India pressed into duty. official said in New Delhi. ACCRA: In yet another sign of services throughout the coun- on the increase, the additional dual public, but similar incidents have “It was a stun grenade that was The committee includes the AI India’s growing ties to Africa, try, public affairs officer, Bill purpose tenders could be a boost. recurred this year. left in the aircraft after a security Joint Managing Director and the 80 fire tenders have been pro- Anaglatey, has said. Anaglatey could not tell the In the first quarter of this year, drill. It is a failure that it was not Commissioner of Civil Aviation vided to the national fire serv- The consignment forms part total value of the tenders but the GNFS said it recorded 300 spotted. An investigation has been Security. “At no point of time was ice of the West African nation of what the chairman of the Fire said, they were “to be distributed domestic fires, 71 bush fires, and ordered. We are going to investigate the safety of the passengers on the of Ghana. Service Council, Alhaji Amadu to the GNFS’s offices throughout 107 commercial fires totalling 779. the failure and even the authorities aircraft compromised,” AI said in The Ghana National Fire Sorogho, told Ghana’s parliament the country in a move to control The number of persons who got at Jeddah airport are going to do a statement. Service (GNFS) has taken last year about the international the frequent outbreaks of fire”. injured were 256 while 48 died the same,” Gajapathi Raju said. The aircraft was on stand- delivery of 75 water tenders aid needed following the outbreak Last year, there were several within January and February. The minister’s statement by for use by Prime Minister and five dual purpose tenders of fires in markets across the fires broke out across markets Last year, a total of 5,489 fire assumes significance as Air India Narendra Modi in case his regu- from India under an Indian country. in the country and the govern- outbreaks were recorded across on its part denied finding any lar aircraft developed any last- government grant in a bid At that time, he said the GNFS ment had to call in US experts to the country leading to 213 deaths lethal object inside the aircraft. minute snags during his US visit. to build the capacity of the was expecting 75 fire tenders but, investigate the causes. Details of while 1,128 people got injured. Air India said that the alleged IANS firefighters to improve their with some hydro-carbon fires also the findings have not been made IANS

No epidemic in Patna stampede probe begins Jammu: Govt PATNA: The toll in a stampede inquiry into the cause of the police to resort to lathi charge to JAMMU: Jammu and after the burning of the Ravana stampede that resulted in deaths disperse them. Additional security Kashmir’s health depart- effigy at the Gandhi Maidan here of so many people, mostly women forces have been deployed to deal ment yesterday dismissed as rose to 33 yesterday after the and children,” Pandey told with protestors. “rumours” the spread of any death of a child, an official said. reporters. “Rapid Action Force and Bihar epidemic in the flood-affected “The condition of at least five Pandey said police have been Military Police were deployed Jammu region and said they are seriously injured people is criti- scanning the CCTV footage also. at Gandhi Maidan and nearby continuously monitoring the cal,” a Patna district official said. Water Resources Minister areas...,” a police official said. situation. Thirty-two people, including Vijay Choudhary said the state Health Minister Ramdhani “There is no epidemic of diar- women and children, had died in government would take action Singh visited the PMCH and met rhoeal diseases in Jammu prov- the stampede on Friday evening. against officials if they are found injured people. ince after the recent floods in the Bihar Police said 29 people are guilty. “Action would be initiated According to district officials, state,” said director, helth serv- seriously injured and undergoing after the inquiry,” he said. rumours that a live high tension ices, Baljeet Singh Pathania. treatment at the Patna Medical In view of the incident, Urban wire had fallen to the ground led He said the department is vigi- College and Hospital (PMCH) here. Development Minister Samrat to the stampede. lant and monitoring the situation Additional Director General Choudhary has cancelled his Patna District Magistrate on day to day basis. A boy who was injured in a stampede is carried to a hospital for treatment of Police Gupteshwar Pandey England visit. Manish Kumar Verma and Patna “Mobile health teams are con- said that he, along with Principal Meanwhile, a group of angry Senior Superintendent of Police in Patna on Friday. tinuously visiting the affected vil- Home Secretary Amir Shubani, people Saturday protested at the Manu Maharaj at a joint press lages, generating awareness about visited the spot to inquire into the Ramghulam square near Gandhi meet here Saturday ruled out to suffocation and breathlessness Gandhi Maidan were opened and the danger of waterborne diseases cause of the stampede. Maidan. They attacked and dam- administrative lapses. during stampede,” Verma said. there was adequate arrangement. and distributing chlorine tablets “We have formally began an aged half a dozen vehicles, forcing “Most of the people died due Both claimed that four gates of IANS to the households. “The health department is committed to remain vigilant for at least two months and the public is requested to undertake preventive measures,” he said. Hope for poor expat workers from Telangana Poacher killed in long with a push for from Karimnagar district in Costs of education are prohibi- set up small and medium business maintain a database of migrants. investments from the Telangana. tive in leading institutions and enterprises. Pressing issues of a general nature Assam national park wealthier diaspora, In fact, one of the major factors a source of tremendous eco- KCR’s daughter, K Kavitha, include curbing illegal and unethi- GUWAHATI: The guards of Athe government of the that any welfare measure must nomic and social stress on the who spearheaded the election cal practices by recruiting agents, the Kaziranga National Park newly-formed state of Telangana take into account is the disparity expatriates. campaign, had spoken about sensitizing of Indian missions in in Assam shot dead a poacher has acted on its pre-poll prom- among the rich and poor NRIs After her interaction with how the Telangana Jagruthi, a the Gulf, regular visits to the Gulf at Burhapahar range yesterday, ise by setting up a dedicated from Telangana. In this context, MPs from Telangana and Andhra socio-cultural organisation she by people’s representatives and said officials. “NRI Cell” as a precursor to M Bheem Reddy, vice-president heads, in collaboration with the technical training to aspirants at “We were tipped off about a a full-fledged ministry deal- Migrant Rights Council, has Gulf Telangana Welfare and mandal level. poaching attempt and accord- ing with issues of non-resident suggested that the Telangana THE NR EYE Cultural Association (GTWCA), TheTRS government has made ingly alerted the guards patrolling Telanganites. government should not wait for had helped thousands of stranded a start by announcing the setting the park,” said a official adding Several months back, the union some disaster to happen in the Moiz Mannan NRIs in the Gulf to return home up of a dedicated NRI Cell to help that around 2.30 a.m. the guards minister for overseas Indians Gulf to devise a rush-up policy. by clearing their dues and paying the state’s migrants in distress. sighted the poachers and chal- affairs, Sushma Swaraj, who also Instead, it should urgently under- for their tickets. The Cell will headed by an official lenged them. holds the external affairs port- take a survey that would address Pradesh, union NRI minister The GTWCA has also submit- of the rank of superintendent of “The poachers opened fired folio, had met with members of at least two major groups within Sushma Swaraj told the media ted to the main political parties Police. The special unit will also forcing the guards to retaliate. In Parliament from Telangana and the larger group of Gulf NRIs. that “We will devise a mechanism a list of measures to be taken launch a 24-hour toll-free helpline the ensuing gun battle one of the Andhra Pradesh in an effort to One part of the survey should so that succor could be provided for the welfare of non-resident at the police headquarters with poachers was killed while the rest understand and mitigate the prob- focus on the issues related to the to such harassed workers. We do Telanganites. The major points the primary objective of speedy of the group managed to escape,” lems of their workers in the Gulf. people from Hyderabad, especially not want any workers from India in this list include an allocation disposal of complaints. he said. Further, as promised, The Deputy from the Old City, and the other who are working overseas to face in the budget for Gulf NRIs’ wel- The families of the NRIs in the One .303 rifle and live car- Chief Minister of Telangana, Mir should take into account people any hardship.” fare and setting up of a thrift state can also avail the service to tridges were recovered from Mahmood Ali, visited the Gulf from districts like Karimnagar, In the run-up to the elections and credit fund to support the lodge complaints on matters con- about the slain poacher who a few days back and personally Nizamabad, Adilabad and for the state assembly of the new migrants during emergency; cerning them or their families in is yet to be identified, officials interacted with expats from the Mahbubnagar from where a sig- state, the Telangana Rashtra financial assistance at affordable the country. They can also e-mail said. state. A delegation is also likely nificant number of farmers have Samiti, headed by the indefatiga- interest rates for returnees; health their complaints to the NRI cell, Poaching has become one to visit Thiruvananthapuram to gone to the Gulf to mitigate their ble K Chandrashekhar Rao, had insurance to migrants and as well which would be addressed on a of the major concerns of the study the Kerala model of NRI sufferings. According to Reddy, promised the setting up of a dedi- as their families back home; life priority basis. authorities at the Kaziranga welfare. the poorer group of returnees cated ministry for the welfare of Insurance for all migrants to the The Telangana government is National Park, a Unesco world Although no official figures accounts for a bulk of the suicides NRIs on the lines of the Kerala Gulf; quota in higher educational also planning to set up a separate heritage site, and other pro- are available, one estimate puts that have plagued the region. government’s initiative. institutes for Gulf NRI children; department for the welfare of tected areas in Assam. the number of Telanganites in The blue collar migrants, who Further, the TRS had special housing facilities. NRIs. In the undivided AP, a cell Twenty-three one-horned rhi- the Gulf at one million. It is are often duped by unscrupu- announced that, if voted to power, Further this group, as well as was set up, which used to function nos have already been killed by believed that nearly half-a-mil- lous and illegal operators, also it would also help Gulf returnees other organizations of non-resi- occasionally when NRIs faced poachers in Assam this year with lion of them are from Hyderabad face great hardships in terms of by providing them loans ranging dent Telanganites have appealed any problems in host countries. 22 in Kaziranga alone. alone, followed by some 200,000 getting their children educated. from Rs100,000 to Rs1 million to to the government to register and THE PENINSULA AGENCIES SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Srinagar gets ready for a subdued Eid Chief Minister Omar Abdullah not to celebrate Eid

SRINAGAR: While the (Kokernag). I reared these ani- Eid-eve shopping is hardly seen ghosts of last month’s devas- mals for the whole year to fetch there as well. tating floods continue to haunt me good prices on Eid-ul-Azha. “You don’t celebrate when the major commercial hubs of More than 50 percent of my last thousands have been rendered Jammu and Kashmir’s sum- year’s buyers have not visited me homeless and hit by floods. The mer capital Srinagar, almost this year. Even those who come least we can do to identify with a month after they were sub- and buy animals for sacrifice are the flood victims in the Valley is merged, Eid-eve has perhaps doing it partially,” Farooq Ahmad, not to indulge in shopping and never been so subdued in the 60, who comes each year to sell festivities. city in living memory. his stock of well-fed animals, said. “How can you bring new clothes Jammu and Kashmir Chief “Buyers who would take four home when your fellow citizens Minister Omar Abdullah said sheep for sacrifice are buying just are wearing clothes given to them yesterday he would observe the one this year,” he added. as relief,” asked a stoic resident of forthcoming Eid festival without “We don’t have a home this Rajouri Kadal in the old city. Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a public rally any gaiety and joy in view of the time. Where do we do the offer- Eid falls on October 6. For ahead of the Maharashtra state election, in Mumbai yesterday. devastating floods in the state. ing? Normal life has taken a many days before Eid markets “Chief Minister Omar Abdullah backseat. I have been running in Srinagar would remain over- will mark Eid with highest sim- from one insurance company to crowded with shoppers. Pavement plicity observing no gaiety and joy another to get my car and house- sellers would spread their mer- Modi invokes late Munde to for the plight of lakhs of people hold goods assessed by surveyors chandise on pedestrian malls. affected by the devastating flood deputed by insurance companies, Makeshift markets would result in in Jammu and Kashmir that has Bashir Ahmad, 63, whose uptown endless traffic jams in uptown city. claimed precious human lives and Gogjibagh house was inundated by Today the only overcrowded seek votes in Maharashtra inflicted losses to the economy and flood waters on September 7, said. places are where people are wait- damaged property of wide-ranging “Where is the time for doing ing for relief material, including nature,” said an official statement. anything else?” cooking gas, kerosene oil and BEED, Maharashtra: Prime Maharashtra, but the state has otherwise they are similar in all He appealed to his supporters Ahmad has since been living at medicines. Minister Narendra Modi fallen back on every count. respects,” he said. and well wishers to remain in the house of his wife’s brother in Resentment is growing in many Saturday invoked the late “What did you gain? Has it ben- He urged the people, espe- their areas and share Eid, which the Zadibal area of old Srinagar. places as residents blame the gov- Gopinath Munde to seek votes efitted you, the farmers, Dalits, cially the youth to give a full will fall on Monday, with flood The most sought after bakery ernment for its failure to streamline for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Backward Classes, tribals, women mandate to the BJP and its oth- sufferers by extending support of shops in the Maulana Azad Road the relief and rehabilitation process. in the Maharashtra assembly and children, village, towns and ers allies. “I promise, I will take all kinds. and the Residency Road are still The state government has elections on October 15. cities? A whole generation has Maharashtra even further ahead “The chief minister wishes that closed after the floods hit them. sought `1000bn ($16bn) as cen- Addressing a massive rally been ruined... They kept changing than Gujarat...” instead of visiting his residence So are all the fashionable tral assistance. This is also to here, Munde’s home district chief ministers and continued in Modi said people often asked on Eid for greeting him, people hosiery and readymade garment cover losses suffered by private in the backward Marathwada power, but the commoners contin- him what they would do since the should remain associated with shops in these markets. and public properties, livestock, region, Modi said: “If Munde had ued to suffer,” Modi said. state’s treasury is empty now. flood survivors providing them “Children won’t get their fire- agriculture and government been alive, I need not have come He said it was imperative for “I tell them that if we stop necessary succor on the holy crackers and toys this Eid. Those infrastructure. The floods killed here today....” the people to vote for the BJP and corruption, that money would be occasion,” the statement said. markets have also been inundated 196 people in the Jammu region Likening the late cabinet col- bring its government with a full sufficient to run the state,” Modi The worst-hit by the devas- and remain closed. Yes, the one while 85 died in the Valley. league as his “younger brother”, majority to bring the state out of said amidst a round of applause, tation of businesses and homes thing that everyone of us will do on Reports of profiteers hoarding Modi said he had worked closely the 15-year old mess. at his maiden rally for the state in Srinagar is the once boom- this Eid is offer the Eid Nimaz to goods to make money also con- with the Marathwada leader for He accused the Congress-NCP assembly elections. ing sacrificial animal market of thank Allah that we are still alive,” tinue to pour in from different over 20 years. of playing games to become bil- Acknowledging the huge gath- Srinagar at the Eidgah grounds Noor Muhammad, 60, who lives in places. “We have booked many “I was confident that he could lionaires while the state’s coffers ering, he said it was a result of in the old city. This is the largest the Padshahi Bagh area, said. people who are trying to convert do wonders for the people and became empty. Munde’s dedication and urged animal market in the Valley and “After our homes got flooded this tragedy into an opportunity farmers of this state...” Modi “You gave the government to them to vote for his daughters even today is full of sacrificial ani- on September 7, we took shelter for themselves. said, recalling Munde’s state- people who were more concerned Pritam (for Beed Lok Sabha by- mals, including sheep and goats, in the local mosque for four days “This includes blackmarketeers wide appeal as a mass leader, who about themselves than you... election) and Pankaja (for Beed and their sellers who have come before we could move out to safer and those trying to raise unau- passed away in a road accident There were delays in decision- Assembly). from different places — but buy- places,” he added. thorized constructions in the last June in New Delhi. making, the state is in deep debt... Later in the day, Modi is ers are few and far between. While markets in the old city city,” said a senior official of the Attacking the Congress and It’s a shame... The Congress-NCP scheduled to address rallies in “I have brought my flock of areas were not directly affected by state administration. the Nationalist Congress Party, have the same roots (gotra), only Aurangabad and Mumbai. sheep and goats from Wadwan this year’s unprecedented floods, IANS he said for 15 years, they ruled they have set up different shops, IANS

Javed Akhtar clocks 50 years in Mumbai Court should decide MUMBAI: It was on this day 50 years ago that Javed Akhtar about ‘ill’ Chautala’s Border incursions during Xi’s had stepped foot in Mumbai from Gwalior to pursue his crea- tive dreams. The now acclaimed lyricist and writer recently campaigning: EC participated in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachch visits mysterious, says IAF chief Bharat Abhiyan’ on Gandhi Jayanti on Thursday at the Mumbai CHANDIGARH: Refusing Central station to sweep the platforms. to be drawn into the contro- NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Committee (COSC), told report- perception between the two coun- Speaking of the experience, Javed said: “It is always a pleasure to versy over INLD chief Om Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief ers at the annual press confer- tries over the actual position. be part of any campaign for a better nation. And Narendra Modiji’s Prakash Chautala openly cam- Marshal Arup Raha said yes- ence ahead of Air Force Day on “There are differences in per- ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’ was definitely a wonderful idea. I happily paigning for his party for the terday it was “mysterious” how October 8. He, however, did not ception as to where is the LAC. supported it.” Pointing out at a significant personal historical link Haryana assembly elections incursions by Chinese troops name any leader. This is leading to face-offs. of his past to the clean-India campaign, he said: “It was 50 years despite being granted bail on into Indian territory took place Chinese soldiers intruded However, our security forces are ago on October 4, 1964 that I left my hometown Gwalior to reach “health grounds”, the Election during Chinese President Xi into Indian territory in Chumar following policies. We are not giv- Mumbai by a train that took me to Mumbai Central. And now, just Commission yesterday said Jinping’s visit. area of Ladakh last month while ing ground to anyone,” he said. two days short of the day, I had arrived in Mumbai 50 years ago I the matter could be taken cog- “It is always mysterious... the President Xi was here on a three- Asked about plans for improv- was the same place as part of a clean-Indian campaign.” nizance of by the competent way incursions get timed with day visit. The issue was raised by ing IAF’s infrastructure in areas Born to Jan Nisar Akhtar, an Urdu poet and a Bollywood lyricist court. visits,” Air Chief Marshal Raha Prime Minister Narendra Modi along India-China border, he said and Safia Akhtar, a teacher and writer, Javed’s tryst with the world Chief Election Commissioner said, responding to a question in with the Chinese president, and government has approved several of words was as though predestined. V S Sampath told media here the recent incursion by Chinese the two sides announced that they plans. Among these is having a air The 69-year-old got his first break in Yakeen (1969), and since that Chautala was the “star cam- troops in Ladakh area of jammu would settle the festering bound- strip at Nyoma in Ladakh which then, he has been credited with a slew of songs, scripts and poems, paigner” of the Indian National and Kashmir. ary issue as soon as possible. may take five years to complete, which have been highly appreciated. Lok Dal (INLD) as per the list “In diplomacy, there is little of The military stand-off ended and upgrading the Kargil air strip. As a scriptwriter, his erstwhile partnership with Salim Khan, submitted by the party. signalling done, especially so with earlier this week and both sides “Upgrading of infrastructure in gave the Hindi film industry, movies like Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay, The “competent authority”, our northern neighbour, but I am have now withdrawn their troops. the north eastern region includes Haathi Mere Saathi, Seeta Aur Geeta and Trishul. in this case the court con- not going to guess. The questions Raha however clarified that putting in place more radars, sen- In his personal life, the creative expert had first married Honey cerned, alone could take action that arises is why the incursion India was “not giving ground to sors, and surface to air missiles. Irani, a scriptwriter for Hindi films. With her, he has two kids - against Chautala for indulging took place when the senior-most anyone”, and blamed the frequent The area has been underdeveloped actor-filmmaker Farhan and Zoya, who is a filmmaker. in political activity while being leader of their country’s hierar- face-offs between Indian and for long, in another five years the After ending his marriage with Honey, Javed married actress on bail on health grounds, he chy was here,” Raha, who is also Chinese troops along the Line of air force will be capable,” he said. Shabana Azmi in 1984. IANS said. the chairman of Chiefs of Staffs Actual Control on differences of IANS Chautala, who was convicted in a teachers’ recruitment scam by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court last year and sen- tenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, Mindsets need to change: Foreigners on Clean India mission is currently out on bail granted by the Delhi High Court. NEW DELHI: Mindsets need “If the Modi government is suc- Gate monument a cleanliness “Cleanliness is a fundamen- is not part of the basic subjects He had sought the bail on to change if Prime Minister cessful in energising the people in pledge which said that Indians tal responsibility of every citi- for citizens. health grounds Narendra Modi’s Swachh every corner of India, especially had a responsibility of fulfilling zen. If people are not willing to “The people have a perception The former chief minister has Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India in the mega cities, and changing Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of keep their surroundings clean, that it is the role of the govern- started campaigning openly for Mission to make the country their mindsets, India can be like ridding the country of dirt and then how can a government’s ment to keep the public places INLD candidates, addressing litter and squalor free in the any European country in terms filth by 2019 — the year that initiative change their mindset clean and general citizens do not several political rallies every next five years is to succeed, of tidiness. would mark Gandhi’s 150th birth towards it,” Carlissa Shervell, have any role towards it. This day. diplomats and foreign tourists “Strong leadership and link- anniversary. a 25-year-old designer from is not prevalent in European He has even gone on record say. ing the initiative with Mahatma Christine Barlow, a tourist Bristol, wondered. nations. So where is the mindset to say that if the INLD wins the “I believe that all countries, devel- Gandhi, who is really respected from England, said: “It is amaz- She said European nations for cleanliness?” election, he will take oath as chief oping and developed, have realised worldwide, can bring the change ing to see this compulsory clean- have imposed a ban on plastic “The Modi government, of course, minister inside Tihar jail and run too late the importance of a clean India has needed since decades,” liness drive in India. It is a good bags and other material hazard- is doing a great thing. However, the government from there. environment,” Swedish Ambassador Dunaiski said. initiative, but cleanliness is a basic ous to the environment. She had until punishment and fines are Under the law, Chautala cannot Harald Sandberg said. Modi on Thursday twice etiquette and you can’t force it to come to know that even India imposed, the mindsets of the peo- contest any elections. “It is great that this under- wielded the broom, at the Mandir people. Change of mindset is nec- has done that, but implementa- ple can’t be changed,” Johnson said. Chautala has been asked by the standing is now emphasised in Marg police station and at the essary. Indian men still pee on the tion lags. “However, during my Nigerian tourist Ogar said it is Delhi High Court to surrender India. I believe that care for our Valmiki Colony, where Mahatma roads and this is one of the most every visit to India, I have seen up to the government to motivate before Oct 17. environment begins at home and Gandhi once stayed, to launch unfortunate things.” people themselves demanding citizens to keep their environ- Elections to 90 assembly seats builds to the broader, national and the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a “So, will there be a drive to plastic bags from the shopkeep- ment clean. in Haryana take place October global issues,” he added. nationwide campaign that seeks teach these etiquettes to men? ers despite knowing about the “India is doing well, and if it 15. Namibian Ambassador Pius to change the mindsets of Indians What people need to understand ban.” keeps on bringing up initiatives The counting of votes takes Dunaiski said it was “impressive and make India a clean nation in is that they have to take respon- Eva Johnson from Adelaide, like the Clean India campaign, it place on October 19 and results to see the government take such a every way. sibility. Unless this happens, these who is in India as part of her can become a clean and hygienic will be known the same day. lead in mobilising such a big coun- The prime minister also drives are meaningless,” Barlow research work, said that unlike in country,” Ogar said. IANS try of 1.25 billion citizens”. administered near the India said. other nations, cleanliness in India IANS SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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China keeps filmmakers Woman has baby after womb guessing on transplant in world’s first PARIS: A 36-year-old Swede that is still viewed as untreat- “What is more, we have demon- Oscars choice has become the world’s first able,” they said in a paper pub- strated the feasibility of live-donor woman to give birth after lished by the British journal. uterus transplantation, even from BUSAN: A top Chinese pro- receiving a womb transplant, The replacement organ came a post-menopausal donor.” ducer said yesterday that Beijing doctors said yesterday, describ- from a 61-year-old woman, a close Rokitansky syndrome — was keeping filmmakers in the ing the event as a breakthrough family friend who had been through Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuester- dark over the nation’s Oscar for infertile women. menopause seven years earlier. Hauser syndrome to give it its full entry for best foreign film. “It was breathtaking. I think The organ was transplanted in a name — affects approximately one More than 60 countries met all of us felt that,” surgeon Liza 10-hour operation last year. in 4,500 newborn girls, previous last Wednesday’s official dead- Johannesson said in a video sup- The recipient underwent in- research has found. The options line for submissions, with many plied by her university. “It was vitro fertilisation, in which eggs open to women with this disorder, nations revealing their entries — like having your own child, actu- were harvested from her ovaries or who have had a hysterectomy, but China, home to a fast-grow- ally, it was the same feeling. No and fertilised using sperm from are adoption or having a baby ing film industry, was not among one could really believe it.” her partner, and then cryogeni- through a surrogate mother. them. The healthy baby boy was born cally preserved. But surrogacy is not allowed in Film buffs believe Chinese offi- last month at the University of A year after the transplant, many countries for ethical, legal cials are debating whether to offer Gothenburg’s hospital. Both a single early-stage embryo was or religious reasons. “It gives up Coming Home — a family-led mother and infant are doing well. inserted into the transplanted hope to those women, and men drama set during the tumultu- Weighing 1.775kg, the baby was womb. A pregnancy test three also of course, that thought they ous Cultural Revolution, or gritty born by Caesarean section at 31 weeks later was positive. would never have a child, that contemporary thriller Black Coal, weeks after the mother devel- The womb encountered a brief thought they were out of hope,” Thin Ice. But no official explana- oped pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy episode of rejection, but this was Johannesson said. tion behind the delay has been condition, according to the medi- successfully tackled by increasing The unnamed Swede was one of given. “We haven’t heard any- cal journal The Lancet. Because a dose of corticosteroid drugs to nine who received a uterus from thing,” said Zhang Zhao, producer of a genetic condition called suppress the immune system. live donors under Braennstroem’s of “Coming Home”, on the side- Rokitansky syndrome, the new “Our success is based on more programme. Two of them had to lines of the Busan International mother was born without a womb, than 10 years of intensive animal undergo hysterectomies within Film Festival in South Korea. although her ovaries were intact. research and surgical training by a few months, either because “There are many outstanding The surgeons said the exploit our team and opens up the pos- the womb became infected or Chinese movies around now, so smashes through the last major sibility of treating many young blood flow to it became clotted, for us it is wishful thinking.” barrier of female infertility — the females worldwide that suf- the paper said. The other seven The US Academy of Motion absence of a uterus as a result of fer from uterine infertility,” the women began menstruation dur- Picture Arts and Sciences is heredity or surgical removal for Lancet quoted Professor Matts ing the first two to three months, set to announces its shortlist of A picture released by ‘The Lancet’ yesterday shows a baby boy, born last medical reasons. “Absolute uter- Braennstroem of the University and the transplanted organs five selected foreign entries in month at the University of Gothenburg’s hospital. ine factor infertility is the only of Gothenburg, who led the opera- remained viable during the first January, ahead of the Oscars cer- major type of female infertility tion, as saying. year after the operation. AFP emony on February 22, 2015. Italian film The Great Beauty, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, won this year’s prize. Coming Home has been screening in Busan and three-times Oscar nominated South Korean thriller Socialphobia tackles cyber-bullying director Zhang Yimou said he hoped it had shed some light on his country as it tours the inter- SEOUL: A new South Korean thriller omnipresent and more than 70 percent of netizens unearth the woman’s real name, Internet community where young people national festival circuit. about Internet-obsessed youngsters is the population owning smartphones. photo and home address. continually form an anonymous clique and The 62-year-old director of seeking to shed light on a growing culture Major Internet portals prominently dis- A group of young men, including Kim and look for a battle against some perceived Ju Dou (1990), Raise the Red of cyber-bullying in a country with one of play hourly updates on the latest trending Ha, then organise a trip — live broadcast on ‘enemy’,” the 31-year-old said. “For many, Lantern (1991) and Hero (2002) the world’s highest youth suicide rates. topics — a practice critics accuse of fanning a video-streaming website — to her home bullying seems to have become another — all nominated for best foreign Socialphobia, which received its world a herd mentality. where they find her dead after apparently form of online game they play,” he added. film Oscars — said he wanted the premiere at the 19th Busan International Aggressive cyber bullying, especially hanging herself. The two young men then In 2008, a young Seoul woman who wrote world to understand Chinese his- Film Festival yesterday, follows two nas- targeting celebrities, has been blamed for become the targets of a cyber backlash, as a series of vicious comments about a judo tory across the many eras that cent cyberbullies who become targets numerous suicides in recent years includ- they are blamed for her suicide. star on his blog came under intense attack, held “special places” in his heart. themselves. The first feature film by direc- ing the death of a leading actress in 2008. Seeking redemption, the boys convince and was subjected to a bout of “ID stripping”. “Whatever film I make I want tor Hong Seok-Jae offers a vivid, detailed It is against this backdrop that the film’s themselves that the girl was murdered and The process, which also features in to draw attention to the charac- portrayal of the South’s vibrant yet highly main characters — aspirant police officers set out to investigate her past. The plot Hong’s film, involves hacking an individual’s teristics as well as the uniqueness volatile online landscape, where a petty named Kim Ji-Woong and Ha Yong-Min and its characters were inspired by real-life personal information, gathering every com- of Chinese people and Chinese online debate can quickly escalate. — get embroiled in an Internet witch hunt events and Internet commentators, Hong ment he or she has posted on the Internet, culture,” he said. South Korea is one of the world’s most involving a young woman. Angered by her said in an interview. and then displaying it all online for ridicule. AFP wired nations, with broadband Internet tweet about a young soldier killed on duty, “South Korea has such an overgrown AFP Sunday 5 October 2014 11 Dhu’l-Hijja 1435 Volume 19 Number 6209 Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Double-digit growth lifts QFCA Rotterdam Market Hall At least one QFCA-registered firm likely on upcoming venture stock market BY MOHAMAD SHOEB Al Jaida, while speaking to The Far-eastern countries but there Peninsula on the sidelines of a are enquires from the West as DOHA: At least one com- recently-held business network- well.” pany registered with the ing event, said: “In 2014 we have Established in 2005, the QFC Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) a very interesting double-digit Authority is a business and finan- Authority is set to be listed on (about 20 percent) increase in the cial centre that provides platform Qatar’s upcoming venture or number of companies. There are to companies and investors with junior stock market which is 40 companies which are planning legal and business infrastructure. anticipated to start operations to enter the Qatari market, out Currently there are over 200 by early next year. of that nearly 25 are set to begin companies representing a wide- A senior QFCA official said the their operations by the year-end.” range of sectors operating from Authority is literally inundated He said that lots of businesses the QFC Authority. with requests for registration coming in are from the non- Asked if the soon-to-be- from prestigious foreign busi- regulated side, which include changed sponsorship law will have nesses amidst Qatar’s massive professional service providers any impact on QFC Authority, public spending on infrastruc- and consultancies related to real he said: “Businesses are looking ture development projects linked estate, recruitment and event forward to see the government to the 2022 FIFA event. management sectors. measures that are being put in The QFCA is, thus, witnessing In addition, several Qatari busi- place. It is too early to call about a double-digit growth, with over nesses, including holding com- the impact. Businesses want to 25 new companies set to kick- panies, are also trying to invest know more about it. However, I start operations this year from proposed junior market. overseas using ‘English common believe that whatever the meas- the Centre, said Yousef Mohamed “We promise that soon we will law’ (under QFCA) and financial ures government takes it will Al Jaida (pictured), Deputy CEO witness the listing of the first structures that are provided by attract more businesses and of the QFCA. QFCA-registered company in the the Authority. investment to further boosting One of the QFCA-registered market,” said the Deputy CEO, “With Qatar set to invest over the economy.” companies will be listed on the adding “We are working on all $150bn over the next several Replying to a question on legal parallel market that is going to the legal requirements, and as years, many big companies from system, dispute settlement and begin operations at the Qatari of now the government is look- the sports, health and infrastruc- grievance redressal mechanism, bourse (Qatar Exchange) from ing into measures to allow QFC- ture sector are expected to enter he said: “We have a very solid legal early 2015, said Al Jaida. registered companies to be listed the market very soon. Recently system and well regulated envi- He, however, gave no further in the Qatari market.” some big Singapore-based com- ronment within the QFCA. We details. He also didn’t say if the Media reports say that Qatar panies have begun operations in operate under English common said QFCA-registered entity is Exchange (QE) Venture Market, Qatar, which is a great oppor- law. We have Qatar International one of the five small and medium- listing SMEs, is set to be opera- tunity to exchange knowledge Courts to receive such complaints. sized enterprises (SMEs) that tional by early next year, initially for the local economy,” added Al So we have very fair and just have already been cleared for with five SMEs, while several oth- Jaida. “Asia is a difficult market courts in place to handle legal Visitors at the Rotterdam Market Hall, the first Dutch covered fresh listing on the Qatar Exchange’s ers to be listed after that. so we intend to do a lot more with problems.” THE PENINSULA market hall, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, yesterday. The unique feature of this hall is the combination of a market and housing. GM woes Non-hydrocarbon sector continues to drive growth: QNB continue, DOHA: Supporting Qatar’s percent in the previous quarter. Doha and Lusail to the north, as project expected to add to growth result, the non-hydrocarbon sec- economic diversification, the The latest growth figures con- well as new roads, highways and is Barzan, which is only for tor accounted for 49 percent of non-hydrocarbon sector contin- firm Qatar’s ongoing rapid proc- the further expansion of the new domestic supply and should add GDP in Q2, 2014, compared with recalls 57,182 ued to drive the country’s eco- ess of economic diversification Hamad International Airport, incremental growth to hydrocar- 46.0 percent a year earlier. nomic growth in second quarter away from its traditional role as resulted in a 14.5 percent year- bon GDP annually during 2015-23. Looking ahead, with strong vehicles more of 2014 (Q2, 14). a hydrocarbon exporter towards a on-year expansion in construction The latest GDP numbers are growth, moderate inflation and Rapid growth in the non- manufacturing and services hub. activity. In addition, transporta- in line with the country’s over- high current account surpluses, WASHINGTON: General hydrocarbon sector (11.3 percent) Financial, real estate, and busi- tion and communication increased all development plan outlined in Qatar’s economic momentum Motors Co said yesterday it was spurred by large investments ness services were the fastest by 11.8 percent year-on-year, pre- the National Vision 2030 and the is expected to accelerate fur- was recalling more than 57,000 in major infrastructure projects growing sector (16.6 percent year- dominantly owing to increased National Development Strategy ther. Large scale infrastructure vehicles in the United States for and by the fast growing popu- on-year in Q2 2014) as banking passenger flows through the new 2011-16, which aim to diversify the spending and population growth potential problems ranging from lation. On the other hand, the intermediation accelerated and airport. economy away from its depend- is expected to drive the expan- a wiring problem in the steering hydrocarbon sector declined 2.2 real estate services were boosted The pickup in growth came ence on hydrocarbons to achieve sion in construction, manufactur- column to inadvertent shutdown percent year-on-year as a result by the demand for housing for the despite a significant contraction more sustainable growth and cre- ing and transportation. Strong of the engine. of lower crude oil production and growing population. in the hydrocarbon sector in Q2, ate jobs. By investing heavily in population growth is also likely to The recall of 57,182 vehicles temporary gas production shut- Trade, hotels and restaurants 2014. This decline reflects a fall major non-hydrocarbon projects lead to higher aggregate demand in three categories came a day downs, a QNB Group analysis also grew strongly (11.1 percent in crude oil production and the the authorities are attracting a for housing, financial, retail and after GM recalled 524,384 cars noted yesterday. year-on-year) on the back of the temporary shutdown of a number new wave of expatriate workers social services. and sport utility vehicles globally Quoting the Ministry of growing population and increased of gas plants for maintenance. to Qatar. Overall, this growth momen- for different problems. The No. 1 Development Planning and tourist activity. A moratorium on new projects This increased level of popula- tum is leading to a more diver- US automaker now has issued 74 Statistics (MDPS) figures, the Major infrastructure projects, at Qatar’s largest gas field, the tion growth should boost aggre- sified economy and one of the recalls this year, affecting some 30 report said the country’s real GDP notably the new metro in Doha, North Field, means that increases gate domestic consumption and fastest growing non-hydrocarbon million vehicles. growth accelerated to 5.7 percent major real estate projects such in gas production are likely to be add to non-hydrocarbon GDP sectors in the world. Saturday’s recalls included in Q2 2014, from a revised 5.4 as Musheireb in the centre of old limited. In the future, the only gas growth going forward. As a THE PENINSULA 46,873 Pontiac G8s from 2008 and 2009, and Chevrolet Caprices mar- keted as police vehicles between 2011 and 2013. GM said the cars’ BMW on display ignition keys could be accidentally knocked out of the “run” position by the driver’s knee, shutting off Yahoo plans to the engine and air bags. GM, which has a reconfigured key to solve the problem, said it was aware of one crash but no injuries or fatalities invest in Snapchat in the recalled vehicles. A total of 10,005 Cadillac SAN FRANCISCO: Flush with Snapchat rocketed to popular- CTS-Vs from the model years 2004 cash from its investment in ity, especially among teens, after through 2007 and STS-Vs manu- Alibaba, Yahoo is angling to buy the initial app was released in factured from 2005 to 2007 also into hot mobile messaging star- September 2011. Created by then were recalled because of potential tup Snapchat, the Wall Street Stanford University students, the overheating in their fuel pump Journal reported on Friday. app allows the sending of text and modules, which the automaker Yahoo has been in talks to take photo messages that disappear sec- will replace. part in a funding round that would onds after being viewed. A loose electrical connection value Snapchat at $10bn, but how The company had last year in the steering column led GM to much it plans to invest remained rejected a buyout offer from recall 304 Chevrolet Sonics. GM cloudy. A Yahoo spokesman Facebook, judging the $3bn offer will repair the bad connection, declined to comment. too low. Snapchat has also been which could restrict full deploy- In a shrewd move led by Yahoo courted by other investors and ment of air bags in a crash. co-founder Jerry Yang in 2005, would-be buyers, including a A GM statement said it was the California Internet firm paid group led by Chinese Internet unaware of any crashes, injuries a billion dollars for a 40 percent giant Tencent. Talk of Yahoo being or fatalities related to the recalled stake in Alibaba that has paid back interested in Snapchat came the Cadillacs and Sonics. GM’s most the investment many times over. same day that Yahoo bought the serious recall involved 2.6 mil- Reports surfaced earlier this year startup behind mobile messaging lion cars with defective ignition Visitors look at cars displayed at BMW’s showcase at the Paris Mondial de l’Automobile. The Paris auto show indicating that Chinese e-com- application MessageMe for a price switches linked to at least 23 opened its doors to the public yesterday. merce giant Alibaba had been reported to be in the “double-digit deaths. REUTERS considering investing in Snapchat. millions.” AFP SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

US judge orders JPMorgan Chase hacking probe begins Argentina to Two US states are investigating theft of 83 million customer records from JPMorgan Chase stop servicing

BOSTON: Two US states are surfaced in August. It added that investigating the theft of 83 it was continuing to investigate bonds locally million customer records from the matter and that customers JPMorgan Chase & Co in a would not be liable for any unau- NEW YORK: A US judge said massive cyber attack uncovered thorised transactions that were Argentina must reverse the over the summer, and more may promptly reported to the bank. steps it has taken to evade his soon join. When asked to comment on the orders in a longstanding dispute Illinois Attorney General Lisa investigations, JPMorgan spokes- with hedge funds over debt the Madigan said she has launched a woman Patricia Wexler said the country defaulted on in 2002. probe into the hack on the No. 1 company was careful not to speak In a rare move, District Judge US bank by assets. more about the breach until it Thomas Griesa held Argentina in Connecticut is also investigat- had “complete information.” contempt earlier this week, say- ing, said a person familiar with She said that, given the fact ing its attempts to pay holders of the matter who was not author- that no account information was the bonds it restructured in 2005 ised to publicly discuss the probe. taken, the bank was not legally and 2010 debt swaps locally were “A breach of this size and signif- required to disclose as much as it “illegal.” icance demands a comprehensive has. However, cybercrime experts The judge prevented Argentina response from the highest level of warned that the hack could fuel in June from making a coupon our government,” Madigan said years of fraud, as criminals use payment to exchange bondhold- in a statement. “Thorough inves- the stolen data to “phish” for cus- ers because of his earlier ruling tigations of major breaches must tomer passwords and ferret out that the South American country be done, and the results must other consumer accounts. could only do so if it paid the US be shared with the public whose The bank said it has not seen “holdout” funds, who rejected the information and financial security any rise in fraud in the wake swaps, at the same time. is at risk, or consumer confidence of the discoveries, but security The move plunged Latin will be further diminished.” researchers said the informa- America’s third largest economy Special Assistant Attorney tion that hackers stole, such as into its second default in 12 years. General William Brauch, direc- addresses, tends to change rela- People walk inside JP Morgan Chase headquarters in New York. Leftist President Cristina tor of the Iowa Department of tively slowly, which gives crimi- Fernandez’s government Justice’s Consumer Protection nals a long time to use it. chief executive of Hold Security, a be on the lookout. She said He estimates that lots of varying responded by enacting a law Division, said that other states Their first step will likely be cyber security firm that monitors that there was no evidence that sizes would sell for between $1,000 removing trustee Bank of New attorneys general are discussing to use the information to send trade in stolen credentials. account numbers, passwords, user and $15,000, with each of them York Mellon Corp and allowing the matter and could launch a emails to customers purporting to The bank’s letter to account IDs, birthdays, or Social Security being resold multiple times. the country to make payments joint investigation. “I would imag- be from JPMorgan Chase. Links holders on its website on Friday numbers were taken. Such information can be used locally to keep the money beyond ine a group will form, but that has embedded in those emails could made no mention of “phishing,” The stolen data is likely to end to craft “phishing” emails to seek Griesa’s reach. not happened yet,” he said. be used to con customers out of but it linked to a “frequently up being sold on underground other types of online accounts, “Argentina will need to reverse News of the actions by the their passwords, a practice known asked questions” document whose cybercrime exchanges to fraud- beyond the initial firm that was entirely the steps which it has states emerged a day after the as “phishing.” last answer warned about “phish- sters who will use it for “phishing” breached, particularly when com- taken constituting the contempt, bank said in a regulatory fil- “Hackers might send out emails ing.” Wexler said the bank is mak- and other schemes. Holden said bined with personal details from including, but not limited to, re- ing that customer names, saying ‘Your JPMorgan Chase ing the warning more prominent it is likely to be broken up into social networking sites such as affirming the role of The Bank of addresses, phone numbers and account has been breached, please on its website. groups based on categories such Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and New York Mellon as the inden- email addresses were taken in log into our portal and enter your “The risk is phishing” Wexler as zip codes, with wealthy demo- Twitter, security researchers ture trustee,” Griesa said in an the attack that the bank said information,’” said Alex Holden, said, adding that people should graphics going for higher rates. warned. REUTERS order, noting this was what it would take to purge his contempt finding. Defiant, the country this week deposited a $161m bond interest payment with a newly appointed local trustee, state-controlled Citi’s Mexico unit replaces CEO after costly loan scandal Nacion Fideicomisos. Griesa, who has overseen litiga- MEXICO CITY: The head of the chairman of Banamex’s uncovered $400m in bogus loans documents early in the bank’s to follow internal protocols. That tion in New York over Argentina’s Citigroup Inc’s Mexican unit board, said in a statement. made to Mexican oil services internal probe. failure was the main problem, debt for years, said on Friday the Banamex has resigned, the bank The bank said Torres will be company Oceanografia, whose In May, Citigroup CEO and not material changes to the country must “(withdraw) any said, after problems this year supported by Rodrigo Zorrilla, assets the government seized. Michael Corbat said in a memo procedures, according to the purported authorization of Nacion that included a major loan scan- who was appointed deputy chief The bank later uncov- that he expected more employ- 77-page report by the Comision Fideicomisos, SA to act as the dal that generated hundreds of executive of Banamex. ered other bad loans linked to ees to be disciplined. Earlier Nacional Bancaria y de Valores indenture trustee.” millions of dollars in losses. Arrigunaga, who had led Oceanografia and another oil this year, Citigroup’s board (CNBV). The judge’s decision to hold a Ernesto Torres Cantu, a vet- Mexico’s Bank Association services company, bringing the of directors said it may cut Mexico’s attorney general, foreign government in civil con- eran of more than 25 years at (ABM) since April 2013, also total losses to $565m. Medina Mora’s 2014 pay and Jesus Murillo, said in June he tempt of court is a rare but not the Mexican bank who previ- stepped down from that role, the Banamex also suffered losses claw back some prior compen- was seeking to arrest three unprecedented move. In typical ously headed its retail unit, will association said, praising him for on loans to Mexican homebuild- sation because of the loan fraud Banamex employees in connec- cases, US judges can hold parties replace Javier Arrigunaga, said his work in helping the govern- ers, and fired a pair of rogue at Banamex. tion with the bank’s fraud claims, in contempt and issue sanctions Banamex, Mexico’s No. 2 bank ment pass a financial reform last traders at the unit. Citigroup It separately cut his 2013 pay but not one of those arrests has to force compliance. by assets. year. The financial reform was this year has fired about a dozen to $9.5m from $11m in 2012 after been made. The hedge funds had proposed “Given the difficulties our designed to encourage banks to staff members who either were regulators sanctioned Banamex Appearing before Congress at a daily fine of $50,000. However, institution has faced during the boost lending in Latin America’s directly involved or failed to stop USA for lax anti-money launder- the end of September, Murillo Argentina might simply ignore past year, Javier Arrigunaga No. 2 economy. the bad loans to Oceanografia. ing controls. was questioned about the lack any monetary sanction. Griesa reached the decision that new Banamex management has People familiar with the matter In a report, Mexico’s banking of arrests in the case and said has not set a specific schedule to leadership was needed for the been under pressure since said that one of the fired employ- regulator said its own investiga- the investigation was continuing. consider sanctions. group,” Manuel Medina Mora, Citigroup said in February it ees was accused of spiriting away tion found that Banamex failed REUTERS REUTERS

Job fair in California Colombia’s oil Gold down 11pc sector rejects tax reform plans from July high

BOGOTA: Colombia’s oil sector NEW YORK/LONDON: assets in currency mutual funds yesterday hit out at a proposed Gold fell 1.8 percent on Friday, and a gold ETF. tax reform that the government dropping below $1,200 an Spot gold fell as much as 2 has presented to Congress, argu- ounce for the first time this percent to its lowest since Dec. ing that higher duties on corpo- year, as the dollar surged after 31 at $1,189.64 an ounce, and was rate earnings would damage the strong US jobs data bolstered down 1.8 percent at $1,192.20 at already troubled driver of the bets that the Federal Reserve 1910 GMT, its biggest one-day economy. will raise interest rates drop since July. A bill was presented to Congress next year. US COMEX gold futures for on Friday that seeks to raise Bullion has now dropped 11 December delivery settled down an additional 53 trillion pesos percent from its July high at $22.20 at $1,192.90 in heavy ($26.2bn) over the next four years, $1,345, entering into a correc- turnover. including a tax on earnings above tion, defined as a 10 percent drop Bullion’s relative strength 1bn pesos at 12 percent, up from 9 from its most recent high. index is approaching its most percent currently. It is also within sight to a oversold level since June 2013. The government also extended a four-year bottom at below $1,180 The dollar rose 1.2 percent bank transaction tax through 2018 an ounce. against a basket of currencies , and will ask Congress to approve a Platinum dropped 3 percent on track for a 12th straight week charge on individual assets above and other precious metals and of gains, a feat not seen in four 1bn pesos. “Changing the tax struc- commodities also tumbled as the decades. ture will affect the push made over dollar index rallied to a four- Fed policymakers will scruti- the last five years that the sector Recruiters wait at a booth at a military veterans’ job fair in Carson, California. US employers ramped up hiring year high. nise the jobs data as they pre- has made to the economy,” the in September and the jobless rate fell to a six-year low, bolstering bets the Federal Reserve will hike inter- The S&P 500 equities index pare for a policy meeting on Colombian Oil Association said in a est rates in mid-2015. Friday’s report on employment is the most significant gauge of the economy’s health rose over 1 percent after the October 28 and October 29, statement. Congress is expected to ahead of November 4 congressional elections. Labour Department said US even though economists do not approve the tax reform by year end. hiring accelerated in September foresee an increase until around The oil industry, the nation’s and the unemployment rate fell the middle of next year. biggest exporter, is one of the to a six-year low, underscoring Non interest-bearing assets main drivers of growth in the strength in the labour market. such as bullion have benefited $370bn economy, but it has been US service sector growth slips Market watchers said that from the Fed keeping interest hit hard in the last year by attacks a strengthening US outlook rates near zero since December by Marxist rebels on its pipelines NEW YORK: The pace of in January 2008. The September index rose to 58.5, the highest diminishes gold’s safe-haven 2008. Meanwhile, platinum and infrastructure, bringing less growth in the US services sec- reading was slightly above econo- since August 2005, compared with appeal in spite of uneven growth tumbled nearly 3 percent to its revenue for budgeted govern- tor fell in September to its low- mists’ forecasts for 58.5, according 57.1 in August. in Asia and Europe. lowest since September 2009 at ment investments. Also, the gov- est level in three months but to a survey. That dovetails with the govern- “We have a global economy $1,216.40 an ounce. It was last ernment has been slow to award employment hit a nine-year A reading above 50 indicates ment’s closely watched monthly that is not going anywhere, but down 3.2 percent at $1,219.90. environmental licenses for drilling. high, according to an industry expansion in the sector. payrolls report, also out on Friday, we do have a strong nonfarm Silver was down 1.5 percent Colombia, the fourth biggest pro- report released on Friday. Its index of business activity which showed 207,000 services payrolls report, and that appears at $16.80 an ounce after earlier ducer of crude in Latin America, The Institute for Supply fell to 62.9 in September, down sector jobs created last month, to be enough to take down gold touching its lowest level since pumps less than 1 million barrels Management said its services from 65.0 in August. The August accounting for more than 80 per- and discourage people from March 2010 at $16.69. Palladium a day and has reserves of about index fell to 58.6 last month from reading was the highest since a cent of the 248,000 jobs created holding gold,” said Axel Merk, was down 1.5 percent at $753.20 2.4 billion barrels, equivalent to 59.6 in August, which was its matching December 2004 reading. overall. chief investment officer at Merk an ounce. 6.6 years consumption. REUTERS highest level since its inception Meanwhile, the employment REUTERS Funds, which manages $400m in REUTERS SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

HTC profit beats French court suspends Airbus trial estimates as Accused deny wrongdoing, say already cleared by regulator in insider trading case cost cuts offset

PARIS: French judges effec- illegally selling shares in what was former EADS co-chief executive of a freighter unit. Also on trial France and Germany, where the tively suspended a trial involv- then known as EADS, in March Noel Forgeard, said. are two former industrial share- largest Airbus factories are based, weak Q3 sales ing allegations of insider trading 2006, in the knowledge that Forgeard, 67, is one of four holders, French media group and a rapid swirl of management in the shares of Airbus Group to things were about to go wrong at former executives charged with Lagardere and German car firm changes. They also led to a lawsuit TAIPEI: Taiwanese smart- allow a higher court to rule on Europe’s largest aerospace firm. abusing privileged knowledge Daimler , which reduced their from a single investor hit by the phone maker HTC Corp swung whether the long-awaited pro- All deny the charges and argue that deliveries of the world’s stakes in April 2006. share slide, which mushroomed to better-than-expected profit cedure was constitutional. the trial is unwarranted because largest jetliner, the A380, would The charges carry the risk of into an eight-year investigation in the third quarter from a The latest abrupt twist in one they were cleared by the French be delayed and that costs of that substantial fines and up to two culminating in the trial scheduled heavy loss a year earlier, as cost of the most high-profile corpo- stock market regulator AMF in plane as well as the newer A350 years in jail, though prison sen- to last for three weeks. “We want cuts helped it offset the impact rate cases of recent years came 2009, breaching the ‘double jeop- were rocketing higher. tences are rare. financial damages,” his lawyer of still-sluggish sales. after defence teams urged the ardy’ rule upheld in March by Current managers facing simi- On June 13, 2006, the announce- Frederik Kanoy said. HTC said it earned T$640m French court system to take note the European Court of Human lar charges include John Leahy, ment of new delays on the A380 Since that debacle, EADS has ($21m) in unaudited net profit of a recent European judgment Rights. the sales chief of planemak- and a staggered profit warning reshaped itself by reducing the during the July-September upholding the right not to be tried “When you have been found ing unit Airbus who was not wiped 26 percent from the EADS role of the French and German quarter, well above a T$216.23m twice. innocent once and then you have in court; Alain Flourens, who stock price, erasing 5.5 billion governments and is enjoying mean estimate of 13 analysts. In Seven current or former man- to go through the whole thing heads the A380 programme; and euros of market value. record demand for its jetliners the same period a year earlier, it agers and two former industrial again, this is complete torture,” Andreas Sperl, former Airbus The revelations triggered a cri- under a new name, Airbus Group. turned in a loss of T$3bn. shareholders are accused of Olivier Gutkes, a lawyer for finance director and now head sis in industrial relations between REUTERS The company makes devices, such as its flagship One M8, that consistently garner acco- lades from critics but fail to lure Apple campus in Ireland customers. The former contract manufacturer has struggled to China to ease transport maintain a distinctive brand image in an increasingly crowded marketplace. HTC said during its last quar- bottlenecks by 2020 terly earnings briefing that improved efficiency in its sales BEIJING: China aims to ease said, outlining a plan running to and marketing operations would transport bottlenecks which are 2020 to deal with the problem. help the company maintain prof- affecting economic development Previously announced steps itability in July-September after by 2020 with a plan announced such as trying to rein in exces- booking losses in third quarter yesterday to tackle issues such sive tolls and penalties have failed 2013 and the first quarter of this as excessive road tolls and poor to be fully effective, affecting the year. Sales in July dropped 33 per- connectivity and to ensure the movement of goods within the cent from the same month a year smoother flow of goods. country, the government added. earlier, but recovered to rise by Despite billions of dollars being Logistics companies will be 10 percent in August compared invested in recent years on roads, encouraged to merge to form with the year-earlier month, the railways and ports, China’s rapid larger entities, there will be bet- company has said. economic growth has meant that ter integration between railways HTC’s sales in September fell transport facilities still easily and ports and more facilities will 7.9 percent on year to T$16.7bn, clog up, raising the cost of doing be built to improve the transport the company said in a separate business. Last year, logistics costs of coal and grains and resolve release on Friday, adding year-to- made up 18 percent of gross “chokeholds”, the statement said. date revenue through September domestic product (GDP), roughly The government will also was down 13 percent to T$140 double that of the developed world encourage the building of oil and billion. and higher even than Brazil or LNG tankers and ports which can While HTC’s sales slip, the India, with a fractured industry handle imports of iron ore and overall smartphone market is made up of too many small play- other minerals. The plan, which buoyant. Researcher IDC predicts ers and lack of modern warehous- did not mention any investment worldwide smartphone shipments ing, the central government said figures, comes as the government will expand by 24 percent this in a statement on its website. is pushing through a new round A man outside The Apple campus in Cork, southern Ireland. Apple’s European headquarters is now year, while Silicon Valley power- “Infrastructure is compara- of reforms aimed at bolstering a under growing scrutiny over its local tax arrangements. The company has been in Cork since 1980, but house Apple Inc moved a record tively backward and cannot slowing economy, including trying the European Commission’s suggestion that its tax deal with Ireland may amount to illegal state aid has number of new iPhones during satisfy the demands of the devel- to cut red tape, but avoiding mas- drawn new attention. the models’ first weekend of sales. opment of modern logistics,” it sive spending rises. REUTERS REUTERS SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Anti-austerity protest UAW, German Obama highlights labour forming chapter for manufacturing, Daimler plant

DETROIT: The United Auto Workers union said it was cre- economic gains ating a chapter at the only fac- tory within auto giant Daimler’s global manufacturing system where workers lack labour President defends rise in minimum wage representation. The local chapter aims to rep- PRINCETON, Indiana: environmental policies about coal. resent the 3,400 US employees Boosted by the lowest jobless Obama defended increases in at a Mercedes-Benz plant out- rate in six years, President the minimum wage, noting that side of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in Barack Obama heralded most major companies pay over the southern United States, and September’s hiring rate as the the current minimum, said health is being formed with help from longest uninterrupted stretch care premiums are rising at the German trade union IG Metal. of private sector job growth in slowest rate in 50 years and said “This is the formation of a local US history and declared that coal is facing tough competition union that will become the bar- the United States is surpassing from other energy sources. gaining agent for workers at this combined job creation in other “The real war on coal is natu- facility,” said Gary Casteel, UAW advanced economies. ral gas,” he said. “Because of new Protesters from the Communist-affiliated trade union PAME shout slogans during an anti-austerity rally in secretary treasurer and vice The Labor Department’s report technologies, we are now extract- Athens yesterday. chairman of the Daimler work- that employers hired 248,000 and ing at a rate that is unbelievable.” ers committee. that the jobless rate fell to 5.9 per- As Obama casts economic gains “This isn’t a petition for an cent came as Obama was reviv- on his watch, he is walking a fine election.” ing his economic message ahead of line between bullish assurances As membership roles grow, the the November midterms, calling that the recovery is real and UAW and IG Metal will pressure attention to industrial gains that acknowledgment that millions Texas gas drillers agree with the company to accept the UAW have helped restore some higher- of Americans are still jobless or as employees’ bargaining agent, wage jobs during the recovery underemployed. he said. from the Great Recession. “We’re “This progress that we’ve been Mercedes-Benz opened the on pace for the strongest job making, it’s been hard. It goes in New York to report risk Tuscaloosa plant 20 years ago growth since the 1990s,” Obama fits and starts,” Obama conceded. and the UAW has spent years try- said. “It’s not always been perfectly ALBANY, New York: Two shale rock a mile underground by the office authority to access busi- ing to organize the plant without Obama was speaking at a smooth or as fast as we want, but Texas companies that drill injecting high volumes of water nesses’ financial records. success. steel manufacturing plant in it is real and it is steady and it is for natural gas have signed mixed with chemicals and sand. According to state officials, both The UAW already represents Princeton, Indiana, as part of a happening.” Friday’s jobs report agreements with New York’s Opponents fear drilling will companies have done hydraulic about 7,000 workers at Daimler new fall political campaign push exceeded expectations and also attorney general to release contaminate water supplies with fracturing in Pennsylvania. truck plants in the United States, to promote his pocketbook poli- showed that employers added information about the financial either leaked methane or chemi- John Christiansen, spokesman which are primarily located in cies and to claim credit for the 69,000 more jobs in July and risks to investors from hydrau- cals. “By joining with my office for Anadarko headquartered in North Carolina. upturn in the economy. The visit August than the government had lic fracturing, a drilling method to commit to greater public dis- suburban Houston, said they were Michael Brecht, vice chairman coincided with a White House previously estimated. banned in the state while health closure of the environmental and pleased to reach an agreement of the Daimler AG Supervisory announcement for a competition The number of unemployed fell officials study its effects. financial risks associated with that ends the New York inquiry. Board, noted during a press con- to create a manufacturing inno- in September by 329,000 to 9.3 Agreements with EOG their actions, these companies are He said the agreement provides ference that the Alabama plant is vation institute concentrated on million. Most of them found jobs Resources Inc and Anadarko setting a strong example for the for some additional disclosure the only Daimler factory without photonics, or the use of light in last month. But nearly 100,000 Petroleum Corp require they pub- rest of their industry,” Attorney and putting it in one place on its a union. technology, ranging from lasers stopped looking for work, lower- licly disclose risks arising from General Eric Schneiderman said. website. EOG says on its website Workers at a Daimler truck to telecommunications. ing the percentage of Americans chemical handling, wastewater The agreements followed 2011 that it’s testing different types of plant in Chennai, India are cur- With large rolls of sheet steel working or looking for work to disposal, effects on drinking water subpoenas from the attorney hydraulic fracturing fluids, that rently in the process of setting behind him, Obama held a cam- 62.7 percent, the lowest propor- aquifers, regulation and litigation. general’s office to various drilling one goal is to minimise the chemi- up a union with the blessing of paign-style question and answer tion since February 1978. Both companies said they have companies about their disclosure cals required, and that all are Daimler’s management. session where he faced pointed What’s more, wages remained no current operations in New practices. The subpoenas were highly diluted, resulting in fluids “The workers in Alabama are questions about his push to raise stagnant, dropping one cent to York and already disclose much of issued under New York’s Martin that are typically more than 99 the only ones who don’t have the the minimum wage, escalating $24.53 an hour for all employees. the information. So-called frack- Act, which is used to enforce percent sand and water. support of a union,” Brecht said. health care costs and government AP ing frees natural gas from dense against securities fraud and gives AP AFP World Bank staff press Kim over selective bonuses

WASHINGTON: The World The association, representing week, about 200 staff assembled Bank’s staff association has a workforce of around 10,000, in the main hall of World Bank called for a meeting with requested a town-hall meeting headquarters in Washington President Jim Yong Kim citing with Kim next week “in order Thursday, according to the staff a “climate of fear and confusion” to convey staff frustrations and association. and unhappiness over bonuses confusion to him directly without After President Barack Obama granted select top officials. filter.” nominated him to lead the Bank, An internal memo on Friday “Staff need to see and hear Kim launched a sweeping reor- asked Kim to discuss issues from President Kim now and have ganization aimed at cutting related to reforms he has insti- their concerns addressed.” $5bn in annual expenditures by tuted since becoming Bank pres- A week before the annual gath- $400mn over three years, includ- ident two years ago with staff ering of bank members and staff ing possible staff cuts. ahead of the bank’s annual meet- in Washington, the poverty-fight- The reorganization also comes ings next week. ing institution has been riled by as the World Bank faces a chal- The staff association memo news that, despite Kim’s efforts lenge to serving developing country cited “major frustration over to cut spending, certain senior clients from the new development- bonuses to senior management officials have received generous focused “BRICS bank” being leading the cost-cutting exercise bonuses. launched by Brazil, Russia, China, currently underway (and) insuf- A key figure involved in the India and South Africa. ficient budgets to deliver projects.” Bank restructuring, chief finan- On Wednesday Bank spokes- It also cited “a lack of com- cial officer Bertrand Badre, man David Theis justified munications from management received a $94,000 bonus for fiscal issuing bonuses amid an aus- on the Global Practices moving year 2014, in addition to his net terity program as necessary to forward, and the overall climate annual salary of about $380,000. attract and retain “high-caliber” of fear and confusion that is per- After an anonymous flyer on management. meating the corridors.” the issue circulated earlier this AFP

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UK must reform council tax, Austerity has been an utter not impose the mansion tax BY SIMON JENKINS disaster for the eurozone BY JOSEPH STIGLITZ crisis has been so slow that, in any other to weaken the economy, but one that wins he case for a mansion tax in Britain is overwhelming. circumstance, it would be rated as dismal. accolades from Germany. The case for the mansion tax proposed by Labour and s the old adage goes - “If the The most afflicted countries are in a The hope is that lower corporate taxes the Liberal Democrats is not overwhelming. It is rubbish. facts don’t fit the theory, depression. There is no other word to will stimulate investment. This is sheer T In Britain there are three sorts of taxes: taxes, bad change the theory.” But too describe an economy like that of Spain or nonsense. What is holding back investment taxes and property taxes. Property taxes seem to drive politicians often it is easier to keep the Greece, where nearly one in four people – (both in the United States and Europe) is mad. They overthrew Margaret Thatcher. They all but drove theory and change the facts – and more than 50 percent of young people lack of demand, not high taxes. Indeed, given Scotland to secession. They have eroded English local democracy. Aor so German chancellor Angela Merkel – cannot find work. To say that the medi- that most investment is financed by debt, There are already four levies on property: council tax, stamp duty, and other pro-austerity European leaders cine is working because the unemployment and that interest payments are tax-deduct- capital gains tax and a new tax on overseas company properties. appear to believe. Though facts keep star- rate has decreased by a couple of percentage ible, the level of corporate taxation has lit- All have been so abused by waves of craven politicians that those ing them in the face, they continue to deny points, or because one can see a glimmer of tle effect on investment. Likewise, Italy is studying them lose the will to live. reality. meagre growth, is akin to a medieval bar- being encouraged to accelerate privatisation. The shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, wants another property tax, Austerity has failed. But its defenders are ber saying that a bloodletting is working, But prime minister Matteo Renzi has the one that will raise £1.7bn from the rich “for the NHS”. The way willing to claim victory on the basis of the because the patient has not died yet. good sense to recognise that selling national to get tax from the rich is to tax their income, but the shadow weakest possible evidence: the economy is Simply put, the long recession is lower- assets at fire-sale prices makes little sense. chancellor has not the guts to do that. As far as “for the NHS” is no longer collapsing, so austerity must be ing Europe’s potential growth. Young people Long-run considerations, not short-run concerned, this is not proposed as a hypothecated tax. Balls might working! But if that is the benchmark, we who should be accumulating skills are not. financial exigencies, should determine which as well say it is for Trident or for HS2 or for Ed Miliband’s latest could say that jumping off a cliff is the best There is overwhelming evidence that they activities occur in the private sector. folly, bombing Iraq. Balls can be defended from his wilder critics. way to get down from a mountain; after all, face the prospect of significantly lower life- Privatisation of pensions, for example, has He reckons he can get his new revenue from 50,000 houses worth the descent has been stopped. time income than if they had come of age proved costly in those countries that have over £2m, at an average of £12,000-£15,000 a house. That would But every downturn comes to an end. in a period of full employment. tried the experiment. America’s mostly pri- raise no more than £750m. Success should not be measured by the fact Meanwhile, Germany is forcing other vate health-care system is the least efficient According to Hometrack, Zoopla and others, there are more that recovery eventually occurs, but by how countries to follow policies that are weaken- in the world. These are hard questions, but likely to be 100,000 houses worth over £2m, almost all in the quickly it takes hold and how extensive the ing their economies – and their democracies. it is easy to show that selling state-owned London area and 40 percent of them worth under £2.5m. That damage caused by the slump. France voted to change course three assets at low prices is not a good way to would come nearer Balls’s hoped-for yield. But since a quarter of Viewed in these terms, austerity has years ago. Instead, voters have been given improve long-run financial strength. those who would be hit are estimated to be pensioners or cash been an utter and unmitigated disaster, another dose of pro-business austerity. One All of the suffering in Europe – inflicted poor, Balls has had to offer exemption or relief by rolling his tax which has become increasingly apparent as of the longest-standing propositions in eco- in the service of a man-made artifice, the up and making it payable on sale (or death?). People would not European Union economies once again face nomics is the balanced-budget multiplier euro – is even more tragic for being unnec- have to move out overnight, but the revenue would be correspond- stagnation, if not a triple-dip recession, with – increasing taxes and expenditures in tan- essary. Though the evidence that austerity is ingly diminished. unemployment persisting at record highs dem stimulates the economy. And if taxes not working continues to mount, Germany Balls can reasonably argue that most of those hit have had a and per capita real (inflation-adjusted) GDP target the rich, and spending targets the and the other hawks have doubled down on near-free ride over the 30 years since Thatcher first capped and in many countries remaining below prere- poor, the multiplier can be especially high. it, betting Europe’s future on a long-discred- then abolished local rates in favour of her poll tax. Houses in parts cession levels. But France’s so-called socialist government ited theory. Why provide economists with of Westminster, Kensington and Camden that are now worth over In even the best-performing economies, is lowering corporate taxes and cutting more facts to prove the point? £2m were in 1990 paying between £3,000 and £10,000 in rates. such as Germany, growth since the 2008 expenditures – a recipe almost guaranteed THE GUARDIAN Had the rates not been abolished, mere inflation would now have them paying £6,000-£20,000. That is without revaluation or any increase in the cost of local services, which would have pushed some rates to more than £50,000. Rich London does not know how lucky it has been under both Tory and Labour governments. Balls’s plan for “slabbing” the tax in bands will produce furious distortions at the £2m and £2.5m thresholds. While a 1 percent tax on the lowest slab, from £2m-£2.5m, would be £5,000 a year (plus current council tax), 2 percent would be £10,000, requiring many residents to earn an extra £18,000 before income tax just to pay it. That is a swingeing overnight imposition. The property lobby is howling that the tax will depress prop- erty prices in the capital below the £2m mark, or lead to a rash of sales or flat conversions. Any tax that promotes the efficient distribution of urban housing is good. But if Ball’s proposed roll-up becomes an option, it would be like enhanced stamp duty – already 7 percent on a £2m property. That is a powerful disincentive to sell. It would make London housing supply less rather than more flexible. Balls says he will increase the £2m threshold in line with (presumably local) property values. He will thus lose any buoyancy from rising prices. None of this makes sense, for a maximum yield of just £1.7bn. But then every new tax tends to wither under the spotlight, while old ones such as the local rates look ever saner. Balls’s idea is poll tax for slow learners. We already have a perfectly serviceable mansion tax, and it is called council tax. It has become a grotesque impost, the walking undead of public finance and desperately in need of reform. The bunching of top band H, covering all properties that were worth over £320,000 in 1991, means that Westminster city council levies £1,353 on sheikh and pensioner alike. The local authority raises more from its parking fund than from its residents. Why does Balls reject such a proper mansion tax? The answer is simple: he is a Westminster politician. A proper tax would be susceptible to local democratic discretion and, worse, would go to councillors rather than to him. His tax is another step in the nationalisation of local finance. The control-freak outlook of modern Westminster is beyond belief. It took the threat of independence for Scotland to be offered “more powers”, yet to be identified. Balls would rather a messy, controversial and probably trivial levy than go for a sensible and progressive tax on property. His tax is not socialist but centralist. It would be another nail in the coffin of local democracy. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

GM’s 2025 platform plan: Simplify and seek to save billions

BY BEN KLAYMAN and out. The up-front cost is also strategy envisions GM developing a former GM executive: “You MQB variants at its home plant in the vehicle-set concept, but noted PAUL LIENERT staggering. four highly flexible and scalable are not going to get from a large Wolfsburg, indicating the exe- that Barra and Reuss have the Such a massive overhaul of “vehicle sets” to cover front-wheel rear-wheel-drive Cadillac to a cution continues to fall short of technical background and “chops” t could be a defining element the development and production drive vehicles, from the compact Volt, crossovers, large SUVs and the theory. The target, however, to pull it off. of Chief Executive Mary processes is “incredibly disrup- Chevrolet Volt to the full-size full-size pickups with four archi- remains aggressive. By 2020, VW While the transition to the new Barra’s legacy at General tive, expensive and painful,” said Impala; rear-wheel-drive vehicles, tectures/platforms/component intends to build nearly 8 million processes could be expensive, once IMotors Co. A drastic shift Morgan Stanley auto analyst from the sporty Chevrolet groups, call them what you will.” MQB-based cars a year - some 47 the systems are in place, the com- over the next 10 years from 26 Adam Jonas, and requires “a well- Camaro to the luxury Cadillac The competition, meanwhile, is different models - at its plants in pany may not exceed the current global vehicle production plat- oiled machine, culturally, manage- CT6; crossover and sport utility racing toward even greater plat- Europe, China and the Americas, $15bn it spends each year on engi- forms to just four by 2025, a bold rially and financially.” vehicles, and trucks. GM’s vehi- form consolidation. According according to IHS. neering, R&D and capital equip- stroke that could eventually save In fact, Barra, 52, began the cle-set concept employs some to IHS, three of these so-called While GM’s vehicle set concept ment, said one former executive, the US automaker many billions process when she headed GM’s common components and struc- mega-platforms - one each from sounds relatively simple on paper, adding: “Those bills are already of dollars in production costs. global product development tures, which will save engineer- VW, Toyota and the Renault- it involves variations of three pretty significant.” The radical streamlining organisation before succeeding ing, purchasing and tooling costs, Nissan alliance - will account different modules - the engine Another said Barra’s new vehi- of GM’s basic architectures, Dan Akerson as CEO in January. while allowing the automaker, for roughly 20 million vehicles compartment, the passenger com- cle-set strategy “is basically about announced on Wednesday at a “It’s something we’ve been at least in theory, to better tai- in 2020, or close to 20 percent of partment and the cargo compart- keeping GM in the ballgame. It’s day-long investor briefing near working on for more than a cou- lor individual models to regional total global production. ment - with provisions to change not going to put them ahead.” Detroit, is intended to simplify ple years,” she told reporters on markets and specific sectors - a But such transitions are rife such specific hardware as engines Analysts said it is too early the engineering and manufac- Wednesday. “We’ve done extensive small crossover for China, say, with risk, as exemplified by VW’s and suspensions to match vehicle to predict the impact on labour turing of GM’s future cars and benchmarking, there’s been tre- that might share some basic experience in implementing its size and type, as well as market costs. Further, to avoid some of trucks, while enabling the com- mendous progress made already.” parts, but not sheet metal, with so-called MQB “modular toolkit.” segment and geographic region. the issues encountered by VW, pany to deliver better-differen- Even the vocabulary is chang- a mid-size sedan for Europe. VW began mapping out its It is “a pretty amazing trans- GM’s global communication tiated designs more quickly to ing. Different companies use The largest US automaker is platform consolidation strategy formation” of GM’s processes, and coordination “will have to customers around the world. different terms - platform, archi- starting from well back in the in 2007, and put the first MQB- said Mark Reuss, who succeeded improve exponentially,” said Bill If it succeeds, then GM will be tecture, toolkit - to describe the pack. GM next year will build based small cars into production Barra in January as head of global Rinna, senior manager of fore- able to save on components, tool- basic building blocks on which roughly 9 million vehicles on 26 in 2012. At the time, Morgan product development. “This is the casting at research firm LMC ing and other manufacturing- vehicles are based. vehicle platforms. In comparison, Stanley estimated it would cost key to unlocking scale and (meet- Automotive. related expenses. Joe Langley, principal analyst US rival Ford Motor Co expects VW $70bn to fully roll out MQB ing) specific customer require- And while tearing up and However, to get there GM faces at research and consulting firm to be building most of its vehicles through the end of the decade, ments around the world,” he told retooling dozens of GM assembly a challenge of enormous complex- IHS Automotive, refers to the on just nine platforms by the end and projected gross annual sav- investors on Wednesday. plants could cost billions of dol- ity that many of its global com- concept of “Lego-like component of 2015. ings of $19bn by 2019. Former GM executives who lars, “once done, the economies petitors, notably Volkswagen AG sets (that) redefine what the Some industry experts are The reality has been sobering. spoke with Reuters on condition of of scale will be massive - if eve- and Toyota Motor Corp, already industry traditionally referred sceptical of GM’s ability to imple- VW has run into technical and anonymity raised questions about rything works properly,” he said. have begun and are still sorting to as platforms.” Barra’s 2025 ment such a sweeping plan. Said labour snags while adding new the cost and competitiveness of REUTERS SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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McCaw Pakistan, Australia target creates NZ appearances record JOHANNESBURG: Richie future in one-off Twenty20 McCaw made a record 134th appearance for New Zealand when he played against Afridi’s men to miss Hafeez, Finch to start Australia’s captaincy stint South Africa at Ellis Park in Johannesburg yesterday. The 33-year-old All Blacks DUBAI: Pakistan and flanker and skipper overtook Australia look to build up their Colin Meads, the legendary lock squads in the shortest format of who retired in 1971 after 133 the game when they meet in the appearances, including 55 Tests. lone Twenty20 international in McCaw was playing his 133rd Dubai today, but both are miss- Test with the other appearance ing key men. in the famous black strip coming Pakistan, who were World against the Barbarians. Twenty20 champions in 2009, New Zealand coach Steve will be without their key spinner Hansen praised McCaw on the Saeed Ajmal who is suspended eve of the Rugby Championship from international cricket after final-round fixture against the his bowling action was found ille- Pakistan captain Springboks. gal last month. Shahid Afridi (right) “On behalf of myself and the Ajmal had been single-handedly and Australia captain team, I would like to congratu- shouldering Pakistan’s bowling Aaron Finch (left) late Richie on the achievement,” attack, having taken 85 wickets in pose with the T20 he said. 63 Twenty20 matches – the high- trophy on the eve “He is a special player who est by any bowler in this format. of the lone fixture in has played each and every one of The wily spinner has missed Dubai yesterday. those games with a huge amount only three T20 matches out of the of commitment, passion and men- 66 Pakistan have played since his tal fortitude. debut in 2009. “This is reflected in his unwa- If Ajmal’s loss wasn’t enough, vering will to win and shown spinner and all-rounder by the fact that he has won an Mohammad Hafeez was also incredible 89 percent of all his ruled out of the Twenty20 and matches.” three one-days after injuring a McCaw debuted for New hand during a practice game on Zealand against Ireland in 2001, Friday night. became skipper five years later, Twenty20 captain Shahid and has developed into an all-time Afridi said Hafeez’s loss added great loose forward. Meads is more responsibilities onto the revered as another of the greatest team’s youngsters. Afridi for a second time. Pakistan over after George Bailey stood due to a hamstring injury. All Blacks and in 1999 was voted “Hafeez always plays a key role have included left-arm spinner down to concentrate on one-day Paceman Pat Cummins will also T20 Squads New Zealand Rugby Player of the and its unfortunate to lose him,” Raza Hasan to replace Ajmal and cricket. miss out due to his involvement Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Century. AFP said Afridi yesterday. also have an exciting leg-spinning Australia also went out of the in a Twenty20 tournament in Ahmed Shahzad, Mohammad “But this gives an opportunity all-rounder in Saad Nasim who is last World Twenty20 in the group India, but dashing hitter Glenn Hafeez, Umar Akmal, Umar Amin, to youngsters to fill in and show uncapped at this level. stages but they have won six out of Maxwell and uncapped leg-spin- Sohaib Maqsood, Awais Zia, Saad Ennis ruled their talent. I am confident with Afridi hopes he will be able to their nine shorter format games ner Cameron Boyce have joined Naseem, Raza Hasan, Mohammad the side I have,” said Afridi. guide the young squad towards this year compared to Pakistan’s the squad. Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Bilwalal Bhatti, Pakistan had a miserable World the 2016 World Twenty20. two from four. Australia are also able to Anwar Ali, Sohail Tanvir. out of NRL Twenty20 in Bangladesh in April “We don’t have to look back, Finch also has a young squad include Phil Hughes, Steve Australia: Aaron Finch (captain), where they failed to reach the last who is not available. We have to at his disposal after experienced O’Keefee and Nathan Lyon -- part David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, grand final four for the first time in five edi- think of rebuilding the squad for all-rounder Shane Watson was of the touring party – for today’s Phil Hughes, Steven Smith, Brad tions of the tournament. the 2016 World Twenty20,” said ruled out of the full tour with an game. Haddin, James Faulkner, Sean SYDNEY: Canterbury That prompted captain Hafeez Afridi. ankle injury. The Twenty20 will be followed Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Kane Bulldogs’ skipper Michael Ennis to step down, handing the respon- Australia too have a new cap- His likely replacement Mitchell by three one-dayers and two Richardson, Steve O’Keefee, has been ruled out of Australia’s sibility to all-rounder Shahid tain in Aaron Finch who took Marsh was also out of the tour Tests. AFP Nathan Lyon,Cameron Boyce. National Rugby League grand final against South Sydney with a foot injury, the club said yesterday. Hooker Ennis suffered the OCA boss slams India over cricket no show injury during last week’s 18-12 preliminary final victory over the INCHEON, South Korea: The taking place in India. the men’s gold medal, beating respect their own request. League (IPL) to be scrapped Penrith Panthers, and subsequent head of the Olympic Council But the OCA president, Sheikh Afghanistan in the final. Pakistan “The people in charge want because it was taking players scans revealed two fractures in of Asia (OCA) has launched a Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, said won the women’s gold medal for money. This is not a sport, this away from representing their his left foot. scathing attack on India over India’s stance was short-sighted the second time on a row, but is business,” the OCA chief said. own countries. Ennis was unable to train and its refusal to enter a cricket and damaging the game. followed India’s lead and did not “I hope in future they will Botham said he also feared while he was given the week to team at the Asian Games, say- “They are killing cricket, limit- send a men’s team because many understand to keep it as your that the IPL could unwittingly battle through, coach Des Hasler ing its decision was “killing” ing the NOCs (National Olympic of its best players are competing baby in your chest – it’s not your fuel corruption and gambling – a decided he should not play. the sport. Committees) participating in in the big-spending Champions personal toy, it’s the people’s scourge which has tarnished the A decision on Ennis’s replace- Twenty20 cricket was added cricket and killing the mar- League. game and you have to deliver it sport’s image in recent years. ment has yet to be made. to the Asian Games programme ket,” Sheikh Ahmad told a news Australia’s players have been for the people. The current chairman of In the absence of Ennis, English four years ago as a way to try and conference at the Asian Games very vocal in arguing that cricket “You can be rich by the game the ICC is Narayanaswami Test forward James Graham and promote the sport in the region. yesterday. should be on the Olympic pro- but you have to cover the other Srinivasan, an Indian industrial- scrum-half Trent Hodkinson will But India, the world’s richest “Sorry to say this as a sports gramme but the International sector, and this is why cricket is ist who is currently being inves- be co-captains for the premier- and most influential cricketing fan, but this is the reality. Cricket Council (ICC) has been still only a Commonwealth sport,” tigated over a betting scam on ship decider, the club said. nation, has steadfastly refused to This is why cricket is only a opposed to the idea. he added. IPL matches. Ennis, 30, has now played his send a men’s or women’s team to Commonwealth sport.” Sheikh Ahmad, one of the most The increasing influence of Earlier this year, Srinivasan last game for the Bulldogs, hav- either the 2010 or the 2014 Asian India has also opposed the powerful men in the Olympic India’s mega-rich Twenty20 was ordered by India’s top court ing signed a two-year deal to play Games. inclusion of cricket at other movement, said the OCA could leagues has come under wide- to stand down as president of the with NRL rivals Cronulla Sharks The Indian cricket board multi-sports events, including not force India to compete at the spread criticism in recent years BCCI after his son-in-law was from next season. (BCCI) said its players were the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games but he was disap- with former players and adminis- indicted for illegal betting on IPL. It will be the Bulldogs’ second too busy with their other Olympic Games, a stance that pointed by its stance. trators complaining it has become “Corruption is enough of a grand final appearance in three commitments. has put them at odds with other “When we put a sport in a pro- too powerful and could be fuelling problem in itself, but the IPL seasons under coach Hasler, The Asian Games, which ended cricketing nations and players. gramme, we always wish to have corruption in the game. compounds that problem given it with their 2012 campaign end- in South Korea on Saturday, Sri Lanka, the current Twenty20 the top athletes here,” he said. Just last month, former provides the perfect opportunity ing in disappointment against clashed with the lucrative world champions, sent a team “I’m sorry that the Indian del- England all-rounder Ian Botham for betting and therefore fixing,” Melbourne. AFP Champions League Twenty20 to the Asian Games and won egate did not attend. We have to called for the Indian Premier Botham said. REUTERS

St. Louis Cardinals’ Jon Cardinals rally to stun Dodgers Jay (centre) celebrates with LOS ANGELES: St Louis Wainwright hit Yasiel Puig with the Dodgers’ loss to the Cardinals post-season debut on eight singles team-mate hammered Los Angeles star a pitch in the third inning turned in the deciding sixth game of the in five-plus innings for NL East Yadier Molina pitcher Clayton Kershaw yes- into a slugfest. NL Championship Series. division champions Washington. of Puerto terday, rallying for a 10-9 tri- And once again, the Cardinals “I feel terrible,” he said. “It’s The Giants opened the scoring Rico (left) as umph over the Dodgers in the got the better of Kershaw. an awful feeling to let your team- in the third inning when Travis Los Angeles first game of their Major League After giving up a one-out homer mates down. Ishikawa singled, advanced to sec- Dodgers’ Baseball play-off series. in the first inning to Randal “They were playing great, got ond on Peavy’s bunt, took third on starting pitcher Matt Carpenter’s four runs- Grichuk, Kershaw retired 16 suc- a bunch of runs for me, and I a passed ball by Nationals catcher Clayton batted-in included a three-run cessive batters before Carpenter couldn’t hold it.” Wilson Ramos and scored on Kershaw (back) double in an eight-run seventh smacked a two-out homer in the The Dodgers twice brought Panik’s single up the middle. AFP reacts after St inning for the Cardinals, who sixth. the potential go-ahead run to the Louis Cardinals’ then held on for the victory to Wainwright had blinked first, plate in the ninth inning against MLB Play-off Results Matt Carpenter take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five surrendering six runs in four and Cardinals closing pitcher Trevor National League Division Series. one-third innings as the Dodgers Rosenthal. American League hit a three run Across the country in took a 6-1 lead before Carpenter’s They added one run, but left At Baltimore RBI double in Washington, the San Francisco blast trimmed the deficit -- and the potential tying run stranded Baltimore 7 Detroit 6 the seventh Giants edged the Nationals 3-2 proved a harbinger of what was at third when Puig struck out (Baltimore lead series 2-0) inning in game to open their NL Division Series. to come. swinging to end the game. At Anaheim one of the The winners of the two series The first four Cardinals bat- In Washington, Buster Posey, Kansas City 4 Anaheim 1 National League will meet for the National League ters in the seventh hit singles to Brandon Belt and Joe Panik each (Kansas City lead series 2-0) Division Series title and a World Series berth. start a flood that finally chased drove in a run for the Giants. National League at Dodger It was expected to be a pitch- Kershaw from the game -- but not San Francisco starter Jake At Washington Stadium in ers’ duel in Los Angeles, where before he gave up five more runs. Peavy picked up his first career Los Angeles, Cy Young Award candidate Kershaw became the first major post-season victory, scattering San Francisco 3 Washington 2 California, Kershaw and Cardinals ace Adam league pitcher to surrender seven two hits in five and two-thirds (San Francisco lead series 1-0) yesterday. Wainwright faced off. runs in two straight post-season scoreless innings. At Los Angeles Instead, a tense game that starts. Nationals ace hurler Stephen St Louis 10 Los Angeles 9 saw both benches empty after He gave up seven last year in Strasburg gave up two runs in his (St Louis lead series 1-0) SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Djokovic, Berdych in Beijing final World number one defeats Murray; Sharapova and Kvitova vie for women’s crown

BEIJING: French Open and that second set. That point was Wimbledon champions Maria China Open Results very important. But still I had to Sharapova and Petra Kvitova BEIJING: Results from the China Open do lot of work. I didn’t feel at my will battle for the China Open yesterday (x denotes seeding) best today.” title after they both pow- Men’s singles Semi-Finals Both Sharapova and Kvitova ered through their semi-final will be hoping to clinch their matches yesterday. Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Andy Murray fourth title of the year in Beijing. Meanwhile, world number (GBR x6) 6-3, 6-4 Sharapova has won the last four one Novak Djokovic continued Tomas Berdych (CZE x3) bt Martin Klizan meetings between the pair. his brilliant 100 percent record (SVK) 6-4, 6-1 In the men’s competition, it in Beijing, overpowering Andy Women’s singles Semi-Finals was another ruthless serving dis- Murray to set up a men’s final play from Djokovic, the top seed against Tomas Berdych. Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt Samantha Stosur in Beijing, who overcame a brief Kvitova remains on course for (AUS) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 fightback from Murray midway a second consecutive women’s Maria Sharapova (RUS x4) bt Ana Ivanovic through the second set to claim title in China after she defeated (SRB x9) 6-0, 6-4 a 6-3, 6-4 win. Samantha Stosur 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 in Djokovic broke serve in the her match. - Ruthless serving from eighth game, taking advantage The world number three Djokovic - of some risky groundstrokes by appears to have taken to Beijing Sharapova stormed through Murray, to take the opening set. the form she showed winning the the first set in her match with The British sixth seed appeared Wuhan Open last Saturday. Ana Ivanovic, before the Serbian to lose concentration early in the But the Czech player’s vic- world number nine staged a brave second set, dropping his serve in tory came after she survived a fightback which culminated in a the first game and losing the next scare against Stosur, with the dramatic final game. in a spell during which he failed Australian taking the second set The pair traded breaks in the to score a point. as she broke serve in the final first two games of the second set, But Murray took the upper game. before Ivanovic lost serve again, hand thereafter, forcing two The 2011 US Open winner giving Sharapova a 5-4 advantage break points from his opponent and former world number four as she served for the match. in the fourth game, before finally appeared to be capitalising on a Both players were then locked clinching a deserved break at his lack of rhythm in Kvitova’s play in a tussle, which saw four break next attempt. after the game was halted because points for Ivanovic and an equal The world number 11 was hav- of rain, meaning the court had to number of match points for ing his best moments of the match, be dried and the roof closed. Sharapova. taking points from Djokovic at the But the third seed in Beijing But the Russian fourth seed in net during an attractive spell of fought back in the third set, sav- Beijing came through the battle tennis from both players. ing three break points in the sec- of nerves and sealed a 6-0, 6-4 However, Djokovic stepped up a Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic celebrates after winning his men’s singles semi-final match against Martin ond game before breaking in the victory in just under 90 minutes. gear when Murray pulled in front Klizan of Slovakia in the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, yester- fifth and seventh to make her first Ivanovic said she did not play at 4-3, winning the next three day. RIGHT: Maria Sharapova of Russia returns a shot against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in their women’s singles final in Beijing. at her usual standard during the games and allowing his opponent semi-final match at the China Open, yesterday. “You know, when we had the game. to take just one point. 30 minute break, it’s difficult,” “It was not about the last “I felt like I could swing Kvitova said. challenge. It was just very tough through the ball. I could dictate explaining how he closed in on has won every year since 2009 -- in that year -- after the world “I won the first set and I was match for me today. I felt really the play from the baseline better victory. apart from 2011 when he did not number six Czech eased past playing very good. Then they flat on the court,” she said. than I did in the previous games The Serb is bidding for his fifth take part. He will need to beat Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-4, stopped me.” “I was trying to come back in in the second set,” Djokovic said, title in Beijing, a tournament he third seed Berdych -- who won 6-1. AFP Raonic, Nishikori to clash again for Tokyo title

TOKYO: Third seed Milos ATP World Tour Raonic, beat- 30 minutes while the roof of Raonic and US Open finalist Kei Finals in London, Japan Open Results ing his rival in the venue was closed because of Nishikori will meet in a Japan with Nishikori TOKYO: Results on the sixth day of the Madrid and the drizzle. Open final for the second time standing provi- Japan Open yesterday (x denotes seeding): US Open this The Canadian came out strong in three years today. sional sixth and Semi-finals season while in the second set, breaking for 3-2 Canadian Raonic, seeded third, Raonic on eighth. Milos Raonic (CAN x3) bt losing to the from a Simon double-fault, and dominated Gilles Simon of France The Canadian Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-1, 6-4 Canadian at then dominated to the end as he 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday to reach his lost to Nishikori Wimbledon. advanced on his second match Kei Nishikori (JPN x4) bt Benjamin Becker third consecutive final in the capi- here two years Raonic is look- point. (GER) 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7/2) tal. Nishikori mounted a come- ago and was ing forward to Raonic, winner of the back as he overhauled Germany’s beaten a year ago the challenge of Washington event in August, Benjamin Becker 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 for the title by Argentine Juan facing the on-form Asian player. owns a 32-13 record this season. (7/2). Martin del Potro. Raonic finished “Against Kei, it is something to Nishikori is feeling the physi- The 24-year-old was treated for off Simon with 11 aces to bring look forward to. A lot of people cal toll from two weeks of intense lower back pain during his Friday his total for the season past 900. here want it (victory). tennis after winning the Kuala quarter-final but has soldiered “I believe it’s the best I “I have to execute well and Lumpur tournament last week on to the delight of daily sellout have played all week,” said the serve well, focusing on myself... in the wake of his historic New crowds at the 10,000 capacity Canadian. “I executed well and I It’s something to look forward to York grand slam performance as Ariake Colosseum. had a clear vision of what I need and I want to reverse the result the first Asian man to get to the Nishikori powered back after to do, so I was making the right in the final here over the past two title match at a major. losing the first set against Becker, shot selections. years.” “It’s not the best situation, but sweeping the second to love and “Gilles can get into a very Raonic needed just 71 minutes my back is fine this week. It was winning a tiebreaker to prevail comfortable rhythm from the to advance, breezing through the a tough win. He started well and after losing a 3-1 break in the baseline, so it was important to opening set against the 37th- I had to really fight to recover. Gilles Simon (left) of France and Milos Raonic of Canada shake final set. break him down, be aggressive ranked Simon in just over half “Now there is another difficult hands after their singles semi-final match at the Japan Open Tennis Raonic and Nishikori are both and come forward to make him an hour. match coming up. I’ll have to try Championships in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. contenders in the battle to secure feel pressure.” But he then had to maintain and recover so I can play my best places for next month’s eight-man Nishikori stands 3-1 against his concentration for a further to try and beat Milos.” AFP Qatar’s Kheirddine dominates at Sail Qatar 2014

DOHA: Qatar’s Bouchema Kheirddine has brightened his chances of winning the top honours in the Optimist cat- egory of the Sail Qatar 2014, the international regatta organised by Qatar Sailing and Rowing Federation. Yesterday at the end of the penultimate day of the ten-race competition, Kheirddine heads the summit with nine points. Kuwait’s Ali Al Failkawi is in sec- ond place with 17 points after the end of seven races. Three races will be held today, the final day of the competition. Another Qatari sailor Abdulrahman Ajinah leads the laser4.7 field followed closely by Kuwait’s Suad Alassaf. Competition is taking place in four other class of Laser RDL, Laser STD, Hobie-16 and 470. Sailors from 22 countries including hosts Qatar are tak- ing part inluding Portugal, Great Britain, Germany, Turkey, Australia, France, Kuwait, Brazil, Argentina, Serbia, USA, Italy, Ireland, Jordan, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Tunisia, Sailors compete on the fourth day of Sail Qatar 2014, an international regatta, in Doha yesterday. The sailing regatta is organised by Qatar Sailing and Rowing Federation at Doha Sailing Denmark and Egypt. Club and will end today. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Rosberg roars to pole at Japanese GP Mercedes pair fills front row despite championship leader Hamilton’s crash in practice

SUZUKA, Japan: Nico Rosberg outpaced Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton Japanese GP to take pole position in today’s Japanese Grand Prix as he Starting Grid seeks to bounce back from los- 1. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes ing the drivers’ championship leadership. 2. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes German Rosberg, who trails 3. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Mercedes Hamilton by three points in the 4. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes championship with five races remaining, lapped 0.197 seconds 5. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari quicker than the Briton as the 6. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault feuding rivals prepare to lock 7. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren horns again in a race which could 8. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren be threatened by typhoon rains. Rosberg clocked a best lap of German Formula One driver Nico 9. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault 1minute 32.506seconds in the Rosberg of Mercedes steers his 10. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari final moments of a tense qualify- car during the first practice session 11. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India ing session at the iconic Suzuka of the Japanese Grand Prix at the - Mercedes Circuit yesterday. Suzuka Circuit yesterday. AVOVE: 12. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Renault It was his first pole in Japan British Formula One driver Lewis and eighth of the Formula One Hamilton of Mercedes looks on in 13. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India season and an important boost the garage during the third practice - Mercedes after being forced to drop out of session of the Japanese Grand Prix 14. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari the Singapore Grand Prix two weeks ago and letting Hamilton yesterday. 15. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari in front. successive pole, crashed in the get the points so I am looking four-time defending champion for Williams behind the dominant 16. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault “I am not thinking about morning practice, robbing him of ahead to the tricky weather fore- Sebastian Vettel announced he Mercedes, ahead of team-mate 17. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Caterham Singapore any more, only racing the chance to test the faster, soft cast for Sunday,” he said. will leave the team at the end of Brazilian Felipe Massa. - Renault here and enjoying doing the job compound tyres. Rosberg drove with cool con- the year. Two-times champion Fernando 18. Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia - Ferrari here,” Rosberg told reporters. “Nico was extremely quick centration and showed he has Rosberg and Hamilton were Alonso drove his Ferrari to fifth, “We’re here at Suzuka and I’m today and I did the best I could,” recovered from his mishap in separated by just 0.060 seconds while Australian Daniel Ricciardo 19. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Caterham trying to win. It was great today said Hamilton. Singapore when he was the victim in first qualifying and 0.032 in the will start alongside him in his Red - Renault but that’s only one step on the “My guys did a great job to of an electronics system failure second while German Vettel, who Bull. 20. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso way. rebuild the car today and I and had to retire. has won the Japan race four of the Race organisers are anxiously - Renault “It was a real pleasure because was still fast — and Nico was The two Mercedes men locked past five years, could only muster monitoring the weather for today 21. Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia - Ferrari the car is so amazing to drive. It extremely fast,” added the 2008 out the front row again, break- a distant ninth on the grid. with fears that Typhoon Phanfone was really cool.” champion. ing Red Bull’s five-year domina- Finland’s Valtteri Bottas was could dump torrential rain on the 22. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus Hamilton, seeking a third “But tomorrow is the day we tion of pole at Suzuka on the day six-tenths down and third fastest region. AFP - Renault Five facts about Sebastian Vettel Vettel to leave Red Bull, set for Ferrari Five facts on Germany’s four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel SUZUKA, Japan: Four-time sport, and has yet to win a race. %Vettel won the world drivers’ championship in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. But there are plenty of world champion Sebastian He is fifth in the champion- records that put him up among the Formula One greats Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Vettel is leaving Red Bull at the ship standings, with team-mate He had the most championship points in a season (397) and season wins (13) in 2013. He end of the season and is set to Daniel Ricciardo third behind the was the youngest driver to start in Formula One, 19 years and 53 days, until Max Verstappen join Ferrari, the Formula One Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton this week. He won his first race at just 21 — another record. team said yesterday. and Nico Rosberg. %The German started karting before he was four years old and racing when he was eight. Red Red Bull said in a statement Vettel’s frustrating season con- Bull first signed him up at the Vettel’s seat would be taken by tinued yesterday when engine age of 11. 20-year-old Russian driver Daniil problems forced him out of final %Vettel is a big fan of the Kvyat, while team boss Christian free practice at Suzuka. Beatles, especially their song Horner said at the Japanese Vettel’s replacement, Russian Drive My Car. He did a voice- Grand Prix yesterday the German Kvyat, became the sport’s young- over for the German version would be racing for Ferrari from est ever points scorer at the age of the animated film Cars next season. of 19 in Melbourne in March. 2. The star driver says he is Vettel’s departure may trigger a He has scored eight points this competitive and often impa- merry-go-round of team switches, season and is 15th in the drivers tient, and that has caused with Fernando Alonso’s future at standings. much of the bad publicity that Ferrari a hot topic of paddock “I was very honoured, very sur- sometimes surrounds him. discussion. prised,” the BBC quoted the Toro %Vettel nearly had his finger Alonso’s contract runs until Rosso driver as saying at Suzuka. sliced off in flying debris in the end of the 2016 season but “The people around me know I one accident as a teenager. the 33-year-old Spaniard has like to work hard and do my best.” But it was his crooked finger been linked heavily with a move Speculation surrounding salute after winning races that A fan shows his support for Red Bull to former outfit McLaren. Alonso’s future has been rife became one of the symbols Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of “Sebastian Vettel has advised this year, a season that has of his success which started Germany during the qualifying session of us that he will be leaving Red seen a number of key manage- to annoy many fellow drivers. the Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Bull at the end of the 2014 sea- Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing puts on a balaclava in the garage ment changes at Ferrari, with Alain Prost, another four time Circuit yesterday. son,” Red Bull said in a state- during the third practice session at the Suzuka Circuit yesterday. long-serving president Luca champion, said Vettel should ment. “We want to warmly thank di Montezemolo the latest to “stop celebrating with his Sebastian for the incredible role Sports that Vettel informed him for us to stand in his path. announce his departure. finger.” He was also repeatedly booed at the podium after the so-called M-21 incident at the he has played at Red Bull for the of his decision on Friday. “As of January 1 he’ll be a com- The Spaniard, currently driving Malaysian Grand Prix in 2013 when he ignored team orders to let team-mate Mark Webber last six years. “He informed us last night petitor. He’ll be a Ferrari driver.” in his fifth season with Ferrari, win. Vettel overtook to take the chequered flag. “As we wish Sebastian well and obviously had his reasoning Ferrari had not made any has grown increasingly disillu- %Vettel’s brilliance was blamed for a slump in Formula One television viewers in 2013. Vettel in the next stage of his career, behind that. I don’t think he’d announcement yesterday about sioned with the lack of success for won 13 of the 19 races as he powered to his fourth title with Red Bull. But a Global Media we also look to the future with taken the decision lightly and was their future line-up. the sport’s glamour team which Report survey said TV viewers fell from 500 million in 2012 to 450 million. F1 supremo Bernie excitement, as the vacancy makes obviously very emotional about it,” Vettel has struggled to recap- has not won a race in over a year Ecclestone acknowledged that Vettel’s domination was hurting the sport. “Many people want to way for the next generation of he said. ture championship form this year and faces the prospect of record- see Vettel lose because it would finally make it more exciting again,” Ecclestone told German Red Bull racers,” the team added. “But if it’s his desire to be following the implementation of ing their first winless season since daily Bild. Red Bull boss Horner told Sky somewhere else, then it’s not right new technical regulations for the 1993. REUTERS Alonso says all going to Langdon fourth in Reading qualifying

READING, Pennsylvania: At good again on Saturday so we can plan with his F1 future a race track known for spec- still improve our position. Either tacular conditions and record- way, the Al Anabi team will be SUZUKA, Japan: Fernando the team he left under a cloud setting runs, the Qatar Al Anabi ready to race on Sunday.” Alonso indicated his Formula after just one difficult season in Racing Top Fuel team began AlBalooshi captured his first One future was in his own hands 2007 and who will have Honda competition on Friday hoping to career Top Fuel win at Reading despite Red Bull announcing as their new engine partner next add to the team’s magical run at in 2012 and he’s definitely happy yesterday that four-time world year. the suburban Pennsylvania race to be back. Could the team win champion Sebastian Vettel was Professing himself surprised track where the team has won again this weekend and make it leaving to join Ferrari. at Vettel’s decision, Alonso kept four of its last five races. three straight for victories for the “It’s very open. There are many his cards close to his chest while Al Anabi driver Shawn Langdon Al Anabi team? Time will tell. possibilities. Everything is going indicating he was still the market finished fourth and his team-mate AlBalooshi made a solid opening according to plan and let’s wait maker with others dancing to his Khalid AlBalooshi was 12th after pass, a 3.834s effort at 316.82mph and see,” said the Ferrari driver tune. the first day of qualifying for the and was eighth after the first ses- after qualifying at the Japanese “The news as far as I know 30th annual NHRA Nationals, sion. In the evening session, the Grand Prix. is that Sebastian is leaving Red the 22nd of 24 races that make team missed the set-up by a frac- With Suzuka braced for a Bull,” he told reporters at Suzuka. up the United States’ NHRA tion and the car went into tire typhoon that could lash the cir- “The other thing is just a guess of Mello Yello Drag Racing Series shake, forcing AlBalooshi to abort cuit after today’s race, Red Bull everybody. season and the third of six races the remainder of the run and he kicked up a storm of their own “I have still not decided com- that comprise the Countdown to was 12th after the first day. with news ending the sport’s most pletely. I have a plan in my head. the Championship NHRA Play- “Our team had one good run successful recent partnership. I have my mind set for the last offs. Qualifying continued yes- and one not so good run on Principal Christian Horner told two or three months,” continued terday and eliminations were set Al Anabi driver Khalid AlBalooshi of UAE makes his opening qualifying Friday,” AlBalooshi said. “This reporters the 27-year-old German Alonso. “I have the privileged for today. attempt at the 30th annual NHRA Nationals in Reading, Pennsylvania. race is fun for everyone because was joining Ferrari, something the position because more or less I The Al Anabi Racing Top the cars can go so fast but it is Italian team refused to confirm. can choose wherever I want to go Fuel team, owned by H E Sheikh round. In the evening session, the more excellent runs on Friday,” hard on the crew chiefs — they The announcement wrong- at the moment that I want to go. Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani, is silver Al Anabi team stepped it up Langdon said. “We were strong in have to be perfect. We can still footed a paddock that had been “So being the decision maker the three-time and defending and Langdon’s 3.773s run at nearly the first session and even stronger get a better position for Sunday expecting Spaniard Alonso to set probably some of the movements NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel 326mph was the fourth-quickest in the second; that makes nine – I know Jason (crew chief Jason the ball rolling after increasing that we have seen now is an impli- world champions. run of the session. However, the really strong runs since we fixed McCulloch) and our crew guys signs that the double world cham- cation of what I am deciding,” said Langdon, the defending cham- three drivers who ran quicker on a problem last weekend in St. will do their best to make our pion had lost patience after five the Spaniard. “Let’s wait a little pion of this weekend’s event, made Friday evening lead the Top Fuel Louis. Most weekends, the Friday car one of the best in the show. I fruitless years at Maranello. bit and when I clear completely an excellent run to start the day. standings after the first day of night run is the best chance to thank everyone on our team for The 33-year-old has been linked my last doubts I will tell you His 3.810s pass at nearly 312mph Reading qualifying. qualify at the top of the field but their hard work.” strongly to a return to McLaren, where I go.” REUTERS was third quickest after the first “The Al Anabi team made two at Reading, the conditions will be THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Qatar Arabian World Cup and the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris

Action from Qatar Total Arabian Trophy Des Juments at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris yesterday. RIGHT: A spectator during one of the races. The Qatar Arabian World Cup and the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, are taking place in Paris. The Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is the most important race meeting of the season and the most anticipated event of the year. The world’s best thoroughbreds, ridden by the best jockeys, will line up over the weekend at the legendary Longchamp Racecourse to feature in 17 races, of which the 93rd Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe will be the undisputed highlight.

Abdul Aziz bin Ahmed Al Maliki poses for a picture with the winners of Qatar Prix De Royallieu at Longchamp racecourse in Paris yesterday.

Mohamed Abdul Kareem Al Emadi giving away the Qatar Prix Daniel Wildenstein trophy to the winners. RIGHT: Managing Director of Total Qatar Guillaume Chalmin with the winners of Qatar Total Arabian Trophy Des Juments. Cirrus des Aigles stripped of win Stewards deny legendary French racehorse fourth Prix Dollar victory at Longchamp

PARIS: Legendary French race- him from racing in the Arc, had courage and the way he per- French filly Avenir Certain as his said Benoist. “This horse has and the Dubai World Cup next horse Cirrus des Aigles won his obstructed Planetaire who fin- formed after being off for such a ride in the Arc, produced the win- proved he’s a very good stayer and March is a target. fourth Prix Dollar only to have it ished fifth so under French rac- long time. Now it is on to Ascot ner halfway down the finishing I hope he will be a live fancy for “He didn’t get a great break taken away from him by the stew- ing rules Cirrus des Aigles was (October 18) and try and win a straight. He overhauled the always the Ascot Gold Cup next year.” which upset me but I allowed ards at Longchamp yesterday on demoted to fifth. second Champion Stakes,” added prominent English runner Vent Avenir Certain’s trainer Jean- him to settle and he has such a the first day of the two day Prix Factional, trained by Andre Barande-Barbe, who won in de Force to win comfortably for Claude Rouget will have been fantastic turn of foot that I was de l’Arc de Triomphe meeting. Fabre, was awarded the race to England earlier this season as trainer Elie Lellouche and owner encouraged too as the filly she beat always confident he could run The eight-year-old, winner of give jockey Raphael Marchelli his Cirrus des Aigles beat Arc-bound Gerard Augustin-Normand, who easily in the French 1000 Guineas down the leaders,” said jockey six Group One races and almost first Group race winner. Flintshire in the Coronation Cup. are the trainer and part owner of Veda put up a good performance Olivier Peslier. Peslier had to 7million euros in prizemoney, Cirrus des Aigles’ trainer Earlier Gregory Benoist, who Ectot respectively. after a long lay-off to finish sec- make do with second in the fol- showed great courage under Corine Barande-Barbe was still until November last year had yet Benoist, who opted to become ond to Solow in the Group Two lowing Group Two race the Prix Christophe Soumillon to fight delighted with her old warrior’s to win a Group One race, got the a jockey once a doctor told him Prix Daniel Wildenstein. de Royallieu as his bold strategy back and regain the lead off performance after a long lay-off perfect booster ahead of riding he would never be big enough to Solow, running in the same of sending Mayhem to the front Factional in the dying strides of because of injury. Ectot in the Arc as he guided fulfil his dream of being a foot- Wertheimer colours that leg- before the finishing straight just the Group Two race. “He proved he is the best as he home Auvray in the opening baller, said it was the perfect filip endary miler Goldikova ran in failed to pay off as fellow veteran However, the stewards judged was yesterday and as he will be Group Two Prix Chaudenay. ahead of the biggest challenge of and trained by the same han- Gerald Mosse produced Frine that the gelding, he was cas- tomorrow,” she said. The 31-year-old Belgian, who his professional life today. “Well dler Freddie Head, produced an down the outside to head him on trated at an early age which bars “I was so impressed by his chose Ectot ahead of unbeaten everyone can see I’m in top form!” impressive burst of acceleration the line. AFP Messi, Neymar on target in Barca win at Rayo

MADRID: Barcelona recov- Barca now lead third-placed had it not been for another fine saved Guillherme Siqueira’s tame ered from their midweek defeat Atletico by five points and Real save from Bravo to deny Leo penalty just before half-time and to Paris Saint-Germain as goals Madrid by seven, but Real can cut Baptistao. they ended the match with 10 from Lionel Messi and Neymar the gap when they face Athletic However, any hope for Paco men as substitute Alessio Cerci handed them a comfortable 2-0 Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu Jemez’s men was ended when was sent-off in stoppage time. win away to nine-man Rayo on Sunday. Morcillo was given his marching “Valencia started very strongly Vallecano yesterday. Claudio Bravo now holds the orders for an unnecessary lunge and we made mistakes that we Valencia remained just two record for an unbeaten start to from behind on Neymar. don’t usually make,” said Atletico points behind the Catalans at the a La Liga season and Barca’s Messi then missed a number of boss Diego Simeone. top of the table with a 3-1 win Chilean goalkeeper needed to be chances to add to his tally in the “After that Atletico played very over champions Atletico Madrid at his best early on to prevent final quarter, leaving him still just well and they didn’t have any thanks to three goals in the open- Alberto Bueno firing Rayo into two goals shy of Telmo Zarra’s all- more chances. If we had scored ing 13 minutes. the lead. time La Liga goals record of 251, the penalty, perhaps it would have After resisting some early pres- However, Rayo’s offside trap before a disappointing afternoon been different.” sure from Rayo, Barcelona killed was being breached regularly and for Rayo was rounded off when Valencia coach Nuno Espirito the game off with two goals in as moments after Messi had a goal Aquino was also sent-off for a late Santo refused to specify what he many minutes just after the half ruled out, the Argentine showed challenge on Sergio Busquets. would deem as success for his side hour mark as Messi and Neymar great composure to dink the ball Atletico, meanwhile, paid for come the end of the season, but took advantage of the hosts’ high over the advancing Tono to open their efforts in beating Italian believes they can get even better line to continued their fine goal- the scoring. champions Juventus in midweek with star summer signing Alvaro scoring form. Barca doubled their advan- as a Miranda own goal, Andre Negredo set to return from injury Rayo were reduced to nine men tage a minute later as this time Gomes’s strike and a Nicolas after the upcoming international after half-time as Jorge Morcillo Munir El Hadaddi fed Neymar Otamendi header gave Valencia break. “Our objective is to keep and Javier Aquino were shown and the Brazilian took his time a dream start at Mestalla. growing and keep improving as Barcelona’s forward Lionel Messi (right) celebrates with team-mate second yellow cards and Barca before drilling the ball into the Mario Mandzukic reduced the individuals and as a team. Neymar da Silva after scoring during the Spanish League match at the saw the game out to preserve far corner. arrears on the half hour mark, but “Today is a great day for us, but Vallecas Stadium in Madrid yesterday. their record of not conceding so Rayo could have been back in any hopes of an Atletico comeback I am very optimistic and I think far this season in La Liga. the game early after the restart were halted when Diego Alves we will improve.” AFP SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Gignac continues hot run as Marseille edge out Caen PARIS: Andre-Pierre Gignac scored a dramatic 93rd minute winner as Marseille extended their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to five points after defeating Caen 2-1 yesterday. The match appeared to be head- ing for a draw before Gignac drove home a loose ball from inside the box in the dying moments to take his league leading scoring tally to nine goals from nine matches. It was also the seventh straight victory for Marcelo Bielsa’s side and puts them into a healthy posi- tion ahead of today’s showdown at the Parc des Princes between champions Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco. The hard earned victory under Manchester City’s Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure (front) vies for the ball with Aston Villa’s English midfielder Tom Cleverley during an English Premier League match at Villa Park in Birmingham wet Normandy conditions lifted yesterday. RIGHT: Liverpool’s English midfielder Adam Lallana (centre) celebrates with team-mates Steven Gerrard (left) and Raheem Sterling after scoring a goal against West Bromwich Marseille five points ahead of Albion at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool yesterday. Bordeaux with Lille seven back and PSG eight adrift with both teams playing today. “The equaliser we conceded at the end of the match was cause for doubt but the team always believed right til the final minute and we were able to make the dif- Man City climb to second, ference,” said Bielsa. “The victory was difficult but we created a lot of chances and we got there in the end,” added the Argentine. Caen came into the match with the worst home record in the Lallana sparks Liverpool French top flight having already lost three times at their Stade Michel D’Ornano but they were Toure, Aguero on target for champions; Newcastle draw at Swansea unfortunate to suffer defeat after holding Marseille for much of the tie. LONDON: Yaya Toure and who dominated the closing stages. said Liverpool manager Brendan and make sure there’s fight in “It was a difficult match and Sergio Aguero scored late goals David Silva prodded wide and English Premier Rodgers. their belly.” congratulations to them (Caen) as Manchester City climbed Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan “I thought the resilience of the Recalled striker Steven because we were a bit lucky,” to second place in the Premier saved from Aguero, Mangala and players was fantastic and we were Fletcher scored his first goals said Gignac, who was recalled League with a hard-earned 2-0 Frank Lampard, before Toure League Results helped by the crowd, because they of 2014 as Sunderland belatedly to the France team this week victory at Aston Villa yesterday. made the breakthrough with a Aston Villa 0 Manchester City 2 (Toure 82, realised the team needed a lift. It registered their first win of the for upcoming friendlies against Villa offered dogged resistance, curling left-foot shot from the Aguero 88) was a big win for us.” campaign with a 3-1 victory at Portugal and Armenia. but Toure broke the deadlock edge of the box. Hull 2 (Diame 60, Jelavic 89) Crystal Palace 0 Henderson’s strike enabled home to Stoke City. “We showed that we’re a big with a characteristically languid Aguero made the points safe in Leicester 2 (Schlupp 33, Mahrez 40) Burnley Liverpool to bounce back from Connor Wickham’s fourth- club and on the goal, I was just strike in the 82nd minute and the 88th minute, gathering a pass 2 (Kightly 39, Wallace 90+6) their mid-week defeat by Basel minute header for Sunderland trying to control it and hit the Aguero lashed home a second six from Milner and crashing a shot Liverpool 2 (Lallana 45, Henderson 61) West in the Champions League and saw was cancelled out by Charlie target. It’s a big three points for minutes later. inside the right-hand post. Brom 1 (Berahino 56-pen) them provisionally climb to sixth Adam’s low strike in the 15th us,” added the 28-year-old. Victory takes Manuel Earlier, Adam Lallana opened place in the table. minute, but Fletcher struck Togo international Alaixys Sunderland 3 (Wickham 5, Fletcher 23, 78) Pellegrini’s side to within two his Liverpool account in style as Stoke 1 (Adam 15) Senegalese striker Papiss Cisse either side of half-time to send Romao sent a glancing header points of leaders Chelsea, who his side claimed a first win in prevented Newcastle United from Gus Poyet’s side up to 11th place. that deflected in off the unfor- Swansea 2 (Bony 17, Routledge 50) host Arsenal today. four league games by edging West slipping to a third consecutive Substitute Ross Wallace scored tunate Caen ‘keeper Remy Newcastle 2 (Cisse 43, 75) With Eliaquim Mangala back Bromwich Albion 2-1. away defeat by scoring a brace as a dramatic 96th-minute free-kick Vercoutre with 15 minutes left to in the team, defending champi- Lallana put Liverpool ahead in Today’s Matches his side twice hit back to draw 2-2 to earn Burnley a 2-2 draw at fel- give Marseille the initiative but ons City bossed proceedings in the 45th minute at Anfield with Chelsea vs Arsenal (1305GMT), Manchester at Swansea City. low promoted side Leicester City. the lead only held up briefly. the first half at Villa Park without his first goal since signing from United vs Everton (1100GMT), Tottenham vs Swansea midfielder Gylfi Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez Caen thought they had an ever truly exposing their hosts. Southampton. Southampton (1405GMT), West Ham vs QPR Sigurdsson set up goals for set up Jeffrey Schlupp to put equaliser one minute later when Aguero hit the post from James After wriggling away from (1515GMT) Wilfried Bony and Wayne Leicester ahead and then restored a free kick from the right flank Milner’s pass early in the second three defenders, the England Routledge early in each half, but the hosts’ lead after Michael was headed past Steve Mandanda period, but Villa quickly counter- midfielder poked the ball to appeared to take place just out- Cisse replied on each occasion to Kightly had equalised in the 39th by Damien Da Silva but the lines- attacked and City goalkeeper Joe Jordan Henderson, whose clever side the area. buy beleaguered Newcastle man- minute, but Wallace curled home man ruled out the effort with a Hart had to save from Kieran back-heel freed Lallana to arrow But five minutes later, Raheem ager Alan Pardew some breathing an equaliser deep into stoppage disputable offside decision. Richardson. a left-foot drive into the bottom- Sterling teed up Henderson to space. “It showed great spirit and time. But with six minutes left from a Belgian striker Christian right corner. score the decisive goal with a low, character,” said Pardew, whose Meanwhile, second-half goals similar set-piece, Caen deservedly Benteke made his return for Villa Saido Berahino equalised with first-time shot past England col- side remain without a league win. by Mohamed Diame and Nikica equalised when Gabon defender as a substitute after six months a 56th-minute penalty after Dejan league Ben Foster. “There’s always pressure when Jelavic gave Hull City a 2-0 suc- Yronda Musavu-King towered on the sidelines with a ruptured Lovren was penalised for a foul “It was very satisfying. We you’re behind in a game, but it’s cess at home to Crystal Palace. above the Marseille back four and Achilles tendon, but it was City on the West Brom striker that had to show big character today,” my job to try and lift the players AFP planted a header past the static Mandanda. Then came Gignac’s heroics after some sustained pressure from the visitors and three valu- Bayern go clear by routing Hanover able points for Marseille in the title race. BERLIN: Bayern Munich enough,” said Dortmund coach Former Lyon ‘keeper Vercoutre went four points clear in the Bundesliga Jurgen Klopp. “I take full respon- was the main reason Marseille Bundesliga with a 4-0 romp sibility for the preparations and were unable to open the scoring against Hanover 96 yester- Results the tactics. We’re left with seven earlier as the 34-year-old pulled day while Schalke, Borussia points and we’re not even looking off a string of fine saves to deny Dortmund and Bayer Bayern Munich 4 (Lewandowski 6, 38, at the top of the table.” the visitors. Leverkusen suffered Champions Robben 13, 79) Hanover 96 0; Borussia This was Hamburg’s fourth vic- Gignac was denied by the Caen League hangovers. Dortmund 0 Hamburg 1 (Lasogga 35); Bayer tory over Dortmund in their last number one while Ghanaian Bayern were rarely trou- Leverkusen 2 (L. Bender 42, Bellarabi 90) five meetings to leave Klopp’s side international Andre Ayew, bled at home as striker Robert Paderborn 2 (Koc 20, Stompelkamp 87); two points above the relegation Florian Thauvin and Dimitri Lewandowski and Arjen Robben Hoffenheim 2 (Elyounoussi 13, Szalai 29) zone. Payet also peppered the home both netted twice even with Schalke 04 1 (Huntelaar 83); Werder Bremen Hamburg netted the first-half goal as Marseille fired in 12 first Thomas Mueller and World Cup 1 (di Santo 31) Freiburg 1 (Darida 8-pen) winner after sloppy defending. half shots. winner Mario Goetze on the Friday Results A poor pass from Dortmund Second-placed Bordeaux bench, plus Germany star Bastian Hertha Berlin 3 (Kalou 22-pen, 63, Beerens striker Adrian Ramos was slumped to a surprise 1-0 defeat Schweinsteiger injured. 74) VfB Stuttgart 2 (Leitner 5, Wagner 84-own snapped up by Hamburg’s Marcell at Reims on Friday, their second “We’re happy with the result,” goal) Jansen who fed Nicolai Mueller defeat in nine outings while there said Bayern boss Pep Guardiola, Today’s Matches and the right-wing sprinted away, are four games later on Saturday. whose side have won both of VfL Wolfsburg vs Augsburg (1330 GMT); drawing Borussia’s goalkeeper Claude Makelele’s Bastia host their opening Champions League Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Mainz 05 Roman Weidenfeller for Pierre- Brittany side Lorient in a key matches. (1730 GMT) Michel Lasogga to slot into an match at the bottom while Nice “Hanover were third or fourth empty net on 35 minutes. host Montpellier in the south in the table and played with five Bayern kept up the pressure in Ten-man Schalke also suf- coast derby, fifth placed Metz at the back, which wasn’t easy. the second-half to kick-off cele- fered an afternoon to forget travel to Evian and Rennes host We scored four, but it could have brations on the last weekend of after drawing 1-1 with Maribor Lens. AFP been more. Munich’s Oktoberfest as Robben in the Champions League on “The most important thing is fired home his second with 11 Wednesday as they went down 2-1 that every game we’re playing a minutes left. at Hoffenheim, who moved up to little better than before. We’re Pep Guardiola’s Bayern have second in the table. playing more and running less, now gone seven games without The Royal Blues found them- so I’m happy with that.” conceding a goal. selves behind after only 13 Munich were 2-0 up after In contrast, Dortmund are now minutes as Norway’s Tarik just 13 minutes as Lewandowski winless in their last four league Elyounoussi put the hosts into chested down a long ball and games after their 1-0 defeat at the lead. drilled his shot into the bot- home to Hamburg left them 13th Hungary striker Adam Szalai Bayern Munich’s Robert tom corner, then Robben added in the table. then slotted home their second Lewandowski celebrates a second after a trademark run Dortmund were a shadow of against his former club on 29 after scoring his first through the heart of the Hanover themselves after their impres- minutes. goal against Hanover defence. sive 3-0 Champions League win Schalke finished with 10 men during a Bundesliga Lewandowski netted again just at Anderlecht in midweek as after Cameroon’s Joel Matip was Marseille’s Andre-Pierre Gignac match in Munich seven minutes before the break Hamburg picked up their first shown a second yellow and sub- reacts after scoring a goal against yesterday. after coolly controlling a Juan victory of the season. sequent red before Klaas-Jan Caen at the Michel d’Ornano Bernat pass and scoring into the “For all our ambitions and Huntelaar scored a late consola- Stadium in Caen yesterday. left corner. goals, this is currently not nearly tion goal. 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Members of the National Gugak Centre Dance Troupe perform a routine during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon yesterday. RIGHT: President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah (right) hands over the flag of the IOC to Asian Games flame to Indonesia National Olympic Committee President Rita Subowo during the closing ceremony. Indonesia will host the 2018 Asian Games.

Hijab must Successful Games launch be accepted, says OCA chief INCHEON: Asia’s Olympic Asia’s golden age of sport chief yesterday urged all sports to let women wear the Islamic hijab headscarf, after an Asian China top table with 151 gold medals, South Korea finish second Games row which saw Qatar’s basketball team quit in fury. Qatar’s women forfeited their INCHEON, South Korea: The matches and left after being 17th Asian Games came to a Asian Games Final told the International Basketball close yesterday, bringing an end Federation (FIBA) would not to two weeks of intense compe- Medals Table allow hijabs. tition, drama and controversy Many sports, including foot- INCHEON, South Korea: that shone a light on the best ball, now allow women to wear The flags Asian Games medal stand- and worst of a region that will of South the hijab and Qatar slammed the host the world’s biggest events ings yesterday. ban as an “insult”. Korea and for the next decade. G S B T The set-to fed into controversy Indonesia A spectacular ceremony at China 151 109 83 343 over female Muslim athletes fol- are carried Incheon’s Asiad Stadium officially South Korea 79 71 84 234 lowing criticism of Saudi Arabia into the marked the end of a Games that Japan 47 76 76 199 for bringing an all-male squad to Incheon was hailed as a brilliant success Kazakhstan 28 23 33 84 South Korea. and a model for future multi- Asiad Main Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Iran 21 18 18 57 sports events despite being tar- Stadium Sabah, president of the Olympic nished by doping, crime and rows during the Thailand 12 7 28 47 Council of Asia (OCA) said he was over religious freedom, women’s closing North Korea 11 11 14 36 upset by the Qatar episode and rights and judging. ceremony India 11 9 37 57 called on FIBA to change. At a time when Europe and of the Taiwan 10 18 23 51 “Hijab has been approved in North America are increasingly 17th Asian Qatar 10 0 4 14 all sports, all the FIFA, volley- reluctant to even bid for the big- ball, track and field – everywhere Games Uzbekistan 9 14 21 44 gest sporting events because of the there is hijab, only in basketball yesterday. Bahrain 9 6 4 19 astronomical costs, South Korea (is it banned),” he said. pulled it off for around $2bn, a Hong Kong 6 12 24 42 “There is no reason to reject fraction of the $32bn China spent Malaysia 5 14 14 33 hijab in sport,” he said, insisting on the last Asian Games or the Singapore 5 6 13 24 there was “no difference” between $51bn Russia splurged on this Mongolia 5 4 12 21 basketball and football, wrestling, year’s Winter Olympics. Indonesia 4 5 11 20 handball or volleyball. And Indonesia, the hosts of the FIBA has started allowing Kuwait 3 5 4 12 next Asian Games in 2018, have the Olympics,” said OCA presi- unique southeast Asian sport the top 20 at the Olympics, which hijabs in national competitions. already been told they can do it dent Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al where competitors kick a rattan means Asia can meet the inter- Saudi Arabia 3 3 1 7 It could start tests on women’s even cheaper, getting approval to Sabah in his closing address to ball over a net – when Laos forgot national standards.” Myanmar 2 1 1 4 headwear at international con- save money by using existing sta- the media. to show up for their semi-final. The Qatar women’s basketball Vietnam 1 10 25 36 tests from next year. But its lead- diums rather than constructing “Everyone is smiling and I But against that, there are also team quit the Games to protest Philippines 1 3 11 15 ers have strongly denied there is new ones that invariably turn to think everyone was satisfied hundreds of world-class athletes, the International Basketball Pakistan 1 1 3 5 any religious element to their white elephants. with the success of the Games. who have already won world and Federation’s refusal to let them Tajikistan 1 1 3 5 longstanding ban. It is a trend that the Olympic But also, we are keen to reach to Olympic titles and will win more wear their hijabs during matches, The Incheon Games were Iraq 1 0 3 4 Council of Asia (OCA) hopes will be better, and learn lessons for at the 2016 Rio Olympics. saying it violated their religious slugged “Diversity Shines Here”, not only safeguard the future of the future.” China dominated the medals beliefs. UAE 1 0 3 4 but Sheikh Ahmad warned that the Asian Games but also help The future of sport in Asia tables in Incheon, winning 151 Bahrain, Qatar and United Sri Lanka 1 0 1 2 banning the hijab meant women continue the dramatic growth of already looks rosy. After decades of the 439 gold medals on offer. Arab Emirates all won gold Cambodia 1 0 0 1 from some countries were the event from its humble begin- when sport’s biggest events were The host-nation South Korea was medals with fleet-footed young Macau 0 3 4 7 excluded from the basketball. nings to one of the world’s mega mostly split between Europe and second with 79 golds, followed by Africans, who had changed coun- Kyrgyzstan 0 2 4 6 “You have decreased your ath- sporting festivals. North America, the power-base Japan with 47. tries and met the eligibility and letes because there are some ath- Jordan 0 2 2 4 It already has more sports than has shifted east. Japanese swimmer Kosuke residency requirements in time letes can’t participate without the summer Olympics and almost The standard of competition Hagino was named as the out- for the Asian Games. Turkmenistan 0 1 5 6 hijab,” he said. as many athletes, drawn from the at the Asian Games is also rising standing athlete of the Games Five countries lodged formal Bangladesh 0 1 2 3 “Afghanistan, Iran are not par- world’s most populated region, fast. The OCA does not have qual- after scooping up seven med- complaints about the judging at Laos 0 1 2 3 ticipating here because of hijab and could get even bigger. ifying standards because it wants als, including four golds. Of the the boxing and an Indian fighter Afghanistan 0 1 1 2 – not because they don’t have The OCA general assembly to encourage smaller nations to 45 competing nations, 37 won refused to accept her bronze Lebanon 0 1 1 2 athletes.” voted to allow Oceania countries compete, leading to some irrever- medals. medal after losing her semi-final Nepal 0 0 1 1 The arrival of Saudi Arabia’s to compete at the next Asian ent and quirky results. “That’s 82 percent of NOCs to a South Korean. squad of 200 athletes with not a Indoor Games, a move that could The men’s cricket semi- (National Olympic Committees), And the ugly spectre of doping single woman prompted anger pave the way for countries like final between Sri Lanka and that have won at least one medal, left a dark stain on the Games only had six doping cases,” said from campaigners, with Human Australia to join the main Asian Bangladesh was determined by which means all athletes have with six competitors, including Sheikh Ahmad. “It is normal to Rights Watch calling it a “back- Games in the future. a coin toss after the match was represented their country well,” two gold medallists, kicked out have some negativity. However, if ward step”. The IOC has made it “The positive signals are rained out and Singapore was said Sheikh Ahmad. for failing drug tests. “With 9,700 we only see the negative parts, we clear it eventually wants 50-50 from the whole picture. This promoted to the bronze medal “The top five nations of the athletes here there will always will never develop the future of male-female representation at Asian Games has become like position in sepak takraw – an Asian Games medal tally are in be some negatives, but we have the Games.” REUTERS major events. AFP