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US condemns Israeli settlement expansion WASHINGTON: The White House yes- terday condemned Israel’s decision to build 3,000 settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank as “counterproductive” and said it would make resuming peace talks harder. Israel revealed the plans in response to a his- toric vote in the UN General Assembly on Thursday to recognise Palestine within the 1967 borders as a non-member observer state. “We reiterate our long-standing opposition to settlements and east Jerusalem construction and announcements. We believe these actions are counterproductive and make it harder to resume direct negotiations or achieve a two-state solution,” said National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor. Reports said some of the Israeli construction would be in a highly contentious area of the West Bank known as E1, a corridor that runs between the easternmost edge of annexed east Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim settlement. See also page 9

Protests rage against Mursi CAIRO: Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested against President Mohammed Mursi yesterday after an Islamist-led assem- bly raced through approval of a new constitu- tion in a bid to end a crisis over the Islamist leader’s newly expanded powers. “The people NGOs want to bring down the regime,” they chanted at Tahrir Square. Mursi said a decree halt- ing court challenges to his decisions, was “for an exceptional stage” and aimed to speed up the democratic transition. “It will end as soon as the people vote on a constitution. There is no place for dictatorship.” Meanwhile, a top aide to Mursi has joined National Salvation Front, the country’s biggest opposition move- ment. Samir Morkos was Mursi’s adviser on the transition to democracy and the only Christian in the Islamist leader’s team. UNDER FIRE See also pages 7&8

Net, phones down in Syria THE ISSUE BEIRUT: Syrian air force jets bombarded rebel targets yesterday close to the Damascus airport road and a regional airline said for- eign carriers had halted flights to the capi- many as representing the interests of their NGOs play a key role during summits like tal. Internet connections and most telephone One hoped that with the coveted Abraham Augusthy Climate Change Conference respective countries. COP18 as they hold mass demonstrations lines were down for a second day, the worst It is too well-known a fact that the West and help draw the attention of the world communications outage in a 20-month-old being held here, at least some looks at the Middle East, the GCC region in media to issues of relevance. Design: uprising in which 40,000 people have been of a host of environment-related particular, as a source of cheap energy and They act as pressure groups through such killed and hundreds of thousands forced to shies away from raising issues that it fears protests on negotiators to work on issues flee the country. Global hacking network challenges the Middle East faces might have an adverse impact on energy they might ignore or want to ignore due Anonymous accused Syria’s government of would be brought into focus— supplies and security. to the vested interests of the countries or blocking communications to silence critics mainly by the global NGOs. As pointed out earlier, the region faces regions they represent. and said it would respond by attacking Syrian a number of challenges but none has so far The NGOs, on their part, say they don’t government websites around the world. been touched on by any NGO—whether it is have their offices locally and so lack the See also page 9 eing a hub of oil and gas produc- to do with water crisis, high carbon emission wherewithal to hold demonstrations. In tion, the region has been battling levels or air quality. other words, since they don’t have a pres- a number of challenges—high car- Some countries in the region are plan- ence locally they don’t have member-activ- Kuwaitis march against polls Bbon emission levels, air quality and ning to have nuclear power plants at a time ists who would be taking part in protests. KUWAIT CITY: Tens of thousands of sup- plans of some countries to have nuclear when Europe, especially, wants to do away Nearly all NGOs have sent leaders to the porters of the Kuwaiti opposition marched in power plants. with existing nuclear power plants due to COP18 summit and flying in large numbers the capital on the eve of election to urge vot- But the NGOs, some of them big names safety concerns. of activists would not be feasible due to the ers to boycott the polls in protest against a like Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund The irony is that the very countries that exorbitant costs involved. change to the electoral law. Chanting slogans (WWF), have so far disappointed people are shunning existing nuclear plants and So, all eyes are at today’s procession, and “we are boycotting” and “the people want the as they have been lethargic and inert, say want to disband them want to sell their on Greenpeace, which has hinted in media repeal of the amendment”, the demonstra- critics. technology to interested countries in this interviews that ‘something is in store’. “We tors marched peacefully after authorities Not a single protest has been held by region. If that is true, it is not difficult to never announce our protest plans in advance. issued a permit unlike the previous protests any of them on any issue so far and one guess why they might be doing that—for easy Wait and watch,” was how a Greenpeace which turned violent. The Islamist, national- PAGEeagerly awaits the 6outcome of their proces- money. office-bearer said when told that critics ist and liberal opposition says the poll boycott sion tomorrow. No NGO has so far raised this issue. This were skeptical whether it would live up to is in protest at the government’s unilateral As it is, people in this region do not have is a living example of how western NGOs its name in Doha, and questioning its silence. amendment of the electoral law, which it much trust in global NGOs as a vast major- avoid issues that directly or indirectly con- See also page 2 describes as a violation of the constitution. ity of them are from the West and seen by cern western interests. See also page 8

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Pics: Salim Matramkot & Shaival Dalal Arab activists take over BY ISABEL OVALLE and Development (AFED) has outlined activists are sure that Qatar hosting called the attention of dignitaries and very clear expectations, essentially the most serious effects of climate COP18/CMP8 will be the ultimate colleagues from other organizations dis- related to the level of ambition to deal ongovernmental organiza- change on the Arab world, referring thrust for Arab countries to start dig- playing maps and flags to put a face to with climate change, in other words, tions (NGOs) have been to scarcity of water, which will reach ging for alternatives to oil and gas. the impact of climate change. what countries are willing to do. Essop unusually quiet during the alarming levels by 2025. Arab civil society groups are partici- The President of COP18/CMP8, expects a “strong decision about compen- Nfirst week of the UN Climate AFED points to the raise of sea lev- pating more than ever in the confer- Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, has sation and dealing with loss and damage”. Change Conference in Doha, the first to els as another serious consequence for ence, with about 50 attending this year, taken time to connect with young “No developed countries have come take place in the Middle East. Banners Arab countries due to climate change. while in the previous Conference of the attendees. Nevertheless, movements here with new pledges on emissions; and megaphones seem to be something Parties only five did so. like Connected Voices have complained we’re still hoping developing countries limited to previous conferences such as Doha Oasis, the group heading up about the lack of direct representation will come forward with new pledges. In Cancun (2010) and Durban (2011). Arab civil society the event, describes its mission as pro- of younger generations in the confer- addition, a number of key countries like Traditionally active organizations viding a “link between the community ence, given that only 50 of the 140 coun- Canada, Japan, Russia and New Zealand like Greenpeace or World Wildlife Fund groups are participating and the organizations to solve environ- tries have young delegates. have already jumped the ship”, she added. (WWF) have said that a lack of repre- more than ever in the mental and health issues, jump-starting In the mean time, traditionally active WWF officials admitted that in past sentatives in this small country of the new environmental projects in Qatar, organizations such as Greenpeace and COPs there has been more activism. Gulf has made it difficult to implement conference, with about 50 and raising the level of environmental World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are left Nevertheless, they think “this is an actions similar to those that took over attending this year. awareness of the population”. behind arguing they don’t have local opportunity for the Qatari Government the hall of the building where the nego- The event will take place with the and the region to get more involved”, she tiations of COP17, in Durban (South The report said that “the bulk of the support of other civil society organi- stated. “We are happy with the awaken- Africa), were held. Arab region’s economic activity, agricul- zations, such as the Climate Action Tasneem Essop, head of ing of the Arab youth, but we wonder Back in 2010, in Cancun, activists, ture and population centers are in the Network International and the Global what will happen after the COP and hope environmentalists and rural Mexicans coastal zone, which is highly vulnerable Climate Change Alliance. WWF delegation at COP18, it will continue”, added Tanzeed Alam, and foreigners took part in a protest to sea level rise”. While Arab youth leads the way, said that not having local also from WWF. over the COP16 World Climate Summit, The study points to the deterioration youngsters from other parts of the delegates has played an Officials from the NGOs say that demanding concrete actions to help of biodiversity, the impact on human world are also very much involved in Durban was very important to save the protect the environment. health due to higher temperatures, as the conference. YOUTHinkgreen, an important role in their process, “if it wasn’t for Durban we In this context, some of those par- well as the impact on food production international movement which helps decision not to hold any wouldn’t be here, but Doha is impor- ticipating in the summit have expressed because of the increasing aridity and to organise local sustainable projects in protests. tant because this is where we make the surprise over what they say is the changes in the spans of seasons, among 12 countries, including Namibia, India, foundation for the future”. stillness with which the conference other things. Germany and Brazil, works with people officials. Tasneem Essop, head of WWF With the support of Climate Action is proceeding. A silver lining, though, Local organization Doha Oasis will between 15 and 17 years of age. delegation in COP18, said that not hav- Network, that comprises 700 NGOs in has been that due to the lethargy of officially host the march that begins Other young activists have taken ing local delegates has played an impor- more than 90 countries, such as Oxfam big-time western NGOs, the ongoing at 7am in Sheraton Park, at Corniche the lead with creative and visual tant role in their decision not to hold any International, Arab Youth has taken a Summit has become a perfect stage for Street. People taking part in the event events displayed at the Qatar National protests. decisive step with their active partici- the debut of the Arab Youth Climate are called to stride under the slogan Convention Center (QNCC), just days WWF trusts the conference will have pation in COP18. The end of the con- Movement. ‘One Environment, One People, One before the ministers arrive and the a positive outcome, with an extension ference will clear up questions about Young people from 16 different Earth’. high-level negotiations begin next week. of the commitment period of the Kyoto the continuity of the climate aware- countries gathered for the first time The main message the Qatari organi- Visual effects that have traditionally Protocol for three more years. However, ness movement in the Arab countries, in Egypt almost two months ago to zation wants to share is that, at this characterized well-known organizations Essop added that so far the negotiations which its protagonists link to the Arab organise their participation in COP18. point in time, Arabs have to play a key such as Greenpeace, are now exclusive have been “weak”. Spring. They are taking the lead of the over role in climate change issues. Young to groups of young activists that have The organization came to Qatar with THE PENINSULA 7,000 representatives of nongovernmen- tal organizations (NGO’s) gathered in Doha, putting together the first march to raise awareness about climate change Poor turnout at Sustainability Expo in the Qatari capital. On November 10, different activities were organised in the countries com- BY FAZEENA SALEEM prised where the Arab Youth Climate “I see it (exhibition) as an inter- Movement exists, like planting 300 trees esting distraction from the confer- in Sudan or a talk with 100 attendees n exhibition showcasing the ence and an advertisement tool for about global warming and similar other environment-friendly initiatives the government and private sector,” issues in Jordan. These youngsters see Aof mainly oil and gas companies said Michel Kuhn, Policy and External this conference as an opportunity to from the Middle East being held at the Relations, Welt Hunger Hilfe in keep the Arab Spring alive, addressing Doha Exhibition Centre has evoked Germany. issues like global warming. poor response from the COP18/CMP8 “I did not go yet because I arrived Ahmad Al Noubani, from Jordan, told delegates. Exhibitors say the organiz- only two days ago, but I intend to,” The Peninsula that he came to Doha to ers have chosen a wrong venue. he said. “look out for my future” and to oversee Major players of the energy indus- Ritu Thiwari, Co-director, Centre that negotiators keep their pledge and try in this region are showcasing their for Community Economics and approve the extension to the commit- environment friendly research and Development Consultancy Society ment period of the Kyoto protocol. innovations at the Qatar Sustainability from India, said, “I could not find time The coordinator of activists coming Expo, which runs parallel to the UN to go to the expo but I would certainly from Egypt, Mariam Allam, said that Climate Change Conference. love to go as it may provide some since their first gathering in Cairo less The exhibition is seen as an opportu- insights into sustainability issues.” than two months ago, young activists nity to show the rest of the world what As Doha prepares for the arrival of have been in touch with official nego- is happening in this region to reduce ministers later this week, exhibitors tiators from Algeria, Egypt and Sudan, carbon emissions and energy manage- feel that the chances of delegates and among others, who are participating in ment. Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE activists visiting the expo are less. COP18. are the major exhibitors. “Next week will be busier; meetings Young activists traveled to Doha Exhibitors claim they have been the environment. This exhibition is exhibitor showcasing research on how could even go until night. So the possi- courtesy the Qatari Government that receiving fewer visitors due to the a good opportunity to break it, but it to reduce carbon emissions. bility of them coming here and spend- funded their trip. The group was invited distance between the Doha Exhibition won’t happen unless those people at Although the MENA region con- ing time is less,” said a researcher from to meetings with the Arab League of Centre and Qatar National Convention the conference come and see what we tributed a small percentage (4.7 of a renowned university in the region. Negotiators, as well as with the Qatari Centre, where the main conference is do,” he further said. overall world emissions), the carbon The number of participants at some delegation. Thanks to these meetings, being held. Exhibitors suggest that the expo footprint per capita of some nations workshops and lectures held on the youngsters have learned that talks “Only a few delegates have come should have been held at the confer- was large. Yet the region has been sidelines of the exhibition too has not are somewhat “stuck in the histori- here and they spend less time. Since ence venue and it would have been criticized that action to bring down been high. cal blame, which is still being passed the conference and exhibition are more convenient for delegates and the amount of C02 that is warming “The lecture I attended had only around”. held at two different locations, it’s would have attracted more visitors. the planet is not enough. five people as audience, where five “Some countries are waiting for understood many are busy with the “There are many school students As per the World Bank report in people spoke,” said an attendee at others to pledge”, added the young conference and so they can’t find time visiting the exhibition. It’s good for 2007, Qatar produces 55.4 tonnes of a presentation held yesterday. The Egyptian activist, as she encouraged to come here. They should have had them to learn about environment carbon per person -- the highest glo- Qatar Sustainability Expo, which has Qatar to take the lead of other Arab it at the Qatar National Convention friendly initiatives. But they are not bal carbon footprint. Qatar is followed been organized by International Fairs countries, “because if it does, the others Centre,” said an exhibitor at an Arab the only target group of this exhibi- by Kuwait which ranks as the third and Promotions and overseen by the will follow”, she stated. country pavilion. tion. The research work done by us is highest in the world, followed by the Ministry of the Environment, is open The report ‘Impact of Climate “There is a misconception about the definitely informative for the delegates UAE in fourth and Bahrain in fifth for ten days from November 27 to Change on the Arab Countries’ com- Gulf countries that we do less to save and activists than for students,” said an positions. December 7. 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Qatar to get solar-powered desalination plant Proposed 1,800MW solar project in final stage

DOHA: An estimated 80 per- system to generate water, he On Qatar’s legacy of host- cent of Qatar’s total water desal- added. ing COP18, Al Attiya told ination process would be soon Qatar realises the fact that reporters they can expect an powered by solar energy. The it is critically vulnerable. The announcement regarding this on country’s proposed 1,800MW country imports 90 percent of its December 5, 2012 at the COP18 solar project is in the final stage. total food demand. We will look venue. However, he said Qatar’s Once the project becomes oper- into how it is impacting on our green initiatives are not just ational, Qatar’s water needs environment. COP-related. would be mainly met through Al Attiya said there is an Speaking on Qatar’s com- solar energy, announced Fahad increasing tendency of countries mitment to Civil Society bin Mohammed Al Attiya, putting more and more restric- Engagement on Climate Change Chairman of the Organising tions on their export quota. This issues, Khalid Al Mohannadi, Sub-Committee for COP18/ shows climate change is becoming Co-Founder of Doha Oasis, said CMP8 . risky. Qatar’s recently launched the government is supporting “The time is right and we are Food Security Programme is both local and regional NGOs now in a final design stage of aimed at addressing this concern. in a big way. These NGOs are putting together the solar plant Replying to a query, Al Attiya working on action plans on how which will generate 1,800MW said Qatar’s emission slash and to change the planet earth how power from 2014 onwards and development programme would to make it a much better place would potentially produce 80 per- go hand in hand. The country to live in. cent of our water needs through is committed to ensure that its Khalid said thousands of green harnessing solar power”, he economic growth is happening at activists will march in Doha said while addressing the media the cost of its delicate environ- tomorrow raising the slogan “One yesterday. ment. The Qatar National Vision environment, one people and one Qatar’s aquifers have almost 2030, reaffirms this commitment, earth”. Fahad bin Mohammed Al Attiya (centre), Chairman of the Organising Sub-Committee for COP18/CMP8, and Khalid depleted. We need a sustainable he said. THE PENINSULA Al Mohannadi (right), Co-Founder of Doha Oasis, addressing the media yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL

Thousands to Green to Blue is need of the hour, says expert take part in BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB Green March DOHA: “All that glitters is not gold; all that grows is not green”. Keeping DOHA: Thousands of in view the topography of Qatar, shift- activists from the Arab ing the focus from “green to blue” is region and around the world more important because talking about will march in Doha today “green” may not be the “right word” in demanding urgent action to absence of sufficient water resources, an address climate change at expert of architecture and urban plan- the UN negotiations. ning said yesterday. The march will start from “More often I talk about green to blue. the Sheraton Park at 8am. Because I think talking about green in Activists from more than 15 Qatar or in a desert may not be the right Arab countries such as Qatar, word; so Blue is more important,” Dr Anna Mauritania, Morocco, Jordan, Crichting Solder, Assistant Professor at Libya, Tunisia, United Arab the Department of Architecture and Emirates, Palestine, Lebanon, Urban Planning (Qatar University), told Iraq, Algeria, Sudan, Oman, The Peninsula on the sidelines of Qatar Egypt and Bahrain will also Sustainability Expo. call on their own leaders She added: “Blue is about water. If you - during the first climate want to have green, obviously, you need Dr Anna Grichting, Assistant Professor at the College of Engineering, Qatar University, giving a presentation at Doha International Exhibition negotiations ever held in to have lots of water, especially in Qatar.” Center, yesterday. Ahood Al Maimani (extreme left) and Fatma Khalfani (second left), Research Assistants at the university, and Nadine the Middle East - to pledge Qatar, which is relatively greener than Macauley, Manager, Faculty Affairs at Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar (right) are also seen. KAMMUTTY VP to reduce their emissions by the other GCC states, is trying to build 2020. more green spaces which obviously require about systems. It is also thinking about Dr Anna was here to make a presenta- to develop integrated approaches to pro- The march is supported a lot of water. And in the absence of ground water, how it can be used, reused and tion on “Food Urbanism Qatar: Designing duction, preservation, and development? by regional and interna- water, most of the country’s water is pro- recycled in homes, buildings and in the Productive Landscapes in an Emerging Fatma said: “Although we have started tional NGO networks such as duced in desalination plants, which pose a landscape. By doing this, we can create a Dry-land Metropolis” representing Qatar some good work to “go green” to protect IndyACT, OASIS Doha, 350. growing environmental concern. symbiotic relationship between a building Green Building Council (QGBC). The our precious environment, unfortunately org, Climate Action Network, “Building green spaces like parks and and the landscape.” presentation was the highlights of a study the local residents are not involved. And and the global TckTckTck lawns are very unsustainable without The concept of “green to blue” was origi- jointly undertaken by Ahood Al Maimani; the awareness that we have today are campaign, as well as youth adequate amount of water and pesticides. nally coined by a marketing firm, Saatchi Fatma Khalfani and Eng. Nadine Macauley not at the level that we should have been activists who were instru- Now some of the landscaping projects such and Saatchi. It is not just about zero car- – all of them are MUPD candidates at QU. achieved. There is a missing link between mental in the Arab spring as Lusail is to design a park which they bon or carbon neutrality. It is a paradigm The project study has raised many per- organisations and educational institu- and are now organised in the called Eco-Wadi. It is taking the Wadi, that shift. They (the firm) say that a building tinent questions such as: Is Green really tions.” With regard to high level of water newly founded Arab Youth used to be there, and creating a landscape doesn’t just have to be carbon neutral it the colour of sustainability in a country and electricity consumption, Ahood said: Climate Movement. that goes from the desert to the sea. So we can actually give back to the community. like Qatar? Is the Carbon Footprint an “To save precious resources, we can always The traffic will be diverted really have to work more with a local type “Whether it is about producing food, adequate measure for environmental contribute by taking small steps at home on the Corniche in the of landscape”, said Dr Solder. energy, and water or taking Co2 and pro- impacts or should we consider the Water and spreading the practice of knowledge morning. The shortage of water, she said, made ducing oxygen, the idea can be beyond zero Footprint in Dryland countries like Qatar, to our family, friends and neighbors. It is THE PENINSULA her think about blue. “Blue is thinking carbon neutrality,” Solder added. and Food, Water and Energy Nexus - need very important.” THE PENINSULA

UNEP to launch ‘Seeds Pacific islands under increasing threat

of Knowledge’ at COP18 DOHA: Island communities change challenges facing the territories, mostly small, low- green economy can bring,” said in the Pacific Ocean are fac- Pacific region. lying island communities, the Steiner. DOHA: A new compilation of suc- build awareness about climate change ing unprecedented challenges The study highlights suc- report provides a detailed The report highlights a cess stories showcasing grass- and adaptation measures. to their economies and envi- cessful efforts to create com- assessment of the state of the severe shortage of data relat- roots solutions to climate change, The show airs daily in Quechua, the ronment from the impacts munity-managed conservation Pacific environment, and lays ing to environmental change in implemented under the Millenium local language, and Spanish, identi- of climate change, according areas, such as marine parks, out policy options for improv- Pacific islands. Nevertheless, Development Goals Fund (MDG- fying local problems and proposing to a new report released at which have used indigenous ing sustainable development in several key environmental F), will be launched in Doha by ways for adapting to climate change. the United Nations Climate knowledge to improve recycling, island communities. The expe- trends are emerging across the the United Nations Environment The broadcasts also teach adaptation Change Conference here energy efficiency and sustain- riences of over 500 communities region: Programme (UNEP), UN partners measures such as water harvesting, yesterday. able water use. Such techniques are included in the study. On the impacts on land, the and the Government of Spain. reforestation with native species, pro- Sea level rise, tropical can be scaled up, and serve as “This report presents con- report noted housing, food and The compilation, published under tection of biodiversity and prevention cyclones, floods and drought, a model for other regions, says crete evidence that food, fresh- other needs of growing popu- the title ‘Seeds of Knowledge’, looks of forest fires and overgrazing. combined with pressures from the report. water and the livelihoods of lation are placing limited land at success stories from 17 countries. Jordan, with water resources that unsustainable fishing practices Due to low greenhouse gas Pacific islanders are under resources under intense pres- The lessons learned can guide national depend mainly on precipitation, has and coastal development, and emissions and the sustainable threat, and that the Pacific is sure. On biodiversity threats 80 policies and help governments build been hit hard by climate change. Not consumption and production management of the region’s for- at the forefront in humanity’s per cent of alien species in the climate resilience, reverse the loss of only have temperatures increased in trends, are rendering the live- ests – often by local communi- efforts to combat and adapt Pacific are invasive or poten- natural resources and ensure inclusive this arid region but precipitation pat- lihoods of some 10 million peo- ties – some Pacific islands could to climate change, “said UN tially invasive. sustainable development, UNEP said terns are changing and are threaten- ple increasingly vulnerable, says see net uptakes of CO from the Under-Secretary-General and The Pacific Environment here yesterday. ing the already precious water supply, the study. atmosphere in the future. UNEP Executive Director and Climate Change Outlook Located in isolated mountainous increasing the use of wastewater, Low-lying islands in particu- The Pacific Environment and Achim Steiner. stresses that efforts to build regions, the communities rely largely which has a direct impact on human lar could face projected losses of Climate Change Outlook was “Enhancing local capacity climate resilience need to go on the radio for information. With this health. up to 18 per cent of GDP due to prepared by the Secretariat to directly monitor, and man- hand-in-hand with actions to in mind, the UN Joint Programme The UN Joint Programme under climate change. of the Pacific Regional age, the impacts of the region’s tackle other causes of environ- on environment and climate change the MDG-F is now working with The report recommends Environment Programme changing environment is essen- mental degradation. under the Millennium Development Jordan’s Ministry of Health and actions to enforce legislation, (SPREP) in partnership tial for reducing climate risks, The report lays out a number Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F) experts to ensure that climate change improve the availability of envi- with the UN Environment but also for unlocking the of recommendations to improve launched a radio broadcast popu- becomes an integral part of the coun- ronmental data, and strengthen Programme (UNEP) and other potential economic benefits that the climate resilience of Pacific larly known as ‘Pachamamanchista try’s overall health plan. environmental institutions to organisations. a transition to an inclusive, low- countries and territories. Munakusun’ (Nurturing Our Land) to THE PENINSULA help meet the major climate Covering 21 countries and carbon and resource efficient THE PENINSULA DECEMBER 1, 2012 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Qatar hails UN Many Indians resolution on Palestine

DOHA: Qatar has welcomed falling prey the historic resolution the UN General Assembly has adopted early yesterday when it voted overwhelmingly to grant and upgrade Palestine’s request to to visa fraud a non-member observer state as a highly significant step on the way for restoring the Palestinian rights and a victory Embassy gets complaints on bad cheques to the international law and international legitimacy. BY MOBIN PANDIT are mostly poor and unemployed A statement released by a youth and sell off some of their Foreign Ministry official lauded DOHA: Complaints about scarce assets like family jewellery the brave steps taken by those Indians allegedly cheating fel- or plot of land to arrive here to countries which supported the low Indians by issuing cheques take up jobs. Palestinian bid and called upon without sufficient balance in The help desk of a commu- the countries who voted against their bank accounts are on the nity welfare corpus affiliated to to reconsider their stand. rise in Qatar. the embassy receives complaints Indian Ambassador to Qatar Sanjiv Arora (centre), Deputy Head of Mission P S Sasi Kumar (left) and ICBF President The official source of the minis- Also, a large number of young about bad cheques and the illegal Karim Abdullah addressing the media at the embassy yesterday. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH try voiced hope the UN Security Indians are falling prey to rack- visa racket on a regular basis. Council would consider positively eteers involved in illegal visa “We are saddled with such preys of the illicit visa trade have of mission P S Sasi Kumar. their contact details complain- to Palestine’s request to attain trade and many of them are complaints,” Karim Abdullah, the also been galore and the help Asked about the nature of com- ants provide were always found the full-fledged membership approaching the Indian embassy head of the Indian Community desk has been providing succor plaints from fellow Indians, inaccessible. according to the international for help. Benevolent Forum (ICBF) told to them. “Yes, we do get a lot Arora played it down saying: This aside, the ICBF provides legitimacy resolutions. The middlemen in these cases this newspaper yesterday. of such complaints,” admitted “Normally, complaints are not food items and clothing to low- The UN General Assembly of visa-related cheating are A lot of Indians doing business Abdullah. of serious nature.” income Indians in distress from overwhelmingly voted to make Indians, too. The visas that are here approach the ICBF help desk Some such cases are already “We held the Open House its own funds and from stocks Palestine a non-member state, up for illegal sale are genuine, but at the embassy regularly want- in courts and the Indians in dis- despite our pre-occupation with donated by generous people. inflicting a major diplomatic the companies that acquire them ing to know how they can ini- tress come to the ICBF looking the Climate Change conference According to Abdullah, rich defeat on the United States and exist only on paper and, thus, have tiate legal action against fellow for assistance from its legal cell. where India has sent a large del- and resourceful Qatari citizens Israel. no jobs to offer. Indians they accuse of issuing bad Abdullah was speaking to this egation,” he claimed. are the largest donors of food and The victory for president The going rate for Indian visas cheques, Abdullah said. newspaper on the sidelines of a Asked where the alleged vic- clothing followed by fellow Indians Mahmoud Abbas triggered scenes on what many in the community The ICBF has a legal cell and it press briefing the Indian embassy tims of the illicit visa trade stay in upper income brackets. of joy in the occupied West Bank believe is a thriving black mar- is this section that looks into such held after its monthly Open since they have no sponsors or “There are some Egyptians as where thousands celebrated with ket is said to be ranging between complaints and provides legal aid House. jobs here and whether the ICBF well who generously donate food bursts of gunfire and cheers in the QR16,000 and QR18,000. and guidance. Present were Ambassador is able to zero in on at least the and clothing to the ICBF,” he city of Ramallah. The people who ‘buy’ such visas Complaints from the alleged Sanjiv Arora and deputy head nasty middlemen, Abdullah said added. THE PENINSULA QNA/AFP

Indian Community Fair Independent schools honoured

DOHA: The Supreme building and investing a work Education Council (SEC) hon- team in the optimal way, as well oured a number of Independent as ensuring ongoing communica- schools for their outstanding tion and follow-up. performance in e-education Distinguished schools, accord- applications being implemented ing to him, set realistic and in 100 schools. achievable goals within a spe- Amal Al Kuwari, Director of cific time frame, announce and SEC Information Technology celebrate the realization of such Department, said that e-edu- goals, and make sure the system cation strategy is to serve the is fully integrated in the school development of education for day. knowledge creation and to develop A number of schools, including new models of learning that Zainab Preparatory Independent would improve the educational School for Girls, Mouzah bint outcomes and lead to excellence Muhammad School for Girls, in education. Ibn Khaldoun Preparatory SEC held a meeting recently Independent School for Boys, which reviewed performance enumerated the good practices of reports of all independent schools applying the e-education system participating in the system. The and explained the procedures and reports have shown a steady policies pursued by their respec- growth in applying the e-educa- tive staff to promote e-education. tion system at schools. Representatives of these schools Educational Expert Osama praised the program and revealed Al-Samman explained that the its positive impact on the educa- key reason behind the success tional process. Children perform a traditional folk dance during the inauguration of Indian Community Fair organised by the Indian Cultural Centre at the Old Ideal of these distinguished schools is THE PENINSULA Indian School ground yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL CID nabs robbery gang in undercover operation Qtel’s MoneyGram service a big hit DOHA: A gang of thieves was caught by the Criminal Investigation DOHA: Qtel’s new Mobile Department (CID) during a house robbery here recently, Al Sharq Money MoneyGram service – reported yesterday. The gang, which the daily said comprised “Arab” which allows customers to send nationals, was apparently involved in a number of cases of breaking money to 293,000 local agents and entering residential areas. They were caught after an undercover in 196 countries – has received operation against them. a huge response in Qatar since The department had received a number of calls about robbery cases its launch at the start of the here, after which, undercover police officers began searching for the month. criminals. Residential areas and villas were the main targets of these In total, more than 10,000 new thieves, the daily said. Early investigation into the case led the CID to customers have registered for one of the members of the said gang, which helped the department catch the service since the launch, and other members. The gang was caught red-handed during a robbery scene. thousands of transactions are An undisclosed, albeit ‘large’, amount of stolen money was collected being made every month, as cus- from the gang. The department also found many types of equipment tomers top up their Hala and send that the gang used for entering and breaking into houses. The culprits money to friends, family and busi- confessed to the crimes, saying that they had robbed houses and some ness connections here in Qatar commercial outlets. and across the globe to Europe, the Americas and Asia including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, New health centre planned at Ain Khaled Bangladesh and the Philippines. Qtel is preparing for another DOHA: The crowding at the Mesaimeer health centre is likely to major spike this weekend, as be addressed, with the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) people send home a proportion planning to set up a new health centre in the neighbouring Ain of their salary at the end of the Khaled area. Responding to complaints about the crowding and the month. The company has taken long waiting time for patients at the Mesaimeer facility, PHCC said a specially-modified Qtel Shop it is trying to address the issue by opening new health centres and on Wheels out into industrial increasing the capacity in many of the existing facilities. areas and workers’ compounds to More than 10,000 new customers have registered for the service since the launch. A new health centre in Ain Khaled area, which is close to Mesaimeer ensure that the people who could is in the pipeline, PHCC said, in a statement issued to a local Arabic benefit most from the service Money in 2011 and has since over Qatar. Anyone over the age pays their Kahramaa utility bill daily. have access to it. developed a simple registration of 18 that has a Qatari ID can reg- will be automatically entered into According to some earlier reports, the number of nationals and Thanks to the agreement with process where customers simply ister for Qtel Mobile Money. the contest. residents registered with the Mesaimeer health centre has crossed MoneyGram, Qtel Mobile Money dial *140# on their mobiles and In a new promotion, Qtel is There are more than 200 Qtel 100,000 with a number of families being transferred to the facility from customers can transfer money follow straight-forward on-screen rewarding customers by enter- SSMs conveniently located in other health centres, especially the Omar Bin Khatab and Muntazah to whoever they want to, when- instructions. All they need is to ing them into a contest to win neighbourhood institutions such health centres. ever and wherever they need to. have their Qatari ID ready to 10 new iPhone 5 smartphones as malls, grocery stores and petrol Reacting to complaints about the long waiting time at the vaccination Transfer of the money is almost complete the process. when they pay their Kahramaa stations across the country, and unit in Mesaimeer, the PHCC said the unit has the capacity to vac- instantaneous and recipients can Once registered, customers can utility bills through Qtel’s Self- Qtel is continuing to increase the cinate only 30 children in a day. There is a plan to expand the facility collect the cash safely and reli- deposit money into their account Service Machines (SSMs). The range of new services and excit- to accommodate more visitors, it added. ably from the MoneyGram local using any of the 200 Qtel Self- promotion runs from today till ing promotions for customers that THE PENINSULA agents. Qtel launched Mobile Service Machines available all January 15, 2013. Anyone who use them. THE PENINSULA DECEMBER 1, 2012 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY

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ozens of car and bike owners turned up in Al Khor DAirstrip yesterday for the first day of ‘Qatar Mile’, an event organised by Qatar Racing Club (QRC) for speed enthusiasts. The vehicles were categorised into four engine classifications. In front of a big crowd, the ‘speed merchants’ took turns on the 800m stretch and wowed fans with daredevilry on two and four-wheel machines as they attempted to cross the 300kmh mark. The second and last day of the show will be at the same venue. The action begins today at 9am and ends at 5pm, said Fahad Behzad, CEO of QRC. The fastest drivers and riders in various categories will receive cash prizes. DECEMBER 1, 2012 ON SATURDAY 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Views

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CHAIRMAN: SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: KHALID AL SAYED A clear victory E-MAIL: [email protected] ACTING MANAGING EDITOR: HUSSAIN AHMAD E-MAIL: [email protected] The UN recognition of Palestinian state has saved EDITORIAL: TEL: 44557741 / 44557743 Mahmoud Abbas from political extinction and FAX: 44557746 / 44557758 P. O. BOX: 3488, DOHA, QATAR. significantly boosted the morale of Palestinians. E-MAIL: [email protected]

ADVERTISING: TEL: 44557837 / 780 FAX: 44557870 HE recognition of Palestine as a state by the United Nations Israeli settlement expansion. At the same time, the resistance formula general assembly on Thursday marks a major diplomatic proposed by Hamas was seen to be more helpful in forcing Israel to CLASSIFIED: 44557857 E-MAIL: [email protected] Tbreakthrough for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and make concessions. SUBSCRIPTION / HOME DELIVERY a huge victory for Palestinians in their protracted struggle for free- The new UN recognition has more of a symbolic value because it dom. Abbas deserves credit for working assiduously and determinedly will not help change the situation on the ground. Nevertheless, it’s a TEL: 44557809 /839 FAX: 44557819 to make the vote a success, despite stiff opposition from the US and very significant step forward for the Palestinian camp. It will boost E-MAIL: [email protected] Israel. The vote was a major setback for Israel and the US, which, their morale and is proof of the international support they enjoy. The along with a handful of nations, voted against the move to upgrade coalition against the vote was thin. Apart from Israel and the US, SUBSCRIPTION RATES the Palestinian Authority’s observer status at the UN to “non-member those voting against were Canada, the Czech Republic, the Marshall ANNUAL QR 675 state” from “entity,” like the Vatican. The 193-member assembly voted Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Panama. European countries 6 MONTHS QR 340 138 in favour of the plan, with only nine against and 41 abstentions, such as France, Italy, Spain, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland all and the scale of defeat was embarrassing for US and Israel who find voted yes, while Britain and Germany abstained. themselves out of step with the rest of the world. A Palestinian flag was But more important is Palestinians’ new right to take Israel to the unfurled on the floor of the general assembly after the vote. International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and other issues. The vote has saved President Mahmoud Abbas from political extinc- It was this possibility which worried Israel and the US, tion because a failure or withdrawal under US pressure would have that Palestinians might try to launch a case over Jewish settlements spelt the end of his political career. Abbas has been battling for his on the West Bank or over military attacks on the West Bank and Gaza. survival after the recent Israeli attack on Gaza, which boosted the The UN vote and the revival of Hamas fortunes after the Gaza PUBLICATION image of Hamas and helped it shed its untouchable status in the Arab attack have energised Palestinians. Hamas and Fatah need to work world. Abbas’s political fortunes have been experiencing a precipitous together to achieve their goal and build on the victories they have fall recently due to the stalemate in the peace process and continued achieved.

While Palestinians are doing The other side everything possible to keep the two-state solution alive, including with our vote in the Quote of UN, Israel is doing everything Serbia’s victim mentality the day possible to destroy it. HE International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s Saeb Erekat acquittal of Kosovo’s former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and Palestinian Negotiator Ttwo colleagues, on war crimes charges, has provoked predictable fury among Serbians. That Serbs, Roma and Albanians were detained, tortured and killed in camps during 1998-99 fight for Kosovo’s independence, was not disputed at the tribunal. What the prosecution however failed to prove was that Haradinaj, then a commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army and his fellow accused, were actually directly responsible for the war crimes. They were therefore yesterday cleared of all the charges against them. This was the second time the men had faced the court. They were acquit- ted at a first trial but the verdict was overturned on appeal in 2008, on the grounds that key witnesses had been intimidated. No such suspicions appear to have been raised during the second prosecution. For angry Serbs, the very fact that Haradinaj was a rebel commander, when the detention camps were established and the atrocities then took place, is proof enough of his involvement. Yet, those few Serb national- ists who have managed to bring themselves to admit that the Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims actually took place, have defended their hero, Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic, himself on trial before the ICTFY, on the grounds that he could not be held respon- sible for the crimes of his troops. But clearly, in their distorted view, what is sauce for the goose, is not sauce for the gander. What has marked all the trials that have been held in the Hague by both the ICTFY and the International Criminal Court, has been the exhaustive, even ponderous way, in which evidence has been presented and challenged by prosecution and defense lawyers. Though the ICC has so far confined itself to trying former African dictators, the fact is that because the con- cept of international justice is still a subject of dispute, both organizations have gone out of their way to try to be seen to be fair to the accused. Very often, this has been achieved at the expense of traumatized victims and their relatives, who as witnesses, themselves have little doubt about the guilt of the defendants. It must therefore be assumed, that this is a sound verdict. Privately Haradinaj may even have approved or simply not cared about the crimes being carried out by KLA members. Nevertheless, the prosecution was unable to establish that he had been involved personally in ordering them. The Serbs need to take on board the message that has come from the ICTFY with this verdict. It is not, as so many Serbs dis- turbingly persist in believing, that theirs is a country that is being singled out for unfair treatment by vengeful Western powers and the peoples of Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Kosovo, who broke away from Serb domination. ARAB NEWS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate On Leveson, Cameron has sacrificed the national interest BY ALASTAIR CAMPBELL International executives. The up for freedom, cries headline threat should – as history would the chance to show leadership, as hard to envisage an early coming inquiry was clearly a panic reac- upon headline. Amid the mix are suggest is likely – the press fail he did over his responses to the together around the principles ou did not have to be a gen- tion to get him out of a political the voices of the Dowlers and the to put together a proper plan Bloody Sunday and Hillsborough Leveson believes should be part ius to imagine there might hole. Now he is digging another Watsons and the Milners saying for tough self-regulation along inquiries, but revealed instead of a new system. The fact that Yhave been a statutory ele- one. that he made a promise and he the lines set out by the Leveson that he is very good at doing and Hunt and Black are even still on ment to the proposals brought At least with Gove and Boris broke it. But Cameron and his principles. saying the right things when talk- the pitch indicates the determi- forward by Lord Justice Leveson. Johnson, whatever their motives team will be saying those voices Having said publicly that there ing about other governments, but nation of the industry to ensure it Indeed, the longer the inquiry they have been clear through will fade, whereas the papers will could be no more last chance not when talking about his own. maintains a position of judge and went on, the more his tone of most of their careers, and cer- churn out their views dressed as saloons, and having said privately It really is quite hard to respect jury of its own actions. questioning suggested such a tainly since Leveson began his news day in day out, and for a to the victims that provided the a prime minister who sets up an Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, move might happen. Certainly, work, that any kind of statu- while at least, the venom will be plans were not “bonkers” he inquiry, allows a judge to state in meanwhile, need to be careful by the time David Cameron gave tory role was a rubicon not to be slowed for him, quickened for would implement them, he has the first paragraph of his report not to fall into the trap Cameron evidence, it was something that crossed. No such strong view on Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg. placed a tab behind the bar for that he has the personal author- and his media pals will seek to could not be ruled out. Given grounds of principle has emerged Politicians are rewarded for as many last-chance booze-ups ity of the PM in the work he has lay for them, where it looks like this was his inquiry – something from Cameron, until he set his pragmatism (provided it suits the as Murdoch, Dacre, et al might done, and then sees that author- this is all they care about, when Cameron’s aides were emphasis- eyes on the report, saw the word vested interests of the press) and fancy. It is possible to agree or ity taken away before the ink had the public continue to care more ing last night after his immediate “statute”, and decided that mild- punished for adopting positions disagree with Leveson’s find- dried. It leaves people wondering about jobs, the economy, cuts to rejection of the most important mannered and reasonable accu- of principle. ings, but hard to see anything in why we had the inquiry in the public services. proposal in the 2,000 page report sations of betrayal by victims Cameron could not have been there that could be described as first place. But they can take strength – he could have indicated his of media abuse and criminality kinder to the press. In making his bonkers. Of course, with or without stat- from the fact that the public serious misgivings back then, as would be preferable to a sustained rejection the main issue, he man- He now has a media that will utory underpinning, there does are not stupid, and as the more Michael Gove did, for example. battering from the press if he aged to deflect attention from the play along with the line that have to be a new system of press rabid elements of the press swing That he did not do so can prob- went along with Leveson’s plan. debate that might otherwise have the public are bored with all regulation. But if editors and behind Cameron, people will ably be explained by the fact that His core team, who tend to taken place on the full extent of this talk about the press, that proprietors could not agree with know the real reason has nothing at the time he set up the inquiry play to his short-termism when the depravity of media excess there are bigger things to worry the tame proposals put forward to do with policy or principle, and his focus was not devising a new they might be better advised to exposed in the report. In indi- about, that in any event they will by Lords Hunt and Black (woe- everything to do with Cameron system of regulation, but parking challenge it, will be scanning the cating that this was suddenly an behave a bit better for a while, fully exposed yesterday as spokes- having sacrificed the national the increasingly wretched issue papers today and celebrating the issue of principle for him, he also before slowly, steadily reverting men for the industry rather than interest on the altar of his own of his relations with senior News instant reaction. Cameron stands removed any kind of meaningful to type. Cameron yesterday had voices of the public interest) it is fear. THE GUARDIAN DECEMBER 1, 2012 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY UN urges caution Mohammed Mursi and the over military classic revolutionary trap intervention in Mali BY SIMON TISDALL proposed force, to be organised by the Economic Community of The challenge facing he United Nations has West African States (Ecowas) thrown a large bucket and the AU, should “assist the the Egyptian revolution of cold water over plans Malian authorities to recover the Tfor international mili- occupied region in the north of tary intervention in northern Mali in order to restore the unity is familiar. Extra-legal Mali, despite growing pressure and territorial integrity of Mali on west African countries from and reduce the threats posed by measures needed in the US and European Union to terrorist and affiliated groups and move aggressively to counter Al transnational organised crime”. Qaeda infiltration in the largely But he made clear the UN the short-term prove a ungoverned Sahara and Sahel would not pay for the operation, regions. would supply logistical support hard habit to kick. The UN’s timely demarche, only, and would restrict any initial stressing caution and the prefera- mandate to one year. BY HAZEM KANDIL bility of dialogue, reflects unhappy Ban’s unusually firm stance past experiences in Somalia, where poses a problem for the UN he barrage of international criti- an African Union (AU) force has Security Council, which is due cism against President Mohammed struggled to impose order after to discuss Mali on December Mursi’s latest constitutional decla- the failure of direct American 5. Diplomats said a resolution ration, which places him above the intervention in the 1990s. approving the force could be law, oversimplifies Egypt’s situa- It also implicitly invites the passed by the end of the year – but Ttion and largely comes down to one sentiment: principal actors to examine their this schedule reflects American “I told you so.” The dark forces of Islamism motives. Congo provides a vivid and French wishes more than have reneged on their commitment to democ- example of why neighbours do African realities. racy (as everyone expected), and are being not always know what is best for The US focus is primarily fought tooth and nail by the gallant support- neighbours. The UN this month on suppressing Al Qaeda, not ers of liberty and legality. How much simpler accused Rwanda and Uganda of Islamist misrule in northern can it get? destabilising eastern DRC, even Mali or the accompanying human Just a scratch beneath the surface reveals as an east African “stabilisation” rights abuses and humanitarian that this newest wave in the two-year tur- Anti-Mursi protesters chant anti-government slogans at Tahrir Square in Cairo yesterday. force was discussed. crisis. Washington fears AQIM moil is yet another byproduct of the paradox The report by the UN secretary is spreading its influence north that has haunted the revolt from the start: general, Ban Ki-moon, is bluntly and south of the Sahel, threaten- how can a regime be overthrown using the the interest of the revolution at heart. Mursi’s The anti-Islamist camp assumes, in to the point. “I am profoundly ing major regional allies such as very same crooked laws and legal agencies it high-flown rhetoric cannot hide the fact that exchange, that the interior ministry will keep aware that if a military inter- Algeria and Nigeria. But it does had set up for its own protection? And how his policies differ little from Mubarak’s and his Islamist ruffians in check and turn a blind vention in the north is not well not want to get involved directly, can a democratic regime emerge through the government has failed to offer possible solu- eye to efforts aimed at bringing down Muslim conceived and executed, it could hence pressure on Ecowas to act. ballot box, if Egyptians simply insist on vot- tions to Egypt’s deteriorating economy and Brotherhood rule. The security establishment worsen an already fragile human- France has historic and busi- ing for whoever or whatever the Islamists infrastructure, much less actually solve them. has yet to assess the dowry and choose a bride. itarian situation and also result ness interests in the region, and endorse? Mursi, the country’s first democrati- As his rivals point out, Mursi could not even Either way, with all the legal squabbles, intel- in severe human rights abuses”. has been outraged by the kid- cally elected president, actually presents a deliver on his promise to clean the capital’s lectual hairsplitting over the constitution, and “Fundamental questions on napping and murder of French convincing case. streets during his first 100 days in office. So daily economic concerns dominating the revo- how the force would be led, sus- nationals. It dreads the spectre of Voters demand revolutionary changes and Egypt is once again polarised between two lutionary scene, the prospects of dismantling tained, trained, equipped and Al Qaeda attacks on the European retribution against former president Hosni packs of political opportunists, with a hand- Egypt’s authoritarian police state seem less financed remain unanswered mainland, launched from north- Mubarak’s cronies, yet judges still loyal to ful of well-intentioned activists on each side. and less likely. … A military operation may be ern Africa. President François their old political masters overrule the reforms Meanwhile, the true arbiter of power The challenge facing the Egyptian revolu- required as a last resort to deal Hollande has reportedly deployed he proposes and trials are still carried out by remains Egypt’s all-powerful security appa- tion is quite familiar. The machinery of law with the most hardline extrem- surveillance drones over the Mubarak’s handpicked general prosecutor, a ratus, which is being actively courted by both tailored to safeguard the old regime is a natu- ist and criminal elements in the Sahel. Paris is urging European man who served the ruling party for over a camps. Mursi partly justified his draconian ral obstacle to its removal, and extra-legal north. But, before that stage is partners to back the intervention, decade. Little wonder that most cases brought decrees by the need to punish “hired thugs” measures (sometimes even violence) are nec- reached, the focus must be on ini- and the EU is said to be ready against Mubarak’s associates flop in court. (Mubarak’s preferred nickname for the oppo- essary. But once revolutionaries take the law tiating a broad-based and inclu- to send military advisers to help Worse still, the country’s first elected par- sition) who attack the police. He previously into their own hands, they are tempted to sive political dialogue aimed at train the intervention force. liament was dissolved over a legal technical- pledged not to overhaul the security sector, bend the rules of the democratic game over forging national consensus around But others also appear to share ity, and the committee voted to draft a new and chose as interior minister Ahmed Gamal, and over again. This is why most revolutions a roadmap for transition.” Ban’s reservations about military constitution functions daily under a similar a ruthless police officer who was also one of either fail to effect real change or end up Mali was in effect split in two action and his fear that it could threat. the Mubarak trial’s defence witnesses. In producing worse regimes than the ones they earlier this year when Tuareg make matters worse. Algeria, for At the same time, those who weep over the return, of course, Mursi expects the security replaced. Success demands (a temporary) dis- separatists drove out the Malian one, with its long, tragic expe- sanctity of the legal system include some of the forces’ co-operation in containing popular regard for the law to destroy the old order and army after a coup. But they in turn rience of using violence against old regime’s most sinister figures, now rein- demonstrations against him, and disrupting a quick return to it to build the new. have been supplanted by Al-Qaeda Islamists, has been cool to the idea venting themselves as friends of freedom. And plans for popular unrest. Neither the Muslim Brotherhood nor its in the Maghreb (AQIM), affiliated all along. And nobody is exactly the same people who censure the president His opponents warn of the Islamisation of enemies can be trusted to play this role. The jihadi groups, the Islamist move- queuing up to pay for the adven- over legal violations have until recently been the security forces, and their upholding of the hope remains that the continuing turmoil will ment Ansar Dine, and criminal ture. Dialogue could succeed. The preaching that revolutionary justice trumps old legal system tacitly guarantees that police produce a revolutionary actor capable of walk- gangsters armed with weapons Tuaregs’ agenda is separatism the law. officers will not be held accountable for their ing this thin line. But at the same time, it purloined during the chaos of and elements of Ansar Dine have This is not to suggest that the Islamists are past crimes. Not a single security officer has is disingenuous for liberal western critics to Libya’s civil war. no interest in allowing Islamist the good guys either. As many Egyptians sus- been punished for violations carried out before, simply say: “I told you so.” Ban said that if peaceful means fundamentalism to spread. pect, the Muslim Brotherhood does not have during, and after the January 2011 revolt. THE GUARDIAN failed to resolve the crisis, the THE GUARDIAN The next stop for Palestinians could be global courts

and military leaders from travelling With its current abroad out of fear they’d be arrested as war criminals. status at the UN, “Israelis are afraid of being hauled to The Hague,” said Robert Malley, the Middle East programme director for the Palestinians may International Crisis Group. The Palestinians have long planned to now seek to apply to use non-membership statehood at the UN, once obtained, as a way to enter the ICC. One Palestinian negotiator, in talk- the ICC for authority ing to the International Crisis Group, called the strategy a “legal or diplomatic to file war crimes intifada” against Israel. When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United charges against the Nations in September he specifically accused Israel of committing war crimes. Israeli govt. Israeli officials have said the country’s armed forces strictly adhere to inter- BY JOSEPH SCHUMAN national law and argue the true aim of Palestinians’ accusations is to isolate he UN General Assembly’s Israel. overwhelming vote to recognise Last spring, the ICC’s former Palestine as a non-member state chief prosecutor turned down a 2009 Toffers little prospect for greater Palestinian request for prosecution of clout in world politics but it could make Israel’s actions in the 2008-2009 Gaza A Palestinian youth (centre) waves a flag as he stands in front of a row of Israeli soldiers during a demonstration in the West Bank village a difference in the international courts. war with Hamas, specifically noting that of al-Masara, near Bethlehem, yesterday. The formal recognition of statehood, Palestine was only a UN observer entity. even without full UN membership, In September, the new ICC prosecutor, could be enough for the Palestinians to Fatou Bensouda, said a General Assembly created the court, are bound to turn over the legal battlefield, they, too, risk being “The concern that something dramatic achieve membership at the Hague-based vote could make the difference. suspects. accused and prosecuted in the venues would change is overblown,” said Rosa International Criminal Court (ICC), “What we have also done is to leave The United States and Israel have not where they’d try to target Israelis. Brooks, a professor of international law where member states have the power to the door open and to say that if this joined the Rome Statute, but that would There is no guarantee for either side at Georgetown University who has also refer for investigation alleged war crimes -- if Palestine is able to pass over that not prevent the Palestinians from purs- that the ICC prosecutor would follow served in policy roles at the State and or crimes against humanity. (statehood) hurdle, of course, under the ing cases under the treaty. ICC arrest through on charges. The ICC has proce- Defence departments. With its upgraded status at the UN, General Assembly, then we will revisit warrants and rulings carry geopolitical dural obstacles that could head off any And it’s important to remember that the Palestinians may now seek to apply what the ICC can do,” Bensouda said dur- weight even when they can’t be enforced. prosecution there. the ICC is a political organisation as to the ICC for membership and author- ing a talk in New York. An indictment of Libya’s Muammar Some commentators argue that, like much as a legal one - cases are initiated ity to file war-crimes charges against the The Hague-based ICC is the one inter- Gaddafi last year helped mobilise interna- lawyers in any legal fight, both the by member governments and the UN Israeli government and its officials. national venue where individuals can be tional support for the rebels who opposed Palestinians and Israelis have exagger- Security Council - so geopolitical consid- That threat of so-called “lawfare” has criminally charged. All 117 countries him. ated the stakes in what’s more of a politi- erations can trump a strictly legal case. already prevented some Israeli civilian that ratified the Rome Statute, which Of course, if the Palestinians enter cal and public-relations drama. REUTERS DECEMBER 1, 2012 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Egyptians protest after draft statute okayed Mursi says no place for dictatorship; referendum on constitution may be held by mid-December

CAIRO: Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested against Key articles in draft charter President Mohammed Mursi yesterday after an Islamist-led CAIRO: Egypt’s draft constitution, approved in a marathon session assembly raced through approval that ended yesterday morning and that was boycotted by liberals of a new constitution in a bid to and Christians, has drawn condemnation from rights groups. The end a crisis over the Islamist following are some of the charters key provisions: leader’s newly expanded powers. ARTICLE 2: “Islam is the state religion, and Arabic its official lan- “The people want to bring guage, and the principles of Islamic law its primary source of legislation.” down the regime,” they chanted This article is taken from the constitution suspended after president in Tahrir Square, echoing the Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow in early 2011, and its vague formulation is chants that rang out in the same uncontroversial for most Egyptians. An added provision narrows the place less than two years ago and “principles” to the rulings and tenets of Sunni Muslim jurisprudence, brought down Hosni Mubarak. to which Christian churches and liberals object. Mursi said a decree halting court ARTICLE 11: “The state and society will look after morality and challenges to his decisions, which public order, and standards of religious values and education.” Rights sparked eight days of protests and activists say this clause, and another that tasks police with preserving violence by Egyptians calling him public “morality,” codifies police intervention in what may be considered a new dictator, was “for an excep- un-Islamic conduct. tional stage” and aimed to speed up ARTICLE 31: “Dignity is the right of every human; society and the the democratic transition. state undertake its protection, and insulting or slandering a human is “It will end as soon as the peo- not allowed.” Human Rights Watch Egypt director Heba Morayef says ple vote on a constitution,” he told this opens to door to censorship of political criticism deemed “insulting.” state television while the constit- ARTICLE 33: “Citizens are equal before the law in rights and public uent assembly was still voting on obligations, with no discrimination among them.” a draft, which the Islamists say ARTICLE 43: “Freedom of belief is safeguarded. The state guaran- reflects Egypt’s new freedoms. tees freedom of performing religious rites, and establishing houses of “There is no place for dictatorship.” worship, for heavenly religions.” This article, rights activists say, limits But the opposition cried foul. religious freedoms to followers of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Liberals, leftists, Christians, more ARTICLE 133: The provision limits the democratically elected presi- moderate Muslims and others dent to two four-year terms. Mubarak ruled continuously since 1981. had withdrawn from the assem- ARTICLE 195: “The minister of defence is the commander of the bly, saying their voices were not armed forces and is appointed from its officers.” being heard. ARTICLE 197: Establishes a military general dominated council Even in the mosque where led by the president that discusses the military budget and must be Mursi said Friday prayers some consulted on laws pertaining to the military. Critics say this essentially opponents chanted “Mursi: void” safeguards army privileges enjoyed under Mubarak. before sympathisers surrounded ARTICLE 198: This provision allows the trial of civilians before him shouting in support, journal- military courts only “for crimes that harm the armed forces.” Rights ists and a security source said. A general view of protesters chanting anti-government slogans at Tahrir Square in Cairo yesterday. groups had wanted a complete ban on military trials for civilians. Tens of thousands gathered AFP across the country, filling Tahrir political machine and the United the polarisation of Egypt. The vote after a 19-hour session, faster Brotherhood, which backed Mursi was possible to fight what it Square and hitting the streets States has looked on warily at the plebiscite on the constitution is than many expected, approving for president in a June election, described as an attempt to “kid- in Alexandria and other cities, rising power of a group it once a gamble based on the Islamists’ all 234 articles of the draft, cover- and its Islamist allies. nap Egypt from its people”. responding to opposition calls kept at arms length now ruling belief they can mobilise voters ing presidential powers, the sta- Two people have been killed Several independent newspa- for a big turnout. Rival demon- a nation that has a peace treaty again after winning every election tus of Islam, the military’s role and hundreds injured in protests pers said they would not publish strators clashed after dark in with Israel and is at the heart of held since Mubarak was toppled and human rights. since the decree was announced on Tuesday in protest. One of the Alexandria and the Nile Delta the Arab Spring. in February 2011. It introduces a presiden- on November 22, deepening the papers also said three private sat- town of Al Mahala Al Kobra, Protesters said they would push Despite the big numbers tial term limit of eight years - divide between the newly empow- ellite channels would halt broad- some hurling rocks in anger. for a ‘no’ vote in a constitutional opposed to him, Mursi can count Mubarak served for 30. It also ered Islamists and their critics. casts on Wednesday. An opposition leaflet distrib- referendum, which could happen on backing from the disciplined bring in a degree of civilian over- Seeking to placate opponents, The draft injects new Islamic uted on Tahrir urged protesters as early as mid-December. If the Brotherhood and Islamist allies, sight over the military - though Mursi welcomed criticism but references into Egypt’s system of in Cairo to stay overnight before new basic law were approved, it as well as many Egyptians who not enough for critics. said there was no place for vio- government but keeps in place an today’s rallies by Islamists; the would immediately cancel the are simply exhausted by the tur- An Egyptian official said Mursi lence. “I am very happy that article defining “the principles of Muslim Brotherhood and its president’s decree. moil. “He just wants us to move on was expected to approve the doc- Egypt has real political opposi- sharia” as the main source of leg- allies said they would avoid the “We fundamentally reject the and not waste time in conflicts,” ument today and then has 15 days tion,” he told state television. islation - the same phrase found square during their demonstra- referendum and constituent said 33-year-old Cairo shopkeeper to hold a referendum. “This is a He said Egypt needed to attract in the previous constitution. tions backing Mursi. assembly because the assembly Abdel Nasser Marie. “Give the revolutionary constitution,” said investors and tourists. The crisis The president can declare war The disparate opposition, which does not represent all sections of man a chance and Egypt a break.” Hossam El Gheriyani, head of threatens to derail a fragile eco- with parliament’s approval, but has struggled to compete with society,” said Sayed El Erian, 43, But Mursi needs the coopera- the assembly, urging members to nomic recovery after two years of only after consulting a national well-organised Islamists, has been a protester in Tahrir and member tion of judges to oversee the vote, campaign for the new constitu- turmoil. Egypt is waiting for the defence council with a heavy mil- drawn together and reinvigorated of a party set up by opposition fig- and many have been angered by tion across Egypt, after the all- International Monetary Fund to itary and security membership. by the crisis. Tens of thousands had ure Mohamed ElBaradei. a decree from Mursi they said night session. finalise a $4.8bn loan to help it out. That was not in the old constitu- also protested on Tuesday, showing ElBaradei said in a statement undermined the judiciary. Some Critics argue it is an attempt An alliance of opposition groups tion, used when Egypt was ruled the breadth of public anger. that the constitution had “lost judges are on strike. to rush through a draft they say pledged to keep up protests and by ex-military men. But Islamists have a potent legitimacy” and called for ending The assembly concluded the has been hijacked by the Muslim said broader civil disobedience REUTERS Iran threatens to quit Kuwaitis march in protest against election

KUWAIT CITY: Tens of NPT if attacked: Envoy thousands of supporters of the Kuwaiti opposition marched in VIENNA: Any attack on Iran’s “When they make their first the capital on the eve of election nuclear facilities may lead to nuclear explosion they will have to urge voters to boycott the it withdrawing from the Non- to withdraw, I believe,” he told polls in protest against a change Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a reporters, adding he thought to the electoral law. pact aimed at preventing the Iran was “following the steps” of Chanting slogans “we are boy- spread of nuclear arms, a senior North Korea. North Korea was cotting” and “the people want the Iranian official said yesterday. the first country to withdraw repeal of the amendment”, the Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s from the NPT, in 2003, and has demonstrators marched peace- ambassador to the International denied IAEA access to its atomic fully after authorities issued a Atomic Energy Agency, also sug- sites. It carried out nuclear tests permit unlike the previous pro- gested Iran in such a case could in 2006 and in 2009. tests which turned violent. kick out IAEA inspectors and Iran, one of the world’s larg- Large numbers of women, many install its uranium enrichment est oil producers, says its nuclear of whom veiled, and children car- centrifuges in “more secure” places. programme is a peaceful bid to rying Kuwaiti flags and orange His comments may strengthen generate electricity. Like nuclear- colour banners, took part in the concerns among many Western armed India and Pakistan, Israel protest described by onlookers as nuclear experts that military has never signed the NPT. It one of the biggest in this state. action against Iran aimed at neither confirms nor denies hav- “Absolute power corrupts” read preventing it from developing ing nuclear arms, although non- a banner in English as the enthu- nuclear weapons may backfire proliferation and security analysts siastic crowds continued singing and only drive its entire nuclear believe it has several hundred national songs and chanting slo- programme underground. nuclear weapons. gans calling for boycotting the polls There has been persistent spec- The Jewish state has said until they reached the finish line ulation that Israel might bomb it would sign the treaty and at the landmark Kuwait Towers Iran, which it accuses of seek- renounce atomic weaponry only on the seaside Arabian Gulf Road. ing a nuclear weapons capability. as part of a broader peace deal “I am here to protest against Iran denies the charge and says with Arab states and Iran that the law amendment because it is Israel’s assumed atomic arsenal guaranteed its security. a breach of the constitution. It will A protester holds up four fingers, indicating the demand for the return of four-votes-per-person system which the is a threat to regional security. Under the 189-nation NPT, elect a pro-government parliament,” Emir eliminated in favour of the standard one vote, during a march calling for voter boycott in Kuwait City yesterday. If attacked, “there is a possibil- which came into force in 1970, Abdullah Al Shemmari, a public sec- ity that the (Iranian) parliament non-nuclear weapons states com- tor engineer, said. Police was present parliament Adel Al Damkhi said. Under the previous law, to safeguard national unity and forces the government to stop mit to not develop such arms. in large numbers but this time to “The regime should read the mes- Kuwaitis were able to vote for security of the state. the (UN nuclear) agency inspec- Israel and the United States see organise the protest and regulate sage seriously that there is a real four of 10 MPs elected in each of Demonstrations held since tions or even in the worse sce- Iran as the world’s main nuclear traffic around the march path. rejection of the law,” Damkhi said. the five constituencies, but that October 21 have drawn tens of nario withdraw from the NPT,” proliferation danger. Iran and Several leading opposition The Islamist, nationalist and lib- has now been reduced to only one. thousands of people, often turning Soltanieh said in a statement in Arab states say Israel’s nuclear figures and former MPs like eral opposition says the poll boycott The opposition claims that the violent when riot police used stun English submitted to a meeting capabilities threaten regional ex-speaker Ahmad Al Saadun, is in protest at the government’s reduction will encourage vote- grenades and tear gas to disperse of the IAEA’s 35-nation Board of peace and security. Mussallam Al Barrak, Faisal Al unilateral amendment of the elec- buying and other corrupt prac- protesters. Around 150 people and Governors. In a defiant 11-page statement, Muslim and others led the protest. toral law, which it describes as a tices since the number of votes 24 policemen have been wounded Asked about Soltanieh’s com- Soltanieh said the Iranian nuclear “Today, the Kuwaiti people are violation of the constitution. needed to win a seat will be much in the protests. All opposition ments, Israel’s ambassador to file “has to be closed immedi- sending a message peacefully that The opposition claims the lower than in previous polls. groups and figures have refused to the IAEA, Ehud Azoulay, said: “I ately” and UN inspections work we are against the law amend- amendment allows the govern- The Emir H H Sheikh Sabah register candidates for the polls. believe that they are going to do regarding the country returned ment and against the oppres- ment to influence the outcome Al Ahmad Al Sabah had said the The election is the second this it anyhow, in the near future, so to “routine”. sive attitude of the government,” of the results and elect a rubber amendment was within his con- year and the fifth since mid-2006. I’m not surprised. REUTERS member of the scrapped 2012 stamp parliament. stitutional rights and necessary AFP DECEMBER 1, 2012 Middle East www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY

Israel hits back with new UN upgrade a stinging slap to Israel settler homes Palestinian president calls for return to peace talks; slams settlement plans Gaza conflict, UN JERUSALEM: Israel revealed recognition go plans yesterday to build 3,000 JERUSALEM: The Palestin- settler homes in east Jerusalem ians’ historic UN success together: Meshaal and the West Bank in response sparked angry recriminations to the Palestinians’ historic in Israel yesterday, with officials DOHA: Hamas politburo chief success at the United Nations. saying it crippled peace hopes Khaled Meshaal said the de Reports of the decision to and the opposition blaming gov- facto recognition of a sovereign build the 3,000 housing units in ernment inaction for causing Palestinian state won by his response to the UN vote emerged the crisis. rival Mahmoud Abbas should be yesterday afternoon, with an In New York, Palestinian seen alongside Gaza’s latest con- official source confirming it. “It’s President Mahmoud Abbas flict with Israel as a single, bold true,” he said, without specifying called for a return to peace talks, strategy that could empower all exactly where. but slammed Israel’s latest set- Palestinians. Media reports said some of the tlement plans in reaction to a Meshaal said the short war construction would be in a highly United Nations vote recognising which claimed 162 Palestinian contentious area of the West Palestine as a non-member state. lives and five Israelis was con- Bank known as E1, a corridor that “I’ve said a thousand times that cluded on terms set by his runs between the easternmost we want to resume negotiations Islamist movement and ended its edge of annexed Jerusalem and and we are ready to do it,” Abbas isolation, creating a new mood the Maaleh Adumim settlement. told reporters in New York. “We conducive to reconciliation with Palestinians bitterly oppose the are not setting any condition but Abbas’s nationalist Fatah. E1 project, as it effectively cuts there are at least 15 UN resolu- In an interview with Reuters the occupied West Bank in two tions which consider settlement here, he compared Israel’s mood north to south and makes the activity as illegal and an obstacle of dejection with the jubilation of creation of a viable Palestinian to peace which must be removed,” Palestinians in Gaza and across the state highly problematic. he said. “Why do (the Israelis) Israeli-occupied West Bank led by The Palestinians want annexed not stop settlement?” Abbas, insisting that “for the first east Jerusalem as capital of their During the landmark vote in time a ceasefire was achieved on promised, future state and vigor- New York on Thursday, mem- A tear gas canister bounces up near a group of Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli soldiers after conditions set by Hamas, and in the ously oppose expansion plans for bers of the UN General Assembly Friday prayers against the Jewish settlement of Qadomem, near Nablus, in West Bank, yesterday. presence of the Americans”. Maaleh Adumim, which lies 5km overwhelmingly backed a resolu- Diplomatically, this puts the from the city’s eastern edge. tion recognising Palestine within decision that will not change Livni, who returned to politics quick to point out that the UN stateless Palestinians on a par A report on the Ynet news web- the 1967 borders as a non-mem- anything on the ground,” and said earlier this week at the head vote was likely to make little with the Holy See, but politically site said the decision to connect ber observer state. that peace could only be found in of a new centrist faction called practical impact on the ground. it would help “unify Palestinian Maaleh Adumim with Jerusalem It was a major diplomatic coup “direct negotiations.. and not in HaTnuah, described the UN move “The UN General Assembly.. national efforts” as part of the had been taken by Israeli Prime for the Palestinians and a sting- one-sided UN decisions.” as “a strategic terror attack” by passed a ridiculous resolution reconciliation process with Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ing slap to Israel, whose UN But he also warned that in the Palestinians which she blamed lacking any rationale, and it con- Abbas’s nationalist Fatah move- inner circle, the Forum of Nine, Ambassador Ron Prosor quickly going to the UN, the Palestinians on Netanyahu. ferred the status of observer state ment, Meshaal said. on Thursday. denounced it as a step which had “violated” previous agree- “The government could have on a state that doesn’t exist, and “I told Abou Mazen (Abbas) The decision to build more would “place further obstacles ments with Israel, such as the stopped the Palestinian initiative at which will never exist if it does we want this move to be part of settler homes was roundly and preconditions to negotiations 1993 Oslo Accords, and that his the UN if it had conducted (peace) not reach an agreement with a national Palestinian strategy” denounced by Peace Now, Israel’s and peace.” country would “act accordingly”. negotiations,” she charged. “Israel Israel,” wrote Noah Kliger in the that includes “the (armed) resist- settlement watchdog. “Instead of The argument was echoed by “The violation of these agree- lost today,” she said in a separate top-selling Yediot Aharonot. ance which excelled in Gaza and punishing the Palestinians, this Israel’s hawkish Foreign Minister ments ... means Israel can also statement. But another columnist in the gave an example of the ability of government is punishing Israel by Avigdor Lieberman, who told pub- take unilateral initiatives such “Instead of recruiting the world same paper took a different view. the Palestinian people to resist making peace harder to achieve lic radio the UN move proved that as applying Israeli sovereignty to Israel’s side, the world is now “The resolution passed by the UN and steadfastly confront the occu- and showing that Israel does not Abbas “is absolutely not interested in the territories,” deputy prime standing on the Palestinians’ side. is not anti-Israel. It is only seen as pier”, a confident Meshaal said. want peace,” said Hagit Ofran. in making peace.” The UN vote minister Silvan Shalom told pub- That is a results of the mistaken such by Israelis who are opposed “I am optimistic”, Meshaal said, “That is very dangerous.” dominated the headlines in Israel, lic radio, referring to a de facto policy, four years of political stale- to the idea of two states,” wrote “there is a new mood that allows us Arab east Jerusalem was cap- with newspapers and commenta- annexation of the West Bank. mate, speeches and accusations Sever Plocker. to achieve reconciliation”. “When tured by Israel with the rest of the tors polarised along political lines He also spoke about moves by the Netanyahu government.” “In practice, this could serve as we reconcile, unite and end the West Bank in the 1967 Six Day as the country heads towards a to link up Jerusalem with the Despite Israel’s denuncia- the jumping-off point for pulling divisions and have one political War and later annexed in a move January general election. sprawling Maaleh Adumim settle- tion, Abbas has insisted the the peace process out of the mud marja’eya (the Islamic word for not recognised by the international “Israel: The UN gave a prize ment to the east, in a move which UN upgrade would complement ... (by) setting a new opening point leadership) and one political sys- community. Israel considers all of to terror,” said the Israel HaYom would effectively cut the West peace efforts. “We are committed for negotiations: between two tem, then we will be stronger and Jerusalem as its “eternal, indivis- daily, an open backer of Prime Bank in half, an idea often raised to achieving our rights through nation-states and not between an better and we can achieve more, ible” capital, and does not view Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. by hardliners in Netanyahu’s peace and negotiations,” he said at occupying nation and a national and our response to the Israeli construction in the eastern sector Netanyahu himself dismissed Likud party. a celebration after the vote. entity living under occupation.” aggression in all its forms will be to be settlement activity. AFP the UN vote as “a meaningless Former foreign minister Tzipi Many commentators were AFP better,” Meshaal said. REUTERS

Syria jets bombard Jordan Islamists demand Hacking network declares rebel targets near national salvation govt AMMAN: Jordan’s Islamist opposition urged King Abdallah to Damascus airport form a government of national salvation yesterday to calm street protests sparked by steep increases in fuel prices. The call came Internet war on Syria BEIRUT: Syrian air force jets as several thousand Islamists and members of leftist parties ral- bombarded rebel targets yester- lied in the capital Amman to keep up pressure on a government BEIRUT: Global hacking net- assets belonging to Assad’s gov- “As we discovered in Egypt, day close to the Damascus air- they blame for worsening the plight of the poor. The price hikes work Anonymous said it will ernment that are outside Syria, where the dictator (Hosni) port road and a regional airline include a 54 percent increase in the cost of gas cylinders used for shut down Syrian government starting with embassies. Mubarak did something simi- said foreign carriers had halted cooking and heating. Much of the unrest since mid-November websites around the world in By 1000 GMT yesterday, the lar - this is not damage that can flights to the capital. has hit impoverished towns across the country of 7 million. The response to a countrywide website for Syria’s embassy be easily or quickly repaired,” it Activists said security forces protesters called for the removal of Prime Minister Abdullah Internet blackout believe aimed in Belgium was down but the added, referring to an Internet clashed with rebels trying to top- Ensour and urged citizens to rise up against the price rises, at silencing the opposition to embassy in China - which outage during the early days of ple President Bashar al-Assad which the government says are necessary to bring stretched state President Bashar Al Assad. Anonymous said it would target the 2011 uprising in Egypt. around Aqraba and Babilla dis- finances under control. Officials from the Muslim Brotherhood, Syria was plunged into commu- first - was operating. Most gov- French foreign ministry tricts on the southeastern out- the country’s largest political party, say the authorities should nication darkness when Internet ernment ministry websites were spokesman Philippe Lalliot said skirts of Damascus which lead to form a more credible, broad-based government to restore stabil- connectivity stopped at midday. down although this could be due the communications cut was of a the international airport. ity. “Wisdom is needed by the authorities to defuse the crisis the Land lines and mobile phones to the blackout. Several network- matter of “extreme concern”. “It Internet connections and most country is facing and to respond to people’s demands to abolish networks were also seriously dis- ing experts said that it was highly is another demonstration of what telephone lines were down for a price increases and form a government of national salvation,” rupted. The Syrian government unlikely that the lines had been the Damascus regime is doing to second day, the worst communi- said Sheikh Hamza Mansour, head of the Islamic Action Front, said “terrorists” had attacked sabotaged by anti-Assad forces. hold its people hostage. We call cations outage in a 20-month-old the political arm of the Brotherhood. He warned: “Unless the Internet lines but the opposi- CloudFlare, a firm that helps on the Damascus regime to rees- uprising in which 40,000 people state backs down, the nation is open to all possibilities.” tion and human rights groups accelerate Internet traffic, said on tablish communications without have been killed and hundreds suspect it to be the work of the its blog that saboteurs would have delay,” he said. of thousands forced to flee the Protesters, police clash in Tunisia town authorities. had to simultaneously sever three Rebels have seized a series country. Opposition activists have used undersea cables into the port city of army bases across Syria this UN Secretary-General Ban SILIANA: Protesters clashed with police yesterday in Tunisia’s the Internet extensively to fur- of Tartous and also an overland month, exposing Assad’s loss of Ki-moon said the conflict had flashpoint town of Siliana, where violence has left hundreds ther their cause by publish- cable through Turkey in order control in northern and eastern reached “new and appalling wounded this week, as political instability mounts two years after ing footage of aerial strikes and to cut off the entire country’s regions and on Thursday fight- heights of brutality and violence”. the revolution. Thousands took to the streets of the impoverished graphic images of civilian casual- Internet access. “That is unlikely ing on the outskirts of the capital An aviation source said town demanding the governor’s resignation and financial aid in a ties. In the absence of a free press, to have happened,” CloudFlare blocked access to the interna- two Syrian Air flights crossed fourth straight day of unrest, with the authorities battling to main- they have used social media to said. tional airport. Jordanian air space heading tain order. In a repeat of events, protesters attacked a police sta- disseminate information during The government has been More than 40,000 people have for the Syrian capital and that tion, hurling rocks and erecting barricades, with the police firing the uprising and communicate accused of cutting communi- been killed since the uprising Damascus airport was open, tear gas and chasing the demonstrators through the streets. A local with journalists abroad. cations in previous assaults on began in March 2011, according to although international airlines representative of the UGTT, Tunisia’s main trade union, which had Anonymous, a loose affiliation rebel-held areas. Anonymous said opposition groups. Human rights were staying away. The head of called Friday’s demonstration, urged the protesters to disperse. “Go of hacking groups that opposes Assad’s government had physi- organisations, including Amnesty the national airline Syria Air back home, it’s dangerous. They will fire on you with live rounds,” Internet censorship, said it will cally “pulled the plug out of the International, said the Internet said its services were operating shouted Abdesattar Manai. The symbolic march towards Tunis, remove from the Internet all web wall”. cut could signal that Assad is according to schedule, state tel- which was initially peaceful, drew a crowd of thousands, who took seeking to hide the truth of what evision reported. part on foot, in cars and on motorcycles, chanting: “With our souls is happening in the country from EgyptAir and Emirates have and our blood we sacrifice for Siliana.” Google, Twitter activate voice tweets the outside world. suspended flights to Damascus Syrian authorities have severely in response to the recent vio- Two people in Jordan die from Sars WASHINGTON: Google and Twitter announced yesterday that restricted non-state media from lence and there was no sign that they have reactivated a voice-tweet programme to allow Syrians working in the country. Air Arabia and flydubai had GENEVA: Two people who died in Jordan in April have been affected by the shutdown of the Internet to get messages out. The The hacker collective has flown scheduled trips yesterday. found to have been infected with the new virus from the same service allows people with a telephone connection to compose and staged cyber attacks on the US “Airlines are not operating to family as SARS which sparked a global alert in September, the send a tweet by speaking on their phones. Central Intelligence Agency and Damascus today,” said a Dubai- World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday. The corona- Google and Twitter said they were reactivating the system which Britain’s Serious Organised Crime based airline official. virus, previously unknown in humans, has now been confirmed was used in 2011 when the Internet was shut down in Egypt by Agency. Earlier this month, the At least 12 Lebanese gunmen in a total of nine people in three countries in the Middle East authorities for several days. Those able to dial out can leave messages Israeli government said it logged were killed in a Syrian army region, including a Saudi who had severe acute respiratory illness on several phone numbers: +90 212 339 1447 or +30 21 1 198 2716 or more than 44 million hacking ambush in the central Syrian last month, the United Nations agency said. But the two fatal +39 06 62207294 or +1 650 419 4196, “and the service will tweet the attempts in just a few days dur- province of Homs, a security cases in Jordan, confirmed in samples just retested by a WHO message,” Google’s David Torres said. “No Internet connection is ing its military assault on Gaza source said, highlighting how collaborating laboratory in Egypt, do not change WHO’s assess- required, and people can listen to the messages by dialing the same after Anonymous waged a similar Lebanon’s neighbours are being ment that the virus does not appear to spread easily between phone numbers or going to twitter.com/speak2tweet.” AFP campaign. dragged into the war. people, if at all, spokesman Gregory Hartl said. AGENCIES REUTERS REUTERS DECEMBER 1, 2012 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 10 ON SATURDAY WikiLeaks suspect tells court of his despair in ‘cage’ FORT MEADE, MARYLAND: the enemy,” which carries a pos- “If I needed toilet paper, I would “I certainly contemplated it a As he pointed out details of the commanders were determined to WikiLeaks suspect Bradley sible life sentence. However, the stand to attention and shout: few times,” he said. “I had pretty six-by-eight-foot cell, he was asked ensure his safety. During his testi- Manning admitted to falling apart ruling focused solely on the word- ‘Detainee Manning requests toi- much given up. My world had just to try on a heavy “suicide smock” mony, Manning appeared to grow during his detention and contem- ing of a proposal from Manning let paper!’” he said. Manning, shrunk.” At Quantico, Manning similar to the one he had to wear more at ease, apparently relishing plating suicide, as he took the and did not represent formal accused of the worst security said he maintained a tough men- to bed during his detention. his first chance to speak publicly stand for the first time at a pre- acceptance of a plea, which could breach in American history, faces tal outlook and never returned to He told the court the garment after two years behind bars. trial hearing late on Thursday. come at later proceedings. a slew of charges over his alleged the despair he felt in Kuwait. was made of “coarse” material He said the monotony of his The 24-year-old US Army pri- During about five hours of testi- disclosures to WikiLeaks, which But he said he grew frustrated that caused him to break out in a solitary detention at Quantico vate, facing possible life impris- mony, Manning showed flashes of embarrassed the US government after his requests to lift suicide rash, as did similar blankets that led him to dance inside his cell onment over allegedly leaking humor as he calmly recounted the and rankled Washington’s allies. watch measures were rebuffed, did not retain heat. and to make faces in the mirror, documents to the secret-spilling severe restrictions and monotony Manning said that soon after leading him to conclude his Two US military psychiatrists which he said was the result of WikiLeaks website, acknowledged he faced during his pre-trial con- his detention in Kuwait he lost appeals were “pointless.” told the court earlier that the “sheer, complete, out-of-my-mind he had suicidal thoughts initially finement in Kuwait and Quantico. phone privileges and started Manning, who has poor vision, strict conditions imposed at the boredom.” when he was held in a “cage” in Manning is demanding his case to feel increasingly anxious. “I said he had his glasses taken away, brig were unnecessary, unprec- After his detention from July Kuwait in 2010. be dismissed because of alleged totally started to fall apart,” said had to request toilet paper and edented in duration and against 2010 to April 2011 at Quantico, He told the court he “started mistreatment during his deten- Manning, clad in a blue dress uni- was forced to remove his under- their medical advice. Manning was transferred to to fall apart” not long after being tion at the Quantico brig, where form and rimless glasses. wear at night and then sleep on an Manning’s treatment at a prison at Fort Leavenworth detained in Iraq in May 2010. he was kept isolated and under Before his transfer to Quantico uncomfortable mattress designed Quantico sparked an international in Kansas, where authorities After being held for a short time suicide watch despite objections in July 2010, Manning said for inmates deemed a suicide risk. outcry and a United Nations rap- concluded he was not a suicide in Kuwait, he was transferred to a from psychiatrists. guards at a US brig in Kuwait At the hearing in Fort Meade, porteur on torture concluded he risk and granted him regular brig in Quantico, Virginia, where The boyish-looking soldier repeatedly searched his cell Maryland, north of the US capi- was subjected to cruel and inhu- privileges. he was held for nine months. recounted how he was forced and scattered his possessions. tal, Manning was asked to step mane treatment. At Leavenworth, he said he was Later, military judge Denise to stand at attention naked in Manning said he soon had sui- from the dock and stand near But the US military defends amazed when he was allowed to Lind said Manning could poten- his cell and encountered angry cidal feelings, which he conveyed an outline of his narrow cell at its handling of Manning, say- leave his cell without shackles on tially plead guilty to lesser charges responses when he questioned his to mental health counselors who Quantico, which was drawn on ing he had voiced suicidal his hands and feet. and avoid conviction for “aiding detention regime. later prescribed medication. the floor of the courtroom. thoughts in Kuwait and that brig AFP

German House okays aid for Greece US House votes to Strauss-Kahn in expand visas for foreign workers WASHINGTON: A bill to ‘deal’ to settle create a permanent visa pro- gramme for foreigners with advanced science and technical degrees cleared the House of case with maid Representatives yesterday, the latest salvo in the broader fight over US immigration reform. The Republican-backed meas- Lawyers deny $6m settlement ure would reserve 55,000 perma- nent residence visas for foreign NEW YORK/PARIS: Former Strauss-Kahn planned to take graduates of US universities with IMF head Dominique Strauss- out a bank loan for $3m and master’s and doctoral degrees in Kahn has reached a prelimi- would be lent the other $3m by the “STEM” disciplines of science, nary agreement to settle a civil his wife Anne Sinclair, despite the technology, engineering and math. lawsuit brought against him by fact the couple separated in the Many Democrats including a hotel maid who accused him of summer and now live on differ- President Barack Obama oppose sexual assault last year, sources ent sides of Paris. Strauss-Kahn’s the bill because it would eliminate familiar with the case said. Paris-based legal team declined an existing programme, often US and France-based lawyers to comment on whether a deal called the green card lottery, for Strauss-Kahn, who was once had been reached with Diallo, but which provides visas to people tipped to become French presi- denied Le Monde’s report of the from countries with low rates of dent, yesterday acknowledged a sum involved. Greek municipal workers shout slogans during a demonstration against austerity measures and expected immigration to the United States. deal was under discussion, but The New York Times, which layoffs in the public sector in Athens yesterday. Germany’s parliament overwhelmingly approved billions of The bill passed 245-139 in the said it had not yet been finalised. first reported the development, euros in international aid for Greece. Deputies voted by 473 to 100 to give the green light to the release of Republican-controlled House, They also denied as “flatly also said the pair would appear €43.7bn ($56.9bn) in aid the to debt-wracked nation. largely along party lines. But false” and “fanciful” a report that before a judge in New York next Democrats control the Senate, he agreed on a $6m settlement. week. It said the settlement sum and a similar bill there has little “The parties have discussed could not be determined. chance of passing this year. a resolution but there has been News of the US deal comes Texas Republican Representative no settlement. Strauss-Kahn as Strauss-Kahn is awaiting a UK coalition divided over press future Lamar Smith, chairman of the will continue to defend the decision by a French court on House Judiciary Committee who charges if no resolution can be December 19 on whether to call LONDON: British lawmak- The prime minister said he journalists for harassment, inva- introduced the “STEM Jobs Act,” reached,” Strauss-Kahn’s US off a sex offence inquiry involving ers started work yesterday on a accepted the vast majority of sion of privacy and the hacking of said the high-tech visa program lawyers, William Taylor and Amit parties in Lille attended by pros- draft law to regulate the nation’s Leveson’s proposals, which fol- voicemail messages. would help the United States Mehta, said. “Media reports that titutes, where he risks trial on a unruly newspapers as proposed low a year-long inquiry that heard Leveson proposed a beefed-up retain US-trained workers to spur Dominique Strauss-Kahn has charge of “aggravated pimping”. by a major press inquiry, despite from journalists, politicians and watchdog staffed by independent innovation and job creation. agreed to pay $6m to settle the If that case is dropped and Prime Minister David Cameron’s victims of press intrusion, but members, with the power to fine “In a global economy, we can- civil case are flatly false.” Diallo ends her civil case, Strauss- strong objection to the legislation. said a new law would put Britain newspapers up to £1m ($1.6m). not afford to educate these for- French daily Le Monde, citing Kahn would have a freer rein to Cameron’s government is on a slippery slope. It is “essential” that the new eign graduates in the US and then people close to Strauss-Kahn, said pursue his consultancy work and divided on the future of the press “I have some serious concerns body is backed up by legislation, send them back home to work for he and the maid Nafissatou Diallo could even consider a tentative after the Liberal Democrats, and misgivings on this recom- the judge concluded in his 2,000- our competitors,” Smith said. would meet a judge in New York return to public life in France, the junior partners in his mendation,” he told parliament on page report. REUTERS on December 7 to sign a $6m set- where he has been shunned since Conservative-led coalition, said Thursday. “We will have crossed Lawmakers will go ahead with tlement and close an affair that the Diallo scandal. they would join forces with the the Rubicon of writing elements of drafting a law, although culture UK suspends aid to ended the Frenchman’s IMF Images of the then IMF chief opposition Labour party and sup- press regulation into the law of the minister Maria Miller suggested career and wrecked his presiden- paraded before TV cameras in port a new law. land... We should think very, very the Conservatives would use the Rwanda over Congo tial ambitions. handcuffs before being charged with The rift was sparked by carefully before crossing this line.” process to attempt to persuade “The discussions have been attempted rape shocked the world Thursday’s publication of a report Actor Hugh Grant joined other the Lib Dems and Labour that rebel support going on for weeks, months. The and led to French media raking over by judge Brian Leveson which, in victims of media intrusion in the new law would be unworkable. agreement should be confirmed at smutty details of the former finance the wake of the phone-hacking blasting Cameron for rejecting Newspapers have broadly LONDON: Britain said yester- the start of next week,” Michele minister’s private life. scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s a state-backed watchdog despite accepted the need for a tougher day that it would withhold £21m Saban, a friend of Strauss-Kahn “That’s the end, not only of this News of the World, proposed a his earlier pledge to do whatever watchdog but were united Friday ($33.7m) in aid to Rwanda fol- who saw him recently, said in affair, but of any potential affair new independent self-regulatory Leveson proposed as long as it in their opposition to the regula- lowing concerns over its sup- Paris. She could not confirm the because one of the reasons for body backed by law. was not “bonkers”. “It wasn’t and tion being enshrined in law. port of rebels in the Democratic sum involved. “We are moving signing this kind of agreement is Cameron warned immediately he didn’t,” Grant tweeted. “What is to stop MPs amend- Republic of Congo. towards the end of a tragedy,” that both parties agree that they that he believes legislation could The British press currently ing it now and in the future so The announcement by she said, adding that Diallo had will never again bring a lawsuit,” threaten press freedom — while regulates itself through the Press that it no longer resembles the International Development always been open to negotiating a Christopher Mesnooh, a US law- his deputy Nick Clegg, the Lib Complaints Commission, a body benign legislative vehicle envis- Secretary Justine Greening fol- settlement despite reticence from yer who practices in France, said Dem leader, insisted it was essen- staffed by editors. Its critics say aged by the judge?” asked the lows the widely-criticised deci- her lawyers. of the Diallo agreement. tial to guarantee the independ- it is toothless and partly respon- right-leaning Daily Telegraph. sion by her predecessor Andrew Le Monde said 63-year-old REUTERS ence of the new watchdog. sible for Britain’s failure to punish AFP Mitchell to restore a tranche of aid in September following its suspension in July. Britain said it would give a fur- ther £18m to provide 100,000 peo- ple in DR Congo with food, water, household items and emergency Putin plays high stakes game with anti-graft drive education, as the advance of M23 rebels sparks fears of a humani- MOSCOW: When Vladimir Putin dra- television to report about state funds mis- former official of stealing $1.2bn during her Alexei Navalny who turned the fight tarian catastrophe. matically fired Anatoly Serdyukov, his appropriated by bureaucrats. stint at the state-run agricultural equip- against graft into a personal crusade. “The government has already defence minister and one of only three Six months after Putin, 60, returned to ment leasing firm. Yesterday, investigators Kremlin critic and political analyst set out its concerns over cred- officials with access to nuclear launch the Kremlin for a third term amid huge said a commander and an ex-commander Stanislav Belkovsky said Putin wanted to ible and compelling reports of codes, Russia was stunned. protests, an anti-corruption campaign is in in the country’s strategic rocket forces win back the middle classes who were at Rwandan involvement with M23 Never before had the Russian strong- full swing which is expected to claim new were being suspected of misspending mil- the forefront of the protests. “An ageing in DRC,” Greening said. man, who is well-known for his aversion casualties in the future. lions of rubles, with the precise damage to autocrat does not want power—he’s got “This evidence constitutes a to high-profile sackings, fired government This month the Audit Chamber said the state being determined. enough of it—he wants love,” Belkovsky breach of the partnership princi- officials of such stature. more than 15bn rubles ($486m) had been Widespread corruption was one of the told AFP. “And there won’t be people’s love ples set out in the memorandum Serdyukov, Putin said, was relieved of misspent between 2008 and 2012 for the complaints that fuelled the unprecedented without the fight against corruption.” of understanding, and as a result his post due to a corruption scandal, and preparations of an Asian summit Russia opposition rallies that rocked Russia in the “There will be a lot of casualties in this I have decided not to release the soon after national television broadcast a hosted outside Vladivostok in September. last year, with protesters saying corrup- campaign. Serdyukov was a key figure and next payment of budget support documentary exposing intricate corruption Last week Russian investigators tion had become a way of life under Putin’s if he was dismissed that means all bets are to Rwanda.” schemes at the defence ministry. “A tough, searched the elite out-of-town residence of nearly 13 years in power. off.” The latest poll from the independent Under these principles, Britain uncompromising fight against corruption the chief of state telecoms firm Rostelekom In anti-graft watchdog Transparency Levada Centre found that Putin’s approval will only provide aid to govern- has begun,” star pro-Kremlin television in a fraud case. On Tuesday, a Kremlin- International’s 2011 corruption percep- ratings declined to 63 percent in November ments who show strong action journalist Arkady Mamontov announced. controlled channel aired a new expose, this tion index, Russia ranks 143rd, 40 places from 67 percent in October. on reducing poverty, tackling Since Serdyukov’s sacking earlier this time targeting former agriculture minister from the bottom. It is behind Sierra Leone, The dissatisfaction with the authori- corruption, improving account- month, hardly a day has gone by without Elena Skrynnik. Pakistan and Kosovo. ties has approached the level of the past ability and meeting international Vladimir Markin, the public face of the Complete with bird’s-eye views of what Intriguingly, by cracking down on cor- December that saw the outbreak of the obligations to support peace and secretive Investigative Committee, Russia’s the channel said was Skrynnik’s house ruption Putin is emulating the most promi- protests, said Lev Gudkov, director of the respect human rights. equivalent of the FBI, going on national in France, the documentary accused the nent leader of the opposition movement Levada Centre. AFP AFP DECEMBER 1, 2012 Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY Aquino, allies set meet for RH push Let’s just vote on this bill to end debates: Speaker

MANILA: President Benigno giving the president an oppor- approved the amendment by S Aquino will discuss the con- tunity to gauge whether or not substitution. It is now the com- troversial Reproductive Health to give marching orders for the promise version that is on deck. (RH) bill, which he is support- chamber’s majority to pass the bill. On Tuesday, the House failed ing, with members of the House The lawmaker said at to continue the discussion on the of Representatives in a lunch- least two of the four Deputy bill due to again, lack of quorum. eon meeting in Malacañang on Speakers – Northern Samar The chamber had enough Monday. Representative Raul Daza and attendance on Wednesday but did Both supporters and critics Cebu Representative Pablo Garcia not take up the measure. of the measure were invited to – strongly oppose the bill even if Monday’s caucus will also come the Palace meeting. However, they are with the administration. amid calls from RH supporters not all opposed to the bill will Monday’s meeting will be the outside the House and pleas from attend, like Cagayan de Oro City second time for Aquino to discuss RH authors for Aquino to inter- Representative Rufus Rodriguez, with House members the contro- vene and certify the bill as urgent, Navy personnel measuring hundreds of sea turtles rescued from poachers aboard a boat in Palawan Island. who begged off yesterday. versial RH measure. respectively. “With all due respect to the In a Palace meeting last August They believe a little more Speaker and the President, may 6, Aquino pleaded with lawmak- push from Aquino would get the I beg off from attending the ers to end floor debates on the measure approved and bring their Malacañang lunch on Monday? measure. They heeded and voted 13-year fight for the proposed RH My opposition to the RH bill is to move the proposed law to the law to a successful conclusion. Navy rescues 100 sea based on my conscience and reli- period of amendments. After keeping the RH bill hang- gious conviction,” he said in a text But since then and up to last ing with his proposed amend- message to reporters. Monday, no single amendment ments, Senate President Juan Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr, has been introduced due to par- Ponce Enrile admitted he has no however, said Aquino just sent out liamentary manoeuvres employed intention of voting for the meas- turtles from poachers invitations to lawmakers for lunch by the anti-RH bloc, which has ure even if all of his amendments but was not exactly expected to vowed to use every trick in the would be accepted. PUERTO PRINCESA: Rostum Joseph Pena was quoted Chinese poaching in Philippine make an overt pitch for the bill. book to derail the bill. During the weekly forum at Philippine sailors rescued more as saying. waters has become a thorny issue “I think the closest thing the Things finally came to a head the Senate yesterday, Enrile laid than a hundred sea turtles from It took two days to remove all in recent months. President will ask for is to put the on Monday, when the House suc- down his cards and removed poachers but Chinese nationals the turtles from the fishpens and In April, Philippine authorities measure to a vote,” Belmonte said ceeded in mustering a quorum whatever doubts remained about who were allegedly buying the six of them were found to be dead, tried to arrest Chinese fishermen in a telephone interview. “I think of 174. Taking advantage of the his stand on the RH bill. endangered animals escaped, he said. taking sea turtles and other pro- we have reached a point, long quorum, Majority Leader Neptali “I will tell you very frankly, the navy said yesterday. Residents have reported that tected species from Scarborough overdue, to vote on this.” Gonzales II called the bill for I’m not a hypocrite, I speak out At least 123 turtles were recov- Chinese financiers were paying Shoal in the South China Sea, “From the beginning, that has amendments, something he had according to my best assessment ered from three fishpens off the local people to gather the tur- triggering a standoff with Chinese been our position. Let’s just vote not been able to do since August 6. of what is good for the country. western island of Balabac on tles for 5,000 pesos ($120) each, ships that still continues. on this bill to end the debates,” He then introduced the first My vote is against the RH, the Tuesday as part of a campaign so they could be shipped abroad, China and the Philippines, he said, adding the same bill has major amendment: substituting reproductive health bill,” he said. against such illegal activities, the the navy commander said. along with Brunei, Malaysia, been discussed thoroughly in the a less contentious compromise Two weeks ago, Enrile said he navy statement said. The turtles were released in a Taiwan and Vietnam, have over- past several Congresses. version he and Speaker Belmonte was not ready to introduce his “At least six Chinese nation- marine reserve, the navy said. lapping claims in the South China A pro-RH bill lawmaker said had authored for the original bill proposed amendments to the bill als were sighted fleeing the area Sea turtles are protected under Sea, which includes major ship- prior to the 1pm lunch, Aquino principally authored by Albay and that he did not know when using a speed boat when the raid- Philippine law and catching them ping lanes and is believed to be would have a caucus with Liberal Representative Edcel Lagman. he would be ready. ing party arrived in the area,” is punishable by at least 12 years rich in mineral and oil resources. Party congressmen in Malacañang, The House overwhelmingly THE PHILIPPINE STAR regional naval chief Commander in jail. AFP

Congress wants explanation Manila hopes to Student journalists vow to fight send new envoy to on $40m casino payoff for freedom ‘online and offline’ China by February MANILA: Congressmen are inviting the two until there was MANILA: The Philippine gov- seeking the explanation from evidence proving the huge fund ernment hopes to deploy its former Philippine Amusement transfers to Soriano. MANILA: Student publica- relevance of Bonifacio’s plight in Alegre said that an integral part new ambassador to China by and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) con- Federal investigators in the tions and netizens led by the today’s time. of their call for justice and to February, President Benigno S sultant Rodolfo Soriano on the United States, who are looking College Editors Guild of the The campaign is an initial end impunity was ensuring that Aquino said yesterday. $40m he supposedly received into possible violations by Okada of Philippines – Southern Tagalog move by the student journalists the rights of the Filipino people Aquino told reporters in Cebu from billionaire Japanese casino the US Foreign Corrupt Practices launched an online campaign to intensify their protests against are never again trampled-upon that he will meet on Monday investor Kazuo Okada. Act, have discovered suspicious this week to honour Andres the Cybercrime Prevention by the state. “We vow to become the candidate for the position The House committee on payments by Okada companies to Bonifacio’s 149th birth anniver- Act which was declared under Bonifacio’s online and offline, of Manila’s envoy to Beijing to games and amusement opened an Soriano’s two firms amounting to sary and as a form of protest to Temporary Restraining Order by because we know that this is the replace Ambassador Sonia Brady, inquiry into the alleged payoffs on $40m (more than P1.6bn). the Cybercrime Prevention Act the Supreme Court last October only way to ensure our rights who suffered a stroke last August Wednesday, but the panel failed to The Japanese investor is build- which they say is an “insult to but is set to be revived January as freedom-loving citizens,” he while on her tour of duty in China. invite Soriano and former Pagcor ing a hotel-casino complex at Bonifacio’s life and death.” next year. stressed. He described the new diplomat chairman Efraim Genuino, with Pagcor’s Entertainment City in The campus journalists simul- Michael Alegre, Secretary Alegre reminded the contribu- to China as “very capable.” whom the $40m man was report- the Pasay-Parañaque area. taneously changed their pro- General of CEGP Southern tions of and the need to continue “With a little luck, hopefully, by edly closely associated. Masahiro Terada, Okada’s file pictures in Facebook into Tagalog slammed the Aquino Bonifacio’s struggle for genuine February, she will be in Beijing,” Upon motion by several Manila representative, confirmed Bonifacio along with a cover administration’s inaction to junk national democracy. the president said, adding that committee members, Manila to the Bagatsing committee that photo with the call: “There is no the law which he said “reflects “Contrary to popular belief, the candidate has to first get a Representative Amado Bagatsing, Soriano received two fund trans- real freedom of expression with- how truly deaf this government Bonifacio was not only a revolu- nod from the Commission on committee chairman, said he fers totalling $15m from Okada out genuine freedom.” is even to the demands of Filipino tionary through his actions, but Appointments. would issue invitations to the companies in May 2010, a month Added to this, they also netizens.” also a revolutionary through his Department of Foreign Affairs two former Pagcor executives to before President Aquino assumed launched “Dakilang Supremo”, Just last week, student jour- thoughts and words embodied by Secretary Albert del Rosario has attend the next hearing. office. a call for contributions of poems nalists commemorated the 3rd his writings.” recommended to Aquino Brady’s Bagatsing said he hesitated THE PHILIPPINE STAR and artworks depicting the year of the Ampatuan Massacre, THE PHILIPPINE STAR replacement. 2 rebels killed in Compostela Valley Runway models set Guinness world record Thousands gather for DAVAO CITY: Two alleged leftist rebels were killed follow- ing an encounter with govern- MANILA: Milan, Paris, Calungsod thanksgiving ment troops in Compostela early London, New York and... yesterday, the military said. Manila. It’s hardly the centre of Major Jacob Obligado, com- the fashion world but more than CEBU CITY: The national to the shrine in a fluvial proces- mander of the army’s 10th civil- 2,000 models have taken to the thanksgiving Mass for the sion early on Thursday afternoon military operations battalion said catwalk in a Philippine shop- recently bestowed sainthood of featuring a replica of a galleon the clash occurred on 3am at ping mall to claim a new world 18th century Filipino teen mar- where Calungsod travelled in his Lebanon village, Montevista town record. tyr Pedro Calungsod yesterday mission to Guam, where he was in Compostela Valley province. A total of 2,255 men, women at the Template had not yet killed. He said troops from the army’s and children, from strutting sea- started but thousands of devo- The Catholic Bishops 66th Infantry Battalion were con- soned professionals to stumbling tees have already flocked to the Conference of the Philippines ducting combat patrol at the vil- first-timers, took part in the area. reported that over 70 bishops lage’s hinterland area when they record for the most models to The second Filipino declared from all over the country includ- chanced upon a group of armed walk down the runway at a sin- saint by the Catholic Church, ing newly appointed cardinal and men believed to be New People’s gle event. Calungsod was a Visayan with Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Army guerrillas. They queued in unglamorous a huge following in Cebu City, Tagle flew to the southern city “A firefight ensued, which surroundings late on Thursday, where a new shrine at South to witness the thanksgiving resulted to the death (of two hemmed in by metal railings, to Road Properties was built in his celebration. rebels), “ Obligado stated in a text take their turn on the catwalk at honour. “People are inspired because we message. the renovated Ayala Mall during Calungsod suffered religious have a new saint. People are look- The military official said troops a fashion event that lasted several persecution and martyrdom in ing for someone as a model whom also recover an improvised land- hours. Guam for their missionary work they can emulate,” priest Eduardo mine on the scene, and they are And a Guinness World Records in 1672. Ventic, one of the organisers of now pursuing the fleeing rebels. adjudicator later certified that the The Cebu Archdiocese the event, said. Compostela Valley is a province attempt had beaten the previ- expected almost a million Politicians and senatorial can- of the Philippines located in the ous record of 1,957 models set in attendees at the celebration led didates for the 2013 polls from Davao Region in Mindanao. Also Istanbul in May, according to a by Cebu Archbishop emeritus both United Nationalist Alliance called Comval, the province used statement from real estate agent Models take to the catwalk in an attempt to break the Guinness World Ricardo Cardinal Vidal and Cebu and Liberal Party slates also to be part of Davao del Norte until Ayala Land Inc. Record for ‘Most Number of People on the Catwalk’ in Makati City yesterday. Archbishop Jose Palma. attended the thronged gathering. it became independent in 1998. AFP Calungsod’s image was brought THE PHILIPPINE STAR THE PHILIPPINE STAR DECEMBER 1, 2012 Asia www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 12 ON SATURDAY Asean voices alarm at China sea boarding plan China says it attaches ‘great importance’ to freedom of navigation in South China Sea

JAKARTA: China’s plan to level of concern and a level of spokesman Hong Lei declined to forces, so the intended scope of claims, said Richard Bitzinger, concretely,” he told the reporters board and search ships that ille- great anxiety among all parties, elaborate on the new rules at a the policy was unclear. Hainan’s senior fellow at the S Rajaratnam on the central Philippine island gally enter what it considers its particularly parties that would briefing in Beijing yesterday and policy was unlikely to affect the School of International Studies in of Cebu. territory in the disputed South need the access, the passage and what might constitute illegal behaviour of US vessels operat- Singapore. Thailand wanted an atmos- China Sea could spark naval the freedom to go through,” Surin entry. ing in international waters, said “The Chinese have painted phere conducive to cooperation, clashes and hurt the region’s said by telephone from Thailand. “All countries have freedom of the officials. themselves into a corner with said Arthayudh Srisamoot, direc- economy, Southeast Asia’s top Using unusually strong lan- navigation in the South China Sea The United States has been the South China Sea issue by rais- tor-general of the Department of diplomat warned yesterday. guage, Surin said the plan could in accordance with international refocusing its military attention ing it to a fundamental issue of Asean Affairs at the Ministry of Seeking to ease alarm over trigger a major incident that law ... At present there are no on Asia, emboldening its long- national sovereignty on a par with Foreign Affairs in Bangkok. the issue, China said it attached would affect confidence in East problems in this regard,” he said, time ally the Philippines and Tibet or Taiwan that makes com- “It does not want the current “great importance” to freedom Asia, a key engine of global eco- adding Beijing wanted to resolve former foe Vietnam to take a promise difficult,” Bitzinger said. situation to deteriorate and wants of navigation in waters that have nomic growth. the dispute with neighbouring tougher stance against Beijing. Philippine President Benigno to see both sides continue with some of the world’s busiest ship- Several countries have over- countries through negotiations. China claims virtually the entire Aquino said he had asked his for- talks,” Srisamoot said. ping lanes. lapping sovereignty claims in Asked on Thursday about the South China Sea. Asean members eign minister to verify the plan Analysts said the plan to board New rules that take effect on the South China Sea, which is police boarding plans, Hong said the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and that, if confirmed, Manila ships would be hard to implement January 1 will allow police in the believed to be rich in oil and gas. that management of the seas and Malaysia claim various parts, would lodge a diplomatic note or under international law and could southern Chinese province of It is the region’s biggest potential according to the law was “a sov- as does Taiwan. formal protest. backfire economically for China. Hainan to board and seize control military flashpoint. ereign nation’s legitimate right”. The territorial wrangle is a China’s move would be diffi- “Chinese provocation by board- of foreign ships which “illegally A summit of Asian nations China has said previously it will challenge to Southeast Asia, cult to implement because it runs ing foreign vessels would roil enter” Chinese waters, the official this month was overshadowed by respect freedom of navigation in exposing how deeply its nations counter to the United Nations global financial markets, add China Daily said on Thursday. disagreements between China and the South China Sea and that have been polarised by China’s Convention on the Law of the Sea, to global economic uncertainty, Surin Pitsuwan, secretary- the Philippines over the dispute. it has no intention of trying to expanding economic and politi- Aquino said. and impact global trade that general of the Association of Tensions were fanned again by restrict access. cal influence in the region. “We might accelerate and bring would impact China as well,” Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), China’s move to issue new pass- In Washington, US military Tensions over the sea have sim- it before the appropriate inter- said Scott Harrison, managing said the Chinese plan was a “very ports containing a map of its officials said the China Daily mered for decades but now it was national tribunal to finally settle director of Pacific Strategies and serious turn of events”. maritime claims. report mentioned only police in difficult for Asean members to the matter or at least start the Assessments in Manila. “It certainly has increased a Chinese Foreign Ministry Hainan province, not military unite because they had competing process of settling it legally and REUTERS

Blind Chinese Chinese, US militaries activist’s nephew in joint disaster drills jailed for 3 years BEIJING: The nephew of CHENGDU: The Chinese and “This plays a very important blind Chinese lawyer Chen US militaries held joint disaster role in relations between our two Guangcheng was jailed for response exercises yesterday, nations and two militaries.” more than three years yester- as Beijing increases its global US Major General Stephen day for attacking officials who reach and the Obama adminis- Lyons said: “If there is a country descended on his village after tration continues its “pivot” to out there, and inevitably there the dissident fled to the US the Pacific. will be, that will have a natural embassy, his father said. The joint drill, which saw offic- disaster, and they call for inter- Chen Guangchen, who was ers from both nations express national help, if US forces and imprisoned after exposing abuses hopes for closer ties, came amid Chinese forces respond, then under China’s “one child” popula- rising concerns in Japan, the indeed we’ll find ourselves work- tion control policy, caused a diplo- Philippines and Vietnam over ing together in the field.” matic row when he escaped house China’s territorial claims in dis- Earlier this week visiting US arrest in Shandong province and puted seas. navy secretary Ray Mabus wel- reached the US mission in Beijing. During the mock drills at a comed China to participate in As he was freed to leave for Chinese military base on the out- future US-led joint naval exer- the United States, government skirts of Chengdu the two sides cises, and reiterated an invita- officials and police descended worked together on computer- tion made by Defence Secretary on his village home, prompt- generated disaster scenarios -- in Leon Panetta when he visited in ing his nephew Chen Kegui to fictionalised countries. September. attack them with a kitchen knife, “China and the US are sepa- “The Chinese side thanks the wounding three people. rated by the Pacific Ocean. Our US side for the invite, and will “He was sentenced to three two militaries joining hands... give it positive consideration,” years and three months, this is answers to the aspirations of Geng Yansheng, spokesman for extremely unfair. There is no the two sides,” Tang Fen, of the the Chinese defence ministry, said principle in Chinese law, I feel People’s Liberation Army, told in remarks posted on its website Major General Stephen R Lyons (left) of the US Army, Pacific and Major Tang Fen of China’s People’s Liberation there is no hope,” Chen Guangfu, reporters after the two-day exer- yesterday. Army shake hands at the end of a two-day military exercise in Chengdu yesterday. Chen Kegui’s father, said by phone cise finished. AFP from outside the courthouse. “From what I understand, Chen Kegui will not appeal the sentence. They refused to allow me in to observe the trial, so there Two Taiwan county are a lot of details that I still don’t Suu Kyi demands apology over Myanmar mine dispute know about.” chiefs implicated in Chen Kegui appeared thin but in good health at the trial, his corruption cases MONYWA: Myanmar opposi- oppressive military rule. In an attempt to find a solution But Suu Kyi backed the govern- father said, adding that another tion leader Aung San Suu Kyi “We know that police officials to the dispute, Suu Kyi held sepa- ment’s argument that the impact relative was allowed to observe TAIPEI: The chiefs of two yesterday demanded an apol- are responsible for what hap- rate meetings with officials from of the mine cannot be properly the proceedings and sent news of of Taiwan’s 14 counties were ogy for monks hurt in a violent pened but we need to know why the mine operator followed by assessed if there is no work under the verdict to the family. implicated in corruption cases police crackdown at a Chinese they did it,” Suu Kyi told report- police and local residents opposed way. Court officials were not imme- yesterday, officials said, in the copper mine protest, after she ers during a visit to the area. “I to the project. “We can only assess the project diately available to confirm the latest graft scandals to rock the held talks with the two sides. think the monks need an apology.” The pro-democracy leader, if it is not stopped,” she said. “We verdict and sentence, which came island. The Nobel laureate sought to In an attempt to cool anti- who is now a lawmaker, said need to access whether the imple- after a three and a half hour trial. Chang Hua-Guan, chief of mediate an end to the standoff, Chinese sentiment, however, the afterwards that she hoped a par- mentation of the project is really He had been charged with the Chiayi county, was charged with which saw scores of villagers and veteran dissident struck a con- liamentary commission that was harmful for the region,” she said. crime of intentional injury. receiving at least Tw$5.21m monks injured in the toughest ciliatory tone towards Beijing recently approved by MPs would Protesters allege mass evictions The family has maintained ($176,000) from several companies clampdown on demonstrators and declined to back calls for be set up “as soon as possible” and have taken place to make way that authorities barged into their to help them secure government since a new reform-minded gov- an immediate halt to work on would include local villagers. for the mine while China insists home in the middle of the night contracts, said the Kaohsiung dis- ernment took power last year. the Monywa mine in northern Opponents are calling for work that the contentious points had unannounced and uninvited, and trict prosecutors’ office. Images of monks lying in hos- Myanmar. at the mine -- a joint venture already been resolved. refused to identify themselves Twenty others, including pital beds with severe burns “We have never regarded the between Chinese firm Wanbao Activists said about 100 people when the attack took place. Chang’s sister who allegedly have stoked public anger over People’s Republic of China as our and military-owned Myanmar were injured in the crackdown Chen Guangcheng won plaudits contacted the companies on her the rough treatment, which had benefactor. But it is our neigh- Economic Holdings -- to be sus- while several monks were in a for investigating rights abuses in behalf, were indicted for their echoes of violent crackdowns that bouring country so we want to be pended to allow environmental “critical condition”. China. involvement in the same case, it were the hallmark of decades of a friend,” she added. and social impact studies. AFP AFP said in a statement. Chang, a senior member of the opposition Democratic Repatriation Progressive Party, has maintained her innocence and insisted that the court will clear her name. Sri Lankan rickshaw drivers Separately, Lee Chao-Ching, chief of Nantou county and mem- ber of the ruling Kuomintang support removal of top judge party, was arrested and detained yesterday also on corruption COLOMBO: Hundreds of rick- is the biggest public display of charges, Nantou district court shaw drivers choked the capital opposition to Bandaranayake, 54, said. demanding the sacking of Sri the first woman in the country to Lee was suspected of collect- Lanka’s chief justice in a protest hold the office. ing kickbacks from companies in organised by a pro-government The ubiquitous three-wheel several construction projects in group yesterday as the supreme public transport gathered en his county. court debated the legality of masse at the Town Council square Taiwan has been shaken by moves to impeach her. in Colombo and drove towards the a string of high-profile corrup- Chief Justice Shirani Superior Courts Complex caus- tion cases involving top officials, Bandaranayake has been accused ing more traffic jams along the prompting the government last by the ruling United People’s narrow streets of the congested year to set up a special anti-cor- Freedom Alliance party of finan- capital. ruption body. cial and professional misconduct “We have about 700 of our Lin Yi-Shih, a former top cabi- in a case which has raised fears members taking part at the start net official, was indicted on cor- that the government is trying to of this protest,” said M A Sarath ruption charges last month for control the courts. Wimala as he drove his green-col- US soldiers carry a flag-draped casket containing what are believed to be the remains of a US serviceman abusing his influence to solicit The demonstration, organised oured Bajaj autorickshaw towards and accept about $2m in bribes. by the pro-government Three- the courts complex. listed as missing in action during the Vietnam war, towards a US Air Force aircraft at a MIA (missing in action) AFP Wheel Taxi Drivers’ association, AFP repatriation ceremony held at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport yesterday. DECEMBER 1, 2012 Pakistan / Afghanistan www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY Battle in Kabul to stretch for years: Panetta Al Qaeda trying to make inroads

WASHINGTON: Al Qaeda Panetta told reporters at the fighters are still trying to make Pentagon. inroads into Afghanistan, “And intelligence continues to US Defence Secretary Leon indicate that they are looking Panetta said on Thursday, cau- for some kind of capability to tioning that battling the group be able to go into Afghanistan would be a core US mission as well.” there for years to come. A US defence official, speak- Panetta made the comments ing on condition of anonymity, as the United States weighs how estimated there were still only large a military force to keep in about 100 Al Qaeda militants in Afghanistan when the Nato com- Afghanistan. bat mission ends in 2014, ending a But Jeffrey Dressler, an war that, at that point, will have Afghanistan expert at the stretched for over 13 years. Washington-based Institute for There are approximately 66,000 the Study of War, said looking US troops in Afghanistan, but the only at Al Qaeda fighters - as residual force may number less opposed to those who ally with than 10,000. President Barack them - carried enormous risks. Obama could decide in the com- “I think the mistake that we’ve Two fighting dogs attack each other during the weekly dog fights on the outskirts of Kabul, yesterday. Dog fighting is held in vacant lots and though ing weeks, although no deadline made all along is too narrowly bets are placed, matches are stopped as soon as one dog shows absolute domination. Dog fighting was banned during the Taliban regime. has been set. defining the threat,” Dressler said. Commenting on the scope of a Beyond counterterrorism, post-2014 counter-terrorism mis- Panetta said the post-2014 US sion, Panetta did not mention Al presence in Afghanistan would Qaeda allies or Taliban militants also need to have a “train-and- Afghan dealer held over Taliban connection battling US forces. He said fight- assist mission” to further develop ing the core Al Qaeda group to the Afghan Army. prevent it from re-establishing He also said the United States KABUL: An Afghan currency out in 2014 and hand responsibil- used his Rahat Trading Company The Taliban “shadow gover- a safe haven in Afghanistan was would need to provide “enablers” dealer with offices in Iran and ity to Afghan security forces. for transactions involving millions nor” for Helmand, Mullah Naim “going to be the fundamental - specialists who perform tasks Pakistan who is accused of fun- Mohammed Qasim, who was of dollars to support the Taliban Barich, was accused of producing thrust of the (counter-terrorism) such as destroying landmines or neling millions of dollars to the placed on a sanctions list by leader in volatile Helmand prov- and exporting opium and heroin effort.” treating the injured - to support Taliban has been detained by the United Nations and the ince, who has been designated a from the province. A narrow focus could help limit US forces. Nato and Afghan forces, a mili- United States last week, was narcotics “kingpin”. Afghanistan produces about the size of the mission. Panetta declined to offer any tary spokesman said yesterday. arrested recently in southern According to the US, the com- 90 percent of the world's opium, “Although we clearly have had estimate for the size of the force, The move comes as part of a Afghanistan, a spokesman for pany has branches in Afghanistan, and poppy farmers are taxed by an impact on (Al Qaeda’s) pres- saying that is “exactly what's campaign to crack down on fund- Nato International Security Iran and Pakistan "which have Taliban militants who use the ence in Afghanistan, the fact is being discussed” now. ing for the Islamists' war effort Assistance Force said. been used by the Taliban to facili- cash to help fund their insurgency. that they continue to show up,” REUTERS before foreign combat troops pull The US Treasury said Qasim tate their illicit financial activities". AFP

Islamabad to Afghanistan presses Pakistan on Taliban releases support Afghan

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan could help bring militants to the meeting Prime Minister Raja “Other elements, whether to have before being arrested in yesterday sent its second high- negotiating table, if released from Pervez Ashraf. it had to do with the release of Karachi two years ago,” the offi- Pashtuns level delegation in weeks to jail, to end over a decade of war An Afghan official said ahead of prisoners or the safe passage or cial said. ISLAMABAD: As the end- Islamabad to press for the ahead of the 2014 pull-out of the meetings that Rassoul would the facilitation of contacts, were Preliminary contacts between game in Afghanistan draws release of Taliban prisoners in US-led Nato troops. ask for the release of further all discussed thoroughly and we the US and the Taliban in Doha near, strategists in Islamabad a bid to kickstart peace efforts, “I hope that we will continue Taliban detainees in Pakistan, will all agree that we are making were broken off in March when have decided in principle to officials said. to implement other concrete including Baradar. forward movement on each one of the militants failed to secure the remain closely aligned with the Talks this month between measures in a timely manner The Taliban, leading an 11-year those elements,” Khar said. release of five of their comrades Afghan Pashtuns instead of Pakistan and Afghanistan’s High and push the peace process for- insurgency since the 2001 US-led But a senior Pakistani security held at the Guantanamo Bay seeking new allies. Peace Council resulted in the ward... so that all those who can invasion, has welcomed the official said that “no decision” has prison on the US base in Cuba. “Retaining ties with the release of nine Taliban, but not help advance the peace process releases, but refuses to negotiate so far been taken on whether to Support from Pakistan, which Pashtuns is a crucial security the militia’s former deputy leader, go free,” said Afghan Foreign directly with Kabul, calling the release Baradar. backed the 1996-2001 Taliban imperative for us,” a senior Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Minister Zalmai Rassoul. government of President Hamid “We have to ascertain how regime in Kabul, is seen as crucial Pakistani official claimed a day who was captured in 2010. He spoke following talks Karzai a US puppet. Pakistan con- important he can be. Pakistan to peace in Afghanistan after the before Afghan Foreign Minister Afghan officials believe senior with his Pakistani counterpart firmed that the release of prisoners believes Baradar may not be departure of Nato forces. Dr Zalmai Rassoul is to travel to Taliban leaders held in Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar and before had been discussed again. enjoying the same clout he used AFP Islamabad. The travel will over discuss- ing various possibilities with his Bomb blast victim Pakistani interlocutors on fur- thering the political process in Alleged narcotics war-ravaged Afghanistan. Billions of dollars needed Rassoul, besides holding smuggling stops talks with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, will meet a number cement export to India for education in Pakistan of other Pakistani leaders. LAHORE: Pakistan’s cement Other proposals being pushed export to India through rail ISLAMABAD: An additional the nation’s right to education by Pakistan include a ceasefire has come to a halt owing to the about Rs231bn ($2.43bn) are can only be ensured by increas- as a confidence-building meas- alleged narcotics smuggling from required to ensure compulsory ing the budgetary allocation for ure for the desired political Pakistan via Wagha border. education to all children at the the sector. process and holding the 2014 Seizure of narcotics from freight primary and secondary levels Nargis Sultana of the Open presidential elections as part of trains carrying Pakistani goods in Pakistan, as enshrined in Society Institute added that reconciliation. to India through Wagha during Article 25-A of the constitution, access to education was as Islamabad cast its first card in the past four months has forced during the next five years. important as the quality of edu- the Afghan reconciliation game cement manufacturers to send This was stated during the cation. She pointed out that the earlier this month by releasing their dispatches through road, said launch of two papers, ‘Mapping low and inefficient utilisation of a batch of almost a dozen mid- a Pakistan Railways official. the scope of work, roles and allocated funds was extremely ranking Taliban detainees during In the first week of October, responsibilities, capacities and worrying. Afghan High Peace Council’s visit Indian customs authorities found resources required for imple- “Our state is not ready to meet to Pakistan. 105 kilogrammes of heroin from a mentation of Article 25-A’ and the issues of governance. We have “It appears as if everyone’s freight train (its Bogey No 66,938) ‘Alternative financing frame- to increase our resources to meet rushing to the exit and, therefore, at Amritsar Railway Station work and model for provinces the GDP goals,” she said. we need to play our cards wisely while unloading Pakistani cement. and districts in lieu of RTE Dr Tughral Amin of National to protect our own interests and The seal of the wagon was implementation’. Defence University emphasised pre-empt the 1989-like situation,” intact till it reached Atari but It may be noted that the par- the importance of the time of the the official said. was found broken on arrival at liament recently passed a bill to launch of these papers. With the Among various scenarios Amritsar. This fact was acknowl- ensure implementation of Article general elections to be held in a being projected by Pakistani edged by the Indian officials dur- 25-A of the constitution. The few months and 25 million chil- think-tanks about the post-2014 ing preliminary investigations, papers produced by Pakistan coa- dren still out of school, only 2.4 Afghanistan, the only one that said the railway official. lition for education suggest ways percent of the GDP is being allo- suits Pakistan is a successful rec- “Recovery of 105 kg of heroin to implement the right to educa- cated for education in Pakistan onciliation process. at Amritsar cannot be blamed tion law in letter and spirit. today. It is feared that Pakistan on Pakistan as the freight wagon The reports said the present He stated that the stakehold- would have to bear the fallout from which the narcotics were level of public funding catered ers of the education sector needed of instability in Afghanistan, if seized was sealed after it crossed only to 50 percent children from to reach out to the children not not addressed, including a likely over to India. The seal was broken five to 16 years of age. expect the children to come to influx of refugees, continued vio- inside India and the responsibility With a 58 percent literacy rate them. lence in the country, particularly lies with them,” he said. and the current level of funding, it The participants pointed out in tribal areas, and aggravation of A leading exporter said that is very difficult, if not impossible, that without accountability and economic conditions. at present, cement was being to achieve the national objective transparency, no donor was will- Islamabad had for a couple of exported to India through trucks of universal primary education ing to work on long-term projects. A victim of a suicide bomb blast targeting militant commander Maulvi years tried to reach out to ele- only. Indian authorities allow lim- by 2015 and provision of free and A responsible and involved media Nazir is brought to a local hospital in Dera Ismail Khan yesterday. Six ments of the erstwhile Northern ited number of trucks carrying compulsory schooling to the chil- can be an important tool in the people were killed in northwestern Pakistan by a suicide bomber Alliance, but with limited success cement to cross over, resulting in dren in line with Article 25-A. implementation of the right to targeting a key militant commander who had signed a truce with gov- because of deep-seated mistrust declining export dispatches. Arif Majeed, an educationist free education law. ernment troops. on both sides. INTERNEWS and the author of the reports, said INTERNEWS INTERNEWS DECEMBER 1, 2012 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com India

Varun Gandhi to Defence ministers meet face trial over Yeddyurappa quits BJP; hate speech LUCKNOW: An outspo- ken politician from the famed new party on Dec 9 Nehru-Gandhi dynasty will face trial accused of making a virulently anti-Muslim speech Over 40 legislators ready to join new party, says former CM in 2009, officials said yesterday. Varun Gandhi, the great- BANGALORE: Former with a “heavy heart” as “I have grandson of India’s first pre- Karnataka chief minister B S given my 40 years of life to build mier Jawaharlal Nehru and the Yeddyurappa (pictured), yes- it”. Ahead of the public meeting nephew of Sonia Gandhi, who terday quit the BJP and the he prayed at a temple and turned heads the ruling Congress party, assembly to launch his own emotional and shed tears. is accused of inciting religious party, denting the Bharatiya “I have sacrificed my life to tension in his constituency in the Janata Party’s prospects in build the party,” he told reporters. northern state of Uttar Pradesh. elections due next year. Though the party had “given “The court has decided that The 69-year-old, credited with everything to me”, he said he was Varun Gandhi will face trial. He bringing the BJP to power for leaving it because “some in the faces serious charges for mak- the first time in Karnataka and party don’t want me to continue ing an inflammatory speech and south India in 2008, will formally in the party. Hence I am resigning spewing hatred against a com- launch the Karnataka Janata from the primary membership”. munity,” public prosecutor M P Party on December 9 at Haveri, Yeddyurappa alleged that he Verma said. some 400km north of Bangalore. was “put in the dock” by “some In 2009, Gandhi was caught on Accusing a section of the people in the BJP” though he was camera allegedly telling an elec- party leadership of conspiring to not guilty. tion rally that his Hindu national- “drive him out of the party for He said he had asked BJP min- ist Bharatiya Janata Party would which I gave 40 years of my life”, isters and legislators supporting “cut the heads of Muslims” and Yeddyurappa announced at a pub- him not to quit the party now as comparing a rival Muslim can- lic meeting at Freedom Park in home district Shimoga, about 280 “I want the Jagadish Shettar gov- didate to Al Qaeda leader Osama the city centre that he had sent km north of Bangalore. ernment to complete the term” bin Laden. his resignation from the BJP to Yeddyurappa, who began which ends May next. At the time police arrested party president Nitin Gadkari. his political journey with the The BJP has 119 members in him under the National Security Later, he drove in an open Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the 225-seat assembly. Its term Act for making derogatory com- vehicle along with hundreds of said his new party would contest ends in May next. ments and he was instructed supporters to the state secre- all 224 assembly seats next year. Yeddyurappa and his support- by the country’s top court to tariat about a kilometre away The assembly is 225-strong, ers claim that over 40 of these refrain from making provocative and gave his resignation from with one nominated member. legislators, including several min- speeches. He will go on trial at a the assembly as well to speaker Yeddyurappa is peeved that the isters, were ready to join the new lower court. The 32-year-old is K G Bopaiah. BJP leadership did not keep its party. But Shettar, the BJP’s third the child of former premier Indira He told Bopaiah that he was promise to make him the state chief minister in over four years Gandhi’s younger son, Sanjay, who resigning from the assembly on BJP chief soon after he was forced of rule in Karnataka, and state was being groomed as Indira’s his own and urged him to accept to give up the chief minister’s post BJP chief K S Eshwarappa claim South Korea’s Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin (left), walks with his political heir when he died in a it immediately. in July last year over mining brib- that only a handful of legislators Indian counterpart A K Antony during a ceremonial reception in New flying accident. After Sanjay’s Yeddyurappa represented the ery charges. would join the new outfit. Delhi, yesterday. death, Indira turned to her Shikaripura constituency in his He said he was leaving the BJP IANS elder son, Rajiv, who succeeded her when she was assassinated. Rajiv was later killed by a suicide Srinagar under curfew bomber while campaigning. Former prime minister The two Gandhi branches have been estranged since Varun’s mother Maneka quit Indira’s home in 1982, complaining she had I K Gujral passes away been shut out of politics following Sanjay’s death. Varun’s first cousin NEW DELHI: independence and Rahul Gandhi, a Congress MP is Former prime rose through the a presumed prime-minister-in- minister Inder ranks to become waiting. AFP Kumar Gujral minister of infor- (pictured), who mation and broad- engineered a thaw casting under prime India, China discuss in the icy relation- minister Indira ship with arch Gandhi from 1969- steps for border peace rival Pakistan, 71 and 1972-75. NEW DELHI: India and China died yesterday The soft-spoken yesterday ended a second meet- aged 92, officials Gujral ran foul of ing of a working group and dis- and colleagues the Congress lead- cussed steps to maintain peace announced. ership when he along their disputed border. Gujral, who refused to censor At the second meeting of the served as prime radio bulletins dur- working mechanism for consulta- minister in a coali- ing the state of emer- tion and coordination on India- tion government from April 1997 gency imposed by Gandhi in 1975. China border affairs held here, to March 1998, passed away last He then spent five years working the two sides also exchanged ideas Paramilitary soldiers check the ID card of a Kashmiri civilian at a checkpoint during a curfew in Srinagar, yester- afternoon at Gurgaon’s Medanta as India’s ambassador to the Soviet on ways to maintain border peace day. Authorities imposed a curfew for the second straight day in most parts of Srinagar city, following reports Medicity hospital, near Delhi, Union from 1976 to 1980. and tranquillity. IANS of sectarian clashes between two communities. where he was admitted 11 days Gujral left the Congress party ago with a lung infection. in the 1980s and joined the social- Prime Minister Manmohan ist Janata Dal, serving twice as Singh described him as “a man of India’s foreign minister before Hackers target minister in free-speech fight peace, an idealist who lived by his being appointed prime minister principles and an intellectual with in a coalition government in 1997. the human touch” in a tribute on He resigned from the post in NEW DELHI: Hackers attacked on free speech. Two girls were defaced the site. The “About” has accepted a petition to exam- his official Twitter account. 1998 after the Congress party and defaced the website of India’s arrested earlier this month by section of the website described ine the legality of section 66A of Gujral was born on December 4, withdrew its support for the gov- IT minister yesterday amid a police in the commercial capi- Sibal as “Born with a below-60 the IT Act which makes sending 1919 in the city of Jhelum, Punjab ernment, forcing mid-term elec- growing campaign against a tal Mumbai over comments on IQ he thought he could mess with information of “grossly offensive (now part of Pakistan) into a fam- tions. He effectively retired from law governing online comments Facebook which questioned the the Internet and let the elite of or menacing character” punish- ily of Congress party workers. He politics the following year. which has been condemned by shutdown of the city for the his party suppress freedom of able with up to three years in jail. began his career in politics as a Gujral is survived by two sons, free-speech advocates. funeral of local hardline politician speech,” India’s Computer World Yesterday, India’s top court student leader and member of the Naresh and Vishal. His elder son An amendment to India’s Bal Thackeray. magazine reported. directed the state government in underground Communist Party Naresh is a member of the Punjab- Information Technology Act in The personal website of Sibal, The Twitter account of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai of India. based Shiromani Akali Dal party 2009, which was championed by who has promised to review Anonymous India (@opindia_ is the capital, to explain the cir- He was arrested in 1942 and and was elected to the upper house minister Kapil Sibal, makes it some sections of the law, was revenge) announced that Sibal’s cumstances under which police jailed for his involvement in the of parliament in 2007. Gujral’s illegal to make “grossly offensive” out of order on Friday and the site had been “trolled” by hackers arrested the two girls over their anti-colonial Quit India move- brother Satish ranks among India’s comments online, a measure seen hackers, thought to be from the who had posted comments and Facebook comments. ment. Gujral joined the ruling most prominent artists and archi- by critics as a draconian limit Anonymous India collective, also edited photos. Supreme Court AFP Congress party after India won tects. AFP Punjab at pains to shrug ‘corrupt’ image among NRIs

roperty disputes, illegal suggests that bureaucratic inef- all over the world. Not very long picking up a property here and Touching upon the most sensi- acts could be notified for well migration and abandoned ficiency, corruption and lack of ago the North American Punjabi there or setting a small business tive problem facing NRIs, Sukhbir before the NRI Sammellan. brides are the three top political will are preventing over- Association (NAPA), for exam- or industry. was said to have asked a top police It was decided in the meet- Pissues that come to mind seas Punjabis from investing in ple, had issued a statement to say Respondents in the study felt official in charge of NRI Affairs ing that PUDA would allot a site at the mention of non-resident their state as much as they would that the so-called welfare meas- that other manpower export- to finalise a scheme for protec- in Mohali for NRI Bhawan and Indians (NRIs) from the north- otherwise want to. ures were meant to divert the ing states of India like Haryana, tion of properties of NRIs, under foundation stone of the Bhawan ern state of Punjab. A state that is expected to attention from the “real problem” Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, which NRIs while going abroad would be laid during the NRI The enterprise, enthusiasm and become power surplus by 2013 and which was the “corrupt” system. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are would notify the area SHO, who Sammelan, said reports from never-say-die attitude of Punjabis has been top ranked for four years making more sincere and effec- would protect the property from Chandigarh. have found them achieve success running by India Today’s ‘State tive efforts to make the invest- encroachment, illegal alienation The state has already in their chosen fields across the of the States’ survey, now seems THE NR EYE ment climate attractive for their and would be responsible for any announced that it was giving the globe but most of them have dedi- to have a job on its hands wooing diaspora abroad. failure. final touches to a new industrial catedly maintained their ties with its diaspora. In order to attract Moiz Mannan Even without the said study, the He was further reported to have policy in which there would be the homeland. For this reason, NRI investments, the state Punjab government surely knew asked Home Affairs and other special incentives and privileges they frequently run into govern- has planned a three-day ‘NRI One of the major deterrents it was way behind in availing of concerned department to put to NRIs. ment agencies. The government Sammelan’ (meet)for Punjabi before the NRIs, who are used to the full investment potential of its up the Bills regarding Human The Pioneer has quoted office- too is keen to rope in their money representatives from abroad in efficient and transparent systems, people living and working abroad. Trafficking Act, Compulsory bearers of the North American to boost the local economies. early January, ahead of the pan is the corruption and bureauc- Reports from Punjeb regarding Registration of Marriages of Punjabi Association (NAPA), for Overall and a new study shows India ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.’ racy they run into at all levels. the proposed NRI meet suggest NRIs and amendment in the example, to say that these steps their experience is not worth The IIM-B study, though deals So, rather than wholeheart- that the state’s Deputy Chief Revenue Act for getting the are meant to divert the attention writing home about. The report, only with Punjabi NRIs in the edly involve themselves in major Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, is property of NRIs vacated from from the “real problem” which is compiled by the Indian Institute UK, can be considered to be rep- investments, the NRI Punjabis going the whole hog in promoting tenancy in the December session the “corrupt” system. of Management – Bangalore, resentative of the state’s diaspora have restricted themselves to the state’s potential. of Vidhan Sabha, so that these THE PENINSULA DECEMBER 1, 2012 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY

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276,006 8.54 292,915 26.35 245,502 153.0090,138 15.21 27,862 75.70 87,063 28.10 90,846 23.09 66,107 73.40 6,183 52.30 Leave ‘fairy world’ behind, Draghi tells eurozone Eurozone has not yet emerged from crisis, says ECB chief; number of jobless rises to 18.7 million

PARIS: The eurozone’s crisis is showed the jobless rate in the and 5.5 percent respectively. Monetary Transactions (OMT), said on Thursday that central tighter unity of policy and over- far from over and its members 17-nation eurozone climbing to Countries such as Portugal reg- had helped lead to much more bankers had done more than sight that most economists say must tighten budgets and forge a fresh high of 11.7 percent in istered a 12-month rise from 13.7 benign market conditions in the enough to fight the crisis and it they need to convince financial a banking union to leave behind October — or more than 18 mil- percent to 16.3 percent. In Spain 17-country euro zone. was now up to governments to act markets of the euro’s future. the “fairy world” that allowed lion people out of work. It was the joblessness rose from 22.7 percent Under the programme, the by reforming their economies and Lagarde, for her part, pressed problems to grow, European 14th consecutive monthly record to 26.2 percent. ECB is ready to buy potentially making the banking sector solid. for swift implementation of a Central Bank President Mario since September 2011 when “We have not yet emerged from unlimited amounts of sovereign banking union that would have Draghi said yesterday. unemployment hit 10.3 percent. the crisis,” Draghi told Europe 1 debt but until Spain - the prime BANKING UNION powers to supervise all banks in Draghi’s call for reform was The youth unemployment rate radio. “The recovery for most of candidate for help - applies for Draghi urged eurozone gov- the euro zone. echoed by International Monetary rose to 23.9 percent in the euro- the euro zone will certainly begin aid, it cannot use the tool. ernments to push ahead quickly “Banking union seems to us to Fund chief Christine Lagarde, zone and to 23.4 percent in the in the second half of 2013.” Simply announcing the plan, with implementing a banking be the first priority,” Lagarde said who said implementing a banking EU compared with 21.2 percent “The crisis has shown that we however, has eased the pressure union which he said must apply during the meeting in Paris, add- union with powers to supervise all and 21.9 percent a year earlier, were living in a fairy world,” the on Spain and Italy, cutting around to all banks to avoid fragmenting ing that closer budgetary consoli- banks in the euro zone should be Eurostat said. But in Greece, 57 ECB chief later added at a confer- 2 percentage points since July off the sector. dation should be next. the currency bloc’s top priority. percent of under 25s were job- ence with top financial officials, the interest they pay bond market His position puts the ECB, The economic situation in the Speaking in Paris, where the less in August, the latest avail- pointing to the unsustainable investors to borrow over 10 years. which would take on the role of euro zone remained fragile and government is trying to dis- able figures, and in Spain 55.9 debts, weak banks and poor pol- Data showed Spain regis- pan-European banking supervi- governments should maintain a pel concerns raised by the IMF percent in October. icy coordination that gave birth to tered a capital inflow of ¤31bn in sor, at odds with Germany. Berlin “reasonable” pace of budgetary that France could be left behind Last year, Europe had 7.5 mil- the crisis three years ago. September, the first time inter- has said that unified banking consolidation to avoid crimping as Italy and Spain reform at a lion in that bracket aged between ECB policymakers hold their national investors had put more supervision under the aegis of growth, she added. faster pace, Draghi said the euro 15 and 24. Overall, the eurozone’s regular monthly policy meet- money in to the country than they the ECB should apply only to the Draghi urged governments to zone’s debt troubles were likely to jobless rate of 11.7 percent in ing next week and are widely took out in 14 months. bloc’s largest banks. take advantage of the stabilising stretch deep into next year. October was up from 11.6 percent expected to leave interest rates “The confidence effect of the Joerg Asmussen, a top ECB effect the OMT bond-purchase Another 173,000 people joined in September, with the numbers on hold at a record low of 0.75 OMT announcement has been negotiator for closer integration programme has had on markets record jobless queues in the out of work rising to 18.7 million percent. Economists are divided significant, and rightly so,” Draghi of the euro zone and a former to push ahead with a banking currency bloc in October while from 18.49 million, Eurostat said. on whether the central bank will said, before urging governments deputy German finance minister, union as part of closer European German retail sales and French The highest rate was recorded cut next year and Draghi has said to push ahead with reforms in a said late on Thursday that a new integration, and to shape-up their consumer spending both fell again in Spain, where 26.2 percent it is now up to governments to act speech entitled ‘Competitiveness: European banking supervisory economies. “All policymakers more than expected, signs of the of adults are out of work. Austria to end the crisis. the key to balanced growth in body would not be ready to oper- should take advantage of this sit- scale of the task still ahead for again posted the lowest rate of 4.3 He stressed that the ECB’s monetary union’. ate fully before 2014. uation to continue their reforms policymakers. percent and benchmark Germany designing of a new bond-purchase Resisting fresh ECB action, That is symbolic of the bloc’s with determination,” he said. The Eurostat data agency and the Netherlands were at 5.4 programme, dubbed Outright Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann struggle to find a way towards the REUTERS/AFP

Hong Kong growth France, Qatar to US consumer spending falls co-invest in small French businesses in October as growth stalls PARIS: France’s state-owned Caisse des Depots bank and WASHINGTON: US consumer and implied growth in consumer Economics in New York. the investment arm of Qatar’s spending fell in October for the spending this quarter would US government debt prices sovereign fund yesterday first time in five months and struggle to exceed the third- rose modestly on the data, while announced the signing of an income growth stalled, leading quarter’s 1.4 percent annual pace, the dollar fell versus the euro. agreement to co-invest in small some economists to cut already which was the slowest in more Stocks on Wall Street were lit- and medium French businesses. weak estimates of fourth-quar- than a year. tle changed. The income at the The Caisse des Depots and ter economic growth. The data prompted econo- disposal of households after infla- Qatar Holding LLC will set up Superstorm Sandy was partly mists to cut fourth-quarter GDP tion and taxes dipped 0.1 percent a ¤300m ($380m) fund to invest to blame for the pullback in growth estimates by as much last month after being flat in “in sectors with high growth spending as the quarter started, 0.4 percentage point. Estimates September. Despite weak income potential and where both Qatar but economists said the data on now range between a 1.0 percent growth, the saving rate - the Holding LLC and Caisse des Friday also underscored the econ- and 1.8 percent annual pace. The percentage of disposable income Depots have common interests,” omy’s fundamental weakness. economy expanded at a 2.7 per- households are socking away - a joint statement said. The Commerce Department cent rate in the third quarter. rose to 3.4 percent from 3.3 per- France has proved attractive to said consumer spending fell The risks to growth are ris- cent the prior month. Qatari investors who have bought 0.2 percent after a 0.8 percent ing. A second report showed A 29 cent drop in petrol prices Paris Saint-Germain football increase in September. Income that while factory activity in the helped keep inflation contained. A club and acquired three percent growth was flat as wages and Midwest rose in November for the price index for consumer spend- of energy giant Total as well as salaries dropped 0.2 percent, in first time in three month, new ing nudged up 0.1 percent after stakes in building firm Vinci and part because of work disruptions orders tumbled to their lowest rising 0.3 percent in September. in media group Lagardere. caused by the storm, which lashed level since June 2009. In the 12 months through But the state had postponed the East Coast in late October. Growth is being pressured not October, the so-called PCE price launching a fund for entrepre- But even stripping out the only by the lingering effects of the index rose 1.7 percent, the largest neurs from France’s deprived sub- $18.2bn annual rate hit to wages storm, but fears a sharp tighten- gain since April, after increasing urbs until after the presidential and salaries from the storm, they ing in US fiscal policy could hit 1.6 percent in September. election in May. The project has would have been flat, economists the economy hard. Automatic A core measure that strips out now been revived. AFP say. “The disappointing tone in government spending cuts and food and energy costs gained 0.1 consumer spending underscores tax increases could drain $600bn percent last month after a similar the dramatic moderation in from the economy early next year rise in September. Over the past Brent crude at economic activity,” said Millan unless Congress and the Obama 12 months, it was up 1.6 percent. Mulraine, a senior economist at administration agree on a less- The Federal Reserve has a 2 $110.76 a barrel TD Securities in New York. severe plan to cut budget deficits. percent inflation target and the NEW YORK: Brent crude When adjusted for inflation, “Weak fourth-quarter growth moderate rise in inflation should prices hovered near unchanged consumer spending fell 0.3 percent, only reinforces our view that the offer comfort to the central bank yesterday in choppy, end-of- the first decline since June, after economy cannot withstand going that it can continue its aggressive A man and a woman walk by stalls of a street market in Hong Kong. month trading as investors rising 0.4 percent the prior month. over the ‘fiscal cliff’ without fall- efforts to spur stronger growth The value of total retail sales in October 2012 increased by four percent monitored developments in US It was the largest drop in real ing into recession,” said John without worrying about sharply over a year earlier as Hong Kong’s economy returned to modest growth budget talks and Middle East spending since September 2009 Ryding, chief economist at RDQ rising prices. REUTERS in the third quarter, helped by improving exports and rising domestic tensions continued to support consumption. the oil complex. Brent and US crude remained on pace to post monthly gains, snapping a string of two straight months of decline. Oil futures have Japan okays $10.7bn stimulus package to boost economy been buffeted this week by shift- ing impressions of negotiations between the US Congress and TOKYO: Tokyo yesterday approved who heads the Liberal Democratic Party. rose 1.8 percent in October, the first rise in down their built-up inventory. “A bottom- President Barack Obama on a deal $10.7bn in fresh spending to help boost Abe has vowed to spend heavily on pub- four months and beating market expecta- out of production would be confirmed only to avert $600bn of tax increases Japan’s limp economy, just weeks before lic works and pressure the Bank of Japan tions of a 2.2 percent drop. after the turn of the year at the earliest,” and spending cuts, the “fiscal cliff”, an election the ruling party is expected into launching aggressive monetary easing Separate figures showed the jobless rate Ogata said. which investors fear could send the to lose. The 880bn yen ($10.7bn) in measures to boost growth if his party wins held steady while household spending for Chris Tedder, research analyst at Forex. economy back into recession. spending was more than double a pack- the December 16 vote. the month was better than expected, sug- com in Sydney, said the new figures quelled Oil market participants continue age announced in October as the coun- The BoJ has unveiled two policy easing gesting a possible improvement in con- “some concern of a prolonged slowdown to gauge the potential impact of try gets set for polls that are expected to measures in recent months as its counter- sumer confidence. in the world’s third-largest economy”. But Egypt’s latest political crisis, which usher in Japan’s seventh prime minister parts in the US and Europe launched huge The unexpected output jump — and a “overall, the data isn’t enough to turn us erupted when President Mohamed in six years. moves to counter slowing growth. producers’ survey that forecast a 7.5 out- away from predicting a recession in Japan Mursi gave himself sweeping new However, the move, which came as offi- Japan’s economy contracted in the July- put output rise in December after a small this quarter”, he added. powers last week. cial data showed Japan posted a surprise September quarter, nudging it toward decline for November — gave the Tokyo As the weak European market dents Brent January crude was uptick in factory production last month, recession and dousing hopes the nation stock market a little boost with the bench- demand for Japanese exports, a territo- unchanged at $110.76 a barrel threatened to trigger vote-buying criticism had cemented a recovery after last year’s mark Nikkei 225 index adding 0.48 percent rial row over islands in the East China at 12:11 pm EST (1711 GMT), from opposition lawmakers. twin disasters, which triggered the worst by the close. Sea claimed by Tokyo and Beijing has also having swung from $110.25 to The spending will focus on boosting atomic crisis in a generation. But the economy ministry doused hopes affected the trade balance owing to a con- $111.19. Brent seesawed near the growth in a range of sectors, including Masamichi Adachi, a senior economist that the latest data was something to cheer sumer boycott of Japanese brands. 50-day moving average of $110.57 healthcare and agriculture, as well as on at J P Morgan Securities, questioned the about, saying in a statement that output Japan’s top three automakers — Toyota, and the 100-day moving average public works projects following last year’s effectiveness of the latest government stim- was on a “downward trend”. Nissan and Honda — have reported that of $110.87. US January crude was quake-tsunami disaster. ulus. “While (the package) wouldn’t be a Credit Agricole economist Kazuhiko the row with China has dug into their sales up 35 cents at $88.42 a barrel, Opinion polls suggest Prime Minister poison, it wouldn’t be a medicine either,” Ogata cautioned against optimism, say- and profits, with October data on Thursday having reached $88.79, stalling Yoshihiko Noda and his Democratic Party Adachi told Dow Jones Newswires. ing a sustained recovery would depend on showing the trio slashed their output in just above the 50-day moving of Japan will be defeated by the coun- A glimmer of hope emerged yesterday as stronger overseas demand for Japanese China, the world’s biggest vehicle market. average of $88.63. try’s main opposition leader Shinzo Abe, official data showed Japan’s factory output exports, while producers will have to bring AFP REUTERS DECEMBER 1, 2012 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business ON SATURDAY 16

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LONDON: Europe’s main stock unit to French rival Auchan for markets mostly slid yesterday, ¤1.1bn ($1.4bn). with persistent concerns over Metro said in a statement it the US “fiscal cliff” offsetting the had signed an agreement with German parliament’s approval of the French retailer to “take over the latest instalment of aid for the operational activities and real Greece. estate assets of Real in Poland, London’s FTSE 100 index of lead- Romania, Russia and Ukraine.” ing companies slid 0.06 percent to The deal covers 91 hypermarkets 5,866.82 points and in Paris the in the four countries, where Real CAC 40 dropped 0.33 percent to generated sales of ¤2.6bn in 2011 3,557.28 points. In Frankfurt, the and employs a workforce of 20,000. Electric smart two-seater cars on display during the presentation of what the organisers say are the largest electric car sharing fleet in Germany. DAX 30 managed to eke out a 0.06 In London, Royal Bank of The pool of cars consists of 300 battery-electric vehicles. percent gain to 7,405.5 points, while Scotland shares slid 1.27 percent In Madrid, the Ibex 35 index fell to 295.20 pence after the state-res- 0.49 percent to 7,934.6 points with cued lender announced that the sale shares in bailed-out Bankia plung- of its Indian retail and commercial ing by over 25 percent amid con- activities to HSBC had lapsed. cerns over its restructuring. RBS, which is 81 percent owned India’s quarterly growth slows to 5.3pc The European single currency by the taxpayer after a vast bailout, rallied to a one-week high at added that it would seek to wind NEW DELHI: India’s economic growth last quarter, growing by a scant 0.8 percent say the slowdown in neighbouring China may $1.3028, boosted by the German down the Indian operations. eased to 5.3 percent in the July-September from a year earlier. Services such as hotels also be bottoming out. China reported last approval, before pulling back to Asian markets mostly climbed. quarter, extending a slowdown since the and transport grew 5.5 percent while finance month third-quarter growth of 7.4 percent, $1.3006, up from $1.2978 late in Tokyo closed 0.48 percent higher, start of the year, data showed yesterday, and property activities jumped by 9.4 percent. its weakest performance since the global New York on Thursday. Gold prices Sydney ended up 0.63 percent, but but analysts said a “modest recovery” was C Rangarajan, head of Prime Minister financial crisis, but other data suggested firmed to $1,726 per ounce on the Seoul finished 0.10 percent lower. looming. Manmohan Singh’s economic advisory coun- recovery may around the corner. London Bullion Market, compared Hong Kong closed 0.49 percent While the growth rate for the quarter cil, expressed confidence that growth “in the However, despite the optimism about with $1,725 on Thursday. higher while Shanghai was up 0.85 to September was in line with most mar- second half (of the fiscal year) should be bet- India’s recovery prospects, some analysts “Germany’s Bundestag approved percent. ket expectations, it was weaker than the 5.5 ter”. “The overall growth rate for the econ- sounded a note of caution. Jyoti Narasimhan, Greece’s latest rescue deal with a In the United States, investors percent growth in the April-to-June quarter omy could be between 5.5 and 6 percent for economist at IHS Global Insight research majority, bolstering the tone some- were increasingly nervous about the and well down from 6.7 percent expansion a the full year,” to March 2013, he told CNBC group, said India’s reform needs may be what...” said Ishaq Siddiqi, analyst approaching fiscal cliff of spend- year ago. TV-18 news. “greater than its political system’s capac- at ETX Capital trading group. ing cuts and tax rises, which will But analysts saw a silver lining in falling Goldman Sachs economist Tushar Poddar ity to deliver at the moment”, referring to Germany’s parliament over- be triggered on January 1 unless a global oil prices, growing domestic demand also saw “an improving outlook” and this political turmoil that has gripped parliament. whelmingly approved billions cross-party deal is brokered. as incomes rise and a recent burst of reforms week upgraded Indian shares in expectation “Policy implementation uncertainty of euros in international aid for “With a month to go before the by the government opening up sectors such of a pick-up in growth and easing inflation remains a key risk,” she said. The govern- Greece, handing a much-needed United States is due to topple over as retail and aviation to more foreign invest- that would give the central bank more room ment is also unable to stimulate the economy financial boost to Athens as it bat- the fiscal cliff -- $650bn of spend- ment. “The conditions for a modest economic to cut rates. with public spending and is under pressure tles against bankruptcy. Deputies ing cuts and tax hikes promising a recovery are now in place,” said Credit Suisse While HSBC economist Leif Eskesen to cut a widening budget deficit and avert voted by 473 to 100 to give the return to recession—the onus is on Robert Prior-Wandesforde, citing expecta- agreed that a pick-up was in sight, he added a downgrade of its sovereign debt to “junk” green light to the release of ¤43.7bn the politicians to move the debate on tions of easing interest rates and the gov- “we are most likely talking about a ‘bathtub status by global credit ratings agencies. ($56.9bn) in aid to debt-wracked and come up with a deal,” said ING ernment’s recent reform blitz to liberalise shaped’ recovery...” with growth flattening While 5.3 percent growth would be the Greece agreed after torturous talks bank economist James Knightley. the economy. out before rising again. envy of much of the world, it’s not enough between eurozone finance minis- The Dow Jones Industrial The once-booming Indian economy has India’s benchmark 30-share Sensex stock for India, which needs close to double-digit ters. There were 11 abstentions. Average were down 0.15 percent slowed sharply this year due to high inter- index has risen 11.15 percent from September expansion as it seeks to reduce crushing In company news, shares in to 13,002.43 points. The S&P 500 est rates, Europe’s debt crisis and sluggish to November, led by optimism over reforms poverty. “For us, eight percent growth is not Metro slipped 0.28 percent to slid 0.15 percent to 1,413.84 points, investment caused by domestic and over- and overseas fund inflows. Yesterday, it an aspiration but a necessity. India cannot ¤21.53 after the German retailer while the Nasdaq Composite lost seas concerns about policy-making and climbed almost 1 percent to 19,321.55 points afford to grow below eight percent,” Finance agreed to sell the eastern European 0.28 percent at 3,003.71 points. corruption. — its highest since April 2011. Minister P Chidambaram said last weekend. operations of its Real supermarket AFP Manufacturing performed badly during the India’s growth numbers come as economists AFP

QATARI MARKET Bharti Infratel Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P France-ArcelorMittal showdown looms Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 105.69 0.88 % Aa2 AA plans $845m IPO Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.69 1.70 % Aa2 AA PARIS: A mammoth battle of October 1 that it plans to perma- himself dangled the threat in Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 126.13 2.13 % Aa2 AA brinkmanship could leave the nently close two blast furnaces at talks with the billionaire, ranked NEW DELHI: Bharti Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 119.88 2.22 % Aa2 AA world’s top world steelmaker its Florange plant in the eastern 21st in the Forbes list of the Infratel, the telecom tower Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 115.00 2.64 % Aa2 AA ArcelorMittal hobbled and dam- Lorraine region that the com- world’s wealthiest people. arm of India’s leading mobile Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 181.00 3.52 % Aa2 AA age France’s business climate if pany regards as uneconomic in Talks were ongoing. And phone company Bharti Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 140.25 3.96 % Aa2 AA the government is forced into two months if the government although no progress was appar- Airtel, announced plans yes- Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 130.50 3.97 % Aa2 AA following through on its threat doesn’t find a buyer. ent, ArcelorMittal and the gov- terday to raise up to $845m Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 105.13 1.51 % Aa2 AA to nationalise one of the com- The French government says ernment appeared ready to in what would be the coun- pany’s plants. it has potential buyers, but only continue talks past the deadline. try’s biggest initial public Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 117.38 2.49 % Aa2 AA The showdown between France for the entire Florange site which Backing down on closing the offer in two years. Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 106.25 1.73 % A1 A- and Indian-born steel tycoon has facilities which ArcelorMittal blast furnaces and cutting staff The initial public offer Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.25 2.34 % A1 A- Lakshmi Mittal could reach a wants to keep. The French gov- could prove damaging to Arcelor (IPO) would serve as an QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.88 2.08 % NR NR climax this weekend as a dead- ernment has threatened to tem- Mittal, which plunged into a important gauge of foreign QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.63 1.86 % Aa3 A+ line the company set for the gov- porarily nationalise the entire site quarterly net loss of $709m in the and domestic investors’ appe- QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 105.00 2.13 % Aa3 A+ ernment to find a buyer for two to protect the 650 jobs on the line period from July to September on tite for new stock issues, and Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 103.63 2.60 % A2 A- outdated blast furnaces expires. in order to sell it on to the buyer, sliding demand from China. will mark the Bharti group’s Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.63 2.12 % A2 A The dispute pits a debt-saddled whose identity it has not revealed The company said its priority return to the capital market Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 129.69 2.86 % A2 A ArcelorMittal which has been and which French media have was to reduce its debt, which is after a gap of a decade. The Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 112.13 3.07 % A2 A trying adjust to a sagging steel speculated could be Russian. expected to rise to $22bn by the offer will run from December Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 111.75 3.84 % A2 A market against a new Socialist ArcelorMittal has warned that end of the year, but nevertheless 10 to 14, the company said. Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 108.25 0.92 % Aa3 A government which wants to nationalisation of the plant would Moody’s downgraded the compa- Bharti Infratel has over Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 110.13 3.01 % Aa3 A improve industrial competitive- cast doubt on the future of all its ny’s credit rating to junk status, 34,000 transmission towers Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 113.25 3.36 % Aa3 A ness but has also vowed to protect operations in France, where it which will likely make it more across 18 states covering 11 jobs as unemployment climbs. employs 20,000 people. costly for the company to borrow. telecom circles and also holds SOVEREIGNS ArcelorMittal announced on President Francois Hollande AFP a 42 percent stake in Indus Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Towers — the world’s big- Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 106.94 0.31 % Aa2 AA gest tower firm — which has Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 128.00 2.03 % Aa2 AA around 110,000 towers. Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 110.94 2.68 % NR NR The offering will be the big- Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.94 3.20 % NR NR gest public issue since state- Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 123.00 4.27 % NR NR Africa’s first budget airline takes to skies run Coal India raised $3.4bn Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 113.38 4.68 % NR NR in an IPO in late 2010. LONDON: The world’s first these two initial routes is cur- Ed Winter said. “Yesterday Since then, India’s IPO Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 105.56 1.35 % Aa2 AA pan-African low-cost carrier rently far outstripping supply,” was a huge success and a great market has virtually dried up Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 113.56 3.72 % NR BBB Fastjet enjoyed keen demand on Fastjet added. way to start operations. We are as India’s economy has slowed Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 106.88 4.39 % NR BBB its first day of commercial oper- “Additional flights to these des- pleased to see reservations and with more than 50 firms pull- Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 104.25 5.05 % B2 B ations, it said in a statement tinations are already being con- bookings continuing to grow. The ing their proposed initial Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 99.63 4.56 % NR BBB- yesterday. sidered, and the company also demand for this type of air travel offers since early 2011. “Fastjet... commenced com- intends to expand its route net- has far exceeded the company’s Bharti Infratel would retain *Periodic Distribution Amount mercial flight operations yester- work regionally over the coming expectations.” a little over three-quarters IMPORTANT NOTE: day, with its first aircraft flying weeks as the fleet grows to three He added: “Passengers ranged of the issue proceeds while Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which passengers from Dar es Salaam Airbus A319s.” from business people through a quarter will be distributed is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services to Mwanza, and Dar es Salaam The airline was formed earlier to many first time flyers who among private equity firms Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania,” the this year by Stelios Haji-Ioannou were using Fastjet as an eco- including Temasek, The and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into carrier said. — the founder of British no-frills nomic alternative to conven- Investment Corp of Dubai and account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and The group flew eight services airline easyJet — and London-listed tional bus transport. Goldman Sachs, according to does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant liquidity on Thursday from Tanzania and Rubicon Diversified Investments. “Clearly, as predicted, our documents. or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not a reliable carried more than 900 passengers. Haji-Ioannou’s EasyGroup and low cost model is stimulating After the IPO, Bharti indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your The so-called passenger load Rubicon agreed to buy the avia- a whole new market of people Airtel’s stake in Bharti financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. factor, which measures the tion business of Africa-focused to fly.” Fastjet uses the exist- Infratel would fall to 79 per- number of seats filled on flights, conglomerate Lonrho in June. ing route network of Lonrho’s cent from a current 86 per- stood at an average of 78 percent, “Fastjet is delighted to see airline, currently operating as cent while private equity firms while three of the services had a how the people of Tanzania are Fly540, in Kenya, Tanzania, will own 10.58 percent, down load factor of 90 percent. embracing the low cost carrier Ghana and Angola. from 14 percent earlier. “Future demand for seats on model,” Fastjet chief executive AFP AFP DECEMBER 1, 2012 Classifieds www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 ON SATURDAY

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NEW DELHI: Former Australia However, the 37-year-old’s appetite captain Ricky Ponting’s decision to for runs remains undiminished. This retire could be the start of an exo- year alone, Kallis has smashed 905 in dus of other batting greats, including eight Tests at an amazing average of Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar and 75.41, with four centuries including 224 South Africa’s Jacques Kallis. against Sri Lanka in January. With all the leading run-getters in Most recently, he played through the Test cricket in the 35-plus age bracket, pain barrier in the Adelaide Test to the next few years seem set to witness score 58 and 46 as South Africa held a host of retirements that will leave out for an improbable draw. the game short of batting class and Chanderpaul, described by Cricinfo experience. as possessing the “crabbiest” technique Ponting, who turns 38 next month, in world cricket with an ugly front-on started his 168th and last Test against stance, continues to defy critics as he South Africa yesterday and Tendulkar, piles on the runs for the West Indies. who is without a Test century since early The 38-year-old left-hander scored last year and will be 40 in April, appears 987 runs in his last nine Tests at an to be next in line to call it quits. average of 98.70 and ended a remarkable Kallis, West Indian Shivnarine FROM LEFT: India’s Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa’s Jacque Kallis and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene. year with two unbeaten marathons of Chanderpaul and Sri Lankan Mahela 203 and 150 in Bangladesh in November. Jayawardene are also in the autumn of has been contemplating ending his iconic record-breaking Mumbai batsman had Recent media reports suggested that The slim Guyanese lies third in their careers, despite showing terrific 23-year career. spoken of retirement, and a recent run Tendulkar had discussed his future with the individual Test rankings behind form of late. “I am 39 and I don’t think I have of poor scores has many wondering if the selectors, but this has been denied by Australian captain Michael Clarke and The five veterans make up half the plenty of cricket left in me,” he said in the end was drawing closer. both the Indian cricket board and close Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, and is all-time list of just 10 players to have a television interview in October. Asked Tendulkar has scored a record 51 friends of the batsman. a rock-solid pillar for West Indies. amassed 10,000 runs or more, along with if he has been thinking of retirement, he Test centuries, but he has now gone 28 At least Kallis and Chanderpaul have The Sri Lankan duo of Jayawardene the already retired Rahul Dravid, Brian replied: “Of course, I have been. innings without a hundred in the five- the runs behind them to prevent specu- and Sangakkara, both aged 35, head to Lara, Allan Border, Steve Waugh and “I am 39 plus and it is not abnormal day format since his 146 against South lation about their careers. Australia this month for a three-Test Sunil Gavaskar. for me to think of it. At that moment, Africa in Cape Town in January 2011. A string of injuries has left question series with no immediate signs of fading Tendulkar, the world’s leading scorer I will go by what my heart says. At this In 2012, he has managed just 274 runs marks over the South African, with a away from the scene. in both Test and one-day cricket and the moment, my heart says I am okay. But in seven Tests at an average of 22.83, hamstring strain preventing him from Jayawardene continues to lead Sri maker of an unprecedented 100 inter- you will have to look at series by series.” a far cry from his career figures -- a bowling for all but three overs of the Lanka in his second stint as captain of national centuries, has already said he It was the first time the record 15,562 runs in 192 Tests at 54.60. last Test against Australia in Adelaide. the team AFP South Africa hit back with two late wickets Visitors all out for 225; Australia are 33 for 2 in reply

PERTH, Australia: South Africa hit back with two wick- ets after Australia’s second- string pace attack dismissed Australia’s the Proteas on a dramatic John opening day of the third and Hastings final Test at the WACA Ground (right) cel- yesterday. ebrates his After winning the toss and Bangladesh cricket captain Mushfiqur Rahim (right) talks to West Indies’ first Test electing to bat, the Proteas were cricketer Marlon Samuels as they leave the field after Bangladesh won the bundled out for 225 despite more wicket by first One-Day-International cricket match at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium heroics from Adelaide Test hero dismiss- in Khulna yesterday. Bangladesh won by 7 wickets. Faf du Plessis in a match that will ing South decide the top-ranked nation in Africa’s AB Test cricket. de Villiers However, the Proteas quickly during the struck back with a vengeance, first day’s Bangladesh romp claiming two Australian wickets play of the in the hour before stumps. third cricket Opener Ed Cowan was caught Test match, in slips by Jacques Kallis off pace at the WACA past West Indies spearhead Dale Steyn for a first- Ground ball duck, before Shane Watson in Perth KHULNA, BANGLADESH: (10) was given out lbw to Vernon yesterday. their bowlers. Iqbal thumped Philander on a decision review, Tamim Iqbal and Naeem Islam West Indian spearhead Kemar after umpire Asad Rauf had scored half-centuries while Roach for two fours and a six in turned down the initial appeal. Sohag Gazi took four wickets one over to reach his 24th one- At the close, the home team as Bangladesh beat the West day fifty before playing straight were 33 for two, with David Indies by seven wickets in the into the hands of point off spinner Warner on 12 and night watch- after the Proteas had slumped was recalled for his first Test in first one-day match in Khulna Sunil Narine. man Nathan Lyon surviving a tor- to 75 for six when they lost five 12 months, Mitchell Starc was PCB to introduce yesterday. Haque hit seven boundaries rid examination from Steyn in the wickets for 14 runs either side of promoted after being 12th man Iqbal smashed a 51-ball 58 off 62 balls before giving a return final over of the day to be seven lunch. for the first two matches in the drug testing in studded with eight fours and two catch to Darren Sammy. not out. Debutant Australian paceman series, and Hastings was handed sixes while Islam finished with an Islam, who hit six fours in his While the South Africans were John Hastings conceded the home his Test debut. T20 tournament unbeaten 50 as the hosts achieved sedate 79-ball knock, shared a chasing a score of 300, recalled side had let the visitors off the All were in the wickets as they a modest 200-run target with 9.2 45-run third wicket stand with spinner Robin Peterson, who hook and said the first hour of decimated the South African top overs to spare, for a 1-0 lead in Nasir Hossain (28) as the hosts made 31 with the bat to be the today’s second day would be cru- order. KARACHI: Pakistan will the five-match series. comfortably registered a sweet second-highest scorer behind cial to the outcome of the match. It was the returning Watson introduce drug testing in its Gazi took 4-29, the best figures comeback win after losing the du Plessis’ unbeaten 78, said the “We let it slip a little bit, but (1-22) who claimed the initial domestic Twenty20 tournament by a Bangldeshi bowler on one- Test series 2-0. two late wickets had renewed the 225 is still a pretty good effort to breakthrough, having Graeme that begins today in accordance day debut, to restrict the West Earlier, 21-year-old off-spinner team’s spirits. bowl them out,” he said. Smith caught at first slip by rival with rules from the World Anti- Indies to 199 after they won the Gazi derailed the West Indians “We have to make it (225) a “The wicket will get better and skipper Michael Clarke for 16. Doping Agency (WADA), its toss and opted to bat. by dismissing Chris Gayle off the good score,” he said. if we can bat well for an hour in Watson made a welcome cricket board has announced. Iqbal and Anamul Haque (41) second ball of his one-day career “But after being 6-75, we are the morning, I think it will flatten return from a calf problem, hav- Pakistan has been embarrassed put on a soild 88-run opening for 35 and had Marlon Samuels pretty happy getting with scor- out nicely.” ing missed Australia’s last eight internationally by doping offences stand to ensure the hosts, who (nought) in his second over. ing 225, and especially getting two Australia were forced to com- home Tests with various injuries, with frontline paceman Shoaib were missing key all-rounder Gayle gave the West Indies a wickets late in the evening. pletely revamp their fast bowling by finding a thick outside edge Akhtar and Mohammad Asif fail- Shakib Al Hasan through injury, sound 48-run start with Lendl Batting at number seven, sec- line-up with their three pacemen from Smith to remove the Proteas ing tests in 2006. did not spoil the good work by Simmons (13). AFP ond Test hero du Plessis again from the drawn Adelaide Test -- skipper. Akhtar was banned for two played a lone hand in the South Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Just before lunch, Starc (2-55) years and Asif for one, but the African first innings and teamed James Pattinson -- all ruled out. struck two telling blows. bans were controversially over- Scoreboard with the tail to add vital late runs Left-armer Mitchell Johnson Starc removed opener Alviro turned on appeal. WEST INDIES 45-0 (1w); Gazi 9.5-2-29-4 (2w); Razzak Petersen (30) when he bowled the The incidents prompted the L Simmons lbw b Mortaza ...... 13 10-1-39-3 (5w); Islam 1-0-17-0; Mah- right-hander with a full delivery International Cricket Council to C Gayles c Iqbal b Gazi ...... 35 mudullah 9-0-29-1 (2w). Scoreboard and then found a way through introduce doping codes, D Bravo run out ...... 35 BANGLADESH South Africa (I innings): Bowling: Starc 16-3-55-2; Hastings 20-2-51- the defence of Kallis (2), who “The PCB is introducing in- G Smith c Clarke b Watson ...... 16 1; Watson 9-2-22-1 (1w); Johnson 17-3-54-2 overcame a hamstring injury to competition dope testing dur- M Samuels c Mahmudullah b Gazi ...... 0 Tamim Iqbal c Pollard b Narine ...... 58 A Petersen b Starc ...... 30 (1w); Lyon 12-1-41-3. take his place in the match, with ing the Twenty20 tournament K Pollard c Mortaza b Razzak ...... 15 Anamul Haque c and b Sammy ...... 41 H Amla (run out-Warner) ...... 11 Australia (I innings): a similar ball. in order to strive for drug free D Thomas c Razzak b Gazi ...... 16 Naeem Islam (not out) ...... 50 J Kallis b Starc ...... 2 D Warner (batting) ...... 12 Already struggling at 63 for sports and to protect the basic D Sammy c Islam b Mahmudullah ...... 10 Nasir Hossain c Pollard b Russell ...... 28 three at lunch, the Proteas crum- framework for the athletes,” the AB de Villers c Clarke b Hastings ...... 4 E Cowan c Kallis b Steyn ...... 0 A Russell b Razzak ...... 0 Mushfiqur Rahim (not out) ...... 16 D Elgar c Wade b Johnson ...... 0 S Watson lbw Philander ...... 10 bled with Hashim Amla (11), AB PCB said in a statement. F du Plessis (not out) ...... 78 N Lyon (batting) ...... 7 de Villiers (4) and debutant Dean “Cricketers from all the S Narine lbw b Gazi ...... 36 Extras (LB2, NB1, W5) ...... 8 R Peterson c Wade b Lyon ...... 31 Extras (LB-4) ...... 4 Elgar (0) all falling in quick. regional teams participating R Rampaul c Rahim b Razzak ...... 25 Total (for 3 wkts in 40.2 overs) ...... 201 V Philander c Hussey b Lyon ...... 30 Total (for 2 wkts) ...... 33 Amla was run out by a brilliant in the Twenty20 championship K Roach (not out) ...... 3 Fall of wickets: 1-88, 2-112, 3-157. D Steyn b Johnson ...... 2 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-18. direct hit from David Warner in will randomly be picked for dope Extras (LB1, W10) ...... 11 Bowling: Samuels 3-0-14-0 (2w); Rampaul M Morkel c Hastings b Lyon ...... 17 Bowling: Steyn 6-2-21-1; Philander 4-0-8-1; the covers, de Villiers became testing. Total (all out in 46.5 overs) ...... 199 7.2-0-41-0; Roach 7-0-48-0 (1w); Narine Extras (LB-2, W-2) ...... 4 Morkel 1-1-0-0. Hastings’ first Test scalp when “These tests will be conducted Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-48, 3-50, 4-100, 8-1-39-1 (1nb); Sammy 8-0-29-1; Russell Total (all out) ...... 225 Still to bat: Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, caught at first slip by Clarke and by WADA accredited independent Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-61, 3-63, 4-67, 5-67, Mike Hussey, Matthew Wade, John Hastings, Elgar gave Johnson (2-54) a well- doping control officers throughout 5-102, 6-128, 7-130, 8-133, 9-190. 7-0-28-1 (2w). 6-75, 7-132, 8-196, 9-206, 10-225. Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc. deserved first wicket when he was the competition,” the PCB said. Bowling: Mortaza 9-2-39-1; Hasan 8-0- Result: Bangladesh won by seven wickets. caught behind. AFP AFP DECEMBER 1, 2012 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Monaco confirm Beckham to keep playing Beckham I am very flattered by some of the options that I’ve got, says Beckham interest MONACO: AS Monaco are CARSON, California: David three managers, who have talked interested in signing former Beckham is flattered by the positively of him recently, for par- England captain David “interesting and exciting ticular thanks. Beckham, the second-tier options” facing him as he pre- “I’ve still got managers like David French club’s chief executive pares to farewell LA Galaxy and (Paris St Germain coach) Beckham (23) Tor-Kristian Karlsen told local Major League Soccer, the former Carlo Ancelotti and (Queens and Robbie media yesterday. England captain said yesterday. Park Rangers manager) Harry Keane (7) “Our team is very young. If Beckham, who helped raise the Redknapp and (West Ham United we’re lucky enough to attract a of the LA game’s profile in North America manager) Sam Allardyce ... com- player to Monaco with such cha- Galaxy since joining the Galaxy in 2007, ing out that are saying they’d love risma, such a competitive spirit will play his final match for the me to play and they know how warm up in and who is physically in form it club in today’s MLS Cup final professional I am, it means a lot preparation would be terrific,” Karlsen told against the Houston Dynamo, to me,” said Beckham. for the 2012 the daily Parisien/Aujourd’hui but has no intention of retiring “It is what I have tried to base MLS Cup at newspaper. just yet. my career around, over the years, the Home The Norwegian also told sports “I’ve got some interesting and being professional and working Depot Centre daily l’Equipe: “We have a very exciting options on the table,” hard, so it’s nice to be recognised in Carson, young team who could benefit Beckham told a news conference. like that.” California, from a player of his (Beckham’s) “I am very flattered by some of Beckham, who moved to the US yesterday. LA stature, experience and personal- the options that I’ve got. after winning the Spanish league Galaxy take ity. But there is obviously a lot of “I still feel I can play and I’m title with Real Madrid, also spoke on Houston interest from clubs from around not considering retiring.” positively of his six years in MLS, Dynamo in the world in such an illustrious The 37-year-old former each spent with the Galaxy, but the MLS Cup player. Now we’re an ambitious Manchester United midfielder despite the ‘end of an era’ mood final today. club and when a player of this has been linked with a number of he dismissed the thought of now stature becomes available, it’s clubs internationally, with French being an opportune moment to normal that we are on the alert.” team Monaco the latest. retire from the game. Beckham’s six-year playing “I heard about Monaco on the “I do believe I still have got career with Major League Soccer way to training this morning from another challenge inside, that I will end with his final game for a friend in London who said ‘I can still play for, I don’t know how bluntly worded banner draped emotional send off by the Galaxy a possible ownership role at the the Los Angeles Galaxy against hear you are going to Monaco.’ many years left. over a section of the Galaxy’s fans today. Galaxy in the future. Houston this weekend after he That was the first I’d heard of “I do still feel I can play,” he Home Depot Centre at the time. But Beckham’s role in MLS But regardless of what his pre- announced he was looking for- that,” laughed Beckham. said. “I’ve never been booed by my however has always been as much, cise role will be, Beckham says ward to “one more challenge” But Beckham dismissed spec- Beckham will end his playing own fans with other clubs, but I’ve if not more, about promoting the that he will remain involved in outside of the MLS. ulation linking him with the time at LA where he has also been had that at certain points here, league to a traditionally soccer- supporting the growth of MLS. The 115-times capped England recently reformed New York linked with a possible off-the-field and I overcame that,” he said. sceptical public, and he believes “Just because I’m not playing player is expected to make a deci- Cosmos club which will play in role, with plaudits from MLS offi- “It’s never a happy moment to the status of MLS has risen dur- here anymore after the week- sion on where he will end up play- the US second tier next season. cials and fans. be booed by your own fans and ing his time in the States. end, my commitment stays the ing next by the end of the year. “I’ve been hearing the Cosmos But he acknowledged that his seeing some of the banners that “The interest now, when this same and I will do anything to Beckham has also been linked thing for the last two or three six seasons with the Galaxy had were out there. league is talked about in Europe, keep these players coming over with a possible move to Ligue 1 years. It’s not true. My manager included some rough times, par- “At the end of the day, I was people are starting to take it very like Robbie Keane, like Thierry high-flyers Paris Saint-Germain has definitely not had conversa- ticularly in 2009, when local fans happy that I turned it around, and seriously and that is an amazing Henry,” he said. where he would team up again tions with them, that’s definitely reacted with anger to his decision I think now the majority of fans thing to see,” he said. “Anything I can do on that side with Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti not true,” he said. to go to Italian club AC Milan on are on my side.” Beckham has a contractual of things, I want to do. and team director Leonardo, Beckham did say, however, loan during the first half of the Winning the title last year cer- option to take an ownership “I want to see this league con- whom he knows from his two pre- that he has received some seri- MLS season. tainly repaired that relationship role in a future expansion fran- tinue to grow,” he said. vious loan stints with AC Milan. ous approaches and singled out “Go Home Fraud” read one and he is certain to be given an chise and there has been talk of REUTERS REUTERS Malaga face Ribery ‘100 percent sure’ UEFA sanctions FIFA President Bayern will be champions over debts Joseph Sepp Blatter shakes MUNICH, Germany: France winger Franck Ribery has said he LAUSANNE, Switzerland: hands with Spain’s is “100 percent sure” that Bayern Munich will finish the season Qatari-owned Spanish La Liga national coach as Bundesliga champions ahead of today’s crunch showdown with outfit Malaga are among nine Vicente del Bosque Borussia Dortmund. Bayern host defending Bundesliga champi- clubs facing UEFA sanctions (left) during their ons Dortmund, third in the league, at Munich’s Allianz Arena over unpaid bills, European Team Workshop with the Bavarians currently 10 points clear at the top of the football’s governing body said in for the FIFA 2013 table and Ribery in superb form with four goals in nine games. a statement yesterday. Confederations Although Bayern held an eight-point lead at one stage last sea- UEFA said they have lifted the Cup in Sao Paulo son, Dortmund still eventually won their second league title, with suspension of prize money on 16 yesterday. Del Munich finishing second. But Ribery has said the club will not make of 23 clubs originally targeted in the same mistake again. Bosque guided the September as part of their Fair “I am 100 percent sure that we will be German champions,” Ribery Spanish national Play controls after they rectified told German daily Bild after Bayern failed to win any silverware in their financial situations. team to win their the last two seasons. But Malaga, who spent nearly first-ever World “We have to be careful and not allow any mistakes against the 60m euros ($74m) on new players Cup in 2010, and smaller clubs, like we did last year. We had an eight-point lead last last year and have qualified for the then to European season, but Dortmund were still German champions. I am sure we last 16 of the Champions League Championship have learnt our lesson.” in their debut season, failed to victory this year. Bayern are eager to break a four-match losing streak against meet a deadline to show they had Dortmund in the Bundesliga, having last beaten Borussia in the cleared overdue payments. league back in February 2010. The investigatory chamber Ribery is under contract until 2015 and having joined Bayern in also decided to refer the cases 2007, the 29-year-old says he wants to mentor the younger players, involving Croatian sides Hajduk just as French star Zinedine Zidane did with him. Split and Osijek, Romanian clubs “I’m still a joker but I am older and have grown up,” he added. “I Rapid Bucharest and Dinamo talk a lot with the younger players and I try to help them. Zidane Bucharest; Serbian outfits FK did the same with me, I had the good fortune to play with him at Partizan and FK Vojvodina, I am obliged to win the the 2006 World Cup. He was like a big brother to me and I learnt Poland’s Lech Poznan and Arsenal a lot from him.” Kiev of Ukraine to their adjudica- tory chamber for the necessary actions to be taken. REUTERS World Cup, says Scolari Under-pressure Mourinho

Ballack ‘set for SAO PAULO: Luiz Felipe tournament.” The pressure looks title -- the Pentecampeao. faces tough derby Scolari believes Brazil have a on after two consecutive poor Now it is a Hexacampeao that MADRID: Atletico Madrid take on derby rivals Real Madrid farewell match solemn duty to win the World World Cup showings and a lost Scolari and his sidekick, 1994 this weekend aiming to pile up the pressure on under-fire coach Cup on home soil in 2014, but Olympic Games final to Mexico winning coach Carlos Alberto Jose Mourinho whose team already trail leaders Barcelona by 11 in Germany’ admitted that the faltering which saw predecessor Mano Parreira, are tasked with win- points. It is the first time in almost 14 years that Atletico take on giants are nowhere near favour- Menezes given the boot. But ning -- using next summer’s their illustrious neighbours with more points in La Liga - they BERLIN: Former Germany ites for a sixth world title. Scolari, who had a stellar second home Confederations Cup as a are second with an eight-point lead over a stuttering Real who captain Michael Ballack is Scolari is used to guiding Brazil spell in charge of Gremio and a springboard. were beaten once again last weekend by Real Betis. reported to be organising his through stormy waters having less successful second stint with Scolari, whom Chelsea sacked Despite winning the league last season Mourinho is coming under own farewell match for July taken over a side struggling even Palmeiras, says he can take the mid-season in early 2009, was out fire from a demanding Madrid media who are speculating whether 2013 having retired from profes- to qualify for the 2002 World Cup pressure. of work after parting company he will be still at the helm next summer. sional football in October. before guiding them to their most “If you don’t want pressure with Palmeiras last September The Portuguese flatly denies he is feeling the strain. The 36-year-old former Chelsea recent triumph 10 years ago. best not to be in the team. Go and -- the team were later relegated. “I have perfect health and I am working as I have done for many and Bayern Munich midfielder is Winning the trophy again in 18 work in an office for the Bank of Former players are divided on years. My relationship with the players and the club is like it has planning to hold his own farewell months’ time would take things Brazil,” he was quoted as saying whether Brazil can go back to a always been,” he said. “This is not a courtroom but a press confer- match on July 5 with Leipzig, to a new level given that Brazil by one local newspaper. The bank glorious future under him. ence. I am just an employee of the club and it is they who decide Kaiserslautern and Leverkusen famously missed the target on the retorted by saying it “regrets the Ronaldo, whose goals landed if they are happy with what they have but I have a very, very, very as possible venues, according to only other occasion they staged coach’s unfortunate comment” the 2002 World Cup title, said: good relationship with the president and the board.” Cologne newspaper Express. the showpiece -- losing the 1950 which it found distasteful. “Congratulations to him. It’s a He also had the backing of captain Iker Casillas who played down “We are in talks with Michael,” final in the Maracana to Uruguay. Scolari takes the helm of a side great challenge for him.” whistles that have been heard recently at the Bernabeu for the coach. said Leverkusen’s director of “We have an obligation to win, currently ranked just 13th in the Zico, star of the early 1980s, “Only a few months ago the shouts were applause and praise that sport Rudi Voeller, where Ballack we are playing at home. Don’t you FIFA standings behind the likes also favoured the move. we had won the league but in football memories are very short. spent the last two years of his think our players are aware of the of Greece and Colombia. But former skipper Carlos “‘Mou’ led the team to the title with a record number of points and career. importance of winning the trophy As Brazil demand “new meth- Alberto, who lifted the 1970 World goals. We should remember the good moments and look to continue Ballack rejected an offer by on home soil?” asked Scolari after ods” Scolari insists he is focused. Cup after starring in the Pele- the project,” Casillas said ahead of today’s clash. the German Football Federation he was presented to the media in “The objective is clear -- to win inspired 4-1 thrashing of Italy, is Atletico’s fine start to the campaign is partly due to the form to make an honorary appearance Rio at the start of his second spell the World Cup in 2014. I don’t feel not impressed. “I don’t know that of Radamel Falcao who has hit 14 goals in 13 games and he is now against Brazil in August 2011 and in charge. under pressure. The players are this is Felipao’s moment. He won geared up for the derby. “I don’t feel as much pressure as motiva- announced his retirement from “We are not favourites right the ones with pressure on them.” in 2002 -- but that was 2002! This tion. We play a great side and it will be a high-tempo match but we all football on October 2. now but we intend to turn our- A year after his initial arrival year he bombed out at Palmeiras.” will go out looking to win,” he said. REUTERS REUTERS selves into favourites during the Brazil landed their fifth world REUTERS DECEMBER 1, 2012 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY

NBA: Spurs’ motley crew Title win for Qatar’s Carella gives Heat I am very happy for the whole team, says Alex Carella in Abu Dhabi all they can handle ABU DHABI, UAE: Qatar’s Alex Carella retained his UIM F1 MIAMI: A mixed bag of San H20 World Championship title Antonio Spur bench warmers in dramatic circumstances yes- almost handed the defending terday afternoon’s 21st Grand NBA champion Miami Heat Prix of Abu Dhabi, the penulti- their first home loss of the sea- mate round of the 2012 UIM F1 son in a matchup that had been H20 World Championship. billed as a preview of the NBA Leading from the start of a race finals. that had already been halted by The Heat appeared to be two yellow flag situations, race headed for a humiliating loss officials decided to stop the race but they survived the mighty for good with eight laps remaining scare to beat the Spurs 105-100 following an incident which dam- behind a 20-8 closing run and aged two of the course turn buoys. 23 points from LeBron James at With insufficient time remain- AmericanAirlines Arena. ing to repair the course, the race San Antonio coach Gregg finished under a third yellow flag, Popovich didn’t have his top five but no-one could deny that the scorers for their final game of Qatar Team and Alex Carella had their six-game road trip. That deserved another world title – a meant no Tony Parker, Manu third for the QMSF-backed team Qatar’s Alex Carella is seen celebrating after he retained his UIM F1 H20 World Championship title in dramatic circumstances at the 21st Grand Prix of Ginobili or Tim Duncan, all of in five glorious years. Abu Dhabi, the penultimate round of the 2012 UIM F1 H20 World Championship. RIGHT: A remote-controlled chopper with a mounted video camera whom stayed home to rest. The Terry Rinker drove well records the proceedings during yesterday’s action. matchup had been highly antici- on his Qatar Team debut and pated as one between two of the reached the finish in eighth posi- NBA’s elite teams before Popovich tion and offered good support to (Torrente) we proved that we are Andersson holding second and The green flag was raised on decided to leave his stars at home. Carella. Team Abu Dhabi’s Thani still a strong team.” third before a yellow flag was lap 17 of 40 and Al Qamzi initially Top 3 results in NBA commissioner David Al-Qamzi finished second and Qatar’s Khalid Abdullah Al raised when Xiong Ziwei stopped snatched the advantage, only for Stern was upset with the move Finland’s Sami Selio was third, Kuwari qualified sixth for the on the course. Carella to regain the lead at turn Abu Dhabi and said San Antonio would face but fourth place for Frenchman second of the UIM F-4S races Rinker had slipped to sixth, one. The Qatar driver took advan- “substantial sanctions” for resting Phillipe Chiappe meant that and eventually finished in fifth but the boats were put back into tage of clear water to extend his 1. Alex Carella (QAT) Qatar Team 32 laps so many star players at once. Carella cannot be caught with one position in a race where Sweden’s their starting positions before the lead to 4.02 seconds through lap Ray Allen hit a go-ahead three- 2. Thani Al-Qamzi (UAE) race remaining in Sharjah next Jesper Forss recorded his second restart on lap five. 19. Rinker slipped to eighth. pointer with 22.6 seconds left as Team Abu Dhabi2.84sec weekend. win of the weekend to extend his Carella fended off a challenge With Selio in third and Chiappe the Heat came through over the “I am really happy for the lead in the championship over from Al Qamzi to maintain his in fourth, Carella knew that he 3. Sami Selio (FIN) short-handed Spurs. Allen scored whole team, for Alex, for Sheikh Britain’s Matthew Palfreyman lead and Rinker slotted into could win the world title in Abu Mad Croc F1 Team 5.92sec 11 of his 20 points in the fourth Hassan and everyone at the to 15 points. Hungary’s Viktor Vo sixth behind Chiappe, Selio and Dhabi and he extended his advan- quarter, while James finished QMSF,” admitted a delighted finished a career-best second. Andersson. After 10 laps, Carella tage to 5.97 seconds after lap 22. with nine rebounds and seven Khalid bin Arhama Al Kuwari, The Qatar duo of Carella and had extended his lead to five sec- The lead had risen to 7.34 sec- Standings after assists to lead the Heat to their head of formula racing at the Rinker began the race from onds and Rinker began to pressu- onds through lap 25, but Yousef fifth consecutive win. REUTERS QMSF, which runs under the pole and fifth places among the rise Andersson for fifth position. Al-Rubayan spun out of the race round 5 presidency of Sheikh Hassan bin 22-boat field on the 2.2km, six-pin Qatar’s former World and damaged a turn buoy on lap Jabor Al Thani. Abu Dhabi course. Champion Jay Price stopped on 29 and the yellow flag was raised 1. Alex Carella (QAT) Qatar Team 79 points NBA Results “It is a fantastic feeling for the A good start was essential if lap 12 and the race was yellow- again. There was insufficient time 2. Phillipe Chiappe (FRA) CTIC Miami 105 San Antonio 100 team to secure the title for the Carella was going to clinch the flagged for the second time. to replace two damaged turn China Team 57 points Golden State 106 Denver 105 second time in Abu Dhabi and title with one race to spare. Price had started at the rear of buoys in the remaining time and we can now go to Sharjah next The Qatar Team driver surged the field after an engine problem the race finished eight laps early 3. Sami Selio (FIN) NFL Result week with no pressure and enjoy into a 2.34sec lead at the end of on Thursday afternoon and suf- under a yellow flag situation. Team Mad Croc F1 53 points the racing. Even without Shaun lap one, with Al Qamzi and Jonas fered a similar fate in the race. THE PENINSULA Atlanta 23 New Orleans 13 Watney grabs two-shot lead at World Challenge

THOUSAND OAKS, California: Nick Watney, try- ing to keep the momentum of his recent Malaysian victory going into 2013, seized a two- shot lead yesterday in the World Challenge invitational hosted by Tiger Woods. Watney, who finished last in the field of 18 in this unofficial event last season, had five birdies in his bogey-free, five-under 67 at Sherwood Country Club and was two strokes in front of Keegan Bradley, Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk. Bradley hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation, his only miscue of the day a bogey at 18. The American, whose 2011 PGA Championship triumph made him the first player to win one of golf’s major titles using a long putter Tiger Woods of the US and compatriot Steve Stricker laugh as they walk anchored on his midriff, admitted off the tee on the sixth hole during the first round of the Tiger Woods he was fired up by the reaction to World Challenge Presented by Northwestern Mutual at Sherwood Country the announcement on Wednesday Club in Thousand Oaks, California, yesterday. by global governing bodies and the US Golf Association that they proposed to ban the technique in was pleased to have a chance to that “I don’t think they’re cheat- 2016. show there was more to his game ing by any means”. “I’ve been catching such flak on than the long putter. “It’s difficult to go back and Twitter and these other places, “I had a guy yesterday telling institute a rule now,” said Watney, it would be good to kind of quiet me to send my application in to who uses a conventional putter. them a little bit,” Bradley said. He Burger King for 2016,” Bradley “I don’t have to worry about it.” said of the type of blasts he’s been His concern is to build on the getting via Twitter, although he gains he made late in 2012 after World Challenge added he’d had support on the a slow start to the season. social networking site and from In August, Watney erased Scores the Southern California galleries a two-shot final-round deficit THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA: First- as well. to win The Barclays, the open- round scores yesterday in the $4m World Bradley said he felt the timing ing event in the US PGA Tour’s Challenge golf tournament (USA unless by the R&A and USGA, with no FedEx Cup play-offs. noted, par-72): actual rule change anticipated Last month in Malaysia, he 67 Nick Watney until 2016, put him and others shot an electrifying final-round who “anchor” putters to their 61 to win the $6.1m CIMB Classic, 69 Keegan Bradley, Graeme McDowell bodies when they putt in a dif- holding off Woods and defending (NIR), Jim Furyk ficult position since for now it champion Bo Van Pelt. Although 70 Bo Van Pelt, Tiger Woods, Webb remains legal. the atmosphere at this unofficial Simpson “I feel like the USGA has really event is more laid back, Watney put an X on our back,” he said. “I said, “winning never gets old”. 71 Jason Day (AUS), Hunter Mahan, don’t know if that’s exactly fair. “Me personally, I’m trying to Bubba Watson “When we started putting with use it to prepare for next season.” 73 Matt Kuchar, Jason Dufner, Rickie it, they were legal and they still Watney, who said the cool, Fowler, Steve Stricker, Ian Poulter are. It’s a sticky situation and I overcast conditions made for a (ENG) hope people can see through that.” nice change from the sweltering 74 Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson Watney was sympathetic. He weather in Malaysia, nabbed his feels “anchoring” provides some first birdie of the day at the ninth. 75 Brandt Snedeker advantage, although he stressed AFP DECEMBER 1, 2012 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Badminton body changes Al Sadd edge Al Gharafa rules after QSL points leaders still undefeated; Al Kharaitiyat stun Eljaish 2-0 scandal

DOHA: Midfielder Wasim home side nearly went ahead BANGKOK: The Badminton Rizq scored the only goal of when Raphael Alex saw his effort World Federation yesterday the match as Al Sadd edged Al go high above Al Sadd’s crossbar. announced changes to Olympic Gharafa to record their ninth The first shot of the game came doubles rules following a match- straight win in the Qatar Stars from Qatar’s Rizq, who saw his throwing scandal at the London League (QSL) yesterday. long-range effort go above the Games, but said it would take no Al Sadd also opened an 11 point crossbar. further action against coaches. lead against second-place teams Al Gharafa kept creating It said the new system, which Al Rayyan and defending cham- chances and in the 19th minute, will be introduced for the Rio pions Lekhwiya, who play their Alex struck a 25 yard shot that Al Kharaitiyat’s Olympics in 2016, would “ensure QSL matches today. was well saved by Al Sadd keeper Mohammed Abdullah such a regrettable spectacle is In other QSL matches yester- Mohamed Saqr. fights for the ball with never witnessed in badminton day, Al Kharaitiyat registered Six minutes later, Raul, who Eljaish’s Karim Ziani again”. their first win in this year’s cam- joined the club in May, produced (top) during their The BWF said that in the paign by stunning Eljaish win- a moment of brilliance in the 25th QSL match in Doha, future, following the group stage, ning 2-0 at Suhaim bin Hamad minute, when he neatly dribbled all pairs finishing second in their yesterday. Stadium. past three Al Gharafa defenders groups would be placed into a sec- The win lifts Al Kharaitiyat off but found his shot cleared off the ond draw to determine who they the bottom of the table and now line. face in the knockout phase. occupy tenth position. His effort spurred the Al But pairs topping their group Elsewhere, Al Khor drew with Sadd players and started to cre- stage would have fixed positions Al Sailiyah 1-1. ate numerous chances in quick equivalent to seeded placings in Al Khor and Al Sailiyah have succession the knockout stage. seven and five points respectively. In the 28th minute, a looping “This will eliminate any player’s Al Gharafa who sacked header by Razak gave Al Sadd the thoughts about actively trying to their manager Paulo Silas on lead, courtesy of a corner kick. lose a match or matches, irre- Wednesday, started the game Al Gharafa’s goalkeeper Qassim spective of other match results. brightly. In the 10th minute, the Burhan came off his line to try and clear the ball away from the home side nearly equalised in the Such a draw process can easily penalty box. 90th minute.. QSL Results and and effectively be made just after But the clearance fell into Tardelli Diago left-footed cross all group matches have been con- Razak’s path who made no mis- was met by Rakic, but saw his Fixtures cluded,” the federation said. take of putting the ball in the header rebound off the crossbar Eight women’s doubles players back of the net. The goal provided with Saqr well beaten. Results from South Korea, Indonesia and much disappointment of Burhan In the first match between China were disqualified for try- Eljaish’s Anderson who was blocked by a team-mate. Eljaish and Al Khairaityat, Al Khor 1 Al Sailiyah 1 ing to lose matches at the London Martins of Brazil In the second half, both teams Abdelhamid Mahmoud opened Eljaish 0 Al Kharaitiyat 2 Olympics. reacts on the pitch played the same temp of football the proceedings in the first half. In its statement, the federa- during his team’s as in the first half. After the visitors doubled their Al Gharafa 0 Al Sadd 1 tion said that the BWF Council Qatar Stars League Early in the first half, Al lead early in the second period, Today’s fixtures had concluded it was “not legally match against Al Gharafa’s striker Djordje Rakic Eljaish tried to rally back but feasible” to take further action Kharaitiyat in Doha, went agonizingly close when his were unable to find the net. Al Wakrah vs Al Rayyan at Soud bin against any coaches or entourages yesterday. deflected effort went inches past The home side were nearly 3-0 Abdalrahman Stadium, 4:00pm over the London Olympics case. Saqr’s post. behind, when Yayhe Kibe blazed Qatar SC vs Umm Salal at Suhaim bin The federation noted that some Al Sadd, coached by Hussein his penalty over the crossbar, Hamad Stadium, 4:00pm of its member associations had Amute, were unable to add to after his first attempt was over- already taken their own action, Al Arabi vs Lekhwiya at Grand Hamad their goal tally and survived a ruled by the referee. and said it had strengthened its Stadium, 6:30pm. scare late in the game, when the THE PENINSULA own code of conduct. AFP Nayak comes to Qatar’s rescue

DOHA: Qatar’s Savio Nayak’s produced a late strike as the hosts beat Turkey 1-0 in their World Hockey League clash at Al Wakra’s (in white) Al Rayyan Stadium. Ayeni Olakombo Nayak’s goal with two minutes attempts to shoot dur- to go helped Qatar to their sec- ing his side’s Qatar ond win in the tournament. On Basketball League Wednesday, Qatar beat Oman 4-3. (QBL) match against Al The Qatari match-winner Ahli in Doha yesterday. missed four chances in the tough match that helped Qatar to keep PICTURE BY: KAMMUTTY VP their hopes alive of advancing in the tournament. Nayak scored the only goal of the match off the sixth penalty corner. Qatar, who gained Test status in February from FIH, the world governing body, got three penalty corners in each half but only man- aged to convert off the last one. Turkey were unlucky as one of their penalty corner shots hit the Al Wakra hold off Al goalpost and bounced back. TOP: Oman’s Khalid Juma and Milinda Sapugsgoda of Sri Lanka vie for the ball during their Hockey World In another match yesterday, League clash at Al Rayyan Sports Club yesterday. Oman won 4-3. Oman held on to win 4-3 against TOP RIGHT: Former Pakistan captain Shahbaz Ahmad watching Qatar play Turkey yesterday. Ahmad is Sri Lanka. considered to be among the best forwards in the history of field hockey, leading Pakistan to the 1994 Ahli; Al Gharafa win Oman, ranked seventh in Asia Men’s Hockey World Cup victory. He played at three Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in 1992 BY DANOTZKI SANTOS were 4-0 up in the first match at in Barcelona. He is the only player in the history of field hockey to win two consecutive Player of the victory over league newcomers Al Al Rayyan Stadium, and survived Tournament awards in the 1990 World Cup in Lahore and at the 1994 World Cup in Sydney. He leads the list Shamal. DOHA: a late fightback from Sri Lanka to of most-capped Pakistanis (304). Al Wakra quashed Al Gharafa sank six triples in win their match. a late Al Ahli comeback to the first ten minutes of the game BOTTOM: Qatar’s Mohamad Nor Hafiq (centre) and Mert Danki of Turkey vie for the ball during their Hockey A total of five teams are com- record a 65-61 win in the Qatar to peg a 28-7 early cushion. World League clash at the same venue. petiting in the World Hockey Basketball League (QBL) at However, Al Shamal went on League in Qatar. PICTURES BY: ABDUL BASIT the Al Gharafa Indoor Arena, an 11-2 roll to narrow the gap The tournament, which yesterday. 18-30 at the start of the second started on Tuesday, will conclude With time on their side and period. tomorrow. up by three points, Abdelrahman Al Gharafa played grittier in Only one team will qualify for Soliman calmly sank the second the ensuing plays as Ousseynou the next stage of the competition. of two gift shots off a desperation Ndiaye led a 12-5 counter-assault The event is the eighth Round foul in the last 3 seconds to seal to erect a 19 point spread for his 1stage to take place so far, with the victory for Al Wakra. team at 42-23 as they headed for Poland, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Al Ahli came out with fero- half-time Ireland, Austria, Egpyt, Scotland, cious defence at the start of the Al Gharafa soared to an Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, final period and managed to inch unreachable 64-44 advantage Chila and USA advancing to closer, 61-64, going into the last going into the last stage of the Round 2, after strong perform- 22 seconds of the game. game. ances at respective events in Al Ahli had a blazing start Al Gharafa finished the round Prague, Singapore, Cardiff, Acca grabbing the lead outright at 12-7, with 4 wins and 4 losses. Shamal Lousada, Port of Spain and Chula and capped the first period with is 1-7. Vista. a 20-12 advantage. The first round of the league The Hockey World League also With the lead, 31-28, before concludes tomorrow. acts as the qualification competi- the half-time break, Al Wakra It will feature the main game tion for the FIH World Cups that took control of the third period battle for round top honors take place in 2014. at 51-43. between Al Sadd, who are riding THE PENINSULA Al Ahli tried to regroup and got high on an unblemished record of closer early on at 42-47. 7 wins and no defeat, and defend- Men’s World Hockey Olatokumbo Ayeni paced his ing champions Al Rayyan, who team with a double-double per- are expected to come back with League formance of 27 points and 11 vengeance after a sorry loss to Al Today’s Schedule rebounds. Arabi early this week. Azerbaijan vs Oman, 4:00pm In the other QBL match yes- Eljaish will try to improve their Qatar vs Sri Lanka, 6.00pm terday, Al Gharafa banked on a 5-2 slate as they clash againsth Venue: Al Rayyan Stadium 20-point third quarter spread to Qatar SC in the first game. coast their way to an easy 79-68 THE PENINSULA DECEMBER 1, 2012 Break Time www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 ON SATURDAY CINEMA LISTINGS TV LISTINGS

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A Hyper 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 17 The radius extends from it the autobiography “Maybe Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all I’ll Pitch Forever” 101 102 103 104 18 Explodes regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like 82 1940s White House dog 105 106 107 108 109 110 24 Boom markets a normal Sudoku. 83 Political caller’s request 25 “On second thought, forget it” 111 112 113 114 84 Covered with trees 30 Tie-up 115 116 117 118 85 “For another thing …” 32 Root of diplomacy How to play Kakuro: 87 They deliver 33 Musical featuring “The Way The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any He Makes Me Feel” 89 Savoir-faire ACROSS 67 Badge material size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells 34 Like crab apples 91 Industry built around 1 Thanksgiving staple 68 Caterer’s vessel shooting stars? like in a crossword. 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SUCKLER VAN LO I NJOKE 41 Like the narrowest of wins 100 Black HIDE BITE ONDE 43 Mends 101 Repetition ASHEN CLASSIFIEDLOAD Baby Blues By Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman 45 Hardly surprising 102 “Giant” in “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” SHAR LSAT AFOR ELKE FAVORI TESOLON DWARF 48 Parts of many cheerleading 103 Layer 104 All-too-public tiff AME AVON YEW MAR I FOO uniforms? RUNSFOR SLALOMDANC I NG 50 Where brown and white meet 105 Org. that supports water fluoridation STRATA HEAVED 51 Music category 106 “That thar was an appropriate thing SLOWI NGVOTERS MIDS I ZE 52 Bit of chicken feed to say!”? 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